May 2021 What a Wonderful World! We Have a Wealth of Talent and Interesting People in Our Community!
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Pari sh Ne ws OF The Upper Wylye VAlley maY 2021 what a wonderful world! we have a wealth of talent and interesting people in our community! InsIde ThIs edITIOn AnglIng nOTes pAge 4 gOOdBye TO The dOg CArTs pAge 5 “yOUng VOICes” pAge 7 VIllAge neWs pAge 9 Front Cover illustrations by Richard Adams serving the villages of Boyton, Codford, Corton, heytesbury, Knook, norton Bavant, sherrington, sutton Veny, Tytherington and Upton lovell since 1979, and delivered free to 1400 homes. THE DIARY EDITORIAL HEYTESBURY DUCK RACE 2021 Thank you for the paintings and drawings that have been sent to me for inclusion in this month’s edition. I would like to see many more, so keep sending them in. As I said last month I would like to hear more from the children in our villages, we have a young voices SATURDAY 26Th JUNE 2021 It’s happening after all thanks to the generosity of the Piscatorial Society section (page 7) from sutton Veny school. If children would like to send a story, DUCKS IN WATER & RACE STARTS - 12 NooN poem, drawing, joke please feel free to do Start: Tytherington Road Bridge – Finish: Heytesbury Mill so by getting your parents to email it to Ducks £1.00 each Prizes for 1st 2nd 3rd & booby prize me. Proceeds to Heytesbury Church Finally, we welcome contributions Buy ducks in advance - Heytesbury Post Office. Red Lion, from everyone and in the event you are Tina Sitwell (01985840556) or on the day in the Churchyard not computer savvy, you can hand write a contribution and one of the editorial team Seedling and plant bring and buy. will type it up. RC I.N. NEWMAN LTD Family Controlled Independent Please bring your plants to Funeral Directors the FLOWER FESTIVAL AND CREAM TEAS Red Lion on May 22nd St Margaret’s Church, Knook Private Chapels of Rest We are looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday 3rd July and Sunday 4th July 24 Hour Care and Assistance and discussing how we are planning our at a time of Bereavement 1.30-5pm gardens this year. Raising funds for our small but much Nominated Funeral Director for: Ali – 841192 treasured village church. Golden Charter An opportunity to see the church, Pre-payment funeral plan flower arrangements, cream teas, MONUMENTAL MASONS variety of local produce and hear our Griffin House, newly refurbished organ in all its glory. 55 Winchester Street Salisbury, SP1 IHL Parking will be available. Telephone: 01722413136 need your hair done at home? 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PLEASE CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATOR IAN RICHARDS Advertising contact Katherine Venning 840283 On 01985 840441/07791018822 [email protected] or Marketplace contact Katherine Venning 840283 EMAIL: [email protected] [email protected] FOUNDED IN THE 15TH CENTURY Visit our website at: Printing by Footfall Direct 01225 706058 THESE ALMSHOUSES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE www.st-johns-hospital.org ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE IN NEED. Page 2 THE UPPER WYLYE VALLEY TEAM Our vision is to be open, welcoming, growing and inclusive churches, living within the love of god, and sharing god's love and life with others. upperwylyevalleyteam.com MInISTRY TEAM LETTER LOVING OUR NEIGHBOUR AS CHRIST LOVES US On the Anniversary of the beginning of - “It is true; he is risen and has appeared Have you been told that you need to self-isolate? Do you need some support? lockdown, I was reflecting how my friends to simon”. Only slowly, and bit by bit did If you would like a chat, prayers, spiritual, pastoral or who died in the first part of 2020 could not the mind-boggling truth slowly dawn on practical support and help, please do call someone from have imagined what was about to hit our them. the numbers below world. What we thought would be you and I have the advantage of TEAM RECTOR restrictions for a matter of weeks, turned history, but we can still be unprepared for The Revd Trudy Hobson (day off Friday) out to be months. even as we enjoy the unexpected twists and turns of daily [email protected] 840081 gradual easing, many elsewhere in our life. We have yet to learn that our god is world are still suffering the major impact a god of ‘surprises’. The advent of the MINISTRY TEAM Team Vicar of the virus. coronavirus should remind us that we just The Revd Clifford Stride (on duty Tues.Wed.Sun) I write this on Maundy Thursday, do not know what can lie just around the [email protected] 850941 and I am still struck how totally unpre - corner, in our national and in our personal Ordained Ministers with Permission to Officiate The Revd Diana Hammond 841185 pared the disciples were for what was lives. I try to tell myself that if my [email protected] about to hit them. This in spite of all the Christian faith does anything for me, The Revd Jane Shaw 850141 warnings our lord had given them over the above all else it should prepare me for the [email protected] previous months. “surely this is not how it ‘outrageous fortunes’ of day by day living. The Revd Jayne Buckles 851176 [email protected] will be for us!” They had the picture in All will be well, Mother Julian of The Revd Robin Hungerford 840522 their minds that Jesus was going to restore norwich would tell us, and although we [email protected] to them the freedom – the sovereignty - might believe this in theory, for most of us The Revd Jonathan Hiscox ( day off Friday) [email protected] m 851250 they had enjoyed in past generations. the ideal of Christian hope has as yet to Licensed Lay Minister They wanted their country back. The find firm root in the lives of most of us. Katherine Venning LLM 840283 arrest and execution of Jesus was the last The signs of spring in our lovely Wylye [email protected] straw and now there was no hope; even as valley will encourage us, as we in the CHURCHWARDENS the first rays of the dawn of the new Age Christian Family celebrate eastertide, and Boyton & Corton Post vacant on easter morning broke through on our all of us celebrate the gradual easing of Codford St Mary Derek Buckles 851176 fallen world, the truth was slow to sink in lockdown. Codford St Peter Barbara Tomlinson 850156 May the joy and promise of the Alasdair McGregor 850073 Heytesbury Tina Sitwell 840556 easter Message find a home in all our Knook Robert Pottow 850285 hearts during the coming months. Norton Bavant John Acworth 840134 Fr Raymond Edward Moore 840420 Sherrington Betty & Nigel Lewis 850496 Sutton Veny Brian Long 840352 THOUGHT fOR THE MOnTH Tytherington Caroline Lester-Card 840022 Upton Lovel Andrew Cumming 850834 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these LAY PASTORAL ASSISTANTS is love. Follow the way of love and Codford Henry Collins 850193 eagerly desire spiritual gifts. Norton Bavant Didee Acworth 840134 Heytesbury: Roger Hammond 841185 (Paul's first letter to the church in Alison Tebbs 841192 Corinth, chapter 13 verse 13 and Upton Lovell Sue Bray 850702 chapter 14 verse 1) RH BELL RINGERS Nick Claypoole 850724 PARISH CHOIR Katherine Venning 840283 PRAYER GROUP MID-WEEk We pray daily. HOLY COMMUnIOn If you have any prayer requests, fOR THE UWVTEAM. please call Anne on 840339. I am pleased to announce that mid-week holy Communion at st peter’s Codford will SMALL CHAnGE, bIG IMPACT begin again from 5th May at the later time fOR THE EnVIROnMEnT of 10.30am. For the time being we will have to SWITch OFF yOuR ELEcTRONIcS. observe the current social distancing and Computers and other electronic devices wearing of masks rules. hopefully in the continue to use energy even when they’re long term we will be able to introduce re - turned off. Unplug them when you’re not freshments after the service. using them to save energy. Or try using a This service is a Team service for power strip for your home electronics that the whole Benefice and all are welcome. you can switch off when not in use. Rev Clifford Page 3 TURBO’S DOG BLOG FOR SPRING A reader alerted me to an inadvertent ‘Transparency enhancement Facilitator’. animals are equal but some animals are error I made in nomenclature last month In george Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ more equal than others’ – two of my when I caused a slight