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Tarrington Tatler Measuring up the churchyard Churchyard to get a facelift. Pg 10 Village Quiz. Pg 6 Heartfelt thanks. Pg 14 Will you join the club? Pg 17 Didn’t you do well! Pg 23 Deadline for submission for the next issue: Sunday 21st May Hello fellow Tarringtonians, I hope you are enjoying all the spring bulbs - the churchyard has excelled as it always does, and everything in the garden is bursting into growth. There are plenty of garden related activities to take note of, including new plans for the churchyard… The BBC is coming to Hereford Cathedral for Songs of Praise and there are some great Easter services and activities in our own Hop Churches. I always welcome contributions from anyone in the Parish, but please have the courage to put your name to it. I won’t publish anything that is anonymous. I hope you enjoy Easter and the two May bank holidays coming up. Have lots of Hot Cross Buns, but don’t eat too many Easter eggs! Judi Did You Know? It has been suggested by some people - David Lack for one in his excellent book “Robin Redbreast” in 1950 - that although the sexes are very sim- ilar, the brown fore- head is “U” shaped in male robins and “V” shaped in females. Blowed if I can tell! 2 Dates for your diary & Forthcoming Attractions Further Date Event Info 30 March Propagation Talk. Radway Bridge Garden Centre Pg 15 7 April Village Quiz Pg 6 10 Apil WI Cookery demonstration. Contact Margaret Townsend 890221 16 April Hereford Cathedral’s Easter Day Eucharist live on BBC1 Pg 25 17 April Songs of Praise at Hereford Cathedral Pg 25 19 April Leed’s Clothworkers Consort Choir. HHCT Pg 24 22 April Flicks in the Sticks - A Street Cat Named Bob Pg 16 27 April Hanging Basket Demonstration. Radway Bridge Pg 15 28 April HCS Senior Chamber Choir and Cantabile. HHCT Pg 24 29 April Talk on Bee Keeping and Plants. Radway Bridge Pg 15 5/6 May St Michael’s Hospice Plant Fair Pg 11 8 May WI Bring & buy. Plants & Books. Margaret Townsend 890221 8 May PC Meeting incl report on NDP funding Pg 20 15 May Annual Parish Meeting. Guest speaker Karen Usher Pg 21 Market Theatre, Ledbury Pg 26 Regular LEH clubs Pg 28 Easter Lilies There will be a beautiful Floral Display in Tarrington Church for Easter. If you wish to sponsor a lily, remember someone dear to you, or celebrate a special event, please contact either Peggy, at 15 Pound Close Or June Andrews 3 Dear friends, Rector’s Ramblings As you read this letter, Easter will fast be approaching. There can be no acci- dent in celebrating the season of new life in Christ, than in the early spring as we emerge from our winter woollies and stretch out to savour the sunshine, hopeful of good things around the corner. Our living and loving God certainly has such an amazing sense of timing. As we enter this season of Hope, many of us in the Hop Churches are sensing God’s Holy Spirit moving amongst us, drawing us into new ways of thinking, acting and believing. We live in an increasingly troubled and worrying world. Global conflict and political upheaval can heighten our sense of vulnerability about the future of our world, our own futures and those of our children. It was the festival of Candlemas, when the Hop Churches gathered for our first Mission Action Planning meeting and God began to speak to us and through us. The proverb ‘It is better to light a candle, than curse the darkness’ formed part of my sermon. Several people are associated with this proverbial saying, nota- bly US President John F. Kennedy. It had been brought to the public's attention by Peter Benenson, the English lawyer and founder of Amnesty International, at a Human Rights Day ceremony on 10th December 1961. The candle circled by barbed wire has become the society's emblem ever since. Darkness has long been a metaphor for ignorance or evil. The Bible contains hundreds of references to darkness, and it is in a religious context that the phrase is first found in print. The English Wesleyan minister William Lonsdale Watkinson used the expression in The Supreme Conquest, and other sermons preached in America in 1907: Watkinson, profoundly noted, that denunciatory rhetoric is so much easier and cheaper than good works, and proves a popular temptation. Pointing to the simple truth that it is far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness. Here in the Hop Churches we have also discovered that rhetoric is not enough. We believe that God has asked us to respond to these times of fear and vulnera- bility. Not with words, but with actions. Actions that speak of Hope. Hope for our world, for our communities and for our faith. We are stepping out on a jour- ney of Hope. If you like, we are lighting a candle instead of cursing the dark- ness. This journey begins on Sunday 30th April, with a day when we want to share with our communities the Hope we have for a world, where the light of Christ can be truly transforming. 4 In the run up to Easter we want to distribute a Hope prayer pack to every house- hold in the Hop Churches area. The pack will share our vision of hope and in- vite people to share with us what it is they hope for, or need prayer for. These will be collected in various ways, prior to HOPE SUNDAY. What will HOPE SUNDAY look like? 9:30am – Gathering in our local parish church, we will share a short service before setting out on foot, bicycle, car (or any other means of transport) towards Ashperton, car- rying the hopes and prayers of the people to the geographical heart of our benefice. Whilst some walk; in Ashperton for those not able or inclined to walk, between 10:15 and 11.45 there will be a Hub of Hope in Ashperton Village Hall, where all age activi- ties on the theme of hope will be underway. For those who seek a more peaceful form of reflection there will be a Vigil of Hope in the church. At Midday we will all gather in Ashperton Church for a united act of worship. We will offer our hopes and dreams, our fears and vulnerabilities to God know- ing that through him all things are possible. Our time together will finish with a shared lunch in the Village Hall. In this time of fellowship, we will be able to share with one another how God has been speaking to us as we have journeyed. We hope that from this he will show us the next path to take on the journey. One of my favourite children’s choruses begins; God’s not dead, he is alive. I love it because so much joy goes into the singing of it. God’s not dead, he is alive is the message of Easter. Our journey of Hope is to bear witness to this powerful truth. God’s Spirit is moving amongst us. COME AND JOIN IN. Joy and peace to you all. Mandy 07780 586846 [email protected] 5 VILLAGE QUIZ On behalf of Lady Emily Hall, we are pleased to invite you to Tar- rington's not quite annual village quiz at Lady Emily Hall on Friday 7th April 2017 at 7:30 pm. This year we have some new and exciting rounds (as well as the tradi- tional ones), a well stocked bar and a Ploughman's supper. We hope you are able to join us for an entertaining evening raising funds for the village play area and the church. Tickets are £8 per person to include a bottle of wine for each team and supper. (Please advise us of any dietary requirements) Please contact Hannah West or Linzy Outtrim to book a table. Success! Jenny found a new home As did the Linen Press from the Church If you have something to sell or pass on to a new owner, contact Happy the Tatler to advertise it. Easter! 6 CHURCH SERVICES: APR & MAY TARRINGTON YARKHILL STOKE EDITH Parish Communion Parish Communion Sunday 02 Apr 9.30am 11.00am Sunday 09 Apr Parish Communion Parish Communion Palm Sunday 9.30am 11.00am Parish Communion Thursday 13 Apr and stripping the Maundy Thursday Altar. 7.00pm Friday 14 Apr Walk of Witness from Tarrington to Yarkhill Good Friday 1.30pm Saturday 15 April The Easter Vigil Easter Eve 8.00pm Sunday 16 Apr Parish Communion Parish Communion Holy Communion Easter Sunday 9.30am 11.00am 11.00am All Age Worship Sunday 23 Apr 11.00am Worship Together at Tarrington Sunday 30 Apr 10.30am Parish Communion Parish Communion Sunday 07 May 9.30am 11.00am Evensong Sunday 14 May 6.30pm Parish Communion Morning Prayer Sunday 21 May 9.30am 11.00am All Age Worship Holy Communion Sunday 28 May 9.30am 11.00am 7 COMMEMORATION OF TOM ONSLOW AT STOKE EDITH On 11th February a quarter peal of Grandsire Doubles was rung on the recently refurbished bells at St. Mary the Virgin, Stoke Edith. This was done in memory of Second Lieutenant Tom Onslow, younger son of the Rector, who was killed in action near Arras, France on 6th January 1917.Three Onslow brothers fought in World War l; Frank H. Onslow was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Mercian Light Infantry, and Richard Francis John Onslow served in the Royal Navy on H.M.S.