Service Schedule for April 2019 for the North Kernow Benefice: Bude Haven, Launcells, Marhamchurch and Stratton
Weds 3rd: Stations of the Cross 7.00 pm (Bude Haven)
Sunday 7th: Passion Sunday; 5th in Lent
8.00 am: Mass (Stratton) The Magazine for the North Kernow Benefice 9.30 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 9.30 am: Morning Worship (Stratton) 11.15 am: Mass (Bude Haven) 6.00 pm: Evensong (Launcells)
Weds 10th: Stations of the Cross 7.00 pm (Stratton)
Sunday 14th: Palm Sunday *
9.30 am: Mass (Bude Haven) 9.30 am: Mass (Stratton) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Launcells)
Sunday 21st: Easter Day
9.30 am: Mass (Bude Haven) 9.30 am: Mass (Stratton) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Launcells)
Sunday 28th: Easter 2
9.30 am: Mass (Stratton) 9.30 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 11.15 am: Family Eucharist (Bude Haven) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Launcells)
Services may change— please check pew sheet if possible
* FOR SERVICES IN HOLY WEEK PLEASE SEE PAGE 27
WEEKDAY SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE In the normal course of events, weekday services are:
Wednesdays at 8.45 am Morning Prayer, St Andrew’s, Stratton APRIL Wednesdays at 9.30 am Mass at St Andrew’s, Stratton Thursdays at 8.45 am Morning Prayer, St Michael’s, Bude Haven 2019 Thursdays at 9.30 am Quiet Mass, St Michael’s, Bude Haven Free
28 Please contact any of the following for information or enquiries about SERVICES IN HOLY WEEK Anglican Church life in the Benefice:
Our Parish Priest: Monday 15th: Mass 7.00 pm Bude Haven Father David Barnes,1 Lanvean, Cleavelands, Bude EX23 8AB Tuesday 16th: Mass 7.00 pm Bude Haven Tel: 01288 352254 [email protected]
Weds 17th: Morning Prayer 8.45 am Stratton Our Churchwardens: Mass 9.30 am Stratton
St Andrew’s, Stratton: Stations of the Cross 7.00 pm Bude Haven
Yvonne Bishop: 01288 352762 Simon Waring: 01288 321813 Maundy Morning Prayer 8.45 am Bude Haven
St Marwenne’s, Marhamchurch: Thursday: Mass 9.30 am Bude Haven Holy Communion 6.00 pm Launcells Rob Corney: 01288 359754 Angela Grills: 01288 361247 Mass 7.30 pm Stratton St Michael’s, Bude Haven: Susan Cotton: 01288 352896 Good Friday: Liturgy of the Day 9.30 am Bude Haven Liturgy of the Day 9.30 am Stratton St Swithin’s, Launcells: Stations of the Cross 11.00 am Marhamchurch Fiona Hargreaves: 01288 381165 United Service 12 noon Bude Town
Service of Reflection 2.00 pm Launcells
Stratton Deanery website: www.strattondeanery.co.uk/ Holy Saturday/ Service of Light, Easter Eve : Renewal of Vows, 1st Mass of Easter 8.00 pm Stratton Regular Sunday Service Schedule 8.00 am 9.30 am 11.15 am 6.00 pm 1 Stratton Stratton—Morning Worship Bude Haven Launcells MARHAMCHURCH FOOD FAIR & Marhamchurch Bank Holiday Monday 6 May 2019 2 Stratton & Launcells Marhamchurch 10:30am to 2:30pm Bude Haven 3 Launcells & This year’s local foodie event showcasing our Bude Haven & Family Service BRAND NEW COMMUNITY SHOP Stratton Stratton Marhamchurch Local artisan food suppliers Cookery demonstrations 4 Launcells & Photographic Competition* Bake-Off for under 11s* Stratton & Family Service at Bude Haven Grand Auction Hog Roast Barbecue Crêperie Marhamchurch Bude Haven Cream Teas Dinosaur Hunt Lamb Pen Live Music with Friggin Riggin, All@C & more 5 Benefice Eucharist Benefice Evensong FREE PARKING at Marhamchurch Primary School Proceeds to Marhamchurch NEW Village Shop Editor of 1 Voice: Clare Hicks, Trelowen, Lynstone, Bude EX23 0LR Alongside the Haven Group Art & Crafts Exhibition & Sale 01288 352726; [email protected] *Entry forms from village shop or school
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Sponsored 24 hour video game marathon! PARISH NEWSLETTER Mark Rosser from St Michael’s is attempting a 24 hour video game marathon on his 23rd birthday, 26th April, to raise money for Dear Friends Macmillan and also in memory of his father, who died suddenly very As we move into April, we move ever closer to the great and glorious recently. To sponsor Mark please visit justgiving.com or see Mark in feast of Easter. However, we cannot celebrate Easter before we church. experience the road to Calvary and the cross. It’s that roller coaster ride that takes us from the triumphant entry into Jerusalem, with
the crowds shouting “Hosanna to the Son of David”, and a few days The Haven Group later, to the shouts of “Crucify Him”. This journey incorporates the is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year Last Supper where Jesus washes the feet of his disciples and then
We are a group of local Artists who meet every Thursday afternoon shares the Passover feast with them. It also incorporates Jesus’ in Marhamchurch Methodist Hall. This year we are pleased to be final temptation in the Garden of Gethsemane, where, when praying holding our 20th Exhibition of Art & Crafts at: to the Father he is tempted to turn away from the path that leads to Marhamchurch Methodist Hall.Pinch Hill. Marhamchurch the cross, but Jesus stands firm and says “Not my will but yours”. Friday 3rd - Monday 6th May The road to Calvary is a road to humiliation and death. Fri-Sun 10am - 6pm Mon 10am - 3pm We take this journey with Jesus knowing the outcome, that no
There will be Original Paintings and Drawings and a range of Hand matter what happens on Good Friday, we know that Jesus will rise made crafts for sale. Also on display will be Pottery made by the again on Easter Day. Along this road to Easter Jesus had explicit children of Marhamchurch School. trust in that God was with him as he journeyed on.
Admission is free, but donations for the Methodist Hall are Over the last nine months, we of the Stratton Deanery and the welcome. North Kernow Benefice have also been on a journey. It certainly has been a time of discovery and it has been a time of trial and change. Each of the Benefices in the deanery and consequently each parish have experienced some sort of change and loss. Our own Benefice of North Kernow will be split as of Easter Day, the 21st April. The Parishes of Stratton and Launcells will move into the northern Future dates for your diary ~ cluster where they will join with Poughill, Kilkhampton, and Events at St Michael’s: Morwenstow. At the same time Bude Haven and Marhamchurch will join with Poundstock, Whitstone and Week St. Mary in the central Triangle Sale - including plant sale. Saturday 18th May 10am to Cluster. Sadly, this will mean that my final service both at Stratton 12.30pm and Launcells will be on Easter Sunday morning. Auction: Saturday 7th September This is in effect an ending and a new beginning, the ending of what Quiz at Brendon Arms 1st November 7:30pm was and the beginning of what is to come. The northern cluster of
26 3 churches is now well along the way in the process of finding a new priest to lead them forward. I will be ministering in the central cluster enabling it to move forward in the work of discovering the kingdom and growing the church.
Let us remember that, as Jesus had explicit trust in his Father as he made that Journey to Jerusalem and his death on a cross and his ultimate resurrection, we too might see God in this process and also witness the resurrection of our churches in this deanery.
My prayers and best wishes go to you all as we begin this new chapter in the life of Stratton Deanery.
Fr. David
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The DEANERY BOOK CLUB (open to all churches in the Deanery and anyone else interested) meets on the first Monday of the month at Gail Brace’s house - 14 Monterey Close Bude. Tel: 01288 352412
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Monday 1st: MU Branch meeting: Supporting Refugees—a talk by LOVE AFTER MARRIAGE: By Barry & Lori Byrne Rosemary Lee, Bude Tourist Info Centre 2.30 pm
A Journey into Deeper Spiritual, Emotional and Sexual Oneness Tuesday 2nd: Lent Lunch at St Andrew’s
CBS Vespers & Benediction, St Michael’s 4 pm This is the best book on marriage that I have ever read. It is both practical and spiritual, putting God firmly at the centre of your marriage: Friday 5th: St Swithin’s Lent Lunch at The Davies’, Trelana Cottage
The merging of two into one, or rather three into one. Sunday 7th: Handel’s Israel in Egypt by Bude & Launceston Choral
Societies, Bude Methodist Church 7.30 pm God designed marriage to be a relationship in which we experience genuine love and intimacy, but sometimes we experience anger, hurt or Tuesday 9th: St Andrew’s Lent Lunch, Crossways, New Rd, Stratton a lack of connection with our spouse instead. Barry and Lori Byrne show Weds 10th: Messy Church, St Michael’s 10.30—12.30 you how to invite the Holy Spirit to play an active role in helping, healing St Marwenne’s APCM, St Marwenne’s 7.00 pm and restoring your marriage. The proven strategies in this book, used in the Byrnes’ successful Love After Marriage workshops, provide a helpful Thursday 11th: Deanery service & visit by Bishop Philip (see p 25) structure to create authentic vulnerability and transparency - key Flower Festival Planning Meeting, St Andrew’s 7 pm ingredients for a godly, loving marital relationship. Learn how to discern Friday 12th: St Swithin’s Lent Lunch, Launcells Parish Hall and overcome the spiritual cause of conflicts and other problems to arrive at fuller reconciliation and restoration. Weds 17th: Easter Egg Hunt, St Michael’s 10.30 am —12.30 pm
Coffee Morning in aid of St Andrew’s Flower Festival God wants married couples to enjoy deep sexual intimacy along with a funds, Old Court House, Stratton 10 am—noon strong emotional connection. Read stories from the Byrnes’ own MU Prayer Group, 24 Bede Haven Close 11 am experience and testimonies from couples in their workshops that illustrate the dramatic healing and freedom God provides when we Weds 24th: MU Corporate Communion, St Andrew’s 9.30 am pursue, with His guidance, a greater level of sexual oneness. Gain a new Thursday 25th: St Michael’s APCM, St Michael’s 7.30 pm understanding of God’s intention for marriage - and find new hope for greater connection and intimacy with your spouse – through the teach- Friday 26th: Quiz Night for St Marwenne’s, The Bray (TBC) ing, activities and tools provided in Love after Marriage. Dates for your MAY Diary:
This book could be the first step to the marriage you always wanted. Friday 3rd - Haven Art Group Exhibition (see p 26 for details) Monday 6th:
£9.99 Saturday 4th: LYCiG Ministry Development Team Day 5, Otterham &
St Juliot’s Hall (see p 10 for details) Available from The Ark Angel Christian Bookshop, 4 Lansdown Mews, Lansdown Road, Bude, EX23 8BH Monday 6th: Marhamchurch Food Fair (see p 25 for details)
01288 356886 Weds 8th: Coffee morning in aid of NSPCC at Jen Cloke’s, [email protected] 18 West Park Road 10.30 am—noon
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AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Whispered Literature Quiz by David T Williams
Dear Readers, Contributors, Advertisers and Sponsors The works below have been subjected to “Chinese Whispers”. Are you able to give the corrected titles, with authors? Seven are from the Bible I am sorry to have to announce that this is the last issue of One or Shakespeare. An example would be “Easy keel (OT) = Ezekiel (Old Voice. As you will have read in Fr David’s article on page 3, our Testament). Authors‘ initials are given with each clue. benefice is ceasing to exist this month and with it must go the 1. Alice Threw the Book in Class (LC) magazine. The name of One Voice will be laid to rest. 2. Ann Feels Bark (JA) But fear not! There will be a new magazine for the new Central 3. A Sausage to Injure (EMF) Cluster of churches, which I will be editing. This will be launched in 4. A Tale of Two Settees (CD) May and I hope will be as well supported as One Voice has been. 5. Barred Chimes (CD) Heather Whitlock (who is in charge of advertising) and I hope that 6. Blithering Kites (EB) many if not all of the advertisers will continue with the new 7. Bore of the Words (HGW) magazine. 8. Due to Wrong Me (OT) 9. Exeter (OT) I am sorry that we will no longer have a joint magazine with 10. Frenchmen Reek (D du M) Stratton & Launcells but hope that you will be soon settled into 11. Galoshes (OT) your new Cluster. I have enjoyed working with you all over the past 12. Gullible’s Gravels (JS) 8 years. 13. Malice in Sunderland (LC) 14. My Dozen Eggshells (D du M) A great big thank you to all who have contributed in any way to the 15. Nightie on the Floor (GO) success of One Voice, particularly those who have contributed 16. Omelette (WS) articles faithfully, month in, month out. 17. Slime and Nourishment (FD)
I look forward to working with our new parishes as we go forward in 18. Spider is Dozy (LL) our new Cluster together. 19. Suns and Plovers (DHL) 20. Swallow Some Damsons (AR) As the saying goes: You can’t change the wind but you can adjust 21. The Shaming of the Crew (WS) your sails (Attributed to Thomas S Monson amongst others) 22. The Iron, the Itch and the Worn Robe (CSL) Clare Hicks 23. The Many Knives of Winter (WS) 24. The Mayor of Nasty Ridge (TH) 25. The Number on Sadie’s Defective Urgency (AMS) St. Swithin’s Church, Launcells 26. The Return of the Dative (TH) We have some items for sale: 27. Thick Stick Capers (CD) A pine cupboard 4’6” x 5’8” x 18”. It has four shelves. 28. Treasure for Leisure (WS) A fridge ‘Fridgemaster’ height 2’10”. It has a salad tray and three 29. Tree Men are Afloat (JKJ) shelves. 30. Warring Geese (LT)
Another fridge ‘Tricity Premier’, height 4’6”. It has a salad tray and three Answers to David Williams (Rock Haven, Upton, Bude EX23 0LY) by April shelves. 19th please. Entry fee is £1.00 or 2 second class stamps (with SAE if Offers are invited. Buyer collects. Please contact John Davies on 01288 answers needed). Small prize for the winner. Money raised will be for St 356133 Michael’s church funds. 6 23 St Michael’s, Bude Haven, Book Sale.
nd rd Friday 22 and Saturday 23 February saw the return of the occasional St Michael’s ‘Book and Vinyl Sale’ at St Michael’s Church, Bude Haven. The event was organised by Mr David Williams who runs the well known ‘Wheelbarrow Book Stall’ on the cliff path at Upton. Featuring over Easter Egg Trail Quiz 3,000 books, the St Michael’s Sale was a great success, with a good number of both locals and Weds 17th April visitors a coming in to browse and buy from the selection. 10.30-12.30 Along with a raffle and refreshments (including the superb home-made cakes that St Michael’s has a reputation for), the Book Sale made a shade at the Church over £500 for Church Funds; a total Mr Williams and his team were very pleased with. Entry £1.00 The Sale was an enjoyable and productive fund Follow the trail and win a Cadbury crème egg and a free entry raising event. into a raffle to win one of our special eggs Refreshments & Games Alongside the Book Sale was a Bookmark Competition, won by Sophie Home- made Cakes James, pictured here with David Williams. Children’s books and other stalls
Mary Yearsley
Deidre Varley Jenny Cloke invites you to her is holding a
Coffee Morning Coffee morning And Bring and Buy Sale STOP PRESS: on Wednesday 8th May at 1 The Old Court House
Stratton St Swithin’s Lent Lunches have changed! from 10.30 am to 12 noon They are now: at 18 West Park Road on Wednesday 17th Bude April 29th March: Ann Farbrother at WestPark Road, Bude. 5th April: Annemary & John Davies at Trelana Cottage. from 10 am—noon 12th April: Sandy Cheshire, Margaret Bond, Rose Harwood at to raise funds for in aid of the Launcells Parish Hall NSPCC St Andrew’s forthcoming Flower Festival If you have any queries please telephone Dee on 01288 381887
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20 9 Lilies in Memoriam at Easter Nurseries in 2010, so nine years of exquisite fragrance speaks for itself, which may (or may not) be the result of constant TLC.
St Andrew's will be doing things a little differently this Several rules should be remembered - Daphne dislikes drought and dis- year. likes being waterlogged. A useful tip here is to apply plenty of horticul- tural grit all around the shrub which will help to filter the rain through. In Instead of a Gethsemane garden for the lilies we would drought conditions water carefully. Never hard prune this lovely shrub. If like to use lilies on both the high Altar and the Altar in it spreads too much, smothering other plants, remove the longest growth very sparingly (RHS advice). If you are planting a new Daphne, the pre- St Andrew's Chapel. ferred soil is neutral-to-alkaline, but some acidity is tolerated. My own JP
is in fairly acid soil with no problems. If there is serious yellowing of If you would like to contribute, a list of all the names to be leaves, fork in a small amount of lime. Prudent application of sulphate of remembered will be placed in the Chapel as usual with some potash is also acceptable. of the lilies. All varieties require the same care. There are several varieties from which to choose if you are thinking of buying one so read the label, as Requests to Yvonne Bishop at your earliest convenience please each has a different habit. To name just a few: on 01288 352762 D. bholua, ('Jacqueline Postill' for best fragrance) D. odora, also very fragrant, evergreen and bushy Accompanied Ministerial Development (AMD2) for the D. cneorum, evergreen and prostrate Deanery of Stratton D. mezereum, flowers all along the stem The following Ministry Development Team Days remain to be completed D. tangutica, evergreen and bushy by local leaders who will be using the LYCIG training to develop plans D. laureola, stands on its own for tolerating deep shade. Other and strategies to promote growth in their parishes varieties are sun-lovers. These days will be attended by the Deanery College, the Local Leaders Enjoy your Spring garden! and as many people from the parishes as possible. On these days The AMD2 Team will actually deliver the LYCiG programme with the help of May happiness descend in showers the Deanery College and the Local Leaders. When Spring revives those fragrant bowers
04 May 2019 Ministry Development Team Day 5 On a joyous April morning.
08 June 2019 Ministry Development Team Day 6 John Clare
Both days at Otterham & St Juliot's Hall
In addition to these days there is the opportunity for local leaders from parishes to attend the middle day of the remaining Deanery College Residential at Epiphany House, Truro which is being held 24 - 26 Sept 2019. The content of these sessions is being determined by the needs and desires of the Deanery with the aim of providing the skills and resources to enable growth projects to be developed by leading members of the parish communities.
10 19 GREENFINGERS—in the garden in April St Andrew’s Church, Stratton
Most people who love tending their gardens will Flower Festival – Celebrating the Colours of the Rainbow have gained enough knowledge over the years to The theme of the Flower Festival this year, Celebrating the Colours cope with problems. The inexperienced gardener of the Rainbow, will enable us to fill the church with the wonder of may not know that we cannot always rely on pro- God’s creation through the beauty of flowers. The rainbow is also a fessional advice. Some basic rules are rock-solidly reliable, but sometimes conflicting advice is given. symbol of God’s faithfulness and mercy promised to Noah at the end of the flood. For example, most people cut down their hardy herbaceous perennials before Winter sets in and The Flower Festival will be held over the usual weekend in May, Penstemon are often named, but a recent tip from running from May 24th – 27th, opening from 10 am – 4pm, with one professional is not to cut these down until refreshments being served throughout the day.
Spring. If you have Autumn-fruiting Raspberries This year we are planning a plant stall. Any donations towards this you may choose to cut them down in March or April but some would be gratefully accepted. professional advice is to do the job in November. Climate plays a great th part of course and rules for gardeners 'up-country' may not apply to our The Friends of St Andrew’s will also be celebrating their 10 warmer temperatures in the south-west. As stated in this column many anniversary over this weekend with a celebration service on times, personal experience is the best teacher. Sunday 26th at 10.30 am, followed by lunch. As the church will be in use most of the day the flower festival will reopen on the Pruning bothers many people. Lavender should be pruned very slightly in Monday. early Spring, leaving the little green shoots intact. On no account cut too th far down into the old wood as it will reduce the flowering this year. Most There will be a planning meeting on April 11 at 7pm at St advice on pruning is totally reliable so if you need reminding write this on Andrew’s Church. Lyzette Bevan will give a flower arranging dem- a postcard and keep it in the shed for easy referral: onstration and we will have an opportunity to meet and share ideas. Shrubs which flower before June should be pruned as soon as the flowering is over. Don't leave it until later in the year. Deirdre Varley has kindly agreed to host a fund raising Coffee th Morning on Wednesday 17 at her home, The Old Court House in Shrubs which flower in the Summer should be cut back in early Spring. Stratton. Proceeds will go towards the cost involved in staging the Evergreens resent being cut back after the end of Summer, so do this in event. late Spring. The Flower Festival is always a wonderful coming together of the
Winter is now far behind us and what a joy Greenfingers' Winter blooms whole community, so please consider supporting us in any way of DAPHNE bholua 'Jacqueline Postill' have been, which ignored the you can. If the thought of doing a flower arrangement seems rather Winter weather and are still deeply fragrant at the time of writing this. daunting perhaps you could sponsor someone to do one on your Greenfingers has been told of three people with problems concerning behalf or offers for help over the weekend would be more than wel- Daphnes, so my experience of growing them since childhood may be come. helpful. For further details contact Sheila Waring 01288 321 813 or email
[email protected] Daphnes have a reputation of being somewhat short-lived and tempera- mental, and she resents being moved. Some professionals say never We look forward to seeing you at the Flower Festival. You can be grow them in pots because their root system does not like it, but many sure of a warm welcome. people known to me have no such problem (as yet). My Daphne Sheila Waring bholua 'Jacqueline Postill', now over 7ft. tall, was supplied by Burncoose 18 11 BUDE, STRATTON We have had one of those Lent Lunches (I do not know who lent it) & DISTRICT BRANCH but it is nice to see the folk here enjoying themselves and chatting MOTHERS’ UNION to one another. I think that they are going to have some more in the
next few weeks. I hope so. We were delighted to welcome Sheila Waring, who is our Diocesan President as well as a Branch Member, to lead us in a Bible Study at our March meeting. The It will soon be Easter with all the nice flowers and the little cave the passage from Scripture was the feeding of the five thousand and we were asked folk put in the Porch. Squeak likes that. You must come and see it. to think about how it might guide us in our Mothers’ Union work – where are the Bye for now, needy and what are our resources ? Church Mouse Under the title, ‘Mothers’ Union Listening, Observing and Acting’, we considered, as both individuals and as a Branch, how we identified and responded to needs locally, nationally and internationally. Underlying all our efforts is our primary Notes from St Andrew’s for April 2019 resource, prayer – prayer which leads us into action. St Andrew’s hosted the World Day of Prayer for all our local churches on Friday 1st March and this was well attended. It was the first of these This action includes, for individual members, supporting the local Food Hub, annual services to drop “Women’s” from the title and some men as well Women’s and Men’s Refuges and refugees, among other things. In addition, as as women were able to appreciate the service of prayers prepared by the part of Mothers’ Union, we are involved in a range of initiatives helping people women of Slovenia for world-wide use on this day. and families both nationally and internationally. Indeed in 2018, as a Branch, in Lent Lunches are taking place each week in church on Tuesdays, addition to the members’ subscriptions (£484), over half of which goes into MU th except the last one on the 9 April is at the home of Anne Day, Cross- projects, our Branch has responded by raising another £175 for International MU ways, New Road, Stratton. activities, such as the Literacy and Numeracy Programmes in Africa, and a further th £300 for Diocesan MU work, including holidays for families in need, Kernow Holy Week and Easter begins with Palm Sunday Parish Mass on 14 April, followed by Maundy Thursday Service at 7.30 pm, Good Friday Young Careers and Cornwall SPACE, which supports disabled children and Liturgy of the Day at 9.30 am, young adults. Easter Saturday Service of Light and Renewal of Vows and 1st Mass of
Easter at 8.00pm, and Easter Sunday Parish Mass at 9.30 am. April Events All most welcome ! Flower Festival. Friday 24th, Saturday 25th and Monday 27th May 10 am th st to 4 pm each day. It will not be formally open to the public on Sunday 26 2:30 pm Monday 1 April May as the Friends of St Andrew’s have invited Revd Dr David Standen BUDE SUPPORTING REFUGEES to officiate at the Parish Mass as part of their 10th anniversary celebra- a talk by Rosemary Lee tions. It will be followed by lunch in church. Deirdre Varley is arranging a at Bude Tourist Information Centre Flower Festival fund raising coffee morning on Wednesday 17th April at
th The Old Court House, Maiden Street, Stratton between 10 am and 12 11:00 am Wednesday 17 April noon.
PRAYER GROUP th Stratton Summer Fete: Please note the date ~ Saturday 15 June. at 24 Bede Haven Close, Bude Venue as usual.
9:30 am Wednesday 24th April CORPORATE COMMUNION Ian A H Barker, PCC secretary, 01288353435 at St Andrew’s Church, Stratton
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Hi there!
What a spring we have had so far; nice warm sunshine, snow, sun again and now wind and rain. I am sure I saw some of the flowers creeping back underground again. One morning I almost drowned. I ran out of the big door, ducked under the metal at St Michaels, Bude gate and just stopped in time. The water was nearly up to my paws on 10.30 am - 12.30 pm the step so I went back in quick. There was no need to worry as of Wednesday 10th April 2019 course one of the folk noticed the flood and kindly stood out in the pouring rain to unblock the little drain in the path. Theme: ‘Easter, Palm Sunday’
There was an unusual meeting here one day. The folk came to say Come along and enjoy a fun session of hospitality, crafts, prayers for some other folk who live in a different part of the world celebration and lunch for parents, grandparents and children of all ages to enjoy together they call Slovenia. One by one several of the ladies described what life was like there. Squeak said afterwards how glad he was to be a Donations are welcome but not compulsory mouse here and not there. He did not think that they would have many crumbs to spare but he liked their music and he thought that it was kind of our ladies to remember and pray for them in this way. He heard someone say that churches were praying all round the world and he wondered if his old home in York were joining in. At the end two of the ladies gave a red carnation to everyone present as a thank you for coming and lots of them stayed for nibbles after – they had special biscuits and cakes and the crumbs were delicious.
I told you back along that I saw one of the ladies planting something into the ground and I would tell you what came up. Well, they were crocus – a lovely deep purple - and, do you know, they have the sweet- est yellow stamens … I think they are something to do with a charity as they are to remind folk about an illness called Polio. It causes nasty things to happen to the folk who catch it.
We had a pretty wedding one week. For flowers they had lots of that tiny white plant that looks like clouds and with it a plant that smells nice called lavender but it wasn’t in long enough to nibble. They did leave us a nice biscuit and some bits of crisps.
16 13 One Voice final copy St Marwenne’s April 2019 Come to us for all your Well it is with a sad heart that we have our last joint copy of Christian Resources One Voice. We sincerely hope that it won’t mean severing of our ties with St Andrew’s and St Swithin’s , and that we can THE ARK ANGEL CHRISTIAN BOOKSHOP still support each other at events and festivals. We are all one body after all. Large range of Bibles
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