May 2005 the Church of St Thomas a Becket
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PRICE: 50P MAY 2005 THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS A BECKET SHIRENEWTON PARISHES OF SHIRENEWTON AND NEWCHURCH MAGAZINE INCUMBENT: The Revd Hugh Trenchard 424984 CURATE The Revd Nansi Davies 01633 400519 CHURCH WARDENS: Alan Saysell 641369 Sally Saysell 641369 Mrs Kath Whittington – Newchurch 641600 Mrs Susan Lenthall – Newchurch 626389 PCC SECRETARIES: Andrew Baker - Shirenewton 641925 David Heritage - Newchurch 641570 PCC TREASURERS: Kevin Bounds - Shirenewton 641818 Enid Heritage - Newchurch 641570 GIFT AID SECRETARY Ruth Savagar 629890 CHURCH MAINTENANCE & SAFETY OFFICER John Nicholas 641368 ORGANISTS: Karen Millar 650521 Ruth Savagar 629890 Kath Wittington 641600 SUNDAY SCHOOL: Jane Smith-Haddon 641525 TOWER CAPTAIN: Mike Penny 650653 MOTHERS UNION: Auriol Horton 641844 CHILD PROTECTION OFFICER: John Waters 641449 CHURCH FLOWERS: Felicity Hunt 650604 PARISH MAGAZINE: Bob O’Keefe 641686 200 Club Pauline Dutton 641677 NAMES TO NOTE WI: Sally Saysell 641369 SCOUTS: Dave Richardson 620356 GUIDES: Helen Cann 650835 BROWNIES: Jackie Broughton 641797 EXPLORERS: Pete Maggs 650930 CUBS: DIana Such 650638 BEAVERS: Gill Norris 622703 POLICE CONTACT: P.C. Andrew Mason 01633 838111 REC. BOOKING SECRETARY: Beryl Saysell 641637 TRAIDCRAFT: Marion McAdam 641316 Please send notes, discs or emails for magazine to Bob O’Keefe, 15 Newton Manor, Shirenewton, (641686) or email to bobandwenche @aol.com by Friday 20th May for inclusion in the June Magazine 2 Dear Friends, The Good News of Easter is always with us even though it may seem that as the celebrations have passed it’s all over for another year. However, Christians know that the truth of the Resurrection means that we can continue to celebrate even into Eternity. What a wonderful outlook on life that provides for each one of us who believes Our Lord’s promise that he has gone to prepare a place for us and that he will be with us until the end of time! Much work is going on in our parishes, not only in the refurbishment and reordering of the interior of Caerwent Church, and also in the preparations for the start of the building work in Shirenewton Church, but in the planning of our Services of Worship which will involve all four churches. At the next meeting of the Worship Group we hope that we can prepare the plan for when, where and when each Sunday services will be held and what form of worship will take place up to April next year. Later we hope to further develop other services and joint events across our four parishes which will, we hope, become a United Parish to be announced by the Bishop at the forthcoming Diocesan Conference. Another very important event will be taking place on 5th May, the General Election. While Christians will want to avoid the charge of being party political as a Church, we dare not isolate ourselves from the things that matter to people. Governments can only provide the right infrastructure but it is up to individuals to take responsibility for their own attitudes and choices. Christians in making their choices will be focused on the wider common good rather than on purely self-serving decisions. Christ continues to call us to challenge and transform all that is evil, all that distorts his image and likeness in young and old. Human suffering and opportunities for care and human fulfilment affects us all, all the time, whatever our political party allegiance. We can all make a difference and voting is only one part of the democratic process but an essential part. By the end of April each parish will have held its Annual General Meeting and we will be able to publish a full list of Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councillors in the next issue. Finally the other piece of good news is that Hugh Trenchard hopes to be back in harness early in May and I am sure we will all be glad. With every blessing, Nansi Davies - Curate. 3 SHIRENEWTON SUNDAY CLUB Here are the dates for the next month or so. SHIRENEWTON SUNDAY CLUB Dates for Summer Term…. ….As far as we know them at the moment! Things might change a bit as we work out how to incorporate our new Group All Age Service DATE Time Venue Apr 7th 9.45 Family Service – Shirenewton Church Apr 24th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry May 1st 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry May 8th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry May 15th 9.45 Parade Family Service - Shirenewton Church May 22nd 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry May 29th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry Jun 5th 9.45 New! Group All Age Service Caerwent Church Jun 12th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry Jun 19th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry Jun 26th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry Jul 3rd 9.45 Group All Age Service–Shirenewton Church Jul 10th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry Jul 17th 9.45 Sunday Club – The Chantry Autumn Term will begin on Sunday 11 September Please make a special effort to come to the first Group All Age Service on Sunday 5 June at Caerwent Church 4 This will replace our current Family Service. It will be an informal “child and young person friendly” service, where we will meet up with the other parishes and Sunday Schools in our group. We expect to hold Group All Age Services on the First Sunday of every month. The services will be led by our clergy and other members of our churches including Glynis and Jane Shirenewton Sunday Club welcomes all children from 3 years. Do come and join us. Jane Smith-Haddon 641 525 Glynis MacDonald 641 818 A NOTE OF THANKS Bob Metcalf and family would like to express their sincere thanks to all those that attended the Thanksgiving Service at Saint Thomas a Becket Church for his late wife Jean, and for the cards letters and donations received in her memory. Donations amounting to £358.90 were given to the Hertfordshire Society for the Blind and gratefully acknowledged by them. SHIRENEWTON CHURCH 200 CLUB March Draw 19 Sheila Spary £40 109 Holly Martin £30 216 Bernice Bowen £20 46 Margaret Ashill £10 5 SHIRENEWTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL Meeting of 4th.April 2005 County Councillor Graham Down, PC Andy Mason and one member of the public joined the 9 members of the Council. Police Report During the past month the Police had received 11 calls from the area and dealt with one traffic accident. PC Mason told us one incident involved the removal of a sign in Mynyddbach. A resident in the area had installed the sign with no objection from the Community Council, to identify the locality of Lower Lane. The member of the public attending the meeting said the sign had been erected without consultation with other members of the community and in his opinion such a sign was not necessary. No further action is likely to be taken by the Police. The Community Council advised that the matter be resolved between the residents living in the area. Matters Arising from the minutes of the previous meeting. The Solar Light on the War Memorial path now seems to be working perfectly. The Recreation Association Annual General Meeting. A member of the Community Council who attended the meeting reported that much of the time was spent discussing the proposed extension to the Recreation Hall. There are 3 phases of the development. Phase 1: – access for the disabled and improved toilet facilities. Phase 2: – extension to the kitchen. Phase 3 – extension of the building to accommodate the needs of more groups within the community. Most of the required funding is or will be available for the development though it is envisaged that there could be a shortfall of about £10000. The Community Council may be invited to make a contribution towards the cost of the project. Burial Ground Survey: - Forms were distributed to members of each local area for completion. Planning Matters Refusal was recommended for an Application to demolish Calla Cottage, Earlswood and replace it with a new dwelling. However members were happy to recommend approval for the proposed improvement work at 8 Tan House Court, Shirenewton and for the erection of a conservatory at Red House, Earlswood. Retrospective approval was received from the County Planning Department for the rebuilding of Waterspring, Earlswood. Matters of Local Concern 6 The footpath between School Lane and the School is muddy and can be dangerous to pedestrians. The Clerk is to investigate who is responsible and what can be done to improve matters. The Landlord of The Tan House has met Cllr. Down and a representative of the County Highways Department regarding the sign at the junction of the Usk Road. It is understood the matter will be resolved in the near future. The Landlord has asked for a Public Entertainment Licence for a “Family Day” to be held on Saturday 25th June between 2-10 pm. The afternoon is being held to raise funds for the NSPCC. Members had no objection to the granting of the licence and assumed the Tan House would consider the residents living in the vicinity, particularly with regard to noise levels. It was suggested that a sign be placed at the top of the Huntsman Hill warning motorists of the school children crossing point. Another suggestion was that the Notice Board outside the School gates be moved to a position near to where the soon-to-be-repaired letterbox will be mounted on School Hill, Mynyddbach. It has been noticed that cars collecting children from the School are parking and destroying the green verge outside the School gates. This seems to be an unfortunate consequence of an increasing number of children coming to school by car.