Charlton St. Peter, Rushall & Upavon
TOGETHER
Church & Village News
2019
Useful Numbers
Doctors.... Avon Valley Upavon 630221 Durrington 653378 Cross Plains 652221
Salisbury Hospital 01722 336262 NHS Help Line 111 Police 101
Gas 0800 111999 Electricity 0800 0727282 Environmental Agency 0800 807060 Flood Line 0345 9881188
Plainwatch 01980 674700. [email protected]
Upavon Link 07501004349 Durrington Link 01980 594857
Schools Rushall C of E Primary 01980 630360 Avon Valley College 01980 652467 Pewsey Vale Secondary School 01672 565000
Upavon Village Store & Post Office 01980 630268
WHO TO CONTACT:
Team Rector: Revd. Canon Deborah Larkey (Day off Friday): Tel: 01672 851746 [email protected] The Rectory, Woodborough, Pewsey, SN9 5PH Team Vicars: Revd. Jennifer Totney (on maternity leave); Revd. Mark Windsor (Day off Thursday): Tel: 01672 564265 [email protected], The Vicarage, Wilcot, Pewsey, SN9 5NS. Curate: Revd. Dr. Colin Heber-Percy, Tel: 01264 731386 [email protected] Licensed Lay Minister, Anne Mantle. Rural Dean: Revd. Canon Gerald Osborne, Tel: 01672 563459.
PEWSEY TEAM OFFICE: Bouverie Hall, Pewsey 01672 562221 Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 11am to 3pm; Wednesday 12noon to 3pm. EMAIL: [email protected] website: http//www.valeofpewsey.org
CHURCHWARDENS Upavon Dr Bill Coker 01980 630803 Rushall Vacancies
Charlton St Peter Mrs Rosie Cunningham 630321 Mrs Ali Lacey 630385
LAY PASTORAL ASSISTANTS Mr Bill Bracher 630173 Mrs Caroline Larken 630432 Mrs Anne Prince 630008
UPAVON RUSHALL & CHARLTON LINK Link Line 07501 004349
TOGETHER MAGAZINE ADVERTISING AND REVENUE and items of news or notices for the next issue, contact the Together team, Tel: 01980 630023 or email: [email protected] by the 15th of the month, please.
Please contact a member of the clergy to discuss Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, Confirmation, the Blessing of your home, Service of Prayer and Dedication, Renewal of Wedding Vows. To visit in hospital, and the dying at home or in hospital. The clergy are here to help and serve, with our Lay Pastoral Assistants
HOSPITAL VISITS - If you need a visit in hospital, or know someone who has been taken in who would like a visit, please contact a member of the clergy.
HOME COMMUNIONS - If you know someone who is unable to get to church and wishes to receive Communion, please contact Bill Bracher on 01980 630173 and he will make arrangements for this to happen.
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Monday: Peter, St Charlton St Peter 7.45amTuesday: John St the Baptist Pewsey 8.30am
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WEEKDAY SERVICES:Holy Communion
THE CLERGY LETTER
What gives you hope? As we go into November, into the season of ‘Remembering’, as the nights draw in and the temperatures drop, we need good things to look forward to, we need ‘hope’. I am reminded of that beautiful hymn, ‘Lord of all Hopefulness’ which is often chosen for Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals. It reminds us that whatever happens in life, God is with us, and that gives us hope as we face the future in His company. Renewing Hope – Pray, Serve, Grow, is the Vision of our Bishops and people in the Diocese of Salisbury. Here is the latest letter written by Bishop Andrew Rumsey, Bishop of Ramsbury. He is writing about similar themes of hope in remembering.
'Little Imber on the down; seven miles from any town'. Like its better-known counterpart in Dorset, Tyneham, the ‘lost’ village of Imber was permanently evacuated in 1943, to provide a training area for US troops preparing for the allied invasion of Europe: one community’s quiet sacrifice for the war effort. Deserted and overgrown, today Imber is a kind of ghost village, about as deep into Salisbury Plain as it is possible to be. Adapted as a stage set for army manoeuvres, with the well-preserved parish church of St Giles as its centrepiece, Imber has also become something of a pilgrimage site for thousands of visitors who flock there during the twenty days each year access is granted. What draws them in such numbers? Abandoned places retain a unique fascination and Imber is, for many, a potent symbol of lost community - what the writer Georgina Boyes called ‘the imagined village’. In this idealised and deeply nostalgic sense of place, the Anglican Church plays an almost iconic role – when the bells of St Giles toll, we are recalled to a longed-for common life. he loss of place is perhaps the most powerful motive in modern social and political life. Globally, more people than ever before are uprooted from their home, by war and disaster; across the United Kingdom we are deeply unsettled and – whatever our allegiances - view the coming months with profound concern. Like the Psalmist, who writes ‘in time of national humiliation’ that ‘we do not see our emblems’ – the symbols of our belonging - as believers we are called by God to remember our future. Called back to the Lord’s faithful provision in former generations and forward in hope to the place assured for us – won for us – in the Lord Jesus.
Everyone is, by different routes, seeking this way forward. As an enduring sign of faith, hope and communal resilience, our parishes and churches once again have a crucial part to play in signalling and settling the nation. In Christ is our way back - and our way forwards. +Andrew Ramsbury This letter is taken from The Grapevine, Salisbury Diocese.
From the Registers
Funerals: May they rest in Peace. Leslie Flippance Funeral on 24th September at Salisbury Crematorium Isabella Noyes Funeral on 25th September at St Matthew’s Church, Rushall (formerly Perry) Jean Hey Funeral on 9th October followed by Thanksgiving Service at Holy Trinity Church, Easton Royal Veronica Mosses Funeral on 11th October at St James’ Church, North Newnton
COFFEE MORNING IN ST MARY’S CHURCH, UPAVON Our coffee morning in September for Macmillan Cancer Support raised £175. Many thanks to all those who came and supported this worthwhile charity
Everyone is warmly invited to our next Coffee morning on Saturday 23rd November from 10.00am to 12 noon. Please come along and enjoy a chat with friends and some lovely cake. We look forward to welcoming you St Mary’s Church, Upavon
All Souls Service Sunday 3rd November at 4.00pm There will be the opportunity to light a candle in remembrance of departed loved- ones. Please give the names of anyone you wish to be remembered to the Team Office 01672 562221 email [email protected]
Remembrance Sunday 10th November An act of Remembrance in St Mary's Church at 10.30am with the laying of wreaths at the War Memorial. Followed by a curry lunch organised by the Parish Council in Upavon Village Hall at 1.00pm. Tickets £12 from the Village Shop
RUSHALL & CHARLTON ST PETER VILLAGE HALL
November 2nd November 10am – 12 noon 20th Community Café 2pm – 4pm 21st Bingo 7:30pm – 9pm
During the week the hall offers Yoga, bowls, dancing and keep fit classes. For more information please contact us or find us on Facebook.
If you wish to book the hall for an event or wish to start a new weekly class please contact us: Email: [email protected] Telephone: 07393 353739
You are invited to the Community Café
Held in Rushall and Charlton Village Hall Call in, take a seat and enjoy a drink and a cake, a chat and meeting friends old and new
The café will be open from 2pm until 4pm on November 20th, December 18th. Surplus funds will contribute towards community projects once the café becomes self-funding
CHARLTON ST PETER 100 CLUB (Licensed by Wiltshire Council for the Vale of Pewsey Team of Churches.)
Our September 100 Club Draw took place in church after our Service on Sunday 22nd September at 6pm. Congratulations to the lucky winners:- £100 C. Lacey (Charlton) No.15 £50 J. Oliphant (Charlton) No.45 £50 A. Yardley (Worcester) No.81 £25 J. Dixon (Charlton) No.90 £25 B. Andersen (Charlton) No.27
Our October Draw will take place in Church after our Service on Sunday 27th October at 6pm and we will publish the winners in the next magazine. We still have a few numbers available, so if you are interested in purchasing number for £5 a month, please contact Ali Lacey 630385.
UPAVON VILLAGE HALL
It’s the return of the Cheese and Wine Evening!!
Saturday 2nd November @ 19:30 We are again raising money for local
charitable causes. Tickets £6.00 on sale from the village shop Beer & soft drinks available
Pewsey Belles & Sarsen Songmen
St. Mary’s Upavon Saturday Nov. 30th, 7 for 7.30
£10, including a glass of wine
Tickets from Upavon Shop and Around the World
UPAVON CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAIR Sunday, 8 December 1.00 to 3.30pm
Live Carols Band! Santa’s Grotto!
Hand-made crafts, Christmas wreaths and wrapping paper. Jams, chutneys, jewellery, tombola, mulled wine, tea coffee and cakes. Fun for all the family and an ideal start to your Christmas shopping.
See you all at St Mary’s Church, Upavon
Contact: 077911 98852
CANCER RESEARCH UK - CHRISTMAS FAIR Saturday 9th November, Bouverie Hall, Pewsey Doors open from 10am to 3pm.
Free Admission, but donations gratefully accepted. Once again we have an impressive wide range of stalls all selling a variety of goods, so you can be sure to find some great ideas for
Christmas. A wide selection of cakes will be available. Refreshments served all day, so enjoy the shopping experience, have some fun and help to beat Cancer at the same time.
Lunch in Aid of Salisbury Women’s Refuge Wednesday 6th November, St. John’s Church, Pewsey, 12 for 12.30, Everyone Welcome. Cooked by the Mothers’ Union £6.50 from MU members or £7 on the door
Can You Help? LINK is looking for an extra co-ordinator. You don’t have to drive, just be on the end of a phone (mobile supplied), and arrange a driver who can ferry a client. More info from Mike Thorne, on LINK,
0750 100 4359 Charity No: 1001089
The Arts Society, Pewsey Vale Monthly lectures are held in the Bouverie Hall, Pewsey SN9 5QE. The hall is open from 7 pm - lectures beginning at 7:30 pm for approximately one hour. Coffee/tea and wine is available from 7 pm.
Tuesday 26th November 2019 AGM at 7.15 followed by Gilbert and Sullivan - The Savoy Operas by Roger Askew The very model of an English Entertainment As the AGM precedes the lecture no visitors are permitted. There is no December meeting due to Christmas - so the following meeting will be on 28 January 2020. New members very welcome. To apply for membership and for information on attendance at the lectures please contact [email protected] Please note our new website is www.theartssociety-pewseyvale.com
ORGAN RECITAL by Chris Totney At St John the Baptist Church, Pewsey Thursday 7th November at 7.30pm Tickets £8 on the door Wine and Nibbles afterwards UPAVON PARISH COUNCIL
The Parish Council will meet on Wednesday 20 November at 7.00pm in the Village Hall. The minutes of the meeting may be inspected on the Parish Council website: www.upavonpc.co.uk, or on request at the Post Office. Any resident of the village wishing to raise a matter with the Parish Council should, in the first instance, contact the Parish Clerk, Mrs Bee Barff 07784203246 Email [email protected] at least 48 hours before a meeting in order that a considered response may be made. Salisbury Plain training area information will henceforth be available on the Parish Council notice board, or on the website:www.upavonpc.co.uk .
MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE – UPAVON AND RUSHALL Rushall, outside the school 10.00am-10.30am: 11 Nov., 9 Dec., 6 Jan., 3 Feb., 2 March. Upavon, Fairfield 10.00am-10.25am; Watson Close 10.35am-11.00am: 25 Nov., 23 Dec., 20 Jan., 17 Feb., 16 March. Mobile timetables can also be viewed online at http://services.wiltshire.gov.uk/MobileLibrary/ For further information contact [email protected] or phone 01225 713706
UPAVON VILLAGE HALL Thinking of holding a family get together or a party? Then why not try out our lovely village hall. Our rates are very reasonable and the facility is well equipped to accommodate most events. Please see our notice board or email [email protected] or telephone 01980 630191 for more details
UPAVON ALLOTMENT SOCIETY ONE HALF PLOT AVAILABLE
Please contact either of the below members for more information.
Malcolm Webber 07810163948 Paul Cowan 07855361600 Or email [email protected]
ENFORD GARDENING CLUB
Thursday 14th November Roger Hirons (the Plant Doctor) – The Winter Garden
Roger is an expert on plants and garden design, formally training at Pershore College of Agriculture followed by 35 years of experience overall including 27 years of speaking experience. He has appeared on Radio Northamptonshire “over the garden fence” and regional gardener’s question time. In the talk Roger explains how the winter garden works. Gives many ecology tips to look after wildlife. Lots of relevant plants for sale including some you may never have come across. Do come and join us. All are very welcome. Lifts can be arranged, please ask. Cost £4.00. Plants for sale/coffee/tea/raffle. As always, meetings are at Enford Village Hall, SN9 6DD. Time 6.45 for 7.15 pm. Further details from Fanny Middleton 01980 671645 email: [email protected] NB There is no meeting in December, but January’s meeting will be the AGM and Social on Thursday 9th January 2020
The Upavon carol band and singers will once again be out and about this Christmas time playing and singing carols in aid of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance for our twenty second year running. Please consider joining us and, however modest your musical experience, as a singer or as a player of a musical instrument, you’ll be made very welcome. For more information please contact Charlie or Julie on 01980 630294 (evenings)
UPAVON 500 CLUB MONTHLY DRAW The winning numbers for October 2019 were drawn on Monday 14th October at 7.30pm Congratulations to this Month’s winners:
£33.00 376 Mr. B McDonald Watson Close £16.00 448 Margaret Watson Close £13.00 258 Mrs. J Mitchell Fairfield £10.00 189 Mr. G Newland Chapel Lane £7.00 369 Mr. P Prince Rushall £6.00 308 Mrs. R Holland High Street £5.00 267 R Mirrlees Watson Close £4.00 114 Mrs. Sanger Watson Close £3.00 74 Mrs. P Eyre High Street £3.00 133 Mrs. Finney-Stocks Fairfield £3.00 136 Mrs. E Tryhorn Avon Square
There were 187 in this Month’s draw and the next draw will take place in The Ship on Monday 11th November 2019. Numbers are £1 per month and Membership Forms are available from: Linda Ward Tel: 07976 805 592 or Verina Horsnell Tel: 07720 884 680. The more subscriptions that are collected, the higher the prizes will be. Mrs L Ward, Hon Treasurer.
YOUR HELP IS REQUESTED
Your South Western Ambulance Upavon Community First Responders are fund raising to purchase a RAIZER CHAIR to assist casualties where there is a non injury fall but they are unable to get up unaided . There is quite often a long wait for an ambulance to attend in these situations as they are sometimes diverted to life threatening emergencies. The RAIZER CHAIR allows a single Community First Responder to assist the fallen casualty into a chair or to their bed into a comfortable position. After this has been achieved and following consultation with the clinical team at Ambulance Control an ambulance may not be necessary. Your donations for this invaluable equipment would be welcomed and would greatly assist the Community First Responders in our village. Cheques should be made to SWAST and will be sent on to our ‘ring-fenced’ fund for the chair. Please contact Jan Coker: 01980 630803/07881 540338 for details of where to send cheques or cash donations. Voicemail available on both numbers.
PEWSEY & CHRISTCHURCH URC METHODIST CHURCH
Bright Hour Fellowship on alternate Thursdays in the Wesley Hall, Pewsey at 2.30pm. Sunday services at 10.30am. For all the Methodist news and details of events and services please see the website: www.pewsey-methodist.org.uk
UPAVON BAPTIST CHAPEL, CHAPEL LANE, UPAVON
Please join us for Worship Services at 3.30 p.m. 2nd SUNDAY EVERY MONTH & for Prayer & Bible Study 7.30p.m. 4th FRIDAY EVERY MONTH ALL WELCOME If you need a lift, please ring 01225 782941/768000
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH of the HOLY FAMILY PEWSEY
Mass 6.00pm each Saturday website: [email protected] Regular or occasional lifts can be arranged from Upavon to Tidworth Garrison Catholic Mass in St Patrick’s Church, at 9am each Sunday, please telephone Marian Cope 01980 635366
PEWSEY 50+ BADMINTON CLUB – Pewsey 50+ Badminton Club welcomes new players of any standard and beginners. We meet at: The Vale Community Campus, PEWSEY, SN9 5EL every Monday between 10.00- 12.00 AND every Friday between 9.30-12.30 Why not come and see for yourself? Just turn up and play If you’d like to know more, please call David on 01672 810652
St Mary’s Church, Upavon St Mary’s PCC has received an offer from their insurers, Ecclesiastical Insurance. To celebrate their 130th anniversary, Ecclesiastical is offering to donate £130 to St Mary’s for every new home insurance policy taken out by our clergy, church workers, volunteers or members of our congregation before 31st December 2019. To take advantage of this offer visit www.ecclesiastical.com/Trust130 * or call 0800 783 0130 and quote TRUST130. *Terms and conditions apply and can be viewed on the offer website page above
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