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DTeliverede FREE to emvery household e T a l k July 2020 ROCHFORD • EASTHAM • THE HANLEYS • STOKE BLISS & KYRE • STANFORD Eastham Fête Produce Show (see centre pages) plus all your parish news Flower show 2019 Vegetables 2019 Fancy dress 1988 This month’s front cover is sponsored by Eastham Fête Eastham Memorial Hall Try our Gourmet Takeout HHH Patio Dining from 4th July Inn 2017 01886 853201 at Upper Sapey www.baitinghouse.co.uk CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY CLEANING SPECIALISTS • Fully trained and insured operators • Latest equipment • Minimum drying times • We move furniture • Customer satisfaction guarantee • Oriental rug specialists • Stainshield treatment • Deodorizer treatment • Quotations on request Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Specialists Highfields, Knightwick, Worcestershire WR6 5QG 01886 821554 or 07971 603007 TemeTalk EASTHAM • ROCHFORD • STOKE BLISS & KYRE • THE HANLEYS • STANFORD A community going forward with God Dear Villagers July 2020 Published by the churches of the After a few months of being online we return Teme Valley South Group to printed copy for TemeTalk this month, and and delivered free to every household it is good to be able to reach some folks who are not internet enabled. So if that is you – Designed and typeset by great to be in touch again through the printed Sandra Griffiths, St Michaels word – we’ve missed you! The virus pandemic has changed so many Printed by things and forced us to work and communi - Orphans Press, Leominster cate in different ways and to develop new habits. The local has become much more im - Editor: portant in many people’s lives, and at times it Sandra Griffiths has felt that we are strangely disconnected Grey Gables, St Michaels from the events we witness through our TV Tenbury Wells WR15 8TW screens. During this time many of us have Telephone 01568 750665 found joy in the detail of nature, in bird song [email protected] and the chance conversation with a someone – on the phone or keeping social distance of Distribution: course! Alison and Keith Tompsett There has been so much change in such a (Stoke Bliss & Kyre) short space of time, and in many ways coming Averil Opperman (The Hanleys, out of lockdown has been much more complex Eastham and Rochford) than going into it. Entering lockdown was fast Sue Softly (Stanford) and the rules clear, but coming out has meant different guidelines for different people, and Priest-in-charge this will continue for a while to come I expect. Rev Julia Curtis Some positive news is that our church build - Telephone 01886 853286 ings can now be open for private prayer, and [email protected] we hope to be able to open in rotation through the week from 6th July. Keeping each other Parish website safe is an important part of ‘loving your neigh - www.temevalleysouth.org.uk bour’ so expect signs reminding us about so - cial distancing and for hand sanitiser and Items for inclusion should be cleaning spray to be available. At the time of sent to Sandra Griffiths writing our plan just needs final approval and by the 18th of the preceding month you can find details elsewhere in TemeTalk. and will be included subject to space Our on-line services have been a delight to de - velop and have been watched by many, and Continued on page 3 Dark Ikea bookcases For Sale looking for a new home! One Ladies Raleigh Nova Sport cycle 2 x 4ft tall One Gents Dawes Galaxy cycle 4 x 6ft tall Each requiring refurbishment Make a donation to the Hanleys All reasonable offers considered Friday Market Air Ambulance fund Call Peter Thorneycroft on and they’re yours to collect! 07836 733072 Telephone 07527 063044 or 01886 853654 STAY AT HOME Teme Valley South Contacts Home Support Priest-in-charge: Julia Curtis 01886 853286 Associate Priest: Sally Jones 01584 781526 Reader: Pete Thorp 07917 783159 A break can be good for everyone Churchwardens We provide Eastham: Celia Adams 01584 781258 Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 • Respite in your own home Jennifer Gledhill 01584 812500 • Night sitting Stoke Bliss and Kyre: • Day sitting Hanleys: Ed Yarnold 07930 882728 • Support to access the community, Stanford: Robin Dean 01886 853295 inc appointments and socialising Pastoral Team Get in touch for a chat or a free Stanford: Lesley Dean 01886 853295 no-obligation quote Hanleys: Peter Thorneycroft 01885 410484 Susan Grazier Stoke Bliss : T: 01299 270675 Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 M: 07969 673092 Jenny Barbé 01584 781298 E: [email protected] Eastham: Helen Matravers 01584 781510 Parish Safeguarding Officer: Sue Softly 01584 881342 TEME VALLEY IMMIGRATION • LEGAL MATTERS • CONSUMER • RELATION SHIP ACCOUNTS EVENING Cut the costs of your bookkeeping, PAYE, TELEPHONE VAT, Sage, tax returns and all related SERVICE business accounting Teme Valley Accounts offers your business EVERY TUESDAY cost-effective rates and friendly advice locally 4.30 pm - 8 pm I have many years of experience and LUDLOW 01584 876933 many satisfied customers in the region LEOMINSTER 01568 615959 I will work from your premises or my own BENEFITS • DEBT • EMPLOYMENT • HOUSING • TAX For a no obligation discussion or visit please call Advertise your event FREE in TemeTalk and reach 660 Claire Elliott households in seven parishes 01584 881708 or mobile 07731 010099 email [email protected] email: [email protected] 2 Parish news COVID-19 response Regular services and opening for As we move into the next phase of the re - private prayer sponse to COVID-19 all our local communities Although our church buildings continue to be are continuing a local response where it is still closed for public worship, we hope to open required, offering contact and support. It is them for private prayer as below from 6th July. wonderful to see how individuals and groups Once we are open you are very welcome to have responded during the lockdown period come and spend some time in these spaces to – thank you! reflect, to pray and just to ‘be’ for a quiet mo - People who are actively involved in this ment. If cameras and QR codes are your thing, initiative: then do bring your phone and light a virtual • For Eastham: Celia Adams on 01584 candle. 781258 or ask to join the Eastham Covid-19 St Peter & St Paul, Eastham WhatsApp group – she will need your mobile Tuesday 9am to 6pm number to do this and you will need to have St Mary, Stanford on Teme WhatsApp installed on your 4G mobile. Thursday 9am to 6pm • For the Hanleys: Peter Thorneycroft on St Mary, Kyre Wyard 01885 410484 or Rev’d Julia (see below). Friday 2.30pm to 5pm • For Rochford: Carole Powell, Jane Bull or Church to be attended Ann Prosser on 01584 781317. Rochford has a St Michael, Rochford support page on Facebook called Rochford Wednesday and Sunday 9am to 6pm Tenbury Coronavirus Care. St Peter, Stoke Bliss • For Stanford: Robin Dean on 01886 Friday 10am to 4pm 853295 – Stanford also has a Covid-19 support All Saints, Hanley William page. Saturday 9am to 4pm • For Stoke Bliss and Kyre: Maggie Kingston Michael & All Angels, Hanley Childe to remain on 01885 410431 closed for the time being. Our priests: • Our priest-in-charge, Rev’d Julia Curtis Thanks to all of you who are willing to air by email ([email protected]) or phone the churches and give them a spruce up before her on 01886 853286. opening and have offered to lock and unlock. • One of our retired priests: Without you we could not re-open. ▪ Rev Robert Barlow – 07947 600627 During the virus outbreak we have main - ▪ Rev Sally Jones – 01584 781526 tained a pattern of regular prayer in our com - If you would like a regular phone call to munities, gathering via Zoom, and this will say hello and have a chat please do ask. continue for the time being. See the service schedule on page 28 for times of daily prayers Continued from page 1 and do get in touch if you would like to join they will continue for the time being. us. Weekly Sunday offerings will be available July heralds high summer and hopefully via our Teme Valley Churches Facebook page some warm summer evenings to be enjoyed in and on YouTube or see the Teme Valley South our gardens and outdoors. So do enjoy… it will website for details on be a quieter July than many had planned but, www.temevalleysouth.org.uk/ as we re-orientate, I pray that we allow our - If you have a prayer request to be included selves some space to settle into this new season. please ring or email me or your local pastoral Maybe we have the gift of time to see what new team member – see Teme Valley South Con - habits we want to keep, and what old ones it is tacts on page 2. time to gently lay down for good. Rev Julia Curtis Rev’d Julia See more Parish News on page 10 3 Teme Valley Tote Rochford Club June’s prize draw of the Tote was decided 49 when Rev’d Julia Curtis rolled the dice on 3rd Congratulations June to select the set of random numbers. Prize to this month’s £25 winners: winners are: £50 – Willie Austin of Lindridge (No 195) Wednesday winners £30 – Julian Turner of Pensax (No 338) May 20th No 44 Mrs Bristow £20 – Val Patrick of Stoke Bliss (No 775) May 27th No 46 Caroline O’Hagan A number of people in Knighton have not been June 3rd No 48 Ann Prosser entered because their subscriptions were not June 10th No 44 Chris Cox collected.