July 2021

The Benefice Magazine 40p

Who’s Who…

Parish Priest: The Revd Fr John Baines 01298 83411 Curate: The Revd Fr David Green 0748 688 9322

Please contact Fr John if you want to arrange a Wedding, a Baptism (also known as a Christening), or a Funeral.

Fr John’s Rest Day is Friday & Fr David’s Rest Day is Saturday

Lic’d Funeral Minister: Karen Kidd 01298 78849

Safeguarding: Janet McNicol 01298 812053

Church Wardens: Nanette Riley (Longnor) 01298 83314 David Twigg (Longnor) 01538 373999 Margaret Clulow (Quarnford) 01538 381896 Karen Kidd (Quarnford) 01298 78849 Ann Belfield (Sheen) 01298 84396 George Grindon (Sheen) 01298 84492 Rachel Moorcroft ( with Elkstone) 01298 84568

Treasurers: Nanette Riley (Longnor) 01298 83314 Glenn Leathley (Quarnford) Christopher Belfield (Sheen) 01298 84809 John Gilman (Newtown) 01298 83486 Marjorie Mycock (Reapsmoor) 01298 84585 Emma Gould (Warslow) 01298 687190

Magazine Reps: Nannette Riley (Longnor) 01298 83314 Post vacant (Quarnford) Joan Gregory (Reapsmoor) 01298 84429 (if no rep listed for your church/village, please contact the appropriate Church Warden above with magazine enquiries).

Headteachers: Anne Collins, St Bartholomew’s Longnor 01298 83323 Janette Mountford-Lees, 01298 83303 Judith Ackers, Manifold Academy Warslow 01298 84320

Methodist Minister: The Revd Andrew Parker, (Hollinsclough) 01298 23556

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Who do you say I am?

July sees a new intake of curates begin their ministry, and a time for all to check up on how we serve our communities, churches and God: At the end of June we celebrated the ordinations of deacons at Lichfield Cathedral and the ordination of priests in churches throughout the diocese. At the same time, we are busy in the Vocations and Training Team thinking about and preparing for all those who will begin training for ministry, both lay and ordained, in the coming months. At the heart of all we do is the question “who do you say I am?” which Jesus asks in the three synoptic gospels (Matthew 16:13-16, Mark 8:27-29, and Luke 9:18- 20.) The last 15 months have been, for many of us, a period of self-discovery. We may have rediscovered our strengths and our weaknesses or a new reliance on God and God’s unbounding love for us; we may have been astounded at our resourcefulness and adaptability, learning new skills and courageously finding new ways of being Church. We may also have found moments of stillness where we have wondered what God is calling us to do and be. Alongside this we have perhaps also rediscovered what it means to be part of community; as the old saying goes ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’. Vocations are never formed in isolation. In the Vocations and Training team we come alongside people as they discern their calling and in the case of those exploring ordination and lay licensed ministry we represent, alongside an individual’s local community, the wider body of Christ in which the individual stands before God in the discernment of who is to be sent (Isaiah 6:8). The question of ‘who do people say that I am’ is writ large over the work that we undertake within the team, and our starting point has to be in discipleship. There is something in exploring our vocations about the need to remain open to the Spirit at work and that may come from surprising quarters. There is something about the need to remain open to the ways in which God speaks through others to affirm or to challenge. At its heart preparing for any form of ministry, living out our vocation, is about the qualities we inhabit as disciples of Christ; how open we might be to the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in the lives of others. It’s an ongoing process. Our vocations may change as we grow in discipleship, and the gifts that God has equipped us with for God’s service grow and develop over time. That is what makes it such a joy! Revd Dr Jeanette Hartwell Vocations and Training Team Lead Find out more about the many kinds of vocation and training in the Church of via www.lichfield.anglican.org/vocations-and-training/ or the team’s Facebook page, http://facebook.com/Lichfieldvocations

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Late flowering Betony

Depending on the weather, July can be a month full of grassland flowers or one where many of them are now over, having peaked in June. It is certainly the month when you need to start to cut and rake your long grass, particularly if it did not receive a spring cut.

Have a look out for late flowering plants however, do you have Betony present? If so, then consider delaying the cut or cutting around the betony plants allowing them to flower, they are one of our most attractive wildflowers. Betony is a member of the woundwort family, close also to the dead- nettles. It has an angled stem, which if you were to cut it, would be square in cross section, has distinctive toothed leaves and lovely deep pink flowers. Betony has long been prized for its curative powers, in the Medieval times it was viewed as an ‘all-heal’ or panacea. The Italians had a saying ‘Sell your coat and buy Betony’ and the Spaniards used the compliment ‘He has as many virtues as Betony’. Antonius Musa, chief physician to the Emperor Augustus, wrote a long treatise, showing it was a certain cure for no less than forty-seven diseases! It is still used by herbalists for a variety of ailments including headaches.

Betony is found in ancient woodland and undisturbed grasslands so its presence may indicate species-rich grassland, please look out for the many other species found in this special habitat. It was also planted in churchyards, in part for its medicinal uses and also because it was believed to be effective against sorcery, warding off ghosts, goblins and any other unwelcome spirits.

Please let us know if you find betony in your churchyard.

All the best, Harriet Carty Diocesan Churchyard Environmental Advisor, [email protected], www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk - individuals and groups in the diocese receive 20% members discount on all CfGA materials. Use the discount code Lich19

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From the Curatage

In the late 1980s or early 1990s, in my childhood or perhaps into my teens, I recall a holiday to the Lake District and climbing Blencathra. It's a fell also known as Saddleback. On the way up there seemed like rather a lot of false summits. I kept believing we were about to arrive at the top, only to pass the next near horizon and then see a further one, not so far off in the distance. I wasn't an especially fit child. I didn't really take much of an interest in sport or physical activity until my early teens. As a result I'm sure that these false summits seemed like more of an ordeal for me than it would have been for others (who might well have been enjoying a stroll to the top)

The coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions we've had will have seemed like an ongoing ordeal for some of us. There will have been what seemed like false horizons. And that will have affected some of us more than others.

I don't think a year ago many of us would have expected to still have substantial restrictions in place at this point. But all being well, it's still expected that we will be able to have significantly more freedom towards the end of July. I'm writing this on the 20th of June and the government's originally indicated timescale would have seen the removal of a lot of restrictions tomorrow. The Delta variant has brought an increase in the number of cases, including some locally and so understandably restrictions are being lifted cautiously.

As we move into Summer, we hope to be able to have further restrictions lifted in churches and move back towards our normal pattern of services. It seems strange to have watched football fans sing together during the belated Euro 2020, and yet still for us not to have the freedom for a small congregation to sing in a large church building. But we look forward to a time when we can do so but we're waiting for the government and the national Church of England to advise us what is permissible.

As we are resuming having more in-place services, our online services will continue on Thursday mornings using Zoom at 10am. In a way this is a bit like the services we had in St Paul's, Newtown at that time. Some repairs are necessary at Newtown before we resume services and this service will certainly continue online for the time being. As people have returned to our physical buildings for services so we have noticed numbers of attendees reducing at our Sunday evening Zoom service. As such the 27th of June at 6:30pm will be our final Sunday Evening Zoom service for the foreseeable future. In future we will be continuing online services as long as there is a demand for them.

During lockdown we also introduced an online coffee morning on Tuesday mornings, and it also seems right to bring this to a close.

Please do see elsewhere in the magazine for things we are able to do together in-place or to things we can reintroduce, such as flower festivals. The 25th of July will see the return of our William Billinge Annual Memorial Service at Longnor, which we are certainly looking forward to.

I hope this July marks a genuine horizon or summit, as we move past the COVID-19 related restrictions. Of course I don't expect everything to go back to quite the way it was. If this time has felt difficult for you and you'd like someone to talk to, Fr John or I would both be very pleased to hear from you and our contact details are on the inside cover. In time we'll be looking to resume a more normal pattern of keeping in touch with people, especially in person.

Fr David

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High Days and Holy Days for July

1st July Henry Venn of the CMS 1st July Theobald 2nd July John Francis Regis 3rd July St Thomas the Apostle 4th July Elizabeth of Portugal 6th July Thomas More 7th July Boisil of Melrose 7th July Willibald 11th July Benedict 14th July Camillus de Lellis 15th July St Swithun (or Swithin) 16th July St Helier 19th July St Macrina the Younger 22nd July St Mary Magdalene 25th July St James the Great 25th July St Christopher 27th July The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus 29th July St Olaf 30th July William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson 31st July St Joseph of Arimathea

1st July Henry Venn of the CMS

Most Christians in the UK have heard of the Church Mission Society or CMS. Far fewer have heard of the Revd Henry Venn (1796-1873), whose father, the rector of Clapham, founded CMS in 1799, and who himself became the greatest missionary strategist of the 19th century.

Not that Henry Venn ever became a missionary himself; after Cambridge he served his curacy at St Dunstan’s in Fleet Street, and then an incumbency at Drypool in Hull, before becoming vicar of St Johns, Holloway in1834. But Henry Venn’s parish-based ministry did not obscure his passionate interest in overseas evangelism, and in 1841 he accepted an invitation to become the honorary secretary of the Church Mission Society. That decision was to shape the history of overseas missions, and to make CMS into the most effective force in Britain for delivering effective overseas mission.

For Henry was an outstanding administrator, and his wisdom and management of the missionaries enabled CMS to grow and flourish. When Henry first began work on CMS, it employed 107

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European clergy and nine local indigenous people. When he died in 1873, there were 230 European clergy and 148 local people in service.

After his resignation from St Johns Holloway in 1846, Henry devoted himself almost exclusively to the work of CMS. He was directly responsible for sending out 498 clergymen, all of them chosen by him, and with most of whom he continued in regular correspondence. He also established eight or nine bishoprics for the supervision of CMS missionary clergy and was usually involved in the appointments made.

Henry and a missions colleague in America were the first to use the term ‘indigenous church’, and they were way ahead of their time in seeing the necessity for creating churches on the mission fields that in time would become not only self-supporting, but also self-governing and self- propagating. In fact, Venn wrote with enthusiasm on this "euthanasia of missions," meaning that missionaries were only ever meant to be temporary, and not permanent.

All in all, Henry Venn’s exposition on the basic principles of indigenous Christian missions was so powerful that much of it was later adopted by the Lausanne Congress of 1974.

But alongside Venn’s passion for evangelism was his concern for social justice, and he frequently lobbied the British Parliament, especially the closure of the Atlantic slave trade.

In 1873, when he was 76, Venn died at his home in Mortlake, Surrey. He is buried in the churchyard.

[Fr David Notes: for trivia fans - Henry Venn's son John invented the Venn Diagram]

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General Benefice News

Local Police Number Our new NON emergency no. is 101. (The old Deadline for the Magazine 0300 123 44 55 is still working BUT we are encouraging people to use 101). The system All material should be delivered to the recognises where you are calling from editor by 22nd of the month for the next whether mobile or landline and will give you month’s edition. options for the nearest Police Service. Please send to: Denise Eassom 101 For all non-emergency calls Meadowside, Newtown, Longnor, , SK17 0NE Used Postage Stamps Telephone 01298 83611 or email [email protected] Please consider saving these as they are valuable to the charities who rely We are able to send the magazine by email. on this income. Remember to leave a If anyone would like to change or to margin of envelope round each stamp. subscribe, please let me know.

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If you have any issues relating to footpaths or bridleways, please contact ALISON TURNER (Reapsmoor) on 01298 687424 or email [email protected]

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Payment for all adverts should please be sent to Longnor Vicarage, Gauledge Lane, Longnor, Buxton, SK17 0PA Cheques made payable to Longnor PCC. Payment by BACS Bank: RBS Acc No.: 12096717 , Sort Code: 16-15-15, As reference could you put your ad name in please.

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with smart new larger ones – with the help of the Cheshire Cheese who have donated some soil Longnor excavated from their new pond site, we have filled Thank you to Arthur Armitt for his very kind the new planters and the children are busy donation towards the repair of the clock. planting vegetables, herbs and flowers. We have added more woodland flowers underneath the A donation from Alice Heywood and family for well-developed trees and shrubs from the original Fathers Day. scheme and coppiced the willow tunnel to give better access. The re-growing willows can With grateful thanks for a very generous donation provide lovely lithe stems for weaving and basket to St Bartholomew's in memory of Olive Francis work. There are new nest boxes and a bat box Who would have been ninety-one on 10/7/21 has been kindly donated and is due soon. The From Janet and Michael Pick. little meadow has been weeded of some its rather tall hogweed and the invading nettles (that was In loving memory of Mavis Storer who died hard work!) and is being replaced by more typical 25/7/13. A very dear Mother, Granny and Great meadow plants. 12 5-6year olds formed a Granny. From Nannette, Les and family. magnificent production line to dig holes and Thank you all for your donations, which are very planted over 60 plants donated to the project in much appreciated. an hour just before it started to rain this month. Well timed indeed. More are on order. On 17th June Longnor said a fond farewell to two of its longstanding and well respected residents, The project is funded by the Community Janet and Roy Braddock who have moved to be Engagement project of the S W Peak HLF nearer their daughter Carol, Son in law Gary and Landscape Partnership with match funding Grand daughter Courtney. We wish them every coming from County Council, the happiness in their new home. Wakeham Trust, private donations and the Barratts Legacy fund – plus a lot of local volunteer time. Longnor Action Group and School We hope these enhancements will stand the test project, progress report of time and brighten up the village for wildlife for years to come. Enjoy. You might have noticed unusual activity around the school recently. We have been planting wildflowers like primroses and bluebells, restoring the wildflower meadow, putting up new nest boxes and establishing some large planters for the children to grow things. These are all part of a larger project that seeks to enhance the nature areas around the school for the villagers and visitors to enjoy. There is the patch next to the fire station where the pond now leaks and will be restored. We have already thinned some of the heavy shade to help the pond plants. Contractors will be replacing the rather rotten boardwalk here and re-lining the pond in July. Next to the school, mowing under the trees by the car parking area has stopped and we have added a range of woodland plants – still rather small now – look out for more colour and variety next year. Some of the children sowed seeds there last autumn – so foxgloves and red campion should be sprouting out soon. The main nature area lies at the west end of the playing field – here we have removed the rotten planters from the former scheme, replacing them 11

Donations have been received at St Paul’s FLOWER FESTIVAL Church from Judith Nadin in memory of her Mum . St Bartholomew’s Church A donation to St Paul’s from Elsie. Thank you Longnor SK17 0PE

QUARNFORD MEMORIAL HALL Saturday 31st July AGM Monday 19th July 7.30pm To At Flash Village Hall (Quarnford Memorial Hall)

Wednesday 4th August The meeting will be open to the public  The business of the AGM will include reports on activities which have taken place, during the year, from the A Celebration of Chairperson and the Secretary. Any local organisations or regular users of the Village Hall are invited to report. TREES  The Treasurer will present the accounts for the year which will be subjected to a vote of approval. Refreshments served daily  Re-election of existing members and 10.30 – 3.30 election of new committee members, where applicable, will take place (If

anyone is interested in joining the This year introducing committee, please come along). “Flower Festival in a Jam Jar”  Any other business

Anyone is welcome to bring Flash Village Hall is available for hire Suitable for Parties, concerts, Club meetings etc along a jam jar full of flowers Hire rate is £8.50 / hour (minimum 2 hours) To book the hall contact: To be displayed in the church Sue on 07773881761 Why not label your jar in or email: [email protected]

memory of….or thankfulness for…. Sheen Or in celebration of a loved one WILD CHURCH – we had a excellent wild church or an event. for Pentecost, with the theme of fire and wind, we toasted marshmallows, made parachutes it was This event will be covid secure. a lovely sunny day so there was no wind and they wouldn’t fly but we still had lots of fun, we painted pictures and played games. Thank you to everyone who attended. Our next wild church will be on Saturday 3rd July Quarnford 21 at 2pm. We were sorry to hear of the death of John Bardell and send our condolences to all his family Thank you to Lorna for selling rhubarb and at this sad time. John was a local man known to donating the proceeds to St Luke’s Church. many. GIFT DAY – thank you to everyone who gave generously this year. Your donation goes towards 12

maintaining St Luke’s enabling us to keep the doors open. Donations were received from Hilda Critchlow, Maurice & Rosemary, David, Linda & Reapsmoor family, Stone Pit Hill, Valerie Shipley, Heather, Joan & I would like to extend our sincere Ian & family, All at Harris Close, Ed & Alan (Mole thanks to Longnor PCC for the cards, lovely End), Chris & Pam Belfield, Mary Stubbs, flowers & cash, presented to us for our services Anthony, Jackie, Isabel & George Birds, John & to Reapsmoor Church. May we wish Sharon and Liz Cope, Lorna & Joe Critchlow & family, Mary other volunteers the best of luck when they take Bury & family, Arthur Spendelow, Graham & over the tasks ahead of them. Jean, Audrey Morson, George & Pauline, Ann & Brian, 1 Anon. Warslow FLOWER FESTIVAL -our flower festival is coming on well for 21st August hopefully our Services afternoon tea will be on Sunday 22nd August covid On Sunday 13th June, Rev. Nicola Pepper restrictions allowing. officiated her debut service of Morning Prayer at St Lawrence’s church. It was lovely to see the BRASS CLEANING – Jean and Brenda congregation made up of numerous people from the surrounding parishes. The first banns were Many thanks to everyone who is helping to keep read for Stephanie Keeling and Jacob Edwards, our beautiful church and surroundings in such who are to be married at St Edwards Church, good order. Cheddleton on 14th August 2021. We wish them well for their forthcoming new journey together. 100 CLUB RESULTS – July 2021 – 1st 69 George Grindon £20, The next service, in Church, will be on 4th July. 2nd 57 John Critchlow £15 FLOWER FESTIVAL 3rd 32 Anne Ferns £10,4th 82 Pauline Grindon £6 We are hoping to hold a ‘Jam Jar Flower Festival’ where members of the local community produce Thank you for all your ongoing support. an arrangement, in a jam jar, to commemorate or celebrate special events or people in our lives – it PLEASE STAY SAFE AND GOD BLESS is hoped that this will be less labour intensive than our usual Flower Festival, for this year, and bring our community, old and new, together in Newtown celebration. If you would like to take part- contact Emma Gould. St Paul’s REGULAR GIVING In June we thought the Covid 19 restrictions As we have lost over a year’s income from would be eased by now and the hope was that we fundraising and services, the sustainability of our would be able to re-open the Church and resume Church is, therefore threatened for the future. On a regular pattern of services alas this is not the this note, we would value and appreciate, anyone case but we live in hope even though cases of the who can make a regular donation to our Church virus in our area are on the increase. by way of regular giving, all donations however, small will make a difference to our Church and Regarding the cleaning and polishing of the help to keep the Church in our village, open for Church this may still be possible in say late July important moments in our lives. If you are a Tax or August when the emergency repairs to the Payer you can Gift Aid your donation, which ceiling have been carried out and the back wall means that the church will receive extra money at painted but we will let people know when we have no extra cost to you. If this is something that you the go ahead. are interested in – please contact the Treasurer – Emma Gould on 01298 687190 or Thank you to the team for mowing the churchyard [email protected], all donations are this in its self shows our commitment to the treated in the strictest of confidence and will make Church. such a difference. Thank you in anticipation.

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If anyone wants to talk to somebody in confidence 25 Title given to 2 Down (abbrev.) (4) or just for a chat, because they are lonely or anxious, please contact a member of the church team. We all need each other, never more than DOWN now in these uncertain and challenging times. 1 Greek coins (Acts 19:19) (8) I pray that through patience and obedience, we 2 Church of England incumbent (5) work together to get through this crippling 4 What Epaphroditus was to Paul (Philippians situation and we learn that it is the basic things 2:25) (6-7) that are important and necessary in life – love and 5 Mother of David’s sixth son (2 Samuel 3:5) (5) compassion for our fellow man. God bless all of 6 ‘We are hard pressed on every side, but not you. crushed; perplexed, but not in — ’ (2 Corinthians 4:8) (7) Crossword Grid 7 It destroys treasures on earth (Matthew 6:19) (4) 8 It threatened Paul in Jerusalem (Acts 21:35) (3,3) 13 Well-known Reference Bible that espoused dispensationalism (8) 15 Where the choir sits in a parish church (7) 16 Real do (anag.) (6) 18 ‘Martha, Martha... you are worried and — about many things’ (Luke 10:41) (5) 20 ‘One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day — ’ (Romans 14:5) (5) 21 A place with twelve springs and 70 palm trees where the Israelites camped (Exodus 15:27) (4)

Sudoku Grid

Crossword questions

ACROSS 1 Sent out three times on a reconnaissance mission from Noah’s ark (Genesis 8:8–12) (4) 3 ‘The vilest — who truly believes, that moment from Jesus a pardon receives’ (8) 9 Described by the 19th-century MP Sir Wilfred Lawson as ‘the Devil in solution’ (7) 10 ‘Whoever — his life for my sake will find it’ (Matthew 10:39) (5) 11 King of Gezer (Joshua 10:33) (5) 12 Gideon’s home town (Judges 6:11) (6) 14 The area under the jurisdiction of a primate, for example, Canterbury, York (13) 17 To him God promised that David would be king (1 Chronicles 11:3) (6) 19 A descendant of Aaron who was not allowed to offer food to God (Leviticus 21:20) (5) 22 ‘If any of you — wisdom, he should ask God’ (James 1:5) (5) 23 I gain me (anag.) (7) 24 Relating to the armed forces (1 Chronicles 5:18) (8) 14

the origin of the word `carnation’ (from `coronation’) but the name was more generally linked with the Latin cornus (flesh) after Pinks’ The Farming Life Centre flesh colour. supports rural life in the Although we now tend to think of Pinks as garden , working with farmers and their flowers, they originally grew wild throughout families to help create more robust businesses Europe. Some still grow wild in this country, and and communities. they are all rare and protected by law. There is Our services are aimed at improving the Cheddar Pink, found high up in the Cheddar wellbeing and resilience and all our support is Gorge. The Clove Pink, known in Tudor times as free of charge, impartial and confidential. `gillyflower’, can be found at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire and Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. What services do we offer? These are the ancestors of the modern Pinks. Social and health groups and projects: The Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides) is a small  Rural Social Group native species, again – very rare. It is considered  Rural Befriending Service a symbol of The Blessed Virgin Mary and for this reason, when the Cathedral Church of The  Macmillan Rural Health Outreach Service Blessed Virgin Mary in Lincoln, created the  Walking for Health cloister garden of sweet smelling plants

associated by tradition and legend, with Mary, Practical business support: The Maiden Pink was included. This garden is  Basic bookkeeping advice very well worth a visit. As well as being a beautiful  Grant application trouble shooting place, it is also preserving from oblivion some of  Guidance on livestock record keeping the ancient legends about plants that are  Advice on preparing for audits (e.g. Farm associated with The Blessed Virgin Mary. Assurance) “Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee” Job  Targeted workshops and forums 12:8  Signposting to support agencies J.Mc

To find out more about any of our services call Hartington Surgery update- us on 01629 810903 or email: All adults should have been offered their Covid- [email protected]. Visit our 19 vaccination. People aged 39 and under will be website at thefarminglifecentre.org.uk to keep up offered either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. If to date with the latest news from The Farming Life you have not yet been vaccinated or have not yet Centre. had your second vaccine, and it is eight weeks You can follow The Farming Life Centre on since your first vaccine, please contact the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Practice to arrange vaccination as soon as possible. Flower of the month Scientific evidence and National statistics clearly JULY show that vaccination is working to reduce the “You were in Eden, the garden of God” risk of serious illness from Covid-19. Ezekiel 28:13 PINKS Dianthus species Many consultations can be dealt with, safely and There are about 300 species of flowering plant in effectively, via telephone, or video, consultation. the family Caryophyllaceae, including Sweet This method has proved convenient, and time Williams and Carnations. saving, for many people. The word `Dianthus’ translates to `flower of God’ Face to face appointments, following telephone and Pinks can be found represented in numerous first contact, have been available throughout the illuminated manuscripts. They became one of the pandemic to all those patients who require one. main flowers adorning the borders in the 15th As we all work towards recovering from the global century. effects of Covid-19, it is envisaged that, in the They hold a deep Christian significance and are future, a mixture of appointment options will be associated with the nails used in the crucifixion. available to suit each individual with the They are sometimes known as `Nailflowers’. emphasis on keeping everyone safe. Pinks have also been described as `coronary’ The practice dispensary will continue, indefinitely, plants – worn during processions. This maybe to operate a prescription collection point from the 15

external window. This has now been adapted to Sodoku solution incorporate a sliding hatch and covered canopy.

During the last, difficult, year, technology has proved invaluable in helping us keep in touch with our families and order shopping and groceries. Many people have embraced email, smartphones, online meetings, video calls and social media for the first time. It is hoped that these skills will help support you in the future and assist improved access to services. Visit the Practice website www.hartingtonsurgery.co.uk for Practice information and self referral information which can be accessed from the drop down tab 'Clinical services' then 'Self -referral information' Wherever possible, please register for 'Patient Access' to order your repeat prescriptions via a secure electronic system, linked to your medical records, that is available 24/7. Please contact the Practice if you would like to register for 'Patient Access' or register via the website using the 'Online Services' tab. You can contact the Practice directly, or find a range of useful health information, from the website home page via 'E-Consult. The Practice would like to thank the Patient participation Group for allowing Practice updates to be posted on the patient participation Facebook page. This communication tool has been valuable to, quickly, circulate a range of important information. If you would like more information about the Patient Participation Group, please contact the Practice Manager.

Stay safe, stay well - kind regards from all at the Practice.

Crossword Answers

ACROSS: 1, Dove. 3, Offender. 9, Alcohol. 10, Loses. 11, Horam. 12, Ophrah. 14, Archbishopric. 17, Samuel. 19, Dwarf. 22, Lacks. 23, Imagine. 24, Military. 25, Revd.

DOWN: 1, Drachmas. 2, Vicar. 4, Fellow-soldier. 5, Eglah. 6, Despair. 7, Rust. 8, The mob. 13, Scofield. 15, Chancel. 16, Ordeal. 18, Upset. 20, Alike. 21, Elim.

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 Full Butchery and packing service R J Mellor Electrical Contractors  Next day delivery available Monday to Saturday Professional, Reliable & Reasonably Priced Call Lee or Carla I have worked in the local villages for 5 years now & Office: 01538 304721 Lee: 07792 205079 have over 12 years of experience prior to that. I am Carla: 07837 350887 fully qualified, insured and registered with a Email: [email protected] national governing body. I am able to undertake all Wellcroft Farm Meats Ltd, Grindon, Leek, Staffordshire, aspects of electrical work including Electrical Installation, Inspection & Certification, PAT testing ST13 7TT & Earth Electrode testing. www.manifoldvalleymeats.co.uk Robert James Mellor 07816985291 [email protected]

NC Joinery Bespoke joinery manufacturer We produce and fit made to measure internal N Gilman - Livestock Fencing and external doors, windows, staircases plus many more projects to customer's requirements. All aspects of agricultural fencing covered in the local area. Solid fuel available: house coal, cobbles, duck eggs, all available in builders bags or 25kg bags. For a local, professional, Seasoned and unseasoned logs, kindling and briquettes. Reliable service call Nick

Free local delivery. Telephone Nigel on 07846885613 on 07773 768 785 E-mail [email protected]

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Carla Critchlow – Your Personal Wellness Coach Are you looking to improve your health?  Lose weight and body fat.  Lead a healthy active lifestyle.  Gain weight and lean muscle.  Have more energy. Introducing your new local mobile Hairdresser  Sleep better. and Nail technician  Healthier looking skin. Alice Johnson  Improve your sports performance. Hairdressing & Barbering for the whole family Brow Waxing, Shaping and Tinting Are you being paid what you are worth? Earn an extra income around your current Lash Tinting commitments. Nails and Hair for any occasion! 100% support given. For more information call 07792 756 728 Call: 07837 350887 Call to avoid a disappointing wait when Email: [email protected] lockdown is lifted Carla-critchlow.goherbalife.com

We’ll bring the bar to you! Parties . Weddings . Events . Fully Licenced Facebook.co,/tipsycowmoobilebar Carla Critchlow Mob: 07837 350887 Email: [email protected]

FOOD TO TAKE AWAY

Quality, seasoned LOGS TUESDAY 11.30-1.30 6.00-8.00 From OAKENCLOUGH LOGS THURSDAY 11.30-1.30 6.00-8.00 Free local delivery from Flagg FRIDAY 11.30-1.30 6.00-8.00 (includes 5-mile radius around SATURDAY 11.30-1.30 6.00-8.00

Longnor) It would be help if you telephoned your order through Call Steve on 01298 83822 / first so that it can be ready for you to pick up. Orders 07875 580879 / are being taken from 5.30pm for the evening Tel: 01298 83317 [email protected] The Market Square Longnor, Near Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 0NT th th Closed 19 to 26 July

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Family beef boxes and mini beef

boxes available to order

All beef is home bred and

reared in Sheen

Red Tractor Farm Assured

Family beef boxes contain

roughly:

3 roasting joints, 4 packs of

stewing/braising steak, Unable to reach or cut your own toe nails? 3 packs of minced beef. Perfect for stocking up the Nail trimming / Fungal nails / Cracked heels freezer.

Corns & calluses (hard skin removal) / Athletes foot Telephone 07969951101 for Reduction of thickened nails / Ingrowing toe nails prices or to place an order All instruments single use only & sterilised to 134ºC

Call Caroline SAC Dip FHPT / FHPP

Email: [email protected]

Book your home appointment today.

07870 573 279 or 01298 72166 Full PPE worn as per government guidance

Still Waters Counselling – Marie Brockley - 07861 676751 I am a Counsellor offering face to face and virtual appointments throughout the Moorlands, with a therapy room based in Leek. If life is getting you down and you need someone to talk to, I can be that person. My specialisms include supporting with Childhood and Adult Trauma, Stress, Depression, Life changes and Anxiety. Please give me a call if you think I can help you, it is always good to talk.

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Services in July 2021

Note: In-place services are still subject to our risk-assessed ability to meet guidelines from the Government and the Church of England relating to Covid-19. If we are unable to meet in our church buildings, we will revert to Rota B. If this occurs, we will place a notice on our website (www.thelongnorbenefice.org/coronavirus). Whichever rota is used: Each Thursday 10am Morning Prayer on Zoom (email [email protected] for Zoom invite). Please note that there will be no Sunday Evening Service on Zoom during July.

Rota A – if we are able to hold in-place services Date Time Service Place Notes Saturday 3rd 2pm Wild Church Sheen July SK17 0HR Sunday 4th July 9:30am Holy Communion Warslow SK17 0JQ Sunday 4th July 11am Morning Prayer Reapsmoor SK17 0LG Sunday 11th 11am Morning Prayer Sheen July SK17 0HR Sunday 18th 9:30am Morning Prayer Elkstones July SK17 0LU Sunday 18th 11am Holy Communion Quarnford July (BCP) SK17 0SW Sunday 25th 9:30am Holy Communion Warslow July SK17 0JQ Sunday 25th 11am William Billinge Longnor July Annual Memorial SK17 0NU (Holy Communion) Sunday 1st 9:30am Holy Communion Elkstones August SK17 0LU Sunday 1st 11am Holy Communion Sheen August SK17 0HR

Rota B – If we are not able to hold in-place services Date Time Service Place 3rd July – Single Sunday Morning Service at 10am. Zoom 1st August

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