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Ashton-under-Hill The Beckford Overbury Parish Alstone & Magazine Teddington October 2019 50p In my Autumn garden I was fain To mourn among my scattered roses; Alas for that last rosebud which uncloses To Autumn's languid sun and rain When all the world is on the wane! Which has not felt the sweet constraint of June, Nor heard the nightingale in tune. from ‘An October Garden’ by Christina Georgina Rossetti Schedule of Services for The Parish of Overbury with Teddington, Alstone and Little Washbourne, with Beckford and Ashton under Hill. OCTOBER Ashton Beckford Overbury Alstone Teddington 10:30am 6th October 9:00am 9:00am Harvest Festival 16th Sunday BCP HC Village Worship CW HC after Trinity L Burn Church Team 13th October 6:00pm 10:30am 17th Sunday Harvest Harvest after Trinity Festival Festival A Davies A Davies 6:00pm 20th October 9:00am Evening 18th Sunday CW HC Prayer after Trinity R Tett 10:45am 27th October United Parish Worship at Ashton Free Church for Bible Sunday Last Sunday after Speaker: Lynn Satchell from the Bible Society Trinity NOVEMBER 10:00am Family 10:30am Service 9:00am 3rd November Village Worship for Pets & 9:00am BCP HC 4th Sunday for All Saints Teddies CW HC L Burn before Advent Church Team Lay Team 4:00pm All Souls’ Service Holy Communion is celebrated at 10.00am on Wednesdays in St Faith’s Church, Overbury Morning Prayers will be said at 8.30am on Fridays at Ashton Clergy: Revd Allison Davies Revd Rick Tett (Curate) Parish Office: You can contact Lynne Wilkinson, the new Parish Secretary on the following days and times: Tuesday mornings: Bredon Parish Office, 9am to 12noon: 01684 772398 Thursday mornings: Beckford Village Hall, 9am to 12 noon:01386 881349 or [email protected] Page 2 Revd David Lewis It is with sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected death of the Revd David Lewis, 58, Rector of Elmley Castle with Bricklehampton & The Combertons and Associate Priest of Ashton-under-Hill. David is believed to have died while he was out jogging near the village of Elmley Castle where he lived. He had been Rector in the Diocese of Worcester for the past eighteen months, previously spending fourteen years ministering in the Diocese of Leeds. David had also served as a Chaplain in Stavanger, Norway, and in Carlisle, Guildford and Birmingham Dioceses following his ordination in 1988. The Bishop of Worcester, Dr John Inge, said: “David was an outstanding priest who had won the hearts of all those to whom he ministered in the months since he came to this diocese. His untimely death is a terrible tragedy and he will be greatly missed. Very many people, myself included, had profound affection and respect for him. Our thoughts and prayers are with all who mourn his passing, particularly his mother, his brothers and their families.” Information about funeral arrangements will follow once they are known. Announcement by the Diocese of Worcester on 12th September Tributes to David will be in the November issue of the magazine. Page 3 Service Schedule for September: Below are the designated clergy-led Sunday services for each church around the Bredon Hill Group during October. Services at churches in the Beckford Group are in bold. A full list of services in the Beckford Group is on the inside cover. OCTOBER 9:00am 10:30am 6:00pm Besford - R Tett Little Comberton 6th October Bredon’s Norton Harvest Festival 16th Sunday Harvest Festival Teddington after Trinity Bredon - A Davies Bricklehampton Harvest Evensong 13th October Eckington - R Tett R Tett 17th Sunday after Trinity Bredon’s Norton Overbury - A Davies Beckford - Harvest Festival A Davies Harvest Festival Eckington - A Davies Bredon - R Tett 20th October Alstone 18th Sunday Beckford - R Tett Elmley Castle after Trinity Harvest Festival Defford - A Davies 10:45am 27th October Great Comberton - D Lewis Beckford Group United Last Sunday Service at Ashton Chapel after Trinity Bredon’s Norton - R Tett for Bible Sunday Bible Sunday: This year Bible Sunday is on October 27th. To mark the occasion, the Ashton Free Church (i.e. the Chapel) has invited the congregations in the Beckford Group Parish to join them at the chapel for a service at 10.45am. They have got a guest speaker – Lynn Satchell from the Bible Society. As a result there will be no service at St Barbara’s on October 27th. This kind invitation follows the pattern established a number of years ago, by which Bible Sunday is celebrated at the Chapel every other year, and at St Nicholas’ Church, Teddington in the years in-between. Last year’s service at Teddington was appreciated and enjoyed by all who were present. The arrangement for Bible Sunday gives us an opportunity to focus on the role of the scriptures in the Christian faith. It also reinforces the ecumenical link between the Free Church and the Anglican churches of the Beckford Group Parish. So please attend the service if at all possible: all will be very welcome. Page 4 ANNUAL PARISH TEA The annual parish tea will be held on Tuesday 1st October at 3:00pm in Beckford Village Hall. All welcome! Come and join us for a cup of tea, with cake and sandwiches, also a seasonal mini raffle. A good occasion to meet up with friends from around the Beckford group parishes. Offers of help and cakes to Judith Hunter 01386 882087. If you can, please let your church warden know if you are coming or if you need a lift. ALL SOULS’ DAY - SUNDAY 3rd NOVEMBER To mark All Souls’ Day there will be the following services around Bredon Hill: 4pm: Bricklehampton Overbury led by Allison Davies 6pm Eckington led by Rick Tett Bredon’s Norton All Souls’ is also known as the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. It gives us an opportunity to remember those whom we love but see no longer in this world, whether they died recently or a long time ago. All are very welcome to attend any of these services. All Souls' Service in Overbury This year's Beckford Group service will be hosted by St Faith’s Church, Overbury and will take place at 4pm on Sunday 3rd November, led by the Revd. Allison Davies. Candles may be lit in their memory as we recall the names of our loved ones. Those whom we know have lost somebody within the past year will receive a personal invitation but the service is of course open to anyone who would like to come. Each of our churches will have lists available to which names can be added, for remembrance. If you are unable to get to a church for this purpose, please contact your churchwarden and give the information so that details can be included on the main list for the service. After the service tea, or coffee, and cakes will be served in the church. Please do come along and take part in this special occasion. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION The forthcoming trip to the National Memorial Arboretum is now fully booked! A merry band of members and non-members is looking forward to the visit on 16th October. The Branch AGM will take place at Beckford Village Hall on Thursday 7th November at 12 noon whilst the Remembrance Day Service will this year be held at St Faith’s Church, Overbury at 10:45am on Sunday 10th November. With the great support of our volunteers and local businesses we will once again be collecting for the Poppy Appeal across all of our villages between 26th October and 9th November. TRAIDCRAFT SPECIAL EVENT: Tuesday 15th October A special Traidcraft event, selling an exciting range of fairly-traded crafts, Christmas cards, gifts and foodstuffs will be held on Tuesday 15th October at Lilleybrook, Castle Hill, Kemerton, GL20 7JF - just 150 yards up the hill from St Benet's church. Drop in at any time between 9:00am and 7:00pm to browse and buy, and also enjoy a cup of Fairtrade tea or coffee. Sue Bennett (01386 725245) Page 5 News From Beckford From the Beckford Registers Baptism 18th August 2019: Matilda Elizabeth Reeves, daughter of George Reeves and Harriet Nash. Beckford Harvest Festival This year’s Harvest Festival at St John the Baptist will be held at 6pm on Sunday 13th October. For us it will be a very special occasion as it will see Rev’d Allison Davies, the new Vicar of Eckington, taking her first service in Beckford. So do come and join us for a traditional service of harvest thanksgiving with popular hymns. The service will be followed by refreshments when there will be an opportunity to meet Allison and welcome her to our village. Gifts of flowers, fruit and vegetables will be very gratefully received and it would be helpful if they could be delivered to the church no later than the morning of Saturday 12th. Afterwards they will be taken, as usual, to St Vincent and St George Day Centre in Cheltenham. Beckford Open Village 6th and 7th June 2020 – First Planning Meeting As this summer draws to a close, it’s hard to believe that we must start to turn our thoughts to planning our next Open Village weekend which will take place on 6th and 7th June 2020……! It’s been good to have a “year off” this year though the garden party in July was a huge success and very enjoyable. It is proposed that all those interested in taking part in organising the 2020 event should meet and discuss initial plans on Thursday 14th November at 7.30pm.
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