Helston & Wendron Messenger

October/November 2017

www.stmichaelschurchhelston.org.uk

THE PARISHES OF HELSTON & WENDRON

Team Rector Canon David Miller, St Michael’s Rectory Church Lane, Helston, (572516) Email [email protected] Asst Priest Revd. Dorothy Noakes, 6 Tenderah Road, Helston (573239) Reader [Helston] Mrs. Betty Booker 6, Brook Close, Helston (562705)

ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, HELSTON

Churchwardens Mr John Boase 11,Cross Street, Helston TR13 8NQ (01326 573200) A vacancy exists to fill the post of the 2nd warden since the retirement of Mr Peter Jewell Organist Mr Richard Berry Treasurer Mrs Nicola Boase 11 Cross Street, Helston TR13 8NQ 01326 573200 PCC Secretary Mrs Amanda Pyers

ST WENDRONA’S CHURCH, WENDRON

Churchwardens Mrs. Anne Veneear, 4 Tenderah Road, Helston (569328) Mr. Bevan Osborne, East Holme, Ashton, TR13 9DS (01736 762349) Organist Mrs. Anne Veneear, -as above. Treasurer Mr Bevan Osborne, - as above PCC Secretary Mrs. Henrietta Sandford, Trelubbas Cottage, Lowertown, Helston TR13 0BU (565297)

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Clergy Rest Days; Revd. David Miller Friday Revd. Dorothy Noakes Thursday Betty Booker Friday

(Please try to respect this)

The Rectory, Church Lane Helston

October/November 2017

Dear Everyone,

Wendron Church has been awarded a grant to repair the medieval church of Wendron. At the moment we are at the preliminary stage and we have been given an initial grant for us and our firm of chartered surveyors to do the foundational work, necessary when drawing up specifications to send to potential contractors who can submit estimates and tenders based on the specification. There is much work to be done to slopes of the roof and tower, to the walls of the building and to the floor. Alongside the work listed above, Wendron Church must do its own work. This is to raise £50,000 as our contribution to the overall work. This takes some finding, especially in this cash strapped age, but we must do our bit by March of next year. I would want particularly to commend the enthusiastic team who have written to grant making institutions and helped in a wonderful variety of other ways to raise the money we need to access the grant of £250,000. This sum of money includes the preliminary stage work that I mention in the first paragraph. All of us at Wendron Church would love it if you could read the rest of the magazine. This includes details of forthcoming fund 4 raising events and other fund raising projects such as buying a square in a blanket which Kathryn Jenkin is kindly making. We will be holding our Gift Day at Wendron Church on October 21st and this is another opportunity to help us raise the money we need. Mawgan-in Meneage Church has just finished a similar project. I have just visited that church building last week which is looking wonderfully renewed. I hope that the success of that project will provide even more inspiration to us as we seek to do likewise. Thank you to the grant making body, Historic England, for looking on our application so favourably. Their financial generosity and willingness to offer advice along the way is crucial to what we are trying to do. But we need you to help too and, if you can, your help in whatever way you can show it will be much appreciated!

With my very best wishes, Canon David Miller

Flag days for October/November October 1st ………………St Germans “ 18th……………...St Luke “ 28th………………St Simon & St Jude November 1st ………………All Saints “ 3rd ………………Dedication of Truro Cathedral “ 12th …………….Remembrance Sunday “ 14th …………….Duke of Cornwall’s Birthday “ 30th …………….St Andrew

Services at St Michael’s 1st Sunday 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 All-age Worship with Holy Communion 2nd-5th Sunday 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 Parish Communion(CW) Monday to Thursday 9.00 Morning Prayer

Thursday 9.30 Holy Communion

Evening & other Services:-as advertised in the Pew- slip

Services at Wendron 1st Sunday 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) 2nd Sunday 10.30a.m Morning Worship 3rd- 5th Sunday 10.30a.m Holy Communion (CW) Other Services:-as announced in the Sunday Pew-slip

In Memoriam- WW1 victims - 100 years ago William Reginald Beare, Age 20. Private 11th Brigade, 37th Division, 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, died 4/10/1917 ------James Williams, Age 24, Corporal, 12th Battalion (Rangers) London Regiment, died 4/10/1917 ------Henry Channon, Age 46, Private. 149th Company, Royal Defence Corp, died 20/10/1917 ------Edward Pascoe, Age 29, Private, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, died 26/10/1917 ------Henry (Harry) Pascoe, Age 25, Corporal, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, died 22/11/1917 ------Greater love hath no man than these

That a man lay down his life for his friends.

As with all the local WW1 Service personnel who gave their lives in WW1, the St Michael’s Church bell will toll 100 times at 11am on the anniversary of their deaths ------

August Cream Teas: Many thanks to everyone who supported the Cream Tea afternoon in August. About 20 people joined us for a very enjoyable afternoon. One year it might be fine enough to sit out in the garden! We raised over £100 for St Michael's Church, including some extra donations. Thank you all, Heather and Michael

The Registers Baptisms “ May they evermore dwell in Him, & He in them”

Helston Wendron

Ayden Andrew Thomas Evans Ella Fishwick Loga Theo Hawkins Benjamin Stuart Gallaway Eva Grace Carruthers Jacob Steven Gallaway Ethan James Carruthers Colby T. J. Charles Ethan Mackenzie Willey Freddie William Lawson Isla Rose Autie Billy Paige Feffery

Weddings

Helston Wendron Blue Philpott - Chris Turner Mark Raymond Rickard- Michael Oladele - Emily Bunn Sarah Catherine Hatfield

Funerals “May they Rest in Peace, Rise in Glory & evermore surround us with their love” Helston Wendron Raymonds Pamela Forrest George Clifford Collins Audrey Friend Brian Benney Wyndham George Reed

This Month’s Cover Elizabeth Goodfellow, our favourite photographer & supplier of newsworthy & interesting items for the magazine, made news herself recently as she was one of the stars at Helston’s Harvest Fair Show at the Old Cattle Market on Sunday 3rd September. Tisha Browne kindly wrote in to draw the editors attention to this success and says that she was only sorry for not taking a photo for the magazine. Not only did Elizabeth win several “firsts” for excellent photos and views of the area, but she also won the Cup for Photography. This month’s unusual cover picture shows Elizabeth’s 1st prize photo for the “unusual shapes” section. She says that the churchyard and Church Lane served her well in supplying photographic material and most of her photos were taken there. (This was a tree on the right hand side of Church Lane as you go down-taken when it was wet and shiny) Congratulations Elizabeth and many thanks for supplying the Messenger with so many excellent photographs. More of Elizabeth’s prize-winning entries from the “seasonal colour” section will be used for magazine cover pictures in future editions.

St Michaels Christmas Fair to be held on Saturday 2nd December in The Andrew Hall from 10am until 12-30pm. All the usual stalls will be there but if anyone has any fresh ideas for stalls please let Sandra Chambers know. Bottles for the tombola, prices for the raffle and craft items will be appreciated. Please speak to Sandra if you can help

Wendron & Helston

For our Quiet Morning & Garden Party afternoon, we were joined at Degibna Prayer Chapel by ladies from Mullion Mothers Union. Though small in number it was an enjoyable day. The theme for our Quiet Morning was “Reflective Prayer” with six aspects to think about:- • Faith in Action • Love in Action • Prepared for Action • Justice in Action • Whole hearted Action serving God in others.

The quiet garden, the surroundings & the weather made the ideal spot for Reflections, Prayers & Thoughts on national & global Mothers Union Projects. This was brought to a close with a special Communion Service. Degibna Prayer Chapel is an ecumenical resource uniquely situated close to Loe Pool, surrounded by fields & adjacent to a National Trust carpark. The area is well known for its outstanding natural beauty & peaceful walks. When it was built at the beginning of the 20th century, this Methodist chapel served a thriving, tightly knit farming community. More recently the local community has all but disappeared, replaced by a much more mobile population. The vision for the future emerged from the prayer & Bible study of the Degibna congregation supported by a small group of friends from other churches. The vision is to capitalise on the beautiful & peaceful location by 10 providing a centre for Christian prayer & reflection & associated activities for people throughout Cornwall - a place set apart:- • for regular Sunday worship & for Christian worship for different groups at other times • for guided prayer by groups or individuals • for events to encourage prayer • as a place of retreat, healing & hospitality • as a centre for talks, training or quiet days • as a focus for schools, groups & individuals using the area • where passers-by can be challenged & encouraged to pray • open at certain times for anyone to come in & pray.

Fixed furnishings have been removed to create a more open & flexible space, still with emphasis on worship, but equally suitable for a range of related activities. A modern tea bar has been introduced, & what was previously the kitchen has been converted into a lobby & toilet with facilities for the disabled. The garden provides a place for quiet contemplation for passers-by when the chapel itself is not available.

In endorsing the vision & good work at Degibna Prayer Chapel the Rev Steve wild said “I am very happy to endorse the vision. The Lord Jesus, when on earth, said ‘My house shall be made a house of prayer’. & that is the total focus of our work at Degibna. I am sure that the Holy Spirit will speak to people as they come and set time aside to be close to God. And it is my prayer that many wonderful & exciting things will occur through this venture of faith.” ------

“I believe that Satan walks with very quiet shoes and at a fast pace but also believe that there is a God who will at some time put Satan in his place” (a quote from the late actor Robert Hardy)

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Across 5 ..to _____ him into their city (Josh 20.4)(5) 8 Insane (8) 9 Feel a sharp stinging pain (5) 10 The Lord commanded Elijah to turn in this direction in 1 Kings ch. 17 (8) 11 Fluid gushing from the brock in Psalm 105 (5) 14 Lamentations ch. 4 mentions heaps of this residue (3) 16 The name of the Lord is such a tower, says Proverbs ch. 18 (6) 17 You lie on beds ______with ivory (Amos 6.4) (6) 18 Finish (3) 20 Used a hassock in church (5) 24 Description of the chariots in Isaiah ch. 22 (8) 25 St Augustine (354-430) was its bishop (5) 26 Come to light again (8) 27 Concur, like Joseph's brothers in Genesis ch. 37 (5) Down 1 Where Moses defeated Og in Deuteronomy ch. 1 (5) 2 Christian symbol (5) 3 Bites on, as men bit on their tongues in Revelation ch. 16 (5) 4 Unsearchable parts of kings in Proverbs ch. 25 (6) 6 Deserving of a curse (8) 7 Modern day inhabitants of Bethlehem (8) 12 ..______beside the canal (Dan 8.3) (8) 13 Fall down, like the wicked mans victims in Psalm 10 (8) 14 Era (3) 15 What a servant did with his master's money in Matthew ch. 25 (3) 19 Relationship of Lot to Abram in Genesis ch. 5 (6) 21 Jumped (5) 22 Snake hatched in Isaiah ch. 59 (5) 23 How right they are to _____ you (Song 1.4) (5)

Coffee Morning in aid of the RNLI and Wendron Church Roof Fund Saturday 4th November 10.am onwards at the home of Simon Roach Whealhaven Clodgey Lane Opposite Tesco’s Please come & support the charity that provides the nation’s Lifeboats & the Lifeguards for our beaches. RNLI Gifts & Christmas cards on sale If you wish to order cards in advance please see Simon Roach for the catalogue This year half the donations will be given to the Wendron roof fund

All welcome

Greek Holiday Property Rental Anchor House is situated on the Greek Island of Poros overlooking the busy town harbour. The island is just off the north coast of the Peloponesse with easy access from Athens airport via the port of Piraeus. The accommodation sleeps four in two double bedrooms on separate floors with a double sofa bed in the living room. There is a family bathroom and the second bedroom has an ensuite shower room. Further information can be found on www.ownersdirect.co.uk (property reference GR504) 10% of any rentals received as a result of this advertisement will be donated to The Kimbilio Children’s Trust

The Wandering Thoughts of Tony Pudner After my wandering thoughts about the ordering of the Communion Service something else occurred to me that started me going over its contents again. What on earth has happened to the Psalms which used to play such a prominent part in most Church of England services? Have they been banished forever? Have we lost the art of chanting them as once we did? I gather we could use one instead of a hymn if we could recover the art that we seem to have forgotten. It’s all very strange when you think that of all the Old Testament Jesus grew up with he probably remembered the Psalms best of all &is recorded as quoting from them as he died. I suppose we’ve all got our favourites – mine would be Psalm 121 – perhaps I’ll tell you why another time. Others would go for Psalm 23, goodness only knows how many have been hatched, matched or dispatched to its melody. But I think there’s a possible reason why the Psalms appear to have been side-lined of late. In places they’re a bit raw, too near the knuckle, too down to earth. They touch both heights &depths of human feelings – we can live with the heights, but can’t always come to terms with the depths. Who remembers “Boney M” – that pop group that made a fortune out of “By the Rivers of Babylon” – that’s Psalm 137, the story of exile, or part of it! They didn’t dare include the latter part that speaks of the exiles viciousness in wishing a dastardly death on their captor’s children. Fortunately, there were other prophetic voices in the same circumstances bidding them to sing a new song when in exile (Isaiah 42:10). So, I suggest we look at them a little more & then we might see how all life’s highs & lows are touched within them & discover, or rediscover, that they point us to a God who embraces the lot & that includes us with all our mood-swings, doubts and fears. ______

You are right Tony. The chants to the psalms & canticles which were so well known & loved in even the smallest churches just a few years ago are now largely unknown simply because they were ditched by the C of E. The dumbing down of the Anglican musical tradition is not confined to the churches though. The BBC very rarely include a psalm in their Daily Service. They seem to prefer the talents of the BBC Daily Service Singers to be used in singing anthems which may be more enjoyable to sing than to listen to. – SR Ed

Who’s in the Pew?

Tony Dixon

Thank you Simon for inviting me to share a little bit about myself with you all in this cherished & appreciated Parish Magazine.

I returned to Cornwall just before Christmas last year having lived & worked in Hong Kong for 3 1/2 years. While I was there, I was very fortunate to have been employed by a marvellous international school, The Harbour School. As a learning support specialist, I thoroughly enjoyed working with those children experiencing challenges with English, maths, and/or behaviour.

Hong Kong has a thriving, vibrant, & truly international, Christian community. I loved the experience of joining the full to capacity services (get there early if you want a seat!) at St. John’s Cathedral attended by an amazing multinational congregation. Acts 10:34: Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him & does what is right is acceptable to him.”

Prior to my adventure in Hong Kong, I lived in Truro for many years & worked in the Further Education sector, mainly involved in Teacher Education & training.

My parents & I love Cornwall; they have lived in Porthleven for decades now. An important aspect of returning home to Cornwall is to be close to them & share their golden years.

I am very happy to have recently been able settle into a small flat in Meneage Street. I am actively looking for work & hoping to establish a firm relationship with the local community. The

16 warm, kind, friendly, & inquisitive, welcome I have received from everyone at St. Michael’s has been a wonderful beginning. 3 John 1:5: Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the friends, even though they are strangers to you; they have testified to your love before the church.

My association with St. Michael’s began with attending evening classical music concerts, &, of course, listening to the beautiful bells. I feel especially blessed that I am now finding so many new friends amongst the congregation here. I am always happy to chat, so please stop, and pass the time of day with me after a service or if you see me around the town! ------

Congratulations to Martine Knight who was made a Cornish Bard’ for services to the Cornish Language, at the Gorsedd held at Launceston Castle on 2nd September. Martine tells me that her Bardic name is 'Mammwynn Ifarn' which means 'Grandmother from Hell'. This was chosen for her by her young granddaughter, Amelia, and is an in- joke between them.

HELSTON FATSTOCK SHOW 2017 from Elizabeth Goodfellow

A very successful Helston Harvest Fair Show 2017 has been and gone, now it is time to think about Helston’s other show, the Helston Fatstock Show. Taking place on MONDAY 6TH NOVEMBER, this is the 147th year of your local country show with an opportunity to see prize winning cattle and sheep, corn, roots, fruit and vegetables and top-quality baking, crafts, eggs, floral art, YFC, photography and children’s classes.

The show will again take place at FRANCHIS FARM, WENDRON, opposite the Wheal Dream, by kind permission of Mr Bob Cowell. However, this year it will held in a brand new building with all classes under one roof. Also, new for this year is the welcome addition of a range of local produce and craft stalls.

Scanning to see what is offer this year, I see there is a ‘bonfire’ theme going, in the floral art, WI and children’s classes. I am inspired to get out my knitting needles to knit a hat for a premature baby, which will be donated to Treliske SCBU (a great idea), bake a Dorset Apple Cake, cook something from the Cornish section, provide materials for my granddaughter to create a bonfire night collage and decorate a flowerpot – and enter some photos. That’s what I ‘plan’ to do anyway.

Entry is FREE for all domestic classes Entries close on Wednesday 25th October – if you would like a copy of the schedule sent by post or require further information, telephone Mrs M Eva 01326 572004 or email: [email protected]. Alternatively, visit www.facebook.com/helstonfatstockshow to view or download a copy.

Everyone is welcome to exhibit and/or come to see what is on show on the day. 18

Transforming Mission A summary of an item in the Truro Diocesan Newsletter, August 2017 Nearly £2m is to be invested over 5 years to change the face of the Church in Cornwall, starting in the Falmouth area, with particular emphasis of reaching the ‘missing generations’ of families and young people. The church will actively reach out with a new student ministry based in the café at King Charles the Martyr Church, fitted out for the purpose. All Saints Parish Church will become a ‘resource church’, with a new Pioneer Priest and a supporting team, leading the current congregation and developing new work at All Saints and across the Falmouth area. The church has set itself clear targets in terms of numbers of worshippers, and the Pioneer Priest will investigate new ways of reaching out to people and explore ways in which worship can be built into the lives of young people, instead of expecting them to engage with traditional church services. The aim is to invest in and work on the project in Falmouth, and then use its key successes and learnings to include other Cornish towns in the future. ------Where did this saying come from???- “A fly in the ointment” Ecclesiastes 10:1 “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour” ------Open the Book is looking for volunteers to present bible stories to local Junior Schools- Please see Sandra Chambers or Elizabeth Davis for details 19

An early Book of Common Prayer

These pictures of an old Book of Common Prayer, dated 1791, came to me from my sister in the USA who was given the book by a friend who thought it may be of interest to her. The state prayers are for “Our Sovereign Lord King George” (that’s George III) & for the Royal Family which included his wife Queen Charlotte,& His Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales (who became Regent in 1811, following George III’s final illness suffering from porphyria). He later became George IV in 1820). It may come as a surprise to some but the 1662 Book of Common Prayer has not remained utterly constant over the years. Besides the obvious changes for the King or Queen & their families, a number of other changes have been made over the past 300+ years. An example of this is found in this BCP which contains a section entitled “Gunpowder Treason” (“Gunpowder Treafon” – all the s’s being written as f’s). The preamble to the prayers reads as follows:- “A Form of Prayer with Thanksgiving to be used yearly upon the Fifth Day of November for the happy Deliverance of King James I, and the Three Estates of England (i.e the three social classes:-the Nobility, 20 the Clergy & the Commons) from the most traiterous and bloody intended Massacre by Gunpowder: And also for the happy Arrival of His Majesty King William on the Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation” The reference to King William concerns the arrival of William of Orange (at Brixham) on 5th November 1688. Leading statesmen had invited William, the effective ruler of Holland to come to Britain with an army to rescue the nation & the religion from the Catholic rule of James II. Opposition to the King’s Catholic indulgence had previously led to Bishop Trelawney and six other bishops being imprisoned in the Tower of London before later being acquitted at their trial in Westminster Hall. What finally goaded the statesmen to commit high treason by issuing their invitation to William, was the recent birth of James’s son and heir, whom they feared would be reared as a Catholic. William readily accepted the invitation for, as champion of the Protestants in Europe, & principal opponent of the Catholic Louis XIV of France, he was keen to add England’s wealth to his own resources Within six months James had fled into exile & following what became known as the Glorious Revolution, Parliament, having settled the throne jointly on William & Mary, agreed a Bill of Rights the main terms of which were that no Catholic could become Monarch, & taxes were not to be raised, or laws enacted, without Parliament’s consent. (It was not until 2015 that the restriction on Catholics becoming King or Queen was abolished) The date of William’s arrival in England is significant as the 5th November was the anniversary of the thwarted Catholic Guy Fawkes plot, and 1688 was the 100th anniversary year of the Armada victory which secured the throne of the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I.

St Michael’s Rota It would be a great help if anyone unable to attend on a Sunday would attempt to find a replacement for their duty.

October 1st – Trinity 18 October 8th – Trinity 19 Lay Asst, M Searle N Boase Epistle H Thorn D Barlow Prayers A Holyer M G-Kane Sidespeople K Bolland Offertory Junior Church M Charnock Server Mandy M Searle Crucifer Louise Sarah Coffee H & M Thorn Mothers Union Cleaning John

Flowers Betty & Tisha Paul

October 15th -Trinity 20 October 22nd – Trinity 21 Lay Asst, J Boase M G-Kane Epistle S Bayes M G-Kane Prayers M Thorn D Barlow Sidespeople J Lawrence/A Hearne S Chambers Offertory N Boase M & S Pryor Server Betty Nicola Crucifer Ken Mandy Coffee Congo Link D & J Eddy Cleaning Tisha

Flowers Nan & Kath Janice & Di

29th October – Trinity Last 5th November 4 before Advent Lay Asst K Murphy M Searle Epistle E Goodfellow Prayers M Thomas Clergy Sidespeople L Martin/M Wellstead J Eddy Offertory S Roach Junior Church Server Mandy Betty Crucifer Nigel Louise Coffee Amanda/Katherine H & M Thorn Cleaning J & T Gibb

Flowers Felicity Nicola

November 12th- 3 before Advent November 19th 2 before Advent Lay Asst, N Boase J Boase Epistle M Thorn H Thorn Prayers A Holyer M G-Kane Sidespeople S Chambers K Bolland Offertory A Hearne/J Lawrence H & M Thorn Server M Searle Nicola Crucifer Sarah Ken Coffee Mothers Union Congo Link Cleaning John Flowers Maureen Ann ------Holy Land Pilgrimage (continued) - by Francis M Searle Arriving at our hotel on the shores of the Sea of Galilee at 4.30pm, dusk was falling. This inland lake is fed by the River Jordan & is 689 feet below sea level. Here as usual the kitchens are run on Kosher rules. A separate kitchen for meat products & another for dairy. However, no meat is allowed from an animal that chews the cud or has cloven hooves. There are substitutes for milk, cheese, butter etc and great offence would be caused if anyone asked for any of these. There are meat and cheese free McDonalds in Israel From the 1960’s water from the Sea of Galilee was pumped to Cana and areas to the south, recycled and pumped to the Negev desert, purified and repumped to the north. The following day we head for Sepphoris near Nazareth, the route on dry stony ground with olive groves, a herd of very thin cows in the enclosure being fed on hay. No green meadows here. Any attempts at cultivation is hard, yet at one time farming was the main source of income. Sepphoris is an archaeological site of a city built by Antipas, son of Herod, to serve as an administrative centre of the region and became seat of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish Council. The birthplace of Mary, mother of Jesus. Much labour from all over the area was needed to build this city, so Joseph, Jesus and his brothers would probably worked there 23 as carpenters and stone masons. Sepphoris was on high ground with a strong wind blowing, the herald of the Israeli winter. Excavations have found a 4000 seat Roman theatre, and many streets laid down in grid formation and a rock hewn water system. It felt strange to walk down the main street of limestone slabs with the channel marks and channels of chariots. In a third century home of Dionysias, beautiful floor mosaics have been unearthed in pale blues and greys, flowers , leaves, an Amazon or female warrior. Students from the USA do much of the excavations in their holidays. Nazareth, not too far away would have been the source of the skills of craftpersons in the building of this city. There are the remains of crushing defeat by Saladdin at the Horns of Hittim in 1187 And so we move on to Nazareth (to be continued) Francis M Searle ------

“Own recipes” (from hand written recipes, mostly collected from ladies from around the West Country)

Oslo Chops

Flour 4 large lamb chops & fry gently for 4 minutes (it’s best to have boneless lamb cutlets) Place in casserole Fry half an onion- finely chopped Mix with 1 teaspoonful of curry powder. 2 dessertspoonfuls of vinegar, 4 dessertspoonfuls of tomato sauce, 1 desertspoonful of brown sugar, 1 desertspoonful of Worcester sauce, 1 teaspoonful of Marmite, 1 cup of hot Oxo stock, salt & pepper.

Pour mixture over chops and cook in low oven for 2 hours or until tender. Or in crockpot Low 6-8 hours High 3-4 hours.

St Wendrona’s Rota Please inform the Churchwardens if you are unable to fulfil your duty . Can sidespeople can please be on duty 15 minutes before the service to welcome people and hand out service books. Thank you for your help October 1st- Trinity 16 October 8th – Trinity 17 Reader B Osborne J Haywood Intercessions R Spencer Offertory H Sandford/B Osborne Sidespeople R Osborne/B Osborne M Cowley/J Parker Cleaning I & B Osborne I & B Osborne Flowers F Symes C Loveday/I Osborne October 15th – Trinity 18 October 22nd- Trinity 19 Reader J Parker M Cowley Intercessions B Osborne M Cowley Offertory M Cowley/J Parker C Loveday/C Bryans Sidespeople C Loveday/B Osborne P Haywood/I Osborne Cleaning M Cowley/A Veneear M Cowley/ A Veneear Flowers C Loveday/I Osborne C Loveday/I Osborne October 29th – Trinity 20 November 5th- 4 before Advent Reader C Bryans R Spencer Intercessions R Spencer B Osborne Offertory H Sandford/B Osborne M Cowley/J Parker Sidespeople R Osborne/B Osborne M Cowley/J Parker Cleaning H Sandford H Sandford Flowers H Sandford H Sandford November 12th – 3 before Advent November 19th -2 before Advent Reader A Veneear Intercessions M Cowley Offertory C Loveday/C Bryans Sidespeople C Loveday/B Osborne P Haywood/ I Osborne Cleaning I & B Osborne I & B Osborne Flowers H Sandford F Symes November 26th Next before Advent…………………………….. Reader H Sandford Sidespeople M Cowley/J Parker Intercessions R Spencer Cleaning M Cowley/A Veneear Offertory H Sandford/B Osborne Flowera F Symes 25

Wendron Bits & Pieces

The last two months has been a busy time. I wrote in the last issue a little about our Roof/Floor/Drainage project. We have had feedback from Dr Bright the bat specialist to confirm what we already knew that bats were using the church. The only difference being that it cost us nothing but the bill for the specialists visits & report cost £1325. The work of lifting the slates & inspecting the roof timbers cost £582. Adding this £2000 to the £9000 paid to the architects for admin & plans has quickly spent the first installment (£11000) of our grant. I should add VAT paid is recoverable. We have started our fund raising & to date we have raised £3500. Thank you for the individual donations, money in the church box & donations on the plate at baptisms &weddings. Since our informal chat after morning worship on June 11th, various individual fund raising events are in progress or being planned. Kathryn (Jenkin) is busy knitting squares for a blanket & raffling each square. The winning square gets the blanket. Mary Cowley has decided to get her needles out to knit wooly hats to help swell the fund. Please pre-order. Mary does not want to be left with boxes of hats. Janet has been busy contacting other possible sources for grants & has had a varied response. Some have refused, some ask for more information & others have sent application forms, some are quite complicated , some quite easy to complete. We are waiting for their responses. Looking at the last issue of the magazine we are very grateful to

Simon who holds his annual coffee morning on November 4th. He has decided that the donations will be shared between the RNLI (the usual recipients), & our appeal at Wendron. On my mid-week visits to church I usually look at the visitors book before opening the donations box. I find it interesting when visitors write in the book & I find varying donations in the box Every penny helps to preserve our beautiful old church. We must be grateful that in this day & age people still want to look around our churches & it is surprising how many like to have a quiet time to sit or kneel in prayer. It is also interesting when speaking to them that many are Christians but do not attend as regular church-goers but nevertheless like to have a short time of prayer when visiting. Thinking of private prayer, there are a number of worshippers who like to sit or kneel quietly for a few minutes before the service. Please try to respect this. We need to go about our duties as quietly as possible. Is a five minute bell (as is the practice in many churches) the answer? A note for your diary: Remembrance Sunday is November 12th. The morning service will start slightly earlier at 10.15am to enable us to be at the parish memorial at 11am. Synod-wise not a lot has happened. August, as with most organisations, is a quiet month. Early in September the Deanery Synod Standing Committee met when we were joined by Canon David as our Rural Dean. The main items were planning for our meeting in October when it is hoped that we will have a speaker from St Petroc’s Society, & discussing events & speakers for 2018. Diocesan Synod met on 9th September, the main item was the setting & acceptance of the Diocesan budget for 2018-2020 (yes 27

3 years). I will not bore you with details of the 13 page document. The budgeted income across the diocese for MMF for 2018 being the same as 2017 at £4,297m.This will rise to £4,361m in 2019 & to £4,427m in 2020. The total income set for 2017 is £7,159m which is predicted to rise to £7,614m by 2020. Expenditure for 2017 is expected to be £7,787m. The predicted figures for 2018 being £8,598m, for 2019 £8,207m & for 2020 £8,049m. How do we arrive at these figures? It is envisaged that the expected retirements & other movement of stipendary clergy each year will fall from 73 in 2017 to 63 in 2020.

Last evening at PCC the main subject was Fund Raising for our Roof & Drainage Project. In addition to the projects already mentioned, there will be a Coffee Morning at Trelubbas Cottage, Lowertown on Thursday 12th October from 10am. We will be holding a Gift Day in church on 21st October. There are other events in the pipeline with dates & venues to be finalized-one of these being sponsored Community Carols. Details of what is happening will be found on the notice boards in church, in the pew slips, in the press under Wendron News or by ringing the Wardens whose numbers are in the front of this magazine. Future Special Services will be:-School Harvest on Oct 5th at 2pm, Wendron Feast on Oct 29th 10,30am. Christingle Service on 10th Dec at 10.30am, Christmas Eve 10.30 am Morning Service, 4pm Crib Service & 11.30pm Midnight Service. Thanks for your support & don’t forget to tell your friends , family & neighbours what we are doing & why! -

Bevan

We should be thinking about the flowers we would like to see in the garden or house next year. Here are some of the bulbs you can plant, some in selected areas outside and others that can be planted indoors, in conservatories, window sills or on greenhouse shelving. Tulips, daffodils, irises, anemonies, chionodox and snowdrops, to name just a few. Purchases from good garden centres would also allow you to ask for the best method of growing bulbs and corms. Freesias are in particular corms for indoor growing at room temperature in 5 inch pots & 5 corms to the pot, in quality compost. This time of year is a very good time to plant small fruit trees like apple, pear, plum or ornamental ones. You do need to seek advice on choice & style either from a garden centre or on the internet. Raspberry canes can be planted, usually quite leafless at this time of year, in a good compost. Strawberry runners can be placed in 3 inch pots if they have a good root system & placed in a sheltered spot out of the weather. Don’t let them dry out. You can conserve your tubers & corms by lifting them before the frost & storing them in a frost free environment, remembering the losses we all had during this years heavy frost. Dahlias, gladioli, & begonias are a few that can be treated this way. Lift the plants carefully, making sure you don’t spear them with your fork. Cut off growth to 4 inches and clear the soil off them. Place them in a tray upside down for a couple of weeks then store them as suggested covered in fine dry soil or sand with the tops exposed. Keep an eye on them, they don’t need any water. How to treat them in the New Year I will deal with later. Roses need light pruning. Plant spring cabbage. Stake sprouts to prevent loss. Enjoy your gardening! Ron Allen

Remembrance

On Remembrance Sunday, 12th November, we will again be thinking of all the brave people who gave their lives in the service of their country. Apart from the many war graves abroad there are 170,000 Commonwealth war graves in the UK many of them being those of servicemen & women killed on active service or who later succumbed to wounds. Others died in training accidents or because of sickness or disease. The graves are found in more than 12,000 cemeteries & churchyards, including Helston cemetery which contains four WWI burials & 27 from WW2. Most of us are familiar with the white stone war graves but what may be less generally known is that the headstone shapes fall into different categories. This shape is for war graves for British, Australian & New Zealand forces killed in, or who subsequently died as a result of either war.

Headstones with the corners missing similar to this shape are for non-war graves & service post war graves

& there are a few other shapes such as this for other categories- this one being for those who died in the Boer War.

Other nationalities have headstones of their own distinctive shape. An example of this can be found in Helston cemetery,(see photo above, where, in the foreground, there are the graves of 6 Czech RAF airmen who died when there aircraft crashed near Helston in WW2

Diary Dates Thursday 5th October 2pm Wendron School Harvest Festival at St Wendrona’s Thursday 12th October. Coffee Morning at Trelubbas Cottage Lowertown in aid of Wendron Roof Fund Sunday 29th October- Wendron Feast- Church Service 10.30am Saturday October 21st at Wendron Church- Gift Day for Roof Fund Monday 30th October – St Michael’s stall at the Guildhall Saturday 4th November. 10am onwards. Coffee Morning at Simon Roach’s home Whealhaven (Opposite Tesco’s) In aid of RNLI & Wendron Roof Fund .See page 13 Monday 6th November-Helston Fatstock Show at Franchis Farm Wendron (opposite Whealdream See Page 18 12th November Remembrance Sunday, Service at Wendron starts at 10.15 am Civic Service at St Michael’s at 3pm Monday 27th November- St Michael’s stall at the Guildhall Saturday 2nd December 10am-12,30am St Michael’s Christmas Fair See Page 9 Week beginning 3rd December- Christmas Tree festival at St Michaels Sunday 10th December 10.30 am Christingle Service at Wendron Mondau 18th December 6.30pm Wendron School Carol Service

Sunday 24th December Christmas Eve – At Wendron- 10.30am Morning Service 4pm Crib Service 11.30 pm Midnight Mass At Helston – 9.30 Morning Service 5.30 pm Christingle Service 11.30 Midnight Mass

PCC Members St Michael’s Helston

Canon David Miller-Chairperson Rev Dorothy Noakes (P/b) Mrs Betty Booker Lay-Reader (B&P/b) Mr John Boase- Churchwarden (B) Mrs Nicola Boase-Treasurer Mrs Amanda Pyers-Secretary Mr Michael Thorn(B & Deanery Synod) Mr Peter Jewell (B) Mr Richard Berry(B) Mrs Jean Williams (I) Mrs Heather Thorn (I) Mrs Elizabeth Davis (I) Mrs Marjorie Searle(I) Mr Michael Thomas Mr Jake Holyer Ms Louise Douglas (I)

Committees: B=Buildings, I=Internal Affairs, , P/b=Playbox

CMS Link- Mary Charnock, Susan Summers. Junior Church-Beccy Miller, Sandy Windsor, Electoral Roll Officer- Sandra Chambers. Safeguarding officer – David Miller –Volunteer needed to take on this role! Magazine Editor - Simon Roach

Helston Bell Ringers Bob Woods (Captain), Philip Woods (Vice Captain), Roger Nott (Tower keeper) Margaret Pryor (Sec), Philip Booker, Nicola Boase, Jean Williams, Stanley Pryor, Simon Roach, Amanda Boxer, Kate & Nigel Bolland, Mandy Basher.

Ringing Practice night is on Tuesday’s at 7.30 pm at St Michael’s except on the first Tuesday in the month when it is at Wendron. New ringers and visitors are welcome

Helston & Wendron Mothers Union Branch Leader/Enrolling Member.-Mrs Kathleen Oliver, 10 Castel Wary Close, Helston TR138SF 01326 573256 – New Members are always welcome!! Please contact Kath if you wish to join.

St Wendrona’s PCC Wendron

Canon David Miller-Chairperson Mr Bevan Osborne – Churchwarden/Treasurer/Deanery & Diocesan Synod & Lay Vice Chairman Mrs Anne Veneear - Churchwarden Mrs Isobel Osborne- Deanery Synod Mrs Henrietta Sandford – Secretary Mr Philip Haywood, Mr Bob Ayres Mrs Jennifer Haywood Mts Carol Bryans Mrs Sue Spencer Electoral Roll Officer (not on the PCC)

Wendron Bell Ringers – Ray Spencer, Max Barnett The St Michael’s Ringers usually try to ring for morning service at Wendron on the first Sunday of the month though the Sunday may change occasionally to fit in with special occasions e.g. Harvest Festival etc Sidespeople M Cowley, P Haywood, C Loveday, B Osborne. I Osborne R Osborne, J Parker **********

Crossword Answers from Page 12 Across5 Admit 8 Deranged 9 Smart 10 Eastward 11 Water 14 Ash 16 Strong 17 Inlaid 18 End 20 Knelt 24 Splendid 25 Hippo 26 Reappear 27 Agree Down 1 Edrei 2 Cross 3 Gnaws 4 Hearts 6 Damnable 7 Israelis 12 Standing 13 Collapse 14 Age 15 Hid 19 Nephew 21 Leapt 22 Adder 23 Adore

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Last Word from the Editor All items for the December/January magazine will need to be with me at the latest by Sunday 12th November. Please email to simonroach@talktalk .net or send to me at Whealhaven, Clodgey Lane Helston TR13 8PJ (tel 01326 561067 or 07870702034 or alternatively see me in church.