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DTeliverede FREE to emvery household e T a Nlovemkber 2020 In this month’s issue Pumpkin pie, pottery and bowls Remembering the Coventry bombing and all your parish news ROCHFORD • EASTHAM • THE HANLEYS • STOKE BLISS & KYRE • STANFORD 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 November 2020 As the leaves, turned multicoloured by the Published by the churches of the changing season, gently drift to the ground (or Teme Valley South Group are helped off by wind and rain!) we start to re - and delivered free to every household member. We remember in a mixture of ways this month. Designed and typeset by At the beginning of November we remember Sandra Griffiths, St Michaels the saints who have gone before us, some of whom will be well known and celebrated, oth - Printed by ers known only to ourselves. Orphans Press, Leominster We remember those we love and who are no longer with us by reading their names both in Editor: an online service and at a church service. Sandra Griffiths We remember 5th November for ‘gunpow - Grey Gables, St Michaels der, treason and plot’ and light bonfires, but Tenbury Wells WR15 8TW without the usual crowds. Telephone 01568 750665 We remember those who fought and died in [email protected] war and the need for peace by wearing pop - pies. This year we will gather in four of our Distribution: churches at the same time rather than in one Alison and Keith Tompsett group on Remembrance Sunday. This will (Stoke Bliss & Kyre) allow us to accommodate more people in a safe Averil Opperman (The Hanleys, manner and is itself a reminder of the Covid Eastham and Rochford) times in which we live. Sue Softly (Stanford) Whether online, in person at a church service or by visiting the Field of Remembrance in Priest-in-charge Hanley William churchyard and leaving a Rev Julia Curtis poppy cross – ‘We will remember them!’ Telephone 01886 853286 As the year draws to a close we remember [email protected] that 2020 has not been an easy one for many. Yet at the end of the month we keep the festival Parish website of Christ the King where we remember that www.temevalleysouth.org.uk above all, we have a message of hope in the midst of many ‘rememberings’. So, even Items for inclusion should be though this year November’s remembering sent to Sandra Griffiths may be tinged with sadness, I encourage you by the 18th of the preceding month to holdfast to that hope of something beyond and will be included subject to space the promise of the immediate here and now … something rather wonderful. Be blessed as you remember this November. Rev’d Julia Advertise your event FREE in Keep Fit Group TemeTalk and reach 660 Upper Sapey Village Hall households in seven parishes Mondays 10.30 am to 12 noon £5 per session email [email protected] (or book a series for £4.50 each) or call 01568 750665 01684 564334 Teme Valley South Contacts A H CALDICOTT & SONS Priest-in-charge: Julia Curtis 01886 853286 Associate Priest: Sally Jones 01584 781526 Funeral Directors Reader: Pete Thorp 07917 783159 Churchwardens Burials Eastham: Celia Adams 01584 781258 Cremations Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 Jennifer Gledhill 01584 812500 Chapel of Rest Stoke Bliss and Kyre: Hanleys: Ed Yarnold 07930 882728 15 MARKET STREET Stanford: Robin Dean 01886 853295 TENBURY WELLS Pastoral Team Stanford: Lesley Dean 01886 853295 Hanleys: Peter Thorneycroft 01885 410484 01584 810281 Stoke Bliss : Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 01584 891502 after 6pm Jenny Barbé 01584 781298 Eastham: Helen Matravers 01584 781510 A family run business Parish Safeguarding Officer: Sue Softly established 1919 01584 881342 STAY AT HOME Home Support A break can be good for everyone We provide • Respite in your own home • Night sitting • Day sitting • Support to access the community, inc appointments and socialising Get in touch for a chat or a free no-obligation quote Susan Grazier T: 01299 270675 email: [email protected] M: 07969 673092 E: [email protected] 2 Parish news From the registers Service times and openings Our prayers and sympathy are with the family As the clocks change this month and the and friends of John Leftwich of Rochford evenings shorten, we will move to our winter House, whose ashes were buried in St Mary’s timing pattern for services and so the evening churchyard, Stanford on 17th October. May he services will be at 3.30pm until the spring ar - rest in peace and rise in glory. rives! Our church buildings remain open as below, but if you would like to visit outside Curate placement these times, please contact the churchwardens, Rev’d Peter Myers has now finished his place - who will do their best to accommodate you. ment with us and enjoyed a ‘different’ harvest You are very welcome to come and spend experience in this strange year by participat - some time in these spaces to reflect, to pray ing in a number of our services. He was wel - and just to ‘be’ for a quiet moment. Now the comed for coffee or food and a chat by a evenings are darker we may close at dusk. number of our community and so hopefully gained some useful insights into life here. We St Peter & St Paul, Eastham wish him well for the end of his curacy in Tuesday 9am to dusk Malvern and his future path in ministry. St Mary, Stanford on Teme Thursday 9am to dusk All Souls St Mary, Kyre Wyard If you wish to have the names of loved ones Friday 2.30pm to 5pm who are no longer with us read out as part of s - see Church to be attended our All Souls services on 1st November, please St Michael, Rochford contact us – see Rochford News for more de - Wednesday and Sunday 9am to dusk tails. St Peter, Stoke Bliss Friday 10am to 4pm All Saints, Hanley William Saturday 9am to 4pm TemeTalk deadlines Thanks to all of you who are willing to air The deadline for our December issue is 18th the churches and give them a spruce up before November as normal. opening and have offered to lock and unlock. The first TemeTalk of the new year will Without you we could not re-open. be a joint January/February issue and the deadline will be Monday 4th January . Please remember to let me have your early December highlights Please note events which need to be booked January events for inclusion in the Decem - because of limited capacity: ber issue. The deadline for the March issue will be 6th December, 3.30pm, drive-in Carol Service 18th February as normal. at Stoke Bliss Village Hall 12th December , 3.30pm, Rochford outdoor music and readings Our front cover this month is Mathew Hall’s 20th December , online TVS Carol Service photograph of the weather vane on the old 24th December, Zoom Stanford Crib Service Eastham Memorial Hall 24th December , 11.30pm, Rochford Midnight Service at St Michael’s Church (to book please contact Ann Prosser) 25th December , 10am, Eastham Christmas TemeTalk Family Service (to book please contact Celia [email protected] Adams) 01568 750665 Rev’d Julia Curtis 3 Teme Valley Tote Rochford 49 Club September’s prize draw of the Tote (the sev - Congratulations enth in this series) was decided when Rev’d to this month’s £25 winners: Robert Barlow rolled the dice on 2nd October to select the set of random numbers. Wednesday winners Prizewinners are: Sept 23rd No 52 not sold Sept 30th No 36 not sold £50 – Burgoyne family of Stanford (No 517) Oct 7th No 53 not sold £30 – Meg Baker of Pensax (No 343) Oct 14th No 10 Caroline Nicolls £20 – Ron Wylde of Eastham (No 286) If you would like to join please contact the Saturday winners organiser, Robin Dean, on 01886 853295 or by Sept 19th No 56 not sold email at [email protected], or contact Sept 26th No 45 not sold your local co-ordinator. Oct 3rd No 2 Sue Bridge Oct 10th No 2 Sue Bridge Oct 17th No 46 not sold TemeTalk [email protected] There are still plenty of numbers available – why not join in? It’s just £1 per draw and the Singing lessons profits are split between Rochford church and Offered by professional opera singer at the village hall – plus you get two chances Eastham studio or in central Worcester e a ch week to win £25! It would be great to see fewer unsold All ages and abilities welcome – tickets next month! complete beginners, keen amateurs or Remember, you must be in it to win it! professional singers starting their career Ring Gill Smith on www.erikamadijones.com 07815 030050 07967 585096 Delicious home-cooked meals delivered to your door Home-cooked and individually frozen meals delivered within Tenbury Wells and the surrounding area Locally sourced produce Good quality food with a personal touch for anyone who loves home cooking For menus and more information go to www.HazelCooks.co.uk telephone 01885 410222 or email [email protected] 4 Carol service An outdoor carol service is being planned for Sunday 13th December at 3.30pm at the Old Rochford Forge (by kind permission of Rod and Di Rick - etts) by a large decorated outdoor tree of re - Rochford membrance.