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I have experienced so much kindness over the last months, especially as I enquire how someone is, many turn around and say – but it must be hard for you? I feel very privileged as I know most of us do here in countryside, experiencing ‘lockdown’ and ‘step up’ with such glorious views from the hill, and around the villages I feel part of; Fenny Bentley, Thorpe, Tissington, Alsop (en le Dale, Station and Moor) and Parwich. Having joined you all just over three years ago, there was some time before the pandemic to meet you in the parishes, share festivals and celebrations, my 65th birthday party, and walk with some of you in grief and celebration. And share some refreshments in the local hostelries! You make me feel very welcome and valued, thank you.

A heartfelt thank you to those of you who have served on the Church Councils in 2019 and before, and those who have offered service from October 2020 into next year. Your advice, guidance and local knowledge means that we can offer worship in our buildings, and care for them and the churchyards, as well as offering charity and the Good News to visitors, the needs of the world and parishioners alike. You might imagine how much I do miss chatting and meeting you, and exploring not only the questions of life, but the footpaths and scenery. At present my health and restrictions mean Scamp and I can get out to the , but we do all please need to be careful; the number of cases is rising.

Now we are living in a time in the face of changes many Diocese in the UK are making, and our own Bishop Libby is introducing, for us to gather even more closely together, as a Benefice, joining tightly the five parishes of the Peak Five. In January I will outline more of what we are planning together, and how Carsington Deanery is supporting all the parishes that make up our region.

I am exercised about Christmas at the moment, and a few of us are wrestling with the art of the possible; because this season, and the Reason for the Season, are such a landmark in our year! Watch this space for the ways we WILL be celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus. There were some great ideas about Harvest – you can see some photos from Fenny Bentley’s Angel Festival in this edition of your magazine – so we certainly can work out Christmas, just not the same as we usually do – and it might turn out to be better! It certainly will be one to remember.

As a Christian, there are some passages from the Bible that I am holding on to – mainly around how, whatever happens in the world, God does not change. He is faithful, constant, always accepting each of us as we are; loving us; God loving you. Please do think hard about joining us online especially if you do not feel able to come to the monthly church services. I am happy to help you try it out, on the telephone, or a more sophisticated device. The guidance is here in the magazine – but we can run a trial in the week. Thank you to Tissington and Parwich for opening buildings for visits and private prayer.

If you like to listen to different types of Christian music then maybe Rest.Stop is for you? This is also making use of the clever technology, and each month more people are joining in.

If ever there was a time to try new things, and to see what God might show us, it must be now. We join our prayers into so many aspects of injustice, unfairness, need, along with anxiety and isolation caused by COVID19 ‘Tiers’. We rely on God more and more as the days shrink into the winter; those working, those facing unemployment, I hope the prayers printed here help you all.

Peace be with you. Rev Carollyn

Rest.Stop. Tuesday evenings 7pm – 8pm. Zoom Prayers, Bible, and music to watch by ourselves on YouTube. Bring along what you would like to share. Zoom invitation - 292 834 2339 password 726 97

Prayers to sustain us

A prayer for all those affected by coronavirus Keep us, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy. Sustain and support the anxious, be with those who care for the sick, and lift up all who are brought low; that we may find comfort knowing that nothing can separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

A prayer for God’s guidance

Almighty Lord and everlasting God, we ask you to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments; that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER 9.00 am

NOVEMBER Alsop Thorpe Monday 2nd Friday 6th 10.30 Thursday 12th in church St th Leonards festival Thursday 26 th Wednesday 11 Fenny Bentley 10.30 Remem-

rd brance prayers Tuesday 3 th th Friday 20 Tuesday 17 Monday 30th Monday 23rd st Tuesday 1 Dec Tissington

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Services in the Peak Five during November 2020 – we hope you can join in!

There will be a live service in one of the Benefice Churches every week. In addition, during the month services will also be held on the Zoom platform or recorded and available on Carollyn’s YouTube channel. Please see guidance for Zoom from landlines, tablets and computers in this magazine. If you would like to join in a service, you can let Carollyn know, or join using Zoom with the links below.

1 November 11.00 short modern Communion Tissington 3.30pm Remembering service Fenny Bentley

Friday 6th Nov Celtic Morning Prayer for St Leonard, Thorpe

8th November 10.45 Remembrance outdoor service Parwich 2-4pm church open for candle lighting and prayer

15th November 11.15 Alsop Remembering Service 6.00 pm Zoom Celtic Evening Prayer with the reading of names

22nd November 11.15 Holy Communion with Remembering Thorpe

29th November 10.00 Fifth Sunday Benefice Service. Parwich Advent in 2020 – what are we waiting for?

6th December 11.15 Family Service for Advent Tissington ## With social distancing, and much care to protect each other.

Most of our buildings are closed as we go to press, so we are gathering to sing hymns, pray and encourage each other weekly using technology. On a Sunday you can use this link to join the Zoom meeting from 5.30pm; 292 834 2339 password 726971. Carollyn will email the link if you ask, anytime.

St Peter’s Parwich welcomes you every Sunday for private prayer and visitors. St Mary’s Tissington welcomes you every Wednesday for private prayer and visitors. Please follow the guidance as you enter the building.

You are warmly invited to the Remembering Service

ZOOM SERVICE 15th November 2020 6.00 pm With the reading of names of those we have loved and lost

Our Vision Christ’s presence in every community Vibrant in our villages

Join the Rural Chaplaincy Harvest service on line from 25th October here https://www.ruralactionderbyshire.org.uk/f armers-online-harvest-festival hosted by Rev Alan Griggs Just type into your search engine bar and you can watch this as many times as you like!

November services

In recent years we have held one service for the whole Benefice to remember our loved ones who have died. This is called a Remembering service, in addition to the Remembrance Service for those who lost their lives in the service of their country.

This year it is not practical to hold just one service which can fill the church. Therefore we will have three opportunities to come together in church. We will say prayers, light candles, and have some space for silent memories.

1st November 3.30pm Service of Remembering; Fenny Bentley

8th November 10.50am Remembrance outdoor service; Parwich 2-4 pm church open for the lighting of candles. Prayers said every half hour.

15th November 11.15 Service of Remembering; Alsop

On 15th November our Zoom service will have a space for people to read out the names of loved one.

All are welcome, and you can join the service from 5.45pm with the following links. Further instructions are in the magazine or our website www.Peakfive.org. Zoom - 292 834 2339 password 726971

Remembering Service

Our Vision Christ’s presence in every community Vibrant in our villages

- WELCOME TO THIS SERVICE -

We are all here today because someone who was dear to us has died. Grief has often been described as a journey, but it is one we have not chosen. Today we may be at different stages of that journey but we are fellow travellers, here to remember and to find mutual comfort and support. During 2020 we have not had the usual experience of bereavement and grieving, so we wanted to offer you some time to reflect and sit, without any expectation, just to remember. During the service there will be the opportunity to you to light a candle in memory of the person you are remembering tonight. Instructions for the Act of Remembrance will be given during the service. You are warmly invited to stay for as long as you like. No collection will be taken during the service, but if you would like to make a contribution towards the work of the church, there will be a plate by the door. Welcome and Introduction

Opening Prayer

Leader Heavenly Father, You are the source of all love. We thank You that we can come together in Your House tonight to remember those whom we love but see no longer. Be with us, we pray, as we call to mind the good and the bad, the joys and the sorrows, the hopes and the disappointments. Be with us as we bring our own needs at this time. May we discover your love and compassion in such a way, that we leave here strengthened to face the future, knowing that You are with us and will never leave us.

Hymn Silently behind our masks please

Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided, urged and inspired us, cheered us in our way, sought us and saved us, pardoned and provided: Lord of the years, we bring our thanks today.

Lord, for our land in this our generation, spirits oppressed by pleasure, wealth and care: for young and old, for commonwealth and nation, Lord of our land, be pleased to hear our prayer.

Lord, of our world where men disown and doubt you, loveless in strength, and comfortless in pain, hungry and helpless, lost indeed without you; Lord of the world, we pray that Christ may reign.

Lord, of ourselves, in living power remake us self on the cross and Christ upon the throne, past put behind us, for the future take us; Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.

Reading Psalm 139

Hymn Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch; like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed!

The Lord hath promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun.

Talk

Hymn The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want; He makes me down to lie In pastures green; He leadeth me The quiet waters by. My soul He doth restore again, And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, E’en for His own name’s sake. Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale, Yet will I fear no ill; For Thou art with me, and Thy rod And staff my comfort still. Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me; And in God’s house forevermore, My dwelling place shall be. Remembering Those Who Have Died

The lighting of candles

Prayers

Leader Loving God, We thank you for your Church here on earth and in Heaven. We hold in your healing presence all those who mourn today. God of Love… All Give them strength, courage and a deep sense of your presence.

Leader We hold in your healing presence those who face the future with dread or fear; those who have no hope and for whom there is now darkness, where once there was light. God of Love… All Give them strength, courage and a deep sense of your presence.

Leader We hold in your healing presence all whose lives are drawing to a close and those who wait with them, even if they cannot hold their hand, loving and caring. God of Love… All Give them strength, courage and a deep sense of your presence.

Leader We hold ourselves in your healing presence. May we have the strength and courage to entrust our loved ones to your unfailing love. God of Love… All Give us strength, courage and a deep sense of your presence.

Leader We ask all these prayers through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who promises He will never leave us or forsake us. Amen.

The Lords Prayer

All Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil; For thine is the Kingdom, The power and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen

Hymn

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, Whose trust, ever child-like, no cares could destroy, Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray, Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith, Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe, Be there at our labours, and give us, we pray, Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day. Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace, Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace, Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray, Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm, Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm, Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray, Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Reading “Faith”

We trust that beyond absence There is presence. That beyond the pain there can be healing. That beyond the brokenness there can be wholeness. That beyond the anger there may be peace. That beyond the hurting there may be forgiveness That beyond the silence there may be the Word. That beyond the Word there may be understanding. That through understanding there is love. Author unknown

Blessing Watch now, dear Lord, with those who wake or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ, rest your weary ones, bless your dying ones, soothe your suffering ones, pity your afflicted ones, shield your joyous ones; all for Love’s sake.And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be with you and remain with you always. Amen

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Rev Carollyn asks - Are you worried and concerned about what things will be like at Christmas? Are you angry at decisions that Government or Church have made? Do your feelings and emotions make you deeply sad? Here is a reflection about some of those feelings – around Lament; An old term yet mirrored in the Bible and shared with us just for times like these.

Practical theologian and educator Revd Canon Dr Carla Grosch-Miller shares her reflections on lament. This morning - as I dutifully engaged in my daily exercise - I walked past a train speeding from Morpeth towards . I noticed, as I have for the last several weeks, that it was virtually empty. Coach after coach of empty seats, a shadow (a person?) in one. I nearly burst into tears. And I realised that I was holding a deep reservoir of feeling that I did not want to tap into. My head had been telling me that I was struggling to write this reflection - because brains that are searching for safety and predictability, brains that hum with a fear barely discernible to the naked ear, have a hard time engaging all their cognitive function. But the answer was in my heart.

The reason that lament felt unavailable to me at this point in the pandemic is that I am not ready to go there. It’s not (just) an intellectual thing: it’s an emotional one. Lament is the ravaged heart’s cry to the source of her being, the inconsolable ranting that reaches out to demand an end to suffering, the fierce force of living in the face of death that turns towards God in irresolute hope. In the Bible, God is spoken of as the One who hears our cries (Exodus 3:7). The first and only person to name God, Hagar, names God El-roi – God who sees or God of seeing (Genesis 16:13). If only God will hear and see us, surely God will respond. Surely.

The ancient prayer book that is the Book of Psalms contains nearly all the emotions known to humankind. Over one third of the psalms are psalms of lament, personal or communal. God is raged at, castigated, blamed, entreated, begged. Complaints are lodged in detail: God has failed to act; or acted too harshly; or allowed the wicked to prosper. Revenge is courted. Blood is willing to be spilt. Look now at the Revised Common Lectionary (which tells us which readings to have in church ed) - few of these psalms are included. In the comfort of our Western churches, we are embarrassed about the emotion; we find the rawer parts of our nature distasteful; and we think that Christians shouldn’t have, or admit to, such feelings. Yet there they are, in black and white and red. Lamentation is an expression of pain, an articulation of what’s happening now. It is a part of a healing journey which in time, a long time, integrates the experience into our life story. In our secular world, we find it easier to complain about the government: its response was too slow; the most vulnerable have been ignored; what’s the exit strategy? With 20/20 hindsight, we can think of and gripe about one hundred and one things that have not been done right. I wonder if this is a displacement activity. A way of trying to manage the deep anxiety and fear that is thrumming through our bodies. The means of keeping uncontrollable feelings under wraps, in the pretence that we are coping, really we are. What would happen (if we are ready, only then) if we used the age-old Judeo- Christian practice of lament? If we lanced the boil and put the whole mess in God’s hands, God who created this world and gave us the insane freedom to muck it up in the first place? If you are ready to lament, here is a structure adapted from John Swinton in Raging with Compassion (Eerdmans, 2007, p. 128). The structure is derived from the structure of the psalms of lament.

1. Address God using any names or titles that speak to you or express qualities of God that you want to call upon. You can use many names. 2. Make your complaints and be detailed. (Consider how detailed the Book of Lamentations is.) What has happened? Who is hurting and why? Whose fault, if anyone’s, is it? Give God the full blast of your anger, hurt and fear. 3. Express trust in or relationship with God. This can be one sentence. See, e.g., Lamentations 3:24 ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in God.’ 4. Make an appeal or petition.… a request for God’s intervention and why it is needed. 5. Optional: Vow your praise. Terrible things have happened, and yet I will praise You. This last step is optional because the lament must be true to where you are in the moment. Many of the psalms of lament include a vow of praise. There is a scholarly debate about why that is. Some consider the vows to be later additions. Others consider the psychology of lament – how expression of pain moves us along and enables us, in time, to praise. The important thing is that lamentation be authentic. If you are not ready to praise, you are not ready.

No doubt there are people who are ready to lament now, who can face God with the full force of their pain. God bless you if you are such a one; God bless and sustain you. And then there will be people like me, who can’t yet count the losses that are mounting up or face into the abyss of fear. God bless and sustain us too. God bless and sustain us all.

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Living well through the next six months

Living with COVID-19 will be hard for everyone this winter. The Prime Minister has asked us all to observe the Rule of Six. There are lessons and challenges that Christians can draw from this number to help us live well in these times.

> SIX MONTHS IS THE NEW HORIZON Focus on Easter and lean back into the great themes of the church year.

> SIX DAYS TO WORK AND A SABBATH TO REST Reclaim the gift of one day each week for rest and re-creation.

> SIX PEOPLE TO JOURNEY WITH Rediscover church as small groups of people supporting one another.

> SIX WAYS TO BE SALT AND LIGHT Identify the people and community organisations you can support.

> SIX PERCENT TO YOUR CHURCH If your income is stable, increase your giving to sustain the local church.

> SIX PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR Pray for people you know to discover the riches of our faith.

“…neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8.37-39

oxford.anglican.org/six Six months is the new horizon

We need a new horizon for our hope and our lives. The spring will bring better news, so set your horizon on Easter and lean back into the great themes of the church year.

Our journey through COVID-19 will be a marathon, not a sprint. From Harvest through to the beginning of Holy Week, there is much to pray for, dwell on and celebrate.

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar The beauty of Mortality God’s Christ the light The gift of Our salvation: creation and and hope of kingdom and shining in the our baptism; the cross and care for the resurrection the coming of darkness everyday faith resurrection earth Jesus

We may not be able to do everything we want to do when we gather as the Church on Sundays, but common worship, both online and physical, remains vital for the Church and for our communities. The Diocese will continue to offer Church at Home throughout the next six months, including Christmas Day, and will seek to support the mission and ministry of local churches in every way possible.

oxford.anglican.org/six Six days to work and a sabbath to rest

We’re in a demanding season, so it’s vital to watch over ourselves and to rest. Plan your sabbath and keep it. Rediscover the gift of one day each week for re-creation.

Days off and holidays are vital for clergy, churchwardens and volunteers, many of whom are working incredibly hard with extraordinary dedication and skill. Be sure to encourage one another and to spread the load wherever you can.

… and 1 2 3 4 5 6 rest

We all need to set a pace which will be sustainable No-one can do everything, we are fallible and will fall and stumble often. If cover is needed for clergy outside the benefice, then the Area Deans will do their very best to facilitate this. Remember that this is God’s Church and God’s mission. Thankfully the final responsibility does not rest with us, but daily we offer what we can.

oxford.anglican.org/six Six people to journey with

This is a time for us all to rediscover church as a small group of people who support one another; pray together; care for each other, serve together and explore everyday faith together.

All churches can rediscover small communities in ways which go with the grain of your tradition through dividing up your parish list into small groups for pastoral care; through meeting for the offices online; through traditional housegroups, discipleship or interest groups and in a range of other ways. Many seasons of deep renewal in the church have begun with the renewal of small communities. Where church rediscovers what it means to be a small community, there is great blessing in that.

oxford.anglican.org/six Six ways to be salt and light

It will be a demanding winter for the communities we serve; they need us to be salt and light. Now is the time to identify the people and community organisations you can support.

What plans will be needed to strengthen foodbanks and night shelters? How will you serve those who may be isolated over Christmas? How can you encourage and support schools and teachers and health workers? Who is on the margins, and who is in danger of being forgotten? Parishes are already responding in hugely significant ways to the growing needs of the communities around us. What else can you offer? Like the child bringing five loaves and two fish to Jesus, God takes whatever we can give and uses it to make an immense difference to the lives of those around us.

oxford.anglican.org/six Six percent to your church

We need a miracle of giving to sustain the church through this period. If your income is stable, can you give 1% more through the whole of next year and until church finances recover?

Lots of people are facing a difficult, financially challenging six months, and this is the case for church finances too. There is a significant loss of income from lettings and fairs and cash collections. The Church of recommendation is to give five percent of our income to and through the local church. If your income is falling or uncertain you may, of course, need to reduce what you give. But if your income is stable, can you increase your giving to 6% in response to what God is giving you?

oxford.anglican.org/six Six people to pray for

People are searching for faith and meaning in these times. We mustn’t be silent witnesses to the wonders of our faith when there is so much strength and healing in the Christian Way.

Are there six people you can pray for, invite into community and encourage to discover more of Christian faith during this season? Can you accompany them to baptism next Easter? Can every local church find ways of teaching and sharing faith online in Lent next year? Let us see what God will do.

oxford.anglican.org/six Our Diocese Together Uniting the Diocese of during the Covid-19 pandemic Issue 7 - November 2020

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Heath and Holmewood Community Action Recognising that children often outgrow their clothes long before they are worn out Revd Alex Mann decided that some re-using and recycling could take place so as the school summer holidays began Revd Alex collected many items of unwanted school uniform and children’s clothing. After approaching Heath Primary School, a temporary distribution centre was set up in front of the school on Wednesday mornings. Anyone who needed the uniform and clothes was welcome to go along and take what they needed. The photograph was taken on a very warm Wednesday the 12th August. Revd Alex said ‘the response has been very positive – even in this heat! We set up the free school uniform and children’s clothing stalls on Heath School playground and with the Parish Council outside the pavilion. We are very grateful to both organisations who have welcomed us to partner with them whilst they were giving out food.

2 Archdeacon Christopher writes... A good month for saints...

November is a good month for saints. It developing his philosophical and theological starts with All Saints Day and has a generous position. Something he wrote at the time, smattering of commemorations during the rest in an obscure footnote, has remained in my of the month. Among them is one of the more mind: recent additions to the Anglican calendar, The earth will in all probability be habitable William Temple, whom we remember on 6 for myriads of years yet. If Christianity is the November. final religion, the Church is still in its infancy. William Temple was probably the nearest an Two thousand years are but as two days. The Archbishop of Canterbury came to being a appeal to the ‘primitive Church’ is misleading; household name in the twentieth century – or we are the primitive Church. since. He was archbishop for only two years, ‘We are the primitive Church.’ What if the between 1942 and 1944, but his career to that challenges we experience at the moment are point had been remarkable in its range and the growing pains of a new creation rather effectiveness. Described by a contemporary than the death throes of a decaying as ‘by far the greatest Englishman of his day’, institution? Temple combined immense spiritual depth Another ‘What if’. What if William Temple had with intellectual distinction and a passion not suddenly died in post at the age of 63 and for social justice; he was one of the thinkers had lived to lead the Church of England after behind the creation of the modern Welfare the Second World War? His successor, State. This happy, humble, affectionate, and Geoffrey Fisher, as he had done at Repton, overweight man seemed to move effortlessly played to his strengths as an administrator, through the Church of England, as if to the revising canon law and restoring the manner born; which he was. His father had structures of the church in a country which been Archbishop of Canterbury and Temple badly needed familiarity and reassurance after had a number of brief appointments, any of the desperate war years. Might Temple have which might have been seen as the culmina- brought reform and rejuvenation, rather than tion of anyone else’s career, before becoming restoration? Bishop of at the age of forty, before moving to York and later Canterbury. As we face a time of decision in our diocesan People looked up to him as a natural leader life and witness, perhaps we can learn from and guide to the nation’s conscience – he was the unifying and generous vision of William helped in this by the advent of radio – and Temple. they sought to be associated with him. My mother and her sisters all had Temple as one of their given names, on the basis of a family connection which I have not yet been able to rescue from its obscurity. Temple made a brief stay with us in Derbyshire, as Headmaster of Repton School between 1910 and 1914. He wasn’t particularly suited to the job and was relieved to leave it, to be succeeded by Geoffrey Fisher, who was later to follow him at Canterbury. While at Repton, Temple was 3 St Edmund’s Allestree - A Harvest Reflection Revd Peter Barham reflects on Harvest under Covid restrictions.

Harvest Festival, and we managed two decorated churches (thanks). We had 35 in one church and 40 in the other, and - unusually - my congregation was larger than that of Northern Reader (Northern Reader is Peter’s wife, Julie). We survived not singing “We plough the fields and scatter” and everyone seemed to get something out of worship. Harvest hedgehogs seem appropriate - spikes and all that. We did a food bank run for the Hope Centre in Derby - Mike and Shirley had a full car (thank you again).We can accept donations at any time in Primrose’s book shed at the vicarage.

I baptised young Ralph at lunchtime - we moved the flowers first. Just six guests allowed. Mum, Dad, Ralph and the four Godparents. I have given up trying to understand the logic of the regulations. Lovely young people, a happy little lad, and a pleasure to baptise - one of the greatest pleasures of my ministry (in the old days I’d have given you a photo, now I need written permission first).

Then we had an open air service. It was a sunny afternoon and people came with their own seats. A lot of work for 18 people and it proved why we have church buildings. Nice to have good chats with families (and others) I haven’t seen for a while. I hope everyone got something out of it.

Now I’m shattered. Daft really, Sunday’s are usually a lot busier than this! The Prime Minister is right, it is going to be a tough winter for all of us. The lovely people at Cogito Books supplied me with this evening’s entertainment. Just wish I’d got a real fire to snuggle in front of.

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4 They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old...

(From ‘For the Fallen’ by Laurence Binyon)

As summer ends, our thoughts always lean towards Remembrance. In recent years, the churches in Derbyshire have excelled in their efforts to keep the memories of the fallen alive, those to whom we all owe a huge debt of gratitude. In 2020, many hoped the pandemic would be a distant memory by Remembrance Sunday and that we would be able to commemorate and remember in our usual ways, however sadly this won’t be the case. This year, many churches will be holding their Remembrance service online or to a smaller congregation either inside or outside the church. The Diocese of Derby worship resilience group have shared some great ideas for how you can commemorate Remembrance:

• Remembrance Services A prayer for Remembrance • Lay poppies/ wreaths on memorials during week of Remembrance. Loving God, • Place poppies in windows for a Thank you for all those who have shaped our lives, memorial display. but whom we no longer see. • Light a candle in a window at Help us to remember them well, 11am on 11 November. and trust that they are • Watch the national service from the Cenotaph, hosted by at peace with you. the British Legion, on BBC1. Amen

More resources are available on both the Church of England and Diocese of Derby websites.

Derby City Remembrance Ceremony The Derby City Remembrance ceremony will be filmed in the Cathedral and live streamed on Sunday, 8 November 2020 at 10.45am.

National CofE Remembrance Sunday online service This online service will be available on the Church of England website. It will be led by military chaplains and pays tribute to all those who have served and continue to serve in the Armed Forces. it will also give thanks for the families and others who provide care and support.

Captain Sir Tom Moore is one of the heroes of 2020. The War Veteran was unheard of this time last year and now he is known all over the world. His life story is one of love, strength and optimism amidst all the challenges that he has faced. When he talks of the war, like other veterans, he won’t accept that he is a hero rather that those who didn’t return were the heroes.

“We’ve fought so many battles and we’ve always won, and we’re going to win again. Please remember that tomorrow is a good day, and we will get through it in the end”. Captain Sir Tom Moore

This year, more than ever before, we should commemorate Remembrance and proudly say “We WILL remember them”.

5 Ordinations 2020 Bishop Libby has ordained eight new deacons and nine priests in the Diocese of Derby, at Derby Cathedral.

The socially distanced services took place over the weekend - ordinations were delayed this year because of the Covid-19 restrictions.

There were three ordination services on each of the two days with each candidate able to invite a limited number of guests, plus their training incumbents.

Speaking to the new priests and deacons at the start of each service, Bishop Libby said: “This may not be the service you envisaged when you first considered ordination, but this is how God has called you in this time.”

And in his sermon to the new priests, the Dean of Derby, , said: “God has the power to change the human heart through the death and resurrection of Jesus, so as we are called by God to lead in a time of fear and towards an unknown future our task as the church is to go through Covid-19, not to imagine that we can go around it and embrace a false hope of returning to what we recall as ‘normal’.”

More photographs are available on the diocesan website, www.derby.anglican.org

6 Please pray for our new deacons:

Rachael Brookes Littleover and Blagreaves

Catrin Hubbard with Burbage and King Sterndale Team Ministry

Nicola McNally Tideswell

Sharon Murphy Derwent Oak, Derby

Malcolm Pyatt Brimington

Kate Smedley Spondon

Sandra Till Alvaston

Alan Winfield Melbourne, Ticknall, Smisby and Stanton-by-Bridge and our new priests

Sally-Anne Beecham, Rhoda Blackwell, Brenda Jackson, Elaine Jones, Dawn Knight, James Milwain, Jenn Newman, John Spreadborough and Anthony Till. Will Eley was ordained priest by the Bishop of Maidstone in a separate service on 11 October.

7 Preparing for Advent and Christmas 2020: Comfort and Joy Comfort and Joy is the Church of England’s 2020 Christmas campaign. Taking inspiration from a traditional carol service, it features daily reflections for the Christmas season from Kate Bottley, Jonathan Bryan, Bob Chilcot, Martha Collison, Stephen Cottrell, Guli Francis-Dehqani, Chine McDonald, Sally Phillips and Justin Welby.

Beginning on Christmas Day and ending on 2 January, each day explores a Bible reading and a familiar carol, encouraging us to look with fresh eyes at how the timeless truth of Christmas might shape our lives in these extraordinary times and inviting us to hear again the message of the angels - good news of God’s unfailing love for a world that is weary and hurting. Churches all over the country will be marking Advent and Christmas in both new and familiar ways, both in person and online. Find out more about the campaign, access online services, download the free app featuring audio versions of all the featured carols at www.churchofengland.org/comfortandjoy The Knife Angel - one year on

A year ago, throughout October 2019, Derby Cathedral hosted the Knife Angel. In the four weeks it stood outside the cathedral, more than 200,000 people visited, 130 volunteers were trained and gave up their time to inform visitors of the danger of carrying a knife and 23 special educational events were held to discuss knife crime. Rachel Morris, Diocesan Secretary & Derby Cathedral Chapter Steward, Chief Executive Diocesan Board of Finance, said: “Derby Cathedral was humbled and honoured to host the Knife Angel in Derby. Derbyshire police, said: “A year on since the “The perseverance and hard work of key visit of the Knife Angel I look back and feel partners, generous sponsors and wonderful really proud of what was achieved during that volunteers brought the project together in a time by all involved, the number of visitors way which benefited the many thousands of was incredible. visitors who experienced and were affected “I have spoken to a number of people that by the statue. attended who said what a real sense of “The educational and public events enabled emotion they felt, thinking about all the people the successful delivery of the key outcomes that have lost their lives due to this senseless to educate and raise public awareness of the crime. horrors of knife and violent crime. “The carrying of knives is still an issue in “We are very grateful to every individual society and as part of the legacy of the knife involved, and keen to support the ongoing angel’s visit we continue to work tirelessly as legacy of the Knife Angel in Derby.” a police service, with our partners and the Superintendent Sarah McAughtrie, from community, to tackle the problem”. 8 Community Fire Safety - November Edition 2020

Now we are into the cooler weather here are a few facts and tips to keep you safe:

Heating your home.

Central Heating Systems

• Have your Boilers, Fires, Flues and Cookers inspected and tested by a ‘Registered Service Engineer’.

Open fires. • Be careful when using open fires to keep warm. Make sure you always use a fire guard to protect against flying sparks from hot embers. • Make sure embers are under control and properly put out before you go to bed. • Keep chimneys and flues clean and well maintained.

Heating your home (portable heaters). ep heaters away from • Do not use extension leads for portable heaters. • Always unplug electric heaters when you go out or go to bed • Try to secure heaters against a wall to stop them falling over. • Only use gas or paraffin heaters in well-ventilated areas. Heaters consume oxygen so you could suffocate if a room is not properly aired.

Using electric blankets. Never use hot water • Unplug blankets before you get into bed, unless they have a thermostat control for safe all-night use. • Store electric blankets flat, rolled up or loosely folded to prevent damaging the internal wiring. • Have your Electric Blankets tested every 3 years by an approved Contractor / • Replace your blanket when it is more than 10 years old.

If the electricity fails. Top tip Be prepared Keep a torch and batteries handy, where you can find them.

Alternative lighting Keep a battery operated • If you have to use candles or matches always take special care. Make sure candles are secured in a proper holder and away from materials that may catch fire, like curtainsand drapes. • Put them out completely before leaving the room or going to bed. • Use a snuffer or a spoon to put out candles. It’s safer than blowing them out when sparks can fly. • Keep a mobile phone handy so you can still make an emergency call if there is a power cut.

Bonfire and Firework Displays.

As we approach Bonfire Night, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (DFRS) is calling on members of the public NOT to have bonfires on their own private property.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, events are being cancelled across the county, with organised bonfire celebrations being no exception to the restrictions that are being imposed to keep everyone safe.

Fire Prevention Group Manager, Kevin Page said: “With safety in mind, we know that Bonfire Night is time when people gather to mark the Gunpowder Plot with fireworks and a bonfire, but this year with organised events being cancelled we are concerned that more people will turn to their own gardens to host a bonfire party.

“A garden bonfire can easily get out of hand with fire spreading quickly from hedges, overhanging trees and garages to the house. Not only do these fires pose a serious risk to you, your family, your property and the public, but out of control bonfires take our crews away from other potentially life-threatening incidents.

“By calling on people not to have a bonfire we are not aiming to spoil people’s fun, we are simply aware of what can and does go wrong and this year there is the potential for more garden fires than ever – so we are trying to keep everyone safe.

In addition to fire safety concerns around bonfires in gardens, the Service is also reminding people of the current guidance on the limit of people allowed to meet socially.

Chief Inspector Emlyn Richards, who is leading Derbyshire Constabulary’s response to COVID-19, said: “We’d like to remind the public that current legislation to prevent the spread of coronavirus states that there are limits on the numbers allowed for social gatherings. This varies depending on the local COVID alert level for your area, so please visit the Government website to ensure you are aware of the current restrictions in place locally: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-covid- alert-levels-what-you-need-to-know.”

❖ What does the Law say? ➢ Fireworks cannot be let off between 11pm and 7am. ➢ Except Bonfire Night when they can be let off until midnight. And special occasions- New Years Eve, Diwali, and Chinese New Year, when the curfew ends at 1am the following day. ➢ It is illegal for anyone under 18 years of age to buy or carry fireworks. ➢ Throwing or setting off fireworks in the street is also illegal. Home Fire Safety. -- Smoke Alarms.

Please don’t forget: ❖ ‘Test those Smoke Alarms’. ❖ If you discover a fire ‘Get Out’ – and ‘Stay Out’. ❖ Call the Fire & Rescue Service. 999

If you require any further advice on any of the items covered in this article please call the Fire & Rescue Service on your local Area Contact No. 01298 608720 or the Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters on 01773 305305.

In an Emergency dial 999 for immediate assistance.

Keep safe, my best regards to you all.

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A small congregation gathered in October for morning prayer, (no problem with social distancing), which was the first time since March.

There is a service planned every month... keep an eye out for the dates in the magazine.

FENNY BENTLEY

Church cleaning & flowers

I will continue to send the rotas for the online magazine but please check with the vicar or church wardens if and when any services are being held.

Cleaning – Lynn Whittaker & Julie Mason

Flowers – November 7th – donated by Eric Coates November 21st – Wendy Carter

Hope all of you and your families are well and staying safe in these continuing uncertain times.

Recipe

Cream of Pumpkin Soup

1kg (2 ¼ lb) orange-fleshed pumpkin 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 onions 750ml (1 ¼ pints) vegetable stock 400ml (14fl oz) milk ½ tsp ground nutmeg salt & black pepper 100ml (3 ½ fl oz) cream 4 tbsp cheddar cheese

1. Peel pumpkin & cut into chunks. Saute in oil in a large, lidded pan over medium heat for 10 mins to soften & colour.

2. Turn heat down to low, push pumpkin to edges & sweat chopped onion in the same pan to soften but not colour. (Add a little more oil if necessary).

3. Add stock, milk, nutmeg, & seasoning, stir, bring to a simmer & cook, covered, for 20 minutes.

4. Cool a little, then blend until smooth, adding water if too thick.

5. Reheat, stir in the cream & check the seasoning. Serve sprinkled with grated cheese.

Fenny Bentley Angel Festival

After a very rainy weekend, the weather broke just enough for 11 scarecrow angels to fly in, and the school display on the window shelf showed off another gathering; each one as unique as the child who made it!

Many people came to see them, and to donate, the winning angel being Fitzherbert primary school! Recipe books were sold, and a total of £238.26 raised.

Thank you to everyone who made an Angel which made it a Harvest Festival to remember. A very big thank you also to Amanda Everitt and her helpers for organising the event, supporters on the day and to Rev Alan for leading the short harvest service.

FITZHERBERT SCHOOL NEWS – November 2020

It was lovely that our children were able to take part in the Angel Festival at St Edmunds Church, the infants were busy making their scarecrow angel and the junior children designed and made their dolly peg Angels. The scarecrow angel and dolly peg angels were both on display for the Harvest Celebration on the 4 October.

On Friday 9 October the children and staff all wore something yellow and had lots of fun designing posters and playing games in aid of the Young Minds charity. A cheque for £50 has been sent to the charity. The school has also organised a ‘Bags 2 School’ collection Thursday 19th November 2020. If you have any old, good quality items for RE-USE, please pop them in a bin liner and leave them outside the school’s front door on Monday 16th November 2020. The money raised will also go to Young Minds.

If you would like any more information about any of the events mentioned then please get in touch, tel. 01335 350362 or more information about school can be found on our website: www.fitzherbert.derbyshire.sch.uk

We would love to hear from anyone interested in a place for their child at the school, please email [email protected] for more information.

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NOTES FROM THE HALL November 2020

The Gates at the Entrance to the Village

As you ALL will have noticed the gates have been knocked down at the Entrance to the Village by the A515. I am in exhaustive negotiations to get the gates fixed but the insurance brokers, AXA, are being extremely boring as to exactly getting things sorted. I hope to use local Stonemasons but it is a problem that I really do not need at this time. The gates were knocked over by an Arla Milk tanker driven by one Graham Wirmald on 23 September having collected from Bent Farm. Sadly he showed no remorse for his actions when we met up with him.

Weddings at the Hall

All marriages, bar two, were postponed this year at the Hall to 2021 and beyond. Sadly many couples are now trying to postpone again or cancel completely such is the disruption to business. On top of this we have had to make several members of staff redundant and Fiona is dealing with all wedding enquiries and re-arrangements. It looks as if 2021 will be a very odd year although we have revamped the Old Stableblock to create the Carriage House as a venue for 15-30 people. Please make an appointment to come and see it if you wish. Tissington Christmas & Hall Opening

We cancelled our Christmas Opening Dates in the Summer and it now looks unlikely that we will host Christmas in 2021. The nature and profile of our visitors combined with the cramped spaces in the Hall make the operation extremely difficult but we will review the situation as events occur.

Andrew Holmes Butcher

Congratulations to Andrew on completing two years as our local Smiling Butcher! Andrew is such a beacon of joy in a year of gloom and we are thrilled that he has done so well in the last two years.

PLEASE SUPPORT LOCAL SUPPLIERS & SHOPS

Sir Richard 261020

TISSINGTON & LEA HALL PARISH COUNCIL www.tissingtonandleahallparishcouncil.weebly.com Clerk to the Council: Mrs Brenda Kirkham Email: [email protected] – Tel: 07916 298107

Minutes of a Parish Council Meeting held at Tissington Tearooms on Monday 14 September 2020 at 7.00 pm Present: Cllr Chris Carr (Chair); Cllrs: Sir Richard FitzHerbert (Vice -Chair); Cllrs: John Etches and Stuart Naylor; Clerk: Brenda Kirkham

1. Welcome and apologies for absence Cllr Carr welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies were received from Cllr Nigel Edwards Walker and Cllr Spencer (Derbyshire County Council)

2. Approval of Checklist for holding in-person meetings Due to problems with broadband connectivity in the village it was necessary to hold this meeting in person. The council approved the checklist for carrying out such meetings. 3. Declaration of Interests Cllr FitzHerbert declared an interest as a District Councillor and as the landowner for item 8 below.

4. Approval of Minutes of meeting held on the 20 July 2020 The Council resolved to accept the minutes of the last meeting held on the 20 July as a true record of that meeting.

5. Matters Arising from the last meeting All matters arising from the last meeting were on the agenda.

6. General Business: a) New Bench in memory of Joanne The Council resolved to purchase a bench at a total cost of £865 in memory of the former Clerk, Joanne Poitevin. An application of £250 towards the cost was to be made to the Local Projects Fund. Action: Clerk

7. Financial Report & Administration: a) Website Accessibility Statement The Clerk explained that under the new website accessibility regulations all public websites should be accessible to people with disabilities. The Clerk had carried out an evaluation of a sample of pages of the website. Full compliance of the regulations would be a disproportionate burden on the Parish Council. The Website Accessibility Statement as circulated was to be published on the website. Action: Clerk b) Approval of Financial Regulations The Council resolved to accept the Financial Regulations as circulated. Action: Clerk c) Financial Statement The financial statement showed a balance in the account of £6,216.90. d) National Salary Awards for Clerks Parish Clerks had been awarded a National salary pay increase this would be applied to the Clerk’s salary. e) Items for approval and payment at this meeting:

Flowers 50.00 Clerk's Salary 142.79 HMRC 69.40 Tissington Estate – Footpath Maintenance for 2020. 495.00

8. Planning Applications: NP/DDD/0720/0670 - High Flats Barn, Flatts Lane, Tissington - Installation of 12 solar panels and air source heat pump including minor amendments to the windows and doors of approved plans Ref. NP/DDD/0118/0040 The Council resolved that they had no objection to this application. Action: Clerk

9. Peak Park Parish Statement on Tissington The statement gave a profile of the village, the Council did not wish to add any more information.

10. Review of Electoral Ward Boundaries for Derbyshire Dales Cllr FitzHerbert explained the impact that the boundary ward changes may have with the possibility of an extra village being added to the Ward. The aim was that each Ward would have between 1400-1800 voters and the number of District Councillors would be reduced from 39 to 34.

11. Village Highways/Tissington Estate business: 12. a) Weed Spraying by the District Council The Council resolved that they wanted the District Council to continue weed spraying around the village. Action: Clerk b) Flatts Lane repair of potholes Clerk to contact Highways to find out when this work was likely to be carried out. Action: Clerk c) Cleaning out of cattle grids around the village It was thought that this work had been completed. d) Bushes/trees on A515 above Tissington Gates Cllr Naylor had cut back the roadside hedges but would carry out a further cut along with overgrown hedges and bushes on Rakes Lane. Action: Cllr Naylor e) Missing Give Way sign at the end of the Avenue Cllrs to provide a photo of the previous sign. Action: Councillors f) Drain outside Fern Cottage Clerk to contact Highways to find out when this work was likely to be carried out. Action: Clerk g) Broadband in the Village Cllr FitzHerbert urged all Councillors to email Digital Derbyshire to encourage the installation of fibre cable in the village as soon as possible.

13. Dates of Future Parish Council Meetings The Council set the following provisional dates for Parish Council meetings – Monday 9 November and Monday 18 January 2021 at 7 pm.

Signed …………………………………. Dated …………….

Worship together apart!

While we cannot worship in our church buildings, we can worship together in each of our homes. Weekly Evening Prayer or special services on Sundays, usually at 6pm, for the Benefice, via Zoom. Don’t worry if you don’t use a computer – keep reading! They also be accessed by telephone. If you do not have access to a computer screen (where you can see others), or a mobile phone or laptop with a camera (so you can be seen also) or a microphone (so you can be heard), people can also join in with services that are being done on Zoom just using their landline. To do this the person calling has to be given the meeting number and pass code in advance. This will be phoned through to them. Numbers involved may mean that wardens are asked to phone the details around their parish. Write the number down so you can refer to it, if you need help on the night ring Carollyn on 664132. Please connect in about 10 minutes before the service.

At the time of the meeting:

1. Call 020 8080 6591 (we’ve tested this one) or one of, 020 3695 0088, 0330 088 5830 (charged like an 01 or 02 number), 0131 460 1196, 020 3481 5237, 020 3481 5240, 020 8080 6592 and 0800 031 5717.

2. The recorded message will ask for a meeting number this is what you will be told in advance. Key in the meeting number and press #

3. You are then asked for your participant number. Just Key in and press #

4. You will then be asked for the meeting pass code which you will be given in advance. Key that in and press #. You will be told that you are on hold and once connected you will be able to hear and contribute.

You can join this service meeting from 5.45pm. To summarise –

Please do pass on to others that one can

* join Zoom by screen and audio through mobile, laptop or computer with or without a camera or mic having received the link by e-mail from Carollyn,

* block the video, and see but not be seen,

* dial up Zoom on your computer or smart phone if you do not have e-mail by downloading the Zoom app then entering the meeting ID number which you will need from Carollyn in advance;

* telephone in and hear and participate in the service. If there is anyone doing this I will choose one person who has a good singing voice and mute everyone else (with that person's permission) so that those on the phone can hear the words.

We‘ve held this service several times now in April, to August, and about two dozen people have been attending, with some family members from other parts of the country! Do feel free to join the Virtual Congregation!

Rev Carollyn

CONTACT DETAILS

CLERGY

Vicar

Rev’d Carollyn McDonald 01335 664132 [email protected]

Weddings Administrator

Miss Ros Hunt 01335 350221 [email protected]

Readers:

Miss Ros Hunt 01335 350221 [email protected]

Churchwardens:

St. Michael’s, Alsop Mrs Caroline Gordon 390651 Betty Fentem 390231

St. Edmund’s, Fenny Bentley Carollyn McDonald 664132

St. Peter’s, Parwich Mr Martin Compton 390529 Ruth Collie 390684

St. Leonard’s, Thorpe Mr Clarke Lomas 350265 Miss Ros Hunt 350221

St. Mary’s, Tissington Miss Ann Unwin 350732 Diana Houghton 350814

Benefice Safeguarding Contact

Brenda Kirkham [email protected]