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GROUP MAGAZINE St. Edmund’s St. Mary’s Fenny Bentley Tissington NOVEMBER 2020 50p St. Michael & All Angel’s Alsop-en-le-Dale St. Peter’s St. Leonard’s Parwich Thorpe e o m a n s QUALITY platform hire & tree surgeons DECORATORS All aspects of tree & hedge work: felling, pruning, shaping, thinning, High Quality Painting & Decorating hedge cutting & removal etc. For all your high access requirements such for your home & business as filming & photos, lighting, roofing, guttering, CCTV, painting etc. Mobile: 07813 014935 01335 390122 / 07968 590938 www.qualitydecoratorslimited.co.uk www.yeomansplatformhire.co.uk ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS? THEN CALL WYEGARTH ELECTRICAL SERVICES FOR ALL ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WORK. 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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 Peak District, 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 Parwich Monday 9th th th Thursday 19 Friday 6 th th Tuesday 24 Monday 16 nd th Wednesday 2 Wednesday 25 December rd Thursday 3 December 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.