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Village News SEPTEMBER Village News Regular Village Events: Monday Mornings, 10.30 – 12 noon, Coffee Club, NP Village Hall North Tuesdays 7.30 pm, Bell ringing, St Michael’s Perrott North SEPTEMBER VillageVillage News News Perrott st 1 Tuesday, 8.00 pm, Acoustic Music, Play, Sing, Listen, Manor Arms N.P. Haselbury rd 3 Tuesday, 1.00 pm, Lighthouse Lunches, BCC HaselburyPlucknett SEPTEMBER2019 2019 3rd Tuesday, 7.30 pm, NP and H Gardening Club, NP Village Hall Plucknett 1st Wednesday, 7.30 pm, Haselbury WI, BCC 2nd Weds 7.30 pm, Plucknett Players, Enquiries P Brown, 73812. Alternate Thursdays, 2.30 pm Tea and Chat, BCC St Michael and all Angels Haselbury Plucknett IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ANY OF THE ABOVE EVENTS, GIVE THEM A TRY! YOU CAN BE SURE OF A FRIENDLY WELCOME. AUTUMN TEASER QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2019 19TH ANTIQUES VALUATION NP CRICKET CLUB Friday 18 October 7.00 pm 21ST JUMBLE SALE HOSKYNS HALL North Perrott Village Hall 28TH/29TH ST MICHAEL’S FESTIVAL ST MICHAEL’S, HASELBURY SEE RELEVANT ARTICLES FOR FULL DETAILS With Ploughman’s Supper And Bar £5 per person—Teams of up to 6 Tickets from Hilde 76450 or Margaret 73402 The next edition will be for October 2019 School-leavers – can we help you? Apply now. copy for this should be submitted to;- Haselbury Plucknett Charities, Registered Charity No 201573 [email protected] by 20th SEPTEMBER Now that you have left school and received your exam results, you’ll know your Please send articles/adverts for the Village News as email attachments. Please keep it next step. Whether you’re off to university or college or are starting an simple. Use Word or jpeg formats. No headed paper. Do not send photographs, as these apprenticeship, you might appreciate a little extra money. You may need a bus pass, special equipment or materials for courses. don't work on our printer. Keep to black and white print. Do not send anything containing colour, such as logos, adverts or copies of posters, as these do not reproduce well, and The Haselbury Charities have a small amount to give out each year and one of usually require a lot of amendment and time! Please don’t send PDFs, I can’t transfer them our aims is to help provide young people with education or tools for work. into the newsletter software. We want your pieces for inclusion to look good and we do our best, but please bear in mind the limitations of the available equipment. Please also check dates in your e-mails and/or hard copies are correct. Any school-leaver living in Haselbury is invited to apply for a small grant that Please do not wait for the deadline if items are available prior to that date as early receipt could make a big difference. The deadline for applications is 13th September. can help with production Apply by letter to: The Secretary to the Trustees, Stonehayes, Haselbury Thank you for your co-operation. Plucknett, TA18 7PH, or leave a message on 01460 73141. DATE MISTERTON NORTH HASELBURY Bible Christian Centre St Leonard’s PERROTT St Michael and Haselbury Plucknett St Martin’s All Angels Admin: Paula Harris – Tel. 01460 73147 or 01935 864414 www.biblechristiancentre.org.uk 1 September 10.00 am Trinity 11 - Holy Communion - Joint Service Services for September 2019…. Sunday 1st September 10:30am Café Church & CREA’8 children’s activi- ties. 8 September 11.00 am 9.30 am 8.00 am Holy Sundays 8th, 15th, 22nd 10:30am Celebration & Teaching, followed by Trinity 12 Holy Communion Holy Communion Communion BCP Tea & coffee & 29th September BCP 10.00 am XSTREAM & BUBBLES (Sunday school groups) Family Service during the service. Family Lunch, following the morning service – th Sunday 15 September 15 September 9.30 am - 11.00 am Trinity 13 Holy Communion Holy Communion Other services and Community groups…. Monday – Thursday 9:15am – 12:30 Oasis Coffee shop. Speciality coffees and teas, delicious homemade cakes, tray bakes, savoury scones, 22 September 8.00 am 9.30 am 11.00 am toast and toasted teacakes. Trinity 14 Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion Photocopying and laminating service available. BCP BCP Mondays (starts back 9h 10am Little Wrigglers. Toddler group. Contact Andrew / Paula Harris 01935 864414 September) 10:30am Knit, natter & sew. Tuesday 3rd September 10.00 am United Benefice Service Wayford 29 September Wednesdays 10:30am Morning devotion with Communion St Michael and Thursday 5th & 19th 7:30pm Bible Study All Angels 5.30 pm Festive Evensong St Michael and All Angels, Haselbury September Thursday 12th & 26th 2:30pm Tea & Chat. Contact Valerie Champion 01460 72055 September 6 October 10.00 am Trinity 16 - - Holy Communion Fridays (Splat starts 6:30pm SPLAT & JAM youth groups SPLAT (school years R-4) Joint Service back 6th September, JAM (school years 5-8) Jam 13th September) Village Services September 2019 Saturday 14th September 7pm Cinema Night NOTES: Unless marked BCP = Book of Common Prayer (1662), our Holy th Communion services use authorised Common Worship orders of service in modern Saturday 28 September 10am Convention language. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take Our Family Service is an informal service for All Age Worship. my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matt 11:28-29) This summer I read Nicci Gerrard’s book ‘What dementia teaches us WEATHER NOTES about love’. After her father died in November 2014, together with her friend Julia Jones, Nicci Gerrard founded John’s Campaign, which insists that the carers of people with dementia have the same right as parents of sick June was a rather damp month with 81.6mm (3.2 inches) of rain being 135% of children to accompany them when in hospital. The book documents how the normal. The wettest day was the 10th with 31.1mm (1.2 inches). campaign which began on a kitchen table, but which is now a national movement, developed and has now been recognised by NHS policy makers, Although the last week was very warm, the average mean temp was 15C , 0.6C charities, by nurses doctors and carers. But the book is so much more than just about below normal. A dullish month, the 208 sunhours being 78% of average for a campaign, important as that may be. June. This beautifully written book takes into the difficult and frightening world of Due to the warming of the oceans, and apparently over-fishing, jellyfish are dementia through the prism of her relationship with her father, who had dementia. thriving whilst some fish types are shrinking in numbers. When swimming at The impact of the illness is painstakingly told as is the journey to his death. It is more the seaside, try as you might to avoid them they drift towards you; watch out as than just a personal memoir though as Gerrard manages to broaden the story to make they have an almighty sting in their tail. the reader reflect not just on the illness but also on the nature of our humanity. How we see ourselves and the world around us - who matters in our world? Why do some A very dry July (25.7mm/1 inch) with only seven raindays, however we had a people seem to matter less than others? She says that a ‘sense of the preciousness of drier July in 2016 (8.4mm) and 1999 (6.4mm). every life should be designed into a system, a society…..the world is given to us in common to share, to pass on….we are at each other’s mercy in the end, and we The mean temp of 19.2C was 1.8C above average, the hottest day being 33.1C should have a passionate, unequivocal commitment to everyone, to anyone…..’ on the 23rd. The 247.2 sun hours were 113% of normal. Prophetic words in these troubled times. Our weather is governed by the jet stream, which is a core of strong winds about 6 miles above the earth’s surface blowing from west to east. The further With every blessing for the month ahead south of the UK it is, the more unsettled the weather becomes, as it drags in areas of low pressure; the further north it is, the weather becomes more settled Jonathan Morris with high pressure. So far in August the jet stream is to the south of the UK, Vicar, Haselbury Plucknett. Misterton and North Perrott thus we are experiencing unsettled weather. John Kellaway. The Rev Jonathan Morris 01460 72356 [email protected] Reader: Mrs Hilde Bucknell (76450) [email protected] CHURCHWARDENS Haselbury: Mr J. Barnes-Yallowley (929535) [email protected] Mr Julian Brooks (279603) [email protected] North Perrott: Mrs Alison Stevens (76214) [email protected] Haselbury Plucknett WI - 24 hour Emergency Service OPEN MEETING: - Locks changed, repaired & replaced Birds of Prey and Falconry - New locks fitted Falconer: Dr Karen Stead-Dexter - UPVC door & window service Wednesday, 4th September at 7.30 pm - Key cutting on site At the Bible Christian Centre, Haselbury Hosted by Haselbury WI For a free non-obligation quotation, Once a year we hold an Open Meeting, free of charge, to which ANYONE, please contact me today. male or female can come. Karen is an amazing woman with a selection of stun- ning birds of prey and we’d love as many villagers as possible to come and join us OAP discounts given and no VAT to for an educational and entertaining evening.
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