Village Life Feb 2019
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1 VILLAGE LIFE DATES FOR THE DIARY ISSUE 431 FEBRUARY 2019 Monday 4th Bibury Village Hall Committee Meeting 7.00pm Friday 8th Bibury Cricket Club Duck Race Presentation Catherine Wheel 8.00pm Saturday 9th Concert By Flute Orchestra of London in St Marys Church Barnsley 7.00pm Thursday 14th Coln Crafters meet in Bibury Village Hall – All Welcome 2-4.00pm Monday 18th Bibury AFC Bingo Eyesdown 7.45pm Wednesday 20th Bibury with Winson W.I Bibury Village Hall Speaker on Oak & Furrow Wildlife Hospital 2.15pm Wednesday 20th Deadline March Village Life Issue 12.00noon Tuesday 27th Rural Cinema Bibury Village Hall Doors Open 7.00pm for 7.30pm The Children Act (2018) – Drama based on a novel by Ian McEwan MARCH 2019 Friday 1st Drinks & Canapes Bibury Church for helpers at the BibLit (Bibury Literary Festival) 5.30pm Monday 4th Bibury Village Hall Committee Meeting 7.00pm Wednesday 13th Bibury Gardening Club re-starts Bibury Village Hall 7.15pm Thursday 14th Coln Crafters meet in Bibury Village Hall – All Welcome 2–4.00pm Wednesday 20th Deadline April Village Life Issue 12.00noon Wednesday 20th Bibury with Winson W.I Bibury Village Hall – “My Life as an Air Traffic Controller” 2.15pm Saturday 23rd Bibury Literary Festival VILLAGE LIFE PANEL Treasurer: Mr Roger King, 8 Pike Villas, The Pike, Arlington, Bibury 740510 Secretary: Mrs Wendy Challinor, Chestnut Grove, Arlington, Bibury 740021 Mr Neil Harvey: Technical Director, 2 Meadowlands, The Pike, Arlington 740295 Mr Chris Dunn, Four winds , Ablington 740823 Mrs Sarah French, 11 Arlington Fields, Bibury 740698 Mrs Claire McDermott, 5 Aldsworth Road, Bibury 740190 Mrs Sarah Smith, 7 Arlington Fields, Arlington 740214 Please Note: if you wish to put an article or advert in ‘Village Life’ magazine it should be sent to [email protected] AN APOLOGY FROM LAST MONTH'S TYPIST AND COLLATOR In my eagerness to get the typing and collating done before Christmas to give the distributors plenty of time to deliver their copies before New Year and myself time to prepare the imminent arrival of Toffee's puppies due on the 27th December - I made several mistakes - I tried to correct some and made even more! So apologies for - 1. placing the Flute Orchestra of London Concert on the Saturday 9th February in Bibury and not in the correct church which should be St Mary's BARNSLEY. 2. Printed some pages upside down 3. For collating over 400 copies with the pages 7 and 8 the wrong way round. By then I was despairing of ever doing anything right! So my abject apologies for proving once again that 'more haste' often means; less speed!' Wendy Challinor 2 P.S. the puppies finally made an appearance on 30/31st December - all 8 and Mum are doing well! THOUGH FOR THE MONTH - bearing in mid last month's mistakes1 When a thing is done advice comes too late! BIBURY, BARNSLEY AND WINSON CHURCHES Bibury Vicarage, Gloucestershire, GL7 5NT [email protected] 01285 740301 Dear Friends It was five years ago that Joanne and I were given our first opportunity to visit the Holy Land. We returned last year and were once again overwhelmed by the experience. It’s hard to put into words just how extraordinary the Holy Land is. It’s not simply being in a place which is truly the cradle of history, nor the strange, wonderful and repeated moments when you see and engage with places that have lived in your mind since childhood. But it is the reality of being in a place that has the power to transform. It’s also stunningly beautiful. For most people, the Holy Land is on their ‘bucket list’ but they hold back from going for a number of reasons. The first is nervousness about the Middle East and terrorism, and the second is the sheer complexity of arranging such a trip. The third is who to go with and the potential horror of traveling with undesirable companions and the fourth is often the unarticulated question, is this a site seeing trip or a Spiritual journey? Bearing all this in mind we (Joanne and I) have been invited to lead a trip to the Holy land in May next year (2020) We want to take a small group of no more than 25 and it is our hope that all will come from this little corner of the South Cotswolds! With them we hope to share the sheer delight of Nazareth and Bethlehem, the majestic beauty of Masada, Qumran, the Dead Sea and the Judean wilderness, the horrors and challenge of Yad Vashem (The holocaust memorial) the energy of Jerusalem, and the sheer tranquillity of the Sea of Galilee where one feels closest to the genesis of the Christian faith. Anyone is welcome and I am pretty confident of guaranteeing a life changing experience. Joanne and I will be hosting a presentation and meal for anyone interested in joining us, but, in the meantime do take a brochure (From the back of the church) or let Joanne and I know of your interest. We look forward to sharing with you somewhere that is so important to us. Moving to the more local I would draw your attention to Victoria’s article, in this month’s Village Life, about the forthcoming BibLit (Bibury Literary Festival) A local event for local people, do please come along. If you would like to help in ANYWAY do please come along to drinks and canapes in the Church at 5:30 on Friday 1st March. Also, locally, I have been asked about gauging interest in the idea of a regular lunch or tea event which would provide an opportunity to meet up with old friends and meet with new ones. There are some lovely events that happen at different times during the year but this would seek to provide a regular time and place with transport provided. Do please let me know if you think such an event has any merit, or if you might be willing to help in any way. May 2019 continue to be good to you. And may you know the love, hope, peace and joy of the Lord Jesus Christ this Epiphany season. With every blessing Tim 3 VACANCY We are looking for someone to help with weddings at St Mary’s Church in Bibury - to set up and clear up the church afterwards. It usually takes about two hours and weddings are usually on a Saturday afternoon. We are offering a £40 fee per wedding and you would have the dates well in advance, and of course if you have other commitments, we could arrange cover. If you would like to find out a bit more about this ‘occasional verger’s’ position please do speak to me or the vicar. At present we only have about 8 weddings listed to take place in Bibury this year so it would not be too onerous. Please call if you would like to discuss this. Jackie Colburn 01451 860212 Revd. Tim Hastie-Smith 01285 740301 Service February Schedule 2019 Bibury Barnsley Winson Sunday 3rd 11.00am 9.30am Common BCP Holy Worship Holy Communion Communion Modern language Traditional language Holy Communion Holy Communion Sunday 10th 11.00am 9.30am Common BCP Holy Worship Holy Communion Communion Modern language Traditional language Holy Communion Holy Communion Sunday 17th 11.00 am 9.30am Morning Prayer Morning Prayer Modified Matins Sunday 24th 11.00am 9.30am Morning Prayer Common Worship Holy Communion Modified Matins Modern language Holy Communion Sunday 3rd March 11.00am 9.30am CW Holy BCP Holy Communion Communion Modern language Traditional language Holy Communion Holy Communion Churchwardens Jackie Colburn Elizabeth Gledhill Lavinia Sidgwick 01451 860212 01285 740836 01285 720682 Davina Wynne-Jones Vicar 01285 740638 Revd Tim Hastie- Smith 01285 740301 COVER SKETCH This delightful sketch of Hansel and Gretel was drawn by Ava- Rose who was five years old at the time of last year's Flower show. Her efforts won her Second prize in the 4-7 years old category. 4 ARLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH Are you suffering? Where is God? Ecclesiastes 3: 1 (and on to 11 if you wish to look it up) There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven Winter is a season of waiting, cold dark days, for many in our community right now its a time of sadness and trial. It seems to me we have an unusual amount of suffering right here in Arlington and Bibury in this present season, and for those who are Ill, Grieving, Waiting for Operations or Feeling Lonely also for those family and friends close to them, living in this “Suffering Season” is tough, sad and worrying, often the Where is God in all of this? Or, If there is a God why does he allow this? Questions are asked. When we are in the midst of a suffering season all we can do is live with hope, hope that this will all end, that it will end is one thing we can be certain of, and a new season will start. But where is God in all of this? God Is with us through all, its not his fault that we are suffering but he is there walking with us, listening to our cries for help, giving us hope, time is in his hands, he has held all our other seasons, those of Joy and Happiness so Where is he in all of this suffering? Right here with us no matter how dark this time is he is holding us in his hands, no matter what happens if we ask he will answer and grant us a sense of peace.