Kington Langley and Draycot Cerne Village Magazine October 2019 Issue no. 482 1 Draycot Benefice Services for October 2019 Thursday 3rd October Thursday 17th October 9am Holy Communion at Kington Langley 9am Holy Communion at Kington Langley Sunday 6th October Sunday 20th October 16th Sunday after Trinity 18th Sunday after Trinity 9am Holy Communion at Seagry 9am Holy Communion (BCP) at Tytherton 10.30am Holy Communion at Christian Kellaways Malford 10.30am United Benefice Service of Holy 10.30am All Age Service at Kington Communion with Healing at Christian Langley Malford 10.30 am Café Church at Sutton Benger th (TBC) Thursday 24 October 9am Morning Prayer at Christian Malford th Thursday 10 October 9am Morning Prayer at Christian Malford Sunday 27th October Last Sunday after Trinity Sunday 13th October 9am Holy Communion at Christian Malford 17th Sunday after Trinity 10.30am Holy Communion at Kington 9am Holy Communion at Kington Langley Langley 10.30am Baptism followed by Holy 10.30am All Age Service at Sutton Benger Communion at Sutton Benger 10.30am Coffee, Chat and Craft at Christian Malford Union Chapel Christian Fellowship – Kington Langley SERVICES & EVENTS Sunday 6th October 10.30am Morning Service and Communion Sunday 13th October 10.30am Morning Service Sunday 20th October 10.30am Morning Service and Communion Sunday 27th October 10.30am Morning Service Weekly events Thursdays 12.15 Bible Study in the Chapel (from 15th Oct) Thursdays 10.00 - 1200 Chapel Rendezvous in the Chapel 2 FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to this month’s edition. If you Adrian Beeby has let me know thought that September was busy - just that there are two new podcast wait to see what’s in store for October!! In episodes ready to listen to— Kington Langley Goes to War, the Bloomer household we are looking and Lost Kington Langley. You forward to a paintball party, celebrating can listen at https:// another birthday and wedding anniversary, memoriesofkingtonlangley.podbean.com/ and a half term break filled with the They make fascinating listening - and I Benefice Holiday Club. The village diary is understand that the History Centre is going equally packed with coffee mornings, to keep copies in their archives ‘to preserve local history’ Great job, Adrian! breakfast, this year’s Peacock trail, cowpats and much, much more! Many thanks to Anne Gill for pointing out the gremlin in the phone number for The As usual there are lots of good causes Children’s Society contact —and apologies to Enid Campbell. Hope it’s correct now! requesting your support, and appeals for new volunteers. Sylvia has kindly explained You may notice some small changes - such what the advertising role involves, in the as page numbers, and scattering the adverts throughout the magazine. I’m always happy hope that someone will be encouraged to to receive suggestions and feedback, as well step forward. And after many valiant years as articles and contributions. of overseeing the Rural Arts programme, Just a small request, if you know you want Valerie is standing down. There is an occasional full page or more, please let something special about coming together me know as early as possible and I can as a community to experience music, earmark the space for your piece. Receiving comedy and theatre together, so I really multiple last minute unexpected requests makes life tricky for the Editor, and may hope there is a willing volunteer out there result in disappointment! to make these events happen. Otherwise it will leave a big gap in the life of our village. Katherine Bloomer Editor November Edition deadline on Monday 21st October 2019 Please email a Word Document or PDF to [email protected] It may not be possible to include any items received after the midday deadline on the closing date. 3 4 FROM UNION CHAPEL October 2019 My little hen Henrietta was not much to look at, a non-descript brown colour, but she was a great little mother. As the other hens laid their eggs, she would gather them all beneath her, and patiently wait for them all to hatch, while the rest of the company thankfully left her to it, and strutted off. One day I grew impatient with her after a couple of weeks had passed, and still no baby chicks. So I lifted her off her clutch, expecting to find all the eggs had gone bad. But I was humbled to find that there was one little bundle of pretty yellow fluff, desperately clinging underneath her. The other eggs had in fact putrefied, but that little chick grew & prospered. We have all heard of hens who, when their barn caught fire, would not leave their chicks to escape themselves, but continued to sit over the tiny chicks, shielding them from the heat. Later they have been found burnt to death, but with their chicks alive and unscathed. Jesus Christ likened Himself to a caring, sheltering hen when He looked over the city of His day and sighed, ‘How often have I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!‘ This is in St Luke’s Gospel chapter 13, verse 34. (New International Version) In the Roman Catholic Church of Dominus Flevit, in Jerusalem, there is a mosaic showing that very same mothering and shielding nature of a hen. For when Jesus Christ was on His way into Jerusalem, on the first Palm Sunday, He was moved to tears as He thought of how He wanted to save the people of that time. Hence the name of the church, “The Lord Wept”. We can read this passage in St Luke’s Gospel, chapter 19, verses 41 to 44. He is still concerned to save the people of our own generation, as He is still the same God, yesterday, today & forever. This little story of my chickens was from many years ago, but brought home to me the meaning of Christ’s saving love for us. Sylvia Chumbley 5 THE BENEFICE OF DRAYCOT DIOCESE OF BRISTOL Dear Friends, My work takes me to a number of universities in different parts of the country. In particular, I have recently attended seminars organised by such learned bodies as the British Academy of Management. This experience has set me thinking about how the design of meeting rooms affects our learning. Let me explain. The buildings hosting these seminars share several things in common. They are new, big and brash. They project a confident image. They were opened by members of the Royal family. They have vast entrance spaces, often with a coffee shop. But it was in the more intimate space of the seminar rooms that I started noting differences. Seminars are about learning together: Wikipedia tells us how, “everyone present is requested to participate”. Which is where I started encountering difficulties. On more than one occasion, chairs (or even fixed benches) were lined up in straight lines facing a podium and the inevitable PowerPoint screen. The message was clear – we were here to listen to an expert. We could ask questions at the end, but group discussion was virtually impossible, and risked a cricked neck. Contrast that with other examples where the rooms were roughly square, and we gathered round small tables. Conversation flowed naturally, and the wisdom in the room built up as we shared ideas more widely. This set me thinking about our church buildings, and how we use them. Traditionally, churches have reflected a hierarchy, some referring to a “high” altar, and a pulpit which puts the preacher “six foot above criticism”. But things have been changing: compare the Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals in Bristol or Liverpool. In both cities, the Anglican cathedral is laid out in traditional form. Clifton Cathedral, on the other hand, has a hexagonal sanctuary, while worshippers at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral sit in concentric circles. The five parish churches in the Draycot group have their own histories and distinctive features. We can’t change their physical shape, although we have seen encouraging initiatives to make them more welcoming and flexible. As we enter our lovely buildings, for services or other activities, can we ask ourselves a question? Do we come to sit and receive, or do we come to take part? An honest answer may be “a bit of both” – there have certainly been times when I have been glad to be an anonymous member of a congregation (such anonymity is cited as a reason why attendance at cathedrals is bucking the trend of decline in the Church of England). This all takes me back to those university seminar rooms. In some cases, it was clear that I was expected to sit passively at the feet of an expert, while at other times, speakers were keen to share their views and learn from others. That is, above all, an attitude of mind for both speakers and those who attend. Even if the room is the wrong shape. Tim Harle, Licensed Lay Minister 6 Pastoral Care - Looking after one another in the Draycot Benefice If you, or someone you know, would like a visit from a pastoral visitor, please contact the named person below in the first instance: Christian Malford: Clair Fairley [email protected] 01249 721728 Kington Langley: Rev Mark Siddall: [email protected] 01249 652752 Seagry: Tim Harle: [email protected] 01249 721706 Sutton Benger: Tony Gardener: [email protected] and Dawn Beresford 01249 720060 Tytherton Kellaways: Rev Alison: [email protected] 01249 720619 “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ” Galatians 6:2 Let Your Light Shine (a time for craft and creativity) Friday 25th October 10am—12.30 All Saints Church, Sutton Benger Materials and refreshments provided—all welcome Contact Dawn Beresford 720060 7 Local business based in Kington Langley for all your embroidery or print needs.