MAY 2021 St Mary’S Church Hall: Mrs Diana Fleming Tel: 01275 875081
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STAFF Prebendary Noël Hector The Rectory, 32 All Saints’ Lane, Clevedon BS21 6AU (Rector) (Tel: 873257) [email protected] Associate Clergy The Rev’d Sister Anita CSC St Gabriel’s, 27a Dial Hill Road, Clevedon BS21 7HL (Tel: 544471) [email protected] The Rev’d Caroline Sackley 5 Chestnut Grove, Clevedon BS21 7LA (Tel: 792212) [email protected] The Rev’d Nicholas Maddock 3 Friary Close, Clevedon, BS21 7QA (Tel: 870751) [email protected] The Rev’d Tim Daplyn 1 New Park House, Old Park Road, Clevedon, BS21 7HU (Tel: 219810) [email protected] Lay Ministers Mrs Angela Hector, M.Sc. 52 Thackeray Avenue, Clevedon, BS21 7TA (Tel: 871247) Mrs Robb Robinson, B.Ed Boxwood Cottage, Clevedon Road, Parish Office: 01275 873257 or [email protected] Weston in Gordano BS20 8PU (Tel: 399097) Safeguarding Officer Mrs Lindsey Ivens (07702 082192) Hall Bookings: All Saints’ Parish Rooms: Trish & John Dean Tel: 07763295495 (Texts preferred) email: [email protected] MAY 2021 St Mary’s Church Hall: Mrs Diana Fleming Tel: 01275 875081 The Parish Office, The Rectory Tel: 873257. The office is normally open 9 am - 1 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. [email protected]; www.eastclevedonchurches.co.uk CHURCHWARDENS All our benefice churches are now holding regular services All Saints’ East Mrs Kay Osborne, 2 Seymour Close BS21 6DU (342013) and are open for private prayer during the week. Clevedon with St Michael’s, Mrs Monica Gore, 4 Plumers Close, BS21 5AW Clapton in Gordano (791764) For the latest advice please see the benefice website St Mary’s Walton Cheryl Parry, 10 Edward Road West, BS21 7DY (873723) or the diocesan website (addresses below). Mrs Diana Fleming, Flat 5, 29 Edgehill Road, BS21 7BZ (875081) There is a large amount of online ministry available on: St Paul’s Mrs Sue Betts, 1 Kings Road, Portishead, BS20 8HH (848645) Diocesan website: www.bathandwells.org.uk Walton in Gordano Mrs Sheri Russell, 1 Manor Cottages, Walton in G, BS21 7AN Benefice website: www.eastclevedonchurches.co.uk (873136) St Peter & St Paul Mr John Bridges, The Bellows, Clevedon Road, Weston in Gordano If you or someone you know is feeling isolated Weston in Gordano BS20 8PU (843380) or needing support please contact the parish office. Contact for St Michael’s Clapton in Gordano - Derek Roberts tel: 01275 818352 Website: www.eastclevedonchurches.co.uk Facebook pages : All Saints East Clevedon Church; St Marys Clevedon; St Pauls Church Walton in Gordano; St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Weston in Gordano 32 SERVICES All Saints’, Sundays 8.00 am Holy Communion East Clevedon 10.30 am Sunday Worship St Mary’s, Walton, Sundays 10.00 am Sunday Worship Clevedon Wednesdays 10.00 am Holy Communion St Paul’s, Walton Sundays 11.15 am Sunday Worship St Peter & St Paul, Sundays 10.00 am Holy Communion (1st ) Weston in Gordano 6.00 pm Evensong (2nd & 4th) 10.00 am Sunday Worship (3rd) HELPFUL INFORMATION Please contact the parish office if you would like to receive a weekly email with Readings and Prayers for the week and links to the YouTube Reflection and Monday Zoom. If you do not have internet access please contact the parish office and we will make hard copies available for you. Mondays at 10 am - Morning Prayer on zoom. Please contact the parish office for the link. Please also see www.eastclevedonchurches.co.uk for Clergy Reflection videos, copies of Morning and Evening Prayer and the current edition of the parish magazine. In addition to this Sister Carol suggests we pray in our homes on Thursday 2021 evenings between 8.15 - 8.45 pm giving us an opportunity to pray for the Covid situation together (and yet be apart). This time of intersession can end with Compline, copies of which are available in church. Should any readers want to find out more they may contact the Parish Office. 2 31 FIRST WORD from THE RECTOR Can you imagine the scene in a maternity ward some time ago. Father anxiously pacing by the hospital cigarette vending machine (this was the 1960s so that was alright), new mother abed waiting for her baby to be brought to her, various doctors, midwives and nurses in conversation. Midwife: Mrs (being the 1960s she was married) Smith? Might I have a word? Mrs Smith: Yes, there’s nothing wrong is there? Midwife: No, no. Nothing wrong. It’s just that… Mrs Smith: Tell me, tell me. What is it? Doctor: It’s just that… that… have another drink Mrs Smith (being the 1960s…) Mrs Smith: I don’t need a drink. What is it, is my baby alright? Midwife: It’s just that your baby is a, is a, is a… Mrs Smith: Is a what? Midwife: (blurting in a high tone) Introvert. Mrs Smith, your baby is an introvert. Mrs Smith: Do you mean…? Doctor: Yes. I’m afraid I do. Your daughter may not really enjoy parties that much. Hot On Gas Limited Gasps, gas and air all round. Plumbing and Heating Engineers Ever since Carl Yung, we have divided people between Introvert and Extrovert. If you are an introvert it will mean that your personality tends to focus on your internal feelings rather than external sources of stimulus. You’ll like your own Energy Efficient Boilers, company and although you may well enjoy meeting other people you may need time Central Heating Systems installed alone to recover your energy. Being an introvert is very different from being “shy” Repairs, servicing and Advice as introverts can be very confident people, frequently more so than extroverts, as Jon Bell, Registered Gas Installer their energy comes from within. An extrovert, by contrast, gains refreshment and 10 Robin Lane, Clevedon energy from external stimulus, especially social life, and finds time alone trying and sometimes depressing. An introvert sees a blank page in the diary as a good thing North Somerset, BS21 7EX and will much prefer to plan ahead for social commitments, whilst an extrovert will do all they can to fill that blank page with activity and will probably love being Tel: 01275 340734 spontaneous. Mobile: 07884393378 Although some 15% of the population is markedly introvert and 15% markedly extrovert, most of us fall into a mix of both. Most of us enjoy a social life and its Email: [email protected] commitments and we appreciate friends enormously but also need times of quiet and reflection where we can be ourselves. 30 3 I mention this because as little by little we emerge from the Covid restrictions we will have very different feelings about entering “normal life” again. Obviously for some this year has been very difficult. We have all noticed the isolation, anxiety and loneliness that many have felt. For both young and old these may well have been difficult months. We have also been only too aware of the financial pressures this has caused as well as the tragic loss of life and health. But equally for many this has been a refreshing year and many have genuinely appreciated a quieter way of life – it has been an introverts year probably for the first time ever. There have been very few social occasions to live through, and those they’ve been have been controlled. We haven’t shared the peace in church – to the delight and relief of some. So in spite of my bad joke above, for many the thought of coming out of lockdown is no joke at all and may itself be a cause of anxiety. As the more familiar pattern of life re-establishes itself it will come as a relief and as a challenge in equal measure. For those who can’t wait to get back into a fuller life there is much to look forward to as things open up. But equally there will be others who simply don’t want to simply go back to how things were and they might prefer to be a little more choosy about what they do and don’t do. So our advice needs to be to take time in the readjustment. If you feel in any way anxious, or that a somewhat precious new way of life is about to be removed, then take time to feel your way and have the courage to hold onto the changes you want to keep. For those who can’t wait to get going there will be lots of opportunities. This will be true for our churches as it is for individuals. We’ll need to reflect deeply on what we want to be in the future and what aspects of 2020/21 we want to hold onto. If the government’s timeline holds then by the 17th May up to two households will be able to meet indoors, pubs (and presumably churches) may be able to serve drinks and meals at tables, entertainment venues (cinemas and theatres etc) may open again and after 21st June the restrictions on numbers in churches may well be lifted, hymns may be able to be sung later in the year and communion will become more available. All of this is subject to change, of course, but the direction of travel is clear. Normal life is gradually returning. So let’s celebrate the good changes and be pleased for all those for whom they will come as a welcome relief. But spare a thought too for those who in spite of the difficulties have enjoyed this quieter pace of life and appreciated the space and time it afforded. We all need each other – introvert or extrovert as we may be.