Musbury Parish News Winter 2019
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MUSBURY DIARY - Winter 2019 CH - Church; VH - Village Hall; VHCR - VH Committee Room; S - School; SCh - Southleigh Church; CCh - Colyton Church; KO - Knap Orchard; December Sunday 1 Village Praise - Wreath Making CH 10.00am Monday 2 PC Meeting VHCR 7.30pm Tuesday 3 Bible Study KO 7.30pm Saturday 7 Christmas Craft Fayre VH 10.00am Sunday 8 Holy Communion BCP CH 8.00am Monday 9 Garden Club Christmas Party VH 6.30pm Tuesday 10 School Open Day S 9.00am - 12 Tuesday 10 WI Christmas Party Wednesday 11 Coffee & Chat VH 10.30am -12 Thursday 12 Election Day VHCR Sunday 15 Carol Service CH 4.00pm Tuesday 17 Bible Study KO 7.30pm Thursday 19 School Christingle Service Sch 2.15pm Sunday 22 Sung Eucharist CH 11.15am Wednesday 25 All Age Service & Holy Communion CH 10.00am Sunday 29 No Service in Musbury Joint Mission Community Service Colyton CCh 9.30am Carol Service Southleigh SCh 6.30pm Tuesday 31 New Year’s Eve Party (Ticket only) Hind 8.00pm - late January Sunday 5 Village Praise CH 10.00am Wednesday 8 Coffee & Chat VH 10.30am -12 Monday 13 PC Meeting VHCR 7.30pm Tuesday 14 WI Talk 2.15pm Sunday 12 Holy Communion BCP CH 8.00am Sunday 19 Sung Eucharist CH 11.15am Monday 20 Garden Club Talk VH 7.00pm Sunday 26 Evening Prayer CH 3.30pm February Sunday 2 Village Praise CH 10.00am WINTer Sunday 9 Holy Communion BCP CH 8.00am Wednesday 12 Coffee & Chat VH 10.30am -12 2019 Sunday 16 Sung Eucharist CH 11.15am Sunday 23 Evening Prayer CH 3.30pm Monday 24 Garden Club Talk VH 7.00pm Village Website: www.musburyvillage.co.uk JOB CENTRE Parish Clerk Holyford Mission Community www.holyford.org Job Description Revd Steven Martin ([email protected]) 553180 The Clerk provides administrative and clerical support to the Parish Emma Laughton (Church Office Administrator) 552307 Council and, as the Responsible Financial Officer also manages the Revd Preb John Lees (Associate Minister) 551351 Council’s finances. Linda Joy (Children & Families Worker) 07599292449 Duties will include: Jan Lees (Reader) 551351 Emma Laughton (Reader) 551400 • Managing the PCC’s meetings including preparing agendas, Revd Victoria Chester 07489882824 taking minutes, monitoring actions & decisions Charles Hill (Reader) 552141 • Ensuring planning applications are considered and submitting Revd Jeremy White (Retired clergy) 32299 responses to the District Council Revd Nigel Freathy (Retired clergy) 22303 • Managing the PCC’s finances Revd Canon Colin Preece (Retired Assistant clergy) 552154 • Dealing with a variety of correspondence & public notices • Administering the parish allotment records ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH, MUSBURY • Contributing to the quarterly Parish News Churchwardens: Qualities Mrs. Sue Irving, Cherry Tree House, Church Hill 552440 You will work from home and attend evening meetings about 9 times a Mr. Michael Pritchard, Knap Orchard, Combpyne Road 552297 year. You must be computer literate, have strong administrative/ Treasurer: organisational experience and be able to maintain accurate accounts. Mr. Robin Collis, Monmouth House 551105 Ideally you should be proficient in Word and Excel, be capable of working independently and have the ability to deal with a range of issues. Training is available. MUSBURY PARISH NEWS Payment This magazine is published quarterly by the Parochial Church Council of St. You will be paid for 6 hours work per week, currently at SCP 7 rate for local Michael’s, and is distributed free of charge to all households in the Parish. government staff - £10.16 per hour. The cost is borne by the PCC but is offset by advertising revenue and by a grant from the Parish Council. The Treasurer will always welcome How to apply: donations by readers. For more information or to apply please contact the Chairman, Colin The services provided by our Advertisers are commended; when using Corbett - 01297 552068 or email [email protected] them please mention the Musbury Parish News. Editors: Nick Raison, Stockers, Maidenhayne Lane 553525 ([email protected]) Jolly Sargent, Ruffles, Doatshayne Lane 552470 Advertising Manager ([email protected]) Your Parish News relies on advertising revenue from a collection of Distribution: David Antell, Hillcroft, Combpyne Road 553454 local businesses. We are looking for someone to join our small team to manage the retention & replacement of advertisers to Advertising: Nick Raison 553525 secure this income and to co-ordinate this activity with the production cycle of the Parish News. For more information please contact Nick Raison on 07740407704 And finally… Ministry Team Letter This time it really is. Finally. From me that is. After 15 years I’ve decided it’s time to hang up whatever tools of the trade editors are supposed to have Travelling and move on. I leave the magazine in the capable hands of Jolly and so it’s to him that you should hand out your praise or vitriol in the future! Advent and Christmas is a time of travelling for many, for the distribution of gifts and reunion of families & friends and we wish all safety in their For my part I can only say that it’s been an honour and privilege to have journeys and joyful encounters with those they visit and host. been at the helm of the News for this time; it’s given me extraordinary insight into what occurs in & around this wonderful part of Devon, and has Advent itself is a time of travelling, even if not in terms of distance, but in allowed me to count many of you as friends. our readings we reflect on the journey of God’s people in preparation for the coming of the Messiah and it is an opportunity for us to examine our I’d like to say a big thank you to all who have helped this magazine go from own journey of faith as we prepare to greet the Christ child once more. strength to strength over the years. The list is long and includes of course our many contributors - be they regular or occasional - our advertisers, our At Christmas we remember the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, production & distribution teams and many others. Most importantly, the Shepherds visiting the stable, the visit of the wise men and the flight of however, I’d like to thank you - our readers - for allowing us into your the Holy family into Egypt. homes every few months and for taking the trouble to air your thoughts & concerns with us. In our Mission Community we begin a journey as we welcome Steven and his family and look forward to his ministry amongst us. Thank you all so much. Through all our ‘travelling’ we wish you all a joyful and peaceful Christmas Farewell, and a very happy Christmas to you all, Season and continuing into the New Year that lies beyond. Charles, Colin, Emma, Jan, Jeremy, John, Linda, Nigel, Nick Steven and Victoria Contributor deadline for next issue Friday 14th February When’s Enough Enough? Back in the day when I worked for a large company, I recall that it was not uncommon for major decisions to require rather more than a simple majority vote - often a much larger threshold of two-thirds - to ensure a decisive vote (interestingly the same threshold required for senators to impeach a US President). The logic of course was that in such situations a clear decision was necessary to avoid the risk of upsetting the status quo without good cause (and alienating many shareholders), and also to ensure that those responsible for making the change were properly empowered to do so. In other words, everything was done to avoid the matter becoming divisive and possibly risking the future of the company. Special Services & Events for the Christmas Season Over the last 3 years I’ve looked on in dismay at the cost of failing to Advent Sunday 1 December Christmas Eve follow such wisdom as evidenced by the growing divisions in our country - 6pm Mission Community 4pm Mission Community Crib Service beginning with that between the referendum outcome (which I supported) Advent Carol Service, Branscombe with the donkey, Colyton and our representatives in Parliament - and the resultant chaos & inability 8.30pm Midnight Mass, Branscombe to find a majority able & prepared to do anything meaningful….while any Monday 2 December 10pm Midnight Mass, Southleigh remaining political energy is sucked out of the system. 6pm Christingle Service with 11.30pm Midnight Mass, Colyton Primary School, Branscombe Quite where the next few months leads us will be interesting to see, but it Compline in Advent, Colyton starts barely a week from now when we are once again asked to vote. I can only encourage us all to exercise that right…which for much of our 8pm on Mondays 2, 9 & 16 Dec history was denied us. It is to be hoped that once a certain matter is put to Sunday 8 December bed our energies can shift rapidly towards mending our fractured society. 4pm Messy Church 5pm Christingle Service There… Ambulance? St Andrew’s, Colyton Not one mention of the other ‘B’ word! Come quick…some fool of a canvasser asked Brenda from Bristol about Thursday 12 December Nick a second referendum! 1.15pm Noah’s Ark, Colyford Hall Christmas Day Sunday 15 December 8am Holy Communion, Colyton 10am Breakfast then 9.30am Holy Communion, Colyford 10.30am Breakfast Service, Colyton 10am All age service and 3.30pm Carols and Crib, Colyford Holy Communion, Musbury 4pm Carol Service, Musbury 10.30am All age service, Colyton Saturday 21 December 11.15 am All age service and Holy Communion, Branscombe 4pm Christingle, Southleigh Sunday 22 December Sunday 29 December 11.15am Carol Service, Branscombe 8am Holy Communion, Colyton 11.15am Lessons & Carols, Northleigh 9.30am Holy Communion, Colyton 6.30 pm Carol Service,