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The Village Magazine of the Chiddingstones The Village Magazine of the Chiddingstones www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16937/benefice/ 60 Pence August 2020 USEFUL CONTACT NUMBERS Churches Associate Priest Bill MacDougall 01892 870442 Licensed Lay Minister Sally Musson 07713 352017 Churchwardens (St Mary’s Bob Golds 01892 870429 Chiddingstone Village) Chris Bell 01732 866222 Verger (St Mary’s) Christine Roberts 01892 870437 Churchwardens (St Luke’s Paul Allen 01732 463382 Chiddingstone Causeway) Vacancy Pastoral Assistant Carol Benton 01892 870483 Pastoral Help (Causeway) Helen Barnes 01732 838855 Pastoral Help (Hoath) Jane-Ann Golds 01892 870429 Bell Ringers Stella Wooldridge 01892 870323 Choir Paul Allen 01732 463382 Parochial Parish Administrator Louise Sanders Church Council [email protected] Local Chiddingstone Sports Assoc Martin Keeler 01732 700516 Organisations Chiddingstone Football Club Martin Keeler 01732 700516 Chiddingstone Cricket Club Mark Streatfeild 01892 870851 Stonewall Park Cricket Club Andy Batchelder 07903 830142 Causeway Stoolball Club Rosa Gower 01892 870644 Stonewall Park Stoolball Club Pauline Hodge 01892 524783 Chiddingstones Tennis Club Richard Sinclair 07771 912108 Chiddingstone Real Football Katie Ashworth 07730 331800 Chiddingstone W.I. Elaine King 01892 871536 Chiddingstone Causeway W.I Carol Benton 01892 870483 Chiddingstone Over 60’s Elizabeth Fleming 01892 870224 Alice Peterkin 01892 870503 Tuesday Group (pre-school) Sam Day 01892 871570 Edenbridge Voluntary Transport Service 01732 865353 Chiddingstone Castle 01892 870347 CHAPS Kenton Ward 07881 957800 Bough Beech Res. Assoc. Trust Steen Carndorf 01732 700585 Youth Youth Club Chris Pounds 07725 563636 Organisations Ide Hill Scout Group Lorna Baker 01732 750178 School Head teacher Rachel Streatfeild 01892 870339 Nursery School Leader Jill McCoy 01892 871315 Village Hall Chiddingstone Jane Ann Golds 01892 870429 Bookings Chiddingstone Causeway Elaine Ewer 07597 271974 St. Luke’s Parish Room Diane Heasman 01892 870794 Sevenoaks District Council Councillors James Osborne-Jackson 01732 227000 Sue Coleman 01892 870435 Parish Councils Chiddingstone - Chairman Richard Streatfeild 07973 842139 - Clerk Louise Kleinschmidt 01892 740753 Leigh - Chairman Joe Kaye 01732-835897 - Clerk Louise Kleinschmidt 01892 740753 Magazine Editor and ‘’For Sale ads’’ Jenny Chettle 01342 850827 [email protected] Commercial advertising Stuart Notholt [email protected] Advertising copy Robert Hunt [email protected] A10 Greek Island Traditional Kefalonia Mole, Rabbit, Mice and Spacious two bedroom villa Squirrel Catcher large pool sea and (No poisons used) mountain views 5 mins drive Traditional methods only Avithos beach Local tavernas 10 mins Argostoli PETER KING 01892 871188 07432 813614 [email protected] [email protected] A11 Lorna Galbraith Hairdressing All aspects of hairdressing carried out in the comfort of your own home. L’Oreal and Vidal Sassoon trained, with over 27 years experience. 07989 587931 01732 700397 Edenbridge Osteopaths 127 High Street Edenbridge TN8 5AX 01732 865444 ROBERT J. McCOY MSc, Bsc (Hons), D.O. www.registered-osteopath.org.uk A12 A13 AUGUST 2020 Forthcoming Events Saturday 1st August Penshurst Farmers’ Market see page 11 Sunday 2nd August Start of Services in St Mary’s see page 4 Sunday 2nd and Monday 3rd August Visit Chiddingstone Castle and Collections see page 12 Takeaway tea and cakes from Chiddingstone Castle too see page 12 Sunday 9th August Stonewall Park Cricket Club Chairman’s X1 v President’s X1 see page 17 Wednesday 19th August MAGAZINE COPY BY 12 NOON PLEASE! see page 6 FROM THE RECTORY Just over a year ago, we moved into The Rectory on a hot day in July. In September, I was licenced by the Bishop of Tonbridge to work in the parishes of Penshurst, Fordcombe and the Chiddingstones, along with Tom Holme and Carol Benton. There were so many highlights in the first few months. I enjoyed going to see the hop picking machine in action at Larkins farm, meeting the many volunteers, and we celebrated a wonderful Harvest Festival in St Mary’s Church in October, followed by a Harvest Lunch in the village hall made from local produce. As the seasons changed from summer to autumn and on towards winter, we prepared for Christmas, with school carol services, carol singing around the parish, the lessons and carols in St Luke’s church, and the amazing Carols by candlelight in a packed church at St Mary’s. We experienced local flooding in the New Year. 2020 was going to bring about change as the country prepared for Brexit, but nothing much changed immediately as further negotiations still had to take place; and here in the Chiddingstones, we were working on the plans to become a united benefice with four churches. Yes, we had heard through the various news outlets of a nasty virus in China – but that seemed far away – until there were cases of Coronavirus in Italy. As we celebrated the warm sunshine after a very wet February, our lives continued as usual and I looked forward to the cricket season at the Chiddingstone Cricket Club Annual Dinner. But in mid-March, life for us all began to change in ways that we had never imagined. Lockdown, separation from family and friends, schools closed, churches and places of worship closed, only essential shops were open, and working from home became the new normal. Cont/… 1 The usual rites of passage also changed. Weddings, christenings, funerals, birthday celebrations, GCSE and ‘A’ level exams – all changed. The way we have lived our lives has changed. Employment for many has changed. The increasing levels of unemployment and weekly announcements of job losses will have an impact on us all, but especially those who no longer have a steady income. This experience of living with a pandemic has been and continues to be traumatic for everyone, and it is important that we recognise this, and allow ourselves time to grieve what we have lost, the plans we have abandoned and the dreams that have been shattered. We also have a small window of opportunity to work together for how we want to live better as a society as we enter a post-COVID world. It is so good to see the way that people in local communities have worked together, supporting each other and finding new ways to keep in touch. What are the benefits that we have experienced through this time of enforced lockdown? What do we want to hold on to? And now, as we start to enjoy August, with children on holiday from school and many people looking forward to some time to relax, after months of closed churches and recording the services from The Rectory, we are starting to hold Sunday services back in the church. They will be different, with no singing, and needing to observe social distancing carefully, we aim to follow the guidance to keep as us all as safe as possible. Although we are all learning to live in a changed environment, where much of what we took for granted before will not be possible in the short term, it will be good to be able to meet together again to worship, to thank God for preserving us, and echo the words of Psalm 40: I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Bill Returning to St Mary’s The PCC’s of St Luke’s and St Mary’s met jointly on 14th July to discuss the possibility of returning to St Mary’s for Sunday morning worship. It was agreed by the PCCs to return to St Mary's for 10am Sunday worship at the beginning of August. A lengthy Risk Assessment has been undertaken by Bill, the Churchwardens, the Safeguarding Officer and the Verger where they looked at the measures that need to be taken for worshipping together safely. More detail and instructions will follow in due course but please note that all worshippers will be required to wear a face covering whilst in church and, in line with Government and Church of England guidance, there will be no congregational singing. Please do not come to church if you are feeling unwell or have a temperature. We want to prevent anyone from becoming ill. Cont/… 2 Keeping in touch with those not able to return to church at the moment and a plea for technical people! Everyone is moving through this crisis at their own pace and it is important to take only the steps with which you feel comfortable. For some, returning to services in church will not be the right move at the moment and we want to support you in this as much as possible. We are therefore looking into how we can either live stream services so that you are able to watch from the safety of your home, or recording the service in church and uploading it to our YouTube channel later in the day. ‘Doing church digitally’ is a steep learning curve – we’ll do our best but if anyone has any special technical skills in this area, we’d love to hear from you. Readers and Intercessors Finally, we will need to reinstate the reading and intercessor rota for when services resume in St Mary’s. For those of you currently on our Reading and Intercessor list, please could you let Louise know as soon as possible whether you plan to come back to church physically from the beginning of August and are happy to be included on that rota. If you are usually on the rota but will not be returning to church just yet, that is totally fine but please just let her know so that she can leave you off the rota for the time being.
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