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Good News September 2021 Abbeydore, Bacton, Ewyas Harold with Dulas, Kentchurch, Kilpeck with Kenderchurch, Llangua, Rowlestone with Llancillo, Walterstone, and Wormbridge with St Devereux Please support the Good News magazine so it can be delivered both online and in print to over 650 homes. ← Use the QR code or tinyurl.com/goodnewsmag See inside to arrange adverts, delivery or subscription. CHURCH SERVICES Weds. 1st 10.30 Ewyas Harold Weds@TT Morning Prayer Diane Bates 10.30 Ewyas Harold Holy Communion Bob Bates Sun. 5th 18.00 Kilpeck Evening Prayer Philip Wilcocks Weds. 8th 10.30 Ewyas Harold Weds@TT Morning Prayer Diane Bates 10.30 Dore Abbey Holy Communion Mark Godson Sun. 12th 10.30 EH Baptist Church - Zoom link from [email protected] 18.00 Rowlestone Evening Prayer Mark Godson Weds.15th 10.30 Ewyas Harold Weds@TT Holy Communion Mark Godson 11.15 Bacton Morning Prayer Philip Wilcocks Sun. 19th 18.00 Ewyas Harold Evening Prayer Mark Godson Weds. 22nd 10.30 Ewyas Harold Weds@TT Morning Prayer Diane Bates 10.30 St Devereux Holy Communion Andrew Harter 10.30 EH Baptist Church Service in Church Sun. 26th 15.00 Walterstone Harvest Festival Diane Bates 16.00 Dore Abbey Choral Evensong Mark Godson Weds. 29th 10.30 Ewyas Harold Weds@TT Morning Prayer Diane Bates 11.15 Bacton Harvest Festival Mark Godson Sunday 3rd Holy Communion with the Bishop of Hereford, and October 16.00 Dore Abbey the commissioning of Diane Bates as Anna Chaplain GOOD NEWS Oct deadline: Weds 15th Sept Delivery, subscriptions & adverts : Annie Robertson [email protected] 01981 240632 Articles, news, events : Sarah Roberts [email protected] 01981 240565 The Rev’d Mark Godson 01981 241066 The Rectory, Ewyas Harold HR2 0EZ [email protected] Dear neighbours Seger’s song present the words as a plea for world peace: "a time for I wonder what September means to peace, I swear it's not too late.” you? My childhood recollections are of returning to school, a new Michaelmas Peace is in short supply, as ever, as term, a new year ahead, and, around the debacle of the withdrawal from the equinox, a birthday. Mine. I love Afghanistan brings yet more horrors to September! our news and social media. Perhaps we hardly notice? Perhaps we hear Long before the name (Septem) of the and see what is happening without it seventh month of the Roman year that sinking into our consciousness, just as began in March was adopted into we heard and saw hundreds of English, this was Hāligmonath - Holy thousands of excess deaths in the month - a time for celebrating the UK? Surely if we really took it in, we’d harvest of the summer crops. Yet the do more than let the season turn, turn, equinox with its day and night of equal turn? Wouldn’t we want to rise up and length points to the turning of the protest the inhumanity of it all? seasons, and looks ahead to the beginning of winter at the October full Are we content to fiddle while the earth month - Winterfylleth ‘winter full moon’ burns? To walk by on the other side as is Old English for the eighth month - the food logistics chains collapse? To October. wash our hands of any responsibility for the anguished pleas of those who The turning of the seasons, to every seek asylum? thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Or Will it be an unholy month of pretence turn, turn, turn as Peter Seger wrote in or will we be the change we wish to his late ‘50s hit of that name drawing see? I wonder what this September will almost exclusively on verses from the mean for you? Bible found in Ecclesiastes 3 vs 1-8. Mark COVER IMAGE The image comes from a 17th century Ethiopian manuscript called The Miracles of the Archangel Michael. In the image, Michael can be seen rescuing seafarers. His feast day, Michaelmas, is 29th September. Legends about Michael often display him as a warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword and shield. The image was painted using pigments and ink on parchment by Zämänfäs Qeddus, a scribe during the Gondarine period of Ethiopian art (1632-1769). 3 LOCKS GARAGE ALLENSMORE, HEREFORD We stock everything you need from; Petrol, Diesel, LPG, Heating Oil Kerosene, Red Diesel Calor Gas and Heaters, Logs, Kindling, Wood and Coal We stock a wide range of Animal Feeds, Hay, Straw and Animal Bedding A large variety of Fruit and Vegetables And Groceries, Eggs A selection of homemade Pies, And Fresh Meat Post Office 5½ days a week Newspapers and magazines also available A wide selection of wine, beers and ciders Many from small local suppliers www.locksgarage.co.uk [email protected] OPEN DAILY 5am-10pm (MONDAY-SUNDAY) 6 News from the churches In Ewyas Harold, the welcome roofing in thatch to Llangua return of Wednesday @ 10.30 Church. brings the number of services at St Michael’s each month up to six. The Across the Deanery - fancy church Rev’d Joy James begins her name for our patch (the Black sabbatical and the Baptist Church Mountains and Golden Valley) - now has a monthly service in the people are getting to meet Angie church, as well as one on Zoom. Kateley who will be with us for the next three to four years of training Walterstone is first to hold a following her ordination in July. Harvest Festival, and Bacton look forward to Morning Prayer at the We will have news very soon of the cooks’ favourite time of 11.15 - person who will join Luci Morriss, makes it easier to prepare the roast, Simon Lockett and me as one of the or so I’m told. four (not five, now that Nicholas Lowton has retired) full time Dore Abbey welcomes the Unicorn deanery priests. Now I’ve typed Singers for Choral Evensong on the that, you can guarantee an 26th. This is followed by a short announcement will be made any concert. The Unicorns return on Oct moment. Exciting times. 3rd for Holy Communion with the Bishop of Hereford who will October will bring the final stage of commission Diane Bates as an our move to Parish Clusters. Each Anna Chaplain. PCC has been discussing with neighbouring churches how best to St Peter’s, Rowlestone, have an co-operate in providing not just autumnal Evening Prayer as they Sunday services but the whole look for a new treasurer, while St range of ministry and mission Devereux are back in business activities. following floor repairs. The Gathering on October 19th The Friends of Friendless Churches will celebrate the new Clusters, and have submitted a planning set us on track for the next few application for the repairs and years. Good news indeed. alterations, including replacement 5 Diane Bates writes: direction of travel for us in our Deanery. Dear Friends, Anna is named after the faithful On Sunday 3rd October at 4pm at prophet and widow who ‘sat by Dore Abbey our Deanery will be night and by day in the temple’ - ‘pioneering’ again, this time with (Luke 2.26) She was with Simeon the formation of an Anna when the infant Jesus was brought Chaplaincy. This is a ‘first’ not only into the temple by his parents to be for the Deanery, but for the “presented”. They recognised him Hereford Diocese and I am pleased as the Redeemer. She was a to be the first Chaplain to be prayerful woman constantly on the commissioned by Bishop Richard. look out - as we must be. There are currently 167 Anna Chaplaincies across England, Offering spiritual care Scotland and Wales and growing all in later life the time. An Anna Chaplaincy is a You are cordially invited to come complementary ministry, and in no and join us for that service of way in competition with any of the Evensong and Commissioning . valuable pastoral work that is followed by a tea party, and to be already happening within the part of celebrating this new Deanery of which the Hub in venture. Peterchurch is a shining example. Anna Chaplaincy is about providing The right direction spiritual background support for those in older age, whether they It is a source of wonder that God would describe themselves as has entrusted the formation of this people of faith or not. important ministry to me in the first instance and, indeed, to us. There were times during the past three years when I could have thrown up my hands and said ‘I can’t do this - it is just too difficult’ and walked away - but all the time knowing it had to happen. He would not let it go and so, after that time of exploration, prayer, lobbying and just knowing it to be the right 6 Chaplaincy is set up to accompany A Chaplain is an appointed person you on your journey. who takes the love and concern of (continued) It is also a joy to be able to God’s Church into the community announce that the Borderlands and an Anna Chaplain strives to Rural Chaplains are very draw alongside older people to enthusiastic about Anna Chaplaincy discover their needs, hopes and and want to walk alongside us on aspirations and encourage them to this formative journey, even to the do, and be all that they can be. To extent of inviting us to their ‘mucky give time to lend a listening ear and boots’ meetings! We look forward to befriend and celebrate this time to drawing on their experience and in their lives.