at Dalton Piercy, Elwick and Hart
Produced for the Villagers by Hart and Elwick Churches Revd. Janet Burbury, The Vicarage, Hart, Hartlepool. TS27 3AP [email protected] Tel. 01429 262340 Mob 07958 131271
It’s the season of Pentecost, the birthday of the church, when all those who followed Jesus gathered in one place to discover the Holy Spirit moving in them and through them…… The Spirit is about movement, directing us into the will of God as a journeying or pilgrim people. (By the way, across Durham there are some pilgrim routes being created heading to the Cathedral. One will go from St Hilda’s through Hart, Trimdon and onwards. How exciting!) Can the people of God make the Spirit direct us or do we need to wait until God knows we are willing to be moved into action? When more than one person in a group notices the Spirit prompting them, then bigger ways of blessing our communities can begin. Then, that church gets noticed. If you don’t trust the Spirit then you will have to trust your own mind to discern the vast- ness of God’s will. God doesn’t think in limited human ways but paints a bigger picture than we can ever imagine…His picture would never have a frame!…. Jesus didn’t go through the Cross for anything less than setting us free…free to roam, to expect big things for our communities, free to try mission initiatives even if they seem scary in their expec- tations … free to be led by the Spirit of God! So how do we discern the Spirit we cannot see….to see the Spirit that indicates authentic discipleship…… Some will realise their trust in a faithful God has grown in strength, some will become more generous with their time to help others, some will be led more deeply into regular prayer …some will find they notice God in the details – in things some call coincidenc- es…some find they have a sudden release of tears recognising they are loved by God, some will lay down of a lifelong shame and discover the liberation of forgiveness, some will find they’re moved by the presence of God in prayerfully held silence, some will dis- cover a brave voice to speak out, some find the Spirit in a brooding that lasts for years which leads on to a creative streak in a new venture……However the Spirit moves, you will notice a change in action that springs from the invisible Holy Spirit of love which makes you feel more alive than you ever did before, and it leads you to the truth of God’s will in the place where you live. …… Where is your radar tuned – to our God fixed in heaven or God set free in the world through the Spirit which can set you free too? Every blessing, Canon Janet
3 Regular Church Services
ST PETER’S, ELWICK HALL 1st Sunday in the month: 10 am ~ Family Service with Holy Communion. A service for all ages. 6 pm ~ Holy Communion (1662 Book of Common Prayer). A quiet service lasting half an hour.
All following Sundays: 9.30 am ~ Holy Communion. A traditional service with hymns and a short address.
ST MARY MAGDALENE, HART 1st Sunday in the month: 8 am ~ Holy Communion (1662 Book of Common Prayer) A quiet service lasting half an hour. 11am ~ Family Service with Holy Communion. A service for all ages.
All following Sundays: 11 am ~ Holy Communion ( Sunday school is during this service). A traditional service with hymns and a short address.
Also every 3rd Sunday: 4pm ~ Family Service. 3@4 A relaxed style of worship with a hint of fun!
Every Wednesday Evening at 6.00 pm A service of evening prayer
CHURCH WARDENS—CONTACT DETAILS
HART CHURCH Anne Johnson 01429 269699 Shirley Brown 01429 269418
ELWICK CHURCH Victoria Harrison 07985 781 364 Colin Reid 07824 482 877
CHURCH WEB SITES www.elwickchurch.org.uk www.hartchurch.org.uk
DEANERY WEB SITE www.churchofenglandhartlepool.org.uk
4 HART VILLAGE HALL ACTIVITIES
Sunday……………….YOUTH CLUB 5 - 6.30pm…... (second Sunday in the month) Monday...... PILATES: 9.15-10.15am PILATES: 10.30-11.30am ODDFELLOWS: 11.30am-2.30pm (2nd MONDAY in month on Alternate months ) HART STATION WI 7-9pm (first MONDAY of the month) Tuesday…………….. PARENTS and TODDLERS: 9-30-11.00 am SEQUENCE DANCING: 1.30-3.30 pm DANCE FIT: 6.00-7.00pm Wednesday……….. HISTORY CLASS: 10.00-11.30 am TAI CHI 9.30-11.00am PILATES ; 6.15-7.15pm Thursday CHILDMINDERS GROUP 9.15-11.15am PILATES: 6.00 -7.00pm PILATES 7.15-8.15pm Friday……………….. FRENCH CLASS: 10.00 am-11.30am TAI CHI 6.00—8.00 pm WHIST GROUP: from 7.00--8.30 pm
Bookings : contact Frances Brown on 01429 273 475 Events: www.hartvillagehall.co.uk
ELWICK WI HALL ACTIVITIES
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE: 1st Monday of the month from 7.00-9.30 pm PARISH COUNCIL MEETING Last Monday of the Month 7.00pm-9.30pm PAINTING CLUB: Tuesdays from 9.30 am-12.30 pm YOUNG FARMERS CLUB: Tuesdays fortnightly at 7.30 pm NEEDLES & PINS Wednesdays from 10.00 am-noon WHIST: Wednesdays at 7 pm. New members welcome PILATES Friday 9-30am 10-30am
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Some News from
ELWICK www.elwickchurch.org.uk
Elwick School
In school Council we have been talking about different ways in which we can raise money. We have designed a new reading area for outside and researched using the inter- net what we could put into it. Some of our children have taken part in school council meetings town wide and we have ourselves hosted this. We have also designed posters for our upcoming competition within school linked with Virgin trains and designing the train stations of the future. These will be displayed around school this week. We have had visits from many people over the last term and we have enjoyed working alongside our Junior Leadership team to welcome them to our school and make sure they see how amazing and welcoming our school is.
ELWICK “200” CLUB MAY DRAW
£30 Margaret Self £25 Brian Footitt £15 Pat Horsley £10 Penny Heslop £10 P Tiplady
I have now updated my records for the Elwick Church 200 Club and we have several spare numbers available for anyone who wishes to join.
The annual fee is only £12.00 (which works out at £1.00 per month!) and there are five winners of cash prizes in each monthly draw, which is drawn in Church at the beginning of the month and the results are published in Village Life.
If you are interested in joining the 200 Club please contact me at 29 The Green, Elwick or phone 274650 or contact Victoria Harrison.
I would like to thank all those who have helped me with the 200 club by collecting money in their area, etc..
Much Appreciated! Penny Heslop
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Elwick Parish Council Report for April 2018
A bit of a sad meeting this month, as we said a very fond farewell to Councillors John Hall and Jackie Sturrock. John has been a Councillor for 4 years, and ably chaired the Vil- lage Maintenance Group, ensuring that the village was kept spick and span. He stepped down to ensure that Wynyard would have representation and, although he has promised to keep maintaining the summer floral display at the well on the green, he will be sorely missed. Jackie’s tenure has been brief, but she too wanted Wynyard to have a presence and hopes to return at some time in the future. Our other Councillors are standing again, but it will be a tough election as 7 other people are standing, most of whom live in Wynyard, though not necessarily in Hartlepool Borough.
The Litter Pick took place on Saturday 7th April, when 4 Councillors and the Clerk turned out to pick up the rubbish, probably discarded from vehicles entering the village from the A19. Plastic cutlery, empty alcohol containers - both tins and glass, sweet wrappers, emp- ty crisp packets, even broken Christmas decorations! All in all, 15 large black bags were filled with rubbish from the verges along the two roads into the village from the A19, with the help of one valiant resident who took pity on us when it started to rain.
Councillors have now decided that a regular litter pick should be held on the first Sat- urday of every month, between 10.00am and noon, starting in June. However, Council- lors cannot do this on their own, we need help. If you could spare an hour or two to help keep Elwick looking good, meet outside the shop at 10.00am. Equipment will be provided but bring waterproof gloves if you have them!
Litter is bad enough, but Councillors also discovered that one dog walker is regularly al- lowing their dog to use the verge, on the south side of the A19/ North Lane junction, as a toilet and NOT cleaning up after it – even though there is a dog waste bin available. (I leave it to your imagination to work out how they knew it was one dog!). It is not acci- dental and not acceptable – whoever you are, be a responsible dog owner!
The survey of overweight vehicles using the village road, identified three main culprits whose vehicles regularly come through the village. Thanks to Chris Banks who organised a rota of observers, we have recorded the date, time name and, if possible, the registration number of each vehicle. The names of all companies whose vehicles are illegally using the road are to be passed to HBC and the Traffic Commissioners – the owners risk losing their licences. Cont……...
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…cont It is these vehicles that cause so much damage to the road edges and cause many of the pot- holes. The remaining wooden flower tubs are to be replaced very soon, and Councillors agreed that a BEST FLOWER TUB competition should be held this year; see elsewhere in Vil- lage Life for more details. My next report will be for a new Parish Council. Exciting times!
Minna West Clerk
ELWICK’S LONELY FLOWER TUBS! Elwick Parish Councillors are seriously worried about the 4 flower tubs at the west end of the green as they seem to be going downhill – denied the love and attention they so long for. Could you be the kind soul whose loving administrations in the form of planting and water- ing, could save these poor tubs from a deepening depression and ultimate death? If so, please contact Barbara Irving on 01429 278800 and pledge today!
ELWICK BEST FLOWER TUB COMPETITION A prize of a £50 Gardening Voucher is up for grabs!
An invitation from the Parish Council to all of you who kindly tend one (or more!) of the village flower tubs, and which make the village so beautiful year after year, to enter a com- petition for the BEST Flower Tub. The competition will be judged in August, by a non-resident, a gardener themselves, to en- sure absolute impartiality. So, plan ahead, get planting and pray for a kind summer growing season.
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ST PETER’S CHURCH
COFFEE MORNING
SATURDAY 9TH JUNE
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10.00am—12 noon
HAMPER RAFFLE TOMBOLA CAKE STALL
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VILLAGE LIFE DEADLINE
Will contributors to Village Life please note that the deadline for articles is the 21st of the month to enable editing and printing to be completed in time for distribution on the last Sunday of the month.
Items should be sent to BOTH editors each month
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OPEN GARDEN
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10.30AM – 12.30PM WEDNESDAY 27th JUNE Rudby House, The Green, Elwick
Cake Stall, Raffle
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Donations of cakes or raffle prizes would be welcome
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NEWS FROM DALTON PIERCY PARISH COUNCIL - JUNE
Hexagrid: Work will start on Monday 21st May to hopefully permanently repair damage caused by cars to the village green. The muddy quagmires have become a hazard for parishion- ers using the green. Please bear with the contractors as inevitably this will cause some inconvenience, but it’s necessary the work be carried out for the safety of all residents.
Website: This is on track to be active by the end of the month.
Kids Club Allotments: DPPC agreed a change of leaseholder from the Kids Club to Dalton Piercy Res- idents’ Association and renaming as the DP Community Garden Allotment. This is subject to a review of tenancy agreements, insurance, usage and parking. For use by all resident members.
Ward Councillor’s Report: The yellow lines at Three Gates junction are now complete. DPPC have asked that the asphalt path from Three Gates to Sambuca be sprayed and tidied up.
Village Hall land: DPPC will write to HBC inviting the three Ward Councillors for Rural West, the Leader of HBC and the Chair of the Regeneration and Neighbourhood Committee to pay a site visit. The Chair of the Residents’ Association will write to Gill Alexander, the Chief Executive of HBC and our MP Mike Hill on the subject.
Sewage smell: The smell returned after the Bank Holiday. The Clerk will inform Northumbrian Water as it seems the regular deep clean of Sambuca’s cess pit is overdue.
Dalton Piercy Parish Council Election: A 40% turn out!! Thank you all for your support. The Return- ing Officer was truly impressed, far in excess of any of the other Hartlepool Ward elections.
Your Councillors are: Darab Rezai (Chair), Alan Timothy (Vice Chair), John Bearby, Mandie Burroughs, Linda Moses, Lyn Noble and Mike Patrick. A very big thank you to Keith Johnson, who has served on the Parish Council for 30years – yes 30! that’s not a typo
New Clerk: A warm welcome to our new Clerk, Jennifer White, who takes up her post on June 1st. We cannot thank enough our Acting Clerk Minna West. She has put an enormous amount of work into get- ting DPPC up to speed with the new government legislation and writing all the necessary documentation that Parish Councils must now comply with – Minna, we are certainly nipping clean! She has volunteered to mentor Jennifer throughout June. Thank you again Minna, you’re a star.
Acting Clerk, Minna West: email: [email protected] phone; 01429 894720 Full minutes on Notice Board. Next DPPC Meeting Thursday 14th June 7.00pm, Village Hall
ALL WELCOME.
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A DATE FOR YOUR SUMMER DIARY HART VILLAGE SUMMER FAIR SATURDAY 7th JULY 2018 11a.m. till 4ish Venue St. Mary Magdalene church field, Hart Village. Scrumptious afternoon teas and tasty B.B.Q. Home produced products exhibit, (Bring your garden produce, homemade jams, chutneys and bakes etc.) Our popular TOMBOLA and WHITE ELEPHANT STALL, Bouncy Castle and Dog Show. Raffles, Craft Stalls, Choir and Maypole Dancing and much, much more!!!! (See how Stanley Birdsaway is “fairing”) FUN FOR ALL AGES, be there or miss a fabulous fair. You’ve enjoyed it before, come and have some more!!!!
HART VILLAGE EVENTS GROUP. Wish to thank all those who supported our successful Band Night that was held on Saturday 12th May in the Vil- lage Hall. A special thanks to John Riddle for all the support & help he has given our group in aid of this fireworks fundraising night.
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Members were welcomed to the May meeting. Details were given of our trip to Hawes in June and the outing to Keswick on 6th August. Final names were taken for the Group Meeting which is being hosted by Wolviston Village W.I. on the of 18th June.
The following resolution which will be debated at the NFWI Annual Meeting was dis- cussed and voted upon:- “The NFWI urges all W.I. Members to recognise the importance of parity between mental health and physical health, and take action to make it as acceptable to talk about mental health issues as much as physical health issues, and to lobby government for bet- ter support for mental health”.
Our speaker for the evening was Carol Dees from Hartlepool Citizens Advice Bureau who talked about two aspects of her work, one involving contact with people with mental health problems, and the other giving advice on saving energy and money by making a few changes to the way we use electricity and switching energy suppliers to get the best deal. She also spoke about various benefits which are available including the Carers Al- lowance.
The competition “A Needlecase” was won by Kath Rutter with Sylvia Jobson second and Sandra O’Connor third. The raffle was won by Sylvie Howe.
ELWICK LADIES FELLOWSHIP
Our meeting was rather short this month, but we did manage to do one of Mary Scott’s quizzes and discuss two outings for the future meetings.
Many thanks to Sylvia Sadler for her hospitality and we look forward to our next meet- ing, June 11th when we meet up with our Hart Fellowship friends for afternoon tea at 2.30 pm at Hardwicke Hall Manor Hotel, Heselden.
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HART CHURCH NEWS.
LADIES FELLOWSHIP. Our May meeting was held in the home of Sheila McDonald. We opened with prayer and then discussed the proposed visit for afternoon tea. This is now an annual event when we meet our friends from St Peters church Elwick. Anne Johnson told us of the life the American Edward Bok,who made his fortune publishing The Ladies Journal in America. He tried to follow the advice given by his Dutch grandmother. “Make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it”. The June meeting is to be in the Hardwick Manor for afternoon tea.
Charity News .
We have sent £ 130.00 to the Leprosy Mission to be used for reconstructive surgery. The next charity we are supporting is The North Air Ambulance.
Church News Thank you to all who worked so hard to prepare the village hall for the Royal Wedding day party. The weather was perfect and the large screen gave us all fantastic viewing. The wedding cake served 100 people, thank you Louise and Jeff for the cake.
If you are interested in finding out more information on the art course organised by Ian Lightfoot check out his advert.
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3@ 4 NEWS. During our May service we went into the church yard for our prayers. All the chil- dren were able to decorate a birthday cake as it was Pentecost the birthday of the church. If you haven’t been to our relaxed family service at 4 o’clock the third Sunday each month. Come and join us on Sunday June 17, this is Father’s Day .
200 Club Winners for May. £50 no167 Jenny Burbury. £20 no 24 B and G Crane. £10 no 140 E Mason. £5 no 172 P Newport.
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Hart Village Summer Fair th Saturday, 7 July 2018 Cream Tea’s BBQ Jam Stall Cake Stall Craft Stalls Children’s Activities Craft and Home produce show Tombola White Elephant Stall Held in the grounds of the historic church and village. Join in the village spirit and be part of the fun.
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Hart Village Summer Fair The following are the categories for
the Fair Show.
Children’s Garden on a Plate.
Rose Grown in Hart.
Banana Loaf.
Topical Muffins (any flavour).
Vase of home grown flowers.
Jar of Local Fruit Jam.
Jar of Seasonal Chutney.
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ASHFIELD CARAVAN PARK CAR BOOT SALE
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EVERY SATURDAY
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Weddings At St. Mary Magdalene, Hart 19th May 2018 Christopher Scott Porritt & Rebecca Wilkie
At St.Peter, Elwick Hall Ian Gordon Charlton & Elisabeth Ann Grieves We wish them every blessing for their new life together.
Baptisms At St Mary Magdalene, Hart. Ellen Kay Boffy
We warmly welcome this new member into the family of the church.
If you wish to book a baptism please contact Hilary Squire
tel: 01429 861605 [email protected]
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