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Wheatland News WHEATLAND NEWS May 2021 photo by Mark Daborn Mark by photo – The interior of Holy trinity Church, Sidbury Sidbury Church, trinity Holy of interior The ‘Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ [Matthew 28:19] News from the Diocese of Hereford and the 17 Parishes around Stottesdon, Ditton Priors and Highley Contents Contents ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Editorial .................................................................................................................................................. 3 June edition deadline! .................................................................................................................................... 3 Diocese of Hereford ............................................................................................................................. 4 May message from the Archdeacon of Hereford ....................................................................................... 4 The new Archdeacon of Ludlow ................................................................................................................... 5 The Bishop’s weekly video message ........................................................................................................... 5 Saint of the Month – Matthias – 14th May .......................................................................................... 6 The United Benefice of Brown Clee................................................................................................... 7 Brown Clee Group News ................................................................................................................................ 7 Annual Parochial Church Meetings - APCMs ............................................................................................. 7 Ditton Priors News .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Cleobury North & District Village Hall .......................................................................................................... 9 Chetton News ................................................................................................................................................. 10 Aston Botterell, Burwarton, and Wheathill & Loughton News ............................................................... 10 Neenton News ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Severn Valley Group of Parishes ..................................................................................................... 12 Benefice Church Services in May ............................................................................................................... 12 Billingsley News ............................................................................................................................................ 13 Glazeley .......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Photos of early days of Chetton and Glazeley WI .................................................................................... 15 Chelmarsh News ........................................................................................................................................... 16 A Sustainable Lifestyle? .................................................................................................................... 16 May’s Molecule of the Month - Butanol .......................................................................................... 18 The Stottesdon Group of Parishes .................................................................................................. 20 May Message ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Stottesdon Benefice Group News ................................................................................................... 21 Silvington News ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Cleeton St Mary News .................................................................................................................................. 23 Farlow News ................................................................................................................................................... 23 Sidbury News ................................................................................................................................................. 23 Stottesdon News ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Middleton Scriven News .............................................................................................................................. 24 Useful Community Contacts ............................................................................................................. 28 Editorial ccording to the weather forecasters, last month has been hailed the frostiest and driest April for many A years with lovely sunny days accompanied by cold north and east winds, and only about 10% of the average April rainfall. As we go to press this has suddenly come to an end when we woke this morning to a damp, grey day with water butts filled to the brim from the overnight rain. We are, however, promised variable weather over the Bank Holiday weekend so will make the most of the sun when it returns. The nights will continue to be cold with frosts in some areas, but if the skies are clear we may be lucky to see the ‘pink moon’ during the next few days. When we look around it is often difficult to see the beauty of our countryside and the fauna and flora accompanied by the animals and insects, all of which depend on our seasons even though they may be changing in subtle ways. Thinking about the predictions of some of the older members of the community the saying ‘if the oak is out before the ash we shall only get a splash’ may well come true this year as the oak trees are beginning to show evidence of their leaves while the ash is still Frosted sheep and lambs – pic by JT very bare. In optimism for the days to come and in appreciation of our surroundings we look forward to joining our friends and making new memories of life after lockdown. And a big ‘thank you’ for all the lovely contributions of articles and pictures for this edition of WN – it’s a real pleasure, seeing what arrives, and trying to do it all justice. Hope you like it as much as we do. Enjoy the spring! June edition deadline! Please would you send all contributions for the June 2021 edition of WN to your contact, as below, no later than Tuesday 25th May. Jutta Langham, 01746-712551 Brown Clee and Ditton Priors [email protected] Aston Botterell, Cleobury North & Burwarton, and Alison Greenan, 01746-787032 Wheathill & Loughton [email protected] Pam Downing Chetton [email protected] Rev Mike Harris Highley [email protected] Marion Corfield or Rev David Poyner Glazeley & Deuxhill [email protected] [email protected] Rev David Poyner Billingsley [email protected] Stottesdon Benefice – Farlow, Sidbury, Middleton Chris Tibbits Scriven, Cleeton St Mary, and Silvington [email protected] 3 Diocese of Hereford May message from the Archdeacon of Hereford Pentecost or more traditionally Whitsun is I think the Cinderella of Christian festivals, it has never really had the impact of Christmas and Easter. It doesn’t have the same traditions or social events around it which make it stand out in the wider culture either. I think increasingly the church doesn’t really know how to mark the occasion and even the recent ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ prayer campaign which has actually taken off across the churches in recent years doesn’t really make much of Pentecost itself. Yet Pentecost is perhaps one of the most exciting of the church festivals for it marks the moment when God started the church! It is in effect the Church’s birthday, the day that God sent the Holy Spirit to inspire and empower ordinary Christians to do extraordinary things for Him. The Holy Spirit is given freely to all of us as a free gift from God. Jesus promised his disciples that we would receive this gift so that we might know his presence with us as we live out our faith on a daily basis. “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another comforter to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you…” - John 14:15-16 The problem is when most of us think of comfort we think of the luxuries of life, or being wrapped up in a warm blanket or duvet. We also think of comfort as something that consoles us when we are upset or in need. Whilst all these things are true the word used in the New Testament has a completely different meaning to those we might expect. The word comfort is the same word that we find in relation to prodding, strengthening
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