January 2020
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January 2020 Contents Page What’s On ................................................................................................... 3 Parish News and Contacts ...................................................................... 4-9 General Interest ................................................................................ 10 - 15 Churcham & Bulley News ................................................................... 16-19 Huntley News ..................................................................................... 20-22 Friends of Longhope Church………………………………………………………….......23 Longhope News .................................................................................. 24-27 May Hill News ........................................................................................... 28 Advertisements Leeways Packaging………………………………………………………………….……………29-30 Hillside Brewery Upcoming Events ................................................................ 31 Wiltshire Farm Foods ..................................................................................... 31 Textiles ........................................................................................................... 32 Firewood…………………………………………………………………………………………………..32 Estate Agents ................................................................................................. 34 IT Services ...................................................................................................... 33 Book keeping ................................................................................................. 33 T’ai Chi ........................................................................................................... 34 Hair/Beauty/Foot/Skin Care/ ......................................................................... 35 Home Improvements/Interiors/ Flooring ................................................ 36-39 Garden Maintenance ............................................................................... 37-39 Electrical/Plumbing .................................................................................. 38-40 Personal Care ............................................................................................... 41 Chimney Sweeps ............................................................................................ 41 Catering/Tea Rooms ...................................................................................... 41 Public Houses ................................................................................................. 42 MOT Testing/Car maintenance ...................................................................... 42 Garden Centres .............................................................................................. 43 Funeral Services/Memorials ................................................................... 33, 44 What’s On regulars Tuesdays 2.30pm Longhope Evergreens meet at The Latchen Room, Longhope Fridays 2.00pm- Huntley Art Group meets at Huntley Village Hall 2nd Tuesday of every month Huntley Tuesday Group meets at Huntley Village Hall —- 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Want an upcoming event or regular group added to the “What’s On” page? Email the editor at [email protected] before the second Saturday of the preceding month. 2 What’s on in January and February 2020 Date page Not a lot in January. So here is some of February also 25 12/01/20 Longhope Family Service 28 15/01/20 May Hill Gardening Society lunch 18/01/20 Fauna & Flora Coffee Morning 26 20/01/20 Longhope Council 24 16 21/01/20 Churcham Parish Council 24/01/20 May Hill WI 28 01/02/20 Huntley Saturday Market 20 01/02/20 Huntley Fish & Chips 22 05/02/20 Churcham Gardening Club 18 06/02/20 Huntley with Churcham Mothers' Union 20 25/02/20 May Hill WI 28 26/02/20 Rudford, Highleadon & Churcham WI 19 3 Forest Edge Group: Useful Contacts PRIEST IN CHARGE: Rev Lara Bloom [email protected] 01452 831527 Readers: Monica Richardson 01452 831162 Bob Harris 01531 820657 Churchwardens: St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bulley Michael Robinson 01452 831690 Donald Stevens 01452 790347 St. Andrew’s Church, Churcham with Birdwood Peter Smart 01452 750204 Paul Charter 01452 751161 St. John the Baptist Church, Huntley with All Saints Church May Hill Torill Freeman 01452 830210 Steve Fellowes 01452 830514 Janet Bollington (deputy) 01452 831727 All Saints Church, Longhope John Moseley 01452 831888 Carryl Phelps 01452 830054 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Longhope Baptist Church www.longhopebaptist.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITOR: Peter Hanley (Please send any items to Peter via email.) The DEADLINE for contributions is Midnight on the SECOND SATURDAY of the preceding month—i.e. 11th January E: [email protected] ASSISTANT: Monica Richardson, The Old Forge, Old Monmouth Road, Longhope, GL17 0NZ. T: 01452 831162. All manuscript copy to Monica. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT CO-ORDINATOR: Angela Pengelly, Woodbine Cottage, North Road, Huntley, GL19 3DU. T: 01452 830637. E: [email protected] ON-LINE WEBMASTER and IT HELP: Trevor Reynaert - www.crystaltechnical.com The Editor and Publishers of this magazine accept no responsibility and make no general endorsement for goods, services or opinions appearing on its pages. © Forest Edge News 2019. [Printed by Alpha Colour Printers Ltd of Gloucester. T: 01452 887000] The editor reserves the right to edit or modify any article, poster or any other submission at his discretion. 4 The View From the Rectory Window Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away (Los Angeles in 1977 to be exact) movie history was made with the birth of the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars follows the same pattern as all those great stories we remember from our childhood. They are stories of quests where a hero leaves the world of the familiar and sets out for an unknown country in search of something or someone special. Sunday 5th January sees the Church celebrate the feast of Epiphany. The day when we commemorate the Wise Men who came from the East to seek for the infant king. The Magi, or wise men, are led to the child by the light of a star. Whether this was an actual celestial phenomenon, as the bible suggests and some astronomers confirm, or a metaphor for some other kind of enlightenment, it was by divine guidance that the Magi found the child. In many ways the Magi are the patrons of all those who seek. We are all seekers: we seek for love, for acceptance and for understanding. And we know that the journey, with God, towards wholeness and holiness is a journey without end – at least on this side of the grave. Everyone is welcome at the services in the Forest Edge benefice but you are particularly welcome to join us for our Epiphany services on 5th January. There is a custom in the church in Central Europe of blessing chalk to take home and mark the lintel of the main door or the threshold of the house in memory of the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem. This serves as a reminder to always be ready with a generous welcome, to share our gifts and ourselves, with those who come to visit us. During our Epiphany services you will be offered a piece of chalk to take home with you in order for you to mark the threshold of your home and a prayer of blessing that can be used. Lord God of the nations we have seen the star of your glory rising in splendour. The radiance of your incarnate Word pierces the darkness that covers the earth and signals the dawn of peace and justice. Make radiant the lives of your people with that same brightness, and beckon all the nations to walk as one in your light. Amen Wishing you a happy and blessed New Year, The Reverend Lara Bloom 5 Forest Edge Group of Churches—services for December (please see page 8 for readings) Date Bulley Churcham Huntley Longhope May Hill 5th Jan 11.00am 9.30am 11.00am Epiphany Morning worship at Bulley Holy Holy (Gold) BH Communion Communion LB/MR LB/BF 12th Jan 11.00am 9.30am 9.30am Baptism of Holy Communion at Churcham Family Service Holy Christ LB/BH CE/MG Communion (Gold) LB/MR 19th Jan 11.00am 10.00am 9.30am 9.30am Epiphany 2 Morning Family Holy Morning (White) worship service Communion Worship MR RS LB/MG MR 26th Jan 11.00am 9.30am 9.30am 9.30am Epiphany 3 Holy Holy Morning People led (White) Communion Communion worship Morning LB/MG LB/MG MR worship 2nd Feb 11.00am 9.30am 11.00am Presentation Morning worship at Churcham Holy Holy of Christ in BH Communion Communion the Temple LB/BH LB/SF (Gold) 6 Monthly Reflection “There is another way!” It had been raining heavily for hours during the night, and the countryside was sodden. Other parts of the country had suffered serious flooding, with some people having had to evacuate their homes. I clumsily knocked over my morning cup of tea and, looking down with horror at the hot liquid spreading quickly over the carpet, I envisaged God looking down, also with horror, at the spreading stain of humanity’s sins, and seeking a desperate plan. The extreme weather conditions appeared to be God’s desperate plan to wash out the stain once and for all! Some stains are easily removed, but others are more difficult, even impossible, to remove, rendering them waterproof. (But, fortunately, water is not the remedy!). And, to quote from Nat West, “there is another way!” Yes, you’ve guessed it. That way is Jesus. God coming down to earth as a baby to share our humanity was his plan to save us from ourselves, and point us in the right direction – away from ourselves and towards Jesus. He is our hope, because he loves us so much, whatever we have