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THE PARISH MAGAZINE OF ST PETER’S, EDGMOND WITH ST CHAD’S, KYNNERSLEY AND ST LAWRENCE PRESTON WEALD MOORS including VILLAGE NEWS OCTOBER 2015 Visit us at www.stpeterschurchedgmond.org and www.edgmondparishcouncil.co.uk 1 RECTOR (usual day off: Monday) The Revd Prebendary Edward Ward, Edgmond Rectory 820217 RESIDENT MINISTER (part time; usual day off: Saturday) The Revd David Stokes-Harrison, Tibberton Rectory 551117 LICENSED READER Paul Benton 603071 CHURCHWARDENS John Ingram, Lovatt Cottage, 5 Turners Lane, Edgmond 810337 Chris Taylor, Provost’s House, High Street, Edgmond 810880 PCC SECRETARY Jane Gill 811201 TREASURER AND STEWARDSHIP RECORDER Rodney Bunyan 810957 ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER Dr Colin Brown 550164 TOWER CAPTAIN and RINGING MASTER Edric Broom 825851 TOWER SECRETARY Paul Lewis 820135 PUBLICITY c/o Penny Westgate 812920 MOTHERS’ UNION Margaret Matthews 825976 MAGAZINE EDITOR Sara Taylor, Provost’s House, Edgmond, TF10 8JY 810880 Email: [email protected] MAGAZINE ADVERTISING Chris Taylor, Provost’s House, Edgmond, TF10 8JY 810880 Email: [email protected] MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION Penny Hughes 813017 2 Dear Friends, It is the harvest season, although to be correct the harvest is nearly all gathered in as I write. It seems to me that the harvest is becoming earlier each year, or perhaps it’s a sign of my age that I am just used to the time scale of an earlier age. Clergy will now find themselves ploughing the fields and scattering the seeds for quite a few weeks. The harvest itself is a sign of God’s presence amongst us, and our harvest thanksgiving services are a recognition of his presence. So as harvest services are held in churches, schools, pubs, halls, it is as though the ark of the presence of God is carried into our midst, for we are acknowledging the presence and reality of God. It is God’s gifts which we remember at this time. And wherever we hold our harvest services we have tokens of those gifts all around us. I remember conducting a harvest festival in a local pub where we were surrounded by gifts of produce, and I dared not move from the corner of the bar in which I had been placed for fear of knocking down all the wonderful gifts, which were going to be given away in the village. The gifts remind us of our daily bread, and all the good things to eat which go with it. Through the beauty and colour of the flowers, we are reminded of the gifts by which our spirit is sustained. Let the gifts of our harvest remind us of the things which we take so often for granted, the comforts we enjoy, the hard work that other people do, especially the farmers, the faithfulness of those who supply our needs. Our harvest thanksgiving shows that these things are gifts – not rights, as we sometimes suppose. The harvest decorations speak of graciousness in the world as well as hard commerce. Above all they point to the gifts of a gracious God. If we recognize the presence of God amongst us then we also have to recognize his claims upon us. We do not own the world and its gifts. We are told that we are stewards of it. We are to develop the world without exploiting it. We must do all we can to ensure that the harvests of this world are properly shared around. And that means not just sharing them in our own village, for “neighbour” means so much more than those in close proximity to us. All starving people are our responsibility, to look after them for God’s sake. If we really want to say thank you to God for his goodness and bounty to us, symbolized by the harvest, then perhaps we could make a donation (the amount is up to you) to one of the agencies for famine relief and development in poorer countries. So at this harvest time let us once more come together and sing the well-loved hymns and rejoice in God’s goodness to us, and give thanks that he has once more honoured the ancient promise that “while earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.” May God bless you. Your Priest and Friend, Edward Ward 3 SERVICES IN THE OCTOBER DATE EDGMOND KYNNERSLEY PRESTON Thursday 1st 9.30 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 4th 7.45 am 10.30 am HARVEST FESTIVAL Trinity 18 Holy Communion Holy Communion 9.00 am 10.30 am Harvest Family Communion Family Communion 6.30 pm Harvest Songs of Praise Monday 5th 9.30 am St Francis of Assisi Holy Communion Thursday 8th 9.30 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 11th 7.45 am 10.30 am 10.15 am Trinity 19 Holy Communion Holy Communion Family Service 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 4.30 pm Healing Service Thursday 15th 9.30 am Holy Communion 8.30 pm Compline SUNDAY 18th 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am St Luke Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion 10.30 am Family Communion 3.30 pm Holy Communion Thursday 22nd 9.30 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 25th 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am Last after Trinity Holy Communion Family Service Holy Communion 10.30 am Sung Eucharist Wednesday 28th 9.30 am St Simon & St Jude Holy Communion Thursday 29th 9.30 am Holy Communion 4 SIX PARISHES 2015 DATE TIBBERTON GREAT BOLAS WATERS UPTON Thursday 1st SUNDAY 4th H ARVEST F ESTIVAL 10.30 am 9.15 am Trinity 18 10.30 am Morning Prayer Holy Communion Harvest Family Service Monday 5th St Francis of Assisi Thursday 8th SUNDAY 11th 9.00 am HARVEST FESTIVAL 9.15 am Trinity 19 Holy Communion 6.30 pm Said Communion Harvest Evensong Thursday 15th SUNDAY 18th 10 . 30 am 10.30 am 9.15 am St Luke Morning Prayer Holy Communion Holy Communion Thursday 22nd SUNDAY 25th 9.00 am 10.30 am 9.15 am Last after Trinity Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion Wednesday 28th St Simon & St Jude Thursday 29th 5 FROM THE REGISTERS HOLY BAPTISM 12th July at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Summer Rose and Ted Simon, daughter and son of Simon and Lesley Anne Richards. 12th July at All Saints, Tibberton – Thomas William, son of Julian and Lisa Hammond. 9th August at St Michael & All Angels, Waters Upton – Ami Elizabeth, daughter of Darren and Lisa Manning. 16th August at St John the Baptist, Great Bolas – Mila Sue Dreen, daughter of Adrian and Lisa Cartwright. 23rd August at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Olivia Ella Demet, daughter of Benjamin and Sophie Jones. 23rd August at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Abigail Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Moyden. HOLY MATRIMONY 25th July at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Benjamin Williams and Ruth Brunger. 1st August at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Scott Thomas and Danielle Woodbridge. 21st August at St Michael & All Angels, Waters Upton – Richard Tipton and Helen Morgan. FUNERALS 17th July at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Frederick (Freddie) Wilgrove. The service was followed by cremation at Telford Crematorium. 21st July at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Paul Grubert, late of Newport. The service was followed by cremation at Telford Crematorium. 4th August at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Kenneth (Ken) Brassington. The service was followed by interment in the churchyard. 12th August at St Nicholas’, Newport – Phillip Bennett. The service was followed by cremation at Telford Crematorium. 26th August at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Kenneth (Ken) Bromley. The service was followed by cremation at Telford Crematorium. 10th September at St Michael & All Angels, Lilleshall – Roy Ellison. The service was followed by interment in the churchyard. CREMATIONS 15th July at Telford Crematorium – William (Bill) Burrell. 29th July at Telford Crematorium – Brenda Hopper, late of Newport. MEMORIAL SERVICE 15th July at St Peter’s, Edgmond – William (Bill) Burrell. BURIAL 28th July at St Peter’s, Edgmond, following a service at St Chad’s, Shrewsbury – Elizabeth Bowlby. 6 BURIAL OF ASHES 17th July at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Ingrid Dora Nair, late of Sidcup, Kent. 13th August at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Carol and Frederick Wilgrove. 6th September at St Peter’s, Edgmond – the Revd Nicholas Charrington, Rector of Edgmond 1978-1991. FROM THE EDITOR I recently received a disturbing letter from an Edgmond resident, describing how she and her neighbour have been victims of egg throwing attacks on their windows, walls and doors. I simply cannot understand why anyone would inflict such mindless acts of violence on anyone. Who would deliberately cause such nuisance to the residents who have to clean it all up, let alone endure the distress of being targeted in this fashion? The letter reads “I am assuming it is a juvenile act and wonder if there are any parents short of eggs, or if residents who leave eggs out for sale and find them gone but no money left?” I hope that those who were responsible for this senseless vandalism are duly shamefaced and that it won’t be repeated in our otherwise friendly village. The next edition of the Parish Magazine and Village News will cover the month of November 2015 and the deadline for contributions is Sunday, 4th October. Please deliver your contributions in good time to me at the address on the inside front cover – or you can email them to me at [email protected]. I’m always delighted to receive your photos too (preferably by email), especially ones of people, places and events which take place in and around our villages. Don’t forget that you can also read this magazine online on both the village and church websites (addresses on the front cover).