SS PETER & PAUL, HATHERN

No.483 – MAY 2020

Hathern Church is a member of the & Hathern Team Ministry. Clergy and Church Members work together throughout the united Benefice. Enquiries regarding Marriages and Baptisms should be directed to Sue Hack, our Benefice Administrator, who is available on Tuesday & Thursday mornings between 10:00am and 1:00pm on 01509 678 966 or [email protected]

WHO TO CONTACT Team Rector Revd Lauretta Wilson [email protected] The Rectory, 24 Nottingham Road, Kegworth, Derby 678 966 Team Vicar Revd Louise Corke [email protected] The Rectory, Presents Lane, Belton, 07549 027 923 Licensed Reader Mrs Sue Hack, 46 Road, Hathern 844 174 Church Warden Mrs Rosemary Worsfold, 33 Green Hill, Hathern 842 585 Deputy Warden Tony Croft, 32 Narrow Lane, Hathern 842 634 PCC Lay Chair Mrs Jan Leivers, 11 Green Hill Rise, Hathern 843 440 PCC Secretary Mrs Jill Bennett, 48 Wide Lane, Hathern 553 644 PCC Treasurer Mrs Linda Wigley, 32 Nightingale Avenue, Hathern 843 744 Safeguarding Mrs Sue Hack, 46 Shepshed Road, Hathern 844 174 Tower Captain Tony Croft, 32 Narrow Lane, Hathern 842 634 Mothers’ Union Mrs Linda Wigley, 32 Nightingale Avenue, Hathern 843 744 Magazine Editor John Worsfold, 33 Green Hill, Hathern [email protected] 842 585 www.aChurchNearYou.com/Hathern-St-Peter-St-Paul/ www.facebook.com/HathernChurch/

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DUE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, HATHERN CHURCH REMAINS LOCKED AT THE TIME OF PRINTING

LETTER FROM THE CLERGY TEAM This was written in early April; by the time you read it, our circumstances may well have changed. (No, they haven’t, Ed)

From where I sit to write this on a sunny April morning I can see my Belton 2020 calendar of Hidden Gems. Here is today’s photograph (taken by Katherine Smith), a telephone kiosk situated in Belton market place. Of course, the telephone within has long gone! And haven’t we moved on since the days of the phone box? With the endless creativity of designers and technicians over the years, we now have far more sophisticated (and more choice of) ways to stay in touch. What hasn’t changed at all is the act of staying in touch. Right now, it is a high priority with the shutdown and physical isolation of our communities. We may text, ring, video call, message, zoom skype, post, wave through the window ….. however we do it, it is a priority in this new world of isolating. We keep in touch to find out how people are and we keep in touch to remember who we are, where we belong. Reassuringly, just as I am writing this, my neighbour has texted me to check I am ok! What has been particularly cruel with COVID-19 is that in many cases people are denied the opportunity to remain in contact with loved ones as they approach death’s door. Events turn so quickly, especially if a person goes into hospital, that there is no time to linger with last words of love or thanks, of assurance or memories shared. This, at its most desperate, reveals our desire to hear and to be heard, to treasure and to be treasured. So, even if your family are driving you up the wall at the moment and you long for solitude; even if you feel stranded; even if you are exhausted: listening, laughing, reflecting, realising, understanding, speaking, processing, noticing, loving is how we make sense together. It is how we are repaired as individuals and as a community. I hope you stay in touch. Rev. Louise Corke

Bigamy is having one wife too many – monogamy is the same! – Oscar Wilde

NO SERVICES ARE PLANNED FOR MAY 2020 but you may like to keep up to date with the readings set for the month.

READINGS FOR MAY

st nd SUNDAY 1 READING 2 READING GOSPEL

3rd 4th Sunday of Easter Acts 2:42-end 1 Peter 2:19-end John 10:1-10 10 th 5th Sunday of Easter Acts 7:55-end 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14 17 th 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 17:22-31 1 Peter 3:13-end John 14:15-21 24 th 7th Sunday of Easter Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14,5:6-11 John 17:1-11 31 st Day of Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23 7th Jn Trinity Sunday Isaiah 40:12-17,27-end 2 Corinthians 13:11-end Matt 28:16-20

A wife comes home “I’ve just won a couple of million on the lottery” she announces “Get packed” “Brilliant news! Shall I pack for hot or cold, dear?” asks her husband. “Don’t much mind, dear” she says “Just be out of this house by nine o’clock tonight!”

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WEATHER REPORT FOR HATHERN HATHERN OLD CRICKET CLUB 200 CLUB

MARCH March 2020 Draw £20 - Nr 5 - Pete Bewley Rainfall : 40.5mm (1.6") £5 - Nr 31 - Ruth Attridge Max. Temp : 16.6 C; Min. Temp : -2.3C

FEBRUARY Rainfall : 200mm (7.9") Max temp : 12.8 C, Min temp : -2.3 C

FIVE TIMES MORE RAIN fell in February than in March!

Artist “Please let me have your opinion of my latest work” Critic “It’s worthless” Artist “I know, but I’d like to hear it anyway!”

THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF A POSTER FOUND IN A CHURCH IN FRANCE When you enter this church it may be possible that you hear 'the call of God'. However, it is unlikely that He will call you on your mobile. Thank you for turning off your phones. If you want to talk to God, enter, choose a quiet place and talk to Him. If you want to see Him, send Him a text while driving away.

How many men does it take to change a toilet roll? Nobody knows – it’s never happened before!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: HATHERN CHURCH EVENTS ODD JOBS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE

(PERHAPS!) ANY MAINTENANCE JOB UNDERTAKEN Friday 3rd July

Lunch@Church Saturday 11 th July INTERIOR / EXTERIOR Afternoon Tea PAINTING Friday 24 th July Lunch@Church FENCE ERECTING AND Friday 28th August REPAIRS Lunch@Church Friday 25th September MINOR ROOF REPAIRS Lunch@Church Saturday 26th September GUTTER REPAIRS AND Bring ‘n’ Share Supper with Film Night CLEANING 2021 (DEFINITE!!) Saturday-Sunday 26th -27th June FASCIAS AND SOFFITS Open Gardens SLAB LAYING

ANNUAL OPENING IF YOU HAVE A JOB NOT ON THIS LIST, GIVE ME A CALL AND SEE IF I CAN HELP OF CHILDREN’S SOCIETY BOXES CALL KEVIN ON Thank you for supporting 01509 731833 OR 07862 258175 the Children’s Society.

We have sent them £461.20

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PANISH FLU , also known as the 1918 FLU PANDEMIC , elderly, while younger, healthier people recovered was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. easily. The second wave of the 1918 pandemic was SSpanning the end of the Great War, it lasted from much more deadly than the first. By August, when the January 1918 to December 1920. In three waves, it second wave began in France, Sierra Leone, and the infected 500 million people – about a quarter of the United States, the virus had mutated to a much more world's population at the time. The death toll is deadly form. October 1918 was the month with the estimated to have been anywhere from 17 million to 50 highest fatality rate of the whole pandemic. million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one The increased severity has been attributed to of the deadliest pandemics in human history., with a the circumstances of the First World War. In civilian life, death toll greater than that of the Great War. natural selection favours a mild strain. Those who get To maintain morale, World War I censors very ill stay at home, and those mildly ill continue with minimized early reports of illness and mortality in their lives, preferentially spreading the mild strain. In the Germany, the , France, and the United trenches, natural selection was reversed. Soldiers with a States. But newspapers in neutral countries were free to mild strain stayed where they were, while the severely ill report the epidemic's effects. Spain was one of these were sent on neutral countries and the stories created a false crowded trains impression of Spain as especially hard hit. This gave rise to crowded to the name Spanish flu. But no-one knows, with any field hospitals, certainty, the pandemic's geographic origin, with spreading the varying views as to its location. deadlier virus. However, the major UK troop staging and So the second hospital camp in Étaples in France has been theorized wave began, as being at the centre of the Spanish flu. In late 1916 and the flu the Étaples camp was hit by the onset of a new disease quickly spread with high mortality that caused symptoms similar to the around the world again. Consequently, during modern flu, and a similar outbreak occurred in March 1917 at pandemics, health officials pay particular attention to army barracks in Aldershot. Military pathologists later where the virus reaches places with social upheaval, recognized these early outbreaks as the same disease looking for deadlier strains of the virus. as the 1918 flu. The overcrowded camp and The British prime minister, David Lloyd George, hospital was an ideal site for the spreading of a was being presented with the keys to the city of respiratory virus. The hospital treated thousands of Manchester in September 1918, and during the victims of chemical attacks, and other casualties of evening, he developed a sore throat and fever, and war, and 100,000 soldiers passed through the camp collapsed. He spent the next 10 days confined to a every day. It also was home to a piggery, and poultry sickbed in Manchester Town Hall, too ill to move and was regularly brought in for food supplies from with a respirator to aid his breathing. Newspapers surrounding villages. underplayed the severity of his condition for fear of The close presenting the Germans with a propaganda coup, but, quarters and according to his valet, it had been “touch and go”. massive troop After the lethal second wave struck in late movements of 1918, new cases dropped abruptly – almost to nothing World War I after the peak in the second wave. It is thought that hastened the either doctors became more effective in prevention pandemic, and treatment of the pneumonia that developed after and probably the victims had contracted the virus or that the 1918 both increased virus mutated extremely rapidly to a less lethal strain, a transmission and augmented mutation. The war may common occurrence with influenza viruses where there also have increased the lethal nature of the virus. Some is a tendency for pathogenic viruses to become less speculate that the soldiers' immune systems were lethal with time, as the hosts of more dangerous strains weakened by malnourishment, as well as the stresses of tend to die out. combat and chemical attacks, increasing their Some have argued that the virus helped tip the susceptibility. balance of power in the latter days of the war towards Regarded as one of the deadliest pandemics the Allied cause. The viral waves hit the Central in history, the latest estimate of the total dead is about Powers before the Allied powers and both morbidity 17 million, though this has been contested as being far and mortality in Germany and Austria were too low, up to 100 million has been postulated. With a considerably higher than in Britain and in France. world population of 1.8 to 1.9 billion, this corresponds to Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates a death rate of between 1% and 6% of the population. that resulted from the epidemic, the Spanish flu began This flu killed more people in 24 weeks than HIV/AIDS to fade from public awareness over the decades until killed in 24 years. The Black Death, which lasted much the arrival of news about bird flu and other pandemics longer, killed a much higher percentage of the world's in the 1990s and 2000s. The Spanish flu was the first of then smaller population. two pandemics caused by the H1N1 influenza virus; The first wave of the flu had resembled typical THE SECOND WAS THE SWINE FLU IN 2009. flu epidemics; those most at risk were the sick and

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LUNCH@CHURCH Caroline Exon

on the 4 ththth Friday of each month Complementary Therapy 12:0012:00----1:30pm1:30pm Light Lunch --- 2 Courses

£3 per course Tel: 07546402709 Have both for £5

Next Dates: Body Massage - various 3rd July Full Body – 75 minutes - £30 24 th July Back Only – 30 minutes - £20 28 th August Stress Buster – 60 minutes – £25 25 th September Reflexology - £25

Indian Head Massage - £20 We’re still collecting gifts of food for the Thai Foot Massage - £20 CARPENTER’S ARMS Hopi Ear Candle Treatment - £20 You can help by bringing your gift to Gift Vouchers available The Worsfold’s e.g. Birthdays, Anniversaries, “Thank you”s 33 Green Hill I am based in Sutton Bonington.

Mobile service is available for some treatments, however an We’ll see it gets there! extra charge may be made depending on distance. Thank you.

Caesar was watching the Christians being thrown to the lions. He turns to his guests in the imperial box and says “You know what I like best about this?” “No, Caesar” they all dutifully reply. “It’s the only sport where there’s no pitch invasion!”

MAGAZINE ITEMS FOR JUNE TO JOHN WORSFOLD BY FRIDAY 15th MAY You can send details as an attachment by email to [email protected]

MISSING YOUR MARMALADE??

Because the church is locked, access to the books and marmalade is non-existent. But we DO HAVE MARMALADE available . If you’d like some, please contact Rosemary and it can be collected (and paid for!) at 33 Green Hill (the house with the yellow doors!) Ring her on 01509 842 585 or email her at [email protected]

That money talks I’ll not deny, I heard it once, it said “Goodbye”!

A BATTLING TESTIMONY Christian boxer Tyson Fury gave thanks to God after being crowned the WBC heavyweight champion in Las Vegas recently. Nicknamed the Gypsy King, he defeated Deontay Wilder in a hugely publicised world title rematch at the MGM Grand Arena. Speaking in an interview after the iconic match, Fury spoke of his faith in God: "First and foremost I want to say thank you to my Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ” he said. "Those who bring evil against me will not prosper, those who stand in the dark can never come into the light. All praise be to the one and only true God, Jesus Christ.”

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The Pope is driving through a small town, and the local dignitaries all line up in full regalia to welcome him. The Mayor is desperate for a word from the Pope but he drives past them all to the end of the line, gets out of his limousine, puts his hand on the tramp’s shoulder and murmurs in his ear, before driving off. “Of course” thinks the Mayor “that’s what Jesus would have done” so he hastens down the back of the line, where he slips the tramp a few quid and they exchange clothes. The next day, the Pope is on the return journey and again drives down the line, and again gets out to speak to the Mayor who is beside himself! With a hand on his shoulder, the Pope murmurs in his ear “I thought I told you to  off yesterday!

VALUES AND BELIEFS “We need a set of values and beliefs to guide us.” These words give a flavour of the maiden speech in the House of Commons by Danny Kruger, a new MP .

At the end of his speech he said, “I want to finish on a more abstract issue but I think it’s one that we’re going to find ourselves debating in many different forms in this Parliament. It’s the issue of identity, of who we are, both as individuals and in relation to each other. Traditionally, we had a sense of this. We are children of God, fallen but redeemed, capable of great wrong but capable of great virtue. And even for those that didn’t believe in God there was a sense that our country is rooted in Christianity, that our liberties derive from the Christian idea of absolute human dignity. And today these ideas are losing their purchase. So we are trying to find a new set of values to guide us, a new language of rights and wrongs, and a new idea of identity, based not on our universal inner value, or on our membership of a common culture, but on our particular differences. “And I state this as neutrally as I can because I know that good people are trying hard to make a better world, and I know that Christianity in the Western past is badly stained by violence and injustice. But I’m not sure we should so casually throw away the inheritance of our culture. There is so much to be positive about. I share the Prime Minister’s exuberant optimism about the future, but we need a set of values and beliefs to guide us. As we advance at speed into a bewildering world where we are forced to ask the most profound questions about the limits of autonomy and what it means to be human, we may have reasons to look about for the old ways and seek wisdom in the old ideas which are in my view entirely timeless.”

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DUE TO CORONAVIRUS ------It’s a fun thing------to do, it’s really great------socially as we meet the other garden-openers over food and drink, and you OPENget lotsGARDENS of genuine interest 2021 in what you’ve created in your own,will usually be on secret, place.

SATURDAY &We SUNDAY already have 26 TH several & 27 TH gardens JUNE signed up for this year, why not join them? Contact John on 842 585 or email him at [email protected]

CARING SOCIETY

When ever I ring up, I get this reply: It's always the same when they put you on hold: "Customer services- How may I help you?" Our lines are all busy, You're held in a queue", And when I have told them, they cheerfully cry: And, lest there be doubt, it's repeated tenfold: "Bear with me, would you? I'll just put you through." "Our lines are still busy, you're still in a queue."

It could be the gas board, it could be BT, And so I just sit and I fume and I fret. It could be the council concerning the tree, Is it worth hanging up? It's a pretty fair bet It could be the dealer about the new car, That someone will answer me, just as I do. Or a medical query that's rather bizarre- And next time I'll go to the back of the queue "Bear with me, I'm putting you through." And once again hear that familiar coo: "Customer services- How may I help you?.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK - 10 th to 16 th May

The usual envelopes will not be available and collections will not be taking place this year, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. You can still support the vital work that Christian Aid are famed for by donating online:

https://www.christianaid.org.uk/appeals/key-appeals/christian-aid-week?

The circus came to town and, when all was set up, the ring master popped into the local for a beer. He was amazed to see everyone crowded around an upturned pop and a duck dancing on the top. He called the barman over and, after some negotiation, he bought the duck (and the pot) for £1,000. But next night, he was back in the local, complaining that the duck wasn’t dancing, and wanting to get his money back. “That’s odd” said the barman but then his face lit up “Did you remember to light the candle under the pot?”

HATHERN BAND

REGRETS TO ANNOUNCE THAT ALL THEIR EVENTS AND CONCERTS ARE CANCELLED FOR APRIL (including the Church’s Concert scheduled for 25 th April), MAY AND JUNE.

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COVID-19 KEGWORTH AND HATHERN BENEFICE OF CHURCHES

Due to the number of people falling sick with COVID-19, we recognise that we must do everything we can to prevent the spread of infection and save lives.

So, as well as public worship being suspended, this and all church buildings in the Church of have been closed.

Our worship of God and our care for each other continue but cannot be done in our church building, but there are other ways.

YOU CAN JOIN OUR WORSHIP ONLINE AS WE CONTINUE OUR DAILY AND SUNDAY SERVICES Our Facebook Page contains details of how to join others online for prayer, worship, study, and community life. See:

https://www.facebook.com/KegworthHathernBenefice/

and “like” and “follow” it to receive notifications.

The vicars and the churchwarden of this church can be reached by contacting:

Rev Lauretta Wilson 01509 678966 07840 753202 [email protected]

Rev Louise Corke 07549 027923 [email protected]

Rosemary Worsfold 01509 842585

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