HOLY TRINITY PENPONDS REMEMBRANCE PARISH MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2020 PARISH CONTACTS Priest in Charge Rosheen Browning Extension Project Manager The Vicarage Mr Frank Burbery 37 Trethannas Gardens Church Farm , Church Road Praze -an-Beeble Penponds Camborne Camborne. TR14 0QE TR14 0LL Tel. 01209 719022 01209 831175 [email protected] Safeguarding Officer Sharon Etheridge PCC Treasurer: 01209 719852 Mr Richard Olds AssociateParish Priest Merry Meeting Farm Fr. Neil Potter Roseworthy TR14 ODS Email: [email protected] Home Tel: 01209 612680 Church Warden: Warden/Fundraising Co-ordinator Mr Philip Gilbert Ruth Beretta Jasmine Cottage Hiddenaway ” 45, Church Road Higher Penponds Road Camborne. TR14 0QE Camborne Tel. 01209 718367 07477165697 [email protected] Electoral Roll: PCC Secretary: Ruth Beretta Mrs Margaret Hosking Hiddenaway Treecot Higher Penponds Road 28, Trevarnon Lane Camborne Connor Downs 07477165697 Hayle. TR27 5DL 01736756870 / 07800767157 Office Contact: [email protected] 01209 610498 / [email protected] Follow us on Facebook: Holy Trinity Church Penponds and our pages on the website: A Church Near You 2 Remembrance Sunday November 8th 10.45 AND THE BUILD CONTINUES! Frank has decided to stand down as warden but is still devoting his time to leading our extension build—many thanks Frank! 3 SERVICES ARE RETURNING Arrangements for Banns, Marriages, Baptisms, Services, Funerals, etc. please contact Francesca Thomas (Benefice) on 07378 415166 OPEN TUESDAYS Every Tuesday throughout the year Currently Suspended HOLY TRINITY CHURCH PENPONDS Coffee Mornings in church Saturday -will resume when we are able 4 Meetings held at Barripper Chapel 7.30 - 9.00pm—3rd Monday of each month Any lady from Barripper, Penponds & Kehelland will be very welcome. £1.50 per meeting includes raffle ticket, and tea or coffee Further details from: Margaret Hosking or Sylvia Rowe (01209 716918) Services for November 2020 Sun 8th – A Service of Remembrance 10:45am (HTP) Thur 12th at 5:30pm – Evening Prayer (HTP) Sun 15th at 11am – Said Eucharist (HTP) Thur 26th at 5:30pm – Evening Prayer (HTP) Bread Maker—Still in its FISH and CHIP FRIDAY Box Will Return!!!! Excellent Condition Needs a new owner 01209 718367 Please contact Ruth on or 07477165697 07872426529 5 Dear Readers All of a sudden a great deal seems to be happening! Recently we held our first ever electronic APCM. For those who might be unsure this is the annual meeting of the PCC at which members and post holders are elected and the church’s year is reviewed. This was meant to take place in April but was postponed. At the meeting Frank stood down as warden after a much valued tour of duty and Margaret and Richard H stood down from the PCC. Margaret has of course been our secretary for the past two or three years.In each case we are very grateful for their outstanding contributions to both our church and our community. I am delighted to inform you that their involvement in our church family continues. Ruth B has agreed to take on the role of warden alongside me and Nik Browning has gen- erously offered to be our secretary as a non PCC member. The build continues. There have been some serious delays caused by the weather and the difficulties arising from building on a grave- yard. A revised plan for the foundations has been required and the hope is that they will be complete next week. The drainage system is in place and with any luck progress will now speed up. 6 We are not yet back to having services every week, Nevertheless, we have two said Eucharists per month and two midweek services as well. Please see the details on page 5. Our congregation numbers are rising and we are regularly getting into double figures even though several of our number are still having to isolate or are facing in- creased work commitments during these troubled times. By pulling together we are ensuring that our church building maintains its im- portance and relevance within our community. Our email group continues to grow and we probably number fifty or more when you take couples into account. Some members are mem- bers of our congregation whilst others are community friends with sev- eral living in exile! When we finally emerge from Covid I hope that our group will help to add to our community life as we move forward with vastly improved facilities alongside several new staff members. I’ll leave Rosheen to give details of our recent appointments but suffice to say our young families and youth should really benefit from in- creased support and encouragement in the near future. Our Harvest Festival was a great success at the beginning of the month despite the restrictions of the pandemic. The church looked lovely thanks to the generosity of our church family and the endeav- ours of Jayne who took on the task of decoration to avoid large num- bers of folk mixing in an unsafe manner. The pictures on the next page provide a flavour of the day. I was able to take a significant amount of produce to Camborne Food Bank on the following Tuesday and it was received with real gratitude from the staff there. 7 Harvest Colours 8 Our front cover depicts one of the panels on our war memorial. I don’t know how unusual it is to have the memorial in the church porch but ours is certainly the only one I know. I hope that our remembrance service will be as close to our normal event as possible and it will be good to see a good turnout, although we will need to take great care to maintain the required separation of household groups. If you haven't done so already, I recommend our Facebook, Insta- gram and web pages. These will help you keep up to date with all that is going on both here at Holy Trinity and our in cluster partner church- es. I suggest that you head to cambornecluster.org.uk and from there you will find all the links you will need. My thanks are extended to Margaret H who continues to look after our Facebook page. She posts daily prayers along with other items. 9 The winds of love Don't say goodnight with angry words You'll wish you'd never said It's hard to undo a heated row Or for anyone to forget It's always someone else's fault When things in life go wrong We need to point a finger, Where does the blame belong I've come to think the answer lies In forgiving, in finding home To live in peace, to reconcile Where the winds of love have blown Life's too short to fall apart And too long to be alone The winds of love, the winds of love, Oh show me where the winds of love have blown Sometimes it seems, when I look at this world No one knows where the winds of love have blown Don't say goodnight with hateful thoughts As you lie down in your bed For tomorrow, when you wake up You'll regret the things you said Please don't leave without making up Do not let our friendship end 'Cos everyone needs a friend in life Yes, everyone needs a friend I've come to think the answer lies In forgiving, in finding home To live in peace, to reconcile Where the winds of love have blown Life's too short to fall apart And too long to be alone Written By Paul Beretta THEN We hustled and bustled We scurried and worried We cooked and we cleaned We washed and we ironed We never stood still Then a guest came to stay, not welcome we say! NOW We sit and we think We watch the sun rise We see the moon beams We hear the wind whistle We feel the soft rain We sit and we think, and thank God we’re alive. Anne Olds Rosheen Writes.. November 2020 “Remember, remember the 5th of November…” This is a month to look back as well as forward. Looking back over the year and events in the past now consigned to history; and looking forward to Christmas and a New Year. Remembering is an important part of our human story. It helps us know who we are and where we’ve come from, it helps to root us spiritually and orders our mind. Remembering things to be thankful for, the people and places we’ve seen who have given us joy and remembering prayers an- swered are all things which improve our mental well-being and keep us aware of when God has been present. We learn from the past and it informs our future. Remembering those we loved and see no longer, those who have died and gone before us, is also important. We carry the memories and pass their story on for others to share and remember too. This year it is particularly poignant that we take time to pause and remember because we may have not been able to attend a funeral or say a proper good-bye to someone due to the restrictions of lockdown and the risk of infection. You may wish to take some time this month to pause and bring to mind the memories you cherish. This year we cannot gather as we used to to mark Remembrance Sunday so everyone is invited to visit the war memorial outside their church in their own time. Any day leading up to 11th November you can visit Camborne Church, All Saints Tuckingmill, Treslothan Church or even the memorial on the Plan in Praze-an-Beeble.