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]

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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!

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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. Pause for your own 2 minute silence and leave a token of your visit, a pebble painted with a poppy. You can leave your for- get-me-not pebble there too, to remember those who have been working on the new frontline and are still fighting the virus, or those who died of Covid- 19.

As we look ahead to an uncertain future, to the possibility of a quiet Christ- mas and a new year that holds little hope of changes in restrictions we can still hold on to the mystery of our faith. Every time we celebrate holy com- munion we remember that “Christ has died, Christ is risen and Christ will come again”. Christ defeated death and lives today, he is present with us in all our trials. He heals past hurts and failures and puts us back together again (re-membering!). By remembering what God has done for us we can remain hopeful no matter what the passing of time brings.

With restricted access to our grounds it would be best to leave the peb- bles at my front door—I can place them in readiness for 8th. Philip

Morwenna has provided a picture of the last Autumn colour in her garden—looks lovely doesn’t it?

Rosie Lewis contacted me recently offering her gratitude to those who maintain the churchyard. I thought I would publish her thoughts as they mirror those of many others who visit our grounds. As ever my thanks to all those who give of their time and energy to make the churchyard such a lovely place to visit. If all goes to plan by Spring the build will be complete and peace will reign once more.

Philip

Hi. We recently visited Penponds churchyard to tend the grave of my grandparents and parents. As we live in Leicestershire and come to Cornwall only once a year at most, we loaded the car with long handled and short handled shears, various other gar- den tools and even some weed killer. We should have known that thanks to the efforts of those at the church none of these were necessary. As usual, the churchyard was well mowed and maintained, and apart from removing a small weed or two, we had only to place the flowers on the grave. A huge thank you to all those involved. We appreciate the upkeep very much. Unfortunately, due to the understanda- ble covid restrictions on the weekly opening of the church, we couldn't go inside, but saw the area where the use- ful extension is planned. Another exam- ple of the enterprise of the church com- munity. Penponds is fortunate to have such a supportive team.

Please pass this on to anyone involved.

Best wishes Rosemary Lewis

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A Very Worthy Cause

This year, as with all other Agricultural Shows, our big annual Parish event did not take place. This means that Camborne Show Society was not able to donate the an- nual offering of Premature Baby Hats to our local Neo Natal ward at Treliske. So, I wonder if anyone reading this would like to help? The pattern is printed below so check your yarny stash for baby yarn and get knitting! Let me know when you have a hat or two to be delivered to the NeoNatal unit (contact 01209 831670)

PREMATURE BABY HAT Yarn; Baby DK - any acrylic easy wash, but not plain white, please do not use wool yarn. One or more colours may be used. ½oz (15gm) is sufficient for this pattern. (baby yarn 4ply used double may be substituted) Needles; pair of 3.25mm (old size 10) Pattern; garter st throughout Cast on 28sts *1st row K 2nd row K 20 turn, K to end 3rd row K 22 turn, K to end 4th row K 24 turn, K to end 5th row K 26 turn, K to end 6th row K to end* Repeat from * to * 9 times (10 repeats in all) Finish off Make up; join cast off edge to cast on edge, run yarn through row ends on short side, pull up and secure. Turn up brim approx 25mm or 1˝. Note; use any suitable techniques e.g. grafting to make a neater hat. As you can see from the photos, I made one hat in ten different colours using up even the very short lengths of yarn. Have fun making yours in the knowledge its going to keep one Early Baby warm and cosy.

Linda

11 This is the memorial to Lionel Theodore, Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service who died from an illness contracted while on active service in the Great War. He actually died in 1919. It is his grave that entitles us to display the Commonwealth Graves plaque at our front gate.

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WEEKLY BIBLE READINGS Nos. 1 & 2 refer to 1st & 2nd readings i.e. 1= O.T 2=N.T

DATE READERS READINGS

1st November 1: Revelation 7. 9-end All Saints Day 2: 1 John 3. 1-3 Celebrant: Matthew 5. 1-12

8th November 1: Ruth Wisdom of Solomon 6. 12- 3rd Sunday before Ad- 2: Paul 16 vent Celebrant: NP 1 Thessalonians 4. 13-end Remembrance Sunday Matthew 25. 1-13

15th November 1: Frank Zephaniah 1. 7, 12-end 2nd Sunday before Ad- 2: Evelyn 1 Thessalonians 5. 1-11 vent Celebrant: OS Matthew 25. 14-30

22nd November 1: Ezekiel 34. 11-16, 20-24 Sunday next before 2: Ephesians 1. 15-end Advent Celebrant: Matthew 25. 31-end

29th November 1: Isaiah 64. 1-9 1st Sunday of Advent 2: 1 Corinthians 1: 3-9 Celebrant: Mark 13. 24-37

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In our Parish but Where?

Last month’s puz- zle depicted Fore Street Penponds

Here is this month’s offering

14 More From Harvest PENPONDS HOMEGUARD Photo courtesy of David Saunders

Richard H who will be playing The Last Post at this year’s act of re- membrance

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This year has been for us all one we will never forget. For many it has been a time of unexpected grief and for all a time of great change and adjustment to a new way of living. But has it been all bad? During our time of being unwell it has given us an opportunity to think about things and reflect and I thought I would like to share some of my thoughts and experiences with you all. Right at the start of our lockdown Richard was in hospital and Hilary was staying with me and working from here. This meant adopting a completely different way of life from my old routine. Was that so bad? My days started quite early as I had Izzy to attend to, and wow what a lovely greeting I had from the birds around the Farm yard. With traf- fic noise in the past I have certainly not heard them so clearly. After Hilary had finished her work each day we walked the fields for our daily exercise along with Izzy. She of course loved this and we were able to look at the countryside in a different light as we then had more time to see what was going on around us. Fields to either side of our house were planted with potatoes. Of course it looked as if nothing was in them for a few weeks but then suddenly sprigs of leaves appeared and we knew the potatoes were growing. One field we walked looked as if it was just full of weeds for a while then we noticed some shoots appearing and with good husbandry from our nephew the weeds faded and a crop of corn was harvested from it in the summer. Admittedly this was not of great yield as with much corn this year, due to sunshine and rain arriving at the wrong time, but at least it produced something. In the past we would just have taken all this for granted but this year we had time to take more interest in it than before. Once Hilary went home and Richard was home from hospital another new routine was put into place. By this time I was unwell also, so there was no walking for us but we sat in the car in our grass field where we could see almost daily, the potatoes growing. This was also a fun time in some ways as we watched each day the antics of our neigh- bours Alpacas in the valley. When better and out of lockdown we were able to visit them and see them close up. What haughty animals they look but quite friendly. Sad as we are, we also liked watching the trains as they passed along the top of the valley on the main line to Penzance. We could have writ- ten a timetable by the end of it all! Having been brought up in an agricultural area and in the farming com- munity, where my dad was a farmer’s son and my two uncles farmed this was a natural environment for me. Then being married for almost fifty years to a farmer I suppose you begin to take cropping for granted. This year though it was much different. As soon as we were able to get out and about, every afternoon we went in search of different crops. Actually this usually amounted to potatoes, followed by corn and then greens. I became fascinated at how quickly the crops were growing especially if we did not look at the same fields on a daily basis. I guess the weath- er was right for them and like Topsy they grew and grew. No sooner was the field harvested than the next crop was planted and my how they grew as well. Until again, they were harvested. I suppose you take things for granted and do not watch what is going on about you and become complacent as this has all been a part of life for you but not this year. I have looked at the cropping in a completely different light. With great wonder. Now I see that the fields on our farm near to the house that had pota- toes and corn in them have been planted again this time with modules of Spring Greens but now they are not growing as fast as of course it is colder and there is less strong sunlight. So maybe we have had a hard time and life has become different for us this year and very difficult at times but it has made me appreciate the wonder of nature far more. I have looked at life around me in a very different perspective.

Anne O

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” Forget We Lest “

Graves War I War World