PARISH NEWS 65p AND JANUARY 2013

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Why do the new buds drop lower and replicated Decem- and M. lomariifolia. These off my orchid? Because it’s ber levels. more common varieties will IN YOUR too wet! take full sun but prefer partial There followed an extensive shade in moist relatively fertile GARDEN Frankly the trick with moth discussion on mahonias . It humus rich soil. orchids is to find a place that seems you either love 'em or they like and leave them hate 'em! I fall into the sec- The greatest problem aired at this there! Not south facing all ond category because they was that they tend day in the sun and not behind are very prickly when weed- to get leggy, too true. They closed curtains but cool to ing and dropped leaves can can be pruned hard to the I had the honour of being guest warm with light that is not unsuspectingly attach to your ground and will regenerate speaker at St Mawes’ Garden direct. hands. However, in flower at well though you may wait a Society at the end of 2012 and this time of year, they can I couple of years for flowers, that was also very fortunate. Why do poinsettias die? admit, be spectacular, espe- therefore I recommend cutting Bearing in mind the dreadful Well there are several reasons cially if the sun shines on out about a third each year weather of November and the for this. Firstly did you get a them. until it behaves in a better ti- colder temperatures into De- good one or was it packed dier shrub like way. cember I had hardly ventured into a supermarket shelf, Mahonia is a genus of about into the garden and began to squashed in with all the oth- 70 species of evergreen Now I suspect Gerald has al- wonder what an earth I was ers, no light and no air and shrubs naturally found in ready sown his sweet peas and going to write this month- probably not much water hav- woodlands and in rocky ar- they are six inches tall, I know again! ing come out of a climate eas of the Himalaya, East Gilbert has broad beans grow- controlled greenhouse with Asia, Central and North ing away for somebody else But the good folk of St Mawes careful nurturing and then America. and I shall plant mine towards have come to the rescue. My travelling hundreds of miles the end of this month in pots in talk was about winter and in a lorry? It has everything really. At- the tunnel and I shall be on Christmas plants inside and out tractive foliage, bright and mouse watch! and the lively questions after- Poinsettias thrive on 12 hours fragrant flowers, decorative wards provoked some happy light and 12 hours dark and and also edible fruits stacked And finally, it was Douglas debate. this encourages the bracts to with vitamin c. These fruits who said to me some time ago colour up. An east facing win- give rise to its common he likes the snippets of gossip For instance, how much water dow sill is perfect for them name of Oregon grape. in this column. This month he do you give a moth orchid (not behind closed curtains at The fruit is acidic and can is the gossip! I have suggested (phaelanopsis)? Those of you night), kept just damp but not be eaten raw or cooked and I to him he doesn’t leave his that have had a plant for years wet and not in a hot room. am told by the good folk of house without an escort or probably do the watering by St Mawes delicious raw in compass. Not only was he a instinct on the ‘less is more’ Cut them back in February porridge. week late home from France basis. Very little water is the leave in a cool place, quite having fallen victim to Brit- answer and if the leaves start to dry, but not completely and However they have many tany ferries strike but last look like your fingers when you revive in late summer (or seeds and very little flesh. month he was two days late have spent too long in the bath compost it and buy a new They are of the family Ber- home from London when the then you know they need more. one, they are so cheap!). beridaceae and there is some trains stopped because of dispute amongst botanists flooding. He flew home, One lady in the audience said Exactly the same treatment of that they should be termed missed the Veryan players she drenches hers, leaves them indoor cyclamen which like berberris not mahonia. Ber- production and the bells didn’t to drain and then does it again it very cool. I had one in berin is present in the roots ring on Sunday. Moral, if when they look dry. She does- flower until July last year. of mahonia and has anti- Douglas decides to travel, stay n’t know who told her to do this They are best watered from bacterial properties, anti - at home, a disaster awaits! but of course it works. These the bottom as they succumb tumour properties and is orchids sit on the forest floor or very quickly to grey mould or used as a bitter tonic. (I am NB on tree branches and have a botrytis if the potting mixture becoming more attracted to fairly humid atmosphere (hence is too wet. this plant already!) the plastic pots they often come in) and then they are drenched Why did my Christmas cac- It was named after an Irish occasionally by tropical storms. tus flower early? political refugee Bernard There are six species of McMahon who fled to The plastic pot also allows light Schlumbergera but the two America and opened a seed to the roots as orchids have most common types are shop in Philadelphia and their roots on the surface of ‘truncata’ which flower published the American gar- forest floor debris and need Easter to Whitsun and dener’s Calendar in 1806. light to function. So don’t put ‘buckleyi’ which are so called The most popular cultivar them in a deep, dark pot but, at Christmas cactus. grown is Mahonia x media the very least, let some light to ‘Charity’, there are several the roots at the top of the pot. Many of these flowered early medias which come from the mainly because the light lev- word intermediate being a els in November were much cross between M. japonica January 2012 page 3

reluctant to keep young who would not otherwise Tudor biscuits From the children up for the Mid- do so. (As this is being Vicarage night Mass and few man- written mid-December age to get to the Christmas we don’t know how suc- Some of the children in morning service. This time cessful this was. More our school have been The image of shepherd and a service was arranged for news next month.) learning about the Tu- sheep is sometimes used to 4pm on Christmas Eve dors - Henry VIII and illustrate the relationship especially to involve the Why am I telling you all all those wives, Queen between the parish clergy younger children. this, especially if you Elizabeth and Raleigh, and the communities which have been involved? and so on. we serve. This past Advent As well as giving out Well, I am convinced that We thought it might be this image took on a sheep a nativity set was churches need to look for fun to try some slightly new meaning. made, (Blue Peter fashion) new ways of communi- Tudor recipes, and have out of plastic milk bottles, cating what we believe – discovered this one for Thanks to the knitting skills old tennis balls and scraps that God loves us uncon- ‘Tudor Biscuits’. of Ann, Marilyn and of material). Pupils from ditionally. I am also con- It comes from ‘Elinor Margery I was able to give school were involved in vinced that lay people Fettiplace’s Receipt* each child in Veryan School adding features to each of should take more of a Book: Elizabethan and the Veryan and Portloe the characters. lead in communicating Country House Cooking’ Playgroup a small knitted that message. But, per- edited by Hilary Spurl- sheep or lamb. (It was diffi- The children were invited haps, that’s another story ing (1986). The original cult to tell the difference!) to bring the Nativity set for another time. used a pound each of and their sheep to a spe- sugar and flour, 8 eggs, Some of you may wonder cial Crib Service on I wish you all a happy aniseed and coriander why. Over the past few Christmas Eve at 4 pm as new year. beaten together and years it has been noticeable a way of involving people baked in an oven ‘as hot as it is for manchet’** that parents have been in a Christmas service Fr Doug.

*receipt’ is an old word for ‘recipe’ TREVERBYN HOUSE & ** manchet’ was white bread made with yeast, TREVERBYN eaten by rich families LODGE BED & BREAKFAST & Mrs Spurling’s modern version suggests a more manageable 4 ounces of sugar beaten well with 2 SELF CATERING eggs, into which is folded 4 ounces of flour, and a ACCOMMODATION choice of flavouring. She suggests suitable ‘Tudor’ flavours:

ground coriander seeds, which have a faint citrus flavour; or caraway seeds; or rosewater; or grated orange rind

This quantity makes about 48 small biscuits, but half Tel: 01872 501201 the quantity works just as well. Email: [email protected] www.treverbyn.co.uk Drop teaspoons of the batter on a greased baking tray and bake for 8-10 minutes only in a pre-heated oven (175ºC or has mark 4 or 150ºC in a fan oven). Keep checking as they colour very quickly. Cool them on a wire tray and store in an airtight container.

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VERYAN PLAYERS

Thank goodness we were performing something with EVENTS 2013 a bit of humour in it on November 24 th , when some of our audience had to be ferried by car across the fast Burncoose Nurseries running ‘river’ outside the parish hall – we certainly needed something to lift our spirits and we are grateful at near to those who struggled to get to that performance. Open daily for Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous plants. 01209 860011 Our next offering is something completely different – a drama called “Trap for a Lonely Man” by Robert Caerhays Castle and Gardens are now closed Thomas. It is set in an isolated chalet in the French alps and is described as “a gripping psychological thriller concerning a man who has apparently lost his We re-open on 18 February 2013 wife and is rapidly losing his mind” . Sounds grisly, but in fact it is a very clever plot which has everyone WHY NOT BECOME guessing until the very end. A ‘FRIEND OF CAERHAYS’ ? For more information please contact the Estate We have had this play ‘on the stocks’ for a couple of Office. years, waiting until just the right cast came along to do it justice – which now has, and we are in rehearsal for For more information contact Enquiries on 01872 500025 our spring production. The dates are much earlier than usual, so please do not miss it. Email: [email protected]

www.thevean.co.uk www.caerhays.co.uk We perform on the last day of February and first and second days of March – yes, not even out of winter! But it will allow good time for us to prepare for our summer extravaganza – more of that anon.

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‘Hymns for and Sullivan fame, who This time she said ‘And do with a triumphant note say- wrote many other hymn you know “Advent tells us ing that a nephew had pro- Little tunes including ‘St Christ is near”?’ I had to duced the copy. The words Children’ Gertrude’ (‘Onward, admit that I didn’t. There provide a quick reminder

Christian Soldiers’). It was was great rejoicing, as she of the seasons of the Hymn books nowadays quite an emotional mem- said ‘I never thought I’d church’s year, and we seem not to have sections ory. The hymn is included get the better of you!’. reproduce them on the next ‘for the young’ or ‘for little in the Methodist ‘School page to see how many of children’ as they used to in Hymnal’ but also, amaz- I didn’t know it because I you know them! my childhood. Two distinct ingly, in ‘Mission Praise’. never went to Sunday conversations recently how- School in Veryan (or at Another verse from the ever encouraged me to in- A few days later I was Caerhays, for that matter - depths of memory reminds vestigate some of my older talking to one of my cous- my mother said that walk- us of the ‘closed season’ hymn books in search of ins who reminded me that ing 4 miles a day Monday for church weddings (now two particular hymns. at our christenings, and to Friday was enough for a no longer observed). the christenings of practi- small girl and she would The Roseland Churches’ cally every child of our not allow it on Sundays!). Choir sang choral evensong generation in Veryan, the at at the end of No- appropriate hymn was Veryan Sunday School Advent marriage doth thee vember, and the final hymn ‘Loving Shepherd of thy pupils - do you remember deny was ‘Hushed was the eve- sheep’. this one? But Hilary gives thee ning hymn’. liberty; She also remarked, ‘every Sung to the tune of ‘Gentle Septuagesima says thee Many of the choir had not time I mention a hymn or Jesus, meek and mild’, it nay heard this before, but I re- a carol you know it’. Ear- was apparently in the Mir- Eight days from Easter membered it from early lier conversations had field hymn book. says you may; days at Caerhays, and a identified such gems as A quick search among the Rogation bids thee to couple of other - local – ‘Rolling downwards music in Veryan church abstain choir members also had through the midnight’ and failed to produce a But Trinity sets thee free sung it when they were chil- ‘Like silver lamps in a ‘Mirfield’ book, but next again. dren. The lovely tune is by distant shrine’. day a copy of the hymn Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert came through my letterbox

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Advent was a time of fast- Then follows the long run of ing and abstinence, similar ‘Sundays after Trinity’ until to Lent; Septuagesima we get to Advent again. Advent tells us Christ is near; (seven weeks before Christmas tells us Christ is here. Easter) heralded the begin- And while we’re on the sub- In Epiphany we trace ning of Lent on the follow- ject of the church year, did All the glory of his grace. ing Sunday. you know that the church season or feast determines Then three Sundays will prepare The feast of St Hilary falls the colour of the altar fron- For the time of fast and prayer on 13 January and marks tal, the vestments and even That with hearts made penitent We may keep a faithful Lent. the beginning of the Hilary the bookmarks on the eagle law term. ‘Eight days from lectern? Holy Week and Easter then Easter’ is the end of the Tell who died and rose again; ‘octave’ of that feast. Advent and Lent = purple O that happy Easter Day! ‘Christ is ris’n indeed’ we say. Rogationtide falls on the Christmas and Easter = Monday, Tuesday and white, which is also used for Yes, and Christ ascended too Wednesday immediately Trinity Sunday, Harvest, the To prepare a place for you; preceding Ascension Day, church’s dedication festival So we give him special praise and was the time when and some Saints’ days (for After those great forty days.

God was asked to bless the example the Virgin Mary) Then he sent the Holy Ghost growing crops and farm On the day of Pentecost, animals: a time of prayer Whit Sunday (Pentecost) and With us ever to abide; and petitions, but also of Saints’ days = red Well may we keep Whitsuntide. ‘beating the parish bounds’. Sundays after Trinity where Last of all we humbly sing there isn’t another feast or Glory to our God and King, Trinity Sunday is cele- festival = green. Glory to the One in Three brated eight weeks after On the feast of Trinity. Amen Easter and is the first Sun- CRE day after Whit (or Pente- cost) Sunday.

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Heating in Veryan church Many of you will already know that the Victorian heating system in Veryan church has finally expired. It would be impossibly expensive to repair it, so the churchwardens and PCC are looking at new ways of providing warmth both for the congregation and to keep the fabric of the building aired.

A message from the churchwardens We then had the problem of trying to provide supple- mentary temporary heating. An assortment of electric Dear Parishioners fires provided the appearance of warmth, but not much Many of those who attended the service on 2 December else. An appeal to the DAC enabled us to obtain the will have been disappointed with the level of warmth from Archdeacon’s permission to install, as an emergency the new heaters. In fact they had only just been installed measure, 20 additional 55-watt under-pew heaters . and there was not enough time to establish an optimum operating schedule. We are working on this and we hope We would love to install many more, but at the time of that by the time you read this there will be a marked im- writing this (early December) we are already using the provement. whole of the power supply coming into the church. We have asked Western Power to tell us what it will cost to At present there are ten 500-watt under-pew heaters which provide a larger overhead cable in order to increase the have been approved by the Diocesan Advisory Committee number of temporary heaters to see us through the winter (DAC) for a trial period of just over a year. We applied for months, and of course as preparation for a whole new permission to install these with the expectation of still us- heating system. They have promised to give us an esti- ing the old oil-fired system for ‘back-up’ warmth, but with mate of the cost (and timing) after Christmas. the intention of replacing the old system in due course. Meanwhile the heating that we have will be on through- However, one of the pipes carrying water to the radiators out the Christmas and New Year period and we hope that gave way (it had already been repaired a couple of years we shall be able to supplement the current supply. ago) and an SOS call to the plumbers confirmed that the whole system was corroded and probably beyond repair, We are already investigating other forms of heating so even if we could afford the cost of restoration - and of that when we have enough money to install a new sys- taking up the church floor, pews etc. tem, we can go ahead without any delay. Solar panels may be one way forward, and we’ll keep you informed!

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HOW CAN YOU HELP? All this will cost a substan- Our church ‘100 Club’ was tial amount of money, and brought into being to help we will have to have a ma- meet an urgent need for The under-pew heaters are jor fund-raising effort. There is nothing like a funds to repair our church a temporary measure; the But the first priority is to crisis to stir us into action, windows. central support of the increase the amount of and one struck in late pews has restricted the electricity coming into the November when, on enter- When that target had been length of heater which can church! ing the church one morn- met many members agreed be used, and the power ing, a mini Noah’s Flood to continue their subscrip- supply has limited the We are contacting past and was discovered near the tions to start a fund to re- number which we can in- present subscribers to the choir stalls. Further inspec- place the antiquated heat- stall. ‘100 Club’ asking them to ing system which was one tion revealed an alarming try to recruit one more of the two next ’major’ stream of water issuing member. Details of how to needs. (the other is the from a very corroded pipe join are below, and we say roof…) beneath the floorboards. a heartfelt thank you to all our existing members.

Even if you don’t want to Even if we decide to apply become a ‘100 Clubber’, for permission to make the PCC treasurer would be these a permanent feature, delighted to receive any we will need many more, donations, and if you have as well, probably, as some any ideas for fundraising, form of background heat- the churchwardens would ing. love to hear from you! Our treasurer, Robert Pepper, can be contacted on 01872 501607 Are you a member of the Church’s ‘100 Club’?

DID YOU KNOW… That it costs around £80 A DAY to keep our church open and in reasonable repair?

Heating is one of the major elements in our annual expenditure The local, family run Nursery and we now have to find a very large sum of money to replace With home or locally grown stock

the defunct - and expensive - oil-fired system. Perennials and evergreen plants and shrubs

Cacti and succulents

We need to keep the church warm, for our regular congrega- Herbaceous plants for perennial summer colour tion , for special services and other parish functions. Exotic plants hardy within our local climate

Bedding plants for all seasons Some gentle background heat is also needed to Planting service to your own tubs or baskets, new or help maintain the building itself: a few damp patches can soon refills develop into a need for major structural restoration . Vegetable seeds, composts and plant foods

Terracotta and ornamental pots Becoming a member - or continuing your membership - of In season fresh garden produce and eggs from happy hens, the 100 Club is one way in which we can all help. and ice-cream!

National Garden Gift vouchers sold and accepted All you have to do is to pay £5 a month, and your unique mem- Garden advisory service - planning, design, sorting bership number will be entered into a monthly draw. You may problems pay by banker’s order each month (£60 a year) or annually by Planting and hard landscaping can be arranged cash or cheque in advance, which entitles you to a ‘free’ month (so you only pay £55). Full floristry service is available for funerals, weddings, parties or just your home. Cut flowers are sourced ethically from Cornwall and flower markets to suit your requirements The prize is at least a third of the income each month - so the Open 9-5 - closed Sunday afternoons more members, the larger your prize! Or ring for your personal appointment The Roseland Nursery, Trewartha Chapel, Trewartha, The application form is on page 8 - or you can pick one up Veryan TR2 5QJ tel: 01872 501825 in church - why not join us? www.theroselandnursery.co.uk

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The Veryan Flock Finally all the sheep came together and one for every child in the school was presented to r Doug on 2 Decem-

ber. After they had been admired he asked, quite casually, Devons, Black-faced Cheviots and Leicester Romney ’Had we made any for the pre-school?’ crosses are but three breeds scattered around the parish, but have no fear, Mr Quinney, these sheep will not cross with Another volunteer was needed as the first one had gone yours. They are two to three inches long and filled with down sick. Who always jumps in with offers of help? stuffing from an old cushion. Margery, of course, and with her knitting as well Fr Doug

was able to have the rest of the flock the following week.

Each one took an hour and three-quarters to knit, stitch

and stuff. Between us we had made 82, and had we sat

down and knitted for twelve hours a day it would have

taken twelve days.

The flock came about when Fr Doug asked for a volunteer to knit one sheep for each child in school. They were needed for the crib service on Christmas Eve. Another knit- ter was needed. Marilyn volunteered. The challenge was on.

Would they be finished by 3 December? Two were com- pleted on the ferry over to Ireland, another on a canal boat It was suggested that there should be a sheep dog - but I when it was raining outside. I even got up at 7 o’clock to haven’t got a pattern! complete the last few.

Ann Craven

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NOTICES & EVENTS

‘A SLOW DRINK… is better than a dry sermon…’ SCHOOL NEWS

(old Cornish saying, quoted in ‘Cornish 7th January 2013 START OF SPRING TERM Recipes Ancient and Modern’ published in1929 by the Cornwall Old Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes.) Society VERYAN SPORTS Gerrans Memorial Hall They include AND Wednesday CORNISH PUNCH SOCIAL CLUB 9 January ‘used at Levant Mine for many generations’ 7.30 pm

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Geography helped to create Living and working as part NOT a ‘land of roses’! communities by establish- of a great local estate such ing physical communica- as Trewarthenick or Caer- At a recent PCC meeting Fr It has, as readers probably tion and contact: but so did hays created communities Doug suggested that our realise, nothing to do with connections of family and which were dependent on present group of parishes roses. According to Oliver work. their employers and land- might in future need to Padel, the expert on our lords. Connections often work more closely with Cornish place names, it What about parish bounda- went further as local fami- /Cuby and the tiny derives from the Cornish ries and land ownership? lies intermarried - you’ve parish of Cornelly, thus ‘Ros’ which means a You can forget the fanciful only got to look at parish considerably extending the promontory, plus English notion of the Revd John registers to see the connec- ‘Roseland Cluster’. ‘land’. Whitaker, a former rector tions. of Ruan, that was I had many a long discus- The Oxford English Dic- ‘taken out of Ruan’: he had sion with the Revd Chris tionary defines a promon- Those of us who belong to no evidence to prove his Sheppherd when he set up tory as ‘a point of high the Veryan ‘tribe’ of Morse theory, and place name the ‘Roseland Magazine’ land jutting out into the (or Moss) are all descended evidence doesn’t suggest it. many years ago about the sea’. from the Reverend Asa ‘proper’ definition of Much of Gerrans, St Just Morse, a parson who had To my mind that means ‘Roseland’. and St Antony formed part the cure of Tregony and that parishes ‘on the prom- of the great manor of Tre- Cuby in the seventeenth He included Cuby, the for- ontory’ must have most of gear, which was owned by century, and who married mer Tregony St James, their boundaries defined the Bishops of Exeter. Chessen Kerkin of Ruan Ruan and Veryan along by salt water. Look at the Philleigh looked west to Lanihorne, so we at least with Philleigh, Gerrans, St map: Ruan and Veryan’s Carclew in Mylor, of ought to be comfortable Just and St Anthony. boundaries are land-based, whose estate it formed a with closer connections even if some are streams. The debate continues: estate part; most of Ruan, with with the neighbouring The Cornish name for agents regularly extend Cornelly and a good part of parish on our northern Philleigh was ‘EglosRos’ - ‘The Roseland’ into Veryan, belonged to the boundary! the church on the prom- Tregony and even Probus; owners of Trewarthenick. ontory. For my money, archaeologists include The remainder of Veryan CRE only four parishes qualify Caerhays in the ‘Roseland belonged to the Bodrugan to be ‘Roseland’. Heritage Coast’. family of Gorran and then No doubt there will be to Edgcumbe of Cotehele. those who disagree!

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Daytime low tides at CARNE in January

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 13.49 14.24 15.03 15.48 16.45

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 17.56 6.29 7.52 9.08 10.15 11.13 12.06

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12.55 13.38 14.18 14.54 15.30 16.07 16.52

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17.50 6.25 7.37 8.46 9.44 10.32 11.14

27 28 29 30 31 11.52 12.28 13.01 13.34 14.07

Times are GMT New moon 11 January Full moon 27 January

MELINSEY MILL is a local family business: it’s an interesting mix of working water mill, craft gallery, café and tea room. We serve morning coffee, traditional snacks and light lunches, afternoon teas and Cornish cream teas. We also sell cider, beer and wine. All our cakes, pies and pastries are home-made in the mill kitchen. is wheel-chair friendly, and welcomes dogs on leads outside. We open in April until the end of October: 10 am - 5.30 pm. Closed on Mondays until mid-June and in October. Open on Bank Holidays Telephone 01872 501049 TR2 5PX

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VERYAN PARISH CHURCH \Round the Churches... The saga of our heating con- else is singing as lustily as tinues (see pages 8 & 9 for you are; the crib service for NEWS the full ‘story so far’. children on Christmas Eve, Ruan FROM We aim to launch a major and the wonder and mys- PORTLOE appeal for funds shortly, so tery of Midnight Mass. It Lanihorne if you have any ideas on how wouldn’t happen without to raise money for this most the dedication of many We seem to be losing so important work, or - better people - the sacristan and many of our very dear still - are willing to help us sidesmen, the flower The restoration of the church friends in the parish, - contact our churchwardens, ladies, the ringers and windows is progressing well. don’t we? As you will Fr Doug or any member of singers, our readers and We have raised £4500 from all know, ‘Boy’ Gerald’s the PCC. those who help with the the appeal and events, with funeral communion and the inter- £4000 promised in grants. service was held on 3 A huge thank you to every- cessions and of course We will continue to allocate December. The Tre- one who worked so hard to Joyce and Robin who be- money raised at our 2013 lawny chapel was full to make our Christmas services tween them played for all events to this project. overflowing with family such memorable events. The the Christmas services. and friends who came to church is always beautifully I would like to remind every- celebrate and give thanks decorated, it is clean and This new year poses chal- one that money placed in Gift for Gerald’s life. Every- tidy, and we have wonderful lenges but also celebra- Aid envelopes generates an one without exception services at Christmas, with tions: the centenary of our extra 28 pence for every always said of him that something for everyone: the lovely organ, and the pound given - last year we he was ’a lovely man’. carol service, where it is pos- 200th birthday of a school had a refund of £255 from the How we shall all miss sible to ‘make a joyful noise’ in Veryan school on its ‘tax man’! him. We will arrange an whatever sort of voice you present site. PF occasion here in Portloe may have, because everyone so that we will have an opportunity to remember Detail of one of Ruan’s him. CHANGES TO SERVICES windows below - this photo- VERYAN AND PORTLOE graph helped to secure a Soup lunched continue grant from the Cornwall to provide happy get- Historic Churches Trust togethers during the win- From January 2013 the services on the Ed. ter months. The next one second and fourth Sundays will change: is on Monday 7 January at 12.30 pm. SECOND SUNDAYS JH VERYAN 11 am Eucharist

PORTLOE 10.30 am Anglican Service of the Word

FOURTH SUNDAYS VERYAN 8.30 Holy Communion [BCP] 11 am Mattins [unless a major feast]

PORTLOE 9.30 am Eucharist

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The parishes of CHURCH SERVICES FOR January Come Dancing! VERYAN and RUAN LANIHORNE Veryan Ruan Portloe

VERYAN PARISH Priest-in-Charge: Sunday 6 January EPIPHANY 10.30 am HALL The Revd Canon Douglas Robins 11 am Eucharist 9.30 am Morning Worship The Vicarage, Veryan TR2 5QA Canon Doug Holy Communion [BCP] Steve Nicholson Sundays 7 pm 01872 501618 Canon Doug 13 & 27 January contact Ann [501035] VERYAN (St Symphorian) Sunday 13 January BAPTISM OF CHRIST or Pat [501479] Parish Church 11 am Eucharist 10.30 am for details Churchwardens Revd Juliet Williams Anglican service of Mr David Elliott the Word Boswague, Tregony [501230] MEDITATION GROUP & Sunday 20 January Epiphany 3 VERYAN Mr Robin Rundle 11 am Eucharist 9.30 am 10.30 am Trevarthen Cottage Canon Doug Mattins [BCP] Morning Worship Veryan Green Canon Doug Russell Buley Third Thursday in the [500950] month 2.30 pm Sunday 27 January Epiphany 4 Hon. Secretary 11 am Mattins [BCP] 9.30 am Mr David Elliott Canon Doug Eucharist 501650 or 501565 for [501230] Canon Doug Details Treasurer

Mr Robert Pepper Sunday 3 February CANDLEMASS There is a warm welcome [501670] 11 am Eucharist 9.30 am 10.30 am for everyone and we can Organist Revd Ken Boullier Holy Communion [BCP] Morning Worship Mrs Joyce Goldie Revd Ken Boullier Roger Joll arrange transport if [501565] needed. Envelope Treasurer Mrs Marilyn Veness [501704]

PORTLOE Magazine Editor (All Saints) United Church Church Stewards Christine Edwards Miss Jeanette Blamey VERYANgalleries [501727] 1, Homeyard Homes, Veryan [501539] [email protected]

Advertisements vacancy Did you Know? Pat Raine [501479] Hon. Secretary Mrs Jeanne Hitchings We have PAINTINGS by artists such as [email protected] End Cottage, Portloe [501114] William Nash, Robin Leonard, Distribution coordinators Hon. Treasurer Jenny Wheatley and many more! Sarah Rundle and delivery team Mrs Joyce Gilbert Porthjulyan Plus beautiful Jewellery, It would be helpful if Pendower Road contributions for the Veryan ceramics, cards, and bags, magazine sent by e-mail could be [501365] sent as a Word 2003 document - perfect for gifts. attachment RUAN LANIHORNE We also paint favourite VIEWS, flowers , DEADLINES (St Rumon) Parish Church Churchwardens Portraits and MURALS

Mrs Joy Evans for a present. It takes several days’ work to Robin Hill special produce the final magazine Ruan Lanihorne Come and see us - between the two copy and disc, so we need copy [501229] usually by 16th of the previous Mrs Pat Farr Roundhouses Lambourne Barn month for inclusion in the Ruan Highlanes at VERYAN GREEN following month’s issue: occa- [501599] sionally our printing deadlines require earlier delivery of the Hon. Secretary disc. PLEASE CHECK Mrs Pat Farr DEADLINE DATE ON BACK Tues - Sat 10 - 5-30 PAGE - and early copy is Hon. Treasurer always much appreciated! Mr Clive Farr 01872 501469 [501599]

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REGULAR EVENTS The Parishes January Diary Church Rotas AllStars for ages 7-12 fort- Veryan of Veryan & Ruan nightly in Veryan School 5-

READINGS AND READERS Lanihorne 6.30 pm [contact school for Services in January details] Monday 7th

Church Services NEW SCHOOL TERM Please exchange with someone if you Brownies meet Mondays in STARTS can’t read on the day allocated. VERYAN term time, Veryan Parish Hall Parish Church of 6.15-7.30pm Monday 7th Sunday 6 January EPIPHANY St Symphorian Country Market every Friday Soup lunch, Portloe 12.30 pm Isaiah 60, 1-6 in Veryan Parish Hall Christine Edwards [727] 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Sundays: 10.30-11..30 am Ephesians 3, 1-12 11 am Parish Eucharist Tuesday 8th Sue Truscott [609] 4th Sunday 8.30 am Parish Council meets on third Veryan WI in Veryan parish Holy Communion [BCP] Monday, 7.30 pm, hall at 7 pm [page 5] 4th Sunday: 11 am Veryan Parish Hall Sunday 13 January BAPTISM Mattins [BCP] OR Eucharist committee room

OF CHRIST for special feasts Pre-school: at Sports and Wednesday 9th Isaiah 43, 1-7 PORTLOE UNITED Social club, Veryan, Mondays Old Cornwall Society Liz Wright [628] 11.15am-3 pm, Tuesday, Acts 8, 14-17 CHURCH at Gerrans Wednesday, Thursday 9.15am- 7.30 pm [page 11] Luke Dunstone [713] All Saints 1.15 pm

Methodist services 1st, 3rd & 5th Ringing Practice at Veryan : Sunday 20 January Epiphany 3 Sundays at 10.30 am 4th Tuesday most months, but Sunday 13th Isaiah 62, 1-5 2nd Sunday: Service of the Word contact 501203 for up-to-date Come Dancing Robert Pepper [670] [Anglican] at 10.30 am information in Veryan parish hall 1 Corinth. 12, 1-11 4th Sunday: Eucharist Roseland magazine delivery at 9.30 am [page 15] Coral Pepper arranged by local coordinator

RUAN LANIHORNE Roseland Youth Group meets in Social Club Tuesdays Sunday 27 January Epiphany 4 St Rumon Thursday 17th 7-9.30 pm for ages 10-14 Meditation group meets MATTINS Ezekiel 3, 22-27 1st Sunday: School open assembly : [page 15] Robin Rundle [500950] 9.30 am Holy Communion [BCP] Fridays at 9.15 am in church Philippians 3, 1-14 3rd Sunday: 9.30 am Mattins [BCP] Whist drive : every Friday, David Elliott [230] Thursday 17th Veryan Parish Hall 7.30 pm AV Readings to be provided BINGO in Sports club 7.30 pm Yoga: every Tuesday [page 11] CHANGES TO THE USUAL Veryan Parish Hall

Sunday 3 February TIMES, 10.am-12 noon CANDLEMASS FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL SERVICES WILL BE ZUMBA class: Wednesdays, Sunday 27th Malachi 3, 1-5 Veryan Parish Hall 7.30 pm ANNOUNCED IN THIS Come Dancing Blair Jobson [530288] [07739 468142] Hebrews 2, 14-18 MAGAZINE in Veryan parish hall Julia Pound [741] [page 15] FROM THE REGISTERS

Veryan Flowers and Brass BURIAL AT VERYAN

FLOWERS 26 November 2012 ADVANCE NOTICE FOR YOUR High Altar DIARIES 5 Jan Mrs H Robins Mavis Trounce aged 90 12 & 19 Jan Mrs B Carter VERYAN PLAYERS’ NEXT 26 Jan & 2 Feb Mrs J Elliott BAPTISM AT VERYAN PRODUCTION Font or Porch 5 Jan: Mrs M Veness 2 December 2012 February 28th and 1st & 2nd 12 & 19 Jan: Mrs H Betty Violet Lilly 26 Jan & 2 Feb: Mrs E Reece March DETAILS NEXT TIME daughter of Ian and Jessica Strongman BRASS: Mrs E Wright CREMATION AT PENMOUNT

Ruan Lanihorne 3 December 2012 CLEANING & FLOWERS Gerald Arthur Morse aged 83 Veryan parish website

6 Jan: Mrs Mihalop/ www.veryan.org Mrs Hamblett All local news and information ‘Parish News’ is printed by ‘Quay Side Print’ of Truro and distributed by volunteers in 20 Jan: Mrs Redley/Mrs Bowen our two parishes.. welcome: new contact is Toby 3 Feb: Mrs Abrams/Mrs Wasley Copyright in layout and design is owned by Veryan PCC. The copyright in articles submit- Robinson at the shop ted for publication remains with the authors whose permission should be sought through the editors if reproduction in any medium is contemplated. If no author is attributed the editors may not be able to reproduce items as it may not be DEADLINE FOR possible to establish the copyright status. Portloe United Church FEBRUARY MAGAZINE FLOWERS AND CLEANING Articles which have appeared in print elsewhere must have authors’ names attached and copyright clearance. see notice board 14 JANUARY January 2012 page 16