PARISH MAGAZINE Lowdham with Caythorpe and Gunthorpe
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The PARISH MAGAZINE for Lowdham with Caythorpe and Gunthorpe JUNE 2020 No: 1061 Price 60p Parish Directory All non-prefixed numbers are Nottingham (0115) Lowdham with Caythorpe and Gunthorpe Vicar Revd. Anna Alls 07535 017591 [email protected] Curate Revd. Simon Jones 07484 635886 [email protected] Reader David Moore 9664938 [email protected] Churchwardens Julian Banks 9664959 [email protected] Jan Hewitt 9664096 [email protected] PCC Secretary Jo Simson 9663223 [email protected] PCC Treasurer David Moore 9664938 [email protected] Church Flowers C Baggaley 9663734 Bell Ringers Frank Berridge 9663209 Parish Administrator Tracey Akehurst 9652114 [email protected] For all enquiries, including weddings, baptisms and funerals please contact the Parish Administrator Tracey Akehurst, shown above. Lowdham Village Website: www.lowdham-pc.gov.uk Indep. Primitive Methodist www.lowdhamchapel.com Richard White-Watts 9665404 Parish Council Clerk Bill Banner 9335921 [email protected] Community Room bookings Bill Banner 9335921 [email protected] Village Hall bookings Jacky Hoare 9663596 [email protected] Headteacher, CofE School Ben Waldram 9663358 www.lowdhamprimaryschool.co.uk District Councillors Roger Jackson 9665355 [email protected] Tim Wendels 07866 733605 Caythorpe Village Website: www.caythorpenottspc.org.uk Parish Council Clerk Kathryn Price 01949 850637 [email protected] Memorial Hall bookings David Burder 9664383 [email protected] Gunthorpe Village Website: www.gunthorpenottspc.org.uk Parish Council Clerk Yvonne Greenfield 07788 435857 [email protected] Village Hall bookings Paul Jeffery 07966910201 [email protected] Headteacher, CofE School Mrs Claire Bills 9663481 www.gunthorpeschool.co.uk Magazine Team Chair Julian Banks 9664959 [email protected] Treasurer / Advertising Brian Livermore 9663964 Lowdham Main Distributor Rodney Savage 07986 006254 [email protected] Gunthorpe Main Distributor Brian Livermore 9663964 Caythorpe Main Distributor Marian Potter 9663648 Editor Dawn Fearn Wood 07904 983892 [email protected] DEADLINE DATE FOR THE JULY ISSUE: FRIDAY 19TH JUNE. Please send contributions to Dawn Fearn Wood: [email protected] or hand in to a member of the magazine team, or telephone 07904 983892. Views & opinions of contributors to this magazine are not necessarily those of the editorial team. PARISH LETTER Hands up if you're beginning to feel restless? We've been in lockdown now for most of March, all of April and part of May, and most of us have been advised to stay inside for a while longer yet. I am certainly feeling restless, while the rest of the family seem to have a desire to return to some kind of normality, but the truth is, every time we try to imagine that reality we get stuck. I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, these are strange times. Most of us are yearning to see our family. Some are chomping at the bit to get back to work. We're missing birthdays, weddings are postponed and funerals are inaccessible for all but the closest family. We want our normal life back. The familiar is comforting and safe, we know what time things happen and what we need to wear, we know who to expect and how they will behave. The familiar is easy and allows us to relax. However I think we are now beginning to realise that, until we have a vaccine, coronavirus is going to be a predominant feature in all of our lives: the way we travel, work, socialise and worship will be affected and different. It seems to me that we are on a seesaw; on one side is all that we know and enjoy and on the other are new things that we don’t yet know or appreciate. We're currently teetering in the middle, desperately trying to stay with all that we know while it becomes ever more obvious that we're actually going to come down to earth with a bump on the side of strange new things. There is much for us to worry about. I confess I have had moments of sheer panic over the last few weeks, but we cannot change this situation, we can only follow the guidance and stay as safe as possible. To stay as safe as possible means there will be changes to our daily lives, some temporarily, but some might be permanent. continued Page 1 PARISH LETTER - CONTINUED For now we will continue to meet virtually. Our church buildings remain closed, but the church is definitely alive and well. However there will be some changes that acknowledge a return to work and school for some, and the need to meet differently if we're in this for the long haul. Please continue to love one another and support one another as you have been, if anyone is struggling do let me or Simon know, they don’t have to be church members, we're happy to support the wider communities too. And I’d love to hear how you're doing so do drop me an email or give me a ring and let me know how life is for you and your loved ones, and continue to pray for me as I navigate these strange times. There is much that we don’t know and there is much we cannot plan but I am sure of this, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, forever (Hebrews 13:8). I have said it many times over the last few weeks, but I need the daily reminder that while our world changes, our needs change, our worship may change and the way we gather may change, our faith is in the one who lived and died for us and who rose again overcoming the darkness of death forever. Jesus does not change. Revelation 12:13 tells us He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Even the Psalms include the reminder that He is eternal (Psalm 90:2) from everlasting to everlasting, the imagery is there all the way through scripture. Our God is with us. Amen Love Anna Sundays in June 2020 • 7th: Trinity Sunday • 14th Trinity 1 • 21st: Trinity 2 • 28th: Trinity 3 Page 2 Please stay safe, practise social distancing, continue to pray, and love one another. The Benefice of Burton Joyce, Bulcote & Stoke Bardolph with Lowdham, Caythorpe & Gunthorpe Coronavirus update Our church buildings continue to be closed until further notice. We are aware that this is a very difficult time. To keep you updated as much as possible, as well as enable you to worship and pray at home, we are providing a number of online/ email resources and information. A Church Near You/ St. Mary’s, Lowdham Anna is on Facebook Live to broadcast mid-day prayers, Bible reading and reflection. Find her live at Revd Anna every day at noon. St. Mary’s Church, Lowdham The Benefice Newsletter. A weekly update with information and resources. If you would like to be included on the email distribution list please contact Tracey, the Parish Administrator. Prayer Meeting. Anna is hosting a prayer meeting via Zoom at 8.00p.m on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Please contact Anna for more Information. Reach Out. Would you value a regular chat with someone on the phone or by email? Or could you volunteer to talk to someone? Please contact Tracey, the Parish Administrator, for more information. Page 3 Welcome to our 2nd online version! MAGAZINE NOTES To All Local Groups and Contributors: We welcome all submissions for inclusion in our magazine. Please keep sending your reports, articles, points of interest or notices as early in the month as possible but no later than our Copy Deadline Date, of FRIDAY 19TH JUNE for the JULY EDITION, as shown on the inside front cover. Please send articles to Dawn Fearn Wood, email: [email protected]. We are following Government and Church of England guidance and advice with regard to the deliveries of paper/ magazines representing a transmission risk of COVID 19 to both our volunteers and those receiving magazines. We have therefore stopped deliveries until further notice, but it is now available online for those who can view it or download it. Julian Banks - Chair of The Magazine Team Notable Dates in June 2020 • Monday 8th: Thomas Ken, bishop and hymnwriter, 1711. • Tuesday 9th: Columba, abbot of Iona, missionary, 597. • Thursday 11th: Corpus Christi (day of thanks giving for holy communion). • Friday 12th: Saint Barnabas the apostle. • Monday 22nd: Saint Alban, first martyr of England, 250. • Wednesday 24th: Birth of Saint John the baptist. • Monday 29th: Peter and Paul, apostles. Congratulations to the May crossword prize winner: Margaret Barrett from Burton Joyce. Page 4 CAYTHORPE EXTRA The People’s Steeple For many a long year it’s looked down on us, Watching as we go about our lives in a rush It’s seen it all before and will again, Love, joy, sickness, plague and pain. With golden cockerel at its head, no rural crow, And sturdy built gothic nave and arches below. So many have passed through the old oak door To worship, wed, celebrate or give to the poor. From village below we sometime look up in wonder, No cranes had they as needed for modern Rotunda, how did they build that tower with tools most basic, By hand they crafted each stone and traced it. Three cheers for Saint Mary’s fine old steeple, Summoned by bells we are its worshipping people. May it still be a feature of our lives for many more years, A place for us once again to sing and say our prayers. Andrew Potter 20th May 2020 Lowdham WI Update No meetings yet, but pleased to report that the renovations are nearly complete and looking good! Should be completed by the end of June, so look out for a notice that all is done! Audrey Parkinson Page 5 LOWDHAM CHAPEL NEWS LET’S OPEN THE DOOR There are some things I’ve really missed during this time of lockdown.