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CHEDZOY NEWS WINTER 20 10 ISSUE St Mary's Church, Chedzoy Paté & Puddings Evening Chedzoy Village Hall Saturday 27th November 8.00 pm Bar Entry: £6 Tickets from Mary on 423754 NATIVITY At the Crib Service on Christmas Eve we or Valerie on 458517 would like to have a Nativity Tableau. So, MUMS and CHILDREN – preferably around 5 years or older – if you would like to be involved, please contact me on St Mary's Church Chedzoy 455 611. I have been CRB checked, and I promise that I don’t bite ! Avril The TOR VOICES CHORUS Invite you to a CHRISTMAS PARTY On TUESDAY 14 th DECEMBER at 7:30 pm in Christmas Services the CHURCH HALL Sunday December 19 th WESTONZOYLAND 4.30 - Carols by candlelight There will be Carols, Poems and Stories plus Community Carol Singing Friday 24 th - Christmas Eve TICKETS: £5.00 includes a drink/soft drink & a mince pie 4.30 p.m. Crib Service For further details and ticket reservations 9.30p.m.Christmas Communion Please ‘phone Tina Jones 431 527 Views from the Vicarage CHURCH EVENTS Dear Friends, November 27th Paté and Puddings Eve at Village Hall As I write this in the first part of November it already seems that Christmas has been Christmas Services pushed commercially for months. Christmas decorations have Sunday 19th 4.30 Carols by candlelight been around in the shops since the beginning of September. Friday 24 th Christmas Eve 4.30 p.m. Crib Service Christmas can be a real time of struggle and pressure for many 9.30p.m.Christmas Communion people. Christmas Shopping ! The year seems to have passed so quickly. There are many people, Special offer - St Mary's Church Christmas Cards or Notelets too numerous to mention individually, who have given their reduced to £2 for 10 - contact support to the church in many ways in the past year. The church Mary 423754 , Valerie 458517, or Wendy 458648 building is a community building and it requires the help of the whole community to keep the building open. So, thanks to all who 2011 Church Calendars - £1 have given in many ways. available in the church or from Wendy 458648 ~~~~ There is great uncertainty as we approach this Christmas in many areas of life which will bring an added pressure to many this CHEDZOY CHARITIES Christmas. I was watching a program about the finances of the from Malcolm Friend country. We are as a nation in debt to the tune of four point eight Every year at Christmas, St Mary’s Church makes a distribution trillion pounds ( I could not work out how many noughts to put on from four 19 th century charities - keeping alive a long-standing so I have written it). Many people are saying you can’t cut this village tradition. The charities were started in 1812, 1856, 1874 that or the other. The nation is completely broke and I imagine and 1876, and originally distributed coal, bread or money every next year it will be on its knees. Trouble seems to be that none of Christmas to the deserving of the Parish. As the State Retirement the politicians are prepared to acknowledge this and the public Pension was not then in existence, payments from these charities don’t at the moment understand the position we are in. would have made a very real difference to those who received it. Am I gloomy, worried, or down about this? NO! not a bit. Why? In more recent times, a payment of £5 has been made each Only when a nation is brought to its knees does it turn back to Christmas to every household in the village with a resident aged God. We read about this happening time and time again in the 70 or over. The sum of money distributed now is of course purely Bible. a token, but it is nice to think that a village tradition started by such caring people so many years ago still continues today. This month we celebrate the birth of a child born in a stable to an unmarried mother. The virgin birth which is the crucial part. If If you’ve received a payment in the past, you’ll receive a further He was not born of a virgin then there can be no salvation payment this year. However, if your household qualifies and you through His Death on the cross. Some time after the birth Mary, haven’t received a payment in the past, please let us know, as we along with Joseph, fled with Jesus from a tyrannical ruler to would like as many people as possible to be part of this lovely Egypt - becoming a homeless refugee. village tradition. Please contact Malcolm Friend on 428 641 for further information. As an adult Jesus claimed to be the unique Son of God. In other ~~~~ words he claimed to be equal with God. John’s Gospel reads ‘In the beginning was the Word, (Jesus) and the Word was with God THIS YEAR'S HARVEST CELEBRATIONS and the Word was God’. CS Lewis said ‘Jesus was either mad, from Mary Coulson bad, or something worse, or he was who he said he was’. You Following the Chedzoy tradition of holding an auction on the have to make up your mind one way or the other. You can’t waffle Monday evening after the Harvest Services on the Sunday, the around it. Jesus did not leave room for anyone to sit on the fence, Manor Inn was full of both produce and people on the 4th of you’re either in or out and you have to make your mind up in the October. Generous support from so many ensured an excellent here and now. Jesus was persecuted He faced pressure and result and a most enjoyable evening. Special thanks must go to uncertainty in His life. That is why He feels our pain and knows Mark and David Kidner for supplying such a variety of produce; our uncertainties. He has felt the pressure and uncertainty - the to Ray Triggol for his very efficient auctioning skills; to all the struggle that we often feel in human existence. He died on the collectors of monies; to Pat Lennard for organising the raffle; and cross for us and rose again giving us certainty in our eternal to Amanda Triggol for supplying delicious snacks at the close of destiny. the evening. I wonder if this impending economic collapse may be a turning The event raised a wonderful £1,051.70. The pumpkin: £421 - point for the church. The real church is the people not the amazingly the exact amount it raised last year! building. Repent, believe, be baptised, and be filled with the Holy Our Harvest Supper was held on the following Saturday - a really Spirit, in other words become born again for that is the true path well attended, happy, and enjoyable evening; we are very grateful required to be a Christian. Once you have been down that path to all those who supplied some of the excellent food which was so you understand what it really means to be part of the church - much appreciated. Again there was a raffle to help boost funds, which means you will attend. As people ponder the uncertainties which in all totalled £447. of the year ahead, just maybe they will start to turn to God and Without these events, church funds would be in a very sorry state. recognise Jesus as their saviour. Having banked these amounts during the second week in October, May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Christmas. I I received our invoice for the church insurance the following hope you enjoy the Christmas season. I also hope that at some week: £1,595.66. It's good to know that as a village we are point you might reflect on what it’s really all about, because for keeping this lovely church protected - it's been cared for a great each of us our eternal destiny hangs on the conclusion we reach. many past years. ~~~~ God bless , Chris POLICE PATROL can easily be tempted with the display of gifts. Keep them out of from PCSO 7322 view if possible. Helen Whitehead • Many of the popular amenity providers operate a password scheme. For example, you tell your Gas Company a memorable The clocks have changed and the dark nights are now upon us, so password and their representative is expected to tell you the I thought it timely to remind residents of a few tips that should password when they call, to prove they are genuine. Remember help see you remain crime free this winter season. not to disclose your password to anyone else. • If possible park your vehicle on your driveway or under a street • If you have them, please use your spy hole and door chain when lamp – if there are any! Tuck in mirrors and put down aerials to answering the door to callers. Ask for ID and check it carefully, discourage vandalism. making a phone call if necessary. If in any doubt, don’t answer • Lock your vehicle. I know this one sounds simple, but it never the door. fails to amaze me how many people don’t do it! This list is not exhaustive, just a selection of some tips for your • On those cold frosty mornings please do not leave your vehicle perusal. Thankfully, crime levels are relatively low in your running and unattended for it to defrost – it only takes a second neighbourhood and implementing some of the above could help for someone to jump in and be off.