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July August.Pdf FOREST EDGE NEWS THE PARISHES OF LEAFIELD WITH WYCHWOOD, FINSTOCK WITH FAWLER, RAMSDEN AND WILCOTE July/August 2021 www.forestedgebenefice.co.uk Issue 274 Summertime and the living gets easier, Forest Edge Benefice cautiously…. Church Services The hottest day of the year so far, June 13th, saw Ramsden Gardens open to the public. The usual precautions were in place ( Track and Trace, Social Distancing etc) and, thanks to the efforts of a whole army of helpers, the event was both July 2021 successful and great fun. 411 people visited the village and around £3,000 was raised for the Church and the Memorial Hall. Sunday 4th July Fourteen gardens were open and 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, many villagers decorated their Leafield gardens and houses, giving a real festive feel to the day (right and bottom right). Sunday 11th July 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, The plant stall alone raised just Ramsden under £500 and received around 10.30am, Morning Light, non- 300 donations (below left). Eucharistic Family Service, Leafield Below right you see the High Street with just a few of our many visitors and below left, Sunday 18th July Holly Deans points out some of 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, the interesting features of her Leafield garden. Refreshments on the lawn of Ramsden Farmhouse provided a welcome break( bottom). More pictures on pages 2 and 3. Sunday 25th July *10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, Finstock * *Please Note: The service at Holy Trinity Church, Finstock, may go ahead if this is permitted by the Government and the National Church. August 2021 Sunday 1st August 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, Leafield Sunday 8th August 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, Ramsden PTO Church Services continued Grand Plant and Cake Sale, Leafield– Thank You! Thank you all so much for your contributions to the Plant and / or Cake stalls on Saturday 5th June and to those who bought said plants and cakes. Sunday 15th August We had an amazing day and in total raised in excess of £650 towards new pew runners 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, and heaters for church. Thank you, Finstock Nicky Salomé-Bentley and Jane Digby 10.30am, Morning Light, non- Eucharistic Family Service, Leafield Sunday 22nd August 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, Finstock Benefice Service Sunday 29th August 10.30am, Holy Communion, BCP, Wilcote Sunday 5th September 10.30am, Holy Communion, CW, Leafield From the registers WEDDING Laura Ellen Winter and Ramsden Gardens continued Andrew John Douglas Earnshaw The teas were provided by a particularly 22nd May 2021 patriotic group of villagers, below, St James’, Ramsden reminding us all of the fun we had had at the last Jubilee celebrations. The stunning uniform is modelled by Tony Crowther. FUNERAL (Right) Once again Angela Findlater had a Eamon Frederick John Bull 16th June 2021 St Michael’s, Leafield ‘Morning Light’ St. Michael’s, Leafield is holding informal, lay led, services at 10.30am on some Sundays, There will be ‘Morning Light’ services on the 11th July and the 15th August. ‘Morning Light’ is a family friendly fine selection of books for sale in her A huge ‘thank-you’ goes to service of about half an hour. socially distanced front garden. Umbrellas everyone who visited or helped were needed for shade, rather than rain. in any way from opening At the end of every ‘Morning Light’ What a welcome change! gardens, manning the carpark, Service we sing a hymn or song outside the running the plant or local West door of St. Michael’s. produce stall, making cakes, helping produce and distribute publicity material or in any one of numerous other ways. The biggest thanks and congratulations however must go to Helen Pennant-Rea who organised the whole event and co-ordinated everything so efficiently. Ramsden’s Rose Competition One feature of village life which has managed to continue even in the time of covid, is the annual Rose Competition. This year it was held At Project St Michael, we are making Leafield Church a more welcoming place. in conjunction with Open Gardens and a fine Currently, we are raising money to make the Church warmer and the selection of home-grown Ramsden roses were congregation more comfortable. on display. The entrants’ names were kept secret Sponsorship Opportunities Heating We plan to replace the gas heaters with new electric heaters. These are cleaner and more energy efficient which will provide radiant heat into the central part of the Nave and the Choir. We aim to install 14 heaters in all. Please consider sponsoring a heater, for a cost of £200. Pew Cushions We know that sitting on a wooden pew for any length of time can be cold and uncomfortable. To fix this, we plan to install pew cushions on the pews in the Nave, each cushion is the full length of the pew. And you can sponsor a pew cushion for only £25 Arrangements To sponsor a pew cushion or heater, please make a donation through the website at: <http://projectstmichael.org/Donate.shtml> and press the donate button, or by BACs: Account name ‘Project St Michael’ Sort code: 08 92 99 Acc. No: 65186684 And email <[email protected]> to let us know and to tell us if you can ‘Gift Aid’ your donation. For further information, please contact us by using the email above. to avoid any favouritism or lobbying and this year’s winner was number 14, which had been entered by Clive Cowen. It is called ‘William Shakespeare’ and, as you see, is a worthy winner. Leafield churchyard (Left) The churchyard is open for everyone, to walk in, be peaceful, enjoy and visit loved ones. Wildlife areas have been left to encourage the wildlife, with cut paths for all to enjoy. Leafield Youth Club There is a Churchyard Working Group that meets every 2 months. If you would like to participate, please bring your Leafield Youth Club is looking for gardening tools, and join in. Families welcome. 2 new leaders and volunteers to The next dates are: help with the running of the Saturday 17 July – 10am group.Training will be provided. Saturday 18 September -10am Please get in touch with Jo Saturday 20 November – 10am Williams 07891074375. For more information contact Ricard: [email protected] The Vicar writes….. The level of influence will vary, but The Gospels tell us that Jesus would everyone has influence. often withdraw to a place where he could be by himself. If this was important for Jesus, shouldn’t this be important for us Throughout his life, Jesus influenced too? those who came to him for help. Sometimes, when people approached This is the last issue of The Forest Edge Jesus, it was obvious what they needed. News that John Hook will produce as When they were paralysed or suffering Editor. On behalf of the benefice, I from leprosy, or were hungry and poor, it would like to take this opportunity to must have been obvious what they thank John for all his work over the last needed! Or was it? Like his encounter ten years. For all the crosswords, John with the blind beggar called Bartimaeus, has compiled himself, for all his humour Jesus would often ask people what they and the many creative articles, thank Some people love using social media. It can wanted from him. “What do you want me you. It is all very much appreciated. be a great way to stay in touch with friends to do for you?”, Jesus asked Bartimaeus, With every blessing, and family, sharing thoughts and experiences who was sitting by the roadside. Jesus when we might be physically separated and wanted to confirm they were asking out Paul perhaps live hundreds of miles apart. The of faith and confirm they were not simply influence these social media platforms testing him or trying to manipulate him. Rev’d Paul Mansell provide has been much in discussion over No one wants to feel they are being Vicar, Forest Edge Benefice recent years. There is undoubtedly so much ignored. We all want to feel valued. harm that can be committed using these No one wants to feel their lives lack IN OUR FOUR PARISHES platforms. There is also so much good that any purpose and they are going can be achieved. unnoticed. Sometimes though, when Vicar of the Forest Edge we feel undervalued, we stop caring Benefice I recently heard of a person on TikTok who about whether our words and actions Rev. Paul Mansell became a Christian and started talking about positively or negatively influence her faith online. Very quickly, she amassed an 01993 868687 those around us. For those who feel incredible 5.4 million followers, who email:[email protected] unappreciated, it is sometimes more regularly watched her video messages. But important to be noticed whatever the her new-found ‘fame’ did not make life easy. LLM Mrs Gail Ward consequences and however it might As her overall number of followers grew, 01993 878835 hurt other people. those who posted hateful comments also grew [email protected] in number. Some of the comments were How those people he met were Benefice Administrator relatively mild, like “fame changed her”. motivated seemed particularly Others seemed to think it was perfectly important to Jesus. He seemed to Jane Hanson email:[email protected] reasonable to tell her that they had lost all think it significant for us to try to respect for her. They didn’t just “unfollow” understand what lies behind our words Newsletter Editor her. They had to tell her about how they had and actions.
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