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V I L L a G E N E North Cotswold Villages Childswickham, Murcot, Broadway and Leedons Parks, Aston Somerville, Willersey, Hinton in the Green, and Bretforton 24,000 hits in 2018 V i l l a g e N e w s October 2018 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY see inside for more details • Sunday, 23rd September HOD Afternoon Tea from 2.30pm Tel: 852084 • Wednesday, 3rd October WI in the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm • Tuesday, 9th October Wayfarers trip to Batsford Arboretum and Stow • Friday, 12th October Leedon’s Community Bus trip to Slimbridge • Apple and Ale Festival at the Fleece Inn, Bretforton from 5pm • Saturday, 13th October Race Night at Sedgeberrow at 7.30pm • Tuesday, 23rd October Wayfarers trip to Aston pottery and Witney • Thursday, 25th October Fleecey Folk FARA at the fleece Inn at 8.30pm • Friday, 26th October Leedon’s Community Bus trip to Westonbirt Arboretum and Tetbury And don’t forget STOP PRESS on the website http://www.village-news.org.uk Send emails to [email protected] Visit the Childswickham website http://www.childswickham.org.uk Next issue November 2018 Deadline October 10th 2018 Village News OCTOBER 2018 Childswickham Church St Mary the Virgin Carol Strotten, Churchwarden 01386 852312 Ralph Deakin, Churchwarden 01386 854605 Families and children are always very welcome at St Mary's, do come along and join us. 1st and 3rd Sundays Prayer and Praise, 2nd and 4th Sundays Holy Communion. All very welcome From the Registers Funeral followed by burial at St Mary's 3rd August - Mr Alexander Morrison. Wedding 4th August Peter and Jane Baptism 23rd September Pippa Cumberland. We now have a new hearing loop system installed so you can hear us at the back! The EZRA group meet on Saturday mornings between 8.30 and 9.30 to pray for the needs of our village community. Come and leave as time allows. A special 100 Years Remembrance Service. Please join us on November 11th at 10.30am, as we gather to remember those of our village that gave their lives in the Great War and other conflicts. Calling all who enjoy singing. We are hoping to put together a choir to sing at the above service, if you are interested please contact one of the churchwardens. No audition necessary. Cleaning Contacts Childswickham Coffee Rota Carol Strotten, Churchwarden 852312 Sept 28th and Oct 5th 30th Sept Margaret Flanagan [email protected] Mrs Hackett and Mrs Kirk 7th Oct Jackie Saville Oct 12th and 19th Ralph Deakin, Churchwarden 854605 14th Oct Susan Morris Mrs Thompstone and Mrs Kendry 21st Oct Rosemary Thompstone Oct 26th and Nov 2nd Bell ringers: 28th Oct Brenda Wadsworth Mrs Anthea Smith and Mrs J Tuskin Tower Captain, Graham Lee 01386 858422 Generation Y still hope to walk down the aisle Millennials still value marriage with almost three quarters of those who are unmarried (72%) intending to tie the knot, according to new research by the Church of England. While official figures recently showed a decline in the marriage rate, a study commissioned by the Church of England’s Life Events team suggests that 18-to-35-year-olds still dream of having their big day. Among those who were single, almost six in 10 (59%) said that they would like to marry at some point. Just over one in 10 (12%) of respondents said they were engaged and planning their upcoming nuptials. Significantly, the survey also suggests that millennials attach a special importance to church weddings, with more young people preferring to marry in a church or chapel (47%) than a register office/town hall (34%). Those who would consider a church wedding were asked why it appealed to them from a list of options. Almost a third said that it felt like a ‘proper’ wedding (31%). Marrying before God or receiving a blessing, was also in the top 10 (the seventh most chosen option). Millennials were also strongly drawn to ‘traditional/conventional’ wedding venues (72%). The research shows that for those considering marriage, almost one in six (17%) said that faith or religion had influenced their wedding ideas. Next issue November 2018 Deadline October 10th 2018 Village News OCTOBER 2018 National Grandparents Day – 7th October Parents may have to wait a few years to become grandparents, but it is definitely worth it. Spending time with your grandchildren nourishes both your body and soul: the physical energy you use to keep with them keeps you healthy, and your emotional bonds with them will reinforce your own emotional well-being. Grandparents can do SO much for their grandchildren: giving them time and attention, as well as providing them with a strong sense of belonging to the family. This all helps build emotional security for their future. Tell your grandchildren their family heritage – reminisce about your family’s events and history. Where did your parents and grandparents come from? What did they do? Did they fight in the World Wars? Do you have old photos to show them? Tell your grandchildren about what it was like going to school when you were young. Tell them stories about raising their mum or dad. Show them pix from the family album, sing the same songs to them that you sang to their mum or dad; read them the same favourite stories. Tell them of your family traditions, from everything about the best way to make tea to how you always decorate the Christmas tree. By doing so, you link your past to their future, and greatly enrich them. Grandparents can really be God’s special gift to children. Are you a club-sandwich pensioner? We all know about the sandwich generation – those of us who are caught in between trying to support our children in buying a home, and also in supporting our parents who need social care. But now there is a new generation – the club-sandwichers. They are those of us whose money is now going out in three directions: towards helping our parents, our children – and our grand-children. People planning to stop work this year expect to hand over on average £360 a month to their various family members. The money will fund university fees and living costs, help children buy a home, or even just help with food. A spokesman from Legal & General says: ‘The 2018 generation of retirees have benefited to a large extent with the property boom, with stock market booms, with having final salary pension schemes. I think that parents and grandparents who have that money are feeling that they don’t want to go to their grave in a gold-lined coffin, they’re quite happy to help where they can.’ The Vision of God Paul McCartney had one – but he was high on drugs, at the time! (Sunday Times report, 2nd Sept, 2018) According to Old Testament records, Moses had one and found it terrifying: Isaiah had one and felt ‘undone’: Ezekiel had one - and could find no words to describe it that anyone could understand. Lacking any vision but using imagination, the Renaissance painters of 15th Century Italy introduced portrayals of God into their art. One may regret this because it led Christianity into a trap that Judaism and Islam (the other two Faiths that trace their origins to Abraham) have managed to avoid: images of God that confuse and mislead: thus was born the idea of God as the old man, in the sky, with a beard! The Bible speaks of the Divine in term of character and action, rather than any likeness we would understand. The Psalms speak of ‘steadfast love and faithfulness.’ Christ spoke of Mercy, Justice, Faith, and Love. These are personal qualities that are seen in action - they are the outworking of a person’s character. Christ, it may be supposed, embodied such qualities, and they were lived out in his life of self-giving and sacrifice. ‘No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son…who has made him known’ writes St John. Images and paintings of the Divine may mislead and confuse: it is the Word of the New Testament, presenting us with the words and actions of Christ, that may serve as our most direct way to find the truth of the matter - as the Spirit of the unseen God speaks inwardly to the human soul. That is neither drug induced, nor terrifying, nor undoing, nor confusing – but encouraging and life affirming – and, often, challenging. Ioannus As the chairs are being replaced in My young grandson called the other day to wish Childswickham Memorial Hall me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 62. the existing ones are for sale, My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then enquires to Robert Simms on 853752 he ventured: ‘Did you start at 1?’ Next issue November 2018 Deadline October 10th 2018 Village News OCTOBER 2018 Day Time Activity Contact Monday 7.00pm–9pm Carpet Bowls Robert Simms 01386 853752 Tuesday 9.15-10.15am Keep Fit Tess 01386 858796 10.30-12.00noon Yoga Aston Colley 01386 870893 6 pm-8 pm Puppy Training Sue 07857 277184 Wednesday 10am- 12.00noon Quilting Georgina 01242 820423 2pm – 4pm Evergreens 2nd/4th week of month Dawn Bindoff 01386 858769 7pm – 9pm WI (1st & last week) Innes Cole 01386 852740 Thursday 7pm – 9pm Dancing Ballroom Kleo Tanner 01386 858905 7pm – 9pm Parish Council (not April, June, August and 01684 773236 December) Friday 9am-12noon Art Group Claire Watson [email protected] 10am-12noon U3A winter months only nd 2 Friday Charges Main Hall Residents £6.50 Non Residents £11.50 Helen’s Room Resident £6.50 Non Residents £11.50 Snooker Residents £4.50 Non Residents £5.00 For more information and to make a booking please contact Anne Wood 01386 854955 See web site for Rules and Conditions http://www.childswickham.org.uk Childswickham WI Unfortunately at the meeting on 5th September the speaker failed to turn up.
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