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THE PARISH MAGAZINE OF ST PETER’S, EDGMOND WITH ST CHAD’S, KYNNERSLEY AND ST LAWRENCE PRESTON WEALD MOORS including VILLAGE NEWS APRIL 2016 Visit us at www.stpeterschurchedgmond.org and www.edgmondparishcouncil.co.uk 1 RECTOR (usual day off: Monday) The Revd Prebendary Edward Ward, Edgmond Rectory 820217 RESIDENT MINISTER (part time; usual day off: Saturday) The Revd David Stokes-Harrison, Tibberton Rectory 551117 LICENSED READER Paul Benton 603071 CHURCHWARDENS John Ingram, Lovatt Cottage, 5 Turners Lane, Edgmond 810337 Chris Taylor, Provost’s House, High Street, Edgmond 810880 PCC SECRETARY Jane Gill 811201 TREASURER AND STEWARDSHIP RECORDER Rodney Bunyan 810957 ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER Dr Colin Brown 550164 TOWER CAPTAIN and RINGING MASTER Edric Broom 825851 TOWER SECRETARY Paul Lewis 820135 PUBLICITY c/o Penny Westgate 812920 MOTHERS’ UNION Margaret Matthews 825976 MAGAZINE EDITOR Sara Taylor, Provost’s House, Edgmond, TF10 8JY 810880 Email: [email protected] MAGAZINE ADVERTISING Chris Taylor, Provost’s House, Edgmond, TF10 8JY 810880 Email: [email protected] MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION Penny Hughes 07964 030621 2 Dear Friends, “We want to make sure that we give more consumers the flexibility on Sundays to do what is right for them”, so said the Minister for Communities before the debate in Parliament about extending the Sunday shopping hours. This gives us an insight into this Government’s thinking and attitude because it suggests that for them, everything in the end comes down to money. We are no longer the electorate, passengers, shoppers, we are consumers. There is no consideration for shop workers; for those distributing the goods; for the residents who live near the shops. The consumer is the god of all things and his/her will must be satisfied whatever the cost. We are told that extending the shopping hours on Sunday will be good for the economy because people will be able to spend more money. But no one has explained to my satisfaction where this money is coming from. There is only so much money to go around and opening shops for longer will not create more money to spend. The Minister also used the softer word “flexibility” instead of power, which is only available to those who have the money to exercise it. And in his remarks we see the individualisation of ethics “what is right for them”. No longer are we to think what is good for the community as a whole, or for the family. From now on what matters is what is right for me. Successive governments have championed choice. It is what people use their money for, but often having a choice depends on whether you have the money, or where you live. The wealthy will always have the freedom to make choices denied to the rest of us. It is clear that many people want to shop on Sunday, because recently I was in Liverpool city centre on a Sunday with our daughter and grandchildren, and it was as busy as on a Saturday afternoon. However a government has a duty to care for all its people, and this care overrides the dictates of personal choice. Just as the Government can decide that it is dangerous to drive at over 70 miles an hour, so it can decide that there should be a period of shared rest and non-consumption, which will be beneficial for the whole community. And this is the reason why the Churches want to keep Sunday special. We do not want to return to the days of my great uncle Frank (a Pastor in an evangelical church in Bridgnorth) when you went to church three times, and were only allowed to read the Bible or other improving books, and were even forbidden to do knitting. Those days are long gone, thank goodness. The Churches want to ensure that Sunday is a day for communal rest and recreation, when families are able to spend time together. After all if MPs have time off to be with their families, why shouldn’t the shop workers and others? We should remember the words of Jesus; when the respectable Pharisees complained that his disciples weren’t keeping the Sabbath correctly, he pointed out that “the Sabbath was made for the sake of man and not man for the Sabbath”. May God bless you. Your Priest and Friend, Edward Ward 3 SERVICES IN THE APRIL DATE EDGMOND KYNNERSLEY PRESTON SUNDAY 3rd 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am 2nd of Easter Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion 10.30 am Family Communion Thursday 7th 9.30 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 10th 7.45 am 10.30 am 10.15 am 3rd of Easter Holy Communion Holy Communion Family Service 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 6.30 pm Healing Service Thursday 14th 9.30 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 17th 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am 4th of Easter Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion 10.30 am Family Communion 3.30 pm Holy Communion Thursday 21st 9.30 am Holy Communion 8.00 pm Compline SUNDAY 24th 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am 5th of Easter Holy Communion Family Service Holy Communion 10.30 am Sung Eucharist Monday 25th 9.30 am St Mark Holy Communion Thursday 28th 9.30 am Holy Communion 4 SIX PARISHES 2016 DATE TIBBERTON GREAT BOLAS WATERS UPTON SUNDAY 3rd 10 . 30 am 10.30 am 9.15 am 2nd of Easter Family Service Morning Prayer Holy Communion Thursday 7th SUNDAY 10th 9.00 am 10.30 am 9.15 am 3rd of Easter Holy Communion Holy Communion Said Communion Thursday 14th SUNDAY 17th 10.30 am 10.30 am 9.15 am 4th of Easter Songs of Praise Holy Communion Holy Communion Thursday 21st SUNDAY 24th 9.00 am 10.30 am 9.15 am 5th of Easter Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion Monday 25th St Mark Thursday 28th 5 FROM THE REGISTERS HOLY BAPTISM 14th February at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Emily Rose and Maisie Joy, daughters of Matthew and Kate Cooper. 14th February at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Annabel Rose, daughter of Paul and Victoria Pritchard. 20th February at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Rosie Alexandra, daughter of Jonathan and Katie Chadwick. WEDDING BLESSING 11th March at St Michael’s, Waters Upton, following a Civil Ceremony – Quade and Shelly Adams. FUNERAL 25th February at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Arthur Godfrey (Geoff) Jones. The service was followed by interment in the churchyard. CREMATION 19th February at Telford Crematorium – Alan Coulthard-Jones. 8th March at Telford Crematorium – Ronald Forshaw. BURIAL 10th March at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Joan Kathleen Hall. BURIAL OF ASHES 28th February at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Keith Reynolds. RECTOR’S PROMOTION IN THE ORDER OF ST LAZURUS. As you may know the Rector is the Chaplain for the Marches in the Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem, which is an ecumenical, international Charity and which raises money for the treatment of leprosy and other skin diseases. He has recently been promoted to the rank of senior chaplain in The Order and will be invested as such at a service at Belmont Abbey in Herefordshire. 6 2016 Magazine Appeal Yet another year has rolled by and yet again we ask you to help us towards the ever escalating costs of producing the Parish Magazine. We are most grateful for all the donations received from you, dear reader, and we hope you will understand our turning to you again and asking for your support in 2016. We hope the magazine, which increasingly includes news from the villages in addition to church news, you find of interest and value in keeping abreast of events and progress at Edgmond Village Hall and some of the planning applications etc. in the village. An envelope is included which can be returned in the church or left at the village shop, thanks to Paul and Pam's kindness. If you are able to help in our appeal and are a tax payer please complete the Gift Aid declaration to enable us to recover an extra 25% from HMRC. Please accept our thanks for past donations and those we hope you are able to make this year. They are much appreciated. CHRISTIAN AID Christian Aid Week begins on May 15th. We need volunteers to deliver and collect envelopes during the house to house collection. If you can spare an hour or so please contact me. A group of people have collected for years and it would be good to have some new faces. Chris Supple - 820047 CHILDREN`S SOCIETY COLLECTION BOXES We would be grateful if all holders of Children`s Society collection boxes would let us have them for opening during the next few weeks. We can collect your box if it helps – just phone us. Many thanks. Keith and Jane Norton 3 Bayley Hills, Edgmond. Tel: 810684 NEW BISHOP OF LICHFIELD As many of you will know, the name of the new Bishop of Lichfield has been announced by Downing Street. The new Diocesan Bishop will be the Right Revd Michael Ipgrave, at present Bishop of Woolwich. The date of his enthronement in Lichfield Cathedral has not yet been announced. 7 FROM THE EDITOR The Rt Revd Michael Ipgrave OBE, MA, PhD is pictured top left on our front cover. Dr Ipgrave, currently Bishop of Woolwich in London, will shortly become our next diocesan bishop. He will be the 99th Bishop of Lichfield, succeeding the Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill who retired last year. You can read more about Bishop Michael on the diocesan website at www.lichfield.anglican.org and we will be featuring his arrival in future issues of this magazine.