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Dear Friends THE PARISH MAGAZINE OF ST PETER’S, EDGMOND WITH ST CHAD’S, KYNNERSLEY AND ST LAWRENCE PRESTON WEALD MOORS including VILLAGE NEWS MAY 2015 Visit us at www.stpeterschurchedgmond.org and www.edgmondparishcouncil.co.uk 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 813017 2 Dear Friends, By the time you read this the General Election may well have come and gone and you will have voted. I don’t know if you’re like me, but I am completely undecided as to whom I shall vote for. For various reasons I cannot bring myself to vote for any of the three major parties. When I was at University in the late 60’s Harold Wilson was Prime Minister, and there was a rather cruel joke doing the rounds which went, “You can always tell when the Prime Minister is lying. It isn’t when he strokes his nose, or pulls his ear, or when he fills his pipe. It’s as soon as he opens his mouth”. And that is how I feel with the present lot we’ve got in Parliament. As I look at all the political parties I want to cry out (misquoting Shakespeare) “A plague on all your houses”. All the Diocesan Bishops signed a letter to Anglicans suggesting questions which we should have in mind when deciding who to vote for. As you might expect, the right wing press and Tory MPs all got on their hobby horse and denounced the Bishops for telling voters how to vote. If they had bothered to read it (which I admit takes some doing as it is very long) they would have seen that nowhere does it tell you which party to favour. And then the Roman Catholic Bishops, the leaders of the Sikhs, the Buddhists and the Muslims all issued similar documents, and not a single objection was raised from any M.P. How interesting. The usual objection is that the Church shouldn’t interfere with politics. Obviously those who say this have never read the Bible or considered Jesus’ teaching (he actually says more about the power and use of money than he does about sex). Religion covers all aspects of life. It influences how you treat people, how you regard them, how you can help them. Religion says that the stronger and richer should care for the weaker and poorer. This is the year when we celebrate the Magna Carta, the Great Charter, which laid down certain principles. The then Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, was instrumental in bringing the Barons and the King together in order to bring peace to the country which was achieved by the Magna Carta. It seems strange that in this year of all years, when we consider the part religion and the Church played in creating this document which laid down fundamental principles of law, the Church is attacked for being involved in politics. Are our MPs so ignorant of our country’s history, a history which they insist must be taught to all school children, that they are unaware of this fact? On May 14th we celebrate Ascension Day when we commemorate Jesus’ return to heaven, which teaches us that he is our king and ruler, and is far above all these earthly politics - for which we can be truly grateful. We can be reassured that Jesus will not make promises he will not, or cannot, keep. He will not be influenced by wealthy donors, no one can buy Jesus’ favour. It is a pity, we may think, that Jesus is not standing for election, but perhaps not when we consider what the earthly rulers of his time did to him, and what earthly rulers continue to do. For Jesus said “What you do to the least of these my brethren, you do to me”. While Jesus is above all these politics, we his followers are not. So it is our duty to vote, and to vote for whichever candidate or party we feel will assist in bringing God’s kingdom of reconciliation, freedom, mercy, justice and above all, love into people’s hearts everywhere. God bless you. Your Priest and Friend, Edward Ward 3 SERVICES IN THE MAY DATE EDGMOND KYNNERSLEY PRESTON Friday 1st 9.30 am St Philip & St James Holy Communion SUNDAY 3rd 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am 5th 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 6th of Easter Holy Communion Holy Communion Family Service 10.30 am Sung Eucharist 6.30 pm Healing Service Thursday 14th 7.00 am Ascension Day Holy Communion and Hymns from the Church Tower 9.30 am Holy Communion Friday 15th 9.30 am St Matthias Holy Communion SUNDAY 17th 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am 7th 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 8.30 pm Compline SUNDAY 24th 7.45 am 10.30 am 9.00 am Pentecost Holy Communion Family Service Holy Communion (Whit Sunday) 10.30 am Sung Eucharist Thursday 28th 9.30 am Holy Communion SUNDAY 31st 7.45 am Trinity Sunday Holy Communion 10.30 am Holy Communion for the six parishes at All Saints, Tibberton 4 SIX PARISHES 2015 DATE TIBBERTON GREAT BOLAS WATERS UPTON Friday 1st St Philip & St James SUNDAY 3rd 10 . 30 am 10.30 am 9.15 am 5th of Easter Family Service Morning Prayer Holy Communion Thursday 7th SUNDAY 10th 9.00 am 10.30 am 9.15 am 6th of Easter Holy Communion Holy Communion Said Communion Thursday 14th Ascension Day Friday 15th St Matthias SUNDAY 17th 10 .30 am 10.30 am 9.15 am 7th of Easter Morning Prayer Holy Communion Holy Communion Thursday 21st SUNDAY 24th 10.30 am 10.30 am 9.15 am Pentecost Joint Service with the Holy Communion Holy Communion (Whit Sunday) Methodists Thursday 28th SUNDAY 31st Trinity Sunday 10.30 am Holy Communion for the six parishes at All Saints, Tibberton 5 FROM THE REGISTERS HOLY BAPTISM 21st March at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Oscar George, son of Andrew and Melissa Goodeve. 28th March at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Harry Oliver, son of Stuart and Alex Lambert. HOLY MATRIMONY 21st March at St Michael’s, Waters Upton – Ian Millar and Helen Tong. 4th April at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Jonathan Stiles and Natalie Lake. FUNERALS 30th March at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Jeremy Tucker, late of Newport. The service was followed by interment at Forton. CREMATIONS 24th March at Telford Crematorium – Margot Walker. The service was followed by a Memorial Service at St Eata’s, Atcham. BURIALS 20th March at St Peter’s, Edgmond – Adrienne Almond. The service was followed by a Requiem Mass at St Peter & St Paul’s, Newport. FROM THE EDITOR Precariously balanced (and diplomatically arranged in alphabetical order) on our front cover are Natalie Bennett, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Nigel Farage, Ed Miliband, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood. This month either David C or Ed M will become our next Prime Minister – but with whose help and support? Our vote is a very precious tool, so don’t forget to use it on Thursday, 7th May. The picture on the right illustrates the hymn singing from Edgmond Church tower early on Ascension Day morning (this year on Thursday, 14th May). Our Christian traditions go back even further than Britain’s proud democracy – so do come along and join the singers or come to one of our villages’ services on Whit Sunday (which you might find more uplifting than the General Election outcome!!) The next edition of the Parish Magazine and Village News will cover the month of June 2015 and the deadline for contributions is Sunday, 3rd May. Please deliver your contributions in good time to me at the address on the inside front cover – or you can email them to me at [email protected]. I’m always delighted to receive your photos too (preferably by email), especially ones of people, places and events which take place in and around our villages. Don’t forget that you can also read this magazine online on both the village and church websites (addresses on the front cover). 6 MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTORS We are in need of one or two more distributors of the parish magazine. If you are able to help, perhaps you would contact Mrs Penny Hughes, tel: 813017. CHRISTIAN AID Christian Aid Week begins on May 10th. If you can help with delivering, collecting or counting envelopes for the house-to-house collection please get in touch. Our Annual Cake and Plant sale will be in The Square, Newport on Saturday May 9th from 9.00 am – 12 noon.
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