PARISH NEWS November 2016
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- 16 - - 1 - PARISH OF DEVERILLS AND HORNINGSHAM Churches SS Peter & Paul the Apostles, Longbridge Deverill PARISH NEWS St Michael the Archangel, Brixton Deverill St Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill The Deverills & Crockerton St John the Baptist, Horningsham Clergy Rev Pauline Reid, Rectory, 6 Homefields, Longbridge Email: [email protected] 841290 Lay Minister Mr John Budgen 218203 Churchwardens Dr Guy Ratcliffe (Longbridge Deverill) 840405 Mr Tim Young (Longbridge Deverill) 840477 Mr Richard Lucas (Brixton Deverill) 841164 Mr Robert Shuler (Kingston Deverill) 844291 Mr Tim Moore (Horningsham) 844336 PCC Treasurer Mr Robert Steptoe 841396 PCC Secretary Mr Richard Abbott 840763 Church Electoral Roll Officer Mrs Diana Abbott 840763 Parish News Editor Mrs Judy Munro 844385 Organist Mr John Budgen 218203 Bell Tower Captain - Deverills Mr Richard Munro 844385 Caretaker - Longbridge Church Mrs Sylvia Titt 214825 Benefice Administrator (Mondays am) Marion Muston 01373 839026 Email: [email protected] Benefice Safeguarding Officer Mrs Marion Muston 01373 832755 The river at Kingston Deverill Contact the Editor and the Website by Pat Armstrong Parish News Editor: Judy Munro 844385 Contributions for the Parish News by post to Whitepits Lodge, Kingston Deverill, Warminster, BA12 7HD or by email: [email protected] November 2016 Please remember the deadline is the 15th of the month - Thank you Website: Benefice of Cley Hill Villages www.cleyhillchurches.org Look inside for local news & information Website contents: Parish News, Church services, Parish Register, Events - 2 - - 15 - F U T U R E E V E N T S Community Coffee Morning Pre-school children & parents group Thursdays Longbridge Hall 10.00-11.30 am Everyone welcome 10.30 - 12.00 Wednesday 9th November & Monday 21st November Poppy Collection Saturday 29th October to Sunday 13th November See p6 The Orangery, The George Inn, Longbridge Bull Mill Printmaking Workshop Saturday 5th November See p5 If you require transport call Bridget Beattie on 844884 Longbridge Deverill Parish Council meeting Monday 7th November See p10/p14 Amalthea Duo: Journeys Community Coffee Morning Wednesday 9th November See p2 Saturday 12th November, 7.30pm, Upper Deverills Parish Council Wednesday 9th November See p10/14 Brixton Deverill Church An invitation to an enchanting journey of Amalthea Duo Saturday 12th November See p2 sounds on flute and harp. Athenaeum Singers Saturday 12th November See p2 Programme: Bizet, Debussy, Einaudi, Mozart, Piazzolla, Chopin Curry Lunch (Remembrance) Sunday 13th November See p4 Full details: www.deverillsfestival.com Cast on & Craft Group Monday 14th November See p5 Tickets £10: Tel 844385 | email [email protected] W I meeting Monday 14th November See p5 The Athenaeum Singers Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Monday 14th November See p5 Saturday 12th November at 7.00 pm Cards for Good Causes Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th November See p6 Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man Grand Auction of Promises Friday 18th November See p2 John rutter’s - requiem The Minster Church, Warminster BA12 8PQ Upper Deverills Quiz Night Friday 18th November See p4 Tickets £12.50 see www.athenaeumsingers.com Creative Journaling Saturday 19th November See p7 Community Coffee Morning Monday 21st November See p2 GRAND AUCTION OF PROMISES Theatre Club Monday 21st November See p7 Preceded by a silent auction of items on display Fabulous Lots to include: A week in the Algarve; Family ticket to Upper Deverills Pub Night Friday 25th November See p4 the Tank Museum; Ticket for the Christmas lights at Longleat; Eddie Mirzoeff’s Film Night Saturday 26th November See p4 Christmas hamper; Day trip to the Hampton Court flower show; Week in South West France; Day's fishing; Family ticket at Centre Parcs; Posada Service Sunday 27th November See p8 Flight in a glider; Jewellery; A day of exclusive outdoor sports; Warminster Library book signing Saturday 3rd December See p7 Exciting hobbies; Delightful treats; Pursuits with experts; Tickets to intriguing cultural venues; Christmas ideas & much more Bull Mill Arts Bazaar Open Studios Saturday 3rd - Sunday 11th December See p5 The George Inn, Longbridge 7.00 pm Friday 18th November Christingle Service Sunday 4th December See p9 Entry by ticket only to include 2-course supper £15.00 per person - Cash Bar Community Coffee Morning Wednesday 7th December From: Guy Ratcliffe 840405 or Tim Young 840477 Upper Deverills Children’s Christmas Party Saturday 10th December see p4 Catalogue of Lots available from early November on request and on the night Proceeds in aid of the Deverills & Horningsham Churches Carol Service Kingston Deverill church Sunday 18th December See p4 Community Coffee Morning Monday 19th December - 14 - - 3 - Dear Friends, LOCAL COUNCILS, SOCIETIES, GROUPS etc. As I write I have just driven to Horningsham to deliver my Longbridge Deverill Parish Council meringues, pears and cream to the Luncheon Club and what a www.crockertonlongbridgeandhilldeverill.co.uk beautiful drive it was with the leaves on the trees turning ever Richard Baxter 212918 (Chair) Kevin Gray 841363 more golden each passing day and the light shifting across the Graham Read 840296 (Vice Chair) Brian Marshall 214789 downs as the clouds moved across the sky. Nikki Spreadbury-Clews 216660 (Clerk) Caroline Sawyer 840585 Here we are once again in that season of remembering. On Ian Bell 840514 Nigel Spreadbury-Clews 216660 Sunday 13th November we remember and honour those who David Searle 213767 have given their lives for their country so that we can live in peace, and in the world context we find ourselves in today where for so many people peace must Upper Deverills Parish Council seem an elusive dream, we should be truly grateful for their sacrifice. Personally, www.westwilts-communityweb.com/site/Upper-Deverills-Parish-Council I feel very privileged and humbled to be able to lead our Remembrance Day Richard Cousens 844970 (Chair) Louise Stratton 844105 services here in the Cley Hill Parishes, as I am acutely aware that a very high Bridget Beattie 844884 (Vice Chair) Colin Hirons 845255 percentage of my congregation will be retired military personnel who have Christine Fordham (Clerk) 01747 873168 / 07740 512437 experienced the realities of armed conflict first hand. Wiltshire Councillor Fleur de Rhé Philipe 213193 At the end of November we enter another season of remembering, Advent. Member of Parliament Dr Andrew Murrison 01225 358584 You might think it is a bit strange that I class Advent in this way; you might just be thinking ‘what is Advent?’ Or wondering which chocolate Advent calendar to Wiltshire Council 0300 456 0100 choose. Isn’t Advent about looking forward and counting down to Christmas Sir James Thynne Almshouse Karen Seymour 840196 (Steward) rather than looking backwards and remembering? Well, yes and no. I love my Longbridge Deverill Village Hall Committee Advent calendar and really enjoy opening the windows each day; but I also do Julie Read 840655 (Chair) Anna Mead 212759 (Secretary) Sylvia Titt 214825 (Bookings) something else in Advent. I have a Jesse tree (some tastefully arranged twigs in a jug!) and everyday I read a bit of the Bible and hang a symbol on the tree telling Upper Deverills Village Hall the story of creation right through to the birth of Jesus, and then on Christmas Caroline Davies 845335 (Chair) John Lea 844325 (Hall bookings) Day I put fairy lights on it. So during Advent I am remembering how God’s love Crockerton Village Committee Marion Thomas 213739 (Chair) is the golden thread that weaves through everything; through the created order and through those wonderful people whom he used many centuries before that Pre-School Children & Parents Group Sylvia Titt 214825 Pat Wood 840535 first Christmas to tell the story of his love, culminating in Jesus born on Christmas Deverill & Crockerton W I Daphne Atkinson (217658) (Pres) Julie Wallder 213142 (Sec) Day as Emmanuel, God with us. There is something so wonderful and special Deverills Cricket Club Ed Read 840655 (Captain) Jamie Fagan 844123 (Secretary) about it all; as the earth turns and we enter ever deeper darkness, to be looking back to the dawn of all time and to remember that God was, and is, and shall be Wylye Valley Tennis Club Colin Singer 213696 for eternity. It is a shame if we see these four weeks before Christmas merely as Wylye Valley Flower Club Mrs P Martin 212476 (Pres) Mrs S Scott 216584 (Prog) precursor to the big day, they are so much richer that that. There is, no doubt, an Rural Community Beat Manager PC Vicky Howick 101 element of sombreness about it all; I will probably be rushing around like everyone else, but the readings and prayers in this season call us to prepare at a Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator Upper Deverills Bridget Beattie 844884 much deeper level, to remember who we are, to look at our lives and to ask Clarence (pot holes) 0800232323 ourselves, are we ready, not for a big blow out, but to meet Jesus when he comes. Hospital Transport Link Scheme 211655 This Advent Sunday 27th November, we have got a really special service at Longbridge Deverill at 10.30 am when we will be sending out our Posada and Mere Link Scheme (covers Upper Deverills) 01747 860096 lighting the first of our Advent candles, do come along and see what it is all about, we would love to see you. Love and prayers, Pauline Rev Pauline Reid Tel: 841290 / [email protected] - 4 - - 13 - Nature Notes REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY CURRY LUNCH 13th NOVEMBER Looking out of the kitchen window this morning, The Agra Restaurant will provide the meal as usual watching the leaves being blown from the beech tree, made Upper Deverills Hall 12.30 pm, sherry served from 12.00 noon me realise that autumn is truly with us. The colours are Cost : £15 per head, (cash please) beginning to show well now as the vegetation changes from To book contact Sophie on 845389 before 9th November various shades of green to yellow, orange, red and brown.