JULY 2020 Free

St Michael & All Angels, Bude Haven

St Winwaloe, Poundstock Our Lady & St Anne, Widemouth Bay

St Mary the Virgin, Week St Mary

St Anne, Whitstone JULY Free 2020

MAIN CONTACTS FOR OUR CLUSTER: Please contact any of the following for information or enquiries about Anglican Church life in the Cluster: Our Parish Priest & Rural Dean: Father David Barnes,The Rectory, The Glebe, Week St Mary,

EX22 6UY Tel: 01288 341670 [email protected]

Our Churchwardens: St Anne’s, Whitstone: Mervyn Collins: 01288 341598 Phyllis Walter: 01288 341699 St Marwenne’s, Marhamchurch:

Rob Corney: 01288 359754 Angela Grills: 01288 361247 St Mary the Virgin, Week St Mary: Lesley Booker: 01288 341221 Dick Sowerby: 01288 341348 St Michael’s, Bude Haven:

Our Lady & St Anne’s, Widemouth Bay: Judy MacDonald: 01288 362254 St Winwaloe’s, Poundstock: Hilary Kenny: 01288 361504 Barry Smith: 01288 361716

Stratton Deanery website: www.strattondeanery.co.uk/

Editor of Voices Together: Clare Hicks, Trelowen, Lynstone, Bude EX23 0LR. 01288 352726; [email protected] Copy deadline for August 2020 issue— by Friday 17 July please

ELECTRONIC COPIES OF VOICES TOGETHER If you would like to receive a copy of this magazine please email Lesley Booker: [email protected]

2 PARISH NEWSLETTER

Dear Friends As you will have seen, church buildings throughout the land are gradually beginning to open. Firstly for private prayer and in the near future through some style of gathered service. We need to consider how we welcome people into church. It goes without saying that it will have to be carefully and safely. We perhaps need to ask ourselves some important questions regarding Welcome in general.

What does it mean to welcome? How do we do that here in our churches? How do we make our churches a home? How do we make our congregations a community of love, a family? FIRSTLY: We need to start thinking of our churches as HOME, as FAMILY. In the wedding services I'm privileged to attend, it is emphasized that a new family has been formed in the sight of God. This new family is called in a promise to a commitment of the will to love, honour, cherish and serve with faithfulness. "I WILL." say the bride and groom. Similarly in our baptisms and confirmations we are called in covenant to a commitment of the will. By our vows we have been formed into family. "I WILL." we say as we profess our faith.

3 SECONDLY: Practise on each other the welcome and the hospitality that you offer from your own homes and families. Be genuinely concerned about each other's welfare. Soon you will find yourselves welcoming Christ in new- comers and strangers as well. For the word will spread that - in this place - a home, a family, God's people are to be found.

THIRDLY: Remember that you are in need too. Remember the need of God's grace, the need of for- giveness, the need of compassion, the need of loneli- ness that you have experienced. Remember how God, through this community, through this family, has met those needs. Receive these gifts of hospitality and welcome. They are signs of God's love and bring healing and wholeness. Let yourself occasionally be the cherished guest, for Christ's sake and in his name.

FOURTHLY and LASTLY: Make a conscious effort to invite Jesus into your life and put him first. Make a conscious decision to reach out to those in want, to get involved. Yes, it costs. Our lives will be interrupted. Our privacy occasionally invaded. Our nerves frayed. Our patience tried. Yet, what we give up - our self-interested agen- das - we will discover to have been really heavy bur- dens that we have been dragging around. The world is sorely in need of smiles, it is crying out for small acts of kindness, desperately longs for cups of cold water.

4 WILL YOU? Will you, as Saint Paul said in his letter to the Romans, give yourselves to God, as people who have been raised from death to life ... making every part of your body serve God, so that you will belong completely to him? Will you make God's House a Home? Will you give yourself to God in Christ's name? God longs to hear our answer.

May God’s Blessing be on each and every one of you during this extraordinary time.

David

July details for “Zoom” Services at time of going to print Every Wednesday at 9 am will be holding Morning Prayer on zoom. Please contact him or Lesley Booker if you wish to be included on the zoom service contact list (see page 2 for contact details). July Sunday services on zoom: Sunday 5th: 10 am Special service for the NHS Fr David & Team Sunday 12th: 10 am Eucharist Fr David Sunday 19th: 6 pm Evening TBA

Service Sunday 26th: 10 am Morning Service

5 MOTHER* & CAMEO TODDLER COFFEE POT CLUB Come And Meets every Tuesday 10am— Meet Each 12pm in Other Week St Mary Parish Hall. Contact Emma Woolfe or Kathy Jef- Next meeting: frey 2-4– pm (Search for Coffee Pots in Fa- Contact: cebook Groups) Sue Dickenson (*Grannies, Grandads, Carers etc) All Welcome 01288 341016

Widemouth Bay Summerhouse Activities We meet on the 2nd & 4th Friday of each month Join us and off load any problems, have a cup of tea and cake. Some- times we play a game. Whatever we do it get us out of our house to enjoy time with friends. Ring Hilda on 01288 361323 for more details

6 Meet ’n’ Eat STRATTON Next Soup and Sweet DEANERY Lunches BOOK CLUB We are reading:

'WHY' writ- Held in WSM Par- ten by ish Hall at Russell Stannard. 12.30pm on the First Monday of each month first Mon- day of 14 Monterey Close, Bude, each month (not EX23 8DX at 7.30pm August) Gail Brace: 01288 352412 Everyone is very New members always welcome

Stratton Deanery Central Cluster now has its own private facebook group where information and events etc can be advertised. The facebook group is called Voices Together and if you are part of the Cluster you are eligible to join. Turn to pages 22 & 23 for more information on this and other ways to keep in touch.

St Michael’s now has its own facebook page: @stmichaelschurchbude if you would like to, have a look at it and see what’s happening in the virtual church world!

7 Persecuted Christians in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is one of the poorest former Soviet states in Central Asia. The population of just over 6 million is largely Muslim with some 10-15 % being Christian. Because of poverty and discrimination, many Christian men have to leave and look for work in neigh- bouring countries. Christianity has a long history in Kyrgyzstan dating back to the 7th century and was under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Orthodox Church. But by the 15th century this had disappeared and Islam had gained ascendancy amongst the Kyrgyz people.

Today, after independence from the USSR in 1991, the nation has returned to its Sunni Muslim roots. The largest Christian denomination is Eastern Orthodox composed mostly of ethnic Russians and Ukrainians, and then small numbers of Roman Catholics and German Lutherans. A 2015 study estimates there are some 19,000 Christians from a Muslim back- ground. 34.4% of the population is under the age of 15. The country is rural and many are nomadic in lifestyle with only one-third living in urban areas.

The country is ruled by a semi-dictator and an elected parliament. It is supposed to have freedom of religion, but new Religion Laws of 2009 have severely tightened government censorship and con- trols over the production, distribution and importation of religious material, specially Christian material. Bibles are more accessible than in other Central Asian countries, being for sale at registered churches in the larger cities, but they are very expensive. This law also restricts evangelism, forbids the involvement of children in religious groups, and clamped down on “unregistered” religious activity. It also made registration of a new church much more difficult and cumbersome. On top of this, Christians who convert from Islam face enormous pressures and discrimination from their families, often involving

8 violence and ostracism. Also in small communities they can have difficulty in finding work, purchasing goods, and even buses won’t stop for them. All because of their faith in Jesus Christ. Hence the emigration of many.

Prayers:

Give thanks to God for the Christian Churches in Kyrgyzstan. Pray for strength of faith and fortitude in the face of all the difficulties that beset them. Pray for a relaxation of the laws and rules being imposed on Christians there. Pray that Christians who support themselves through micro businesses will be able to witness to their neighbours. Pray for a revival among ethnic Kyrgyz that will result in church planting and growth. Pray for ex-patriot believers that they will remain true to their faith in their new countries. Pray to God that he will raise up effective leadership in the churches.

Michael Davey

THIS MONTH’S MAGAZINE HAS BEEN KINDLY SPONSORED ANONYMOUSLY

Sponsoring Voices Together Please would you consider sponsoring our magazine? It is partly through the generosity of our readers that we are able to keep the magazine free of charge. Any amount, small or large, will be grateful- ly received. For more information please contact Heather Whitlock on 07771 964672 or Clare Hicks on 01288 352726.

9 St Marwenne’s News

Well flaming June has not materialised when I write this, but I'm ever hopeful. However, we desperately needed the rain for our crops. God works in mysterious ways. We are hoping to open our church for private prayer for a limited period each week, but only under supervision, and only if we can get those supervisors. The advanced age of PCC members limits us I'm afraid. But Sue Shadrick has offered to go in and clean, prior to any opening, so hopefully it will be able to open by now. Notice of times will be displayed on the door. The church do hold regular zoom services and those will continue until we can all safely meet again. If you want to join these please contact me at [email protected] Can I assure you that our community is always in our prayers. Having been in lockdown since March, I for one can't wait to go to Marhamchurch again. Stay safe. Janet Ward

OUR DEANERY PRAYER

O generous God, You invite your people to discover the Kingdom And grow the church; Give us, then, the courage, the strength and the vision To share in the mission and ministry Of your Son That with the Lord of the Church We may be, truly, the Church of the Lord. Amen

10 Voices Together during the Coronavirus lockdown If we are still in lockdown for future editions, there are various places where you will be able to collect a magazine if you can do so safely whilst you are on an essential trip out (for example: shopping or exer- cise). David Williams has kindly offered his house, Rock Haven, Upton, as a collection point and you can also collect one from the Crescent PO and shop in Bude, the Beach House shop at Widemouth and usually in the village shops. The magazine will also be available on the Voices Together facebook page and St Michael’s facebook page and also on the Stratton Deanery website. Lesley Booker will also send out as a pdf attachment to emails (see bottom of page 2 for Lesley’s details). Any problems with obtaining a copy please contact either Heather Whit- lock (07771 964672) or Clare Hicks (01288 352726)

Another postcard from Hayling Island— still locked down somewhat!! Yes! I suppose we are all used to this lark, but it remains hard. Social distancing, masks, gloves and most of all, hand washing, a little like life as a junior theatre nurse! And that was a long time ago! The shops are ap- pearing and what a delight, the favourite, Hayling Hardware has so much, water jugs and their filters to keep us free from limescale, paint, cleaning stuff etc. etc. And soon we can all have a hair cut or we will end up in a zoo as a long haired example of the species! Peter and I have been out and about, but for safety don’t get out of the car. The magnificence of the local trees continues to delight us, especially the copper beeches, which was one of the natural features we always missed in Cornwall. However, the cliffs are not here, but the kite- boarders, developed here, are fabulous in the present windy conditions. The beaches recently have been badly overcrowded, so we hope it doesn’t show another spike in numbers. Well, bye for now and joy to come as the churches open again, and boy have we all missed them!

Peter and Mary

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13 Zoom services: for details of zoom services scheduled so far for July in the cluster, please see page 5.

As you will know, there are currently no services in church due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Therefore I have removed the service types and locations but I have put in the readings because I think readers may like to be able to follow these each Sunday through the month.

READINGS FOR JULY

DATE READINGS TIME SERVICE CHURCH LEADER

Sun 5th Zechariah 9: 9—12 4th Sunday after Psalm 145: 8—15 Trinity Romans 7: 15—25a Matthew 11: 16— 19, 25—end

Sun 12th Isaiah 55: 10 –13 5th Sunday after Psalm 65 OR 65: Trinity 8—end Romans 8: 1—11 Matthew 13: 1– 9, 18—23 Sun 19th Wisdom of 6th Sunday after Solomon 12: 13, Trinity 16—19 OR Isaiah 44: 6—8 Psalm 86: 11—end Romans 8: 12—25 Matthew 13: 24— 30, 36—43

14 READINGS FOR JULY continued

DATE READINGS TIME SERVICE CHURCH LEADER

Sun 26th 1 Kings 3: 5—12 7th Sunday after Psalm 119: 129— Trinity 136 Romans 8: 26— end Matthew 13: 31— 33, 44—52

KEY: CHURCHES: BH = Bude Haven LEADERS: DB = Rev David Barnes M = Marhamchurch JC = Rev John Cotton P = Poundstock RD = Rev Rob Dickenson WSM = Week St Mary LWL = Local Worship Leader W = Whitstone MM = Methodist Minister WB = Widemouth Bay

Week St Mary Church

Week St Mary Church will be open for private prayer, initially for two days a week (Wednesday and Saturday) from 20th June. Arrangements will be kept under review as guidance changes. Lesley Booker

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17 Bible Seasides

We are so lucky to live near the sea so our theme of Bible Seasides links in well with summer holidays on the beach. In the bible, the uncontrollable nature of the sea is traditional- ly associated with the powers of chaos and evil and the symbolism of moving through chaos into order. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is an authority over the chaos of water—turning water into wine (John 2:1-11), controlling the wind and the waves (Luke 8: 22-25) and using the symbolism of fishing (Luke 5 1-11), building on sand (Matthew 7: 24-25) , and drawing water from a well (John 4: 3-26) to explore the nature of God. Our activities explore the fun and the wonder of the sea and include the following: 1. Dotty Dolphins (Filling in Dolphin out lines with colourful dots) 2. Sand drizzling (Drawing pictures with glue and drizzling sand on it) 3. Seaside Bookmarks 4. Fish Mosaics 5.Origami boats 6. Seaside Cards 7. Edible boats or decorated biscuits 8. Lim-pets ( Decorating empty limpet shells with pipe-cleaner legs, sequins etc) Our song is ‘The Wise Man Built His House Upon The Rock’ and

18 our story is ’The Two Builders’, both of which can be found on YouTube. Mary Tilzey

19 GREENFINGERS— in the garden in July As mentioned before in this column, professional gardeners do not always agree with each other, which is of minimal advantage to people seeking the right advice. The basic "rules" however, are agreed by all. This month the pruning of shrubs which have finished flowering should be done, to give good blooms next year. Be careful, though, with Lilac, pruning this very lightly; and if your Peonies are ready to dead-head, just remove the spent flowers but don't cut back. For most things dead-heading encourages further blooms as well as tidying-up. Water Runner Beans frequently and pinch out the tips of dwarf French Beans.

Take cuttings of everything you wish to propagate, using a sandy soil for Carnations and Pinks, and a nice gritty soil for herbs. Fuchsias are very easy to root. Lawns have suffered in the very hot weather earlier. They would welcome an organic granular feed. Some professional advice is to water the grass as you would other plants, but others say this is unnecessary as the grass will revive. Many gardeners are now following the trend of keeping at least one area of lawn uncut until the end of August. Some advice says early October! A lady gardener who wrote in one of the journals says the lawn should not look 'manicured' and goes on to say "it's not a house, it's a garden, and moss and weeds are wonderful!" I'm not too sure about the moss, but the weeds are often good pollinators.

Finally, if you are short of pots for plants of any kind, Greenfingers recommends Vigoroot pots, which come in several sizes. Haxnick's Ltd. produce them, (0117 934 1799) but there are other outlets including Sutton's (0344 326 2200). These pots are made of a very tough and long-lasting fabric and are used by many of the national seedsmen. They have many advantages . The plants will not become pot-bound and they have advanced air- pruning which gives more robust plants. Greenfingers has tried them and has no hesitation in recommending them. They are in flat

20 packs and all you do is push them open. Enjoy your July gardening!

The Glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. Alfred Austin

Reversible Facemasks

There will be times when we will all need to have our faces covered eg on any public transport or for medical appointments. I have been making these – see photo below – for my neighbours. If you know of anyone who would like a facemask, please let me know. (They are one size & free of charge). Sandra Huffer [email protected] 01288 355941

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21 July 2020 THE RED LETTER DAYS this month are: Thomas on the 3rd, Mary Magdalene on the 22nd and James the Apos- tle on the 25th. There is not much certainty about the missionary work of Thomas after Pentecost. One tradition places him among the Parthians; another more persistent places him in India. There the Syrian Christians of Malabar claim that they were evangelised by Thomas. This connection was so well accepted that in the 9th Century King Alfred of Wessex sent alms to Rome but also to St Thomas in India. St Swithun—the15th of July (d 862) He was born in Wessex and chosen by Egbert King of Wessex as his Chaplain During his 10years as Bishop of Winchester he was famous for charitable gifts and his activity in building Churches. He died on July 2nd and had asked to be buried in the cemetery. On the 15th July 971 his rel- ics were translated into the Cathedral and the occasion was marked by many cures and claimed as miraculous which accounts for his high repu- tation as a healer. Also on that day there was a very heavy rainfall be- lieved to be another manifestation of his power. We say that if it rains on St Swithun’s day it will rain for 40days. (I do anyhow). It amazed me how there were two connections with Wessex I have been reading extracts from the St Michael’s magazine 1955. (I just happen to have 6 following copies). They are exploring Spiritual healing which at that time we were thinking about. These extracts were written by Rev R.J. Garton. He writes that ‘Many if not most of bodily ills are the result of disor- dered spiritual lives’. We must avoid ‘Negative thinking, destructive thinking and morbid thinking which lowers our vitality and makes it easi- er for disease of every kind to come in, (eg. terrible weather, you can’t expect anyone to keep well in this weather. I always get rheuma- tism when winter comes) We may not be perfect but we must wish to be, so we need to avoid all kinds of fears, doubts, gloomy forebodings and resentment, malice, envy

22 jealousy greed and covetousness’. It winds up ’there is need to expand our prayer, to move to Contemplation’

On Sunday we had Evening Prayer with Rob Corney giving us a reading. It ended with ‘We need to find space for Silence, for Contemplation.’

In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. We realize that 65 years has not changed many people’s view of coloured people. I wonder how many people were changed for the better by the notes written 65 years ago in the St Michaels magazine. Times have changed and we now have dedicated people who counsel those how find life hard. They talk about ‘positive and negative thoughts’. In fact I believe they have taken over from the Priest who is not always gifted in Spiritual Direction. Not only do we need to resist being racist but also to recognize the vast number who ‘God’ works through. If our God is not big enough to work through all humans He is too small a God. Prayer: The world is full of suffering physically and mentally Use us to bring love and concern to all thy creatures In this part of the world we are richly blessed; help us to have grateful hearts. Change us Use us Help us. Hilda Walter

23 BUDE, STRATTON & DISTRICT BRANCH MOTHERS’ UNION

In March I started putting together a monthly magazine, just for our MU members and friends, called Keeping in Touch. Obviously all meetings, speakers and activities had to be cancelled, due to Covid19. So the original aim was to reach out to those self-isolating during this difficult time. April, May and June issues have included letters, prayers, articles, patterns, recipes, photographs, cartoons and jokes; plus important resources and information downloaded from the Mothers’ Union website. To my delight, there has been an amazing response, with phone calls, pretty cards, letters, stories, a po- em, a quiz, all sent in by members, making it all so worthwhile and such a joy to do. Sandy Cheshire – Branch Leader

A MESSAGE FROM BUDE FOODBANK Bude Foodbank is closed until further notice to the public, but instead will be used as a warehouse to distribute food items. If you are eligible for our services: 1) Phone for an appointment on 01288 488748 and leave a message if unan- swered and we will get back to you or email us at [email protected]; 2) We will then deliver food to your home (subject to food availability and eligi- bility). If you can support Bude Foodbank with a financial donation during this ex- tremely difficult time, please set up a donation at https:// www.budefoodbank.org.uk/donate/ (the best way to help us is by setting up a monthly donation online. Thank you.

24 A Prayer for our Times

Loving God, I place into your hands:

all my fears about the state of the world;

all my despair at the violence within the world;

all my concerns about the fragility of the environment;

all my worries about my own life.

Loving God, I place into your hands today, tomorrow and all time

Amen

25 DEANERY BOOK CLUB The DEANERY BOOK CLUB (open to all churches in the Deanery and anyone else interested) meets on the first Monday of the month at Gail Brace’s

St Marwenne’s House Group

The aim of the group is about growing in discipleship. It meets every Wednesday evening at Liz & Malcolm Wright’s home, from 7.30—9 pm. Contact them

Week St Mary HUBS House Group This house group meets fortnightly at Clifton, Week St Mary at 9.30 am on Thurs- days. For Janu- ary & February meetings see p 20.

JULIAN GROUP MEETINGS This ecumenical group in Bude usually meets on the third Thursday of each month for silent and contemplative prayer.

“Reflections” Bible Study Group meets every Monday morning from 10.30—12 noon at the home of Fr John and Mrs Susan Cotton in Bude. All are welcome. For details please contact 01288 352896 or email Advertising in Voices Together If you run a business and would like to advertise in this magazine, please contact Heather Whitlock on 07771 964672. If you are a not-for-profit local group or organisation and would like to put a one-off advert in for an event or similar, please contact Heather as above or the Editor (contact details p 2). We would ask for a small donation, depending on the size required. Adverts accepted at Editor’s discretion. Thank you.

26 PADER AGAN ARLOEDH: THE LORD’S PRAYER IN CORNISH (Modern form in Kernewek Kemmyn)

Agan Tas ni, usi yn nev, bennigys re bo dha hanow, re dheffo dha wlaskor, re bo gwrys dha volonjedh yn nor kepar hag yn nev. Ro dhyn ni hedhyw agan bara pub dydh, ha gav dhyn agan kendonyow par dell evyn dhe’n re yw agan kendonoryon ni; ha na wra agan dri dhe demptyans, mes salw ni dhiworth drog. Rag dhiso jy yw an wlaskor, ha’n galloes ha’n gordhyans, bys vykken ha bynari Amen

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