Contacts Superintendent Minister – Rev Doreen Sparey-Delacassa 01566 781854 [email protected]
Supernumerary Minister - Rev. Bryan Ede 01840 214818 [email protected]
Deacon in Training - Jenny Parnell 01566 772609
Circuit Administrator – Sarah Russell [email protected]
Safeguarding Officer – Naomi Sparey 01566 181854 [email protected]
Tidings Editor – Glenys Poorta The Newsletter of the Camelford 01566 781205 and Week St. Mary Circuit 12/20 ‘The Swallows’, Canworthy Water PL15 8UW [email protected] Bethel, Boscastle, Bossiney, Brockhill, Camelford, Canworthy Water, Delabole, Dimma, Eden, Other contact details are to be found in the Maxworthy, Rehoboth, St. Breward, St. Teath, Camelford and Week St. Mary Circuit Plan St. Tudy, Tintagel, Tremail, Tresparrett, Treveighan, Week St. Mary All articles to be submitted by the 22th of the month please Brockhill Methodist Church, Crackington Haven, invite
Hello everyone, you to their Chapel Anniversary Cream Tea from 3 until Another month gone by and what an eventful month it 6pm. To follow, a concert in Chapel brought to you by has been. I was invited to be on the team for the Cliff the Tintagel Orpheus Male Voice Choir at 7pm. A lovely College festival – very exciting since it is an event I supper to follow. always wanted to visit. It was very encouraging to see July 23rd - Sunday Methodists old and young engaging with different forms Songs of Praise in the Surf Club Sandpit. of worship, learning together in workshops, enjoying Starts promptly at 7pm. meal times together in the college canteen. The pre- Bring & Share supper to follow. St Gennys Silver Band schoolers in the marquee outside the chapel windows will be playing . provided an enthusiastic ‘backdrop’ of riotous noise St Teath Methodist Church Get Together with during our hour of silent prayer and meditation – but fellowship, games and great company. after the immediate shock it made one’s heart rejoice to Afternoon tea. 2 - 4.30pm on the last Friday of every celebrate these little ones joyously praising God. I had month. Next Get Together is on Friday 30th June. All the added pleasure of staying with the college chaplain very warmly welcomed. who was at theological college in Bristol with me when I Contact Carol Teague on 01566 248697 (home) was training for ministry. Then of course, the scenery 07443 030176 ( mobile) around Cliff College, in the heart of the Peak District is very beautiful. Unfortunately I was too busy to find time for my usual wander along Curbar Edge. Dear Lord and Saviour, Then, on my return it was only a few days before the We come to ask forgiveness for any wrong we have Royal Cornwall Show. I have been on the chaplaincy done. team for about twelve years now and I always enjoy the We come to ask for your blessing. opportunity to talk about God and our Saviour Jesus We ask you to be with those who are sick lonely or in Christ. Mostly this year I was busy delivering free any kind of trouble. refreshments to stall holders without the facilities Help us to turn to you for help and to feel the Holy Spirit working through us, to bring light into our lives. Amen.
BM However, the remaining congregations intend to come together to form a missional church with an emphasis not on maintenance and premises but on drawing people A cheerful group of people from several churches within our Circuit gathered at Camelford on the evening of in and making new disciples among local people old and th young. I am disappointed that more of the churches did Sunday June 18 at the first Cafe Church to be held not feel able to step out in faith in this way but a good there. As we have been asked to study the letter of James start can still be made. Plans are already afoot for work during this month, Rev. Doreen directed our thoughts to with children, teens and twenties as well as with more chapter two of the letter and she led us through the two senior members of our communities. Please pray! themes of loving others as much as we love ourselves I hope that during the next year, with the help and and then the teaching that faith that does not lead us to encouragement of our lay workers, we can increase our do good deeds is dead. outreach and community involvement across the circuit, and turn continual decline into growth! That’s my aim for the year ahead! What’s yours? May God bless you all. P.S. Could we get a team together on Saturday July 8th to tidy up the borders of the manse garden at Canworthy Water, ready for the visit of Rev. Steve and Bishop Tim on the following week? The lawns will have been mowed! Doreen. Some interesting thoughts were shared by all the members present and at the end we enjoyed tea and On a lovely May morning Rev. Doreen Sparey- coffee together with cakes and biscuits provided by the Delacassa, Superintendent Minister for the Camelford ladies of Camelford. Future Cafe Churches will be held and Week St Mary Methodist Circuit led the morning at the church on every third week in the month and the worship at Tintagel Methodist Church. Joyce Brown next one will be the occasion when we shall be joined by was the organist and Malcolm Prout and Sheila Kenner Rev. Steve Wild and Bishop Tim on July 16th, beginning the day’s stewards. Scripture readings were from the at 6-30, when everyone is invited to join us for this time day’s lectionary readings – Acts 17, Psalm 66, 1 Peter 3 of fellowship.
On a lovely summer’s evening on June 3rd we were treated to a wonderful feast of music and poetry at We’re at the planning stages for two upcoming events: Camelford Methodist Church. Nicholas Danks, a local The Village Carnival, where we combine with other resident who has gone on to make a brilliant nationwide Christians to enter an Open the Book float. This year career in the world of music, played thirteen pieces on we’re working on ‘Moses in the Bulrushes’ and it’s all a bit of a blur at the moment but it should all come the organ including two by J.S. Bach and two by th William Lloyd Webber, the father of the famous Andrew together by Carnival Day, Saturday 15 July, well by Lloyd Webber and his brother Julian the celebrated 6pm anyway. If you see us at a local carnival, give us a cellist, and a fine organist in his own right. wave, an enthusiastic round of applause or even a gigantic cheer. Our annual Flower Festival, in aid of Cornish Hospices. We ask local organisations to contribute a display and this will be our 34th Festival I think, with the theme being ‘I am…’ – which leaves a lot of scope for a variety of interpretations. The dates are August 4th, 5th and 6th and it would be really good if you were able to join us. Also, thank you to our friends from around the Circuit who support our Community Lunches. We have been holding these on the second Tuesday of the month but from July onwards they will be on the first Tuesday of
the month (except August, when it’ll be the Flower Nicholas Danks Festival and Ploughman’s Lunch) from 12 noon until He then played one piece on the piano as well as 1.15pm at £6.50. Again, it would be good to have your accompanying Ron Trevithick as he gave us four songs company. ranging from ‘The English Rose’ to ‘How Lovely are
Thy dwellings’.
to make themselves a hot drink – and this year, Thank you to all who gave so generously to the Aleppo especially on the Thursday – hot drinks were very Appeal. Over the last few months we have taken four car necessary. My other major job this year was to make the loads of gifts to the Methodist Church in Helston so that Churches Together Tent’s scarecrow for the Show’s it could be taken to the depot ready for loading into scarecrow trail. Can you recognise who it is? The label containers to be shipped out to Syria. Various on the suitcase reads, ‘Off to Lamb-bath Palace’. governments are now taking over the work of helping the people and children of Syria, so no further collections will be taken to Helston after the one which we took on June 8th. If you have already donated further items, we will make sure that they get to the church where the workers will distribute them to other charities, who will put them to good use. The generosity of this Circuit has been amazing in responding to this appeal so, on behalf of all concerned, we say a heartfelt thank-you to you all. More significant in the life of the circuit however were the meetings which have been held with the Methodist
On the afternoon of July 16th there will be a visit of Rev. Churches in the north of the circuit – Bethel, Canworthy Steve Wild and Bishop Tim, to be held at Canworthy Water, Dimma, Eden, Maxworthy and Rehoboth. A Water to mark Bishop Tim’s departure from Cornwall to preliminary meeting before I went up to Cliff College take up a position at Lambeth. showed very strong support (twenty four votes to nine) This will take the form of a Family Day with Messy for these congregations to come together, probably at Church and a presentation of Open the Book in tents, Canworthy Water and possibly in a new church building. bears in chapel illustrating Bible stories and Unfortunately, at a meeting yesterday Maxworthy, and refreshments will be served. Bethel pulled out of the scheme and Rehoboth refused to In the evening there will be a service of worship at come to a decision. Camelford Church beginning at 6-30pm. and John chapter 14. Rev. Doreen asked for prayers to
At the present time we have eighteen churches in our be said for Eden, Canworthy Water, Maxworthy, Bethel, circuit and this is very challenging looking to find Dimma and Rehoboth Methodist Churches as they work resources of people to fill church offices to do the towards coming together as one church. Her address administration of their church. was on the words Jesus said ‘You will know when you We are stewards of Gods finances and continuing to are one with me’. maintain costs such as insurance, maintenance, repairs, Tea and coffee was served in the schoolroom after the and utilities of our chapels in my opinion is not good service. stewardship. A very successful Safari Supper evening with over just There is an increasing demand on our Superintendent one hundred participants was held recently encouraging minister Rev Doreen’s time and the workload that she fellowship and friends all meeting and working together receives from government legislation, all this as well as a for a four course meal. Despite some rain during the reducing and ageing membership of the Church in the evening some of the more able were able to walk from rural areas. venue to venue. Stuart and Jenny Patterson and helpers Just keeping the church doors open is as far as I am served the starter course in the Schoolroom. At the concerned no longer acceptable if we are going to give Social Hall, David and Gladys Cook with their team of the wonderful message of the love of God. helpers served the main course of a wide selection of Our priority is to get together and show people how we salads with cold meats. Valerie Stephens and her helpers love the Lord Jesus Christ. had a mouth watering selection of desserts to choose The Kingdom of God is a must and this should be from. The final course, cheese, biscuits and coffee was beyond our traditions, preferences, and experience. served back in the schoolroom by Joyce Brown and Proverbs 3 verses 5 – 7 Edwina Broad where everyone could relax and chat. ‘With all your heart you must trust the Lord and not your Thursday mornings you are always welcome to join the own judgement. Always let Him lead you and He will Coffee Morning held in the Schoolroom. clear the road for you to follow. Do not ever think you SK are wise enough, but respect the Lord.’ God bless you. Huw Visitors in the congregation from Rugby and Radford We were also treated to the rendition of two sets of were welcomed and invited to join for tea and coffee in poems by Mrs. Kate Newell who read two poems by the schoolroom after the service. On the occasion of a Charles Causley, a local poet and writer who lived in special birthday for Marianne Tapper, Joyce Brown Launceston, an amusing ode by Pam Ayres and a final presented her with a rose bush and the congregation sang love poem by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning. ‘Happy Birthday’ to her. Marianne then chose her favourite hymn ‘What a Friend we have in Jesus’ to be sung. The call to worship was ‘He is King of Kings’. June Burnard read from Acts 1, ‘Jesus is taken up to Heaven’ and Joyce Brown read from John 17, ‘Jesus’s prayer for his followers’. Prayers of intercession were said for the world, the UK election and how we need people to make the right decision, and the family around us. Last Sunday on Father’s Day a Church Fellowship service was taken by Valerie Stephens and Kathy Rowse working from a script set by the Methodist Homes for the Aged. Visitors to the service from North Yorkshire, Kate Newell and Ron Trevithick Bournemouth and the Netherlands were welcomed and invited to join for tea and biscuits in the schoolroom The evening ended with a splendid buffet provided by after the service. the ladies of the church and everyone agreed that the Tintagel Chapel celebrates its Chapel Anniversary on the evening had been most enjoyable. Sadly it was not very first Sunday of July. Rev. Roger Greene will lead the well supported and those who did not attend missed an morning worship, in the afternoon a Ritz style tea will be excellent evening’s entertainment. served. The day’s events will conclude with an evening A generous donation of £50-00 has been received from concert by the Gospel Jazz Quartette. Camelford Church for the Aleppo Appeal and this has been taken to Helston to be sent to assist with the work
of helping the people of Syria. The preacher was the President of the Conference, Dr.
Roger Walton and, among other things, he spoke about
the power of the Spirit that comes to us like the wind, unseen and yet powerful, encouraging us to allow God to work within us in order to further His Kingdom here on earth.
Part of the crowd that gathered to celebrate Pentecost
The sun shone upon us as we met together on the afternoon of Sunday June 4th to commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and what better place could there be within our county than to meet at
Gwennap Pit, the open-air amphitheatre where John Dr. Roger Walton delivering his address Wesley himself preached to huge crowds. The singing of Wesley hymns and the fellowship of so many Christian sisters and brothers made this an occasion to remember. Rev Steve Wild, the Chairman of our District was On the Sunday nearest to Ascension Day Mrs Sue Ede present and the singing was led with by an enthusiastic led the morning service at Tintagel United Methodist organist playing a portable organ. Church with a Power Point presentation. Sheila Flower was the organist and Christine Alexander and Kathy Rowse the day’s stewards.