GARGRAVE & CONISTON COLD Parish Magazine MARCH 2014 £1 Inside this issue CONTACTS David’s Dispatches 1 Moyra’s Migrations 13 St Andrew’s Church, Gargrave Diary and events 2 Hedgehogs 13 Vicar Revd David The Vicarage, Church Lane, 748468 News 4 Happy 10th Birthday, Facebook 14 Houlton [email protected] Vacancies 4, 21 Auto Services and Solutions 15,16 Churchwarden Jerry Ford 27 Marton Road, 748563 Evacuation – part 2 11 School : crayons’ views 18 and treasurer [email protected] Farming on Scaleber Hill 12 Parish Council 21 Churchwarden Pat Cockshott 11 West Street, 749586 Business directory Centre Rotas, railways and rubbish 18 Organist Susan Watkiss 798660, [email protected] PCC secretary Ron Humphreys St Robert Close, 748779 Gift Aid Sarah Curtis 11 Marton Road, 748510 St Peter’s Church, Coniston Cold Vicar Revd David as above Houlton Churchwarden Gerald Hall Robin’s Barn, Coniston Cold. 748497 Churchwarden Ethne Bannister Coniston Hall, Coniston Cold, 749551 & MU Leader [email protected] Treasurer Brenda Northrop 749212 PCC secretary Sue Hutchinson 01729 851082 Electoral Roll Jacqui Coates 01729 749300 Gargrave Parish Council Clerk Helen Carruthers 668209 [email protected] Coniston Cold Parish Council Clerk Sandra Crawford 01729 830248 Gargrave Church of England Primary School Head teacher Sarah Peel 749433 [email protected] www.gargraveceprimaryschool.co.uk Gargrave PrePre----SchoolSchool Leaders Lizzie Hall and 748377 [email protected] Lyn Picton www.gargravepreschool.co.uk DDDatesDates for your diary Gargrave Village Hall 5 April Ellie Gillie Band, Village Hall Bookings Sally Thomas 01756 748098 [email protected] 11 April Film Show, Double Bill Vive le Tour and Velorama Parish magazine 17 May Gargrave Open Gardens Editors and Beatrice Faulkner 2 Riversway, Gargrave, 749443 27-29 June Gargrave Autoharp Festival advertising Duncan Faulkner [email protected] 13 July Duck Race Subscriptions Ruth Abbott 7 Marton Road, Gargrave, 748483 16 Aug Gargrave Show Thoughts for Lent AAAPPPRRRIIIILLL IIIISSSSSSUUUEEE DDDEEEAAADDDLLLIIIINNNEEE:::: FFFRRRIIIIDDDAAAYYY 111333 MMMAAARRRCCCHHH Treasures in heaven are laid up only as treasures on earth are laid down. Anon [email protected] 01756 749443 An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after www.gargravemag.co.uk learning. Thomas a Kempis Printed in Skipton by Ellesmere Press on FSC recycled paper Do not wait for the hearse to take you to church. Anon (cover pages from PEFC European farmed forests) OOOrganisatioOrganisatiorganisationsnsnsns Please let us know if you’d like to amend or add an entry DAVID’S DISPATCHES Caterpillar Club (0+) – St Andrew’s, Wed 10-11.30am, Gemma Tetley 07835 739899 Rev David Houlton Stay and Play (0+) Village Hall Annex, Mondays 9.30-11.30am, Sally Thomas 748098 OUR 21ST CENTURY WORLD tends to focus us on our possessions, our RRRainbowsRainbows (5+) – Debbie Gomersall 01729 830589 achievements, and on ourselves, rather than on God and other people. But BBBrowniesBrownies (7+) – Rose Turner 01729 825886 nothing lasts forever: our possessions are out of date in a few years; the prestige Young Farmers Club --- Coniston Cold,Cold Tues 7.30pm, Janet Bolland 01729 830505 of our achievements fades fast; and we have a sell-by date too! Only God lives Wednesday Club (over 60s) – Village Hall Annex, Wed 1.30-3.30pm, Veronica 749347 forever. So it's important to know Him and His presence with us now, and forever. Phoenix Group (over 65s) – The Anchor Inn, alternate Thurs 9am-1pm, The question is how? Jean McHale 01729 850329, 07775 880577 My own story is of a typical Yorkshire lad, brought up to attend church but Meals on Wheels – Mon & Wed, Brenda Longbottom 749883 not really knowing God in my life. As a student in the 1970s, I overdid the partying so by the end of my first year at university I felt so lost that I cried out to God: “If Bowling – indoor, Village Hall, Tues & Thurs 2-4pm, Mary Rushton 748908 Cricket – Gargrave Cricket Club (over 13s) Tony Cockshott, 07788 100199 you are there, help!” Somehow my student room suddenly seemed brighter, and Croquet ––– Craven Lawn Tennis Club,Club Gargrave, Tues 2-6pm, Roy Berry 748065 I felt calm. I didn't know what to make of it, but a few months later I went away to Cycling – Gargrave Tuesday Club, Dalesman Café, Tues 9.30 for 10am start, work on a student placement. Shortly after arriving there I started going to Thurs 10 for 10.30am start, Trevor Pickles 01282 844788 church and after a few weeks someone asked if I'd like to go to an event where Football – Gargrave AFC (over 16s),, Tues eve training, Sat games there were talks about Jesus and a “New Life For You”. I really enjoyed it (what I www.gargraveafc.co.uk, Caroline Thompson 749235 could understand). But it was when I started reading the Bible and trying to pray Golf – Mason’s Arms Golf SocietySociety, www.masonsarmsgolfsociety.com, 749304 that I found out that God was really there. It was as if the God I didn't know, but Hunt – Pendle Forest & Craven Hunt, Elizabeth Adams 01756 749772 who had done something when I cried out for help, was now leading me to get to Pilates ––– Village Hall Annex, Fridays 9am-10am, Beatrice Faulkner 749443 know Him. Tennis – Craven Lawn Tennis Club,Club Beth Whitley 749664, www.craventennis.org.uk Now, you and I are not the same and everyone's life is different. But God is Tai Chi – Village Hall Annex, Thur 7.30-8.30pm, Ian Cresswell 748540 the same, so we can learn from each other's experience of Him. One important Walking ––– GAP GroupGroup, start outside V Hall, 1st Sun of month, 10am, Olive Coates 748379 way to get to know God better is to read the “Gospels” about Jesus in the Bible Walking for Health – 1st Thursday of the month, 10am, Jean Maxwell 748851 (the modern “GNB” or “NIV” translations are best for this). Jesus is like God would Yoga ––– Village Hall Annex, Wednesdays 9.30-11.30am, Sally Thomas 748098 be if He became human, because Jesus was God as a man. So reading about Zumba ––– V. Hall (16+) Tues 5.45-6.45pm & Thurs 5-6pm, Julia Priestley 07769 692471 Jesus helps us understand what God is like:- Jesus was kind and caring, Modern sequence dance – Village Hall, Mon 7.45-10pm & a monthly Saturday welcoming everyone to come to Him - just as we are - but He also pointed out (see diary, p.2), John Stephenson 01535 632935 that we need to say sorry for the things we have done wrong, and that we need to Chance 2 dance ––– Village Hall Annex, Tap (3-18, adult) Tues 4.15-7.30pm change for the better. And of course, it was Jesus himself who had to pay the Ballet (3-18) Sat 9am-2.30pm, TheatreTheatre----craftcraft Thur 5-6pm Jaki 0758 2086345 ultimate price so that we could be forgiven, be changed spiritually, and be with Thomson’s Dance Centre – (3 - adults) School Hall, Sat am, Kathy Thomson, 07912 441913 God forever. Bell ringing – St Andrew’s, Mon 7.30pm Sun 9.30am Davina Cockshott 07772 179561 Learning to pray is important too – especially how to listen for what God th Bingo – Village Hall Annex, 4 Wed of month 7.30pm, Joan Philip 749468 might be saying to us. And it's much easier to pray when you know what God is nd Craft Night ––– The Swan Inn, 2 Tues of month, Georgina [email protected] like. So is learning to express our thanks and praise to God. To some extent, Dog training ––– Village Hall, Wed 5-10pm, Helen & Brian Coates 751816 prayer and thanks comes naturally to a lot of people – many more than those of st Fuchsia & Geranium Club ––– V.Hall, 1 Wed of month 7.30pm, Paula Jackson 752175 us who go to church services. But learning about Jesus, learning to pray and Gargrave Heritage Group – Tues 10am, St Andrew’s Church, Martin Thomson 748309 thank God, and learning to live a good life, are what taking part in Church services Knit and Natter ––– St Andrew’s, Tues 2pm, Norma Brothers 748392 at St Andrews are all about. Mothers Union ––– Ethne Bannister, 749551 Parish Council Meeting ––– Village Hall side room, 1st Mon of mth, or 2nd on bank hols Pendle Forest and Craven HuntHunt–––– Elizabeth Adams 749772 Snooker Club ––– Village Hall Snooker Annex, every day, Stewart Smith 749340 Stan Drew’s Community Choir ––– Ruth Abbott, 748483 WIWIWI – Village Hall Annex, 2nd Wed of month 7.30pm, Moyra Sonley 749634 Masons Arms – Quiz Sundays 9pm, Acoustic live music 1st Friday of the month The Old Swan Inn – Quiz Thursdays 9pm 749232 1 DIARY FOR MARCH Mon 31 Lent course – evening group, 7.30pm, Vicarage See back inside cover for regular weekly events and meetings Tues 1 April Lent course – afternoon group, 2pm, Vicarage Gargrave Sat 5 April Ellie Gill Band, 7.30pm, Village Hall. Tickets are £10 to include pie and pea supper and fully licensed bar. Sat 1 Coffee Morning, 10am to Noon, Village Hall Every Monday, WednesdWednesdayay and Friday: Morning Prayer, 9am, Church Sun 2 Communion 88amamamam;; S; SungSung Eucharist 10.3010.30amamamam,, Church Mon 3 Parish Council Meeting, 7.15pm, Village Hall Annex. CCConiConioni�on�on Cold Tue 4 Communion 9am, Church Sun 2 Evensong 4pm, St Peter’s Shrovetide Supper and Social 7 pm, Church Sun 9 Service of the Word 10.30am, St Andrew’s, Gargrave Wed 5 Ash Wednesday Communion, 7pm Church Sun 16 Book of Common Prayer Communion, 4pm, St Peter’s Lent Course taster session, 7.30pm, Vicarage Sun 23 Evensong 4pm, St Peter’s Tennis Club AGM 8pm, Old Swan Inn Sun 30 Mothering Sunday - Evensong 4pm, St Peter’s North West Book Fair, 10am to 4pm, Village Hall Sat 8 Sun 5 April Evensong 4pm, St Peter’s Sun 9 Communion 88amamamam;; Service of the Word 10.3010.30amamamam,, Church Mon 10 Lent course – evening group, 7.30pm, Vicarage FORTHCOMING EVENTS Tue 11 Communion 9am, Church Lent course – afternoon group, 2pm, Vicarage Shrovetide Supper Norma Brothers Wed 12 WI Meeting, 7.30pm, Village Hall Annex This convivial annual event is to take place as usual on Shrove Tuesday, 4 March Fri 14 Dance with Alan Cookson, 8pm, Village Hall in St Andrew’s Church, starting at 7pm.