AprilApril 20202020 The St Philip’s Burwash Weald ‐Parish Magazine ‐ since 1887 plus Community News for Burwash Common, Burwash Weald, SAINT Southover and Witherenden PHILIP’S PHILIP’S In this issue Church Notices for April Gardeners Corner Countryside Notes Special Home Worship Pull­out for the members of the Burwash Benefice. Free The Wheel Inn Heathfield Road Burwash Weald East Sussex TN19 7LA 01435 882299 @TheWheelInn on Facebook Serving food 7 days a week Function room & restaurant available to hire for; weddings, Monday to Saturday christening, birthday parties, anniversaries. wakes etc 12pm - 3pm 6pm-9pm Have you joined our locals club? Exclusive offers to those Sunday 12pm - 6pm who join, pop in and speak to a member of our team for more information Our Weekly Offers Whats going on at The Wheel - Curry night (Every last Monday and Tuesday Saturday of the month) BOGOF pizza All you can eat £10 Wednesday - Burger night: A Next curry night 25th of burger and pint, glass of wine or soft drink for £10 April 2020 - Easter Sunday Thursday - Steak night: 2 (12th April 2020) Rump steaks and a bottle of Kids easter egg hunt wine for £30. Other steaks available by pre order. Sunday carvery - Quiz night (Every other Friday - Fish ’n’ chip Fridays! Wednesday) £10 8pm start and free nibbles at Sunday carvery 12pm - 4pm: half time 1 course £11.50, 2 courses This months quiz nights - £14, served with all the 1st, 15th & 29th of April 2020 traditional trimmings For updates regarding current events please look to our facebook page or call us on 01435 882299 As there will most likely always be someone here to answer the phone if needed and the facebook page will be kept very up to date. Page 2 From the Editor Welcome to the April edition of the St Philip’s Magazine. Firstly you may have noticed that this is a completely free edition. If you need more copies then they can be collected at the Burwash Stores, Broad Oak Stores or from a box in the Lych Gate at Burwash Common, whilst stocks last. Due to the problems with the Coronavirus (Covid­19) all of our churches are currently closed to try to slow down the spread of the virus.This means that this month’s magazine does not carry any services for the foreseeable future. There is, in the centre of the magazine, a 16 page pull­out booklet to help you with Home Worship. Please use this as often as you need to. Much of our usual content has not been available for this month’s edition but I am hopeful that it will be back over the next couple of months or so. There is however an interesting article about Beatrix Potter on the Gardener’s Corner page on page 11. Many regulars have still been included namely The Pavilion News, After Eight Club, Residents Association, Seagulls over Burwash, Snooker results and Burwash Flower Arrangers. Jim and Mary Smith are currently at their mission in Ghana and Jim has produced two more articles under the Serving Africa headings. These have become regular reports and will continue to be in the magazine for at least the next 3 months. Peter Thompson Editor Tel: 01435 882856 e‐mail: [email protected] .uk Facebook.com/. Please Note:Deadline for the May 2020 edition is 15th April Also note that all items for inclusion should be sent to [email protected] Page 3 April 2020 Home Worship Pull-out 3 Editorial 31 pages 31 - 46 Editorial Editor Pete Thompson Tel 01435 882856 Easter at St.Philip’s 6 HOME WORSHIP email: F O R U S E W H E N U N A B L E T O A T T E N D T H E C H U R C H B U I L D I N G [email protected] 9 View from the Vicarage Advertising Peter Street email: 10 Coronavirus [email protected] Tel 01435 884067 Serving Africa Mission Subscriptions 13 Water, Water Everywhere Elizabet Newton (Libby) email: [email protected] Serving Africa Mission Tel 01435 883399 14 Pentecost United Benefice of Burwash, Burwash Weald and Etchingham Rates £1 per issue £10 for 12 issues Published by St Philip’s is now on Facebook. Please like our page for The Parochial Church Council updates on services and activities. St Philip’s Church Burwash Weald Facebook.com/stphilipburwash East Sussex. Tel: 01435 882172 TO ADVERTISE in The Magazine Distribution: The Editor REACH YOUR LOCAL CUSTOMERS DIRECTLY Tel: 01435 882856 Full page £95 per annum (£105 back page - if available) Half page £58 per annum (£68 back page - if available) Also available at Quarter page £35 per annum (£45 back page - if available) Burwash Londis with special thanks to Keiran McCrumlish Full Colour Advertising - be seen !! and at The Pavilion and the Prices are £115 - ½ page, £230 per Full page per annum. Village Shop & Cafe. NEW- 1/8 page (Colour Only) £45 Short period advertising is now available on a pro rata basis with no minimum period. Call for details. and help to support St Philip’s Church Call: 01435 882856 or email:[email protected] 1867 ­ 2019 Page 4 Regular & Other Items 7 Parochial Church Council PCC Member list and Church Officers. 8 Church reports and Rotas 26 Seagulls Report from the Parish Registers, Flower Rota, Brass Cleaning and Walking Football Church Cleaning. 28 11 Gardener’s Corner 29 Blacksmith Tea & Coffee Shop Pavilion News 12 30 Burwash Flower Arrangers 47 Neighbourhood Watch. 15 After Eights / VE Day Street Party 48 Burwash Playing Field Association. 16 Wild About Burwash 49 Fun Pages (49 -52) 17 Countryside Notes 55 Local Organisations (55-57) 18 Residents Association Index to Advertisers 58 20 Scouts 21 Internet Cafe 22 Burwash Surgery PPG Burwash Parish Council 23 25 Snooker & Billiards Page 5 Easter at St.Philip’s Page 6 ST PHILIP'S CHURCH, BURWASH WEALD PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL: 2020-2021 Telephone: (01435) Associate Vicar Rev Graham Lewis 882172 Churchwarden: Mr K Lloyd 883264 Sacristan: Mrs A Everall 883247 Assistant Sacristan: Mr J Swift 883355 Hon Secretary: Mrs J Wingfield 884313 Hon Treasurer: Mrs E Newton 883399 Vice Chairman: Mr K Lloyd Members: Mrs A Everall 883247 Mrs A Street 884067 Mr P Thompson* 882856 Mr M Valentine* 883595 Miss F Findlay Mrs P Lewis 883239 * Deanery Synod Representatives OTHER APPOINTMENTS: Sidesmen: Mrs A Everall 883247 Mrs J Lloyd 883264 Mr J Logan 883371 Mr P Street 884067 Mrs P Lewis 883239 Miss L Hutton 864542 Family Link: : Anne Everall 883247 Beccy Smith 883594 Safeguarding Officer Mr K Lloyd 883264 Mission Representative: Mr P Thompson 882856 Magazine Editor: Mr P Thompson 882856 Magazine Advertising Mr P Street 884067 Magazine Distribution: t.b.a Flower Rota: Mrs P Lewis 883239 Asst Treasurer Mr P Street 884067 Page 7 Church Reports and Rotas FLOWER ROTA ‐ April April Check with Pat Lewis as Church is currently closed. CHURCH CLEANING (Holy Dusters) ‐ April 5th Pat Lewis 12th Gill Cairncross 19th Jane Lloyd 26th Anne Street BRASS CLEANING John and Joan Logan have kindly agreed to take on the Brass Cleaning Prayer Opportunities There are many and varied opportunities to pray and be prayed for at St Philip’s. Here are a just a few. The church is usually open during daylight hours. There's a copy of the electoral roll in the church to help you pray for others. Jim and Mary Smith have small groups of people who pray regularly for any who needs healing. Every three months Jim and Mary take the current list to a well­known places of healing and pray privately for the list. The next list is now open and they will be praying at the Firle Beacon. [email protected]. Page 8 VIEW FROM THE VICARAGE I make no apologies here – I found the original of this on Facebook, that repository of fake news, bogus ‘facts’ and utter garbage. But this does seem to be correctly attributed to Martin Luther, the monk who kickstarted the Reformation. He lived in the time of regular outbreaks of plague and wrote this to a friend who wanted to know the Christian response. It was subsequently published. Unfortunately, the English text is copyrighted by a US publisher but here’s a summary in 21st Century bullet points instead of 16th Century flowing prose: • He begins by praying for God’s protection • He will keep clean and both take and give the recommended medicine • He avoids places where his presence is not needed, lest he become infected and then pass it on to another who might then die • But he will not avoid going to places when a neighbour needs his presence • He accepts that this disease might be the way he will die but he is not afraid of God’s judgement if he has done these things • He declares this to be a proper faith – fearing God, being neither brash nor foolhardy and not tempting God That last point he makes reminds me of Jesus’ time in the desert, which we commemorate as the season of Lent. In the depths of hunger, he hears the devil telling him he can jump off the highest tower on the temple in Jerusalem because, and here he quotes from the bible, “angels will protect you.” Jesus retorts with another passage, “Do not put God to the test.” But, when it was needed, he went to the cross and he died. Travelling in India for the first time was a surreal experience. My driver was on the wrong side of a motorway, doing well over 70mph and driving straight towards the oncoming headlights of two trucks travelling side by side with only a couple of feet gap between them.