~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOUR VILLAGE NEWSLETTER November 2017 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WORSHIP AT ALSTONEFIELD : BUTTERTON : ILAM WARSLOW WITH ELKSTONES : WETTON Benefice Ministry Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicar – vacancy NOVEMBER SERVICES Churchwardens ~ Alstonefield Mrs Marion Beloe 5THNOVEMBER~4TH SUNDAY BEF ADVENT (GO/W) 12TH NOVEMBER~3RD SUNDAY BEF ADVENT (R/G) 01335 310253 ALL SAINTS’ DAY REMEMBRANCE 11.00am Alstonefield 10.30am Alstonefield ~ Butterton Benefice HC 10.45am Ilam Mrs Barbara Woodward 11.00am Butterton HC 10.45am Wetton 01538 304324 10.45am Elkstones Mrs Lily Hambleton- Plumb 19TH NOVEMBER~2ND SUNDAY BEF ADVENT (R/G) 26TH NOVEMBER~SUNDAY BEF ADVENT (R/W) 01538 304397 11.00am Warslow CHRIST THE KING Benefice HC 10.30am Ilam ~ Ilam Benefice HC Mr Ian Smith 3.30pm Butterton EW 01335 350236 Miss Ellen Clewes 3RD DECEMBER~1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (P) 01335 350437 10.30am Ilam Hark the Ilam angels sing ~ Warslow with Elkstones 11.00am Wetton Mrs Rachel Moorcroft Benefice HC (Warslow) 01298 84568 11.00am Butterton HC Mrs Judy Prince (Warslow) 01298 84351 Mr Reg Meakin (Elkstones) 01538 304295 ~ Wetton Miss Clare Day Visiting Clergy 01538 381773 This month we welcome to our Benefice Holy Communion Services Please pray regularly for Revd Paul Myers, Revd Terry Warner and Revd Roger Harley this team and those who minister with them. Key to Symbols HC = Holy Communion: BCP = Book of Common Prayer: FC = Family Communion: AAW = All Age Worship: MP = Morning Prayer: MW = Morning Worship: EP = Evening Prayer: EW = Evening Worship who helped set up and take down the tables – grateful From The thanks to you all. Redecorating St. Peter’s Church: The PCC would like Church Wardens to receive expressions of interest from local painters and The interregnum continues, and decorators to undertake the re-decoration of the inside of churchwardens are grateful for the support of their the church. The work can be done in phases; we have a respective communities, especially so during an scaffolding plan. If you are interested please call Carrie interregnum which is likely to be protracted. This month, Osborne 310453 for more information or email as well as planned Benefice Holy Communion services by [email protected] visiting clergy, Butterton village also has a Communion st nd Carol Suppers: Thursday 21 & Friday 22 December service led by Revd. Michael Evans. nd Tickets will go on sale on Saturday 2 December at 9am Draft proposals to re-configure the current benefice of five in the Village Hall, £9.00 for adults and £4.50 for children. parishes, which are being discussed by the Diocese, If you cannot get to the hall then please email or phone mean that it is quite likely that Butterton will move into the with your first and second choices of date and numbers Ipstones benefice at some point in the not too distant and we will try to fit everyone in. There are a maximum future, and Warslow with Elkstones will move into the number of 85 per night. We still need some more offers of Longnor benefice. help to set up, be in the kitchen, make desserts, and to As Vicar of the Ipstones Benefice, Rev’d. Evans has kindly provide entertainment please. Contact Carrie or Jon on offered to preside at HC services for Butterton on the first 310453 or email [email protected] Sunday of every month, and this will be in addition to the Carol Singing in Alstonefield Village two monthly benefice services shared between the North Monday 18th December and South of the benefice, for which visiting clergy will Meet at the Village Hall at 6pm to divide into two groups, preside. one up the Raikes and one around the centre of the This month includes All Hallow Tide, which encompasses village. We will gather for refreshments afterwards in The the three days from 31st October to 2nd November – better George. Please contact Jon Lane if you do NOT want us known as Hallowe’en, or All Hallow’s Eve, All Saints Day to call or if you will be away or if you live in an outlying (1st) and All Souls Day (2nd), and of course there are home and would like us to come to you. Remembrance Sunday services across the benefice. Call 01335-310453 or email [email protected] November is sometimes referred to as ‘the month of the Alstonefield Anne Green Festival 2018 dead’, a time when we remember the Saints and the Plans are progressing for a series of events to raise funds faithful departed. for the upkeep of St Peter’s church and churchyard. th As we approach the season of advent, it also offers us all Please save the date of Saturday 30 June for the Tudor an opportunity for personal reflection and contemplation, Fair. Details of other events soon. to strengthen our faith and to focus on hope, not fear, on love, not hate, on the light, not the darkness. ALSTONEFIELD WAR MEMORIAL For Prayer – from the Registers We thought we would plant up red flowers around Please let your Churchwarden know of anyone in special the War Memorial through this year from November need of prayer. We will do what we can to help – and with to November 2018 as part of the commemorations complete confidentiality. for the end of World War One. We would “All Are Invited To Attend Any Event Published In this appreciate offers of help to tend it (a bit of weeding, Magazine and Taking Place In replacing dead plants, watering in the unlikely event Any of Our Villages”. of drought…) ; if we have 12 offers we could do a Alstonefield month each, if 52 people offered we would only need St. Peter’s to do a week each! We can make up a rota. Alstonefield Harvest Supper Do please contact Carrie on 310453 or email There was a good turnout for The ‘Bring & Share’ Harvest nd [email protected] Supper and auction at Alstonefield on 2 October, raising almost £300 for church funds. Alstonefield Parish Council Clerk to the Council – Liz Court, tel. 07746 833910 Thank you to everyone who brought a variety of hot dishes to share on the night, which were much appreciated by Email [email protected] c/o The Village Hall, Alstonefield, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. DE6 2FR everyone. The apple pie and custard and / or Lemon Cheesecake, which the PCC provided, also went down Chair: Cathy Reavy (01335 310125) very well! Vice Chairman: Richard Butler (01335 310620) Huge thanks to Cathy Reavy for creating a wonderful Councillors: Nick Bonsall (310262) Alan Hayes (310057) display of the harvest produce, and also to Chris Gordon Campbell (07919353800) Rupert Hignett (310389) Carrie Osborne (310453) Hornblower for his auctioneering skills. Special thanks to Millie and Ruby who played an important role as All agendas and minutes are always available on the auctioneer’s assistants. website and the notice boards. Finally, to everyone who worked so hard in the kitchen All Parishioners are cordially invited to attend the next (you know who you are!), from serving to collecting plates Parish Council Meeting which will take place at the Village and then tackling all the washing up, and to those kind folk Hall from 7.00pm on Wednesday 13th December 2017. ` . 3 Wreath Or Advent Ring Christmas Workshop Come along to Alstonefield Village Hall (DE6 2FR) on Sunday 3rd December and create your very own Christmas Wreath(s) or Advent Ring with Sue Lovatt & Anne Morgan Morning session 10am to 12.30pm Afternoon session 1.30pm-4pm £15 – this will include a ring, wire and foliage. Please bring gardening gloves secateurs/scissors and your own finishing touches to personalise your design Mulled wine, Tea/Coffee & Mince pies provided If you can’t come along, Christmas wreaths or table decorations will be available to order - priced £15-£20 To book a place on the workshop, please phone 01335 310458/07714041682 Alstonefield Village Hall Chairman:- Jean Allen Vice Chairman & Social Secretary:- Dave Littlehales Secretary/Treasurer:- Margaret Cohen Bookings Officer:- Sue Lovatt Tel: 01335 310458 e-mail:[email protected] Committee Members:- Frank Lipp, Marie McIlroy, Jill Benghiat, Jo Griffin, Ian Longdon, Ken Sharples, Val Littlehales, Martin Wilding and Martin Snodin. Alstonefield Village Hall Committee is holding its Annual Indoor Market Winter Indoor Market a little earlier this year on December 30th 2017. This highly successful event attracts people Alstonefield Village Hall from all over Staffordshire and Derbyshire. While browsing the wide variety of stalls, visitors will be treated to live th seasonal music by a delightful duo of violin and accordion. Saturday December 30 2017 Hot home-made refreshments are served from the kitchen From 10am until 2.00pm too, and proceeds from these sales are for the Village Hall Stalls selling all kinds of goods, including vintage Refurbishment Fund, which directly benefits the large local community and visitors who enjoy using our hall. Please clothes, antique objets d’art, cards and prints, contact Margaret for more information. Regular craft, bric-a-brac, floral decorations, books, stallholders and new participants are always very tombola, and many more attractions. welcome. Live Seasonal Music Alstonefield and District Friendship Club Refreshments will be served in aid of the Village Our Christmas shopping trip is to Burton on 8th November. Hall Refurbishment Fund. If you get your booking in immediately, we can still fit you on the coach, at a cost of £6. If you would like to come to Entrance: only £1.00 & children free the Christmas lunch at the Bentley Brook on 6th Anyone wishing to run your own stall at the market December, please ring as soon as possible to make your please contact Margaret as soon as possible on: choice from the menu.