DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Saturday 16th July Ipplepen Village Show Sunday 17th July Ipplepen Village Show Songs of Praise in the marquee at 6.00pm St. JohnJohn thethe BaptistBaptist Saturday 23rd July Coffee Morning at the Church Hall, Ipplepen Thursday 28th July PCC at Ipplepen St. MaryMary thethe VirginVirgin Tuesday 2nd August PCC at Woodland St. Andrew’s Thursday 4th August Quiet Day at Denbury Church Cottage. 10.00am - 4.00pm Sunday 7th August Ipplepen Carnival Songs of Praise. 6.00pm WOODLAND, IPPLEPEN & DENBURY Trinity 2011 Saturday 20th August Coffee Morning at the Church Hall, Ipplepen Saturday 10th September Devon Historic Churches sponsored Bike Ride Sunday 25th September Harvest Thanksgiving at Woodland. 6.00pm A MESSAGE FROM THE RECTOR Sunday 2nd October Harvest Thanksgiving at Denbury, Torbryan and Ipplepen Sunday 9th October Bishop of Plymouth celebrates the Mission Community It's now three years since Woodland came We will be having a lunch that day in the and joined us and we formed a mission church hall so that we can continue the community. celebrations over a meal. Look out for the invitations cards that will be available soon Many people have commented that this has As always we are grateful to the Editor and been an enriching experience. All three production team of this great Magazine, churches have learnt much from each other, JAM, which keeps us all informed of what is we have developed close friendships and it going on in our villages and I know people has been good to share resources. But a enjoy reading it .This is another example of mission community is like a good marriage: how enriching it is being in a mission you have to give time and effort to community. maintaining the relationship. The three PCC's have been working on their mission action Also in October we are hoping to start Messy plans. This is important to keep us focussed Church which is especially aimed at young JAMCONTACTS on what we are trying to achieve and where families and their children. Tessa Amies is we want to be in five years time. When we going to lead on this and I know her great Rector: The Reverend Ian Eglin 01803 812215 started work on our mission action plan all skills of working with children will be a huge Hon Asst Priests: three churches were amazed at how much asset. Messy church will be for all in our The Reverend Tony Meek 01803 814370 we are already doing in serving God and the mission community so look out for details. I Canon Tom New 01803 813775 community in this part of Devon. hope you all have a great summer. The Reverend Anne Burden 01803 813520 Reader: Tessa Amies 01803 813993 It is now time to celebrate what we have The Reverend Ian Eglin Church Wardens : achieved so far. The Bishop of Plymouth, The StJ ohn the Baptist: Norman Buckle 01364 652472 Right Reverend John Ford will come to Jane Usher 01626 353454 celebrate the mission community. His visit is StA ndrew's: Madeleine Fedrick 01803 814134 on Sunday 9 October at 11.00am at St Jane Outhwaite 01803 812897 Andrew's Ipplepen. This will be the only StM ary the Virgin: Sue Day 01803 812752 service in the mission community that day in Steve Bassett 01803 812537 the hope that everyone will make an effort to be with the Bishop. There is much to Newsletter Production: Charles Quartley 01803 812238 celebrate and give thanks for and we look Newsletter Editor: Michael Price 01803 813472 forward to the future with confidence. Please put this date in your diary and make very For more information visit the new web pages at www.missioncommunity.org.uk effort to be present. Rector and Churchwardens NEWS FROM DENBURY A VISIT TO NARNIA Rachel Belringer, our correspondent from St Mary the Virgin reports on the activities in the Our Lent course this year was based on the ideas of C. S. Lewis church from Easter to Trinity. especially on “The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe” (the first of the “Chronicles of Narnia”). With Easter so late this year and the Royal Wedding extending the annual May Day festivities weekend, it was truly a time of celebration. It all fitted. New life: through the returning spring Lewis lived 1898-1963, and was an Oxford don. (My late wife, Joy, (wonderful this year), through young love, through Christ's Resurrection and triumph at Easter. heard him lecture during the war.) He wrote many serious books Christian, Pagan, or Not Sure you can't deny the sense of hope and expectation that comes about Christianity, as well as the Narnia fantasies. It's a bit with the time of year. controversial as to whether the Narnia characters are fully Christian symbols! We were able to see a (more recent) film version of “The The Church started May with a Songs of Praise in the May Fair Marquee on Sunday 1st , at 5pm. Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” before the course, and extracts On 19 May there was the Archdeacon's Visitation at Kingskerswell. This is where our Church during the sessions. wardens are commissioned for the following year. They work so hard for the Church in Denbury. Apart from our involvement in May fair, there was one other event this month, a Social conditions have changed a lot since Lewis's time. In the film coffee morning on behalf of Christian Aid on Wednesday 18th May in the Church Cottage there is a youngster called Lucy (played by a girl with a very expressive face!), who meets a male faun, Mr Tumnus, and spends time with him. (“Ooh! Health and safety!” we think, these June began with Ascension Day, celebrating Christ's return to Heaven, and which marks the days.) Lewis's sexuality must have been a bit repressed. His mother died when he was 9 (as end of Easter. This was on Thursday 2nd , with the service at 10.15am. This coincided with that happened to me). He didn't marry until he was in his fifties. His wife, like mine, was called week's coffee morning, which was held in the Church Cottage. Joy. But she was an American divorcee with two sons. Lewis found her a pleasant intellectual companion, and agreed, first, to a civil marriage so that she could stay in England. She was The Children's Time on June 5th focussed on Baptism. The following Sunday was Pentecost, already dying of cancer when Lewis arranged a Christian marriage at her bedside in 1956, and and in the afternoon the annual Church yard service for friends and loved ones of those at rest she died 4 years later. We saw a film, “Shadowlands”, about this relationship. Lewis seems to there was held at 3pm with tea in the Cottage afterwards. The following Sunday (Trinity) there have invented Shadowlands to describe this world, with a life not fully lived, in contrast to the was a Mission Community service at Torbryan, with NO service at Denbury. Heaven to come. There was a Gift Day for St Mary's held in the Church, on Saturday 11th . The Gift day was well In the first session we discussed what Jesus meant by “having life to the full”. We went on to supported, with nearly £2380 coming in on the day. Thanks to all who came think about equally fundamental questions dealing with the unexpected, with suffering; do we recognise God's gifts to us, and how do we use them? Does God sometimes seem absent? We A Quiet day in the Church Cottage on 15th gave a chance to recharge spiritual batteries. discussed in small groups, then paused for guided meditation together. In the fifth session, with Holy Week approaching, we also thought about death and resurrection. There will always be a Puddings Evening in the summertime! This much anticipated event will happen on July 2nd , at 7pm, at Shute House. Puddings to dream about, as previous participants We had the benefit of good teamwork by the Rector and his wife Caroline. I was a little will confirm! disappointed by the attendance, especially from St. Andrew's. There was a keen group from Denbury, and Woodland was always represented. There were even one or two non-Anglicans! We have one of our special Family services on July 3rd , where the Mass is still celebrated but We made four or five little groups for the discussions, which went well, but it was a small the service is more “child-friendly” (simpler prayers; activities; familiar hymns). This starts at proportion of our membership. How can we convince more people that it is worthwhile 9.15am, and all children and adults are welcome. thinking more deeply about our faith, and getting to know each other better? Arthur French There is a Deanery Confirmation service at Kingskerswell on Mon 4th July, with the Bishop of Exeter officiating. We welcome Ann Toler from Denbury, who will be confirming her Faith at SNIPPETS 3 - by Stephen Bryant …and another mission for the community…. that service. After a May Evensong at Woodland the following exchange took place during the notices: Finally, here is advanced notice of a Quiet Day to be held on Thurs 4th August at the Church Cottage, 10-4pm. Please book with Caroline Eglin (812215). Reader: “A number of gravestones in our churchyard are leaning and next Saturday the Rector has arranged for 20 young cadets from Britannia Royal Naval College to come and put them right.” Excited female voice from the back: “O Goodee!! That's two for each of us!!” Reader: “I think the Rector had cakes in mind as a reward if anyone would like to make one.” SNIPPETS 2 - by Stephen Bryant EDITOR'S CORNER Mission Community with a difference Here comes summer and welcome to the and grow together.