FIVE ALIVE The Magazine of the Redruth Team Ministry St Euny Redruth, Christchurch Lanner, St Andrew Pencoys St Andrew Redruth and St Stephen Treleigh AUGUST 2018 Price 50p Team Clergy Church Wardens Caspar Bush—Team Rector 01209 216958 St. Andrew Redruth Lez Seth 01209 215191 Peter Fellows 07903 807946 Sue Pearce 01209 217596 Jo Mulliner 01209 699979 St. Euny Redruth Graham Adamson 01209 315965 Margaret Johnson 01209 211352 Lay Readers Lucie Rogers 01209 211255 Jim Seth 01209 215191 Web site: www.miningchurch.uk Judith Williams 01209 202477 St. Andrew Pencoys Margaret Du Plessy 01209 481829 Jill Tolputt 01209 214638 Christchurch Lanner Magazine Editor/Treasurer Ross Marshall 01209 215695 Richard & Rosemary Robinson 01209 715198 Mary Anson 01209 211087 [email protected] St. Stephen’s Treleigh PASTORAL TEAM 07724 639854 Anne Youlton 01209 214532 ST EUNY OUTREACH WORKER 07971 574199 Christine Cunningham 01209 218147 (Clare Brown) Enquiries Concerning Church Halls St Andrew’s Crypt Lez Seth 01209 215191 Pencoys Church Hall Christine Walker 01209 215850 Lanner Church Hall Margaret Davis 01209 214470 Treleigh Church Hall David Rowe 01209 218416 Enquiries Concerning Weddings and Baptisms Please email Revd Caspar Bush on [email protected] or telephone 01209 216958 Benefice Office & weekly news sheet Administrator: Donna Bishop Tel office 01209 200739 (Please leave a message) E-mail: [email protected] Benefice website http://www.redruthchurch.org.uk Administrator: Alice Bush Email: [email protected] FIVE ALIVE MAGAZINE Subscriptions £6.00( PER YEAR OR 50P PER COPY): please contact your Churchwardens Articles and advertisements: please contact:- Richard and Rosemary Robinson: [email protected] by FRIDAY 17 AUGUST Rector’s notes – AUGUST 2018 How are we doing? I write this a couple of days after England went out of the World Cup at the semi-final stage. There’s much talk of Gareth Southgate’s new approach to football management that seems to have been the biggest factor in this unex- pected success. I guess we’ll get to measure this again in two years time at Euro 2020. A year ago Bishop Chris came to visit us, and our Ministry Development Team presented to him what we felt were the priorities for our churches, and where we would be investing our efforts. We told him about our mission statement above: ‘Sharing God’s welcome; growing disciples’, how we’d gone through the process of discerning that, and what that meant in terms of prayer, discipleship and welcome. In a week’s time we are going back to see him about this again, and he’s going to ask us the question– how’s it going? We have some encouraging things to tell him about, because every one of our churches has something positive to report. But also we’ll be telling him that in some things we haven’t made as much progress as we’d hoped. We also have some revised and new ideas we’ll tell him about too. Being honest about our progress – about our Christian faith and life– is probably as important as the progress itself. The nub of the opportunity and challenge in our churches remains the same: how can our wonderful congregations and buildings be best put to use to draw more people deeper into the life and love and purposes of God, and make a positive impact on the communities we live in? Gareth Southgate was the first England manager for a long time to try a different approach, and he’s made a huge impact on the success of the team and the way we all feel about them. And that took a great deal of courage and a willingness to take some risks and try new things. I’m pretty certain that for us to make the most of all our opportunities we have, that we as churches may need to do something similar, rather than simply keeping doing the same things and hoping for a better result. Watch this space for more details, especially with regard to a ‘Feast of Prayer’ initiative which is coming from September onwards… With my prayers, and very best wishes Caspar Bush (Team Rector) A Message from Graham Coming home" is a time of huge joy—we anticipated it as a nation during the World Cup! -and as a family we are really glad to be back in our homeland of Cornwall. Thank you so much for the warm welcome we have received as a family from all we have met here. It is a privilege to be your guests here as we step out into mission with you all. We are excited to be here and looking forward to all that God has in store for the church in this next season together. Thank you Graham Harry Dawes—SERVER (RIP) Harry passed away on 1 July 2018 aged 85 and his funeral took place at St Andrew’s Redruth on Tuesday 17 July with a Requiem Mass conducted by Father Peter and Father Eddie. Harry and his late wife Rose, were stalwart members of St Andrew’s congregation but first and foremost Harry’s joy was serving. He was often the first to arrive on Sunday or Wednesday mornings and was meticulous in his preparation for the Service. He under- took his role with dignity and respect, always greeting the priests as “Father”, never using their Christian names, even though he had known them for years. He was also, with his brother George, a lead- ing member of the St Mark Chapter of the Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary, acting as Treasurer and travelling to serve at Guild services throughout West Corn- wall. We servers that remain will continue to feel his presence as we try to set up for each Service with the same precision as Harry achieved. Our condolences and prayers go to Ian, Lilian and his grandchildren. May he rest in peace and rise in glory Richard Robinson A message from St Euny Bell Ringers Tower members and supporters were saddened to hear of the passing of Harry Dawes. Harry was a member until 2010, and in 2014 he was made a Life Member. We send our condolences to his children, Lilian and Ian, and to the rest of his family. Clive Reynolds If one of your countryman become poor……….help him. Leviticus 25:35 For those of you who aren’t familiar with our local foodbank, this is an invaluable service run by CPR Transformation under the aegis of Don Gardner. It provides needy local families and single people in some sort of financial crisis with that essential of life, food. Short term crises are not unusual, especially for families in receipt of benefits when administrative issues may delay or stop payments. Early last year, Don approached Caspar to see if St Andrew’s would be able to host a foodbank distribution point, and following a meeting of those interested in getting involved, we opened our doors just before Easter 2017. Since then, we have been open for two hours every Monday morning, except for the bank holidays. There are several other distribution points in the area, open on different days. We have eleven very committed volunteers, most of whom have been involved from the start. Three or four are ‘on duty’ every morning. If you would like to join us, please have a word with Sandra. The number of people using the service varies, although we are never rushed off our feet, which is maybe a good thing, as more users means more people in difficulty. Some days we see no-one at all, others it may be three or four (who usually represent several more individuals in the family) Users must obtain a voucher for a week’s supply from a service such as their GP, the Job-Centre, Citizens Advice and others. At St Andrew’s, our job is to change those vouchers into food boxes, which are made up and supplied by a central CPR depot. We also offer tea and biscuits, a listening ear, and if requested, put them in touch with other services, such as debt advice, run by CPR. What we do not do, and are not expected to do, is to decide if the user is, or is not, in a crisis that justifies the provision of help. That is a decision for the voucher issuers, who will have more knowledge of the users circumstances . Users are allowed up to six vouchers over six months, so this is not a regular weekly support service. Many users may only need one or two weeks supplies, just enough to enable them to resolve their issues and start to get back on their feet. Many of our users are happy to talk about their circumstances, and one of the commonest reactions from volunteers is to think ‘there but for the grace of God, go I’. One young man, with three small children, had unexpectedly lost his job, had used up his small savings, but was still waiting for a decision on his unemployment benefit . The foodbank was able to help him in this crisis, giving the family a little more time to get back financially on their feet. Another was a young mother whose partner had walked out on her, just when the rent was due, and she was frightened of losing her tenancy. A weeks supply of food freed up some money for the rent, while she began to sort out her changed finances. And what do we, as volunteers, get out of this? The satisfaction of knowing we are helping the vulnerable and needy in our community.