February 2017 Contents Page What’s On ................................................................................................... 3 Parish News and Contacts ...................................................................... 4-9 General Interest ............................................................................. 8, 10-12 Churcham & Bulley News ................................................................... 13-15 Huntley News ..................................................................................... 16-18 Longhope News .................................................................................. 19-25 May Hill News ..................................................................................... 26-27 News from Village Agents .................................................................. 28-29 Free-From Recipes ................................................................................... 30 Community Safety Update ....................................................................... 31 Adverts Harts Barn Cookery School Supper Club & Pop-Up Dining ............................ 25 Wiltshire Farm Foods ..................................................................................... 33 Antiques ......................................................................................................... 34 Hair/Beauty/Foot/Skin Care .................................................................... 35-36 T’ai Chi ........................................................................................................... 35 Education ....................................................................................................... 37 Home Improvements/Interiors/ Flooring .......................................... 37-38, 43 Garden Maintenance ............................................................................... 39-40 Window Cleaning ........................................................................................... 39 Estate Agents ................................................................................................. 40 Electrical/Plumbing .................................................................................. 41-42 Book keeping/IT Services ............................................................................... 44 Chimney Sweeps ............................................................................................ 45 Catering/Tea Rooms ...................................................................................... 45 Public Houses ................................................................................................. 46 MOT Testing/Car maintenance ...................................................................... 46 Garden Centres .............................................................................................. 47 Funeral Services/Memorials ............................................................. 34, 44, 48 2 What’s on in February 2017 Page Tuesdays 2.30pm - 4pm Longhope Evergreens meet at The Latchen Room, Longhope Every Friday 2.30pm-5pm Huntley Art Group meets at Huntley Village Hall Wed 1st 7.30pm Churcham Gardening Club meet at Churcham School 14 Thurs 2nd 12 noon Longhope Lunch Club Thurs 2nd 2.45pm Huntley MU meet in the Village Hall 17 Sat 4th 10am-12 noon Huntley Farmers & Craft Market at Huntley Village Hall Sat 4th 10am - 12 noon Café Bonnies at The Latchen Room, Longhope 20 Sat 4th 10.30am - 12 May Hill Village Coffee Morning at the Village Hall Sun 5th 4pm Friends of Longhope Church AGM 22 Mon 6th 11.30am Huntley & District Luncheon Club meet at Huntley Village Hall Mon 6th 2.30pm The Open Forum meets in the Pavilion at Longhope Rec 24 Thurs 9th 7.30pm Longhope W I meet at The Latchen Room 21 Sat 11th Midnight Deadline for January Forest Edge News articles to be submitted Tues 14th 7.30pm Huntley Tuesday Group 16 Weds 15th 2.30pm Huntley Autumn Leaves meet in the Village Hall 18 Wed 15th 7.30pm Longhope Gardening Club meet at The Latchen Room Wed 18th 12.30pm May Hill Gardening Society meet at the Methodist Chapel 27 Mon 20th 12.30pm Hot Lunch at May Hill Village Hall Mon 20th 7.15pm Longhope Parish Council meets at the Latchen Room 19 Tues 21st 7.30pm Churcham Parish Council meets at Churcham School 13 Wed 22nd 7.30pm Rudford Highleadon & Churcham W.I. festive meal 14 Tues 28th 7.30pm May Hill W.I. meet at May Hill Village Hall 26 3 Forest Edge Group: Useful Contacts PRIEST IN CHARGE: Rev Chris Sterry [email protected] 07855 607824 Readers: Monica Richardson 01452 831162 John Mitchell 01452 412840 Bob Harris 01531 820657 Churchwardens: St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bulley Michael Robinson 01452 831690 Donald Stevens 01452 790347 St. Andrew’s Church, Churcham with Birdwood Peter Smart 01452 750204 Paul Charter 01452 751161 St. John the Baptist Church, Huntley with All Saints Church May Hill Torill Freeman 01452 830210 Steve Fellowes 01452 830514 All Saints Church, Longhope John Moseley 01452 831888 Nick Richardson 01452 831162 Longhope Baptist Church Pastor Barry Cocker 07940 977029 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITOR: Adam Fellowes - 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The DEADLINE for contributions is Midnight on the SECOND SATURDAY of the preceding month. T: 01452 830514 E: [email protected] ASSISTANT: Monica Richardson, The Old Forge, Old Monmouth Road, Longhope, GL17 0NZ. T: 01452 831162. All manuscript copy to Monica. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT CO-ORDINATOR: Angela Pengelly, Woodbine Cottage, North Road, Huntley, GL19 3DU. T: 01452 830637. E: [email protected] ON-LINE WEBMASTER and IT HELP: Trevor Reynaert - www.crystaltechnical.com The Proof Reader this month was Barbara Fellowes of Huntley The Editor and Publishers of this magazine accept no responsibility and make no general endorsement for goods, services or opinions appearing on its pages. © Forest Edge News 2017. [Printed by Alpha Colour Printers Ltd of Gloucester. T: 01452 887000] All front cover photos ©Adam Fellowes 2012-2017 4 The View From The Rectory Window Candlemas Sunday falls on 31 January this year, so probably be the time you read this it will be over and gone. Then, because Easter is quite late this year, we have an interlude of ordinary ‘green’ Sundays before Lent begins on 1 March. In the days of the Prayers Book Calendar we had the three ‘Gesimas’ before Lent, Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, which counted us down to Lent and reminded us to make our preparations. Now we have the much less excitingly named ‘Sundays before Lent’. Perhaps you might to use February to pre-plan Lent, then when it comes upon us suddenly on 1st March, you will be geared up and ready. Some people give something up, some take something up, some do both. In the introduction to the Ash Wednesday service the Celebrant says I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God's holy word. That gives us three options: more focus upon and attention to prayer—we can, I am sure, all do with that; giving things up, not just so we might feel a righteous sense of achievement, but so we might make more space for God; reading the Bible and studying it with others. As you think about what your Lenten Discipline, think about what will help you, in this season, to simplify your life and make more time and space for God. Holy Communion on Ash Wednesday will be at Huntley at 7:00 p.m. Details of this year’s Lent Study Course will be on the Notice Sheet in due course. A friend in Monmouthshire recently sent me a photo of the glorious snowdrops in his garden. I am now eagerly awaiting my own, which seem to be very behind those Welsh ones. The carpet of snowdrops in Ploddy Wood on the road to Newent always seem to be the first round here, but, as yet, there is no sign there. They shouldn’t be long now, and they always, for me, mark the fact that Spring is not far off. All my own snowdrops are gifts from parishioners after I put out a plea in my first year. Like all plant gifts they always have something special about them, as I remember the donors as well as enjoying the flowers. 5 Forest Edge Group of Churches—Services for February/ March 2017 [See page 8 for readings] Date Bulley Churcham Huntley Longhope May Hill 5 February 11am 11am 9.30am 9.30am 4th Sunday Morning Worship Holy Holy Morning before Lent at Churcham Communion Communion Worship Green MR CS/SF CS MR 12 February 11am 9.30am 9.30am 9.30am 3rd Sunday Holy Holy 6pm Holy Family Service before Lent Communion Communion Evensong Communion CE Green CS CS JC 19 February 10am 11am 9.30am 9.30am 2nd Sunday 11am Family Holy Holy Morning before Lent Morning Service Communion Communion Worship Green Worship BH RS CS/MR CS/BH MR 26 February 9.30am 9.30am 11am 11am 9.30am Sunday next Holy Morning Holy Morning Morning before Lent Communion Worship Communion Worship Worship Green CS/MR BH CS/BH MR JC 5 March 11am 9.30am 9.30am 11am 1st Sunday of Holy Holy Morning Morning Worship at Bulley Lent Communion Communion Worship MR Purple CS/BF CS MR 6 Baptismal Birthdays Churcham And Bulley Huntley Longhope ~ Jack Henry Matthews ~ Bethany May Lancett The Roll of Honour! Special Birthdays, Anniversaries, Congratulations, etc (Please let the Editor know of any special birthdays, anniversaries, exam successes, etc.— even if it’s yours!) From The Registers Funerals 22 December: