December 2013 January& 2014 DELIVERED FREE TO EVERY New Vicar for Uplyme....! HOME IN THE PARISH A voluntary contribution towards production costs of More Coffee Curate.....? the magazine is always gratefully appreciated. From the Pub....! 1 Worship in December, January & beginning of February December 1st 10am Morning Worship with communion (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship 8th 10am Morning Worship (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship with communion 15th 10am Morning Worship with communion Philip Sourbut speaking (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening worship 22th 10am Morning Worship (All Age Worship, NO Junior Church) 6pm Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve 24th 4pm Nativity (All Age) 11pm Midnight Worship with communion Christmas Day 25th 10am Christmas Worship (All Age) 29th 10am Morning Worship with communion (All Age) 6pm Evening Worship January 5th 10am Morning Worship with communion (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship 12th 10am Morning Worship (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship with communion 19th 10am Morning Worship with agape (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship 26nd 10am Morning Worship (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship with agape February 2nd 10am Morning Worship with communion (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship 9th 10am Morning Worship (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship with communion Details available on www.uplymechurch.org.uk FROM THE REGISTERS Baptisms/Thanksgivings: nil Marriages/Blessings: 28th December Gemma Whitworth and Paul Barnett Funerals/Thanksgivings: 8th November John Manfield 2 CONTENTS Service Times & from The Register Inside Front Cover Contents 1 More Coffee Curate...? 2 From the Editor 3 Priming the Pump 4 News from the Pub 5 Uplyme & Axmouth’s new Incumbent 6 Adverts 7 Adverts 8 Out & about with John Pennington 9 Uplyme WI 10 Mouse Makes 11 Uplyme Church Christmas Fayre 12 Shining Stars & Crusader football 13 Royal British Legion Womens Section 14 National Trust & Over 70’s Afternoon Tea 15 1st Lym Valley Scouts 16 Horticultural Society 17 Parish Gritter & Uplyme Brownies 18 In the Garden with Nigel Ball 19 Community Walks with David Jones 20 Adverts 21 Adverts 22 Village Hall Booking Dates 23 Trinity Matters 24 Trinity Matters 25 Parish Council Report 26 Parish Council Report 27 Crossword Puzzle 28 Local Adverts Inside Back Cover 3 2013/2014: Back to the future! As I reflect on this chilly November morning, as a worshipping church community we seem to be at a pivot point. We have just been looking back with our ʻAll Soulsʼ and Remembrance services, and we are about to look forward to advent, to Christmas, and to a new year. The word ʻJanuaryʼ comes from the name of the Roman god Janus: the god of beginnings and transitions. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. As Christians we are now looking forward to celebrations of Christmas – the time when we remember how God entered world history two millennia ago as Jesus Christ – a fact attested not only by Bible writers, but also by 1st Century Roman historians, such as Josephus and Tacitus. As a church family we are also excitedly looking forward to Revd Kate Woolven joining us as our new Priest in Charge in 2014. But behind and beyond these plans, as followers of Jesus, we look forward above all to that unknowable future date when time will finally end, and Godʼs home will be among his people once more! ʻHe will live with us, and we will be his people. God himself will be with us. He will wipe every tear from our eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” ( Revelation 21:3/4) Now this is the future hope to which we believers hold fast. ʻFaithʼ the bible tells us ʼis being sure of what you hope forʼ. I wish you a hope-filled, faith-filled Christmas and New Year. Rev Shuna George, Curate. FESTIVAL CHOIR All singers are invited to join the Festival Choir to participate in the Carols by Candlelight service on 22nd December at 6pm. We sing in 4 parts but you are given lots of help to learn your part! You don't have to be a sight reader! Please ring Adrian on 442902 if you'd like to learn more about getting involved. 4 Welcome to the Christmas and New Year edition of our Parish magazine. I cannot believe how quickly the last year has gone, I still haven’t planted my run- ner beans out! Don’t tell Nigel Ball though. You can read what he suggests to do during these winter months on Page 19 What great news that we have a new incumbent in the Church. Rev Kate Wool- ven has been appointed Priest in Charge of Uplyme & Axmouth, and takes up her appointment at the end of January. You can read all about her on page 6. We have to count ourselves very lucky to get someone so fast, as a number of Parishes in the Diocese will be waiting over a year! Wendy from the Pub tells us what’s been happening on page 5 and I have to say the trip to the Races at Exeter was a great day out! Even though I say it myself, I did manage to pick a few winners on the day, and turned a nice handy profit........ Now what to spend my 50p on! David Jones from the 9-90 Mens Group is organising Community Walks in Janu- ary, his notice can be read on page 20, this could be the start of something to rival The Ramblers - “It’s more than just walking you know”! The 14th December sees the Church “Christmas Fayre”. There’ll be lots to do and buy, and I’ll be serving our now famous “Christmas Lunch in a Bun” It all starts at 1pm, and if last year is anything to go by, the dinner time delight will be snapped up in no time! I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. See you in 2014! Ed. Saturday 18th January 2pm Uplyme Village Hall 40p entry In aid of 1st Lym valley scout group Tel 678 351 for details 5 Priming the pump - ABC of Uplyme’s water and sanitation project V – versatility Living in a rural village for 3 nights during our trip, it became clear how incredibly versa:le people are at adap:ng things with very few tools. I woke one morning with the sound of digging and emerging from my mosquito tent to walk to the long-­‐drop toilet sited some distance from the house for hygiene reasons, I found the son of my hosts, who was aged 14, busy digging holes for something he had made to enable me to wash my hands. This was two posts with v-­‐shaped tops and a bar to sit in them. A water container was suspended from the bar. It had a hole in the boDom with a :ght-­‐fiFng s:ck to keep the water in. Sand is used as very effec:ve scouring agent for pot-­‐ cleaning and my host was straightening a young sapling which had been cut down for porch-­‐building by weaving it through a several other trees . V – village What is described as a village in Zambia is actually an area which can encompass up to 15 km. There are very few towns and most people live in family groupings with houses gathered around their land. A Headman is a very important figure and he oversees a large area and is the arbiter in the case of disputes. This large area is sub-­‐divided into smaller ‘villages’ he delegates his authority to people living there. It is vitally important for the water and sanita:on team to have a good rela:onship with the headman of an area. If the headman is not ‘on-­‐side’, the village will not be ready to have a borehole. V – violence Zambians are a very peace-­‐loving people and have, to date, never really had a war. In fact when the Zulus invaded their territory they didn’t have any knowledge of how to fight. V – vulnerable Life for a subsistence farmer and family is very precarious. They are vulnerable to the vagaries of the weather which has grown drier lately with the rains finishing earlier than normal which means that crops have insufficient water in the last stages of ripening. This affects harvests and we were shown empty storage containers. Poor crops mean less to eat and sell which also affects whether the children are able to go to school. The house I stayed in didn’t have a door, so this meant that someone had to be around the homestead area at all :mes in case of theS. We were barricaded in at night to prevent intruders, either people or animals. More Priming the Pump next..... :me Russell and Morag Kingsbury We’re collec:ng good quality books and toys to sell. If you can help, please call 443947. Thanks. 6 News From The Pub. Our fondest love to Angie and Andrew on the birth of their baby girl xx We had great fun when River Cottage did some filming in the paddock, some of you may have seen lots of our locals and Steve enjoy their moment of stardom on one of the River Cottage series on channel 4. Steve went through a few weeks of telling me to talk to his agent if I asked him to do anything! I am told a great day was had by all who went on the Exeter race day, and Steve had his second TV appearance when he was randomly interviewed at the racecourse by Spotlight and we saw him on the news.