Service Schedule for April 2019 for the North Kernow Benefice: Bude Haven, Launcells, Marhamchurch and Stratton Weds 3rd: Stations of the Cross 7.00 pm (Bude Haven) Sunday 7th: Passion Sunday; 5th in Lent 8.00 am: Mass (Stratton) The Magazine for the North Kernow Benefice 9.30 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 9.30 am: Morning Worship (Stratton) 11.15 am: Mass (Bude Haven) 6.00 pm: Evensong (Launcells) Weds 10th: Stations of the Cross 7.00 pm (Stratton) Sunday 14th: Palm Sunday * 9.30 am: Mass (Bude Haven) 9.30 am: Mass (Stratton) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Launcells) Sunday 21st: Easter Day 9.30 am: Mass (Bude Haven) 9.30 am: Mass (Stratton) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Launcells) Sunday 28th: Easter 2 9.30 am: Mass (Stratton) 9.30 am: Holy Communion (Marhamchurch) 11.15 am: Family Eucharist (Bude Haven) 11.15 am: Holy Communion (Launcells) Services may change— please check pew sheet if possible * FOR SERVICES IN HOLY WEEK PLEASE SEE PAGE 27 WEEKDAY SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE In the normal course of events, weekday services are: Wednesdays at 8.45 am Morning Prayer, St Andrew’s, Stratton APRIL Wednesdays at 9.30 am Mass at St Andrew’s, Stratton Thursdays at 8.45 am Morning Prayer, St Michael’s, Bude Haven 2019 Thursdays at 9.30 am Quiet Mass, St Michael’s, Bude Haven Free 28 Please contact any of the following for information or enquiries about SERVICES IN HOLY WEEK Anglican Church life in the Benefice: Our Parish Priest: Monday 15th: Mass 7.00 pm Bude Haven Father David Barnes,1 Lanvean, Cleavelands, Bude EX23 8AB Tuesday 16th: Mass 7.00 pm Bude Haven Tel: 01288 352254 [email protected] Weds 17th: Morning Prayer 8.45 am Stratton Our Churchwardens: Mass 9.30 am Stratton Stations of the Cross 7.00 pm Bude Haven St Andrew’s, Stratton: Yvonne Bishop: 01288 352762 Simon Waring: 01288 321813 Maundy Morning Prayer 8.45 am Bude Haven Thursday: Mass 9.30 am Bude Haven St Marwenne’s, Marhamchurch: Holy Communion 6.00 pm Launcells Rob Corney: 01288 359754 Angela Grills: 01288 361247 Mass 7.30 pm Stratton St Michael’s, Bude Haven: Good Friday: Liturgy of the Day 9.30 am Bude Haven Susan Cotton: 01288 352896 Liturgy of the Day 9.30 am Stratton St Swithin’s, Launcells: Stations of the Cross 11.00 am Marhamchurch Fiona Hargreaves: 01288 381165 United Service 12 noon Bude Town Service of Reflection 2.00 pm Launcells Stratton Deanery website: www.strattondeanery.co.uk/ Holy Saturday/ Service of Light, Easter Eve : Renewal of Vows, 1st Mass of Easter 8.00 pm Stratton Regular Sunday Service Schedule 8.00 am 9.30 am 11.15 am 6.00 pm 1 Stratton Stratton—Morning Worship Bude Haven Launcells MARHAMCHURCH FOOD FAIR & Marhamchurch Bank Holiday Monday 6 May 2019 2 Stratton & Launcells Marhamchurch 10:30am to 2:30pm Bude Haven 3 Launcells & This year’s local foodie event showcasing our Bude Haven & Family Service BRAND NEW COMMUNITY SHOP Stratton Stratton Marhamchurch Local artisan food suppliers Cookery demonstrations 4 Launcells & Photographic Competition* Bake-Off for under 11s* Stratton & Family Service at Bude Haven Grand Auction Hog Roast Barbecue Crêperie Marhamchurch Bude Haven Cream Teas Dinosaur Hunt Lamb Pen Live Music with Friggin Riggin, All@C & more 5 Benefice Eucharist Benefice Evensong FREE PARKING at Marhamchurch Primary School Proceeds to Marhamchurch NEW Village Shop Editor of 1 Voice: Clare Hicks, Trelowen, Lynstone, Bude EX23 0LR Alongside the Haven Group Art & Crafts Exhibition & Sale 01288 352726; [email protected] *Entry forms from village shop or school 2 27 Sponsored 24 hour video game marathon! PARISH NEWSLETTER Mark Rosser from St Michael’s is attempting a 24 hour video game marathon on his 23rd birthday, 26th April, to raise money for Dear Friends Macmillan and also in memory of his father, who died suddenly very As we move into April, we move ever closer to the great and glorious recently. To sponsor Mark please visit justgiving.com or see Mark in feast of Easter. However, we cannot celebrate Easter before we church. experience the road to Calvary and the cross. It’s that roller coaster ride that takes us from the triumphant entry into Jerusalem, with the crowds shouting “Hosanna to the Son of David”, and a few days The Haven Group later, to the shouts of “Crucify Him”. This journey incorporates the is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year Last Supper where Jesus washes the feet of his disciples and then We are a group of local Artists who meet every Thursday afternoon shares the Passover feast with them. It also incorporates Jesus’ in Marhamchurch Methodist Hall. This year we are pleased to be final temptation in the Garden of Gethsemane, where, when praying holding our 20th Exhibition of Art & Crafts at: to the Father he is tempted to turn away from the path that leads to Marhamchurch Methodist Hall.Pinch Hill. Marhamchurch the cross, but Jesus stands firm and says “Not my will but yours”. Friday 3rd - Monday 6th May The road to Calvary is a road to humiliation and death. Fri-Sun 10am - 6pm Mon 10am - 3pm We take this journey with Jesus knowing the outcome, that no There will be Original Paintings and Drawings and a range of Hand matter what happens on Good Friday, we know that Jesus will rise made crafts for sale. Also on display will be Pottery made by the again on Easter Day. Along this road to Easter Jesus had explicit children of Marhamchurch School. trust in that God was with him as he journeyed on. Admission is free, but donations for the Methodist Hall are Over the last nine months, we of the Stratton Deanery and the welcome. North Kernow Benefice have also been on a journey. It certainly has been a time of discovery and it has been a time of trial and change. Each of the Benefices in the deanery and consequently each parish have experienced some sort of change and loss. Our own Benefice of North Kernow will be split as of Easter Day, the 21st April. The Parishes of Stratton and Launcells will move into the northern Future dates for your diary ~ cluster where they will join with Poughill, Kilkhampton, and Events at St Michael’s: Morwenstow. At the same time Bude Haven and Marhamchurch will join with Poundstock, Whitstone and Week St. Mary in the central Triangle Sale - including plant sale. Saturday 18th May 10am to Cluster. Sadly, this will mean that my final service both at Stratton 12.30pm and Launcells will be on Easter Sunday morning. Auction: Saturday 7th September This is in effect an ending and a new beginning, the ending of what Quiz at Brendon Arms 1st November 7:30pm was and the beginning of what is to come. The northern cluster of 26 3 churches is now well along the way in the process of finding a new priest to lead them forward. I will be ministering in the central cluster enabling it to move forward in the work of discovering the kingdom and growing the church. Let us remember that, as Jesus had explicit trust in his Father as he made that Journey to Jerusalem and his death on a cross and his ultimate resurrection, we too might see God in this process and also witness the resurrection of our churches in this deanery. My prayers and best wishes go to you all as we begin this new chapter in the life of Stratton Deanery. Fr. David THIS MONTH’S ONE VOICE HAS BEEN KINDLY SPONSORED BY Wendy Thomas IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF HER LATE HUSBAND Father Russen Thomas DEANERY BOOK CLUB The DEANERY BOOK CLUB (open to all churches in the Deanery and anyone else interested) meets on the first Monday of the month at Gail Brace’s house - 14 Monterey Close Bude. Tel: 01288 352412 4 25 Book Review Dates for your APRIL Diary: Monday 1st: MU Branch meeting: Supporting Refugees—a talk by LOVE AFTER MARRIAGE: By Barry & Lori Byrne Rosemary Lee, Bude Tourist Info Centre 2.30 pm A Journey into Deeper Spiritual, Emotional and Sexual Oneness Tuesday 2nd: Lent Lunch at St Andrew’s CBS Vespers & Benediction, St Michael’s 4 pm This is the best book on marriage that I have ever read. It is both practical and spiritual, putting God firmly at the centre of your marriage: Friday 5th: St Swithin’s Lent Lunch at The Davies’, Trelana Cottage The merging of two into one, or rather three into one. Sunday 7th: Handel’s Israel in Egypt by Bude & Launceston Choral Societies, Bude Methodist Church 7.30 pm God designed marriage to be a relationship in which we experience genuine love and intimacy, but sometimes we experience anger, hurt or Tuesday 9th: St Andrew’s Lent Lunch, Crossways, New Rd, Stratton a lack of connection with our spouse instead. Barry and Lori Byrne show Weds 10th: Messy Church, St Michael’s 10.30—12.30 you how to invite the Holy Spirit to play an active role in helping, healing St Marwenne’s APCM, St Marwenne’s 7.00 pm and restoring your marriage. The proven strategies in this book, used in the Byrnes’ successful Love After Marriage workshops, provide a helpful Thursday 11th: Deanery service & visit by Bishop Philip (see p 25) structure to create authentic vulnerability and transparency - key Flower Festival Planning Meeting, St Andrew’s 7 pm ingredients for a godly, loving marital relationship.