nd la April 2018 April Church and Community Magazine of The Moorland Team Moorland The of Magazine Community and Church on - Bickington - Buck t r H u o l b n e - Huccaby - Leusdon - - Leusdon - Huccaby - e h s A Jesus is Risen. Alleluia ! Alleluia Risen. is Jesus e - Widecombe - - Widecombe - e g P o d i s r t b Moorland Parish Link Parish Moorland The Ministry Team Team Rector Vacancy Team Vicar The Vicarage 01364 621334 Revd Geoffrey Fenton Widecombe-in-the-Moor, TQ13 7TF [email protected] Team Vicar Vacancy Readers to the Team 4 Buckfast Close, Buckfast, TQ11 0EW Marion Kaye 01364 643330 [email protected] Methodist Ministers Revd Kevin Hooke 01626 832369 Moorland Team Website - moorlandteam.org.uk Table of Contents The Ministry Team 2 The Parish Letter 3 Churchwardens 4 MRRrOand Team 2I¿cers 4 Holy Communion Midweek & At Home 5 Church Services for APRIL 2018 6 Church Events 7 General Team News 8 Dates for the Diary 8 Community News and Events 11 Rainfall in January 2018 17 St Mary the Virgin, Holne 19 St Raphael, Huccaby 23 St John the Baptist, Leusdon 25 St Gabriel, Postbridge 27 St Pancras, Widecombe-in-the-Moor 31 Dunstone & Poundsgate Chapels 34 2 The Parish Letter ASHBURTON AND MOORLAND TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT 18th March 2018 It is announced today that the Right Reverend Mark Rylands has been appointed Priest- in-Charge of the Ashburton & Moorland Team Ministry in the Diocese of Exeter. Bishop Mark is presently the Area Bishop of Shrewsbury in the Diocese of Lich¿eld. Before moving to Shropshire in 2009, he served in this diocese for seven years as our Diocesan Missioner and as a Residentiary Canon of Exeter Cathedral, having previously been Team Rector of the Langport Area parishes in Somerset, and before that a curate and then incumbent in Cheshire. Mark is married to the Reverend Prebendary Mandy Rylands, who during their time in Devon was the Exeter Diocesan Director of Ordinands, Bishop’s Adviser for Women in Ministry, and a Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral. More recently, Mandy has served as Lich¿eld Diocesan Of¿cer for Self-Supporting Ministry and in various deanery and parish roles. Mark and Mandy have two adult children—Frances, who is presently doing postdoctoral research in Dublin and planning her wedding to Freddie at Buckfastleigh in the summer; and Sam, who is married to Lily and currently training for ordained ministry at Trinity College, Bristol. Since leaving Devon, Mark and Mandy have retained a family home on the edge of Dartmoor. Having served as a Bishop for the past nine years, Mark has discerned a call back to parish life for this latest stage of his ministry, and he and Mandy look forward to their return to a part of the country which they know and love very well. Mark will be full- time Priest-in-Charge of the Ashburton & Moorland Parishes, and in addition the Bishop of Exeter has appointed him an honorary Assistant Bishop in the diocese; in that capacity he will be able to give occasional help to the bishops of the diocese in case of need. One of Mark’s abiding passions is cricket, and his return to Devon is good news for our diocesan cricket team! Mark and Mandy will move to Ashburton Rectory during the summer. Subject to the completion of all legalities, Mark’s licensing by the Bishop of Exeter will take place on the evening of Tuesday, July 31st at a service in St Andrew’s, Ashburton to which all are invited. Your prayers are asked for Mark, Mandy and their family as they prepare for this new chapter in their life and their ministries, and for the parishes of the Ashburton & Moorland Team as we look forward to their arrival among us. Geoffrey’s letter - see Page 5 3 Churchwardens St Mary the Virgin, Holne Any queries either to Gillian Parker (see below) St Raphael, Huccaby Gillian Parker Thimble Hall, Hexworthy, PL20 6SD 01364 631507 [email protected] St John the Baptist, Leusdon Geoff Bamsey 26 Old Manor Close, Holne Cross, TQ13 7JF 01364 652820 [email protected] Shan Palmes 3 Dunstone Cottages, Widecombe, TQ13 7TH 01364 621573 [email protected] St Gabriel, Postbridge Annie Smerdon The Stores, Postbridge, PL20 6TH 01822 880201 [email protected] Wendy Watson Middle Merripit Farm, Postbridge, PL20 6TJ 01822 880215 [email protected] St Pancras, Widecombe Michael Pascoe Wooder Bungalow, Widecombe, TQ13 7TR 01364 621333 [email protected] Penny Whale Wayside, Widecombe in the Moor, TQ13 7TA 01364 621411 [email protected] St Andrews, Ashburton William West Tawstock, Knowle Close, Ashburton TQ13 7RA 01364 652666 [email protected] Bill Shapley 18 Beverley Gardens, Ashburton, TQ13 7BL 01364 652263 [email protected] St Mary the Virgin, Bickington Peter Warren Rentor, Bickington 01626 821213 [email protected] St Peter, Buckland in the Moor Stephanie Palk Halsanger Manor 01364 652430 [email protected] Vida Pascoe 14 Balland Park, Ashburton 01364 653312 For all editorial information - copy date, my contact details etc. please see inside back cover. 0RRUODQG7HDP2IÀFHUV Treasurer Francis Parffrey Hillcrest, Bowden Hill, Ashburton TQ13 7EA 01364 654067 [email protected] Secretary Gillian Parker Thimble Hall, Hexworthy, PL20 6SD 01364 631507 [email protected] Protection Officer Judy Southcombe [email protected] 4 From Geoffrey: The announcement of our new Team Rector is the best possible news, for it marks the end of a challenging time for all of us. Although we are very fortunate in having so many people to help us at the moment to take services and assist in pastoral ministry, there has been almost no resource to help us move forward as a Team and to engage more actively with our communities. That’s been pretty much on hold. So we now know that there is an end in sight – July 31st. And we can start planning for a new chapter in our bene¿ce. This will begin in earnest with Mark’s licensing, and then the Widecombe Bene¿ce Service will follow on August 5th so we can all be together to enjoy our ¿rst experience of Mark’s ministry. For me the excitement is about the possibilities that will be opening up – the energy that will come into our thinking and doing. It’s amazing that we will have someone of such experience working with us, a dynamic new leader of the ministry team. But the temptation will be to sit back and relax while he tells us what to do, and perhaps hope that he does it for us? I guess this was what Jesus’ disciples hoped for when they ¿rst got caught up in the excitement of being called by Jesus to “Follow me”. Jesus had all the answers, he was amazing with the crowds, he was charismatic and compelling, and he would change the world. But then the disciples learnt it wouldn’t last, that Jesus only had a short time to be with them – in the event just three years – to teach them all that they needed to enable them to carry on by themselves. contd. Page 7 PARISH OFFICE in Ashburton is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10 - 11 am 01364 654280 email: [email protected] Holy Communion Midweek & At Home There is a service of Communion at home Holy Communion every Wednesday If you are unable to get to church because at 1030 of ill health or loss of mobility and would at St. Andrew’s Church like to receive communion at home please in Ashburton contact a member of the Ministry Team. You will be most welcome! (see p.2 for contact details) 5 Church Services for APRIL 2018 April 1st Easter Day White Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12 Holne 10.30 Holy Communion AW Bickington 09.00 Holy Communion AW Widecombe 10.30 Holy Communion GF Ashburton 10.30 Holy Communion JA Leusdon 12.00 Holy Communion GF Buckland 15.00 Communion by Extension JH Postbridge 15.00 Holy Communion GF April 8th Easter 2 White Exodus 14:10-31, 15:20-21; Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31 Widecombe 10.30 Holy Communion JG Bickington 09.00 Holy Communion AW Leusdon 12.00 Holy Communion JG Ashburton 10.30 Holy Communion AW Holne 18.00 Evening Prayer MK Buckland 15.00 Evening Prayer WW April 15th Easter 3 White Zephaniah 3:14-20; Acts 3:12-19; Psalm 4; 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 Huccaby 09.00 Holy Communion GF Ashburton 10.30 Holy Communion DW Widecombe 10.30 Holy Communion GF Bickington 10.30 Morning Prayer Local Leusdon 10.30 Holy Communion GF Buckland 15.00 Evening Prayer HF April 22nd Easter 4 White Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 8:6-18, 9:9-13; Acts 4:5-12; Psalm 23 ; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18 Holne 10.30 Holy Communion by Ext MK Bickington 09.00 Holy Communion JG Widecombe 10.30 Holy Communion GF Ashburton 10.30 Parish Communion JG Leusdon 12.00 Holy Communion GF Buckland 15.00 Evening Prayer JH Postbridge 18.00 Evening Prayer GF April 29th Easter 5 White Genesis 22:1-18; Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21 Ashburton 10.30 Benefice Holy Communion May 6th Easter 6 White Isaiah 55:1-11; Acts 10:44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17 Widecombe 08.00 Holy Communion GF Ashburton 08.00 Holy Communion JA Holne 10.30 Holy Communion JG Bickington 09.00 Holy Communion AW Widecombe 10.30 Rogation Service GF Ashburton 10.30 Family Worship SS Leusdon 16.00 Rogation Service GF Buckland 15.00 Evening Prayer MK Postbridge 18.00 Rogation Service GF 6 Church Events Empowering his disciples was what Jesus’ ministry was really about.