DTeliverede FREE to evmery household e T a l Aukgust 2019 ROCHFORD • EASTHAM • THE HANLEYS • STOKE BLISS & KYRE • STANFORD y h p a r g o t o h P s i r r o M e l l e h c i M In this month’s issue Eastham Fête and Flower Show • Flowers • Cakes Artists at work • Trains and all your parish news Tuesday 6th August at 8pm Teams of 4 or fewer Win £100 – or a bag of nuts! 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Whatever the Sandra Griffiths, St Michaels weather, many of us experience a different rhythm of life this month. Parents and grandpar - Printed by ents don’t need to worry about the school run. Orphans Press, Leominster Child care still needs sorting for the long days but there is a different kind of busy and a notice - Editor: ably changed time scale for a few weeks. Sandra Griffiths I quite enjoy a change of pace every now and Grey Gables, St Michaels then and can see great wisdom in the concept of Tenbury Wells WR15 8TW ‘Sabbath’ time. A deeply Biblical idea, Sabbath Telephone 01568 750665 has been reclaimed to a certain extent recently [email protected] by Christians. Over the years, Sunday was called the ‘day of rest’, but Sabbath actually was meant Distribution: to be a day of drawing closer to God. Although Vicky Bowdler (Stoke Bliss & Kyre) nowadays it is not always possible to keep Sab - Averil Opperman (The Hanleys, bath as a Sunday rest, many Christians are now Eastham and Rochford) regularly setting some time aside to intentionally Sue Softly (Stanford) seek God. For some this is a day without mobile phones or iPads, for others doing something cre - Priest-in-charge ative or sporting. I try and have some time each Rev Julia Curtis week walking in the countryside – whilst the Telephone 01886 853286 hills around here are hard work to climb for my [email protected] Norfolk legs, somehow the exercise gives me more not less energy. Even if we are not seeking Parish website God, actively doing something different in this www.temevalleysouth.org.uk way, can help give us energy for the usual daily routine. Items for inclusion should be I hope you get to enjoy a bit of ‘Sabbath’ time sent to Sandra Griffiths this August and maybe find the experience by the 18th of the preceding month worth repeating as the summer fades. Before it and will be included subject to space does though, don’t forget the Eastham Summer Fête and Flower Show – our last fête in Teme Val - ley South this year! Rev’d Julia Curtis Ballroom Dance Classes Eastham Memorial Hall Friday Market at Hanley Village Hall Wednesday 7.30 to 8.30pm every Friday 10 to 11.30 am £6 per person Bread, cakes, meat, vegetables, jam, Contact Naomi on 01588 674823 homemade pies and pastries, or [email protected] sausages and savouries, greetings cards and fancy goods, refreshments Teme Valley South Contacts All profits go to Air Ambulance Priest-in-charge: Julia Curtis 01886 853286 Associate Priest: Sally Jones 01584 781526 Reader: Pete Thorp 07917 783159 Sponsor the front cover Churchwardens of TemeTalk Eastham: Celia Adams 01584 781258 For details of how to sponsor the front Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 cover of TemeTalk for the month of your Jennifer Gledhill 01584 812500 choice, email [email protected] Stoke Bliss and Kyre: or phone 01568 750665 Hanleys: Ed Yarnold 07930 882728 Stanford: Robin Dean 01886 853295 Pastoral Team Village Hall Bookings Stanford: Lesley Dean 01886 853295 Stoke Bliss & Kyre Hanleys: Peter Thorneycroft 01885 410484 Janet Powell, 01885 410598 Stoke Bliss : [email protected] Rochford: Ann Prosser 01584 781317 Rochford – Ann Prosser, 01584 781317 Jenny Barbé 01584 781298 Eastham – Helen Matravers, 01584 781510 Eastham: Helen Matravers 01584 781510 Hanley – Judy Bayliss, 01886 853813 Parish Safeguarding Officer: Sue Softly Stanford with Orleton – Robin Dean, 01584 881342 01886 853295 A H CALDICOTT & SONS Funeral Directors FINE ART AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS Burials Cremations Regular fine art & antiques sales Chapel of Rest International online bidding No charges for unsold lots 15 MARKET STREET Extensive free parking & café TENBURY WELLS Insurance & probate valuations 01584 810281 Contact us for a free 01584 891502 after 6pm auction01452 valuation344499 A family run business 01452 344499 [email protected] established 1919 2 www.chorleys.com Parish news Thank you for coming ... From the registers Thanks to all who supported the Parish Party Many congratulations to our July baptism fam - and Rural Mission Sunday in July – so great to ilies. It was wonderful to be able to celebrate be able to get together and enjoy good com - this important step in their Christian lives with pany and our countryside setting. Robyn Pound (14th July at Stoke Bliss), Hugh Yarnold (20th July at Hanley Childe) and Ava Cropp (21st July also at Hanley Childe). FFF – Extra Helpings We will not meet in August, but will be back to - On 3rd July it was with sadness that we said gether on 6th September at 7 for 7.30pm. goodbye to Geoffrey Gwilt whose funeral ser - vice was at St Peter’s, Stoke Bliss. He was laid to rest afterwards with his wife Joy in the Weekly Prayers and Refections churchyard. Our prayers and sympathy go to Our weekly Prayers and Reflections on Geoff’s family. May he rest in peace. Wednesdays at Kyre Church are taking a break Rev’d Julia Curtis in August and will start again in September. Sue and Jen are confirmed in Upton Four of us from Teme Valley South headed off to Upton on Severn on 23rd June to join in the confirmation service led by Bishop Anthony Priddis. It was a lovely time, as you can tell from pictures of Sue Softly and Jen Jones, who affirmed their adult faith and received commu - nion for the first time that morning. We will having a small celebration to con - gratulate them on 4th August after our 10am service at Stanford and all are welcome to join us for worship and the subsequent festivities. Our photographs show Sue Softly (below left) and Jen Jones (below right) with Bishop Anthony Priddis. Above right are (left to right) Sue Softly, Rev’d Julia Curtis, Jen Jones and Rev’d Sally Jones. 3 Teme Valley Tote Rochford Club July’s prize draw of the Tote, the third in this 49 series, was decided when Rev Robert Barlow Congratulations rolled the dice on 2nd July to select the set of to this month’s £25 winners: random numbers. Prize winners are: Wednesday winners £50 – Mr and Mrs Rob Scriven of Pensax June 19th No 35 Gary Burns (No 367) June 26th No 38 Rod Ricketts £30 – Carol Bridges of Lindridge (No 151) July 3rd No 57 Not sold £20 – David Evington of Stanford (No 573) July 10th No 6 Not sold If you have not entered and wish to join please contact Robin Dean on 01886 853295 Saturday winners or email [email protected] or your June 22nd No 11 John Cole local coordinator. June 29th No 27 Simon Ayres July 6th No 9 Val Rabbit July 13th No 12 Jennifer Gledhill July 17th No 23 Kate Smith Do you banIks w ithh Ciaste ry Aolleun? ? If so you successfully set up a standing There are still plenty of numbers available – order for the Teme Valley Tote but did not in - why not join in? It’s just £1 per draw and the clude your name in the reference. Please profits are split between Rochford church and could you phone Robin on 01886 853295 or the village hall – plus you get two chances email him at [email protected] with each week to win £25! your name and area so that he can contact you Remember, you must be in it to win it! should you win? 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