June 2020 MONTHLY MAGAZINE MARSTON MAGNA AND RIMPTON 1 THE PARISHES OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, MARSTON MAGNA and RIMPTON www.marstonmagnachurch.org.uk RECTOR. Revd. Barbara Stanton [email protected] Tel: 850745 The Rectory, Camel Street, Marston Magna, BA22 8DD (To whom all enquiries should be made) EDITOR: Samuel David Crabb [email protected] Tel: 850274 Wickham Farm, Marston Magna RIMPTON CONTACT Nicola Benbow, Ash House, Rimpton [email protected] Tel: 850434 MARSTON MAGNA CONTACT Molly Crabb, Wickham Farm, Marston Magna [email protected] Tel: 850274 RIMPTON: Normally every Sunday 10.45am, with Holy Communion on 1st Sunday each month. Morning Worship and Morning Prayer on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. The 3rd Sunday Communion is either at Rimpton or Marston. MARSTON MAGNA: Normally every Sunday 9.30 am, with Parish Communion on the 1st Sunday each month, and Morning Prayer on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. The 3rd Sunday Communion is at either Marston Magna or Rimpton. CHURCH OFFICERS RIMPTON MARSTON MAGNA CHURCH WARDENS Mrs H. J. Stephens, Home Farm Cottage 851860 Mrs M L Crabb, Wickham Farm Tel: 850274 Mr J Tricker (Acting) Lessenden 850922 Mr K N Field, 2 Homefield Court Tel: 850705 TREASURERS Mrs Pam Hopkins, Ash Cottage, Marston Magna 850949 Mr Hugh Privett, The Manor Tel: 850294 P.C.C. SECRETARIES Mrs. M Green, Lark Rise, Woodhouse Lane 01963 220943 Mrs B Field, 2 Homefield Court Tel: 850705 ORGANISTS Mr Stephen Suttle, 4 Cooper's Barns, MM 850167 Mr Hugh Privett, The Manor Tel: 850294 CAPTAIN of BELL-RINGERS Mrs Caroline Baillie, Ginaville Tel: 850128 CHURCH ROTAS MARSTON MAGNA Flower/Church Cleaning Sidesmen/Readers Mrs M L Crabb, Wickham Farm Tel: 850274 Mr. Richard Venning Park Farm Tel: 851104 RIMPTON Flower Rota/Brass Cleaning Church Cleaning Mrs M Le Hardy Tel: 850212 Mrs Green Tel: 01963 220943 THIS MAGAZINE IS DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE TO EVERY HOUSE IN THE TWO PARISHES AND IS PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH. MATERIAL SHOULD BE SENT TO THE RIMPTON AND MARSTON MAGNA CONTACTS NOT LATER THAN THE 20TH OF EACH MONTH. IT IS PRINTED ON THE 26th MONTHLY. VOLUNTARY DONATIONS TOWARDS PRODUCTION COSTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME THE MAGAZINE IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AT marstonmagnaparish.co.uk AND AT rimpton.net 2 THE RECTORY June 2020 Dear All Life has changed quite a lot since the last Newsletter. There are less restrictions. The number of people dying of Corvid 19 and infections have gone down. We look forward to the news when there are no more deaths or infections. I or a designated person can now go into churches for prayer providing they lock themselves in. I will continue to pray Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion on Sundays at home in the Rectory or garden. I have been into Marston Church and rung the bell on Ascension Day and sadly, to fill in records after the graveside funeral of Cynthia Eydmann. Do read the tribute to her in the Newsletter. This brought me into contact with all the books etc we had in the Church to take before total lock down. It reminded me of speaking to someone from my first parish who said they were leaving books in porches for people to take. Others in Marston had already been thinking about this. From Sunday 24th May the books etc from the Church will be possible to take from a table under a gazebo outside the Church between 11 and 4pm on Sundays and Wednesdays, weather permitting. Please wear gloves when handling the books. A different set of books etc will be out each day which also allows the 72 hours decontamination time. Do come and hopefully find something of interest remembering to keep to the usual rules of social distancing. May meant I could not go to see a former colleague in France and June means I cannot go to Eastbourne tennis, but we have rolled over the booking onto next year. I expect most of you are experiencing similar disappointments. But we are so fortunate to live where we do and continue to clap for the NHS and all care workers on Thursdays, especially remembering the staff of Fir Villa. Now my bike is ridable, with tyres that stay up, I have taken to cycling again. Not done since I came to live here, not liking the main road outside. With less traffic and in the interest of the environment (excellent Life Scientific on Radio 4 the 19th May on air pollution) I am trying to go on a bike ride each day. The bike is red so you may catch a glimpse of me under a dark blue helmet! Trinity Sunday comes this month on the 7th June, when remember God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Services containing talks and prayers continue to be e-mailed. If you would like to receive these please contact me. Also contact me should you wish someone to be included in the prayers. Lots of other services from Yeovil and Wells are being streamed. Do contact their websites. I pray that next month the virus will have lessened and that we will be freer to live our lives in ways that will slowly bring us back to something beginning to look more like normal. Revd. Barbara 01935 850745 [email protected]. CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN MUDFORD A Café every Thursday morning, starting at 10 am to 12 noon in the Village Hall. This is now suspended. A service every Sunday starting at 11 a.m. Not until further notice. CHURCH OF ST. JAMES, CHILTON CANTELO. A Café the first Saturday morning every month, from 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon in the church. This is suspended. A Service the second Sunday every month, starting at 9.30 a.m. Not until further notice. ST MARY THE VIRGIN, RIMPTON - June 2020 There will be no services at Rimpton Church until further notice. HS Friday Cafe at Marston Magna Village Hall Following the Government’s recommendation that social gatherings be restricted it has been decided to suspend the Village Café until further notice. Thank you for all your past support and look forward to seeing you in the not too distant future. Beryl and Kenneth Field From the Registers – St Mary the Virgin – Marston Magna We commit to the Lord’s loving care. Praying He will guide and comfort the family and friends of - Cynthia Eydmann For whom on 19th May 2020 there was an Interment. 3 CALENDAR OF SERVICES June 2020 SUNDAY 7th June WHITE TRINITY SUNDAY MARSTON MAGNA No Service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service. Reader: SUNDAY 14th June GREEN FIRST AFTER TRINITY MARSTON MAGNA No Service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service Reader: SUNDAY 21st June GREEN SECOND AFTER TRINITY MARSTON MAGNA No service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service Reader SUNDAY 28th June GREEN THIRD AFTER TRINITY MARSTON MAGNA No Service Reader: Sidesman: RIMPTON No Service Readers: MARSTON MAGNA Church Cleaning Church Flowers Locking Up JUNE 2020 High Altar CHURCH WILL BE LOCKED RIMPTON Church Cleaning Church Flowers Locking Up June 2020 CHURCH WILL BE LOCKED High Altar STUDY GROUPS Marston/Rimpton Home Group The Group will not be meeting now. Hopefully, they will meet again soon, please contact Richard Gardner on 850127 for advice and help on this. HS 4 Letter from the Right Reverend Ruth Worsley, THE RAIN REPORT Bishop of Taunton For Parish Newsletters – June 2020 April continued much as March had ended with very little rain. The first 27 days saw some rainfall Recognise the one who stands beside you on just 4 days totalling 12 mms (½ inch). Low pressure dominated for the last 3 days with the first ‘Stay alert’ is the message as we ‘ease out of substantial rainfall for 6 weeks totalling 30.5 mms lockdown’. We know that for some there is little ease (1¼ inches). This brought the April total to 42.5 as we begin to re-engage with a world that is still mms (1 ¾ inches), well below the April average of fearful of Covid-19 and uncertain about its future. 62 mms (2 ½ inches). The requirement to ‘stay alert’ is to encourage us to watch out for signs of the virus and protect ourselves There have been several very wet Aprils in the last and others as necessary. 30 years. The wettest I have recorded was 2012 with a hefty 170 mms (6 ¾ inches) and by contrast We’ve just celebrated Pentecost, often recognised the driest 2007 with a tiny 3 mms (1/8 inch). This as the birthday of the Church. Jesus’ message to his was in fact the driest month I have ever recorded. followers as he left them to return to his Father was that they were to ‘stay alert’, not to guard against For what it’s worth, the dry April of 2007 was something fearful to come but rather to be watchful followed by a very wet summer. Will this be for the Spirit that would free them from fear. It didn’t repeated this year? Who knows? We shall see. mean that there weren’t still physical dangers to face but rather that their spiritual lives should grow in Ricky Gibbs. boldness. Online and Virtual Church Services We have seen much courage exhibited throughout this crisis to date. Key workers who have continued Just because no one can worship with others does to serve us day by day even whilst most of us have not mean worship cannot take place. St John's remained at home. The NHS has quite rightly been Yeovil are streaming their service at 10.30 am applauded and appreciated at this time and there each Sunday morning, access is through their are so many more.