July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the fourth month to have the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of the Roman general, Julius Cæsar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis. July 2017 [email protected] Your Parish Councillors Chairman: Vice-Chair: Joanna Wilson: 01409 220254 Jen Kelson: 07795 075685 Jane Colbourne: 01409 221220 Simon Dufty: 01837 871744 Mark Rundle: 01837 53314 Celia Rundle: 07432 512499 Alex Crosthwaite-Eyre: 01409 220136 Bryan Dufty: 01837 871256 Chris Scadeng: 01409 221797 Clerk: Janet Millership: 01409 221409 Cllr James McInnes: 01837 861364 Cllr Patrick Kimber 01837 810057 Published by the Parish Council Note from the Editor Northlew Stores C.I.C. Very good news on the Devon We stock fresh bread, milk and Air Ambulance landing site other dairy products as well as fundraising this month. It’s having a good selection of amazing to see how much we frozen food including ready have raised in so short a period meals, pizzas, pies, sausages, of time. Thanks to everyone who vegetables, fish and desserts. has organized an event or made a donation to support this Prescriptions fantastic project for our You can arrange for your community. Please see page 8 medicines to be delivered from for more information. Okehampton Medical Centre to the village shop. We have a Thank you to those of you who prescription box in the shop for regularly contribute to the your prescriptions. You will need Northlew News. Your monthly to place your prescription in the input is, as ever, very much box by 10:00 am on Thursday to appreciated. All contributions to, get a delivery the following and comments about the Thursday. newsletter are welcome. Please let me have any items no later We also take in prescriptions for than the 20th June. Black Torrington Surgery. For more information please ask Lin I can be contacted by email at or Nicki. [email protected] or [email protected] m or please call me on 01409 Please note: Prescriptions 220254. need to be collected as soon as they are delivered as we Many thanks and with best are very short of space. Any wishes, prescriptions not collected within the week of delivery will be returned to the surgery. Published by the Parish Council 2 July 2017 Opening times Northlew Methodist • Monday – Friday: 8am – 1pm Church • Saturday: 9am – 1pm • Sunday 9am – 1pm Services 2nd July Thank you for your continued 9:30 am Rev Sylvia Coke- support of the community shop. Woods Nicki and Lin. 9th July -------------------------------------- 9:30 am Mr John Hill Northlew Post Office 16th July 9:30 am Mr Roy Down 6:30 pm United Songs of Praise at Ashbury Church rd 23 July The post office is open Monday 10:30 am United Family Service and Friday mornings from Rev Liz Singleton 9.30am to 12pm in the Church th Room 30 July --------------------------------------- 9:30 am Rev Nigel Coke-Woods Northlew Methodist Church Fun Day Anniversary Weekend Saturday 15th July Thank you to everyone who The Fun Day is being held at supported our Anniversary Brook Cottage by the kind weekend. On Sunday Mr Andy invitation of My Andy Hill. Hunter led a lovely service of Parking in Bart’s field encouragement and on Monday Come and join us for BBQ, the Stowford Meadow Singers cream teas, cake stall and and Mrs Jean Daniel, the competitions. Doodlebugs chairperson, gave us a Children’s Activities. wonderful evening of praise and thanksgiving. The weekend Everyone is welcome! raised £202.80 for our funds. (if wet then it will be held in the Methodist Hall) Published by the Parish Council 3 July 2017 St Thomas of Canterbury 23rd July Parish Church 10:30 am United Family Service at Chapel Services 6:30 pm Holy Communion st 1 July th 3:00 pm Patronal Festival 30 July Service. Rev Chris Grasske 11:00 am Group Service at Exbourne (none at Northlew th 2nd July Parish Church on the 30 ) 9:30 am Holy Communion 6:30 pm Flower Festival Songs Church Festival The Church Festival will take of Praise at Bratton Covelly st place on Saturday 1 July after 9th July the church service at 3pm. The 9:30 am Morning Prayer Reverend Chris Grassje will 6:30 pm Evening Prayer preach and the Archbishop of Canterbury will come to a sticky 16th July end. 9:30 am Holy Communion Songs of Praise at Ashbury The fete at Churchgate will be 4:00 pm Meet in the square at opened around 4pm by Mrs Northlew to walk to Ashbury Nicola Lampe ex-head of the Church. There will be an activity primary school. for everyone to do during the walk. Church Yard Mowing 5:00 pm Bring and share BBQ at The church yard is looking really Ashbury Church welcoming, peaceful and so (Burgers and sausages will be lovingly cared for. For this we provided) thank Roger and his merry men! 6:30 pm Song of praise at As a long time studier of church Ashbury Church yards I can honestly say that I If you don’t fancy the walk then have never seen a more lovely please do come directly to the one. Thank you! church – all welcome Thanks also to the church cleaners who hoover, dust, mop up and ‘do’ flowers each week. The cleaning list doesn’t seem Published by the Parish Council 4 July 2017 to attract as many members as Exbourne, Jacobstowe and the mowing list so if you’re Northlew’ interested please don’t hesitate to contact me. As we celebrate 10 years here, I Thanks Pat just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to you all for your Northlew Doodlebugs welcome, friendship, and understanding, as I have learnt Please note that walk to the ropes, both as a vicar and a Ashbury Church, bring and mother (with more still to learn). share BBQ and the Songs of It has been a lovely place to Praise replace our normal start a family, and Brendan and Doodlebugs activities which are Krysty have benefitted from usually held on the 4th Saturday being involved with all sorts of of each month. happenings across the parishes. -------------------------------------- It is a privilege to serve as a church minister in such a Ten Years On! beautiful place with such welcoming people, and I am A Big Thank You and a grateful to you all for what you small request reveal to us of God’s love and generosity. Ten years ago, on Monday 16th July 2007, I was licensed at Every two years, parish clergy in Hatherleigh Parish Church as the Diocese undergo a review of Priest-in-Charge of Hatherleigh, their ministry and look at things Meeth, Exbourne and they might do to grow and Jacobstowe. With the addition of develop. At my last review with Northlew to our group at the Bishop Nick McKinnel at the beginning of 2010, and then beginning of March, we joining together with the eight identified that, after 10 years, my parishes of the Northmoor office and filing system is no Team, I now glory in the snappy longer fit for purpose, and that title of ‘Team Vicar in the having time to properly redo the Northmoor Team Ministry with filing system and sort it out special responsibility for the would help me to work more parishes of Hatherleigh, Meeth, effectively in the future (and Published by the Parish Council 5 July 2017 reduce my stress levels). He Northlew and Ashbury therefore asked me to block out Produce and Craft Show two weeks without parish or Saturday 2nd September 2017 service commitments to ‘mine Sunshine and Showers deep’ in my office. I will be doing Northlew and Ashbury Produce this from Monday 17th July until and Craft Show Sunday 30th July (although I will Saturday 2nd September 2017 appear at some school leavers’ services and a couple of special Well, the recent heat wave and services during this time). subsequent showers have Therefore, my small request is certainly been making the that you should only contact me garden grow. This is just a during this time if there is reminder to everyone to collect a anything urgent. Please note Show Schedule which outlines that I will not be regularly all of the categories for the checking my email during this Northlew and Ashbury Show. time, but will check the These are available from the answerphone. Village Store, Green Dragon, Church Rooms or Victory Hall. Thank you for all your With over 50 different kindness and support! categories, there really is Rev. Ruth Hansford (and Paul, something for everyone. Brendan, Krysty, and the dogs: Flynn, Swallow, and Eby; and As always, there are categories the cats: Smokey and Bandit.) for favourite fruit and vegetables -------------------------------------- such as apples, potatoes, runner Women’s Guild and beans, tomatoes and much, Fellowship much more. Wednesday 5th July The flower arranging categories 2:30 pm Methodist Hall this year include: a garden on a Rev Nigel Coke-Woods plate, 'Sapphire Jubilee' and 'Story Time' - you can use your imagination and creativity to design a display for these categories, keeping within any size guidelines. These flowers Published by the Parish Council 6 July 2017 do not need to be home grown. Last but not least, this year, for the first time, there is a chance New categories this year include to enter a bottle of your home photography classes - a black made cider, wine or non- and white photograph entitled alcoholic soft drink, alongside 'Faces' or a colour / black and the ever popular sloe gin and white photograph depicting any liqueur classes.