wsletter Ne Our thanks to the children of Cerne Abbas School for providing Christmas artwork for this issue. (Lily, 9) The Buckland Newton, Cerne Abbas, Godmanstone and Minterne Magna Minterne and Godmanstone Abbas, Cerne Newton, Buckland Christmas 2020 £1 Benefice CA Soc for Horticulture 10 CA Surgery 16 Snippets 27 Benefice Services 3 CA Theatre Club 9 CV Cricket Club 19 Christmas messages 28 From the Vicarage 5 Charles North Charity 9 CV Parish Council 12 Advertiser directory 32 Buckland Newton 21 Other village news 12 NOW Cerne 21 Small ads 34 Cerne Abbas Cerne Valley Short Mat Bowls 19 CA Historical Society 9 CA CE VC First School 18 Godmanstone 25 BeneficeNewsXmas20.indd 1 02/12/2020 11:11:40 2 BeneficeNewsXmas20.indd 2 02/12/2020 11:11:40 Services in the Benefice 13 December Isaiah 61.1-4, 8-11; John 1.6-8, 19-28 Advent 3 Godmanstone 9.30am Matins Cerne Abbas 10am Morning Prayer Buckland Newton 11am Holy Communion Zoom 12 noon Morning Prayer Cerne Abbas 6pm Evening Prayer 20 December 2 Samuel 7.1-11, 16; Luke 1.26-38 Advent 4 Cerne Abbas 10am Holy Communion Buckland Newton 11am Family Praise Zoom 12 noon Morning Prayer Cerne Abbas 6pm Evening Prayer 24 December Isaiah 52.7-10; John 1.1-14 Christmas Eve Cerne Abbas 3pm Crib Service Buckland Newton 4.30pm Crib Service Godmanstone 6.30pm Evening Prayer Cerne Abbas 9pm Holy Communion 25 December Isaiah 9.2-7; Luke 2.1-14 Christmas Day Minterne Magna 9am Holy Communion Cerne Abbas 10am Morning Prayer Buckland Newton 11am Holy Communion Zoom 12 noon Morning Prayer 27 December Isaiah 61.10-62.3; Luke 2.15-21 Christmas 1 Godmanstone 11am Holy Communion 3 January Isaiah 60.1-6; Matthew 2.1-12 Epiphany Minterne Magna 9am Holy Communion Cerne Abbas 10am Holy Communion Buckland Newton 11am Morning Prayer Zoom 12 noon Morning Prayer Godmanstone 3pm Evening Prayer 10 January Genesis 1.1-5; Mark 1.4-11 Baptism of Christ Godmanstone 9.30am Matins Cerne Abbas 10am Morning Prayer Buckland Newton 11am Holy Communion Continued on page 7 3 BeneficeNewsXmas20.indd 3 02/12/2020 11:11:40 The New Inn 14 Long Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorset DT2 7JF 01300 341274 / 07889 646 856 www.thenewinncerneabbas.co.uk Inn of the Year 2015 Dorset Dining Pub of the year 2012, 2014 & 2015 Landlord of the year 2012 Michelin Guide 2015 TASTE OF THE WEST GOLD MEDAL 2013 & 2014 Inspected and Selected by Sawday’s - a Special Place 4 BeneficeNewsXmas20.indd 4 02/12/2020 11:11:42 From The Vicarage Dear Friends Mills Robin All my clergy colleagues are scratching their heads and asking what can be done about singing this Christmas. Can we sing outside if not inside? Is this to be a Christmas without carols? Can there really be a ‘Silent Night’ and still be Christmas at all? When pre-recorded carols with cinnamon scented aerosols are foisted upon us to create ‘atmosphere’ in shopping malls, and when the only bells that ring are those on tills not reindeer, I could welcome the relief. It is not the carols in themselves as The Simhain procession on 31st October. abstract tunes or audio wallpaper that I miss – it is the cultural and social act of producing seasonal music with human throats and breath. Which is precisely why it is banned under Covid regulation. Singing together mingles people. It mingles their breath in and their breath out. It mingles their ears and their minds. It mingles their tonsils and hearts and emotions. That is why it is so very good for us, somehow essentially human. A hundred years ago I could have turned to the Village Bands. I have been looking at ‘Lost Dorset’ the Barry Cuff Collection of Dorset Postcards 1880-1920. Godmanstone, Buckland Newton and Cerne Abbas feature, but not Minterne. For every event and celebration a band is available – sometimes two. Cerne had a Salvation Army Hall in Mill Lane, and a Village Silver Band. Our forebears could have gathered in the street and listened and sung – perhaps they did in the Spanish Flu of 1919/20. I have heard the amazing Buckland recorder ensemble of Pete Willis, and I know that a similar group used to play in Cerne. One of the few fruits of Covid has been re-learning and re-membering the preciousness of things we do at home, by hand, ourselves. The outstanding example has been the mutual care evidenced in our communities. Are there frustrated musicians among you, just itching to play with others? Do you have a neglected tuba under the stairs? Don’t you think it would be magnificent to strike up ‘Once in Royal’ outside on a starry frosty night? 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NOTE that should stricter Covid regulations come into force, then these services cannot be guaranteed to take place. Please check the Benefice News Weekly (pewsheet) for any updates. 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In these ‘unprecedented’ times, please be reminded of the Charles North Charity. It exists to relieve individual cases of hardship in the Cerne area. It has a small fund of a few thousand pounds available for cases of need. The Vicar and the Cerne Valley Parish Councillors are trustees. It is administered locally. The Administrator is the Parish Clerk. Mr Wayne Lewin, cernevalley@ dorset-aptc.gov.uk Cerne Abbas Theatre Club (CONTACT Yvonne 341421, or Ron and Christine342072 ) Just over eight months ago we had to cancel our visit to the Swan Theatre in Yeovil to see Night Must Fall when all theatres closed due to Covid-19. Since then we have found our lives quite different due to the various limitations of lockdown. With Dorset in Tier 2 of lockdown, theatres in the area are officially able to open with social-distancing and capacity restrictions in place to mitigate risk. Re- evaluation of this policy will then occur on a fortnightly basis. It is unlikely that we will be able to plan a programme for quite some time to come; certainly not until well into the New Year. Sadly, as a casualty, our much enjoyed annual Christmas Lunch cannot now take place. However, on a more positive note, the development of vaccines gives us hope for a much more cheerful future in 2021. In the meantime, keep busy, safe, positive and well. Festive greetings and best wishes to all for a Happy Christmas and New Year. Cerne Abbas Historical Society (CONTACT Gordon Bishop 341478, [email protected]) The Winter issue of the Society’s online magazine is being published on 11th December. It is a bumper issue with articles on a wide range of subjects that we hope you will enjoy. If a link to the magazine is not sent to you directly you can access it on our website cerneabbashistory.org. Mike Fountain and Andrew Popkin have recently put in an enormous amount of work re-designing the website to make it more enjoyable, interesting and easy to use. It is being re-launched on 11th December as well. Please let us have us your comments and suggestions in relation to both the magazine and the new website.