June 2021 Dates for Your Diary

June 2021 Dates for Your Diary

ge Con lla n i wnhead e Do + c + S t V t p o i i k o e d e n n h e S M t n M T o i c h h g a i e e l L + Issue 275 June 2021 Dates for your Diary 2 The Rectory, High Street, Nunney, Frome BA11 4LZ Tel: 01373 837337 From the Rectory As the weather slowly tries to bring us into summer, the wedding season is also hotting up. Along with couples who booked weddings this year, couples who postponed their ceremonies last year because of the pandemic will find one or two changes in the ceremony. Since 1837, clergy of the Church of England have issued the marriage certificate to newly-weds immediately following their wedding. New legislation introduced on 4th May 2021 is moving away from the current paper register: the traditional Register and Certificate books that were signed by the couple and their witnesses. The new electronic register will allow for the names of multiple parents of the couple to be included in the marriage entry and on marriage certificates, instead of just the fathers’ names as was previously the case. (This is the same system that is already in place for registering Civil Partnerships.) There are two differences that couples will notice at their ceremonies. Firstly, they will not sign register books. Couples and their witnesses will sign a single sheet of paper called a Marriage Schedule which is unique to the couple. Secondly, couples will no longer receive a certificate of marriage on the day of the ceremony. Instead, these will be posted to couples ‘within 5 working days’ of receipt of the Marriage Schedule by the Registry office. (You are of course, legally married from the moment you have said your vows and the minister pronounces that you are married!) Something to be aware of is that these new changes may present a problem for couples wishing to go away straight after their wedding. Some honeymoon offers require proof of marriage to validate a special offer, or the couple may be travelling to a country where couples must be legally wed to share a room. As the certificate will not be available for up to 5 days, couples would be well advised to check in advance what other proof businesses or travel destinations will accept. In the long run, it is hoped that standardising the legal aspect of weddings ‘across the board’ will simplify the service that couples of whatever denomination or creed can expect on their big day! With every blessing, Fr Anthony Please Note: Monday is now my day off. Please leave a message or email and I’ll respond as soon as possible. 3 Letter from Bishop Ruth A time to learn ‘I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught,’ wrote Winston Churchill. I think many of us would echo that thought! Ahuge ‘thank you’to our teachers and all who support our schools! There has been a tremendous effort across our diocese to ensure our children have been able to continue their education during lockdowns and the need to restrict normal practice. Not only have the children been learning but teaching staff have also been going ‘back to school’ in order to find new means of communication. Governors, church communities and individual volunteers have gone the extra mile too, to encourage our teachers through gifts and cards and prayer. The whole school team deserves our gratitude. Learning online is a challenge. Those of us who are spending many hours in Zoom rooms online these days can vouch for that. It’s tiring!And it is not just our children who have found it so.At the end of this month we shall be celebrating the ordinations of our new priests. Last year they were ordained as deacons in September following three months as lay curates as a result of the pandemic restrictions. What a year to be a deacon! They’ve had a very different learning experience than would normally be expected. Not so much opportunity of the ‘hands-on’ experience yet perhaps an even more profound learning possibility. I’m looking forward to hearing their stories! We shall be repeating the new pattern of ordinations with our incoming deacons being licensed as lay curates initially this June. For them, colleges and courses have taken place principally online and they’ve had experience of digital worship on top of regular lectures and seminars. How might that prepare them for our ‘new normal’ of blended worship, with live-streaming of services in person? As the Church emerges into this ‘new normal’ we have the opportunity together to learn and discover new things, new gifts, new ways of being the people of God. It is the same good God, the same story of His love to share with others, but there’s a new landscape. How might you and your community respond to that? What have you learnt in this time? And how might that learning change you and the way you do things? Do share your stories with us! “One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.” (Frank Herbert) Every blessing Bishop Ruth 4 From the Registers Weddings Barnaby Charles and Cordelia Francis Marston 29th May Funerals Clive Vine Stoke St Michael service and burial 28th May Leigh on Mendip with Downhead APCM Leigh-on-Mendip with Downhead Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held on 26 April 2021. Alastair Weston stood down as churchwarden and thanks were expressed for his years as warden and all the work he has done for and on behalf of the church and the PCC. A presentation of a suitable gift of a container for glasses (see below) was made at a recent service. The rest of the PCC members are Rev Anthony Dickson (Chairman), Stephen Britten (Churchwarden), Margaret Loten (Treasurer), Anthea Brooks (Secretary), David Mattick, Susan Rodford, Paula Freeland and Chris Ingrem . Various reports including the 2020 Annual Report, Financial Statements and Churchwardens Reports’ were discussed. If you have any interest in church matters or wish to volunteer to help in any way, please do not hesitate to contact either Rev Dickson or a member of the PCC. Contact numbers are provided elsewhere in the magazine. 5 Being the Church Warden After 8 years of faithful service as Church Warden in Stoke, Malcolm has decided it is time to step back and retire. As a community Iʼm sure you would join me to say a huge thank you to him (and to Glenna) for his hard work and service to the church! Jane continues the work as Church Warden, and during the recent Annual Church Meeting I was appointed to work alongside Jane. I am reasonably new to Stoke, so I thought Iʼd take a moment to introduce myself for anyone who I donʼt yet know! I am married to Chris and we have lived in Stoke for 2 ½ years in Fosse Road, having lived in Chilcompton prior to that, where Chris was the vicar for 15 years (he now works for the Church of England, based in London). We have 2 daughters in their 20ʼs. I am an Occupational Therapist, and work 4 days per week in the Mental Health team, based in Wells. I have been a Christian for most of my life, and believe that God has important things to teach us in our modern world about the way we live, our relationships with each other, and with Him. I also have a great interest in healing and pastoral care- God loves us so much and desires for us to be whole- I am interested in how we as a church community can be involved in Godʼs work here. But what is the role of a Church Warden? This is a good question, and one I am rapidly finding out! I know I have a lot to learn! I have been reading up on the Bath and Wells Diocese website and thought Iʼd share what they say about the role with you… • Be the guardian of the church and the churchyard • Have responsibility for furniture and ornaments, maintaining a proper inventory • Lead the PCC in promoting the Churchʼs mission • Look after the welfare of the incumbent and his/her family • Be an officer of the Bishop – to answer such questions as may be put to them and to report what has been done • Be a person who is able to link the local with the wider vision of the church And Jane and Malcolm made it look so easy! I have some large shoes to fill!! Please bear with me as I get to grips with my new role, and please pray for me that I will serve humbly and wisely! I look forward to working with you and getting to know you in my new role! God Bless. Justine North 6 Sidesmen and Flowers Leigh on Mendip Sidesmen Flowers 6June CarolineHarris SueRodford 13June Noservice - 20 June Noservice WendyJeanes 27 June TomandSueRodford - 4 July Brian and Margaret Loten Sue Mattick Church/Brass Cleaning June – Vanessa Barnes and Sarah Middle July – Margaret Loten and Jackie Longley Stoke St Michael Sidesmen Flowers 6JunePeter Vicary Lin Strong 13June JustineNorth - 20 June Malcolm Martin Hazel Tucker 27June Noservice - 4 July Janet Gilham Peter Vicary Church Cleaning June – Cicely Middle July – Jane Evans From the Editor It’s been a Steep Learning Curve getting to grips with the desktop publishing package I have used this month to create the magazine, the PC I had been using is suffering from old age.

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