Bluebells - by Alison Crawford APRIL 2021 The Valley & Valence Parish Magazine for Winterborne St. Martin • Winterbourne Steepleton • Winterbourne Abbas • Compton Valence V&V APR 21.indd 1 17/03/2021 08:38 V&V APR 21.indd 2 17/03/2021 08:38 THE APRIL 2021 & WE WANT YOUR PHOTOS! MAGAZINE Would you like the chance to see a photo taken by YOU VV on the front cover? The Valley & Valence Email your photo to me at: [email protected] Parish Magazine for make it relevant to the area in some way, let me know the Winterborne St. Martin title (or where it is) and put something like “photo for front Winterbourne Steepleton cover” as the subject of the email. Winterbourne Abbas One photo will be chosen each month to be on the front Compton Valence cover of this magazine - it could be yours! NEWS & ARTICLES FOR THE V&V PARISH MAGAZINE It would be much appreciated if copy is supplied electronically as a text doc. (Microsoft Word etc.) with any accompanying images as JPEG files to the address BELOW. ALL COPY MUST REACH ME BY 5pm on 15th (LATEST) OF THE PRECEDING MONTH in order to be included in that issue. ADVERTISING IN THE V&V PARISH MAGAZINE • Rates and Contact details Current rates & specifications enquiries, and advertisement copy for each month’s issue to: Graham Herbert, 1 Cowleaze, Martinstown, DT2 9TD Tel: 01305 889786 or email: [email protected] 3 V&V APR 21.indd 3 17/03/2021 08:38 Easter will be an even bigger event for us in the church this year, not so much in numbers because distancing restrictions will still be in place, but rather in joy and hope - the joy that we can be together again and the hope of what the future promises. A year go, at Easter, we were in first lockdown with an uncertain future and our churches well and truly shut. This year we are emerging from what turned out to be an unprecedented year - a year of separation, a year of major adjustments in our lives and for some a year of sorrow. But spring is the season of hope. From early February right through to May nature really shows us what hope looks like. New life is to THOUGHTS be seen everywhere – the early white snowdrops, the daffodils, the blossom, the trees beginning to show their new green apparel – all FROM THE symbols of the earth waking up to a new beginning. Easter Day this year is on Sunday, 4th April, so right in the middle of this frenzy of regeneration in the plant world. A resurrection, you might say, of things thought to be dead. That is the wonderful thing DESK OF... about our seasons – through them we are better able to fully appre- ciate the wonder of new life again and again and appreciate that with The Team newness comes hope. On the first Easter day the disciples of Jesus moved from despair to hope. They had lost a friend, a teacher, a special man who could per- VICAR form miracles, a man who stood up for those marginalised by society, who was an advocate for those whom society rejected. But on that first Easter Day their despair in losing him turned into joy when they met him again as the risen Lord. What they thought was the end was just the beginning – a new hope offered for all people. The Easter message is a hopeful one. Because he died for us, in Christ we can be made new - and not just at Eastertime but at anytime. No matter what has happened in our past, when we turn to Jesus as our Saviour we will find acceptance, comfort and forgive- ness. So this Easter let us give thanks for the doctors, the nurses, the scientists, the keyworkers and all those who have helped us through this challenging time, and acknowledge that in the risen Lord we have His glorious gift of new life and his offer of new beginnings again and again. Happy Easter from the churches of The Winterbournes and Compton Valence Yours in Christ Jean 4 V&V APR 21.indd 4 17/03/2021 08:38 CHURCH SERVICES during HOLY WEEK and ... APRIL 2021 Church services in the 3 churches resume in April but there will be some services also on Zoom. If you are new to these and would like to join please contact the Vicar on (01305) 889992 or email [email protected] Sunday 4 April – Easter Sunday 09.30 Holy Communion Compton Valence 10.00 Zoom Service 11.00 Holy Communion Martinstown Sunday 11 April – 2nd Sunday of Easter 09.30 Holy Communion Compton Valence 10.00 Zoom Service 11.00 Holy Communion Winterbourne Steepleton Sunday 18 April – 3rd Sunday of Easter 10.00 Zoom Service 10.00 Worship Together Winterbourne Abbas 11.00 Holy Communion Martinstown Sunday 25 April – 4th Sunday of Easter 10.00 Zoom Service 11.00 Worship Together Martinstown The Parishes of The Winterbournes & Compton Valence TEAM RECTOR Rev’d Keith Magee (07766 645136) TEAM VICAR ASSOCIATE PRIEST Rev’d Jean Saddington (01305 889992) Rev’d Jo Lacy-Smith (01305 889476) Available on: Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays On other days please contact one of the Church Wardens for all parish matters. LICENSED LAY MINISTER Allen Knott (01305 267217) The Parish of the Winterbournes There is a single Parochial Church Council for Martinstown, Steepleton and Abbas but each parish church retains its own local church committee. Churchwardens – Dick Corbett-Winder (889410), Ellie Sturrock (07980 089470), Joy Parsons (889611), Roddy Kilpatrick (889238) PCC Hon. Secretary – John Crawford (01305 889377) PCC Hon. Treasurer – Tom Webb (01305 889097) The Parish of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Compton Valence Churchwarden & Treasurer – Jeremy Russell (01308 482227) Churchwarden & Secretary – Peter Steel (01308 482782) Dorchester and The Winterbournes Team Website: www.dorchesteranglican.info Any of the above can be approached in the first instance for Baptism, Marriage, Home Communion or just a visit and they would welcome being told when anybody has been bereaved or is ill. They have answerphones for you to leave a message. If you want us to remember anything or anyone in the public prayer of the Church, we would be glad to do this as long as permission of the person involved is assured. 5 V&V APR 21.indd 5 17/03/2021 08:38 Holy Week and Easter The Winterbournes & Compton Valence HOLY WEEK EASTER Monday, 29th March, 7pm Easter Eve, Saturday, 3rd April, 7pm - Meditation for Holy Week - Zoom Service - Service of Light with Holy Communion at St Michael’s Church, Winterbourne Steepleton Tuesday, 30th March, 7pm - Service of Reconciliation - Zoom Service Easter Day, Sunday, 4th April Wednesday, 31st March, 7pm 9.30am - Holy Communion, - Evening Prayer - Zoom Service at St Thomas’, Compton Valence 10.00am - Zoom Service Maundy Thursday, 1st April, 7pm 11.00am - Holy Communion - Reflections and Prayers for Maundy Thursday at St Martin’s, Martinstown Good Friday, 2nd April, 10 am - ‘At the Foot of the Cross’ – Zoom Please note: If you wish to attend the Service of Light at Winterbourne Steepleton please contact the Church Warden, Roddy Kilpatrick by e-mail - [email protected] to book a place. If you wish to attend the service at St Martin’s on Easter Sunday please contact the Church Warden, Dick Corbett-Winder on 01305 889410 or by e-mail - [email protected] to book a place. Easter At Abbas • Happy Easter! We are celebrating Easter with many activities. On Easter Day from 8.30am till 9.30am there will be an Easter Egg Hunt in the church graveyard. - socially distanced of course. From Easter Day, Easter Monday and Tuesday, we are asking you to: • decorate the cross outside the church with flowers and ribbons • bring painted stones and lay them in the easter garden • write prayers and put them on the prayer tree Do join us... Christ Has Risen, He Has Risen Indeed! 6 V&V APR 21.indd 6 17/03/2021 08:38 Children’s Easter Quiz 1. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, who finds the last golden ticket? 2. Around how many Cadbury Crème Eggs are sold in the UK every year: 100, 200 or 300 million? 3. What is laid by a chicken and can be made from Chocolate at Easter? 4. True or false: lambs are most often born as twins? 5. In the song, what costs, ‘one a penny, two a penny’? 6. On Shrove Tuesday, what do we ‘flip’ and cover in lemon or sugar before eating? 7. In which season do trees usually blossom? 8. Name the seven colours in a rainbow. 9. What is the proper name for a baby rabbit? 10. Do hens lay eggs sitting down or standing up? 11. Which rabbit left his shoes and blue jacket in Mr McGregor’s garden? 12. What do bees collect from flowers to make honey? 13. How many legs does a spider have? 14. Would a pet rabbit live in: a kennel, a pond or a hutch? 15. What is the name of the yellow centre of an egg? 16. What is the name for a female sheep? 17. Which insects come out of a chrysalis or a cocoon? 18. Which part of its body does a butterfly use to taste? 19. What colour is a buttercup? 20. Where do bees live? Answers on page 14 THE WINTERBOURNE COMMUNITY TRUST ...is here to support individuals and families experiencing financial hardship is these difficult times. We can offer grants to help with everyday living expenses and some practical support.