1 VILLAGE LIFE DATES FOR THE DIARY ISSUE 446 MARCH 2020 Monday 3rd Volunteer Meeting for BibLit at the Vicarage 6pm Friday 6th World Day Of Prayer; Baptist Chapel 2 pm Friday 6th Dinner at Cripps Barn with Rory Bremner & the Philip Todd Jazz Quartet 7pm. Monday 9th Pop Up Teas – Bibury Church 3pm Wednesday 11 th Bibury Gardening Club, in Bibury Village Hall, 7.15pm Thursday 12 th Coln Crafters - Bibury Village Hall 2-4pm Friday 13 th Cheltenham Gold Cup Day – Bibury Football Club Wednesday 18 th Easter Flowers demonstration, Wednesday Club, Bibury Village Hall 2pm Thursday 19 th Bibury Cricket Club AGM – Catherine Wheel 7.30pm Friday 20 th NEW STYLE REFUSE COLLECTION BEGINS : BIBURY Saturday 21 st Evening with Ethemia Berny Poulton & Michaela Mott, Barnsley Village 7pm Hall Sunday 22 nd Mothering Sunday Wednesday 25 th Arlington Bookclub - Baptist Church 11 am Pop Up Lunch – Baptist Church 12.30pm Friday 27 th Shoo Shoo Baby - Great Cabaret Safari; Bibury Village Hall 7 for 7.30pm March 27 th -29 th BibLit returns to Bibury Monday 30 th Pop Up Teas – Bibury Church 3pm Tuesday 31 st Rural Cinema – Judy - Bibury Village Hall 7 for 7.30pm APRIL Wednesday 8th Bibury Gardening Club, in Bibury Village Hall, 7.15pm Thursday 9th Coln Crafters - Bibury Village Hall 2-4pm Saturday 25 th Evening Reception with Fine Music – Barnsley Park 7pm Monday 27 th Pop Up Teas – Bibury Church 3pm COVER SKETCH We thought that this sketch of a rabbit and butterflies might cheer us up and remind us that this awful weather of late will give way to Spring and butterflies! The drawing is by Beatrice Emmerson who was 5 years old at the time of last year’s Bibury Show where her efforts won her second prize. AN APOLOGY TO THE BIBURY FOOTBALL CLUB We must apologize for inadvertently reducing the Six nation tournament to Five. We are not sure how it happened, and we are sorry for the error. It is good to know that our efforts are keenly read! THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH Just a little note :: “Don’t complain about Junk Mail in the Cotswolds………….otherwise, what are we going to light the fires with!!!” Tickled me!!! Chris Ledger, Sundial Cottage VILLAGE LIFE PANEL Treasurer: Mr Roger King, 8 Pike Villas, The Pike, Arlington, Bibury 740510 Secretary: Mrs Wendy Challinor, Chestnut Grove, Arlington, Bibury 740021 Mr Neil Harvey: Technical Director, 2 Meadowlands, The Pike, Arlington 740295 Mr Chris Dunn, Four winds , Ablington 740823 Mrs Sarah French, 11 Arlington Fields, Bibury 740698 Mrs Tabitha Mayall, Ready Token House, Ready Token 740120 Mrs Claire McDermott, 5 Aldsworth Road, Bibury 740190 Mrs Sarah Smith, 7 Arlington Fields, Arlington 740214 Please Note: if you wish to put an article or advert in ‘Village Life’ magazine it should be sent to [email protected] 2 BIBURY, BARNSLEY AND WINSON CHURCHES Bibury Vicarage, Gloucestershire, GL7 5NT [email protected] 01285 740301 Dear Friends, Winter must be passing as March is shaping up to be a busy month: Lent Throughout March There will be a Bible Study every Tuesday at 10:00am Working though The Nail by Archbishop of York elect, Stephen Cottrell. This will be followed by a Lent lunch at different homes around the parish. Call Joanne on 01285 740301 for details about venues, and to book a place for lunch. Also, throughout March, Compline will be said at Bibury, every Tuesday at 5:00pm, and at Barnsley every Friday at 4:00pm. This will include a time of open prayer for the needs of the world and our village community. On Sunday 22 nd March Bishops Rachel and Robert will be visiting the South Cotswold Team as part of their episcopal pilgrimage. We are holding joint team services that day, with only one service, 8:30am Said BCP Holy Communion at Bibury. A full programme for the day is included in Village Life. Because this is Mothering Sunday you are particularly welcome to join the School Mothers’ Day service on 20 th March (Please see below) Special School Services to which all are welcome: Ash Wednesday: 26 th February. 2:15pm : Service of Holy Communion & Administration of ashes Friday 20 th March: 2:30pm Mothers’ Day celebration with flowers and chocolates Thursday 2 nd April: 2:15pm : School Easter Service including the planting of the Easter Garden Ignite Events @ Bibury Church @ 5:00pm Monday 24 th February: Pancake Party Monday 16 th March: Indoor Games night Monday 30 th March: Easter Party with Easter Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny BibLit 27 th -29 th March 2020 @ Bibury Church As we host BibLit once again this year, we are particularly pleased to welcome on Sunday 29 th March at 11:00am BBC Sitcom writer and Theologian, James Cary, who will discuss his recent book: The Sacred Art of Joking. Other speakers that weekend include former cabinet minister and ex-convict the Revd Jonathan Aitken, who has written about both Chuck Colson and John Newton. He speaks on Saturday 28 th March at 10:00am. Distinguished Church Historian Professor Sir Diarmaid McCulloch will consider the lives of Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer about whom he has written so brilliantly on Friday 27 th March at 6:00pm. This promises to be a real treat, as we are taken into the true story of Wolf Hall. BibLit Teas As I mentioned last month, I am leading the BibLit tea team in the Village Hall on Saturday 28 th and Sunday 29 th March and am looking for volunteers to serve tea and lunch, wash up, and make cakes and soup. Since the Village Hall is where the book signings all take place it’s a great venue for meeting all the authors informally. All profits will go to support Ignite. If you can spare an hour or two on either day, do PLEASE let me know. There will be an informal meeting for all BibLit volunteers on Monday 2nd March at 6:00pm . Drinks, nibbles and chat! VE Day Friday 8 th May is the 75 th Anniversary of VE Days and special events are to be held around the village over this weekend to mark this event. With events at the Football Club on Friday, a street party with traditional games and tea planned for Saturday, and Village Hall teas with the Gardening club and a special service of Commemoration on the Sunday. If you would like to be involved in the Street party in any way do please let me know. Welcome On Thursday 30 th April at 7:30pm we welcome the Revd Simon Brignall as Vicar of Coln, Hatherop and Quenington. Bishop Rachel will conduct the Licensing Service at St Nicholas Hatherop. It is also joy to be able to announce the appointment of a new Vicar to Castle Eaton, Kempsford with Welford and the Meyseys. It is the Revd Kim Brown, former leader of The Upper room in Cirencester. She will be licensed in late May In Memoriam We give thanks for the life of Jerry Kemp on Tuesday 3 rd March at 2:00pm at Cheltenham Crematorium. Jerry died peacefully on Sunday 9 th February. We pray for his widow Alison and the whole family. With every blessing, Tim 3 Service Schedule March 2020 Bibury Barnsley Winson Sunday 1st 11.00am 9.30am CW Communion & Baptism BCP Communion Lent 1 Modern language Prayer Book Communion Service Communion Service Tuesday 3rd 5pm Compline Friday 6th 2pm 4pm Compline World Day of Prayer Service All welcome Sunday 8th 11.00am 9.30am CW Communion BCP Communion Lent 2 Modern language Prayer Book communion service Communion service Tuesday 10th 5pm Compline Friday 13th 4pm Compline Sunday 15th 11.00am 9.30am Morning Prayer Morning Prayer Lent 3 Modified Matins Modified Matins Tuesday 17th 5pm Compline Friday 20th 2.15pm 4pm Compline School service for Mothering Sunday All welcome Sunday 22nd 8.30am Said Communion 10am. Team Services at Kempsford and Lent 4 Lechlade 6pm Team Evensong at Coln St Aldwyn Tuesday 24th 5pm Compline Friday 27 th 4pm Compline Sunday 29th 8.30am Said Communion 11am Biblit Talk The sacred art of joking Sunday 5 th 11am Palm Sunday service 9.30am Palm Sunday April Communion Churchwardens : Jackie Colburn, 01451 860212 : Elizabeth Gledhill, 01285 740836 : Lavinia Sidgwick, 01285 720682 Vicar Tim Hastie-Smith, 01285 740301 POP UP TEAS After a winter break, the popular, after school, ‘pop up teas’ return this month. All welcome! Homemade cake, and occasional surprise performances from the children! • Monday 9th March • Monday 30th March 3:00pm in the Church • Monday 27th April We will also be conducting another ‘dementia friendly’ service after Easter, organised by Wendy Fraser-Williams. Do get in touch with the Vicar or Wendy if you would like to know more, or be involved in any way. Many thanks. Tim Hastie-Smith 4 Episcopal Pilgrimage to the South Cotswolds Team Mothering Sunday 22 nd March 2020 8:30am: Said BCP Holy Communion at Bibury as we prepare to welcome the Right Revd Rachel Treweek and the Right Revd Robert Springett 10:00am Parish Communion - Lechlade and Kempsford , one celebrated by the Bishop of Gloucester and the other by the Bishop of Tewkesbury. There will not be other mid-morning services in the team that day. From 12 Noon - Bring and share lunch in Fairford Community Hall, to which all are invited. 1.30pm Walk/pilgrimage from Fairford to Quenington. 3.30pm : Tea at Quenington Village Hall - and from 4pm a Question and Answer session with the Bishops.