NOVEMBER 2020 All Saints’ Church Parish Magazine LEEK WOOTTON LINK Leek Wootton | Guy’s Cliffe | Hill Wootton | Chesford | Goodrest | Wedgnock | North & Middle Woodloes LEEK WOOTTON LINK | NOVEMBER 2020 There is information within these pages, EDITORIAL which we trust will help deal with the Welcome to the November issue of The ‘new normal’. How we will be able to Link. mark Remembrance this year and Regrettably, absolutely everyone is still details of ongoing meetings and affected by the restrictions required to services, for example. be in place as a result of the COVID-19 Please don’t forget that there are people pandemic. We hope that you are all within the community ready to help if safe and well and able to adjust to the you need them. new ways of handling so many different Helen & Lesley Eldridge aspects of your lives. The Editorial Team Cover Image: ‘Operation Moonlight Sonata’ Bomb Damage taken by Lt E A Taylor, War Office Official Photographer on 16 November 1940 (IWM H 5602) (See page 18) All Saints’ Church WHO’S WHO? Vicar Readers Jim Perryman t : 850610 Audrey Rowberry t : 851498 The Vicarage, 4 Hill Wootton Road 7a The Meadows e : [email protected] e : [email protected] Church Wardens Nigel Stallard (see left for contact) Jonathan Kingston t : 851181 Secretary to the PCC 32 Hill Wootton Road Eileen Clayton t : 855124 e : [email protected] 2 The Hamlet Nigel Stallard t : 850548 e : [email protected] Reading Room Cottage Treasurer to the PCC Church Lane e : [email protected] Iain Wilton t : 07771 664185 4 Croft Road Parish Safeguarding Officer e : [email protected] e : [email protected] Articles for The Link: If there is anything you would like to include, please email [email protected] The deadline for editorial submissions for the DECEMBER / JANUARY issue is: FRIDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2020 Advertisements for The Link or for www.leekwoottonchurch.co.uk: 1 WEEK IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN SUBMISSION DEADLINE Via email to [email protected] or call Jim Perryman on 01926 850610 Would you like to receive The Link by email? Please email [email protected] and request your email copy Back issues of The Link are available to view online at: https://express.yudu.com/library/82141/LeekWootton-amp-GuysCliffe-s-Library 2 LEEK WOOTTON LINK | NOVEMBER 2020 FROM THE VICARAGE In Quarantine! As I write, I have just returned from a much-delayed work trip to Switzerland. Finally, I had to stop waiting for circumstances to improve and just ‘bite the bullet’ and travel – driving both ways to avoid anything but the most minimal contact with the ‘outside world’ (and because I had so much I needed to take out there with me!). On my arrival, I had to spend the first 10 days confined to the apartment in quarantine – relying on a friend from the church in Wengen to bring me such essentials as bread and milk and other fresh items that I hadn’t been able to stock up with. The beautiful view from the apartment, and the amount of work I had to do within it, were some consolation, but going up and down the stairs in the apartment block for exercise was not quite the same as walking the alpine paths outside. Only on the last three days of my time in Wengen was I actually able to go outside, and work requirements left me just one afternoon for a good walk in the cool, fresh air – with the chance to make a little friend on the way ! Then travel across to Zermatt – an ‘interesting’ experience by car (Has anyone ever used the ‘Car Transporter’ train through the Lötschberg Tunnel? Talk about ‘white-knuckle rides’ – I was gripping the handbrake throughout!) A couple of days working there, with a few major frustrations and only minor achievement – plus one glimpse of the Matterhorn from the village – and it was time to head for home. The hoped for week in the ‘safe’ country of Germany had to be cancelled due to changing Coronavirus regulations there about entry from Switzerland, and so here I am again – back in Leek Wootton, but ‘confined to barracks’ for another 14 days and even ‘quarantined’ from my wife. So, when I get let out on Saturday, 7 November I will have been in quarantine for 24 out of 32 days. At least it won’t have been quite like the origin of the word which meant 40 days but it’s going to seem a very long time – although I totally understand and accept the reasoning behind it. I planned my timing to be free for Remembrance Sunday so I look forward to being with many of you (socially distanced of course) at the Recreation Ground on Sunday, 8 November at 10:45am. Maybe this time of remembrance of all the suffering and hardship that the wartime generations faced for years will help us all put our current deprivations and fears into a different context. Yours in quarantine, Jim Perryman 3 LEEK WOOTTON LINK | NOVEMBER 2020 www.leekwoottonchurch.co.uk ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH CHURCH SERVICES / EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER November is the month of Remembrance, from the festivals of All Saints and All Souls, through Remembrance Sunday and then on to Remembering the truths about Jesus, that he is Christ the King, that his kingdom will indeed come ‘on earth as it is in Heaven’, and the month concludes with Advent Sunday when we remember that the story isn’t over yet – that he will come again as King to usher in the last days. Normally quite an action-packed month, but this year, of course, looking very different – though everything will still be there! Sunday services in November will be as follows: {YT} after the time means it will be livestreamed on YouTube. These services will be available to watch later ONLY on the church website. Sunday, 1 November ALL SAINTS DAY 9:30am {YT} All Saints Worship ONLINE 11:00am All Saints Communion IN CHURCH 4:00pm {YT} All Souls Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving IN CHURCH + LIVE ON YOUTUBE Please note that the service in Church is particularly for those who have received invitations through having been bereaved over the last couple of years (to our knowledge). All are invited to join on YouTube, but if you would like to attend the church, please contact Jim Perryman (phone or email) by Friday, 30 October at the latest to see whether there is space. Anyone turning up unexpectedly will only be able to attend if there is socially distanced space available. Sunday 8 REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY NO SERVICE IN CHURCH OR ONLINE 10:45am Remembrance Sunday service at Leek Wootton War Memorial Recreation Ground Care will be taken to ensure that the event is run safely and in accordance with relevant regulations. Please ensure that you fully and willingly comply with all directives on the day. The service will include all the traditional elements of the 11:00am Act of Remembrance, and will incorporate some features of the normal service in Church – notably the reading of the names of those of the village who lost their lives in WW1 and WW2. Please ensure you are in place before 10:40am to avoid disruption to the service. 4 LEEK WOOTTON LINK | NOVEMBER 2020 Sunday 15 SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT 9:30am {YT} Morning Worship ONLINE including MOSAIC group for families 11:00am Holy Communion IN CHURCH Sunday 22 CHRIST THE KING 9:30am {YT} Morning Worship ONLINE including MOSAIC group for families 11:00am Holy Communion IN CHURCH Sunday 29 ADVENT 9:30am {YT} Advent Celebration ONLINE 11:00am Advent Holy Communion IN CHURCH 6:30pm {YT} CTKD Advent Taizé Worship ONLINE hosted by Jim Perryman TO JOIN US ON ZOOM (All online worship, Sunday and midweek): www.tiny.cc/lwzoom all lower case or use Meeting ID 645 991 3128 with Passcode 110720. TO JOIN US ON YOUTUBE (Only services marked {YT}): www.tiny.cc/lwyoutube all lower case TO JOIN US IN CHURCH please be aware of the following restrictions related to hygiene and worship: • Face Covering, covering nose and mouth, is obligatory by law. • Hand Sanitiser must be applied on entry. • Socially distanced seating is as directed by the duty steward. • Social interaction should only happen outside the building (Rule of 6!) • There will be no refreshments on offer before or after the service. • The service will not contain any singing. • Communion will be offered as wafer only. • Other than when directed to come forward for Communion, people should remain in their seats – this includes children. During the week, we will continue to offer the following acts of worship online. Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 8:50am ONLINE Morning Worship: Prayer, Bible reading, time to reflect on the reading and a song of worship related to the theme, plus a chance to chat at the end. These services are recorded and made available on the church website, normally within the hour. Monday and Wednesday, 5:45pm – 6:00pm ONLINE Compline: A short time of peaceful reflection to end the working day. 5 LEEK WOOTTON LINK | NOVEMBER 2020 www.mothersunioncoventry.com LEEK WOOTTON MU Contact : Janet Jackson t : 258264 DEANERY PRAYERS On the third Tuesday of each month we pause to pray for family life, the work of MU and this month (Tuesday, 17 November) we will also pray for our deanery link with the communities of Ashow and Stoneleigh. You could walk / meet with a friend or two and pray for family, families you know and the community around you.