- 16 - - 1 - PARISH OF DEVERILLS AND HORNINGSHAM Churches SS Peter & Paul the Apostles Longbridge Deverill PARISH NEWS St Michael the Archangel Brixton Deverill St Mary the Virgin Kingston Deverill The Deverills & Crockerton St John the Baptist Horningsham Rector Rev Norma Payne, 6 Homefields, Longbridge Deverill 841321 Clergy Rev Diana Britten, 69 Lane End, Corsley 01373 832515 Licensed Lay Ministers Mr John Budgen 218203 Col Robin Chappell 212153 Churchwardens Dr Guy Ratcliffe (Longbridge Deverill) 840405 Mr Tim Young (Longbridge Deverill) 840477 Mrs Mary Stewart Cox (Brixton Deverill) 840877 Mr Bill Knowles (Kingston Deverill) 844476 Mr Robert Shuler (Kingston Deverill) 844291 Mr Tim Moore (Horningsham) 844336 PCC Treasurer Mr David Stratton 844549 PCC Secretary Mr Nigel Poole 840902 Church Electoral Roll Officer Mrs Lynn Bowtell 841138 Parish News Editor Mrs Judy Munro 844385 Organist Mr John Budgen 218203 Bell Tower Captain - Longbridge Mr Richard Munro 844385 Caretaker - Longbridge Church Mrs Sylvia Titt 214825 Longbridge Deverill Church from the north by Pat Armstrong Contact the Editor and the Website Parish News Editor: Judy Munro 844385 Contributions for the Parish News through my letterbox or by post to Whitepits Lodge, Kingston Deverill, Warminster, August 2011 BA12 7HD or by Email: [email protected] Thank you Please remember the deadline is the 15th of every month Website: www.deverills.org.uk Look inside for local information Email address: [email protected] Website manager: Kate Wilkinson 844998 - 2 - - 15 - F O R T H C O M I N G E V E N T S A FLOWER FESTIVAL Celebration of Flowers Scottish DancingMonday Evenings Aline Fry (841054) Bell Ringing at Longbridge Wednesdays 7.30 pm Richard Munro (844385) MAIDEN BRADLEY HOUSE By kind permission of the Duke and Duchess of Somerset Hearing Loss Lip-reading Wednesdays Margaret Head (213259) Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th August Thursday Group Thursdays 10.00 - 11.30 am See p14 From 11.00 am to 5.00 pm Deverill Chamber Choir Fridays Claire Johnson (01963 33592 or 07967 609520) Entry £4.00 per person in aid of Maiden Bradley Church Flower Festival Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th August See p2 WI Meeting ‘History of Ambulance Service’ Monday 8th August See p7 SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER Prayer Group Tuesday 9th August See p8 PLEASE SUPPORT Wylye Valley Club Social Evening on Tuesday 9th August See p14 THE WILTSHIRE Ivy House Friday 12th August See p9 HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST Deverills Cricket Club Sunday 21st August See p7 TO TAKE PART OR TO SPONSOR Save the Children Cream Teas Sunday 28th August See p7 PLEASE CONTACT Rounders Evening Friday 2nd September See p6 JUDY MUNRO 844385 Longbridge & Crockerton Parish Council meeting 7.30 pm Monday 5th Sept p4/14 Bell Ringers AGM Wednesday 7th September See p7 Salisbury Theatre Club Trip Ride and Stride Saturday 10th September See p2 Monday 19th September Deverills Cricket Club Sunday 11th September See p7 Way Upstream by Alan Ayckbourn Theatre Club Monday 19th September See p2 Monday 24th October Persuasion by Jane Austin Save the Children Cream Teas Sunday 25th September See p 7 Monday 20th February 2012 Upper Deverills Parish Council meeting 6.30 pm Wednesday 28th Sept See p4/14 Design for Living by Noel Coward Simon Martyn talk -Wildlife in Wild Places Friday 30th September Cost: £19.00 (theatre seat £14.00, coach £5.00) Please book early to ensure tickets, payment in advance, the theatre insist on payment 4 weeks in advance Longbridge Deverill Hall Harvest Supper Saturday 8th October of the performance for groups so a booking must be followed closely by a Upper Deverills Hall Harvest Supper Saturday 15th October cheque to me please, Mary Stewart Cox (tel 840877) at Longmead, Brixton Deverill, Warminster BA12 7EJ Theatre Club Monday 24th October See p2 Coach leaves Kingston Church 6.10 pm and collects through the Deverills Upper Deverills Quiz Night Friday 11th November Performances begin at 7.30 pm Remembrance Sunday Curry Lunch Sunday 13th November Eddie Mirzoeff evening Friday 2nd December Village Carol Service Sunday 18th December Theatre Club Monday 20th February See p2 - 14 - - 3 - The Rector writes: LOCAL COUNCILS, SOCIETIES, GROUPS etc. It is a great privilege to be asked to conduct a marriage service and Longbridge Deverill and Crockerton Parish Council share in the preparations for the service on the ‘big day’! Every service Karen Manfield 215285 (Chair) Peter Whithey 841111 (Vice Chair) is special and hopefully memorable for the couple as they commit Helen Few 840119 (Clerk) Thomas Minter 216909 themselves to one another in the promises and vows they make. Bill Hurd 840023 Elaine Pidgeon 212878 If you have heard Banns of Marriage called recently, you might have won- Julian Algar 840816 Graham Read 840296 dered about the meaning of the words ‘and having a qualifying connection with Brian Marshall 214789 this parish. In 2008, the Church of England made it easier for people with a con- Upper Deverills Parish Council nection to a particular parish to be married there, even though they were not Louise Stratton 844105(Chair) Ranald Blue 841374 resident in the parish or on the church electoral roll. The new qualifying connec- Sarah Jeffries 213436 (Clerk) Robin Greenwood 840743 tions are that the bride or groom: Wiltshire Councillor Fleur de Rhé Philipe 213193 was baptised in the parish was confirmed in the parish Wiltshire Council 0300 456 0100 has at some time resided in the parish for at least 6 months Longbridge Deverill Village Hall Committee has attended public C of E worship in the parish for at least 6 months Pat Wood 840535 (Chair) Julie Read 840655 (Secretary) Sylvia Titt 214825 (Caretaker) Further qualifying connections are if a parent of the bride or groom Upper Deverills Village Hall was married by a C of E service in the parish Richard Cousens 844970 (Chair) has resided in the parish for at least 6 months during the lifetime of the bride Mandy Martyn 844320 (Secretary) John Lea 844325 (Hall bookings) or groom Crockerton Millennium Committee has attended public C of E worship in the parish for at least 6 months during Marion Thomas 213739 (Chair) the lifetime of the bride or groom. Pre-School Children and Parents ‘Thursday Group’ It is a joy that couples wish to make their commitment to one another in Sylvia Titt 214825 Pat Wood 840535 church and to seek God’s blessing. If they no longer live in the parish, but can still be married here using a qualifying connection is all to the good. Incidentally, it is Deverill Valley & Crockerton W I wonderful to hear people speak fondly of a particular church and why they wish Ruth Sutton (President) Julie Wallder 213142 (Secretary) to be married there. I am pleased that the Marriage Measure makes it easier to Sir James Thynne Almshouse offer a welcome to those who wish to be married in the parishes of our Benefice. Mrs Sue Jackson 840322 (Steward) Whether it is banns or bells that remind you of weddings taking place, please Deverills Cricket Club pray for the couples married here. Thank you. Ed Read 840655 (Captain) Jamie Fagan 844123 (Secretary) Norma Payne Wylye Valley Tennis Club Francesca Elloway Colin Singer 213696 It was a great pleasure to have Dr Francesca Elloway to talk to us early in July. Francesca works as a medical missionary for CMS (Church Missionary Society) in Wylye Valley Flower Club the Congo. She runs a number of clinics, maternity services and has just begun a Mrs Hazel Yate 215617 (President) Mrs S Scott 216584 (Programme Secretary) centre for palliative care. Francesca's parents used to live in Crockerton, and so Wiltshire Wildlife Trust we have had good contact with her over a number of years. The PCC makes a Elm Tree Court, Long Street, Devizes SN10 1NJ www.wiltshirewildlife.org grant to her each year and it is reassuring to have a safe system of making pay- Rural Community Beat Manager - Police Community Support Officers ments to support her work. This year we have given a generous donation for PC Vicky Pegrum - PCSOs Caroline Wright - 0845 408 7000 Francesca to use in the way she thinks best which is to buy some books for nurs- ing training and use the remainder for the new palliative care centre. She keeps Hospital Transport Link Scheme 211655 in touch through regular newsletters, copies of which are usually placed in the - 4 - - 13 - We are Macmillan Cancer Support Wiltshire Council Macmillan Cancer Support in Wiltshire is gearing up for 2011’s World’s Biggest New Plastic bottle and cardboard recycling service Coffee Morning, which this year celebrates its 21st birthday. Every year, thousands As you may have seen in the Coming Soon leaflet that dropped of people from across the country get together in their communities to raise mon- through your door in July, Wiltshire Council is introducing a new plas- ey and awareness for Macmillan while having a great time with family and friends. tic bottle and cardboard recycling collection service across the county Since its launch in 1990, the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning has raised over £60 from the autumn. In the West, the new plastic bottle and cardboard million for Macmillan. Last year, 570 people registered to hold their own coffee recycling collection service will start at the beginning of November 2011, with mornings in Wiltshire and our generous supporters raised £82,000 in this county new blue-lidded bins being delivered to households throughout October. Resi- alone, making a huge difference to the lives of people affected by cancer. Each day, dents will receive an instructional leaflet and collection calendar information ten people in Wiltshire are diagnosed with cancer, and Macmillan works to turn through the post shortly before the bins are delivered, explaining how to use more days into good days.