BENEFICE DIARY - SEPTEMBER 2015 St Mary’s Church, Abbotts Ann 1 Sept (Tues) 7.00pm Goodworth Clatford Parish Council meets in GCVC Rector Vacant 2 Sept (Wed) 7.00pm The Wednesday Bridge Club (Partnership Meeting) in GCVC 3 Sept (Thurs) 10.30am Goodworth Clatford WI Coffee Morning Ministry Team Revd. Nicky Judd 729075 7.00pm. Abbotts Ann Parish Council meets in AA Memorial Hall. (During the Vacancy) [email protected] 7.00pm Hand Bell Ringing Session at St Mary’s Church. Revised date. Tim Tayler 710201 5 Sept (Sat) ABBOTTS ANN VILLAGE FETE, PRODUCE AND CRAFT SHOW. [email protected] 1.00pm All Saints’, wedding of Aly Wright and Rob Targett. Peter Eastwood 353320 6 Sept (Sun) (The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity) St Mary’s Patronal Festival. Full [email protected] service details – page 2 Churchwardens 8.00pm Eagle Pub Quiz, Abbotts Ann St Mary's Gordon Howard 710830 8 Sept (Tues) 12.30pm Meadow Room Lunch at All Saints’. 4 St Mary's Meadow, Abbotts Ann 9 Sept (Wed) 7.00pm The Wednesday Bridge Club meets in GCVC [email protected] 7.30pm Upper Clatford Parish Council meets in UC Memorial Hall Sally Dashwood 710640 12 Sept (Sat) Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches Trust sponsored “Ride 1 The Bakery, Dunkirt Lane, Abbotts Ann and Stride Day”. Jane Eastwood 353320 13 Sept (Sun) (The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity) Full service details – page 2 St Peter’s John Milne 3.00pm St Mary’s, Andover, Countess of Brecknock Hospice 25th Anniversary Celebration and Remembrance P21 All Saints’ Eleanor Jakeman 362502 8.00pm Eagle Pub Quiz, Abbotts Ann Bill Mitford 357675 15 Sept (Tues) 12.00 Noon Deadline for receipt of copy for the October 2015 Details of church officers and activities can also be found Abbotts Ann Magazine. [email protected] on the village website - http://www.abbottsann.com/amenitiesservices/church/ 7.30pm Goodworth Clatford WI meets in GCVC 16 Sept (Wed) 7.30pm Upper Clatford WI meets in Upper Clatford Memorial Hall. Choir Practice Thursdays 7.45pm, St Peter’s, 7.00pm The Wednesday Bridge Club meets in GCVC Goodworth Clatford 18 Sept (Fri) Goodworth Clatford WI Walking Group. 20 Sept (Sun) (The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity) Full service details – page 2 Bell Ringing practice Thursdays 7.30-9.00pm, St Mary’s, 8.00pm Eagle Pub Quiz, Abbotts Ann Abbotts Ann 21 Sept (Mon) 7.30pm Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, UC Village Hall page 7 Handbells 7.00pm 1st Thursday each month 23 Sept (Wed) 7.45pm Clatford Valley Garden Club meets in UC Memorial Hall. P 11 Tower Captain: Dudley Alleway 710646 7.00pm The Wednesday Bridge Club meets in GCVC 24 Sept (Thurs) 7.30pm Abbotts Ann WI meets in Abbotts Ann War Memorial Hall. 26 Sept (Sat) “Swan Song at The Old Rectory” – piano recital by Nicholas Walker.P13 Parochial Church Council Secretary Mrs Jo Brookes 07967 Chris Walker & the Pedigree Jazz Band, UC War Memorial Hall, 3 Slessor Close, Monxton Road 484581 10.00-5.00pm Wallop Artists Exhibition page 4 27 Sept (Sun) (The Seventeen Sunday after Trinity) Full service details – page 2 Treasurer (Temporary) Sally Dashwood 710640 8.00pm Eagle Pub Quiz, Abbotts Ann 1 The Bakery 10.00-5.00pm Wallop Artists Exhibition page 4 29 Sept (Tues) Film Show at Goodworth Clatford Village Club. 30 Sept (Wed) 7.00pm The Wednesday Bridge Club meets in GCVC Abbotts Ann Magazine OCTOBER 2015 Editor Andrea Jackson 710630 3 Oct (Sat) 2.00pm Apple Day, AAWMH Page 8 and Page 19 5 Timothy’s Field, Abbotts Ann 4 Oct (Sun) 6.00pm St Mary’s Harvest Festival and Supper Page 6 [email protected] 16 Oct (Fri) 7.30pm My Tutu’s gone AWOL Page 9 Advertising Manager Vacant [email protected] For magazine deadlines please refer to the Benefice Diary. 24 SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE IN AUGUST 2015 Enquiries 01256-892019 or www.andovercats.org.uk Please note change of services and times at all churches. Stories of rescued cats [email protected] Fund-raising/volunteers [email protected] Date: St Mary’s Duties: Items for resale 01256-892773 Sunday 30th August 13th Sunday after Trinity We have been very lucky recently in finding a new fosterer and a double pen 10.00 Benefice Eucharist All Saints (NJ,TT, PE + CH) is currently being installed in her garden. This means that we can take in and re-home two more cats from our lengthy waiting list. We would be happy to Sunday 6th September 14th Sunday after Trinity speak to anyone else who is interested in fostering. The time commitment is 8.00 Holy Communion St Peter’s (NJ) not excessive and all expenses are paid. 10.00 Eucharist All Saints’ (CH) 10.00 Family Service St Peter’s (NJ) We had great fun with our soft toy tombola stalls at both the Worldwide 11.30 Baptism George James Terry St Peter’s (NJ) Whitchurch Weekend and St Mary Bourne Fete. The weather was fine for 18.00 Evensong St Mary’s (PE) Mrs S Dashwood both and although the proceeds from neither were great we always enjoy being out and about meeting the cat-loving public. Sunday 13th September 15th Sunday after Trinity 8.00 Holy Communion All Saints’ (NJ) Liono, our August cat, is now living in a quiet home in Basingstoke with a 9.30 Eucharist St Mary’s (NJ + CH) Mr/Mrs G Howard single lady. 11.15 Matins St Peter’s (NJ + CH) Mozza is a very large, very placid, middle aged, 18.00 Evensong St Mary’s (Lay led) (PE) Mrs S Dashwood black and white cat. He has come into care through no fault of his own and is looking for a Sunday 20th September 16th Sunday after Trinity new home where he will get lots of love and 8.00 Holy Communion St Mary’s (NJ) Mrs N Keene attention. He is rather depressed at the moment 10.00 Eucharist & St Peter’s (NJ) and the two highlights of his day are when his Baptism Edward John Beckingham pouch of Felix arrives. 10.00 Family Service St Mary’s (Lay led) Mrs S George Martin Bevan 18.00 Evensong All Saints’ (TT) Sunday 27th September 17th Sunday after Trinity 8.00 Holy Communion St Mary’s (NJ) Miss W Casson AQUAFIT AT FARLEIGH SCHOOL 11.00 Harvest Eucharist All Saints’ (NJ + CH) 18.00 Evensong St Peter’s (TT) Mondays 10.15 - 11.00 am Sunday 4th October 18th Sunday after Trinity Starting 7th September 8.00 Holy Communion St Peter’s (NJ) Tuesdays 7.15 - 8.00 pm 10.00 Eucharist All Saints’ (NJ + CH) Starting 8th September 11.00 Harvest Family Service St Peter’s 18.00 Harvest Evensong St Mary’s (NJ + TT) Mrs S Dashwood Further details email [email protected] Anyone unable to carry out their duty and who cannot exchange with another sidesman please contact Kate Bennett or Wendy Casson on 712028. We are looking to change the pricing to make it Please note that services are provisional as changes can sometimes be made at short notice. Please check the Sunday Link Sheet. more viable so it will be £6.00 per week if you pay as you go or £38.50 for the term of 7 *Revd Nicky Judd (NJ) Tim Tayler (TT) Peter Eastwood (PE) weeks (£5.50 per session) 2 23 Dear Friends, Would you like to join the As a teacher, I am programmed to think of September as a time for new beginnings. This year, that is appropriate for our church life, too. I am Magazine Team? becoming aware of a groundswell of energy in all three of our villages and I am praying for a blossoming of ministries right across the Benefice. There are so many opportunities: within our churches it would be lovely to have more We are looking for someone to volunteer volunteers to be sidespeople, to read the lessons, to read the prayers of to manage our annual advertising which is intercession, to serve at the altar, to be Eucharistic assistants, to sing in the choir, to help with children’s work, to be on the coffee rota, to consider a vital role in the success of our training to be a lay leader of worship, to arrange flowers or to be a Holy Duster among other things. Administrative help is always welcome, too. In the wider publication. community there are also lots of possibilities like helping in our village shops, becoming a school governor (if you have the needed skills to fill the vacancies that arise), hearing children read in our schools (subject to the required checks, The commitment is approximately ten of course), being involved in the annual fetes, school fund-raising activities and many more. This all sounds very busy and that does reflect how our lives hours over a six week period, are, both inside and outside the church building. However, there are other mid-March to mid-May. things that are also necessary – one is taking time to be still before God and a second is taking time to listen to other people. Into this somewhat traditional The hours are fully flexible as required. mix there is also always a need for the visionary and the ideas person who might challenge us, but who might also be speaking the word to which we most need to pay attention. Basic computer skills are necessary and Recently I heard someone say, “If my local church wants me to attend and also help given if needed wants me to give it money, my question is, ‘Why should I give my time and my money to this church?’” This was not a reaction given with disdain, but actually a genuine question which we might do well to consider in our own contexts.