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Turbo’s Tales Page 6

Pressing Matters’ Page7

st john’s soCIaL events

a MUSiCal eVening

on friDay 1ST DeCeMBer 7-9pM

with the Warminster Choir in our Hall.

There will be nibbles and wine,

free entry, but donations will be

very acceptable.

CHriSTMaS Bingo

7th December in the Hall

Coffee Morning WeDneSDay 13TH

and this will be last for this year.

CHapel SerViCe for CHriSTMaS

Christmas Eucharist on Sunday 24th

at 6pm

and no services on Christmas Day.

CodFoRd CaFÉCoffee, Crackers

and Christmas fun

Thursday 21st December

9.00am – 11ish!

A huge thank you to all our volunteers

and weekly visitors.

We would like to invite you to join us for

free mince pies and mulled wine,

together with the usual yummy cakes

and fresh coffee.

Fancy dress is optional.

RoyaL BRItIsh LeGIon WoMen’s seCtIon

heytesBuRy BRanCh

Our next meeting will be held on 24th

January 2018 at 2.30pm, in the Residents’

Hall of the Hospital of St John when our

Speaker will be Robin Culver with a talk

entitled – ‘A Life Linked to Conflict’.

Visitors always welcome.

T H E D I A RY

CaRds FoR Good Causes

A Big Thank You to everyone who

supported this year’s sale of charity

Christmas cards at The Ginger Piggery,

Boyton. There were many charities all

with cards to choose from, as well as a

wide selection of Christmas goods and

advent calendars.

The final total raised was £4590.83 and

the cards for good causes organization is

most grateful. FR

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Please let Robin know of any Social Dates

you have so they can be included in the

diary. We deliver this magazine door to

door to all our ten villages, and the

editorial team would love to have a

greater overview of what is going on in the

villages.

T: 840790 robinwculver@mac.com

Men’s FeLLoWshIPBReaKFast

8.15 am Monday 4th December

at Bishopstrow House Hotel

The speaker will be Robin Appel, who is a

Barley Merchant and owner of Warminster

Maltings. He will talk about Warminster’s

proud history of involvement in the

malting industry and the role that he has

played in revitalising both the buildings

and the fortunes of Warminster’s last

remaining maltings. He will no doubt also

extol the merits of barley in the making

of beer, and of Maris Otter barley in

particular, which is grown locally.

8.15 am Tuesday 9th January

at Bishopstrow House Hotel

The speaker will be Bishop Edward Condry,

who is a Bishop of Ramsbury and lives in

Warminster. His talk will undoubtedly

make reference to the environmental

awareness commitment he has made by

undertaking much of his travel by bicycle

- including his recent 2,000km ride from

Canterbury to Rome to raise funds for

Friends of Erlestoke Prison.

Places can be reserved by email

uwvmfb@gmail.com or via telephone on

01985 300132 or 840899.

heytesBuRy ChuRCh

SpeCial CHriSTMaS Coffee Morning

Saturday December 9th 10.00 - 12.00

Raffle, gifts, cakes, cards etc.The friends of Heytesbury, Knook

and Tytherington Churches present:

CheMICaL WaRFaRe

A balanced overview with reality

extracted from the fiction.

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

Thursday 25th January 2018

6.45 for 7.15 pm

Sutton Veny Village Hall

£18 each, includes wine on arrival and

homemade supper.

To book: Sarah Buttenshaw, 1 Victoria

Gardens, Heytesbury BA12 0HB

Tel:01985 840501

Email: s.buttenshaw@btinternet.com

saLIsBuRy uKuLeLeBand ConCeRt

at the Woolstore Theatre

Saturday 27th January 2018

in aid of the Wylye Valley Disabled

Children's Charity. Tickets £8

to include a finger buffet supper.

Woolstore Members can pre-book with

Karen Johnstone 850258

From end of December tickets will be

available at Codford Post Office or

from Romy Wyeth 850325.

the neW West WILtshIRe

theoLoGy GRouP

Open to all. No admission charge.

First meeting – 18th January 2018,

7.30 to 9.30 p.m.

St Boniface Hall, Warminster School

‘Renewing and Reforming our

understanding of marriage’:

Bishop Nick Holtham,

Bishop of Salisbury.

Further information on page 7

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Sutton Veny Village HallChristmas Fayre

Saturday 2nd December10.30-12.30

Entrance 50pGifts, cakes, preserves, cards and refreshments

Raffle and musical entertainment

SwitCH on oF trEE LigHtS on

Sutton VEny grEEn at 5pm.

Mary and Joseph had no choice, of course.

Caesar Augustus had decreed that ‘the

entire world should be taxed’, and they

would have to go to Bethlehem for the

census. Only 100 miles cross-country, but

the timing wasn’t good, as Mary was heav-

ily pregnant. It’s unlikely a poor carpenter

would own a donkey; they walked. And

they were too poor to be of interest to the

bandits along the way. There were no

maps or signposts, just well-worn tracks,

olive groves, rocky hills, and desert wadis.

And no protection from the weather.

I hope to walk from Nazareth to

Bethlehem too, but with proper walking

gear and a professional guide. Accommo-

dation will be in villagers’ homes or guest

houses, monasteries, bedouin tents or

under the stars (though I don’t fancy that

option in March). Would you like to join

me?

We are all on a journey: the

journey through life. Pilgrimage is another

word for it. I’ve walked much of the

pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela

in NW Spain, which the Apostle James is

said to have visited, and I have my Pilgrim

Passport to prove it. It’s not that I expect

to find God when I arrive - because he has

been travelling with me along the way.

Santiago is a place where the veil between

the world and God is more transparent,

and one can become more alive spiritually.

Another is Iona.

I first came into contact with Iona

and its music through John Bell. Iona is a

small island in the top left-hand corner of

Scotland; a starting-point for the world of

Celtic spirituality, where St Columba

founded a monastic community in 563 AD.

John Bell is more like a roving minstrel

than a Church of Scotland minister. I was

captivated by his ability to connect with

people, his wisdom and his deep-seated

spirituality. He says he was told as a child

that he couldn’t sing - but he now travels

the world collecting music, writing hymns

and encouraging people to sing.

The message on the back of John

Bell’s songbook says: ‘These songs have

been sung in prisons and on pilgrimages,

at open-air festivals and in house groups,

by cathedral choirs and teenage music

groups. ... Because they have proved their

worth in everything from a Benedictine

abbey to a psychiatric unit, they are

offered to a wider public.’

Taizé has much in common with

MINISTRY LETTER

Iona, welcoming thousands of pilgrims

each summer: centres of worship, with

their own liturgy and their own style of

music. Our Taizé services on Sunday

evenings in Tytherington are special:

silence and mystery with few distractions,

which can bring our minds into harmony

with ourselves, with the world, and with

God.

Our Christian journey is a pilgrim-

age. But we don’t need to go to Santiago,

to Assisi or to Taizé, nor indeed the 400

miles by bus, aircraft and boat to Iona.

We can share in the worship of those

communities here. Faith is a journey - a

journey we cannot make in our heads

alone. It involves our hearts and souls, our

prayers and praise. We cannot just stand

on the sidelines and watch how it’s done,

expecting to arrive at our destination

without becoming spiritually involved.

As we take part, we can be drawn into the

mystery that has inspired those who have

made those journeys before us. As we

journey towards heaven, we need to take

time to find God through his creation,

through silence, through worship and

through ‘hanging out with God’ along the

way.

Katherine Venning LLM

ThOUGhT fOR ThE MONTh

An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a

dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do

not be afraid to take Mary home as your

wife, because what is conceived in her is

from the Holy Spirit.

She will give birth to a son, and you are to

give him the name Jesus, because he will

save his people from their sins.”

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord

had said through the prophet:

“The virgin will conceive and give birth to

a son, and they will call him Immanuel”

(which means “God with us”).

Matthew chapter 1, verse 20-23

Contributed by Robin Hungerford

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As we reach the end of the calendar year

2017, the Parish News Committee has

taken stock and can report that the

magazine is in a good position to go

forward into 2018. Over the last year,

positive progress has been made in a

number of important areas. For example,

the annual run of ten editions, two of

which (at Christmas and Easter) have their

covers in colour, has settled down as the

optimum – in other words, what we can

afford! Advertising revenue has reduced

slightly and, as I write this, we have space

for 5 new ones. Market Place appears

quarterly on the back page; it is an

important addition to the utility of the

Parish News and a welcome addition to its

income. The Treasurer assures us that we

will take about £1000 forward into the

New Year, a sum that reflects prudent

management and the careful use of

resources. I am grateful to him, to all

members of the Committee and to the

small army of volunteers who help in so

many ways, not least by delivering it to

letterboxes in all weathers.

This all means that the Parish News

will continue to be self-supporting,

enabling it to be delivered, as in the past,

free to more than 1300 homes. It will also

be available on the revitalised Team

Website each month for those who prefer

to read it electronically both locally and

elsewhere and items that the Editor

cannot fit in, and which cannot be held

over, will continue, occasionally, to appear

on it under ‘Parish News Extra’.

I am proud of the progress made in

2017. We are meeting our remit,

keeping within budget, aiming to remain

informative, interesting and appealing

while attempting to avoid controversy;

photographs add considerable style and

we are developing ‘Young Voices’ and a

END OF YEAR (2017) MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

new series of ‘Down on the Farm’. Fresh

themes will take their place alongside

well-established and popular items.

Finally, I pay special tribute this

Christmas-tide to our hard-working team

of volunteers, our advertisers and our

Clergy led by Rev’d Alison Morley and on

behalf of them, and the whole Parish News

constituency, we wish everyone a very

merry Christmas and a healthy and happy

New Year.

David Shaw

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B O O K R E V I E W

“ONE”

written by Sarah Crossan

A personal view point of

the book by Ronnie Sheasby, a member of

Heytesbury Readers

“One”, the award-winning ‘children’s’

novel by Sarah Crossan, is the story of

conjoined twins, Tippi and Grace. They

have two heads, four arms but are joined

at the hip. After defying incredible odds

for sixteen years, Grace picks up their

story as they experience teenagehood.

The twins are driven by the lack of

support funds to go to school rather than

be home-schooled. There they quickly

make two firm friends: Yasmeen, who is

HIV positive, and Jon, who lives in squalor

after his mother had left him. This little

gang of outsiders form a close protection

for the twins against the unwelcome

curiosity and insults they have to endure.

It isn’t long before Grace falls heavily for

Jon. Her feelings are reciprocated while

Tippi, literally, looks the other way.

The story, related in blank verse

(beautifully suited to echo the voice of a

teenager), also follows the path of the

constant medical and psychological care

the twins are afforded. The following ex-

tract illustrates the power of the writing

to bring the reader emotionally close to

what life must be like for the twins;

“Dr Derrick parades his wide-eyed

medical students and asks if we mind

them watching the exam.

We mind. Of course we mind.

But Dr. Derrick’s stethoscope and white

coat do not permit disagreement so we

shrug and allow ourselves to be ogled by

a dozen trainee doctors

with tight mouths…”

The family’s financial situation goes

critical when their mother loses her job

and already unemployed Dad can’t stay

off the booze. Spurred to action, when

their sister’s dreams of being a ballerina

are thwarted by lack of money, despite

their Mum’s ongoing robust resistance to

the twins ever being exploited by media

coverage, Tippi and Grace decide the only

way out is for them to sell their story.

“..Staring at our shoes Tippi says ‘Call the

reporter.’

Her voice is wispy like laundry drying on

the line.

‘Call her,’ she repeats ‘and let’s get this

f*****g freak show started.’ ….”

This raises the contentious debate be-

tween “raising awareness” and the way

our curiosity can exploit difference. Par-

adoxically, the success of this book attests

to both. However, Crossan has researched

her subject thoroughly, referring to past

examples of conjoined twins including

Chang and Eng, who managed to dodge

King Rama of Siam’s death sentence as

babies and went on to live full and happy

lives having two wives and 21 children.

She clearly has great empathy and admi-

ration for the lives and circumstances sur-

rounding conjoined twins.

One particular reviewer wrote: “I also

loved how the twins weren’t the only

ones with ‘problems’. The dad was an al-

coholic, the older ballet-dancing-sister

had an eating disorder, the mother was

laid-off work, and the grandma some-

times said the wrong thing at the wrong

time … It’s definitely about the entire

dysfunctional family.” This points to the

question – how do we, or should we,

define “dysfunctional” ?

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I have a question for you. At what point on

Christmas Day do you eat? I’m focusing on

the main feast of the day. I’m thinking for

many it can depend on what time you wish

to rise from your slumber, to put that

rather oversized bird in the oven (we have

all done it and thought we were feeding

the 5000 when, in fact, there are 6 for

lunch!) to give it that thorough cooking we

are advised to do.

An odd question, you may think,

but for us folk on the farm, it is an annual

debate, as our main feast of the day

revolves around the cows! Yes, their needs

are greater than ours. In the past, lunch

was relatively early, 12.30 to be precise,

this allowed time for the family to eat

before heading back out to the daily

routine of feeding, cleaning yards and

milking. I focus on the word daily, as

Christmas Day is, in fact, a normal day in

the world of a cow, hence making it a

relatively run-of-the mill day for those

who work with the herd. In this modern

age, we milk three times a day (it used to

be twice) throwing in further confusion

with cries from me, “So when exactly do

I cook for?” as my husband casually

disappears out of sight!

When our children were young, my

husband would start work at 5.30am, the

children learnt quickly there was no point

rising early (fortunate for me) as present

opening wouldn’t be until after Church

and when daddy returned. Christmas Eve

had its traditions of a mince pie left for

Father Christmas, a carrot for Rudolph and

the children’s final words, “Say hello to

Father Christmas if you see him when you

go to work, daddy”.

Of course, it is normal for us, and

for the family, and we endeavour to keep

the work to a minimum, and with a loyal

staff the cows are well cared for and the

work is done. Local folk will walk past

with cheers of festive greetings often with

surprise and curiosity as to what is

happening and maybe spare a thought and

DOWN ON THE FARM AT CHRISTMAS

PLACES TO VISIT ...without breaking the bank

Hillbrush Visitors Centre, Mere has been

open for about 6 months, in a new building

on the right just after you have left Mere

heading westwards towards the A303.

Their logo, SHOP EAT DISCOVER, sums up

what is there.

• The shop stocks brushes for all the jobs

you can think of, and ones you had no idea

you needed.

• The café stocks a good range of food and

drinks, including a delicious sounding

Christmas menu in December. (I can defi-

nitely recommend the homemade cakes)

• There is a small museum showing,

amongst other things; the history of the

company; various types of bristles and

where they come from and a fascinating

film of the automated factory.

We stopped here on our way home

from Stourhead and came out armed with

new brushes and full of cake. You could

combine a visit here with one to the Mere

Museum in Barton Lane. Both are free

entry.

Beauty Retreat SalonThe Ginger Piggery Boyton

Tel 07568-574918

www.beautyretreatwiltshire.co.uk

an extensive range of Beauty & Holistic treatmentson offer with over 15yrs of experience by a fully qualified therapist & tutor.

1-2-1 & group skincare & make-up workshops

Gift vouchers available

reflect on those who have produced the

food for their festive feast and yes, you

have guessed it, the question is yet to be

answered for this year, as to when we

will have our festive feast ‘down on the

farm’.

Kit Pottow

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TURBO’S TALES (THE DOG BLOG ON NAMES)

Children’s names have been amusing us

and vexing us in equal measure recently

but this dilemma is not confined to

humans. There is a dog in the village

called ‘Deefer’ which his owner explained

comes from ‘D for Dog’. My own name

came about because as a pup I used to

rush about a lot so could have been called

Beetle or Rocket. I fancy my name

actually comes from the side of the Cillit

Bang cleaning fluid which has ‘Turbo

Power’. I’m called ‘Darling Boy’ some-

times and that rings another warning bell:

don’t call your dog anything that sounds

like the name of your husband / wife /

children or mother-in-law. It can give rise

to all sorts of confusion and you end up

with a child coming to the kitchen to be

fed at 5 pm or an elderly lady wondering

if ‘go and lie down’ refers to her.

Artists might call their dogs

Cezanne or Renoir and authors Bronte or

Chekhov; actors lean towards Bardot or

Brando while sports fans might incline

towards Beckham or Rooney; swots will go

for Darwin or Einstein and classicists for

Aristotle, Confucius or Ovid. Naturally,

dog owners should take a little care about

‘call-ability’ as walking in the park ought

not to be more stressful than we dogs

normally make them. You have to

remember that dogs tune out when more

than three syllables are used. For exam-

ple, dogs called Colonel Bogie only react

to Bogie and, added to that,

calling out ‘Bogie’ on a walk can be

embarrassing. If you are an Australian it

is unwise to call your dog Boomerang -

it means he will probably never come

back and a German Shepherd called

Schnitzel might receive a ‘Bless you’ in

return.

We know an Italian whose dog

is called Pizza but how unenterprising

is that? What is wrong with Aldo or

Enzo but Ciao would probably run off.

A Scottie can only be named Dougal and

I would call a Spanish Mastiff ‘Toro’ and

a Welsh Springer Spaniel, Madog.

Finally, a perfectly good (if

common and well-known) name for

something can be misread or misrepre-

sented. The Guvnor once entered a

cake-making competition and placed his

Victoria Spong Cake carefully on the

judges’ table. They told him he might

have won if he had been able to spell

Sponge Cake correctly. Ever since he has

said, “It takes more than being good; it

has to look good”. Now, that’s PR for

you.

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Tel: 01985 850752 for an appointment or advice

Welcome to our lovely, purpose built surgery for pets and

working dogs.

We give excellent diagnostic and surgical skills in a calm,

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would like our animals to be cared for.

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When contacting advertisers please tell them that you read about them

in the Parish News! !

and produced over 2000 gallons of juice.

Make sure you look out for the posters

advertising the dates next summer, that

say ‘Don’t waste apples, make juice!’

Tiggy Thornton

We have just completed another success-

ful apple juicing season with the Codford

and Community Apple Press and produced

several hundred gallons of delicious pure

apple juice from apples that otherwise

would have been wasted.

The ‘kit’ consists of an electric mill that

chops apples into a pulp, the Vigo Press

that uses mains water pressure to squeeze

the pulp against a fine sack and steel mesh

until the juice flows out, various trugs,

buckets, scoops, funnels and sieves and

finally two pasteurisers. This was all

bought in 2014 after several enthusiastic

locals, led by Alec Thomson, raised

over £2000 with the help of generous

village benefactors, Waitrose Community

Matters, The Big Lottery and the Wiltshire

Gardens Trust.

For our first pressing session this

season, Alec Thomson and Tiggy Thornton

took the kit to Wylye Valley Primary School

to work with the Year 5 and 6 children.

Col. Mike Elcomb kindly allowed them to

gather several wheelbarrow loads of

apples from his garden which were taken

back to school to wash, chop and press.

The excitement and noise levels were high

and it was wonderful to see the delight on

their faces as the juice flowed and they

tasted it. The following day the juice was

served to the whole school at lunch time

and they all asked for more!

This year we have also held three

Community Pressing Days at Codford

Village Hall where anyone could bring

along their apples to press in return for a

small fee. It is always nice to welcome

new faces as well as the ‘regulars’, who

after four years are becoming experts at

using the equipment. Other people with

lots of apples have hired the kit for a day’s

pressing at home and this year other

community sessions have been held

at Corton, Bishopstrow and St John’s

Warminster. Once the juice has been made

it either needs to be frozen (in recycled

cartons), pasteurised (in recycled screw-

top wine bottles) or made into cider, to

prolong its shelf life.

The enthusiasm for producing your

very own apple juice has continued each

year and it is lovely to see so many people

coming together and enjoying the commu-

nity pressing days. In the last four years,

the kit has been used by over 300 people

‘ P R E S S I N G M AT T E R S ’ -

A P P L E S G A L O R E TO J U I C E I N A B U N DA N C E

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THEOLOGY GROUP West WiltshireThursday 18th January 2018, 7.30 p.m.

‘Renewing and Reforming our understanding of marriage’

An address by Bishop Nick Holtham with questions and discussion.

St Boniface Hall, Warminster School, BA12 8PJ (Parking on site)

What is a Theology group?

There is an interest by many in promoting and encouraging

theological, Biblical and Church studies and to stimulate an

enthusiasm for exploration and questioning. The Theology Group

is open to all, not just those of the Churches and not just those

who are of the Faith. The programme is designed to be balanced

between different areas of theological concern and interest, and

should be of interest to all who want to develop further their

understanding and approaches to theological thinking. The group

will aim to encourage open dialogue and inclusive approaches

that avoid dogmatism and which encourage critical thinking.

There are to be three more meetings in 2018 – put them in the

diary now!

Thursday 19th april 2018: The ludgershall Window

“War and how art reveals and challenges us to reflect on how we

choose to respond to violent conflict”: led by Sophie Hacker,

artist and theologian.

Thursday 19th July Thursday 18th October

For more information please contact the organisers at

The Parish Office, The Minster Church of St Denys, Warminster,

BA12 8PD

Phone: 0771 332 7377 email: rectoryh@gmail.com

Norma Payne and Harold Stephens –the Minster, Alison Morley and

David Prescott – Associate Priest, Bishopstrow and Boreham &

Chaplain, Warminster School.

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new Members Co-opted for

HeyTeSBUry iMBer & KnooK

Six local residents stood for co-option ontothe Parish Council.The two candidatesreaching the necessary majority wereLouise Morris and Elizabeth Colvin.Chairman Ann Perry said that “I amdelighted that the Parish Council wouldnow be a full complement of eleven and Iam looking forward to the new membersgetting involved in the parish’s manyactivities.”

The Outside Spaces WorkingGroup continues to work hard at managingall the Council’s interests around thevillages in the Parish particularly the set-up of allotment plots at Knook. A supplyof water is required, as well as thepreparation of a management system forpotential users. It is hoped that the newsite will be ready by Spring 2018.

Members are looking to set up aParish wide volunteer party to assist witha village clean up and, if anyone isinterested in joining, or residents have anidea of work to be completed, the Clerkor Councillors would love to hear fromyou.

For more information contact HeatherParks, Clerk, Heytesbury, Imber and KnookParish Council. 01985 212340 email:heather.parks@btinternet.com

HeyTeSBUry open plaCe (Hop)

CHUrCH proJeCT

Our church looks a little sad whilst it isclad in scaffolding but the work is goingwell. The slates have been taken from theroofs of the two side aisles and this areahas been made weather proof whilst themain roof of the nave is repaired.

A large number of people havenow signed new roof slates in memory ofloved ones or to record their family’snames for posterity. There will be moreopportunities to do this over the Christmasperiod, and in particular on the morningof Saturday 9th December when there willbe a special Christmas Coffee Morning inthe church. A donation of, at least, £10per slate goes towards the project and isgratefully received.

There has been more good newsas generous grants from three separatetrust funds have been agreed. The JillFranklin Trust, in memory of Jill FranklinPhD who was an architectural historian,has awarded us £500 towards the repairsin the chancel. The Headley Trust, whichis one of the Sainsbury Family CharitableTrusts, is giving us £5500 towards the naveroof repairs and the Wiltshire HistoricChurches Trust has agreed to grant ourchurch £2750 towards the repair of thechancel roof. We are extremely gratefulto all three donors for their generosity,

which is an excellent boost to the fundraising that is ongoing for the repair of ourlovely old church.

The interior of the church is notbeing neglected with the restoration workto the chancel interior in progress. Therewill soon be some scaffolding within thatarea. The Parochial Parish Council (PCC)apologises for any inconvenience that allthis work may be causing.

All events in the church andfurther information about the HOP projectcan be found on the website: www.heytesburychurch.org

proDUCe SaleS HeyTeSBUry CHUrCH

We have had a wonderful time in thechurch over the summer months enjoyinga huge variety of produce from gardensand kitchens. We have made over £3,500towards church funds.

A big thank you to everyone whobaked, cooked, grew, harvested, madecoffee, contributed to the raffle and cameto socialise and enjoy friends andneighbours over so many weeks.

We are continuing to have coffeein The Red Lion at 10.00 every Saturdayuntil next June, where you will find cakesand quiches as well as coffee and afriendly chat.

Do come and join us.

V I L L AG E N E W S

FROM THE REGISTERS

Baptisms

We welcome into the Christian Church

oscar albert edmonds

1st October at Codford St. Mary

Brett anthony Henry Smith

15th October at Codford St. Peter

May they grow in the Christian Faith

Funerals

Our sympathy and love to those who mourn the passing of

Mavis Crooks

9th October at Codford St. Mary

May she rest in the peace and light of Christ

Please contact the Ministry Team to make

arrangements for Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals,

Confirmation preparation or Service of Prayer

and Dedication after a Civil Marriage.

The clergy will officiate at any

crematorium service.

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SHerringTon

In Sherrington we have a nice type of

ghoul and Hallowe’en was fun. The

kitchen was crowded with all manner of

ghouls and ghosties, hard to recognise

anyone behind the brilliant disguises.

However, they set aside all the frightening

stuff to stir up the Christmas pudding and

have a wish. I think the prize for the most

artistic pumpkin must go to the Farmhouse

and the handsome Long-eared Owl some-

one carved, spectacular when lit up.

Wonderful to be walking now,

brushing in the deepening carpet of rich

bronze and all around the trees are alight

with yellow and gold. In the Great Ridge

the larch seem bright enough to light up

the night sky. So far, so mild, and leaves

still cling, colour becoming richer day by

day. When, finally, they fall we will have

the beauty of bare branches traced

against a winter sky and it is the time of

magical sunsets.

On the Cress Bed the swans have

resumed their relationship, the cygnet

hopefully having found a group of a similar

age, the natural order of things. Human-

ising again but I like to see the pair of

adults together again; the cob was alone

for a very long time.

Going to lock the little church at

dusk often coincides with the Little Egrets

coming in to roost and I enjoy the grace of

their white flight gliding in to settle on the

dark trees. At this time of year, we are

without birdsong save for the thin,

bubbling pipe of the robins who sing all

the year round. Another sound, of course,

is the night-time calling of tawny owls,

they breed early in the new year so cur-

rently they are claiming their territories

and pairing up.

Singing brings me neatly to the

Carol Service, this year on 19th December

at 7 pm. There is something so special

about walking up the dark path towards

lighted windows, the open door and

candles within. BL

SUTTon Veny proDUCe STall

Well we have done it again, a further

record income, this year to go towards the

proposed toilet facility for the church.

A great deal of hard work goes into organ-

ising and running the stall and this is not

always appreciated when it is all over in

half an hour. Not only are people growing

lovely vegetables and flowers for weeks,

but others (sometimes the same people)

spend time making cakes and savouries

which are all readily snapped up. Then

there are the people who sort, price and

sell all the donated items. A big thank you

should go to them all. By the end of the

season everyone is ready for a rest. The

other thing, which needs to be mentioned,

is the siting of the stall. The green would

appear to be common land but, in fact,

belongs to the owners of the facing houses

who happily agree to allowing it to be

used as it is such a good central position

and away from traffic on the High Street.

We are very grateful to them even though

they prefer not to be named.

The total this year was well over

the £1200 taken last year and makes it all

worthwhile, especially as it is not all

about the money. We aim to welcome new

people to the village to join in each year

and get to know their neighbours; we had

a very pleasing rise in the numbers

attending. Thank you also to the coffee

provider and the addition of a comfy chair

to enable us to chat to people we have not

met before which is very important. To

round it all up, we had our last meeting in

the Stidolph’s garage with coffee and

cheese scones, a small entrance fee and a

tombola stall. I expect / hope we shall all

have recovered by July next year and be

looking forward to doing the whole thing

over again.

JMG

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3rd Codford St Mary 9.30am BCP Communion (hymns)ADVENT Norton Bavant 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP)SUNDAY Sutton Veny 10.00am Family service Upton Lovell 11.00am Parish Communion Heytesbury 6pm From Darkness to Light Choir Advent service 10th Boyton 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)2nd Sunday Codford St Peter 10.00am Christingleof Advent Sutton Veny 10.00am Parish Communion Codford St Mary 11.00am Parish Communion Knook 11.00am Parish Communion Upton Lovell 6.00pm Evensong Thursday 14th Heytesbury school 6.00pm School Christingle Thursday 14th Wylye Valley school 6.00pm Carol ServiceTuesday 19th Sutton Veny school 1.45 & 6pm Christmas Service

17th Heytesbury 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)3rd Sunday Codford St Peter 9.30am Parish Communion Choirof Advent Norton Bavant 9.30am Parish Communion Sutton Veny 6.00pm Carol Service Codford St Mary 4.00pm Carol Service Upton Lovell 6.00pm Carol Service Monday 18th Knook 7.00pm Carol ServiceTuesday 19th Tytherington 7.00pm Carol ServiceTuesday 19th Sherrington 7.00pm Carol ServiceWed 20th Boyton 6.30pm Carol ServiceFriday 22nd Heytesbury 6.30pm Carol Service Choir 24th Codford St Mary 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)Christmas Eve Codford St Mary 4.00pm Crib Service Heytesbury 4.00pm Crib Service Sutton Veny 4.00pm Crib Service Codford St Peter 11.00pm Midnight Mass Sutton Veny 11.00pm Midnight Mass Monday 25th Tytherington 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)CHRISTMAS DAY Sherrington 9.30am Christmas Communion Upton Lovell 9.30am Christmas Communion Boyton 11.00am Christmas Communion Codford St Mary 11.00am Christmas Service Heytesbury 11.00am Christmas Communion Norton Bavant 11.00am Carol Service 31st Sutton Veny 10.00am Patronal Festival St John, Team Service

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UPPER WYLYE VALLEY TEAM

PRIEST IN CHARGE The Revd Alison Morley (day off Mon.)upperwylyevalleyteam@gmail.com 840187

MINISTRY TEAMThe Revd Clifford Stride (on duty Tues.Wed.Sun.)

cgstride@btinternet.com 850941The Revd Diana Hammond 841185

roger213hammond@btinternet.com The Revd Jane Shaw 850141

shawjane2005@gmail.comThe Revd Jayne Buckles 851176

jaynebuckles@btinternet.comKatherine Venning LLM 840283

venning.mk@hotmail.comThe Revd Robin Hungerford 840522

rhungerford157@gmail.comThe Revd Anne Bennett-Shaw 840339

revannebennettshaw@btinternet.com The Revd Ian Duff 850291

duffgian@gmail.com CHURCHWARDENSBoyton & Corton Susanna Maitland 851191Codford St Mary Bridget Lorimer 850201Codford St Peter Anthony Bainbridge 851079

Fanny Girardot 851795Heytesbury Tina Sitwell 840556 Knook Michael Pottow 850776 Norton Bavant John Acworth 840134

Edward Moore 840420 Sherrington Betty & Nigel Lewis 850496 Sutton Veny Brian Long 840352Tytherington Caroline Lester-Card 840022 Upton Lovell Gill Boxall 851171

Daphne Pullen 851221LAY PASTORAL ASSISTANTSCodford Henry Collins 850193

Carola Puddy 850308 Norton Bavant Didee Acworth 840134 Heytesbury: Roger Hammond 841185

Alison Tebbs 841192Anne Hawkins 840592

Sutton Veny Judy Cooper 840953Upton Lovell Sue Bray 850702BELL RINGERS Joe Charlesworth 840184PARISH CHOIR Katherine Venning 840283

PARISH NEWS

Editor Robin Culver 840790robinwculver@mac.com

Chairman David Shaw 850372danddshaw@btinternet.com

ADVERTISING AND EDITORIALThe Parish News which is not for profit, relies on and isvery grateful to all advertisers without whom themagazine could not be produced. Prospective advertisersshould contact Anne Bennett-Shaw (see details below).However the Parish News does not endorse any of theproducts or services advertised and takes no responsibil-ity for any disappointment, accident or injury, howsoevercaused, resulting from purchase or involvement. We wel-come contributions on any subject but reserve the rightto edit to fit. Opinions expressed in material fromcontributors are for readers to appreciate and are notnecessarily endorsed by the editorial team.

All editorial copy should be sent to the Editorby 10th of previous month.

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C H U R C H S E RV I C E S I N J A N UA RY

7th Tytherington 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)EPIPHANY Codford St Mary 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP with hymns) Choir Norton Bavant 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) Sutton Veny 10.00am Family Service Upton Lovell 11.00am Parish Communion Heytesbury 11.00am Parish communion Tytherington 6.00pm Taizé 14th Boyton 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)2nd Sunday Tytherington 10.00am Plough Sunday Family ServiceEpiphany Sutton Veny 10.00am Parish Communion Plough Sunday Codford St Mary 11.00am Parish Communion Knook 11.00am Parish Communion Choir Upton Lovell 6.00pm Evensong (BCP) 21st Heytesbury 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)3rd Sunday Norton Bavant 9.30am Parish Communionof Epiphany Codford St Peter 9.30am Parish Communion Sutton Veny 11.00am Matins Choir Upton Lovell 11.00am Parish Communion Codford Village Hall 4.00pm Messy Church 28th Codford St Mary 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)4th Sunday Sutton Veny 8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)of Epiphany Codford St Peter 10.00am Parish Communion Heytesbury 10.00am Family Service Boyton 11.00am Parish Communion Choir Heytesbury 6.00pm Evensong

WEEKDAY SERVICES every week

We welcome you to share in prayers for the Church, the Nation, the World, the Sick, and for others as well as ourselves.

Tuesdays Heytesbury 8.30am Morning PrayerWednesdays Codford St Peter 8.30am Morning PrayerWednesdays Codford St Peter 9.00am Holy Communion Thursdays Sherrington 08.30am Morning PrayerFridays Sutton Veny 8.30am Morning Prayer

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Mondays 6.00 - 7.30 in Codford. Contact Clifford Stride 850941

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HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN, HEYTESBURYCHAPEL SERVICES

Sundays 10.30am Eucharist with hymnsWednesdays 10.00am Holy Communion(1662)CHAPLAINS The Revd Russell Chamberlain 01373 824020The Revd David Walters 01980 620038

Visitors are welcome to our services.

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MASSESSaturday 6.00pm

Sunday 8.00am and 10am

PARISH PRIEST Fr Martin Queenan

ATTACHED PRIESTSFr Raymond Hayne Fr Malcolm Ferrier

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