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May 2020
N E W S F R O M A C R O S S T H E B E N E F I C E
The Yoxmere Fisherman
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Contents Lectionary.......................................................................................................................3 From the Registers .........................................................................................................3 Reflection ................................................................................................................. .....4 Poem: "When This is Over" by Laura Kelly Fanucci ....................................................... 5 Meet the Rogers Family …………………………………………………………………...……………………….6 "All Our Hope on God is Founded" by John Kemp …......................................................9 "Prom Praise " and Cantus Firmus Choir ..................................................................... 11 Poem: "It's only for Twelve Weeks" by Ivor Murrell ................................................... 14 WI News ..................................................................................................................... ..15 News from the Schools…………………………………………………………………………......…………… 17 Darsham ..................................................................................................................... . 19 Dunwich ..................................................................................................................... ..21 Middleton ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..22 Peasenhall ..………………………….......................................................................................23 Sibton ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24 Westleton .................................................................................................................. ..24 Yoxford .................................................................................................................... ....29 Photos ...................................................................................................................... ....31 Library Information ..................................................................................................... 35 Church Contact List ……………........................................................................................38 Services ……………..........................................................................................................39
Welcome to the second virtual Fisherman. There is little of the usual content, as the church activities and the wealth of village events that usually take place are not happening in our isolated locked-down life, and there are efficient networks of information available by other means, concerning food supplies (important!) and other sources of help. People are hunkered down in their villages, where community spirit - already very good - has blossomed to a heart-warming extent; there is considerable kindness and co-operation in evidence – together with a generous side-order of humour to help us through such unsettling times.
Having an online version of the magazine has its advantages in that we can have as much colour as we like (limited in the printed form) and photos can be seen in a bigger size; also we can sneak in extra pages – or reduce the number - if needed.
Do look at the introduction on Pages 6 and 7 to Tim Rogers and his wife and children. Tim has been appointed as the next rector of the benefice, but he and his family are caught in limbo by the present circumstances. He would like people to reciprocate and introduce themselves to him by email, so that would be welcome, from members of the churches and the wider communities. Meanwhile please send your news for the next Fisherman – your lockdown reflections, anything uplifting, informative or lighthearted. And photos, please. Philippa Dent, Editor
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3rd Acts 2:42-end 1 Peter 2:19-end John 10:1-10 Easter 3
10th Acts 7:55-end 1 Peter 2:2-end John 14:1-14 Easter 4
17th Acts 17:22-31 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 Easter 5
24th Acts 1:6-14 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
John 17:1-11 Easter 6
31st Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13
John 20:19-23 Pentecost
Bible Readings for May (if you wish to use these at home)
From the Registers
Funerals
Elizabeth May Spencer aged 92 years on Tuesday 24th March at St Peter’s Church Theberton, followed by cremation at Weeley Crematorium
Pauline Patricia King aged 83 years on Friday 27th March at St Peter’s Churchyard Westleton; graveside service followed by burial.
Leslie Joseph Larnder (Les) aged 87 years on Friday 27th March at St Michael’s Churchyard Peasenhall; graveside service followed by burial.
Judith Elizabeth Bater aged 76 years on Tuesday 7th April at St Peter’s churchyard Sibton; graveside service followed by burial
Brenda Bent aged 72 years on Thursday 9th April at St Peter’s churchyard Theberton; graveside service followed by burial
Elizabeth Alexander aged 72 years on Wednesday 22nd April at Sevenoaks
crematorium; service followed by cremation
O God, author of the world's joy,
bearer of the world's pain; at the heart of all our trouble and sorrow
let unconquerable gladness dwell; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
From A Prayer Book for Soldiers and Sailors
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Reflection
Where do we go from here?
Like many people I have found the past few weeks a real challenge; our lives
have been turned upside down. What had been regular and comfortable has
gone, the rules by which our lives have been led have changed out of all
recognition, and those changes seem to occur from day to day, leaving us
breathless. As many will know, I work as a pharmacist and we have had to
adapt the ways we work as the situation has developed, and I soon realised
that by looking after the staff and making sure that they were safe and
working in a calm environment we could deliver a more efficient service that
benefited all. On reflection it strikes me that looking after one another has
helped us to help those we are there to serve.
I think this is reflected in those about us in our communities. Those who are
determined to lead the types of life they led before are the people who
seem to be struggling; it is those who have embraced the opportunity to
change the way they live who are finding that there are many benefits.
Helping others gives us a positive “feel good” factor. We are caring more for
those around us, as is demonstrated by the grateful response to our unsung
local heroes, the national 8.00pm tribute for those working in key jobs, and
the amazing support for the fundraising of Captain Tom. This has given us a
deeper understanding of the needs of others. When you meet people on
exercise walks there is nearly always a friendly greeting. We are blessed in
Suffolk to live in an environment of great beauty, and somewhere where the
virus hasn’t taken the hold it has in other areas, but I am convinced that this
is due to the love and care that each of us has for our neighbour. I know that
this is a hard time for all but I am also sure that it is a time where we can
emerge better than we were when we went into it.
We have time to change the way we view and feel about life, but more
importantly we can see God in this crisis, helping those who are willing to let
him in, working through the most unlikely people often in the most
unexpected way. Let us take on the best of what we have learned during
these last months, and look forward with hope and anticipation to an
exciting new beginning. Brian Jolley
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WHEN THIS IS OVER
May we never again take for granted:
A handshake with a stranger
Full shelves at the store
Conversations with neighbours
A crowded theatre
A Friday night out
The taste of Communion
A routine check up
The school run each morning
Coffee with a friend
The stadium roaring
Each deep breath
A boring Tuesday
Life itself
WHEN THIS ENDS
May we find that we have become:
More like the people we wanted to be
More like the people we were called to be
And may we stay that way –
Better for each other
Because of the worst
Laura Kelly Fanucci
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THE YOXMERE FISHERMAN Guidelines for Contributors
The Yoxmere Fisherman is published for the Yoxmere Benefice, which comprises the Church of England parishes of Darsham, Dunwich, Middleton, Peasenhall, Sibton, Theberton, Westleton and Yoxford. Visitors may find more information about our parishes at www.achurchnearyou.com
Submissions should be sent by the 14th of the preceding month, and preferably by email to [email protected] Alternatively, by post to The Editor, Cottage on the Common, Bakers Lane, Westleton, IP17 3AZ.
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All Our Hope on God is Founded
Since I wrote about Easter, back at the beginning of
March, the world as a whole and our immediate world
have changed profoundly and in ways we could never
have predicted when we celebrated the New Year.
Everyday life has changed out of all recognition. The
routine that we all depend on for coping with the daily
necessities has suddenly evaporated. We are having
urgently to learn new routines and to look out for each
other in new ways to an exceptional degree.
The uncertainty and anxiety remind me of those days in 1940 when we
feared that at any time the church bells would ring out to signal the
invasion; or those nights when many of us sat on the cellar steps or
under the stairs, wondering each moment when and where the next
bomb would fall. That underlying uncertainty and anxiety is with us
again as I write, only this time we are largely confined to our home,
and the enemy is invisible, unpredictable and global.
It is important that we are clear that God is no way directly responsible
for this pandemic. It is not a judgment on us for wrecking the planet,
nor for the crass materialism and widespread secularism of our age.
Nor did God send it to teach us something. Viruses happen!
Of course, there will be those who are optimistic and those who are
pessimistic, and this is largely a matter of temperament. Neither is
grounded in reality. However, there is something which is grounded in
reality and that is hope. Hope is grounded in God. And that is an
essential part of the Christian good news. It is especially brought to our
attention at Eastertide, for
Death’s mightiest powers have done their worst,
And Jesus hath his foes dispersed.
Jesus’ resurrection was something new. It contradicted the normal way
of things. It was unique, as I said last month. Surprisingly, no one has
come back at me and pointed out that according to the gospels, Jesus
raised up Jairus’ daughter, the widow’s son at Nain and, notably,
Lazarus! There has been much discussion about these stories. With the
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first two the question arises, “Were they really dead?” But historical
questions apart for the moment, there seems to be no doubt that, in the
story, Lazarus was dead, but his restoring to life was just that. Lazarus
was restored to life only to die again later on. Jesus’ resurrection was
different in that he had conquered death. He rose again in a different
dimension as it were, and inaugurated a new creation in which death
has no place. To be part of that new creation is God’s intention for
humanity. Therein is the ground for hope – a sure and certain hope.
Jesus Christ came for that purpose: to inaugurate that new creation in
which all things will have their place because all things are united in
him. Moreover, his spirit – the Holy Spirit - is in the world here and
now, working to that end.
At present, the Holy Spirit can be traced in the way that people have
come together in this crisis. There is a renewed awareness of our
common humanity and a surge of compassion for one another. God
brings light out of darkness, good out of evil. This is a sign of the new
creation and points to that glorious Kingdom for which we pray. The
challenge when the pandemic is over is to hold on to what we have
learnt about ourselves, about our dependence on one another in a
common humanity. Those of us who are Christians will do well to
remember the words of St Paul to the church at Corinth,
You have received the grace of God. Do not let it go for nothing!
Meanwhile, we hope and we pray in the assurance that
There is nothing in death or life, in the realm of spirits or superhuman
powers, in the world as it is or the world as it shall be, in the forces of the
universe, in heights or depths – nothing in all creation that can separate us
from the love of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 8.38-end. Italics mine.)
John Kemp
PROM PRAISE On Saturday 2nd May, a few of us who sing with the Cantus Firmus Inter-
church Choir were due to travel to London's Royal Albert Hall to take part
in Prom Praise 2020.
Accompanied by the All Souls Orchestra and with special guest artists, the
massed choirs were preparing to sing their hearts out "to the ends of the
earth"...but now we will have to do this individually from our locked down
homes!
Some choir members will have the opportunity to take part in an online
version of "God is our Strength and Refuge", (sung to the tune of the
"Dambusters" march), but I suspect
that a lot of us, including myself,
are technophobes and will have to
make do with laboriously banging
out the harmonies on the piano in
preparation for a choir practice
sometime in the distant future!
But.....we CAN sing; we can sing
in our heads, (where we always
sound in tune!), in the bath with the
taps running, and even out in the open on our daily walk...although I know
from experience that it can be slightly embarrassing when, in full voice with
only the dog as company, I've rounded a corner to come across a couple of
peace-seeking ramblers!
However, I am convinced that for our own sakes and, more importantly, for
God's sake, we should keep praising him in
these dark times.
The Cantus Firmus rehearsal programme also
includes Vaughan Williams's inspiring setting
to the Antiphon "Let all the World in Every
Corner Sing", which, whether sung in the bath,
in the countryside or in your own heart, is
NEVER designed to be merely whispered!
Thank God that He is our Eternal King!'
Sue Trovell
(See flyer on next page for Prom Praise.)
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It’s only for Twelve Weeks Listen, it’s the silence of my childhood — imposed by the virus from a distant bat, as I am shielded in my seventies from its touch. Blackbirds sing louder, sound travels further, they can now hear distant males reply, whilst we have sunshine to mock our lockdown. Everything firmly struck from my diary by line after line, for day after day. Adrift from society for a year ’s quarter. The eager Spring fears no constraint on the vil lage green the giant white cherry daily creeps towards its ‘white –out’. Ladybirds gem stalks in quickening growth. Paired ducks explore the flower beds as we watch from the windows, and wait.
Ivor Murrell March 27th 2020 Website; www.versifier.co.uk
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WI NEWS
Middleton
It will come as no surprise that we cancelled our speakers that we were due
to hear at the March and April meetings. We hope that we can get them
back to give their talks when we restart our meetings when this lock down
finishes. Meanwhile Lucy Smith, our President, is making use of technology
and arranging virtual meetings via Zoom. We had a committee meeting using
this method which was successful. For our April meeting, Lucy will try Zoom
to get all our members to use their phones, tablets, laptops so we can chat
together and catch up on the news. Could be an interesting experiment, but
we're willing to try!
Westleton
A great Westleton WI team effort has produced 110 ‘Scrub bags’ within a
week of setting a target of 100 bags.
Scrub bags are cotton washable drawstring bags that enable medical and care
staff to put their used uniforms
into the bag that can then go
straight into the washing
machine. Scrub bags are
presently being used in both
hospital and care settings for
staff working with Covid
patients.
Westleton WI is pleased that
our bags have been shared out
between three local care
homes.
Meanwhile the committee has
been keeping us entertained
with an email comedy corner
and pictures of blossoms and
blue tits nesting.
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As the Trust, as indeed the country, is now settling into this new kind of normal, Yoxford and Peasenhall school is open, and for the time being is now renamed the Yoxford Educational Centre. It is open for children whose parents are key workers, and also our vulnerable children from both Yoxford and Middleton schools. Staff from the two sites are working at the Educational Centre and some are working remotely from home to keep the educational needs of our children met. Our Educational Centre has been making sure that our children attending the centre are kept busy with gardening and completing some lovely colouring . We are ensuring they are kept safe from this strange world that we are all living in at the present time.
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NEWS FROM THE SCHOOLS Yox Valley Partnership of Schools including Middleton Primary and
Yoxford and Peasenhall Primary
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Darsham
Friday Prayers
Although the church remains locked at this time, the Friday prayers group continue to pray in our homes for the village and the world on Friday mornings at 9.30.
Roger emails the prayers, psalm and hymn to us all earlier in the week and we all pray together. The numbers have more than doubled since the lockdown and if you wish to have a prayer said or wish to join then email Roger:[email protected]
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting The meeting has been postponed until later in the year due to the Coronavirus. Churchwardens and PCC members will remain in post until that time.
The Churchyard Tidy Wednesday 18th March
Thank you to all those who helped with the spring tidy - the high winds had brought down so many twigs and branches it really did need doing. We were so lucky that it was done before the lockdown.
Easter arrangement. Thank you to Diane for the lovely decoration in the church porch.
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Dunwich
Dunwich residents individually marked Easter by placing flowers and an Easter garden outside St James church. I have attached a photo taken on Easter Sunday morning.
We are filling our time with a 6000 piece jigsaw of the roof of the Sistine Chapel (full of biblical characters!)– we’ll need a long lock down to complete it. The attached shows four weeks’ progress!
Angela Abel
Middleton
#LightUpBlue Middleton church has been bathed in blue floodlighting as its own tribute to the NHS. This is thanks to the initiative of Rita Pateman, one of the churchwardens, and the efforts of electrician Michael Kennedy who sourced the bulb and set up the lighting. Public buildings up and down the country have been lit in blue in this gesture of gratitude to the health workers.
Photo by Nigel Smith
MIDDLETON
OPEN GARDENS
Unfortunately, due to the
obvious constraints of the
Coronavirus pandemic, the
PCC have decided that
Open Gardens will be
postponed. This is such a
special weekend that it is a
shame to have to take this decision but it is the only sensible one at this time.
Hopefully an alternative date can be found later in the year but clearly this will
depend on how things progress in the coming weeks and months. Irene Ralph
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Peasenhall
Lockdown in Peasenhall The village is really quiet, though there's a little more traffic this week as I think people are beginning to relax their vigilance. As all our community activities are closed down we see each other on our walks and queueing at the local shop or the butcher’s, for whom we are all grateful. Amazon deliveries are everywhere and cyclists are rejoicing in the empty roads. Agriculture continues and our gardens are immaculate. Neighbours are painting their houses, garages and anything that doesn't move (to paraphrase an old army adage). We have discovered Zoom, Facetime and other means of seeing our children and friends; letter writing has been revived and conversations with previously unknown villagers have taken root over the front garden wall as they take their daily exercise. Birdsong is everywhere and the swallows are back. We await the swifts with our usual excitement. Muntjacs and hedgehogs are exploring the human-free countryside and in the recent fine weather the sky does seem bluer, but oh, how welcome this week's rain! We are blessed to live in rural Suffolk; we worry for our children living in the cities and fear for those peoples who live in places with less well resourced health systems. John O'Connor
The church is locked but Easter joy is present. The spring sun shines and the cherry trees are laden with blossom.
Sibton
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Corrigendum: The first sentence of the article in last month's online Fisherman was misleading and should have been worded thus: "The Friends of Sibton Church are celebrating the planting of two fruit trees in the churchyard near the gate from the old glebe meadow. That gateway is an important approach to the church since for special events the meadow can now be used as a carpark, thanks to the generosity of the Franklin family."
[With apologies for the error.}
Westleton
WESTLETON COMMON
Although there will be no events on the common arranged for the foreseeable future, while the Coronavirus pandemic continues, nature continues to weave its magic during this unusually sunny spring. Several nightingales can be heard
- almost any time of the day, and also turtle doves are churring. This is along with the concert of chaffinches, chiffchaffs, and many other birds. Juliet Bullimore
WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL MEETING
In view of the current restrictions, the meeting on May 6th will have to be cancelled. If there's any chance of the festival taking place, we could communicate by email, but at the moment it seems unlikely, sadly, that there will be a festival this year. Esme Silliito
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Yoxford
Lockdown thoughts Like many of us, this experience has proved quite a surprise. I feel we are in a time warp, where time is standing still (no bad thing at my age!) and I confess I am rather enjoying it. I have not done the things I expected to do, but have found pleasure in unexpected things:
Firstly, the things I have not done: I have not read the serious and improving books that I set aside for just such an occasion. I have not practised my piano playing, and I have not cleared out that cupboard under the stairs, that has needing clearing, since forever.
Instead I have enjoyed these things: walks with the dog, and the countryside around Yoxford …is it my imagination or are there many more cowslips in the hedgerows this year? The primroses have certainly been glorious. The kindness of neighbours and friends who contact us with offers of help. The hilarity of grandchildren as we engage in social media! The daily joy of sharing Morning Prayer with Bishop Martin on Facebook…it’s not every day you get to do morning prayer with a bishop…but actually at the moment it is! The triumph of finishing a particularly difficult part of a jigsaw. Messages of love, fun and news from family and friends, even though we are separated.
This time will pass, and as Captain Tom says, the sun will come out again, but I hope that you too have found new pleasures during this time, and that all our reunions will be especially joyful. Carole Lee
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Solemn observation of social distancing (though not all are good at complying)
Caution: squatters have landed in Theberton. A family of birds has taken over this post box (on a post).
More of Your Lockdown Photographs
A family enjoying supper in a Theberton garden
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New resident at Copperbeech B & B in Yoxford: a newly hatched Rhode Island Red chick in an incubator
Westleton green has acquired a new lawnmower while the Council operation is on furlough.
Some of the glorious blossom to be seen in gardens and the countryside this spring
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SUFFOLK LIBRARIES INFORMATION
Whilst all the libraries are closed:
• Please don't worry about your loans; all fines have been suspended and any current loans have been extended indefinitely.
• Suffolk Libraries has a number of helpful resources online that you might like to try. Free access to thousands of the latest eBooks, eAudio titles, magazines, newspapers, films, courses and streaming. For children and adults https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/elibrary/
• Suffolk Libraries online events, activities & groups - Enjoy live streams, recorded events and book & film groups from your home https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/events-activities/online-and-streamed-events/
• We have aired our first Babybounce session and hope to add more and added quiz questions to our Facebook page.
What else would you like Saxmundham Library (or other Suffolk Libraries) to do? Let us know your ideas & preferences for activities, for example ...
• Quizzes? Live or questions posted ?
• Story time (children or adults ? Fiction, non fiction, poetry etc...)?
• Live Bingo (you would only need a pen/pencil & paper)
• Question Time (someone local could take questions live online about a subject they know well.... gardening, beekeeping, cooking, local history etc.)?
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Here to support anyone who needs help at this difficult time. The following services are designed principally for those of you with no one to turn to should you become ill due to coronavirus, especially those of you who are particularly vulnerable (maybe you are over 70 or have underlying health conditions) and need to self-isolate at home. If you need help they are currently available to collect prescriptions from the chemist, offer phone support, dog walking and arrange for essential food supplies to be delivered.
All you need to do is call the Help Team on 0333 335 5266 or the Volunteer Team on 0333 335 5245 or email [email protected]
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Church Contact List
Churchwardens
Darsham
Shirley Field 668371
John Millward 668712
Dunwich
Christine Palmer 648890
Middleton
Rita Pateman 648377
Margaret Perrett 648141
Peasenhall
Michael Thickett 660549
Michael Trovell 660218
Theberton
Simon Ilett 833364
Tina Neal 830237
Westleton
Jeremy Branch 648140
Sue Foster 649034
Yoxford
John Sutherell 07766 146883
CLERGY
Rector - Post vacant
Rector Designate
Revd Tim Rogers
email [email protected]
Assistant Priest
Revd Susan Warne 668410
Curate
Revd Brian Jolley 668579
Mobile 07590 046282
Work 01502 726088.
Reader
Richard Newnham 648877
Lay Elders
Roger Coates-Smith 667037
Lesley Davies 648144
Carole Lee 07849 849191
Michael Trovell 660218
Methodist Minister
Revd Louise Morrissey
01728 830733
Roman Catholic Priest
Fr Tony Rogers 01728 452782
Fr Richard Ireson 01986 875837
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Worship in Lockdown
Churches remain closed at the time of writing, but there are various options for joining in worship on radio, on TV and online. The Bible readings for each Sunday can be seen on Page 3.
TV Sundays BBC 1 Service at 10.45am Songs of Praise 1.15pm - both available afterwards online
Radio Sundays Radio 4 at 8.10am Sunday Worship, available afterwards online
Online Daily prayer with our diocesan bishops on their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/BishopsCofEsuffolk/
The website of the St Edmundsbury Diocese gives further details of daily services which will be live-streamed. https://www.cofesuffolk.org/ .
Further information will be available on the Church of England website. This will be regularly updated. https://www.churchofengland.org/ .
Dave Walker CartoonChurch.com
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