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Parish News Benefice of Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity,
Westwood and Wingfield
OCTOBER 2015
In this issue… The latest cycling news Volunteering at the Hub A recipe for a flower meadow
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DIRECTORY FOR HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Rector The Revd Joanna Abecassis, 18A Woolley St, BoA BA15 1AF [email protected] 864444 Associate Priest The Revd Dr Ali Green, 36 Budbury Close, BoA BA15 1QG [email protected] 0785 547 0069 Churchwardens Trevor Ford 25 Downavon, BA15 1JH 862240
Judith Holland23 Avonfield Avenue, BA15 1JD 866215 Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton [email protected] Admin Assistant Aylene Clack [email protected] Assistant Wardens David Emerson, David Milne, Brian Netley, Val Payne, John Woods Retired Clergy Canon Richard Askew, The Ven John Burgess, Canon David Driscoll, The Revd Alun Glyn-Jones, Canon Peter Hardman, The Revd Jim Hill, The Rt Revd Bill Ind, The Ven Ian Stanes, The Revd Karl Wiggins. Benefice Lay Ministers Dr Malcolm Walsh (Permission to Officiate) Director of Music Thomas Pelham 07922 849982 Times of Services (Check Bulletins and notices or Church web site) Sundays 8am Eucharist (Traditional language) 9.30amSung Eucharist (coffee afterwards) 6pm Evensong, Compline, etc Weekday Eucharist 10am Wednesdays 12 noonFridays (Traditional language) with lunch out afterwards Daily (not Sundays or Tuesdays) Morning and Evening Prayer at 8.30am and 5.30pm (please enter via the north door opposite the Saxon Church.) Church opening times April to September: the church is usually open to visitors on weekdays from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Times of Meetings mainly music 10.30am Church, Tuesdays Choir Practice 6.30pm Church, Tuesdays Team Trinity 9.30am Guide HQ (1st and 2nd Sundays in the month, September to July, except Easter) Mothers’ Union 7.30pm 3rd Thursday, Cedar Court, Berryfield Road, BoA. Saxon Club 2–4pm Every Tuesday except August, United Church Hall Bell Practice 7.30–9pm 2nd and 4th Mondays Benefice website www.htboa.org Weekly Bulletin Notices to Sally Palmer-Walton not later than Wednesday for the following Sunday.
Please let the Rector or any other member of the Pastoral Care Team know if someone needs visiting at home or in hospital.
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HOLY TRINITY DIARY FOR OCTOBER
WEEKLY GROUPS Monday 7.30pm (fortnightly) ‘Faith Explored’ (for venue ring Erin Shields-Pett on 684460) Tuesday 10.30am mainly music (a group for young children school term only)
1 Thursday 10.30am ‘Being Church’ Course The Vicarage
8pm Contemplative Hour St Mary Tory
4 SUNDAY THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
9.30am Sung Eucharist with the Nazombe Family talking about ‘The SEED Project’
12 noon Holy Baptism of Christopher George Abecassis Saxon Church
6pm Compline
9 Friday 7.30pm Canzona concert for Holy Trinity’s Big Community Connection project
10 Saturday 2pm Holy Baptism of Polly Caitlin Rutterford Saxon Church
11 SUNDAY THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
9.30am Sung Eucharist
2.30pm Holy Baptism of Eliza Fee Theresa Tomlinson
15 Thursday 2.15pm Thanksgiving Service with interment of ashes for Bob Cherry
7.30pm Mothers’ Union Meeting Cedar Court
18 SUNDAY LUKE THE EVANGELIST
9.30am ‘Sing Hosanna’ Eucharist
6pm Evensong (BCP) Westwood
25 SUNDAY LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
9.30am Sung Eucharist
2.30pm Holy Baptism of Bethany Rose Stocks
6pm Evensong
29 Thursday 10.30am ‘Growing in Prayer’ Course The Vicarage
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‘Our hope is not in vain, because God’s love has
been poured into our hearts’.
I t seems a very long time since I last wrote this letter, and whole tor-
rents of water have flown under the bridge ever since, both at Holy Trinity, nationally and internationally…. And so, against this back-
ground, I was particularly struck one day by this refrain which I say at
Evening Prayer every Friday. The news was so gloomy, our ‘Big Commu-
nity Connection’ fund-raising programme seemed to be cranking up rather
slowly, it was cold… and yet, I was pulled up short and reminded: ‘Our
hope is not in vain, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts’. And suddenly there was that very timely rush of HOPE and the LOVE of
God. For yes, our hope is never ‘in vain’.
Isn’t it fascinating how the scriptures can suddenly speak to us in that
way? And one of the many things which I have really enjoyed over the
summer is the start of our weekly ‘Being Church’ Emmaus Course and our new Confirmation Group. Both occasions give us glorious, semi-
structured opportunities to discuss things like this in a small group, and
generally to explore the outworkings of our faith. As you will see from The Registers, I have been celebrating lots of Baptisms this summer (and
that’s only the ones at Holy Trinity!) which is the start of a very exciting
new journey with Christ for them. But it is a reminder that we do need to keep growing too – and what fun that can be.
We have said two fond farewells in recent weeks - to Jean Maitland who has gone to live near her daughter Alison in St Albans, and to Tom Pelham,
who has gone to Ripon College, Cuddesdon to start his ordination training.
And it’s always so hard to have to mark these moments, as they leave a huge ‘hole’, a wound, behind them in the body which is the church. But
through the love and the hope of God, we somehow manage to sail on.
Jean – and of course Donald – were here for so many years and contribut-ed an enormous amount to the church – but all in such an under-stated
way and with such grace. We miss Jean hugely - her wisdom, her deep and
humble faith, her warm and beaming smile, her sense of humour, and her enormous energy and commitment. Given any special event, and the two
who were always there to support were Jean and Alice! And so there you
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are, Tom, a hard act to follow in your ministry! Tom has also brought us
great blessings over the past three years, and it has been a great privilege
to share in his vocational journey which has led to selection for ordination training. People have hugely appreciated the singing of the choir – not
least our four 2015 Confirmation Candidates, for whom it has been very
influential – and not to mention Tom’s own singing and general enthusi-asm. And his introduction and leading of our monthly Compline with
Plainsong has attracted quite a following. We shall miss Tom hugely too,
but now look forward with great interest to watch how his training and ministry unfolds!
And we now look forward – in hope - to the implementation of all our ex-citing plans. And no more farewells please!
With my love and prayers and every blessing
FROM THE REGISTERS
Baptisms
Elliott Charles Albert Clarke 2 August Isabelle Susan Tripp 2 August Zamfir Philip Land 9 August William Joseph Hunter Martin 23 August Harrison Jude Gill 23 August Lottie Jennifer Garvey 30 August Stuart James Ware 30 August Nathaniel David Anthony Pearce 27 September
Marriages
Jake Hardy & Charis Jenkins 1 August Ian Dowell & Angela Holley 8 August
Funerals
Rosemary Florence Carr 2 September Margaret Sylvia Harris 18 September Peter Comley 25 September
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H ere is a summary of our plans as agreed by the PCC for the move to Christ Church as our worship ‘home’ as from Sunday, 3
January 2016
LITURGY & WORSHIP
We shall use the Christ Church (CC) seasonal Service Sheets and have
one reading read by CC and the other by Holy Trinity (HT).
HT servers and chalice administrants will minister alongside CC ones
(except that there are no CC servers at o800)
Sunday services: 0800 each week (including 5th Sunday) with alternate HT & CC cele-
brants
First Sunday 1030 HC – HT celebrant Second Sunday 1030 ‘Prayer and Praise’ (more informal worship) at CC
(Most of HT will be at Westwood or Wingfield for HC)
Third Sunday 1030 HC – HT celebrant Fourth Sunday 1030 HC plus choir – CC celebrant + ‘Refresh’ (Family
Service) in CC School as an alternative
5th Sunday – HT to go to WW and WF Weekday services:
10.30 Wednesday HC to continue as at CC now (Traditional Language).
Additional HC service on Fridays at 12.00 (HT to take) using modern language liturgy - followed by lunch at The Castle. All welcome!
Evening Services:
6pm: 1st Sunday Compline & 4th Sunday Evensong (+ choir) Morning & Evening Prayer
0830 and 1730 JA as now (except Tuesdays & occasional cancellations).
Occasional Offices both HT and CC to staff as now (including verger and organist + fees).
Sunday School
HT ‘Team Trinity’ could continue in the Lambert Centre if they wished and/or encourage our families to join CC 2nd Sunday worship and
‘Refresh’ – as a really good opportunity and experience for them.
MUSIC
Organist HT will provide Harold Jones (when available) as organist.
MOVING HOME...
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Choir to sing on 4th Sunday for the morning Holy Communion at 1030 and for Evensong at 1800 + a choir practice on Tuesday evenings
Choir would also be hugely appreciated by Westwood and South
Wraxall for their Parish Mattins on the 3rd Sunday Choice of hymns and Music List Pat Ellis (Whitehill) hosts a monthly
benefice hymn-choosing group
Hymn books we shall use CC Anglican Hymns Old and New
(2008 – Kevin Mayhew) + photocopies for the hymns for the choir on
the 4th Sunday
FINANCE & ADMIN
Weekly HT Bulletins as normal (HT building updates, news, events etc
which are of no interest to CC) Parish News as normal
Sally will continue to do the Rotas
Readings sent out in advance (if CC wish, for their readers too) Collections / giving - We need to strongly encourage folk to use HT
envelopes (or Standing Order). All cash collection will belong to CC
TRANSPORT AND PARKING
HT will arrange for HT congregation to be given lifts to CC. Parking is in
the School for all Church Services on Sunday. Ann will approach the Mount Pleasant Club next door re parking there for the 0800 services +
fine to drop off at the Club for the 1030. Disabled parking also in church-
yard (but great care needed on exit)
C elebrate the patron saint of musicians with Canzona on Friday 9
October in Holy Trinity at 7.30pm.
Music will include pieces by Purcell, Britain, Howells and Archer. Tickets cost £10 (£8
concessions) and are available on the door
or from Jude Bishop (01225 869409). All proceeds from the concert will go
to Holy Trinity’s Big Community
Connection fund.
CANZONA CONCERT
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A local composer currently studying at Brighton is joining
the fundraising efforts for Holy
Trinity reordering. Taran Stormes Martino, 20, re-
cruited seven local
young friends and mu-
sicians, all ex-students
at St Laurence school,
to make a recording in the church. The CD of
his newly compose
works will now be sold in aid of the Holy Trinity Big
Community Connection Fund.
Taran commented that he found the church very atmospheric: “The
idea of using a space with that his-tory is something which really in-
terests me.” Joanna was delighted
to support the venture. She said: “The project is a wonderful exam-
ple of us connecting
with the community
and doing what we
want to do. The mu-
sicians were lovely and they were very
respectful and just
thought the space was special.” Taran added that he
hoped the reordering will offer a
more useable space for others, in-cluding more music recording.
MAKING MUSIC
H oly Trinity Tower Captain Sarah Quintin was ringing the changes when
she swapped the bell tower for the rigours of a stylish cycle race.
In August the streets of central London were host to the tenth Bromp-ton Bicycle World Championship race. 450 colourful Brompton riders
joined the unique event, which involved a route around such iconic sights
as St James’s Park and Horse Guards Parade. This international event en-forces a strict dress code. Sarah rose to the occasion,
completing the course on her Brompton in a natty
canvas jacket and tie. But it was only with the help of people back in BoA that she made it to the race. Sa-
rah explained, “My race pack somehow got delivered
to Abbeyfield House. Sally from Abbeyfield kindly did a bit of detective work, discovered that I am a bell-
ringer and asked Joanna if she knew who I was. Be-
tween the two of them they then made sure that I got the package!” Sarah gained a very classy ninth place
in a field of well over 100 women riders. Well done!
SARAH’S STYLISH RIDE
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W e said a fond farewell to Tom who will be sorely missed after his
time as Director of Music at Holy Trinity after the Eucharist on
Sunday, 13 September. He was thanked by Joanna who reflected on the excit-
ing journey we had travelled together as his vocation to
the priesthood unfolded and became clear, and as both the choir and his own organ playing had grown in
strength beyond all recognition during his three years
in post - and Tom had also played an active part as a PCC member and bell-ringer. He was then also thanked
by Steve Fountain on behalf of the choir. Tom replied
by expressing his satisfac-tion at all that had been
achieved during his time at
Holy Trinity. The refresh-ments were enjoyed by the large gathering of
his friends, and we wish him well in his time at
Ripon College, Cuddesdon.
O ur ‘Big Community Connection’ opening
event on Saturday, 5 September - a
‘Celebrity Organ Recital’ given by David Bednall of Bristol University
and Cathedral - was a huge success.
The large audience of some 70+ really enjoyed their evening. “Best
organ recital ever”, said one!
David played works by a range of composers from J S Bach to Francis
Jackson – and a different (but per-
haps even more splendid) Widor extravaganza, the Finale from his
Symphonie VI – rounding off with a
captivating ‘Will o’ the Wisp’ by
Nevin and then a rousing Finlandia. He likened playing the organ and
all its complexities
to an aircraft simu-lator! We raised a
wonderful £605 +
£45 for The Friends from refreshments.
We now look for-
ward to a visit from David Halls of Salis-
bury Cathedral on
Thursday, 5 Novem-ber at 7.30pm. (I’m
sure he’ll cope with
the fireworks!)
CELEBRITY ORGAN RECITAL
GOODBYE MR TOM!
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O ur first meeting of the autumn season began with an infor-
mal communion service at Cedar
Court with Joanna as celebrant. No-tices highlighted the Harvest Lunch
in aid of the Big Wheels Appeal, the
Diocesan meeting on the 10th Octo-
ber and the information that a new
Diocesan President had been found!
Our speaker, Bishop Bill Ind, talked on “Poetry for Supper”. He
told us that when he was appoint-
ed Bishop of Grantham his Dioce-san Bishop asked him to deputise
when a speaker failed to turn up!
On one occasion he was expected to address clergy on how to do
their job but instead read them
some poetry. He then explained, using a poem by RS Thomas, that
although our God is a God of si-
lence, the world is full of God’s Word and we should expect to hear
that Word not only from scripture
but from each other and particular-ly from poets.
Because the gathering was
mainly women (4 men present!) he had chosen mainly female poets.
From Wendy Cope we heard Christ-
mas poems, profound but with a
touch of humour; UA Fanthorpe’s
moving poem “Patience Strong”,
plus a challenging one about Jesus and his disciples. The stimulating
and thought provoking evening
had plenty of humour as we have come to expect from Bishop Bill.
Chris GJ and Beryl served re-
freshments and Joy won the plant given by Janet. Ideas for the 2016
programme are welcome. Our next
meeting is on 15th October at Cedar Court when our subject will be
Tax, Care and Toy Boys. Sounds in-
triguing (for those over a certain age!) so why not join us?
Sylvia and Ian
A small team of volunteers is providing and serving food monthly in a car park in Trowbridge on Saturday nights.
The Hub supplies large flasks for soup and hot drinks, as well as some
food, and a local bakery donates leftover loaves. Team member Dave Green said, “It takes quite a bit of organization to pick up the loaves,
flasks, folding table, and paper cups and get it all on site, then feed every-
one and pack up again. Maybe there are people who would like to help in some way without actually handing out the food in the car park?” If you
think you would like to be an occasional sandwich-maker for the soup run
team, please contact Ali Green on [email protected].
CALLING ALL ‘SOUPER’ SANDWICH MAKERS
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Answers ACROSS: 1, Deacon. 4, Appear. 7, Wits. 8, Heavenly. 9, Argument. 13, Mob. 16, Bro-ken-hearted. 17, Ran. 19, Suddenly. 24, Obstacle. 25, John. 26, Enable. 27, Market. DOWN: 1, Dawn. 2, Afternoon. 3, Nehum. 4, Again. 5, Prey. 6, All to. 10, Users. 11, Ephod. 12, Trace. 13, Metalwork. 14, Body. 15, Eber. 18, Alban. 20, Uncle. 21, Dream. 22, Stab. 23, Gnat.
O n 17th April, 19 skittlers met at the Winsley Social Club for an evening of sport, fun and supper. Two teams battled out
three legs of fine skittling. After two legs there was only one point between
the two teams but team Alpha went on to win by a substantial margin. Jackie Uncles was the individual winner with a score of 19 out of possible 27.
Surprisingly, with such good skittlers present, not one scored a strike of 9
during the three legs.
There followed a break for a ploughman’s supper and then the competi-
tive game of killer commenced. The final bowl was played out between
Peter Hardman and Jackie Uncles and once again Jackie’s skill overcame Peter’s determination. John Cox managed the raffle and guess who won a
fine prize – Jackie Uncles. The evening made a profit of £148.60.
The Autumn skittles evening was held on 11th September and 16 regu-lars attended. John and Beryl Cox headed up the two teams, Beryl’s Perils
and John’s Jumpers. After three legs, the Jumpers won by a resounding
145 to 121. The individual winner was, yes, Jackie Uncles with a score of 25, second was Cecelia Hynes-Higman with 22 and in equal third place
were John Ticehurst and Jenny Fuller.
Following the break with a ploughman’s supper, play resumed with ‘killer’. Unfortunately, in his determination to beat Jackie, John Ticehurst
overbalanced and damaged his shoulder and it was some time before he
recovered and it was decided to abandon play. Fortunately it turned out that John was not seriously hurt and will live to have another opportunity
to beat Jackie at the next session in the spring of 2016.
Thanks to Chris Hodge for running the raffle. The evening made a profit of £113.50 for the Friends. Thanks to all who took part, donated raffle priz-
es and gave lifts to friends. Also thanks to Michael Cottle for arranging the
venue and the fine suppers for us. Mike Fuller
BOWLED OVER
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BRADFORD AREA CHURCHES TOGETHER
T he September BACT meeting was held at
The Hub, Church Street for
the first time, with the hospitality of manager Avril Clarke, and 17
members present.
Main Agenda topics:-
Syrian refugees: Chairman Da-
vid Jewell (Bearfield) raised this humanitarian issue, and Isobel
Martindale (Quakers) said that
The Hub had been offered as a collection point for needed
items. Items include sleeping
bags, tents , kitchen utensils and men’s clothing; sufficient ladies’
clothing is already held.
Treasurer Alison Wells (St. Nich-olas) confirmed a satisfactory
balance, with all member church-
es having paid an annual sub-scription. BACT donated £50.00
to The Hub for the use of their
room for this meeting. Street Representatives: David
Driscoll (Holy Trinity) described
how this scheme could be run in Bradford, where there are about
6,000 dwellings. Reps would wel-
come new people to the Street and provide information about
the town's churches. Loneliness
and persons in need of assistance would also be aided by the Street
Rep. Each church would provide
a co-ordinator and a number of Reps. A meeting of The Neigh-
bourhood Local Friends was
planned at The Hub, 2.30pm Wed. 23 September to discuss.
Trowbridge Soup Run: Ali Green
(Holy Trinity) is looking for sand-
wich-makers for the Trowbridge
soup run. Please speak to Ali or
Wendy Brown (Christ Church) if you can help.
BACT Picnic: Was attended by
about 30 people at Barton Farm and feedback suggests that it will
be repeated next year, possibly
on a Sunday with a BACT banner to announce our presence.
Church News :
Quakers now have some younger attendees and are thinking about
ways of outreach.
Christ Church hold a meeting for the elderly at Wiltshire Heights
once a month.
Holy Trinity will be closing for re-ordering in January and will be
joining with Christ Church for
some services as well as West-wood and Wingfield which are
part of the Benefice. There will be
a fund-raising dinner at Cumber-well Park on 21st October.
Saxon Club, run by Holy Trinity
meets at the United Church hall at 2pm every Tuesday. Aimed
at older members of the
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community with guest speakers each week.
Community Church (meets at St.
Laurence School) is starting an Alpha Course.
Ecumenical Services: One World
week (18-25 October): Simon Ed-
wards (United Church) will report
back with a view to hosting this
service in his church. Advent Carol Service: Sunday 29
November, Holy Trinity. If a
special theme is suggested, please speak to David Jewell
(Bearfield).
Our next meeting will be held
on Monday 9th November,
7.30pm, St. Nicholas Church
Hall, Winsley. If any parishioner
would like to attend this or any of
the BACT meetings and would like a lift, please let me know
(862224)
Please note, full minutes of BACT meetings can be found at Holy
Trinity at the crossing.
David Rawstron
I t is always a joy to see our families returning after a break. Will
they all come back? Are they well? Our first two weeks have been a real pleasure seeing everyone again, sharing stories and of course,
enjoying our music and rhymes.
Not only did they all come back, some brought friends as well! Already, we have two families on our waiting list. One of our newcomers who has
recently moved here, has one year old twins so it is great to be able to in-
troduce her to other mums with young children. One mum says her daughter has been singing our Rainbow Song most
of the holidays and she requested that we do this on our programme
again. It was not on the schedule for our first two weeks so we will have to include it in the following weeks. Other songs that were missed are the
Lycra Song and Dancing Feet (that God has made). We do think about
God at these sessions in a very fun and loving way. Marlene Haffenden
Picnic: Members of BACT enjoy a picnic
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a friendly, non-judgemental welcome. Then it is often over to
other volunteers who provide
expert help. Some visitors need referring to
the Foodbank team, who will al-
ready have unpacked donations
and checked that all the food is still
in date. Parcels contain all the sta-
ple foods and a few extras and are made up depending on family size.
I can be asked to
help someone fill in a form to claim
benefits. However,
Jim and his team provide more com-
plex welfare bene-
fits advice. There is also help for people
struggling with debts. It is easy to
feel hopeless as debts mount, and it’s a great relief to discover what
can be done with the help of an ex-
perienced adviser. Then there are the people want-
ing help with job search and need-
ing referral to a volunteer who can assist with putting together a CV or
discuss job options.
The Hub is rapidly becoming the “go to” place for all kinds of advice
and information in Bradford on
Avon - and a fascinating and worthwhile place to volunteer.
Michael Brennan
M ichael Brennan gives us a
glimpse into life at the reception desk.
My main role is to staff the re-
ception desk once a week, answer-ing the phone to enquirers and
welcoming personal callers. Ques-
tions are wide ranging. For exam-ple a head teacher, charity or local
authority department wanting
vouchers to give to parents on low incomes for help
from the Food-
bank. Then there are the calls from
individuals. These
can be straightfor-ward - how do I do-
nate food or hire a
room? Others are more challeng-ing: someone whose benefit has
been stopped, who is in debt or is
threatened with homelessness. Visitors could be a group like the
Seniors Forum using the meeting
room or staff from Selwood Hous-ing or the Richmond Fellowship
running an outreach session. Or it
could be someone needing to be logged onto one of the Hub’s com-
puters, perhaps for a job search or
simply to email a grandchild. People who need help often feel
anxious visiting a new organisation
for the first time. So the first thing is to offer tea or coffee and provide
HUB VOLUNTEER
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W e reluctantly decided, due to deteriorating weather, to
defer the July date for Jazz on the Lawn event. And what a
good thing that we did as it poured all day long in what seemed like December temperatures.
Our new date was fixed as 13 September and - guess what - the clouds
parted and the sun shone for a lovely warm afternoon. The band played, the Pimms flowed, raffle tickets flew off the table and cream teas were
consumed with gusto. We enjoyed an idyllic afternoon in the beautiful sur-
roundings of Kingston Place, listening to some delightful jazz and superb playing by Simon Arnold, watching swans sail by on the river and children
playing on the grass. The final “blessing” was a light
shower at 4.30 to speed everyone on their way home, saving the Friends the chore of asking our
guests to leave. Thanks go to all who organised and
helped on the day, to Martin and his colleagues in the band, Simon for his magnificent performance
on the keyboard and, above all, to Mrs O’Kane for
her generosity and hospitality in granting us the use of her beautiful garden and her kitchen.
The event resulted in a profit of £680 towards
the Friends contribution to the Big Community Connection Appeal, plus £100 to the Friend’s Or-
gan Fund from the sale of Anne’s “award win-
ning” jam (having won first prize in the Bradford show that afternoon). So buy now while stocks
last and before demand forces up the price!
Thank you for supporting this event, and I look forward to welcoming you at our Trafalgar Night
Dinner on 21 October, when we shall be warm
and dry indoors. Half of the tickets are now tak-en, so please let me know quickly if you intend to
join us, and also if you would like transport to
and from Cumberwell Park by carriage - well, mini-bus actually - gold coaches and six white horses seem to be short
supply at the moment. Hurry please, space is very limited.
John Cox, Chairman, Friends of Holy Trinity
JAZZ ON THE LAWN SUCCESS
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T here were 5 of us this year:
Simon Arnold, guest rider Mervyn Harris, Tom Pelham and
Sarah and myself. It is getting to
be hard work but we are hoping to continue despite the
fact that it hurts a bit!
The weather this year was rather wet
and windy to start, but
it improved. We split into 2 groups, 1 group
going North and the
other South. The Northern party visited 14 churches and covered
exactly the same ground as last
year. We frequently experienced a warm sincere welcome providing
refreshments and an exchange of goodwill.
I think the tricky part of the
whole event is collecting the spon-sorship money - but without it the
whole exercise is
fruitless, so thank you
to all our sponsors.
The Wiltshire Historic
Churches Trust is a noble cause, and I
hope to report to you
again soon with the final figure. There were no punc-
tures, no one fell off, we all got
home safely and feeling fulfilled - Thanks be to God!
Edward Shaw
RIDE AND STRIDE 2015
THANK YOU!
F or all the caring support I received, for the love, your visits, cards, flow-
ers, and gifts including delicious cakes and meals so thoughtfully pro-vided, after my very unfortunate accident breaking my leg (tibia and fibula)
on the 22nd July—thank you!
What a painful experience it all was! Certainly an insight into the pain and suffering of others who may not have access to such excellent para-
medic, doctor and nursing care staff as I had. There is a great need for our
prayers for them all, and for our hospitals and medical staff. I am truly grateful for all the expert care I received.
Thank you Joanna, for your welcome visits with Communion, and caring
chats. You have all kept me smiling during these difficult weeks, when I have been so completely ‘out of action’ and dependent on my wonderful,
supportive family who have been just amazing. I very much look forward
to walking again, when I hope my plaster will at last be coming off, and especially to join you all in Church again on Sundays.
Celia Milne
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ADVENT RETREAT, SARUM COLLEGE, SALISBURY
I n December, Ali will be leading a three day retreat based on events around the birth of Jesus.
The three days will include words, images, reflections, meditation,
silence, individual space and sharing with others, as well as praying the Stations of the Nativity.
Retreat leaders: Ali Green and Jean Boulton-
Reynolds.
Date: Friday 11th – Sunday 13th December
Course Code: 2440.
Cost: £160 non-residential, £220 residential. Contact Alison Ogden at Sarum College for booking enquiries email
[email protected] or telephone 01772 424826.
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Pr
ayer
Pa
ths
In the Name of Religion
W e have all been horrified
by terrorist atrocities committed in the name
of religion. Why does religion seem
to cause such violence? An event of this kind occurred
in Holland in 1576. Philip of Spain
ordered the complete destruction of Antwerp and the massacre of its
citizens. The city took centuries
to recover and never regained its previous leading position in
Europe. The tragedy helped the
cloth trade from London and Bradford on Avon. We cannot say it
has nothing to do with us! Why did
this barbarism happen? It was a revenge attack
after Protestants with
extreme views destroyed all religious statues and
pictures in the city’s
Catholic churches. Also, the troops who did it had
not been paid for a very
long time and were des-perate – their pay had
been in ships forced into
ports on the South coast of England by a storm
and seized by Elizabeth I.
What is done in the name of religion often
has other causes; religion
is just an excuse. Many youngsters in places like
Libya, Syria and Iraq see no pro-spect of a job and are attracted by
propaganda from organizations
that promise them all they want, in the name of religion.
Such extremism concerns us
all. Massacres are still happening
with the same age-old causes.
We must all try to see that young
people here are not driven to extremes by feeling excluded
from what life offers to others,
and ensure we are free of any prej-udice ourselves. In our interces-
sions let the prayer below, at-
tributed to St Francis, be ours too: Hugh Wright
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.
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Pilgrimage to Walsingham
M uriel Freeborn recalls her trip to an ancient sacred place...
A friend from Bristol had been on a pilgrimage to the Shrine of
Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk. A passing remark that I would like to go, but had no means of getting there, led him to contact St.
John's Church in Bath and that set the wheels in motion for me to join their
pilgrimage this year. The Revd. Angela Onions offered to give me an early morning lift into Bath to join the coach, so off I
went to be enlightened.
Pilgrimages to the Shrine go back to the eleventh century. In 1061 the Lady Richeldis of
Walsingham experienced a vision of the Virgin
Mary in her simple home, and this inspired her to have built Holy House, enclosing a statue of
the Virgin.
In 1150 a Priory was founded and Walsingham became a place of pilgrimage. In 1538, due to
the demands of Henry VIII, the surrender of the
Priory led to its destruction together with Holy House. This hitherto place of pilgrimage fell
silent until 1921 when the Revd. Alfred Hope
Patten was appointed vicar of St. Mary's Wal-singham and he placed a statue of the Virgin in
his church. In 1923 the first organised pilgrimage
since early days took place. Holy House was rebuilt and the statue placed in it.
Then in 1938 Holy House was enclosed in
a large Shrine Church. The grounds of the Anglican shrine,
(there are two other shrines to the Vir-
gin, one Roman Catholic and one Ortho-dox ) took me by surprise. The Shrine
Church was only a small part of the
whole area. On entering the grounds one found oneself in a beautifully laid out garden surrounded by church,
chapels, administrative buildings, halls of residence and a refectory, build-
ings very old and very new sitting happily together. A map of the Shrine
Above: The ruins of the medieval Priory arch at Walsingham Below: The Anglican Shrine
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was given one, together with a manual of all service liturgy. What does
one expect at a shrine? Somewhere very special and quite apart from an
ordinary everyday environment. There are many statues in the Shrine Church of our Crucified Lord and Saints whose chapels open up aside the
nave. With the prepared manual and programme of our services, day be-
gan at 7.45am with morning prayer. Throughout the day services were held for group gatherings, and the main services for up to two hundred
other pilgrims were held in the Shrine Church, with their different empha-
sis on aspects of worship. Muriel Freeborn
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A lison Pendle, who lives lo-
cally and recently received
an MBE for her work with Portage, tells PN about the invalua-
ble work of this charity.
Portage is an internationally rec-ognised system of home teaching
and learning for 0 to 5 year olds
with significant learning difficulties and disabilities. West Wilts Portage
Service, started in 1982, is an ac-
credited member of the National Portage Association and is held in
high esteem by health profession-
als. Today, Wiltshire Portage is a county-wide service supporting
50+ children and their families.
The essence of Portage is the unique partnership between a
skilled Portage Home Visitor (PHV)
and the child’s parents. The child will be showing significant devel-
opmental difficulties and may have
a diagnosis such as Down’s Syn-
drome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder or
Sensory Impairment or show
general or specific delays for unidentified reasons.
Parents are desperate to help
their children to learn and play but
are often at a loss how to do so.
During weekly visits, the PHV and
parent together assess the child’s strengths and needs across devel-
opmental areas and plan a variety
of daily play activities that target and support specific aspects of
learning. These are practised
through the week and progress is reviewed and recorded at each vis-
it. Developmental skills such as
holding a spoon, drinking from a cup, stacking bricks, naming ob-
jects (that come naturally to most
children), can be broken down into many small, achievable steps and
taught over a number of weeks.
Helping to Learn Through Play
Help: A Portage home visitor works with a young client
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The important part is that children
progress and parents learn to sup-
port their child’s learning in the most positive and effective way.
We also support the family in
dealing with problematic behav-iour and, most importantly, in
managing the numerous specialist
appointments, meetings and interventions that are part of the
often bewildering world of special
needs. The value of and need for Portage can be summed up in this
quote from one of our parents:
“The most important thing that Portage has given L is independ-
ence: he has been able to learn
things that without Portage would
O n Sunday 4, October Jackson and Marie
Nazombe, co-founders
and trustees of the SEED Project, will be speaking at Holy Trinity
9.30am about the SEED Project.
This is an indigenous community development project working in
Zimbabwe to help people meet
their own needs and reach their full potential. The situation in Zimba-
bwe is deteriorating; factories are
closing, workers are not being paid. The worst-hit regions are the
high density urban areas where
there is little land and no jobs. For
have taken an eternity - eating,
drinking, undressing, cleaning teeth, playing, counting, and colours. Por-
tage has enabled us to have a rela-
tionship with L as a family, which we feel would not have happened
otherwise i.e. cuddles, eye contact
etc. With Portage we have learnt how to teach L through play.”
As a small charitable organisa-
tion, we are delighted to receive donations or hear from anyone
willing to help. Portage costs
£3000 per year per child. We can be contacted on 07780 653888 or
www.wiltshireportage.btck.co.uk Alison Pendle
a long-term solution to the prob-
lems, people need skills to pull themselves out of the rut of pov-
erty. The Seed Project is helping to
meet this need through skills courses where adults are trained in
new skills they can use to make a
living. The current course is for car-pentry and there is lots of demand,
and a need for further courses like
this. Skills courses are just one of the effective ways the SEED
Project helps support lasting
change. For more info visit: www.seed-project.org.
Lindsay Driscoll
The SEED Project
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Reordering Project:
Holy Trinity
Church,
Bradford on Avon
Progress Report for
October
F or the design team the project has now entered a quite tense time.
As I write this the Salisbury DAC are reviewing all of the design team’s submissions (two large boxes of drawings, specifications,
reports, surveys, histories and most importantly justification of need) and
we are completing documents to send the building works out to tender. We have also had our first meeting with Harrison and Harrison who will
be carrying out the refurbishment of the Willis III organ. While we await
the Chancellor’s Approval of Faculty we have to be careful about what we commit to and it has been good to meet with the organ builder so we all
understand and respect each other’s concerns and requirements.
This is also an opportunity for the Steering Group and design team to take a step back from the detail that we have immersed ourselves in (over
the last eight weeks in particular) to regain the holistic view and ensure we
haven’t lost the original aims. Finally, representatives of Chedburn Dudley and BuroHappold
Engineering are delighted to be joining you for your fundraising Trafalgar
Night Dinner; we look forward to seeing you there!
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B rowsing the charity books table in Lloyds
Bank a few months ago,
I saw an old paperback, which I had often heard of, but had nev-
er read, and soon found myself
engrossed in the remarkable best
-seller, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by
Harper Lee.
It is set in a small Alabama town in the deep South of the
USA, in the early 1930’s, and
tells the story through the
experiences of
a young girl, Jean Louise,
who is
affectionately known by all as ‘Scout’. Her father, Atticus
Finch, is a respected local law-
yer, who is bringing up Scout and her elder brother Jem
(Jeremy) after the death of their
mother, but with the help of a kindly black house-keeper.
IN DEFENCE OF INNOCENCE The community is deeply racially
divided, with the black community
segregated, and limited to menial tasks. The story reaches its climax
when Atticus is asked to defend
Tom, a young black man who has been accused by her father of rap-
ing his teenage daughter. When
Book review: Harper Lee’s America the case comes to court, Atticus, after having seen off a lynch mob
the night before outside the jail,
movingly presents Tom’s case to a packed court-house, with his
children listening from the gallery
with Tom’s family and friends.
The defence seems to make it
perfectly clear that Tom is wholly
innocent, and that the real suspi-cion for the girl’s injuries actually
fell on the father himself. But the
all-white jury unanimously
pronounced
him guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to
death. I found myself thinking how much had changed in the USA
since the 30s, or even since 1960,
when the book was published. America, after all, now has a black
President.
But since reading the book, three things have co-incidentally
happened, which have given me
much to ponder. The first was the appalling shooting and killing in
June of eight members of the con-
gregation, including their pastor, in a black church in Charleston, South
Carolina, by a 21 year-old deeply
racist white student, whose trial is now imminent. Then, in early July, I
attended a showing in a Bath cine-
No-one will be judged simply by the colour of
their skin
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Funeral: President Obama Sings Amazing Grace at the funeral of slain Pastor Clementa Pinckney, in Charleston
ma of the 1962 Oscar-winning black-and-white film of To Kill a
Mockingbird with Gregory Peck giv-
ing a very moving portrayal of Atti-cus Finch. Thirdly, and to much sur-
prise, on July 14, a ‘new’ book by
Harper Lee was published, Go Set a
Watchman, and has become an
over-night best-seller.
TWENTY YEARS ON
Although this book is not actually
new: Harper Lee is now 89 and liv-ing in a Care Home, and she wrote
this manuscript over sixty years
ago, before she wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. She never felt it good
enough to publish, but has finally
been persuaded. Surprisingly,
though written first, this story pre-sents us with the same characters,
but as they have become 20 years
later, with Jean Louise (Scout) re-turning to her home town, where
her father is revealed as not all she
had previously thought.
It helps us take one more step
in understanding the complex
emotions that still haunt the old Southern States of the USA, and
urges us all never to lose sight of
Martin Luther King’s great vision, when all racial prejudice will be
abolished, ‘and no one will be
judged simply by the colour of their skin, but by the content of
their character’.
Peter Hardman
Finally published: Harper Lee and cover of her new book
Go Set a Watchman
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Costing the Earth: A Bid to Save Meadows
O ne of our most threatened
and precious habitats is
the meadow, a feature of the British landscape for thousands
of years. Managed with traditional
farming methods such as seasonal grazing and hay-making, the mead-
ow supports a great range of wild-
flowers that many butterflies, birds and other animals.
But over the last century the
meadow has been in steep decline – 97% have disappeared since the
1930’s. The taking of land for
building development, as well as modern farming practices such as
ploughing, drainage, reseeding,
increased fertiliser and herbicide application, have all contributed to
this loss.
CORONATION MEADOWS
In 2013, in a bid to save the British
meadow from extinction, the Prince of Wales called for the
creation of new meadows, at least
one in every county, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Coro-
nation. Sixty "Coronation
meadows" were identified across the UK, and wild seed
and green hay is now being
taken from these to recreate new meadows. As part of the
project, Plantlife, the Wildlife
Trusts and Rare Breeds Survival
Trust (RBST) are compiling the
first full inventory, mapping all re-maining meadows.
Coronation Meadows range
widely in size and age. Loughbor-ough Big Meadow in Leicestershire
is the oldest, dating from 1762.
Therfield Heath, Hertfordshire covers more than 400 acres, whilst
Hayton Meadow in Shropshire
covers less than 1 acre.
CLATTINGER FARM
The Coronation meadow for Wiltshire is at Clattinger Farm, in
the Cotswold Water Park. A Wilt-
shire Wildlife Trust reserve, its rich-ness as a wildlife habitat is a lasting
tribute to its previous owners, who
farmed the land traditionally with-out using any artificial fertilisers -
in fact it is the only lowland farm in
Britain known to have received ab-solutely no agricultural chemicals.
Today, the meadow is considered
Vital Resource: Prince Charles at the opening of meadows at Clattinger Farm as a reserve in 1997
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the finest remaining example of en-
closed lowland grassland in the UK,
and is of international importance for its hay meadow wild flowers. It
has legal protection as a SSSI.
It is also the donor site for the wildflower meadows at Prince
Charles' home, Highgrove House.
Prince Charles has spoken highly of Clattinger Farm, calling it a
"magical ancient series of
wildflower meadows."
Bradford resident and profession-al botanist Dave Green, who has
visited the farm for over thirty
years, commented, “Every field on Clattinger has a different character,
so the range of flora is enormous. It
has snakeshead fritillaries and the
biggest population of green-wing
orchids in the county. The hedges
there contain a number of Black Poplars, a nationally scarce and de-
clining tree species.”
A Recipe for a Wildflower Meadow
B ishop Nicholas, the Church of England’s lead bishop on the environ-ment, has encouraged the care of churchyards as one way that the
Church shows its commitment to environmental challenges.
There are more than 20,000 churchyards across England and Wales. With an average size of one acre, that’s 20,000 acres of refuge for plants and an-
imals, and an increasingly important habitat.
Churchyards are often similar to meadows in that they are not artificially fertilised or re-seeded, so with the right management, many threatened
meadow species can find a refuge and flourish in church grounds. Our own
three churchyards could become such wildlife havens. Here’s the recipe:
In early spring, pick a dry, sunny area of grass with a promising num-
ber of different plants – say, 8 or 10 in a sample square foot of sward Leave the plot undisturbed and unmown until late July
Now cut the sward and leave the hay for a few days to drop seeds
Remove the hay and compost Mow the grass from late July until the end of the growing season
With any luck, in your new meadow you will see knapweed, cuckooflow-er, cowslips, oxe-eye daisy and even perhaps green-winged orchids. And
the plant-rich grass sward will be a haven for butterflies, bees, birds and
other animals.
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Wiltshire Butterflies: August-September
T he unsettled and wet weather during August
ended rather abruptly some
species’ flight periods and resulted in reduced numbers.
Several recorders commented
on the almost absence of ‘garden’
butterflies and the buddleia bush-
es’ lack of Small Tortoiseshells,
Peacocks, Red Admirals and Com-mas as we entered September.
This is in complete contrast to last
year when all were commonly seen. However, the two ‘cabbage’
white species seemed to be as
common as ever and were fre-quently seen.
The second brood Holly Blues
did well, as did the much scarcer and very local Adonis Blue. Of the
three migrants, the Red Admiral
and Painted Lady remained rather scarce but the usually much rarer
Clouded Yellow was reported from
several flowery grassland areas in the south of the county.
By mid-September, a few
Common Blues, Meadow Browns and Gatekeepers were still linger-
ing and the occasional Small
Tortoiseshell and Peacock, prior to entering hibernation for the
winter. It’s a little early to sum
up the year but will probably go down as being very good for the
spring/early summer species
but poor for those of the late
summer/autumn.
For much more detailed infor-mation, visit the website of the
Wiltshire Branch of Butterfly Con-
servation. Even better, join the So-ciety to find out what’s going on
nationally. Many butterflies, like
most of our wildlife, are in a state of long-term decline and need all
the help they can get.
I am old enough to remember walking through these flower-rich
meadows as a child, humming with
the sound of bees, grasshoppers, crickets and numerous other flying
insects and of course, hundreds of
butterflies. Today, these wildlife havens are virtually absent from
our countryside apart from a few
nature reserves. It is therefore little wonder, that so much of our wild-
life is in serious decline and we ask,
where have all the bees gone, that helped so much to pollinate and
propagate our food.
Mike Fuller Wiltshire Butterfly Recorder
Welcome: A Meadow Brown in flower-rich grassland. Photo by Andrew Cooper
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NEW TERM School life is underway with a vengeance. One 6th former was heard to com-
ment, “I can hardly remember the summer”. Schools always have to hit the
ground running. Y7 are just beginning to get used to being here and finding their feet.
Y12 are finding out that the 6th form is not so easy as they thought. Y10
have begun their GCSE studies and Y11 are in their final dash to mock exams in November. Two parents’ evenings have happened and our Open
Evening was on 30th September.
STREET PARTY
26th September was the date of our annual Street Party which raises mon-
ey for various causes and each House charity, including Water Aid and Dorothy House. And on 2nd October, we held a Race for Life in the school
field for any members of school who wished to participate and raise
money for cancer research.
WONDERLAND
The school production this year is “Alice In Wonderland” and auditions are underway. Sports clubs and music clubs, choirs and chess are all starting
for all years to enrich their learning. School council and House council are
providing student voiced concerns and ideas to each other and aim to improve the school for everyone.
COLLECTIVE WORSHIP The theme this term is Holding Up a Mirror – My Life and there will be
tutorial activities based on these theme as well as reflection time once
a week.
Lorraine Marlow Be Spirited Co-Ordinator
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Saint for the Season: St Teresa of Avila
T eresa, whose feast day is October 15th, was born in
1515, one of 12 children in a
well-off family in the Spanish city of Avila. She is remembered as a great
spiritual writer and mystic.
But when Teresa, aged twenty,
first entered a Carmelite convent
of 150 nuns, it was more to avoid
marriage than to live a life of pray-er! For many years she found the
spiritual life very difficult, and
suffered much illness, probably from psychosomatic causes.
Then a change came. Teresa
began to experience visions and believed God was truly speaking to
her. As she advanced in prayer she
wrote that she prayed to God 'in that simple way in which I often
speak to him without knowing
what I am going to say, for it is love who speaks'. She moved to the
much more austere Carmelite
convent of St Joseph's Avila, with just 13 sisters.
Teresa founded similar Carmelite
convents around Spain. She met John of the Cross and developed a
strong spiritual friendship with
him, persuading him to found Car-melite monasteries for men.
Among her books on prayer are
'The Way of Perfection', written for her nuns, and the 'The Interior Cas-
tle', a kind of 'Pilgrim's Progress'
with stages of prayer,
finally arriv-
ing at what Teresa de-
scribes as a
'spiritual
marriage'
with God.
She also left us many of her own prayers, in-
cluding this one, showing what it
means to be a part of the 'Body of Christ':
Christ has no body but ours, No hands, no feet on earth but ours,
Ours are the eyes with which he
looks Compassion on this world,
Ours are the feet with which he
walks to do good, Ours are the hands, with which he
blesses all the world.
Ours are the hands, ours are the feet,
Ours are the eyes, we are his body.
Christ has no body now but ours, No hands, no feet on earth but ours,
Ours are the eyes with which he
looks compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth
but ours.
David Driscoll
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For Prayer in October Her Majesty the Queen The world’s migrants and refugees The SEED Project The Mothers’ Union
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westwood
Churchwardens: Jonathan Azis
David Chalmers [email protected]
PCC Secretary
c/o Revd Joanna Abecassis
The Parish Church of St Mary, Wingfield
Churchwardens:
David Robinson
david.robinson@paultons street.com
Sue Phillips
[email protected] PCC Secretary
Sue Phillips
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Quick Crossword The Bible version is the NIV
Clues across 1 He must be ‘the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well’ (1 Timothy 3:12) (6) 4 ‘For we must all — before the judgement seat of Christ’ (2 Corinthians 5:10) (6) 7 ‘They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their — end’ (Ps 107:27) (4) 8 See 19 Across 9 It concerned who among the disciples would be the greatest (Luke 9:46) (8) 13 Formed by the Jews in Thessalonica to root out Paul and Silas (Acts 17:5) (3) 16 ‘He has sent me to bind up the — ’ (Isaiah 61:1) (6-7) 17 Moved rapidly on foot (Matthew 28:8) (3) 19 and 8 ‘ — a great company of the — host appeared with the angel’ (Luke 2:13) (8,8) 24 Hindrance (Romans 14:13) (8) 25 Comes between Luke and Acts (4) 26 Empower (Acts 4:29) (6) 27 ‘Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a — !’ (John 2:16) (6)
Source: Parish Pump Solutions on page 11
God (Acts 10:3) (9) 3 He was one of those who returned with Zerubbabel from exile inBabylon to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 7:7) (5) 4 ‘No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born — ’(John 3:3) (5) 5 Animal hunted as food (Ezekiel 22:25) (4) 6 ‘He encouraged them — — remain true to the Lord’ (Acts 11:23) (3,2) 10 Ruses (anag.) (5) 11 Jewish priestly vestment (Exodus 28:6) (5) 12 Visible sign of what had been there (Daniel 2:35) (5) 13 This was the trade of Alexander, who did Paul ‘a great deal of harm’ (2 Timothy 4:14) (9) 14 ‘This is my — , which is for you; do this in remembrance of me’ (1 Corinthians 11:24) (4) 15 One of Noah’s great-great-grandsons (Genesis 10:24) (4) 18 Traditionally, first British Christian martyr (5) 20 Relationship of Ner to Saul (1 Samuel 14:50) (5) 21 Jacob had one at a place he named Bethel while on his way to Haran, fleeing from Esau (Genesis 28:12) (5) 22 Bats (anag.) (4) 23 ‘You strain out a — but swallow a camel’ (Matthew 23:24) (4)
Clues down 1 Sunrise (Psalm 119:147) (4) 2 The part of the day when Cornelius the Cae-sarean centurion had a vision of an angel of
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Officers
The Revd Joanna Abecassis, Chair Trevor Ford (Churchwarden), Vice Chair
Judith Holland (Churchwarden)
Members
THE STANDING COMMITTEE
Chair, Churchwardens, Associate Priest and Treasurer
CHURCHWARDENS EMERITI Jeremy Lavis, Mike Fuller, Anne Carter, Tony Haffenden, Joan Finch.
THE PASTORAL CARE TEAM
Joanna, Anne Carter, Alison Cook, Joan Finch, Marlene Haffenden, Tony Haffenden, Chris Hodge, Evelyn Humphrey, Heather Knight, Sue Lavis, Val Payne, David Rawstron, Hazel Rawstron, Geneviève Roberts and Sylvia Stanes.
THE FRIENDS OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Chairman: John Cox Secretaries: Mike and Jenny Fuller Treasurer: Brian Netley Committee: Anne Carter, Michael Cottle, Chris Hodge, Jeremy Lavis, Raymond Winrow Ex officio: Revd Joanna Abecassis, Judith Holland, Trevor Ford
BRADFORD GROUP MINISTRY
This is a longstanding body which now comprises the two benefices of North Bradford on Avon and Villages and our own. We look forward to establishing a much closer bond and to this end joint meetings and services have recently been held, and the Group clergy meet regularly.
PARISH NEWS
Email copy to: [email protected]
Alison Cook Ron Dell Joan Finch Steve Fountain Ali Green * Deanery Synod repre-sentatives
Marlene Haffenden Jeremy Lavis* (Treasurer†) Thomas Pelham Bette Riddle Geneviève Roberts Malcolm Walsh
Anne Willis* Hugh Wright Jill Wright Chris Hodge PCC Secretary
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OTHER OFFICERS AND ORGANIZERS PCC Secretary Chris Hodge 869357 email: [email protected] PCC Treasurer Jeremy Lavis 863600 Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton [email protected] Benefice Admin Assistant Aylene Clack [email protected] Bellringers Sarah Quintin 869469 Bookstall Brass Cleaning Chris Hodge 869357 Coffee on Sunday Janet Brown and 862188 Malcolm Walsh 862702 Church Stewards David Milne 864341 Director of Music Thomas Pelham 07922 849982 Electoral Roll Officer Alan Knight 860991 Flowers Jonquil Burgess 868905 Food Bank Heather and Alan Knight 860991 Guides & Brownies Sarah Bennett [email protected] mainly music Marlene Haffenden 864412 [email protected] Mothers’ Union Ian & Sylvia Stanes 309036 MU Prayer Circle Chris Hodge 869357 Re-ordering Fundraiser Steve Fountain [email protected] Servers Mary Ford 862240 Saxon Club David Driscoll 865314 Saxon Church and St Mary Tory Trustees: Chairman Anna Tanfield (all bookings) 863819 Secretary Anne Carter 862146 Treasurer Jeremy Lavis 863600 Sidespersons Judith Holland 866215 Stewardship Secretary Pam Harman [email protected] Street Market: Community Stalls John Cox 864270 Church Stalls Mervyn Harris 863440 Communications Deborah Robinson 866552 Team Trinity June Harrison 863745
Parish Representatives on other organisations: Bradford Group Council: The Churchwardens Children’s Society: Anne Carter Christian Aid: Jonquil Burgess Deanery Synod: Jeremy Lavis and Anne Willis BoA Churches Together: David Rawstron St Laurence School: The Revd Joanna Abecassis and Lindsay Driscoll (Foundation Governors)
Printed at the Parish Office, 18A Woolley Street, Bradford on Avon. Parish News also appears (in colour) on the Holy Trinity web site: www.htboa.org. Previous issues of the magazine can also be found in the magazine archive on the church web site.