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Regular Village Events: Monday Mornings, 10.30 – 12 noon, Coffee Club, NP Village Hall
Tuesdays—7.30pm - Bell ringing, St Michaels
1st Tuesday, 8.0pm, Acoustic Music, Play, Sing, Listen, Manor Arms N.P.
3rd Tuesday, 1.00 pm, Lighthouse Lunches, BCC
3rd Tuesday, 7.30 pm, NP and H Gardening Club, NP Village Hall
1st Wednesday, 7.30 pm, Haselbury WI, BCC
2nd Weds 7.30 pm, Plucknett Players, Enquiries P Brown, 73812.
Alternate Thursdays, 2.30 pm Tea and Chat, BCC
IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ANY OF THE ABOVE EVENTS, GIVE THEM A
TRY! YOU CAN BE SURE OF A FRIENDLY WELCOME.
1ST DEC STOKE BAND BCC
PARNHAM VOICES ST MARTINS
2ND LITTER PICK HP PARISH COUNCIL
ADVENT SERVICE PERROTT HILL SCHOOL
16TH QUIZ FOR SCHOOL WHITE HORSE INN
15TH JAN HASELBURY IN BLOOM BCC
19TH WASSAIL SUPPER COMMUNITY ORCHARD
FOR FULL DETAILS SEE INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES
Village News
DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019
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Haselbury in Bloom
2019 Following our first foray into the South West in Bloom competition, a meeting is to take place at the Bible Christian Centre on 15 January 2019 at 7.00pm to discuss next year’s entry. We will be welcoming Stephen Fox, Head of Horticulture (South Somerset District Council) as our guest speaker. “In Bloom” is not just about flowers. Entries are marked against three core criteria; horticultural achievement, community participation and environmental responsibility. Groups can also gain discretionary awards for achieving excellence in particular areas such as; Exceptional Community Effort, Outstanding Area of Nature Conservation and Outstanding Work by Groups of Young People. In addition to wonderful floral displays, activities can include wildlife conservation and art in the landscape, with input from all members of the community. As we found last year with our Village Cleaning weekend, “Bloom” also creates a sense of Civic Pride for local residents and makes Haselbury Plucknett an attractive place to visit. If you have ideas or skills which could make Haselbury a more beautiful, sustainable and engaging place to live, and would like to contribute to our efforts in next year’s competition please come along. For more information, please go to: - https://www.facebook.com/haselburyinbloom/ We look forward to seeing you.
CAROL SINGING
As in previous years, a group from Haselbury Parish Church will be singing carols round the village on three
nights before Christmas.
We’ll set off from the crossroads at 6 p.m and head West on Monday 17th
North on Wednesday 19th East on Friday 21st
finishing, hopefully, with a hot drink after an hour or so.
Do listen out for us and join in - we shan’t be collecting money!
Better still, come and sing with us at 6 o’clock on any day.
Andrew Daynes
Smile Lines
What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.
Into every life some rain must fall. Usually when your car windows are down.
Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
I’d cross the hottest desert,
I’d swim the deepest sea,
I’d climb the highest mountain,
But I can’t come over tonight because it’s raining.
Bible Christian Centre
Haselbury Plucknett
Minister: Pastor Andrew Harris – Tel: 01935 864414 Admin: Paula Harris – Tel. 01460 73147 or 01935 864414
www.biblechristiancentre.org.uk
Services for December 2018….
Sunday 2nd Dec 10:30am Café Church & CREA’8 children’s activities. 6pm Fellowship meeting
Sunday 9th Dec 10:30am Celebration & Teaching with Communion. Family Lunch following the morning service.
Sundays 16th, 23rd &
30th Dec
10am Tea & coffee, 10:30am Celebration & Teaching XSTREAM & BUBBLES (Sunday school groups) during the service. 6pm Practical preaching with communion (16th Dec) 6pm Carol Service (23rd Dec) 6pm Thanksgiving with communion (30th Dec)
Christmas Day 25th
Dec
10am Christmas morning celebration service
Other services and Community groups….
Monday – Friday
(Closed from 24th Dec
– 1st Jan)
9:15am – 12:30 Oasis Coffee shop. Speciality coffees and teas, delicious homemade cakes, tray bakes, savoury scones, toast and toasted teacakes. Photocopying and laminating service available.
Mondays (term time) 10am Little Wrigglers. Toddler group. Contact Andrew /
Paula Harris 01935 864414
Tuesday 4th Dec 10:30am Knit, natter & sew.
Tuesday 18th Dec 1pm Lighthouse Lunches. Contact Robin Barnes for tick-ets 01460 74758
Wednesdays 10:30am Morning devotion with Communion
Thursday 6th Dec 2:30pm Tea & Chat, Christmas special Contact Valerie Champion 01460 72055
Thursday 13th Dec 7:30pm Bible Study
Fridays (term time) 6:30pm SPLAT & JAM youth groups
Friday 14th Dec 6:30pm Christmas Extravaganza, led by children from JAM & SPLAT youth groups.
Saturdays 7:15am Spearhead prayer meeting
Saturday 1st Dec 7pm, Christmas celebration with Stoke Band For tickets call 01460 73147
Saturday 8th Dec 2:30pm Family film, showing ‘The Star’
‘Today in the City of David a Saviour has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!’ (Luke 2:11)
Bible Christian Centre
Haselbury Plucknett
Minister: Pastor Andrew Harris – Tel: 01935 864414 Admin: Paula Harris – Tel. 01460 73147 or 01935 864414
www.biblechristiancentre.org.uk
Services for January 2019…. Sunday 6th Jan 10:30am Café Church & CREA’8 children’s ac-
tivities.
Sundays 13th, 20th & 27th
Jan
10am Tea & coffee, 10:30am Celebration & Teaching XSTREAM & BUBBLES (Sunday school groups) during the service. Family Lunch, following the morning service – Sunday 20
th Jan
Other services and Community groups…. Monday – Friday
(Opens on 2nd Jan after
the Christmas break)
9:15am – 12:30 Oasis Coffee shop. Speciality coffees and teas, delicious homemade cakes, tray bakes, savoury scones, toast and toasted teacakes. Photocopying service available.
Mondays (starts back 7th
Jan)
10am Little Wrigglers. Toddler group. Contact
Andrew / Paula Harris 01935 864414
Tuesday 15th Jan 1pm Lighthouse Lunches. Contact Robin Barnes for tickets 01460 74758
Wednesdays 10:30am Morning devotion with Communion
Thursday 3rd, 17th & 31st
Jan
2:30pm Tea & Chat. Contact Valerie Champion 01460 72055
Thursday 10th & 24th Jan 7:30pm Bible Study
Fridays (starts back 11th
Jan)
6:30pm SPLAT & JAM youth groups SPLAT (school years R-4) JAM (school years 5-8)
Saturdays 7:15am Spearhead prayer meeting
Saturday 12th Jan 7pm Cinema night
‘Understand, therefore, that the LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lav-
ishes His unfailing love on those who love Him and obey His com-mands.’ (Deuteronomy 7:9)
HAPPY NEW YEAR ! GOD BLESS YOU WITH LOVE FROM BCC
The Rev Jonathan Morris 01460 72356 [email protected] Reader: Mrs Hilde Bucknell (76450) [email protected]
CHURCHWARDENS
Haselbury: Mr J. Barnes-Yallowley (929535) [email protected] Mr Julian Brooks (279603) [email protected] North Perrott: Mrs Alison Stevens (76214) [email protected] Mr Martyn Oliver (77499) [email protected]
If you asked me what my favourite time of year was, I would say Advent,
which is the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Like Lent, it is understood
to be a time of preparation, this time for the great celebrations surrounding the
birth of Jesus. It is a time to take stock, to reflect. The readings through the Advent
Season call us to consider where we find meaning, peace and happiness in our lives.
We hear words from the prophets; we meet the fiery figure of John the Baptist calling
from the wilderness and we hear the promise of new beginnings with the coming birth
of the Christ child. Advent invites us not just to reflect, but to respond. We are called to
find our place in this story and to have our lives shaped by the one who came to show us
where we are to find those elusive qualities in our lives.
When Christmas arrives, we will hear told of a long harsh journey, an unpromising
beginning, which takes place under the shadow of an imperial power that itself promises
peace and security. Marginal people come from the hills to welcome this child born in
an obscure place, their hearts filled with wonder, hope and joy. If we stay with the story
long enough, we will meet the wise men in their search for the one who is to be King
and a wicked King whose power is under threat and who will go to any lengths to hold
on to power. When New Year comes, if we haven’t already put the story back in its box
for another year, we meet an old man and woman whose faithful search is fulfilled and
dreams are met, when they meet the young infant with her mother.
Christmas comes again in the middle of the darkest time of the year, with its gift of hope
and possibility, always in the shadow of empire, always giving a glimpse of how things
could be, always inviting us to consider what gives us meaning and security in our lives,
always calling us away from the destructive impulses and violence that drive us and the
world around us.
After so many tellings, can we still hear the story again, still open to its possibilities,
still ready to respond to its invitation - to come with open hands and hearts ready to be
touched?
Wishing you every blessing for the Christmas season and the New Year,
Jonathan Morris Vicar in Haselbury Misterton and North Perrott.
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Haselbury Plucknett WI
Next meeting:
Wednesday 5th December at 7.30 pm
Christmas Party
Members’ competition: Pretty parcel
2019:
Wednesday 2nd January at 7.30 pm
Social time: Beetle Drive
Members’ competition: New Year’s Resolution
Meetings are held at the Bible Christian Centre, Haselbury
Members are reminded to bring a tea-plate of food for the party table. The pretty
parcels will go to the Lord’s Larder in Yeovil, not to a Women’s Refuge, so please
label them underneath with the contents. The wrapping can be as fancy as you like,
but please keep the contents basic and plain: toothpaste, shower gel, hand soap/
wash, toilet rolls, box of biscuits – chocolate fingers very welcome – tea bags, etc.
The January meeting will be a social meeting, with a beetle drive. Please make two
New Year’s resolutions (1) something you’re happy to share with members and (2)
to attend the monthly meetings regularly in 2019.
At the November meeting, Barbara Gilbert told members about three of her Royal
Naval Air Service heroes of the First World War, and Worthington, the much loved
cat at Polegate Airship Station.
If you’re interested in any aspect of the WI, please come along to a meeting or get
in touch.
For information about the WI, telephone Gill (271134) or Pauline (76111).
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Dark Nights
With winter upon us it is now very gloomy from 4 o’clock and positively black by 5
so it is incumbent upon us all to make drivers lives a little easier, and perhaps in the
process save ourselves from an accident, by wearing clothes that show up in these
conditions. We do not all have hi-vis jackets but going about dressed in dark
clothes is a little foolhardy in an area not blessed with street lighting.
For safety sake BE SEEN.
Smile Lines
If all the cars on earth were lined up bumper to bumper, some idiot would try to overtake.
A lorry loaded with Vicks Vapour Rub has overturned on the M6. Police have said there
will be no congestion for eight hours.
What do you eat when stuck in traffic? Traffic jam.
The White Horse Haselbury Plucknett
Christmas Pub Quiz in aid of Haselbury school
Sunday 16th December from 7.30pm
Entrance £2 per person, we will match all proceeds and donate to Haselbury school. Teams of up to six, please contact us if you have a team or would like
to join a team.
We raised almost £600 from our two quizzes last year,
thank you to everyone who supported this event,
it’s a great cause and a fun night out!
Christmas opening hours....
We are open from 6.30pm on Christmas eve and will be closed on boxing day. We will be open our usual hours for the rest of the festive period.
It has been another fantastic year, thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Observer food awards, to be included as one of the top roast
dinners in the UK was really special.
Thank you for all your support this year and we look forward to 2019!
Please visit our web site for more details and upcoming events. www.thewhitehorsehaselbury.com
To reserve a table please call 01460 78873.
Peter Brown is looking for a chess friend who
enjoys the Smile Lines.
(He knows how to get mentioned )
Do phone him on 73814
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North Perrott Cricket Club
ln all a quiet period for the club with celebrations of the season past
completed and planning for 2019 underway but yet to be finalised.
Many thanks to all those that supported the annual bonfire & firework night and
special mention and thanks to Ian Mogg for his bonfire building skills !
Parrott Monkeys our village skittle team play at the club on Friday nights and if you
would like to come along and support them and have a drink please check the club
website for dates of the home matches.
The Club will be holding a pre Christmas drinks/social on Saturday 22nd December
from 7.00 in the top bar, please feel free to come along and catch up and enjoy the
Christmas Fare. Christmas jumpers optional !
Our 4 a side skittles league will be taking place again next year running from
February to April details will be available shortly or you can contact Phil Spurway at
[email protected] if would like any information.
Finally some cricket news, Alex Eckland has settled in at Adelaide Cricket Club and
performing well in his role as 1st team wicket keeper, runs a little harder to find at
present but we’re sure he will soon have adjusted to the conditions and start amassing
some scores.
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St. Michael’s Community Orchard – Wassail Supper,
Saturday 19th January 2019
Please come and join in this popular event.
We meet in the community orchard from 5pm to light a fire and make as much noise as
possible to scare the evil spirits away from the apple trees. Bring a torch, a warm coat
and something to make a loud noise.
Then come to North Perrott Village Hall from 6:15 onwards for a hot supper with cash
bar and DIY entertainment. Children are very welcome. Tickets are £7.50 for adults,
£4 for 5-16 year olds, under 5s free. Tickets available from: North Perrott Fruit Farm
Shop, Matthew and Kirsten Bryant (Swan House/73454) or Jonathan Morris.
Please also come and support the following maintenance mornings:
Saturday 12th January: 10:30-12:30
Saturday 2nd February: 10:30-12:30
Saturday 2nd March: 10:30-12:30
We usually have tea, coffee, hot chocolate, cake and community orchard cider availa-
ble for volunteers!
God with us
Well, we are into the frantic pressie-buying month of December now. The American ‘Black Friday’ tradition appears to be firmly a part of our own pattern and has brought the search for the perfect Christmas present yet earlier in our calendar. Parish and school Christmas Fayres offer us home-made, Fairtrade, recycled and singular alternatives. And increasingly the inequalities within our economy become more apparent as people risk debt to bring a smile to their child’s face. When I was a parish priest we found that many of our single parents felt trapped by the pressure of keeping up with those around them. We tried to introduce a maximum spend for all our congregational and family present buying in order to bring some parity. It wasn’t easy! I’m reminded at this time of year of the line that we are seeing more frequently, accompanying invitations to weddings and Birthday parties: ‘No presents required, just your presence!’ It makes me think about what Christmas really means. During this time of preparation and waiting for the big day to arrive, many of us will sing the words of that Advent hymn, ‘O come, O come, Emmanuel’, a 12th century hymn that invites God to fulfil his prophecy to his people. Will we really take in those words? ‘Emmanuel’ means ‘God with us’, such an important and comforting phrase in these times of uncertainty and anxiety, as we wonder what the new year will bring. Christmas we know is a time when people can feel lonely, disappointed, stressed. There are reputedly more suicides and marriage breakdowns during the course of this holiday period. One of the best Christmas presents we can offer then must surely be that of hospitality, a listening ear and simply our ‘presence’ among those who feel forgotten, rejected or overlooked. In so doing we will find God’s own present to us this Christmas, as in any and all other Christmases, His presence. The God to whom “every animal of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills, belongs” (Psalm 50) has given us the best present of all - He is with us.
The Right Reverend Ruth Worsley Bishop of Taunton
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Ad on the side of a plumber’s van: ‘We repair what your husband fixed.’
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In a maternity ward: ‘No children allowed.’
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Pop in for a friendly chat. Everyone welcome.
Festive Christmas Supper
Saturday 8th December 7.00 for 7.30pm
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3 seasonal courses for £15.00
Licensed bar and raffle.
All the committee thank you for your support throughout the year
and wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
For information please contact Enid Hawes 01460 74296
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North Perrott & Haselbury Gardening Club.
The Annual General Meeting was held on the 20th November and in line
with precedent was completed in quick time, not a record but good
nonetheless.
The existing Officers, Ian Bevan-Mogg, Chairman, Peter Bland, Vice Chairman, Bryan
Atherton, Secretary, and Mike Watkins, Treasurer, were re-elected with Lucinda Bagley
and Barbara Spence as Committee members.
In his Report the Chairman thanked all those who had assisted with the smooth running of
the Club during the last year, for the coffee morning, the trip to Chalfield Manor and The
Courts, the Display Day, the annual dinner and of course al those who provided the ready
help with coffee etc. .at meetings.
The Treasurer reported that with the rising cost of speakers and a reduced income from
the Display Day, due, probably, to the effect of extreme heat in the earlier months, the
Club made a small loss in the year but in the light of the balances held felt there was no
need to consider a change to the subscription of £5 pa. Later confirmed by the meeting.
The AGM completed the evening was then continued with a quiz and wine & cheese.
PLEASE NOTE THE EARLIER DATE of the 11th for the December meeting when
Michael Jordan (I don’t think it’s the famous basketball player) will talk on Christmas
Themed Plants of Mystery and Magic.
New members and visitors always welcome, for information call;- Mike on 01460 75232
WEATHER NOTES
Generally a warm month with two days when the maximum was above 24C,
quite warm for October. The mean average being 11.8C, being 0.2C above
normal.
The 62.9mm (2.4 inches) of rain was 67% of normal, most of the rain fell in the
first two weeks.
It was a sunny month, the 148 sunhours being 130% of average.
The Met Office has just issued a report that the UK experienced more weather
extremes in the last ten years compared with previous decades.
Cleaning & Ironing Offered Local lady available offering cleaning and ironing £12 per hour
Ironing collection and or drop off service £15 a bag max 20 items per bag
Prices for larger items on request
3 mile free collection and drop off of Haselbury Plucknett Tel 01460 75939
Mob 7792580045
Email [email protected]
Wanted – a Treasurer for St Michael’s PCC!
Our Treasurer is standing down after many years’
service on our Parochial Church Council at St
Michael’s Haselbury. So, we need somebody to help
us with this. The accounts are in good shape and
there would be lots of help and support to get you
into the swing of things.
If it is a contribution you think you could make, then
do please get in touch with myself or one of the
Churchwardens.
There is no expectation that you would have to come
to Church although you would of course
be welcome!
With best wishes
Jonathan
Smile Lines
At our wedding we looked like a new house. She was freshly painted and I was plastered.
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DIARY OF EVENTS FOR DECEMBER & JANUARY
TUESDAY 11th DECEMBER LADIES LUNCH
A demonstration by Laura and Ella of Twigs and Twine on Christmas Table
Decorations. 11.30 start followed by the demo. and lunch
WEDNESDAY 12th DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS CHARITY BINGO
EYES DOWN 7.30 with basket meals from 6pm. Book a table -places limited.
In aid of Childrens Hospice South West.
WEDNESDAY 19TH DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS QUIZ NIGHT 8pm start
SATURDAY 22ND DECEMBER GRAND CHRISTMAS DRAW @ 9.30
CHRISTMAS DAY – Open 12-2pm with mulled wine & mince pies
BOXING DAY – CLOSED ALL DAY
NEW YEARS EVE – Live music for all ages with “ONE FOOT IN THE
GROOVE” Fireworks -midnight and a glass of bubbly.
NEW NEW YEARS DAY CHARITY WALK. LEAVE THE VILLAGE
GREEN AT 10.30am for sociable ramble and finish up in the pub.
SATURDAY 26th JANUARY- BURNS NIGHT SUPPER – Bookings only
Regular event 1st Tuesday monthly ACOUSTIC MUSIC from 8pm Play, sing or
watch – bring your own instruments
Christmas Celebration with Stoke Band!
Saturday 1st December, 7pm @ the Bible Christian Centre,
Haselbury Plucknett. Tickets: Adults £5, Children
free! Tea, coffee & mince pies available
Tickets available from Oasis coffee shop (Mon-Fri 9:15am-12:30pm) Tel: 01460 73147
Haselbury Plucknett Parish Council
The 250 Club prize draw winners are:
Ticket for the 2019/20 250 Club draw will be on sale shortly. Current ticket holders will be approached by Councillors to ask if you would be
willing to join again. If you would like to purchase a ticket please contact any Councillor.
Tickets will remain at £10.
Village Litter Pick Sunday 2nd December 2018 10:00am
Please join us. Meet on the village green at 10:00am. We will supply
bags, hi-vis vests and grabbers. Please bring gloves.
www.haselbury-plucknett.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
November draw
1st prize no. 17
2nd prize no. 11
3rd prize no. 239
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Perrott Hill School is delighted to welcome
villagers to attend our Advent Sunday Service at St Martin’s, North Perrott at 6pm on Sunday
2nd December. All are welcome to join us at school for mulled wine and mince pies after the service.
Smile Lines
Everyone should have at least two friends. One to talk to and one to talk about.
Friends help you move. Real friends help you move the body.
A friend not in need is a friend indeed.
I have friends who swear they dream in colour; I say it’s just a pigment of their
imagination.
NATIVITY PLAY
Get in the Christmas Spirit with a traditional Nativity Play.
Please come to North Perrott Nativity
At St Martin’s Church
Sunday 16th December
At 3 pm.
Haselbury Plucknett CE First School It has been a very exciting term at Haselbury Plucknett First School and Pre-School. Since joining the school in September, I feel very fortunate to be leading the school and pre-school, which clearly have a special place in the heart of the community. The children have been progressing well and have developed so many new skills. We have had a pirate day, children sung in the church at Harvest Festival and also they have represented the school in sports competitions. We continue to be incredibly proud of our pupils at these events, not only for their sportsmanship, but also their values, steeped in local history. Our schools then came together again to learn more about twine and how it was used in crafts and daily life. One thing that has surprised me since joining this community and warmed my heart, are the number of people who volunteer and support the school. We are incredibly appreciative of our volunteers from the community, as they have a tremendous impact on learning and enhance some of the opportunities we can give our children. We always welcome support and ideas, so if you would like to offer time to the school or pre-school, either through craft, reading or any other hidden talents that lie in our community, please contact Mrs Jay at the school office on 01460 72833, we would love to hear from you. Upcoming dates: Open Day at the school and preschool on the 4th of December 9:15am-11:45am and 1:30pm-2:30pm. Haselbury First School and Preschool Nativity Tuesday 18th December 2.00pmand 6pm. Anne Higginbotham Headteacher.
Smile Lines
A seven year old girl admitted calmly to her parents that a boy had kissed her after
class. “How did that happen?” gasped her mother. “It wasn’t easy,” admitted the
child. “Three girls had to help me catch him!”
St Bartholomew’s Christmas Tree Festival 2018
This year’s festival will be open from Wednesday 12 December to Friday 14 December,
as well as Saturday 15 December in the afternoon. Refreshments will be available
throughout this time. There will be a children’s area for painting a Christmas bauble
which they can take home.
The trees will stay in the church until 28 December, and can still be viewed during church
open hours. This year’s theme is “Christmas Films”.
If you haven’t been before, do go and have a look. You are in for a treat. And those who
have attended previous festivals will confirm that it is thoroughly worth while.
ST MARTIN’S CHURCH NORTH PERROTT
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
SATURDAY 1st DECEMBER – ‘THE SOUND OF ANGELS’ - a return
visit from ‘PARNHAM VOICES’ in St Martin’s Church at 3.30pm.
This popular local choir will give a Christmas Concert of songs both sacred and
secular, ancient and modern and popular carols to include pieces by Bach, Tye
and two local composers.
Tickets to include tea, coffee and cake – Adults £10 - 16 to 18 years £5 -
under 16’s free are available from G. Hoskyns 01460 72883
[email protected] - J. Falkiner 01460 76457 and The North Perrott
Farm Shop. Please book in advance if possible. Cheques to North Perrott
PCC Proceeds to St Martin’s Church funds.
TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE – PLEASE PHONE.
Advance notice
SUNDAY 7th JULY The North Perrott Church and Cricket Club Fete at the
North Perrott Cricket Ground.
Thank you to everyone who have so generously supported our fundraising
events in many ways in 2018. We are immensely grateful and hope you have
enjoyed them!
1914-1918 Remembered
The Centenary of the end of WW1 was remembered in Haselbury with a
traditional Remembrance Sunday Service, which started at the memorial before
progressing into the Church.
In addition, to mark the 100 year anniversary, there was an evening of
commemoration, some called it a concert, but the correct terminology is
unimportant, what was evident from those who attended was the extra
understanding they had of the events of that time.
The evening consisted of a wide range of Music and Readings and including
community singing of songs from the era. The readings included poems from a
variety of sources including Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon,
an extract from Warhorse and snippets from Wipers Times.
There were also pieces about Woman’s role in the war-and encompassed the
shameful response of Lt Gen Sir Arthur Sloggett to Dr Elsie Inglis, when she
offered to take a medical team to support the British troops. “My good lady, go
home and sit still. We don’t want any petticoats here.” The Belgians were pleased
to accept her offer!
The evening was a success and ended with refreshments including some cakes made
to war time recipes.
Everyone who attended enjoyed the experience and, on their behalf, I would like to
thank all those who organised and took part in this event. A bonus was the £333
collected for Children in Need.
Smile Lines
Alcohol is not the answer, it just makes you forget the question.
Scientists have located the gene for alcoholism. They found it at a party, talking way
too loudly.
Don’t drink and drive. You might hit a bump and spill your drink.
What’s the difference between a drunk and an alcoholic? Drunks don’t have to go to
the meetings..
WHAT ARE CATS
1. Cats do what they want, when they want.
2. They rarely listen to you.
3. They’re totally unpredictable.
4. They whine when they are not happy.
5. When you want to play they want to be left alone.
6. When you want to be alone, they want to play.
7. They expect you to cater to their every whim.
8. They’re moody.
9. They leave their hair everywhere.
10. They drive you nuts.
Conclusion; cats are small women in fur coats.
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A bit of training for those crackers.
What goes oh oh oh? Santa walking backwards.
Be naughty—save Santa the trouble.
Why does Xmas come when the shops are so crowded.
What do you get if you cross Father Christmas with a detective. Santa Clues.
What do you call Santa’s helpers. Subordinate Clauses.
Why did Santa spell Christmas N-O-E. Because the Angel had said ‘No L!’
What goes Ho, Ho, Swoosh, Ho, Ho, Swoosh? Santa caught in a revolving door.!
Carols and Classics by Candlelight.
The Final Concert.
A fitting finale to the series of this pre-Christmas hidden gem will
be performed at the All Saints Church Merriott (TA165PS) on Saturday
15th December. This will be the 10th and final year that the Fisher Sinfonia
has performed at this 15thC church providing an unmissable evening of
string ensembles with organ and piano accompaniment.
Being the last year, the Fisher Sinfonia will bring the largest string
ensemble ever to perform in the church ( 12 UK Orchestral Players). A
string orchestra directed by London Symphony Orchestra’s member,
William Melvin will perform Vivaldi’s winter from his 4 seasons. Together
with Gamal Khamis performing Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto (1st
movement), the evening of classical and festive arrangements will be the
final concert not to be missed.
Mince pies and refreshments before the concert to start the
Christmas festivities. 7:00pm refreshments for a 7:30pm concert start.
Tickets are £10 available from Merriott Service Station, Broadway,
Merriott; Crewkerne Information Centre, or contact 07870 404631 / 01460
76360.
Smile Lines
Celebrations tend to involve alcohol so the following might be worth considering.
Warning: Consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not..
Warning: Consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a fool.
Warning: Consumption of alcohol may actually cause pregnancy.
Warning: Consumption of alcohol may cause you to they sings like thish.
Warning: Consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing with you.
Warning: Consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering how did I get here and where are
my clothes.
DATE MISTERTON
St Leonard’s
NORTH
PERROTT
St Martin’s
HASELBURY
St Michael and
All Angels
2 December
Advent Sunday
9.30 am
Holy Communion
Joint Service
6.00 pm
Advent Carol
Service
4.00 pm
Christingle
Service
9 December
Advent 2
11.00 am
Holy Communion
BCP
9.30 am
Holy Communion
8.00 am Holy
Communion BCP
9.30 am
Family Service
16 December
Advent 3
9.30 am
Holy Communion
6.00 pm
Carol Service
-
11.00 am
Holy Communion
20 December
Thursday
- - 6.30 pm
Village Carol
Service
23 December
Advent 4
8.00 am
Holy Communion
BCP
9.30 am
Holy Communion
BCP
11.00 am
Holy Communion
24 December
Christmas Eve
4.00 pm
Crib Service
-
5.00pm
Crib Service
11.15 pm
Midnight Mass
25 December
Christmas Day
9.30 am
Carols &
Communion
9.30 am
Carols &
Communion
11.00 am
Carols &
Communion
30 December
Christmas 2
10.00 am Holy Communion
United Benefice Service, Hewish
Village Services December 2018 Village Services January 2019
NOTES: Unless marked BCP = Book of Common Prayer (1662), our Holy
Communion services use authorised Common Worship orders of service in modern
language.
Our Family Service is an informal service for All Age Worship.
DATE MISTERTON
St Leonard’s
NORTH
PERROTT
St Martin’s
HASELBURY
St Michael and
All Angels
6 January
Epiphany
-
-
9.30 am
Holy Communion
Joint Service
13 January
Baptism of Christ
11.00 am
Holy Communion
BCP
9.30 am
Holy Communion
8.00 am Holy
Communion BCP
9.30 am
Family Service
20 January
Epiphany 3
9.30 am
Holy Communion
-
11.00 am
Holy Communion
27 January
Presentation of
Christ
8.00 am
Holy Communion
BCP
9.30 am
Holy Communion
BCP
11.00 am
Holy Communion
3 February
5th Sunday
before Lent
9.30 am
Holy Communion
Joint Service
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-