A car radio has been found on the road between Hazlecote and Tipputs. It’s an RM Audio Radio which has wires hanging from it (so possibly it has been stolen).
Contact Blake on 832354 for more information.
The Forerunner – July 2015
Service Calendar for July 2015
| Wednesday | 1st | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 5th | KingscoteNailsworth
Nailsworth Horsley |
9.30 am 8.00 am
11.00 am 11.00 am |
Morning PrayerHoly Communion BCP
All-age service Holy Communion & Baptism |
| Wednesday | 8th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 12th | KingscoteNailsworth
Nailsworth
Horsley |
9.30 am11.00 am
3.30 pm 11.00 am |
Holy Communion BCPHoly Communion
‘Messy Church’ at Nailsworth School
Family Service |
| Wednesday | 15th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 19th | KingscoteNailsworth
Horsley
|
9.30 am11.00 am
11.00 am |
Family Service and BaptismFamily Communion
Family Communion & Baptism |
| Wednesday | 22nd | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 26th | KingscoteNailsworth
Horsley Nalsworth |
9.30 am11.00 am
6.00 pm 6.00 pm |
Holy Communion CWHoly Communion
Evensong BCP ‘One Voice’ worship service at Christ Church |
| Wednesday | 29th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group meets on Fridays at 9.45am at Nailsworth. Refreshments served afterwards in the Parish Room.
The next PCC meeting will be at 8.00 pm in the Village Hall on Tuesday 8 Sept.
Diocesan News www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/publications
www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/blog
Nailsworth Benefice www.stgeorgesnailsworth.org.uk
Kingscote Community www.kingscoteonline.co.uk
The Vicar’s Letter
Dear Friends,
So – summer is finally here ! School term ends, holidays are planned – all is good …
Except for some, this is not the time of ease and relaxation it might be.
Some will have an anxious wait for the results of their efforts during the exam periods – wondering whether they will get back into the 6th form or make it to their college or university of choice.
Others, bringing up families on their own, will be trying to juggle work and family life and the extra stress that can place on everyone.
And the whole idea of a ‘holiday’ may be a million miles away from the minds of many as they simply cannot afford to spend the money it costs these days, especially during the peak school holiday periods.
However, the word ‘holiday’ did not originally mean a week in the sun on the beach. It is derived from ‘holy day’. It was a day set apart from the usual bustle of life to recharge the batteries and renew our relationship with God. And I guess that we all need to take time out from the busyness of our lives.
There is a great verse from one of my favourite hymns that sums up my hopes and prayers for everyone over this summer period – that you will find time to stop and recharge your batteries:
‘Drop thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease.
Take from our souls the strain and stress
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of they peace.’
May God give you His peace however and wherever you spend the summer this year.
With every blessing,
Mike Smith
Flower Rota
| 5th July12th and 19th July
26th July and 2nd August |
Jane Nichols Carol Burness
Tracey Pool |
No Weddings in July.
Lorna Reynolds
Cleaning Team
The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 13 July.
Anyone interested and prepared to spare an hour in the afternoon on the second Monday of the month, occasionally or regularly, please contact me on 860 367.
Teresa Day
Village Hall Programme
Coffee Morning – Wednesday 15 July 10.30 to 11.30 am in the Reynolds Room, all welcome £1-50 for coffee and cake.
There will be no other events in the Village Hall until September but the hall facilities, including two table tennis tables and a pool table, are available if anyone wants to arrange an event during the school holidays. Please contact Pauiline McTear on Tel. 861 311 for details.
Carol Paton
Grumbolds Ash Group
On Tuesday 14 July we plan to take a ride on a horse- drawn barge on the Tiverton canal, North Devon. The barge trip costs £12-35, departing at 2.15 pm and returning after 2 1/2 hrs. If you would like to take part let me know by Monday 6 July.
We meet at the Village Hall at 10.00 am to share transport and drive to lunch – Tiverton Canal Co: EX16 4HX.
Jutta Tubbs
Book Club at 8.00 pm
Wednesday 1 July The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion, at Angela’s.
Wednesday 5 August Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey and/or The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins at Teresa’s. New members always very welcome.
Angela Wooldridge
Free-range eggs for sale
Mrs Pat Cooksley of 2 The Windmill normally has some free-range eggs for sale at £1 for six. Best call afternoons.
Kingscote Parish Council
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Tuesday 14 July at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall.
Plannng approvals
Calcot Manor, conversion of ‘cowshed’ building from existing staff residential & office accommodation to hotel guest suites.
Matara, Kingscote Park, replacement of existing signs and illumination.
Planning Applications
St Bartholemew’s Church, Newington Bagpath, amended works to listed building.
Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244
Weekly Recycling – Green food boxes and wheelie bins
All current collection points – from 7.30 am on Fridays.
Fortnightly Recycling – Black boxes, White Bags and Blue bags
All current collection points – from 7.30 am on Fridays 10 and 24 July.
Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill
All current collection points – from 7.30 am on Fridays 10 and 24 July.
Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.
Mobile Library
The next visit will be on Friday 10 July when the van will park as usual in front of The Walled Garden from 9.30 to 11.30 am.
Magazine
Any materialwhich may be of interest for the next issue of the Forerunner should be sent by 20 July to H. Tubbs,
3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.
The Editor
From The Bard of Bagpath
Fascinated
Rosemary went down to Buckingham Palace,
With her went Carole instead of Alice.
They gave her a mirror and a chair,
So that she could fascinate her hair.
They took the train and returned to Stroud.
‘Broomy’ her mother would indeed have been proud.
John Giddings
The above ditty was composed by John for our tea party gathering on Saturday 30 May, held to celebrate Rosemary’s visit to Buckingham Palace and to debrief social and fashion aspects of the event. We had an excellent turnout, great fun and delicious cakes.
The Editor
A Cotswold Village or
Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire
(An extract from the book by J Arthur Gibbs, 1898)
The Parson
This reminds me that at the age of twenty-four I accepted the office of churchwarden of a certain country parish. I do not recommend any of my readers to become churchwardens. You become a sort of acting aide-de-camp to the parson, liable to be called out on duty at a moment’s notice. No, a young man might with some advantage to others and credit to himself take upon himself the office of Parish Councillor, Poor Law Guardian, Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, High Sheriff, or even Public Hangman; but save, oh, save us from being churchwardens ! To be obliged to attend those terrible institutions called ‘vestry meetings’ and to receive each year an examination paper from the archdeacon of the diocese propounding such questions as, ‘Do attend church regularly ? If not, why not ?’ is the natural destiny of the churchwarden, and is more than human nature can stand: in short, my advice to those thinking of becoming churchwardens is, ‘Don’t with a very big D’.
Since this book was written in 1898 thousands of happy and fulfilled individuals have served the church as Churchwardens and other PCC officers. The Editor.
You never know who you may meet in the Churchyard
One afternoon early in May as I was leaving the church, I met a group of Australian tourists coming in to see the inside of the building. In conversation, they mentioned that they were from Adelaide and I told them that my father had been out there in the 1920’s building a pumping station on the River Murray at Cobdogla. To my amazement one of them said that he had seen in the local newspaper recently an appeal for funds to do a restoration programme on the pumps.
I had always assumed that they had been long since scrapped, but in fact they were still running in 1965. They are now owned by the Australian National Trust and the site is the Cobdogla Steam and Irrigation Museum. Even more amazing is that just in January this year I sent all of his files, drawings and photographs to Emma Wong Yang at the Beardmore Archive at Glasgow University. It really is a small world.
Harry Tubbs
Old and young must partner God to care for Earth
(Extracts from an article by Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg in The Times on 20 June 2015)
Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si (Praise be to You) marks a critical moment in the history of life itself. It is rare that anyone has the wisdom and courage to propose to a massive audience a comprehensive agenda for humanity, at once spiritual, moral, social, economic and environmental. It is done with love, knowledge and humility. Whatever our faith or philosophy, we owe the Pope our gratitude.
We also owe a duty to respond, because the letter calls for everybody’s participation and no less is at stake than the survival of life on Earth. Pope Francis’ understanding of the world is profoundly rooted in the Hebrew Bible. “The Earth is the Lord’s”. The human task is to “work and protect” the Earth and all life on it.
Equally biblical is the outspoken coupling of social with economic justice, the insistence that we must “hear both the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor”. Whatever grows must be shared between poor and rich, citizen and refugee, domestic and wild animals.
The force and authority of the encyclical is inspired by that deep love of nature as the expression of God’s sacred oneness, known to mystics of all faiths. It is equally animated by an unremitting commitment to knowledge. Science is not regarded as hostile but rather as the essential partner of religion in seeking to comprehend and cherish God’s world: to love God is to study God’s works.
Laudato Si sets the results of such scrutiny before us with unsparing comprehensive frankness, including the state of oceans, forests and farms; cities, buildings and transport; and above all the fate of the poor, the first to pay the price of our spiritual and moral disorientation. The rabbis put into God’s mouth the blunt demand: “Do not destroy my world, because there is no-one to repair it after you”. The Pope’s plea for “intergenerational solidarity” may be his most powerful, painful appeal.
Texts selected by the Editor
Psalm 100 Jubilate Deo
(From the 1928 Book of Common Prayer)
O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands:
Serve the Lord with gladness,
And come before his presence with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God;
It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving,
And into his courts with praise;
Be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.
For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting;
And his truth endureth from generation to generation.
Parish Directory
Vicar: Reverend Mike Smith, Nailsworth, Tel. 07840 260 182
Curate: Reverend Sue Sobczak, Horsley, Tel. 01453 833 526
Reader Sue White, Nailsworth, Tel: 01453 835 693
Churchwardens: Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP Tel: 860 194
Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Kingscote, GL8 8XY Tel: 861 683
Hon.Sec.PCC: Georgina Harford, Ashcroft House, Kingscote, GL8 8YF Tel: 01453 860 227
Hon.Treas.PCC: Jane Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote, GL8 8YB Tel. 01453 860 534
Members of PCC: The Churchwardens, The Hon. Secretary, The Hon. Treasurer, Elin Tattersall, Zoe Nichols, Chris Alford.
Flower and Clean Team: Teresa Day, Vivienne Ainsworth, Angela Wooldridge, Pauline McTear, Annabella Lucy
Nailsworth MU: Trissa Jones, Tel: 832 551
Editor of Forerunner: Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP Tel: 860 194
Gift Aid and Envelopes: Jane Nichols, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote Tel. 860 534.
Church Flowers Rota: Lorna Reynolds, Tel. 860 231
Organist: Rosemary Sims, 15 Badger’s Way, Forest Green, Nailsworth, GL6 0HE Tel: 832 446
Sidespersons: Harry Tubbs, Rod Tibbert, Elin Tattersall, Godfrey Ainsworth, Jane Nichols.
Electoral Roll: Elin Tattersall, 3 Boxwood Close, Tel.01453 860 182
Mowing Team: Harry Tubbs, Sebastian Cooper, Rick Bond, Roger Lucy, Godfrey Ainsworth, Ken Davies, Brian McTear, John Moore, Tony Wooldridge.
Village Hall: Bookings: Pauline McTear, Kingscote, Tel. 861 311
Secretary: Carol Paton, Bagpath, Tel. 860 649
Parish Council Chairman: Graham Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote Tel: 01453 860 534
Parish Council Clerk: Anna Davison, Bagpath Court, GL8 8YG, Tel. 860 244
Village Agent: Aileen Bendall, Tel. 07810 630 156 or 01452 426 868
Printer of Forerunner: Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Tel. 861 683
The Forerunner is published by the P.C.C. who are usually most willing to
accept copy from village groups and individuals. However, please note that the opinions and views expressed by the contributors within the Forerunner are not necessarily those of the Church, P.C.C. or Editor.
Voneus Satellite Broadband Feedback Meeting – Tues 30th June
Voneus will be back in the Village Hall on Tuesday 30th June at 7pm to update you on the trial. We want to answer your questions and hear about any issues you may have had. Please come along and feed back to us on the trial.
We want to ensure you get a good uninterrupted service on this trial and to help us to provide that your feedback is essential. If you cannot make this meeting please email your comments to: alan.seldon@Voneus.com
We look forward to seeing you.
Fireworks at Kingscote Barn
Fireworks at The Kingscote Barn on SATURDAY 4TH JULY 2015 at 10.00pm for approximately 8/10 mins and will be run by Coates Fireworks.
Kind Regards,
Katherine
Katherine Levitt
Kingscote Barn, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8YE
01453 861161
BBQ at the Village Hall – Friday 19th June
Come for bangers, burgers and a bun followed by strawberries and cream ….and dance if you feel like it!
7pm-11pm
The weather WILL be good by then and it’ll only cost you £8 for an adult £4 for children under ten…..or £20 if you bring the whole family. Get into summer before it’s too late and let Carol know if you’ll be joining us.
Road Closure – A4135 A46 to Beverston
A4135 A46 to Beverston
This road will be closed (as per the attached) for 1 or 2 days between 1st July and 31st August 2015 for to allow for essential carriageway surface dressing by Amey working on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council
If you require any further information regarding this closure please contact the office on 08000 514514.
Charleston Fitness Classes in Nailsworth
Anyone interested in keeping fit through dancing? Join Nicky at her classes in the Sawyer Hall, Nailsworth on Mondays; £5 per class. See below for full details.
Alliums, Weeds & Coffee – Thursday 4th June – 10.30am
The alliums are looking fabulous at 1 The Park; if you would like to come for a cup of coffee and a biscuit on Thursday at 10.30am, for a meander round the garden, you are more than welcome!
Look forward to seeing you.
Bella
PS a donation to the Village Hall would be greatly appreciated!
The Forerunner – June 2015
Service Calendar for June 2015
| Wednesday | 3rd | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 7th | KingscoteNailsworth
Nailsworth Horsley |
9.30 am 8.00 am
11.00 am 11.00 am |
Morning PrayerHoly Communion BCP
All-age service Holy Communion |
| Wednesday | 10th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 14th | KingscoteNailsworth
Horsley |
9.30 am11.00 am
11.00 am |
Holy Communion BCPHoly Communion
Family Service |
| Wednesday | 17th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 21st | KingscoteNailsworth
Horsley |
9.30 am11.00 am
11.00 am |
Family Service and BaptismFamily Communion
Holy Communion |
| Wednesday | 24th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 28th | KingscoteNailsworth
Horsley Horsley |
9.30 am11.00 am
11.00 am 6.00 pm |
Holy Communion CWand Baptism
Holy Communion Informal Worship & Baptism Evensong BCP |
| Wednesday | 30th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group meets on Fridays at 9.45am at Nailsworth. Refreshments served afterwards in the Parish Room.
The next PCC meeting will be at 8.00 pm in the Village Hall on Tuesday 2 June.
Diocesan News www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/publications
www.gloucester.anglican.org/news/blog
Nailsworth Benefice www.stgeorgesnailsworth.org.uk
Kingscote Community www.kingscoteonline.co.uk
The Vicar’s Letter
Dear Friends,
Flaming June ! (That’s because of the supposed sunshine, not an attack of bad temper !)
This is always a special month for me as it contains my birthday. This year is one of those ‘milestone’ numbers and, for some reason, this one is getting to me. I remember when I was 30 I felt quite down as I suddenly felt old. Then 40 and 50 passed me by without incident (that I remember). But now I feel the pressure of age.
Does it mean I have to start wearing crimplene and elasticated waists ? Is it Velcro fastening shoes from now on ? No doubt the day will come !
But I should not worry any more than anybody else who feels the passage of time more keenly. Why ?
Because the Bible tells us that God holds us in the palm of his hand. He knows our names. He even knows the number of hairs on our heads (less of a challenge as the years pass by). God is intimately acquainted with us and knows how we feel every second of the day. He walks close beside us, picking us up when we stumble.
But there is more ! Our actual age pales into insignificance in the face of eternity. That is ours to claim thanks to the work of Jesus on the cross.
Worrying about a few more wrinkles and things not working like they did isn’t just a sign of getting closer to the glory and the wonderful life that awaits us.
So this is June – I welcome my birthday. Bring it on !
With every blessing,
Mike Smith
Flower Rota
| 7 June14 and 21 June
28 June and 5 July |
Angela WooldridgeAnnabella Lucy
Jane Nichols |
No Weddings in June.
Lorna Reynolds
Cleaning Team
The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 8 June.
Anyone interested and prepared to spare an hour in the afternoon on the second Monday of the month, occasionally or regularly, please contact me on
Tel. 860 367.
Teresa Day
Village Hall Programme
Coffee Morning – Tuesday 16 June 10.30 to 11.30 am in the Reynolds Room, all welcome £1-50 for coffee and cake.
BBQ and Music – Friday 19 June from 7.00 pm. Bangers, Burgers, strawberries and cream. Tickets £8 per adult, £4 children under 10, family ticket £20. Please contact Carol on patonbagpath@btinernet.com to book tickets in advance to facilitate catering.
Carol Paton
Grumbolds Ash Group
On Wednesday 10 June we visit Bourton House Garden GL56 9AE, with its 16th century Tithe Barn (where cream teas are served). The garden has recently been considerably developed and is horticulturally even more impressive.
Admission £6.00 open from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.
We meet at the Village Hall at 11.00 am to share transport and drive to lunch.
Jutta Tubbs
Book Club at 8.00 pm
- Wednesday 3 June The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, at Jane’s.
(We have given more time to this book due to its length)
- Wednesday 1 July The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion, at Louise’s
New members always very welcome.
Angela Wooldridge
Free-range eggs for sale
Mrs Pat Cooksley of 2 The Windmill normally has some free-range eggs for sale at £1 for six. Best call afternoons.
Kingscote Parish Council
Thank you to those who attended the Parish Assembly which covered a number of important issues. The date for the next PC meeting has not yet been fixed but is likely to be in July.
Plannng approvals
- Folly Cottage, Kingscote, erection of first floor extension and a porch, and erection of single story garage.
Planning applications
- Calcot Manor, conversion of ‘cowshed’ building from existing staff residential & office accommodation to hotel guest suites.
- St Bartholemew’s Church, Newington Bagpath, amended works to listed building.
- Matara , Kingscote Park, replacement of existing signs and illumination.
Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244
Weekly Recycling – Green food boxes and wheelie bins
All current collection points – from 7.30 am on Fridays.
Fortnightly Recycling – Black boxes, White Bags and Blue bags
All current collection points – from 7.30 am on Fridays 12 and 26 June.
Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill
All current collection points – from 7.30 am on Fridays 12 and 26 June.
Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.
Mobile Police Van
The Mobile Police Station will visit Kingscote on Tuesday 16 June from 3.15 to 4.15 pm.However after June the Mobile Service will not visit Kingscote due to its deployment over a much wider area in Gloucestershire.
Mobile Library
The next visit will be on Friday 12 June when the van will park as usual in front of The Walled Garden from 9.30 to 11.30 am.
Magazine
Any material which may be of interest for the next issue of the Forerunner should be sent by 20 June to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.
The Editor
Buckingham Palace Garden Party 12 May 2015
On waking in the morning much to my horror I found that it was pouring with rain which was not what I ordered ! However when my friend Carole picked me up at 10.15 am the rain had cleared. We parked the car, had a cup of tea, and left Stroud on the train just after 11 am. Arriving at Paddington in good time, we had a leisurely lunch as the Palace did not open until 3.00 pm. Then we put on our ‘Fascinators’ and set forth.
There were three possible gates and we chose the Grosvenor Palace Gate, arriving there at about 2.20 pm. This was a good place to wait as many people walked from the Victoria Railway and Underground stations, so we could see all the outfits as they crossed the road. Someone’s fascinator blew into the road amongst two lanes of traffic, but a young policeman retrieved it intact.
Then it was time to walk through the gardens to the Palace Lawn, where the bluebells, rhododendrons and the new fresh leaves on the trees created a beautiful natural picture. Our first glimpse of the Palace was across the lake, which would have been a perfect photograph but none allowed ! The weather was now sunny, but there was still a cold wind and we were glad we had jackets.
On arrival at the lawn we had a Lemon Barley to drink and wandered around people watching and listening to the bands – one on each end of the lawn, taking turns and lowering a standard when finishing. What was everyone doing ? Taking photographs on their mobile phones so we did too. I think I was the only one who had a proper camera and felt that big hand would clamp down on my shoulder at any time ! But all was well and we were not taken to The Tower.
At 4.00 pm the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, Camilla, and I think Prince Edward and Sophie came down the steps onto the lawn. All we saw clearly was the top of the Queen’s hat and the Duke. Then lanes were created for the royals to walk through the crowd and we had Charles on our side wearing a light grey tail suit and Camilla on the other wearing a jade coloured coat and hat.
When they had all passed we went for our tea – all well organised, very fresh and finger sized. We each had a plate with an indentation for a cup and space at the side for our egg and cress, and ham sandwiches, and cakes. There was a huge variety of cakes from which to choose – chocolate square with crown chocolate button on top, Battenberg, strawberry tartlets, raspberry tartlets, and so on.
After walking around more of the garden we returned and sat by the Royal Tent hoping to see the Queen as she left at ten to six, but we missed her as she went out at the side. At 6.00 pm it was now time to leave, and we walked across the front of the palace and out of the gates to join the queues for taxis. After a foiled attempt to benefit from taxi sharing we had further refreshment and caught the train home. We thoroughly enjoyed everything and had a wonderful day, never to be forgotten.
Rosemary
In May we shared the longing of the Passionate Shepherd for his Love.
Now the sequel !
What’s so special about Marriage ?
Marriage is a very ancient idea. The Bible suggests it goes right back to Adam and Eve, who were ‘made for each other’. Jesus’ teaching on marriage, as exclusive, unbreakable and forging a new family unit, drew on this original blueprint. And Jesus loved a good wedding: he turned water into wine at a wedding reception, his first recorded miracle. Even today, marriage exists in practically every country and culture on earth.
Christians believe that marriage is a gift from God. There is something in a public commitment of this magnitude that has a spiritual element to it and which can transform a relationship to a new and deeper level.
God intended marriage to offer the right place to grow in love and support for each other, fulfil our sexuality and provide a stable and secure environment for bringing up children. Marriage can change us for the better, and as we change, our marriage grows along with us. Christians believe that as a gift from God marriage should mirror the love God has for all of us – love that remains true, faithful, protective and respectful.
(Taken from the February issue of the Diocesan Messenger)
Islam v Feminism ?
Extracts from an item in the BBC news magazine:
www.bbc.co.uk/newsmagazine-32737703
This lengthy but fascinating article describes a family from Baghdad who after years of persecution settled in Britain. The author Huda Jawad has risen above the manifest injustices which she and her family have experienced.
“Since then I have come to learn of Muslim feminists who have in the past 10 years produced rigorous and religious paradigms that question long-held beliefs and presumptions about central tenets of religious laws and the handful of verses that have been used to discriminate against women and girls. …… How different would things be if women owned and were part of the production of religious knowledge.”
Here, here! The Editor
Love, through Life and Death
Within this life,
All the love remembered.
More, than the wealth it brings.
Now with life, surrendered,
Share all your love
With the King of kings.
John Robinson
Parish Directory
Vicar: Reverend Mike Smith, Nailsworth, Tel. 07840 260 182
Curate: Reverend Sue Sobczak, Horsley, Tel. 01453 833 526
Reader Sue White, Nailsworth, Tel: 01453 835 693
Churchwardens: Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP. Tel: 860 194
Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Kingscote, GL8 8XY Tel: 861 683
Hon.Sec.PCC: Georgina Harford, Ashcroft House, Kingscote, GL8 8YF Tel: 01453 860 227
Hon.Treas.PCC: Jane Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote, GL8 8YB Tel. 01453 860 534
Members of PCC: The Churchwardens, The Hon. Secretary, The Hon. Treas-urer, Elin Tattersall, Zoe Nichols, Chris Alford.
Flower and Clean Team: Teresa Day, Vivienne Ainsworth, Angela Wooldridge, Pauline McTear.
Nailsworth MU: Trissa Jones, Tel: 832 551
Editor of Forerunner: Harry Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Kingscote, GL8 8YP Tel: 860 194
Gift Aid and Envelopes: Jane Nichols, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote Tel. 860 534.
Church Flowers Rota: Lorna Reynolds, Tel. 860 231
Organist: Rosemary Sims, 15 Badger’s Way, Forest Green, Nailsworth, GL6 0HE Tel: 832 446
Sidespersons: Harry Tubbs, Rod Tibbert, Elin Tattersall, Godfrey Ainsworth, Jane Nichols.
Electoral Roll: Elin Tattersall, 3 Boxwood Close, Tel.01453 860 182
Mowing Team: Harry Tubbs, Sebastian Cooper, Rick Bond, Roger Lucy, Godfrey Ainsworth, Ken Davies, Brian McTear, John Moore, Tony Wooldridge.
Village Hall: Bookings: Pauline McTear, Kingscote, Tel. 861 311
Secretary: Carol Paton, Bagpath, Tel. 860 649
Parish Council Chairman: Graham Nichols, Asheldown, 3 Ashel Barn Cottages, Kingscote Tel: 01453 860 534
Parish Council Clerk: Anna Davison, Bagpath Court, GL8 8YG, Tel. 860 244
Village Agent: Aileen Bendall, Tel. 07810 630 156 or 01452 426 868
Printer of Forerunner: Godfrey Ainsworth, Kingscote House, Tel. 861 683
The Forerunner is published by the P.C.C. who are usually most willing to
accept copy from village groups and individuals. However, please note that the opinions and views expressed by the contributors within the Forerunner are not necessarily those of the Church, P.C.C. or Editor.
National Rural Crime Network – Survey
Today is the launch of the largest ever public survey on rural crime and it would be great if we could inform as many people as possible who live and work in rural Gloucestershire so they can have their say. The link to the survey is
http://www.nationalruralcrimenetwork.net/survey?member=Gloucestershire
You don’t need to have been a victim of crime to participate in this survey just simply care enough about rural communities and the freedoms they give us to have your say. We all need to feel safe and secure where we live and this survey will explore what this means in rural Gloucestershire and similar areas across the country.
It will give our rural citizens a powerful voice at a time when services are under greater pressure and are typically being drawn into urban areas of seemingly higher demand. Of course this fails to recognise the unique harms caused by crime in rural communities and this should not be overlooked (not just in terms of safety and security but in terms of health and wellbeing).
Please can you help spread the word and if you get chance fill in the survey yourselves.
Very many thanks,
Damon
PC609 Damon Blandford
Police Liaison & Development Officer