The Magazine for the Parish of Newington Bagpath with Kingscote
Calendar for April 2014
| Wednesday | 2nd | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday
|
6th | Nailsworth
Kingscote Horsley |
9.30 am
9.30 am 11.00 am |
Family Communion
Morning Prayer BCP Holy Communion CW |
| Wednesday | 9th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Palm Sunday
|
13th | Kingscote
Nailsworth Horsley |
8.00 am
9.30 am 11.00 am |
Holy Communion BCP
Family Communion Family Service |
| Wednesday | 16th | Nailsworth | 10.00am | Holy Communion |
| Thursday | 17th | Nailsworth | 7.30 pm | Holy Communion |
| Good Friday | 18th | Nailsworth
Nailsworth Horsley Kingscote |
11.30 am
2.00 pm 2.00 pm 2.00 pm |
Service in Mortimer Gardens
Quiet Hour Quiet Hour Quiet Hour |
| Easter Sunday | 20th | Nailsworth
Nailsworth Kingscote |
8.00 am
9.30 am 11.00 am |
Holy Communion BCP
Family service Parish Communion CW |
| Wednesday | 23rd | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 27th | Nailsworth
Kingscote Horsley |
9.30 am
11.00 am 6.00 pm |
Family Communion
Family Service Evening Service |
| Wednesday | 30th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group meets on Fridays at 9.45 am at St George’s Church Nailsworth, except on 18 and 25 April.
The next stage in the process to appoint the New Vicar will be a meeting of the selection panel on 29 April to choose the applicants to be interviewed on 13 May.
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting will take place on Monday 7 April at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. This meeting is open to all parishioners who are most welcome to contribute.
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
The Christian Faith stands or falls on the resurrection ! Without the raising of Jesus from the dead there is no Gospel, no Good News. As St Paul says when some in Corinth were denying the Resurrection, “If there is no resurrection, then Christ was not raised: and if Christ was not raised, then our Gospel is null and void and so is your faith ….. But the truth is Christ was raised to life – the first fruits of the harvest of the dead !”
Indeed, the Resurrection is the true starting place for the study of the making and meaning of the New Testament. We can be tempted to believe that although the Resurrection may be the climax of the Gospel, there is yet a Gospel which stands on its own feet and may be understood and appreciated before we pass on to the Resurrection. The first disciples did not find it so ! For them the Gospel without the Resurrection was not merely a Gospel without its final chapter, it was not a gospel at all. Jesus, it is true taught and did great things: but he did not allow the disciples to rest in these things. He led them on to paradox, perplexity and darkness – and there he left them. There too they would have remained, had he not been raised from death !
All the New Testament writings were written in the light of the Resurrection, and the conviction that Christ is raised and alive shines through in the letters of Paul, James and John. As I said at the outset, the Christian Faith stands or falls on the Resurrection.
Yet there is a temptation for us to see the Resurrection as a past event, or as a future event when we will be called to share in the final Resurrection. However, if we see it as something past or future only, we really lose the true impact of Christ’s resurrection, for as the New Testament writers show time and time again, the Resurrection of Jesus is something that is to be experienced here and now. It is in our lives now that we should experience the power and freedom that God in Christ has given us in overcoming death and sin.
So that which was dead is made alive and that which was old is made new. Indeed, when we begin to recognise the power of the Resurrection present in the ordinary everyday routine of our everyday lives, then we shall see for ourselves that all that separates, injures and destroys, is being overcome by what unites, heals and re-creates – all because we are empowered by the Risen Christ.
So let us joyfully celebrate this coming Holy Week from Palm Sunday through Maundy Thursday and Good Friday to Easter Day, and thereby proclaim the Easter Faith – that Christ is raised and that He lives in us – “Alleluya Christ is risen ! He is risen indeed”.
With every blessing,
Michael Irving
Flower Rota
| Sundays 6th and 13th April LENT | No Flowers |
| Sundays 20th and 27th April EASTER | Flower team |
| Sundays 4th and 11th May | Zoe Nichols |
Wedding: Saturday 26 April, 2.00pm, Timothy Benford and Georgina Payne
Lorna Reynolds
Cleaning Team
The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 14 April. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team.
Teresa Day
Grumbolds Ash Group
On Tuesday 8 April we will explore the lovely old market town of Marlborough. We plan to join the timed tour of The Merchant’s House and Garden (SN8 1HN) at 10.30 am which will take us up to lunchtime. Admission costs £6-00.
We meet therefore at 9.00 am at the Village Hall to share the driving.
Jutta Tubbs
Village Hall Programme
Film Night – Tuesday 8 April, 7.30 pm, ‘Walk the Line’ based on the early life and career of country music artist Johnny Cash. It stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon who won Best Actress for her role. Admission free, Pay Bar. Last film of the season.
Coffee Morning – Wednesday 16 April, 10.30 to 11.30 am. Coffee and cake in the Reynolds Room, £1.50.
In view of the Easter holidays, there will be no further events in the Village Hall in April.
Carol Paton Tel. 860 649
Book Club at 8.00 pm
Wednesday 9 April, ‘The Sisters Brothers’ by Patrick de Witt, at the Village Hall.
Wednesday 14 May, ‘Secret History’ by Donna Tartt, at the Village Hall.
Wednesday 11 June, ‘Harvest’ by Jim Grace and/or ‘The Rosie Project’ by Graeme Simpsion, at Jane’s.
Angela Wooldridge
Kingscote Parish Council
The next PC meeting will be on Tuesday 15 April at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall.
The Parish Assembly will be on Tuesday 13 May at 7.45 pm in the Village Hall, preceded by the Village Hall Committee AGM at 7.00 pm
Carbon Monoxide gas poisoning:
Following the recent tragic death of Tommy Cooksley and Pat’s near escape, we need to be more aware of this domestic threat which appears to have been responsible.
All heating devices involving combustion generate variable quantities of this poisonous gas, but if the flue through which the exhaust gas discharges to the chimney is partially blocked, or if the appliance has leaks, great danger to life results. The particular problem is that the gas does not smell and just slowly asphyxiates.
The only sure solution is to have a detector unit in any room where a combustion appliance is operated. They cost between £15 and £30 and are available in all stores selling household goods. It is essential to have one with a sound alarm, and they can be portable and taken to the room where the risk exists. They must be used in compliance with the manufacturer’s instructions. They do not detect smoke.
Plenty of official advice is available on this subject from local authorities and the Citizens’ Advice Bureaus.
Planning:
Shepherds Way, Calcot – Reduce the conifers on the boundaries with the roads by no more than one third.
No objection (County Council)
Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244
Plants for sale
At Bumpers Island we have a range of plants for sale from 1 April. Call 01453 860 498 to check availability.
Jane Bateman
SAVE THE DATE – VILLAGE FETE !
Kingscote and Bagpath Village Fete will be held on Saturday 28 June at Kingscote House; Hog Roast, Afternoon Teas, Bar, Dog Show, Children’s competitions, Stalls and lots more. Guest band appearance by Dr Jazz. Bring your friends. Full details next month.
Village Hall and PCC fete organising committee
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.
Weekly Recycling – Green food boxes and wheelie bins
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays.
Fortnightly Recycling – Black boxes, White Bags and Blue bags
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 4 and 18 April.
Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 4 and 18 April.
Bus Timetable Enquiries – Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.
Mobile Police Van
The Mobile Police Station will visit Kingscote between 6.30 and 7.00 pm on Tuesday 22 April. Please support this initiative.
Mobile Library
Due to the Easter holidays the next visit will be on Friday 16 May 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 April to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.
The Editor
An Easter Message – Experience Easter : Experience Hope
(Copied from the Diocesan Messenger for April)
Ukraine, Syria, South Sudan – just some of the places deeply scarred by conflict today. And in our own country a range of challenging issues – communities recovering from floods and storms, unemployment, a fragile economic recovery – the list goes on. It can all seem a long way from the story of new life and resurrection that the church will be celebrating once more as Lent and Holy Week give way to Easter. Where do we find hope?
The Easter story speaks of transformation born out of Jesus’ defeat of death. His rising to life eternal happened out of a crucible of pain and crucifixion. That is the ground of Christian hope. Not simply optimism which believes that somehow everything will be okay, but a true hope founded on the power of God to raise Christ from the dead. If death can be defeated, then all those other things that scar our world can be transformed too. But to do so takes courage, faith and love. Hope is not cheap.
Easter proclaims that the power that raised Jesus from the dead can now work in us and bring transformation to the world. Are we bold enough to be an Easter people who allow that power to be at work through us so that others too can experience the hope that Easter celebrates ?
Revd Canon Andrew Braddock
(Director of Mission and Ministry)
An Easter Prayer
O Lord God, our Father. You are the light that can never be put out; and now you give us a light that shall drive away all darkness. You are love without coldness, and you have given us such warmth in our hearts that we can love all when we meet. You are the life that defies death, and you have opened for us the way that leads to eternal life.
None of us is a great Christian; we are all humble and ordinary. But your grace is enough for us. Arouse in us that small degree of joy and thankfulness of which we are capable, to the timid faith which we can muster, to the cautious obedience which we cannot refuse, and thus to the wholeness of life which you have prepared for us through the death and resurrection of your son. Do not allow any of us to remain apathetic or indifferent to the wondrous glory of Easter, but let the light of our risen Lord reach every corner of our dull hearts.
Karl Barth 1886 ~ 1968
(He was the most prominent Protestant theologian of his time, and he asserted that the supremacy of God, revealed in Jesus Christ, was far above the grasp of human reason. Most of his life was devoted to his academic work and to resisting the Nazi movement. But in his mellow old age he preached a series of sermons at Basle prison in his native Switzerland, each of which concluded with a prayer.)
May Hill
Gloucestershire
This they once called Yartleton Hill,
From the Celtic, meaning ‘round topped’, still
A name that fits, that’s suitable.
Close to a thousand feet above sea level,
An encampment of towering Scots pine
Is assembled here, like a conquering clan
Claiming the hill. We gaze around
The circling counties, admire the border ground,
The silvered Severn reflecting sunlight,
The Forest, the Malverns, and Welsh hills receding.
The sky is blue-and-yellow bright,
But crisp chilly March will keep us moving.
These are the early-in-the-year days we love
When landscapes awaken with the life we crave.
A pine-cone is blown from its tree-top,
Pin balling off branches as it tumbles down –
The tall and the small of this Gloucestershire crown.
Roger Pope, from his book
‘Love Between Sandwiches 2’
Parish Directory
Vicar: Interregnum – awaiting new appointment.
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, Philip Kendell, 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.
Electoral Roll: Elin Tattersall, 3 Boxwood Close, Tel.01453 860 182
Mowing Team: Tim Sage, Harry Tubbs, Sebastian Cooper, Rick Bond, Roger Lucy, Godfrey Ainsworth, Ken Davies.
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.