Calendar for August 2014
| Sunday
|
3rd |
Nailsworth Kingscote Horsley
|
9.30 am
9.30 am 11.00 am |
Holy Communion CW
Morning Prayer BCP Family Communion CW |
| Wednesday | 6th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 10th |
Kingscote Nailsworth Horsley
|
8.00 am
9.30 am 11.00 am |
Holy Communion BCP Family Communion Family service
|
| Wednesday | 13th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 17th |
Nailsworth Nailsworth Kingscote
|
8.00 am
9.30 am 11.00 am |
Holy Communion BCP
Family service Parish Communion CW |
| Wednesday | 20th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 24th |
Nailsworth Kingscote Horsley
|
9.30 am
11.00 am 6.00 pm |
Family Communion
Family Service Evensong |
| Wednesday | 27th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 31st | Horsley | 11.00 am | Benefice Holy Communion CW and Baptism |
The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group is closed for August. It meets again on Friday 5 September at 9.45 am at Nailsworth.
The next PCC meeting will be on Monday 8 September at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall.
Our New Vicar Mike Smith will be inducted to the Benefice by Bishop Michael at 3.00 pm on 14 September at Nailsworth Church. All parishioners are warmly invited to attend this event.
Also, on 28th September, following the annual Harvest Festival we will be holding a ‘Meet the Vicar’ buffet reception in the Village Hall at 12.30 pm to welcome him and his wife to Kingscote.
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 Curate’s Letter
The Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar named the month of August after himself when he was reordering his great uncle Julius Caesar’s yearly calendar. The word august inspires reverence or admiration of supreme dignity or grandeur. August often brings on hot sultry weather, referred to in literature and common tongue as ‘Dog Days’. Days when the humidity and heat seem to stifle activity and we all long to walk along the beach taking in the sea air. The name comes from the star Sirius which was known by the Romans as the Dog Star. The ancients believed that Sirius emitted heat that affected the Earth, so when the sun and Dog Star come into conjunction during August the heat intensified, hence the name Dog Days which stuck with the month.
Psalm 19 invokes the wonder of God’s creation through a child’s eyes. The skies clearly reveal God’s glory, his hand in creation. The psalmist paints a picture of sheer delight in God’s creation, the breathtaking silent daily spectacle that goes on before our eyes. It is beyond doubt that the sun comes up every morning, and in this Psalm we learn trust from God’s creation because like the sun, God is there for us every day. It is beyond doubt and written in stone, just as night follows day. The Romans named the months after their rulers to give them glory, but we don’t need reminding of God’s glory in creation when the sun comes up for us every morning, day after day.
With every blessing, Sue Sobczak
Service in Gloucester Cathedral commemorating WW1
This service at 3.00 pm on Sunday 3 August 2014 commemorates the outbreak of WW1 on 4 August 1914, and those who subsequently lost their lives as a result. Each parish has provided a list of their names which will be presented at the altar.
Our parish will be principally represented by Brian Hillam who completed a career in the RAF and has been the driving force in having our war memorial restored. He will be accompanied by Harry Tubbs whose father fought in the Royal Artillery in France and in Belgium, aged 18 and 19 years.
These lists will then be read out on Monday 4 August from 9.00 am and members of the public are invited to attend at any time during the day.
Flower Rota
| Sunday 3 AugustSundays 10 and 17 AugustSundays 24 and 31 August
Sundays 7 and 14 September |
Tracy PoolLorna ReynoldsCarol Paton
Jenny Tibbert |
Wedding on Saturday 16 August at 2.00 pm, Benjamin Close and Lucy Hall.
Lorna Reynolds
Cleaning Team
The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 11 August. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team and share the role.
Teresa Day
The Kingscote and Bagpath Fete – 28 June at Kingscote House
The Fete Committee would like to thank all of those who helped to put up and take down the marquees and move furniture etc from the Village Hall and back again. All those who helped on the day, manning stalls, the bar, organising games, the dog show, the generosity of people providing cakes, jams, filled jars, raffle prizes, produce and plants, the gentlemen who brought their classic cars, and last but not least all the villagers and their friends who turned out on the day and spent their cash to raise an incredible £1,937.
Dr Jazz were amazing – you can see how they have been successful in raising well over £1m for their own medical foundation. The Hog Roast and the bar sold out ! It was evident that people enjoyed the day; what a terrific and worthwhile community event, and it was good to see newcomers to the village involving themselves too and making new friends. Welcome; we hope to see you at the next Village Hall events which start in September.
I have managed to find owners for most things left after the Fete, but still have a gold coloured plastic plate with clear plastic cover having ‘Xmas cake 2011’ on the side. Please call me on Tel. 861 683 if this is yours, otherwise I shall put it into the Village Hall.
A huge thank you again,
Vivienne Ainsworth
Village Hall Programme
No events are planned in the Village Hall in August. However if anyone would like to use either the Table Tennis table or the Pool table you will be very welcome – please contact Pauline on Tel. 861 311.
Our next event will be a BBQ and Bop on Friday 12 September – put it into your diary; more details will follow. Have a good summer.
Carol Paton
Grumbolds Ash Group
On Tuesday 5 August, 11 of us have booked seats with Bristol Community Ferryboats for the Classic GorgeTrip between 11.50 am and 2.20 pm. We must report at the SS Great Britain (44 The Grove, central Bristol) BS1 4RB at 11.30 am. Bring a picnic lunch. We meet at the VH at 10.00 am to share the driving.
Jutta Tubbs
Book Club at 8.00 pm
11 August, ‘The Gift of Rain’ by Tan Twang Eng, at Pauline’s.
10 September, ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ by Rachel Joyce at Angela’s
New members very welcome.
Angela Wooldridge
Kingscote Parish Council
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 4 November at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall.
Planning applications:
- Bagpath Court – formation of new access track – recommendation pending.
- Kingscote House – remove 9 large Leylandii on rear boundary of property.
- Clements House Bagpath – New extensions & garage, further amendments.
Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244
Babysitting and Dog Walking
I am 19 years old, am responsible and love working with children and animals. So if you need a babysitter or dog walker, please contact me, Clemmie Beresford on Tel. 01453 860 699 or 07780 755 083 (although the mobile signal is weak in Kingscote)
Churchyard
We thank the many parishioners who have in their various ways helped to keep the churchyard looking good in this season of rapid vegetation growth and frequent weddings.
The PCC
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 8 and 22 August.
Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 8 and 22 August.
Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.
Mobile Police Van
The Mobile Police Station will not visit Kingscote in August due to the demand for the vehicles at public events during the holiday period.
Mobile Library
The next visit will be on Friday 8 August 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 August to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.
The Editor
Mere Christianity
C S Lewis was one of the greatest English Christian writers and his book
‘Mere Christianity’ first published in 1952 is among the most well known and appreciated.
The final paragraph from the book is copied below:
But there must be a real giving up of the self. You must throw it away ‘blindly’ so to speak. Christ will indeed give you a real personality: but you must not go to Him for the sake of that. As long as your own personality is what you are bothering about you are not going to Him at all. The very first step is to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self (which is Christ’s and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.
Does that sound strange ? The same principle holds, you know, for more everyday matters. Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you are making. Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring two pence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favourite wishes every day, and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life. Keep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will ever really be yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead. Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.
C.S. Lewis
The Rival Religions
Those who are confused, concerned, mystified etc. by the three rival religions active in Europe; Judaism, Christianity and Islam; may understandably wish to check the historical facts behind their development. Very useful texts for reference are the books A History of God and A History of Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong.
She is a highly regarded academic and theologian who presents the stories clearly in considerable detail without the jargon commonly used by such writers. She was a Roman Catholic nun for seven years, but left her teaching order in 1969 and studied for a degree in English at Oxford. This was followed by a series of school, college and university posts.
The books are available as paperbacks, but at 500 pages are not a ‘light read’. They contain lots of fascinating maps and illustrations, and certainly clarify the historical background !
The Editor
For the Children ~ Happy Holidays
A Child’s thought
At seven when I go to bed,
I find such pictures in my head:
Castles with dragons prowling round,
Gardens where magic fruits are found;
Fair ladies prisoned in a tower,
Or lost in an enchanted bower;
While gallant horsemen ride by streams
That border on this land of dreams
I find so clearly in my head
At seven, when I go to bed.
Hurt No Living Thing
Hurt no living thing;
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.
From ‘My Tiny Treasury’, by Nicola Baxter
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. Treasurer, 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.
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.