The Forerunner – January 2015

forerunner

Service Calendar for January 2015

Note major changes to service times

Sunday    4th Nailsworth    8.00 am Holy Communion BCP
Kingscote    9.30 am Morning Prayer BCP
Horsley 11.00 am Holy Communion
Nailsworth 11.00 am Family Service
Wednesday    7th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 11th   Kingscote    9.30 am Holy Communion BCP
Nailsworth 11.00 am Holy Communion
Horsley 11.00 am Family Service
Wednesday 14th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 18th Kingscote    9.30 am Family Service
Nailsworth 11.00 am Family Communion
Horsley 11.00 am Holy communion
Wednesday 21st Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion
Sunday 25th Kingscote    9.30 am Parish Communion CW
Nailsworth 11.00 am Holy Communion
Horsley 11.00 am Informal Worship
Wednesday    28th Nailsworth 10.00 am Holy Communion

 

The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group meets again on Fridays at 9.45 am at Nailsworth. Refreshments served afterwards in the Parish Rooms.

 

The next PCC meeting will be on Tuesday 3 February at 8.00 pm in the Village Hall.

     

     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,

 

As I was sitting pondering what to write for my January letter, I read one of the readings for the 4th Sunday of Advent. It seemed to contain the perfect New Year’s Resolution !

 

St Paul, writing to a group of Christians in a place called Thessalonica gave them this piece of advice – as always, short, sharp and to the point ….

 

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and give thanks in all circumstances.”

 

Okay, it is easier said than done !

 

But when we learn to begin to, look for the joy in life instead of complaining all the time; when we learn to say thank you all the time; when we live in a constant state of walking and talking with God, then our whole attitude changes.

 

It will make us more understanding and less judgemental of others. It will make us more generous people in all facets of our lives. It will actually make us more attractive people – maybe not physically, but certainly in our personality !

 

The truth is, if the world was more joyful and thankful and walked closer to the ideals of God, it would be a better place. ‘Rule book’ religion is inadequate, as is manifest in the world today, but Christ showed us the missing ingredient.

 

So why not begin with us !

 

Whatever life may throw at you during the next twelve months, I pray that you find more reasons to be joyful and thankful than anything else.

 

With every good wish and blessing for 2015,

 

Mike Smith

Flower Rota

Sundays 11 and 18 JanuarySundays 25 January and 1 February Carol HatherellJane Bateman

 

Lorna Reynolds

Cleaning Team

 

The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 12 January. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team.

Teresa Day

 

Village Hall Programme

 

Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy on Saturday 6 December:

 

RDA report

Many thanks for the contributions at the RDA table where we raised £169-65 which we were delighted with. To keep afloat we need to raise £3,000 each year so everything helps. Happy Christmas and all the best for 2015.

 

Angela Wooldridge

Marie Curie charity produce table

Proceeds at the coffee morning were £131-00 making a grand total of £331-00 for the whole year. Many thanks to all who supported the Grumbolds Ash ladies for the 2014 nominated charity.

Jane Bateman

 

Film night – Tuesday 13 January Quartet starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, 7.30 for 8.00 pm. Admission free, pay bar.

 

Coffee Morning – Wednesday 21 January, 10.30 to 11.30 am. £1.50 for coffee and cake.

 

Curry Night – Friday 30 January, choice of curries, including vegetarian and non- curry option, ice cream and coffee. Tickets in advance only, adults £8, children under 10 £4, family ticket £20.

If you do plan to come contact me on   patonbagpath@btinternet.com

 

(we must know the actual numbers beforehand to make these events viable).

Carol Paton

 

Grumbolds Ash Group

 

On Tuesday 20 January we meet at 12 noon at 3 The Walled Garden for our 2015 Events Planning meeting. Please let me know that you are coming and bring your ideas.

Jutta Tubbs

 

Book Club at 8.00 pm

 

Wednesday 22 January, ‘Pure’ by Andrew Miller, at Sheila’s

Wednesday 19 February, ‘Arcanum’ by Janet Gleeson, at Angela’s

Wednesday 19 March, ‘The Fishing Fleet’ by Anne de Courney venue to be arranged

 

New members always very welcome.

Angela Wooldridge

Bridge Club

Patti Shand will be recommencing the Thursday class on 15 January, 7.00 to 9.00 pm. New members are very welcome and if there is sufficient interest there will also be a beginners class.

Pauline McTear

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.

 

HELP !

Due to my date of birth, it seems that I have misplaced, mislaid or mislent the two editions of the booklet The Village of Kingscote by David Brightley, together with a pamphlet by the late Mrs Jackson.

Lutz Wagner Tel. 860 129

 

Kingscote Parish Council

 

The next meeting will be on Tuesday 27 January at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall.

 

Planning applications

Calcot House Kingscote, Erection of garage and part change of equestrian land to domestic cartilage.

 

Planning Approvals

Church Cottage 22 Kingscote, 1 Sycamore tree – prune as previously, 3 Sycamore in adjacent wooded area overhanging garden – fell. No objection from GCC.

 

The Parish Council wishes all Parishioners a Happy New Year

 

Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244

 

Sandy Childress

 

Early in December we received a very generous donation of £500 from Sandy, who formerly lived at Church Cottage, towards the restoration of the bells. In a nice link, she sent a recent news report and photograph of a new British made bell being hoisted up to the tower of the Harvard Memorial church where she and Brooks were married. In her accompanying letter she reported that so far she had escaped the huge blizzards in the northeast USA.

 

 

Church Gutter Cleaning

 

We apologise for the confusion and time wasting which arose on 13 December on this subject. Concerns had been raised about the H & S aspects of our usual DIY approach which were not adequately communicated. The expectation is that we will do it as a community team next year as usual.

 

 

Church Collections

 

This month we are turning the clock back on the procedure for collecting monies donated by members of the congregation at services. Instead of the sides-person moving through the congregation during a hymn and holding the money bag in front of them individually, we are reverting to the previous Kingscote tradition of leaving the brass collection plate at the door so that people can place their donations in it as they arrive. At the appropriate point in the service the plate will then be carried forward and presented to the officiating clergy at the altar. We feel that this is a more gracious procedure for all concerned.

The PCC

 

Weekly Recycling – Green food boxes and wheelie bins

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Monday 5 January, Saturday 10 January and Fridays 16, 23 and 30 January.

 

Fortnightly Recycling – Black boxes, White Bags and Blue bags

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Saturday 10 January and Friday 23 January.

 

Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Saturday 10 January and Friday 23 January.

 

Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.

 

Mobile Police Van

The Mobile Police Station will visit Kingscote on Saturday 17 January from 6.00 to 6.45 pm.

 

Mobile Library

The next visit will be on Friday 23 January when the van will park as usual in front of The Walled Garden from 9.30to 11.30 am.

 

Magazine

Any materialwhich may be of interest for the next issue of the Forerunner should be sent by 20 January to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.

The Editor

 

 

 

The PCC wishes all parishioners a

Happy and Successful New Year

Having trouble with your New Year’s Resolutions ?

Some well tried suggestions

 

1.          I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other Gods before me.

 

2.          You shall not make (or buy) for yourself idols.

You shall not worship them.

 

3.          You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God.

 

  1.          Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

 

  1. Honour your father and your mother.

 

6.          You shall not murder.

 

7.          You shall not commit adultery.

 

8.          You shall not steal.

 

9.          You shall not bear false witness.

 

10.          You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbour

(even if he is called Jones).

From Exodus 20

 

For Protection

Venerable Bede c.673 ~ 735

 

 

The greatest scholar of the early English Church, he spent his whole life as a

monk in Jarrow on the Northumberland coast. His History of the English Church

combines meticulous historical research with gentle spiritual interpretation.

 

O God, who are the only hope of the world, the only refuge for unhappy men, abiding in the perfect harmony of heaven, give me courage and strength amidst the conflicts here on earth. Protect me from the utter ruin that would befall me if my weak faith gave way under the many blows which assail me. Remember that I am mere dust and wind and shadow, whose life is as fleeting as that of a wild flower in the grass. But may your eternal mercy, which has shone since time began, rescue me from the jaws of evil.

 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

 

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch the woods fill up with snow.

 

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

 

He gives his harness bells a shake

To ask if there is some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep

Of easy wind and downy flake.

 

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

 

                                                                                   Robert Frost, USA, 1874 ~ 1963

 

 

Parish Directory

 

 

Vicar:                    Reverend Mike Smith, Nailsworth, Tel. 01453 836 536

 

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.