Revised Calendar for July 2014
| Wednesday | 2nd | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday
|
6th | Nailsworth | 11.00 am | Benefice Holy Communion CW celebrated by Sue Sobczak * |
| Wednesday | 9th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 13th | Kingscote
Nailsworth Horsley
|
8.00 am
9.30 am 11.00 am |
Holy Communion BCP
Family Communion Family service
|
| Wednesday | 16th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 20th | Nailsworth
Nailsworth Kingscote
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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 Evensong |
| Wednesday | 30th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
* Followed by ‘bring and share’ Lunch in Parish Room
The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group meets on Fridays at 9.45 am at St George’s Church Nailsworth. Refreshments in the Parish Room afterwards.
The process of appointing a New Vicar is proceeding very well: following the interviews, the preferred candidate has accepted the post and subject to some final checks he will be inducted to the Benefice by Bishop Michael on 14 September.
The next PCC meeting will be on Monday 8 September at 7.30 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 Curate’s Letter
Summer is now in full swing and we have reached the maximum amount of daylight hours. The cotoneaster trees
in my garden are in flower and the bees are so busy collecting pollen and nectar from them that the air is full of the buzzing sound as they work. We live in such a beautiful green and vibrant part of the country, something the recent Nailsworth walking festival encouraged us to step out to enjoy and celebrate. Even if you can’t manage to walk very far along the lane, and there are an amazing number of wonderful lanes to explore in the district, there is always a gate to lean on whilst you stand gazing across the view.
Jesus often referred to himself as the bread of life because his words are nourishment to our bodies. It is so easy to carry on and not to notice that you are running on empty, that you don’t have enough in the reserve tank to give you the strength to travel on even for one day let alone the rest of the month. So it’s time to refuel before everything grinds to a halt ! It’s time to take time out and sit outside to find sustenance. When you look around the countryside, the towns and villages, God can be found in the many ordinary things, in the miracles of daily life which can so easily be taken for granted. If we stop and take what Jesus has to offer us, we will be given the sort of fuel that will propel us on our journey along life’s highways and lanes to the very end.
With every blessing,
Sue Sobczak
Sue’s Ordination
Sue will be ordained priest by the Bishop of Gloucester at a service in Gloucester Cathedral commencing at 3.00 pm on Saturday 5 July. All are welcome to attend.
A resume from our new vicar to be – the Reverend Mike Smith
A statement for the three churches
You will have heard the announcement of your new vicar and will be wondering just what you are getting !
My wife Sam and I (not her real name by the way!) are currently living and working in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, where we have been for four years. Prior to that I was the Vicar of Great and Little Driffield in the Diocese of York – a market town of some 12,500 people with satellite villages. I was also Rural Dean of the Harthill Deanery on the Yorkshire Wolds – a grouping of 28 parishes, many in remote parts of the Wolds. In fact I have worked in the Diocese of York for many years in rural parishes after serving my title in Wallasey in Cheshire after being ordained priest in 1991. Prior to that, before two years at college, I was a partner in an advertising and design consultancy in Glasgow.
Between us Sam and I have seven grown-up children ranging from 21 to 30 years old, and have grey hair as a result.
My main extra-curricular activities (apart from keeping my wife happy) are music (I play guitar, piano and keyboard, and like to sing) and sport – I am a life-long Manchester United fan for which I make no apology, and look forward to seeing some Premiership Rugby at Gloucester and savouring the delights of the Conference with Forest Green Rovers.
I (or rather we) have always enjoyed living and working in a rural setting. Part of that enjoyment has been the opportunity to get closely involved in the life of the whole community and to see the churches making a difference.
So I am very much looking forward to working in partnership with the three churches to do just that – reach out more and more into the communities that make up the parishes and try to bring more people into an understanding of God’s love for them.
With every blessing,
Mike and Sam
Flower Rota
| 6th July
13th and 20th July 27 July and 3 August |
Lesley Baldwin
Carol Burness Tracy Pool |
No weddings are scheduled in July
Lorna Reynolds
Cleaning Team
The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 14 July. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team.
Teresa Day
Village Hall Programme
No events are planned in the Village Hall in July and 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 8 July we visit the beautiful and romantic garden at Cerney House (GL7 7BX) which is at North Cerney on the A435 north of Cirencester.
Admission costs £5 and it is open from 10.00 am until 5.00 pm.
Meet at the Village Hall at 10.00 am to share cars.
Jutta Tubbs
Book Club at 8.00 pm
Wednesday 9 July, ‘Little Coffee Shop in Kabul’ by Deborah Rodriguez, at Louise’s.
The August book will be ‘The Gift of Rain’ by Tan Twang Eng, as everyone enjoyed reading the ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’ by the same author. Date and venue to be confirmed later. All are welcome to join us.
Pauline McTear
Kingscote Parish Council
The next meeting will be on 8 July at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall.
Planning approval:
Woodlease Farm, cattle /fodder storage building
Planning applications:
Scrubbets Farm Buildings, siting of temporary agricultural workers dwelling
3 Boxwood Close, Kingscote, Eucalyptus tree – reduce crown by one third
Bagpath Court – formation of new access track
Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244
Race for Life – 10k
On 20 July I am running the 10k Race for Life to raise money for Cancer Research, in memory of my auntie Chantrelle who died of breast cancer last year. I wish to raise as much as I can, and so need all the sponsorship that I can get ! If you feel that you can donate I would be hugely grateful. Please go to www.justgiving.com/ClemmieBeresford.
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)
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 11 and 25 July.
Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 11 and 25 July.
Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.
Mobile Police Van
The Mobile Police Station will visit Kingscote between 3.15 and 4.15 pm on Friday 18 July. Please support this initiative.
The Editor
Mobile Library
The next visit will be on Friday 11 July 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 July to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.
The Editor
Credit Unions
(Taken from the July Diocesan Messenger at www.gloucester.anglican.org)
Financial support is being given by the Diocese of Gloucester to the two credit unions based in Gloucestershire.
It has agreed to give £4,000 to the Gloucestershire Credit Union and has offered help to the Stroud Valley Credit Union as well.
Diocesan Secretary Ben Preece Smith said “We are in discussions about how we might support with a more substantial amount of money.”
“Stroud Valleys Credit Union is a robust union and we hope that our help there will be about growing capacity by potentially using churches and church people to reach new customers.”
“But Gloucestershire Credit Union – there was a risk they would shut down this month. So that’s about making funding available to keep their balance sheets secure and contacting our network of volunteers.”
It comes as the Church of England has urged people to use credit unions instead of payday lenders.
Judith Layton, from Gloucestershire Credit Union, said the money would be a help during tight times. She added “We’re struggling because of a lack of volunteers, and the church has a wealth of volunteers so the diocese is trying to find people for us.”
Bishop Michael remembers fallen soldiers on pilgrimage route
(Taken from the July Diocesan Messenger at www.goucester.anglican.org)
The Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Michael Perham, took the time to remember those who had died in conflict.
Bishop Michael stopped to bless the families of soldiers killed around the world, pausing at war memorials along the route of his pilgrimage.
He read a special prayer at each of the memorials, which can be used during the commemorations marking the centenary since the start of the First World War this August. Bishop Michael said: “It is important to remember the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives in order that others may enjoy freedom. So many families still know the heartache of losing a loved one during conflict and we will continue to hold all those in the armed forces, as well as their relatives, close in our prayers.”
Bishop Michael set off on the final leg of his diocesan pilgrimage at the beginning of June. It took him from Whelford to Gloucester Cathedral. He has been undertaking these walks since 2008.
During his time as Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop Michael will have spent 35 days walking 438 miles, visiting 173 churches.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(1906 to 1945)
A German Lutheran pastor, he publicly opposed the Nazi movement. At the outbreak of war he tried to forge a link between Germans opposed to Hitler and the British Government. In 1943 he was implicated in a plot to assassinate Hitler and arrested. In April 1945 he was executed in the Flossenberg concentration camp as it was about to be liberated by the allies.
THE CHURCH’S FAILURE
We come before you, source of all being,
As sinners.
We have betrayed you.
We saw a great lie raise its head,
And we did not honour the truth.
We saw our brethren in direst need,
And we feared only for our own safety.
We come before you, source of all mercy,
As confessors of our sins.
After the ferment of these terrible times,
Send us times of assurance.
After wandering so long in darkness,
Build a road for us by your Word.
And until you wipe out our guilt,
Lord, make us patient.
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 thecontributors
within the Forerunner are not necessarily those of the Church, P.C.C. or Editor.