Service Calendar for September 2014
| Sunday | 7th | Nailsworth | 9.30 am | Holy Communion CW |
| Kingscote | 9.30 am | Morning Prayer BCP | ||
| Horsley | 11.00 am | Family Communion CW | ||
| Wednesday | 10th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 14th | Kingscote | 8.00 am | Holy Communion BCP |
| Nailsworth | 10.30 am | Joint service at Christchurch | ||
| Horsley | 11.00 am | Family service | ||
| Nailsworth | 3.00 pm | Licensing of Rev Mike Smith | ||
| Wednesday | 17th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 21st | Nailsworth | 9.30 am | Holy Communion CW |
| Kingscote | 11.00 am | Family Service | ||
| Wednesday | 24th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 28th | Nailsworth | 9.30 am | Family Service with Baptism |
| Kingscote | 11.00 am | Harvest Holy Communion followed by buffet lunch | ||
| Horsley | 6.00 pm | Evensong | ||
| Wednesday | 31st | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
The Little Angels mothers and toddlers group meets again on Friday 5 September at 9.45 am at Nailsworth. Refreshments served afterwards in the Parish Rooms.
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 Martyn 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.
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A letter from the Churchwardens and the PCC
Thank you very much to Sue Sobczak for writing the Curate’s Letters during the past year, all of which have been both interesting and informative.
In September we start a new chapter in the life of our church and we are full of hope that it will be joyful and fulfilling for our parishioners. We look forward to meeting and welcoming the Reverend Mike Smith and his wife Sam, and hope that they will not be disappointed with us.
The service of induction at 3.00 pm in Nailsworth Church on Sunday 14 September is an event of particular importance which will not be repeated for many years, so if you have never been to one this is your chance. It will also be an opportunity to hear the splendid new organ and to meet the new Bishop of Tewkesbury the Right Reverend Martyn Snow who will be officiating. Many people from this benefice will be there as well as Mike’s supporters from his previous parishes.
Closer to home, the first service to be taken here by Mike will be the Harvest Festival at 11.00 am on Sunday 28 September and we hope that as many parishioners as possible will come to this and/or the buffet lunch in the Village Hall at 12.30 pm.
We can never forget the huge help we receive from the parishioners of Newington, Bagpath and Kingscote in the operation and funding of this parish church, and we will continue to do our best to fulfil your needs and requirements in support of the new incumbent. We hope that as many of our helpers as possible will join us for the buffet lunch.
We welcome your feedback and suggestions on any ways in which we can make this church more useful in your lives in this community.
The Churchwardens and the PCC
Flower Rota
| Sundays 7 and 14 September
Sundays 21 and 28 September HARVEST FESTIVAL Sundays 5 and 12 October Sundays 19 and 26 October |
Jenny Tibbert
Flower Team Elin Tattersall Vivienne Ainsworth |
Wedding: 27 September, 1.30 pm, Jason Barnes and Hayley Jolliffe
Lorna Reynolds
Cleaning Team
The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 8 September. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team.
Teresa Day
Village Hall Programme
It was lovely to see so many newcomers to the village fete in June, and we would like to encourage you all to join us again for events at the Village Hall. The September events are:
Friday 12 September – 7.00 to 11.00 pm, BBQ (served indoors if wet) and Bopping – join us for sausages, burgers and puddings. Adults £8, children under 10 £4 and family ticket £20. Pay bar. Call Carol on 860 649 for tickets.
Wednesday 17 September – 10.30 to 11.30 am, Coffee Morning – join us for coffee and cake for £1.50.
The regular Film Nights commence again in October on the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
Carol Paton
Harvest Festival Lunch – Sunday 28 September 12.30.pm
Everyone is really welcome to come to the Village Hall for the Harvest Festival Lunch. This year it will be Bring and Share Lunch, with free drinks. As tickets are not being sold, there will be a Donation Box (cash not produce) for the Stroud Beresford Group (Women’s Refuge). This will also be an opportunity to meet the new vicar Mike Smith and his wife Sam who will be attending. We look forward to seeing you there.
Georgina Harford, Elin Tattersall
Grumbolds Ash Group
On Tuesday 9 September we visit Miserden Park GL6 7JA, open from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm. Adjoining the well known gardens is Miserden Nursery.
We meet at the Village Hall at 10.00 am to share the driving. The attractive route via Tetbury, Cherington and Sapperton, to Miserden is recommended.
Jutta Tubbs
Book Club at 8.00 pm
Wednesday 10 September, ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ by Rachel Joyce at Louise’s.
Monday 20 October, ‘Winter in Madrid’ by C J Sansom at Teresa’s.
New members very welcome.
Angela Wooldridge
Horsley Fete – Saturday 13 September, 12 noon to 4.00 pm
This large annual event features many activities and attractions and is usually well attended by people from the surrounding district. There is a produce sale in the church and Teas are served in Village Hall.
Stan Burrage, Tel. 832 952
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.
Clements House Bagpath – New extensions & garage, further amendments.
4 Boxwood Close, Kingscote – tree work in conservation area.
Planning approvals:
Kingscote House – removal of 9 large Leylandii in conservation area.
Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244
Social Bridge Class – Thursday evenings from 4 September
Beginners 7.00 to 8.00 pm
Improvers 8.00 to 10.00 pm
Meet in Village Hall. £6.00 per person. New members always welcome.
Pauline McTear, Tel. 861 311
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 5 and 19 September.
Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 5 and 19 September.
Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.
Mobile Police Van
The Mobile Police Station will visit Kingscote on Wednesday 17 September from 8.00 to 8.45 pm.
Mobile Library
The next visit will be on Friday 5 September 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 September to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.
The Editor
What it takes to be a Gentleman in 2014
The well known magazine Country Life published an article on this subject
in the issue for 23 April 2014. Some points made were as follows:
Good points
A gentleman is at ease in any situation – and puts others at their ease.
A gentleman is always on time.
A gentleman dresses to suit the occasion.
A gentleman will eat anything that is put in front of him – but left to his own devices is happiest with unfussy fare.
A gentleman will occasionally be drunk – but never disorderly.
A gentleman does not flash his cash and is mindful of others’ financial circumstances.
A gentleman is more interested in finding out how you are than in telling you about himself.
A gentleman’s word is his bond.
A gentleman can talk to anyone.
Bad points
A gentleman never wears a pre-tied bow-tie.
A gentleman never buys fuchsia coloured trousers.
A gentleman never Tweets.
A gentleman never puts products in his hair.
A gentleman never wears Lycra.
A gentleman never walks out of a play.
A gentleman doesn’t dispense unsolicited advice.
A gentleman never owns a cat.
A gentleman never finishes his food before everyone else.
A gentleman never has a speedboat.
Food for thought ! The Editor
Desmond Tutu in Kingscote
Conversations with former residents have revealed that on occasion during the 1980’s Bishop (as he then was) Tutu visited Lady Windham at Hook’s Cottage in Kingscote. Alan Jackson has a clear memory of visiting Hook’s cottage and discussing religion with him – as one would expect.
Sir Ralph Windham served most of his professional life in Africa and was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court in Kenya in 1950, Chief Justice of Zanzibar in 1955, Judge of the Court of Appeal-East Africa, in 1959 and Chief Justice of Tanganyika between 1960 and 1965. The period from 1952 to 1960 was the height of the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. Sir Ralph died in 1980 aged 75 and Rosemary played for his funeral in Kingscote Church.
During the 1980’s Desmond Tutu rose quickly to be Bishop of Johannesburg and then in 1987 Archbishop of Cape Town. One of his earliest memories was as a child walking with his mother when a white priest (Trevor Huddleston) tipped his hat to her – the first time he had ever seen a white man pay this respect to a black woman. It is one of the treasures of the South African experience that he came to fill Trevor Huddleston’s role as Archbishop of Cape Town.
Lady Kathleen Windham had served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (the Wrens) during WW 2 and married in 1946. She was a charming lady full of grace and warmth, and it was always a pleasure to meet her as she walked Angus her little dog around the village. Her youngest daughter Belinda took part in the GHCT sponsored cycle event one Saturday morning, and then went to her wedding in the afternoon in Kingscote Church. They don’t make them like that any more. The Foreunner for July 2000 informed us that Lady Windham was to leave us to settle on the farm of one of her sons.
The Editor
Re-imagining faith
An extract from the book ‘God Lost and Found’ by John Pritchard
Religion is necessary as a vehicle to pass on the divine treasure from one generation to another. It prevents chaos, and holds mavericks to account. It sponsors order instead of anarchy, providing frameworks that give people security in which they can grow and flourish. However, religion can be – especially for teenagers – a snare and a confusion.
The breakthrough comes when we let the butterfly of faith emerge from the chrysalis of religion, and see that faith is about relationship, encounter and presence before it’s about concepts, arguments and structures. At root, faith is about union with the divine, the true goal of our stifled spirituality. God is the one we have been blindly seeking all along, confining him to a system of reasonable beliefs, checks and balances, when all the time God was wanting us to leap into a trusting relationship.
Parish Directory
Vicar: The Reverend Mike Smith.
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.