Author: Webmaster

I am writing to let you know about a new system for Electoral Registration which came into effect on 10^th June, and which marks the biggest change to how people register to vote in almost a hundred years!

Instead of using a household form to register to vote (i.e. one person listing all occupants in the residence), everyone will have to take individual responsibility for their own registration – this is Individual Electoral Registration or IER.

While this means that new application to register will have to be made individually, there is the option to register online.  It is hoped that online registration will be safer and more convenient.  Paper forms will be available for those who prefer not to use the online service.

Another change means that applicants will have to provide their date of birth and National Insurance number in order to register.  These details will be used to verify that the person making the application is who they say they are, which will reduce the risk of fraud and inaccurate entries on the register.  Applications will be checked against government records, by way of a newly-created IER Digital Service.

Our electoral register data has now been checked against government and council tax records, and a match rate of 87% has been achieved.  This means that, unless any of those electors have recently moved, they will beautomatically transferred to the “IER Register” without having to do anything.  However, those electors who could not be ‘matched’ will need to re-register – either online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or by returning the form that they receive.

Letters will be sent out to the majority of electors around 18^th July, and will give details of what, if anything, the person needs to do.  However, we will not be sending out letters at this stage to residents of care/nursing homes or students registered on campus, as we will be working direct with those establishments to make the registration process as smooth as possible and to maximise registration.

The process will continue throughout the next few months and a new Register will be published on 1^st December.

The Electoral Commission’s national publicity campaign, encouraging people to look out for their letters, is now underway.  Whilst we will supplement this with our own communications, I would be grateful if you could use any circulation systems you have to let your residents know about this change.

I attach electronic versions of the publicity leaflet and poster – if you would like paper copies, please let me know how many and I will send them out to you.

Further information is available at www.gov.uk/yourvotematters

The CDC IER Helpline number is 01285 623002 and will be included on all letters.  E-mail queries can be sent toelections@cotswold.gov.uk

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact either myself or Katrina in the Elections Team.

Kind regards

Sarah

IER leaflet

IER poster

Sarah Dalby, AEA (Cert)

Electoral Services Manager

Direct Dial:  01285 623229

Web: www.cotswold.gov.uk

Twitter:  @CDCElections

Please see the attached letter reporting on the highways in the area.

2014 Highways Letter

See attached.

Please see below a link to the agenda for the next Parish Council Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 8th July at the Hunters Hall.

Agenda – 8th July 2014

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	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.

 

 

The Fete Committee would like to thank all 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 the 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.

A huge thank you again.
Vivienne Ainsworth

Revised Calendar for June 2014

Sunday	1st	Nailsworth Kingscote Horsley	9.30 am   9.30 am 11.00 am	Family Communion Morning Prayer BCP Family Communion CW
Wednesday	4th	Nailsworth	10.00 am	Holy Communion
Sunday Pentecost	8th	Kingscote Nailsworth Horsley	8.00 am     9.30 am 11.00 am	Holy Communion BCP Family Communion Family service
Wednesday	11th	Nailsworth	10.00 am	Holy Communion
Sunday	15th	Nailsworth Nailsworth Kingscote	8.00 am 9.30 am 11.00 am	Holy Communion BCP Family service Parish Communion CW
Wednesday	18th	Nailsworth	10.00 am	Holy Communion
Sunday	22nd	Nailsworth Kingscote Horsley	9.30 am 11.00 am 6.00 pm	Family Communion Family Service Evensong
Wednesday	25th	Nailsworth	10.00 am	Holy Communion
Sunday *	29th	Nailsworth Kingscote Horsley	9.30 am 9.30 am 11.00 am	Family Communion CW Morning Prayer BCP Family Communion CW

* The services on Sunday 29th are those which would normally be held on the First Sunday of July but have been brought forward to accommodate a special service following the ordination of Sue Sobczak on 5 July. Our service on 29 June will kindly be taken by Anne Seymour from Amberley. Please come and welcome her.

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 next PCC meeting will be on Monday 9 June 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 Vicar’s Letter

Life goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself. Life has gone very quickly for Sue Sobczak. It hardly seems a few months since she was ordained Deacon last year. Yet it is a year ago and we are now looking forward to her ordination as a priest in our cathedral on Saturday 5 July, and her first celebration of the Eucharist that she will offer in St George’s on the following Sunday 6 July. This is a cause for great joy for the parishes of Nailsworth, Horsley and Kingscote where Sue will continue to serve out and about in people’s homes and in the churches where people gather for weekly worship and the times when we gather for baptisms, weddings and funerals from the wider community.

Sue has served us wonderfully in the last year as deacon. She has proved herself a great listener who has been caught up in the joys, sorrows and perplexities of people’s lives, and she has grown in confidence both as a pastor and leader of worship. She is one to whom people find it easy to talk whether at church, in their homes or out and about in the parishes. We are immeasurably blessed by her presence among us.

All of us who are ordained remain deacons – ie those who are called to be of service and help to others. Now Sue with others in the Diocese will be ordained priest in the Cathedral in Gloucester after this first year of ordained ministry. However, the priest is a sign, a focus, a representative person, one who is the holder and passer-on of the great tradition of the Christian Faith through the ages, and supremely entrusted with the preaching of God’s Word and the celebrating of the sacraments, especially in the Eucharist where the priest breaks open the Word of God in the preaching and breaks the Bread of Life in the offering of the Eucharist.   The priest is with us to encourage and feed us on our pilgrimage and journey of life whether we are in the community of faith or not. The priest is a ‘go-between’ person who makes links with others, a sort of bridgeto help people find God.

I know that in Sue Sobczak we have the makings of a very fine priest who with the committed laity and other clergy of the benefice will continue to serve and inspire us on our way. She will be a great colleague for our new incumbent who is expected to arrive in September.

I do hope that many will want to be present in the Cathedral for the ordination service on Saturday 5 July at 3.00 pm. A coach is going from the benefice – do contact Clare Jayes on Tel. 833 254 for a seat. For those unfamiliar with such occasions I do urge you to come to be caught up in a most powerful and moving occasion. All are most welcome – tickets are not required.

On the following morning Sue will preside at the Eucharist, the Service of Holy Communion, for the first time , after which there will be a ‘bring and share’ lunch. There will be no other services in the benefice and we do hope that as many as possible will join us in celebrating having our new priest in our midst. Finally do please continue to hold Sue and her husband Andre in your prayers as they prepare for this supremely important event in their lives ….. and do pray continually for the people of Nailsworth, Horsley and Kingscote, and all who in many and differing ways seek to serve these communities for the well-being of all who live and work in them.

With every blessing,

Michael Irving

 

Canon Michael Irving

At the end of June we say farewell to Michael Irving who has been an inspirational Interim Minister for our church during the interregnum. His energy and commitment have set an example for all of us, and his friendship and concern for everyone he has met in the parish has been greatly appreciated.

We thank him for his leadership and encouragement which will be remembered for a long time.

The PCC on behalf of the Parish

 

Flower Rota

Sundays 1st and 8th JuneSundays 15th and 22 June Sundays 29th June and 6th July

Jane NicholsAngela Wooldridge Lesley Baldwin

Wedding: Friday 20 June, 1.30pm, Todd Watson and Kati Stocks.

Lorna Reynolds

 

Cleaning Team

The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 9 June. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team.

Teresa Day

 

Village Hall Programme

Coffee Morning – Wednesday 18 June, 10.30 to 11.30 am. Coffee and cake in the Reynolds Room, £1.50.

Committee AGM – This was held on Tuesday 13 May. The Chairman, Ken Davies and the Treasurer Viv Ainsworth reported a very successful year following the opening of the Reynolds Room last October, and it has been decided to examine the possibility of further improvements to the kitchen.

The Committee was re-elected for a further year.

Carol Paton

 

Grumbolds Ash Group

On Tuesday 17 June we will make a return visit to David Austin Roses to see the latest offerings. As it is a long drive, we meet at 9.30 am to share cars. The location is WV7 3HB.

Jutta Tubbs

 

Book Club at 8.00 pm

Wednesday 11 June, ‘The Rosie Project’ by Graeme Simpsion, at Jane Bateman’s.

Wednesday 9 July, ‘Little Coffee Shop in Kabul’ by Deborah Rodriguez, at Louise’s.

Angela Wooldridge

 

Kingscote Parish Council

The next meeting will be in July at a date to be announced later.

Planning approval:

• Woodlease Farm, Kingscote: proposed cattle/fodder store building.
• 2 The Park, Kingscote: fell holly tree and beech tree; trim yew, apple, plum, greengage, maple, willow, silver birch, cherry trees.

Planning applications:

• 3 Boxwood Close, Kingscote, tree work
• Scrubbets Farm Buildings 14/01305/OUT
• Bagpath Court 14/01884/FUL

Anna Davison, Tel. 860 24

 

VILLAGE FETE – Saturday 28 June

Please see the separate flyer for the schedule of events and timings for the afternoon starting at 1.00 pm together with the entry form on the reverse of the flyer for The Bake Off, The Dog Show and the Vegetable Monsters.

The Committee would like all items, plants, jams, pickles, cakes etc for the produce stalls on the Saturday morning and similarly filled jars and other items for the Tombola. Please deliver these to Kingscote House between 10 am and 12 noon on the morning of the Fete. Cakes and monsters for the competitions may be brought with you on the day with the completed entry forms, but can also be left in the morning if more convenient.

For those kind enough to lend their Gazebos/Party tents, would you please make these available to Viv and Godfrey on Thursday so they can be erected on Friday morning.

The Village Hall will be open on the afternoon of the Fete for toilet facilities and car parking.

Many thanks, 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 13 and 27 June.

Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill

All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 13 and 27 June.

 

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 Wednesday 18 June. Please support this initiative.

The Editor

 

Mobile Library

The next visit will be on Friday 13 June 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 June to H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.

The Editor

 

Churchyard Mowing

We have an excellent mowing team at present but one or two of the older members are feeling the strain. If any other parishioners would like to join the team and share the work it would be greatly appreciated. A tidy churchyard is much appreciated by residents and the many visitors we receive, and if we keep the strength of the team up it is less of a burden on all individuals.

If you would like to consider this please call Harry Tubbs on Tel. 860194.

 

The PCC

The History of Kingscote Church

The little book The Church of Saint John at Kingscote was originally published by The Kingscote Press in 1979 and has been the only self contained summary of the history of the Parish Church. It was researched and written by Norman Parker who lived at Rosemary Cottage and operated his printing press there. This year we have produced a new edition of the book, which is substantially unchanged except for the inclusion of more illustrations and some additional factual information.

This work as been done by Godfrey Ainsworth to whom we are very grateful, and we recommend the book to all residents. Copies are available for sale in the church for £5 and the funds received will be placed in the Bell Restoration Appeal.

The PCC

 

The process for finding the next Bishop of Gloucester

(An announcement in The Diocesan Messenger for June 2014)

The current Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Michael Perham will retire this November after 10 years service. The process has now begun for discerning who the next Bishop of Gloucester could be.

The Bishop of Gloucester is the Chief Pastor of all in the diocese, which covers the county of Gloucestershire and parts of neighbouring counties. It is home to over 600,000 people, served by 305 parishes, 390 churches and 116 church schools. The Bishop of Gloucester also exercises a vital role in the wider community, most prominently as a board and committee member on many local, regional and national bodies.

For this reason, it is important that we have as many views as possible from people in Gloucestershire and beyond on the qualities of the person they would like to see in the next Bishop of Gloucester.

By answering these simple questions, it will help us to get a picture of the type of person they would like to see as Bishop:

What would you say are the top 2 priorities for the next Bishop of Gloucester ?

What are the top 2 things you would want to tell the next Bishop of Gloucester ?

People can e-mail us on ournewbishop@glosdioc.org.uk or place a message on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Diocese.of.Gloucester. The deadline for submissions is 7 July. Find out more at www.gloucester.anglican.org/about/the-next-bishop/

The process for finding the next Bishop of Gloucester will take just under a year. The announcement of the new Bishop will happen in late spring 2015 and the start date will be around the summer or early autumn of 2015.

 

A prayer on going to work

(Jacob Boehme 1575 – 1624)

Give me, dear Lord, a pure heart and a wise mind, that I may carry out my work according to your will. Save me from all false desires, from pride, greed, envy and anger, and let me accept joyfully every task you set before me. Let me seek to serve the poor, the sad and those unable to work. Help me to discern honestly my own gifts that I may do the things of which I am capable, and happily and humbly leave the rest to others. Above all, remind me constantly that I have nothing except what you gave me, and can do nothing except what you enable me to do.

 

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.

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.

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

Please find below the accounts for Kingscote Village Hall 2013:

Kingscote Village Hallv13 31December 2013 FRONT SHEET

Kingscote Village Hallv13 31December 2013 BALANCE SHEET

Kingscote Village Hallv13 31December 2013 INCOME AND EXEPENDITURE

Kingscote Village Hallv13 31December 2013 TRIAL BALANCE

Reminder: The Village Hall AGM takes place on 13th May at 7pm in the Village Hall.

 

Sunday	4th	Nailsworth Kingscote Horsley	9.30 am 9.30 am 11.00 am	Family Communion Morning Prayer  BCP Holy Communion  CW
Wednesday	7th	Nailsworth	10.00 am	Holy Communion
Sunday	11th	Kingscote Nailsworth   Horsley	8.00 am 10.30 am   11.00 am	Holy Communion  BCP Christian Aid Service at Christchurch Family service
Wednesday	14th	Nailsworth	10.00am	Holy Communion
Sunday	18th	Nailsworth Nailsworth Kingscote	8.00 am 9.30 am 11.00 am	Holy Communion  BCP Family service Parish Communion  CW
Wednesday	21st	Nailsworth	10.00 am	Holy Communion
Sunday	25th	Nailsworth Kingscote Horsley	9.30 am 11.00 am 6.00 pm	Family Communion Family Service Evensong
Wednesday	28th	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 for on 2 May.  Refreshments in the Parish Room afterwards.