Service Calendar for October 2014
| Wednesday | 1st | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 5th | Nailsworth | 9.30 am | Harvest Family Communion |
| Kingscote | 9.30 am | Morning Prayer BCP | ||
| Horsley | 11.00 am | Family Communion CW | ||
| Wednesday | 8th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 12th | Kingscote | 8.00 am | Holy Communion BCP |
| Nailsworth | 9.30 am | Family Communion | ||
| Horsley | 11.00 am | Harvest Family Service followed by Lunch in Church | ||
| Wednesday | 15th | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 19th | Nailsworth | 8.00 am | Holy Communion BCP |
| Nailsworth | 9.30 am | Family Service | ||
| Kingscote | 11.00 am | Family Service | ||
| Wednesday | 22nd | Nailsworth | 10.00 am | Holy Communion |
| Sunday | 26th | Nailsworth | 9.30 am | Holy Communion |
| Kingscote | 11.00 am | Parish Communion CW | ||
| Horsley | 6.00 pm | Evensong BCP | ||
| Wednesday | 29th | 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 Monday 6 October at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall.
The Licensing Service on 14 September at Nailsworth for our new vicar was a spectacular event, very well organised and implemented by the Nailsworth PCC members, with representatives from Horsley and Kingscote, and led by Bishop Martyn of Tewkesbury.
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,
Can I first of all thank so many local people for the warm welcome that my wife and I have received. It is a real joy to be back in the country again in Britain.
For the last four years we have been living in Puerto de la Cruz on the island of Tenerife. It enjoys a temperate climate all year round. In fact, there are no real seasons. Winter simply means daytime temperatures dropping to the low twenties instead of high twenties, and we had Christmas lunch outside every year !
Whilst it has been lovely, we have missed the seasons. We came back in autumn 2010 and were staggered to see the wonderful colours in the trees and are looking forward to that joy here in Gloucestershire.
The seasons give life in the UK a sense of rhythm. This season of early autumn is the time when we traditionally celebrate harvest – as we did at the end of September. But even as we celebrate the bringing in of this year’s harvest, work is already under way for next year.
This constant renewal of life to sustain us is what God also does in our worship each week. Every time we gather at the beginning of a new week, we thank God for what he gave us to energise us through the last seven days and ask him to fill us with his Spirit to lead us through the next seven days. That is why, for me at least, regular worship is the rhythm of my life.
With every blessing,
Mike Smith
Flower Rota
| Sundays 5 and 12 October
Sundays 19 and 26 October Sundays 2, 9 and 16 November REMEMBRANCE |
Elin Tattersall
Vivienne Ainsworth Flower Team |
Weddings: Saturday 4 October, 2.00 pm Thomas Russell and Kati Luotonen
Wednesday 8 October, 2.00 pm Oliver Crump and Elizabeth Donkin
Thursday 30 October, 1.00 pm Michael Porter and Laura Harland
Lorna Reynolds
Cleaning Team
The next church cleaning session is at 2.30 pm on Monday 6 October. We are always delighted to welcome anyone who would like to join the team.
Teresa Day
Satellite Broadband
As the result of a local resident recently installing satellite broadband to improve the service he receives, we have been approached by the companies which installed it with a proposition which may benefit the community.
DICE is a company which initially concentrated on business based VOIP solutions. In partnership with Global Invacom however DICE has co-developed a satellite communications solution which is designed to deliver TV, high-speed broadband, fixed line telephony and mobile through a single satellite dish to several domiciles – removing the requirement for expensive long-distance cabling infrastructure.
Initially DICE and Global Invacom aimed to target this product at poorly connected and difficult to reach areas outside the UK, but they have identified a need within the UK to provide a similar service to rural locations.
BT has committed to the provision of fibre optic broadband but is (a) experiencing delays in installation and (b) will not confirm whether or not our community will be included in the roll-out, as it may be that the returns from the investment in the provision of cable are too low to warrant our inclusion.
Steve Leighton, Chairman & CEO of DICE, and Ian Walsh, Business Development Director of Global Invacom, will be coming to talk to us about an interesting proposition which could benefit us all, giving us much faster broadband, landline and a strong mobile signal.
Presentation: Monday 13 October, 7.30 pm in the Village Hall
Alice Cooper, e-mail: webmaster@kingscoteonline.co.uk
Village Hall Programme
All are most welcome at our events and it was lovely to see some newcomers at the recent BBQ and Coffee Morning:
Film night – Tuesday 14 October, Philomena starring Judy Dench, 7.30 for 8.00 pm. Admission free, pay bar.
Coffee Morning – Tuesday 21 October, 10.30 to 11.30 am. £1.50 for coffee and cake.
A children’s Halloween event is under consideration by Sarah Greig.
Carol Paton
Grumbolds Ash Group
On Tuesday 7 October we visit Berkeley Castle, GL13 9PJ when there will be harvest themed displays throughout the house. There is also the Yurt Restaurant. Afterwards we can visit the Butterfly House, and the neighbouring parish church where Edward Jenner’s father had been minister and where there are some medieval wall paintings. The charge for visitors to the castle is £10 / £8.50 and – if chosen – for the butterfly house £4.50. We meet at 10.30 am at the Village Hall to share cars.
Jutta Tubbs
Book Club at 8.00 pm
Monday 20 October, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce (carried over from last month) at Teresa’s.
November meeting ‘Winter in Madrid’ by C J Sansom, date and details to be confirmed in November magazine.
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
Calcot House, Kingscote – Erection of garage and part change of equestrian land to domestic curtilage.
(Stroud District) The Old Dairy, Chavenage – Anaerobic Digester Plant. Consultations continue on heavy vehicle movements to and from the A46. Please contact Anna for the latest situation.
Planning approvals:
Clements House Bagpath – New extensions & garage, further amendments.
The Old Rectory, Bagpath – Alterations to stable building to form guest accommodation.
4 Boxwood Close, Kingscote – No objection from GCC to removal of Cherry Tree.
Anna Davison, Tel. 860 244
Parking in Kingscote
A polite notice to users of the Village Hall: Please note that the lay-by in front of the Boxwood Close properties is for private parking by the residents and their guests only.
Boxwood Close residents
Bridge Class – Monday evenings
From 29 September there is a bridge class running in the Village Hall bringing a number of cars which need to park there between 2.30 and 5.30 pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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.
Church Care and Maintenance
The Church Insurance has been renewed at the beginning of October at £1,231.54 per annum and a number of associated inspections have taken place:
- The rainwater disposal arrangements are struggling to cope with the very heavy showers which we are now experiencing. Whilst the drains and soak-aways could eventually take the water, in the short term they overflow. For our church with the internal floors below the outside ground level, this causes the water to soak into the under-floor spaces. We recently restored the worst floor area underneath the gallery, but the floor in the nave on the south side is clearly now also collapsing slowly as the beams rot. Metal theft is a constant concern.
- The lightning conductor is fine, but it seems that the electrical regulations for public buildings are being tightened all the time so that after 5 years previously satisfactory systems have to be upgraded.
- The general condition of the building is good, but we are presently making arrangements to replace the rotting outside door leading to the gallery.
- The next big job is the restoration of the belfry.
We hope that you find your church acceptable and attractive for our community.
The PCC
Weekly Recycling – Green food boxes and wheelie bins
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays.
Fortnightly Recycling – Blackboxes, White Bags and Blue bags
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 3, 17 and 31 October.
Fortnightly Waste – Grey wheelie bins to landfill
All current collection points – from 7.30 am, Fridays 3, 17 and 31 October.
Bus Timetable Enquiries -Ring traveline on 0871 200 2233.
Mobile Police Van
The Mobile Police Station will visit Kingscote on Saturday 18 October from 7.15 to 8.15 pm.
Mobile Library
The next visit will be on Friday 3 October 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 October to
H. Tubbs, 3 The Walled Garden, Tel. 860 194.
The Editor
Trevor Huddleston in Kingscote
Following the item in the September issue recording the visit of Desmond Tutu, the equally surprising news has emerged from former residents that Trevor Huddleston also visited Lady Windham at Hooks Cottage. This has also been endorsed by Alan Jackson. Clearly Sir Ralph Windham must have been very involved in the Anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa, in which Huddleston and Tutu played leading roles. Huddleston was brought back to England in 1955 for his own safety.
However there was a factual error in the September item which stated that Huddleston became Archbishop of Cape Town, which is untrue. Huddleston was based in Johannesburg as the leader of an Anglican Mission. He subsequently wrote a book Naught for Your Comfort which was confused with the book Uncomfortable Words by Joost de Blank, who was Archbishop of Cape Town, leading to the error.
The Editor
I Sometimes Wander
Aelred of Rievaulx 1110 ~ 1167 AD
As a young man he served at the King of Scotland’s court. In 1134 he visited the
newly-founded Cistercian abbey at Rievaulx in N Yorkshire, where the austerities
of monastic life captured his imagination. He joined immediately, and within
just over a decade, was elected abbot.
Lord, I sometimes wander away from you. But this is not because I am deliberately turning my back on you. It is because of the inconstancy of my mind. I weaken in my intention to give my whole soul to you. I fall back into thinking of myself as my own master. But when I wander from you, my life becomes a burden, and within me I find nothing but darkness and wretchedness, fear and anxiety. So I come back to you, and confess that I have sinned against you. And I know that you will forgive me.
Reverend John Newcombe
During September we had a surprise visit from our former vicar John Newcombe, in a car full of his present parishioners out for a joy ride. He is still part of the very large Winchcombe Team Ministry. He has not changed at all in the last 13 years, and was his usual calm and peaceful self. In the Diocesan Directory he is listed with an e-mail address, so perhaps our suggestion of his leaving collection funding a PC bore fruit ! He was delighted to have a copy of our new church history booklet with his name on the list of former incumbents.
The Editor
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, 8YB 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.