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Frome Valley News
october
2014
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Please note that the views and opinions expressed in this magazine may not be those of the editor or
any member of the clergy team. Whilst every effort has been made to acknowledge the work of third
parties, we apologise if any item has not been assigned the correct ownership information and assure
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From our Vicar....
As this magazine goes to print we will be in the middle of
an unofficial Church season, one that is defined by the
natural world rather than by the lectionary or the Church
year, the season of Harvest. All of our Churches will hold a
special service during this season to give thanks to God for
the harvest and in a rural area such as the one we live in
where our lives are all tied up with food production in one
way or another, harvest is of great importance.
Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations for a successful harvest are found across
the world and have ancient origins. In Britain, we have given thanks for successful
harvests since pagan times. We celebrate this day by singing, praying and decorating
our churches with food from the harvest in the service known as 'the Harvest Festival'.
The Harvest Festival reminds us of all the good things God gives us and reminds us of
our obligation to share with others who are not so fortunate. In our schools and in our
Churches, people bring food from their homes to our Harvest Festival Services to be
distributed to those less fortunate than themselves.
The tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches as we know it today began in
1843, when the Reverend Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special
thanksgiving service for the harvest at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall.
Victorian hymns such as "We plough the fields and scatter", "Come ye thankful
people, come" and "All things bright and beautiful" helped popularise his idea of
harvest festival and spread the annual custom of decorating churches with homegrown produce for the Harvest Festival service.
As we continue this tradition may we always be aware of those less fortunate than us
both at home and overseas and be prepared to share some of what we have with them,
remembering always that, ‘All good gifts around us are sent from heaven above,’
May God bless us all with an abundant harvest.
Steven
Pause for Thought….
The need of the world is to listen to God.
Albert Einstein
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Frome Valley News Collection Day for the
November Issue
Could the volunteers from all churches please collect their batch of the
November issue from the Parish Office during the morning of:
Friday 24th October
The early date is due to the Parish Office being closed during half term.
(If this time is not convenient please contact the Parish Office to arrange another time.)
All in the month of….October
It was:
300 years ago:- on 20 Oct 1714 that the coronation of King George 1 of
Great Britain and Ireland took place.
175 years ago:- on 19th Oct 1839 that Bradshaw’s Railway Guide, the world’s first
compilation of railway timetables, was published in Manchester.
100 years ago:- on 6th Oct 1914 that Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer and adventurer,
was born, He was best known for the ‘Kon-Tiki’ and ‘Ra’ expeditions which were intended
to prove that earlier civilisations could have crossed the ocean.
Also 100 years ago:- on 27th Oct 1914 that Dylan Thomas, popular Welsh poet and writer
was born.
75 years ago:- on 18th Oct 1939 that Lee Harvey Oswald, American sniper charged with the
assassination of US President John F Kennedy, was born.
60 years ago:- on 19th Oct 1954 that Britain and Egypt signed an agreement on the Suez
Canal.
Also 60 years ago:- on 30th Oct 1954 that the first Rugby League World Cup began in Paris,
France. Great Britain beat France 16-12 in the final.
50 years ago:- on 14th Oct 1964 that American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality in the USA without violence.
40 years ago:- on 5th Oct 1974 that the first episode of the TV comedy series ‘Monty
Python’s Flying Circus’ was broadcast in the UK.
Also 40 years ago:- on 9th Oct 1974 that Oskar Schindler, Austria-Hungarian-born German
businessman who saved over 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his
factories. The story is told in ‘Schindler’s List’.
30 years ago:- on 12th Oct 1984 that an IRA bomb exploded during the Conservative Party
conference at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, killing five people. Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher was apparently the primary target, but she escaped injury.
Also 30 years ago:- on 16th Oct 1984 South African Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu won the
Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the opposition to apartheid.
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The Pilgrim Course continues.....
This autumn we are exploring the
second section of the Pilgrim course.
7.30pm at the Vicarage
Pilgrim is a course for the Christian journey.
This second part takes us through the Lord’s Prayer:
2nd October
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us
16th October
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
23rd October
For the kingdon, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever, Amen
It’s not too late to join us!
Cake & Contemplation
A monthly evening gathering led by Barbara Priest
for those who seek a little peace at the end of the day.
A shortened version of Night Prayer (Compline)
and a Pause for Thought with music for reflection,
followed by a chat over tea, coffee
and that all-important cake!
Next meeting:
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Thursday 30th October - 7.30pm
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Christian Aid News
During Christian Aid Week this year, Castle Frome & Frome Hill held a
coffee morning to raise funds, along with donations from some of our
other churches. Joan Rose of Fromes Hill has now received a letter from
Christian Aid, thanking everyone for their contributions. Extracts are
printed below:
Dear Mrs Rose
Many thanks for your kind donation of £175.40 towards the work of Christian Aid. Your gift will help support
our work in 46 of the world’s poorest countries. Thank you also for the gift-aid forms which will be processed
in due course.
We are a Christian organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone
lives a full life, free of poverty. Christian Aid works globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of
poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all. Regardless of faith or nationality. We are part
of a wider movement for social justice and provide urgent, practical and effective assistance where need is
great, tackling the effects of poverty as well as its root causes. Thank you for being part of this movement with
us.
Once again, thank you so much for your continued support of our work with and for the poorest communities
on earth. With your continued help, we can make a difference.
Yours sincerely
Rachel Watt
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Harvest Festival Services in the Frome Valley
Friday 10th October
Much Cowarne
6.00pm
Friday 10th October
Castle Frome
7.00pm
Sunday 12th October
Bishops Frome
11.00am
Sunday 12th October
Acton Beauchamp
11.30am
Friday 17th October
Stanford Bishop
6.00pm
Friday 24th October
Ocle Pychard
6.00pm
Sunday 26th October
Evesbatch
11.30am
Do come and join us.
Frome Valley to Iona
On a lovely summer morning in August a group of people from the
Frome Valley group of churches gathered in the timeless beauty of St.
Giles church, Acton Beauchamp to celebrate in a service of Holy
communion. Led by Richard, our curate, this was a service with a
difference for it was in the style used by the Iona community. For those
who have visited the island there was within the wording of the service
an expression of the simplicity, natural beauty and freedom to be found there.
For all of us it was necessary to concentrate on the words because they were not the
familiar ones of the Communion service usually used. Having the mind focused on what is
being said rather than repeating by rote with the mind tending to wander brings a whole
new meaning and depth to confession, worship and thanksgiving (with apologies to those
who never have a wandering mind). So thank you to Steven and Richard for introducing us to
different styles of worship which challenge and deepen our faith or comfort and encourage us
in our times of difficulty or doubt.
On a more frivolous note it is the custom to have tea/coffee and biscuits after the service
thus providing an opportunity to chat with people from other churches whether in our group
or visiting. Acton Beauchamp do not have the benefit of a kitchen or even running water in
their church but so as not to appear inhospitable they have risen to the occasion and raised the
standard by offering sherry and shortbread after the service instead.
On this occasion due to an oversight the promised sherry and shortbread did not appear
and people began to leave. One such lady was Heather Partridge but as she was half way
down the steep path to the lane she met the person returning with the promised delights.
Her immediate reaction was to do a u-turn and climb the steep path back to the church in
order not to be deprived thereby causing those still waiting much amusement. (This is told
with Heather’s willing permission.)
So if you are one of those people who does not go to church because you do not like the
style of the service or the time of the service in your parish, take a look at the monthly
service rota at the back of the Frome Valley News and see what a variety of services and
times there are within the group and come and join us. We would be delighted to see you.
Joan Rose
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Harvest Festival Service
19th October
At 6.00pm
Friday 24th October
Followed by Fish and Chip Supper
at 5.30pm in
At
Bishops Frome Village Centre
Burley Gate Village Hall
Please order meal at church before service or ring Sally
Ridler on 01432 820328 if you are only coming to the
We will be meeting for food, fun and friendly
informal worship for all ages.
supper
Please do come and join us!
FAMILY PRAISE CONCERT
at Castle Frome Church
“As the PoPPies Grow”
Words & Music of World War I from both home and abroad
Saturday 18th October 2014
7.00pm
Join in with the songs that kept our troops going and listen to the poignant and lighthearted poems and readings of that time.
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This is a non-ticket event—donation for Castle Frome Church gratefully received.
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Midweek Communion
Service
each Wednesday
at
Bishops Frome Church
10.30am
with Tea & Coffee
served afterwards
Do come and join us!
Saint of the Month
Theresa of Lisieux (1st October)
Theresa of Lisieux (1873-97) should be the patron saint of young women
who want to make the most of their lives, despite being constrained by
family and school or work.
Theresa grew up in a strict, devout Roman Catholic middle-class family in France, one of
four sisters. Like her sisters, she entered a Carmelite convent at 15, and stayed there. She was
never able to go anywhere, do anything extraordinary, or hold any responsibility. She died at
the age of 24 of tuberculosis. Yet this quiet young Carmelite nun became so nationally
popular that she was declared patroness of France fifty years after her death. Not bad for
someone who didn’t get out much!
So how did Theresa do it? By not intending to do it at all. Theresa never set out to become
famous: instead, she quietly determined in her spirit to seek God, and, having found him, to
honour him in her life, to live as closely as she could to the teaching in the gospels.
The result was a life so spiritually radiant that her convent asked her to write a short spiritual
autobiography of her pilgrimage. Theresa obliged with L’Histoire d’une Ame, which soon
became so popular that it was translated into most European languages and several Asiatic
ones. Theresa also prayed for people who were ill, and there are many reports of miraculous
healings that took place in answer.
After Theresa died in 1897, her book just went on selling. People found the simplicity of her
observations on her pilgrimage as a Christian compelling. Theresa reminded people of what
Christianity was really all about: simple but utter devotion to Christ, not endless outward
observance of religion. Theresa helped many in the Roman Catholic Church in France to
remember the first principles of their faith.
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future
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Harvest at St Mary’s Church,
Bishops Frome
Our Harvest Thanksgiving Service is at 11.00am on Sunday 12th
October. This will be a Gift Service so please bring your gifts. As
over the past few years, we are asking for DRY goods which will be taken to the two local food
banks. We also need some fresh produce to decorate the Church so if you have anything, please
take this into the church from Wednesday onwards.
The service will be followed by a Harvest Lunch in the Village Hall. Tickets will be available
from the Hop Pocket and the Garage, the Village Shop or in Church at £6 per head, £4 for
Children under 12 (see advert below)
We are also holding A GRAND HARVEST DRAW. Please support us in this as it will be our
main fund raiser. Tickets again available from any of the above venues. Thank you!
Gill Lynch – Church Warden
St. mary’s church
Bishops frome
Church
Noticeboard
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The Low Self
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Please use the back
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Sunday 12th October
12.30pm
Tickets available from
The Rosary
The Village Shop
The Hop Pocket
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Ponderings of a Pilgrim
I now know something of what it must be like to go on
Desert Island Discs. At the time of writing I am preparing to
go back to Douai Abbey on a retreat weekend entitled
“Finding God in Popular Music”. We will be looking at “a
selection of songs and styles, songs directly and indirectly
about God, some from chart musicians and some from
modern Christian worship singers and songwriters” which
should be really interesting but my dilemma has arisen with
the final instruction to “bring along one of your personal
favourites on CD to share with the group”. So I have been sifting through my CD collection
but every time I think “oh yes, that one.” I then find another that I think is even better! And,
as Richard will tell you, I am hopeless at making choices at the best of times. At least the
people on Desert Island Discs can choose eight discs!
The task has highlighted for me that it is almost impossible to have one favourite. With all the
different styles available, each example has values of its own. And this would apply to
anything; favourite paintings, poems, books, flowers, the list goes on…. Now some people
can be very single-minded and certain. I know of someone (a man, believe it or not!) who
will categorically tell you that his favourite colour is pink! But little ol’ me will find reasons
to like all sorts of things and will never be able to pick just one as the overall favourite.
And isn’t that also true with people? We are all different, we all have different gifts and
talents, and we have different things to recommend us. We may be lucky enough to find our
soul-mate as a partner in life but even our best beloved will have their little foibles and things
that annoy us, and vice versa, I have no doubt! But we concentrate on their good points
because, as Joe E. Brown says at the end of the film Some Like it Hot (one of my many
“favourite” films), “Nobody’s perfect!”
The point is that we recognise the gifts in each other. What one person is brilliant at, another
might not be so good at but could be really great at something else. We all have valued and
loved by God and so we should recognise the value in each other, however different from us
they may be. A tiny Lily-of-the-Valley can be just as beautiful as a bold, sumptuous peony. I
suppose it is the old adage of not judging a book by its cover. I’ve read many a book with a
dull and boring cover only to find real gems inside – and people have to be the same.
So which CD am I taking to Douai? Well, at this point (two weeks before I go) it’s a song
called “Broken Things” by a lovely Irish singer, Breda Coman. I have thought it a beautiful
song ever since I first heard it on the radio years ago and I think it will fit the bill. But the one
thing I can be certain of is that, during the retreat, other people are going to bring songs new
to me that I will love too. Whether it be music, art, the stunning nature around us, or the
people we meet, there is always something new and exciting to discover!
Barbara Priest
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Bishops Frome and Fromes Hill Parish Council
The Bishops Frome and Fromes Hill Parish Clerk, Martin Field, has resigned. The members of the Parish Council
would like to thank him for all the time and effort he has given to the post.
The Parish Council now has a vacancy for The Clerk to the Parish Council the details of the position are available
from the Chairman Robert Partridge or John Pudge, who has taken on the role of Clerk until the post can be filled.
Also there is a vacancy for a Parish Councillor to represent Bishops Frome and Fromes Hill. Would YOU be
interested? Please contact John Pudge for details.
Neighbourhood Plan questionnaires have been distributed throughout the Parish. Each person 16 years of age and
over should have received a questionnaire. We have received a good number back in the Bishops Frome part of the
Parish; over 55% returns at present. If you have a questionnaire and you have not filled it in please do so and
deliver the form to the Village Shop or Hop Pocket. There is small envelope with the questionnaire; as an aid
please write BF if you are a resident of Bishops Frome and FH if you are a resident of Fromes Hill on the outside
of the envelope.
At the Parish meeting on Tuesday September 16th a number of residents of Fromes Hill stated they had not
received questionnaires - they have had a questionnaire now.
BUT IF ANYONE HAS NOT RECEIVED A QUESTIONNAIRE THERE IS STILL TIME TO FILL ONE IN.
Please contact John Pudge and he will make sure you receive a questionnaire.
The last date for receiving questionnaires is Tuesday October 21st 2014.
When the questionnaires have been collated, a draft Neighbourhood Plan will be produced and this will then be put
on display at “Drop Ins” to be held in the Church at Fromes Hill and in the Bishops Frome Village Centre where
any member of the Parish will be able to make further comments. These comments will be assessed by the steering
committee and incorporated into the draft plan where possible. The plan will then be sent out for consultation to
Herefordshire Council and other bodies. When the responses to these consultations are received a final plan will be
produced. The final plan then has to be accepted by Herefordshire Council and put as a referendum to the
parishioners of Bishops Frome and Fromes Hill to decide if they will accept the plan or not. If the plan is accepted
it will be an aid to the Herefordshire Planners on future developments in our Parish.
In the period while there is no Parish Clerk and you need to contact the Parish Council on any matter, please
contact John Pudge, The Hop Pocket, Bishops Frome WR6 5BT. Tel 01531 640323 or e-mail
[email protected]
John Pudge. Acting Parish Clerk
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Can we tempt you?
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Castle Frome
News, Views & Muse
HOLY
COMMUNION
Will be celebrated
At 8.30am
on
Sunday 12th October
At
Castle Frome Church
Castle Frome
Choir
Annual Concert
FAMILY PRAISE
10am
On
Sunday 26th October
at
Castle Frome Church
(service lead by Jo Webber)
This is a reverent and
18 October
At
Castle Frome
Church
At 7pm
th
To commemorate the
Centenary of
The First World War
informal service for the
Harvest Festival
& Supper
To be held
At
Castle Frome Church
On
Friday 10th October 7pm
Followed by a bring and share supper
(Please bring your own drinks)
At
Church Cottage
(by Kind Invitation of Hilary & Ian)
family of the Church. All are
welcome. Coffee, tea and
squash served at the close of
the service, offering a time
to socialise.
Pause for Thought
The next
Pause for Thought
will be held at
Grove Cottage
on
th
Thursday 30 October at
7.30pm
Fund Raising Meeting
Is to be held on
Monday 3rd November At
The Hill 7.30pm
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You Will Never Be Old
You will never be old with a twinkle in your eye,
With the spring time in your heart,
As you watch the winter fly,
You will never be old,
While you have a smile to share,
While you wonder at mankind,
And you find the time to care,
While there’s magic in your World,
And a special dream to hold,
While you still can laugh at life,
You will never be too old.
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Who would you choose to be
locked in a church with?
Last month I began a new series about who people
would choose to be with if they were locked in a
church and, although most people are finding it
rather a tricky question, we have already had some
really interesting answers. Here is this month’s
selection……..
Rev Steven Baggs
My candidate for an ecclesiastical lock in would be St Francis. Francis was someone who
tried to live out the Gospel in a very literal way; he was once found meditating on the
spiritual food of scripture with a Bible in his mouth! His desire to share in the passion of our
Lord eventually led to him receiving the stigmata, the wounds of Christ on his own body.
Francis was a religious extremist and yet also someone who people warmed to so quite a
contradictory character.
Louise Manning (Castle Frome)
I would like to be locked in with my mother-in-law, Betty, and George & Lil Hopkins - as
long as I had a digital recorder too, otherwise it would be pen and paper. I would sit and ask
them all the questions about their life in Castle Frome and Fromes Hill over the last ....
decades and capture all the history that they know so we can keep it for ever.
Judy Orgee (Much Cowarne)
I would like to be locked in a church with Mother Teresa. I have huge admiration for such an
ordinary lady, so unassuming, with no self-conceit, yet with a huge depth of faith and deep
caring for those less fortunate than herself. We should all learn from this remarkable lady
and try in our own way and through her example to make a small difference in this world.
Diane Pinches (Bishops Frome & FVN’s Advertising Manager)
I think I would choose my family, as we could spend some quiet time together without the
hubbub and rushing around of daily life. However I did ask my eldest son, Tom, and he said
it would depend on how long we were locked in for!
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Much Cowarne Church
Dog’s Bedtime Prayer
Friday 10th October 2014
Now I lay me down to sleep,
The king-sized bed is soft and deep.
I sleep right in the centre groove,
My human beings can hardly move.
I’ve trapped their legs, they’re tucked in tight,
And here is where I pass the night.
No one disturbs or dares intrude,
Til morning comes and I want food,
I sneak up slowly to begin,
And nibble on my human’s chin.
For morning’s here, it’s time to play,
I always seem to get my way.
Harvest Service in
St Mary's Church 6.pm
Followed by
Fish and Chips Supper
At 7.15pm in
Burley Gate Village Hall
So thank you Lord for giving me
This human person that I see.
The one who hugs and holds me tight,
And shares their bed with me at night.
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Church
Noticeboard
The vicar would appreciate
it if the ladies of the
congregation
could lend him their
electric girdles
for next week’s
pancake breakfast.
Recipe Corner
I have enjoyed cooking since childhood and, as encouragement, a
next-door neighbour gave me a copy of “The Winnie the Pooh
Cookbook” for my 11th birthday. I still have it and use it, and these
cookies are one of our favourites – just the thing for our locally
produced honey. Time for a little smackeral of something….?
Honey Cookies
Makes about 30
8oz self raising flour
Pinch of salt
4oz butter
4oz soft brown sugar
1 egg
1 rounded tablespoon of honey
Few drops of vanilla extract
Flaked almonds to decorate (optional)
Grease a baking tray and preheat the oven to Gas 4 180C 350F)
Sift the flour and salt on to a plate and put to one side. Measure the butter and sugar
into a medium sized bowl and beat well until combined and soft. Crack the egg into a
jug, add the vanilla extract and mix lightly.
Gradually beat the egg into the butter and sugar a little at a time. Beat in the honey.
Add half the sifted flour and mix to a soft dough. Add the remaining flour and mix to
a firm dough.
Spoon out rounded teaspoons of the mixture and roll into balls. Place these, about 6-8
at a time on the greased baking tray. Flatten each on slightly with your fingers and top
each one with a flaked almond if using.
Place the cookies in the centre of the preheated oven and bake for 12 minutes. When
ready, remove from the oven and gently lift each cookie onto a cooling rack using a
palette knife. Bake the next batch of cookies and continue until all the mixture is used
up.
If you have a favourite recipe that you
would like to share with everyone please
either e.mail or send it to me – contact
details on the back page. Editor.
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“Isn’t it funny
how a bear likes honey?
Buzz, buzz, buzz,
I wonder why he does”
Beryl’s Hallowe’en Bingo
In aid of ME/CFS
Monday 27th October at 8pm PROMPT
Bishops Frome Village Centre
All proceeds to: research.
Please come and support us & many thanks for your continued support!
Reg charity no. 801279
Tel. 01886 884566
Come Dine at Mine launches in October
for St Michael's Hospice
Come Dine at Mine is a great new way of raising money for St Michael’s Hospice
while enjoying the company of friends and family. Simply invite some friends to
your dinner party and ask them to say thank you by making a donation to St
Michael’s Hospice.
You can be as creative or as formal as you like: hold a Sunday lunch, a Saturday brunch, a picnic in the
park or a midweek lunch with colleagues, the choice is yours. You can even hold a "Come Wine at Mine"
party! All we ask is guests make a donation and consider doing the same with their friends.
We can provide you with a welcome pack and Gift Aid Donation envelopes for all your guests. Just give
the Fundraising Team a call on 01432 851000 for more details.
Just for a Laugh….
The wheel of a lady’s shopping trolley was making a horrible
scraping sound as she rolled it through the supermarket. Nevertheless,
when she finished her shopping and saw a woman looking for a
trolley she offered it up, explaining, "It makes an awful noise, but it
works." "That's okay," the woman said cheerfully, taking it. "I have a
husband at home like that."
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Hymns: The Story Behind …..
“Come, ye thankful people, come”
Very probably, you will sing this well-loved Harvest hymn this
month. It was written by the Rev Henry Aldford, a Victorian
clergyman who had been a fellow student at Trinity College,
Cambridge with Alfred Tennyson, and whose transparent goodness
and friendliness seem to have made him liked and appreciated
wherever he went.
His ministry began as vicar of Wymeswold, a tiny village in Leicestershire with a badly
neglected church. Over 18 years, Henry rebuilt the faltering Christian community, faithfully
visiting every person in his parish, and preaching his way through the Bible in sermons that
were so clear that everyone could understand him. He then moved on to the incumbency of
Quebec Chapel in London for four years, before moving to the Deanery of Canterbury, in
1857, where he lived until his death in early 1871.
Henry was one of life’s good people; gentle, kindly, grateful for everything he had (he used
to say ‘grace’ before AND after each meal), and eager to encourage all those whom he
served. He was prodigiously productive: writing something like 50 books. The best known of
these was a four volume exposition of the New Testament, which took him nearly 20 years.
His famous hymn draws upon two of Jesus’ parables: the story of the wheat and tares (Mt
13:24-30) and also the story of the seed that grows unbeknown to the sower (Mark 4:26-29).
Both are parables draw from agriculture; both are about the ultimate harvest of our souls
before God. During this lifetime we properly give thanks to God for our harvest of his gifts of
creation, but we should also reflect on what seed we are sowing in our lives, and what harvest
we may expect; as one day God will gather together only his own for the eternal heavenly
harvest.
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Acton Beauchamp News
Produce and Plant Market
On the 6th September, we held our autumn produce and plant market at
Bishops Frome village centre. Many thanks to those who supplied all the
produce and plants. Thank you also to those who helped to set out the village
centre and cleared away, those who supplied and served the refreshments and donated draw
prizes. Lastly, but most importantly, a huge thank you to everyone who came and supported
us. We made over £300.
Events to come:
Sunday 12th October - We will be holding our Harvest festival service at St. Giles’ Church at
11.30am. After the service we will auction the produce that has decorated the church. The
proceeds from the auction will be donated to charity. Everyone very welcome.
Sunday 26th October - We will be holding our harvest lunch at Bishops Frome Village Centre
at 12.30pm for 1.00pm. Tickets will be £7 each. Children under five- £3.50. Tickets available
from Jean Garlick on 01886 884265 or Sally Wall on 01886 884727. All proceeds will go
towards St. Giles’ church.
Saturday 8th November - We will be holding our annual bonfire and fireworks evening at The
Green House, Acton Beauchamp, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Brian
Taylor. The evening will start at 6.30pm. Hotdogs and mulled wine, along
with non-alcoholic refreshments will be available. £10 for family ticket or £3
each. All proceeds to St. Giles’ church.
Burley Gate Community Shop
The Steering Group continues to work with the Plunkett Foundation to secure
support and funding to develop a Business Plan for a community owned shop.
We would particularly welcome people with financial, legal or retail
experience to join the Steering Group. Anyone with a little time to visit,
telephone or e mail a community shop with a given questionnaire would be very helpful this
autumn.
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Martin Hoskins 01432 820242. E-mail [email protected]
Audrey Nunn 01432 820436. E-mail [email protected]
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So, what is a Fresh Expression?
Maybe we should say “don’t answer that”, because we can imagine
some of the answers we’d get! Anything that is given a “cool” or
“with it” name is bound to get the nervous twitches appearing but is
it actually that scary?
The simple answer to the question is: a fresh expression is a church.
It’s not a traditional church with a pointy spire or square tower. It’s
an even more traditional church: a gathering of people coming
together in the name of Christ.
And they are not strange rarities. They number in the thousands and, while they started out as a partnership
between the Church of England and the Methodist Church, they now involve all sorts of denominations,
including the United Reformed Church, Baptist Church, Salvation Army and the Church of Scotland.
Fresh expressions are the result of traditional churches listening to communities and putting together
something that will attract those for whom traditional church just doesn’t make the Gospel available. People
for whom liturgy, ceremony, stained glass and choirs just don’t speak to them or for whom the big doors and
congregations who all know what to do are a bit frightening.
Fresh expressions can be designed to attract different social groups, such as young people, new families or
older adults. They can also offer something more associated with the secular world, too. Hence, alongside all
the traditional churches, there are now fresh expressions based on skateboarding, skiing or surfing for
energetic people; based on café culture and computer skills for something a bit more sedentary; teaching
cookery skills to children – the possibilities are as big as our imaginations. They are based in pubs, schools,
restaurants, cafes, community centres, homes and even in churches.
They are all different. Like the people who develop them and the people they serve, fresh expressions are
each unique. They each respond to the changing culture and needs where they develop. Meanwhile, the
traditional expressions of church they grew out of continue to live, develop and grow in their own way.
Statistics suggest there are more than 60,000 people attending fresh expressions of church in England. And
what has this to do with the Frome Valley? Well, believe it or not, we already have gatherings that could
come under the fresh expressions umbrella and yet, not in the least likely to bring on the nervous twitch! The
all-age group of the BFG would be classed as a fresh expression of church, attracting families to an informal
spiritually-based gathering outside of the church building. Castle Frome’s Pause for Thought evenings bring
the prayers of the community into a variety of venues, including the churchyard and a member’s home. And
the new Cake & Contemplation evenings, whilst being rooted in the short liturgical night service of
Compline, is also a friendly gathering taking place outside of the traditional church building. All three
events have liturgical content and time for getting together for a chat in a relaxed environment.
So don’t look now but we in the Frome Valley could be making our own mark in the world of fresh
expression church. Who’d have thought it!
(Adapted from a report published by Parish Pump)
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Acton Beauchamp Parish Council
A Public Meeting was held at Bishops
Frome Village Centre on 18th July 2014
to discuss the proposed wind turbine at
Halfridge Farm, Acton Beauchamp. The
meeting was well attended and a lively
discussion took place with some strong views expressed.
Herefordshire Council will give its decision later this
year.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held
on Tuesday 11th November 2014 at Stanford Bishop
Village Hall.
Jean Morris
Parish Clerk
Just for a Laugh….
October brings St Luke’s day, and as St Luke is the patron saint of
physicians and surgeons, you might enjoy these comments, allegedly
taken from actual medical records, dictated by doctors.
On the second day, the knee was better and on the third day it had
completely disappeared.
The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.
Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
She slipped on the ice in early December and her legs went in separate directions.
The patient was released to the outpatient department without dressing.
She is numb from the toes down.
Source: Grove Jokes of the month
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‘Because of them… because of you’
Hereford Coeliac Group’s
St Michael's Hospice 30th
Anniversary Thanksgiving
Service, Hereford Cathedral
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Come to a service of thanksgiving for thirty
years of caring by St. Michael’s Hospice, with
performances by the Hospice Community
Choir and music, readings, poetry and drama.
There will also be the opportunity to write
your own message of support and thanks for
the Hospice and add them to three large apple
trees in the Cathedral.
It will be a great opportunity to meet with old
friends, to give thanks for the past and to hear
a bit more about how the Hospice will be
moving into the next thirty years.
‘Memories’ – a letter from the Dean
I’ve kept a diary since the age of 18, when I was in the sixth
form at school. Each day, I’ve written a piece – often not
particularly interesting- but, looking back over forty years, the
diary enables you to see trends in life – reasons for joy and
sorrow and gratitude. I tend to note things which are whimsical
or funny - just my nature, I guess. This month, with a new bishop on the horizon, I’ve drawn out a
few pieces about bishops I’ve known:
2 May 1990 (When Precentor at Ely Cathedral) Bishop Peter Walker retired last November and
the new bishop is Stephen Sykes, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.
Today we all go to Southwark Cathedral for his Consecration. The new bishop has chosen to use
the Prayer Book consecration service, which is stately, if very bleak...
5 May 1990 Bishop Stephen Sykes is enthroned as bishop. A wonderful service but a boy called
Spinner was sick – spectacularly – over the edge of the Choir stalls – and a verger had to rush in
with mop and bucket, just in the nick of time before the processions had to pass that way....
11 December 1993 (When Vicar of Tewkesbury Abbey). Enthronement of the new bishop of
Gloucester, David Bentley. He is very tall and with his mitre is very impressive indeed!
26 April 2004 (When on visit to Tanzania for Centenary of St Mark’s College, Dar-es-Salaam).
In the evening we are taken out to dinner by Bishop Valentino and his wife, Grace – to a very nice
restaurant in the smarter part of Dar. There are seven of us, including the Principal of St Mark’s
College and the Vicar General of the diocese (who doubles as archdeacon) and his wife.
During the meal disaster strikes – the Principal’s plastic chair crumples under him and his
imposing bulk lands on the floor of the restaurant. In trying to help him up, the bishop’s wife falls
too and there is a scene of some chaos. When all are restored to the perpendicular, the waiters
take no chances and give the Principal a stack of plastic chairs for the remainder of the meal. I
ask if this is a special Tanzanian custom at a farewell meal for friends....!
All this may raise a smile but, perhaps behind it is something serious. I’ve never agreed with that
old song in Salad Days – ‘We said we’d never look back’. No – it’s important to look back – to
learn from our successes – to learn from our failures – for without that ‘looking back’ it’s so
difficult to move forward. Indeed, at the heart of our faith is a looking back – we remind ourselves
at every Eucharist that Jesus commands us to look back to ‘do this in remembrance of me’.
The beginning of a new Episcopate in a diocese is a time for looking back – to the tradition which
has brought us to where we are – to faithful pastors who have guided us to the present – but it’s
also a time for looking forward – to new possibilities for ministry and mission, remembering those
words from my favourite book of the Bible, the Epistle to the Hebrews –
‘Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today and forever’.
Our thoughts and prayers are very much with our bishops – with Bishop Alistair as he continues to
guide us with wisdom, skill and patience - and with Bishop Richard as he prepares to come to us
as our Father in God.
Michael Tavinor
Dean
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Bishops Frome Summer Playscheme
This year’s Summer Playscheme, 11th – 15th August 2014 was
as exciting as ever. The theme this year was The Circus and
40 parish children enjoyed doing numerous activities as well
as games and a lot of time going up and down on the Bouncy
Castle and Trampoline.
With an age group of 5 – 11 years, there were mixed activities
all week. The glitter was out in force, the glue was
everywhere and fabrics, coloured paper, coloured pens were enjoyed by everbody and
don’t forget the oceans of paint. Everyone walked away at the end of the week with a
very impressive piggy bank, a clown cup, a clowns tie key holder and a very bright
clown head. Amongst all of these activities there were lots of games and challenges.
Which team could build the best “Big Top” Den, who could produce the wackiest
clown head, who decorated the best Circus bag, and who could produce the best Tug
of War team? Our final day was finished off beautifully with our own Circus! Our
very own Morgan Price produced some wonderful magic and Tom Porter
demonstrated how easy it is to unicycle!!! Thank you very much to you both – you
were amazing.
The surprise outing was a day spent in the sunshine at Slimbridge Wet Wildfowl
Trust. 79 people young and old (me) enjoyed a day of feeding the birds and watching
all the different habitats the birds live in and some of us even went on a Boat Safari
which was great fun. The buses on the way back were filled with exhausted but happy
children and parents – perfect!
The whole point of the Playscheme is for the children of the parish to have the
opportunity to be active, creative and have lots of fun as well as giving parents a bit of
a rest. Judging from everyone’s faces they all enjoyed the week. BUT none of this
would happen without serious support from the local community and sponsorship. I
would like to thank Bishops Frome Ferret Racing Committee for their continued
support. Without them we would not be able to provide such a fabulous week for
everyone. I would also like to thank Keith Price for the annual use of his marquee.
Every year it “just appears” thanks to John Pudge’s team who put it up and then take
it down at the end of the week – just like that. John Pudge has always been a very
keen and efficient supporter of the Play Scheme for which I am extremely grateful. I
would also like to thank all of the people who kindly made the effort to help out
everyday and just went wherever needed. All the helpers are vital to the smooth
running of the scheme and I couldn’t run it without them – a huge thank you to all of
you. But most importantly – thank you to the children who came along and had fun.
Lindy Houghton
Bishops Frome Church Yard.
Earlier this year Delwyn has to relinquish the maintenance of our church
yard due to health problems. He had done a great job, which we all
appreciated. The church yard quickly became unkempt and uncared for.
Help was at hand. Due to a few dedicated ‘carers’ it has been restored to
pristine condition. Thank you for all your time and effort, so freely given.
It is now a place to be proud of, and an asset to the village.
Heather Partridge.
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BROMYARD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY
SOCIETY
LOCAL & FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE
5 Sherford Street Bromyard (next to P.O)
Free entry to Exhibition
Research Room and Exhibition opening hours:
Thurs & Fri: 10am-1pm & 2pm-4.30pm
Sat: 10am-12.30
Tel: 01885 488755 (during opening hours)
email: [email protected]
Website: www.bromyardhistorysociety.org.uk
K M Berry
General Builder
01885490775, 07917206319
Munderfield, Bromyard
36yrs trading
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WHAT’S ON AT BISHOPS FROME VILLAGE CENTRE
More information on the web at www.bishopsfromecentre.co.uk/
And you can visit the Village Centre on
Mons
Tues
09.30
Weds
Thurs
Fri
10.00 –
12.00
10.00 –
11.00
14.30 –
16.30
19.30
facebook.
Internet Café
Pilates
Quilting Connections
Bingo (Eyes down 8pm)
supporting various good causes
Pilates
Just drop in or call
01531 640981
Call Sally 01886 880956
Prior booking essential
Fortnightly from 13 October
Call Ros 01885 490534
All welcome
12.30 for
13.00
19.30
Over 60s Lunch Club
Call Sally 01886 880956
Prior booking essential
Call Joan 01531 640587
Line Dancing
Call Gina 01885 490754
14.00
Needlecraft Group
Call Beryl 01531 640359
19.00
Kick Boxing for children and
adults
Pilates
Call Kathryn 07432 585522
09.15 –
10.15
19.30
10.00
Learn to Jive
Call Alexandra 01531 633447
Prior booking essential
Call Matt 01989 750354
Coffee Morning – all welcome
Fortnightly from 12 Sept
10.30 –
Friday Friends (Mums and
12.00
Toddlers) 0 to 5 year olds
Sat
10.30 –
Dancing classes for young
12.30
children
Post Office Services are available:
Call Bee 01885 490460
or Sarah 01885 490596
Call Cecilia Hall Dance Centre
01684 573663
Monday
13.43 to 16.45
Tuesday
13.00 to 14.30
Wednesday 9.00 to 12.00
Thursday
9.00 to 12.00
St Andrew’s Church, Evesbatch, would like to thank our hosts Mark, Charlie &
family for the wonderful venue on Sunday 14th September at Frome Manor
Farm where we held our delicious “Late Summer Lunch”. Also, thank you to all
those who came and enjoyed the event with us, and the providers of the food. It
was much appreciated and enjoyed!
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Telephone
01885 489229
or
Darren Lynch
Glazing
FENSA Registered
07702 082049
Company No. 12333
Your local window fitting firm—serving the local community for the
past 15 years.
Quality UPVC windows and doors supplied to the public and the trade.
Kite marked sealed units supplied to the public and trade.
Fitting service available on all products.
Conservatories & porches supplied and installed.
UPVC fascia boards, cladding and guttering supplied and fitted.
All types of window and door glass cut to size / replaced.
UPVC repair service: misty sealed units. Door and window handles,
hinges, etc.
Broken down units in Velux roof lights replaced.
Any genuine like-for-like quote will be beaten.
Delivery service available.
Over 20 years experience in the trade.
Phone for further information or a free quotation.
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Trumpet Agricultural Society
Bingo
Monday 3rd November
at
Bishops Frome Village Centre
Starting at 8pm
For further details contact Jean Garlick: 01886 884265
Friends of Frome Valley Churches Draw Results
July
Prize
£25
£20
£15
£10
£10
£10
£10
£10
£10
£10
August
Prize Ticket
£25 137
£20 111
£15 246
£10
42
£10 369
£10 484
£10
27
£10
71
£10 217
£10 457
Ticket
450
388
344
173
321
108
114
164
97
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Winner
Andrew Younger
Robert Wall
Tony Wallis
Rob Collins
Mrs Blackwell
Mr A Edge
Mrs Holding
Sheila Birch
John Hawkins
G W Gent
Winner
Tony Harris
Mrs S Matthews
B Teal
K. Smith
Evelyn Archer
David Winterton
Edward Lewis
Phillip Attlee
Charles Pudge
Vanessa Terry
Seller
PP
JG
JG
PP
PP
PaP
CI
PP
DH
CI
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Seller
DH
PaP
PaP
PB
JS
GW
CI
BH
HP
MH
September
Prize Ticket
£25 161
£20 470
£15 288
£10 126
£10
83
£10 160
£10 218
£10 370
£10 142
£10 382
Winner
Terrence Hunt
Mrs B O’Farrell
D Hammond
Mrs C Moule
Nick Parker
John Poyner
Fiona Parker
Mrs Sharon Taylor
A Nunn
John Copestake
Seller
PB
PaP
PaP
PP
HP
MH
JS
PP
PB
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The above average oil and electricity prices are from current government figures published on a monthly basis by the
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The Seasonal Performance factor (SPF). i.e. efficiency of the Renewable
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The 18.8p RHI tariff and 7 year lifetime is from page 7 of the Renewable Heat Incentive policy document published by the
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(1) Department of Energy & Climate Change - Domestic Price Statistics - Monthly Tables - Retail prices index: fuels components monthly figures (QEP 2.1.3).
www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-domestic-energy-price-stastics
(2) Department of Energy & Climate Change - Domestic Price Statistics - Annual Tables - Average variable unit costs and fixed costs for electricity in selected
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(3) Department of Energy & Climate Change - Heat Emitter Guide for Domestic Heat Pumps http://www.microgenerationcertification.org/images/MIS_3005_Supplementary_Information_2_-_Heat_Emitter_Guide_v2.0_Print_Version.pdf
(4) Department of Energy & Climate Change - Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive The first step to transforming the way we heat our homes www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/212089/Domestic_RHI_policy_statement.pdf
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Brockhampton Pre-School
Open Evening Thursday 8th May 6-7.30pm
“Join us on an exciting journey of
life- long learning”
Nursery education
funding from 2 years
(subject to criteria)
Open 8am - 4pm
Monday - Friday
8am - 5pm
Thursday
Optional hot lunch
available
For more information or to book a visit please contact
01885 483238
web: www.brockhamptonschool.org.uk
email: [email protected]
Bromyard & District Local History
Society invites you to a talk given by
CIDER MUSEUM
Pamela Hurle
Learn about the history of cidermaking
how apples were milled, pressed and
fermented to produce cider.
The
Museum is housed in an old cidermaking
factory in Hereford and visitors can walk
through original cider cellars. Admire a
rare collection of cider glasses and 19th
Century watercolours.
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Apr-Oct
11am-3pm Nov-Mar
Tel: 01432 354207
www.cidermuseum.co.uk
CIDERMAKING FESTIVAL
Malvern Women of Note
at the Conquest Theatre
October 8th 2014 at 7.30 pm
members free
non members £3.00
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18 & 19 OCTOBER 2014
Demonstrations of traditional cidermaking,
blacksmithing, green woodworking.
Tutored cider tasting, beekeeping exhibition, etc.
Fun for all the family.
£1 off admission to the festival
with this voucher
From The Registers
Baptisms:
The Baptism of Chloe Jefferies took place on 24th August 2014, at St Giles,
Acton Beauchamp and the Baptism of Poppy Eversham took place at St
Mary’s, Bishop’s Frome on 7th September 2014.
Weddings:
The wedding of Peter Foster and Lucy Dale took place on 6th September 2014 at St James the Great,
Ocle Pychard.
Frome Valley Pastoral Visiting Team
Mrs Judy Orgee
Mrs Angela Lewis
Mrs Frances Brant
Mrs Jocelyn Baggs
Mr Tony Wallis
01531 640525
01885 490203
01885 488091
01885 490582
01531 640338
If you would like to arrange a visit from a member of The Pastoral Team then please call
them.
Conquest Theatre
Friday 3rd 8pm FILM The Fault in Our Stars
Saturday 4th 7.30pm Folk in the Foyer Vikki Clayton & Steve Parker
Sunday 5th 7.30pm Ballet Cymru LIVE ON STAGE Beauty and the Beast
Saturday 11 5.55pm New York Met Macbeth
Wednesday 15th BFS film Much Ado about Nothing
Thursday 16th 7pm Royal Opera House Manon (ballet)
Friday 17th 8pm FILM Belle
Saturday 18th 5.55pm New York Met Le Nozze di Figaro
Saturday 25th 7.30pm LIVE ON STAGE The Snow Queen
Sunday 26th 3pm Bolshoi Live The Legend of Love
Monday 27th 7pm Royal Opera House I Due Foscari
Friday 31st 7.30pm LIVE ON STAGE The Tell Tale Heart (sponsored by Arts Alive)
For full details or information on any of these events visit www.conquesttheatre.co.uk or call box office on 01885 488575
Why not join us for coffee and a chat on Saturday mornings 10.30- 12.30
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Rotas - October 2014
BISHOPS FROME
Date
5th Oct
12th Oct
19th Oct
26th Oct
2nd Nov
Reader
Martin
T.B.A.
Julie
T.B.A.
Heather
Prayers
Julie
T.B.A.
Maureen
N/A
Julie
Tea/Coffee
Sue & Martin
Diana
Celia & Vera
Heather
Sheila & Angela
Sidesmen
Flowers/Cleaning
MUCH COWARNE
Date
5th Oct
10th Oct
12th Oct
19th Oct
26th Oct
2nd Nov
Reader
No Service
D Brown
P Jefferies & T Jefferies
No Service
T Hunt & J Parkes
Memorial Service
Church wardens
everyone for Harvest please
D Parker & B Bowler
M Hewitt
K Cartwight
Sidesmen
S Ridler
Flowers/Cleaning
M Evans & I Hicks
G Hicks
Churchwardens
M Evans & I Hicks
everyone for Harvest please
J Ridler
M Burling
OCLE PYCHARD
Date
5th Oct
12th Oct
19th Oct
24th Oct
26th Oct
2nd Nov
Reader
P Lewis
No Service
I Harris
R Meredith
No Service
S Ridler
Pause for Thought….
Some people treat God as they do a lawyer; they go to him
only when they are in trouble.
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The Frome Valley Group
October 2014
5th
12th
19th
26th
Nov 2nd
Acton
Beauchamp
11.30 Holy
Communion
RP
11.30 Harvest
RP
11.30 Holy
Communion
AS
Bishops
Frome
10.00 Holy
Communion
RP
11.00 Harvest 10.00 Holy
10.00 Matins
SB
Communion
Lay Led
SB
SP
5.30pm (in
BFVC) The BF
Gathering
Lay Led
10.00 Holy
Communion
RP
Castle
Frome
8.30 Holy
Communion
SB
10.00 Family
Service
Lay Led
Evesbatch
Fromes
Hill
11.30 Harvest
RP
10.00 Matins
Lay Led
JS/JR
Much
Cowarne
Ocle
Pychard
11.30 Holy
Communion
SB
10.00 Matins
Lay Led
BP
8.30 Holy
Communion
SB
10.00 Holy
Communion
RP
6pm Evensong
BP
Stanford
Bishop
4pm Memorial
Service
RP
8.30 Holy
Communion
RP
8.30 Holy
Communion
AS
HARVESTS: 16th after
Friday 10th
6pm at MC (RP)
7pm at CF (SB)
Friday 17th
6pm at SB (SB)
Friday 24th
6pm at OP (RP)
10.00 Matins
Lay Led
JS/JR
Trinity
Green
Philippians 3:
4b-14
Psalm 9: 7-end
Matthew 21:
33-46
17th after
Trinity
Green
18th after
Trinity
Green
Last Sunday
after Trinity
Green
All Saints
White
Philippians 4:
1-9
Psalm 106:
1-6
Matthew 22:
1-14
1Thessalonians
1: 1-10
Psalm 99
Matthew 22:
15-22
1 Thessalonians
2: 1-8
Psalm 90: 1-6
Matthew 22:
34-end
1 John 3: 1-3
Psalm 34: 1-10
Matthew 5:
1-12
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VICAR
Rev. Steven Baggs
tel: - 01885 490582
e-mail—[email protected]
PLEASE NOTE: Monday is Steven’s day off.
ASSOCIATE MINISTER
Rev. Richard Priest
tel - 01432 820170
e-mail - [email protected]
PARISH OFFICE
The Rosary, Bishops Frome, Worcester, WR6 5AP
tel and fax
tel - 01885 490229
e-mail - [email protected]
PARISH SECRETARY
Jo Jefferson
tel - 01885 490229
Office open for routine matters
Wednesday & Friday 9.15am-11.45am
CHURCH WARDENS
ACTON BEAUCHAMP
BISHOPS FROME
CASTLE FROME
EVESBATCH
FROMES HILL
MUCH COWARNE
OCLE PYCHARD
STANFORD BISHOP
Frome Valley Group of Churches
Child Protection Officer
Vulnerable Adults Protection Officer
Tony Wallis
01531 640338
Sally Wall
01886 884727
Gill Lynch
01531 640305
Heather Partridge (Deputy) 01531 640157
Louise Manning
01531 640821
Charles Pudge
01531 640309
Richard Kuehn
01886 880259
Dian a Harrison
01531640846
Jill Southall
01531 640288
Joan Rose
01531 640587
Jean Parkes
01432 820402
Martin Hewitt
01432 820282
Sally Ridler
01432 820328
John Ridler
01432 820328
Rachael Hawkins
01886 884250
Jetta Hawkins
01885 482247
Sally Ridler
Judy Orgee
01432 820328
01531 640525
Editor: Barbara Priest
Idalilian, Burley Gate, Hereford HR1 3QS
Email [email protected]
Home Phone 01432 820170 or Daytime (Allegro Music) 01885 490375
Advertising: Diane Pinches
Tel 01885 490581 E.mail: [email protected]
LAST COPY DAY for the November 2014 issue of
THE FROME VALLEY NEWS is Wednesday 15th October 2014
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