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Parish News
Benefice of Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity,
Westwood and Wingfield
In this issue...
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Lent - prayers & meetings

Snowdrop walks

Westwood Parish Room update
And the latest news from all around
the Benefice!
February 2015
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DIRECTORY FOR HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Rector
The Revd Joanna Abecassis, 18A Woolley St, BoA BA15 1AF
[email protected]
864444
Associate Priest
The Revd Dr Ali Green, 36 Budbury Close, BoA BA15 1QG
[email protected]
0785 547 0069
Churchwardens
Trevor Ford
25 Downavon, BA15 1JH
862240
Judith Holland 23 Avonfield Avenue, BA15 1JD 866215
Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton [email protected]
Admin Assistant
Aylene Clack
[email protected]
Assistant Wardens
David Emerson, David Milne, Brian Netley, Val Payne,
John Woods
Retired Clergy
Canon Richard Askew, The Ven John Burgess, Canon David
Driscoll, The Revd Alun Glyn-Jones, Canon Peter Hardman,
The Revd Jim Hill, The Rt Revd Bill Ind, The Ven Ian Stanes,
The Revd Karl Wiggins.
Benefice Lay Ministers Graham Dove (licensed)
07989 930950
Dr Malcolm Walsh (Permission to Officiate)
Director of Music
Thomas Pelham
07922 849982
Times of Services
Sundays
(Check Bulletins and notices or Church web site)
8am
Eucharist (Traditional language)
9.30am
Sung Eucharist (coffee afterwards)
6pm
Evensong, Compline, etc
Weekday Eucharist
10am
Wednesdays
12 noon
Fridays (Traditional language)
with lunch out afterwards
Daily (not Sundays or Tuesdays) Morning and Evening Prayer at 8.30am and 5.30pm
(please enter via the north door opposite the Saxon Church.)
Church opening times April to September: the church is usually open to
visitors on weekdays from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Times of Meetings
mainly music
Choir Practice
Team Trinity
Mothers’ Union
Saxon Club
Bell Practice
Benefice web-site
Weekly Bulletin
10.30am Church, Tuesdays
6.30pm Church, Tuesdays
9.30am Guide HQ (1st and 2nd Sundays in
the month, September to July, except Easter)
7.30pm 3rd Thursday, Cedar Court, Berryfield Road, BoA.
2–4pm Every Tuesday except August, United Church Hall
7.30–9pm 2nd and 4th Mondays
www.brad-avon-ht.org.uk
Notices to Sally Palmer-Walton not later than Wednesday
for the following Sunday.
Please let the Rector, an LLM, or any other member of the Pastoral
Care Team know if someone needs visiting at home or in hospital.
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HOLY TRINITY DIARY FOR FEBRUARY
1 SUNDAY
CANDLEMAS
5 Thursday
8 SUNDAY
9.30am
Sung Eucharist
6pm
Compline
8pm
Contemplative Hour
St Mary Tory
THE SECOND BEFORE LENT
9.30am
Sung Eucharist
No Evensong
12 Thursday
7.30pm
Garth Hewitt - Palestine BACT Concert
15 SUNDAY
THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT
9.30am
6pm
‘Sing Hosanna’ Eucharist
Evensong
18 ASH
WEDNESDAY
7.30pm
Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes
19 Thursday
7.30pm
Mothers’ Union Meeting with
speaker from ‘Operation Mobilisation’ about life aboard
their ship ‘Logos Hope’
22 SUNDAY
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
9.30am
Sung Eucharist
6pm
Evensong
3.30pm
BACT Lent Course
WEEKLY GROUPS
Monday
7.30pm (fortnightly)
Tuesday
10.30am
Thursday
11am
Westwood
Cedar Court
The Friends’
Meeting House
‘Faith Explored’
(for venue ring 07989 930950)
mainly music (a group for young children ─
school term only)
‘Faith Explored’ (but not 12th, 19th or 26th February)
Vicarage, 18A, Woolley Street
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‘Christ has no body but yours, no hands,
no feet on earth but yours‘
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s many of you will (I hope?!) be aware, having started my ministry first as the leader of a large church group of mums and their
children, and then as a lay hospital chaplain, pastoral care in all
its guises has always been my real passion. So it was a great joy when
our Holy Trinity Pastoral Care Team was launched two years ago now,
and I do hope that you have all noticed the great difference it has made?
In the words of the 16th century mystic Teresa of Avila, ‘Christ has no
body but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes
with which he looks compassion on this world, yours are the feet with
which he walks to do good, yours are the hands with which he blesses all
the world’. These words are a great way for us all to embrace this new
year, but they also illustrate beautifully the ethos of the Pastoral Care
Team. It has to be very special for us all to know that there are these
trained and supported ‘hands and feet’ ministering amongst our community.
You will always find the names of members inside the back cover of Parish News. And it is really exciting to announce that Alison Cook, Elaine
Crabbe and Geneviève Roberts are now joining us – together with their
considerable pastoral gifts and experience – and also that Chris Hodge,
and Marlene and Tony Haffenden are currently all training to be LPAs
(Diocesan Lay Pastoral Assistants). So that will increase the support that
we can offer considerably. And at the end of January, we shall all have
been trained as ‘Dementia Friends’ – so please do continue to ‘watch this
space’ as to our progress in becoming a ‘Dementia Friendly Church’.
You will see on every weekly Bulletin the words, ‘Please always let Joanna, Graham or any other member of the Pastoral Care Team know of any
pastoral need – any kind of pain or loss, illness, hospitalisation, loneliness – or simply cause for prayer’. But perhaps folk need to be reminded
sometimes that we really do mean it and that thinking that we are ‘too
busy’ is absolutely no excuse!
The Re-ordering Project continues to gather pace, and thank you for
your presence, your questions and your support at our meeting with the
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architects and project manager in December. The PCC are concerned
that there are still a lot of questions and anxieties out there, not least the
odd ‘Chinese Whisper’, and so we are trying to harvest these in order to
compile a ‘Questions and Answers’ sheet which should be helpful all
round! So please do let us have your questions or place them in the
‘Suggestions Box’ at the back of church. Because this is YOUR project,
and the ultimate outcome of our 2011-12 ‘Holy has a Vision’ consultative
process. So here are a couple to kick off with:
Q: Why do we have to do all this work and spend all this money? I like it
as it is.
A: Unfortunately, leaving it as it is simply isn’t an option. (1) The entire
floor needs replacing as the joists are rotten and so we are in danger of
sinking! (2) The heating system is very old, very ugly, very expensive and
very noisy. (3) We are at serious flood risk. (4) We have no Church Hall,
and only a tiny non-pewed space to use for activities. (5) We have a single toilet (accessed with great difficulty) and no kitchen (actually just a
sink and cupboards). (6) We have very minimal flexibility in the building
and so no opportunity for growth either in worship or as a community
space.
Q: When is the church going to close?
A: We really have no idea as yet as we have still to acquire the necessary
permissions – and all the funds! – and only then can we start to contact
contractors. But Autumn 2015 at the earliest.
With my love and prayers and every blessing
You can contact the editorial team on: [email protected]
Next issue copy deadline Thursday, 12 February 2015
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DRAMA FOR REFUGEE WOMEN
he daughter of a Westwood
parishioner has been providing a healing experience through
drama for Syrian refugee women
in Lebanon. Tabitha Ross, who
spent Christmas with her mother
in Westwood, produced a photo
story about the theatre project
which featured in the Guardian
in December.
The chosen play, staged in
Beirut, was Antigone, the Greek
tragedy featuring two brothers
leading opposite sides in the
Thebes' civil war, who died
fighting each other for the
throne. Antigone’s wish to bury
her brother against the edict of
the state leads to her own downfall. The Syrian women, Tabitha
said, created “a new version of
the play by intertwining their stories of revolution and suffering
with those of the ancients”.
One member of the project,
Hiba Sahly, 23, lost two brothers,
one of whom she was unable to
bury due to the war in her country. Her testimony of loss became
part of the play.
She said: “I understand why
Antigone does what she does. If I
could go to Syria and bury my
brother with my own hands, I
would do it”.
Sahly now lives in one of Beirut’s dirty and overcrowded Palestinian refugee camps. She said:
“There’s no electricity, the water’s
salty, you can’t even wash in it.”
Rehearsals offered an opportunity
to talk about the loss of her
brothers and her former life, and
be listened to – an experience she
found cathartic.
Tabitha commented: “Though
everyone brought their own story
of loss and displacement, it wasn’t all tragedy. For many women,
the play showed what they are
capable of, and challenged negative stereotypes of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.”
Rehearsal: Sryrian Women rehearse
their version of Antigone
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FIRST CofE FEMALE BISHOP
istory was made on 26 January when the Revd Libby
Lane, previously Vicar of St Peter's,
Hale, and St Elizabeth's, Ashley
in the Diocese of Chester,
became the first woman
to be consecrated as
bishop in the Church
of England.
The new suffragan
bishop of Stockport in
the Diocese of Chester
was ordained as a priest
in 1994. Her new post
was announced last December,
just a month after an historic
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change to the law to allow women in the episcopate. Libby’s husband, George, is also a priest;
they were one of the first married
couples in the Church
of England to be ordained together. The
first woman Anglican
bishop in the UK and
Ireland was the Revd
Pat Storey, rector of St
Augustine's in Derry,
who was appointed
Church of Ireland
Bishop of Meath and Kildare in
September 2013.
NATIONAL HUNGER REPORT
he Bishops of Salisbury and
Sherborne have said a report
by MPs and Peers on hunger in
Britain asks ‘fundamental questions’ about the society we are
choosing to be in today’s Britain.
The Right Revd Nicholas
Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury, contributed evidence to the All-Party
Parliamentary Inquiry into Hunger
in the United Kingdom, and was
present at the report’s launch by
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Inquiry involved politicians
from both the Conservative and
Labour Parties, as well as the
Bishop of Truro. Bishop Nicholas
said, “This is a serious report
which is only partly about food
poverty and food banks. It asks
some very fundamental questions
about society.”.
The report makes 77 recommendations, including the creation of a national ‘Feeding Britain’
network of organisations providing emergency food assistance,
steps to tackle food waste, steps
to tackle the higher prices poorer
people often pay for utilities like
gas and water, and reforms to the
benefits system to prevent people
falling through its cracks. The
report's recommendations will be
debated in the run-up to the
General Election.
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CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
his year was our
fourth birthday.
Whilst the Church looked
splendid last year, it was spectacular this time.
My thanks are due to all those
who took part by staging such
innovative and beautiful trees
and my especial thanks go to all
those who helped with refreshments or stewarding, without
which the festival could not have
been staged.
This year we had a variety of
musical entertainment, for which
we coined a new phrase of “walk
around concert”. This meant that
visitors could sit and enjoy a glass
of mulled wine whilst listening to
the music or walk around looking
at the 58 trees whilst enjoying
some fine performances.
This year we welcomed nearly
1800 visitors, compared with 1400
the year before and collected
over £2600, which will go towards improvements to the
Church, once we have made a
contribution to the cost of heating the building over the six days
of the festival.
Of course, it was not the money but the pleasure of playing
host to so many local businesses,
community organisations and
visitors which was the object of
the festival.
The “wishing tree” seemed to
be very popular this year. Contributions included wishes that everyone in the world will be happy;
to be an engineer for Range Rover; Nanny’s back gets better; To
be a princess; to fly really far; to
remain dedicated and get a PhD;
and for peace and hope all around
the world. Thank you again to all
those that helped!
John Cox
Finishing Touches: Watched over
by organiser John Cox, Jill Wright
adds the last decorations to the
Parish News Team’s tree
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BIG BATH SLEEP-OUT
ould you ‘Sleep-Out’ for just
one night if it meant you
could help others who would be
forced to sleep out every night?
Bath based homeless charity
Julian House is inviting members
of the public to ditch the comfort
of their warm beds and spend just
one night under the stars in Alice
Park on Friday 6th March.
The 7th Big Bath Sleep-Out is
open to individuals, members of
the public, organisations, families, work teams etc. (under
16’s would need to be accompanied by an adult and
those between 16 and 18
need signed consent from a parent or carer).
Alice Park Cafe will be open
for paid snacks until 11.00pm and
in the morning a hot drink and a
complimentary bacon roll will be
available. Pre-registration is essential. Details and a registration
form can be found at
www.bigbathsleepout.co.uk or
contact Cathy Adcock on 01225
354656 or email: cathya@julian
house.org.uk.
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he Nativity performance in
Church seems a long time
ago, but a big thank you to all the
children and parents who took
part. Thanks to Taylor for helping with the narrating.
The Christingle service was, as usual, a great success.
Thank you to Rebecca and Chloe for helping to distribute the oranges and sweets. It is always lovely to see
so many parents and grandparents accompanying the
children to the service.
We are now back in the guide HQ for our new term.
The first week we talked about the Kings, who visited the baby Jesus.
The second Sunday was the 'Baptism of Christ' and we coloured in a picture for our notice board in Church. We will be meeting again on the 1st
and 8th February and would love to see more children join us at 9.30
a.m. in the Guide HQ.
June and Sue
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CHRISTMAS: CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT
hurchwardens from across
our benefice report on the
Christmas period.
WESTWOOD
The church was nearly full for the
Carol Service on 21st December
with more than 80 there including
children. The 11 children of the
Sing-Along Sunday club had fun
presenting a tableau of the nativity and we all sang along with
them. The service was followed
by a most enjoyable gathering in
Westwood Manor
by kind invitation
of Jonathan and
Emily for mulled
cider and mince
pies in front of a
roaring log fire.
A new feature at
Midnight Mass
was, after the Notices, to turn off
the electric lights
apart from the light on the altar
and spend five minutes in silent
focus before commencing the
service with the blessing of the
crib. Silence proved to be a good
way to lead us into prayer.
This was followed on a clear,
sunny morning by a joyous Family
Service. It was even better attended than the Carol Service,
the singing was enthusiastic and
the responses firm.
David Chalmers &
Jonathan Azis
WINGFIELD
At our Carols by Candlelight concert St Mary’s was filled to the
brim with everyone enjoying
carols, festive poems and singing
by the delightful Mead at
Wingfield
School Choir. At
the interval we
enjoyed mulled
wine, Mrs
Robinson's
mince pies and
festive cakes.
At the Family
Carol Service
children dressed
as nativity characters created a tableau at the
chancel steps. We enjoyed drinks,
mince pies and stollen after the
service. The Christmas Day service was attended by lots of families, including two new babies, Maxim and Willow. The
Clarke family took the prayers,
with Sasha lighting the Christmas
candle on the advent stand. The
beautiful, sunny, winter's morning
enhanced the lighting and
warmth in the church.
Sue Phillips
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HOLY TRINITY
Last year’s Christmas report included floods, the empty church
and small simple services. In 2014
we could revert to the traditional
Christmas welcome to one and
all. There was hardly a seat in the
place for Christingle. 370 service
sheets were taken and there were
many families with children. At
the call for nativity characters we
were overwhelmed with angels - a
picture of haloes, white frocks
and tinsel on the stage. As for
other characters, we found a
mouse, a soft toy donkey, the odd
sheep/shepherd and one small
bold king. A newborn strapped to
his dad’s chest appeared to play
JC. Carol Collins’ grandson can
dine out on that tale when he’s
older! A ‘Mary’ was found with
another baby and Evie joined the
crowded stage. Carols were sung,
candles lit and sweets eaten.
At midnight a congregation of
145 with a goodly choir celebrated the first Mass of Christmas lovely to see old friends who
make an annual pilgrimage to HT.
Trevor, Mary and I decided to try
out our beautiful old silver chalices from a bequest from John
Ferret. I admire the chalice administrants because they’re not
easy to handle.
Back for 8am we welcomed
Bishop Bill. He read us some
beautiful poems, two of them
from U.A Fanthorpe. At the 10am
Family Eucharist there were
enough little be-frocked angels
(as well as more somberlydressed boys and adults) to show
off some Christmas presents and
to remind each other of why we
give gifts in celebrating the greatest gift of all.
Finding myself in Clapham on
the Sunday after Christmas I attended the local Church of the
Holy Spirit. It has no stained glass
so a gloriously light church. The
newsletter reminded us that it
was the Festival of the Holy Innocents:.. the Slaughter of the Innocents reminds us that our faith is
not something pretty and tinsel
that we only get out or polish up
when there is mulled wine and
good cheer. It is strong and true
and equips us to deal with the reality of life which sadly sometimes
involves innocents who are slaughtered. I hope you will draw
strength from this festival to face
whatever it is in your life that is not
wrapped in fairy lights knowing
that the God who watched his own
innocent be slaughtered and then
raised him to new life is with us.
Judith Holland
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BACT UPDATE
hese are some
of the items
discussed by Bradford
on Avon Churches
Together at their
THE HUB@BA15
The appointed Trustees are Jim
Clarke and Sue Glanville from
BACT; John Potter and Laurie
Brown from the Town Council;
Sue Lowther and John
Hutchinson from the BoACAN.
The Food Bank will continue to
operate in the same way as it is
now for the time being, and it is
hoped that Bearfield will still be
an outlet for food.
Sainsburys in BoA supports
the Food Bank in Bath at the
moment, but once the Hub is up
and running they will transfer
their support here. It is hoped
that Budgens will also support
the Food Bank and that the
Co-Op will continue to do so.
Tesco in Trowbridge also supports food banks.
We need volunteers to help
with the Food Bank and the Hub.
Inside the bank building, counters
have been removed and furniture
items have already been received
last meeting:
SOUP RUN IN TROWBRIDGE
At the moment six nights are
covered. We wonder whether
the Churches in Bradford on
Avon could cover it on one
Saturday a month?
CHAIRMAN
David Driscoll will stand down at
the next AGM as he has chaired
for two years.
GARTH HEWITT CONCERT
BACT, together with Bradford-on
-Avon Friends of Palestine
(BOAFOP) will present a concert “Something for the Soul”
featuring Garth Hewitt on Thurs,
12th February 2015, 7.30pm in
Holy Trinity Church.
Garth has a special commitment to the Middle East. Singing
songs and telling stories from
around the world, he presents
a moving and challenging spirituality that is both warm and inspiring. Tickets are on sale at the
Ex Libris bookshop in Bradford
on Avon.
BRADFORD ON AVON TOWN
COUNCIL EMERGENCY
VOLUNTEERS
Paul Robertson of Bearfield
Church, together with the Town
Council, is setting up an Emergency Group of volunteers to help
people in practical ways in the
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event of emergencies such as
floods and snow. They plan to be
on hand when an emergency arises. He also would like people to
help with the pastoral need, to be
on hand when such difficulties
arise. There may be church halls
that could be put on a register of
‘Rest Areas’ when people have to
be evacuated. The Town Council
would organise the staffing of
such events.
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SUMMER & HARVEST EVENTS
BACT are planning a Harvest
Lunch at St Margaret's Hall on
Saturday 3 October, and possibly
a ‘bring-and-share’ picnic in Barton Farm during the summer as a
way of including families.
If anyone would like to attend
these interesting BACT meetings
and would like a lift, please let
me know.
David Rawstron
JOURNEYING THROUGH HOLY WEEK
his year’s Lent course will be a series of five weekly reflections on
events through Holy Week, beginning with the anointing of Jesus at
Bethany and ending beside the empty tomb on Easter Day.
At each meeting there will be an opportunity to enter imaginatively
into the unfolding events, and to have space and time to experience
and reflect on the story and its meaning for each of us personally. We
will use music, art and other resources to explore our own responses to
the stories we engage with.
The meetings will start at 3pm on the First Sunday of Lent, February
nd
22 at the Friends’ Meeting House, and end on March 22nd. They will
take place at various venues, and will be followed by tea and a short act
of worship. These meetings will be led by Rev Dr Ali Green, an experienced spiritual director and retreat giver.
There will also be mid
-week groups for
those unable to attend on a Sunday.
Look out for more
details about venues
on the weekly
service sheets.
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Reordering Project:
Holy Trinity Church,
Bradford on Avon
Progress Report for
February
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t seems to have been some time since we last prepared an update, so
I’ll start by saying thank you to everyone who came along to the
presentation in church at the beginning of December. You will have seen
some additional imagery on panels at the back of the church so hopefully
you now have a really clear vision of where we are looking to end up.
Chedburn Dudley, Buro Happold and members of the Reordering
Steering Group have just given a very similar presentation to the DAC
and various conservation and interested bodies, some of which were
new to the project. We have yet to receive the written feedback at the
time of writing, however the verbal comments on the day were
impressed with the detailed investigations and generally supportive of
the scheme. As is frequently the case with a diverse gathering of
individuals there were some challenges to the proposals, however we
are confident of our ability to put forward a compelling case when we
apply for faculty to carry out the work.
We also await the written response to the Planning Pre-Application
Submission, due as I write! As soon as we have both sets of comments
we will progress documentation for Planning and
Faculty submissions.
Finally, John Cox is starting to prepare applications
for grants and specialist funding. If anybody is
aware of any awarding bodies with cash to spare,
please let John or ourselves know!
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WESTWOOD PARISH ROOM PLANS
aisy Wollen laid the foundation stone of the parish
room and for almost 125 years the
building has been a meeting place
on countless occasions. Now, it
needs to be enlarged and brought
up-to-date so that it can continue
to be a great asset for the village.
So the community is raising
£150,000 for a major programme
of improvements to the building.
The renovated room will be
opened at both ends and it will
have improved lighting, heating
and insulation. A new space will
be built, in-filling the current side
lean-to for a new kitchen and lavatories. Glass doors will open on-
to a quiet garden on its north side
and on the south there will be a
terrace with seating and tables
with a scenic view across to the
White Horse. The scheme will be
completed by a new circular
meeting point outside the West
door of the church and disabled
access at the entrance to the
churchyard.
Richard Askew, who chairs
the fund-raising committee, reports that £40,000 has been already been promised. He said,
“An attractive brochure was delivered to Westwood's 520 letterboxes. Then our Visitors did a follow-up visit to every home. By
early December this had yielded
£25,000 including gift aid. The
final phase of fund-raising has
now begun, in order to close
whatever gap remains. A party is
planned round next Easter to
thank all involved.”
This year
promises to be
an exciting one
for the Parish
of Westwood,
which will provide our benefice with its
only freestanding village hall.
Above: An impression of
the planned terrace
Right: The proposed
circular meeting point
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ur Christmas Cracker was well and
truly pulled with Christmas music,
sacred and secular sung by a quartet, and readings which described Christmases of times past by well known authors including Dickens, Dylan
Thomas, AA Milne and Laurie Lee plus the well known story of the Christmas Day football match from 1914.Trevor, Mary and Janet served mulled
wine and mince pies all of which made for a very enjoyable evening to
round off the year.
Our first meeting of the New Year at Cedar Court began with a Communion Service in the round celebrated by Joanna with about 15 members present, many being absent due to illness. After refreshments were
served we had our AGM. After welcome, prayer and “many” apologies
the notices reminded members of the Dinner on the 22nd at the Poplars,
the Wave of Prayer service at Pewsey at 2.30pm on 6th February. The
meeting then proceeded with minutes and reports from the Treasurer
and Secretary and the Enrolling Members. The Branch has had a full
year with several major events in the Diocese including the Presidents
“Walk a week” and the visit of the World Wide President to Wilton in
July. Looking to the future, Ian emphasised the importance of teamwork and thanked the committee and many other members for all their
work during the year with over £1300 being sent to various MU charities.
For the coming year Sylvia and Ian remain as Enrolling Members and
Janet as Secretary. Beryl was thanked for all her work as Treasurer and
Chris Hodge volunteered to take on the role. Other committee members remain the same – Mary D, Dawn, Angela, Janet and Marlene leaving one space to be filled if needed. Refreshments were served by Joy,
Dawn and Chris. Our next meeting is on the 19th February at Cedar Court
and is entitled ‘Operation Mobilisation’, being about the ship the ‘Logos
Hope’. It should be very interesting and anyone is welcome to join us.
Sylvia and Ian
Crossword solutions
ACROSS: 8, Cross-examined. 9, Ash. 10, Apocrypha. 11, Sci-fi. 13, Typical. 16,
Visited. 19, Offer. 22, No account. 24, RAC. 25, Sovereign Lord.
DOWN: 1, Oceans. 2, Hophni. 3, Islamist. 4, Exhort. 5, Omar. 6, On spec. 7, Add
all. 12, CBI. 14, Plotting. 15, Awe. 16, Vanish. 17, Starve. 18, Daub it. 20, Furrow.
21, Recede. 23, Cure.
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his is a photo of most of our mm group at our last session before Christmas. They did enjoy listening to the
Donkey's Christmas Story as told by Revd Dr Ali Green.
It was great fun having our little knitted donkey clipclopping on the carpet and whenever the donkey was mentioned, we
sang 'Little Donkey, carry Mary safely on her way'. It was very enjoyable. We ended our session singing 'Away in the Manger'. I am
sure the families went home
happy with some chocolate
coins and a wrapped present to
hang on their Christmas trees.
When we resumed again in
January, we heard all about
their friends & family they had
met over the holiday period
and of course, the presents delivered by Father Christmas. Among the
most popular were dolls, Spider-Man and the DVD, 'Frozen'. I think I
must watch 'Frozen' as it is highly recommended by our families and I
need to keep up to date!
Marlene Haffenden
FROM THE REGISTERS
Baptisms
Joseph John Anderson
Jessica Ivy Grace Eldred
30 November 2014
7 December 2014
Funerals
Josephine Mary Lees
Susanna Frances Hardman
Marie Erdal-Smith
Emily Rose (“Bunty”) Johns
Sheila Dunfield
John Stuart Benjamin
4 December 2014
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Prayer Paths—into Lent
ere are three ancient
prayers of penitence, all
written in the fourth century. They all help to capture the
essence of the spiritual journey we
enter into during the season of
Lent. The words and sentiments
expressed in these prayers seem to
be as relevant to our postmodern
western culture as they were to
early Christians 1700 years ago.
The first is by St Ambrose,
who was made Bishop of Milan in
AD 374. He was an influential
preacher and wrote many hymns,
commentaries and other works
on faith.
great philosopher, theologian and
writer. He wrote:
O Lord, the house of my soul is
narrow;
Enlarge it that you may enter in.
It is ruinous,
O repair it!
It displeases Your sight.
I confess it, I know.
But who shall cleanse it, to
whom shall I cry but to you?
Cleanse me from my secret
faults, O Lord,
and spare Your servant from
strange sins.
The Prayer of Saint Ephrem,
who died in AD 373, is one of the
best-loved prayers of Orthodox
Christians, recited at services
during Lent and other fasting
periods.
O Lord, who hast mercy upon
all,
take away from me my sins,
and mercifully kindle in me the
fire of thy Holy Spirit.
Take away from me the heart of
stone,
and give me a heart of flesh,
a heart to love and adore Thee,
a heart to delight in Thee,
to follow and enjoy Thee,
for Christ's sake, Amen
O Lord and Master of my life,
Give me not the spirit of sloth,
Despair, lust for power and idle
talk.
But grant unto me, Thy servant
A spirit of integrity, humility,
Patience and love.
Yea, O Lord and King,
Grant me to see mine own faults
And not to judge my brother.
For blessed art Thou
Unto the ages of ages. Amen.
One of the people most influenced by Ambrose was Augustine
of Hippo (AD 354-430), whom
Ambrose baptized, and who himself became a bishop as well as a
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hinder our corporate and
personal relationship with
Jesus Christ and our service
to him. We are invited to
see our lives through
Christ's eyes and enter
ever more fully into the
truth and reality of God’s
love for us.
It is a season to resist
all the noise and trivialities
that vie for attention, and
enter the inner room of the
heart, the house of the
soul. Here we can listen to
God, knowing that our gracious Creator already knows our
needs, and respond to the
promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Ali Green
Lent, which begins on February
18th this year, is a time for taking
a spiritual inventory and then
cleaning out those things that
A Prayer for February
Dear Lord,
February can seem such a bleak, mid-winter month, often flavoured with
‘flu and bad weather. But actually, the days are lengthening. There are
snowdrops and other signs of new life, if we look expectantly. Spring is
beckoning. Open our eyes, Lord, to see the wonders of your creation,
even in February. May we appreciate the rhythms of the seasons you
designed for us, and rejoice in the hope you have given us in Jesus, who
came to wonderfully re-create, to make all things new, by his death and
resurrection. Thank you Father for life-signs in February - and thank you
especially for the new life-sign of Jesus. Amen.
By Daphne Kitching
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Support for Specialist Refuges
to utilise the government funding
now available. He confirmed that
there are five refuges across Wiltshire, offering in all 83 spaces for
women and children. He added
that most people fleeing from
domestic abuse are placed in
refuges outside the county. Of
those who applied to remain in
the county, Wiltshire Council
accepted 25 females and six
males last year.
Mr Hames, in his reply to PN,
also commented, “the Government has published strengthened
statutory homelessness guidance,
which will clearly set out the
standard of support that victims
of domestic abuse can expect.”
Communities Secretary Eric
Pickles has reminded England’s
326 councils of their legal duty to
house women and children who
have been forced to flee their
homes for fear of violence and
abuse. Mr Pickles said, “With
victims of domestic violence making an average 32 attempts to leave before
they make their
final escape, councils must
do everything in their
power to ensure there is
nothing to prevent a
woman from taking the
vital steps to safety”.
he government is lending
its support to women’s refuges across England with
a £10 million fund, available
throughout the year. The initiative
was announced shortly after the
charity Women’s Aid launched
a campaign to save refuges - as
reported in the last edition of Parish News. The move has been welcomed by charities working with
domestic abuse victims.
Local MP Duncan Hames, in
response to Parish News’ queries,
contacted James Cawley, Associate Director of Adult Care and
Housing at Wiltshire Council, regarding local refuge accommodation. Mr
Cawley
reported
that the
Council is
consulting
with partners to
discuss
how best
Above: James
Cawley,
Right: Local MP
Duncan Hames
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Churches Stand Against Domestic Abuse
Various denominations across England have produced a Domestic Abuse
Charter which parishes can adopt to raise awareness of violence in the
home and actions that can help its victims.
Domestic Abuse Charter
This Church ...
1.Understands domestic abuse to be the abuse of a person physically,
sexually, psychologically, spiritually, emotionally, socially or financially
within an intimate or family-type relationship and that forms a pattern
of coercive and controlling behaviour. This can include forced marriage
and so-called ‘honour crimes’.
2. Holds that domestic abuse in all its forms is unacceptable and irreconcilable with the Christian faith and a Christian way of living.
3. Accepts that domestic abuse is a serious problem which occurs in
church families as well as in wider society.
4. Undertakes to listen, support and care for those affected by domestic
abuse.
5. Will always place the safety of women and children as the highest
priority.
6. Will work with domestic abuse support agencies, will learn from
them and support them in appropriate ways, and will publicise their
work.
7. Will play its part in teaching that domestic abuse is a sin.
8. Believes in a God of love, justice, mercy, and forgiveness.
9. Will teach what it means to be male and female, equally made in
God’s image.
10. Will seek to appoint advisors to encourage the use of good practice
guidelines and keep the church informed about the implementation and
development of these guidelines
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T
Costing the Earth - The Curse of Pollution
he Bishop of Salisbury, the
Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam,
has become the Church of
England’s lead bishop for Environmental Affairs, chairing a new
Working Group on the Environment established by General Synod last February. Bishop Nicholas
said, “My hope as I take on this
new role, is that this work will energise the Church of England and
everyone who cares for creation.”
In this issue we launch a series
of articles on environmental issues, beginning with an overview
of air and
water pollution in Britain.
Historically, the
environment has
been seen
as a “free resource” to be abused
at will. Indeed, the word itself was
not recognised in the context of
the “natural environment” until
well into the 20th century. We
have moved a long way from the
time when garbage and sewage
were disposed of in our streets
and rivers, causing intolerable
pollution. Even a hundred years
ago city streets were clogged
with horse manure. Now our
streets are mostly clean (apart
from litter discarded thoughtlessly) and the quality of river water
has improved to the point that
wildlife such as otter and salmon
are reappearing in many of them.
Progress has also been made
with clean-up of the atmosphere.
The UK Clean Air Act of 1956
made it illegal to burn bituminous
coal in open grates and led to the
introduction of ‘smokeless fuels’
and closed stoves. There was a
dramatic decline in sulphurous
fumes, especially in cities, and
thousands of lives
were prolonged.
Dense ‘smogs’ (smoke
-laden fogs) are now a
thing of the past. Factories were required
to clean up their acts
and gone are the 19th
century “smokestack
industries” belching forth pollutants, as depicted so vividly by
the artist LS Lowry.
These are not the only environmental success stories. Toxic
heavy metals, mercury and cadmium, have been removed from
consumer products and replaced
by more benign constituents.
Lead has been eliminated from
petrol, while the lead used in
roofing and in batteries is now
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ENVIRONMENTAL
CHALLENGES
almost entirely recycled. Chlorofluoro carbons that created the
hole in the ozone layer have
been eliminated from aerosol
cans and replaced by more benign
propellants.
In cities the ‘smogs’ caused by
open fires were, sadly, replaced
by a different form of pollution
from road vehicles. This problem
also has been addressed by scientists and the quality of urban air
has now been much improved by
the advent of catalytic converters
fitted to cars with petrol engines
and particulate filters to diesel
engines. However, recent studies
suggest that in Britain traffic pollution, mostly from diesel cars, is
still to blame for tens of thousands of premature deaths each
year. Scientists working in this
field are to present their report to
the government this year.
Our coastal waters, home to
over 8,000 species of animals and
plants, are increasingly vulnerable
to pollution from sewage, litter
(especially plastics that are not
bio-degradable) and chemicals
such as crude oil. Much still
remains to be done to ensure
clean air and water and an environment that is sustainable in the
long term.
Ron Dell

Rise in global population
Waste - landfills, recycling, incineration, marine debris, soil
contamination
 Pollution of air, land and
water, including ocean acidification, acid rain, acidification of
the oceans
 Climate change and issues
related to global warming, including melting of the Antarctic
ice sheet, rises in sea level
 Ecosystem destruction –
including loss of tropical forests,
wetlands, meadows, marine
habitats such as coral reefs;
over-fishing; intensive farming;
desertification
 Depletion of the world’s
resources especially key metals
& petroleum.
 Soil erosion and soil contamination by waste, pesticides
and other toxins
 Wildlife conservation: issues
include species, extinction, coral bleaching, invasive species,
loss of biodiversity
 Carbon footprint and the
need for energy conservation
and renewable energy sources
(solar power, geothermal
heat pumps), recycling,
sustainable living.
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Candlemas Snowdrops
C
andlemas this year falls on
the first day of February, a
Sunday. Harbinger of
spring and witness to lengthening
days, the snowdrop is also known
as the “Candlemas Bell”.
It has traditionally been associated with the commemoration
of the presentation of the infant
Jesus at the Temple and the
Virgin Mary’s purification. This
day also marks the half-way
point between the winter solstice
and the vernal equinox, so the
fresh, white snowdrop poking
up and bringing its early flowers
after a long winter, is an apt
reminder of the Candlemas
celebration of Christ the Light
of the world. It is often brought
into church for the Candlemas
service.
You can see a
wonderful display
of snowdrops – and
enjoy magnificent views - at the
Rococo Gardens, Painswick
House, Gloucestershire. This garden, originally set out in the 18th
century, has one of the most
comprehensive collections of
wild and cultivated species and
varieties in the British Isles,
and the flowers are at their
best right now. There is an admission charge.
Closer to home, you can enjoy
a swathe of flowering snowdrops
for free at Erlestoke, on the edge
of the Salisbury Plain. Here you
will find a long-derelict garden,
cultivated in the 19th century.
There is a lovely woodland walk
through trees and around some
Painswick
House: The
Rococo
Garden has
a fantastic
display of
snowdrops
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small lakes, accessed from the
B3098 through a gate opposite
the church. At this time of year
parts of the woodland floor are
carpeted in snowdrops, as well as
wild garlic, wood anemones, violets and primroses.
More locally, you can spot
snowdrops along the verges of
older roads and lanes. The presence of snowdrops in such locations often coincides with some
old stonework and walls, indicating that at one time a cottage
stood, and the resident planted
snowdrops in their garden.
Snowdrops go on reproducing for
many years, producing bulbils
that form into a clump that survives for generations.
There are nineteen species
of wild snowdrop worldwide.
They grow naturally everywhere
from Poland to Turkey. At some
time – no-one is sure exactly
when – they were brought to the
British Isles, and have since been
bred into hundreds of different
varieties. Some of these are
very collectible and bulbs of especially desirable varieties fetch
a high price.
In the Garden
Readers share some seasonal tips
S
nowdrops (Galanthus) grow well
in grass and moss under trees.
They also thrive under deciduous
shrubs, or along the front of borders where herbaceous plants can provide
ground cover when the snowdrops are dormant.
They are best planted in spring after they have finished flowering, but
before the leaves have died down. This is also the best time to divide and
transplant them. Break a clump into small clusters and plant these about
a foot apart, and at the same depth as they were growing before, in any
half-decent soil in dappled shade or between shrubs. Snowdrops like a
well-drained spot in light shade, similar to their natural woodland habitat.
On heavy soil, add a little sharp sand or grit when planting to improve
drainage. Where snowdrops and other spring bulbs are coming through,
weed the area and apply a thin layer of mulch. Organic waste from the
beds is best put on the compost heap rather than burned, as dead plant
material supports a variety of insects and other wildlife.
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Wiltshire Butterflies, November/December 2014
B
oth months were warmer
than normal and without
the devastating rainfall of
2013. In fact 2014 had the warmest autumn since 1910 and has
been the hottest year since records
began in 1659.
Eight butterflies continued
flying into November – some
aroused from hibernation during
warm weather such as a Brimstone on 14th and Peacocks on 1st
and six on 29th. Ten Clouded Yellows were reported, the last one
in a Trowbridge garden on 9th,
one Small Copper and one Comma, both on 1st, and at least 50
Red Admirals – the last at Corsham on 30th. Two Painted Ladies,
one on 5th at Tisbury and one on
14th in a Trowbridge garden and
at least 21 Small Tortoiseshells,
the last on 29th. In December a
single Small Tortoiseshell at Tisbury on 6th was the final butterfly
sighting of the year.
A very elusive and rare butterfly, the Brown Hairstreak, flies
later in the year during August
and September. The eggs are
usually laid singly (although more
rarely in groups of up to six) on
the shoots of blackthorn. Many
are destroyed when hedges are
flailed in the winter. They are pinhead size, white and fairly easily
detected on dark, leafless blackthorn stems. Searching for these
is the best method of detecting
the butterfly’s presence.
We know of two very restricted colonies in Wiltshire. During
the last two winters, after intensive egg searches, we found the
colony extent is about three times
as large as was previously known.
Continuing searches this winter
may prove it to be even more
widespread. So, a good news
story when so much of our wildlife is rapidly declining and under
threat from human activities. It
has been a relatively good year
for several butterfly species but
not on a par with 2013, one of the
best in living memory.
Mike Fuller
A good news story:
Brown Hairstreak
eggs and imago
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We start 2015 with the collective worship theme of Resilience and, for
Y7 , Inspiration. These themes help the school to reflect on issues that
are bigger than learning facts and are more about ethos and character.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Yr 9 students Sophia Maropoulos and Tristyn Lee have got to the final
15 in the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory School Science Prize.Design
team Izzy Hart, Max Ralph, Charlie Binney and Jonathan Parrish (all Y10)
are shortlisted in a national design and technology award for their Sock
Pocket. Congratulations to them all!
SPORT
In another successful rugby season there were some outstanding performances ,with two teams reaching the County Finals. The Y11 team are
now U16 champions. The successful players are: Jamie Howell, Jack
Hughes-Jones, George Gerrish, Austin Le Seuer, Tobias Adlam, Archie
Sidwell, James Williams, David Phillips, George Franklin, Ben Brendish,
Jac Stone, Harvey Amey, Drew Retford, Alex Holmes, Alex Halls, Matt
Rodger, Angus Watts, Tyler Gane, James Bailey, Joe Crowe.
HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUEST
We must report the danger posed by driving to and from school. Please
be patient when travelling along the roads near the school at busy times
and help ensure pedestrian safety.
FUNDING GRANTS
Wiltshire Community Foundation can help with a range of Scholarship,
Vocational and Personal Support Grants for students aged 16 to 25 contact www.wiltshirecf.org.uk or call 01380 729284.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
February sees our production of The Sound of Music in Trinity Hall. Previous productions have been sell-outs so get your tickets early !
Lorraine Marlow
Be Spirited Co-Ordinator
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Top Ten Christian Books Countdown: 9&10
T
he Church Times recently
printed a three-part series
on the top 100 Christian
books, excluding the Bible. The
authors of the ten highest-rated
books cover a great range of
Christian history, but curiously
no authors of the last century
are included.
We’ve taken the top ten
and asked local people to write
something about what these
books have meant for them. Here
are the first two books – tenth
and ninth in the Church Times’
running order. We’ll publish more
over the coming months!
my ministry – perhaps especially
that very special poem ‘Love bade
me welcome’ and the glorious
phrase ‘heaven in ordinary’ from
the poem ‘Prayer’.
Joanna Abecassis
10 The Complete English Poems of
George Herbert – (who ended his
life as a Wiltshire Village Vicar and
who is remembered in the Anglican Calendar this month, Feb
27th.) George Herbert has always
really spoken to me as a poet and
as a priest. His poems are short
and succinct but somehow capture in a timeless way not only his
experience of a transcendent and
loving God, but also his deep empathy for the lives of his parishioners. The phrases he uses are
often memorable They etch
themselves on one’s soul, and I
find myself constantly coming
back to them and using them in
9 The Imitation of Christ by
Thomas a Kempis . I read this
book in my early thirties and
found my first seriously interesting and engaging manual for
Christian discipleship. The simple
wisdom of this fourteenth century
monk is as relevant today as it
ever was.
Admired by Sir Thomas More,
St Ignatius and John Wesley, his
writings have inspired millions
since they appeared in 1441. The
book has been translated into
more languages than any other
book apart from the Bible.
Ali Green
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Have Your Say!
M
LIVING WITH ALZHEIMERS
y late wife Frances, was diagnosed with Alzheimers early in 2011, and so began four years
of coming to terms with her ever-decreasing ability to cope
with the basics of everyday life, and the need for me to take on the increasing demands of full-time care.
It soon became clear that I could only do this with support and practical help, both from professional carers, and from friends and neighbours. The former was mostly supplied by Alzheimers Support, Wiltshire, the wonderful Charitable body, based in Trowbridge, which provides Day Centres, home care visitors, and regular opportunities to meet
with others in the same situation; the latter more informal support came
very largely from members of Holy Trinity, not least the Mothers Union,
who arranged a weekly rota of sitters, so that I could continue to attend
the Bradford Choral Society rehearsals.
I am deeply grateful for all the love, care and prayers which have
helped to sustain us, and to Joanna, the Choir, all who attended her Funeral and helped to make it an uplifting celebration of her life and faith.'
Peter Hardman
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PARISH CHRISTMAS CARD 2014
special thank you to the 50 or so people who kindly helped with
the distribution of the 3200 parish Christmas cards. We are grateful to the regulars who have been delivering for many years and it
was most helpful to have some new people volunteering.
A card was delivered to every home in the parish plus packs to local
hotels and guesthouses, the library and the tourist information office.
We hope you agree that it is a very worthwhile form of communication
and outreach and responsible for many of the ‘new faces’ apparent at
our Christmas Tree Festival and the services over the Christmas period.
Thank you to Joanna for her Christmas message and help with the
design and to Trevor for arranging the printing, and thanks to those of
you who took on a ‘little extra’ this time. Your assistance and continued
support is warmly appreciated.
Marlene and Tony Haffenden
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IT WAS ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT!
B
ack in September 2014,
on the first day of rehearsals for the Bradford
on Avon Choral Society (BOACS),
our December concert seemed a
long way off.
At our final rehearsals in Holy
Trinity, we had the
joy of seeing our
choir Christmas
tree all lit up in
front of the pulpit,
as well as the other
lovely trees around
the church. Finally
the day of the concert had arrived! It
was clear that we were going to
have a bumper audience. All the
Christmas trees sparkled away,
the audience settled down and
we were off! After the interval
with wine and mince pies, an unexpected complication arrived as
the organ decided to continue to
play a note despite all
our accompanist did to
silence it. Just before
the final piece thanks
were given and a warm
welcome to the founder
of the choir, Gaynor Biscoe. Then it was a rousing finale with the Hallelujah chorus from Messiah. As everyone
streamed out there was
a collection for the Ebola crisis which raised £308, a fitting end to a special evening.
Sarah Davies
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CHRISTMAS BOX THANKS
would like to thank everyone who prepared the Christmas boxes and
the folk who gave generously in money and the lovely people who
beavered away with the beautiful knitting and crochet to fill them.
Westbury warehouse were very grateful indeed, and I am sure the
boxes were received by the many children who have little, and treasure
every gift inside for a long time. Many many thanks indeed.
Evelyn Humphrey
Thanks to everyone who wrote into us this month! If you have something you’d like to say, please contact the Parish News team on
[email protected]
March issue copy deadline Thursday, 12 February 2015
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A Saint for the Season: Janani Luwum
A
bove the west door of Westminster Abbey there is a row of ten
statues of modern martyrs. When they were unveiled in 1998 Canon Harvey said, “The 20th century, which has been the most violent in recorded history, has created a roll of Christian martyrs far exceeding that of any previous period.” Martyrs from all the continents were chosen, among them Janani Luwum.
Janani was the second African Primate of the Anglican Church in
Uganda and one of the most influential leaders of the modern Church in
Africa. Born to humble parents in 1922 in a
small village in the Kitgum district, he was
educated at the local high school and trained
as a teacher. Converting to Christianity at the
age of 26, he went the year after to Buwulasi
Theological College. He became a Bishop of
the Northern Province in 1969 and Primate
in 1974.
He was a leading voice in criticising the excesses of the Idi Amin regime that assumed
power in Uganda in 1971. In 1977, the year of
his death, Archbishop Luwum delivered a
note of protest to President Idi Amin against
the dictator’s policies of arbitrary killings and
unexplained disappearances. Shortly afterwards he was accused of treason and arrested along with two cabinet ministers. They
were paraded at a state rally in Kampala and
charged with crimes against the state. The
next day it was announced on Radio Uganda that Janani had died in a car
crash. In fact he had been beaten and shot, as villagers discovered when
his body was returned for burial. Some said Idi Amin himself pulled the
trigger but there were no first hand witnesses.
Janani is recognised as a martyr by the Anglican Communion and his
death is commemorated annually on 17th February, the day he died.
Amin was deposed in 1979, two years after Janani’s murder and he died
in exile in 2003. Archbishop Janani will be remembered long after Idi
Amin is forgotten. “For all the saints who from their labours rest…”
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For Prayer in February
We pray for:
 Our role in world peace
 Ali Green and the BACT Lent Course
 The Health Centre
 The Hub @ BA15
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westwood
Churchwardens:
Jonathan Azis
[email protected]
David Chalmers
[email protected]
PCC Secretary
Julie Adcock
[email protected]
The Parish Church of St Mary, Wingfield
Churchwardens:
David Robinson
david.robinson@paultons
street.com
Sue Phillips
[email protected]
PCC Secretary
Sue Phillips
[email protected]
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Quick Crossword
The Bible version is the NIV
Clues across
3 Specialist in the study of the Muslim religion (8)
4 ‘Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but —
him as if he were your father’ (1 Timothy 5:1) (6)
5 One of Esau’s grandsons (Genesis 36:11) (4)
6 Taking a chance (colloq.) (2,4)
7 God’s instructions to the Israelites concerning
grain offerings: ‘ — salt to — your
offerings’ (Leviticus 2:13) (3,3)
12 Confederation of British Industry (1,1,1)
14 ‘All day long they twist my words; they are
always — to harm me’ (Psalm 56:5) (8)
15 The crowd’s reaction to Jesus bringing back to
life a widow’s son in Nain (Luke 7:16) (3)
16 Disappear (Psalm 104:35) (6)
17 How Jeremiah was likely to die if he wasn’t
rescued from the cistern where he was
imprisoned (Jeremiah 38:9) (6)
18 What the prophets do to a wall, with
whitewash (Ezekiel 13:10, RSV) (4,2)
20 Made by a plough (Job 39:10) (6)
21 Noah was relieved when the flood waters
continued to — (Genesis 8:5) (6)
23 Jesus gave the Twelve the power and
authority to do this to diseases (Luke 9:1) (4)
8 Interrogated (Acts 12:19) (5-8)
9 ‘Burn it in a wood fire on the —
heap’ (Leviticus 4:12) (3)
10 Tobit, Judith, Baruch and the books of
Esdras and the Maccabees are part of it (9)
11 Science fiction (abbrev.) (3-2)
13 Clay pit (anag.) (7)
16 Went to (John 4:46) (7)
19 ‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of
God’s mercy, to — your bodies as living
sacrifices’ (Romans 12:1) (5)
22 David’s plea to God concerning those
referred to in 14 Down: ‘On — — let them
escape’ (Psalm 56:7) (2,7)
24 Royal Automobile Club (1,1,1) 25 How the
book of Ezekiel refers to God more than 200
times (Ezekiel 2:4) (9,4)
Clues down
1 Seas (Proverbs 8:24) (6)
2 One of the sons of Eli the priest, killed in
battle by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:11) (6)
Solutions on page 16.
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Source: Parish Pump
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Officers
The Revd Joanna Abecassis, Chair
Judith Holland (Churchwarden), Vice Chair
Trevor Ford (Churchwarden)
Members
Alison Cook
Elaine Crabbe
Ron Dell
Graham Dove
Joan Finch
Ali Green
Marlene Haffenden
Jeremy Lavis*
(Treasurer†)
Thomas Pelham
Bette Riddle
Erin Shields-Pett
Malcolm Walsh
Anne Willis*
Hugh Wright
Chris Hodge
(co-opted)
PCC Secretary
* Deanery Synod
representatives
THE STANDING COMMITTEE
Chair, Churchwardens, Associate Priest, LLM and Treasurer
CHURCHWARDENS EMERITI
Jeremy Lavis, Mike Fuller, Anne Carter, Tony Haffenden, Joan Finch.
THE PASTORAL CARE TEAM
Joanna, Graham, Anne Carter, Alison Cook, Elaine Crabbe, Joan Finch, Marlene
Haffenden, Tony Haffenden, Chris Hodge, Evelyn Humphrey, Heather Knight,
Sue Lavis, Val Payne, David Rawstron, Hazel Rawstron, Geneviève Roberts and
Sylvia Stanes.
THE FRIENDS OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Chairman: John Cox
Secretaries: Mike and Jenny Fuller Treasurer: John Woods
Committee: Anne Carter, Tony Haffenden, Chris Hodge, Jeremy Lavis,
Revd Angela Onions, Raymond Winrow
Ex officio: Judith Holland, Trevor Ford
BRADFORD GROUP MINISTRY
This is a longstanding body which now comprises the two benefices of North Bradford
on Avon and Villages and our own. We look forward to establishing a much closer bond
and to this end joint meetings and services have recently been held, and the Group
clergy meet regularly.
PARISH NEWS
Email copy to:
[email protected]
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OTHER OFFICERS AND ORGANIZERS
PCC Secretary
Chris Hodge
869357
email: [email protected]
PCC Treasurer
Jeremy Lavis
863600
Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton
[email protected]
Benefice Admin Assistant Aylene Clack
[email protected]
Bellringers
Sarah Quintin
869469
Bookstall
Brass Cleaning
Chris Hodge
869357
Coffee on Sunday
Janet Brown and
862188
Malcolm Walsh
862702
Church Stewards
David Milne
864341
Director of Music
Thomas Pelham
07922 849982
Electoral Roll Officer
Alan Knight
860991
Flowers
Jonquil Burgess
868905
Food Bank
Heather and Alan Knight
860991
BACT Foodbank contact Frank Turner
309102
Guides & Brownies
Sarah Bennett
[email protected]
Mothers’ Union
Ian & Sylvia Stanes
309036
MU Prayer Circle
Chris Hodge
869357
Servers
Mary Ford
862240
Saxon Club
David Driscoll
865314
Saxon Church and St Mary Tory Trustees:
Chairman
Anna Tanfield (all bookings)
863819
Secretary
Diana Shaw Stewart
863253
Treasurer
Jeremy Lavis
863600
Sidespersons Rota
Judith Holland
866215
Stewardship Secretary Pam Harman
635193
Street Market:
Community Stalls John Cox
864270
Church Stalls
Communications Deborah Robinson
866552
Team Trinity
June Harrison
863745
Parish Representatives on other organisations:
Bradford Group Council: The Churchwardens
Children’s Society:
Anne Carter
Christian Aid:
Jonquil Burgess
Deanery Synod:
Jeremy Lavis and Anne Willis
BoA Churches Together: David Rawstron
St Laurence School:
The Revd Joanna Abecassis
and Lindsay Driscoll (Foundation Governors)
Printed at the Parish Office, 18A Woolley Street, Bradford on Avon.
Parish News also appears (in colour) on the Holy Trinity web site: www.brad-avon-ht.org.uk. Previous
issues of the magazine can also be found in the magazine archive on the church web site.
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