All Saints Lydiard Millicent
Newsletter
March 2014
www.allsaints-online.org.uk
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Contact Information
Enquiry
Contact
Baptisms/Thanksgivings
Weddings
Funerals
Intercessions
Rev Tudor Roberts
Prayer ministry
Tricia Roberts
Hospital visits
Rev Tudor Roberts
Children & youth
Tanya Stobbs
Sunday notices
Beverley Belcher
Newsletter
Jennie Langley or
Andy Langley
Sue Jones
Sue Jones
Pastoral care
coordinator
Church membership secretary
Pam Bennett
Giving/Gift Aid
Alan Bennett
Bell ringing
Michael Moore
All Saints has the responsibility for Lydiard Millicent, Greenhill,
Greatfield, Peatmoor and Sparcells
www.allsaints-online.org.uk
All Saints Church, Church Place, Lydiard Millicent
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Welcome
Following a very busy February, March promises to be even more jampacked. It starts with a breakfast, followed by a visit from Katrine
Musgrave from Christian Aid. Then on the 14/15th there will be 24
Hours of Prayer. All happening during Lent!
On a personal note, Andy, the boys and I went to Salisbury Cathedral
during the half term holiday and enjoyed a very informative guided
tour! We viewed the Magna Carta and saw the Cathedra (where the
word Cathedral comes from) which is the ornate chair where the
Bishop sits during
important ceremonies.
It was also very
interesting to have the
detail of the East
Window pointed out and
explained to us – a
window dedicated to all
prisoners of conscience.
My favourite part of the
Cathedral was the font
with the words of Isaiah
43 v1-2 (ESV) inscribed around its four edges.
“Do not fear for I have redeemed you.
I have called you by name you are mine.
When you pass through the waters I will be with you.
And through the rivers they shall not overwhelm you.”
How poignant to be one of the verses we have been studying in Home
Group recently.
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Jennie Langley
Tudor’s Message
We start Lent at All Saints with a service of Holy Communion at 7.30
pm on Ash Wednesday 5th March when people can receive “the
imposition of ashes”. Lent, the 40 days prior to Easter, can be a time
to genuinely and humbly come before God and say sorry to him as well
as sorry to each other. The fruits of repentance can be a softening of
heart and an openness to God’s grace, love and purpose. My
experience is that Easter means more when we have prepared well in
Lent.
Here are some suggestions of how to use the time:
If you have not yet done so, join a home group. The Christian life was
never meant to be lived alone.
Read a Lent book e.g. “Looking through the Cross” by Graham Tomlin.
Or read a classic like “Mere Christianity” by CS Lewis or “Money, Sex
and Power” by Richard Foster. Take one small part of the Bible and
read it over 40 days, e.g. a gospel or a New Testament letter, or a
section of the Psalms.
Get involved with one of the Agencies we support like Christian Aid,
CMS, Tear Fund, Children’s Society, MAF, SYFC, or Scripture Union.
Send off for their material, pray for their work, and seek new
horizons.
Examine before God your thoughts, speech, actions, record of
forgiveness and ask God to give you fresh hunger to serve him and
others.
Take a day out at Harnhill Centre of Healing, or time off at
somewhere like Lee Abbey and be refreshed in body, soul and spirit.
Views and opinions expressed in the newsletter are those of the
contributors. Items for the April Newsletter should be submitted by
18 March 2014
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Alternatively join the day-time Lent Group beginning on Thursday
March 13th at the Vicarage as we study “Another Story Must begin” by
Jonathan Meyer, a Lent course based on Les Miserables.
This month at All Saints we welcome Katrine Musgrave of Christian Aid
and John Edmonds Pastor of Freshbrook. Looking ahead to May we
welcome Dr Alison Morgan, and in June we will host Steve Hutchinson
of Scripture Union. Please would you put March 16th in your diaries as
a priority as this year our Church AGM will be an important time as
we take stock of the changes that have happened this year and look
ahead in faith to all that God has in store for us.
Could I encourage and bless all those who daily give out for the life
and ministry of this church and yet also gently challenge you if you
have yet to get involved. We need people to offer their services as
side’s people, as people willing to serve coffee after services, to
prepare the flowers and to engage with a whole host of other jobs.
Maybe we could all use Lent as a time to ask God “What is it that you
require of me?” whilst at the same time asking God to do for us that
which only he can provide; our salvation, our hope and eternal life in
him.
Tudor Roberts
Lent Course
New All Saints Lent course beginning at
The Vicarage on Thursday 13th March
at 2.00pm until 3.30 pm and meeting
every Thursday for 5 weeks studying a
new book which follows the Les
Miserables film combining it with
Scriptures
Cost of course book £5.99. Please book
to come to this course. Phone Revd
Tudor Roberts 01793 772417
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Bishops Letter
Turning the Battleground back to a Playground
This month Bishop Lee focuses on education and
Church of England schools: the opposition, the
aspiration and the facts.
“Distinctive, Inclusive, Effective” – across the
Diocese of Bristol and nationally, these are three
qualities which we want people to increasingly associate with Church
of England schools.
The scale of our commitment to education is itself distinctive and not
widely appreciated. We currently have 68 primary and secondary
Church of England schools (including academies) affiliated to the
Diocese with some 4400 primary and 220 secondary schools serving 1
million children nationally. Including after-school and holiday
activities, clergy give 1 million hours each year to working with
children and young people in schools while 22 500 Foundation
Governors are recruited, trained and supported by Dioceses across the
country.
These figures may be impressive but there are constant attacks from
largely secularist groupings who claim that church schools
indoctrinate, ‘cherry pick’ their pupils, and foster segregation and
division in society. As Bishop John Pritchard has observed, it seems
that such groups have effectively made schools a kind of ideological
battleground for the role of religion in society.
In an article published two years ago, the New Internationalist
magazine featured a debate between the Chief Executive of the
British Humanist Association and a Catholic feminist theologian at the
University of Roehampton. The theologian, Tina Beattie, pointed out
that in their hostility to faith schools secularists seemed to be using
education to make everyone conform to their own ideals with an
imperialising zeal reminiscent of Christian missionaries in past eras!
Moreover, secular liberals’ main concern seemed to be about
safeguarding freedom of choice by protecting children from religious
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faith – the implicit assumption being that this is inherently bad for
society.
If the arguments around indoctrination can be placed on the other
foot, Church schools have had to work on admissions policies which
demonstrate they are inclusive and do not get better results from
choosing pupils from more advantaged backgrounds. Most Church of
England affiliated schools now admit children solely on grounds of
having brothers or sisters at the school or living a certain distance.
One quarter of secondary school pupils come from British Minority
Ethnic backgrounds – equivalent to the number in non-church schools –
and the number of pupils eligible for Free School Meals is the same in
both at 15%.
Segregation and division can be a problem in any secondary school as
pupils choose with whom they want to associate. However, the values
and understanding of human nature underpinning Christian faith are
inclusive as well as distinctive and provide Church of England schools
with a strong foundation for tackling such issues. In Bristol Diocese,
our purpose of ‘Creating Communities of Wholeness with Christ at the
Centre’ articulates this well and is expressed day to day in the work
our Board of Education and Department for Children and Young People
do with schools.
Distinctive and Inclusive – what about Effective? My guess is that the
chief reason parents want their children to attend a Church of England
affiliated school is simply because it does a good job. The most recent
figures confirm this with 81% of primaries and 76% of secondaries
rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. But as Tina Beattie observes,
education is not simply about ‘the consumption of ideas’ but guiding
children and young people to find and explore the paths of wisdom. I
would want to add to this with a reminder that for Christians wisdom
is not so much a ‘what’ as a ‘who’. The apostle Paul expressed it to
the Corinthians this way: ‘Christ the power of God and the wisdom of
God’ (1 Cor 1:24b). It is in living this out that our Church Schools will
be truly effective, transforming individuals and local communities for
the better.
Bishop Lee
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Festival of Marriage
The Festival of Marriage was held on Saturday the 15th March and was
a great success! A great deal of hard work and preparation went into
organising this event. Friday morning (Valentine’s Day) was buzzing
with many helpers creating displays of photos and orders of service to
go along side the interactive information boards Tricia had set up.
Flowers were arranged, four cakes – suitably decorated – were set up,
not to mention the logistical problem of how to ‘show-off’ thirteen
wedding dresses! The preparation itself was a joyful experience –
thank you to all those involved.
The Saturday afternoon service itself was truly heart-warming.
Against an ever-changing backdrop of wedding photos, sixteen couples
(Andy and I included) renewed their vows and received a blessing.
Worthy of note was Ian and Hazel, who were celebrating sixty one
years of marriage and Reg and Grace who were celebrating sixty eight
years!
After a vote for the favourite wedding hymn, Love Divine All Love
Excelling came top, but Great Is thy Faithfulness and How Great Thou
Art were also included.
Sarah Lingham was ‘Official Wedding Photographer’ and took some
beautiful photographs. You can see some of them in our festival
montage, or on the church Facebook page.
Jennie Langley
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Evening Concert
The weekend was brought to a conclusion with a full church and a
concert presented by the Royal Wootton Bassett Choral Society.
Continuing with the ‘Love & Marriage’ theme and with a mixture of
songs, readings and instrumentalists, items included:
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‘Silent Worship’ – a tenor solo by David Burch
‘The Man I Love’ - played by Lauraine Phelan on the flugelhorn
‘A Subaltern’s Love Song’ – read by Adrian German
‘Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring’ – by the choir
‘Ubi Caritas Deus Ibi Est’ (where love is found, there also is God)
– by the choir
Wine and cheese was enjoyed by all during an interval.
Mary Turner
News in brief
Village Show
Plans for the village show continue apace. Copies of the classes and
entry forms can be obtained from various locations including the
school, Sun Inn, Toomers, Greatfield Garden Centre and the Church.
Classes include cookery, flower arrangements, handicrafts, home
produce, paintings and drawings, photography, plants and flowers and
poetry and prose. There are also children’s classes. All entries need
to be received before 26th April 2014.
Please put in your diaries the weekend of Friday 2nd until Monday 5th
May for the 4th Annual Real Ale, Sausage and Cider Festival at the Sun
Inn
Why not drop off your entries in the village hall in the morning and
drop in at the pub afterwards!
Please note the Sleepover for the Homeless has been cancelled.
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Alison Morgan
“I am the Lord who heals”
with Dr Alison Morgan of ReSource
An opportunity for Christians to be renewed and
equipped in being people who know and serve
the Lord who heals. Saturday 10th May and
Sunday 11th May.
(Please book via email or phone number below)
Saturday 10th May 2014
A day of teaching with
Dr Alison Morgan
A time for learning and ministry
Sunday 11th May 2014
10.30am Holy Communion
Service
at
Lydiard Millicent Church of
England Primary School,
The Butts, Lydiard Millicent,
SN5 3LR
at
All Saints Church Lydiard Millicent
With Dr Alison Morgan speaking on
‘I am the Lord who heals’
9.30am to 4.00pm
Lunch provided including hot
soups and breads
£12 to cover the cost of the day
There is ample parking at the
school
For more details please contact Revds. Tudor and Tricia Roberts on Tel:
01793 772417
E-mail: tudorandtricia@btinternet.com or
tricia.f.roberts@gmail.com
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Alison Morgan works as a thinker and writer for ReSource, a Church of
England charity commissioned in 2004 by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and dedicated to serving the Church in renewal and
mission. Alison is best known for her books; The Wild Gospel (Monarch
2004) and her latest book The Word on the Wind: renewing confidence
in the Gospel (Monarch 2011).
I have read The Wild Gospel and heard Alison speak at Harnhill. She
has a unique gift of combining a scholarly understanding of the Bible
and culture and weaving in her stories from Africa and the UK of her
encounters with “The Lord who heals”. Alison is the editor and
director of ReSource’s discipleship programme in Africa, Rooted in
Jesus, and now being used in 13 countries. Alison is also co-author of
the ReSource healing course In His Name and the Lent Course Season
of Renewal.
Alison said recently “I work for ReSource, and we have a vision. Our
vision is for a Church which is diverse, local, renewed in the Spirit and
effective in Mission. We want to see individuals coming to faith in
Christ, we want to see confident growing local churches of all types
and sizes all over the country, and we want to see spiritual and
practical consequences in the wider community as the love of God
flows out from those churches”. She quotes a prayer used by one
Diocese “Lord, transform your world, renew your Church and start
with me”.
Tudor Roberts
The Saturday and Sunday are for all who would like to know and
encounter the Lord who heals and catch something of ReSource’s
vision to see people and churches confident and renewed by the Holy
Spirit and serving Jesus here and worldwide.
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Oddments Theatre Company
On Sunday 9th February we were lucky enough to have Oddments
Theatre Company perform to us. Oddments is a full-time theatre
company whose aim is to produce drama that is entertaining and
thought-provoking. They take their performances to churches, schools
and prisons.
With sketches that had appeal across the age range, they entertained
us with the story of ‘Jonah’ and ‘Mrs Noah’. They also got us thinking
with ‘Fish and Chips’ and ‘Hands’. I am sure we all had our favourite.
It was thoroughly enjoyable!
If you are interested in finding out a bit more about them, visit their
website: www.oddments-theatre.co.uk
Jennie Langley
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All Saints Washroom
Team members: Tina Wheeler, Julian Wright, Alison Spencer, Peter
Minett, David Harris
We are currently playing a waiting game following a meeting with the
Architect Annie Evens she gave us her approval of the work so far.
1. Andrew Spencer has now submitted the plans to the conservation
officer and it will be a couple of months before we get a
response as they have to consult with English Heritage. Once we
have their approval we will apply for building regulations.
2. The first stage of the faculty applications has been submitted to
DAC following agreement of the Partnership meeting held on 29th
of January. It will be reviewed by DAC on 20th of February and if
accepted we will be able to apply for a faculty for the work given
there are no objections
I hope to be in the position to report the DAC approval on the next
update after my holidays.
If you have any questions please ask any member of the team.
Value of the washroom fund 31/01/14 = £32,225
Tina Wheeler, Treasurer
ASLM Finance Update
The General Fund balance as at 31/01/14 is £38,574a
Income
Expenditure
£6,406
£5,118
Estimate amount held for tithe donations = £640
Income has been boosted this month due to three annual donations
being received.
Tina Wheeler, Treasurer
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Book Review
Creating Community – Ancient ways for modern churches
By Simon Reed, published by the Bible Reading Fellowship, £7.99
Tudor: “Here you are, read this, tell me what you think, and while you
are about it can you write a review for the newsletter.”
So, I read it. That was the easy bit. I enjoyed it – more than I
expected to.
I warmed to the author who came across as refreshingly normal.
Simon Reed is an Anglican minister with two West London churches
and also a Guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda, which is a
dispersed Christian community. This is from the introduction:
“I climb mountains for fun …but my day job is rather harder. I’m a
church leader and my goal is to help people deepen their connection
with God and each other, and connect God with the whole of life.”
I liked that – seemed like a good goal and by the end of the book I felt
that while he might have his head in the clouds, the guy also had his
feet on the ground.
Then it got a bit harder, as I pondered on what I thought of it. The
premise behind the book is that in looking to build community within
our churches we might draw on the traditions of the early Celtic
churches, which “started as communities and then gathered wider
congregations” rather than the other way around.
This “new but very old way of being church” is based around three
core elements, a Way of Life (set of guidelines for Christian living), a
network of Soul Friends (more like a Spiritual Director than a prayer
partner) and a rhythm of prayer. There are sections of the book where
this is related back to biblical teaching and what Jesus did, and others
where the author shares his own experiences. And there are bits that
talk about how we might put this into practice, as individuals and in
our churches today.
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It’s thought-provoking and challenging and in the short-term, I think I
want to read it again – soon. If you decide to read it too, do let me
know what you think.
Ginnie Heads
Prayer Points
The
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following themes are a particular focus of our prayers this month
Barnabbas Fund
Persecuted Christians
Work in schools
The homeless
The extended family
Our local community
 The Beeches, Lydiard Millicent
 Berry Copse, Keycroft Copse and Whitefield Crescent,
Peatmoor
 Jack Thorne Close, Ash Close and The Willows, Common
Platt
Praying for Children
Children’s Prayer Bookmark Update
God loves to hear our prayers, whether we are praying alone or in
groups, God is always listening and cares about us and those people
and situations we pray for. As the Children and Young People's
ministry team, we really care about the children who come to All
Saints each week and believe that God knows them all by name, loves
and cares for them too! We would like to encourage adults within our
congregation to regularly pray for specific children.
Most of the children at All Saints have made a bookmark with their
name on. Each bookmark has been taken by an adult church member
of the congregation to pray for that child.
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If your child hasn’t had the opportunity to create a prayer bookmark
please do speak to Tanya Stobbs who will arrange to give your child
the necessary ‘template’ to make one up and allocate a church buddy.
We hope to be able to provide some ‘feedback’ on this in a future
newsletter and once completed we are looking to reverse the process
i.e. have children pray for their prayer buddy.
Children and Young People's Ministry Team
Help Required
This year we have many social and training events planned. In order to
help them to run smoothly it would be great if we had some
volunteers. Here are some opportunities for you!
Planning groups:
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Alison Morgan event in May
24 hours of prayer in March
Treasure Hunt on Easter Monday
Village Show on first May Bank Holiday
BBQ and cream tea in July
These events are designed to help us to grow and develop the church
and to help to build community. Please consider how you can help so
that it is not always the same people doing things.
A big thank you to those who responded to our requests for help last
month. It means a lot.
If you are able to offer to help in any way with these events we would
really appreciate it. Please contact Tricia or Tudor.
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Members Interview
By Sue Jones
As Richard is my husband, it was a little different to interview him, so
I may add a few bits as we go along! (RGJ note: Or I may make a few
changes as I edit the item prior to sending it to the Editors...)
Although born in Chippenham Richard was brought up and lived for all
his early years in nearby Calne.
From school, he joined the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company of
Chippenham as a ‘Student Apprentice’, alternating periods studying
Mechanical Engineering at The City University in London and practical
work in the factory. Whilst in London, as well as studying, he
attended a chapel in Islington where
he met me, later to marry me and
bring me back to Wiltshire! In fact he
says that irrespective of the degree
studies the greatest benefits of this
time were firstly to have met me and
secondly to have his, probably rather
limited, outlook broadened by
meeting with other students in the
Christian Union.
Richard’s engineering skills were put into service when working in the
Brake Engineering Department of Westinghouse. He worked there for
many years until he had a road traffic accident in 1992, which left him
paralysed from the waist down.
Richard says that one of the reasons he came to All Saints was a good
recommendation that he had been given for Tudor as Vicar. He has
now been attending here for nearly 6 years and appreciates the
opportunity to have his outlook still further broadened whilst
worshipping and studying the Bible with fellow Christians.
Richard usually attends the 10.30 service but, not being a ‘morning
person’, opts for the 6.30 service if there is one!
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He has taken on the role of Assistant Treasurer at All Saints.
When I asked Richard for his favourite hymn, there was no hesitation,
it is the hymn by Robert Lowry, “Low in the grave he lay, Jesus my
saviour” with the joyful refrain: “Up from the grave he arose, with a
mighty triumph o’er his foes...”
His favourite Bible verse follows a very similar theme: Acts Chapter 2,
Verse 24 where, whilst speaking of Jesus to the crowd on the Day of
Pentecost, Peter says: “But God raised him from the dead, freeing him
from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep
its hold on him.”
I asked Richard what his hobbies were. The answer came back,
“Stamp collecting, reading and cryptic crossword puzzles.”
I asked Richard what he would like to do if he were given the choice
of a day out. He replied that it would probably take more than a day
because of the distance, but he would appreciate the chance to
revisit Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. (RGJ note: We visited this
site in 1976 but our time was limited and as Sue was eight months
pregnant she was not as inclined as I was to walk around with
guidebook in hand studying every feature!)
Thank you Richard, for sharing these thoughts with us.
Lets be Social
When
What
Where
Sunday 2nd March
Church Breakfast 9am
All Saints Church
Friday 14th & Saturday
15th March
24 hours of Prayer – Psalm 23
All Saints Church
Easter Monday 21st April
Village Treasure Hunt
All Saints Church
Bank Holiday Monday 5th
May
Home-made competition and
display
Village Hall
Thursday 5th & Friday 6th
June
Experience Pentecost – schools
event
All Saints Church
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When
What
Where
Saturday 21st June
Games Competition - Sports Field
Sports Field
Sunday 12th July
BBQ & Cream tea
Vicarage Garden
ACM Reminder
The Annual Church Meeting will be held in Church on Sunday 16th
March 2014 directly following the 10.30am service.
Nomination forms are available in the porch. All completed
nomination forms must be returned to Nicky Iddon, Church Secretary,
no later than Friday 28th February.
Please note we are also looking for a new Secretary and Deanery
Synod Rep.
Copies of the Annual Report for 2013 will be available in Church as
from 9th March.
Child Protection Policy
Prior to the All Saints ACM could all church members please take time
to access the Child Projection Policy on the Diocese of Bristol website
www.bristol.anglican .org
If you have any problems with this or do not have access to a
computer please have a word with Tudor. It would be very helpful if
people could read this policy as at the ACM we need to formally adopt
this policy.
It is at present being re-drafted prior to being adopted at Diocesan
Synod, but as we have come out of an LEP we now need to adopt it for
All Saints Church.
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24 Hours of Prayer
From 7pm on Friday 14th March until 7pm on Saturday 15th March the
church will be open to anyone who would like to set aside time to
pray.
This year the focus will be on Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd).
Last year we had a tree in the Church, this year we may manage a
river! All are welcome anytime day or night, but 3 to 5pm on Saturday
afternoon has been set aside as a ‘family friendly’ time. There will be
lots of activities to join in with. In the past this has been a
meaningful time for many people, some of whom have popped in for
ten minutes to enjoy a quiet escape from a busy schedule and others
who have ended up staying longer than they intended.
Tricia Roberts
Puzzling Questions
All of us have questions about life, the world and the universe. For
some of us these questions are highly personal and they rarely get
voiced, others find that late night chats over a drink is the time when
we find it easiest to reflect on the big questions. Puzzling Questions is
a 6 week course run by the church where some of these issues can be
discussed with those who come from a position of faith and those who
have none.
The course looks at the following questions:
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Who am I?
What is God like?
What happens after I die?
How can I be happy?
Why is there suffering in the world?
What is the spiritual world and how does it impact my life?
The course will take place on Monday afternoons from 1pm–3pm at the
Vicarage. We will start with a light lunch of soup and cheese followed
by a DVD presentation and then an opportunity for discussion.
Please come and join us, starting on Monday 24h February.
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Holy Communion
I will be doing another training and information session on Holy
Communion on:
Saturday 8th March
At Lydiard Millicent Church of England School
From 2.00pm until 4.30 pm
This session is suitable for everyone in the church. Firstly, for families
with children and young people seeking to allow their children or
young people to take Holy Communion before Confirmation in
accordance with Church of England guidelines. Secondly, this session
should be helpful for everyone, irrespective of whether or not you
have children. We look at the basis of eating bread and taking wine,
why Christians do this and what Holy Communion, the Eucharist, the
Lord’s Supper and the Mass mean? Do we have to kneel or can we
stand? How should we put our hands out to receive communion? These
questions and ones much deeper will all be covered. And my
experience is that this central service in the story of Christ’s church
becomes more meaningful, when, young and old, we have done a bit
of background study.
We ensure these sessions are not boring with lots of practical stuff,
e.g. making bread, pressing wine and giving you age-appropriate
theology to think about.
You don’t have to book to come but it helps with catering to know if
you are coming.
Come too if you have done it before, the revision will refresh you!
Remember too, that for those seeking Confirmation, the next service
will be at St Margaret’s Stratton on Wednesday 21st May, when I hope
to take a group to that Service.
Please talk to me if interested.
Tudor Roberts
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The Youth Church News
This Month - Puppet Perspective
An interview with People’s
Puppet, Steve.
Name: Steve
Occupation: Puppet
Distinguishing Features: Blue Skin, Red and Yellow
Hair
Most Likely to say: “Can’t wait until Puppet
Rehearsals!”
Least Likely to say: “I love the dark, scary bags in
which I’m kept.”
Joel and Daniel Langley interview this curious… person.
Joel: Do you like being a puppet?
Steve: It’s all right.
Daniel: How did you get your flame-like hair?
S: My favourite hair gel. It’s called Molten Lavahair. According
to the packaging, it says it’ll always provide “scorching
results.”
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J: Well, Puppets is on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of a
month, and it’s at 9 in the morning. Steve, is that too early
for you?
S: It’s early, but overall manageable, mainly because I don’t
do much.
D: Do you enjoy Puppets?
S: It fun to rehearse to Biblical Parodies of Real Songs. My
favourite song is the parody of Adele’s ‘Set fire to the Rain.’
It’s good exercise for the human’s arm as well, isn’t it boys?
J&D: Yes.
J: Do you have any friends, puppet or human?
S: You two, the rest of team, and the rest of the puppets. It’s a
close community.
J: That’s nice.
D: What’s your favourite hobby?
S: Being a puppet.
J: Do you have a one true love?
S: Being a puppet.
D: What do you like to do in-between rehearsals, and don’t
sayS: Being a puppet.
J: Is there anything else than being a puppet?
S: Nope.
D: How long have you been a puppet?
S: How long have you been a human?
D: Uhhhh…..
S: Hmm… that’s what I thought.
J: By the way, Daniel and me are asking the questions, not
you.
S: Sorry; and I don’t know how long I’ve been a puppet.
J: Is it always sad being blue, or do you like to smurf the
whole day long, ah-hem?
S: I’m a puppet, so mediocre references go right over my
fabricated noggin.
J: Do you like being blue basically?
S: It’s nice to be different.
D: Why do you like being a puppet?
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S: Well, it’s cool because I can change personalities depending
on who controls me. But it’s kind of painful when the rods get
put on me.
J: Well, thank you Steve for coming in to talk to us.
S: It’s over already?
D: You enjoyed it?
S: Yeah, it was fun.
J&D: Bye.
S: Ta.
Puppets is on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays of every month, at 9 am.
Come along and meet the puppet team, including Steve!
Joel and Daniel Langley
All Saints Leadership & Ministry
Teams
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Leadership
Julian Wright (Chairman)
David Burch (Church Warden)
Tina Wheeler (Treasurer)
Howard Benn (Buildings Rep)
Sue Jones (Prayer Rep)
Ginnie Heads (Worship Rep)
Nicky Iddon (Secretary)
Jill Winson (Church Warden)
Tudor Roberts (Team Vicar)
Tanya Stobbs (Children Rep)
Andrew Bourne (Publicity Rep)
Gill Ganley (Partnership
Council Rep)
Co-ordinator
Members
Church Buildings
and Safety
Howard Benn
Shirley Pepperall
Peter Minett
Julian Wright
Children and
Young People
Tanya Stobbs
Andy Baker
Jill Bourne
Lesley Green
Finance
Tina Wheeler
Alan Bennett
Richard Jones
Prayer and
Pastoral Care
Tricia Roberts
Beverley Belcher
Pam Bennett
Sue Jones
Nigel Margetts
Betty Thompson
Publicity and
Communication
Andrew Bourne
Pam Bennett
Peter Minett
Lindsay Shaw
Worship & Music
Ginnie Heads
Jo Bradshaw
David Burch
Anne Dwight
Becky Harris
Tudor Roberts
Ministry Teams
Please speak to any member of these teams if you want to know more
about what they are up
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Diary Sync
Date
1st Mar
What
Mens Group
When Where
8:00am Toothill
Contact
Tudor Roberts
2nd Mar
Church
Breakfast
Stepping
Stones
Puppets
9:00am All Saints
Tudor Roberts
9:30am Bonkers
Heather Benn
9:00am All Saints
Simon Belcher
9:30am All Saints
Heather Benn
14th – 15th
Mar
15th Mar
Stepping
Stones
24 Hours of
Prayer
Puppets
7:00pm All Saints
Tricia Roberts
9:00am Vicarage
Simon Belcher
16th Mar
ACM
11:45am All Saints
Tudor Roberts
20th Mar
Stepping
Stones
Puppets
9:30am All Saints
Heather Benn
9:00am All Saints
Simon Belcher
Stepping
Stones
Mens Group
9:30am Lydiard Park
Heather Benn
8:00am Toothill
Tudor Roberts
6th Mar
8th Mar
13th Mar
22nd Mar
3rd April
5th April
10th/11th
May
‘The Lord who
Heals’
Weekend
12th-14th Visit of Justin
September Welby
2014
All Saints
Tudor Roberts
Bristol Diocese Tudor Roberts
For further details on any event please contact Tudor or Tricia Roberts
on 772417, Simon Belcher on 01793 486329. If the Parish Hall is in use
for an event, please park at the Vicarage - Thank You!
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Worship @ASLM
March 2014
Sunday 2nd March
08:00am
10:30am
Next before Lent
Holy Communion
Followed by breakfast
Morning Worship
2 Peter 1:16-21
Matthew 17:1-9
06:00pm
Evening Praise
Wednesday 5th March
Ash Wednesday
07:30pm
Holy Communion
Psalm 51:1-18
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
th
Thursday 6 March
Mid week service
10:00am
Holy Communion
Luke 9:22-25
Sunday 9th March
1st Sunday of Lent
08:00am
10:30am
Book of Common Prayer Romans 5: 12-19
Matthew 4:1-11
Holy Communion with
John Edmonds
th
Sunday 16 March
2nd Sunday of Lent
08:00am
Holy Communion
Romans 4:1-17
John 3:1-17
10:30am
All Age Service
06:30pm
Evening Praise
Sunday 23rd March
3rd Sunday of Lent
08:00am
Book of Common Prayer Romans 5:1-11
John 4:5-42
10:30am
Holy Communion
Sunday 30th March
4th Sunday of Lent/Mothering Sunday
08:00am
Holy Communion
Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41
(35-41)
10:30am
Family Service
06:30pm
Evening Praise
Provision for Children at 10:30am Services
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