From the Registers. Leam Valley Messenger. Church News and Notices. The Christmas Ten Commandments. Keeping you in the picture.

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1 Leam Valley Messenger From the Registers Baptism: We welcome into the life and membership of the church family: Flecknoe December /January 2017 Rev Jane Close The Vicarage, Lower Street Tel: Mobile: Reader: Dr Alec Parker Orchard Bungalow Broadwell Tel: If you wish to contact Rev Jane by , her address is: The Christmas Ten Commandments Funerals: Alexa Charlotte Meigh on 30 th October at Jacob Hunter Meigh on 30 th October at We offer our sympathy and the assurance of our prayers to the relatives and friends of: Irene Singleton whose Funeral took place on 1 st November at. Nick Hodges whose Funeral took place on 4 th November at. Church News and Notices The following item appeared in another church newsletter and contains some good advice that will help us keep selfishness in check this Christmas: I. Thou shalt not leave "Christ" out of Christmas, making it "Xmas." To some, "X" is unknown. II. Thou shalt prepare thy soul for Christmas. Spend not so much on gifts that thy soul is forgotten. III. Thou shalt not let Santa Claus replace Christ, thus robbing the day of its spiritual reality. IV. Thou shalt not burden the shop girl, the postman, and the merchant with complaints and demands. V. Thou shalt give thyself with thy gift. This will increase its value a hundred fold, and he/she who receiveth it shall treasure it forever. VI. Thou shalt not value gifts received by their cost. Even the least expensive may signify love, and that is more priceless than silver and gold. VII. Thou shalt not neglect the needy. Share thy blessings with many who will go hungry and cold unless thou art generous. VIII. Thou shalt not neglect thy church. Its services highlight the true meaning of the season. IX. Thou shalt be as a little child. Not until thou has become in spirit as a little one art thou ready to enter into the kingdom of Heaven. X. Thou shalt give thy heart to Christ. Let Him be at the top of thy Christmas list. Every Blessing. Jane Keeping you in the picture Thank you so much for the get well cards, flowers, food and your lovely visits since my operation and ongoing chemotherapy. Unfortunately it looks like my chemo will be extended into January and so may I ask for your continued prayers and support, not only for me and my family, but those who are organising the services during this time. Jane Thank You A very warm thank you to all those who cleaned and arranged all the flowers for the Harvest Services, the Churches were beautifully decorated. Remembrance Sunday Services Soldiers who served in both World Wars were remembered along with all who lost lives serving this Country to enable future generations to have freedom. Thank you to all who helped contribute in researching the history of the names read out, and those who decorated the churches and set out the displays. Our intention is to repeat the memorial displays in the next three Remembrance Sunday Services, adding more each year. It was very poignant to read their stories and see some photo s, bringing home the huge sacrifices that were made. Thank you also to those who manned the church in the afternoon for people to wander in to look at the displays and serve refreshments

2 Leam Valley Benefice Christingle Service On Sunday 4 th December, we will be holding a Benefice Christingle Service. We hope you will join us for this joyful and moving service at St Nicholas Church, at 4.00 pm - Shine a light in the darkness for children this Christmas Carol Concert Wolfhampcote Make a note in your diaries for the Carol Concert to be held on 10 th December at 4.00 pm at Wolfhampcote. Wrap up warm and bring a candle. This year we have decided to hold our on Thursday 15 th December at 7.30 pm. As usual, we will be providing mince pies and a glass of mulled wine after the service for all who can stay. Healing Service The next two Healing Services held in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell are on Tuesday 20 th December, and Tuesday 17 th January, both at 7.30 pm. All welcome. St Peter s Church, Please note that there will be no Service on Sunday the 1 st January W W.com Come and try the Benefice service W W.com on the third Sunday of the month at St Peter s Church,. Welcome o Worship is a service for everyone of all ages to come together and enjoy worship. Next Services on Sunday 18 th December and 15 th January Afternoon Worship at All Saints Church Come and join with us in this Family Worship Service at 4.00 pm on the 4th Sunday of every month. We are experimenting, so if you have any suggestions we would be pleased to hear them. The service will last about 45 minutes and will include Cake and Tea. Next service 22nd January Come and SEE Bible Study Group The next Bible Study Group will be held from am Wednesday 18 th January 2017 at Suttons View, Castle Lane, Woolscott. All welcome Date for the Diary Anglican and Methodist Songs of Praise Service On Tuesday 7 th February 2017 you are invited to a join 'Songs of Praise' service at 7.30 pm at Broadwell Methodist Church. Come and join us singing some favourite hymns. Carillon Bells Would you like the Carillon Bells at St Nicholas rung exclusively for YOU? If you would like to mark a special occasion or anniversary, why not do it with the beautiful sound of our very own Carillon bells? We can make this happen along with an entry in the Monthly and The Leam Valley Messenger. If you would like further information, please contact Jackie Gibbard on St Nicholas Church,, has very old Carillon bells that play 5 hymns. If requested they can be played for a special anniversary in memory of someone. There is a charge of 10 for this to be done and all monies go to the upkeep of our church. Leam Valley Benefice Office Hour All Saints, St Mark s, St Peter s and St Nicholas Churches The Benefice Office deals with all enquiries relating to baptisms and weddings in The Leam Valley Benefice. If you want to find out about baptism for yourself or for your child or if you have any enquiries or want to book a wedding service in any of the above churches, then please come along to the Leam Valley Benefice Office Hour at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell on the first Monday of the month between and 7.00 pm. One of the team will be there to talk with you and answer any questions. If you are getting married in another parish but need to have Banns of Marriage announced in any of our parishes then the Office Hour is the place to come to sort this out too. Since March 2015, it is a legal requirement to prove you are a UK, EU or non-eu citizen so it would help if you could bring your current passport or photo ID card which can support this. You may like to have a look at this website which has lots of helpful information about getting married in church

3 Broadwell Our next Messy Church sessions will be held in The Church of the Good Shepherd, Broadwell on Saturday 10 th December from am. Please note there will be no Messy Church in January and the first one in 2017 will be on Saturday 11 th February. The cost is 50p. All children welcome. For more details, contact Sarah: Harvest Supper Flecknoe Many thanks to all who came to our Harvest Supper and bid so generously for the produce kindly donated by many of you. We raised for Cancer Research and for Church funds from supper ticket sales. A great evening was enjoyed by all and a special thanks to David Thomas for auctioning the produce with his usual good humour. Our will be held at on Sunday December 18 th After the service we will as usual be providing wine and mince pies. Come along if you can and make this a great family event to get us in the mood for Christmas. The service will be taken by the Rev. Barbara Clutton. Carol Singing round the village We plan to sing carols round the village again this year on Tuesday 20 th December. All are welcome to join our choir - even if you can't sing. Meet at Hillcrest House at 5.45 for mulled wine and a snack before we set out at. Pennies from Heaven A big thank you to everyone who has been saving their small change. Our recent collection raised the sum of 170 towards church funds. Farmers Market Our next Farmers Market will be held on Thursday 1 st December from am pm when we will be having a Silent Auction with lots of interesting donations from local pubs, restaurants, leisure facilities, beauty salons and our regular stallholders. Please come along and support this popular event with all funds going towards refurbishment of the church There will also be a raffle table with a Hamper as the main prize. Complementary mulled wine, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, will also be served. Our stallholders will be selling Christmas Fayre and you will be able to enjoy refreshments and Christmas cake in our cafe. Please note there will not be a market in January and the first market in 2017 will be held on Thursday 2 nd February. Messy Church Our next Messy Church will be held on Thursday 1 st December at 4.30 pm when we will be having our Christmas party lots of fun and games. Please come along for the last event of All welcome Please note our first session in the New Year will be on Thursday 2 nd February For more information please contact Dorothy on or alternatively read about us at: Women s Institute We will be having a Craft Workshop in the Village Hall on Saturday 3 rd December, pm. For more information contact Ruth Hastie on or Margaret McAulley on Open to all. On Wednesday 7 th December Debora Jones will be coming along to give us a demonstration and hands on to make a Christmas decoration. On Wednesday 18 th January Warwickshire Love Food Championships LOVE FOOD HATE WASTE with David Whitehouse. Meetings are at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. All welcome. Christmas Concert Chapel Methodist Church would like to invite you to a Christmas Concert with Dunchurch Band on Saturday 10 th December at 7.00 pm in the Village Hall. There will be a collection for NCH Action for Children and refreshments will be served during the interval. Our will be on Sunday 18th December at 6.30 pm in the Chapel and will be led by Rev David Collinson. Come and sing some of your favourite carols. We would be pleased to see you

4 Churchyard clear-up A big thank you to all those who have generously worked hard transforming the churchyard over the last two months it has made an amazing difference. We have decided to hold our this year on Thursday 15 th December at 7.30pm. As usual, we will be providing mince pies and a glass of mulled wine after the service for all who can stay. Thursday Club On 8 th December Christmas Lunch at The Boat, Birdingbury. On 12 th January at 2.30 pm in the Village Hall, Games Afternoon On 19 th January at pm - Pub Lunch at the Griffin, Kingsway, off Dunchurch Road, Rugby. We are still collecting stamps and foreign and old coins for Hearing Dogs, just bring any to one of our meetings. New members very welcome, ring Jim (the Sec) Women s Institute Thursday 15 th December at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. Come and enjoy a Pudding Tasting evening with a drink, Christmas Quiz, and music to sing along with. The competition is for a donation to the Rugby Food Bank. Our January meeting is on Thursday 19th at 7.30 pm in the usual venue. This is the first meeting of the New Year. Miss G K Kingsley will tell us Not to Give Up on Our Dreams. The competition is for an item or photograph that reminds you of your childhood. The Society We wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a Healthy, Peaceful, and Prosperous New Year!! Our last event of 2016 takes place on Friday 2 nd December in the Village Hall and follows a similar pattern to last year s Victorian Christmas but is set a few hundred years earlier!! Here are the details: A Medieval Christmas Friday 2 nd December at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall. with Green Matthews (formerly Blast from the Past) Mulled wine and mince pies in the interval Tickets 10 adults, under 16 s free!! 2017 begins, for the Society, with our monthly meeting on 25 th January with a talk entitled Microlights to Low Flights with Kim Taylor. Our first Live and Local event of the year is on Friday 24 th February at Village Hall. Singing Up a Storm with Kimber s Men Tickets: including Fish & Chip Supper. Tickets for both events from, Richard Jackson, Hazeldene, Main Street. Tel or Society Committee Members. An evening of Sea Songs and Shanties will transport us back to the days of sail. Kimber s Men are, perhaps, the finest exponents of these songs, although we hope they will not succeed in singing up a real storm for their visit!! This Live and Local show is supported by the Arts Council England, Rugby Borough Council, and Warwickshire County Council.. Annual subscriptions are due this month

5 SILENT AUCTION' to be held at the Christmas Farmers Market at St Peter s Church, on Thursday 1st December am pm Complementary glass of mulled wine No. Dining Description Value 1 Boat Inn, Stockton Gift Voucher TBC 2 Boathouse Inn, Braunston Gift Voucher 20 3 Draycote Water Afternoon Tea for Dun Cow Restaurant Gift Voucher TBC 5 Frankie & Benny s Voucher for 20 + voucher for 20% 40 6 Hilltop Farm Breakfast for Nando s, Rugby One meal platter for Omar s (Indian) Gift Voucher 20 9 Pierre Bistro, L ton Spa 3 course lunch for 2 with wine Pizza Express, L ton Spa 2 course meal for 2 with 2 drinks Shoulder of Mutton Gift Voucher Pauline Stratton Supper for 4 guests 13 The Cafe, Blooms Afternoon tea for 4 or 2 x The Huntsman Carvery 3 course dinner for Vinteas, L ton Spa Cream Tea for White Lion Two main meals for 2 + wine Charmaine Williams Supper for 4 guests Food and Drink 18 Aubrey Allen Voucher Flavours Selection of meat pies and scones Fowlers Cheese Cheese Selection Greenacres Vegetable Hamper Kings Head, Napton Bottle of Nyetimber Classic Cuvee Eddie Kirk 12 bottles of mixed red wine Onley Butchery Breakfast Box Paul Piper & Sons Side of smoked salmon Paul Piper & Sons 5lbs Frozen Prawns Pizza Express, Rugby Bottle of Italian Prosecco TBC 28 The Lost Farm Leg of Manx Loaghtan Lamb Woodbine Farm Cockerel/Capon 35 Leisure 36 Anonymous Painting of?? 37 CBSO, Birmingham 2 tickets for Friday Night Classic Hatton Adventure Park 4 tickets for Hatton World Jayne Bilsborrow One to One Pilates Session Mr Karting, Harbury 2 vouchers x 15 each Leamington Spa Centre Cinema tickets for two Rugby Theatre Voucher for a show for two Southam Leisure Centre 2 months Gym membership Staverton Park Golf course Round of 18 holes for 4 people ` Vue Cinema, L/Spa To be confirmed TBC 46 Woodbine Riding Stables Horseriding lesson 20 Floristry 47 Anne-Marie Christmas Plant Janet Mawby Christmas Wreath 49 Skylark Farm Christmas tree (approx 5ft) 40 Please note that the 2 tickets for the Symphony Hall in Birmingham are for a Friday Night Classic Concert with Cole Porter on Friday 10 th February. To view the programme, please check the CBSO s website at If you would like to make a bid on any of the above, but will be unable to attend the Silent Auction, please contact Dorothy by dorothyjjohnson@outlook.com, or phone to place your bid. Health and Beauty 30 BBeautiful Nail File and Polish Blaze Hair Salon. L ton Spa Designer haircut and finish Elixir, L ton Spa Beauty creams and manicure set Esque, L ton Spa Dry Floatation Mops, Dunchurch Selection of Redken Hair products Truly Scrumptious Full set of Gelish Nails

6 Church Services Thursday 4.30 pm Messy Church 1 st December 4 th December 4.00 pm Benefice Christingle Saturday C of GS, Broadwell am Messy Church 10th December 11 th December Flecknoe Family Service Evensong Thursday 7.30 pm 15 th December 18 th December Flecknoe Tuesday 20 th December 24 th December Christmas Eve 25 th December Christmas Day WtW C of GS, Broadwell 7.30 pm Healing Service Flecknoe pm pm am Carols and HC Carols and HC st January Benefice HC 8 th January Flecknoe Evensong 15 th January Tuesday 17 th January 22 nd January Flecknoe Family Service WtW Evensong C of GS, Broadwell 7.30 pm Healing Service 4.00 pm Breakfast Service Afternoon Worship 29 th January am Benefice HC Thursday 4.30 pm Messy Church 2 nd February 5th February Christmas 2016 Join us and discover the greatest gift of all time A warm welcome awaits you at Church this Christmas Leam Valley Christmas Services 4 th December 4.00 pm Benefice Christingle Service 10 th December 4.00 pm Wolfhampcote 15 th December 7.30 pm 18 th December 18 th December 18 th December 6.30 pm 6.30 pm Flecknoe Carol/Christingle Service Broadwell Methodist Methodist Christmas Eve 24 th December 24 th December pm Carols and Holy Communion 24 th December pm Carols and Holy Communion Christmas Day 25 th December Flecknoe 25 th December am Revd Jane, Brian, Alec, the Churchwardens and members from all the above churches wish you a joyous Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Please note the latest date for items to be included in the next Leam Valley Messenger is 14 th January Reports should be sent to: dorothyjjohnson@outlook.com