St Giles Church, Bubbenhall: Newsletter for March 2014

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1 St Giles Church, Bubbenhall: Newsletter for March 2014 Rector: The Reverend David Wintle Tel No: Reader: Mrs Rosemary King Tel No: Churchwardens: Mrs Jackie Lloyd Tel No: Mr. Alan Swinscoe Tel No: SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE: MARCH 2014 DATE Bubbenhall Baginton Ryton March 2: a.m: Sunday before Lent Village Service. Parish 4.30 p.m: Evensong. March 5: 9.20 a.m: Ash Wednesday a.m: Ash Wednesday Service for Provost Williams School Juniors p.m: March 9: 6.30 p.m: 8.00 a.m: First Sunday in Lent Evensong Village Worship. Page 1

2 DATE Bubbenhall Baginton Ryton March 16: a.m: 2nd Sunday in Lent. Mattins Parish 8.15 p.m: by candlelight p.m: Evensong. March 23: 8.00 a.m: 3rd Sunday in Lent. Morning Service 4.30 p.m: March 30: a.m: 4th Sunday in Lent. Family MOTHERING SUNDAY. Fifth Sunday in the Month: no evening services in any of our churches today. for Mothering Sunday. Village Worship for Mothering Sunday service Mothering with Sunday. Every Wednesday 9.20 a.m: Every Thursday in Lent 6.30 p.m: Stations of the Cross Next PCC Meeting: Tuesday, March 11, 7.30 p.m. at Hill Cottage. April 13, at 5.30 p.m.in Church: Annual parish meeting and A.G.M. Dates for your diary. March 5: Ash Wednesday. April 13: Palm Sunday April 18: Good Friday April 20: Easter Day March 30: Mothering Sunday April 17: Maundy Thursday April 19: Saturday Page 2

3 Family Entertainment in Ryton Church Centre. Please join us in Ryton Church Centre at 7.00 p.m. on Saturday 8th March for Captain Noah. The Church Choir will be joined by the Singing for Fun Group for this entertaining and witty musical piece. Entrance: 5 Concessions & children 3 Family tickets 12. All proceeds to Church funds The animals came in two by two, but our congregation will need 4X4s Monday March 3: Puzzles and Pancakes. Our annual quiz for Shrovetide will be at St Leonard s Church centre, Ryton, on Monday 3rd March at 7.30pm. Tea/coffee and pancakes served in the interval. Small(ish) prize for the winning team. Tickets 4; proceeds to US (formerly USPG)- the oldest of the Missionary Societies. Page 3

4 March 5: Ash Wednesday As usual there will be two services of at St Leonard s Church, Ryton, with Imposition of Ashes (for those who wish): at 9.20 a.m and 7.30 p.m. The 9.20 a.m. service will include hymns. In addition, at a.m, we welcome the Keystage 2 pupils of Provost Williams School into church for their special Ash Wednesday service. Lent Service: Stations of the Cross On Thursdays in Lent we are meeting at Ryton Church to meditate on the Way of the Cross Jesus last journey as he carried his cross through the streets of Jerusalem to the place of his crucifixion. Service begins at 6.30 p.m. and lasts about 40 minutes. Lent Lunches at Baginton Lent Lunches will be taking place every Tuesday in Lent, starting at p.m. Cost: Profits for Church funds. Details below: Date 11th March 18th March 25th March 1st April 8th April 15th April Venue Village Hall The Old Rectory, Church Rd Lucy Price House Church Rd Lucy Price House Church Rd Village Hall Village Hall Page 4

5 Lent Jars in aid of Save the Children We shall be sending the proceeds from our Lent Jars donations to the Save the Children Fund, to help their campaign to prevent malaria by supplying specially treated mosquito nets, and also for their work in preventing and treating blindness in children worldwide. Please take a jar or Gift-Aid envelope from church (or use a jam jar from home) and put in it the money you save by not buying the things (chocolate, gin??) you have given up for Lent. Bring your jar/ box/ envelope to church at or after Easter. Thank you. Lent Group for the three churches of our Benefice. This year, the Lent Group will meet on Monday evenings in St. Leonard s Church Centre, starting with a cup of tea or coffee at 7.00 p.m. The Lent Group should finish by 8.30 p.m. Our discussions will be based on a course called Glimpses of God by Canon David Winter, former Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC. We will be considering various ways in which God makes himself known to us in the Bible, in events and in our own experience. The first session will be in the Church centre at 7.00 p.m. on Monday March 10. There will be five sessions in all, but do feel free to come to any of them. Ryton History Group. March 28th Peter Hallet captain of Archers and his wife, talk on the De Veres, Knights of Normandy and Earls of Oxford. We meet from pm in the Village Hall. Subscription: per year or 2.50 per meeting Details from Steve Garrett or Ann From the Church Register No entries in February. Page 5

6 Mothering Sunday: March 30th We shall be celebrating Mothering Sunday with a service of Family at a.m. Posies of flowers will be available for children to give to their mothers/ carers. On Mothering Sunday we say thank you to our mothers. and make a bit of an effort, perhaps by tidying our rooms a bit. Annual Parish Meeting/Annual Parochial Church Meeting These two meetings which are so close together that they feel like one meeting will take place this year on April 13 at 5.30 p.m. Both meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend, though there are restrictions on who may vote. The Annual Parish Meeting is for the election of Churchwardens, and anyone on the civil electoral roll who lives in the parish of St Leonard may vote. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting receives reports on the life of the church and hears any questions which you may have about St Giles Church. It also elects members to the PCC, and anyone who is on the church electoral roll may vote. Please consider carefully if you are able to offer to serve on the PCC (Parochial Church Council). New ideas, new enthusiasm and new energy are always needed to ensure the vitality of your Parish Church into the future. Please have a word with the Churchwardens or Rector if you would like to serve your Parish Church in this way. Page 6

7 Thought for the month: From our Rector, the Revd. David Wintle. It was the twins birthday the other day, and the whole family went out for a meal and then came back to our house for some birthday cake. The trouble is, we ve got so much stuff lying around in our house that we had to excavate the dining room before everybody came over. So piles of shopping bags full of papers were dumped in my study. We thought we d got away with it, but someone turned up to talk about a baptism and there was no alternative to taking them into the study and standing - no room to sit among the chaos. We all like to present a tidy appearance to the world, but we can get caught out, especially if we are hoarders who find it hard to let go of stuff. This Lent, let us think about the difference between how we present ourselves on the outside and who we are on the inside. One phrase from the Sermon on the Mount is often rendered as Blessed are the poor in spirit but some modern translations have it as How blessed are those who know their need for God. Once we realize our need for God, we can be assured that God will help us clean out our spiritual cupboards. But there s a catch there. If we want to sort the clutter out in our lives, just like in our homes, then we can t stuff things in a cupboard or another room and bring them out later, maybe after Easter, and think we ve done the job properly, because sooner or later we will be caught out. If we are going to give something up for Lent, let it be something that really counts, something that we know we shouldn t be doing or thinking or saying, and when Easter comes, let s not go back to it. Let s give it up for good. Provost Williams Church of England Primary School. Have you applied for your Nursery place at Provost Williams Primary School? Spaces available after your child s third birthday. Sessions are available Monday to Friday 9am to and full time childcare available in conjunction with The Ark 7.45am to 6pm For an application form and more details please call the school office on It s never too early to apply! Page 7

8 Bellringers News. THE MAYOR OF RUGBY RINGS QUARTER PEAL AT BUBBENHALL! As part of his year in office as Mayor of Rugby, Tony Gillias planned to ring a quarter peal at every church within the Rugby Deanery of the Coventry Guild of Church Bellringers. A member of the bands from Monks Kirby and Brinklow, Tony wishes to promote church bell ringing by providing publicity for this fascinating, traditional skill. Tony and his fellow band members visited St Giles, Bubbenhall, on Saturday 15th February. The following quarter peal was rung. CAMBRIDGE MINOR Margaret Pinder Catherine Jamieson Sally Idle Christine Homer Tony Gillias Chris Idle (conductor) The band from left to right: Catherine Jamieson, Chris Idle, Tony Gillias, Margaret Pinder, Christine Homer and Sally Idle. Sunday service ringing continues - all welcome. Bubbenhall Bellringers Practice night is Wednesday New ringers/visitors always welcome. For further information on Rugby Deanery/Guild events, bells and/or learning to ring please contact Susan Sheen, tel Page 8

9 Tailpiece: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE APRIL NEWSLETTER BY MARCH 20th PLEASE! Do you receive your Newsletter by ? Please encourage others to do so too! version normally reaches you before the printed version. Less work for our committed volunteer deliverer, (to whom we are most grateful) Easier to read. No charge. version often contains material which there wasn t room for in the printed version, e.g. pictures, cartoons, jokes Environmentally friendly if you choose not to print it out, instead saving it to refer to when you want to. Rosemary s is rbking007@btinternet.com. If you would like to receive the newsletter by , but aren t yet on the recipients list, please just get in touch. Page 9