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Amberley
Parish Magazine
June 2016
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Services for June
8 am
Holy Communion (Justin, martyr)
8 am
Holy Communion
10 am
Parish Eucharist
Wednesday 8th June
8 am
Holy Communion (Thomas Ken, bishop)
Sunday 12th June
8 am
Holy Communion
10 am
Pet Service
Monday 13th June
7 pm
Compline
Wednesday 15th June 8 am
Holy Communion (Evelyn Underhill, writer)
Sunday 19th June
8 am
Holy Communion (1662)
NO 10 am SERVICE at Amberley
Wednesday 22nd June 8 am
Holy Communion (Alban, martyr)
Friday 24th June
8 am
Holy Communion (Birth of John the Baptist)
Sunday 26th June
8 am
Holy Communion (Methodist)
10 am
Parish Eucharist (Methodist)
Wednesday 29th June 8 am
Holy Communion (Peter & Paul, apostles)
Wednesday 1st June
Sunday 5th June
Julian Group (Silent Prayer) every Friday, 9.00 am - 9.30 am
in the Littleworth New Room – Everyone welcome
Morning Prayer from ‘Celebrating Common Prayer’ every weekday at 8 am.
Everyone welcome
www.amberleychurch.org.uk
Church Gallery
The Church Gallery is now closed for safety reasons.
It was decided at the Safety Audit in June that the inability to open the bottom door
when it is loaded suggested a need for professional checking. In addition the height of
the front railing is close to current legal limits and low enough to cause concern. Further investigations and improving the railing would be expensive and not really viable
with the existing budgetary situation - even if we obtained grants.
Front cover: Jane Foreman
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Rector’s Letter
Dear friends
Diocese?
I have recently
been writing and
talking a lot about
vision, mission
and ministry what these are
and how we are
seeking a fresh
vision for the
churches in our benefice, as we consider
where we want to go from here. I hope by
now you have the date, Saturday 2nd July,
well and truly in your diary, for our Vision
Day, to be held for all the benefice in the
Amberley Parish Rooms, with coffee and
tea available from 9.30am, and the day's
first session beginning at 10am.
What is your dream or vision for the
Church in our Diocese in five years' time?
So it seems right to also flag up the conversations that Bishop Rachel is having
about Diocesan Vision and the next steps
for Journeying Together, the Diocesan
programme which helps us all to think together about all our churches in Gloucestershire, not just our own local church life.
Bishop Rachel is asking us to engage in
three questions within our churches and
our communities. These are:
What could we do to realise this vision?
Our own Vision Day will help us engage
with these questions as well as our role
within this community. Indeed, at Deanery Chapter the other day, when the local
clergy in Stroud Deanery gathered together over a pub lunch to learn together, offer collegiality and support, and to discuss
such issues, we realised as we talked that
we can only answer Bishop Rachel's questions by firstly thinking about our own
context. What does our local context tell
us about what we would wish to see here
or do differently and how can we work together as a Diocese for support as we pursue mission and ministry in our different
areas?
Please give these questions some thought,
as we will be seeking, after 2nd July, to
share our responses with Bishop Rachel,
and be part of that wider conversation.
With best wishes
What is the Holy Spirit saying to us in this
PLEASE NOTE *** PLEASE NOTE *** PLEASE NOTE *** PLEASE NOTE
VISION DAY: Held for the benefice at the Amberley Parish Rooms.
Saturday 2nd July, 9.30am for coffee with first session starting at 10am. Lunch will be
provided - please sign up for lunch on the sheets in church so we know how many to
cater for. Day will end at 3pm. We hope many of you will be able to come for the
whole day, but if you can only drop in, please do so.
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Coach For Deborah's
Ordination
es on this. Please also give your name, so
we can note you have paid. Places on the
coach are now fully booked.
The coach on Sunday 19 June is now
booked at a cost of £5 per person - can
those who have signed up please give their
£5 to a churchwarden or hand into the
benefice office in Butt St, Minchinhampton, as soon as possible. If you have
signed up, this is, as we said, a commitment to going, as we have based seat pric-
The coach will leave from the market
place at Minchinhampton at 9am and will
leave the Amberley Inn at 9.10am. We
need to get to the Cathedral for 10am to
secure seats.
The service begins at 11am.
From the Revd Helen Bailey:
It was recently announced that the Revd Brian Atkinson will be retiring this summer.
We are still awaiting exact dates, but rest assured there will be plenty of opportunity to
say thank you to Brian for the ministry he has given to us over these last two years and
we will give a good Amberley send-off as is our custom! Details to be announced. Brian
has given much to the life of the parish. Many have spoken of the quality of his sermons and his work with the children in schools as being ministry that will be sorely
missed at Amberley. We do, however, wish Brian and Kathy the very best as they look
forward to this new phase of their life.
Sunday Club June 5th and 26th
Bible Story time
Monday 20th June - 9.30 to 10 am in Church
Youth Group - Monday June 13th - 3.15 to 6pm in the Parish Room
Messy Church
Tuesday June 21st - 3.30 to 5.15pm
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Editorial
“Oak before ash and we shall just have a
splash” (He’s talking about the weather
again!) Hopefully the Old Wives of Folk
Lore are right this time. We need rain but
do we need the amount we have been having just lately? Central and southern Africa would love some of our rain and, for
me, they can have it!
The Amberley Cow Hunt would appear
to have been a great success; that is if the
number of cars parked in and around the
village is anything to go by. The weather
wasn’t particularly kind to the event but
that did not seem to deter anyone. The
road to Pinfarthings along the bottom side
of the Churchyard was lined with cars all
of the way from the Amberley Inn
through to the top of Theescombe Hill. It
was quite pleasing to see the numbers of
little groups trekking around the ‘course’
all with smiles and in good humour
against a grey sky. The organisers did a
great job but I was too late for the face
painting!
Once more the cows are about. Please
drive with care. It will be interesting to see
if any farmers paint their animals with the
light reflecting paint that is being given a
trial on Dartmoor to protect the ponies! If
a car hits a cow it does severe damage to
the car but the cow is usually killed – the Later this month is the Official Birthday
car can be repaired.
of our Queen but I am sure that she conThe spring blossoms have been a beauti- trols her intake of Birthday Cakes, no
ful spectacle once more but sadly so tran- matter how toothsome they may appear.
sient. The grove of cherry trees alongside Finally, it was with sadness that we recentthe Church has been gorgeous, but by the ly learned that Brian Atkinson has decidtime that I had remembered to take my ed to retire this summer. I for one will
camera the ‘show was over’. There is a miss his thought-provoking sermons. We
cherry tree, that you cannot miss, on the wish him and his family all the best for the
right hand side as you go down Culver future.
Hill and I gaze in wonder at the magnificence of the cloud of white blossom that it Fred Ashworth.
presents every year
Geoff Cox
Pam, Jane, Alison and Nick Cox would like to thank everyone
for the support and kindness shown to them after
Geoff's death.
Thanks to Rosemary Lea for the lovely flower arrangements
in the church and a very special thank you to Reverend Brian
Atkinson for conducting the service to celebrate Geoff's life.
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Recipe of the Month
Summer Cocktails
decorated with slices of orange, lime or
pineapple, and a small grating of nutmeg.
As summer is well and truly on the way, I
thought it would be nice to share a couple
of cocktails I have enjoyed on recent holidays. They make a nice alternative to
Pimm's for summer parties.
Note: for ease of catering for those drinking and those not, I usually make up the
fruit punch in a jug, then add the rum over
ice in individual glasses before topping up
with the punch. This also allows you to
cater for those who only want a 'weak one'.
Rum Punch
The Hugo
The traditional way of making a Caribbe- Discovered only very recently by me in
an rum punch follows this little poem:
Northern Italy, this apparently is the 'in'
cocktail in Europe this year. It also has
One of sour, two of sweet
the merit of using elderflower cordial, apThree of strong, four of weak
propriate for this month. It is very refreshIngredients:
ing and perfect for a hot summer's evening.
1 part fresh lime juice (bottled is fine)
2 parts grenadine syrup (or sugar syrup*) Ingredients:
3 parts rum, preferably a golden West In1 part elderflower cordial
dies brand
4 parts fruit juice - a mixture of any of the 3 parts prosecco, or other sparkling wine
mint
following: orange, pineapple, mango acdash of fresh lime
cording to preference
Lime to garnish
a few drops of Angostura bitters
ice cubes
a grating of nutmeg
* for sugar syrup, bring 1 cup of water to Method: (per glass)
the boil in a saucepan, add 2 cups sugar, 1. Chill prosecco and elderflower.
and stir until dissolved. Cool, and store in
2. Gently bruise 4 mint leaves
an empty glass bottle.
3. Add ice, elderflower, prosecco, dash
Method:
of lime and stir very gently. Garnish with
1. Chill all ingredients well before mixing. lime slices and mint.
2. In a large jug, mix the fruit juice, syrup
(go cautiously with this if you do not like it
For a longer, spritzer-type drink, use 2
too sweet,) lime juice and bitters.
parts prosecco and 1 part sparkling water.
If you stop here, you have a non-alcoholic,
or fruit punch.
3. Add the rum, and serve over ice cubes, Jane
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Jeremy Burslem –
The last Rector of Amberley
Jeremy trained for the Ministry of Priest in
the Church of England at King’s College,
University of London, following National
Service as a Radar Mechanic in the RAF.
He was ordained Deacon in Chelmsford
Cathedral in May 1959 at the age of 24
and was made a Priest a year later. He
served his first curacy at St. Mary’s, Bocking, near Braintree in Essex then, in 1964,
he moved to a second curacy at All
Saints’, Gloucester; this Church now belongs to the Leisure Centre and is used as
a quiet place and a library.
was not being fostered in ‘respectable’
Amberley! Fortunately, he decided it wasn’t, though he wanted the transition to a
full Eucharist speeded up. The process
was made easier by an influx into the village and the parish church in the early
1970s onwards by young families with
young children, who were enthusiastic
about having a lively and interesting service suitable for all age groups. It wasn’t
long before a Liturgy Committee was
formed and life in the Church took off in
a different direction. When we arrived in
1967, our children were usually the only
ones seen at a Sunday service, and there
were many raised eyebrows.
In early 1967, Bishop Guy appointed Jeremy as Rector of Amberley and he moved
there in April with me (his wife) and his 2
elder children. Mary, who was 18 months
old, and David, 8 weeks. Jeremy told me
that, at his commissioning interview, the
Bishop said – among other things – that
he intended to move him on to another
parish after 7 years, and that he wanted
him to change the main Sunday service
from Sung Matins to a Sung Eucharist –
without arousing too much opposition
within the congregation – that is, keeping
everyone happy!
Jonathan was born (in the Rectory) in
1969, and Tom followed in 1978. All 4 of
our children attended Amberley Primary
School and as Chairman of the Governors
and a parent, Jeremy was always fully and
enthusiastically involved in what went on
there. When we arrived in the parish, the
school had been on the point of closing
due to lack of numbers, but at the last minute a reprieve was granted - Butterow
School was closed instead and the children from there were sent up to Amberley. From that point the school grew and
never looked back.
As you know, the 7 years became 20
years, partly due to the untimely death of
Bishop Guy while still in office – and it
took at least 7 years to achieve the second
commission. Jeremy did this by changing
the time of the service from 11.00am to
10.30, and introducing a shortened form
of Matins followed seamlessly by a shortened Eucharist. Very gradually Matins
grew shorter and the Eucharist longer!
News of what he was doing reached Diocesan ears, and the Bishop of Tewksbury
was sent along to make sure that heresy
Jeremy always said that he spent his happiest years in Amberley as Rector, and it is
for this reason that the family and I have
decided to ask for his ashes to be interred
in the Garden of Remembrance in Amberley Churchyard.
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Jeremy died aged 80 on Thursday 19th
November last after long years of disability
and illness, and he had a wonderful funeral service at St. Werburgh’s, Spondon,
near Derby, where we have been parishioners since we came to the area on his
(early) retirement in 1998, and where Jere-
my helped out with the services while he
was still able. We are planning to have a
simple service of Thanksgiving for his life
in Amberley Church at 2.00pm on Saturday 30th July, which the Revd. Helen Bailey has kindly agreed to lead. This will be
followed by the interment of ashes for just
the close family, and then tea and cake in
the parish room for anyone who would
like to join us. EVERYONE is welcome!
And please don’t think you have to attend
the service first if you can only manage the
tea!
We are all much looking forward to meeting old friends, making new ones and
spending a weekend in Amberley.
Susan Burslem
Jeremy Burslem
January 27th 1935 – November 19th 2015
Rector of Amberley: April 1967 – October 1987
Jeremy and his goats...
(Jeremy’s successors were ‘Priests in charge’ of Amberley and subsequently,
Amberley became part of the Benefice of Minchinhampton with Box and
Amberley. Hence Jeremy was indeed the Last Rector of Amberley...)
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Amberley Cow Hunt
School and the Bath based charity Send a
Cow. The PTA would like to thank all of
the village groups who dressed a cow, including the Beavers, Cubs, Brownies,
Guides and Playgroup. We would also
like to thank all of the villagers who supported us this year by baking a cake, dressing a cow or simply taking part in the hunt
and enjoying tea and cake.
The 8th Amberley Cow Hunt was another
huge success despite the weather doing its
best to dampen spirits. This year there
were 37 amoo-singly named and brightly
dressed cows including Cowlo Ren for
Star Wars fans, Picowso and Moonet for
art lovers and new this year our donkey:
Jur-ass-ic Park, to celebrate the horses and
donkey now grazing on the common The Best Dressed Cow this year was
Queen Elizabeef, dressed by the Mc
again.
Bryde family & Best Name award, as votThis year over 2800 slices of fabulous ed by the herders, went to the Ashton
cake, 600 ice lollies and 1500 maps were family for Cowlo Ren.
sold raising funds for Amberley Parochial
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Fairtrade Stall
We are delighted to say that the Fairtrade Stall has done extremely well again this year.
The figures are:
7th June
£125.93
5th July
£119.65
1st August
£ 88.74
6th September £100.00
4th October
£ 96.24
1st November £ 95.15
6th December £208.45
Sadly no Christmas Market Stall owing to illness
3rd January
£ 82.40
6th February
£125.55
6th March
£220.00 Fairtrade Fortnight and Cake Raffle
3rd April
£101.70
1st May
£116.60
Total for the year £1480.81
Amberley Church can be very happy that they have contributed so much to the
Fairtrade ethos which considerably helps people to earn a fair living from their produce
and crafts around the world. John and I are always so amazed at people's wonderful
kindness and generosity.
Wendy and John Fontaine
Newcomers Party
We were invited to the Amberley Newcomers' Party held on the 9th
April, and would like to pass on our thanks to all those involved. We
were made very welcome, and appreciate the kindness we were shown.
Mike and Lesley Macaskill, St Chloe
From the registers …
Funerals
4 May
10 May
James Barrett
Geoff Cox
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Thanksgiving for 150 years
of Readers
The biblical mandate for this ministry is
well expressed by Paul, when writing to
Timothy to encourage him to share the
It was on 5th May 1866, at a meeting of gospel ministry with others:
the bishops at Lambeth Palace, that the ‘You then, my son, be strong in the grace
ministry of Readers was launched within that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you
the Church of England. In this 150th anni- have heard me say in the presence of
versary year it’s appropriate to reflect on many witnesses entrust to reliable people
the ministry that Readers exercise in par- who will also be qualified to teach othishes across the Anglican Church. The ers.’ (2 Timothy 2:1,2).
bishops sought to release lay people in the
church to share the ministry of the Word We may be supporting Readers within our
and to take the church’s life and witness own church or be considering this calling
ourselves. In this special anniversary year,
beyond the walls of its building.
let’s make this our prayer:
Today there are around 10,000 licensed
Readers who lead worship, teach and Almighty Father, you have called your
preach, to build up the Church and make Church into being in your love and
Christ visible. Readers provide a pool of strengthened us for your service. As we
lay people trained in theology and who give you thanks for 150 years of Reader
can bring the gospel to people at work and ministry, guide us, inspire us and make us
in the community. In this way, they make all a joyful Church, one in heart and mind;
vital connections between the church and for the sake of your kingdom, through Jethe world in an attractive and authentic sus Christ our Lord. Amen.
way, as only lay people can.
WaterAid Concert
Amberley Community Choir are taking part in a massed choir event in Bath on 10th
July called SING FOR WATER involving 1200 singers. We are learning new songs
and raising money for Water Aid and their vital project in Ethiopia.
As part of our build up we are holding a short concert in the Parish Rooms, where we
will be performing a range of styles from Pop, through Jazz, Gospel and World Music.
WHERE?
WHEN?
AMBERLEY PARISH ROOMS
7.30PM 8TH JULY 2016
INFO:
PAYING BAR AVAILABLE, LIGHT SNACKS PROVIDED
ALL WELCOME!
No admission fee but donations appreciated for WaterAid
Our choir meets every Tuesday evening between 7.30 and 9pm in the Amberley
School Hall – homemade cake provided – only £5 per session. You don't need any
previous experience or musical knowledge – just come and enjoy!
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Tales from a Country
Garden.
The other project I have been working on
is the pond, which has been sitting quietly
waiting for spring to arrive and be planted
June at last! It seems to have been a long up. Fish are dormant in winter but are
time coming and let's hope it stays warm now waking up and looking for food.
and we can enjoy eating out for a while.
I have placed
I have been concentrating on a very small
border that is between the side of the
house and a fence, and wedge shaped. It is
very shady, only getting sun in the late afternoon. Having dug it over well, I have
incorporated some good garden compost
into it and planted several different types
of ferns which can cope with the shade.
Against the fence I have put in Hydrangea
Petiolaris which likes a shady or North
facing corner, a climber, and a variegated
Ivy, Hedera Colchica Dentata, to intermingle with it, also a Clematis, Freckles,
which flowers from October to January,
and can cope with less light, to add vertical
interest.
Cotswold
stone around
the edge of
the pond to
hide the liner,
then
planted hosta, ferns, and pulmonarias in different colours, also a few small daffs and crocus,
around the outside edge. There is another
border that runs along the edge which is
planted with small variegated shrubs, and
is seen from the kitchen window.
On the inside of the pond are baskets with
water plants such as water hawthorn, water
mint and a lily, amongst others, which will
fill the pond in due course, and make
some hiding places for the fish, and also
some Ramshorn snails which help to keep
the algae down.
All in all a very satisfying month, the other
borders are now planted with herbaceous
plants, and I intend to have a hydrangea
border, under the yew hedge in the back
garden, which will be done in the next few
weeks, from cuttings I took from my last
I have gone for ferns with different leaf garden, and underplanted with forget-meshapes and textures to give interest, as well nots, daffs, and primulas and maybe an
as deciduous ones that will disappear in ivy.
the winter and pop up again the following I have two other borders which are work
year with sparking new foliage. Around in progress, so will see how they develop
these I have planted Snowdrops, small and grow. My new cherry tree is flowering
daffs and primulas in different colours, so beautifully and looks lovely.
all fronts covered for late winter/early
spring. I will let you know how it develops More next month.
Rosemary Lea.
as time goes on.
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Tickets are available at www.cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/tickets or from 0333 666 3366
High Society - presented by the Cotswold Players from 15th to 18th and 22nd to 25th
June
Tracy Lord is a glamorous but pretentious socialite who is about to marry George Kittredge. On the eve of the wedding her unwelcome ex-husband and neighbour, C.K.
Dexter Haven, arrives on the doorstep to tell her that tabloid reporters Mike Connor
and Liz Imbrie will be covering the wedding whilst pretending to be guests.
Things get complicated when Mike finds himself falling in love with Tracy who, with
three men wanting her, has to decide what she really wants in life.
The story is told through a full spectrum of Cole Porter music. From romantic ballads
such as ‘True Love’ to uplifting feel-good songs like ‘Well, Did You Evah’ and ‘Let’s
Misbehave’.
Tickets £13
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - presented by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School on
28th June
Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to
be marrying Hermia… When the Establishment tries to intervene, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen
of the fairies.
Shakespeare put some of his most dazzling dramatic poetry at the service of this teasing, glittering, hilarious and amazingly inventive play, whose seriousness is only fleetingly glimpsed beneath its dreamlike surface.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an ageless celebration of love consummated and fertile imaginings.
Tickets £12
Great Expectations - presented by Second Face Theatre Company on 1st July
Are you sitting comfortably? Good. Then we’ll begin… Miss Havisham, the woman
who locked herself away with a broken heart, the woman with poison and hatred rotting her soul and the walls around her, is - dead. Cruel and bitter, punishing and mean.
But was she? Perhaps, if you look at things a little differently - if you look just beneath
the surface - you’ll discover that things are never as they seem...
Join Second Face Theatre Company as they reimagine Charles Dickens’ original story,
retracing the steps that lead Pip and Estella to the gates of Satis House after Miss Havisham’s death. Follow us as we weave through events to discover what hand fate has in
matters of the heart, and whether true love really does conquer all. With a five star
company who are known for powerful storytelling, and a show for all the family, you’re
guaranteed an innovative and exciting adventure.
Tickets £12
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On the struggle for life in a rectory
The Rectory
St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
Ah, the joys of June! At last I can return to the Rectory without putting on my overcoat
before going inside. For the next four months, all windows and doors are left open in
order to let the heat in. If anyone else tells me how lucky I am to live in a 12-bedroom
Queen Anne house, I shall have them excommunicated.
You will soon stop complaining about your one bedroom flat should you ever have to
live in a rural rectory; the days of wandering about the house in shirtsleeves will become
a distant memory. In my first winter here, I had the central heating on full blast 24
hours a day. The house was almost warm, even if the boilers sounded like the Queen
Mary coming into port. But that quarter’s gas bill needed a substantial grant from the
International Monetary Fund to cover it, so ever since, for six months of the year, I live
in the kitchen. Parishioners find it either touching or sad that I sleep with my Labrador.
It never occurs to them that I need her for extra heat.
It does mean that evening meetings at the rectory on winter evenings can be unChristianly satisfying. Watching committee members fighting – with infinite politeness to get nearest to the one-bar electric fire is highly entertaining. They hold on to their
coffee cups less for refreshment, more for a little extra warmth. At least it means that
meetings are short.
My predecessor was a model railway enthusiast and so several bedrooms were taken up
with a system of such complexity that it made Crewe Junction seem trivial. He also
found it helpful to put his teenage son in the turret bedroom, where he could play his
drums without anyone else in the house being able to hear a thing.
Nowadays, all these extra rooms are filled with cribs and nativity play costumes, Easter
gardens and spare choir cassocks. It is remarkable how all these things used to be
stored quite satisfactorily in the church vestry until the parish acquired a single priest;
now the empty rooms in the rectory have become vital storage space. I so hope my successor has a plethora of children, so that parishioners have to find alternative accommodation for all the detritus vital to church life.
No, dear boy, cherish your centrally heated, dry, draft proof, mice-free, bat-less, modern-plumbed accommodation. It will not be ever thus.
Your loving uncle,
Eustace
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NSPCC Wine-Tasting
Evening (Courtesy of Waitrose)
at Box Village Hall
WEDNESDAY 29TH JUNE
6.30pm – 8.30pm
TALK QUIZ RAFFLE
Tickets: £12.50 Information: 872227
Proceeds to
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Amberley Gardening Club
We raised £500 at our Plant Sale which
took place in the front garden at The
Black Horse on Saturday 7th May. Our
thanks go to all who donated plants for
sale, bought plants, housed them prior to
the sale and sold them on the day. We are
also very grateful to the Black Horse for
their help in boosting our funds.
In May our speaker was very local - from
St Chloe! Alison Vickery gave a talk about
her work as an illustrator and then proceeded to delight us by painting a jug of
Lilac flowers. Although it can be difficult
to paint with an audience, Alison did not
seem in the least nervous and we were all
most impressed.
Alison brought a collection of her paintings to show us and with each one there
was a story to be told. Many of the flowers
she paints are from her own garden. She
produces commercial work, often for major retailers. As well as this she teaches
and paints for pleasure.
Our next speaker meeting takes place on
8th September when Duncan Coombs returns to speak about the Gardens of Italy,
Ancient and Modern.
Please contact Simone Pennie (873887),
should you wish to join our group on a
trip to Highgrove on Tuesday 12th July or
RHS Wisley on Tuesday 13th September.
Our Club continues to grow and we always welcome new members.
Barnabas Painters
Exhibition
and
sale of art
June 4th, 5th and 6th
10 - 4 pm
Mortimer Rooms
Nailsworth
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Malvern Spring Show
eyes on and gain new ideas and ways of
doing an arrangement, and also to see the
all the fun of the fair….
very high standard set by the judges, and
On a Friday in May, I went with a friend their comments. Very interesting reading.
to the Malvern Spring Show. What a won- Then after a wander through the other
derful day it was.
sheds full of lovely items for the home, we
The weather was fine and warm for once, headed for the stalls and gardens, some of
which makes a huge difference when out- which were on the TV later in the week. It
side, as it has often been a wet and dismal was an exciting experience to see the selfaffair when tramping around sodden same gardens knowing we had already
fields, but the atmosphere is always full of seen them in the flesh and learning about
hope for that special plant or shrub, or the way they are set up and displayed in
order to win a coveted Gold Medal, and
maybe a beautiful rose or tree.
hear the likes of Monty Don give their
People were thronging the pathways, en- opinion of the garden in question.
joying the camaraderie of the day. There
are stalls for every conceivable use and Then just before heading home, after a
some for things you didn't know you need- nice lunch in said marquee, we went
ed which seem perfectly sensible at the round the floral and plant tent where I
time of buying, only to languish in a shed bought two new ferns for my small fernor drawer waiting for the right opportunity ery, and a couple of hostas, one of which
is called "The Night Before Christmas"
to use at a later date.
and the other "Liberty." They will go in the
After a restorative coffee in the lovely border in front of the house for colour in
roomy RHS marquee, we headed straight the summer. And as all good things come
for the flower arranging shed to see all the to an end we made our tired but happy
superb exhibits on show, how clever the way home, to enjoy the memory of a lovedesigns! The beautiful flowers and colours ly day.
all made a wonderful scene to feast the
Rosemary Lea.
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
AMBERLEY BRANCH
COFFEE MORNING
Wednesday 29th June 2016
10.30am to noon
At the home of Mrs Elise Theobald,
The Beacon, Amberley
Stalls…………..….Raffle………..…….Games
Everyone welcome Entrance £2.00
In aid of The Poppy Appeal
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The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Amberley
Rector
Associate Priest
Methodist Minister
Associate Priest
Retired Priest
Retired Priest
Churchwardens
Rev Helen Bailey
Rev Brian Atkinson
Rev Simon Topping
Rev Sandy Emery
Rev Canon Dr Mike Tucker
Rev Canon Brian Andrews
Dr Simon Barker
Mr John Gilbert
Reader Emeritus
Mrs Anne Seymour
Verger
Mrs Clare Weaver
Director of Music
Dr Steve Goodwin
Head Server
Mrs Jan Howard
Stewards
Mrs Margaret Keck
Mr John Cleever
ACC: Secretary
Mrs Pat Woods
Treasurer
Mrs Sarah Goodwin
Book-keeper
Rev Ann Morris
Vice Chmn
MrMr John Gilbert
Planned Giving Sec
Mrs Sarah Goodwin
Electoral Roll Officer Mrs Joanna Wood
Deanery Synod Rep. Dr Simon Barker
Sunday Club
Mrs Claire Wilkins
Youth Group
Mrs Claire Wilkins
Magazine Adverts
Dr Steve Goodwin
Church Flower Rota
Mrs Rosemary Lea
Friday Cuppa
Mrs Jan Howard
MU Secretary
Mrs Pat Woods
Pastoral Care Co-ord Rev Brian Atkinson
Peace & Justice Group Mrs Sue Pugh
Worship Group
Mr John Gilbert
Communications Grp Mrs Jane Foreman
Mr Fred Ashworth
Archives Group
Mrs Anne Seymour
Fairtrade/Food Bank Mr John Fontaine
revdhelenbailey@gmail.com
brian@amberleychurch.org.uk
simon.topping@methodist.org.uk
sandy@minchchurch.org.uk
mike@tuckers.org.uk
bkorama@gmail.com
simon@amberleychurch.org.uk
john.gilbert1@which.net
panda@amberley.org.uk
verger@amberleychurch.org.uk
sgoodwin@houndscroft.co.uk
janrhoward@gmail.com
margaret@keck.org.uk
johncleever@btinternet.com
woodscj@tiscali.co.uk
sarah@houndscroft.co.uk
annmorris@cotswold85.freeserve.co.uk
john.gilbert1@which.net
sarah@houndscroft.co.uk
joannamwood@hotmail.co.uk
simon@amberleychurch.org.uk
krazyclaire@btinternet.com
krazyclaire@btinternet.com
sgoodwin@houndscroft.co.uk
rosy.lea@hotmail.co.uk
janrhoward@gmail.com
woodscj@tiscali.co.uk
brian@amberleychurch.org.uk
sue.pugh5@btinternet.com
john.gilbert1@which.net
jane_foreman@btinternet.com
fred.vron@gmail.com
panda@amberley.org.uk
fontaines@btinternet.com
01453 882289
01453 299793
01453 764818
01452 814148
01453 873352
01453 873068
01453 882504
01453 836275
01453 873272
01453 872602
01453 873381
01453 872689
01453 872300
01453 882409
01453 872652
01453 873381
01453 872371
01453 836275
01453 873381
01453 873294
01453 882504
01453 835864
01453 835864
01453 873381
01453 885041
01453 872689
01453 872652
01453 299793
01453 872551
01453 836275
01453 833028
01453 873436
01453 873272
01453 751113
If you have an item for the Pew Sheet, please email it to pewsheet@amberleychurch.org.uk
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Village Organisations
Amberley Parochial School
admin@amberley.gloucs.sch.uk
Head Teacher – Sharon Cale
head@amberley.gloucs.sch.uk
Amberley Playgroup Mondays, Fridays, 9.15-12.15
Wednesday, 9.15-3.00
Thursday, 12.30-3.00
Cathy Brown
Toddlers Group – Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9.45-11.45 am
Leader - Andrea Glover
Royal British Legion – Joint Men and Women’s Branch
Regular meetings are no longer taking place, one off meetings to be confirmed
Standard Bearer – Roger Rowe
roger@rowes.org.uk
Treasurer - Chris Woods
woodscj@tiscali.co.uk
Littleworth Hall
Booking Secretary – Mrs Di Rowe
di@rowes.org.uk
Parish Room Management Committee
Letting Secretary – Mrs Clare Weaver verger@amberleychurch.org.uk
Highlands Cottage Charity
Mrs Viv Leivers
viv.leivers@btinternet.com
Scouts - Fridays 7-9 pm
Mark Wingfield
wingfield_mark@hotmail.com
Cub Scouts – Thursdays 6.45-8.15 pm
Enquires—please contact Beaver Scout Leader below
Beaver Scouts – Thursdays 5.30-6.30 pm
Sue Jenkins
sejenkins@btinternet.com
Guides – Wednesdays 7.30-9 pm
Mrs Nicky Young
nickyyoung@sky.com
Brownies – Wednesdays 6.00-7.30 pm in the Parish Rooms
Miss Joy Hopkins
jhopkins63@sky.com
nd
Amberley Gardening Club – 2 Thur of each month – Parish Room
Mrs Jacky Staff
jackystaff@hotmail.co.uk
01453 873349
01453 872571
01453 872571
01453 873458
01453 872652
01453 873458
01453 872602
01453 873665
01453 873542
01453 886750
01453 452316
07809 565724
Other Churches
Roman Catholic – The Priory Church of the Annunciation – Woodchester.
Baptist Church – Minchinhampton.
URC – Tabernacle – Rodborough.
Methodist/Baptist/URC – Christchurch – Nailsworth.
Society of Friends – Meeting House – Nailsworth.
Useful Telephone Numbers
Doctors: The Surgery, Minchinhampton. 883793 or The Surgery, Nailsworth. 832424
Stroud Hospital: 0300 4218080
Veterinary Surgeons: Clockhouse, Stroud. 752555 or Bowbridge, Stroud. 762350
Milk Deliveries: T. Clarke (Dairy) Ltd., Amberley 872368
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Church Monuments
trudes violently into the world we would
like.
This month as we continue our walk
through the church building, we focus on
monuments. George Herbert has a poem
on this theme which contrasts the body we
see represented in marble, but now consigned to dust, with the soul released to
perform its eternal devotions. Such monuments are often a reminder of the frailty of
life and the certainty of death, symbolized
by an hour-glass or a skull or classical
urns.
But in St Bartholomew’s Church, Much
Marcle in Herefordshire, there is a monument that tells us something of the serenity
of death. It is the effigy of Blanche Mortimer, who died in 1347. The church is
filled with superb monuments, but this
one has its own distinct and moving beauty. The carving of her dress shows buttoned sleeves and a wimple, while one
hand holds a rosary. She impresses us
with her loveliness, even in the midst of
In St Cuby’s Church, Duloe in Cornwall death.
there is a fine slate memorial of an Elizabethan lady, Anna Coffyn, depicted in a Leonardo da Vinci wrote, ‘While I
richly embroidered dress with gloves and a thought that I was learning how to live, I
prayer book, ready for church. Under- have been learning how to die.’ As we
neath are the skull and crossbones, a me- dedicate ourselves to God in this life, we
mento mori, a reminder that death has vis- can trust with Blanche Mortimer in the
ited even this elegant lady. That sign of 14th century that His will is for us to be
death can come as a shock to us when we with him forever. This life is not just our
are committed so much to living and get- preparation for death: it is our schooling
ting the most out of life today. Death in- for heaven, and life in heaven means life
with God.
“Music for a Summer’s Evening”
Come to a great concert by the renowned Dursley Male Voice Choir
and help to raise much-needed funds for Citizens Advice: Stroud District at the same time!
DURSLEY MALE VOICE CHOIR CONCERT
Saturday, 2nd July at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church, Painswick
Tickets: £10 Under 16’s Free
Refreshments and Raffle available
Tickets on the door, or Patchwork Mouse, Painswick, or phone Ann
Horner 812128
ALL PROCEEDS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF
STROUD CITIZENS ADVICE
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Rotas for June
Weekending
Sunday
Flowers
Coffee
Cleaning
5 June
Sue Page
Valerie Cowley and
Betty Lane
Anne Seymour
12 June
Irene Andrews
Rosemary Lea and
Viv Leivers
Anne Seymour
19 June
Maureen Stewart
John and Cathy
McIlroy
Sue Pugh
26 June
Sue Piechowiak
Daphne Vickers and
Pat Woods
Sue Pugh
If you would like to help with any duties, please contact Heather Pearson for church
services (885477) , Rosemary Lea for flowers (885041), Fred Ashworth for church
cleaning (873436), and Heather Pearson (885477) for after-service coffee.
Magazine typeset by Steve Goodwin
All copy and articles for the magazine should be emailed to him at
sgoodwin@houndscroft.co.uk by the 16th of the month.
Garden
Maintenance
Over 12 years experience
Liz Rowe
07788 557559
Lesley Doran
M.A.R.
Reflexologist
An ancient natural therapy that
works on all systems of the body to promote
healing and a sense of well-being.
Gift vouchers available
For further information,
please contact me on:
01453 872958
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DIY DONE FOR U
Too busy to DIY? Job too small for a tradesman? Previous bad experience with a drill?
HOME – small plumbing jobs, minor electrical work, locks, pictures hung, curtain rails fitted, flat-packs
assembled.
GARDEN – lawns treated/scarified/mown, hedges cut, pruning, paths treated, patios cleaned, gates
& fences repaired & treated.
GENERAL – If your job is not listed, call. If I can’t do it, I’ll try to find a man who can.
Contact Jeremy on 07967 077380
sailjeremyn@gmail.com
For personal, complete 24 hour service
Philip Ford & Son
Funeral Directors
Dirleton House, Cainscross Road
01453 763592
Part of Dignity plc. A British Company
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Clearance of fungal foot and nail infections
Treatment of cracked heels
Verruca treatment
Advice on heel and ball of foot pain
Nail trimming
General and diabetic foot care
New Wilde-Pedique Toenail reconstruction
Advice on insoles/orthotics/padding
Gift vouchers available to purchase
Call Michele for an appointment - Minchinhampton Foot Clinic
Tel 01453 887001 or 07715 627611
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Andrea helps me out with decorating, gardening and cleaning. She has also done some business
admin for my business when we were feeling overloaded. Whatever she turns her hand to is done
to a very high standard. She is cheerful, helpful and totally trustworthy. L. Willis, Pinfarthings.
Call Andrea Goodman: 07971 861604 or email: andreaagoodman@gmail.com
Professional Computer Services
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Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, Phones, Broadband, Networks...
For advice, upgrades, repairs, virus removal and many other services, or
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contact Dr Steve Goodwin, Chartered Engineer, on
01453 873381 or 07831 671820
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For all taxi services in Stroud plus...
Airport/Seaport transfers
Wedding Car Hire
Chauffeur Driven Services
Group Travel & Nights Out
Contact Andy on 01453 755707 or 07966 235775
www.taxisstroud.com
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The
Amberley Inn
An Accommodating Place to Eat, Drink & Stay
Tel: 01453 872565
www.theamberleyinn.co.uk
Our lunchtime Table d’hôte menu is now available from 12-2.30pm
Monday- Saturday inclusive. Two courses at only £9.95.
The Estate Agents for Minchinhampton, Box and Amberley
Richard Murray MNAEA – Josh Ford-Loveday - Jamie Dalrymple Hamilton MRICS
3 High Street Minchinhampton GL6 9BN
Tel: 01453 886334
www.murraysestateagents.co.uk
Also in Stroud, Painswick and London (The Mayfair Office)
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