Ringmer Church and Village News
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Ringmer Church and Village News
Ringmer Church and Village News October 2016 45p £5.00 per year www.ringmervillagenews.org.uk Ringmer Church and Village News Contents Ringmer Churches Message…… 2 Services at St Mary's…………... 2 Church Calendar……………….. 3 Church Notes…………………... 6 Ringmer Baptist Church……….. 10 Notices…….…………………… 11 Dates for your Diary…………… 15 Forthcoming Events……………. 18 Local Organisations News……... 19 Ringmer Parish Church………... Information 27 Local Community Groups List… 30 Please Note: Depending on the quantity of articles received, the location of certain items may vary. Editor: Edwina Morris, 27 Oakmede Way, Ringmer. Tel: 01273 813596 Items for publication are welcome and can be sent by hand, post or e-mail to ringmerparishmag@btinternet.com However, they should be received by the Editor before the 27th of the month. The Editor reserves the right to edit, cut or refuse to publish any contribution. The magazine is published monthly and is also available on-line at: www.ringmervillagenews.org.uk Adverts: Jayne Marshall-Roelich, Chanters, Broyle Lane, Ringmer. Tel: 01273 812744 or jayne.mr@btinternet.com Subscriptions: Contact Mary & Jim Greenwood, at Lilac Cottage, Norlington Lane. Tel: 01273 812768 Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which Thou hast given me, for all the pains and insults which Thou hast borne for me. O most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may I know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee more nearly. Amen. Prayer of St Richard of Chichester 1245-1253 1 Services at St Mary's Monthly Sunday Services 1st Sunday 8am Holy Communion 10am Family Service 6.30pm Sung Eucharist 8am 10am 6.30pm 2nd/4th Sunday Holy Communion Sung Eucharist Evensong 3rd/5th Sunday 8am Holy Communion 10am Family Eucharist 6.30pm Evensong A Sunday Club for children is held during the 10 am Service on most Sundays. Mostly Mums is held monthly. Contact Marisa Hayes (01273 812790). Weekday Services Morning Prayer (8 am) and Evening Prayer (5 pm) are said daily. Holy Communion every Wednesday (9 am). Contact For Holy Baptism, Banns or Marriage, please contact St Mary’s Vicar: The Rev'd Beth McCleave The Vicarage, Vicarage Way, Ringmer, Nr Lewes BN8 5LA Tel: 01273 812243 or email: revdbethmccleave@outlook.com Please note that magazine items should be sent to the Editor (see page 1) The Blessed Sacrament is reserved in the Church. Message from St Mary’s Dear Friends, As I concluded my assembly for the children of our Primary School recently I showed them a small item which I carry, amongst the coins, in my purse. A few years ago I was approached by a young man from my parish who'd found himself in hard times following redundancy through sickness (and no fault of his own). He shared with me his sad story and told me of how he had lost everything: his job, his accommodation, his dreams and even most of his friends through this long-term sickness. This man was, by the time he spoke to me, making some progress and was in improving health. He'd even managed to persuade a local businessman to let him work, voluntarily, for a few hours a week, to build up his credibility in work again. He was a bright and determined man and I admired his strength and resolve to keep striving. This young man’s story had a significant impact on me and not least because it's message was that it wasn't foolishness or irresponsibility which resulted in him sheltering under a cardboard box during those long, cold winter nights, and when the opportunity came for the local churches to take warm ‘survival kits’ to him, and others like him, in the town – at this autumnal time of year – I was only too pleased to play my part. The small square of corrugated cardboard which I carry in my purse is a reminder of that young man; of the struggle he had through that tough winter, and of his determination, with support, which enabled him to find a way through it. As I select coins from my purse to pay for groceries for my family I am deeply thankful that I can, and the cardboard square reminds me not to be judgemental about why some people can't do that today. I have some cardboard squares available if having one for your purse or wallet would help you too. I wish you a blessed and plentiful Autumn. Beth 2 Church Calendar October Sunday 9 Tuesday Wednesday 11 12 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 13 14 15 16 Monday Tuesday 17 18 Wednesday 19 Sunday 23 Monday 24 Wednesday 26 Thursday Friday Sunday 27 28 30 Monday November Tuesday Wednesday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday 31 1 2 6 7 8 9 8 am 10 am 6.30 pm 7.30 pm 10 am 2.30 pm 2.30 pm 12.30pm 12.30pm 8 am 10 am 2 pm 4 pm 6.30 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm 2.30 pm 7 pm 8 am 10 am 5 pm 10 am 7.30 pm 2.30 pm 9-5 pm 9-5 pm 8 am 10 am 6.30 pm 7.30 pm 9.30 am 6 pm 8 am 10 am 6.30 pm 10.30am 7.30 pm 2.30 pm 7.30 pm October/November THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Holy Communion Eucharist for Ordinary Time with Laying on of Hands with Prayer Evensong Men’s Club meets in the Church Room Taster Book Club session at The Old Bakery Funeral of Sue Wheeler Singalong in the Church Room Bereavement Bring & Share Lunch in the Church Room Bereavement Bring & Share Lunch in the Church Room PCC Vision Day at Sussex University THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Holy Communion Eucharist with Baptism and the Laying on of Hands with Prayer ‘Flutes & Friends’ concert in St Mary’s Family Tea Time Service Evensong PCC meets in the Church Room Taster Session of Lectio Divina MU meets in the Church Room Singalong in the Church Room Planning meeting for helpers for the Holiday Club BIBLE SUNDAY Holy Communion Eucharist with Baptism Village Clubs’ Service (NOTE TIME) ‘Taster Session’ of Circle of Quiet in the Lady Chapel – all welcome ‘Taster Session’ of Circle of Quiet in the Lady Chapel – all welcome Singalong in the Church Room Preparation for Holiday Club Holiday Club – ‘Adventure Cruise’ Day 1 Holiday Club – ‘Adventure Cruise’ Day 2 ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY Holy Communion Eucharist for Ordinary Time Evensong Christmas Fair Stallholders’ meeting in Church Room Mostly Mums in St Mary’s Service of Memorial and Thanksgiving for All Souls THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT Holy Communion Family Service with Baptisms Eucharist for Ordinary Time ‘Taster Session’ The Bible for Us Today in the Church Room Men’s Club meet in the Church Room Singalong meets in the Church Room Deanery Synod is being held in St Mary’s 3 (Church Notes, Page 6) Church Notes St Mary’s Church Website: www.ringmerchurch.org.uk Families’ Tea-Time Service – Come and have fun at St Mary’s at the second of our new monthly Families’ Tea-Time Service being held on 16th October at 4 pm. Two songs, a wellknown Bible story told for children, followed by tea and cake. October Half Term Holiday Club Thursday 27th – Friday, 28th October 'Adventure Cruise' All primary school age children are welcome at the Holiday Club from 9.30 - 4.30 in St Mary's, with additional supervision between 9.00 and 5.00. The club will be a wonderful mix of activities and themes. Talk to Marisa Hayes if you have any queries. It is vital that parents complete a registration form, available on the church website: www.ringmerchurch.org.uk and return it to the Vicarage or email it to families@ringmerchurch.org.uk by Monday 24th October. Village Clubs’ Service – We invite every member of all our Ringmer clubs and organisations to this annual service taking place on Sunday, 23rd October at 5 pm. We hope the earlier time will enable the younger members of our clubs to come along. As usual there will be refreshments after the service. All Souls’ Service of Memorial and Thanksgiving - We invite you to this special Service on Wednesday, 2nd November at 6 pm in St Mary’s. During the service we shall remember loved ones who have died and lighting candles for them. We shall remember specifically those for whom we have held services during the last two years but if you would like anyone else remembered by name, please contact Shirley Squires on 01273 812417. St Mary’s Small Grants Scheme – We are pleased that the first of our monthly grants has been awarded. It went to Ringmer Football Club to enable them to improve their youth training facilities. If your club or group would like to apply please see our website (www.ringmerchurch.org.uk) for further details and an application form, or contact Shirley Squires. St Mary’s Churchyard – Those of you who visit the churchyard across the road from the church will notice that we have applied for planning permission to put a better surface on the footpaths in this area. We hope this will improve the situation this winter and prevent the area becoming quite so muddy. Policies for volunteers, investment, conflict of interest, risk management, complaints and Pay – St Mary’s has agreed these policies and copies are now available on the church website (www.ringmerchurch.org.uk) and a hard copy is also kept in church. Flutes and Friends Concert: There will be another Flutes and Friends concert given by Anne Hodgson and her flute students at St Mary’s on Sunday, 16th October at 2 pm. Please join us for a feast of flute music with tea and cakes for all afterwards. There will be a retiring collection in aid of St Peter and St James Hospice. Shoeboxes Sue Clyde Would you be interested in filling a shoebox for the charity ‘Link to Hope’? The boxes can be either for a family or for an elderly person. They send boxes to Eastern Europe, Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria. Please contact me for a leaflet and/or an empty box or they will be available in the Church. There are also details on their website of what you can put into the boxes, www.linktohope.co.uk I need to have the completed boxes by October 31st, please. Contact me for any further info; Sue Clyde on 01273 812700, thank you. 6 FLUTES AND FRIENDS ST MARY’S CHURCH RINGMER SUNDAY 16th OCTOBER 2pm Anne Hodgson and her flute students welcome you to a concert of solos and ensemble music for flutes and piano and featuring the newly formed British Flute Society Sussex Flute Ensemble Tea time refreshments in the St Mary’s Room Retiring Collection in aid of St Peter and St James Hospice Anne Hodgson is cycling from Saigon to Angkor Wat in November 2016 in aid of St Peter and St James Hospice www.virginmoneygiving.com/AnneHodgsonFlute St Mary's Mothers' Union Marisa Hayes The MU were delighted to welcome Mary MacPherson to speak about Family Support Work – a Sussex charity reaching out to help families with food, practical help and access to other resources. We heard how the work of FSW has changed since it was founded in 1890 and how the demands for support services remains great across our county. It was great to hear about success stories and how FSW and MU have come together to share services and offer holidays for families in need. Three members of the Ringmer MU joined nearly 2000 others attending the 140 year celebrations at Winchester Cathedral and have returned inspired by the opportunities that membership of this worldwide organisation brings. Our branch is part of a membership of 4 million people in 83 countries. After hearing from Archbishop Justin and the leaders of the MU, we are keen to take up the challenge of putting “Faith in Action”. More of this as we move towards 2017…. Next month, we meet on 18 October and look forward to welcoming Ros Hutchinson, a tour guide for London and the South East, who has herself helped women in other countries train to become guides themselves and earn an income to support their families. The Bert Errey Trust The Trust was set up in memory of Rev'd Bert Errey (1918-1992). He was the Vicar of Wolverton parish (Warwickshire) and retired to Ringmer where he assisted with services. The Bert Errey Trust aims to bring together two dominant strands in Bert's thinking; his lifelong interest and concern for the 'Third World' (stemming from his own upbringing in the West Indies) and equally his longstanding commitment to the ecumenical movement. The trust gives grants to assist with travel costs etc. for teenagers and young people from Ringmer and Wolverton (Warwickshire) to visit centres such as Taizé and Iona, or to attend ecumenical work-camps, workshops and conferences where they can meet Christians from different countries, cultures and denominations and thus gain a wider vision of God's kingdom. Since the trust started in 1992 about 20 grants have been given to young people from Ringmer and Wolverton. They have varied in amount from £30 given to cover the cost of travel to a Diocesan conference for young people in Mayfield to over £200 to cover the cost of travel to South Africa, where the recipient was to work as a volunteer in Kurland Township. The trustees are now inviting applications from both parishes with a view to making money available for travel next year. Application forms, with further details, are available from Anne Stamper (Secretary of Ringmer PCC and Clerk to the Trust) or from the church website. From the Registers - September Baptisms Weddings Funerals 24 25 24 15 Grace Hickman Max Beech Stephen and Katie Hickman Mervyn Sawyer Floodlighting September October 21 6 14 Malcolm Lyon ‘Bill’ Small Florence Tozer In Loving Memory Birthday Memories In Loving Memory The Church can be floodlit on request for a donation of £10 (phone 01273 812316 or 01273 812119). 7 Ringmer Baptist Church Neil Thornicroft A warm welcome and a joyful time of fellowship awaits all who join us at our services to worship the Lord Jesus Christ and to hear what God is saying to us. Sunday Services are held in the Village Hall at 10.30 am and 6 pm unless stated. A Sunday Club is available for children up to Age 11. Youth Group meets Bi-Weekly for Secondary School Children Age 11 – 16. Prayer meetings are held weekly on Mondays at 2.30pm & Wednesdays at 10 am. Mid-Week Home Group is held on Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm. (Venues for all events will be announced in Church) For any pastoral or other needs: please contact Neil Thornicroft on 01825-750283. ‘Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how we can know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’ (John Chapter 14 verses: 1-6 / New King James Version)) Speakers & Services for October: 9 10.30 am Morning Neil Thornicroft – John, Chapter 14 verses: 1 – 14 Oct Service (Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life) No South Eastern Baptist Association 2016 Celebration Evening Speaker: Derek Tidball 'Unshakeable Faith' Service Hawth Theatre, Crawley at 4 – 6 pm 16 10.30 am Morning Gill Salisbury – John, Chapter 14 verses: 15 – 31 Service (Vitality of our Christian Lives Depends on the Holy Spirit) 6 pm Evening Neil Thornicroft - Galatians - Chapter 5 verses: 22 – 23 Service (Fruit of the Spirit Series: 'Faithfulness') 23 10.30 am Morning Sharon Lancaster – John, Chapter 15 verses: 1 – 17 Service (The Essence of a Personal Relationship with Jesus) 5 pm Evening Teaching & Tea - Tea @ 5.00pm / DVD @ 6.00pm led by Gill Service Salisbury DVD Series - Case for Faith (3 & 4) by Lee Strobel 30 10.30 am Morning Gill Salisbury - Suffering Church Sunday Service (Calling the Church to Warfare) 6 pm Evening Paul Daniels - Galatians - Chapter 5 verses: 22 – 23 Service (Fruit of the Spirit Series: 'Gentleness') Nov 06 10.30 am Morning Rev Dave Bishop – John, Chapter 15 verses: 18 – 27 Service (Believers are to Expect Persecution in a Hostile World) 2.30 pm Evening Testimony & Praise led by Neil Thornicroft Service Guest Speaker: Ian Thorburn / Tools with a Mission 1. The Ringmer Food Bank, operated by Ringmer Baptist Church, is open every Monday from 1.30 to 2.30 pm. Located in the Rogers Room at Ringmer Village Hall, it is available to individuals and families referred to us by local welfare organisations. Further details available from: ringmerfoodbank@btinternet.com or telephone: 07985-651792. 2. South Eastern Baptist Association: 2016 Celebration at 4 pm on 9 October at Hawth Theatre, Crawley (No service in the Village Hall). 3. Macmillan Cancer Trust: Coffee Morning – Friday, 14 October at 2 Mill Road 10am-Noon. 4. Lime Tree Residential House: Service on 12 October @ 2.15pm. 5. Holm Lodge Residential Home: Service on 2 November @ 2.15pm. 10 Notices Protect yourself and those around you from flu Dr David Roche, GP Now that the flu season is upon us again, GPs will be sending out invitations for yearly flu vaccinations to the people who could really benefit from it. Flu mainly affects the respiratory system and the digestive tract, causing aches and pains, a high temperature and sometimes chest infections and pneumonia. It is better avoided by children, pregnant women, those over 65 and those have other health conditions to contend with. Having the flu vaccine doesn’t guarantee you won’t get flu but it does reduce the risk for seven or eight people out of every 10 who have it. Plus it will reduce the chance of you getting serious or potentially life-threatening complications from it. GPs have been asked to work particularly hard to encourage pregnant women to take the vaccination up. A new study offers reassuring evidence that pregnant women who are immunised against flu reduce their risk of losing their babies through any complications caused by getting flu. If you have a long term health condition and do not get an invitation to vaccinate, please do contact your GP practice for advice. Think of the flu vaccine as like locking your home to protect against burglars. It doesn’t mean someone can’t get in, but it makes it far less likely! I hope this article helps persuade you that taking up your flu vaccination is a really good idea. If you have any concerns please speak to your doctor. This year’s national vaccination campaign will focus on: All children aged two to seven on 31 August 2016. Primary school-aged children. Those aged six months to under 65 years in clinical risk groups which includes chronic (long-term) diseases such as chest, heart, kidney disease, neurological disease, diabetes, sickle cell disease and weakened immune system conditions. Pregnant women. Those aged 65 years and over. Those in long-stay residential care homes. Carers There are all sorts of myths about the flu vaccine and here are a few answers to them: It doesn’t contain any live virus so you can’t catch flu from it. Having the flu vaccine doesn’t protect you against other viral infections like coughs and colds. Having had a flu vaccine in the past doesn’t mean you’re protected this year as the virus keeps changing. Ringmer Good Neighbours Jo Linehan Ringmer Good Neighbours has provided help to a number of people in the two months since it was launched. The initiator of the scheme, Mandy Beswick, has recently left the village to return to her home in Hertfordshire but she has handed on the running of the scheme to several people in the village who will be manning the phone in future. The telephone number remains the same 07340 118758 and the manned times remain as 10-11 am and 3-4 pm. 11 (Notices Cont, page 14) Ringmer Village Hall Pam Bowmaker, Trustee & Lead for Community Events 01273813625 or ringmervh.appeal@btinternet.com Web: http://www.village.hall.ringmer.info/ Although generally most of the 'big' work improving the Village Hall was completed a while ago, snagging is under way as well as fitting out the Cecil Gates Store. Rather than have it filled with standard sized shelves and cupboards, a lot of effort is going in to provide facilities that meet the needs of individual groups and thus maximise the use of the space. Being able to store the chairs away from the hall has made a big improvement for those using the Jack Hart Hall and also has enabled us to keep the Foyer clear of chair racks and other hazards. There are two community events in October and one in November with proceeds being donated to the Village Hall - full details are elsewhere in this Village News but as a reminder: Saturday 22nd October, 10am – 2pm 'Ringmer Hub Societies Fair' More than 20 stalls representing local groups and societies are available to view. Free admission. Light refreshments will also be available. Saturday, 29th October, 'Christmas Gifts and Crafts Fair' in the Jack Hart Hall. 20+ stalls have already committed. Do come and get your Christmas Shopping underway. Saturday, 5th November, 12-13.30, Souper Saturday - Come and enjoy homemade soups; £2.50 for a bowl of soup and bread plus a refill. There will be at least four different soups to choose from. Afterwards there will be tea, coffee, cakes/flapjacks available for £1. St Mary’s Christmas Fair Marisa Hayes This popular village event takes place on Saturday, 26th November in the Village Hall from 10 am until 12.30 pm. The traditional Rainbow theme is appropriate as it comes the day after the now renowned Black Friday so let’s hope there is plenty of cheer! As well as the usual range of stalls, books, DVDs, cakes and gourmet, toys and games, there will be the Grand Draw and a superb range of refreshments during the morning. Additional help to set up on th from 2-5 pm will be very welcome and Friday, 25 new faces invited to get involved in this massive team effort. Donations of good quality items such as tombola prizes and to sell on each of the stalls are essential. Contact Marisa Hayes on 01273 812790 or Jo Linehan on 01273 812097 to arrange collection or bring them along to the church anytime from 14-25 November. A full list of stallholders will be available from the church website and in the next edition. 14 Dates for your Diary October Saturday 8 Thursday 13 Saturday Sunday 15 16 10.30-12 2 pm Saturday Wednesday Thursday 22 26 27 10-2 12-2.15 7.30 pm Saturday 29 10-4 Sunday 30 2-4 pm November Thursday 3 7.30 pm Friday 4 7.30 pm Saturday 5 12-1.30 10-4 Monday 7 2-5 pm Thursday 10 12-2.15 7.30 pm Wed-Sat 16-19 Friday Thursday 18 20 6 pm 12.30 pm Wednesday Thursday 23 24 12-2.15 7.30 pm Saturday 26 Regular Events Mondays Tuesdays Wednesday Fridays 10.30 – 12.30 12-2.15 7.30 pm 10-12.30 1.30-2.30 2-4 pm 10–11am 12.30 pm 10-12 12.15 pm Ringmer Tiddlers & Toddlers are holding a Nearly New Sale in the Village Hall. Ringmer Disability Social Club meets in the Village Hall Parish Council meets in the St Mary’s Room of the Village Hall (open to public) Ringmer Primary School Nearly New Sale at the School Flutes & Friends Concert in St Mary’s Church (in aid of St Peter & St James Hospice) Ringmer Hub Societies Fair is on in the Village Hall Ringmer Kurling Club meets in the Village Hall Parish Council Planning Committee meets in the St Mary’s Room of the Village Hall (open to public) A Christmas Gift & Craft Fair is being held in the Village Hall to raise funds for the hall. Mish Mash Morris Dancers are holding a free open afternoon at The Goldsborough Hall (Scout Hut). ******************************************* Parish Council General Purposes Committee meets in the St Mary’s Room of the Village Hall (open to public) Ringmer Twinning Association are holding a Barn Dance in Ringmer Football and Social Club Souper Saturday in the Village Hall Uckfield Art Group Exhibition at the Luxford Centre, Library Way, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AR. Bridge Afternoon in the Village Hall (in aid of St Peter & St James Hospice) Ringmer Disability Social Club meets in the Village Hall Parish Council meets in the St Mary’s Room of the Village Hall (open to public) Ringmer Dramatic Society’s autumn show is ‘Suddenly at Home’ by Francis Burbridge in Ringmer Village Hall. Ringmer Primary School Family Fireworks Display Ringmer Evergreen Club is holding a fundraising lunch in the Village Hall Ringmer Kurling Club meets in the Village Hall Parish Council Planning Committee meets in the St Mary’s Room of the Village Hall (open to public) St Mary’s Christmas Fair is being held in the Village Hall ******************************************* Ringmer Foodbank is open in Village Hall (Rogers Room) Bingo Club meets in the Village Hall Ringmer Country Market in Village Hall Alcoholics Anonymous meet in the Church Room. ‘Coffee Break’ in Rogers Room of Village Hall. Alcoholics Anonymous meet in the Village Hall. 15 (Hospice - Page 18) St Peter & St James Hospice Ringmer Village Support Group Jayne Marshall-Roelich Societies Fair (Ringmer Hub) is taking place at the Village Hall on Saturday, 22nd October from 10am until 2pm. John has booked a table for the Support Group, and it would be good to have some volunteers to help man it for some (or all !) of the time. If you can help please contact John on (01273-812501). 'Lights of Love' service will be held on Saturday, 3rd December at 4 pm in the Parish Church as usual; sponsorship forms will be available from the church or Wednesday Coffee Break from 12th October, A Flutes and Friends Concert is being held at 2 pm on Sunday, 16th October in St Mary’s Church in aid of the Hospice. Anne Hodgson’s Cycle Ride. Please help Anne to raise money for St Peter and St James Hospice - she is cycling from Saigon to Cambodia in November 2016 www.virginmoneygiving/AnneHodgsonFlute Carol Singing will again be held outside Ringmer Shops as usual at 10am on Christmas Eve. 2017 Open Gardens Event. The Open Gardens Event for 2017 will take place on the two weekends of the 17th and 24th June. Correspondence has been sent out to all previous. However, if you would like to take part in this enjoyable and social event next year, whether you have a patio or meadow, we will be very happy to hear from you. Please telephone me, Jayne, on 01273-812744 or email jayne.mr@btinternet.com Forthcoming Events Ringmer Tiddlers & Toddlers are holding a Nearly New Sale on Saturday, 8th October at the Village Hall. We will be selling everything you could possibly need when having, raising or minding little ones, as well as tea and cakes. Entry is just £1 per family, and we will be open from 10.30 – 12.30. Please do come along and support us, and we promise that you will find lots of bargains! Ringmer Primary School PTA is holding a Nearly New Sale of ‘all things children’ on Saturday, 15th October between 10.30 am and 12 noon at the school. It is to be similar to the very successful NCT sale and Tiddlers & Toddlers sales but for children age 4 and upwards. We will be selling clothes, books, shoes, toys, bikes, games, uniforms, scooters and small items of furniture in fact anything to do with children. Sellers must register before the sale and there is a limited number of places. If you are interested in selling, please contact me on ringmerptanns@gmail.com or 01273 812790 for further details; there is no charge for selling – we take a small commission on items sold. Come along to buy too - admission is £1 per family. We would welcome any good quality donations please and can collect locally. Ringmer Hub Societies Fair. If you are new to Ringmer or have some spare time for a new hobby, please visit the Ringmer Hub on Saturday, 22nd October in Ringmer Village Hall when lots of local organisations will be publicising their activities between 10 am and 2 pm. Refreshments will be available, and all money raised will go to Village Hall funds. If any societies wish to book a table, we may still be able to squeeze you in. Please get in touch with Liz Owen on 01273 814220 or by email at the_owens@hotmail.com 18 A Christmas Gift & Craft Fair is being held in Ringmer Village Hall on Saturday, 29th October between 10 am and 4 pm to raise funds for the hall. There will be over 20 tables selling a variety of interesting items including toys, cakes, sweets, Fair Trade goods, cards, handbags, scarves, jewellery, candles and so much more. There will also be tables selling surplus craft items. This will be a friendly informal event with refreshments available. Everyone welcome. Morris Dancing is FUN! So Mish Mash Morris are holding a free open afternoon at: The Goldsborough Hall (Scout Hut), Ringmer on Sunday, 30th October from 2 until 4 pm. If you're 16 or over, here is an opportunity to try Morris Dancing! To experience the fun all you need are loose clothes and trainers. For more details for this and other dates, please contact Phil Sigournay, 01903 814642. An Autumn Barn Dance is being held by Ringmer Twinning Association on Friday, 4th November at 7.30 pm in Ringmer Football and Social Club. Dancing will be led by Tony Dunn and tickets are £8 from 07815103196 / 01273813390, email Sharon.gunde@gmail.com or 52 Springett Avenue, and include a buffet meal (drinks available from the bar). Uckfield Art Group Exhibition is on Saturday, 5th November between 10 am - 4pm at the Luxford Centre, Library Way, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1AR. There will be paintings, drawings, greeting cards and other hand crafted items on display. A craft area for children (old and young) will be there to entertain them whilst the adults enjoy the usual delicious home-made refreshments which will be served throughout the event. Free entry and plenty of free parking as the venue is surrounded by the main town car park. For further information contact Annie on 01825 765021 or by email anniemills99@yahoo.co.uk Ringmer Evergreen Club is holding a fundraising lunch in the Village Hall on Thursday, 20 October at 12.30 pm. Everyone is invited. £6.50 for a 2-course lunch with tea or coffee. If you would like to attend please contact Tony Heath (01273 812702) or Mavis Hathway (01273 813742). Come and enjoy lunch with good company. A Bridge Afternoon is being held in the Village Hall on Monday, 7th November between 2-5 pm in support of St Peter & St James Hospice. Contact Maureen 01273 474780 for further details. Ringmer Dramatic Society’s autumn production this year is 'Suddenly at Home' by Francis Burbridge and will be performed between 16 - 19th November in Ringmer Village Hall. The show will be directed by Flor Grindley and has a strong cast. Tickets (£8) are now available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/ringmerdramaticsociety Denis is operating a ticket hotline on 07753 317373 until 28th October only. From 29th October tickets can be bought in 'The Pet Store'. Ringmer. Local Organisations News Ringmer Flower Club Rachel Parker Our AGM takes place on Wednesday, 2nd November at 2 pm in the Village Hall preceded in the morning by a workshop for a Christmas table arrangement. Visitors are welcome to join us at the AGM to hear about the past year and our plans for next year when we will be celebrating the club's 40th anniversary. The Ruby Anniversary Festival will be in St Marys Church, Ringmer on Friday, 21st July until Sunday 23rd July 2017. We will be raising funds for our main charity St Peter & St James with a donation to Ringmer Church as well. 19 (Local Orgs – Page 22) Ringmer Evening W.I. Teresa Keen Our speaker for September, Mr John Davey, proved to be totally absorbing. He told us about "The Lost Industries of Lewes" illustrated by slides, including the earliest known photograph of a ship, a photo of the SS Halifax dating from 1855. Industries included iron & steel, cement, paper making, printing and ship building, the river being a major transportation route. We learned that the previously thriving ship building industry was made redundant by the coming of the railway in 1846 and the last ship to be built in Lewes was the SS Lewes Castle in 1839. Lewes was one of the first towns in Sussex to have a pumping station and built a gas works before Brighton. We also learned that at one time Lewes had 7 major breweries and 70 public houses for a population of around 7,000. We are now looking forward to ‘Colour Me Gorgeous’ in October and also to the new season at Lewes Little Theatre, with "Steel Magnolias" being the first production on our agenda. The walking group enjoyed a stroll to Firle Beacon this month and next month we are planning to go to Sheffield Park to see the colours of the autumn leaves. We are always pleased to welcome visitors and new members. We meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall and if you would like further information, please contact Teresa Keen on 01273 813758. East Sussex Federation of Women's Institute Website: www.esfwi.org.uk National Federation of Women's Institute Website: www.thewi.org.uk Ringmer Tiddler & Toddler Group Caroline Jones Tiddlers and Toddlers have returned from our summer holidays with lots of energy for the new term. So far we have enjoyed getting messy with potato painting, and feeling autumnal making hedgehog pictures out of fallen leaves. What we have enjoyed most though is being able to use the outdoor space to the side of the Village Hall. During the summer holiday we had the grass area fenced so that it is secure for children to play outside, and they absolutely love it! It’s wonderful to see them running about and riding bikes out there, as well as looking for bugs and creatures in the hedges. Coming up this month is our famous nearly new sale which is being held on the 8th October at the Village Hall. We will be selling everything you could possibly need when having, raising or minding little ones, as well as tea and cakes. Entry is just £1 per family, and we will be open from 10.30 – 12.30. Please do come along and support us, and we promise that you will find lots of bargains! Ringmer Tiddlers and Toddlers meet on Mondays and Thursdays from 9.30 – 11.30am during term time in the Village Hall. Entry is £2 per family. We also run a music group at Ringmer Children’s Centre on Tuesdays from 1-2pm, and a playgroup at Ringmer Children’s Centre on Wednesdays from 10-11.30am (entry for these groups is £1 per family). Ringmer Disability Social Club Coralie Clement During September we enjoyed our social in the Village Hall when Bingo was re-introduced to the club. At the Kurling session later in the month, we had good fun competing against each other. This month we will be enjoying a dvd of past events, visiting Wakehurst Place and, of course, playing Kurling at the end of the month. If you are interested in joining our club as a member or a friend, contact Coralie (813596). Website: www.tbds.org.uk/ringmerdisabilityclub 22 Features Comma - Perfectly Punctuated Michael Blencowe, Sussex Wildlife Trust Ding, ding. Last orders at the butterfly bar. The party is over. All summer the blues, whites, browns, skippers, hairstreaks and all our other butterflies have mated in the meadows and fornicated in our flower beds. The results of this butterfly bonding will pass the winter as eggs, caterpillars and chrysalises. Even those butterflies tough enough to endure the winter as adults will have turned in early to get a good six months sleep. But there’s still one species left knocking back the nectar until the bitter end. The comma is one ragged looking butterfly – it is unlike any other British species. With its jagged-edged wings it looks like it’s been busy brawling with a bird’s beak. The wings glow the fiery orange of hell. In France the butterfly’s devilish good looks have earned it the name Robert Le Diablo – Robert the Devil. But this angular attire is perfect for a butterfly that will be spending the winter hidden amongst dark dead leaves. Its crinkle-cut wings are dark underneath and when it closes them the comma chameleon vanishes. Yet the centre of this dark Comma Butterfly © David Plummer facade is punctured by a punctuation mark – www.davidplummerimages.co.uk_ a small silver ‘c’, the comma that gives the Sussex Wildlife Trust butterfly its English name. In America a similar looking butterfly has a comma and a dot and is called the question mark. Comma Butterfly © David Plummer www.davidplummerimages.co.uk_ Sussex Wildlife Trust In October you’ll still find the commas across Sussex stocking up on sugars from late flowering ivy or rotting fruits in preparation for its winter-long big sleep. It’s not always been this way. Certainly many, many years ago the comma was widespread across Sussex but by the 1820s the comma had mysteriously vanished from most of England. Lugubrious lepidopterists mourned ‘the butterfly of our youth has left us for good and all’. The decline in England’s hop industry must have had an effect along with new techniques of bine-burning and washing the crops with insecticides. In the 1930s an increase in comma sightings marked the start of the butterfly’s re-conquest of England. This time, with hardly any hops left to munch, the comma grasped the nettle as the main food plant for its caterpillar. Now the butterfly is regularly being seen across Scotland too. The comma’s comeback continues. Sussex Wildlife Trust Website - www.sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk 23 (Church Info–Page 27) Ringmer Parish Church - Information Vicar: The Rev’d Beth McCleave, Email: revdbethmccleave@outlook.com Tel: 01273 812243 The Vicarage, Vicarage Way, Ringmer, Nr Lewes, BN8 5LA Please note that magazine items should be sent to the Editor (address below) Curate: The Rev’d Lucy Hollingsworth Churchwardens: Peter Speed, 26 Craig Meadows. Tel: 01273 812119 Mike Townsend, 9 Greenacres Drive. Tel: 01273 812425 Church Administrator (inc Church Room Bookings): Shirley Squires, 'Meran', Broyle Lane. Tel: 01273 812417 Hon Secretary P.C.C: Anne Stamper, The Firs, Lewes Road. Tel: 01273 812316 Hon. Treasurer P.C.C.: Jonathan Franklin, 9 Delves Close. Tel: 01273 813189 Gift Aid & Envelope Hon. Sec.: Mary McPherson, 8 Penn Crescent. Tel: 01273 812797 Floodlighting: Anne & John Stamper, The Firs, Lewes Road. Tel: 01273 812316. or Peter Speed on 01273 812119 Caring & Sharing: Elizabeth Hawkins, 57 Harvard Road. Tel: 01273 813353 Organist & Choirmaster: Nicholas Milner-Gulland. Tel: 01273 480189 Tower Captain: Anne Franklin, 9 Delves Close. Tel: 01273 813189 Magazine Editor: Edwina Morris, 27 Oakmede Way, Ringmer, BN8 5JL Tel: 01273 813596 Hon. Treasurer: Sue Tibbenham, 2 The Elms. Tel: 01273 812494 Advertisement Manager: Jayne Marshall-Roelich, Chanters, Broyle Lane, BN8 5PQ. Tel: 01273 812744 or e-mail jayne.mr@btinternet.com Chief Distributors: Mary & Jim Greenwood, Lilac Cottage, Norlington Lane. Tel: 01273 812768 Magazine Website: www.ringmervillagenews.org.uk Facebook: http://facebook.com/ringmernews Items for publication are welcomed and can be received by hand, post or e-mail ringmerparishmag@btinternet.com However, they should be sent to the Editor before the 27th of the month. The Editor reserves the right to edit, cut or refuse to publish any contribution. To advertise regularly in the magazine, contact Jayne Marshall-Roelich via post, telephone or e-mail jayne.mr@btinternet.com To request an annual subscription for the magazine, contact Mary & Jim Greenwood, at Lilac Cottage, Norlington Lane. Tel: 01273 812768 Disclaimer Magazine contributions from Village Organisations or individuals are very welcome. However, please remember that contributors are responsible for their own articles and, although every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the magazine cannot be held responsible for any errors, omissions or copyright infringements in articles or advertisements received. 27 (Local Groups Page 30/31) Local Community Groups Alcoholics Anonymous, Ringmer: For alcohol problems; phone the AA Helpline 0845 769 7555 or visit the meeting in Church Room each Tuesday at 12.30pm & the Village Hall each Friday at 12.15pm. Barn Dancing Society: Caburn Pavilion, 3rd Tues each month at 7.45 pm. Contact Maureen 01273 814254 or Julia 01273 813595. Badminton Club (Village Hall): Tuesday 9.30 am - noon in Village Hall. Sue Hemington (01273 812356). Bingo Club: Village Hall, Mondays 2-4 pm. Contact Ros Davis (01273 814578). Bowls Club: Rinks: Cheyney Green. Season starts 1st May. Secretary: Mrs Pauline Lloyd (01273 812470). Bridge Club: St Mary's Room, Village Hall, most Weds at 7.30 pm. Chair: Tim Owen (01273 814220). British Red Cross Society: Brighton & Hove Centre: 01273 227800, Medical loan: 01273 227814. Services available also include transport, first aid courses, carer’s support and escort (08000280831). Cheyney Croquet Club: Cheyney Field. Sec: David Ross, Old Lavenders, Cuilfail, Lewes (01273 472988). Conservative Association,-Ringmer Branch: Sec: David Bush, Downham, Broyle Lane (01273 812522). Cricket Club: Village Green. Secretary: D Bush, Downham, Broyle Lane, BN8 5PQ. Tel: 01273 812522. Disability Social Club (RDSC): Meets every 2nd Thursday of each month in Ringmer Village Hall between 12 noon & 2.30 pm. Contact Coralie (01273 813596) or go to www.tbds.org.uk/ringmerdisabilityclub Ringmer Kurling Club (part of RDSC): Meets on 4th Wednesday of each month in Village Hall 12 noon2.30pm. For all abilities. Contact Coralie (01273813596) or go to www.tbds.org.uk/ringmerdisabilityclub Dramatic Society: Secretary, Angela Howard, 01273 813097, abhringmer@btinternet.com East Sussex Community Choir: Meets every Monday 7.30-9.30 pm term time only, at the Performing Arts Centre, Sussex Downs College. Tel: 01273 336793 or see www.eastsussexcommunitychoir.org ESAB VIPs Social Group for the Visually Impaired: meets monthly, every second Monday. Local contact: Diana Shoult (01273 812348) or Sue Tibbenham (01273 812494). Evergreen Club. Village Hall every Thursday at 2 pm. Open to all over 55. For details ring Tony Heath (01273 812902) or Mavis Hathway, Secretary (01273 813742). Flower Club: Village Hall at 2 pm, 1st Wednesday in the month, Hon Sec Mrs Ann Keeping (812465). Ringmer Football & Social Club: Caburn Field. 01273 812738 or see www.pitchero.com/clubs/ringmerfc/ Horticultural & Home Produce Society -Royal British Legion: Contact Bob Cairns on 01273 812784 or email rjandljcairns@btinternet.com Lewes District Art Club: meets in St Mary's Room in the Village Hall every Tuesday 2-4 pm. Contact Angela Howard (01273 813097) or Anne Stamper (01273 812316). Lewes & District Cage Birds Society: meet 3rd Thursday of each month (except December) at Ringmer Village Hall at 8 pm. Secretary Alfred Prigmore (01273 587275). Lewes Camera Club: Meet every Monday (Sept-Mar only) 7.30 pm at St Mary’s Social Centre, Christie Road, Lewes, BN7 1PL. Contact the Chairperson for details (01323 811030). Liberal Democrats -Ringmer & District Branch: Secretary: Peter Gardiner, Broadlands, Lewes Road, (01273 814246). Library (Ringmer): Village Hall, Open: Tues 2-4pm, Wed 10am-noon, Thurs 2-4pm, Sat 10am-noon. Tel: 0345 6080195 (renewals) or 0345 6080196 (enquiries). All times valid from 28 Nov 16 (provisional). Men's Club - St Mary's: Church Room, 2nd Tues in month at 7.30 pm: contact Michael Brotherton by email mjbrotherton42@googlemail.com Mothers' Union: Meet every 3rd Tuesday in the month at 7.30 pm in Church Room. Contact: Anne Stamper (01273 812316) Secretary: Rosemary Norris (01273 858062). NADFAS Arts Education and Heritage Conservation (covers Ringmer, Lewes and Uckfield areas.) Meet on 2nd Wed of the month at Uckfield Civic Centre at 2.30 pm and 4-5 visits a year. Contact Terri Wallwork on 01273 471826 or email terrywallwork@btinternet.com . See www.uckfielddfas.org.uk National Trust Lewes Centre: a local association of NT members with a programme of meetings, outings, activities and annual holiday. Contact Mrs D Bowker, 23 Langham Close, Ringmer (01273 812137). RADAR is Ringmer's local Community Speed Watch Group approved by the Police. If you can help, please contact our Chair Ray Eggleton (01273 812962). 1st Ringmer Guides: Scout Hut, Wednesdays 7 - 8.30 pm. Guiders: Amy Wilkins (07971524650), District Commissioner Ruth Hughes (01273 476806). 1st Ringmer Rainbow Guides: Village Hall, Tuesdays 5 to 6 pm. Guider and District Commissioner Sarah Boot Handford (01273 813342). List Last Updated – October 2016 30 3rd Ringmer Brownies: Village Hall, Tuesdays 5 pm to 6.30 pm. Guiders: Wendy Golding (01323 488316), Ann Barton (01273 813614) & Tina Goldsmith (01273 813582). PureStretch Exercise Classes: Village Hall, Fridays 9.30-10.30am. Contact Wendy on 07980 307002. Rifle Club: Caburn Field, Rifle and Pistol Shooting for Adults and Juniors. Secretary: James Bridgland, 5 Mount Pleasant, Lewes, BN7 2DH. Tel: 01273 487355. Email: jfbridgland@gmail.com Ringmer Baptist Church: Sunday Services at 10.30 am and 6 pm in Village Hall. Contact: Neil Thornicroft (01825 750283). Ringmer Country Market: Village Hall every Tuesday, 10 am to 11 am. Controller: Mrs Sue Howes, The Old Bakery, Lewes Road (01273 812394). Ringmer Evening WI: Village Hall, 1st Tuesday in month, 7.30 pm. Call Teresa Keen (01273 813758). Ringmer Good Neighbour Scheme: To request our services ring 07340 118758 between 10 and 11 am or 3 and 4 pm or email ringmergoodneighbours@gmail.com Ringmer History Study Group: Chairman: John Kay, Fair Meadow, Rushey Green (01273 813388). Ringmer Primary School: Harrisons Lane. Headteacher: Mr Dave Evans. Prospectus and viewing appointments, please telephone the school office on 01273 812463. Ringmer Nursery School: at Ringmer Primary School, Harrisons Lane, weekday mornings, 8.45 – 11.45 am, lunch club 11.45-12.30, and afternoons 12.30 - 3.30 pm for 2½ - 5 year olds. Nursery teacher: Corina Gamble (01273 814154 or at home on 01273 813612). See www.ringmernursery.co.uk Ringmer Ramblers: Fortnightly walks on Sunday at 10 am (about 6 miles) and monthly Saturday morning walks (about 4 miles). Full programme available. Contact Jim Elsam 01273 812335, jim@hteqa.com Ringmer Rovers Junior Football Club: Matches & Training at Ringmer Community College Contact: Christopher Peck (01273 812374). Ringmer Short Mat Bowls: Village Hall. Monday 2-4.30 pm, Tuesday 7.15-10.15 pm, Wednesday 10 am12.30 pm. Contact Pat Escott (01273 813295). Ringmer Stoolball Club - Played on the Village Green from May until September. Juniors on Wednesday & Seniors on Thursday evenings. Contact: Stephanie Lambert (01273 812295). Ringmer Tiddlers & Toddlers: Village Hall, Mondays & Thursdays 9.30 am to 11.30 am. Contact Sarah Turner on 07590 273465 or email ringmertiddsandtodds@outlook.com Ringmer Twinning Association: For information contact Chairperson Sharon Gunde (07815 103196). Ringmer Volunteers: Footpath clearance, contact David Jones (01273 814980). Litter picking, contact Julia Morriss (01273 813595). Ringmer Youth Development Service: Youth Club for Years 7/8 & Duke of Edinburgh's Award for Years 10+ Email: denise.kong@eastsussex.gov.uk Ringmer U3A: The U3A is for retired people who wish to meet in small sociable groups and develop their interests in a variety of subjects. Info Jenny West (01273 812585). Royal British Legion - Ringmer Branch: Village Hall - St Mary's Room, 4th Monday in March, July, October & November - 11.30am, Chairman: T.P.Jackson (01273 812697). Hon Sec: M Powles (01825 761447) Flat 3, 25 London Road, Uckfield, TN22 1JB. Royal British Legion -Women's Section: Hon Sec: Mrs J B Goldsmith, 'Laburnum House', Lewes Road (01273 812308). Scout Group - 1st Ringmer: Scout HQ, The Green. Group Scout Ldr & HQ Bookings: John Saunders (01273 812681). Scout Troop: Tuesday, 7 - 8.30 pm. Leaders John Saunders (01273 812681) Cub Pack: Thursday, 6 – 7.15 pm. Leader Ian Knight (01273 814966) Beaver Colony: Monday 6 - 7 pm. Ldr Maxine May (01273 813641). St John Ambulance-Ringmer Division: Village Hall, Mondays. BADGERS age 5-10, meet 6.30 to 7.45pm. CADETS ages 10-16 meet 6.30-7.45pm and ADULTS meet 8-9.30pm; call Joan (01273 812187). St Pancras R.C. Church: High Street, Lewes. Sunday: Mass at 9 am., 10.30 am (Family Mass). Saturday 6 pm, 1st Mass of Sunday. Parish Priest: Fr Jonathan Martin (01273 473309). St Peter & St James Hospice - Ringmer Support Group: Chairman John Payne (01273 812501), Vice-Chairman Bob Cairns (01273 812784). Village Hall Bookings: Booking Secretary: Bren Bonner (01273 813303), Mon to Sat, 8 am to 8 pm ONLY. Alternatively, email bookings to: ringmervh.bren@btopenworld.com Lewes Police Contact Details: Lewes Police Station, 6 North Street, Lewes, BN7 2PA. Tel: 01273 470101. For non-emergency, ring 101 or. email: district.lewes@sussex.pnn.police.uk For emergencies, ring 999. 31 List Last Updated – October 2016