`Through the Open Door Newsletter` – Issue 318

Issue 318
Churches of the Cley Hill Villages
Through the Open Doors
22nd May 2015
Our Benefice This Week
Church Calendar for the Benefice
Our Friends in South Sudan
Benefice Contacts
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From the Editor’s Chair
Last Saturday we held our May Fayre and thanks to Chris and Clare da Costa we all
enjoyed a fabulous afternoon in their garden and barn. The important news is that we
raised a grand total of £1,206.56!!
The bell ringing team were at the May Fayre raising funds and on the Sunday Dick
Collins gave a very illuminating and thoughtful sermon about the bells and our faith and
commitment.
We need to raise c£12,000 to have our bells overhauled. They have not been given a
'service' for fifty years so this sum is maybe not that much considering the work that
is required. We must stress that the bells are perfectly safe and will be ringing as and
when required but we need to have them overhauled ready for another fifty years
service. The work required equates to only £240 per year so maybe we must learn to
put some extra money aside to help our colleagues in fifty years time! We shouldn't
forget that our oldest bell dates from 1732 so there have been many years of service
and enjoyment in those six beautiful bells.
If you like to make a donation to the Bell Fund, big or small, tenor or treble, please
send your cheque to me made out to 'Corsley & Chapmanslade PCC' with a note making it
clear that the donation is for the Bell Fund.
Thank you everyone for your support and the success of the May Fayre and the Bell’s
appeal.
Keith Muston
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Next week’s Church Calendar
for the Benefice of Cley Hill Villages
Sunday 22nd May 2015 – Pentecost
9.30am at St Philip & St James’, Chapmanslade
Eucharist
President – Reverend Di Britten
Welcome – Janet Aylesbury; Readers – Phil Jefferson & Andrew Campbell;
Intercessions – Keith Muston; Server & Chalice – Richard Dean
10.30am at St Peter & St Paul, Longbridge Deverill
Eucharist
President – Reverend Pauline Reid
Readings
First Reading:
Ezekiel 37: verses 1 to 14
Second Reading:
Acts 2: verses 1 to 21
Wednesday 27th May
12.30pm to 1.30pm at Corsley Reading Rooms
Light Bites Bread & Soup Lunch
Donations in aid of Christian Aid
Date
Time
Sun 31 May
1030
Service or Event
Benefice Eucharist
Place
St John the Baptist, H
Date
Time
Mon 1 Jun
Tue 2 Jun
Sun 7 Jun
Sun 7 Jun
Sun 7 Jun
Tue 9 Jun
Sun 14 Jun
Sun 14 Jun
Sun 14 Jun
1030
1930
0800
0930
1115
1930
0930
1030
1100
Time to Think Home Group
After Alpha Home Group
1662 BCP Holy Communion
Eucharist
Morning Worship
Parochial Church Council
Family Eucharist
Eucharist
Matins
Service or Event
4 Southcroft Drive
93 Lyes Green
St Michael’s, Brix Dev
St Margaret’s, Corsley
St Peter & St Paul, LD
St Margaret’s
St Philip & St James’, Ch
St Mary the Virgin, KD
St Mary’s, Temple
Tue 16 Jun
Thu 18 Jun
Sun 21 Jun
Sun 21 Jun
Sun 21 Jun
Sun 28 Jun
1930
1000
0900
1030
1030
0930
After Alpha Home Group
Church & Community Coffee Morning
1662 BCP Holy Communion
Family Worship
Eucharist
Eucharist
The Anchorage
Three Horseshoes
St Mary’s, Temple
St Margaret’s, Corsley
St Michael’s, Brix Dev
St Philip & St James’, Ch
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Place
Sun 28 Jun
Mon 29 Jun
Tue 30 Jun
1030
1030
1930
Eucharist – Patronal Festival
Time to Think Home Group
After Alpha Home Group
St John the Baptist, H
4 Southcroft Drive
93 Lyes Green
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Sun 5 Jul
Sun 5 Jul
Sun 5 Jul
Sun 12 Jul
Sun 12 Jul
Sun 12 Jul
Thu 16 Jul
Sun 19 Jul
Sun 19 Jul
Sun 19 Jul
Sun 26 Jul
Sun 26 Jul
0800
0930
1115
0930
1030
1100
1000
0900
1030
1030
0930
1030
1662 BCP Holy Communion
Eucharist
Morning Worship
Family Eucharist
Eucharist
Matins for Sea Sunday
Church & Community Coffee Morning
1662 BCP Holy Communion
Family Worship
Eucharist
Eucharist
Eucharist
St Michael’s, Brix Dev
St Margaret’s, Corsley
St Peter & St Paul, LD
St Philip & St James’, Ch
St Mary the Virgin, KD
St Mary’s, Temple
Three Horseshoes
St Mary’s, Temple
St Margaret’s, Corsley
St Michael’s, Brix Dev
St Philip & St James’, Ch
St John the Baptist, H
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Thu 20 Aug
1000
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Three Horseshoes
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Wed 16 Sep
Thu 17 Sep
Wed 23 Sep
1930
1000
1230
Parochial Church Council
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Bread & Soup Lunch
Chapmanslade School
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Thu 15 Oct
Wed 28 Oct
1000
1230
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Bread & Soup Lunch
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Wed 18 Nov
Thu 19 Nov
Wed 25 Nov
1930
1000
1230
Parochial Church Council
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Bread & Soup Lunch
St Margaret’s
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Wed 16 Dec
Thu 17 Dec
Sun 20 Dec
Thu 24 Dec
Fri 25 Dec
1230
1000
Light Bites Christmas Lunch
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Carol Service
Christmas Eve Crib Services
Christmas Day Eucharist
Corsley Reading Rooms
Three Horseshoes
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Thu 21 Jan
Wed 27 Jan
1000
1230
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Soup Lunch
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Thu 18 Feb
Wed 24 Feb
1000
1230
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Soup Lunch
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Thu 18 Mar
Wed 24 Mar
1000
1230
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Soup Lunch
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Thu 00 Apr
Wed 00 Apr
1000
1230
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Soup Lunch
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
Date
Time
Service or Event
Place
Thu 00 May
Wed 00 May
1000
1230
Church & Community Coffee Morning
Light Bites Soup Lunch
Three Horseshoes
Corsley Reading Rooms
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Our Friends in South Sudan
Dear friends
First, a special plea: many people in our Deanery seem to believe that, because the relationships
between our Diocesan Office and the Sudan Provincial Office are effectively frozen, the whole of the
Sudan Link has been suspended. Would you please be at pains to assure people (perhaps in
services, or in parish newsletters?) this is not so: the Medical Link and the Education Link are
working virtually as normal, and deanery-to-diocese links are unaffected. There is a lot to pray for, and
to fund-raise for!
Now the news. Fighting has escalated in the on-going civil war in South Sudan. The capital of Upper
Nile, Malakal, has been taken by rebel forces, as have a number of towns in the area - most
significantly Akoka, which is close to the vital oil fields of Paloich. Rebels have also shot down a
helicopter gunship of the Ugandan Air Force. They claim that hundreds of government troops have
defected, and there are credible reports that a senior commander of government troops has indeed
defected, taking with him a number of tanks and heavy guns.
Meanwhile fighting has also intensified in Unity State, and more people have fled to the UN Protection
Site in Bentiu - but this site has suffered repeated incursions by armed SPLA soldiers who attack
civilians, leading to robberies, kidnapping, rapes and 5 murders. Aid workers have had to evacuate
from the southern part of Bentiu. SPLA attacks elsewhere in Unity state have killed dozens of
children, raped at least 12 and abducted others, according to witnesses - whole villages have been
burned. The UN reports that 13,000 children have been recruited and are being used by all sides.
Pray urgently for their release
The latest report from OCHA shows that 2.5 million of the population face "severe food insecurity",
especially in Upper Nile, and this number is expected to increase. 2 million are displaced and depend
manly on food assistance. Even the British Government is now speaking up: James Duddridge,
Minister for African Affairs, has expressed extreme concern at the renewed fighting and subsequent
atrocities, and has called on the leaders to cease hostilities immediately. Pray that they would heed
this call.
The NGOs who are doing much of the feeding of the displaced are to be "regulated" by the South
Sudan Government: Parliament has passed a bill requiring all NGOs to re-register within three
months or cease operations. There will be new regulations, not yet published, and NGOs will be
required to ensure that at least 80% of their staff at every level (including managerial) are South
Sudanese. It is not clear how technically expert organisations such as MAF will be affected. Pray for
wisdom in the application of the new rules, so that humanitarian work is not obstructed.
Within Maridi Diocese, please pray for Bishop Justin on sabbatical, and for Canon Stanly and the
clergy of the Diocese; for Chaima Christian Institute, Principal Revd Atovura Martin, all staff and
students; and this week for Eddi Archdeaconry:
Ø Eddi Archdeaconry falls in the South east part of the Diocese bordering with Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC).This Archdeaconry has much been affected by the activities of LRA.
Ø Pray for Archdeacon Gabriel Sebit, currently on sabbatical leave, and Revd. Ezekiya Darama,
acting for him, the pastors and Christians of the Archdeaconry as most of them were displaced by
LRA from their homes and villages and are now living near Maridi Town. Pray that as things
stabilise they may return to their own place.
The Sudan Garden Party (in the Bishop's Garden) is on June 7th, startign at 2.00 p.m. We have been
given lots of raffle tickets to sell, so if you could sell a few, do let me know.
The Revd. Jane Shaw
Manor Farm House, Corton, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 0SZ
t. 01985 850141, m. 07908 118543
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Benefice Contacts – www.cleyhillchurches.org
Clergy
Rural Dean
Reverend Pauline Reid
01985 841290
e-mail – revpauline@btinternet.com
Reverend Di Britten
01373 832515
Associate Priest
Lay Pastoral Assistants
Barbara Hughes
Claire Tanner
Richard Dean
01373 832273
01985 218099
01373 832594
Churchwardens
St John the Baptist, Horningsham
St Margaret of Antioch, Corsley.
ditto
St Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill
ditto
St Michael the Archangel, Brixton Deverill
St Peter & St Paul, Longbridge Deverill
ditto
St Philip & St James’, Chapmanslade
ditto
Tim Moore
Charles Thackway
John Helliar
Bill Knowles
Robert Shuler
Richard Lucas
Guy Ratcliffe
Tim Young
Charles Thackway
John Helliar
01985 844336
01373 832048
01373 832803
01985 844476
01985 844291
01985 841164
01985 219456
01985 840477
01373 832048
01373 832803
Deputy Churchwardens
St Margaret’s, Corsley.
St Mary’s, Temple.
St Philip & St James’, Chapmanslade.
Judith Helliar
Harcourt Gough
Janet Aylesbury
01373 832803
01373 832039
01373 832752
Administrator
Safeguarding Officer
Webmaster
Marion Muston
Marion Muston
Ian Buick
01373 839026
01373 839026
01373 832318
For all Parish officers and contacts please refer to contacts section of the Benefice website
www.cleyhillchurches.org
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