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St.Elwyn
St.Erth
The Godrevy Light
Together Everyone Achieves More
Issue 67
Gwinear
June 2015
Gwithian
Phillack
The vocation of the priest is to be
a prophet that reminds people of
the light within them, to reassure
them that they are loved. We are
to intensify and strengthen what is
already there.
Dear All,
Ministering love.
One of the most vital duties of a
pastor is ministering to the sick. I
don’t only mean taking the
Blessed Sacrament to the
housebound, that’s also important.
A priest visiting is also special,
and is regarded as such by the
sick person.
There is a raw and physical reality
about a God who became human
flesh. When fragile people are
before us, often heavy eyed and
hopeless, the first action of Jesus
would be to reach out to hold
them tenderly, to grasp their
hands. Many elderly folk are
unable to remember when
someone last held their hands.
By virtue of his ordination a man
is Jesus visiting. One should
always wear one’s badge of
office, the dog collar. Here in
Hayle I regularly visit the old
people in one of the homes, just
as I have done over the fifty one
years in the parishes where I’ve
been the pastor. Let’s be honest, I
don’t always feel like going, but
the joy far outweighs the effort.
Go has designed our bodies to be
looked at, held, and to be
enveloped with tenderness. We
all, whether old or young have
open wounds that require healing.
Life damages us.
It never ceases to encourage me
how people suffering from
dementia or Alzheimer's can
remember the Lord’s Prayer and
the 23rd Psalm. I’m also conscious
that they may also recall the
familiar stories in the Gospels.
God’s Holy Spirit can reach us in
ways that far transcend our
ailments and weaknesses.
Jesus fully lived in his body. He
embraced young and old, placing
his hands on sinners, offering no
resistance to the head of the
Beloved Disciple on his breast or
to the sensation of Mary
Magdalen’s hair on his naked feet.
He washed the weary and dusty
feet of his disciples. Even Judas
Iscariot kissed him before
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handing him over to the soldiers
to be killed.
At the Eucharist the body of the
Man Jesus is transformed into our
bodies and ours into his. We
experience the flow of his wineblood within, merging with our
very being, at a deep level of
mutual
surrender
and
transformation.
JUNE POEM
I found the following poem in
“‘The Sun, Dancing’ – Christian
verse” compiled by Charles
Causley:
FRESCOES IN AN OLD CHURCH
Six centuries now have gone
Since, one by one,
These stones were laid,
And in air’s vacancy
This beauty made.
Pope John Paul II described our
need of God in the Eucharist as
physical as the need of food and
water. Our desire for intimacy
with God is instinctive and
physical. In a manner beyond our
understanding the Eucharist is
God with skin on. It’s God’s
embrace.
They who thus reared them
Their long rest have won;
Ours now this heritage –
To guard, preserve, delight in,
brood upon;
And in these transitory fragments
scan
The immortal longing in the soul
of Man.
Walter de la Mare.
“And the Word became flesh
and dwelt among us full of
grace and truth, and we beheld
His Glory, Glory as of the onlybegotten
Son
from
the
Father.” (John 1:14)
The poem speaks about the five
wonderful churches in our team.
It’s a tough job to take proper care
of ‘our heritage’ BUT it is also a
great honour.
Father Malcolm
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PHILLACK IN JUNE
Phillack Church Hall Bookings
All future bookings for the
Church Hall can be made by
ringing 01736 759558.
Gentlemen – your attention
please!
This is just to give you advance
notice about the next Men’s
Breakfasts.
These will be held on the
following Saturdays at Wall
Methodist Church Hall:
ST. IVES PRAISE CHOIR
CONCERT
On Thursday, 18 June, there will
be a Concert at 7.30 p.m. in
Phillack Church by St. Ives Praise
Choir. Entrance £5.00. This will
be followed by a barbecue (for a
donation only).
18 July & 17 October
The July speaker will be Samuel,
talking about his experiences of
living in five countries based on
the symbols on his archdeacon’s
cope. The October speaker will
be Esther Pollard from the
Diocesan Office, who will explain
to us just how diocesan finances
work in the present climate. Do
put these dates in your diary.
Why not plan to bring along a
f r i e n d ?he will get a FREE
breakfast!!
HAYLE CELEBRATION DAY
Phillack Church will have a stall
at the Celebration Day along King
George V Walk on Sunday, 28
June.
PHILLACK IN JULY
‘GWITHIAN’ COFFEE
MORNING
Phillack congregation will have a
Coffee Morning on Saturday, 18
July, at 7 Penmare Court,
Copperhouse, from 10.30. This
will be to help Gwithian raise
funds for their Flower Festival in
August.
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COMMUNITY TEA TREAT
Sunday 26 July. 2.30 – 5.30 p.m.
Cornish Dancing and Cornish
Musicians. Venue and full details
to be announced.
The English style of ringing is
unique and that is why many
foreign visitors from the nearby
camp sites often turn up at
Phillack Tower to discover how
the beautiful sound of the bells is
achieved.
PHILLACK IN AUGUST
The big question is ‘How much
longer will the bells be rung?’ The
answer is ‘Not long unless young
people take an interest!’
CREAM TEAS AND DISPLAY
OF JUGS
Cream Teas will be served on
Wednesday and Thursday, 5 &
6 August, at the Church Hall
from 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m..
Come enjoy delicious home-made
food in good company.
A wonderful
fellowship!
opportunity
We consider anyone under 70 as
young, by the way!
C.B
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IN MEMORIUM ?
With all the sadness and trauma
going on in the world at the
moment, it is worth reflecting on
the death of a very important
person, which almost went
unnoticed last week.
Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote
"The Hokey Pokey", died
peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his
family was getting him into the
coffin.
They put his left leg in. And then
the trouble started. !!
THE NEXT FRIDAY, 15TH MAY
Phillack ringers were in the tower
the following Friday this time at
the request of The Hayle
Twinning Association.
At the time of writing we have 37
Bretons in Hayle enjoying
Cornish hospitality from the
twinning association. Mike talked
about ringing – which he loves to
do – and then we rang a peal for
the visitors AND Anglo-French
relations!
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HAYLE V-DAY IS COMING!
PHILLACK CHURCH MICE
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Hayle V-Day will honour all
those Hayle Heroes, who
volunteer in the Community. This
will form part of National
Volunteers’ Week.
The date will be Saturday, 6
June.
Many of you have already signed
up for the Hayle Register of
Volunteers. A few days before 6
June Hayle V-Day tabards with
logos designed by local school
children will be on display at
selected outlets and will be
available free of charge for all
those who generously give of
their time to help with a vast array
of activities in the community.
There will also be stands around
town, where people can make
themselves available to hep with
voluntary activities.If you would
like to know more, please contact
me: samuelmarsden@hotmail.com
LEONARDO DE PHILLACK
‘Look at that!’ said Philip Phillack
to Mother Mouse. ‘It’s a painting
by… someone called Leonardo da
Vinci. Gosh! Isn’t it brilliant?’
‘Yes! He was one of the greatest
artists in the whole human world.
We don’t have painters in the
mouse world.’
And this started Philip’s mind
buzzing with thoughts such as, I
can write words so I could draw
and paint, I’ve got ideas so I
could think of things to do. He
smiled to himself and decided
there and then that he would
become a mouse artist amongst
other things, of course. When he
whispered what he wanted to do
to his mother she smiled.
‘Look in ‘The Children’s Corner’
at the back of the church and
you’ll find quite a lot of what you
want there.’ And he did. There
were coloured pencils and
colouring sticks and plenty of
paper.
‘Oh! My!’ he whispered.
‘What are you going to draw and
colour?’ asked his mother.
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‘Something outside and I shall
give it to you as a present at
teatime.’
Luckily for Philip his brother
Charlie was having a rumbustious
time catching spider’s in Davis
Philp’s organ pipes so he got out
unnoticed.
It was a lovely June day outside
and Copperhouse Pool sparkled
and flashed for an onshore breeze
was blowing and making the
water dance. Philip scratched his
grey fur with his left front paw
and wondered what to choose as
the subject for the first mouse
artistic masterpiece ever to be
created.
‘I could draw the birds but they
won’t stay still. I could draw
clouds in the blue sky but there
aren’t any clouds. I could draw…
gravestones? But they are a bit
grave aren’t they? I could draw…
Copperhouse Pool but it’s too
shimmery… the light won’t stay
still. I could draw?’
‘Have you decided what to draw
yet Philip?’ asked his father who
had heard from Mother Mouse
that they now had an artist in the
family.
‘No! Everything keeps moving
about even the pool and I can’t
make up my mind,’ he said rather
sadly.
‘Well! Do you have a good
imagination?’
asked
Father
Mouse.
‘Oh! Yes! I think so,’ replied Philip.
‘Then who made all of this?’ his
father asked and he opened his
front paws to take in all the lovely
view from outside the church
porch.
Philip frowned and then he smiled
and said ‘God.’
‘Then draw and colour in a
picture of God for your mother,’
and with that Father Phillack went
in out of the hot sun.
‘Oh!’ said Philip and he frowned
again. ‘Shall I draw and colour an
old man in the sky? Or a king on
his golden throne? Or a great
warrior with a sword? Or a
professor who knows everything?
Or a beautiful sunset? Or a
thunderstorm?’ Philip frowned
again then he picked up his pencil
and drew a simple picture of a
poor young man hanging on a
wooden cross.
‘That’s God,’ he said humbly and
he knew it was the truth. ‘The gift
of Himself to the world.’
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THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY
OF VE DAY
In Phillack Tower there are lots of
photographs and memorabilia of
and about bell ringing in years
gone by. One is a copy of a notice
in The West Briton for the 50th
Anniversary of VE Day in 1995.
It reads:
‘The bells of Phillack Church,
Hayle rang out on Monday
evening to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of V.E. Day. Taking
part were 3 ringers, Raymond
Ratcliff, Giles Cook and Michael
Smaldon, all of whom rang the
same bells 50 years ago on V.E.
Day. During the two minutes
silence they remembered two
members Verdun Thomas and
Jack Coombes, fellow ringers,
who lost their lives in World War
Two.’
Well, the present tower captain
Mike Smaldon was at Phillack
Tower on Friday 8th May to lead
the ringers in the peal for the 70th
anniversary. What an amazing
achievement! There were several
church members present to
witness the event plus a camera
from Spotlight South West. If you
were lucky, then you will have
seen and heard the peal being
rung on Spotlight that night plus a
small part of an interview given
by Mike afterwards. And this was
not the end of it all! Donna
Burrell rang Mike from Radio
Cornwall at 7.45am on Sunday
10th May, as pre-arranged, and
had a very interesting and
enjoyable chat with him before he
went off to ring – as usual – at
Phillack before the morning
service. DING DONG! What a
man!
C.B.
LOVING FOUR WAYS
There are four different kind of
love:
Erotic or sexual love;
Friendship – love between equals,
loyalty;
Affection (in families);
Agape
- self-giving unconditional
love
Can you work out which kind of
love is demonstrated in the two
stories below? Answers on a
postcard …….
Story 1
Bill and Steve were discussing the
possibility of love. "I thought I
was in love three times," Bill said.
"Thought?" Steve asked. "What
do you mean?"
"Three years ago, I cared very
deeply for a woman who wanted
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"Wasn't that love?" Steve asked.
“No, that was obsession," Bill
explained. "Then two years ago, I
cared very deeply for an attractive
woman who didn't understand
me."
"Wasn't that love?" asked Steve.
"No, that was lust," Bill replied.
"And just last year, I met a
woman while I was on a cruise.
She was gorgeous, intelligent, a
great conversationalist and had a
super
sense
of
humour.
Everywhere I followed her on that
ship I would get a very strange
sensation in the pit of my
stomach."
"Well, wasn't that love," asked
Steve.
"No. That was sea sickness!" Bill
replied.
Story 1
A clergyman was walking down a
country lane, when he saw a
young farmer struggling to load
hay back on to a cart after it had
fallen off.
"You look hot, my son," said the
cleric, "why don't you rest for a
moment, and I'll give you a
hand."
"No thanks," said the young man.
"My father wouldn't like it."
"Don't be stupid," said the
clergyman. "Everyone is entitled
to a break. Come and have a drink
of water."
Again the young man protested
that his father would be upset.
Losing
his
patience,
the
clergyman said, "Your father must
be a real slave driver. Tell me
where I can find him and I'll give
him a piece of my mind!"
"Well," stammered the young
farmer, "he's under this load of
hay."
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ASCENSION AND
AUTHORITY
I want to begin with the question:
How does authority function in
the Church of Jesus Christ? or
more properly, how should
authority function in the Church
of Jesus Christ?
Ascension Day is as important to
the life of the Church as
Christmas or Easter. It is actually
one of the six holy days where
attendance at Holy Communion is
mandatory for Anglicans as it is
for Roman Catholics. It is a sad
reflection on the Church and its
current standing in Society
that Ascension Day is no
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longer celebrated as a holiday.
Yet even few Christians observe
it: there were 16 people at St.
Elwyn’s this week to celebrate the
Ascension! It is so important that
it forms part of both the Nicene
and Apostles’ Creeds:
“Father, knows best” is a travesty
of the true relationship between
the priest and the people in a
parish. But the same is true of
any leadership role in the Church
– a warden, for example. I have
known wardens, who have ruled
the other members of the
congregation. They have made
sure that only those things
happen, which they want. In
other words it is all about self.
However, leadership in the
Church is quite different from
leadership as it is exercised in
secular organisations: the WI,
Bowling/Tennis/Rugby
Club,
Rotary or any other secular
organisation.
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of
the Father.
The right hand of God
figuratively means, the place of
importance, power and influence
next to God the Father; so in
essence Ascension is about who
has authority not just in Church
but in the world. As Good Friday
is about sacrifice and Easter is
about power, so Ascension is
about authority.
So how should authority in the
Church be exercised and who
should wield that authority? One
of the very important lessons I
learned early on in ministry was
the saying “Once a deacon,
always a deacon”. A deacon is a
servant. (διάκονος – diakonos)
Every priest is – first and
foremost - a deacon, because he/
she has first been ordained
deacon;
so every priest is
primarily a servant. The dictum
The Church of Jesus Christ is not
a
democracy.
Synodical
government was introduced into
the Church of England in 1969;
but is that any different from
democratically
elected
governments?
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I saw on the diocesan Website a
description
of
synodical
government, which goes like this:
‘The Diocesan Synod is a
democratically
elected
body
which has an important role in
deciding the strategic direction of
a diocese.’ It has also been
compared
to
the
British
parliamentary system. It may
appear to be so, but it is not, and
should not be a democracy. The
Church is essentially a theocracy.
That is, it is ruled by God: Jesus
Christ is the head (see Ephesians
5. 23: Christ is the Head of the
Church, his Body, of which he is
the Saviour). This is why the
disciples/apostles prayed for
guidance whom to find to take the
place of Judas. They did not have
nomination forms; they did not
cast votes (those in favour/
against). They prayed and the lot
fell on Matthias.
your Parish? John wrote in his
first letter: ‘If we receive the
testimony of men, the testimony
of God is greater,’ (1 John 5.9).
In other words, God should be
very much part of an election or
discernment process. He, not us,
is the one who should be making
the final decision.
So where does the authority lie in
the Church? The answer has to
be: with Jesus as the Head of the
Church.
How is that authority exercised?
Through his teaching and our
relationship with him in prayer.
All of us – every single person in
this Church – is accountable/
answerable to him in whatever
decisions are made individually or
corporately.
What principles did you use in
electing people to positions on the
PCC? How did you involve the
Holy Spirit in this? In Acts
chapter 1 as the early disciples of
Jesus went about finding someone
to replace Judas as an apostle,
there were four elements:
reference
to
Scripture,
nominations, prayer, casting of
lots.
Now just think back to your
APCM: how much prayer went
into nominations and voting?
How much prayer and reference
to Scripture generally go into
elections and decision-making in
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GWINEAR FETE
Saturday 4 July in the gardens of
the old Vicarage (behind the
church) commencing at 2pm. There are stalls - cakes, tombola,
bric a brac, books, side shows and cream teas. There will also be a
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SUMMER FAYRE
ST.ERTH CHURCH
Saturday June 20th at 2:30pm
In the Methodist Hall
Various stalls, raffle and
refreshments. OLD SCHOOL
If anyone would like to book the
use of the church, please contact
Margaret Stockton,
01736 756007,
email margie0706@talktalk.net.
CHRISTIAN AID 2015
Thanks to everyone who came to
the supper, gave raffle prizes or
donated money. We enjoyed a
pleasant evening.
Once the Old School Room roof
is repaired, then the hall will once
again be available for a wide
range of village and family
events.
£ 276.00 was raised from the
supper, £198.00 in church
donations & £107.6 from the
proceeds of the Farmer’s Market
last Saturday, thanks to our
Methodist friends.
CHURCH PEWS FOR SALE:
Subject to approved faculty, some
of the pews from St Erth Church
will be available for sale, prior to
work commencing on the Old
School Roof in mid March.
Choir Concert.
Thanks to Praze Hayle &
Chippenham male voice choirs,
£ 333.62 was donated after a very
enjoyable evening, including a
couple of jazz solos on saxophone
and clarinet. Very many thanks
for their generosity and talents.
If anyone is interested in
purchasing any of the pews,
please contact Barbara Read, tel.
01736 758233.
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dove è la pasta ?
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The Choirs together in St.Erth Church
COMPLEMENTARY
THERAPY
PRACTITIONER
PILATES CLASSES
Lelant Village Hall
Mondays 9.30am (intermediate)
and11am (beginners)
Julia Woodhams
Tuesdays - 6pm (intermediate)
and 7.30pm (beginners)
REFLEXOLOGY
AROMATHERAPY
MASSAGE
Fridays -9.30am (fitness Pilates)
and 11am (beginners)
For more information, contact
Kim - 07751552313 or 01209
831755
Call for appointment
01736 754660 or
07960 181497
PLEASE NOTE
Copy for the
AUGUST issue by email
There will no July issue
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Due to Holiday
Copy for August by
or to the Parish Office, Clergy or
Churchwardens
26 July please
By 26 July please
I go to print on
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Sunday Services in June
Phillack
7th
Gwithian
Gwinear
St.Elwyn
St. Erth
H Com
Trinity 1 9.15.am
Matins
11am
H.Com
H Com.
11 am
9.30 am
E/song 6.0 pm
H Com 8am &
9.30 am
No E/song
14th
H Com.
11am
H Com. 8 am
H. Com.
9.30 am
H Com. 8am &
9.30 am
E/song 6.0 pm
Morning
Prayer
11 am
H.Com 11.0am H Com.
E/song 6.0pm 9.30 am
H Com 8am &
9.30 am
No E/song
H Com.
11am
H Com.
11 am
H Com.
9.30 am
H Com. 8am &
9.30 am
E/song 6.0 pm
Trinity 2
H Com.
9.15 am
11.0am Chapel
21st
Morning
Trinity 3 Prayer
9.15am
28th
H.Com
Trinity 4 9.15am
MINISTRY TEAM CONTACT DETAILS
Rector: Reverend Sharon Clifton 01736 756377
godreveytv@gmail.com
Team Priest: Reverend Patricia Murley 01736 754386
Office now in the rectory – opening hours
Monday & Thursday
11.30am – 12.30pm
Office@godrevytm.org.uk
What’s on in the Team Notices: Elaine Farrell 07504 181 292
elainefarrell@hotmail.com
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