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EGGBUCKLAND PARISH
MAGAZINE
INCLUDES NEWS OF
CHRIST CHURCH, ESTOVER
PRIEST IN CHARGE
MARCH 2013
Rev’d Chris
Routledge
100 Church Hill, Eggbuckland PL6 5RD Tel:781564
CHURCHWARDENS
Julian Payne 9 Unicorn Close, Plympton, PL7 4QD Tel: 344632
Stuart Parry 8 Cooban Court, PL6 5LR Tel: 07704 534123
Price 40p Minimum
ST. EDWARD'S CHURCH WEB SITE
http/:/stedwardschurcheggbuckiand.co.uk

WHO’S WHO
HON. TREASURER Sue Colcombe 774047
ORGANIST/
MUSICAL
DIRECTOR
WEBMASTER
Glenda Davies 607990
Julian Payne email:
julian.payne1@btinternet.com
344632
PRAYER CHAIN Muriel Marshall 782320
HON. SECRETARY Julian Payne 344632
CAPT. OF
BELLRINGERS
David Trout
Brair Cottage, Clearbrook
01822-853040
MAGAZINE Editor Pat Whatty 773145
PARISH CENTRE
Secretary Irene Rendle 701587
CHURCH SERVICES
Sec: Olwen Grindell
98 Delamere Road PL6 5XF
8.30am HOLY COMMINUION ] 1st
10.30am FAMILY COMMUNION ] Sunday
316661
9.30am HOLY COMMUNION Other Sundays
6.30pm EVENING CELEBRATION Every Sunday
3.00pm BAPTISMS Fourth Sunday
Arrangements for Baptisms, Funerals
& Wedding Bookings
Contact Julian Payne—Tel 344632
Vicar’s Day Off—FRIDAY
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Tel: 01752 781564
The Vicarage, 100 Church Hill,
Eggbuckland, Plymouth PL6 5RD
eggbucklandvicar@gmail.com
Dear Friends,
As we continue through our Lent sermon series and Lent course looking at
the Psalms and exploring prayer, it is encouraging to pause briefly and notice
the answers to prayer in our midst.
We have with us (for a few months at least), Lisa Dawson — the Children's
Youth & Families' Worker from St Paul's Stonehouse who is going to be
helping us through her time and experience to enrich and develop the work
that is going on here in Eggbuckland.
It is very exciting that this year we have seen a team from our church go
into St Edward's School every week to lead an assembly.
We have a new Sunday School which started in September attached to our
9.30am congregation with between 12-20 young people coming regularly to
it. We also have a handful of teenagers, the beginnings of a youth group,
meeting regularly on Sunday evenings and going monthly to The Net (a city
wide youth event).
We have been running a Christianity Explored course which has been wellattended
and through it some have enquired about Confirmation.
We have also been able to offer the soup and roll lunch and Lent course
over the weeks of Lent.
We have had the privilege of the Rev Leon Simms, Curate at Emmanuel,
come and preach in our evening services for a few weeks as he does a miniplacement
with me as part of his training.
There are so many things to thank God for; so many answers to prayer for
us as a community. The above list is only a start! And yet God is calling us
forward into more; but not `more' in the sense of unquenchable greed and
endless work but `more' in the sense of deeper relationships with him and
one another, and prayer is where it all begins. Here are some opportunities
at the moment:
• If you haven't already been along, I commend to you the Lent lunch and
Course on Tuesdays -12.30-2.00pm in the hall.
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Our annual Quiet Day is a great opportunity to spend time with
God in prayer (Sat March 16th at Start Point (transport available –
joint with Estover Parish and Marjon Chaplaincy). Anyone needing
transport, contact Chris Routledge.
The daily reading programme of psalms through Lent is a great way
of building regular prayer and reading into our busy lives.
I particularly comment you to our monthly Church Prayer meetings
which are on the 3rd Thursday in the month at church, 7.30-8.30pm;
a great opportunity to be praying for our community, those in need
and seeking God's will and blessing for our ministry to one another.
Or for early birds, our weekly service of morning prayer at 8.45-
9.15am on Tuesdays in St Edward's.
Yours prayerfully,
ST EDWARD'S EGGBUCKLAND
DIARY FOR MARCH 2013
On each Tuesday throughout the month there will be Morning Prayer
between 8.45am and 9.15am
Sun 3rd Lent 3
8.30am Holy Communion (said) — Rev Chris Routledge
10.30am Morning Worship — All Age Service
6.30pm Evening Praise — HEARTBEAT (refreshments at
6.00pm)
Tues 5th
Wed 6th
Thu 7th
Sat 9th
Sun 10th
Tue 12th
Wed 13th
Sat 16th
12.30-2.00pm Lunch & Lent Course in Church Hall
8.30am Open the Book at St Edward's Primary School
7.30pm Parochial Church Council Meeting in lower hall
2.00pm Wedding of Richard Lomax & Kathryn Marish
Mothering Sunday
9.30am Holy Communion (Sung) — Rev Chris Routledge
3.00pm Baptism Preparation
6.30pm Evening Praise — HEARTBEAT (refreshments at
6.00pm)
12.30-2.00pm Lunch & Lent Course in Church Hall
8.30am Open the Book at St Edward's Primary School
9.30am Quiet Day at Start Point
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Sun 17th Lent 5
9.30am Holy Communion (Sung) — Rev Paul Thompson
6.30pm Evening Praise — HEARTBEAT (refreshments at
6.00pm)
Tue 19th
12.30-2.00pm Lunch & Lent Course in Church Hall
Wed 20th 8.30am Open the Book at St Edward's Primary School
Thu 21st
7.30pm Church Prayer Meeting in St Edward's
Sun 24th Palm Sunday
9.30am Holy Communion (Sung) – Rev Chris Routledge
3.00pm Baptisms – Rev Chris Routledge
6.30pm Evening Praise - HEARTBEAT (refreshments at
6.00pm).
Tue 26th 12.30-2.00pm Lunch & Lent Course in Church Hall
Wed 27th 8.30am Open the Book at St Edward's Primary School
Thu 28th Maundy Thursday
10.30am Holy Communion @ Christ Church, Estover
5.00-7.00pm Passover meal in Eggbuckland Church Hall
Fri 28th
Sat 30th
Good Friday
9.30am Walk of Witness starting at Crownhill Methodist
Church
10.30am Joint Service with Crownhill Methodist Church at St
Edward's Eggbuckland followed by hot cross buns in the
Church Hall
1.30pm Wedding of Anton Rhodes & Kate Miller
6.30pm Vigil in St Edward's Church
Sun 31st Easter Day
9.30am Family Holy Communion Service – Rev Chris
Routledge
6.30pm Evening Praise – HEARTBEAT (refreshments at
6.00pm)
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Baptisms
27tth January
3rd February
FROM THE REGISTERS
Curtis Gustav, son of Nathan & Yvette COUZENS
Thomas James, son of James & Rebecca MASTERS
Aiden Robert BAPTIE. Son of Richard Baptie
& Sarah Drake
Jensen, son of Michael & Stacey DRAKE
Joshua, son of Steven & Isla LUKER
May they grow to know Jesus and follow Him
Funerals
26th January
Elizabeth Ann NEWMAN aged 43 years (Interment)
31st January Rosemarie MADDICK aged 83 years
1st February Eva Dorothy ARNOLD aged 96 years
May the Lord bring comfort and healing to those
bereaved
From the Editor
It has been reported that the City's favourite playground is under threat
with the possibility that Cornwall County Council is to progressively reduce
the subsidy for Mount Edgcumbe Park, beginning with a cut of £66,000 in
this coming financial year. That doesn't sound a particularly significant sum
but the Park is owned and run jointly by Plymouth and Cornwall and any
funding reduction by one has to be matched by the other. How short
sighted can the Authority be to even contemplate putting at risk the future
of such a fantastic shared asset? Not only have the Cornish and Plymothians
been able to use this magnificent area for recreational purposes free of
charge, but it is the first place that so many of us choose to show off to
family members from away, visitors and newcomers. The views are stunning,
the grounds attractive at all times of the year and it is one of those places
to which it is easy to escape the hurly burly, rush and tear of modem day life
with almost guaranteed therapeutic effect. Surely Cornwall CC will have
second thoughts when finalising their budget. The loss to tourism would be
incalculable.
What a Phone Bill!
Whilst Cornwall is looking to save a few thousand pounds, we learn that
Plymouth City Council spent nearly £600,000 in a year on providing 2,000
mobile phones to members and staff. I know that just about anything can be
excused or justified in the name of progress and health and safety but it
beggars belief that it is "essential" for half of the Council's employees to
need a phone paid for out of the public purse. I recall when a Department
with dozens of staff working in the community had just two phones
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etween them which were logged out when really required. Such a system
now (admittedly with a larger number of pooled phones) could save a few
bob.
Contrasting Response
I couldn't help but smile wryly when reading two recent reports on the
same Page of The Herald. One confirmed that the Police were to carry out
an inquiry as to why it took officers more than half-an-hour to reach a serious
car crash on the A38 at Deep Lane. An ambulance and fire engine arrived
twenty minutes before the Police. Perhaps the fact that the incident
occurred just before shift change-over time had some bearing on the delay.
In contrast, the other report outlined how two Police Officers in Stonehouse
came under some threat when apprehending two men in early afternoon
and in response to a request for assistance, nine police cars turned up.
Lights
After many weeks out of action, the traffic lights at the junction of Mannamead
Road and Compton Park Road have become operational again. Is it
my imagination that the traffic flow was smoother when there were no
lights?
Pat Whatty
Last year on 21st December, the newspapers and the media headlined such statements
as, "It is confirmed the end of the world is to occur!" These articles themselves
read slightly differently; they all told of an ancient Mayan prophecy predicting
the end of time and the world but many (not all) were still inaccurate. The Mayans
saw not the end but a rebirth of a new world, very similar to the Greek philosophers
known as Stoics, where the story of the phoenix rises from ashes anew.
Hollywood has always found the concept of the end of the world a very profitable
storyline because it involves action, devastation and excitement. Whether it is an asteroid
colliding into the ocean, so causing a tsunami and wiping out a third of civilization
or a nuclear explosion devastating vast areas of land or simply just a virus
killing the entire population, all have made money at the box office. But even films
do not end with a final end. There is always a small number of people that survive
and start again. The book, radio, television and film `The Hitchhikers Guide to the
Galaxy' has at its beginning the destruction of the world but at the end its recreation.
The concept of our tiny planet ceasing to exist and so eliminating all life is, as the
Mayan prophecy shows, not a new idea. The great flood in Genesis, Chapters 6 — 8
where God eradicates human and animal life, apart from Noah, his family and certain
selected species of the natural world, is another story that is common to many
ancient cultures. However, as with the Bible retelling, all do not finish with a `full
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stop', rather there is always a rebirth. In the Old Testament rendering, Yahweh begins
again a new world by saying, "And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I
have done" and signs off the deal with a rainbow.
For the Jews living at the time of Jesus and Christians today, the subject of eschatology
or the `end times' was and is still a significant feature of doctrine. However, there is a
tendency to place a lot more emphasis upon what will physically happen and ignore
the real significance. Like the Mayans, Christians too have a new world brought to
them through the death of Jesus Christ; this is not physical because that will always be
prone to ends, but rather an eternity with God Himself.
Yours in Christ, Julian Payne (Churchwarden)
In a not very recent copy of a Devon Life magazine featuring accounts of various historical
items concerning Tavistock and district, there was the information that King
Henry I granted the town its Charter in 1105. I read on to the reign of Henry VIII and
the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539.
Naturally, the monks in the Abbey were devastated at the loss of a purpose in life.
They compensated by helping weary travellers. Among many other good deeds, they
served honey, jam and cream with hunks of bread and who knows, maybe a drop of
home-made cider to cheer them on their way.
The scone, served with today's cream tea is a post Second World War replacement
because in past times one would expect a white bread tuff or split. So why and when
did this change take place? Perhaps the reason was the shortage of bread, both during
and for several years after the end of the War. The war-time bread was off white and
greyish in colour but tasted quite nice.
Or maybe a wily entrepreneur decided it was much easier and more economical to
purchase packets of scone mix and, hey presto! There are your scones made in no
time at all and equally delicious — but, please do not add sultanas!
Be present at our table, Lord,
Be here and everywhere adored.
These mercies bless and grant,
That we may dine in paradise with Thee.
(an old traditional grace)
Muriel Marshall
Editor's Note:
Being the son of a village baker, I well remember the bread tuffs/splits. They were made with a type of
milk dough — very light — and seemed to bring out the full flavour of the jam and cream. I believe they
are still preferred to scones in parts of Cornwall to this day. As an alternative topping when nothing else
was available, we would sprinkle sugar on margarine or butter.
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CHRIST CHURCH, ESTOVER
Leypark Walk, Estover, Plymouth. PL6 8UE
www.christchurch-estover.org.uk
MARCH 2013
Team details:
Father John Webb Roman Catholic Tel: 701660
Reverend Rob Jones Baptist Tel: 780830
Curates within the Holy Family Mission Community:
Father Tim Thorp – Co-ordinator
Reverend Chris Routledge – Children and Young People
Father Simon Rundell – Mission and Evangelism
Vacancy at Christ Church, Estover – Catechesis and Teaching
Enquiries concerning Baptisms, Dedications, Weddings and Funerals
please telephone 780830
Who to contact:
Church Warden Beryl Norton Tel 211324
Assistant Church Warden Paul Lane
Car rota Val Egan Tel 785401
Flower rota Julia Mudge Tel 707778
House group Sister Margaret Mary SND Tel 768183
Joyful Noise Adrian Thatcher Tel 704058
Prayer Diary
Paul Lane
Newsletter items Janet or John Brooks Tel 210768
Or email bulletin@christchurch-estover.org.uk
Rainbows Mary Roberts Tel 789404
Brownies and Guides Maureen Horton (evenings) Tel 301460
Hon Treasurer
Hon Secretary
Magazine
Fishes
CRB Co-ordinator
Pianists
Penny Wicks
Val Egan
Beryl Norton
Ann Bailey / Sue Oxenham
Sue Oxenham
Adrian Thatcher / Ann Bailey
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Church based organisations:
Mums and Toddlers Monday 9.30 – 11.30 am
Slimming World Tuesday 5.30 and 7.30 pm
U3A Yoga Wednesday 10.30 – 11.45 am
Brownies Wednesday 6.00 – 7.30 pm
Ladies Circle
Joyful Noise
Thursday
Thurs by arrangement
7.30 – 9.30 pm
7.30 pm onwards
Rainbows Friday 5.30 – 6.30 pm
Diary
1st Mar 1.30 pm Women's World Day of Prayer (written by women of France).
Guest Speaker: Mrs Jo Smart
3rd Mar
10.30 am
12 noon
5th Mar 7.30 pm Church Council Meeting
Lent 3: Holy Communion: Revered Simon Franklin
Baptism of Laila Payne by Reverend David Gill
10th Mar 10.30 am Lent 4: Mothering Sunday: Reverend Doug Rix
(Rainbows, Brownies & Guides)
16th Mar 7.30 pm Concert by Burraton Male Voice Choir
17th Mar 10.30 am Lent 5: Family Worship - Miss Ann Bailey
21st Mar 11.00 am Tor Bridge Primary School Easter Service with Reverend Rob
Jones
24th Mar 10.30 am Palm Sunday: Holy Communion: Mr Peter Sweeting
27th Mar 10.30 am Leigham Primary School Easter Service with Reverend Rob
Jones
28th Mar 10.30 am Maunday Thursday: Holy Communion with Reverend Chris
Routledge
29th Mar 12 noon Good Friday: Stations of the Cross with Sister Mary Chambers
31st Mar
6.00 am
10.30 am
Easter Sunday
Sunrise Service: led by Mrs Julia Mudge
Holy Communion with Reverend Rob Jones
Each Wednesday at 9.15 am Morning Prayers followed by 9.30 am Roman
Catholic Mass in the Chapel.
The Cafe at the Elm Centre
From January 2013 Christ Church volunteers staff the cafe on a Monday
and Tuesday mornings from 9.30 am - 12 noon.
On Wednesday and Thursday mornings the cafe is run by the ELM Centre
volunteers.
If you can help out for an hour or two please contact Penny Wicks or
Brenda on Tel: 301015.
For customers old and new - a warm welcome awaits you.
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Weekly Activities at the ELM Centre - please see the notice board
for further details.
Are you looking for a party venue?
The ELM Centre is available for hire on a Sunday afternoon/evening -
please ring Beryl Norton on 211324 to discuss your requirements. For
other days of the week please contact Brenda Truscott on 301015. For
Leigham Church Hall - please ring Maisie Pullyblank on 707119.
Did you know that as part of Social Inclusion for Senior Citizens you
may attend the following activities at Runnymede?
Bingo on Monday and Friday at 2 pm
Coffee Morning on Friday at 10.30 am
Senior Citizens lunch £5 - book with Maria Newton Tel: 793578
Think before you have your spring clean clear out !!
Operation Sunshine are pleased to receive the stumps of Church candles,
used stamps, greetings cards (front cover, not message), sewing machines,
bicycles, tools, knitting needles, oddments of wool or material, sewing
kits, buttons, zips, flat shoes, wellington boots, dictionaries, rice, baby
milk for newborn babies, and biros. Items can be given to Beryl Norton
for transportation to the collection point at Herdwick Farm, Tavistock.
Future Events
Visit of Melanesian Brothers/Sisters to Christ Church, Estover,
Plymouth 7th - 14th April 2013
You may wish to pencil the dates in your diary. Further details will be released
shortly from the Diocesan Support Group regarding the timetable
of events.
Barn Dance in aid of the Food Bank: Saturday 27th April at The
ELM Centre from 7 pm - 10 pm. Tickets £5 include refreshments. Please
bring a tin of food for our canned food drive.
Prayer for Christian Unity
Look mercifully, Lord, on your people, and pour out on us the gifts of your
Holy Spirit. Grant that we may constantly grow in love of the truth, and
seek the perfect unity of Christians in our prayers and our deeds.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Leigham Church Hall:
Monday
7 – 9 pm Dog Training
Contact Janet Timpson Tel 707772
Tuesday
9 - 12 noon Playschool
Contact Heidi Bailey on Mobile 07538 261496
7 – 8.30 pm Staffordshire Bull Terrier Training
(alternate wks)
Contact Jill – Tel 336440
Wednesday
9 - 12 noon Playschool - see contact details above.
5 – 9 pm Beavers, Cubs and Scouts (Term time)
Contact Graham Hancock Tel 773372
Thursday
9 - 12 noon Playschool - see contact details above
6.30 - 7.30 pm Circuit Training
Contact Brendan Lightfoot Tel: 795576
8 – 10 pm Canine Society: Training for Crufts
(alternate wks) Contact Debbie Tel 823106
Friday
6 - 7 pm Children's Disco Dancing
Contact Jackie Moss on Mobile 07816 819623
Once a month the Labour Councillor surgery is held at Leigham Church Hall.
Leigham Church hall is available for private parties on Saturday and Sunday
– please contact Maisie Pullyblank Tel: 707119.
A Prayer for our Mission at Christ Church
God our Father and Giver of all good things, we praise You for the good
news of the Gospel, and for our calling to share the Gospel where we live,
and work, and worship.
Jesus Christ, our Friend and Saviour, we know no greater love than Your
love for us. Through your Church at Estover, which we are, draw our
neighbourhood into Your love.
Holy Spirit, Source of all life, our Comforter and Teacher, breathe wherever
You will: breathe upon us the new life we are given through Christ, and
draw men and women, families and children, into the joy and freedom of
Christ's Church.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, be pleased, we sincerely ask, with our mission,
and use our humble efforts for Your glory. In the name of Christ. Amen.
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MARCH ROTAS
Volunteers are required, please, to help at 9.30am on Friday 8th March with
the bunching of posies for Mothering Sunday.
Also, all arrangers are required for decorating the church for Easter. We
shall be starting at 12 noon on Good Friday, 29`" March. All willing
helpers welcome.
BRASSES
Week commencing: 4th March Marion Gates
11th Dennis & Monica Ash
18th Brenda Whatty
Church Cleaning Rota
Week commencing: 18th March Peter & Maureen Anderson
Eggbuckland Ladies’ Group
The Annual General Meeting on 8th January was followed by a most enjoyable
social and games evening when members were able to demonstrate
their competitive spirit whilst ensuring that fair play prevailed. At our February
meeting we welcomed Rosalind Jones whose childhood memories
were in turn amusing and poignant. Born during the War years on the outskirts
of Colebrook, she recalled playing in the fields and climbing trees,
also being taken to a circus immediately before having her tonsils removed
at Freedom Fields Hospital. Circuses have been avoided ever since. Rosalind
recounted the time when her mother got stuck in a bungalow bath
and her recollections of an awful flood in the early 1950's when sheds and
personal possessions could be seen sailing down the road. There were so
many memories with which we could relate. On 126 March, we will have a
Silent Auction together with an Easter themed Bring & Buy.
Church Floodlighting
The church floodlighting for March has been kindly sponsored by
Lorraine Pellow in memory of her Mum & Dad, Daphne & Ken Hyatt
and by Marylyn Moore in memory of her husband Hugh. Grateful thanks.
Magazine Deadline
The deadline for the APRIL magazine is SUNDAY, 10TH MARCH
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Introducing……...Lisa D a w s o n
Children's, Youth & Families' Development Worker with
StEdward's Church, Eggbuckland
A desire to change her community and introduce God into the lives of people
struggling with the rigours of modern society has enabled Lisa Dawson
(nee Usher) to walk a beautiful path through life. This dedication to providing
a positive influence in the lives of people she meets has seen Lisa, 31,
flourish in her current role as Children's, Youth and Families' Worker at St
Paul's Church in Stonehouse.
Originally from Severn Beach in Bristol, Lisa's upbringing was far from perfect.
She lost her father aged 11 and it was at this point that she met with
God, letting His Spirit into her life and transforming her from an angry lost
youngster into the person she is today. This transformation took time and
only really kicked in when she moved to Plymouth at 18 to work for Youth
with a Mission, culminating in the Sanctuary Project in Borne Barton that
ran for eight years. She said: "I felt God calling me to Barne Barton and from
the moment I arrived, I knew I was in the right place. Those eight years
were amazing and to see the change in the youngsters over that time was
what made it all worthwhile. I was burnt out by then and needed to step
away as I didn't feel the community was ready to let God into their lives.
But now the churches together in St Budeaux have started church on the
estate once a month and it is thriving and I feel so privileged that I played
my part in it."
Having developed her pioneering skills, Lisa decided to take time out and
work as an administrator in the NHS, allowing her to develop further organisational
skills and patience as well as being a strong witness. And it certainly
worked out well in the long run. Having waited for the right opportunity
to come up, she was presented with the chance to apply for her current
post after meeting Rev John Money, the Vicar at St Paul's.
Since starting this position in August 2010, the direction of the church is beginning
to shift and the youngsters and families are starting to have more of
a presence. In her role, Lisa has taken on the JAM (Jesus and Me) Club at St
George's Primary School and this has really grown, with up to 30 children
attending each week. She has also played an active part in developing the
church's Youth Club, helping to bring more focus to the group. These 12-18
year olds are now opening up to God and his presence and the focus on introducing
Him into their lives has transformed the group dynamic massively.
Over the last few years, Lisa has worked hard to get younger children involved
in the church outside of school and has run many successful Holiday
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Clubs of thirty 5-11 year-olds. The church now has a Parent & Toddler
group, Messy Church events, creative prayer and worship evenings and a
Christian reading scheme in a secular school that was closed to Christianity.
St Paul's Church has been awarded almost £100,000 (by the Church Commissioners'
Development Funding for Church Growth in Deprived Areas)
to release Lisa two days a week to go and help facilitate other churches in
providing opportunities for children, youth and families. This started at the
end of last year where she had to train her new part-time worker to continue
all current work at St Paul's, and has organised a strategy day where
20 people came and brought their ideas and Lisa will now facilitate them to
put their ideas into action.
Recently she has started here at St Edward's to support us in the development
of children's, youth and families' work, looking to help start a parent
and toddler group, developing the Sunday School and youth side of things
with a new youth group which started recently, and, hopefully, looking at
how to increase good schools' work amongst other things.
So you will see Lisa around and if you have any ideas, please talk with her.
She looks forward to meeting you, having been introduced to the congregation
for the first time at the morning Communion Service on 10th February
after which she attended the Sunday School to observe the activities there.
Amazing Achievement
A few months ago it was projected that our payment to the
Common Fund (Parochial Share) for 2012 would be several
thousand pounds short. We were able to contribute only just over 70% of
our commitment in 201 1 which meant that the Diocese and other parishes
had to make up the shortfall. In the event, through various reasons, not least
some very generous donations, the amount paid for last year has exceeded
all expectations and is in the region of 93% of the total. A wonderful effort.
Facelift for Hall
The walls and paintwork of the large upstairs room in the church hall have
been redecorated and very smart it is looking. Investigations are under way
to find out the most appropriate form of window curtains/blinds at a cost
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that can be afforded. The redecorating has been carried out by Glen Riggs
whose quote of £520 was most competitive.
Clearing of guttering, etc
Tony Hines has undertaken the annual task of clearing the valleys and guttering
of the church roof, cleaning the drains and repairing a leak in the vestry
window — the total cost of which was £130.
Annual Checks
Other checks/servicing completed have been for the safety of all gas appliances
in the church (£204) and the alarms (£156).
Easter Saturday Vigil
On Easter Saturday, 30th March at 6.30pm there will be a short candlelit vigil
in St Edward's. Those attending will light their candles in the church porch
and then process to the Chancel where there will be a short period of quiet
reflection and readings. This is a lovely preparation for the celebration of
Easter Day and enhanced by the scents of the spring flowers in the freshly
decorated church.
Improved Results for Community College
It was encouraging to read that Eggbuckland Community College was one of
the most improved state secondary schools for GCSE results in the city. It
also came within the 200 most improved state secondary schools at GCSE
in the country with 65% of students achieving grades A*-C in five GCSE or
equivalent qualifications. There was a time when it was almost taken for
granted that Eggbuckland led the way but after some dropping off in recent
years it is good to see an upturn in performances. There is still some way to
go to match Devonport High School for Girls though, where 99% of the pupils
achieved similar grades.
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On 17th January, some very excited children boarded coaches and set off on
the journey to Cornwall to visit the Eden Project. I went with Year 4 pupils
and had four girls and two boys in my group.
Upon our arrival, after an uneventful journey, we made our way to the classroom
that was to be our 'home' for the day.
Following an interesting talk by an Eden Project staff member, we proceeded
to the Mediterranean Biome where the children worked their way through a
very interesting project book, some having listened more carefully to the
given instructions than others! We then returned to the classroom for lunch
and a very welcome rest for the adults.
Having consumed all their food, the children were eager to set off again, this
time to the Tropical Biome where they had to list any facts that caught their
imagination about the plants growing there. The difference in application to
this task between boys and girls was very noticeable and is something I will
be discussing with the Year teacher.
We returned to school, having had a very enjoyable day out learning a lot
about the plants grown in world environments very different to our own.
Three weeks later I attended a Year 4 school assembly when the theme was
based on the Eden Project visit. The aim was for the children to share their
learning experiences with the whole school, to hone their presentational
skills and to give them the self-confidence to
deliver a presentation to their parents. They
had clearly worked hard on the subject on
their own, the presentation was wellstructured,
had participation from the rest
of the school and even started with a very
well rehearsed passage of 'choral' speaking,
ending with a prayer.
Frances Rendle, School Governor
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The Church Electoral Roll
Just a reminder that the new Electoral Roll is being prepared and completed
forms need to be returned to Brian Bassett by 31" March at the
latest.
2.6 billion people — that is 40% of the world's population — don't have
somewhere safe, clean and hygienic to go to the loo. The human impact
of this scandalous statistic is enormous; nearly one in five child deaths
each year is due to diarrhoea. The good news is you can help change
this by twinning your toilet!
Toilet Twinning is a fun but extremely practical way of helping communities
in developing countries. For just £60, a latrine can be supplied to a
community in Burundi or Cambodia by twinning your toilet at home/
school, work, organisation or church. In the Old Deanery in Exeter Diocese,
four toilets have been twinned; it certainly is a conversation
starter.
Those who twin their toilets receive a photo and GPS coordinate of the
toilet they are twinned with to hang in their loo.
Here at St Edward's the donations each Sunday for tea and coffee are to
be used to `Twin a Loo' to help flush away poverty.
WALKING
Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years o/d to
spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at £3,000 per month.
I am taking up walking so that I can hear heavy breathing again.
My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he's
97 years old and we don't know where he is
Annual Parochial Church Meeting — in church at 11.00am on Sunday,
21" April
St Edward's Spring Fayre — in the church hall at 2.00pm on Saturday,
18th May
Quiet Day with Bishop Richard Hawkins — at the Society of Mary &
Martha, Sheldon on Tuesday, 18th June. Cost £18 — further details tel:
01647 252752
St Edward's Christmas Fayre — in church hall at 2.00pm on Saturday,
16th November
If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country
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100 Years Ago
Easter was very early in 1913 – Good Friday falling on 2l" March. Holy
Week Services were said to have been well-attended and large numbers
"fulfilled their duty of privilege of keeping the Feast in Holy Communion."
At the Vestry Meeting (preceding the Annual Parochial Meeting) what was
described as "an important discussion" took place concerning the Petition
entered in the Bishop's Court by Mr Anderson-Moorshead of Widey Court
to appropriate two seats in the Parish Church by Faculty. Formal objection
had been made by the Vicar and Churchwardens. At the meeting the following
objection was passed: "We the undersigned, being at the same time
Ratepayers and Churchmen of the Parish of Eggbuckland, assembled in lawfully
convened Vestry, record our emphatic objection to the granting of the
Order of Faculty petitioned for in the Citation dated 13 March, 1931, as being
- (1) the undoing of a seemly and most necessary work and (2) the reintroducing
of one of the worst abuses of the 18``' Century to the prejudice
of the common rights of all the parishioners." The Vicar wrote: "We
await with much anxiety, but certainly not with fear, the outcome of this attempt
to parcel out the House of God into private properties."
75 Years Ago
Currently we may well moan about the Welfare State and NHS but there
were two articles in the Parish Magazine in 1938 that would suggest that
certain things have improved considerably since then: In the first, a letter
from the C of E Waifs and Strays Society thanks Eggbuckland Sunday School
for a donation of £12.2s.2d and goes on to say, "To give some idea of what
kind friends like those from Eggbuckland are helping us to do, the other day
we came across a terribly sad case of two little children who were found in
a deplorably poor home, with no comfort of any kind, trying to fend for
themselves, and, in addition, doing their best to look after their mother who
was very ill indeed and needing to be moved to hospital. The father had
died several years ago from TB and had been a great invalid, as a result of
being gassed in the Great War. As you can imagine, something had to be
done at once, and, as there were no relatives to whom this little family
could turn, the children have come to us and the mother has been able to
go to hospital." The second report is of the Girl Guides having joined the
League of Hospital Friends with members each paying at least a shilling a
year to help keep the hospitals open.
And who said recycling was a modern practice? The Guides appealed for
old newspapers, silver paper and used postage stamps which they would
collect monthly as part of the hospitals' fund raising activities.
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ORGANISATIONS (Parish Centre)
RAINBOWS
2 nd Eggbuckland Monday, 5.30 pm, Church Hall
Clare Riggs - 208054
BROWNIES
5 th Eggbuckland Monday, 6.15 pm, Church Hall
Mrs Wilma Heveran - 518063
2 nd Eggbuckland Wednesday, 6.00 pm, Eggbuckland Vale Primary
Claire Pankhurst - 709 148
GUIDES
1st/2nd Eggbuckland
LADIES GROUP
Monday, 7.30 pm, Church Hall
Mrs Jo Smith - 220804
2nd Tuesday, 7.30 pm
Mrs Anne Cresswell - 778302
PRE-SCHOOL 9.15 am (in school term) Tamsyn Shute -
Tel: 769964
DEBORAH BOND Tuesday 6.30 pm - 9.00 pm
DANCE ACADEMY 01626 367010
Mission Statement
One family in Christ ……..for all the family:
Loving, serving, growing.
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