Upton St Leonards Church News
November
2007
November
Diary
1. THURS. ALLSAINTS DAY.
2. FRI. ALL SOULS DAY.
3. SAT. Entertainment at B.M.I.
4. SUN. 4th before ADVENT.
Holy Communion
All Age
Communion
Evening
Service
5. MON. Bonfire & Firework Party
Village Hall. Gates open
8. THURS. M.U.Holy
Communion
History Group. Village Hall
11. SUN. 3rd before ADVENT.
REMEMBRANCE
SUNDAY.ONE SERVICE ONLY.
Meet at War
Memorial at
12. MON. Twyver W.I.
Village Hall.
13. TUES. Coffee Morning, 16, Perry Orchard.
15. THURS. M.U.meeting.
Church Room
17. SAT. Musical
entertainment B.M.I.
18. SUN. 2nd before ADVENT.
Holy Communion
All Age Communion
Evening Service
24. SAT. Coffee Morning. Bond End Farm
Scouts Christmas Fayre. Village Hall
25. SUN. SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT.
CHRIST THE KING.
Holy Communion
All Age Communion
Evening Service
26. MON. Ladies
Group meet Church Room
29. THURS. Get-together
Club meet
Flower Show A.G.M.
Contributions
for the December edition of Church News should reach Mrs. Rumsey,
16 Perry Orchard by 10th November please.
November
Perhaps because the nights really begin to
draw in November always seems to me to be a cold and forbidding time of the
year. To cheer
ourselves up we have lots going on in the Church. We begin with
the great celebration of All Saints when we reflect God's calling to each
and every one of us to sainthood, to simply be ourselves
and give thanks that God can and does transform the ordinary to be used for
the
so we have a double reason to celebrate!
November 11th is, of course Remembrance Sunday and we
will begin our marking of this day with the Act of Remembrance at 1
at the War Memorial, followed by our special
Remembrance Day Service in the Church.
Confirmation is when we take on responsibility for our
Christian growth and development for ourselves, hopefully with the continuing
support and encouragement of our Godparents. The Church also offers
support and encouragement in the Confirmation Classes where
we learn about what it might mean to be a Christian in
the 21st Century. This year we are holding classes for Young People (School
Year 6 and above) in the Rectory on
Thursday Evenings at about
Confirmed, but for whom this time is not
suitable should get in touch with me to make an alternative arrangement. Also
any adults who
wish to be Confirmed should also get in touch to discuss
arrangements for Confirmation Classes.
Paul
If
you would appreciate a visit from the Parish Priest or someone from the Church
please let us know, either in person at one of the Services, in writing to The
Rectory, 12 Bondend Road, Upton St Leonards, GL4 8AG or by phone (01452 627828) or e-mail: rev_leckey@blueyonder.co.uk
A Churchwarden writes:
Its nearly the middle of
October as I write this, and we are enjoying some lovely Autumn sunshine that
is in contrast to much of the weather of the last few months.
I must firstly mention
the Parish Funday and Sponsored Walk we recently had.
It was a bit of a wash out for the afternoon activities but reasonably
attended.
that came despite the
inclement weather and for those that supported the event by bringing puddings
etc. Many thanks also to Ongers Farm who lent us
ponies for the afternoon, which the kids loved. And of course, thanks to Paul
and Mary for the use of their house in the evening.
As I write this the
harvest festival service is due to be held on Sunday 14th October in the
school. This is followed by, a 3-course lunch, which
The furnace in the church has been
inspected and unfortunately is beyond repair. Matthew Gibbs has this in hand
and is looking at replacing it. In the meantime it looks like we will require
an extra woolly jumper or two!
I must remind everyone
that Christmas is soon with us, so keep an eye out for announcements of
Take care,
Wendy Edgington & Matthew Gibbs
Churchwardens at St Leonards
Remembrance Sunday
11th November
Meet at the War Memorial
at
Followed by
All Age Communion Service in the Church.
Tower Flood Lighting
Sponsorship
Details
September
During the month
of September the lights were also sponsored by Angela Lewis on the 26th
in memory her husband Ken on what would have been their 48th Wedding
Anniversary.
October
During the month
of October the Tower lights were sponsored on the 17th and 18th
by Ruth Edgington and family in memory of the life of Michael Edgington.
November
On Monday 19th
November the
100th Birthday.
Her children, David Diane and Jane and their
families are kindly
sponsoring the lights for this special occasion
Alex and Tom Reece
sponsor the Floodlights for Nathaniel and Daisy on the 30th November.
Thank you to all those
who have kindly made a donation or sponsored the lights at St Leonards. Your gifts are
gratefully received.
If you or your family wish to have the lights
sponsored in celebration of a birthday or anniversary or for a loved ones life or any other reason
then please contact Matthew.
There is no set amount for this, just what you
would like to gift to the Church in order to help cover running costs. If you
are able to gift aid any donation this will help us too.
If you would like to sponsor the Church Tower Flood
Lights then please contact
Please
note that the deadline of the Church News is the 10th of the
preceding month.
MOTHERS
Thursday 8th. Holy Communion
Thursday 15th. Meeting in the Church Room
Speaker:
Mr. Fred Jones.
Subject:
Mary Kingsley.
Explorer extraordinare.
Monday 26th. Ladies group meet in the Church Room
Speaker:
Pam Staite.
Subject:
A Christmas Patchwork.
I extend an invitation to you, your friends and neighbours to come
along to my ANNUAL COFFEE MORNING at 16 Perry Orchard on TUESDAY
13th NOVEMBER AT
Coffee & Biscuits 50p
Bring and Buy Stall.
Raffle.
IN AID OF HELEN HOUSE HOSPICE FOR CHILDREN and
Evelyn Rumsey
THINKING OF CHRISTMAS then come along to PARTYLITE
(Candles) which is being held in the CHURCH ROOM on Wednesday 7th
November at
The
Coffee Morning - Saturday 24th November.
10.am to
at
Bond End Farm. Upton St Leonards.
Bring and Buy, Cakes, Books.
The St. John of
Jerusalem Eye Hospital is a charitable foundation, which provides high quality opthalmic care to the people of the Holy Lands irrespective
of race, creed or ability to pay.
The hospital
works under increasing difficulty with access to hospital becoming more
difficult
as the separation wall is built. An outreach hospital
has been built in
Palestinians
have a high incidence of eye disease and with their political difficulties make
up a high proportion of the patients treated.
The Palestinian
government provides some funds but the hospital depends largely on charitable
donations.
Miss Denise Magauran - Eye Surgeon, who visits and works at the
hospital twice a year will be
at the coffee morning.
ALL THE MONEY
RAISED AT THE COFFEE MORNING WILL GO TO THE HOSPITAL
MANDY GARSTANG.
Christmas Spectacular
Upton St Leonards Village Hall
at
Flower
Arranging demonstration by Mrs. Judy Jackson.
Raffle,
Mulled Wine and Mince Pies.
Tickets £5 Children £3
Available
from:-
Mrs. Evelyn Rumsey 01452 614175
Mrs. Judy
Jackson 01452 533769
Mrs. Rachel
Hall 01452 610521
USCAN
QUIZ BOOK ANSWERS.
24 birds in a pie, Benedictine monks
at Prinknash, Cud Hill Common on Upton Hill, Swan most
common pub name, BMI opened 24.10.98,
22 miles of footpaths in
Glevum Roman name for
Spoonbed farm on top of Upton
Hill, Village Hall foundation stone laid
Sparrow, troglodytes
troglodytes is a wren, Henry Vlll
stayed in
VOLUNTEERS WANTED........
The wooden planks
supporting the flowerbeds by the village shop need replacing. Are you able to help us to do this? We need some
strong arms to help us to pull
out the rotten ones and replace them with lovely new ones. If you can help,
please contact Nigel on
01452 616835.
THANK YOU.
KATHRYN ALDERMAN.
GET-TOGETHER
CLUB.
We are delighted that once again the
children from the School are able to come and sing for us at our November
meeting on Thursday 29th
November. The Club greatly enjoy this entertainment,
and the lovely singing and smiling faces, together with instrumental music really
is one of the highlights of our year.
To accommodate the children the
meeting will start at
We have to thank most warmly the
President and members of the Rotary Club of Gloucester Severn for their
generous hosspitality to 19 of our members, who in
October willingly transported them from their homes to
for a delightful afternoon,
and were there to meet them on their return to see them safely in to their
homes. The members took great care of
those who attended, and we are most grateful for the kindness shown.
MEG JAMES.
KNITTING
for the work of MOTHER THERESA.
You will have read in
past editions of Church News of the knitting and crochet done by several ladies
of this Parish and how much it
is appreciated. The problem now is that we have run out of
wool. Have you any DOUBLE KNITTING or 4
ply WOOL you do not want,
if so, will you let Mrs. Rumsey, 16, Perry Orchard have it please. THANK YOU.
EVELYN
RUMSEY.
UPTON ST. LEONARDS VILLAGE HISTORY GROUP.
At our last meeting on September 13th, Mr. Hugh Conway-Jones
gave a talk and slide show entitled "Sights and Stories of
Gloucestershire"
He split the County into three parts; The Forest of
Dean, The Vale and the Cotswolds, each of which have different cultures and
scenery.
We started in the
We then toured the Vale of Gloucester from
the daffodil woods at Dymock up to Tewkesbury Abbey and
down to
The Cotswolds started with a view of Broadway Tower
and views of Moreton in Marsh, we then came down the
Cotswolds via the yew trees in Painswick Churfhyard and ended up down at Lechlade
with stories about the source of the River Thames.
All the excellent colour slides were accompanied by
stories and history of the area being shown. it made
all present realize what a beautiful interesting county we live in.
Our next meeting is on November 8th when Mr. Jonathan
Smalley talks on the Ancrum Family.
DAVID CHAVE.
Flowers, fun and a fantastic speaker;
'Orchard Flowercraft' was introduced to us by Yvonne
Mort from Leominster, Herefordshire, her friend and flower partner Pauline Blackburn
was indisposed.
An inspirational book 'Pressed
Flowers' by Penny Black changed their lives completely as Yvonne became
inspired with the colourful pictures of pressed flowers and grasses. As a child walking to Sunday School she would
pick nosegays of wild flowers, violets,primroses,
buttercups,
celendines and bluebells, wild
flowers were more in abundance then.
Gathering flowers at their best after two dry sunny days during May,
June, July and August
Do not pick any rare plant and only as much as you need, placing
between blotting paper over corrugated card, repeat alternate layers building
up in the flower press, screw down corners very tightly for pressure, leave, repeating
process taking flowers out onto dry blotting paper. Grasses, lavender, and heather need 2-3days
pressing, pansies and hellebores 5-6 days.
Think of colour pattern and design before placing tendrills,
florets or leaves onto card with tweezers and using a wooden cocktail stick
with copydex to glue place gently into position. In her creative vogue Yvonne produced her
first picture which the Headmaster of her school bought for a wedding present. Pauline
became involved and they acquired larger presses, old picture frames from junk shops,
and are now sharing their expertise with groups such as ourselves. Fund raising for charity, the local
Business was brief. Judy Eaketts, our President introduced Ann Pearson from Sheepscombe, our Group Secretary also new member Marlene Aas. Christmas concerts, Wednesday 5th December
Christmas at
All other news in
Please note our next meeting is on
MONDAY 29th OCTOBER 7.30p.m.in
on 'The work of the Willow
Trust'. There will be a sale of Christmas goodies .
EVERYONE IS VERY WELCOME and BRING
YOUR FRIENDS
KATHY QUANT.
& Fireworks Display
at
Upton St. Leonards
Village Hall
on
Monday 5th November
Gates open at
Bonfire lit at
£2 per adult
£1 per child
Tombola
Hot food & drinks on sale
Proceeds to the upkeep of the village hall
District Councillor's Report September 2007
A recent report by the member for Environmental and
Rural Affairs outlined the problems that would face Councils who did not fulfil
their targets on recycling. Under legislation those councils that do not meet
their fixed tonnage targets of waste that is allowed to go to landfill, will be
charged at the rate of £150 per tonne in addition to Landfill Tax already paid.
The allowances were to be reduced year on year,
therefore it is extremely important that the amount of recycled waste is
increased. If the recycling levels were to remain as they are today the cost
per annum by 2020 to the authority would be £8m. Every effort will be made to encourage
further recycling, the kitchen waste trial starts in October in The Stanleys. Currently Stroud sends less to landfill than any
other district in the county.
At the September council meeting a motion was put
forward, for the Council as a whole, to fully support the view that the
Tri-Centre at Quedgley be maintained instead of
transferring this facility to
During the recent flood emergency the centre performed
magnificently and handled over 17,000 emergency calls only needing to divert a
small number, they received much praise for their efforts. This motion was carried
but it was surprising and somewhat sad that the Labour members present all
voted against what appears to be the overwhelming public view of the matter.
Some of you may well have read that the proposed
development of houses at Hunts Grove, has been called
in for scrutiny by David Drew MP and supported by the MP for Gloucester Parmjit Dhanda. The decision to
allow this development was taken democratically and indeed was subject to a
Local Plan enquiry and agreed by the inspector. The development meets all the
required criteria called for by government in order to provide sufficient homes
by 2015. The result of the calling in of the development for further scrutiny
is that there will be a cost to the council tax payers, there may well be the
loss of 500 affordable homes and also a new rail link. If
this development does not go ahead then other sites within the District will
have to be found to meet required targets.
Locally I have been trying to put farther pressure on
County Highways to do something about the road surface in Woodland Green, in
particular the Ash Path end, which is now in an appalling state.
Keith Pearson
District Councillor
1st
Upton St Leonards Scout Group
Christmas Fayre
Upton St Leonards Village Hall
Attractions include:
Santa arriving on a
vintage fire engine
Salvation Army Band
Santas Grotto
Stalls jewellery,
paint-your-own pottery, Christmas cards, candles, sweets, cakes
Games tombola, spin-the-wheel, roll-a-lucky-six, lucky dip and
much more!
Refreshments mince pies,
xmas cake, punch, coffee,
tea, squash
Admission 50p (accompanied
children FREE)
Upton St Leonards Playgroup
The Christmas Fair
&
Nearly New Toy &
Book
Upton St. Leonards Village Hall
50p entrance
Christmas Fair
Jewellery Mini IQ (books & toys)
Chocoholics Games
Bottle Tombola And much more...
Nearly New Toy &
Book
£1 for Sellers packs
(incl. 50p entrance)
50p to re-register
Books for all ages
(children & grown ups)
For more information,
please contact,
Jane: 01452 627
884 Sally: 07954434055
Upton St Leonards
Flower Show Committee