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ST. PETER’S, TIVERTON &
ST. THOMAS’S, CHEVITHORNE
WITH COVE
March 2021
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3 March 2021 Editor: The Revd Canon Paul Hardingham looks back on the year that changed the world. ‘One Year On’ It was just over a year ago that the WHO discussed the coronavirus that was starting to spread around the world. None of us could have foreseen the devastating effect on our world, with over 80 million people infected and nearly two million deaths. How has the pandemic challenged our faith, as we look back over the last year? Firstly, it has forced us to face up to the reality of our situation. We cannot underestimate the health, social and economic effects of the virus on our lives, churches and communities. We have learned how to do church online, but the future shape of church life is uncertain! As the apostle Paul writes: ‘We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus’ (2 Cor 4:8-10). The pandemic has challenged so much of what we take for granted, but also demonstrated that God is alongside to help us in these circumstances. Secondly, alongside the fear and uncertainty of this year, we have also learned to find new faith and hope in Jesus. The experience of Jesus’ death and His resurrection provides a pattern for us in facing the future: ‘so that His life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.’ (2 Cor 4:10-12). During the season of Lent, as we anticipate the events at Easter, it’s good to
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focus on the promise of sharing in the death and resurrection of Jesus. As we
consider our present struggles, are we ready to surrender them to Jesus? May
the hope of Easter Day take us forward into the coming year.
‘Zoomed Out?’
‘You’re still on mute!’ If you’ve used Zoom over the past year, you’ll be
familiar with this cry! After a day on Zoom, the last thing we often want to do
is using it for a chat with friends or a church service on Sunday! Now this
reveals a wider problem that we face. We know that staying connected in the
pandemic is hard. When we’re tired and busy, it’s easy to stop connecting with
others, which would encourage our faith or wellbeing. This might also include
not sending a text, Facebook comment or phoning somebody up.
Remember what Paul says: ‘For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate
I do.’ (Romans 7:15). It’s often easier to avoid connecting with God and
others, when this would be good for our sense of value, purpose and identity.
Certain patterns of behaviour can make us feel safer, but in reality they
prevent us from living our lives fully as God intends.
Paul adds: ‘What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body
that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus
Christ our Lord!’ (Romans 7:24,25). Through the death and resurrection of
Jesus we have the freedom to act differently. Lent is an ideal time to develop
new habits, especially when we are tired or anxious. It may involve spending
less time on Facebook, turning the TV off to call a friend who we need to
catch up with, or getting up a bit earlier to spend time in Bible reading and
prayer.
Let’s keep reminding ourselves that ‘God is bigger than Zoom’ and make sure
that we don’t get disconnected! Let’s be committed to doing the right thing,
rather than simply the easier thing.
The Revd Canon Paul Hardingham
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Editor: The Revd Peter Crumpler, a Church of England priest in St Albans,
Herts, and a former communications director for the CofE, considers all that
mothers have done for us this past year.
Let’s clap for mothers!
As Mother’s Day approaches, let’s hear it for all the mothers who have been
on the frontline of helping our country survive the Covid pandemic!
Just as we’ve clapped on our doorsteps for the NHS and other heroes, let’s
applaud all that mothers have done – often balancing home and employment –
during these long lockdown months.
Research shows that mums have carried out most of the home schooling and
household tasks – with many also holding down important frontline roles in
the NHS and other essential services.
Women spent more than twice as much time as men on their children’s home
schooling and development during the lockdown, according to a study by
University College London. It measured how parents responded while schools
and nurseries were closed to most families.
The survey, reported by the Guardian newspaper, found that women across
several age groups took the major share of childcare and home schooling.
Those with primary school-aged children “were considerably more likely” to
have given up working than fathers with children of the same age.
The pressure on families was further increased as many grandparents and other
carers were unable to help. Family and friendship networks were put under
strain with contacts restricted to online Zoom or Facetime calls that are often
difficult with younger children.
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(Continued from page 7) ready to help their local
Launching a Children’s Society communities.
report into children’s welfare during
the lockdown, chief executive Mark
This Mother’s Day, daffodils and
Russell said: “We are living in
chocolate may seem very thin
unprecedented times. Months of
reward for the major contribution of
national lockdown, only small
mums across our nation.
numbers of children in school, and
many families experiencing real
crisis. Coronavirus has impacted In normal times, they have a
every area of our lives and The challenging and demanding job to
Children’s Society has been deeply do. Through the pandemic, they
concerned about the impact of this have risen to the challenges and
crisis on children, especially the sought to ensure children thrive
most disadvantaged.” despite the lockdowns.
He added: “Our survey found a As we celebrate Mother’s Day, let’s
higher proportion of young people recognise the amazing efforts made
experiencing low well-being than we by mothers in the home with their
are used to seeing. Whilst we know children.
that most children’s well-being will
‘bounce-back’, there will be some
Let’s also celebrate the vital roles
who do not.”
many also play – as do those without
children – in the NHS, in education,
Mothers are at the frontline of in the government and civil service,
helping our children cope with – and in keeping vital supplies flowing –
then recover from – the effects of the and in our pulpits and across our
Covid pandemic and the extended churches.
lockdowns.
Many working mothers lost their
jobs because of the pandemic, and
families will be hard-pressed to
make up for the income lost. Food
bank provider, the Trussell Trust has
warned churches to prepare for a
‘tidal wave’ of poverty and to be
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Prayer Diary for March
1. ST. DAVID. Pray for the Welsh people.
2. For all with a birthday this month.
3. Pray for our families and friends
4. For the bereaved.
5. For blessings on helpful neighbours.
6. Thank you for our virtual Sunday Services.
7. For blessings on our clergy.
8. Commonwealth Day. Pray for all its members.
9. Help us not to judge others.
10. For young people worried about their future.
11. For those who want to plan a wedding.
12. Please grant wisdom to our nation`s leaders.
13. Make us ready to receive correction.
14. MOTHERS` DAY. For mothers and the motherly.
15. For those who sadly remain childless.
16. For business people in their present difficulties.
17. ST. PATRICK. Pray for the Irish people.
18. For the terminally ill.
19. For all persecuted Christians.
20. SPRING BEGINS. Thank you, Lord, for its beauty.
21. Thank you for all who work for the church.
22. A private prayer for a personal concern.
23. Please guide our lives always.
24. Please give us generous hearts.
25. For situations which need reconciliation.
26. Help us to be bold enough to fight what is wrong.
27. Please protect the weak and humble.
28. PALM SUNDAY. Thank you, God, for the courage and love of
Christ.
29. Keep our hearts free from the love of money.
30. Thank you for the scientists who are working so hard.
31. Thank you for the goodness which has sprung from these difficult
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We have now started having monthly zoom meetings after our AGM in
January was quite a success. Our 3 Officers were all willing to continue.
Leader Helen Fensome
Secretary Gill Heard
Treasurer Sally Mundy
We sent our thanks to Aileen as she stood down as a committee member. We
shall miss her contribution and her presence but look forward to seeing her at
our meetings in the months and years to come. We welcome Kate Henshaw as
a new committee member. Kate has already made her presence know with her
knitting of little characters ,along with other members & friends for Easter
2020 .So watch out for her organisation for Easter 2021 and some cute new
characters, which will be sold for Make a Mothers Day fund raising project.
The subject of our February zoom meeting “ Memories of our School Days”, 9
members plus Julies cat were present and led by Gill everyone had a turn
telling their experiences, some accompanied by photographs. May Day was
remembered performing in People’s Park, Sheila dancing round the Maypole
in the East End of London. Nora recalled 3 sitting at a desk instead of
2 because of the large number of evacuees in Tiverton. Aileen left school at
14 because her mother needed her to earn money for the family. Sally shared
memories of Dulverton, going to Ascension Day service in Dulverton Church
and having the rest of the day off, I remember that also in Handsworth
Sheffield. Only one our members had an unhappy time at the beginning of
school days which was sad, generally we had a very amusing enjoyable time,
some of us remembering Country & Morris Dancing & passing the
11+ working hard for our G.C.E subjects. The last story I would like to
mention is that of Gill who on her first day at infant school couldn’t take her
eyes off her pretty Teacher in mini skirt & lovely hair style, her name, Miss
Edna Rogers.
Wednesday March 10th 2pm on Zoom our speaker will be Rev. Ian Blyde,
chaplain to Exeter Diocese MU and also a Trustee , his talk “The Hope of
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Easter” will take his text from “O Little Town of Bethlehem” namely The
Hopes and fears are met in you tonight and just look at all the different hopes
and fears that seem to motivate those involved in the Easter Story . This
should be both interesting and informative with time for questions and
discussion. Members will receive details of how to join the meeting, non
members who would like to join us please contact Helen or Gill.
SPECIAL NEWS from Nickie our Diocesan President -- MU in the Diocese
is lucky to have certain funds at its disposal so we have offered 10 schools in
Devon the sum of £1000 each to purchase what they need to help these
children and their families. This has been greeted with enthusiasm and
gratitude and is on going at the moment. Praise the Lord!
Stay safe Betty Thrall15
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Tel: 01884 25545816 Editor: The Rev Michael Burgess continues his series on God in the Arts with a look at ‘Ecce Ancilla Domini’ by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It hangs in the Tate Gallery. Our image is from Wikimedia Commons. Behold the handmaid of the Lord ‘Ecce Ancilla Domini’ (Behold the handmaid of the Lord) is the title of this month’s painting of the Annunciation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. We shall hear those words in the Gospel for this feast on 25th March, when Mary responds to Gabriel’s message that she is to be the mother of our Saviour. It is a scene that has inspired artists throughout the history of Christianity. Over those years certain traditions emerged: in many paintings Mary was often shown at prayer, dressed in blue, in a room that was filled with elaborate furnishings of the period, all opening out onto the wider world. Rossetti’s painting of 1850 is very different. He was a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and as both a poet and a painter, he soon became its recognised leader. But the work of the Brotherhood was not without its critics. When Rossetti’s painting was exhibited, it was dismissed as ‘absurd, affected, ill-drawn, insipid, crotchety and puerile’ because it was such a contrast to the more traditional portrayals of this scene in Luke’s Gospel. Here there is a claustrophobic feel to the painting. Mary and Gabriel fill the tiny, cell-like room. There is a window, but it does not open out to scenery
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respond? What is the expression on
and nature: just a solitary tree. her face? Does she see the adult
Rossetti called ‘Ecce Ancilla world of responsibility and
Domini’ his ‘white picture.’ That is motherhood opening up before her?
the colour that dominates: the robes Is it anxiety or wonder or awe? Or
of Mary and the angel, the stones of are all of these responses captured in
the floor, the paint on the walls, the her expression?
flowers that Gabriel offers. Blue, the
traditional colour for Mary, is The stillness of the scene, the
relegated to the screen behind and whiteness of the room – they are like
the sky outside. Other colours are a blank canvas on which God can
provided by the yellow flames of paint His Gospel, His Good New of
Gabriel’s feet and the tapestry in the life and hope. Just as it opened up a
foreground on which Mary has new world for Mary, so the Gospel
embroidered lilies. These flowers, can open up a new world for all of
like the whiteness, are symbols of us. We may respond with anxiety
purity. and worry, or with wonder and awe
to that invitation. Or those feelings
The model for Mary was Christina, may be transformed into trust and
his sister, the author of ‘In the bleak service like Mary in Luke’s Gospel:
mid-winter’, and in portraying her, ‘Here am I, the servant of the Lord:
Rossetti has captured the adolescent let it be with me according to your
vulnerability of Mary. A small dove word.’
linking the two characters is a sign
of God’s spirit coming to bring new
life to this young girl. How does she
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UPSIDE - DOWN PEACH AND BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING
You will need :
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50g soft brown sugar
410g can of peach slices, drained
Basic Victoria sponge mixture using:
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Email: woodenhouse@live.co.uk22 LIGHTHOUSE NEWSLETTER - March 2021
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk
in darkness, but will have the light of life’. John 8:12 (NIV)
Hello Everyone, would like. We will then
endeavour to get your them
The March Bible Reading Notes are to you as soon as possible.
now available from
Lighthouse. These are: When it comes to payment,
Everyday with Jesus we are running a Trust the
Inspiring Women Every Day Customer scheme. You can
Life Every Day by Jeff Lucas pay by either Bank Transfer
Daily Bread (including large print (sometimes called BACS),
edition) sending us a cheque or
Encounter with God waiting till we are open again and
paying us next time you pop into the
As we are still closed we are afraid shop. Full details of how to pay will
that you can not collect them from the be included with the notes.
shop in person. We are therefore
arranging to either deliver them where As we do not have the email addresses
possible, or post them out to people of all our customer, it would greatly
living further away. Unfortunately we help us if you could pass this
do not have addresses for all the information on to other members of
people who have ordered the your fellowship, especially any you
Notes. Could you therefore please know that take Bible Reading
contact us and let us know you contact Notes. I have attached a poster that
details. The best way is by email, you can use if your fellowship is still
office@lighthousetiverton.org.uk meeting.
which is monitored each day. Failing
that you can leave a message on the Thank you for your continued
Shop's answerphone 01884 255769, support. We look forward to serving
which is usually checked once or you again when Lighthouse reopens
twice a week. Or you could post or when the lock-down ends. In the
pop a letter to the shop. meantime keep safe and may God
However you contact us, can you bless you all.
please leave your name, address, Rikky
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ST THOMAS’S, CHEVITHORNE
SERVICES
For this months services please refer to the Diary
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CHURCH OFFICIALS
RECTOR
The Revd Robert Gordon
7, Becks Place, EX16 6PJ 254079
CHURCH WARDENS
Lady Louise Heathcoat Amory
Calverleigh Court EX16 8BB 254492
Mrs Margaret Stacey
Home Farm, Knightshayes EX16 7RF 252569
PCC SECRETARY
Lady Louise Heathcoat Amory
Calverleigh Court EX16 8BB 254492
CHURCH TREASURER
Mr John Ewins
Hayne Cottage, Bolham EX16 7RL 232922
CHEVITHORNE MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENT
Mrs Margaret Rabjohns
Allers Cottage, Chettiscombe EX16 7QT 252730
COVE MAGAZINE CORRESPONDENT
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ORGANISATIONS ATTACHED TO SAINT PETER’S CHURCH
YOUNG CHURCH PRAYER CHAIN
We welcome all children and young For those in need of some supportive
people of whatever age, and like to prayer. Offered in total confidence.
have them in the congregation with (Contact Jean Jenner 256597)
us. Our policy is to enjoy our
children – to see and hear them. FLOWER ARRANGING TEAM.
Supervised activities tailored to the A team who decorate the church at
needs of individual children are festivals and throughout the year.
provided in the south-west corner of New members always welcome.
the church during the 10.15 service. Beginners offered tuition.
Contact Mary Seaton (252018)
ALTAR TEAMS
Sacristans care for the altar, and with SUNDAY INTERCESSIONS
Servers assist at Holy Communion If you are unwell and would like to
on Sundays. (Contact Susan be included by name in the prayers
Beale252619) at Parish Communion, or if you
would like the name of a friend to be
CHOIR included (having first got their
New members always welcome. permission) please contact Jean
(Contact: Chris Burford Jenner 256597.
caburford@gmail.com)
TAPISSERS GROUP
BELL RINGERS The tapissers make kneelers for the
Bells are rung twice on Sundays and church. To order a kneeler for a
for Weddings. Practice on Tuesday loved one, or to commemorate an
7.30. event, or for a group connected with
(Contact Elaine Trump, tel 01884 church activities, also if you are
252366, email– interested in making kneelers, please
elaine13sallows@gmail.com ) contact Jane Bonnick 243705.
MOTHERS’ UNION
A Christian fellowship for all
women, married or single. Meets on
the 2nd Wednesday of each month
2.00 – 4.00 at Baptist Church Room.
(Contact Gill Heard 258600ST. PETER’S, TIVERTON 25
ALL SUNDAYS 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP)
SUNDAY 10.15 Holy Communion (CW)
3rd SUNDAY 6.30 Evensong (BCP)
THURSDAYS 10.00 Holy Communion at St Pauls
(Other Services as on Notice Board in Porch)
RECTOR: The Revd Robert Gordon, 7 Becks Place EX16 6PJ 254079
(Day off Tuesdays)
CHURCH OFFICE St. Peter’s Church Office EX16 6RP
stpetertivertonoffice@yahoo.com 242991
READER: David Catchpole, 15 Uplowman Rd. EX16 4LU 252100
davidcatchpole538@gmail.com
CHURCH-WARDENS: Gill Heard, 6, Norwood Road, EX16 6BD 258600
Bill Zarrett, 6 Kestrel Close EX16 6WY 256803
P.C.C.VICE-CHAIRMAN: Mary Seaton, Long Meadow Blundell’s Road, Tiverton
EX16 4NB 252018
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC:
choir@stpeterstiverton.org.uk
CHOIR
ADMINISTRATOR Chris Burford 251902
caburford@gmail.com
P.C.C. SECRETARY: David Catchpole, 15 Uplowman Rd.,EX16 4LU 252100
TREASURER: Chris Shields, 20 Westcott Road, Tiverton EX16 4EY 253945
Chris4920shields@gmail.com
PARISH GIVING Helen & David Wakely, The Firs,
RECORDER: Elm Grove Road, Topsham EX3 0EJ 01392 879179
hwakely1@gmail.com
SAFEGUARDING Catherine Makepeace, 5 St Aubyn’s Villas, EX16 4JB 257689
REPRESENTATIVE: safeguarding@stpeterstiverton.org.uk
MAGAZINE
SUBSCRIPTIONS: Sue Atkins, 11 Churchill Road, EX16 5AN 255458
WELCOME SHEET: Roy Webber, Riverbank. St. Peter St. EX16 6NU 253212
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INFORMATION
To arrange a Consultation regarding Baptisms, Weddings and other matters
please ring the Office on 242991 or email stpetertivertonoffice@yahoo.com
Baptized and communicant members of other Churches are always welcome to receive
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