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PARISH NEWS
St Cuthbert, Wells with St Mary Magdalene, Wookey Hole
Linked with the parish of West Livingstone, Zambia
March 2019
From the Vicar
Dear Friends
It’s March and that must mean that Spring is establishing itself has invited a series of speakers to preach at evensong
and the year is no longer young—for the purposes of this throughout Lent on Christian Spirituality as seen in the lives of
letter, try not to think about the snow we had in March 2018! well-known thinkers and writers. Bishop Peter starts with
We’ve had a few warmer days even as I write this, and some Jesus (Where else to start?!) and subsequent speakers will
daffodils are already in bud. tackle Paul, Augustine, Julian of Norwich, and the
Reformation and Counter-Reformation. These may be a little
In the church’s calendar this time of year means Lent, which is more ‘highbrow’ as one might imagine from the cathedral, but
later this year as Easter is not until 21st April. Ash Wednesday it’s good to exercise the grey cells once in a while, so why not
is on 6th March and various Lent activities are happening during this Lent! A good speaker should be able to talk
throughout the season. There is a Pilgrim Course on the Bible engagingly to a wide audience on one of their favoured
taking place which you may be already signed up to, but there subjects, after all.
are also a couple of things happening on a more casual basis,
that you can dip in and out of rather than committing to the One of the virtues of Lent is the opportunity and stimulus it
whole thing. gives us to do something different. New life is springing up
around us in the natural world, and it feels good to remind
On Wednesdays in Lent from 13th March there is a series of ourselves that there is new life in all of us yet. We are
talks at the Vineyard Church on Jocelyn Way at 7:30pm. comfortable with the old familiar ways and there’s nothing
These take the form of interviews conducted by Guy Martin- wrong with that. However, it would be dispiriting for a whole
Scott, curate at Coxley, Henton and Wookey, with a series of year’s cycle of life to go round and never to have ventured
mostly local people on how they came to faith. Chris Jenkins, anything new in all that time. These Lent activities might be
a reader at St Thomas’, is the first interviewee, and Bishop just the spur you need. Or you might decide this is the year to
Peter concludes things on 10th March. finally sort out that wild bit of garden that no-one can see!
It’s always encouraging and often inspiring to hear the After all, Jesus told his disciples that ‘I came that they may
testimony of others on how their faith has had an impact on have life, and have it abundantly.’ (John 10.10) That means
their lives. We all love to hear personal stories that are honest you and me too. New life is around us, let’s be part of that
about the real highs and lows—in this case the mountain-tops good news!
and deserts of the spiritual life—and so I particularly
recommend this series to you. As I say, there is no obligation With best wishes,
to come to them all.
In a less interactive but equally stimulating vein, the cathedral
PARISH NEWS March 2019
Bubwith Chapel Home Communion
1662 Holy Communion is celebrated every Thursday at If you know of anyone who is unable to get to church
and would appreciate receiving Holy Communion at
11am in the chapel at Bubwith Almshouse.
home, please contact either the Parish Office (01749
The small group of residents and visitors who worship 676906 or email office@stcuthbertswells.co.uk),
there each week would love you to join them. or Alistair Glanvile (01749 870321).
To find the chapel go through the church yard and into
the main entrance to the Bubwith site. Go along the Lay Pastoral Assistants
passageway between the two buildings and turn right. The Team are happy to visit anyone in the Benefice
Walk through the beautiful “secret” garden and the who is lonely, unwell or bereaved.
chapel is the last door on the left.
Please contact us via St Cuthbert’s Parish Office,
Patsy Barrow telephone 01749 676906
Lift to Church Patsy Barrow
We have a number of parishioners who are finding it difficult Christian Meditation at St Cuthbert’s
to get to church for the Sunday morning service. We are
exploring the possibility of creating a rota of people willing to The Peace of Wild Things
offer others a lift to and from church. We realise that a weekly When despair for the world grows in me
commitment can be too onerous, so we are looking for and I wake in the night at the least sound
volunteer drivers to offer a lift one Sunday a month. in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
Please have a word with one of us if you think you can help. rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
Patsy and Antonia
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
St Cuthbert’s Ladies’ Group waiting with their light. For a time
On February 19th we held our Annual Dinner at the Liberty I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Restaurant, Sadler Street. About 30 members attended,
(Wendell Berry)
and we had a lovely meal and pleasant, friendly
conversation was heard. The Christian Meditation group meets in the Trinity
Chapel from 9.30 to 10.30 on the first and third Thursday
A raffle was held, and £67 raised for the Dairy House in
of the month. Each session begins with a reflection,
aid of homeless people.
followed by 25 minutes of silence and a closing poem
Thank you to all who came, and to Fay for organising the and prayer. Everyone is welcome to join us. For more
event. information contact Carol (cjhince@btinternet.com)
Maureen
From the Registers 2018-2019
Baptisms
January 27 Darcy Rae Joy
WRAG: WELLS REFUGEE ACTION GROUP
January 27 Archie Hayden (Wookey Hole)
WRAG is still collecting donations of winter clothes and
February 17 Cassey Amber Nash
equipment at the Wells Town Hall every Friday morning from
10am – 11.45 am. (See our Wells Refugee Aid Facebook
Page for updates) Funerals and Memorial Services
URGENTLY needed for Northern France: MENʼs walking February 15 Alison Moran
boots/trainers sizes 40-43; MENʼs warm jackets and February 27 Patricia Jean Cox
waterproof coats and trousers, thermal leggings, vests,
jumpers and hoodies, skinny jeans. In small and medium March 1st Suzanne Bennett
sizes only please. Clothes need to be clean and with plenty of
wear in them. Also sleeping bags and mats, full-sized Baptisms, weddings and funerals
blankets, tents and tarpaulins.
As we are an united benefice, anyone eligible for one of these
Deliveries are going to France every 2 weeks from RAFT in services has the option of having the service in either parish
Taunton, so please do keep those donations coming in. church. The Clergy or Wardens would be very happy to
discuss this with you further—please see their contact details
Wrag456@gmail.com in the printed magazine.
PARISH NEWS March 2019
Home Communion St David (Dewi Sant): guiding the Welsh
If you know of anyone who is unable to get to church and Church through turbulent times
would appreciate receiving Holy Communion at home, please
On 1st March Wales celebrates its patron saint, David - or, in
contact either the Parish Office (676906, or email
office@stcuthbertswells.co.uk), or phone Alistair Glanvile Welsh, Dewi or Dafydd. He is indisputably British, and is
(870321). revered wherever Welsh people have settled. As with most
figures from the so-called ’Dark Ages’ (he lived in the sixth
century), reliable details about his life are scarce, but there
Let Him look at you
are enough for us to form a picture of a formidably austere,
The other day, someone was speaking about visiting with disciplined and charismatic leader, who led the Church in
her elderly mum. She was telling us that whenever she Wales through turbulent years and fought tenaciously for
visited she would offer to do any jobs that might be needed the faith.
and beyond her mum’s reach. Her mum’s response was to
say: “Just sit down and let me look at you”. I’ve been It’s likely that he was strengthened in his ministry by time
thinking about that conversation ever since. spent in Ireland, where the Church was stronger and more
confident. Early records tell of a meeting of Irish church
What a wonderful thing to say to your child. “Just sit down leaders with three ‘Britons’, as they were described, among
and let me look at you”. them ‘bishop David’. His mother, Non, is also celebrated as
a saint in Wales, where a number of churches are dedicated
She was sharing this vignette, a year after her mum’s death.
There are no more opportunities for her mum to ‘sit and in her name.
look at her’. How glad she is that she took the time while
That he founded a monastery at Menevia, in
her mum was alive.
Pembrokeshire, seems beyond doubt. It later became the
I wonder if I can say the same. Have I made time for the site of St David’s cathedral and the settlement which is now
things that really matter or am I so focused on the tasks at the smallest city in the United Kingdom. From Menevia
hand that I forget the need for space to develop David embarked on preaching and teaching missions
relationship? I have a sense that this isn’t just about the across Wales, and probably beyond. His eloquence was
people who matter to me but also that it may be Jesus legendary.
speaking to me as well. “Just sit down and let me look at
you”. At a famous Synod of the Church, held at a
Carmarthenshire village called Brefi, he preached
The story of Mary and Martha opening up their home to passionately against the Arian heresy - indeed, so
Jesus in hospitality perhaps reminds us most of the priority passionately that he was (according to some accounts)
of spending time in the presence of Jesus. Martha immediately named as archbishop of Wales. The village is
complains at Mary’s lack of support in helping with the now known as Llandewi Brefi - brefi in Welsh is a hillock,
household jobs. Jesus’ response is to suggest that Martha
and legend claims that it appeared miraculously in order to
has become so distracted with the ‘tasks’ of hospitality that
provide the eloquent bishop with a pulpit.
she has missed the point of what welcome and relationship
is. His monks avoided wine and beer, drinking only water.
Indeed, he and they lived lives of rigorous austerity and
We often think of this story as being about Mary and
Martha’s priorities. Which is of greater significance? Our constant prayer, in the manner of the Desert Fathers of the
attitude of service or that of spiritual exploration? However Eastern Church. The date of David’s death is disputed -
I’m wondering if Jesus was saying something more. “Just either 589 or 601. It wasn’t until the twelfth century that he
sit down and let me look at you”. What would Jesus see was generally accepted as the patron saint of Wales, and
if He looked at you? How does He look at you? pilgrimages to St David’s were highly regarded in the
following centuries - including two made by English kings,
March 8th is international women’s day, often an opportunity William I and Henry II.
to remind us that society’s way of looking at women has
changed over the years. The Me Too movement has It’s traditional for Welsh people to wear daffodils on St
revealed some of the ways in which women have been David’s Day (Gwyl Dewi Sant in Welsh) - but there seems
objectified resulting in forms of abuse. Alongside that no particular reason for it, beyond the fact that they tend to
growing realisation we are increasingly aware that many make their early Spring appearance round about his day -
women and men feel a sense of dissatisfaction with how
oh, and they look nice!
they look and can find their mental health affected as a
result. Many of us find another person looking at us,
uncomfortable.
I’d like to suggest that we might hear these words, “just sit
down and let me look at you”, as an invitation from Jesus
to spend time under his gaze this week. Not as a means of
incurring shame but rather to receive the look of love that
he so wants us to see.
The Right Revd Ruth Worsley
Bishop of Taunton
CHRISTIAN AID LENT LUNCHES 2019
Delivering Hope:
PARISH NEWS March 2019
STARTING MONDAY 11TH MARCH
This year’s Lent Lunches will be at the Seager Hall again on Christian Aid’s
Mondays between 12.00 and 1.30 pm. As before there will
be soup, bread and hot drinks, for which a minimum donation Joanna Tom-Kargbo
of £3.50 is suggested.
Speaks in Wells Wednesday 13 March, 4pm-6pm:
They start on Monday 11th March and continue until Monday St Thomas’s Church, Wells BA52XG
8th April. They are lovely, warm, sociable occasions - and the
soup is always very tasty! Do come along on one or more
Mondays in Lent, and bring your friends.
Christian Aid does a huge amount of work throughout the
world and the Wells churches who organise these events are
very proud of the contribution the city makes to the charity’s
international causes. Help us make an even greater
contribution!
Lent Lunches
in Wells
Come and enjoy
a soup and bread lunch Sierra Leone is the most dangerous place in the world to
at the Seager Hall, Union Street become a mum. Ten women die every day in childbirth.
Joanna is passionate about bringing change in her country.
12.00 noon – 1.30 pm Come and hear her stories about how your fundraising in
Wells is saving lives in Sierra Leone, and find out what more
needs to be done in Christian Aid Week 2019.
Monday 11th March
Please visit https:// www.christianaid.org.uk/get-involved-locally/
Monday 18th March south-west, More details of the Wells visit from Rowena Francis
01749 679300 or email revrowenafrancis@gmail.com
Monday 25th March
Monday 1st April
Monday 8th April
Suggested donation
£3.50
Supporting Christian Aid in Wells
Rebels with knitting needles
The young are rebelling again – this time, it seems, against
the digital age. A recent study of 18-to-21-year-olds found
that 83 per cent prefer to read a printed book rather than a
tablet. They are also discovering the joys of knitting, fishing,
and fruit picking, doing crosswords, and gardening.
Privilege Insurance, which conducted the research, said it
was great to see the younger generation “defy stereotypes
and expectations.”
Letter from St Mary Magdalene Different areas offer a variety of experiences, Heraklion
Town is known for its cafe life and markets and an
PARISH NEWS March 2019
Nothing to report this month. archaeological museum which houses many Minoan
antiquities. Archanes lies close to Haraklion and is a lovely
Elizabeth
village , it has many archaeological sites, as well as a
museum and church to visit. There are mountains, valleys,
Wookey Hole WI—February meeting plateaus and gorges on the Island. Lasithi Plateau is well
know for Vultures,Falcons and Blue Rock Thrush.
Thankfully the snow cleared but our numbers were still
depleted due to coughs, colds etc. Best wishes were sent Crete has a wealth of wildlife including Leopard and Whip
to absent members. Our resolution votes were announced Snakes. Twin Toed, Swallow Tail, Long Tail and Blue
and the majority of us were concerned about country bus Butterflies. Huntsman Spiders, 150 species of snails,
services. Praying Mantas, Cretan Weasels, Medium Monk Seals
(which are rare in Europe) and Wildcats, which originated in
Monthly coffee mornings are most welcome and provide a
South Africa. Many migrant birds use the Island as a
chance to chat, and plans are in hand for our 72nd birthday
stopping off point, Bee Eaters can be seen, Hoopoe, Rock
celebration next month. Twelve photographs depicting a
Partridge and Swifts flying overhead.
year in the life of our WI have been approved and sent to
Wilton Lodge for the Elizabeth Bell competition. We have Flowers include orchids of many varieties, Cretan
been busy! Cyclamen, Gladioli, White ,also pink, red and yellow
Buttercups can be seen.
Jill welcomed our speaker Pamela Egan, an English
Language Graduate. She began visiting Russia in 1989 at The Cretans do not depend on tourism, they also produce
the invitation of Russian teachers who were trying to teach grapes for wine, and olives. They are, though, a very
English but had never heard it spoken. Obtaining a Visa hospitable people and enjoy visits from tourists.
and getting through customs was very difficult but she was
given a warm welcome on arrival. However she felt as if Les answered a few questions and a vote of thanks was
she had slipped back 50 years and described a Moscow given.
with no cars. She travelled to Yaroslavl and despite seeing
beautifully carved wooden houses she also saw neglected Our next meeting is on Tuesday March 5th at 2.30 p.m in
buildings and deprivation. There were no obvious shops Wookey Hole Village Hall, our speaker will be Mark Green
and very little food. She saw an unequal society, as some his topic Emergency supplies to Hospitals. New members
were clearly privileged, and people had some strange and are always very welcome.
misguided views of life in our country. Pamela last visited in
Lyn Astle
2006 and told us that buildings have been restored to their
former glory and the markets are full of food.
New Church Electoral Roll for St Cuthbert’s –
Her speaker’s donation will be sent to Child Aid. The charity
act now.
helps young people in Eastern Europe. She was thanked
by Rose. Applications for admission to the new Church Electoral Roll
for St Cuthbert’s are being accepted until 11th March 2019.
Competition for something Red ......1st Jill , 2nd Jan , 3rd
New applications received after this date will be held and
Pat; Entries were varied and most interesting.
will not be processed until the Annual Parochial Church
Finding a flower of the month was difficult due to the Meeting, on 10th April 2019, has concluded, with these
snow..... 1st Pat , 2nd Jill, 3rd Jan. names only then entering the Roll.
We meet on the first Monday of the month at 2.30pm in the So, if you haven’t already submitted a new application in
Village Community Hall. Visitors and new members are the last week or so, and want to speak or vote at the
most welcome. APCM, to stand for PCC membership, to be a Deanery
Synod
Jill Deane
Completed application forms should be returned to the
Electoral Roll Officer at the Parish Office.
Wookey Hole Ladies’ Club—February
Report The existing Electoral Roll will become void on 25th March
2019. Everyone has to reapply. You will not be moved over
Our first meeting was well attended despite the day being to the new Roll automatically, so you are invited to submit a
cold and wet. Our speaker was Les Cloutman and he new application. If you know someone who has not been
transported us to warmer climes, and took us on a whistle present in Church recently, please let they know about the
stop tour of the Mediterranean Island of Crete, which is New Electoral Roll and, if appropriate, take an application
known to Greeks as Megalonisi – The big Island. Crete is form to them.
the largest of the Greek Islands and lies in the eastern
Mediterranean. Les and his wife Bet have been taking Under the Church Representation Rules, every parish is
parties out to see the wildlife,flora and fauna of the Island required to compile a completely new Electoral Roll every
since the 1970s. Over the years they have got to know the six years. Joining the Electoral Roll is a practical symbol of
Island very well and have made a lot of friends along the commitment to the church.
way.
Phil Vivash – Electoral Roll Officer – St Cuthbert’s
WOOKEY HOLE CINEMA FILM 5 March - SHROVE TUESDAY: Pancake Day
PARISH NEWS March 2019
THURSDAY 14th March Ever wonder why we eat pancakes just before Lent? The
tradition dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, when Christians
7.30pm Cold War (15) spent Lent in repentance and severe fasting.
Paweł Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning Ida with So on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the church bell
this black & white tale of tragic love. Opening in rural would summon them to confession, where they would be
Poland in 1949 we follow the story of two lovers from ‘shriven’, or absolved from their sins, which gives us Shrove
very different worlds across decades and nations. Tuesday. At home, they would then eat up their last eggs
Already the winner of 14 cinema awards it has 3 Oscar and fat, and making a pancake was the easiest way to do
nominations. this. For the next 47 days, they pretty well starved
themselves.
Pancakes feature in cookery books as far back as 1439, and
today’s pancake races are in remembrance of a panicked
woman back in 1445 in Olney, Buckinghamshire. She was
making pancakes when she heard the shriving bell calling
her to confession. Afraid she’d be late, she ran to the
church in a panic, still in her apron, and still holding the pan.
Flipping pancakes is also centuries old. A poem from
Pasquil’s Palin in 1619 runs: “And every man and maide doe
take their turne, And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they
burne.”
Some people have noted that the ingredients of pancakes
Come and join us at Wookey Hole Community Hall at can be used to highlight four significant things about this
the bottom of School Hill time of year: eggs stand for creation, flour is the staff of life,
salt keeps things wholesome, and milk stands for purity.
Doors open 30min before film. Tickets on the door £6,
under 18’s £3 Shrove Tuesday is always 47 days before Easter Sunday
and falls between 3rd February and 9th March.
More info and a trailer
at wookeyholecinemaclub.weebly.com
Given
Celebrating Christian Good News.
CTWA Lent speaker series will be held at The Vineyard
Church, Unit 2, Keward Mill Trading Estate, Jocelyn Drive,
Wells at 7.30 pm on the following Wednesdays:
March 13th
Chris Jenkins: Faith through the Iona Community
March 20th
Chantell Leonie Hayles, UCB Ambassador: Faith via a
“gentleman’s club”
March 27th
Rachel Clarke: Faith through the Beatles Scorched Trees in naked spikes
April 3rd Have lost the hands they raised above,
Sarah Curl Chaplain, Blue School: Faith on the way to The juice, the joy that held them up
school again. Deprived of that creative love.
April 10th
Bishop Peter Hancock: Faith leading to purple.
Suited men in heated rooms
Send young men out to die in snow -
Yes, we want their victory,
Adam & Eve
But oh, so many lads below!
At Sunday School the children were learning how God
created everything, including human beings. Little Josh was We live our lives, we go ahead,
especially intent when the teacher told him how Eve was
created out of one of Adam's ribs. Later in the week his We work and flourish in their stead.
mother noticed him lying down and looking scared. “Josh, Do we remember what they gave
what is the matter?” To save us by a death so dread?
Josh whispered “I have pain in my side. I think I'm going to
have a wife." Maureen ForrestOn how to edit a church
magazine
PARISH NEWS March 2019
The Rectory
St James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
So, your vicar has appointed you to be the magazine editor; I
wonder what you have done to offend him. I appointed our
magazine editor 20 years ago, after her dog dug up my rose
bed. Sadly, she seems unaware that I gave it to her as a
penance and has been happily carrying on ever since. She
has even developed a nasty persistence when it comes to
chasing me for a vicar’s letter every month. Becoming editor
has brought out the tyrant in her.
I applaud your hope that your magazine will be a great force
for good in the community, but I fear you may be
disappointed. You will hardly believe this, but many readers
of our magazine seem to ignore my pastoral letter altogether,
and instead scan the adverts for plumbers and undertakers –
and even for both - if there has been a major burst in their
pipes.
In any case, here are some editorial tips to bear in mind: if
you want to keep any piece of church information
confidential, then publish it in your magazine. On the other
hand, if you accidentally transpose the names of the ladies
responsible for the altar pedestal and lectern on the flower
rota, it will be spotted within seconds of publication. And you
will not be easily forgiven.
Staffing rotas can be helpful, so that people know who to
blame when anything goes wrong. Reports of meetings of
monthly groups are also welcome, because not everyone
who goes to these meetings can stay awake the whole time,
and thus a report informs them about the bits they slept The Cold Caller
through.
I sit me down for evening food
Always include a list of contact details for all the church After a day at work
officers, but don’t worry if you mix up their various phone The phone then rings, I think, “How rude!
numbers. In fact, it can help get people talking to each other, “I’ve barely raised my fork!”
because in order to reach the PCC Secretary, they will have
“I’m sorry to disturb you, sir,”
had to phone most of the other PCC members first.
(Now that’s a fearful lie!)
My final piece of advice is to omit any deadline for “But I would like now to confer
submission for the following month. A deadline is like a red “About your PPI.”
rag to a bull, and simply incites people to break it. Whereas
I try to be a Christian, real.
if you have them a bit worried that they may be left out, they
And, though it isn’t fair
will get you the copy in good time. To interrupt my evening meal,
I wish you many happy hours reading badly written copy, I really mustn’t swear.
fending off fearful poems, and stalking your own vicar, in vain
So, if the chappie wants to chat
hopes of getting his clergy letter.
Well, that is fine by me:
Your loving uncle, “I have good news for you in fact –
“Christ died to set you free!”
Eustace
Usually I hear a click
And then there’s no-one there
But then I follow up this trick
By offering a prayer:
“Dear Lord, I thank you very much –
“I can resume my food
“But in your mercy, would you touch
“His heart, and do him good?”
By Nigel BeetonDIARY FOR MARCH 2019
PARISH NEWS March 2019
Friday 1 10.00am Funeral of Suzanne Bennett - St Cuthbert
10.30am World Day of Prayer - Methodist Church
Sunday 3 Last Sunday before Lent
8.00am 1662 Holy Communion - St Cuthbert
10.00am Parish Eucharist - St Cuthbert
11.00am Parish Eucharist - Wookey Hole
12 noon Baptism of Logan James Winter - St Cuthbert
Tuesday 5 Shrove Tuesday
10.30am Morning Prayer - St Cuthbert
11.00am Pancakes - St Cuthbert
Wednesday 6 Ash Wednesday
10.30am Liturgy of Ash Wednesday - St Cuthbert
7.30pm CTWA Ash Wednesday service - St Thomas
Thursday 7 9.30am Meditation Group - Trinity Chapel
11.00 am 1662 Holy Communion - Bubwith Chapel
1.30pm Funeral of Pamela Hanney - St Cuthbert
Friday 8 4.30pm Prayers at the Foot of the Cross - St Cuthbert
Sunday 10 First Sunday of Lent
10.00am Parish Eucharist (followed by the Fairtrade stall) - St Cuthbert
11.00am Parish Eucharist - Wookey Hole
12 noon Naming of Arthur Idris Rose - St Cuthbert
Monday 11 12-1.30pm Lent Lunch - Seager Hall, Union Street
Wednesday 13 10.00am Holy Communion - Trinity Chapel
7.00pm PCC meeting - St Cuthbert
7.30pm CTWA Lent Talk at the Vineyard
Thursday 14 11.00am 1662 Holy Communion - Bubwith Chapel
Friday 15 4.30pm Prayers at the Foot of the Cross - St Cuthbert
Saturday 16 3.30pm Group visit - St Cuthbert
Sunday 17 Second Sunday of Lent
10.00am Parish Eucharist - St Cuthbert
11.00am Matins - Wookey Hole
12 noon Baptism of Mollie Rose Clarke
3.00pm A worshipful concert at St Thomas’s
Monday 18 12-1.30pm Lent Lunch - Seager Hall
Tuesday 19 7.30pm Ladies Group meeting - Lawrence Centre
Wednesday 20 10.00am Holy Communion - Trinity Chapel
7.30pm CTWA Lent Talk at the Vineyard
Thursday 21 9.30am Meditation Group - Trinity Chapel
11.00am 1662 Holy Communion - Bubwith Chapel
Friday 22 4.30pm Prayers at the Foot of the Cross - St Cuthbert
Saturday 23 7.00pm Bridgend Male Voice Choir in aid of St Margaret’s Hospice - St Cuthbert
Sunday 24 Third Sunday of Lent
10.00am Parish Eucharist - St Cuthbert
11.00am Parish Eucharist (said) - Wookey Hole
6.30pm Taize Worship at Henton
Monday 25 12-1.30pm Lent Lunch - Seager Hall
Wednesday 27 10.00am Holy Communion - Trinity Chapel
7.30pm CTWA Lent Talks at the Vineyard
Thursday 28 11.00 am 1662 Holy Communion - Bubwith Chapel
Friday 29 4.30pm Prayers at the Foot of the Cross - St Cuthbert
Sunday 31 Mothering Sunday
10.00am Parish Eucharist (tbc) - St Cuthbert
11.00am Mothering Sunday service - Wookey HoleNo teenagers, no pensioners!
PARISH NEWS March 2019
“I arise today through God’s strength to pilot me;
Two words that do not occur in the Hebrew Old Testament God’s might to uphold me,
– adolescence and retirement.
God’s wisdom to guide me,
TV God’s ear to hear me,
The mind is like a television...when it goes blank, it's a
good idea to turn off the sound. God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me afar and anear, alone or in a
multitude.”
St Patrick
Grannie
After church, the mother asked her young son if he had
enjoyed Sunday School. “Oh yes,” he replied. “My new
teacher is pretty cool – she is Jesus’ grand-mother.”
Startled, his mother asked what made him think that.
“Obvious, she never stops talking about Jesus," he replied.
Happy
Editorial – help needed
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if
you have to leave them alone in order to do it. I am still looking for someone who is computer-literate, is
familiar with desk-top publishing (or is willing to learn) and
would relish playing a part in informing and entertaining our
Good and bad readers in and around the benefice. If you feel that you would
like to ‘have a go’, please contact me by phone, email or
Good judgement comes from bad experience, and a lot of
personally – my details are in ‘Who’s Who in St Cuthbert’
that comes from bad judgement.
under Parish News Editor. I will be happy to give you all the
help you need to ease into this interesting job and put your
St Patrick own stamp on the magazine.
Why do people wear shamrocks on St Patrick's Day? Bob Haigh
Because regular rocks are too heavy.
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