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Parish News Benefice of Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity,

Westwood and Wingfield

October 2016

www.htboa.org

In this issue… National Prison Week An eye on the weather Edward Shaw rides again... And all the latest news from across the Benefice

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DIRECTORY FOR HOLY TRINITY

Rector The Revd Joanna Abecassis, 18A Woolley St, BoA BA15 1AF joanna.abecassis@cantab.net Tel: 864444 Associate Priest The Revd Dr Ali Green, 36 Budbury Close, BoA BA15 1QG alig9@btinternet.com Tel: 0785 547 0069 Churchwardens David Milne, 37 Palairet Close, BA15 1UT Tel: 864341

Judith Holland, 23 Avonfield Avenue, BA15 1JD Tel: 866215 Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton bradavonba@gmail.com Admin Assistant Aylene Clack beneficeoffice@htboa.org Assistant Wardens Brian Netley, Val Payne Retired Clergy Canon Richard Askew, The Ven John Burgess, Canon David Driscoll, The Revd Alun Glyn-Jones, Canon Peter Hardman, The Revd Jim Hill, The Ven Ian Stanes, The Revd Karl Wiggins. Director of Music Vacant Times of Services Holy Trinity at Christ Church (Check Bulletins and notices or Church website) Sundays 8am Eucharist (Traditional language) 10.30am Holy Communion (coffee afterwards) 6pm Evensong, Compline, etc Weekday Eucharist 10.30am Wednesdays 12 noon Fridays (Traditional language) with lunch out afterwards Daily (not Sundays or Tuesdays) Morning and Evening Prayer at 8.30am and 5.30pm (please enter via the south door by the Mount Pleasant Centre). Times of Meetings mainly music 10.30am, Tuesdays, BoA Youth and Community Centre Choir Practice 6.30pm, Christ Church, Tuesdays Team Trinity Not meeting in 2016 Mothers’ Union 7.30pm 3rd Thursday, Cedar Court, Berryfield Road, BoA. Saxon Club 2–4pm Every Tuesday except August, United Church Hall Bell Practice 7.30–9pm 2nd and 4th Mondays Benefice website www.htboa.org Weekly Bulletin Notices to Sally Palmer-Walton not later than Wednesday for the following Sunday.

Please see the bulletin or visit www.htboa.org for more details on service times and locations.

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HOLY TRINITY AT CHRIST CHURCH

DIARY FOR OCTOBER 2016

2 SUNDAY HARVEST FESTIVAL

8am Holy Communion Christ Church

10.30am Holy Communion with Choir

Christ Church

6pm Compline Christ Church

6 Thursday 8pm Contemplative Hour St Mary Tory

9 SUNDAY THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

8am Holy Communion Christ Church

9.30am HARVEST FESTIVAL Wingfield

10.30am Prayer and Praise Christ Church

11.15am Holy Communion with Choir

Westwood

16 SUNDAY THE TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

8am Holy Communion Christ Church

10.30am Holy Communion Christ Church

6pm Evensong Westwood

23 SUNDAY LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

8am Holy Communion Christ Church

10.30am Holy Communion with Choir Christ Church

6pm Evensong Christ Church

30 SUNDAY ALL SAINTS SUNDAY

8am Holy Communion Christ Church

9.30am Benefice Songs of Praise Wingfield

11.15am Benefice Holy Communion Westwood

6pm ‘Lighten our Darkness’ Christ Church

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WINGFIELD & WESTWOOD

DIARY FOR OCTOBER 2016

WEEKLY GROUPS Monday 7.30pm (fortnightly) ‘Faith Explored’ (for venue ring Erin Shields-Pett on 684460) Tuesday 10.30am mainly music (a group for young children school term only), Bradford on Avon Youth and Community Centre

2 SUNDAY THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY/ HARVEST FESTIVAL

9.30am Morning Prayer Wingfield

11.15am HARVEST FESTIVAL FAMILY SERVICE

Westwood

9 SUNDAY HARVEST FESTIVAL/ THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

9.30am HARVEST FESTIVAL FAMILY SERVICE

Wingfield

11.15am Holy Communion with Choir Westwood

16 SUNDAY THE TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

9.30am Family Service Wingfield

11.15am Book of Common Prayer Mattins Westwood

6pm Evensong Westwood

23 SUNDAY LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

9.30am Holy Communion Wingfield

11.15am Holy Communion Westwood

2.30pm Holy Baptism of Digby Christopher and William Solomon Clarke

Wingfield

30 SUNDAY ALL SAINTS SUNDAY

9.30am Benefice Songs of Praise Wingfield

11.15am Benefice Holy Communion Westwood

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‘The Church needs fewer meetings

and more parties’

T his comment, made by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at

the Green Belt Festival in August made me smile! For yes, there is so much truth and wisdom in what he says. The church can get

so easily into ‘navel-gazing’ mode with a torrent of meetings making

everyone feel very ‘busy’ and self-important whilst forgetting, being immersed in that ‘bath-water’, the ‘baby’ of our Christian faith! And that

baby, soon to be celebrated again of course at the Feast of the Incarnation

at Christmas, is about joy and love and life in all its fullness: so far more akin to parties than to meetings!

As our incredibly complex Holy Trinity building project draws to its close – which has necessitated three years-worth of endless meetings – we can

now think ahead to the outworking of our ‘Big Community Connection’

vision and so to the party phase. I have been struck by the number of people who have talked about how much they were looking forward to

coming ‘home’. And yes, of course. But… I think it is really important for

us all to realise that this will be a ‘facing forward’ sort of home-coming, not a ‘home sweet home’ nostalgic sort of home-coming. For everything

will, in practice, be very different and we shall also need to sit lightly to the

‘home’ concept as we focus on our ‘Big Community Connection’ of love and service to all. So it will be very much an open home. A home where all

will feel welcome, included and ‘at home’. And so there will be the

‘partying’ of the Christmas Tree Festival (6-11 December) – and then our opening public worship will be a time of great celebration and joy as we

welcome the Bishop of Salisbury amongst us, along with friends from the

Benefice and from Christ Church, for a very special Eucharist on Sunday, 18 December, soon to be followed by some magnificent Christmas

celebrations, Stephanie and Clive’s wedding on New Year’s Eve, and then

an exciting new year ahead. The ‘Holy Trinity has a Vision Here We Come’ groups have been busy beavering away, and so there will be lots of new

ideas to help us on our way.

There have been a few recent hitches in the building work (eg the wrong

roof going on the extension, and the case of the elusive main sewer..) and

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so there is still no definite completion date for the contractors – but it is currently looking like the beginning of November So we shall begin

(whenever that might be) with a party for God, a ‘Mary Week’ – as I out-

lined in the last Parish News (with no meetings allowed!). The Eucharist will be celebrated daily at noon (even though there will be as yet no altar),

Morning and Evening Prayer will be said daily and there will be Contem-

plative Compline on the Thursday. In addition there will be a cross, candles and other focuses for prayer, and there will be Prayer Stations with some

suggested prayers to use. The church will be open all day every day from

this point on, and so anyone will be free to come in, to be and to wander, but during that ‘Mary Week’ there will be an atmosphere of silence and of

contemplation as we pray our way back ‘home’. Though there will then

follow several ‘Martha Weeks’ of activity when I’m sure the stocking of tea and coffee will be one of the priorities!

With my love and prayers and every blessing as we face forward together

Francis Ayshford Laurie Burchell 11 September (Saxon Church) Samuel George Clark 25 September

Thomas Grant and Stacey Keating 26 August

FROM THE REGISTERS

Marriages

Funerals

Julie Powell 23 August David James Hillier 31 August Susan Denise Miles 9 September (Semington) Brian Cecil Elmes 23 September

Baptisms

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Left: Bishop Samuel Mankhin (centre) with staff and residents at the hostel for female students in Meherpur.

highest rate of child marriage

across Bangladesh – 64 per cent.

But the area declared itself “child marriage free” earlier this year

when some 15,000 people attend-

ed a meeting and made a pledge against it.

Save the Children’s deputy coun-

try director for Bangladesh, Tim Whyte, said: “If we want to save

our children we need to protect

them from child marriage and stand by them to help building

their lives. Today’s healthy child to-

morrow’s better Bangladesh.” The Church of Bangladesh is

a united church. It is a member

of the World Communion of Reformed Churches in addition

to being a Province of the

Anglican Communion.

T he Church of Bangladesh is helping women out of poverty

by providing accommodation for

female students. The Diocese of Kushtia has two women’s college

hostels housing 21 students, mainly

from districts where very few girls previously received a

good education.

The Bishop of Kushtia, Samuel Mankhin, said, “Both Muslims and

Christian parents just ignored girls’

education even a few years ago, but things have been changing.”

The female students, all from

villages with no nearby college, are studying arts, commerce and

science. In the hostel they eat and

relax together in the hostel where they have security and a matron.

The local district once had the

CHURCH OFFERS EDUCATION BOOST TO WOMEN

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CHRISTIANS IN SOUTH SUDAN TOGETHER IN PRAYER

A ll Saints Cathedral, Juba, hosted an ecumenical prayer service in

August. At the service a group who had travelled from Nairobi in Kenya, was led by former Archbishop Dr Eliud Wabukala. He told the South

Sudanese: “Indeed you are not alone. Many Christians around the world are

also praying with you just like we are here today praying with you. “God has created us with many tribes in Africa. For example in my own

country we have 42 tribes and here in South Sudan you have 64 tribes.

And God has not created all these tribes in Africa that we may hate each other; but to build strong unity and love among ourselves.”

Also among the congregation were Bishop Dr Isaiah Dau, general over-

seer of the Sudan and South Sudan Pentecostal Church, and the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in South Sudan, the Archbishop of Juba, the

Most Revd Paulino Lukudu Loro. He called on the pastors from different

denominations “to work together as a team in the whole country to embrace peace and love among ourselves.” He

said that church leaders had prepared a docu-

ment during a peace training session the previ-ous weekend; and he challenged them to “put

the document into action [to give it] meaning.”

FAITH KEY FACTOR IN WELL-BEING

T heos, a Christian think-tank, recently published a report based on

nearly 140 studies on the relationship between religion and well-being.

The report, Religion and Well-being: Assessing the Evidence, concluded that the more serious, genuinely held and practically-evidenced a religious

commitment is, then the greater the positive impact it is likely to have on

well-being. Higher levels of involvement in religion are more beneficial to mental health overall.

There was a strong positive correlation between personal religious

participation, such as acts of private devotion, and well-being, most notably mental health. Religious belief - personal belief in God and assent

to doctrines - was found to have a largely positive, but more varied, im-

pact on the different measures of well-being

Right: Former Archbishop

Dr Eliud Wabukala of Kenya

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200 BRADFORDIANS REBURIED

W ith the chancel having acted

as an ever-expanding ossu-ary since June, the great moment fi-

nally came when the archaeologists

were confident that they wouldn’t find any more human remains and

had finished studying and recording

the ones they had found. And so on Friday, 16 September

a group of us – including the archi-

tect, the archaeologists and volun-teers, the groundsmen, and PCC

members - gathered around a very

large hole underneath the shelter of the former Vicarage wall and the

yew trees, where all these bones

had been carefully laid out in bio-degradable brown paper bags.

I was told that they comprised

90 ‘articulated skeletons’ and the b0nes of at least another 100 peo-

ple. They lived and breathed and,

in some cases, worshipped here between around 800 and 1800.

And so as we reflected on the ’dry

bones’ of Ezekiel 37 and of the hope and resurrection encapsulat-

ed in this moment of past, present

and future, we committed them all back to the Holy Trinity earth pray-

ing that they would ‘rest in peace,

and rise in glory’. An 8th century prayer which I

used of the Venerable Bede: “I pray

thee, merciful Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously granted me to

drink down sweetly from the Word

which tells of thee, so wilt Thou kindly grant that I may come at

length to thee, the fount of all wis-

dom, and stand before Thy face for ever. Amen.”

Joanna

Reburial: Members of the PCC, the architect and site workers gathered to witness the ceremony

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A t the end of August the Trowbridge mosque in Longfield Road invited people in the community to an open afternoon so that members of oth-

er faith groups could meet up with their Muslim

neighbours. Joanna Abecassis, Geneviève Roberts and Ali Green from Bradford on Avon went along,

and joined a group of visitors who had come from

Trowbridge, Melksham and Calne. The group were shown around the mosque and

offered refreshments before hosts Farzana and

David Saker gave a short talk about their faith and practice, and respond-ed to questions and comments. The discussion ranged over issues from

Sharia law to burkinis and community relations since Brexit. The mosque

intends to hold similar open days on the last Saturday of each month, be-tween 2pm and 4pm, and anyone is welcome to attend. For more infor-

mation, phone 01225 777993.

LOCAL MOSQUE OPENS DOORS

A summer weekend resounded to the sound

of gunfire and canons as men and horses

fought for possession of the BoA town bridge, and later fought a battle on Poulton Fields.

The skirmish on the bridge, closed to traffic for

the occasion, involved cavalry charges and hand-to-hand fighting. It ended with the leader of the

losing side being led off to the little jail on the

bridge, applauded by enthralled crowds. The whole event was organised by the English Civil War Society.

Meanwhile...The interior of St Mary’s Church, Westwood

provided a peaceful welcome with its beautiful flower display during

the village Flower and Vegetable

Show held on the last weekend of August. In the manor grounds,

visitors were entertained by a

brass band and refreshments were provided on the lawn.

A SUMMER OF WAR AND PEACE...

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NOVEMBER issue copy deadline Thursday, 13 October 2016

Right: Mothers' Union

Wiltshire Archdeaconry

Chairman, Marlene, shares a

joke with the Archbishop

of Canterbury at

Winchester Cathedral.

MOTHERS’ UNION IS 140

T his year is the Mothers’ Union’s 140th anniversary.

The Queen, who is the Mothers’ Union patron,

congratulated the organisation on “140 years of vital assistance to families all over the world experiencing hard-

ship in their lives”.

In her official capacity as MU’s Wiltshire Archdeaconry Chairman, Holy Trinity’s own mainly music supremo

Marlene went along to a service of celebration in

Winchester Cathedral, where the organisation

first began 140 years ago.

FISH ‘N’ CHIP QUIZ

T he Friends of Holy Trinity cordially invite you to take part in a

Fish ‘n’ Chips Supper Quiz. The quiz will take place on Friday, 25 November at 7pm for 7.30pm in

the United Church Hall. Tickets cost £10 per head and include a delicious

Fish ‘n’ Chip Supper and a soft drink. Get the date in your diaries and prepare your teams. You can have up to 6 members in each team.

We envisage the following teams: Bellringers, Family Team, Choir +,

Hecuba, Friends of HT, MU, Saxon Club, Team Trinity, Mainly Music, Mystery Team A and Mystery Team B...but please feel free to form your

own. Husbands, wives and friends can all be team members. If you’re

interested, please contact Mike or John as soon as possible, so that plans can be finalised! Contact Mike on (864122) or John Cox (864270).

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Crossword Solutions ACROSS: 1, Deacon. 4, Appear. 7, Wits. 8, Heavenly. 9, Argument. 13, Mob. 16, Broken -hearted. 17, Ran. 19, Suddenly. 24, Obstacle. 25, John. 26, Enable. 27, Market. DOWN: 1, Dawn. 2, Afternoon. 3, Nehum. 4, Again. 5, Prey. 6, All to. 10, Users. 11, Ephod. 12, Trace. 13, Metal-work. 14, Body. 15, Eber. 18, Alban. 20, Uncle. 21, Dream. 22, Stab. 23, Gnat.

W ork on the Parish Room is progressing to schedule

with the walls of the extension

rising fast. It will soon be obvious from the

road when part of the Rectory wall

is demolished to create the road-side terrace. After discussion with

Diocesan Estate Manager, disabled

access through the Rectory drive

has now to be controlled and the

door into the Rectory grounds is locked, with the key available in

the church. Work to create the

permanent disabled access at the church gate will start in

mid-October. David Chalmers

WESTWOOD PARISH ROOM - UPDATE

T he Holy Trinity branch met on 9 August

to mark Mary Sumner Day with a service in the Saxon Church. Afterwards they

went to a member’s home and had a jolly tea party.

In September we had our annual communion service celebrated by Rev Canon David Driscoll. As it was Saint Cyprian’s Day he told us something

of the life of the 3rd century Bishop of Carthage. He then related his per-

sonal qualities to ours; so we are inspired to look for strength of leader-ship, unity in the church and courage in adversity.

Jill Wright

Friday, 14 October

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Reordering Project:

Holy Trinity

Church,

Bradford on Avon

Progress Report for

October 2016

W e hope you’ve enjoyed the summer and with it the attendant break from having to read my ramblings in these reports.

Although not a classic summer Ellis and Co have managed good

progress and Wessex Archaeology’s trenches have not been flooded out! We really do feel that we are approaching the final furlong, however as

we get into the final weeks of construction the attention to detail is

ramped up just that little bit more. By the time you read this article it is fervently hoped that along with any

excavations for drains and paths all the archaeological fieldwork will be

complete. This has been a significant feature of this project, much more than was originally anticipated and the contractor has to be commended

for the way in which they’ve handled this ‘known unknown’.

Inside progress has been very good with high quality joinery and masonry throughout. The kitchen pod and fittings and the floor to the

main aisle are exemplars of their ilk.

The rear extension is playing catch-up on the rest of the project and along with the path will be the focus of attention. The new lighting and

heating systems will be going through

testing and commissioning programmes and the Architects are inspecting the

external fabric for any repairs required.

Jim Crouch

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Re-ordering Finances explained...

T he PCC have been monitor-ing our finances very

closely, and especially so

since agreeing all the contracts back in December. Things have

been tight ever since the tendering

process c0nfirmed the scary size of the numbers.

Negotiation So it’s been a constant process of

negotiation and we had to chop

quite a few things out, as we simp-ly couldn’t afford them. But there

have been three stars! John Cox

has been busily raising funds, Jere-my has been spending them and

managing the challenging task of

cash-flow, and Jim Crouch as Pro-ject Manager has been precision-

monitoring every penny requested

and spent.

Value Added

All of this has made accurate sum-maries of the overall numbers ex-

tremely difficult. We have detailed

monthly updates from Jim, but the rate at which the figures go up and

down is phenomenal, despite our

extremely detailed and thorough advance planning. The PCC has

therefore worked on a ‘value add-

ed’ basis since December: we regu-larly review the finances and have

quite simply added items back in

(including all the furni-ture!) as the funds –

quite wonderfully - have

come in. And we now seem to be at the most unpredictable time

of all! So the archaeology budget

has crept up (unavoidably) by at least £45,000 (Jim calls it ‘eye-

watering’!), and as the work draws

to its close all sorts of numbers are yet to be resolved. But

(archaeology apart) Jim still hopes

to be on target for the Ellis con-tract of £1,117,931 – which I think

would be miraculous! Though it

now looks as if, at the end of the day, we could be down to just

£10 or 20,000 reserves, with all

possible coffers emptied.

Nearly There

BUT… we are almost there and I personally find it deeply humbling

and utterly amazing that we shall

have somehow funded a project of some £1,900,910. And please rest

assured that nothing is superflu-

ous, and everything is of the high-est quality which befits our Grade 1

Listed building. So an ENORMOUS

thank you to everyone who has c0ntributed to that in any way at

all – but please do keep it coming

whilst we continue to bump along the bottom!

Joanna

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T he pace inside and out of the church is somewhat frenetic

as our skilled band of work-

ers strives to bring everything to-gether by the end of the month.

The photo opposite shows what the

phrase “organised chaos” means in practice. It is doubly important

that we leave them alone to get on

with finishing so that we do not incur extra costs, so do please keep

away for a few more weeks until

we are allowed back in.

Inside the Church…

The new extension has been plastered, except where it abuts

the tower and north aisle walls

where the old stonework is to be cleaned and pointed up. The

services are in and we wait for the

sub-contractors to come back to lay a better quality paving stone

(as was specified) on the roof.

The tower room is complete save for the glass screen and

balustrades. The choir vestry

below is being fitted out and inside the church the new lighting is a

dramatic improvement. The kitch-

en is having the doors fitted on the units. In the aisles the new floor is

being finished off and grouted and

awaits its surface treatment and polishing. The sacristy is complete,

save for the glazing of the screen;

and the old kitchen area

is having the final touches applied.

Outstanding is the

chancel floor, where work has had to wait while our

team of volunteers have been busy

cleaning bones prior to examina-tion by the archaeological bone

specialist. In the South Porch the

new windows are receiving their mouldings and already the porch

looks bright and welcoming.

…And Outside

Outside is a different story. The

archaeology has thrown a spanner in the schedule and the costings.

However, despite finding so many

bodies, the church steps are nearly finished, the paved area outside

the west door is complete with a

new retaining wall with some beautiful detailing, and it just

awaits its new coping stones.

The new drains have been laid alongside the path to the south

door and, at long last, following a

number of exploratory trenches outside the gate, our contractors

and Wessex Water have found

the sewer to connect them to. Relaying the south path has

proved problematical, with objec-

tions being made to it being relaid with new stone to permit wheel-

Holy Trinity’s Reordering—The Latest...

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Organised chaos: Looking towards the west door, with partially laid new flag-stones and repositioned font. Note also the kitchen pod and new north aisle lighting

chairs, buggies and the infirm to

get to church safely. A compromise

of the centre section laid with new stone and the edges with old pav-

ing has now been approved. “All”

we need now is the faculty. There will, however, be a delay

as the stone will have to ordered

and cut to size and we can’t do that without the faculty.

On Track So, despite various setbacks, we

seem to be broadly on track for

completion in the Autumn, with the church available for our

much-loved annual Christmas Tree Festival in December.

The Friends will be looking for

volunteers during the week of 5 December. Do please help if you

can as we need to raise a signifi-

cant sum to help towards bringing this exciting adventure to a stun-

ning conclusion.

The archaeology difficulties have put a big hole in our finances and

as Joanna explained on page 15,

finances are tight and we will need more funds in order to bring the

project to a successful completion.

John Cox

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Pr

ayer

Pa

ths

All Saints

O n All Saints Day we

celebrate the lives of

ordinary mortals across the world who have lived in special

faithfulness to the teaching of

Jesus. Some appear in our calendar of saints: teachers, social reformers,

preachers, scholars, priests, writers

and missionaries. In the history of the Church there

have been countless saints whose

names have been forgotten to all but God. Their names are not in

the calendar, but they too are

especially remembered on All Saints Day. We acknowledge them

because these men and women

were indeed blessed and holy. Everyone is called to live in God’s

love and make God’s love real in

the lives of those around them. Holiness isn’t some rarified, distant

talent: it is near and close at hand,

as the saints show us. Esther John, a Pakistani convert to Christianity,

nursed in a mission hospital and

taught in local villages until her

murder in 1960. Grand Duchess

Elizabeth of Russia was a descend-

ant of Queen Victoria, but spent much of her life helping the down-

trodden of Moscow. Maximilian

Kolbe, a Polish Franciscan friar, founded a monastery before volun-

teering to die in the place of a

stranger in Auschwitz. These and all the saints reflect

some part of Christ’s presence with

us. They were Christ’s hands, mouth and feet in the world of

their time, helping to make known

the Christ revealed in the Gospels. The saints give us the courage to

believe that Christ’s inexhaustible

light will be reflected in some new way in us. So the Feast of All Saints

invites us in prayer to reflect on

what it is in us that helps to make Christ’s presence visible here and

now, in our time and place. It’s a

time to ask how, in each of our own unique circumstances, Christ’s light

shines through us today.

Ali Green

20th century martyrs on Westminster Abbey: Maximillian Kolbe, Manche Masemo-la, Jamami Luwum, Elizabeth of Russia, Martin Luther King, Oscar Romero, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Esther John, Lucian Tapiedi, Wang Zhiming

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Life Without Limbs

K arl Wiggins discovers and inspirational book, and the

man behind it

My title comes from one, a name I was given by a visitor to Bath Ab-

bey with the words ‘you must look

him up - even if the spelling is wrong you will find him’. So I did

that and thought to share about

him sometime. But when I saw the pictures from the Paralympics –

runners without proper legs, swim-

mers with limbs missing, cyclists

with one leg and

so on - now seemed like a

good time.

Prayer

Nick Vujicik was born in Australia

of Serbian parents. The child had no arms or legs, but just short

stubby feet and ankles below his

hips. He grew up wondering why he should be thus handicapped.

He also prayed. At age 15, whilst

wrestling with this, he discovered in John’s gospel the story of the

man born blind. He read the words

in chapter 15 v.9: ‘Who sinned, this man or his parents?’

Jesus’ answer: ‘Neither this man

nor his parents sinned but that the works of God might be manifest in

him’. Nick was satisfied – though

nothing physical had happened,

he developed a

positive attitude which he has

gone on to

share, both in the context of

evangelism and in more secular

situations including schools deal-ing with issues such as low self

esteem. He knew from experience

the cruelties which abnormal children

can suffer.

YouTube

In the various videos

showing on YOUTUBE he can be

seen and heard at work in his

speaking engagements and at lei-sure, including swimming.

I strongly recommend that you

look him up. Just enter his name in Google or similar and follow the

leads, or narrow it down by enter-

ing ‘Life without Limbs’. This is the title he uses for his evangelistic and

Christian ministry.

Karl Wiggins

We googled Nick Vujicik as Karl

suggests and found several books he has published, as well as film clips

and so on. Eds

“I never met a bitter

person who was

thankful. Or a thankful

person who was bitter” –

Nick Vujicik

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I n September Ali Green and colleague Sue Glanville led a

pilgrimage to Lundy Island in the

Bristol Channel. The group of ten stayed in Mill-

combe House, an historic building

managed by the Landmark Trust. Participants sang in the lighthouse,

visited the church and explored the island. Ali said, “Millcombe House

is a very popular destination so I’ve

already booked it again for June 2018. If anyone would like to join

us then, do get in touch with me –

alig9@btinternet.com”. Ali Green

Island Pilgrimage

Above: Holy Trinity members Andrew Jenkins, Beryl Cox, Peter Hardman and Geneviève Roberts joined the Lundy group this year

Below: A pebble painting workshop

Above: A paddle-steamer passes the house Below: Geneviève and Peter enjoy the view

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An Eye on the Weather: Flora

W ingfield parishioner and retired farmer Ken Fuller

looks back on local

patterns of farming and flora so far this year...

The early months of the year

were noticeably mild with no dam-aging frosts until late March. Cold-

sensitive plants such as begonias

and geraniums, abandoned outside,

thrived until then.

The early spring which was antici-

pated failed to ma-

terialise, only to ar-rive late and in a

very hurried man-

ner. Over the last 40 years it has been

possible to gain an

early cut of silage, but not this year.

One can only

imagine that this was because of the

lack of sunlight and

shortened days caused by thick cloud cover.

Another indicator of the late, in-

consistent spring was the untimely arrival of elderflower and lilac.

Traditionally elderflowers were

collected from mid-May to make drinks for silage workers who

started their task on about 20 May.

Old sayings come to mind: “Lilac calves make the most money” –

early-borns attract a higher premi-

um because they are scarce. “Oak before ash you will have a mere

splash”. Both these old sayings

were totally wrong this year as the oak appeared first, but rather than

the dry period that might have

been anticipated we had a wet spring. Lilac

calves would have

been late. All hedges have grown

vigorously so far. Mild

winters have helped but the greatest influ-

ence on them is the

abundance of CO2. Though they have

needed more cutting,

their ability to absorb this gas is so valuable.

Buds and blossom on

blackberries were quite substantial,

indicating a heavy

crop. All wild animals need this sustenance to prepare for winter

conditions but for us humans it is

perhaps the finest fruit for mixing with others with a flavour as

precious as raspberries.

Ken Fuller

Above: Traditionally silage work-ers slaked their thirst on elderflow-ers.

Next month Ken looks at birds and bees over the year so

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qualifications (11.3% is the

national average) 75% have severe reading diffi-

culties and very many have

psychiatric and learning diffi-culties, especially among

young offenders.

Added to these facts are the

difficulties in controlling prisoners,

many of whom are now taking ‘legal highs’. There is also under-

staffing in supervision of those tak-

ing courses in prison; and the diffi-culty in recruiting prison officers.

So we can see the extent of the

problems prisons are facing.

IPP Scrapped

In 2012 Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was scrapped.

Under this scheme, no fixed time

was placed on a prisoner’s sen-tence, though a minimum was set.

By 2015, 4,100 people were still

waiting for release. Of these 3,300 had served more than their mini-

mum sentence, 400 by more than

five times. Many of these prisoners are in despair because they have

no idea when their sentence might

end. So it is hardly surprising that 2,537 of those 4,100 prisoners still

waiting for release self-harmed last

year. Not Guantanamo Bay, but it reminds you of it.

Prisons Week October 9-15

F or thousands of people in the

UK, prison has become the roof over their head, perhaps

for a short time, sometimes for

many years. Some have permanent homes to return to on their release,

others have no place to call home.

Prisons Week, which runs this month (9 – 15 October) is on the

official church calendar, and the

reason we have it is because it is all too easy to forget about prisons.

They separate prisoners from daily

life and that is why they are so easy to forget. Out of sight, out of mind.

A Mounting Challenge There are 124 prisons in England

and Wales. They house 80,000 men

and 4,000 women. Most prisons are over capacity with two or three

people sharing single cells. The cur-

rent prison population is the high-est in Europe. It costs £37,648 per

year for each adult in prison, and

more for young offenders. Here are some figures to outline

the problems prisons face:

67% of prisoners were unem-

ployed at the time of their im-

prisonment 76% have no paid employment

when they leave

52% of male prisoners and 71% of female prisoners have no

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Take Pity

The Text set for this

year’s prisons Week is Luke 17. 12-13:

As he was entering the village he was met by ten

men with leprosy. They

stood some way off and called out to him,’ Jesus,

master, take pity on us’.

A system of imprisonment for

certain types of offences is neces-

sary – though many would say we use it too often when other strate-

gies would be more effective. But

the undisputed overcrowding and

understaffing of our prisons is a

situation that should not be out of

sight and so out of mind. Let us use this Prisons Week to pray for those

who run the prison service and for

those who are in prison. Hugh Wright

Sponsored Bike Ride to be a cyclist to have a view - it's

very subjective!

Westbury All Saints

Now to find our first Church - West-bury All Saints. Doors open and

in preparation for their 10.30

Communion service. Cheerful greetings all round and what a

magnificent visit! It deserves time

to be appreciated. Travelling north-west, our next

church was Saint James Bratton -

rather hidden away but with an open door and, amazingly, here

was our old friend Anthony Swift.

Y our cycling correspondent,

Edward Shaw, describes 2016’s epic sponsored

bike ride for Wiltshire Historic

Churches Trust This was scheduled for Saturday,

10 September - not possible for

this year's team, so we chose the last Wednesday in August. We

wanted to do a different route,

away from our predictable foray. So, a train ride took us to Westbury

and we immediately found our-

selves at the centre of a controver-sy - not enough provision of

bike spaces on the train. You need

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He had been on police business at Erlestoke prison and, out of curi-

osity, he had decided to visit the

church. A delightful chance meet-ing somewhat tinged with sadness

- what Simon calls "Serendipity".

Edington Priory and onwards

Next visit - Edington Priory Church,

and with an open door. Now north to Steeple Ashton dedicated to

Saint Mary the Virgin and then a

diversion east to Saint Leonard’s at Keevil. A cold drizzle was threaten-

ing us so we decided to head for

home. Progress had been slow and we could not boast of many visits,

but we were savouring these

beautiful country churches. The next church was Saint Mary

Magdalene at Hilperton and

then another diversion to lonely Whaddon, Saint Mary, only 2 miles

there, but 2 miles back! A quick

stop at Saint Paul’s Staverton and back to Bradford on Avon.

Simon and I would like to thank

you all for your sponsorship - the result to follow in due course. We

missed our old cycling companion

Brian Wickham, but enjoyed each other’s company and felt fulfilled

and tired in pursuit of a good cause

- the vulnerable aging Churches of Wiltshire.

Simon Arnold & Edward Shaw

Top: The Priory Church at Edington Above: St Mary the Virgin, Steeple Ashton

Below: St James, Bratton

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Y ou may have seen the stall run by Climate Friendly

Bradford on Avon (CFB) at

the summer Street Market. This year marks 10 years of CFB, which began

in conjunction with Wiltshire Wildlife

Trust as a response to concerns about the effects of climate change

on our wildlife.

Beginning with just a few mem-bers, it has grown year on year. We

currently have 962 signatures sup-

porting our campaign to make BoA carbon neutral by 2050, and hope

to reach 1000 by the end of this

year! Over the years sub-groups of CFB have formed, made up of

people with particular interests:

energy, sustainable food and drink/waste management, active travel,

biodiversity and community in-

volvement. All of these look at the effects of climate change and what

we can do locally and nationally .

We also have monthly meetings covering the wide range of topics

of interest to CFB, either with out-

side speakers or drawing on the ex-pertise of our members.

Our October meeting is on Mon-day 17th, at 7.30 in the Quaker

Meeting House, Whiteheads Lane.

Drs Gill and Ian Cardy will talk on “The Secret Life of Bats in BoA”,

followed by questions and discus-

sion. This event links with the “Wild about Gardens” week organised by

the Royal Horticultural Society and

the Bat Conservation Trust (24-30 October). See: www.wildabout

gardensweek.org.uk. As part of

the National Week of Action on Climate, CFB is organising a

Local Food Lunch on Sunday, 9

October, St Margaret’s Hall. At our November meeting,

(Monday 21st, 7.30, Quaker Meet-

ing House), John Dyer will talk on “Powering Down the Internet”. He

will focus on the huge year-on-year

increase in electrical power needed to process and transmit the vast

amounts of data we wish to use.

Everyone is welcome at our monthly talks, meetings and spe-

cial events. Visit www.climate

friendlybradfordonavon.co.uk Sylvia Tate

Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon

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I ’ve lost count of the number of projects that have been set up to

solve the Church's problems.

Some were actually quite good and even attempted for a while, only to

fizzle out when another church lead-

er is appointed who wanted to try something else. Does anyone re-

member the Decade of Evangelism

in the 1990s? Whatever happened to that?

And so it goes on. How, national-

ly, can we halt the numerical de-cline of the Church of England?

There’s another project currently

being planned from the top, coinci-dentally with the title Reform and

Renewal. I may have got it wrong,

but it seems to be along the lines of training up a cadre of super cler-

gy to solve our problem. Resources

will also be used to plant churches in cities, probably at the expense

of rural areas. This may be doing a

disservice to church leaders but it

does appear that they envisage lo-cal churches like shops on the High

Street where drastic measures are

required to reverse their decline. But that’s enough being negative.

What can be said positively?

Empower the Laity

In my experience we are fortunate

to have exceptionally gifted lay people in our churches. They may

not attend every Sunday, in fact

they might be very much on the edge, but their contribution is

greatly needed and should be

really valued. Actually there are lots of things

laity can do, and probably better

than clergy. The trouble too is that so many able people feel de-skilled

and are reluctant to get involved.

Thankfully, there are courses in lay education, courses that will enable

lay people to be theologically

equipped without the jargon, and increase their confidence to get in-

volved in the mission and ministry

of the Church.

Start from the Grass Roots

There are times when an initiative has to come from the top, but the

Church of England has always

stressed a sense of place. For ex-ample, the parish system has been

central to its life and work. That

New Reformation: Strategies & Structures

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is why it would be preferable to

encourage local initiatives rather

than impose strategies from on high. I have the strong impression

that Bishop Nicholas believes this

is the way forward for churches to grow. Furthermore, as has been

already said, such initiatives do not

have take place in the name of the church. Working in a secular envi-

ronment might at times prove just

as effective.

Be Prepared to Learn from

Secular Bodies This is particularly true in the mat-

ters of governance where the

Church often appears to lag be-hind. For example, a report was

produced not so long ago, 'Good

Governance - A Code for the Volun-tary and Community Sector'. This

actually has relevance at all levels

of church life. Principles of good governance might include:

understanding our role within

the structure of the Church ensuring delivery of the mis-

sion and ministry of the

Church for which we are re-sponsible

being able to work effectively

both as individuals and as part of a team

exercising appropriate control

behaving with integrity

practising openness and accountability

Not totally unrelated are the

'Seven Nolan Principles' relating to ethical standards in public life,

namely selflessness, integrity, ob-

jectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

David Driscoll

Food For Thought

How much do you agree

with the above and how might these ideas be implemented?

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Your Letters

THANKS & DO YOU SING?

I write to thank choir members for surviving a full year under my “Acting

Musical Director” role, and for their support, dedication and commit-ment. I know their efforts are much appreciated by the congregations

at Christ Church, Holy Trinity and Westwood.

I am also grateful to David Driscoll for helping choose the music and looking after the choir in my absence; and to Harold Jones for help and

support at choir practice and on Sundays. Vernon and Simon have also

played their part. We have also been helped at busy times (Holy Week, Easter, Advent, Christmas) by others.

With our imminent return to Holy Trinity I wonder if anyone in the

congregation, or known to church members, might like to join us either for “busy times” or more regularly. We practice at 6.30pm on Tuesdays

(at present in CC) for about an hour and a quarter and sing each Sunday

morning (except the third Sunday) and at one Evensong a month on the fourth Sunday. Any voices, particularly the sopranos and inner parts,

would be most welcome. Some “younger” voices would be appreciated.

We have a strong choral tradition at Holy Trinity and wish it to continue so please give it some thought and get in touch with me if you

think you can help.

Ian Stanes

THE FINAL PUSH...

T he Holy Trinity Big Community Connection fundraising effort

has taken a back seat during the summer break, but now it's

time to refocus on what we still need to raise. There is still much to do to enable us reach our target of £100,000.

A small team is working on a number of forthcoming events but please

ask yourself if you are able to help by arranging a fundraising event. For instance, why not invite friends to a school dinner party, the chance for

you to enjoy great company and exchange stories from your schooldays.

Any event, no matter how grand or small, will help to ensure the work on our beautiful church can be completed. Please let me know if you would

like any help - email voicefountain@gmail.com.

Steve Fountain

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WHERE DEEP THE RIVER AVON FLOWS

L ooking for something for a recent Songs of Praise service, I came up-

on this poem given to me by our dear church member, Bunty Johns,

who died two years ago, aged 93. It was written by Sister Gabrielle of Westmalling Abbey, Kent, and I think it possible that it was she or another

Sister Bunty knew from her early life, who gave her the poem.

Muriel Freeborn

Where deep the River Avon flows

Through Bradford's ancient town,

A chapel stands upon a bridge

Whose vane a fish doth crown.

There men of old would bid their beads

And priests a Mass would say

For him who built the bridge of yore

Ere passing on their way.

The Avon flows through arches nine

As Jesu, stream of life

Was lower than the angles made

To aid our steps in life.

Yet higher than the angels, He

Is yet the bridge to span

Our distance from the Infinite

Celestial food of man.

Me liketh well that ancient bridge

In Bradford's busy town

Where swan and seagull oft are seen

And Jesu's eye looks down.

* We contacted Westmalling Abbey, and Mother Mary David OSB

replied, “I have asked all the Sisters and not one recognised the poem. Also we have never had a Sister Gabrielle so I think perhaps it came from a

different convent. So sorry not to be able to help you.”

So the mystery continues. If you think you may know the poem’s origins, do get in touch. Eds

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M ost butterfly recorders

have been reporting few-

er numbers than usual, especially in gardens, and agree

that 2016 has been a disappointing

butterfly year. We know that many species are in serious decline so per-

haps it is only to be expected that

with poor spring and early summer weather, several have been scarce.

One highlight was the arrival of

Clouded Yellows from the continent in late July

and several were report-

ed during August. Holly Blues have also done

well and have been com-

monly seen in some gar-dens and urban areas.

The Large and Small

Whites also flourished during August, probably

much to the annoyance

of brassica growers. The only species not

reported this year was

the rare and very local Grayling and it could be

that it is now extinct in the county,

the fourth butterfly to be lost since I moved to Wiltshire in 1978. The

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

could be the next, now restricted to just a single woodland east of

Salisbury and completely reliant on

conservation efforts for its survival.

How sad that this once wide-spread, albeit local and beautiful

little butterfly has been reduced to

such a parlous state. We are now approaching the end

of the butterfly season for most

species and from now on just a few are likely to be seen. The occasion-

al Brimstone may still be seen prior

to entering their long hibernation period for the winter. Most Pea-

cocks have already

done so and have been scarce. Small

Tortoiseshells have

also been scarcer than expected and

will also begin to

hibernate shortly. Commas, Red Admi-

rals and Speckled

Woods will be seen for a few more weeks

until the onset of

colder weather, usual-ly feeding at ivy blos-

som and over-ripe

blackberries. Large and Small Whites will become less

common as we approach October

although one or two may linger. A detailed 2016 butterfly report will

be available and anyone wishing to

have a copy please contact me. Mike Fuller

Wiltshire Butterfly Recorder

Top: Clouded Yellow Above: Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Wiltshire Butterflies - August/September

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Saint for the Season: Elizabeth Fry

B orn in 1780, Elizabeth Fry is remembered as a notable

prison reformer, and was

depicted on our £5 note until she was replaced this year by Sir

Winston Churchill.

She spent her childhood with her Quaker family in Norfolk. Her

father John was a partner in Gur-

ney’s Bank and her mother Cathe-rine was a Barclay in whose family

were the founders of Barclays

Bank. When Catherine died, Eliza-beth (then only 10) had to share in

caring for her younger siblings.

At 18, moved by the preaching of American Quaker William Savery,

Elizabeth took to collecting clothes

for the poor and visiting the sick in her neighbourhood. She also want-

ed to improve the welfare of pris-

oners who, at that time, were treat-ed appallingly. Two years later she

married Joseph Fry, a Quaker and

banker. Besides bearing 11 children, she also became a Quaker minister.

Elizabeth visited Newgate Pris-on, where the conditions horrified

her. The women's section was

overcrowded, and some hadn’t even received a trial. Apart from

providing prisoners with food and

clothes she encouraged them to help themselves and opened a

school for children in prison with

their mothers. She was an active campaigner for prisoners’ rights

and the abolition of capital punish-

ment. She became the first woman to present evidence in Parliament.

Frederick William IV of Prussia was

particularly impressed by her work when he was in Britain, and visited

Newgate Prison.

She also helped the homeless, establishing a “nightly” shelter in

London, and teams of people to

visit the poor and give them em-powerment. She opened a training

school for nurses, and her

programme so inspired Florence Nightingale that she took a team

of nurses to the Crimean War.

Elizabeth Fry died from a stroke in Ramsgate on 12 October 1845.

Her remains were buried in the

Friends' burial ground at Barking. Among several memorials to

Elizabeth Fry are the panels on

the famous Quaker Tapestry (see picture left) which was recently

displayed in Bath.

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For Prayer in October

Syria and its besieged people Christ Church and its Fabric Appeal The Holy Trinity building contractors One World Week (23-30 October)

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westwood

Churchwardens: Jonathan Azis

jonathan@azis.co.uk

Paul Slade greenaleigh@talk21.com

PCC Secretary

Jill Ross jillbenedictross@gmail.com

The Parish Church of St Mary, Wingfield

Churchwarden:

David Robinson

david.robinson@paultonsstreet.com PCC Secretary

Vacant

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Quick Crossword The Bible version is the NIV

Clues across 1 He must be ‘the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well’ (1 Timothy 3:12) (6) 4 ‘For we must all — before the judgement seat of Christ’ (2 Corinthians 5:10) (6) 7 ‘They reeled and staggered like drunken men; they were at their — end’ (Psalm 107:27) (4) 8 See 19 Across 9 It concerned who among the disciples would be the greatest (Luke 9:46) (8) 13 Formed by the Jews in Thessalonica to root out Paul and Silas (Acts 17:5) (3) 16 ‘He has sent me to bind up the — ’ (Isaiah 61:1) (6-7) 17 Moved rapidly on foot (Matthew 28:8) (3) 19 and 8 ‘ — a great company of the — host appeared with the angel’ (Luke 2:13) (8,8) 24 Hindrance (Romans 14:13) (8) 25 Comes between Luke and Acts (4) 26 Empower (Acts 4:29) (6) 27 ‘Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a — !’ (John 2:16) (6)

Source: Crosswords reproduced by kind permission of BRF and John Capon, originally published in Three Down, Nine Across, by John Capon

Solutions on page 13

2 The part of the day when Cornelius the Caesarean centurion had avision of an angel of God (Acts 10:3) (9) 3 He was one of those who returned with Zerubbabel from exile inBabylon to Jerusalem (Nehemiah 7:7) (5) 4 ‘No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born — ’(John 3:3) (5) 5 Animal hunted or killed as food (Ezekiel 22:25) (4) 6 ‘He encouraged them — — remain true to the Lord’ (Acts 11:23) (3,2) 10 Ruses (anag.) (5) 11 Jewish priestly vestment (Exodus 28:6) (5) 12 Visible sign of what had been there (Daniel 2:35) (5) 13 This was the trade of Alexander, who did Paul ‘a great deal of harm’ (2 Timothy 4:14) (9) 14 ‘This is my — , which is for you; do this in remembrance of me’ (1 Corinthians 11:24) (4) 15 One of Noah’s great-great-grandsons (Genesis 10:24) (4) 18 Traditionally the first British Christian martyr (5) 20 Relationship of Ner to Saul (1 Samuel 14:50) (5) 21 Jacob had one at a place he named Bethel while on his way to Haran, fleeing from Esau (Genesis 28:12) (5) 22 Bats (anag.) (4) 23 ‘You strain out a — but swallow a camel’ (Matthew 23:24) (4)

Clues down 1 Sunrise (Psalm 119:147) (4)

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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Officers

The Revd Joanna Abecassis, Chair

The Rev Dr Ali Green (Associate Priest)

Judith Holland (Churchwarden), Vice Chair

David Milne (Churchwarden)

Members

Chris Hodge, PCC Secretary

* Deanery Synod representatives

The Standing Committee

Chair, Churchwardens, Associate Priest and Treasurer

Churchwardens Emeriti

Jeremy Lavis, Mike Fuller, Anne Carter, Tony Haffenden, Joan Finch, Trevor Ford

The Pastoral Care Team

Joanna, Anne Carter, Alison Cook, Joan Finch, Marlene Haffenden, Tony Haffenden,

Chris Hodge, Evelyn Humphrey, Heather Knight, Sue Lavis, Val Payne, David Raw-

stron, Hazel Rawstron, Geneviève Roberts and Sylvia Stanes.

The Friends of Holy Trinity Church

Chairman: John Cox, Secretaries: Mike and Jenny Fuller, Treasurer: Vacant

Committee: Michael Cottle, Chris Hodge

Ex officio: Revd Joanna Abecassis, Judith Holland and David Milne

Bradford Group Ministry

This is a longstanding body which now comprises the two benefices of North

Bradford on Avon and Villages and our own. We look forward to establishing a

much closer bond and to this end joint meetings and services have recently been

held, and the Group clergy meet regularly.

Alison Cook

Joh Cox

Deirdre Garrett

Steve Fountain

Marlene Haffenden

Jeremy Lavis* (Treasurer)

Denise Pape

Anne Willis*

Jill Wright

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OTHER OFFICERS AND ORGANIZERS PCC Secretary Chris Hodge 869357 email: hodge_c1@sky.com PCC Treasurer Jeremy Lavis 863600 Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton bradavonba@gmail.com Benefice Admin Assistant Aylene Clack beneficeoffice@htboa.org Bellringers Sarah Quintin 869469 Bookstall Brass Cleaning Chris Hodge 869357 Coffee on Sunday Janet Brown and 862188 Malcolm Walsh 862702 Church Stewards David Milne 864341 Director of Music Electoral Roll Officer Alan Knight 860991 Flowers Jonquil Burgess 868905 Food Bank Heather and Alan Knight 860991 Guides & Brownies Sarah Bennett sarahsootyowl@gmail.com mainly music Marlene Haffenden 864412 marlene.haffenden@googlemail.com Mothers’ Union Jill Wright 287786 MU Prayer Circle Chris Hodge 869357 Re-ordering Fundraiser Steve Fountain voicefountain@gmail.com Servers Mary Ford 862240 Saxon Club David Driscoll 865314 Saxon Church and St Mary Tory Trustees: Chairman Anna Tanfield (all bookings) 863819 Secretary Anne Carter 862146 Treasurer Jeremy Lavis 863600 Sidespersons Judith Holland 866215 Stewardship Secretary Pam Harman harmanpam1@gmail.com Street Market: Community Stalls John Cox 864270 Communications Church Stalls Mervyn Harris 863440 Team Trinity June Harrison 863745

Parish Representatives on other organisations: Bradford Group Council: The Churchwardens Children’s Society: Anne Carter Christian Aid: Judith Holland Deanery Synod: Jeremy Lavis and Anne Willis BoA Churches Together: c/o The Revd Joanna Abecassis St Laurence School: The Revd Joanna Abecassis and Lindsay Driscoll (Foundation Governors)

Printed at the Parish Office, 18A Woolley Street, Bradford on Avon. Parish News also appears (in colour) on the Holy Trinity web site: www.htboa.org. Previous issues of the magazine can also be found in the magazine archive on the church web site.