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Hennock News
PPT: the Parish Church of St Peter, St Paul
& St Thomas of Canterbury, Bovey Tracey
and St Mary’s, Hennock
Church Bulletin
February 2015
CONGRATULATIONS JUNE !
As many of you will know June Brown
has been awarded The British Empire Medal
in the
New Years honours list for services to the local community. We are
delighted June has been given this well deserved award.She has been
a loyal, faithful and much appreciated member of the church family at
St Mary's for many years. Her voluntary duties have included being
church treasurer for 20 years always keeping the books in apple pie
order. June lends a willing hand with many essential jobs such as
cleaning, tea and coffee making, cake baking and many other jobs. If a
job needs doing June will say"Don't worry I’ll do it.!!”
As well as this June and her family allow the church and other
organisations to use their barn and fields for community activities and
June is always on hand to help. She is very involved with the village
hall and all activities going on there including coffee mornings, ‘stitch
and knit’, the gardening club and more. June continues to keep contact
with her original home village of Bickington where for many years she
has been active in running the Tuesday Club there.
Well done June, we all appreciate your hard work.You deserve a
medal!! Libby Marnham and Joan Wonnacott
Any copy for the March Bulletin to reach the Church Office before 21st
February please.
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50p
Contents:
1. Cover:
2. Who’s Who at PPT
3. Letter from the Vicar
4. & 5 Living with cancer
6-7.Bovey Calendar
8. Events & Notes
9. Mission Partner - The Leprosy Mission
10.Lent courses and CAP course
11.What’s on and who’s who at St Mary’s
12. Hennock news
‘Our mission is to enable all people to know Jesus and to enjoy his rule
in their lives’
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What’s on and who’s who at St Mary’s
Who’s Who at PPT
February
Vicar:
The Rev. Graham Hamilton, St Peter’s
Vicarage, Coombe Cross, TQ13 9EP.
833813
Assistant Curate
Rev Chris Murphy
Orchard Meadow, Coombe Cross: 833487
Associate Minister
The Rev. Becky Totterdell
9, Crokers Meadow, 833084
Youth Outreach Worker:
Miss Pippa Shemwell: 07532 445769
Church Office Manager:
Mrs Ruth Flynn Church Office
834835 email: pptadmin@mac.com
Mondays & Fridays
8:30am-5.00pm
Family Worker:
Mrs Carolyn Laycock, 2 Wallfield Rd
832335
Churchwardens:
Mrs Sally Simmons, Pinehaven, Bradley
Road, Bovey Tracey TQ13 9EU 830676
Mr Peter Thomson, 5 Churchfields Drive,
Bovey Tracey TQ13 9QU 830810
P.C.C. Secretary
Mrs Wendy Coombes, 01647 277580
Child Protection Officer
Mr David Risdon, 832018
Reader:
Mrs Veronica Dell, 2 Devon House Drive,
834994
P.C.C. Hon. Treasurer:
Mr Colin Turner, Leat, Lowerdown, 832266
Men’s Group:
Mr Arthur Mann, Smithays Cottage,
Old Orchard, 833916
Captain of the Ringers
Mr Robert Brown 834461
Servers’ Co-ordinator:
Mrs Katrina Walton, 835874
Transport Co-ordinator:
Vacant position
P.C.C.Members:
Rev G Hamilton
Chair
Rev B Totterdell
833084
Rev C Murphy
833487
Mr M Alexander
854635
Mrs J Bailey
834502
Mr C Beauchamp 01647 277313
Mrs V Dell
834994
Miss K Ennor
832621
Mrs D Hamilton
833813
Mrs B Hawkins
821142
Mr K Jones
836450
Mr S Matheson
01364 661195
Dr H Murkin
830509
Mr S Plumley
01647 221672
Mr D Risdon
832018
Mrs S Simmons
830676
Mrs M Steele
832137
Mr T Stephens
07876 662138
Mr P Thomson
830810
Mr C Turner
832266
Deanery Synod Reps
Mr Charlie Beauchamp
Mrs Dawn Hamilton
Mr Steve Matheson
Sunday Club Co-ordinator:
Mr Johnny Walker, 22 St Peter’s Close,
833188
First Steps Toddler Group:
Mrs Camilla Matheson, 3 Town
Meadow Ilsington 01364 661195
Sick Visiting Co-ordinator: Mrs Sylvia
Francis, Torsmead, Shewte Cross
Mothers’ Union:
Mrs Todd Fredericks, 14 Mannings
Meadow, 836560
Hon. Asst. Treasurer & Gift Aid Hon.
Secretary:
Mr Charlie Beauchamp 01647
277313
Church Room Secretary:
Mrs Jane Midgley, Summerfield
East Street, 832751
Mrs Margeret Steele: 832137
1 Sun
10am
Desperate Prayer
Readings: Luke 22.39-44, Jonah 2
Holy Communion: Preb Becky Totterdell
3 Tues 10:30am
Community Coffee Morning
8 Sun
10am
Incredible Response
Readings: Matthew 12.38-42, Jonah 3
Morning Worship: Veronica Dell
10am
Maddening Mercy
Readings : John 21.15-19, Jonah 4
Morning Worship: Eleanor Oelmann
10am
Sign of the Wine
Readings: Isaiah 25.6-9, John 2.1-12
Holy Communion: Rev Graham Hamilton
10am
Stitch & Knit at the Village Hall
10am
Sign for the Future
Readings: Acts 2.22-36, John 2.13-25
Morning Worship: tbc
15 Sun
22 Sun
25 Wed
March
1 Sun
Churchwardens:
Mrs Libby Marnham, Warmhill Farm, Hennock 833229
Mrs Joan Wonnacott, Mizpah, 4 Butt Park, Hennock 834289
P.C.C. Minutes Secretary:
John Butcher, the Stables, 5 Warwick Mill, Pottery Road, Bovey Tracey 830638
P.C.C. Treasurer:
Mrs June Brown, West Hele,Hennock Road, Bovey Tracey, 832108
Electoral Roll Officer & Sacristan:
Mrs Diana Wiles, Warm Lodge, Hennock, 832530
Deanery Synod Representative: Mr Brian Marnham, 833229
Churchyard: Hennock Volunteers
For further details check our website at http://www.pptbovey.org.uk/hennock.php
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Lent Course 2015 - 6 Steps to loving your church
Keep calm, and carry on
There will be an introduction to the course for leaders and participants on
Sunday 15 February at 7pm in PPT Church Room, East Street, Bovey Tracey
TQ13 9EN.
Host
Leader
Ivy Doyle
(Contact Carole
Hughes 01626
833981)
John Lund
(01626 836721)
6 Five Acres, New
Park
John Lund
Libby Marnham
(01626 833229)
David & Susan
Harris
(01364 661781)
Location
Date & Time
Monday 7:30pm
24 The Oaks,
Bovey Tracey
Warmhill Farm,
Hennock
TBA
Valerie Page
(01626 834436)
Liverton
Wednesday
10am. Starting
18th February
David & Susan
Harris
Ilsington Vicarage
Wednesday
7:30pm
Starting 18th
February
Margaret
Steele (01626
832137)
Thornton, Higher
Brimley
Tuesday 1:30pm 3pm
Coming soon: CAP Money course.
This is a free course for anyone who wants to be in better control of their
finances. Whether you feel you are spending too much, not saving as much as
you would like, or you simply don’t know where all your money goes, you could
benefit from this course. It will teach you budgeting skills and a simple cashbased system to help you control your spending, prevent debt and save for the
things which are important to you. The course will run over three evenings in
either late February or March at a local venue to be decided. For further
information, please contact Phil Stocker on stockerp@btinternet.com or 01626
369904
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Dear friends,
You will be familiar with the
WW2 slogan “Keep calm and
carry on”, if not heartily sick of
its many derivatives, but it
seems appropriate this month.
February is often a month to
endure, hoping for spring, sick
of winter.
It’s easy to let our problems
obscure our hope. The Church
of England will be in the
headlines this month as
General Synod debates
various new measures to
tackle the problem of long-term decline in
numbers and financial pressures.
We have our own problems as a
benefice. The PCC at Bovey reluctantly
decided in January that we should not
reduce our reserves below £20,000, and
therefore we will give £10,000 less than
the £77,000 requested by the Diocese for
Common Fund in 2014. We have offered
to give them the Elizabethan pewter and
Jacobean chair, which we tried to sell last
year, but which the Diocese refused
permission. The PCC has set a balanced
budget for 2015, but this will make it very
difficult to recruit a new worker for our
work with families and children. These
issues will be debated at Deanery Synod
and the next PCC in full.
But as Corporal Jones said, “Don’t
panic!” We have one priceless asset
which the world does not possess- the
treasure of the gospel. Jesus Christ is the
eternal word, the light of the world, who
died and rose and lives for ever. When
the disciples recognised him, they
followed. As we study the story of Jonah
this month, we find that God follows and
pursues us in relentless love and mercy,
even when we disobey. God is
determined to keep his church
shining as a light to his world.
So we keep calm and carry
on.
A new group of adults has
begun preparation for baptism
and confirmation on Sunday
evenings- it’s not too late to
join if you wish to renew your
faith.
We continue to address the
problems of our buildings. The
Changing Church course
continues this month, and we
will be revising the Mission Action Plan
and beginning a community survey to
refine and support our plans.
There is work to be done in
implementing health and safety policy
and safe recruiting, so that we meet
current legislation. This is not exciting, but
it is necessary- please co-operate with
the church wardens as we do this.
We continue to consult over the
best way of encouraging young families
to worship with us and grow in faith
Lent begins this month, and the
joint churches Lent course is called “Six
Steps to loving your church”. A list of
groups is printed on page 10, as also are
details of a free course produced by
Christians against Poverty in managing
your finances. I am grateful to Phil
Stocker for offering to lead this.
We don’t need to panic: we need to
keep calm and carry on - not blindly in a
way that doesn’t work, but with humility to
learn, and renew our commitment to
follow Jesus and love and serve one
another.
yours in Christ,
Graham
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and if you are alone, a close friend.
Nothing in this conversation can be
taboo, it will be hard for you and for
them but must be done. So how do
I do it?
Living with Cancer - Allan
Butterfield
What can I say about living with
cancer? I could say it’s like living with
your spouse or partner, i.e some
days are better than others. You
might think this is flippant and wrong
but this sort of attitude will in my view
help you to live as normal a life as
you can given the circumstances.
Anybody who has been told they
have cancer will react differently to
the news, each dealing with it
differently too.
• Quite simply think of the cancer
as an issue you have to deal with
like any other issue that may
arise.
• Remember from now, it’s more
about the people around you
than yourself.
• Look at all the options the
consultant gives you and decide
which way to go, after which do
not thin or dwell on it.
• Treat each day as a gift and go
about your business as usual (i.e.
don’t let it interfere).
• Most importantly discuss with
your family all aspects of your
life, you will be surprised how
much they don’t know that you
thought they did.
• What policies are in your name
only, can they be changed?
• Do you want to be cremated or
buried and where?
• Bank accounts: are they in your
name? If so, access after death
for your partner will be difficult.
• Energy agreement? Again the
same thing applies as for the
banks.
• Do you need to give power of
attorney to your partner?
• What hymns do you like, would
like played at your service?
I was told in a most unceremonious
way, it was for the examining
consultant a eureka moment: “Ah,
you have a tumour and it is
cancerous!” So he was pleased why? Well, for him there was a
problem, he found it and had a
solution: “We’ll operate in 2-3 weeks
time”. Later, whilst waiting to go
home at least three people came to
see me to ask if I wanted to talk. My
answer each time was no as I
already knew what was coming next.
Shortly after that I was asked to go
for a scan, the results of which
changed everything as the scan
revealed it had spread to quite a few
places, which in turn meant that it
was now terminal rather than
curable. So now you really are going
to live with it and at this point it is
essential that you talk openly and
freely with your spouse and family
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The Leprosy Mission.
The Leprosy Mission is an
international and interdenominational
Christian medical mission which has
been caring for leprosy sufferers
since 1874. We at PPT have not
been supporting it that long, but all
the help this church and
congregation gives helps LMS to
minister, in the name of Jesus Christ,
to the physical, mental and spiritual
needs of the sufferers of leprosy.
Recently a mother of 4 has been
helped, by our donations, to receive
a wheelchair which has completely
changed her life, and the lives of her
children. She can now work and care
for her children and is hoping to have
prosthetic limbs fitted soon. Another
woman has had life-changing surgery
on her deformed hand, five weeks
after that surgery she has regain
partial mobility in her hand. All this
thanks to LMS.
Life changing work like this happens
in several countries in the world,
people with leprosy are still
ostracised, as they were in Jesus’
day, which is soul destroying for both
the sufferer and their families.
Leprosy is treatable, but treatment
needs to be started before bone
deformity happens. The LMS not only
provides the drugs to treat the
disease it provides education,
prosthesis, local health care,
rehabilitation programmes and social
and spiritual support for the sufferer,
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their family and their community.
The money you as a congregation
raised, in 2014 in excess of £463,
through ‘Lent Boxes’, saving used
stamps, buying Christmas Cards and
donating in other ad hoc ways all
helped to make this life-changing
work possible. So thank you all.
I took over, from Olive Bradburn, as
PPT representative in July this year,
and I am grateful for the support you
have all given me since then.
Hopefully I can rely on your
continued support in the coming year.
Jeremiah 30:17- ‘but I will restore you
to health and heal your wounds,
‘declares the Lord, ‘because you are
called an outcast’.
Let us all continue to support this
worthwhile charity so leprosy
sufferers will feel ‘outcasts’ no more.
Thank you.
Barbara Hawkins
Notes & Events
Keswick in Devon
All Saints Church, Sidmouth are
hosting Keswick in Devon on 2-6th
March 2015. Lead speaker
Stephen Gaukroger. Subjects
include “Haggai - a story of ruin,
recovery & rescue”, “Bible Heros”,
and “What in the world is going on”.
This even is free. For more
information visit
www.keswickindevon.org.uk or
24/7 Prayer at Brunel Manor
Brunel Manor are hosting a 24 / 7
week of prayer and worship at
Brunel Manor in Torquay from 22nd
- 29th March. For more information
contact nathan@brunelmanor.com
Electoral Roll
If you are a regular worshipper at
PPT or Hennock, please make
sure you are on the Electoral Roll.
Forms are available at the back of
church for you to complete.
Please hand to a sidesperson or
return to the church office. If you
are already a member you do not
need to complete a new form.
Dates in February
15th - Church Action on poverty
Sunday
7th - 14th - Marriage Week
17th - Random acts of kindness
day
Discuss this with the clergy as
well as family.
• Do all the above as early in your
diagnosis as possible after
which you can forget about it
and move on with your life
remembering to be positive at all
times even when you don’t feel
like it.
Easter 2015
Thinking ahead to Easter, would
you like to get back to the heart of
the Easter message, Christ’s death
and resurrection, but don’t want to
miss out on a chocolate egg? Try
“The Real Easter Egg”
www.realeasteregg.co.uk It’s not
only fairtrade, but also explains the
Christian understanding of Easter.
If you don’t already have one, fix a
daily routine as it will help you and
those around you to focus on
living not dying. The more positive
your outlook, the better you will
feel and the easier it will be to live.
Young Citizen Award - Bovey
Tracey
Would you like to nominate a young
person (aged 7-18 years) who you
think has overcome challenges in
their own lives and made a
difference to the community? If so
visit www.boveytracey.gov.org to
download the nomination form. The
closing date is Feb 28th 2015
Volunteer Opportunities
Various opportunities exist within the church for people to serve within the
church and wider community. Currently we would like more people who
would be willing to lead prayers, do the bible reading or help with serving
coffee at the Sunday 10am service. Rotas are produced for a four months
period and you can specify how often you would like to be included. If you
think you could help please contact the church office.
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You may well have said things like
‘why me?’ I don’t smoke! I eat
healthily. Why has God let this
happen, etc. Guess what? No one
is to blame, not you and certainly
not God. Faith and prayer is
fundamental for me to live
normally. I am on the prayer list
and recently someone asked me if
I was getting better. They did not
know what was wrong; a small
thing you might say but can be
huge when confronted, making
them uneasy and probably no
idea what to say now. This is my
(your) job, to talk freely about it, to
enable people to feel comfortable
around you.
knowledge that God was going to
be beside me every step of the
way, it also gave my family
strength. Daily prayer is also
important talking to God letting
Him know how you feel, asking for
those around you to be supported
in any way they need. Maybe one
aspect of dealing with cancer is
the only difference between not
knowing and knowing is that you
know your meeting with God will
be sooner than you had expected,
however you could have been
crossing the road an ‘bang’ - that’s
you gone! So don’t dwell on death
but rejoice in life that God has
given us all.
I am more than happy if anybody
would like to discuss it with me
then you can call 01252 621678
or allan.alangig1@icloud.com
(Editors’s note; Allan Butterfield was
churchwarden in Ivybridge when
Graham was a curate, and they
remain in contact.)
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When told, it actually
strengthened my faith and
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Bovey Tracey Calendar
Sun 1 February
8am
10am
5pm
2 Mon 9.10am
3 Tues
10 am
4Weds
2pm
7.30pm
5 Thurs
7am
9.45am
1pm
7.30pm
6 Fri
9.10am
9.45am
6pm
8 Sun
8am
5pm
7pm
9 Mon 9.10am
10 Tues 10 am
12.30pm
11 Weds
2pm
7.30pm
12 Thurs
7am
9.45am
7.15pm
13 Fri
14 Sat
9.10am
9.45am
10am
11am
7.30pm
15 Sun
10am
5pm
Desperate Prayer
Readings:Luke 22.39-44, Jonah 2
Holy Communion: Rev Graham Hamilton
All Age Worship: Rev Graham Hamilton
Celebration: Mr Mark Harrison
Morning Prayer
Tuesday fellowship: Rev Graham Hamilton
Jack in a box Baby Group in the Church Room
Young Adults - Dinner & Study @ 26 Priory
Men’s Prayer Breakfast in the Church Room
First Steps in the Church Room
Little Stars in the Church
Deanery Synod at Ilsington Village Hall
Morning Prayer
First Steps in the Church Room
Choir Practice
Incredible Response
Readings:Matthew 12.38-42, Jonah 3
Holy Communion: Rev Graham Hamilton
Celebration: Mr Simon Plumley
Walking the Way course in the Church Room
Morning Prayer
Tuesday fellowship: Rev Graham Hamilton
Friendship lunch at the Edgemoor Hotel
Jack in a box Baby Group in the Church Room
Monthly Prayer Meeting in the Church Room
Men’s Prayer Breakfast in the Church Room
First Steps in the Church Room
Mission Community Council
at the Methodist church
Morning Prayer
First Steps in the Church Room
A Changing Church in the Church Room
Pippa’s Prayer Walk
Soul Exeter
Maddening Mercy
Readings:John 21.15-19, Jonah 4
Morning Worship: Rev Graham Hamilton
Lord’s Supper: Rev Graham Hamilton
with Mr Mark Alexander
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7pm
16 Mon 9.10am
3pm
17 Tues 10 am
2pm
Lent Course Launch in the Church Room
Morning Prayer
Chill Out: Sheep / Lamb Trip at the Baptist Church
Tuesday fellowship: Rev Graham Hamilton
Mother’s Union Meeting & AGM
18 Weds
AshWednesday
Holy Communion & imposition of ashes
Jack in a box Baby Group in the Church Room
Men’s Prayer Breakfast in the Church Room
First Steps in the Church Room
Morning Prayer
First Steps in the Church Room
22 Sun
Sign of the wine
Readings: Isaiah 25.6-9, John 2.1-12
Holy Communion: Rev Chris Murphy
Celebration: Rev Chris Murphy
Walking the Way course in the Church Room
Morning Prayer
Tuesday fellowship: Rev Graham Hamilton
Jack in a box Baby Group in the Church Room
Young Adults: Pancakes at 26 Priory
Men’s Prayer Breakfast in the Church Room
First Steps in the Church Room
Lent Lunch at the Methodist Church
Girls Night: Skittles @ The Dolphin
Morning Prayer
First Steps in the Church Room
Codelife Group
A Changing Church in the Church Room
Kids Club - Pancake Party
10am
2pm
19 Thurs
7am
9.45am
20 Fri
9.10am
9.45am
10am
5pm
7pm
23 Mon 9.10am
24 Tues 10 am
25 Weds
2pm
7.30pm
26Thurs
7am
9.45am
12:15pm
7:30pm
27 Fri
9.10am
9.45am
7.30pm
28 Sat
10am
5.45pm
March
1 Sun
8am
10am
5pm
Sign for the future
Readings: Acts 2.22-36, John 2.13-25
Holy Communion: Rev Graham Hamilton
All Age Worship: Rev Graham Hamilton
Celebration: Rev Graham Hamilton
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