Parish Magazine June 2008

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The Ven. David Garnett

The Vicarage, Edensor, Bakewell,

Derbyshire DE45 1PH Tel: 01246 582130

June 2008Dear Friends

Yes, it is Edensor Day again. How time flies! St Peters Church Garden Party

will be on 21 June at 2 p.m. at the Old Vicarage, the home of the Dowager

Duchess.

On St Peters Day itself, 29 June, apart from the 10.30 Morning Service there will

be a Pet Service at 3 p.m.

I do hope you will come and join some or all of these exciting and fun events.

During my ministry I have served churches dedicated to many saints: St Marys,

Cottingham; St Patricks, Patterdale; St Catherines, Heald Green; St Jamess,

Christleton; and St Thomas & All Saints at Ellesmere Port. When we lived at

Taddington the church was dedicated to St Michael & All Angels and at Baslow

to St Anne (as is Beeley Church).

We know much about St Peter but let me take just one snapshot. Peter was kept

in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing by the church unto God for him(Acts 12.5). Peter had done no wrong. He had been incarcerated because Herod

had it in mind to harass the Church. He had already had St James put to death by

the sword. Imagine Peter, sitting chained, guarded by soldiers waiting for his end.

I sometimes think that the church is in prison today. Not by the State. Two other

modern powers have laid their hands on the Church and got it shackled and

manacled. I refer to over-organisation and to so-called secularisation or post

modernism. Let me explain: -

First, over-organisation. I sense too much busyness and not enough quietness.

Clergy and laity are often telling me how busy they are. One of the greatest

releases I had was when I had longer to serve on General Synod! Of course,

organisation is important. But unless it is the result of being with, and listening to

God, it becomes like reorganising the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Second, secularisation. We are surely grateful for all the benefits that science has

won and the secular emphasis on human rights, etc. something many countrieslack. We should be proud of our nation and democracy. But the secular has got

us in prison if we come to think that the secular is all. There is so much that


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transcends the secular. The area of the personal is an example. And, of course,

there is the transcendent sphere that religion operates on where the unprecedentedand unexpected may happen. The Church needs to shake itself free from the

modern mood. To allow people to be unembarrassed by faith in God. G K

Chesterton said: the reason I am a Christian is because it is such fun!

If we believe little we shall accomplish little. If we believe much, if we believe inthe supernatural, we shall accomplish much.

If we turn back to our text in the Acts of the Apostles we read of Peter at the

eleventh hour rising up from prison and his manacles falling off.

He passes through those terrifying gates and joins the praying company, to their

astonishment.

So please pray that churches and communities will flourish. We need the Church

today. A Church that believes in prayer, the power of God and the attractiveness

of faith, hope and love. Its the only kind of Church we need, the only kind worth

belonging to

Yours ever,

David

Readings at St. Peters Epistle Gospel Reader

1 June Deuteronomy 11. 18-21 Matthew 7. 21-29 Tony Gray

Trinity 2 The House built on Rock

8 June Hosea 5.15-6.6 Matthew 9.9-13 & 18-26 David Jackson

Trinity 3 Friend of Sinners

15 June Matthew 9.35-10.23 ------------------------------- John Bowns

Trinity 4 Labourers into the harvest

22 June Romans 6.1B-11 Matthew 10.24-39 Roger Wardle

Trinity 5 Conflict29 June Acts 12.1-11 Matthew 16.13-19 Molly Marshall

Trinity 6 St. Peter

6 July Romans 7.15-25a Matthew 11.16-19,25-30 Joan Davies

Trinity 7 Come unto me

From the RegistersSt. Peters

Wedding 30th

AprilJeannine Smith & Michael Hodgkinson


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ST PETERS PATRONAL CELEBRATIONS

GARDEN PARTY SATURDAY 21 JUNE2 4.30p.m. at The Old Vicarage, Edensor

by kind invitation of the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire

Stalls ~ Games ~ Sports- e.g. sack race, egg & spoon etc.

Refreshments ~ Tours around Her Graces home ~

And Lots and Lots of Fun!

Entrance to the Garden Party 1Tour of The Old Vicarage (2.30-4.30pm) 5

&SUNDAY 29 JUNE St Peters Day

3 p.m. Pet Service

Blessing of all the animals and thanks for all they give us.

Goldfish to four legged friends WELCOME. And YOU too!

Concert for a Summer

EveningSt. Peters Church, Edensor

Saturday 7th June 7pm

A concert by Dore Male Voice Choir


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Tickets 5available from Vernon Mather (01629732317)

St. Peters Church 100 ClubApri l 200 8

1st prize 30 no.36 Duke of Devonshire (donated to Church)

2nd prize 20 no.49 Vacant number

43 + 50 = 93 to Church funds this month.

We still have vacancies for 6 new members.

DATES TO NOTE7 June SKIP - Edensor The Green 7.45-9.30

Pilsley Garage Yard 9.45-10.45

Dore Male Voice Choir Concert St. Peters Church 7pm

10 June BEELEY WI Monthly Meeting - 7.30pm Village Hall

Down the Garden Path with David Bell

14/28 June SKIP: Baslow Council Houses 7.45-8.15

Nether End Car Park 8.20-10.45

18 June CHATSWORTH WI Monthly Meeting7.30pm Cavendish Annexe

Speaker - Raymond Rush Corn dolly demonstration

& hands-on experience

Competition corn dollies (see above)

Flowers & Parcel Mrs Beauchamp

Tea Hostess Mrs Spencer, Mrs Hall

Vote of Thanks Mrs Blackwell

21 June St. Peters Church Garden Party 2pm The Old Vicarage

28/29 June Great Longstone Open Gardens Weekend Sat 11-5 Sun 15-529 June 3pm PET SERVICE St. Peters Church

CANCELLATION'Soloists of St Petersburg Ensemble' 28th May Bakewell Parish Church

Due to reasons beyond the control of the organisers the Soloists were refused

visas and so were unable to fulfil their English tour.

We apologise to readers for any inconvenience.


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Great Longstone Open Gardens Weekend

Saturday, 28th June 11am - 5pm Sunday, 29th June 12 noon - 5pmRefreshments, craft and plant stalls

Adults: 3, no charge for accompanied children.Proceeds to St Giles' Church funds

FAVOURITE HYMNS

More favourite hymns from St. Peters

4 VOTES EACH

THE CHURCHS ONE FOUNDATION (170)

AND NOW O FATHER MINDFUL OF THE LOVE (260)

JUST AS I AM (246)

THERE IS A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY (137)

LOVE DIVINE ALL LOVES EXCELLING (131)

FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH (104)

O WORSHIP THE KING (101)

3 VOTES EACH

BRIGHTEST AND BEST (47)

BREATHE ON ME, BREATH OF GOD (157)

NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD (205)

TELL OUT MY SOUL (422)

ETERNAL FATHER STRONG TO SAVE (292)LEAD KINDLY LIGHT (215)

THROUGH THE NIGHT (211)

PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST (117)

WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS (67)

Challenge Cancer through Adventure

May I thank all the friends from St. Anne's and St. Peter's who sponsored my walkaround the Upper Derwent Dams at the end of April. We were blessed with what

was then a solitary fine day, with clear skies but not too hot. The challenge was

mostly for runners (about 200 hundred of them) but there were about 20 or so of

us pedestrians. I was not trying to raise a huge amount I left that to Jill last year-

but should have collected some 300 altogether. For which I am very grateful.

Thank you all.

If you should ever hear of anyone in or around the Peak District suffering from a

terminal illness, who might like to tackle something that could be an adventure for

them (it could be climbing a rockface, doing a parachute jump, whitewater rafting


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or ballooning...and there are many other possibilities) do steer them to the

Charity's website at www.challengecancer.org.uk or they could phone 01433631636.

With thanks again and best wishes from Jill and me,

Michael Gowdey.

Urgent Appeal from

Bishop Hilary

Bishop Hilary recently visited us

at St Peters and told us how his

Diocese of Yei, Southern Sudan,

has been ravaged by war; homes,

schools, churches, hospitals all

razed to the ground. The whole

infrastructure has been destroyed -

roads, bridges, water sources etc.

Money was promised from

foreign officials; no money has

ever arrived.

Bishop Hilary is trying to help his Diocese effectively start again. He is building a

school (the second of six) as part of this process. Total cost of the build is 40,000. He

is also trying to help those who are returning from the bush where they had been

hiding during the war.

Most people in Yei have nothing; many are dying everyday from starvation and lack

of medical services. Food distribution centres and medical care provision is rare.

1. We asked Bishop Hilary what was the most urgent need and it is money for

the school building programme. The photo shows the second school;

building has currently stopped through lack of funds. Could you please help?

Cheques payable to Immanuel Kindergarten before July 31st 2008 please.This is a Registered Charity, No. 1122571. Bishop Hilary and his wife Joyce

fly back home on August 21st. Please pass your cheques to myself (David

Garnett).

2. We are also collecting items of identified urgent need for use in Yei; list

below. A reliable (this has been tried and tested) container ship is sailing

from Folkestone around 14 July. This will be administered by contacts of

Bishop Hilary. Could you please help?


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Please can you bring any donated items by June 30 to Peter Machin or

Pauline D on a Sunday morning at church, or leave at the back of the church

and let them know. (Anyone with donations etc. in Pilsley could contact Liz

Bradshaw).

If you wanted to purchase particular brand new items (e.g. solar panel) for

delivery direct to the collection point in Folkestone please speak to Peter orPauline.

3. Transport is desperately needed to take the collected items to Folkestone.

Ideas/help please?

Queries can be addressed to Peter Machin, telephone 01433 631294 or by email to

[email protected]

The List (in order of urgency and importance) used but in good condition is also

fine.URGENT LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHES

female: dresses/skirts/blouses/T-shirts/square headscarves

childrens clothes (including dresses)

male: trousers/shirts

underwear (new): male/female/children

generators/solar panels/bicycles/garden tools (non electrical)/hosepipes/building

tools/carpentry tools/solar lamps or torches/aquarolls/candles/soap

Important/not as urgent

bedding: bed covers/sheets/pillowcases/duvets/towelschildrens school items: exercise books/childrens readers/pens/pencils/drawing

books/picture books/markers/watercolours/brushes

tents

woollens/jackets/rain coats/shoes

THANK YOU

David Garnett, Vicar, St. Peters, Edensor

A hug a day, please

When were you last hugged? A recent study has found that

everyone needs at least one hug a day in order to cope with

the stress of modern life.

Yet a third of people in the UK receive no daily cuddle. And three quarters of

us wish that we were hugged more than we are. In families, younger members

get most of the hugs, with parents often left out. After the age of 11, hugs

decrease.


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These are the findings of a survey by scientists at Manchester Metropolitan

University. Britain has forgotten how to hug, said one senior psychologist.

We are out of the habit. And yet a hug is an important part of life. We are

basically animals and so need physical contact just as animals do.

Political correctness is blamed, because hugging people can be seen as

inappropriate.

PILGRIM PLACES: Historic Christian Sites in Britain: CanterburyThe Christian Church was born in the city of Jerusalem in the great events of our Lords deathand resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. It spread rapidly across theRoman world and other cities became important Christian centres. These included Antioch,Ephesus, Alexandria, Constantinople and Rome.

At the beginning of the 6th century a small town in southeast England was added to that

illustrious list Canterbury in Kent. It seemed more likely that London or Winchester or Lincolnwould have become the centre of English Christianity but a missionarys decision to makeCanterbury his headquarters gave the honour to a town formerly fairly insignificant. Thatmissionary was Augustine (died 604/605 AD), a Benedictine monk from a monastery in Romeand not to be confused with the much better known Bishop Augustine of Hippo in North Africa(354-430).

Augustine was selected for this mission to England by Bishop Gregory of Rome. We are notsure why Gregory initiated this mission but there is a well-known story about it. This story, or

legend, is told in the Venerable Bedes great work on English Church History, EcclesiasticalHistory of the English People. Bede tells us that while Bishop Gregory was visiting the Forum inRome, he saw children for sale in the slave market. Noting their fair complexions and blueeyes, he asked who they were and was told they were Angles, captured in their home country,England. Gregory is alleged to have replied with a Latin pun. Non Angli, sed angeli, not

Angles but angels. Gregory sent Augustine and forty other monks on a mission to England toconvert the native peoples to Christianity.

Of course this was not the first time the Christian faith reached Britain. The gospel had come to

these islands at least three hundred years before Augustines mission. Who brought the GoodNews to our ancestors is uncertain. It might have come with Roman soldiers or traders, for theRomans had occupied the country as early as 43 AD.

More likely, however, it was Christian missionaries from Gaul (France), our nearest neighboursacross the English Channel, who first evangelised our pagan forefathers. When an importantChurch Council was held in Arles in France in 314 AD, the records show that three Englishbishops attended, indicating that early in the 4th century Christianity was well enoughestablished in England to have at least three bishoprics.

River and Sky


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Move our hearts with the calm, smooth flow of your grace. Let the river of yourlove run through our souls. May my soul be carried by the current of yourlove, towards the wide, infinite ocean of heaven.Stretch out my heart with your strength, as you stretch out the sky above theearth. Smooth out any wrinkles of hatred or resentment. Enlarge my soul thatit may know more fully your truth.

A prayer of Gilbert of Hoyland, (died c.1170, Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Swineshead inLincolnshire)

Why you can find your way, but your partner gets lost.

Next time your loved one drives you crazy by not

knowing where on earth he/she is, never mind where

he/she is going, try and be patient. For scientists have

discovered that some people really do get lost quicker

than others.

Neurologists at University College London have found that two key parts of

the brain work together to help each of us to plan and follow routes in, say, a

familiar city. One part of your brain, the hippocampus, stores memories about

key locations and landmarks. Another part of your brain, the grid cells,

provide your internal sense of space and distance, rather like a GPS system.

In order to find your way about, remember routes and plan new ones, yourhippocampus needs to talk with your grid cells. When this happens, you can

whiz around a city. When it doesnt happen you end up wandering about,

totally disoriented. In other words, you get lost.

Are you a mouldie?Want to talk to your nang children?

Can you understand a teenager?Not psychologically probablyno one can do that. But quiteliterally what language are theyspeaking these days?

If you find your teenagerincreasingly hard to understand,

you might like to buy a new book,The A-Z of Teen Talk, to help

you make some sense of youroffspring. Here you can learn themeanings of such gems asvanilla (boring); jamming(hanging around); za (pizza);and antwaky (unstylish). Thentheres flat roofin (stressed);elton (a toilet); klingon (irritating

younger sibling); mouldie(parent); nang (excellent,


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brilliant); wafwaan (whats goingon); and rago (okay).

The book was researched atCheltenham Ladies College overthe course of a year, and written

by 13 year-old Lucy vanAmerongen, who also gives three

golden rules that all teenagersseem to obey instinctively: nevermake eye contact when talking toa mouldie (parent), alwaysmumble inaudibly, and alwaysinclude the word like in, like,

every sentence, like. Rago, like?

CHORAL SINGING IS GOOD FOR YOUR

HEALTH

When this month The International Church Music Festival, which attracts choirs from

the US and Europe is held in Coventry (20 22) June, you can be sure of one thing:

just singing the music makes the singers feel better.

A Swedish psychologist has researched the effect that choral singing has on a

person and concluded that it is very good indeed. Dr Maria Sandren, from

the University of Stockholm, found that choral singing had strong effects on

the well-being, in that positive emotions increased significantly, and in turn,

negative emotions radically subsided. Choral singers, particularly women, are

happier, more alert and relaxed after a rehearsal.

Other recent research seems to say that content is also important: a numberof singers referred to the religious character of the music, and the impact

which it had on them.

Foxy time of year Playful young fox cubs are venturing out of their dens thismonth. Keep a lookout in your local copse or wasteland for

a hole larger than a rabbits burrow. It will probably have food remains,

such as bones and feathers, around it. If it is an urban den, there mayeven be rags and plastic dolls about the cubs use them as toys.

If you do find a breeding earth, you can watch them playingoutside at a distance (at least 30m), downwind, at dusk or dawn.But dont disturb them, or the vixen will move the whole family.

Honey, honey


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Next time you cut yourself, reach for the honey jar. Treating cuts with honeyhas worked where even antibiotics have failed, suggests a new study.Wounds can become sterile in three to ten days.

Scientists believe that honeys healing power is due to the enzyme glucoseoxidase, which produces hydrogen peroxide, an antiseptic, while the high

sugar concentration inhibits bacterial growth. Some hospitals are alreadyusing Medihoney, a honey-based dressing, to treat patients.

Using honey to help cure wounds is not new. It was first used by the AncientGreeks and Egyptians. Now, it seems, a number of doctors in Bangor, NorthWales, agree with them.

SERVICES & ROTAS FOR JUNE 2008

St. Annes, Beeley

Flowers & Brasses1 June 9.30am Holy Communion Mrs Swain

8 June 9.30am Holy Communion 6pm Evensong " "

15 June 9.30am Holy Communion Mrs Turner

22 June 9.30am Holy Communion 6pm Evensong " "

29 June 9.30am Holy Communion Miss Abell

6 July 9.30am Holy Communion " "

St. Peters, EdensorSidesmen

1 June 10.30am Holy Communion & Baptism R.S.Sherwood/Diana Walters

8 June 10.30am Holy Communion (Preacher: Chris Hodder) Mr & Mrs Flemming

15 June 10.30am Matins R.A.Gray/J. Bowns

22 June 10.30am Holy Communion R. Bemrose/Jayne Boyd

29 June 10.30am Holy Communion (St. Peters Day) Mrs Thomas/Mrs Bemrose

3pm Pet Service (in Church) Pilsley School Children/Mr & Mrs Gordon

6 July 10.30am Holy Communion Mr & Mrs Jackson

Coffee Cleaning Flowers

1 June Mr & Mrs Sherwood Mrs & Mrs Jackson Wedding flowers8 June Mrs Bradshaw Mrs Bateman/Mrs Robinson Wedding flowers

15 June Mrs Cooper/Mrs Clarke -------------------------------- Wedding flowers remain

22 June Pat Cree Mrs Day/Mrs Owen Wedding flowers

29 June Mrs Mather --------------------------- Wedding flowers remain

6 July Mr & Mrs Sherwood Mrs Sherwood/Mrs Kembery ? ?

Useful Telephone Numbers

St. AnnesWardens:- Rupert Turner 01629 732794

Vernon Mather 01629 732317


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Treasurer:- Gloria Sherwood 01629 732983St. Peters

Wardens:- Elizabeth Bradshaw 01246 582421

Duncan Gordon 01629 734099

Treasurer:- Andrew Flemming 01246 583315

The Bridge Parish Magazine Yearly subscription 6 (50p per month)

Items for inclusion in the July magazine should reach me byMonday 16th June e-mail: [email protected]

The congregation was wonderful, said the visiting minister after the service.They were so polite that they covered their mouths when they yawned.

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