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Nov/Dec Services 2/3Sad Goodbye 3Harvest Supper 3Confirmation/MU 4Friendship Lunch 5HT Christmas Fair 6St Barnabas/Clav news 6Christingle Services 6Common Fund/Foodbank 7Chelvey Fair/Thank You 8

Published free for Holy Trinity, Cleeve and St. Barnabas, Claverham Issue 3

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We recently visited the RegimentalMuseum of the Royal Welsh inBrecon. It is a small museum, butwith a fascinating and compellingcollection. The exhibits record thehistory of the many campaigns inwhich the regiment has seenaction, and records amazing acts ofheroism, but it was not the

impressive military accomplish-ments that stayed in my memoryand moved me. In the display cases are manypersonal items which tell theirown story. A letter sent from thefront to a mother, a little pocketbible, a carving, whittled duringthe long hours in the trenches.Small items that tell the story ofordinary young men who foundthemselves far from their familiesin a far from ordinary conflict.

As we stand in silence around theWar Memorial this morning andthe names of the local peoplerecorded on it are read out, wemourn them anew, and themillions of others like them whohave lost their lives in service ofthis county.Yes, we shall remember them.

Ed

Silence speaks when wordscannot

Remembrance Sunday

November

M twoServices from the second week of November until the second week of

December 2017

The Third Sunday before Advent - Remembrance Sunday

2nd Sunday 12th November 09.30 Holy Communion with Remembrance Claverham 10.50 Remembrance Service CleeveThursday 16th November 09.30 Prayers for Healing & Wholeness + Holy Communion Cleeve

The Second Sunday before Advent

3rd Sunday 19th November 09.30 Holy Communion Cleeve 15.30 Team All Souls Day Yatton Service of Remembrance 23rd November No Service at Cleeve.

The Sunday next before Advent - Christ the King

4th Sunday 26th November 10.00 Cafe Celebration Court de Wyck SchoolThursday 30th November 09.30 Prayers for Healing & Wholeness + Holy Communion CleeveAdvent Sunday

1st Sunday 3rd December 09.30 Holy Communion Cleeve 11.00 Christingle Service Claverham 16.00 Christingle Service Cleeve

Thursday 7th December 09.30 Prayers for Healing & Wholeness + Holy Communion Cleeve

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A sad Goodbye.It is with sincere regret that we say goodbye to Brian and Sara Wilsonwho are moving to Failand in November.

We will remember their perambulations around thelanes and as loving, generous members of our churchfamily at Holy Trinity and at St Barnabas, and as sup-porters of Court de Wyck School. It is not, however,goodbye, but 'Au revoir' as we know where you aregoing! June Richards

The Second Sunday of Advent

2nd Sunday 10th December 09.30 Holy Communion ClaverhamMonday 11th December 10.00am - 3.00pm Advent Quiet Day Yatton

Wednesday 13th December 19.00 Carol Service ClaverhamThursday 14th December 09.30 Prayers for Healing & Wholeness + Holy Communion CleeveSaturday 16th December 17.00 Carols in Yatton Precinct

Harvest Supper A good crowd came to theHarvest Supper, including Rev JoSlade and her fiance Ian, who wewere pleased to meet.  After atasty meal and a glass or two of thesecret brew, the entertainmentbegan. Mike Craske and his friendplayed us a good selection of lightmusic, then June read us two of

her humorous poems. One wasabout memories of our village cen-tenarian, Mrs Chipperfield, knownto all as Chippy, and the otherabout the trials and tribulations ofbeing the church warden. Theevening ended with people cavort-ing around to more music!  Manythanks to Lin and her catering teamwho did us proud. Mary

M fourCONFIRMATIONSaturday 4th November was a veryspecial day for several of ouryoung church members when theywere confirmed at Wells

Cathedral byBishops Peterand Ruth.Amongstthem wasAriane fromClaverhamand Ella fromCleeve whoweresupported byparents, god-

parents, clergy, and members ofour congregation.Ariane and Ella received their firstCommumion at Holy Trinity onSunday 5th November when they

were each presented with a Bibletogether with some wise wordsfrom Avril.At coffee time afterwards we allshared the delicious confirmationcake.Many congratulations to Arianeand Ella from all of their Churchfamily.

CLEEVE and CLAVERHAM MU.At our October meeting Rev JudithLee spoke to us about her workwith the Children’s Society. Shestarted with a short history of howin the late nineteenth century, thefounder, Edward Rudolf, a youngSunday school teacher and civilservant,   found himself confrontedby the brutal effects of poverty onthe lives of children in South Lon-don. He approached the Arch-bishop of the time to express hisconcerns and soon after, theChurch of England Central Homefor Waifs and Strays wasestablished. She then went on totell us how they have continued tochampion disadvantaged childrenthroughout their 130-year history.The Children’s Society is anational charity that tries to findsolutions to the problems childrenface today, be it mental healthPhotos - Gill

M fiveissues, family problems, sexualexploitation and in the present cli-mate, working with the many refu-gees coming into Britain,including trafficked and undocu-mented children. Much of theirwork now involves lobbying localand national Government. Over theyears the work of The Children'sSociety has changed but theirchild-centred values and intentionsremain the same. Over £5million israised each year for the Children'sSociety. Along with  the manyChristingle services held annuallythroughout the country, funds arealso raised  through collectionboxes, Bake and Brew events,sponsored walks,  marathons andmany  other charity challenges.We finished with a good natter anda lovely lunch provided by theladies of St Barnabas .Our next meeting will be on 21stNovember at 11.45am  and this isbeing held at Gill Roes’ housewith Chris Mahony, talking to usabout the work of the MU .

It’s that time of year again ,wherethe committee are putting nextyears programme together, so ifanyone has any suggestions orideas for speakers etc. please do letone of us know. Gill

FRIENDSHIP LUNCHCELEBRATIONSThis month's Friendship Lunchcelebrated Doris Wall's 90th birth-day and the 30 th anniversary ofthe lunch itself. Muriel Bliss,

Madge Best and Jenny Haworthhosted the first lunch for lonely orisolated individuals, and thenteams were formed including LinMortimer and Andrea Stoddartwho carried on from there over thenext 30 years. Congratulations andmany thanks to those who haveprovided this very valuable out-reach to our senior citizens for somany years.

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HOLY TRINITY CHRISTMAS FAYRE

Christmas Fayre25th November 2017 at

Cleeve Village Hall11 am to 3 pm

Please come along on the day andwe will gratefully receive raffleprizes, cakes, tombola prizes andbooks. DianaIf anyone has anything that I canput to good use on my TombolaStall, I would be very grateful toreceive it – I am happy to pickthings up if required – 838515Thank you . Dave

St Barnabas/Claverham newsDo not be deceived by the outwardappearance of St Barnabas at themoment, shrouded as it is withplastic and scaffolding! Normalchurch services are still takingplace and the monthly coffeemornings are not affected, the nextone being on Saturday 2ndDecember.St Barnabas Diary DatesChristingle will be on the 3rdDecember at 11 a.m.The Carol service on Wednesday13th December at 7.00 p,m, and

the Christmas Eve service at 10.00pm on 24th December.

Claverham Market will be at theVillage Hall on 18th and the De-cember market on the 16th .Street Dance at the Village Hallnow starts at 7.30pm.

CHRISTINGLEThe Christingle atHoly Trinity Cleeve,which is organised byCleeve andClaverham Mothers’Union will take place on Sunday3rd December at 4pm and all arewarmly invited.The Christingle Service bringstogether children and families tocelebrate the Christmas message.

The Christingle uses the symbolsof an orange to represent theWorld, and a candle to representthe Light of the World, and eachchild will receive a Christingle totake home. There is a collection forthe Children’s Society at theService.Note that the Christingle at StBarnabas takes place at 11am thesame day so you have a choice ofvenue!

M sevenCOMMON FUNDThe Common Fund is an amountof money that each PCC pays tothe Diocese which, in simpleterms, makes up the salaries, pen-sions, housing etc. for all theClergy in the Diocese.

The Common Fund is based on thenumber of ‘Regular Worshippers’that each Parish has attending. A‘Regular Worshipper’ is someonewho attends Church at least once amonth.

The payment scale for 2018 hasjust been published, and for us atHoly Trinity and St Barnabas thereis a new milestone. We will haveto pay an amount of exactly £10per week for every Regular Wor-shipper! This is the first time theweekly payment has ever been thathigh!

Therefore our overall payment for2018 is £23058, which equates to44.3 ‘Regulars’, because there isan averaging process in the calcu-lation.

So, if like Linda and I, you look inDecember to see what charities tosupport for the forthcoming year,

please think about topping up yourpayment to the PCC. One of theproblems over the whole Dioceseis that decreasing Church member-ship means that, even with costsavings, there are fewer peopleacross the Diocese [and in mostParishes] paying to ‘keep the showon the road’!

Just to finish everyone off, don’tforget that the Common Fund isonly around two-thirds of the totaloutgoings that the PCC pays for.There are utilities, insurance,maintenance, music, services, andmany more basic necessities thatwe have to pay for each year!

As last year, when I see how all thefinances have gone in 2017, I willwrite to all our Regular Worship-pers during Lent.Best wishes Dave

Clevedon FoodbankWould like to thank everyone whocontributed to the Harvest appealwhich resulted in 4339kg of foodbeing donated -equivalent to theweight of two rhinos!With Christmas on the horizonthey are collecting seasonal fare to

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Jen Lankester November 19th

June Richards November 26th

Sarah CushNick Cush

December 3rd

Andrea StoddartLin Mortimer

December 10th

Enid PringRon Pring

December 17th

Thank YouFor your contributions to this month’s Messenger. Articles for theDecember edition should be with me, Carole Perrott by Wednesday 6thDecember. They can be e mailed to carole.perrott @gmx.com, given to me atchurch or put through the door of 15 Chestnut Drive, Claverham.

eightmake up hampers for families inneed, and they would like toinclude Christmas puddings andcake, family boxes of biscuits, tinsof ham and salmon, tinned fruitand custard, trifle kits, cranberrysauce and savoury biscuits.

They are going to start packingsessions on the 1st December sowould be grateful if donations ofthese items could be received bythen. Further information athttps://clevedondistrict.foodbank.org.uk/

St Bridget’s Church Chelvey -is holding a Christmas Fair onSaturday, 18th November from10.00 am – 3.00 pm.Local artists and craft people willbe displaying original ideas forChristmas. Stalls include jewelleryceramics, prints,  clothing, basket-ware,  quilting, cards,  candles,plants and Country Marketproduce.Mulled cider and apple juice, tea,coffee and home-made seasonalrefreshments will be available. Caring at Christmas and churchfunds will share donations.