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August 2014

OFFENHAMCOMMUNITY MAGAZINE

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The Vicarage, High St, Badsey. WR11 7EJ

8 Ivy Lane, Bretforton, Evesham. WR11 7HP

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Dear All,

As you will all be aware the 4 August 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the dayBritain entered one of the costliest conflicts in history – the First World War – withfighting continuing until the 11 November 1918, Armistice Day; and although 82% ofthose who put on a uniform between 1914 and 1918 survived, many returned withterrible wounds either physical or emotional or both. It was the war that was to end allwars which we sadly know was not the case and fighting continues across the world.

In all three churches in the Benefice of Badsey with Aldington, Offenhamand Bretforton, some form of Commemoration will be (or has alreadybeen) held. Offenham held its ‘Hats Off to our Boys’ Flower Festival at

the beginning of July with my thanks to Offenham Floral Art andall those organisations in the village which were

involved. Bretforton will be holding aCommemoration Service in Church at

6.30 on Sunday 3 August. AndBadsey Church as part of theFestival of Churches will be hosting

displays over the first twoweekends in September withthanks to The Badsey Society andothers who are organising theevent.

It’s important that these eventsare not seen as a celebration in any

way, but they are very much a way ofremembering and commemorating the event and paying tribute to those who gave somuch, and it must also be remembered that people on both sides of the conflict wereaffected.

War, I fear, will be with us as long as human kind exists but I pray for a time when it willbe no more and that God’s Kingdom will be seen here on earth in the nature of Love,Compassion, Justice and Freedom.

Letter of the month

Offenham Old School Educational TrustThe Trust is continuing to make grants topeople in the village for educationalpurposes in the coming year. Thisincludes Further & Higher Education butwider education purposes may beconsidered - if in doubt please ask.

Please collect application forms from thevillage shop or the back of the church.Once completed, place in a sealedenvelope at the back of the church ordeliver to church warden Angela Goitte at12 Myatt Road in time for the trustessmeeting on 1 Oct 2014.

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Parish Register

Advance notice that we’re going to attempt to ring a full peal of changes on theOffenham bells on Saturday 13 September starting at 2.30pm. We will be ringing 5,040changes and expect this will take about 2 hours 45 minutes.

If we succeed this will be the 21st peal at Offenham; the first was on 30 April 1899 andthe most recent on 30 October 2011. For more details please go towww.offenhambells.com or call Claire (49411).

Full Peal Of Church Bells On Sat 13 Sept

08 June 2014 Harry Arjan Sharma06 July 2014 Letty Marie Burgess

21 June 2014 Jim Morris & Rebecca Garrard28 June 2014 James Michael Evans & Kim Chayanne May Ingram

11 June 2014 (Sidney) Dennis Scyner07 July 2014 Peter Mathias Prosser

Fewer Church Services at Offenham from SeptemberDue to a decrease in the numbers of regularworshippers, and to save on heating costs, the PCChave decided that from September Offenham Churchwill hold services only on the first and secondSunday of each month. This includes Baptisms.

It does not affect Funerals,Weddings or any FestivalServices during the year, such as MotheringSunday, Easter and Christmas; RemembranceSunday is usually the second Sunday ofNovember and will also be unaffected.

Holy Communion at 8am and COFE Service at 11am. Eucharist at 11am.

Whilst there may not be services in St Mary and St Milburgh on the third and fourth (and theoccasional fifth) Sunday of each month, Offenham is part of a benefice and everyone’s welcome atthe other services held across the benefice (see opposite).

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The ladies were approached by theOffenham PCC earlier this year toconsider putting on a Church FlowerFestival as an alternative fund raisingevent to their annual fete. The idea wasput forward that we could do a tributefestival to mark the centenary of WorldWar One. A different challenge to thenormal "pretty" flower festivals of the past!

So the seed was set and the ladies hadseveral meetings to throw ideas around.The enthusiasm gained momentum andsoon we had things in place. We wantedto involve some other village groups andwere delighted when the Youth Clubagreed to decorate the tall archway overthe entrance gate. A good thing too, asour ladies are a bit long in the tooth nowfor arranging off ladders!!! They did agrand job using a red, white and bluetheme. We then spoke to the leaders ofthe Brownie Group who were also verykeen to help. One of our members cameup with the idea of cutting squares out oflarge water containers, getting thempainted in blue and then the girls were

shown how to place a small arrangement,also in red, white and blue inside thecontainer to make them look like lanterns.We mounted 23 of these up each side ofthe pathway on metals stands, made forus by Phil Gilman another villager willingto help. This created a lovely welcome toour visitors, and we had lots of commentsabout the effectiveness of these. We thenasked the primary school head teacher ifthe children could become involved andwe came up with the idea of themproducing some "Prayer Posies", as theyhad been learning about wartime activitiesand they understood how the lossescould have a big impact on a smallcommunity. Two ladies went into schoolon the Wednesday afternoon and a groupof 22 pupils were shown how to create asmall posy, again in red, white and blue.They were all very keen to get going andproduced from very good work. They hadprepared their own individual prayerwhich we mounted on a stick and placedinto their flowers. These were thendisplayed on the benches in front of thechoir stalls in the church. This proved tobe a very moving experience for many

visitors as they were amazed at theefforts of the children, both with theposies and their own words.

We got started on the Thursdaymorning with setting up props etc

and the flowers came in on Fridaymorning. A great time was had by

all, with plenty of tea and coffeeprovided. The results of thishard work was stunning, therewas some very imaginativeand evocative designsproduced, the Church lookedamazing!

Hats Off to our Boys - Offenham Floral Art SocietyChris Parkinson. Offenham Floral Art Society

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We also had several stalls on the grassoutside the Church which proved verypopular, they included cakes, plants,tombola, local produce, jewellery andglassware (again made by other villagers).

The ladies of the Women's Section of theRoyal British Legion also supported us bypreparing lunches and tea and cakes forour visitors to enjoy. So we achieved avery nice village day with lots of visitorscoming to see our hard work.

We received some wonderful commentsabout the standard of the floral art workand hopefully managed to recruit a fewnew members in the process.

The Church was delighted to find out thatthe figure raised for the upkeep of ourbeautiful Church was just over £2000!!

Well done to everyone involved with theproject.

“HATS OFF toeveryone whocontributed to thecommemorationweekend. Everythingwas so well done andprofessionallyaccomplished. Toomany things tomention individuallybut what a joy to spendtime looking, buyingand eating. Thank youand congratulations!”

Mr & Mrs Keightley.MAIN STREET, OFFENHAM.

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Mother’s Union

Due to heavy rain last month’s GardenMeeting had to be moved to Penny’sconservatory. The afternoon was veryenjoyable with people finding out who hadbeen their prayer partner and some lovelygifts were exchanged.

Call Penny Christison on 830837mu@ourbenefice.org.uk

Floral Art SocietyClub meeting in the garden of

Mrs Sheila James, Langdale, ChurchStreet, Offenham; with tea & cakes.

Call Chris Parkinson on 446159.

Parish Council Meeting

General public are invited to attend theopen forum at the beginning of themeeting and those who wish can stay andobserve the full meeting.

Maypole ClubHoi Bingo and Bring & Buy

Sale. Competition Wedding Anniversaries(Paper).

, Stoke-on-Trent.Shopping Centre or Potteries Museum &Art Gallery (free entry) to see part of theStaffordshire Hoard of Gold. Leaving at9am. Cost: £8.

Leaving at9am. Cost: £8.

Call Edith Peters on 45247.

August04 Aug 7.30pm Parish Council Meeting.

See below for details.06 Aug 7.30pm Floral Art. (Offenham Village Hall)

See below for details.27 Aug 2.30pm Maypole Club (Offenham Village Hall)

See below for details.27 Aug 19:30:00 Wickhamford Gardening Club.

See opposite page for details.

Looking ahead

07 Sep 3.30pm Offenham’s First Ever Pet ServiceSee opposite page for details.

09 Sep 2.30pm Mother’s UnionSee below for details.

19 Sep 9am onwards Blackminster Middle School Open DaySee opposite page for details.

Dates for the Diary - August 2014

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All pets welcome!

Please remember your poo bags!

The service will take 30 minutes andbe held by the Reverend AnnePotter (who won’t be bringing alongher own pet Gerry the snake, as shefinds it difficult to take a churchservice with him hanging aroundaround her neck).

Refreshments will be served after theservice in the grounds of the church,or inside the Church if it rains. Theremay be a few doggie treats too!

The Pet Service replaces the usualCOFE Service at 11am.

Offenham’s First Ever Pet ServiceSunday 7 September 3.30pm

Bring your animals alongto Offenham Church

Please come along and look aroundthe school on Fri 19 September. Pastpupils especially welcome.

Open from 9am onwards.Servingafternoon tea at 3.30pm

Blackminster MiddleSchool Open Day

75th Anniversary

Congratulationsto Matt Newman

Matt, 17, who lives in Laurels Road,Offenham, was spotted three years ago aspart of a Community Grant scheme toencourage high school pupils to take uprowing. He’s now invited to Final Trials forpotential to selection to the World JuniorChampionships. Well done Matt fromeveryone in Offenham!

7.30pm in the Memorial Hall.

Our last two shows have proved mostsuccessful with more members enteringeach class, which makes for anentertaining and competitive evening.Show schedules if required can beobtained from committee members.

Call Dorothy Turpitt 830834.

Wickhamford Gardening Club

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Free Health Checks NEW DATES 26 & 31 July at the RBL Club, Main St.Worcestershire County Council are funding free health checks for those between theages of 40 and 74 who are not already diagnosed with heart disease, stroke, type 2diabetes or kidney disease.Book early. Do not miss out on this free service. Call Tom to make an appointment on:07850 724197 or email| tom.ward@icecreates.com (each appointment lasts about 20minutes).

Good villager competitionNominations are requested for this year's Good Villager competition - do you knowsomeone who deserves recognition? Please advise any Parish Councillor or the clerkby Friday 22 August.

Dogs1. Do not exercise your dog on the recreation ground.2. Most dog owners are responsible and clear up after their animals but an antisocialminority have made walking the village footpaths an unpleasant experience forresidents and visitors to the village. There are plenty of dog bins but if you can't see oneuse a general waste bin.

Public Rights of WayThe Parish Path Warden is Jill Moran. Jill can be contacted on 01386 443814 or ifunavailable please contact WCC on 01905 765765.

Offenham Parish CouncilEric CanningLarraine KnightAlan CresswellMichael DriverRichard EvansAnthony Ward OBEJill MoranDavid Kewley

(01386 840480) Diane Cox (01386 840480)

Keith Wright (01386 832571)Alistair Adams (01789 721227)Diane Cox (01386 840480)01905 765765

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We would also like to say a huge thank you to our Team. Tina Jury, Kim Fowkes, Wendy Stafford,Anne Mccombie, Ros Staite, Mike Driver, Jen Jones and Jay Jennings; without them, we could nothave done all that we have. Their determination, commitment and support has beentremendous, thank you.

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