OUTLOOK FEBRUARY 2013

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The Sodbury Vale BeneficeChipping Sodbury, Old Sodbury, Horton & Little Sodbury

February 2013

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ContactsRector The Revd. Canon JaneKenchington, 01454 313159email [email protected]

Associate Priest The Revd. YvonneBrae, 79 Westerleigh Road, Yate, BS374BN, 07908 513098 [Day Off Monday]email [email protected]

Regular Weekly EventsMonday 8.45am Morning Prayer,

St John’s Chipping Sodbury 7.30pm Bell Ringers’ practice

Church Tower Chipping SodburyTuesday 8.45am Morning Prayer,Wednesday 8.30am Morning Prayer,Thursday 8.45am Morning Prayer,

10.00am Holy Communion St John’s Chipping Sodbury

7.00pm Choir Practice, St John’s Chipping Sodbury

Friday 10.00am Tubbie Tots Church Centre Chipping Sodbury

7.00pm Youth Club (age 11-18) Baptist Church Centre

Saturday 9.00am Benefice Prayers Church Centre Chipping Sodbury

ChurchwardensChipping SodburyPaul Jones-Williams1 Meadow Mead, Yate, BS37 7UT01454 324970Anne Mudge22 Gorlands Road, Chipping SodburyBS37 6LA, 01454 880613

Old SodburyVal Walker16A Melrose Avenue, Yate, BS37 7AL01454 318286Tony Dixon16 Chatterton Road, Yate, BS37 4BJ01454 321528

Little SodburyNancy NagleWinchcombe Cottage,Little Sodbury EndBS37 6QE, 01454 319798

HortonTina Hildick-SmithKirrin House, King Lane, HortonBS37 6PD, 01454 320380

Church OfficeOpen during term time

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday mornings9.00 - 12.00

Administrator - Michelle Jenkins01454 [email protected] Sitewww.sodburyvalechurches.wordpress.com

Advertising - Sylvia FranklinSt. John’s Church Centre07788 111 726

March DeadlineCan you have all editorial toMichelle in the Church Office

by February 11th at the latestplease.

If you would like to know more aboutthe Christian faith or are thinking

about baptism or confirmation pleasespeak to Jane or Yvonne

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Rev. Canon Jane, Kenchington, 01454 313159, email:[email protected]

Dear Friends,A Happy New Year to you all! I apologise if that sounds rather belated bythe time you read this, but I am writing this on 5 January and haven’t hadthe opportunity to say those words much to you so far.The New Year brings new faces to us. Our new Associate Priest, Yvonne,joins us in January and hopefully she’ll soon feel very much at home withus all here. Yvonne has been appointed so that I can be released from someof my parochial responsibilities in order to make space for the work I’ll haveto do as Area Dean. Yvonne is not a curate in training – she comes withmore experience than that, which will be a great bonus to me.The Director of Music and Organist for St John’s Chipping Sodbury, NickSherwood, will start working with us from 14 April. Nick comes withconsiderable experience and competence and we look forward to havinghim and his wife, Helen, with us.We begin the New Year with quite a lot happening in February. There willbe two Benefice services in February because Bishop Michael will be withus on two consecutive Sundays. He would very much like the Benefice tocome together for the Confirmation service on 10 February to support thosebeing confirmed and he is looking forward to being with us for his TeachingWeekend on 15-17 February. It is a great privilege to have the Bishop withus and I really hope everyone will take part in those two events.It is very easy in parish life to be busy all the time and allow God to besqueezed out. Lent, which begins in February gives us the chance to slowdown and be still before God. There will be an excellent Lent Course runningthis year. I hope you will seriously consider joining the course: it is a wayof nurturing our faith.If you are looking for an opportunity to rekindle your prayer life, or strengthenit, Morning Prayer takes place on Mondays to Thursdays and on Saturdaysand there is the fortnightly meditation group. Anyone is welcome to join inwith these gatherings.You will find all these things that I have mentioned here written of in fullerdetail elsewhere in this month’s Outlook. Happy reading and happy praying!

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Mother’s UnionNext meeting Monday 11thFebruary with a speaker on“The Children’s Society”.Friday 1st March will beThe Women’s World Day of Prayer tobe held in St John’s Church ChippingSodbury.

Baptisms: We welcomed into the Church:Barnaby Redgrave Harley Meredith on16 December at St James the Elder,HortonMarriages: We send our congratulations to:Nicholas Gauntlett and Amanda Eatonon 1 December at St John’s, OldSodbury:Funerals:We extend our sympathy to the familyand friends of:Daphne Joan Norton on 11 Decemberat St John’s, Chipping SodburyRoderick Peter Douglas Gall on 11December at St John’s, ChippingSodburyMargaret Elizabeth Poole on 14December at St James the Elder, HortonRonald Norman Bishop on 31December at St John’s, ChippingSodbury

LEPERS….. I HEAL LEPERS

Bishop of Tewkesbury toretireThe Bishop ofTewkesbury, theRight Revd JohnWent will beretiring from thepost of SuffraganBishop at thebeginning ofMarch. Bishop

John and his wife Rosemary have been inthe Diocese of Gloucester for 17 years.There will be a farewell service calledGlimpses of Glory: Farewell to BishopJohn, in Gloucester Cathedral onSaturday 2 March, 4.30pm and all arewelcome to come along. People of all ageswill be taking part in celebration of BishopJohn’s ministry.Bishop John said: “Rosemary and I shallboth miss the busy and richly varied life ofa bishop, but after 17 years look forwardto a fresh challenge and freshopportunities. We give thanks to God forthese very special and fulfilling years inmission and ministry in the Diocese ofGloucester.” Bishop John will return toparish ministry and will be licensed as apart time parish priest in Latimer andFlaunden, Buckinghamshire on 17 April.

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Meet our new AssociatePriest Greetings from Yvonne

Jane has asked me to write a few lines tointroduce myself. My name is YvonneBrae and I am about to join the SodburyVale Benefice as an Associate Priest. Icame to ministry a little later in life and Ifind myself with an intense sense offulfilment and enjoyment at God’s calling.I am a widow with four grown up childrenand 7 grandchildren, the youngest ofwhich is still only 6 weeks old. Mychildren live in Seattle, Paphos, Londonand Bishops Cleeve (though he will bemoving later this year.) I studied at theWest of England Ministerial TrainingCollege before being ordained in 2008.During my curacy I continued at theUniversity of Gloucestershire in order tocomplete my BA.

I have worked in two parishes coveringthree Churches. One of the Churches,set in an area that figured highly on theIndices of Multiple Deprivation, enjoyedan ecumenical partnership between theAnglican and Methodist Church. Theother was a town centre Church with agathered congregation. I then moved toa larger Church where most Sundays thecongregation numbered around 200.The worship there was a mixture ofliturgy and hymns played on the organand worship group led choruses with amore informal style of leading – all in theone service. My personal taste iseclectic (as you may imagine by now.) Ienjoy all types of Church services. I lovebeing at the Cathedral but am equally athome in a looser structured service. Ibelieve no one person or organisationcan hold the whole understanding ofGod, so for me it’s about the delight offinding God in a great variety of people,places and ways. As I look forward to

being with you my hope for the future isthat we will all grow together in commonenjoyment and respect of one another aswe reflect Christ out into ourcommunities.

‘Fraid I’m notphotogenicbut Janeasked for apicture – Imust explainthough thecolour of thepicture ismore to dowith electriclighting thanbeingblessed inGod!!!!

Yvonne Brae

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St John’s Chipping Sodburynew Director of MusicAt the end of December, we appointedNick Sherwood to be the new Director ofMusic for St John’s Church, ChippingSodbury. Nick is, at present, the Directorof Music in the Parish of Wanstead, in EastLondon/Essex. He is a professionalmusician, being conductor of BrentwoodChoral Society as well as teaching piano,organ, violin, voice, music theory, andgiving GCSE and “A” level support. Nick’sfirst Sunday will be 14 April.Nick is married to Helen, who is also amusician and teacher.We look forward to welcoming them inApril, when they move here.JK

Another Diocesan Visitor –the Venerable Jackie Searle

JackieSearle waslicenced asArchdeaconofGloucesterlastSeptemberand isgradually

getting round her new Archdeaconry.I am delighted that she will be coming topreach at St John’s Chipping Sodburyand St James’, Horton on Sunday 24February. So if you’d like to see andhear her, you know which churches to goto! I have known Jackie for a few years– we met on various courses weattended whilst we were both Deans ofWomen Clergy (in different dioceses).She is a good person to have as ourarchdeacon. JK

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A committed Christian, in 2012 Davidmade a documentary on the missionaryjourneys of St Paul. In an interview withStrand magazine, he said: 'I’m aChristian by faith. I like to think it seesme through a great deal of my life. I verymuch believe in the principles ofChristianity and the principles of mostreligions, actually – that one has toabandon oneself to a higher good.'

In a letter to Bible Society, he said he felt'most honoured' to accept the role ofVice-President. Dr Paula Gooder is awriter and lecturer in Biblical Studies.She is Canon Theologian of Birminghamand Guildford Cathedrals.

Mr Suchet and Dr Gooder joinArchbishop John Sentamu, the MostRevd Vincent Nichols the Archbishop ofWestminster, Archbishop of Wales MostRevd Dr Barry Morgan, Professor DavidFord, Professor of Divinity at Cambridge,the International Director for MicahChallenge Revd Joel Edwards and LordAlton of Liverpool as Vice-Presidents ofBible Society.

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2013 Lent Course

Bishop Michael recently published a bookentitled, “Jesus and Peter: Growing infriendship with God.” A study course hasbeen written to use with this book and wehave decided to use it for our Lent course.The Lent course itself will take place onWednesday evenings and be repeated onThursday mornings during Lent in the waywe have usually run the course in the past.Details are shown below. An additionalexciting thing about this course is that itcontinues beyond Easter looking at post-resurrection stories of Jesus and Peter. Itis proposed that House Groups will followthis course after Easter. If you do notbelong to a House Group at the moment,then here is your chance to join one – newgroups will be forming.

Copies of the book will be available to buy(priced around £6.99) in late January andearly February.All the meetings will take place in StJohn’s Church Centre in Wickwar Road.

Wednesday 20 February 7.30pm – 9pmThursday 21 February 11am – 12 noon

Wednesday 27 February 7.30pm – 9pmThursday 28 February 11am – 12 noon

Wednesday 6 March 7.30pm – 9pmThursday 7 March 11am – 12 noon



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Diocesan LetterOne of the most striking things about thepeople of our link diocese of WesternTanganyika is their desire for andcommitment to education, childrensometimes walking miles each day to getto school because they know thepossibilities education offers them andtheir community.It should be no surprise therefore that theyhave committed themselves to the buildingof a new school in Kasulu in partnershipwith the Cathedral there to allow studentswho have completed ‘O levels’ to continueto ‘A level’ study and be prepared forhigher education.This is an enormous undertaking for apoor community but one that is beingundertaken with dedication andorganisational skill. Now we have anopportunity to help them complete the nextphase of their building.So far they have built four classrooms. Thenext phase, costing £192,000 will see theconstruction of a further eight classrooms,dormitories, cafeteria, library, laboratory,staff houses… and a bore hole!They have committed to raising half thiscost locally and we have committed tofinding the other half - to change children’slives, to change a community througheducation.The Gloucester Diocesan Board ofFinance have made £45,000 available asa loan to get the project moving andBishop Michael has designated thisproject as the focus of this year’sEpiscopal Collections. That leaves around£30,000 that we are seeking to raise fromthe parishes, schools and communities ofthe diocese. That might seem a largeamount but if every parish in the diocesecommitted just £100 we would more than

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meet this target and if every church schooldid the same….Once established the school will be selfsupporting, so this is a an amazingopportunity to make a difference to acommunity for the long term, and becauseof our links with the Diocese and throughour mission partners working there, to doso in the knowledge that the money will beproperly and wisely spent.Will your parish, your school, yourcommunity be a partner in this, with thecommunities of this diocese and ofWestern Tanganyika? More details will bedistributed soon and information can alsobe obtained from the Revd Debbie Formanon [email protected] or01386 830302.From the Archdeacon of Cheltenham,The Venerable Robert Springett

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class 8) When she completed class 4 lastyear Catherine’ mother was unable to paythe admission fees and buy the schooluniform to enrol her into a localgovernment primary school; consequentlyCatherine has now missed a year ofschool.

In a week over the Christmas holiday anew Transition classroom was built at theKianda centre. The Transition classrehabilitates street-children through aholistic programme providing specialisteducation classes, access to healthcare,regular meals, counselling and familyintegration work

In February Catherine will be one of thefirst children to start the new Transitionclass in Kiande where she will attendlessons for a year catching up on theeducation she has missed in the past year.Turning Point will then support her to rejoina local government primary school at theend of the year and see her through hercontinuing education.

Benefice Retreat 2013

A retreat for members of all churches ofthe Sodbury Vale Benefice.

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Please email [email protected] asapif you are interested.

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Bishop Michael’s Teaching Weekend 15 – 17 February

It is rare to have Bishop Michael for a whole weekend andhe has offered to come to this Benefice this month to run ateaching weekend. If you have never heard Bishop Michaelteach, you have missed something rather special. Soplease do put these dates in your diary. Bishop Michaelwill be teaching on the Eucharist. He is a fine liturgist,having published many books on liturgy and lectured on it.He has written parts of Common Worship services. If youmiss him, you will have missed a gem of a weekend.Hopefully, you will have received a letter about thisweekend with a programme by the time you read thisarticle.The schedule is as follows:

FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY

7.30pm Church Centre, Wickwar Road, Chipping SodburyTalk 1: The Eucharist – where did it come from and how did it get

here?Compline

SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY9.30am Morning Prayer at St John’s, Old Sodbury10.00am Walk from Old Sodbury to Little Sodbury along the Cotswold Way11.00am Coffee and Prayers at St Adeline’s Church, Little Sodbury Either, walk to Horton along the Cotswold Way or drive to Horton12.30pm Eucharist at St James the Elder, Horton, followed by lunch Drive to Chipping Sodbury and meet in the Church centre for afternoon and evening sessions2.00pm Talk 2: So many words! What do they mean? (Exploring the Eucharistic text)6.00pm Evening Prayer at St John’s Church, Chipping Sodbury6.30pm Supper in Church Centre, Chipping Sodbury

SUNDAY 17 FEBRUARYAt St John’s Church, Chipping Sodbury

9.45am Talk 3: The Eucharist: So what difference does it make to me?10.30am Benefice Eucharist

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Journeying TogetherJourneying together is something wemuch need in the Anglican Communionand the Church of England at the presenttime. Because the Church is made up offallen human beings like ourselves,sometimes it finds itself in conflict, such ashas been happening with us, not least withthe issue of women bishops, but with othermatters too. We do not always seem to begoing in the same direction. Certainly wedon’t seem to be on the same road. ButJesus is calling us to come to him. He isthe one to whom we all, despite ourdifferences, are trying to journey. His callto us at the present time is, I am sure,“Travel together”. In travelling togetherthere is encouragement and strength.

There is a local version of this journeyingtogether that is crucial for the mission ofGod in our diocese. Here we are notdivided by conflict (praise the Lord forthat!), but we do sometimes seem to begoing our own ways, unaware of thejourneys of others, making our plans anddeveloping our mission independently ofone another. But a diocese is aboutbelonging together and journeyingtogether, for both the mission of God andthe vision of God are what we seek incommon. In 2013 every parish is invitedto explore our shared vision, strategy andobjectives through Journeying Together.Please join in. In our travelling in stepthere will be encouragement and strength.

To learn more about Journeying Togetherand to request a copy of a summarisingleaflet:contact Church House on 01452 410022or visit the website,www.gloucester.anglican.orgThe Rt. Revd. Michael Perham

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25th May 7.30pm Yate Choral Society Concert St John’s, C/S

Fri 14th June 7.30pm Harp Concert (as part of Chipping SodburyFestival Week)

St John’s, C/S

Fri 5th July Benefice Retreat Weekend Away

If you don’t see your event in the list above please let me know, once itis on this calendar other people can put it on theirs!

All times are subject to change -look out for further details closer to the date.

Michelle 01454 325160 [email protected]

Sodbury Vale Benefice Forthcoming Events

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Sat 2nd 9.00am Benefice Prayer Meeting Church Centre C/S9.45am Wedding Preparation Day Church Centre C/S

Sun 3rdSecond Sunday

before Lent

8.00am Holy Communion St John’s C/S9.30am St John’s Praise St John’s, C/S11.15am Mattins St James’, Horton11.15am Family Communion St John’s O/S6.00pm Evensong (BCP) St Adeline’s L/S

Tue 5th 3.00pm Meditation Meeting Ring 314409 for venue7.30pm Explorers Meeting Church Centre C/S

Wed 6th 1.20pm Women’s Fellowship Church Centre C/S8.00pm Mission Prayer Group Church Centre C/S

Thurs 7th 10.00am Holy Communion St John’s C/S10.45am Coffee Shop Church Centre C/S

Sat 9th 9 Benefice Prayer Meeting Church Centre C/SSun 10th

Sunday nextbefore Lent

10.30am Benefice Confirmation Service St John’s C/S

Mon 11th 2.45pm Mothers’ Union, Church Centre C/SWeds 13th 7.30pm Ash Wednesday Eucharist St John’s O/SThurs 14th 10.00am Holy Communion St John’s C/S

10.45am Coffee Shop Church Centre C/SFriday 15th 7.30pm Bishop Michael’s Teaching weekend Church Centre C/SSat 16th 9.00am Benefice Prayer Meeting Church Centre C/S

9.30am Bishop Michael’s Teaching weekend VariesSun 17th

First Sunday ofLent

9.45am Conclusion of Bishop Michael’s TeachingWeekend

St John’s C/S

10.30am Benefice Communion St John’s C/STue 19th 3.00pm Meditation Meeting Ring 314409 for venueWed 20th 1.20pm Women’s Fellowship Church Centre C/S

7.30PM Lent Course Church Centre C/SThur 21st 10.00am Holy Communion St John’s C/S

10.45am Coffee Shop Church Centre C/S11.30am Lent Course Church Centre C/S

Sat 23rd 9.00am Benefice Prayer Meeting Church Centre C/S Sun 24th

Second Sundayof Lent

9.30am Family Communion St John’s C/S11.15am Morning Prayer (CW) St James’ Horton11.15am Holy Communion (BCP) St John’s O/S6.00pm Evensong (BCP) St Adeline’s L/S

Wed 27th 7.30PM Lent Course Church Centre C/SThur 28th 10.00am Holy Communion St John’s C/S

10.45am Coffee Shop Church Centre C/S11.30am Lent Course Church Centre C/S

Sodbury Vale Benefice Calendar February 2013

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From small

to large

and everything inbetween.

Many thanks to the organising team,the many volunteer helpers and oursponsors; you all made the wholething possible and raised almost£2000. £275 went to The Willow TreeCentre.

Now wehave abigchallengefor nextyear, weneed to

discover new cribs, so please all be onthe lookout for new displays for the2013 Crib Festival

Another Successful CribFestival.

All the hardwork thatvolunteersput into thefestival hasagain beenrewarded bythe results ofa very

enjoyable 5 days of opening the churchto the people of our benefice community.

3500 people visited the church duringthe festival (450 more than last year) andwere delighted by the 190 cribs ondisplay (42 more than last year) as well

as all theactivities thatwent on, likethe choirfromChippingSodbury

School, and the delicious refreshmentsavailablethroughout.

The variety ofthe displayswas fantastic

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