TULIP TREE NEWS 12

6TH JUNE 2020TRINITY SUNDAY

D- DAY 76TH ANNIVERSARYPlease see separate leaflet for our Sunday Service for Trinity Sunday.

This is the first Sunday after Pentecost, and celebrates the Holy Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy

Ghost. On this day we worship God and give thanks for everything the Trinity has done to save our sins.

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From The Rev’d Ben Bentham A big thank you to you for participating in the Deanery service last week. If I had it to do over again, I would try to find ways of making people visible.It was an interesting experience, from my point of view, demanding more in time and effort than any act of worship I can remember, more because of having to wrestle with new technology than anything else. But of course, we discovered too (as the BBC is discovering) the limitations of what is available to us. The scary thing I suppose is that after this, being forced to use technology to take worship into people's homes, we would be crazy not to continue with it in some form after the lockdown is over.  We should probably be grateful to God for this opportunity to think about what we do, how we do it, who we reach, who we should be trying to reach but don't and what we are expecting from those who just might be looking at Christian faith on whatever level. We should also, it seems to me have it drilled into our heads that the people LEAST likely to start coming to church are the elderly. So, the young, families and middle aged don't come

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because we are not creative enough to reach them and the elderly don't come because they consider themselves too old to change.  I think we should be praying seriously that God will, by his Spirit, guide us in our thinking so that mission becomes top priority done by everyone. 

CHURCHWARDENS MATTERS

The builders have made a really good start. The pews are looking amazing. The kitchen has been ordered and the painting is making good progress. Some of the PCC have had the opportunity to see inside the church and we are really pleased with the progress being made. Geoff has started the mammoth task involved in the paperwork.

This week some of the children returned to Whitchurch Primary School after a great deal of hard work by all the staff. We think of everyone as they adapt to the new school life

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From SueWhat a disappointment! Pentecost Sunday and we were unable to sing ‘Send The Fire!’ together. I love it, even though I appreciate that it isn’t a favourite with many of you. It was sung at one of the services when we were made Churchwardens. I love its energy and the lyrics about Pentecost. I was delighted to see that it was included in the hymns on ‘Songs of Praise ‘last Sunday.

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I hope that many of you watched the Deanery Service on YouTube. Well done to Rev. Bentham for organising it and thanks to everyone who prepared and took part in the service.Personally, I am moved by many hymns and I expect like you, many have particular meaning because they have been used for a specific life event.As you can imagine, one of my favourites is ‘Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer!’ sung of course to the tune, ‘Cwm Rhondda.’ It is especially wonderful when John Sparkes sings the harmony parts in the line, ‘Bread Of Heaven.’ I know that for many of you ‘Be Still For The Presence Of The Lord, ‘has a special meaning.Prayerfulness is reflected through lyrics of hymns and have the power to calm or lift spirits. During these strange times, what better hymn to envelop all of our feelings than ‘Brother, Sister, Let Me Serve You.’ We know that our frontline people in many occupations have had to do just that. I should like to pay tribute to our own Mandy, who has had to work all through this crisis. The words in the hymn sum up all of our beliefs and experiences, from singing to wobbly moments which we are all going through.                   Brother, Sister, let me serve you,                   Let me be as Christ to you.                  Pray that I may have the grace to                  Let you be my servant too.Be prepared …… we shall sing ‘Send The Fire!’ next year with real hwyl, ie gusto.

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NOW THE DESERT ISLAND DISC QUIZFirst here is the list of choices-music/book/ luxury item - followed by the people who sent them- you have to match the choices to the person. Answers at the end of this newsletter!A Mozart Clarinet A Major, Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Magnum of champagneB Carl Orrf’s Carmina Burana O Fortuna, Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Marquez , Our special dogC Treorchy Male  Voice Choir singing  Calon Lan, Bronte Books, king size duvetD To Go Beyond Enya, Tombland by E J Sansom,a pianoE Don’t Worry, be Happy, by Bob Marley, The complete works of Thomas Hardy Fishing RodF Widor Toccata, Jane Eyre, hand creamG Elgar’s Enigma Variations, Wait for Me, Deborah Devonshire, super soft pillowH Cole Porter Songs, Oxford Book of Quotations, king size patchwork quilt

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I Song cycle by Franz Schubert “Die schöne Müllerin, ,Barchester Towers: Anthony Trollope,Gaggia espresso coffee machine

J You Raise Me Up, A Book of Poetry, A spider tube ( with George Clooney if possible)K Mozart’s Horn Concerto, Wind In The Willows, A massageL. Bach’s Matthew Passion, Middlemarch by George Eliot, a bedM Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Lucinda Riley’s 7 Sisters Series, hot water bottleN: Palestrina - Stabat Mater Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, hair scissors and mirror

O That’ll Be The Day, Buddy holly, Scouting for Boys, My Cat

P Bach Mass in B Minor, the Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake and an endless supply of Miss Dior perfume.

Q Age of Aquarius- Maeve Binchy Collection, a hairdresser calling once a month !

R 'Fly Me to the Moon',  '100 Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (preferably in Spanish and accompanied by a dictionary!) A Nebuchadnezzar of champagne

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S Schubert Serenade, Crosswords, Moisturising Body Souffle

T Hotel California (The Eagles), Extreme Sudoku Branston Pickle

People on the islandNorman, Celia, Margaret, Mary, Mike, Liz, Jen, Stephen, Madeleine, Jill, Glynis, Michele and Malc ( together) Sue, Judith, Pauline, Hilary and Paul ( together), Janet, Maurice and Jenny

MONDAY LUNCH CLUB NEWS From Margaret Leach

Sorry to say there have been no lunches since the lockdown, but I do hope none of you have gone hungry!. Having spoken to a number of members I think most of us are in good health.  April has tried tripping over in the garden a couple of times but still going strong. Celia has tried weightlifting and done herself no good. Pat, I understand had a couple of nights in hospital but is home again.  Norman celebrated his birthday with an online lunch and Sue is going to celebrate in June.  I understand Pauline is having trouble with duck weed in the pond, Jack has had his heart repair done and is feeling much better. Madeline and Jim had a zoom birthday party with a grandchild. Larry is well and is does 8mph- 9mph downhill! Lucy has even said he can zoom round her shop. What more can I say?? Any more news please let me know.  Do keep safe

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and we’ll all of you and we look forward to getting back together soon

WAG HISTORY SOCIETY APPEALWhitchurch and Ganarew Parish in the swinging 60’s - then and now. The 2019/20 Scrapbook is very nearly completed and there will be an exhibition in the village hall in September if possible, but this may have to be postponed until later .The exhibition will compare life in the 50/60s with life now. Anyone who has items from the 60’s and can lend them to the history society please get in touch with Pat, Hilary or Sally,

Sticky Little Fingers FriendsLast week we celebrated Carly and Hudson’s Birthdays. As the weather was good, we hope they had a great time in the garden with their family,

From Tori at The Old CourtI’ve been down to the church.  It’s so heart-breaking to see but very grateful the work is now going ahead.The Old Court is still closed. We are hoping to be able to trade at some point but waiting government instructions. We are devastated after the fire, the flood & now this but will carry on & try to make it all

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work. The world will be different in the future and we have to adapt.

AT LONG LAST- THE PARTY YOU CAN’T MISS!

VIRTUAL PARTY

TO CELEBRATE SUE’S BIRTHDAYTHURSDAY 11TH JUNE 6.30PM

PLEASE NOTE SUE ASKS THAT IF ANY OF HER FRIENDS SHOULD WISH TO GIVE HER A GIFT

WOULD THEY PLEASE DONATE TO ST DUBRICIUS INSTEAD AS SHE FEELS THIS IS MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME

PHOTO OF YOU/YOUR MEAL APPRECIATED

Sue’s chosen Menu- Salad- Prawn or Salmon or Vegetarian e.g. Orange, Fennel, and wild rice.Followed by seasonal fresh fruit +ice cream

With sparkling wine/water or fruit juice.

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CUP CAKES Thank you to Lesley, who has helped us before and recently donated the sales of her lovely cupcakes to the church. Thank you also to those who bought cupcakes as a donation to the church. We really appreciate your generosity.

FROM BRIGID AND THOMASWe're continuing to enjoy the weather and work on the garden. We've also had a couple of forays across the border. We had a longish trip to Wigmore in north Herefordshire, where we had a lovely picnic. The castle there is a wonderful romantic ruin. We went to Kilpeck yesterday for a little walk around and a mini picnic. I think picnicking is ideal in the circumstances! We hope you're finding life a little easier with the easing of lockdown in England.

Yolande Watson- Over the past 10 weeks, I have been assessing the impact of Covid-19 on dispersed rural settlements in my ward and I would like to build on the excellent work that has been carried out in your Parish by the Good Neighbours Scheme and Woods of Whitchurch (to create an online Food Hub) by providing isolated individuals with a mobile device in order for them to a) learn how to use the internet and b) connect them to their immediate community to order food/essential supplies/ use e-health technologies (to talk with key health and social care work/ link with car share scheme/ keep up to date with local news and activities/ enable volunteers to ‘virtually check in’ with

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them. It is hoped that Whitchurch might be involved in a Pilot Scheme if a grant can be obtained

PLEASE LET SUE KNOW THE NAMES OF ANY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THIS

Travelling Light’s second ‘Inspirations’ Newsletter is now available It includes thoughts about ‘Beacon’ and the importance of seeking God. We have also added a third page with a word search produced by a friend of ours. We all need encouragement, particularly at this time, and we hope that these newsletters will be an encouragement to you. If you have suggestions for subjects you may like included in future editions, please let Carole and Robin know. Contributions are very welcome. The next edition will be out in 4 to 6 weeks.

WOODS OF WHITCHURCH 01600 891021Lucy continues to extend the range of groceries and plants she offers and to support the food bank in Ross by collecting donationsPlease order from her using woodsofwhitchurch.myshopify.com

ANSWERS TO THE DESERT ISLAND QUIZNorman=A Michele +Malc=B Jenny=CMargaret=D Mike=E Wendy=F Celia=GJen=H Stephen=I Sue=J Jill=K Glynis=LLiz=M Madeleine=N Mary=O Judith=PPauline=Q Hilary and Paul= R Janet=S Maurice=T

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