Broad Town News-November 2013

November 2013 BROAD TOWN NEWS Published by Christ Church

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Date/Day	Time	Church	Service	Readers	Sidesman	Chalice	Cleaner	Flowers
Sunday Nov 3	10.30am	Broad Town	Benefice Communion	M Manley / C Crocker	C Green	J Drury	S Richardson	M Green
4th before Advent	4pm	Hilmarton	Commemoration of the departed
			followed by tea
Wednesday Nov 6	2pm	Hilmarton	Holy Communion Held at 48 Poynder Place
Sunday Nov 10	7.45am	Clyffe Pypard	Communion +Act of Remembrance
Remembrance	9am	Broad Town	Act of Remembrance	R McLaren / M Green	C Green		S Richardson	The Greens
Sunday	10am	Tockenham	Act of remembrance
			at War Memorial
	10.55am	Hilmarton	Act of Remembrance
Sunday Nov 17	9.15am	Hilmarton	Holy Communion
2nd before Advent	11am	Tockenham	Holy Communion
	5pm	Clyffe Pypard	Evensong
Sunday Nov 24	10.30am	Broad Town	Benefice Communion	F Holness / C Green	J Wallis	D Marshall	W Cameron-Street	W Cameron-Street
Christ the King			Patronal Festival

REVEREND ALISON WAY

This month I have reproduced for you a letter from the Right Revd. Dr Edward Condry, Bishop of Ramsbury from the November edition of Salisbury Diocese Grapevine – he writes thus: - ‘ A fully-grown Common Hippopotamus can weigh as much as 4 tonnes and grow to 4 metres in length and a height of 1.4 metres (measured up to its shoulder). It doesn’t matter whether the hippo is standing on its head, wallowing in mud, or swimming under water: the measurements will always be the same.

A church is different. A church is not a hippo. So why do we persist in measuring it in just one way, like a hippo? We are obsessed with average attendance on a Sunday morning. As a result we are likely to be depressed. Your church is not a hippo. There are so many other ways of measuring a church which give a different picture. A much more optimistic picture. There are hundreds of children in Messy Church. There are 42,000 children in church schools in this Diocese. Numerous churches are experimenting with meeting in different places and styles. There are thousands of people involved in prayer groups and study groups. The churches of our diocese are probably better kept now than they have been for centuries. Members of churches are involved in numerous community events, projects and organisations, from village hall committees to the Trussell Trust and Street Pastors.

The parish church provides a place for joy as well as grief. Remembrance Sunday will see churches and services packed. Many of our village churches welcome half to two-thirds of the population to worship in any year. So let’s find realistic and optimistic ways of measuring the church’.

November in worship brings times of grief and joy too, through the commemoration of the departed and our marking of Remembrance Sunday, and to the Patronal Festival for Christchurch Broad Town on the feast of Christ the King. May the God of love dwell in our hearts richly and fully and bring us real and lasting peace.

With love in Christ, Alison Way Rector, Benefice of Woodhill, The Rectory, Wood Street, Clyffe Pypard, Wilts, SN4 7PY rectorwoodhill@gmail.com 01793 739044

THANK YOU

Kevin Thomson would like to say a big Thank You to everyone who kindly sponsored him for his bike ride in aid of Help the Heroes – Grenadier Guards. The ride was from Wellington Barracks, London to Waterloo, Belgium. It was a great experience, helped by the weather. Thank you all.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

1^st Nov Fourways Halloween Party 20^th Nov WI meeting

2^nd Nov Hilmarton gardening club and CAMEO 22^nd Nov Parish Council Surgery

6^th Nov Neighbourhood Policing team visit Broad Town 30^th Nov Christmas Coffee Morning

8^th Nov Broad Town Community led planning group meeting 15^th Dec Fourways Christmas Draw

9^th Nov WI Barn Dance 19^th Dec Broad Town Carol Service

10^th Nov Remembrance Service @ 9.00am 20^th Dec School Carol Service and end of term

15^th Nov Big Gig AGM (New date) 31^st Dec Fourways New Year Party

16^th Nov Hilmarton Moviola 7^th Jan 2014 Back to School

2^nd and 4^th Wednesdays of each month Busy Bees Group (except the 4^th Wed of Dec.)

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE TICKETS AND COFFEE MORNING

Have you all got your raffle tickets yet? They are available from various members of the Church so please do not be slow in asking for them. The draw will take place at the end of the coffee morning on Saturday 30^th November in the Church.

The café will be open from 10.00am till 12 noon as usual and there will be various stalls – cakes, tombola, goodies and refreshments. Do come for a lively morning of good food and conversation.

NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE

Our Neighbourhood Policing Team have recommenced their street briefings. They will be outside the Broad Town Village Hall on Wed 6^th Nov at 1pm for half an hour and are available for anyone who wishes to see them.

BROAD TOWN COMMUNITY LED PLANNING (CLP) GROUP

Did you go to the Presentation Evening at the Village Hall on October 8^th? If so, you will remember that Mark Goodman, the Project Manager for the New-V Neighbourhood Plan, asked for a Group to be set up to work on the details to go into the Broad Town section of the Plan. By the time you read this the Group, that includes representatives from the CLPG and the Parish Council, will already have met twice. We are looking at the issues you raised in the Presentation Events held in February and the recent online survey to find different options and ideas to meet those issues. This is the first stage in forming policies to go into our Neighbourhood Plan. The final policies will need to make sense to planning authorities in the future and will be used when planning applications for Broad Town are considered.

We are holding our next meeting on Friday 8^th November at 8.15pm. at the Village Hall and it would be great to have more of you come along. You are welcome to join in our meeting or just listen in while you are enjoying a drink from the Community Pub bar.

Please contact us if you would like to go onto our mailing list on lorraine@mrsbillis.co.uk. Would you like paper copies if you don’t have access to e-mail? Give Lorraine a call on 731188. More information is on our Community Forum on www.broad-town.co.uk or from Common Places www.New-V.co.uk .

‘BUSY BEES’ BABY AND TODDLER GROUP: BENEFICE OF WOODHILL

We have started Busy Bees baby and toddler group and are continuing to follow second and fourth Wednesdays at Bushton Village Hall, 1.45pm - 2.45pm. 

we shall miss the fourth Wednesday in December!! and pick up with the second Wednesday in January for now. More to follow if anything changes.

Large car park and lots of room to play. All Mothers, Fathers, Carers, Babies and Toddlers welcome. Contact Kim Gough: 07850 933344

BROAD TOWN WI

October’s meeting was presented by our own member, Pam Howells, who talked to us about Homeopathic First Aid. Pam is a qualified homeopath and works from her home in Cotmarsh. Pam strongly believes that, rather than rush to the doctor at the first signs of illness, we should try a homeopathic cure first, as these are generally very successful for treating ailments including headaches, stomach and digestion problems, rashes, fevers, bruising etc.

Pam explained how she decides which remedies to use, matching the symptoms of the illness with a remedy that produces similar symptoms. She has had great success even when treating patients with complex symptoms which they have had for many years. Many can be traced back to traumatic events such as bereavement, accident, redundancy etc.

Thanks to Pam, I think many of us will be looking with renewed interest at what homeopathy has to offer.

Our next meeting is entitled ‘Yoga: a taster session’ with Polly Fouracres, a local resident. It is at 7.30pm on Wednesday 20^th November at Broad Town Village Hall. Visitors are welcome. For more information please contact Jane Rowe on 01793 731105 who also has a few tickets to the Barn Dance on Saturday 9^th November.

BROAD TOWN WOMEN’S INSTITUTE BARN DANCE Featuring ‘HOGS HEAD’ At Broad Town Village Hall

Saturday 9^th November 2013 from 7.30pm until 11.30pm Tickets £10 includes live music and light supper. The bar will be open for drinks.

Come and have fun, no barn dancing experience necessary

THE FOUR WAYS BROAD TOWN: your Community Pub (in Broad Town village hall)

A handful of Christmas draw numbers left: see Jenny or Brian to get yours. Be quick! PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE for claiming your prizes: due to popular demand, the draw will now take place at the Christmas Bingo session on SUNDAY 15^th December.

BINGO Every Sunday Eyes down 8pm; last ball 10pm New guaranteed big-house game is proving very popular! Never played Bingo before? Not from Broad Town? Doesn't matter: come and have a try. Full bar plus NIBBLES, tea, coffee, cappuccino and Aero hot chocolate always available. Books start at £1.25; grocery raffle and card game £1: unlike other nearby commercial bingo nights, every penny you stake is always returned to participants. More players = BIGGER rewards!

BAR 8pm-late Every Friday Enjoy a drink at cheaper-than-pub-prices, FREE DARTS, FREE POOL and FREE TABLE TENNIS & TABLE FOOTBALL with friends and neighbours.

Friday 1^st November – Halloween Party: Under 18s 6.30-9pm; bar open as usual till late Please note bedtime-friendly NEW early start! £2 adults, £1 children – scary fancy dress to horrify! Prizes galore for under 16s 'best costume’. Creeeepy atmosphere and spoooooky tunes from Sound City disco as usual!

Saturday 9^th November – Broad Town Women’s Institute Barn Dance Bar open; £10 tickets from Jane Rowe on 731105 include live music & light supper.

Friday 15^th November 8.15pm – BIG GIG / BROAD TOWN SHOW AGM PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE. For any Broad Town annual village event to survive, we need at least eight committee members - including a new chairman - and lots of dedicated helpers to come along and offer their services at the AGM. Your village needs you!

Friday 22^nd November – Parish Council Surgery: chat informally and get advice about your village issues with your parish councillors over a pint or three!

EVENTS & CHRISTMAS HOURS Open as usual NOVEMBER 1^st, 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd & 29^th

Sunday Bingo Open as usual: 1^st, 8^th, 15^th, 29^th DECEMBER. Sunday 22^nd December – CLOSED: NO BINGO

Friday Bar Open as usual: 6^th, 13^th, 20^th DECEMBER. Friday 27^th December – BAR CLOSED

Tuesday 31^st December THE VINYL COUNTDOWN 2: New Year’s Eve party FREE ENTRY 8.30pm till late Kick off 2014 tunefully: dust off your favourite singles and LPs, and bring them along! Or pick out your favourites from the thousands of original 45s we have available! Every & any era/style/genre – country & western, soul, dance, classical, ska, hip-hop, pop, rock, show tunes... Don't have any vinyl? Bring your CDs or MP3s instead!

St Laurence Church Hall

Saturday 2^nd November 2013 2pm until 4pm Afternoon Tea

CAMEO "COME AND MEET EACH OTHER"

Launch of the new parish cookery book & Enjoy the photos from this year’s HGC competition. Everyone welcome.

For more information call 01249 760312

HILMARTON MOVIOLA

The last film of the Autumn season. HYDE PARK ON HUDSON 12A Academy Award nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney star in a historical tale that uniquely explores the all-too-human side of one of history’s iconic leaders. Blending literate wit and drama, Hyde Park on Hudson is directed by Roger Michell from a screenplay by Richard Nelson. In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (played by Mr. Murray) readies to host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – marking the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America. As Britain faces imminent war with Germany, the royals are desperately looking to FDR for U.S. support.

Just a reminder that I am here to help with information to (hopefully) solve problems and make your life a little easier.

Please call me, Ellen Blacker on 07557 110414 or email me at rwbcrickladegnc@communityfirst.org.uk

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DECEMBER 2013 / JANUARY 2014 EDITION

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