The Dean of Exeter will be preaching at Evensong on Tuesday 3rd November at 6.30.
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 This year we will have the following services in our churches: 8.00am Eucharist BCP Colyton 10.45am Remembrance Service, Southleigh 10.50am Remembrance Service*, Colyton *see below 10.55am Remembrance Service, Musbury 10.55am Remembrance Service, Branscombe 2.30pm Telephone Service 3.00pm Messy Church, Colyton 3.30pm Remembrance Service, Colyford 6.00pm Evensong, Northleigh Social distancing measures will be in place and you will need to wear a mask unless you have an exemption. * Numbers at St Andrew’s Colyton will need to be limited, so we ask you to let us know you wish to come by emailing David Fouracre david@thetoolbox.org.uk by Saturday 31st October with your name, phone number, and the names of people in your household/bubble who wish to attend. If you are offered a place and then find you can’t come please let us know so we can offer the place to someone else. There will also be a short Act of Remembrance at 10.55 on Wednesday 11th November at Colyton war memorial  Annual Memorial Services. This year there will be two services to remember our loved ones by name at All Souls. As in previous years there will be a reflective service on Sunday 1st November at 6.30pm. This year there will also be a Eucharist on Monday 2nd November at 10am. Given the covid restrictions both will be held in St Andrew’s Colyton to accommodate as many people as possible. If you would like to come please contact Emma Laughton. We will be reading the names of everyone for whom we held a funeral this year. If you would like to add any names, please contact Christine Sansom by Mon 26th October.  Saturday 17 October 2020 at 7pm from St Nicholas’ Church, Studland The concert can be watched live or during the following week. We are delighted to announce that the popular folk duo Ninebarrow are going to trial a system with the Friends of St Andrew’s, where any sales that result from FoStA supporters’ participation in this virtual event will result in Ninebarrow contributing 30% of your ticket price to the Friends of St Andrew’s funds. FoStA welcomes this initiative and we hope you do too. Thank you Ninebarrow! The concert can be watched live or during the following week. More details of the concert and how to book tickets can be found on: Saturday 26th September was a wonderful occasion in Exeter Cathedral as our well-loved Assistant Curate Rev’d Victoria Chester was ordained priest. She will continue to serve in our Holyford Mission Community. She is shown here with Rev’d John Lees, also one of our team, who is her training incumbent.  This month’s letter comes from Linda Joy: As we move now into the autumn and the leaves are starting to change colour and fall, it heralds a new season beginning, and a reminder from nature that all things are constantly changing. We have all lived through changes that would have seemed unimaginable at the beginning of 2020, and today, as I write, the regulations and guidelines around Covid 19 are changing again. These changes are new ways of life that we have had to learn to adjust to as we seek collectively to protect and care for one another at this time. For young and old alike, it has been a time of great uncertainty and change and continues to be so for us all. And yet, amongst it all there has been wonderful signs of togetherness, love and hope. One such event for me was the wonderful wedding day of my daughter and son-in-law – a simple, beautiful day, full of love and hope for the future. Another sign of this togetherness and hope for many was the release of the UK Blessing, where many churches came together to produce a beautiful song that can be enjoyed through this link to Youtube. “The Lord bless you and keep you Make his face shine upon you And be gracious to you The Lord turn His face towards you And give you peace In the morning, in the evening In your coming and your going In your weeping and rejoicing He is for you, He is for you Amen” In ever changing times we can rely on the love and presence of God with us. Blessings Linda We are all praying for Rev’d Victoria Chester as she prepares to be ordained priest by Bishop Robert at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 26th September at 3.00pm. Numbers at the cathedral are inevitably limited, but we can all support her and take part by watching the live stream of the event. Copy and past this link into your browser to see this: Please pray for Victoria as well as her fellow ordinands Nigel Candelent (All Saints Sidmouth) and Gudrun Thomas (Willand).  Annual Parochial Church Meetings (APCMs) within the Holyford Mission Community will take place in the following churches on the following dates: •St Michael’s, Musbury: Wednesday 30th September at 5.30pm (following evensong). •St Andrew’s Colyton with St Michael’s, Colyford: Thursday 1st October at 7.30pm (this meeting will be proceeded by a Eucharist at 7pm) •St Lawrence’s, Southleigh: Tuesday 6th October at 8pm •St Giles’s, Northleigh: Sunday 11th October at 7pm (following Evensong) •St Winifred’s, Branscombe: Wednesday 21st October at 7.30pm. Please contact the wardens or PCC secretary if you wish to stand for election as a PCC member of your parish church. These APCMs were due to take place in April, and deal solely with events etc. in 2019. This month’s letter comes from Revd Victoria Chester: Where have the last 12 months gone? Even though so much of the spring and summer has been spent indoors or no further than the garden gate, both seasons seem to have raced by; how can it already be September?! Although, as someone said, time proceeds at the rate of one second per second most of us have a sense of it speeding up or slowing down at different times in our lives, even at different times of the day. The slowing down seems to happen when we wait for something, looked for or dreaded, or are held awake in the small hours of the night; while the speeding up seems to take place when we’re in the midst of ‘living’ – special family events, holidays, even sleep can seem to whisk by when the alarm goes off before we’re ready to get up. I can hardly believe it is almost a year since I was ordained deacon in Exeter Cathedral. That day was so full of family, friends, music, joy in a great coming together in thanks for all that had been and all that was to come. Looking back now that day seems to belong to another time, we didn’t have to wear masks, we could embrace and greet each other and sing our socks off! Just 12 months on I look forward to being ordained priest in the Cathedral on the 26th of September with just 5 tickets to offer friends and family, no singing, masks and hand-wash replacing embracing; and yet I feel there is still so much to give thanks for, and hope for all that is to come. Thanks most especially for the support, patience and generosity of our communities, colleagues, and congregations as I have learned new ministries in taking baptisms and funerals, and the privilege of sharing these life moments with people. Thanks too for being part of new ways of worship, creating new links, new friendships within and beyond our communities in our Telephone and online services. And hope, that in another year we can be together outside our bubbles, sing together, have time to lament and look forward together. Time can seem to pass very slowly waiting for life to ‘return to normal’ though, and I was also recently struck by these words from the American poet Maya Angelou, “since time is the one immaterial object we cannot influence, neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish, it is an imponderably valuable gift.” So that is perhaps another hope for the year to come; that however time seems to pass, in our waiting, our living and our hoping, we can welcome whatever it brings as a gift.  Thank you for all your generous donations since we re-opened the Lantern shop. As a result of the need to quarantine all new stock for 72 hours, our storage space is full to overflowing, so we intend to hold an OPEN AIR MARKET SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2020 on THE CHURCH GREEN 11am-3pm (weather & restrictions permitting) This will enable us to clear our storage and sorting space, but we very much regret we are unable to accept any more donations until 22nd September 2020 The breakfast service returns on Sunday 16th, though not quite as we knew it as we are unable to serve breakfast at present…  We are offering two more events. Another silent prayer/meditation meeting at the Churchyard, St Andrew’s, Colyton, on Friday 21st August from 12 noon – 1p.m. WEATHER PERMITTING! There are some chairs available or bring your own, and bring a packed lunch if you would like to stay on afterwards. Friday 4th September Silent walk and/ or picnic lunch, starting from the Churchyard, St Andrew’s Church, Colyton. (weather permitting) We invite you (people of all faiths and none) to join us for a silent circular walk and/or a picnic lunch followed by half an hour of collective silence. To join the walk we invite you to arrive by 10.15a.m. We aim to begin walking at 10.30. You will be able to leave your packed lunch (and chair if you bring one), in the Church Building, before we set off. The walk is approximately two hours long, and takes us by the river, through fields and lanes. We will have a short stop at the halfway mark. The terrain is mostly flat, with a short section that has a slight incline. There are gates to go through so please be Covid aware and take responsibility for yourselves. We should arrive back at the Churchyard by 12.30. If you would like to come just for the picnic and collective silence, please join us then. Finishing time – approximately 2p.m. We have been offered free use of the church room facilities, so If you would like to make a gratitude donation to the Church there will be a bowl on the table during lunch. email: silencespeaks81@gmail.com  Our letter this month comes from Rev Preb John Lees Enjoying the moment It’s a shock isn’t it, seeing so many people in East Devon. It’s good for our local economy, and good that people can have a holiday of course, but we have got used to things being…… well, quiet. Many of us have missed seeing friends and family in person. Others have enjoyed the calm and peacefulness of life with less traffic and less frantic dashing from one event or meeting to another. It’s been good for us, in that respect, because it’s enabled us to find time to reflect, to enjoy our countryside and gardens – and we have had more time to connect with people, by phone or on screen. I’m writing this just after coming home from the first church service I have attended since March. It’s good to be back, even with restrictions, and one of the best things was to see people face to face, all of us comparing hair very much in need of a cut. People are good for us. Everyone has their preference about how much company they like. Some people say they don’t know what they are thinking until they talk to someone else; they get their energy from other people. Quieter types are usually happy in their own company, but not all the time. It’s good to have conversations even if they are about nothing in particular, to enjoy companionship. Companion – that’s a good word. Literally, people we break bread with. Perhaps what we have missed most is having a meal with friends or the whole family sitting around one table. It’s what our communion services are really all about – coming to a table, sharing a meal, celebrating all the gifts we are given. Other kinds of meals are also special moments, where we can just be ourselves and not want to be anywhere else but in the moment, enjoying each other’s company. A writer I came across this week talks about the way happiness is linked to the way we think about the future. If I can save more, work less, ease back on some of my retirement activities, if I can find time for the things that matter, then I’ll be happy. Of course, when the future arrives it’s never as perfect as we hoped. Of course happiness isn’t far away. Being in good company reminds us that all we need is here in the moment; right now. Jesus was asked when the kingdom of God was coming. His answer was that the kingdom isn’t something you to be observed, nor is it somewhere far off in the future. He said something which turned his listeners’ world upside down: the kingdom of God is among you. We know it’s here by the way we live together, and because we see God in all things. Don’t always feel you have to match the world’s speed, its hunger for activity. Hang on to peace and quiet if it’s been good for you. Enjoy what you have, and who you are with. Revd Preb John Lees, Associate Priest Welcome to a silent space for all faiths and none. This space is intended as a way to encourage peace in our troubled world and as a gesture of solidarity with all humanity and the whole of creation. Wednesday, July 15th 2020, from 12noon – 1.00p.m. & Friday, July 31st 2020, from 9.00 – 10.00a.m At St Andrew’s Churchyard, Colyton. (weather dependent!) Stay for a short while or for the whole hour. Bring your own seating if possible , and a candle in a jar. ‘When we were quiet our hearts discovered that they were kindred spirits’ (Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu) For more information email silencespeaks81@gmail.com or ring Helen on 075313 06528 . We value feedback, which you can send to our email. (Co-ordintated by Helen Miller – Bridport Buddhist Meditation Group & Hetty Kothari – St Andrew’s Church, Colyton) We are pleased to announce that public worship will be gradually resuming across the Mission Community. This Sunday, 5th July, there will be a Eucharist at 9.30 am at St Andrew’s Colyton. At 6 pm there will be a service of said Evensong (with organ music) at St Winifred’s, Branscombe. Physical distancing and hygiene procedures will be in place. Owing to the need to maintain distancing, we have limited seating available, but hope to accommodate everyone who wishes to join us. Our weekly online and telephone services will continue until further notice. Please stay at home if you are vulnerable, shielding, have any Covid symptoms or are feeling unwell. Services for the coming week: Sun 5th July: 9.30am: Eucharist, Colyton 6.00pm: Said Evensong, Branscombe Tue 7th July: 8.30am: Morning Prayer, Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer, Colyford Wed 8th July: 8.30am: Morning Prayer, Colyton 10.00am: Eucharist (BCP), Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer Musbury Thu 9th July: 8.30am: Morning Prayer, Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer, Branscombe Fri 10th July: 8.30am Morning Prayer, Colyton 5.00pm: Evening Prayer, Northleigh |
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