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2 3 4 Nuneham Courtenay Newsletter 5 6 7 8 July -August 2013 9 10 11 12 BALDON FEAST – LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD – BY FIONA WEBSTER 13 14 For seven-year old Lena Middleton the highlight of the year was Baldon Feast. She and 15 her seven siblings would watch in wonder as the procession of horse drawn wagons 16 rolled into Marsh Baldon, bringing the fairground rides. It was 1923. The country was 17 getting back on its feet after the Great War; a new car factory had been opened in nearby 18 Cowley by William Morris. Ninety years later, Lena still loves to watch the fair roll into 19 the Baldons and enjoy the Feast, a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. Lena, 97, 20 now lives at The Croft, but began life at Nuneham Courtenay, where her father was a 21 farm worker who had fought in the First World War. Later she moved to 44 The Green 22 where she would watch the fair arrive from her bedroom window. 23 24 “Baldon Feast was the big event of the year, everyone looked forward to it, especially the 25 children, and everyone went – there’s always been a spirit of community in these 26 villages,” recalls Lena. “Most villagers then were either farm workers or worked at the 27 new car factory. Everyone would wear their best clothes and there were donkey rides, a 28 coconut shy and a carousel. Rides were two pennies each. The men would play bowling 29 for a pig and the women played bowling for a tea set. There was a brass band and fish 30 and chip stall. “The Buckland family who ran it had been coming to the village for 31 generations and all the village people knew all the fair people. I remember old Mrs 32 Buckland smoked a clay pipe.” 33 34 Beryl Polley, 73, was born in Toot Baldon and later moved to The Croft. She is one of 35 four generations of her family who attended Marsh Baldon School, which originally cost 36 a penny a week to attend. Beryl’s grandfather was Marsh Baldon’s green-keeper and she 37 says: “The fair people would queue outside Gateways in Baldon Lane, waiting for my 38 grandfather to open the gate to let them in. There were three gates into the village then, 39 one by Parsonage farm, one at the corner of the green by the road to Toot and at 40 Gateways. All were kept shut to stop the sheep and cattle that grazed on the Green from 41 escaping. Horses on the green had to be tethered and if they got loose they were put in 42 the pound near the pub with any other stray animals. You had to pay £1 to get them out.” 43 “The fair people were allowed in at 6am Sunday to start at 6pm and it was always the 44 first Sunday after August 13th. It was lovely watching the wooden wagons arrive, you 45 would occasionally see inside them and they were always spotless.” 46 47 The fair is now run by Jimmy Meech and his family (under the name of Mason's Fair) 48 who have a permanent base near Reading. The growth of theme parks and indoor 49 activities for children mean less custom but they still tour the country. A few years ago 50 bad weather and dwindling business led to them consider ending their visits to Marsh 51 Baldon, but Ralph and Phylis Slaney persuaded them to keep coming, whilst breathing 52 new life into the Feast, which now offers a large range of activities, stalls and 53 entertainment. If you would like to support the Fair and the Baldon Feast tradition do 54 come along on Saturday 17th August. You may also like to volunteer at one of the 55 departments, even for just a short period. Help setting up the marquees 6.00pm Thursday 56 15th, or help in dismantling and tiding-up after the 10.30am Sunday Church Service on 57 the Green, from about 11am. Your support is much appreciated. 58 59 To help Baldon Feast or for more information please contact Ralph or Phylis Slaney on 60 01865 343275; ralph@stonehelm.co.uk. We plan an even bigger and better Baldon 61 Feast raffle this year! Contributions for raffle prizes are appreciated and can be left 62 with Phylis at 18 The Croft or Fiona at 33 The Green. (Please phone for a pick-up) 63 64 65 TALKING POINT BY REVEREND DAVID HAYLETT 66 67 When I was very small, probably only two or three years old, my grandmother gave me a 68 picture with a typical Victorian image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. A fair skinned, 69 light auburn haired good-looking young man, dressed in an impossibly white robe 70 considering he was carrying a lamb across a field of sheep. 71 72 The real Jesus would have been a dark-skinned, dark-haired man, and a real shepherd 73 would be most unlikely to be dressed in a spotlessly clean garment. Sheep are dirty, 74 mucky animals especially when you have to pick them up and carry them around. But 75 such is the fantasy image we create of Jesus the Good Shepherd. 76 77 It is amazing how many people in history have been shepherds at one time or another. 78 Saint Cuthbert of Northumbria was a shepherd who looked after his flocks on the 79 Jedburgh hills of Scotland before he responded to the call to serve God. Cuthbert became 80 a great leader of the Church in the North of England. 81 82 Moses tended his father-in-law’s flocks before becoming a shepherd to the Israelites, 83 leading them through the wilderness from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. King 84 David started out life as a shepherd boy and later became King of Israel. 85 86 So perhaps it is no surprise that Jesus took the image of a Shepherd as a model for his 87 teaching. It was a model that his contemporaries would understand. 88 89 But let us consider the shepherd from the point of the sheep (you and me). Why do sheep 90 need a shepherd? 91 92 Firstly for protection. It was the shepherd boy David’s skill with a sling and a pebble, 93 long practice at protecting his sheep from marauding wolves and other predators, that 94 enabled him to kill Goliath the Philistine. Sheep also need protecting from themselves. 95 They can be pretty dumb animals, continuously grazing the same area until it becomes 96 bare scrub. They need a shepherd to lead them on to new pastures. If they have a heavy 97 fleece and roll over they are often unable to right themselves and need the shepherd to 98 haul them back onto their feet. 99 100 But Jesus points out another danger. There will be others around who will offer their 101 services as a shepherd, but be careful who you choose as your shepherd. Be alert, Jesus 102 warns, you will hear my voice and will follow me. It is easy, too easy perhaps, to be 103 tempted to follow another shepherd, who promises that the grass will be greener on the 104 other side. It always is, until you get there! The voice of Jesus is the only safe voice for 105 sheep to follow. 106 107 The words of Psalm 23 are much loved and very helpful. “The Lord is my shepherd, I’ll 108 not want, He makes me lie down in green pastures.” Jesus is the Good Shepherd who 109 offers the hope that is able to lead us through the valley of the shadow of death. 110 111 Jesus says, “My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.” 112 113 Cover Photo: Buttercups at Baldon House, James Eliot 2013 114 115 116 117 CHURCH IN THE BALDONS – from Debbie Dance – Churchwarden 118 119 We continue to thank everyone who is helping during the interregnum. A shortlist of 120 candidates has been drawn up and interviews will take place in early July, so that we 121 should know who is to be the new team vicar for the Baldons and Nuneham Courtenay, 122 shared with Drayton St Leonard and Berinsfield very soon. 123 124 My contact details are 341323/07860 160900, Ian Gillespie is on 341398, and both our 125 thanks go to Jennifer Morton, Verger, (343302) who is coordinating services, wedding 126 funerals etc. 127 128 CHURCH AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY 129 130 Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Concert in Marsh Baldon Church on 19th 131 May. So many great performances, brought together under the musical direction of 132 Veronica Sandilands to whom we owe a huge thank you. 133 134 The concert was part of putting the Church at the heart of the Baldons Community, 135 helping to raise money for the fabric repairs and ongoing maintenance to both our 136 Churches in Marsh and Toot, and we are delighted to say that, including Gift Aid, it 137 raised £662.93. There are further ideas for improvements to the churches in the wings, 138 too: contact Sara, Laurence or Debbie if you want to know more. 139 140 Debbie Dance, Ian Gillespie, Sara McDouall Saw, Laurence Attewill and Veronica 141 Sandilands (Baldons Churches Fabric Fundraising Committee) 142 143 CHRISTIAN AID WEEK – from Ian Gillespie -Churchwarden 144 145 I would like to thank all the 87 households (that I know about) who gave envelopes to 146 Christian Aid. The three villages gave a total of £487.97 which with gift aid came to 147 £547.72. I would also like to thank all those who helped with the collection, specifically 148 Natasha Eliot, Jacquie Lake, Fran Butler, Bruce Don, Sonia Hobbins, Max Hobbs, and 149 John Barne. 150 151 WANTED! BALDONS FETE AND FEAST APPROACHES…WE NEED YOUR 152 BOTTLES (FULL...) AND CAKES! 153 154 The church will, as ever, be running a bottle tombola and cake / tea stall. We rely on the 155 money we make from these stalls to contribute towards essential repairs and running 156 costs. We would appreciate any bottles you can give us, wine, soft drinks, children’s 157 drinks, washing up liquid… and we will come door to door to as many of you as 158 possible in the week before the fete. If we miss you, and you would like to donate, 159 please do contact Sara McDouall Saw on 343567. 160 The cake stall would be very grateful to receive any donations either on the day or 161 contact Veronica Sandilands on 343478. 162 163 Thank you as ever for your generous support. 164 165 166 MARSH BALDON SCHOOL NEWS 167 168 Another year in the life of Marsh Baldon Primary School 169 seems to have flown by and soon our Year 6 children will be 170 leaving for pastures new. They leave with our very best 171 wishes and the knowledge that we are all very proud of 172 them. Once again they are a credit both to the school and 173 their families. 174 Since the last newsletter, we held another highly successful Maypole Display. Despite the 175 windy conditions, the children performed brilliantly and the whole event was enjoyed by 176 a packed house of parents and our friends from the Berinsfield Day Centre. The 177 afternoon was rounded off by a Fete run by the PTA. 178 179 180 The children have also taken part in a Maths Week. Part of this week included a Junior 181 Enterprise type activity where each year group was given £10 and told to make it bigger. 182 The children organised their own stalls and made their own cakes, bookmarks and other 183 goodies and class 1 held a cafe afternoon. All three classes made great profits! 184 185 186 The children also enjoyed a puzzle workshop day and a visit to the Science Museum in 187 Oxford. 188 In the middle of June, Class 3 visited Cheddar in Somerset for a two night residential trip. 189 190 191 There are still lots of activities at school before we finish for the summer. We welcome 192 all parents, friends and villagers to all our events so please put them in your diary! We 193 would love to see you! Refreshments are usually available so why not come and see us in 194 action and have a chat with some of the children? 195 196 197 July 1st Outdoor Week 198 199 200 201 July 4th SPORTS DAY -afternoon 202 July 11th Archery Day 203 July 12th Area Sports at Horspath (we are defending champions!!) 204 July 19th Achievers’ Assembly 9.00am 205 July 23rd Leavers’ Assembly at the church 9.00am 206 207 If you would like to find out more about the school, then we do have a website. It is 208 packed full of information and activities and shows what we are about! It is updated 209 regularly so please have a look at www.marshbaldonschool.co.uk 210 211 212 You can be sure that we will be ‘out and about’ around the village. At the moment some 213 of the children are even making a model of it! Please stop and say hello to us if you see 214 us. 215 We hope everyone has a great summer! 216 217 218 Regards, 219 220 221 Nick Pitson (Headteacher) 222 223 224 ITEMS FOR THE NEWSLETTER 225 226 Items for September 2013 newsletter 227 228 by 16th August please 229 230 Any villager is welcome to send items for publication in the newsletter -this can be 231 anything from articles, poems or pictures, to publicising your event. In addition, if you 232 have an image you would like us to consider for the cover, do send it in! 233 If you would like to receive a reminder e-mail each month for newsletter contributions 234 please let me know. 235 Natasha Eliot: tashaandjames@btopenworld.com. Alternatively I can be contacted on 236 340562 or at The Barn House, Baldon House East, Marsh Baldon. 237 For advertising queries, please contact Sheila Harris on: s.harris886@btinternet.com or 238 on 340403. 239 240 241 Baldon House 242 pork, sausages, 243 bacon and ham 244 available again! 245 E-mail 246 baldonhouse@gmail.com 247 or call Liam or Christina 248 on 01865 341204 249 250 BALDONS VILLAGE HALL 251 252 As regular users of the hall will have seen, we have now completed the current phase of 253 the upgrade of the village hall, with new lighting, redecoration and refurbishment of the 254 floor. Watch this space to see how this new lease of life for the hall is celebrated! 255 To book the hall, please contact Ali or Darren on: 01865 340264 or dbaber@rm.com 256 257 LONG WITTENHAM PRE-SCHOOL FAVOURS AUCTION: SATURDAY 20 JULY 258 259 Following the success of last year's event we are holding the 2013 Favours Auction in 260 Long Wittenham Village Hall on Saturday 20 July. Doors open at 7pm with the auction 261 starting at 7.30pm. Ticket price is £5 in advance and £7 on the door. We hope to have 262 some "live lots" to look forward to this year! To whet your appetite see 263 http://goo.gl/nDnoo where you can browse through the list of favours from last year and 264 get more details on this year's auction nearer the time. For tickets or to offer to donate a 265 favour, please contact Zoe Pepper (chair@longwittenhampreschool.co.uk). 266 267 GARDENER WANTED 268 269 Does anyone know of a gardener interested in regular maintenance and occasional 270 tutorials / advice?! We are looking for someone to help out every 3 weeks or so. Any 271 recommendations please call Sara or Tom on 343567. Many thanks. 272 273 CHRISTIAN AID LUNCH – A THANK YOU FROM MARY BRAYBROOKE 274 275 Many thanks to everyone who generously supported the Christian Aid lunch, or who sent 276 donations. It raised just short of £600, which will be shared between Christian Aid and 277 used both to help refugees from Syria and also long term development projects to help 278 reduce poverty and the Kanyakumari Centre for Health Care and Cancer Treatment in the 279 South of India. 280 281 We are very grateful to Marcia Farrant for welcoming us all to her beautiful home and to 282 all those who worked hard to make the event a happy social occasion as well as a 283 financial success. 284 285 A DAY OF MEDITATION AND REFLECTION 286 Saturday 3 August 10 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. 287 288 289 A Quiet Day is being arranged by the Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre and the World 290 Congress of Faiths as an introduction to Christian and Hindu meditation. This will be led 291 by Swami Dayatmananda, Centre Leader and Rev Dr Marcus Braybrooke, WCF 292 President. This will be held at the Vedanta Centre at Blind Lane, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 293 5LF. For more details please contact Marcus Braybrooke. 294 295 marcus.braybk@btinternet.com 296 297 298 BALDONS PARISH COUNCIL NEWS 299 300 Housing Developments in the village 301 At the Annual Parish Meeting we outlined the changes that have recently occurred in 302 planning policy, potentially affecting development in the village. Until recently no new 303 housing development was allowed in the Baldons other than for extensions to, or 304 conversion of, existing houses or buildings, other than on an exceptional basis for some 305 affordable homes which we haven’t been able to achieve. 306 307 As a result of changes in national planning policy, SODC’s new planning policy now 308 allows for some smaller development to be considered. In Marsh Baldon suitable sites of 309 up to 0.2 of a hectare, and in Toot Baldon up to 0.1 hectare which allow for infilling 310 within the village envelope, may be considered for housing, providing such 311 developments comply with other policies concerning the Green Belt or Conservation area 312 status. Permitted Development rights have also been extended to allow the conversion to 313 domestic use of unused farm barns and other buildings e.g. offices. 314 315 As a result of these changes the Parish Council is now being consulted by SODC on 316 applications for 2 new houses round the village green. 317 318 On Durham Leys Farm there is an application for a small 2 bedroomed single storey 319 house set back off the green which the council has supported in its response to SODC, 320 whose decision is awaited. Planning ref: P13/S1277. 321 322 Queen’s College have also applied for permission to build a 3 bedroomed cottage on 323 vacant land off the village green next to Queen’s Cottage and close to Parsonage Farm. 324 At the time of writing the Parish Council is still considering its response to this 325 application. Planning ref: P13/S1432/Full. 326 327 Both these applications can be seen on the SODC web site using the planning references 328 above. The Conservation area status of the land round the village green and Green Belt 329 policies are important considerations in both these applications which the Parish Council 330 is mindful of in its deliberations and advice to SODC. 331 332 Queen’s College have also advised us they are also applying to SODC for permission to 333 convert a timber barn on Court House Farm, which has B1 consent for offices, to 334 residential use, although the Parish Council has no detailed information on this as yet. 335 336 The council have also recently supported an application for New Farm Toot Baldon for 337 conversion of a barn to a 3 bedroomed house and relocation of the cattery to other 338 premises on the site. This application is awaiting SODC’s decision. 339 340 Date of next meetings 341 342 Tuesday 9 July Village Hall 7.30.pm 343 Tuesday 10th September Village Hall 7.30 pm 344 345 346 NUNEHAM COURTENAY PARISH COUNCIL 347 348 349 The Parish Council met on 5 June 2013. Councillor T love sent her apologies. One 350 parishioner attended. 351 352 The main aim of the meeting was to agree the 2012/13 accounts. These were accepted. 353 There was discussion of governance issues and the appointment of an internal auditor 354 which the Chairman is discussing with OALC. There was discussion on the selection of 355 a Clerk, which can now be progressed. Training needs for councillors was also discussed 356 A number of other items were covered: 357 358 • 359 It was agreed to arrange a further meeting with Savills to follow up on a number of 360 items related to the Estate including recent tree cutting, signage and the like; 361 • 362 No objections were raised a listed building consent application for waste pipe and 363 other minor alterations at 25 Nuneham Courtenay. It was agreed to contact SODC 364 about other matters, such as oil tanks, that might have a greater impact on the 365 appearance of buildings and might be deemed to require planning consent ; 366 • 367 It was noted that planning consent for the housing development at Brewer’s 368 Garage has not yet been given but it is understood that this will not go to 369 committee and that final details are being worked out between owner and SODC 370 which would see approval granted; 371 • 372 It was agreed that parishioners might find it useful to have a discussion on 373 planning controls that affect the Parish, particularly the requirements for listed 374 building consent; 375 • 376 Police and SODC are still unable to deal with the car in the south west bus lay-by 377 as it does not count as abandoned; 378 • 379 Signage; the Parish Councils’ responsibilities in respect of signage were discussed 380 in relation to proposed signs for the Global Retreat Centre’s Peace in the Park 381 event. It was noted that, despite SODC’s Outlook magazine saying PCs have 382 responsibility for signage NALC guidance indicates that powers are limited and do 383 not include the ability to approve the installation of signs, which may be the 384 subject of planning controls. SODC have been asked to clarify this. 385 • 386 SODC consultation on Parish Councils. It was noted that this had been confirmed 387 as a two-stage consultation and that this would allow more time to obtain 388 parishioners views on the consultation once SODC had finalised the terms of 389 reference; 390 • 391 Pedestrian crossing and the need to establish the absolute requirements over 392 lighting before pushing this further with the County. It is proposed to arrange a 393 meeting with the Area Highways Steward; 394 • 395 Village Plan. It was noted that the Steering Group had discussed the feasibility 396 study for a community shop and the proposed consultation on this.] 397 398 The next meeting is on Wednesday 9 July at 2 pm in Nuneham Courtenay Village Hall. 399 The agenda is expected to include voting on officers, feedback from the meeting with 400 Savills. County Cllr Lorraine Lindsay-Gale is expected to attend. 401 402 Contact details: 403 Councillors: Frank Casey, Suzanne Deakin, Colin George, Jasminder Love, 404 Tara Love 405 Chair/acting Clerk: Colin George, 01865 343767 colin.george@virgin.net 406 Parish e-mail: nunehampc@yahoo.co.uk 407 Parish website: www.nunehampc.webs.com 408 409 NEWS FROM OUR DISTRICT COUNCILLOR ELIZABETH GILLESPIE 410 411 I am pleased to report that, as I write, nothing momentous is happening on the Green Belt 412 front. 413 414 On June 7th we held the Southern Oxfordshire LEADER final event at Dorchester 415 Abbey, celebrating the success of this scheme which, with its close range targeting of 416 local need, brought to fruition many projects which would never have been identified 417 with a larger net. Our LEADER programme has committed over £1,200,000 to 61 local 418 projects since its launch in June 2009. 419 420 We are now initiating the process of bidding for the next LEADER tranche. If successful 421 we will once more be appraising, and hopefully benefitting many more local projects and 422 would be encouraging early engagement from applicants. I have been involved in this 423 European funding scheme from the initial bidding stage, some six years ago and have 424 been vice and latterly Chairman of the LAG which is the decision making group for 425 LEADER and comprises of people from all walks of life, bringing a wealth of diverse 426 expertise, all generously volunteering their time, knowledge and advice. There have been 427 teething problems with DEFRA and an overly complicated application process however I 428 feel confident that lessons have been learnt and the process will be eased up. 429 430 Our aims have been to identify and target projects that are working to encourage 431 enterprise and business innovation, agricultural diversification, address social exclusion, 432 improve tourism in rural locations and enhance heritage and landscape, and developing 433 skills for rural areas. With an optimistic view of the success of this coming bid, I would 434 encourage people with suitable projects, to bear in mind that these funds will be 435 available. I will report when there is more clarity. 436 437 1 438 439 THE BALDON PLAYERS 440 441 We were just resting….. 442 It’s been a long time so a small group of the Players met recently to start discussing what 443 next. Inevitably we all had differing thoughts and agreed we should start doing some 444 play readings to get the creative juices flowing. 445 446 447 We aim to meet fortnightly in the Seven Stars on a Monday night around 8 pm. By the 448 time you read this our first reading should have taken place on 24 June. We’re sure you 449 can work out the dates from there but the first meeting after the newsletter publication 450 date is 8 July. 451 452 453 If would like to get involved there are lots of opportunities in front of and behind the 454 stage and we welcome members new and old. No previous experience necessary – just 455 enthusiasm. If you are a budding director with lots of energy and ideas then we’d love to 456 hear from you. 457 458 459 To be kept in touch or to let us know of your interest contact either Liz Jones 460 (EJones@serlecourt.co.uk) or Colin George (01865 343767 or colin.george@virgin.net) 461 462 463 CLIFTON HAMPDEN SURGERY PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP 464 465 Clifton Hampden Surgery have instigated the formation of a patient Participation Group 466 which met for the first time on 17th May. At the moment the group has seven patient 467 members and the meeting was also attended by Dr. Estelle James and by Hilary 468 Rogerson. 469 470 The purpose of this group is to provide a forum in which there can be discussion of the 471 services on offer and how improvements can be made for the benefit of patients. It 472 provides the opportunity to suggest positive ideas and also to voice concerns. Improved 473 communication between GPs and patients can only be for the benefit of everyone 474 involved. It provides a route for patients to advise the practice on matters of concern – 475 but must not be for patients to resolve their own personal complaints and issues, nor must 476 it be a doctors’ fan club. 477 478 The opportunity for organising health promotion and education events, providing 479 feedback from other local organisations and providing support to them and to individual 480 patients are all things which might be possible in the future. ‘The group will also publish 481 newsletters to keep everyone in touch with what is going on. Full details of contacts will 482 be circulated shortly. 483 484 Finally, two short news items – the provision of a handrail from the car park to the 485 surgery is being organised and the provision of a second handrail up the steps to 486 reception is to be considered soon. 487 488 489 OXFORDSHIRE TRAVEL CHALLENGE 490 491 The Oxfordshire Travel Challenge is a fun, free workplace competition aimed at 492 encouraging people in Oxfordshire to break the habit of car use and to try a different 493 method of travelling to work. 494 495 The aim is to recruit as many of your work colleagues as possible to commute and log an 496 active trip to work (by foot, bike, public transport or car share) between Monday 24 June 497 and Sunday 14 July 2013 in a bid to reach the top of the leader board, claim victory and 498 win prizes! For more information please visit www.oxfordshiretravelchallenge.org.uk. 499 500 WOMEN'S ONLY BASKETBALL 501 502 Come along to make friends and play a fun team sport that's fast and exciting! Beginners 503 welcome, just wear sports clothing and trainers. Fridays, 7 -7.40 pm, £3.50 per session. 504 Park Sports Centre, Wheatley, OX33 1QZ. 505 For more information contact Lil Roe on 07801 203539 or lil.roe@southandvale.gov.uk. 506 507 508 NUNEHAM COURTENAY ADULT LUNCH CLUB -An update for N C A L C. 509 510 We have now been running for 6 months (trial Period) and at our last meeting everyone 511 was asked if they would like the club to continue……..we had an overwhelming YES 512 response, therefore we have new membership cards with dates for the next 12 months. 513 The committee now feel that we can extend our current membership to 54 (at present we 514 have 46 members) so if anyone wishes to join please contact Sheila Harris (secretary) on 515 01865 340403. 516 517 Since our last update we have received a donation of £2000.00 from Oxfordshire County 518 Council for a much needed storage cupboard and equipment, £100.00 in vouchers from 519 Sainsbury’s and £200.00 from Rogers Recycling……….we are so appreciative of these 520 generous donations as it not only helps with getting good equipment, we can now train a 521 couple of First Aid Officers, update our insurance and also it helps to keep the lunch fee 522 low. 523 524 I would like to welcome Carol Vincent onto our Cooks team (we could do with one more 525 cook!!!!) and to take this opportunity to thank the COOKS… Georgia Gillett Margaret 526 Antcliffe and Carol Vincent, COOKS HELPERS …..Sheila Barrett, Sally Dyke and 527 Shena Searle, GENERAL HELPERS Lindsey Hutchinson and Ginny Baker. VICE 528 CHAIR… Jasminder love, SECRETARY … Sheila Harris and TREASURER… Judy 529 Von Emloh. Also all those members that step into the breach when needed…and lastly 530 Nuneham Village Hall Committee for allowing us half rent for the first 6months, this was 531 a great help ………A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. 532 533 If anyone wishes to donate raffle prizes to our club we never say NO!! 534 535 Georgia Gillett (Chair) 536 537 538 SERVICES FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2013 539 540 th 541 542 30June 10.30pm Team Service Little Wittenham 543 Followed by Bring a Picnic 544 7th July 11.00am Aircrash Memorial Toot Baldon 545 Service 546 14th July 6.00pm Evening Worship: Toot Baldon 547 Songs of Praise 548 21st July 9.30am Holy Communion Marsh Baldon 549 28th July 8.30am Said Holy Communion Marsh Baldon 550 9.30am One4All Marsh Baldon 551 552 7.00pm Taize@7 Dorchester 553 4th August 9.30am Holy Communion Toot Baldon 554 11th August 6.00pm Evening Worship Toot Baldon 555 18th August 10.30am Baldon Feast Marsh Baldon 556 557 Service on the Green 558 25th August 8.30am Said Holy Communion Marsh Baldon 559 9.30am One4All Marsh Baldon 560 2nd September 9.30am Holy Communion Toot Baldon 561 Thursday Morning Prayer:in St Peter’s at 8.15am or in Dorchester Abbey at 8.30am 562 563 nd th 564 565 Fellowship Group: 2and 4Mondays at 7.30pm. 566 There will be a break for the summer during August Venues and further details from 567 Jennifer Morton 343302; or email: jennifer.morton@givemail.co.uk 568 569 SIDESDUTY 570 571 Marsh Toot 572 7th July 11.00 am G & S Hobbins 573 14th July 6.00pm Ron Hewitt 574 21st July 9.30am Richard Barnett 575 28th July 9.30am Tom Saw 576 4th August 9.30am Ann Druce 577 11th August 6.00pm Jennifer Morton 578 18th August ON THE GREEN: 10.30am Ian Gillespie 579 25th August 9.30am Stephen Dance 580 581 FLOWERS 582 Marsh Toot 583 584 th th 585 586 30June & 7July V Sandilands & F Ardern M Trinder 587 588 th st 589 590 14& 21July C Attewill & L Barnett J van Dijk & S Hobbins 591 592 th th 593 594 28July & 4August W Barclay & V Sandilands H Maskell & J Knight 595 596 th th 597 598 11& 18August A Lyall & E Gillespie N Wells & V Bowler 599 600 th st 601 602 25Aug & 1Sept L Martin & I Wright J Brook 603 604 605 ‘Peace in the Park – The Festival of Spirit’ 606 607 608 As a part of Nuneham Courtenay and 609 The Baldons the Global Retreat Centre is 610 holding for the third year ‘Peace in the 611 Park – The Festival of Spirit’for three 612 consecutive days in July. It is an 613 enchanting, enlightening and inspiring 614 event. Thousands of people come to 615 enjoy the unique and magical atmosphere 616 of the beautiful, historic pleasure grounds 617 of Nuneham House. What makes this 618 festival unique is, there is no charge for 619 attending any of the rich variety of events 620 on offer or for parking. It is organised 621 and staffed by more than 250 dedicated 622 volunteers. 623 624 The core team comes together a year 625 ahead to decide on a theme and vision for 626 the festival. Then the work begins: 627 artists, musicians, dancers, gardeners, 628 designers, carpenters prepare the 629 different elements required to create the 630 festival. Then, in the week beforehand, 631 pavilions are set up, interiors decorated 632 and everything comes together for the 633 big weekend. 634 635 To honour the 20 years since the opening 636 of the Global Retreat Centre, this year’s 637 festival is holding a Peacemaker Concert 638 on the evening of Friday 12th July, 639 following the afternoon activities. The 640 concert, organised by Lucinda Drayton, 641 will feature a wide variety of like- 642 minded musicians who believe in the 643 power of music to inspire, uplift and 644 create a better world. On the Saturday and 645 Sunday, the festival opens at 11am and 646 invites us into a world of music, ‘Food & 647 Soul’ cooking demos, meditation 648 pavilions, life-changer seminars, a feel- 649 good space for young adults, small talks 650 -with big ideas,round table 651 discussions in the ‘tree hall’, tea under 652 653 the trees, Planet Peace’ children’s space, 654 simple & local vegetarian fare, Earth 655 Care area,treetrail&historical 656 garden tours, meadow maze, games, 657 658 outdoor artworks & Fairy Tale 659 Theatre. To end the day there will be a 660 ‘Meditation for the World’ finale. 661 As a local to the area I am close enough 662 to observe the magic unfold. Last year, I 663 decided to attend this festival and 664 experience it for myself; the event truly 665 transported me into a different world, far 666 away from the mundane routine and 667 noise of daily life. The feeling was of 668 people coming together in a warm, 669 peaceful atmosphere with an almost 670 tangible sense of unity. Whether the 671 greeting at the car park or those serving 672 hundreds of teas, all were smiling and 673 seemed genuinely happy. ‘Peace in the 674 Park’ is definitely something to be 675 experienced. 676 677 Peace in the Park – The Festival of Spirit, 678 12, 13, 14th July 2013, 679 The Global Retreat Centre Oxford 680 681 www.peaceintheparkfestival.org 682 683 684 685 Join us on Wednesday 24th July 686 for our 687 Creepy House 688 Craft Afternoon 689 At 3.45pm 690 691 692 All Ages Welcome 693 Children to be accompanied by an 694 adult please 695 696 697 698 16 699 700 701 702 |
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