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“By his wounds you have been healed” 1 Peter 2:24

APRIl2017

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Worship in April & beginning of May 2017

April

2nd 10am Morning Worship with communion (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship

Palm Sunday9th 10am Morning Worship (all age)

6pm Evening Worship with communion

Maundy Thursday13th 6.30pm Joint Worship held at Axmouth Church

Good Friday14th 10am Good Friday Joint Worship held at Uplyme Church

Easter Sunday16th 10am Morning Worship with communion (all age)

6pm Evening Worship featuring the FESTIVAL CHOIR

23rd 10am Morning Worship (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship with communion

30th 9:30am Cafe Worship (all age) 6pm Evening Worship with communion

May 7th 10am Morning Worship with communion (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship

14th 10am Morning Worship (+ Junior Church) 6pm Evening Worship with communion

Children’s Groups: Children will meet at Mrs Ethelston’s School for 10am (drop off from 9:50am) and go to their respective groups and return to Church with their leaders at 10:50am

FROM THE REGISTERS Baptisms:nil Marriages/Blessings: nil Funerals: 13th February Frances Marsh

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CONTENTS

Service Times & from The Register Inside Front CoverContents 1An Interview with the Rector of Uplyme 2Church Notices 3Priming the Pump 4Church Events & Notices 5Jack Thomas talks to Barbara Kidson 6Adverts 7 & 8Uplyme Help@Hand 9“Being Disciples” - A book Review by Don Draper 10Easter Services in the Mission Community 11The Real Message of Easter 12Children’s page - Jesus is Alive 13Easter - The most joyous time of the year 14Horticultural Society 15In the Garden with Nigel Ball 16Village Hall & What’s on at the Town Mill 17Uplyme United Charities 18U3A - Talk on Vietnam 191st Lym Valley Scouts 20Adverts 21 & 22Village hall Booking Dates 23Trinity Matters 24 & 25Local Events 26Adverts 27 & 28Local Events Inside Back Cover

Parish News DeadlinesPlease remember the NEXT issue of the magazine is for May

and all articles up to and including things for early June should be with us by the 10th April

Email to - [email protected]

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An Interview with the Rector of Uplyme

I met Rev. Kate Wolven in her study in the Rectory in Rhode Lane. One of three sisters brought up by her mother and father, he a solicitor in Salisbury, Kate was ordained into the priesthood and came to Uplyme in 2014. Married to Jonathan, with one son, Kate has travelled widely, including teaching in Kenya for nine months, something which she adored. For 13 years she was a gardener designer.I ask her about her ministry in Uplyme. “I feel optimistic about the future of the Church of England. I hope we are growing in terms of our individual commitment. It’s true that only about 10% of Uplyme’s population come to church; I would like that percentage to increase but it is representative of most of the Church of England. People do come to God when there is a family crisis. I think the congregation here in Uplyme have been incredibly supportive and generous in the ways they have supported me. They have accepted the changes and come to church but it would be lovely if we actually got to the point where people felt they could invite their friends. That’s the sort of thing, you know, if we could get more families in. I think we are pretty static in numbers; but I hope we are growing in terms of spiritual growth. We’ve introduced services which are very informal and the sort of things you could come to if you’ve never been to church before and feel relatively comfortable. I’m not sure we’ve quite hit the mark yet. But we have an Action Plan and we are working towards an increased discipleship. I adore taking weddings, they’re fun. As for baptisms, I find I cannot hold the baby and cross him or her with water from the font because the font is too high. I have to ask one of the parents to hold the child while I do the baptism. The music in church is very well organised. We have two or three excellent organists and the congregations sing well. As for the fabric of the church, it is fine but we shall have to replace

the lead on the roof soon, which will be an expensive operation. In the churchyard we have repointed and mended its surrounding walls.” The interview ends with my asking Kate if she is planning eventually to move on. “No,” she replies, “Jonathan and I are going to stay here for the rest of my ministry.” On that good news we release the dog from its basket, Kate from the interview and me from the Rectory.

Jack Thomas

Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Uplyme Church

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Can We Pray For You?Many folk suffer difficulties and trauma caused by emotional, physical or spiritual pain and the Bible tells us that God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. What a wonderful promise and assurance of His care, compassion and love.

Everyday throughout the week a small group meets at the church in Uplyme to pray for members of our church and the wider community as well as national and international is-sues. Our prayers are available to all whether you attend church or not or even live in the area or not.

Can we invite you if you would like our help, to contact us confidentially to request prayerful support and assistance. Such requests might be for yourself, a friend or family member, in fact anyone known to you whom you are concerned for. We will happily pray as requested and consider it a privilege to serve our community in this way.

To contact us please call either the Church Office on 01297-444499 during the weekdays or else you may call me, Graham Sheargold, I live at Regis House in Uplyme and can be contacted on 01297-442095 at anytime.

Whatever your pain, however you might be feeling, we are here to help and that help is only a phone call away.Every Blessing Graham SheargoldI Spy with my little eyes something beginning with PT. No nothing to do with physical exer-cise. Thanks to Felicity we now have a lovely Prayer Tree located in the church porch and available 24/7. Please do compose your own personal memories or prayer requests on the cards provided and attach them to the tree. Where appropriate the Prayer group will pray for those issues raised or, for more personal or immediate prayer, do contact the church office or myself.

JOIN US FOR A COMMUNITY WALKThis month’s community walk, led by David Jones, will take place on

Saturday 8th AprilPlease meet outside the church for an 10.30 start.

The walk will last for about an hour. Wellingtons, walking boots or stout shoes are recommended.

For more information contact David on 01297 444729

FESTIVAL CHOIRAll singers are invited to join the Festival Choir to participate in the Evensong service on Easter Day at 6pm . We sing in 4 parts but you are given lots of help to learn your part! You don't have to be a sight reader! Please ring Adrian on 442902 if you'd like to learn more about getting involved this time or in the future.

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Priming the pump - ABC of Uplyme’s water and sanitation project

I – INVITATION

You are warmly invited to events taking place this month in aid of Uplyme Zambia Water Project.

Swishing Party – This one is for the girls (sorry guys!)

We’re swishing again at 12 Glebelands on 31st March. Come either at 10.30a.m. or 7.45p.m. with 5 good quality items you’d like to swop (they can be clothes, accessories or things for the home) Refreshments and raffle tickets to buy. Make new friends and try on possible new outfits! Great fun! Don’t miss! Whistle is blown at 11.45 and 9p.m. £5 entry

Big breakfast and books (this one’s for everyone!) Saturday 8th April between 9 and 11.30

Browse our pre-loved books (If you have any to give, good condition only please, leave in the church porch on Friday 7th) Eat freshly-made American pancakes and/or bacon sandwiches. Relax, drink coffee and meet new friends Join in our family-friendly craft activity+ help raise money for clean water in rural Zambia

More Priming the Pump next time…..

Russell and Morag Kingsbury

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X-­‐Plosion  Youth  Group  

X-­‐Plosion  Youth  Group  is  for  year  6  and  above  age  group.  

We  meet  in  church  every  Friday  in  term  ?me  from  6pm  to  7.30pm.  

We  have  fun  and  games  and  every  term  we  have  a  variety  of  ou?ngs.  

Contact  Margaret  Trafford  for  more  informa?on  01297  443252

X-­‐Plosion  Youth  Group  

X-­‐Plosion  Youth  Group  is  for  year  6  and  above  age  group.  

We  meet  in  church  every  Friday  in  term  ?me  from  6pm  to  7.30pm.  

We  have  fun  and  games  and  every  term  we  have  a  variety  of  ou?ngs.  

Contact  Margaret  Trafford  for  more  informa?on  01297  443252

Calling all parents, grandparents and carers of children aged 0 to 4 years

Come to Shining Stars Playgroup and light up your Friday mornings!

WHERE - The Scout Hut. Rhode Lane, Uplyme DT7 3TX. Parking available.

WHEN - Every Friday during term time from 10am to 11:30am. £1 per child per session.

WHY - For fun: train set, play dough, dressing up, ride-ons, play house, crafts & more, plus snack time, stories, songs, parachute games and bubbles. For friendship: Tea, coffee and biscuits included

For more information please e-mail Jan at [email protected], phone 01297 444499 or visit www.uplymechurch.org.uk/congregations/shining-stars/

“THE VIADUCT” We are the old ‘Making a Difference’ group who are branching out into a new venue, with a new name and a different programme. Please do come along and join us, as it’s much better than spending an-other afternoon all on your own. From now on we’ll be meeting in Uplyme Village Hall on Wednesday afternoons at 1.45 for friendly company and a cup of tea or coffee, starting on April 24th. You could always bring your knitting (or whittling!) along and be enter-tained by one of our guest speakers at the same time. We really look forward to seeing you there!

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Jack Thomas talks toBarbara Kidson,

Chair of the Village Hall

I started by asking Barbara when she and her husband came to Uplyme. “We arrived in 1965. My husband was an engineer and we had three children, all boys. We lived in Cuckoo Lane with stunning views across the valley. Uplyme was a much smaller village in those days; it has grown considerably. When my husband died in 1993, I moved into Cook’s Mead and I became Chairman of the Village Hall last June. I have a staff of two, Claire McCarthy who does the bookings and Jenny who cleans the Hall. I remember the old village Hall which was a lovely building. The new Hall opened in 1994 and is brilliant though it has its problems. It is a fine building, much admired by everybody. It has a well equipped kitchen but it would be enhanced if we had a commercial dish-washing machine. That is one thing we would very much like if we can find one in a hotel which is refurbishing its equipment and would sell it to us cheap! If we had one installed, we would attract more customers – weddings and so on and thereby make more money. We rely on weddings to fund our shortfal l . The current charge for hiring the hall is £9.50 an hour; after 6pm it is £11.0 with concessionary rates of £8.50. Although the hall is used every day by pre-school and school parents, short mat bowls, gig training, jumble sales, the horticultural society and lots of other activities, we are still running at a loss. We need more customers. There are a number of expenses looming. The floor takes a battering from all the activities on its surface and we will get it relaid in April which will be expensive. The heater which warms the hall is rather aged and may have to be replaced. The lighting is fine but it would be nice to equip the hall with stage lighting so that plays could be performed by professional and amateur companies. The car park is adequate at the moment but if we get a new village school built right next to us we shall have to tarmac over the overflow parking space on the north side of the building.”

We then moved on to other topics. Barbara revealed that she was very keen on falconry and said that she once had an eagle owl on her wrist, a huge and impressive bird. She also loved driving sports cars fast. She used to live near Brands Hatch and drove round its circuit. She loves all the birds she attracts to her feeding sites and wishes more species would come. From her house in Cook’s Mead she has seen a fox crossing the road. She thinks Uplyme is a less caring village than it used to be and somewhat dominated by its juxtaposition with Lyme Regis. We are ‘Upper Lyme’ whilst they are ‘Nether Lyme’. Between the village and the town there can be occasional hostility. But we ended on an upbeat, reiterating that Uplyme, the third largest parish in England with a perimeter of 16 miles and 18 hamlets is still a lovely and exciting place in which to live.

Our conversation finished with a nice cup of coffee. Jack Thomas

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Remember, it doesn’t have to be an emergency before you call on us!We have a team of ready and willing volunteers who would love to be able to meet you and offer a helping hand if needed. Or maybe just a friendly face to share a cup of cof-fee and have a chat?

Winter and tricky weather are here and you may find it harder to get out. Please let us know if you just want a change, perhaps a drive into the country or a visit to a café.

Can we help with:A meal if you’re unwell? Help with correspondence? A lift to the doctor’s? Company on a short walk?Prescriptions collected? Reading?Emergency items of shopping? Relieving a carer?Your dog to be walked if you’re not up to it? A lift to see a friend?A visit and a chat if you can’t get out? Accessing services?

If there is anything not on the list, please feel free to ask. There may be someone who can help.Please note new phone numbers:General Enquiries: Transport:Anne Hardman – 01297 444799 Jenny Perham – 01297 32254Marilyn Kent – 07885 859946 David Jones – 01297 444729

Ere thou steepest, gently layEvery troubled thought away,Put off worry and distressAs thou puttest off thy dressDrop thy burden and thy careIn the quiet arms of prayer,Lord, thou knowers how I live,All I've done amiss, forgive,All the good I've tried to doStrengthen, bless and carry through; All I love in safety keepWhile, in thee, I fall asleep.

An Old English Prayer submitted by Diana Shervington

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“Being Disciples” - a book by Rowan Williams

Sometimes, but not often, you get a Christmas present which was not only unexpect-ed but one which you didn’t now it existed and moreover is a real joy. Last Christmas I was given a copy of Rowan Williams short and very readable book “Being Disciples’ The book is an edited version of six talks given over five years to Christians in differ-ent parts of the world.

When the history of the church in our time comes to be written Rowan Williams will surely be regarded as one of its most significant figures. Nicky Gumbel, Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, and creator of the Alpha course, says he is one of the great theolo-gians of our time – an inspiring teacher whose goodly wisdom helps us to understand profound truths. Eleanor Mumford, a founder of the Vineyard Church in the UK says “Being Disciples” is a gem of a book clearly born of Rowan’s own deep love and close-ness to Jesus. Justin Welby says that it is the most beautiful writing on discipleship he knows. He commends it to those who have been on this journey for a long time as well as anyone who wonders what on earth following Jesus is all about.

Jesus, it seems, never asked people to do more than simply to follow him –to be a dis-ciple – to be prepared to learn to be prepared to be challenged, to be willing to follow. We have often made it so much more complicated than this. Rowan brings us all back to basics and at the same time presents us with challenges we may not expect.

Give us this day our daily bread” is surely one of the easiest bits of the Lords Prayer. But, perhaps not! Rowan Williams tells us that the old Greek word used in the Gospels for daily bread is in fact very difficult to translate. He tells us that Jerome refers to an ancient Aramaic version of the Lord’s Prayer – Jesus, of course, spoke Aramaic (the common language of Judea in the first century) not Greek and certainly not English – which has the prayer “give us today the bread of tomorrow”. Rowan comments that ”if this is what Jesus said then he is telling us to pray for the gifts of the coming kingdom to be received in the present….the hunger we must need to express is not simply for sustenance but for God’s future. What we need is the new creation, the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world”. In the confusing world in which we now live many long for new a new creation – the putting right so much that is wrong.

Creation, Rowan says, that is not something that happened a long time ago it is hap-pening today. It is, he says, a sad reflection on any Christian if we come to the point of thinking “Well I’ve done my spiritual growing. I have reached a point that suits me”. We need, he says, to ask whether when we come to prayer, we come in the expectation of being stretched. Will God clear away some of the clutter in our lives and create a little more space there for his life?

If we are prepared to be challenged this engaging little book is for us. If we are com-fortable with what we think and do, if we know all the answers then perhaps it isn’t. Don Draper

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The Real Message of Easter‘When you die, that’s it. Nothing. Out like a light.’ That’s what the man in the pub said, and his mates all nodded, though the one whose mother had died the week before wasn’t really quite so certain.

Still, it seemed to make sense. After all, we know what ‘dead’ means: dead leaves, dead batteries, dead fish, dead pets . . . and dead people, to be honest. While we recognise that it’s all too easy to go from alive to dead, we’ve got seri-ous doubts about the possibility of any return journeys.

Which is why Christians have an uphill task at Easter. Jesus was a great man, and people want to remember how He died. Fair enough. But it starts getting complicated when Christians insist that Jesus died but didn’t stay dead - in fact, that He’s alive now. That ‘return journey’ has happened, they say.

That’s the problem about Easter. Christians persisting in what sounds like a ridiculous belief. If they just dropped the resurrection bit, and concentrated on the wonderful teaching of Jesus and His example of generosity, compassion and love then everybody would find Christianity much more believable. Wouldn’t that make sense? And wouldn’t that fill the churches again?

Well it might (or, more likely, it might not). But in any case, the trouble is that it wouldn’t be Christianity at all. The faith of Christians actually depends on the resurrection of Jesus, and always has done, right from the earliest days. After the crucifixion the body of Jesus was taken down from the cross by some of His friends and put in a rock tomb with a heavy stone. But after His death, His follow-ers claimed that they had met Him, seen Him, talked with Him.

So certain was their belief that nothing could make them recant it. Not ridicule, not torture, not even death itself. They couldn’t do it because they were absolutely convinced that it had happened. Plenty of clever and powerful people at the time had a vested interest in proving them wrong. It shouldn’t have been difficult to prove that a dead man had stayed dead, especially when you have at your dis-posal the resources of the greatest empire in history. Yet they didn’t do it, because it couldn’t be done.

Still today millions of people all over the world believe that Jesus did in fact rise from the dead. They include brilliant scientists and philosophers as well as plenty of ‘ordinary’ men and women of all ages. They believe it because they respect the witness of those first Christians, and because in many cases their own lives have been transformed by a relationship with Jesus - a relationship that wouldn’t make sense if He were dead!

Christians don’t put their faith in a dead hero from the past, but in Someone who is alive and active in their own lives and in the world. That, in a nutshell, is the real message of Easter. www.parishpump.co.uk

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EASTER – the most joyful day of the yearEaster is the most joyful day of the year for Christians. Christ has died for our sins. We are forgiven. Christ has risen! We are redeemed! We can look forward to an eternity in his joy! Hallelujah!

The Good News of Jesus Christ is a message so simple that you can explain it to someone in a few minutes. It is so profound that for the rest of their lives they will be still be ‘growing’ in their Christian walk with God.

Why does the date more around so much? Because the date of Passover moves around, and according to the biblical account, Easter is tied to the Passover. Passover celebrates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and it lasts for seven days, from the middle of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which equates to late March or early April.

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the first to use the Hebrew lunar calendar to come up with firm dates for Good Friday: Friday 7 April 30 AD or Friday 3 April, 33 AD, with Easter Day falling two days later. Modern scholars continue to think these the most likely.

Most people will tell you that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, which is broadly true. But the precise calculations are complicated and involve something called an ‘ecclesiastical full moon’, which is not the same as the moon in the sky. The earliest possible date for Easter in the West is 22 March, which last fell in 1818 and won’t fall again until 2285. The latest is 25 April, which last happened in 1943 and is next due in 2038.

Why the name, ‘Easter’? In almost every European language, the festival’s name comes from ‘Pesach’, the Hebrew word for Passover. The Germanic word ‘East-er’, however, seems to come from Eostre, a Saxon fertility goddess mentioned by the Venerable Bede. He thought that the Saxons worshipped her in ‘Eostur month’, but may have confused her with the classical dawn goddesses like Eos and Aurora, whose names mean ‘shining in the east’. So Easter might have meant simply ‘beginning month’ – a good time for starting up again after a long winter.

Finally, why Easter eggs? On one hand, they are an ancient symbol of birth in most European cultures. On the other hand, hens start laying regularly again each Spring. Since eggs were forbidden during Lent, it’s easy to see how decorating and eating them became a practical way to celebrate Easter.

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Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society

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Horticultural Society events in April

Schedules for the 2017 Summer Show on July 15th are still available – collect your copy from Uplyme Stores, Raymonds Hill Post Office or Ginger Beer. The Potato in a Bucket challenge has been taken up with enthusiasm – all 40 have been bought, so we look forward to an impressive haul in July.

On Tuesday April 11th is an outing to Compton Acres in Poole, leaving at 9:15am from Uplyme Village Hall. This is a fascinating 10 acre site, with woodland paths, Japanese, Italian and rock gardens, and refreshments available. Annie Kobus (443346) is taking bookings at £16 per head, non-members £3 extra.

The Wednesday meeting for April is on the 26th at 7:30pm. The topic is “What to do with an Overgrown Garden” (as if any of our members ever have that problem?) Given by a speaker from the Garden Club. Tea and coffee will be available, members free, visitors £3. The Chairman’s competition for Spring Flowering Bulbs will also take place that evening – bring along your best flowers from bulbs, corms or tubers, either in a pot or as cut flowers, to show – entries will be received from 7pm.

On Tuesday May 9th the outing is to Dunster Castle in Somerset, a National Trust house with gardens, a working watermill, tearoom and shop, plus the chance to walk around the mediaeval village. Gill Williams (444927) is the organiser - NT members pay £10, non-members £20, visitors welcome for an extra £3.

The Spring Plant Sale is on Saturday May 13th at 9:30-11:30am – bring your spare seedlings and buy whatever others have brought along! Tea and cakes will be available, all donations of plants, home produce etc. will be gratefully received and sold for Society funds. Entry is £1 – come and see what there is for sale, chat and see your friends.

Wednesday May 24th at 7:30pm is our next talk in Uplyme Village Hall – Fiona Matthews, Chair of the Mammal Society will be speaking on “Searching in the Dark: Unravelling the Mysteries of the South West’s Rare Bats”, particularly her work with the Greater Horseshoe, Grey Long-eared and Bechstein’s bats found in this area. As usual, tea/coffee and biscuits will be available before and after the talk – members free, visitors £3.

Rosemary Britton

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In the Garden with Nigel Ball

Dear Readers

I’m sure you are all geared up for spring with seedlings being pricked out and potatoes chitted already for planting. The soil conditions as I write these notes are not good so we’ll have to wait for things to improve.

There are a few things you can be doing on these damp dull days, such as check-ing your supplies for the coming season. A job that is over looked is checking on the condition of garden furniture. Repairs can be done or perhaps if you have wooden furniture you can treat it to a coat of teak oil or varnish depending the finish you want. Checking your stock of canes and supports, replace ones that are broken. I always find you cannot have enough string when the season starts, you cannot find a ball when you want one.

Remember, plants need feeding during the growing season so make sure you incorporate feed into the soil and top up if needed with liquid feed. It may be worth checking on the PH of your soil if you have a new garden or patch you are plant-ing this year for the first time.

If you ‘are’ planting up new areas in your garden this season consider the environ-ment. Using plants that will give you structure, colour and all year round garden interest, and will attract the garden wildlife we need so much will ensure you have the best of both worlds.

The seasons soon gallop by as the clocks have changed, so time to get reading the summer show schedule. I have judged many shows in the past and enjoyed many hours giving out prize cards to the budding show masters. There are few things that we should be looking out for when entering the show.

1) “Read” what the schedule says. 2) Count your numbers as you place your items on the show bench. If it says 3 carrots it means 3 carrots! 3) Measure your flower pots if its states a size stick to what the schedule says!

The most important thing about the village show is to enjoy it and share the experience with other people, and take home new ideas of how to improve on the years performance.

Until next time, have a good coming season,and pray that the weather improves so we can get out in our gardens and get some fresh air in our lungs.

God Bless & Happy Gardening Nigel Ball

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UPLYME VILLAGE HALL"Oh to be in England now that April is here". We are in England, April is here and hopefully so is Spring!

We will have had our Coffee Morning/Jumble Sale and hopefully made a nice profit. I do hope People came along even if only for a Coffee and Chat.

I went to the Horticultural Society talk in February, it was extremely interesting; how four Head Gardeners followed in the footsteps of famous plant collectors in Chile to see where the plants we take for granted came from and see them in their native habitat. Chile looks a fabulous place to go to.

I had a chat with the Football Club, how many people realise that we actually have Chang-ing Rooms at the Hall, which the Football Club in 1997 raised the money to build, and then handed them over to the Hall. The Club have volunteered their services to help if we need manpower, for which we are very grateful.

Don Richards is proceeding with decorating the Hall. Thanks Don. The Floor is being done this month. Costly!!

We desperately need People to Volunteer to help at our Events, like Jumble Sales, Coffee Mornings, unlike Societies or Organisations we do not have Members so have no one to call on for help, except the Committee. It would be lovely to have a list of People we could contact. If you think you can help, PLEASE let us know!

We are going to try to bring back the big Flower Bed between the Hall and the Road, it is a mess! We need young shrubs, if anyone has any to spare, we would love to have them!! It is going to take a lot of shrubs, it is a very big Bed!! Please contact me if you have any.

Lastly I omitted to thank George Heath for his part in the replacement post. He did a fan-tastic job in shaping the top for us.

I can be contacted on [email protected]

Barbara Kidson (chairman)

What's On at The Town Mill this Spring:Exhibitions:14th - 26th April Triple Vision, The Malthouse14th - 26th April Walk of Art, The Courtyard Gallery28th-30th April Fossil Festival, The Malthouse28th April - 10th May Glazed Sky-Traced Earth, The Courtyard Gallery7th-24th May - Robert Organ, The Malthouse

Events:1st - 23rd April Hot Cross Bunny Hunt and other Easter Activities10th -17th April Easter Biscuit decorating, Kate's Kitchen17th April Springtime Art & Craft Activities, Community Room13th-14th May MillFest Weekend - Annual Celebration of Milling! Music,

dancing, art and milling tours

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UPLYME UNITED CHARITIES Uplyme United Charities is a small fund which exists to help individuals and groups within Uplyme. At a meeting, last year, we considered vari-ous requests and one was to support Ian Barry with the cost of going on a musical event on Exmoor. We have received the following thank you from Ian and Helen which they have asked us to publish in the Parish News.

“Ian Barry, who has recently returned from his much-loved share mu-sic holiday on Exmoor, would like to give his heartfelt thanks to Uplyme United Charities who made it possible for Ian to go by funding some of it.Ian (and Helen his helper) kicked off the trip with a fantastic bike ride around the lake on a specially adapted side by side bicycle. After lunch this was followed by a knee trembling abseil down a vertical wall of height which felt epic when looked at from on high. “We just walked backwards off the cliff” said Ian. Matter a of factly after the event!

Having set the tone of challenge and team work, we then dived headlong into three days of making music together. Ian took his full drum kit this year and made good use of it! He backed up the musicians and singers with a really steady beat and sensitive rhythm. The theme this year was New Year’s Fireworks so there was plenty of opportunity for loud noise and percussion. Everyone had a great time and Ian had more surprises for us all when for his solo piece, he switched from his usual drum solo to the microphone instead. Ian introduced and then sang three Simon and Garfunkel numbers which he clearly knew by heart!

Ian’s enjoyment of this holiday grows with every year he attends and it has been more than fifteen years since he first took part. Thanks to all who make it possible and to all who come and enjoy it too. Ian’s last words are once more “can we go again next year?”.

It is great to hear what wonderful experiences Ian has enjoyed and we are very pleased to have been able to help in a small way. The trustees meet three times a year and are happy to consider requests for support from the community of Uplyme. Any request is treated in total confidence.

Martin WhiteheadChair of the Trustees

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Vietnam and the Far East - Illustrated talk by Christopher Legrand

Wednesday 12th AprilAn experienced traveller, photographer and public speaker, Christopher Legrand will examine some of the history, culture and scenery of Vietnam, a rapidly developing country. He will describe meeting with Buddhist nuns, and visiting Thailand and Indonesia as well as Vietnam. His presentation culminates in a close encounter with a Komodo Dragon.

Christopher was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1982. His experiences as a magistrate led him to found the charity 'HyPed' (Project for Homeless Young People in Eastern Dorset) which he chaired for 6 years, raising more than £1.5million, opening a number of supportive houses and helping over 400 young people. The charity was then taken over by Bournemouth Churches Housing Association.

One of the joys of his retirement has been the opportunity to travel. Having lived in or close to Dorset all his life, he gives some 50 talks a year around the county because he enjoys sharing his adventures.

Venue: Woodmead Halls, Lyme Regis. Coffee is served from 10.00 to 10.45 followed by talk at 11.00 until noon. Organised by U3A Heritage Coast Lyme Regis. Entry is free for U3A members; for non-members a £2 donation is suggested. To join your U3A, have a look at the website www.lymeregisu3a.org or telephone 01297-444566.

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1st Lym Valley Scout Group  

Scout leaders like the month of April as they know that the days are getting longer, which means we can do a lot more with the Scouts like going outside and doing all the fun outdoor activities. After all the excitement of Easter Egg hunts and the Easter holidays we look forward to a very busy Summer Term.

Also this month it is our annual St Georges Day parade. This year we are celebrating it differently by having a fun day on Beer beach and a ceremony to renew our promises, followed by a picnic. All the sections will be taking part Hopefully the weather will hold out for us and be a nice day.

The scouts have been working towards their Marksmanship badge by spending some time shooting at the tunnel in Charmouth. When you read this we will have been on a shooting camp for a weekend at Budleigh Farm near Moretonhampstead on Dartmoor. This will have enabled the scouts to experience shooting on different ranges and camping out.

At the end of April the scouts will be taking part in Run to the Fun 3 &3/4. This is a 3 night camp where the scouts help in choosing an Adult Leader (after several tasks), to take the Devon and Cornwall scout contingent to the next World Scout Jamboree in America in 2019. The scouts will have an opportunity to go to this Jamboree and have their selection camp in October.

We would like more children to be able to enjoy the fun of scouting but because of the number of leaders, we are restricted to the amount of children we can have at meetings.  We need more adults to join scouting as leaders. They have just as much fun as the children and get a sense of purpose and fulfilment. We also need a Group Scout Leader to help with the administration of the group. I am currently having to do this job on top of being a Beaver and Scout leader. This person deals more with the adults than the children.

If you think you would be able to help/interested or know of someone who could please give me a call. No prior experience needed, training given, endless fun what more do you need.  

Yours in Scouting Karen Yelland  Beaver and Scout Leader 01297 442072  [email protected]  

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Village Hall booking dates forApril 2017

Regular HirersUplyme Pre School Term time onlyMondays 9am-3.30pmWednesdays 9am-12.15pmTuesdays/Fridays 9am- lunch club 1.15pm

ToddlersTerm time onlyTuesdays 1.45pm-3.45pm

School – Mrs EthelstonsTerm time onlyWednesdays 1.30pm-4.45pmThursdays 9am 4.45pmFridays 1.45pm-3.30pm

BrowniesTerm times onlyMondays 5.30pm-7.00pm

Gym ClubTuesdays 4pm-6pm (check holidays)

YOGA - Thursdays 6.30pm-8.00pm

Short Mat BowlsMondays 7.30pm-10.00pm

Patchwork ladies1st Wednesday of every month 1.30pm-4.30pm

Parish Council2nd Wednesday of each month 6.45pm-9.45pm

Horticultural Society4th Wednesday of each month 7pm-9pm

Mainly BallroomSaturdays 8pm-10.30pm (check dates)

QuakersSundays 9.30am – midday

Village hall committee meeting1st Tuesday of each month 7.30pm M/ room

Other bookings for April 2017

Saturday 1st Mainly Ballroom dance 8pm

FLOOR REFURB 4th ------11th

No access to the main hall

Saturday 15th Bethany chapel

Saturday 22nd Private hire wedding

Friday 28th LRCC Quiz

Sunday 30th Private hire 3pm-7pm

To book the Village HallPhone, Claire McCarthy 01297 444303 (office hours)

Email: [email protected] our website www.uplymevillage.com

Online calendar times are hire times not event times.Check with the individual organisations for event times.Our next meetings are the 4th April & 2nd MayPlease come and join us.

Please could I ask, if any past or present hall users have keys they no long use, could you return and post them through the hall letterbox. Many thanks

Coming up in May

POLLING STATION - 4TH

Mainly ballroom Saturday 13th

Lyme Regis gig club Quiz night 12th

Hort Soc spring plant sale 13th

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March 2017

Council Tax bills hit the doorstep, with 5% overall increase…Our Council Tax bill for 2017/18 has dropped on the mat this morning. After years of little or no increase, this year is very different. East Devon District Council will be collecting approximately 5% more than last year. This is a significant increase for many households on one of their largest bills. For many, it is unlikely Council Tax increases will be reflected by similar household income growth.

East Devon District Council collects Council Tax, not just on its own behalf, but contributions for Devon County Council, Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue, and a Parish or Town Council – for us, Uplyme Parish Council.

Funding and budgets are often seen as ‘dry’ or ‘boring’ subjects, but they affect us all. As Cabinet Member, responsible for Finance at East Devon District Council, I hope you find my, very brief, summary of 2017/18 Council Tax and its effect on us in Uplyme, as ‘interesting’ as possible?!

How much more is for each authority for 2017/18?

£1,691.74 Council Tax will be collected by EDDC in 2017/18 from an Uplyme Band D property. The average for similar properties across East Devon is £1,714.87. Recipients will be;

Authority; 2017/18 % Inc £ Inc % of Total

Devon County Council £1,267.92 4.99% £60.30 74%Police & Crime Commissioner £176.28 1.99% £3.44 10% East Devon District Council £131.78 3.94% £5.00 8%Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue £81.57 1.99% £1.59 5%Uplyme Parish Council £34.19 44.93% £10.60 3%

What do they do for us?

Devon County Council provides education, roads, care for older people and people with disabilities, child protection, youth services, libraries, recycling and waste disposal services.

DCC receives by far the lion’s share of council tax collections. Its’ £1,267.92 charge, is an increase of 4.99% or £60.30 per property over last year. 3%, or £36.23 relates to additional funding for adult social care, which adds just over £10.2m. This additional important funding for adult social care comes through a call through DCC’s council tax authorised by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. It is expected to be repeated each year to 2019-20.

Unfortunately, overall Central Government funding for DCC will reduce by £23.3m, from £151.6m in 2016/17 to £128.3m in 2017/18. This means that our county council still faces significant funding challenges and pressure on the delivery of services.

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East Devon District Council provides refuse collection, kerbside recycling, council housing, planning, street cleaning, parks play areas and leisure centres.

The authority plans to spend £75.2m this year, providing services to approx.138,000 people. £30m will be spent on Housing Benefit payments and £4.6m collecting waste and recycling, leaving £36.5m for other services.

£63.3m, down £5.2m from last year, comes from income received from government grants, housing rents, fees and charges. This leaves £7.6m to be raised from council tax, an increase of £0.4m

Devon & Cornwall Police Authority provides law and order and crime reduction.

The police authority will receive £176.28 from each Band D property this year, an increase of 1.99%. Council Tax receipts provide the force with £103.1m of the total £298m it has budgeted to spend.

Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue provides fire prevention and fire and rescue services.

Fire and rescue revenue budgets for 2017/18 reduced by £1.6m over last year to £72.6m. Increases in pay, prices and funding of investments designed to make future saving, have been more than compensated by budget savings. Council Tax funding requirement increased by £1.8m to £49m.

Government grants reduced by £3m in 2017/18 over 2016/17. A reduction of 24.6% is expected in the period 2016/17 to 2019/20 – the seventh worst settlement of all fire authorities in the country!

Not surprisingly, our fire authority in continuing to lobby Central Government to argue the case of challenges facing a rural fire authority.

Uplyme Parish Council uses its precept, collected via Council Tax, to provide local amenities.

The 2017/18 ‘precept’ to serve Uplyme parish is £29,817.00 (£34.19), a 45% increase from £20,239.97 (£23.59/property) in 2016/17. However, Uplyme 2017/18 precept is still £23.13 less than the average for East Devon Town and Parish Councils, of £57.32 per property.

Full details on all stories and the latest news on my website www.trinitymatters.co.uk

Cllr Ian Thomas – Trinity Ward, East Devon District CouncilInform - Consult – Participate

Mobile: 07884 494474 email [email protected]

Facebook : www.facebook.com/CouncillorIanThomas Twitter : @CllrIanThomas

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Why spend another afternoon on your own?

You could always .....

Make your way to

“THE VIADUCT”for an hour or so of friendly company,

a cup of tea (or coffee) and

gentle entertainment.We will be meeting in Uplyme Village Hall

every Wednesday afternoon from

April 26th at 1.45pmDo come and join us – you can always

bring your knitting!Please call Ros 07882 133965 or Kay (01297) 32984

Lyme Bay Chorale

SPRING CONCERT

DURUFLÉ REQUEMStanford - For Lo I Raise Up

Britten – Rejoice in the Lamb

Conductor Peter ParshallOrganist

Alex Davies

4.00 pm Sunday May 14thSt Michaels, Church St, Lyme Regis

Ticket £13 in advance or £15 on the door under 19s free includes a delicious buffet.

Tickets from Lyme Regis TIC, Penny Black’s Tea Room and choir members

www.lymebaychorale.co.uk

Uplyme Craft Group

A warm welcome to all every Tuesday from 1pm to 3pm

at Uplyme ChurchTea & Coffee supplied

For more details contact Jan or Andrea via the church office on 01297 444499 or

e-mail: [email protected]

We are a small, friendly group

brought together by our shared enjoyment of

crafts, who also meet for other social events.

Bring your own craft or come and see what others are doing. Our group is suitable for those new to crafting and

those with experience.Tea will be served between the meetings. Enquiries to: 01297 443890 or 598246

or [email protected] next Annual Fellowship Meetings:- 21st April 2018 with Peter Glasgow of Wellington

All if the Lord will and He has not before returned.

Uplyme Village Hall

Turn south off the A35 at ‘Hunters Lodge’ [just east of Axminster]onto the B3165 towards Lyme Regis. After about 2 miles the Village Hall is

on the right opposite the petrol station. First bus services X51 and X53stop at Talbot Arms, Uplyme, very close to the venue.

[Ample free parking on site.]

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LYME BAY MEDICAL& DENTAL PRACTICESIntegrated Medical and Dental Care

for all ages

Kent House Health CentreSilver StreetLyme Regis

DorsetDT7 3HT

Telephone: 01297 443399

www.kenthousehealthcentre.org.uk

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CATERING  FOR  ALL  OCCASIONS

DELICIOUS  LOCALLY  SOURCED  FOOD

•  Meals  for  the  freezer

•  Dinner  parties

•  Weddings

•  Funerals

Contact  Abbey  on:    07930  943  986

ABBEY ’S  

COUNTRY  

KITCHEN

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Uplyme Village Hall Dances for 2017

Entry £5 per personin aid of Hall funds

Saturdays 8.00pm -10.30pm

April 1stMay 13th

Ballroom, Latin &some Sequence

For further information pleasetelephone:

01308 456209

A X M I N S T E R & D I S T R I C T C H O R A L S O C I E T YM U S I C A L D I R E C TO R P E T E R PA R S H A L L

Archway Books, Church St, Axminster.members of the Choir,or Phone 01404 881 838.

PRESENTS

Registered Charity No. 900 458 www.axminsterchoral.co.uk

John Rutter’s

TICKETS £12 & £15 From

The Uplyme Pre-school are celebrating 50 in the Uplyme Village Hall

Please help us to celebrate if you have been involved in any way over the

last 50 years.

If you have attended Uplyme Pre-school as a child, if you helped as a parent or worked as staff or if you were a committee member, please

come along.

Everyone welcome!

Sunday 24th September

From 3pm till 5pm

In the Uplyme Village Hall. We will be having a tea party and invite everyone in the community or

involved, at any time in the last 50 years to join us.

If you have photos or information on the pre-school over the last 50 years we would love to hear. Please contact Annie on 0129724318 or [email protected].

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Uplyme Church, Pound Lane, Uplyme, DT7 3TT

Priest in Charge of Uplyme & Axmouth

Vicar Rev’d. Kate Woolven 444499 email [email protected]

Reader Roger Grose 22107

Church Administrator Frances Apolon 444499 (Church Office) Churchwardens Russell Kingsbury 443947 Marilyn Kent 07885859946

Hon Treasurer Phillip Tolhurst 678475Adult Safeguarding Advisor Morag Kingsbury 443947Child Safeguarding Advisor Brenda Soldan 553269Health & Safety Annie Thurgood 24318Church Membership Mike Maccoy 442321Pastoral Co-Ordinator Roger Grose 22107Junior Church Margaret Trafford 443252Under 5’s Esther Stansfield 07803253355Connected Church Russell Kingsbury 443947(Zambia Water Project)Festival Choir Adrian Pearson 442902Bell Ringers: Tower Capt. James Booth 443687Flower rota Felicity Langford 07721014454Saturday Football Robin Hodges 445180Mrs Ethelston’s School Head Michaela Kite 442210Church News Update Carol Linsley 444499

Parish News Editor Robin Hodges 445180 Redlands, Lime Kiln Lane, Uplyme, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3XG

Email:

[email protected]@[email protected]

Uplyme Church Registered Charity Number 1131962

All telephone numbers are STD code 01297 unless otherwise stated.