BELLS OWER A U Appr… · What We Still Need: Our goal is to complete the tower repairs and new bells installation by the end of August 2017. We are asking for your help and prayer

BELLS

&

TOWER

APPEAL UPDATE

2017

ST WINNOW PARISH

CHURCH, LOSTWITHIEL

‘TRUST’

‘BELIEVE’

How You can Help: External grant funding sources will usually match fund up to certain amounts, but will expect that a significant proportion of the costs are met elsewhere, thus the need for our appeal and your help. Donations of all sizes are welcomed and can be posted using the response slip in this leaflet or via the shop deposit box in church. There are also many other ways to help. Spread the word to friends and family, employers and organisations with which you are involved. They may be able to help with donations and fundraising. You may also be able to help by organising a fundraising event. We are now offering sponsorship of the bell frame and other items as illustrated. If you would like further information on this, please contact Canon John Halkes as below. *Donations to the frame, headstocks and wheels will be acknowledged on a brass plaque.

Contact: Canon John Halkes, 01208 873458 [email protected] Appeal Organiser, Elizabeth 01208 592690 [email protected] T

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Stays £30 x 10

Bearings £100 x 20

Runners £50 x 10

Pulleys £200 x 10

Sliders £100 x 10

*Wheels £1,250 x 10

*Headstocks £800 x 10

*Frame £1,000 x 17

Children learning to ring at St Winnow Parish Church.

HELP YOUR BELLS RING OUT AGAIN

Your support is vital for success!

Please tear off this page, complete the information below

and place, with payment, in a window envelope showing

the addressee overleaf. All donations are confidential.

I would like to support with:

Cash Payment.

Cheque Payment (payee ‘St Winnow PCC’). Please

write ’Bell & Tower Appeal’ on reverse of cheque.

BACS. Sort Code 30-97-28 Account 01799779

Reference Bell & Tower Appeal.

Thank you for your contribution.

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for every £1 you donate.

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you pay for the current year. Your address above is needed

to identify you as a current UK taxpayer.

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donations I make in the future or any I have made in the past 4

years to St Winnow Parish Church.

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and/or Capital Gains tax than the amount of gift aid claimed on

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The existing six bells will be preserved and remain in place

at their higher level for historical and conservation value.

Community Support: In 1714, the parishioners of

St Winnow had a vision of installing five bells, at a time when

most churches had just two or three. Three hundred years

on, we had hoped to install six new bells as part of our

appeal. We dared to believe in funding for eight. Our

prayers have been answered with sponsorship

of a peal of TEN new bells! Ten bells are the most

musical combination for any peal of church bells and place

St Winnow Parish Church in a unique position. They will be

the only ring of ten concurrently cast bells in Cornwall and

the only ring of ten in South East Cornwall.

We are grateful to the support of The Friends of St Winnow

Parish Church, our ringers, Truro Diocese and all of the

donors and sponsors who have contributed to date. We

would also like to acknowledge thanks to the charitable trusts

and external grant funding sources who are championing our

cause, including SITA Cornwall Trust Limited, Cornwall

Historic Churches Trust, Truro Diocesan Guild of Ringers,

Viscountess Boyd Charitable Trust and the Rural Churches

Repair Fund and Sherrard Trust.

What We Still Need: Our goal is to complete the

tower repairs and new bells installation by the end of August

2017.

We are asking for your help and prayer in contributing to the

remaining costs of the work. Thanks to the generosity of

response to our appeal, launched in May 2016, we now need

only £43,000 to complete our project.

What Will You Help To Achieve? Your help

will ensure that our tower is safe and secure and that the

bells of St Winnow are reinstated and then sustained for

future generations. We will also be able to extend our

schools and juniors outreach for teaching children to ring.

Why An

Appeal? For centuries,

the peal of St

Winnow bells

has been

a part of our

Cornish

heritage, uniting

our local

Parishes in faith,

solidarity and

hope.

Sounding

joyfully across

the nearby River Fowey for worship, celebration and

remembrance, the bells commemorate for many people at

important milestones in their lives.

A deep rooted community focal point, our bells provide an

opportunity for inclusive fellowship and learning ancient

skills. Bell ringers of all ages come to St Winnow,

having fun and making music in our rural surroundings.

Sadly, essential repair works to the bells and

tower have silenced their music.

What We Are Doing After lengthy consultation and

deliberation, the Parochial Church Council have agreed to

hang a brand new set of bells, lower down in the tower

chamber whilst other remedial tower works are in progress.

There are good reasons for this:

The existing bells are very old and heavy, difficult to ring

and are stressing the tower, leading to the high possibility of

future costs. The new, lighter bells are more cost effective,

with less stress to the tower structure, they have an

improved ring and being at a lower level will create less

movement and swing. The lighter bells are more

manageable and accessible for all ages.

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‘WELCOME’

‘SERVICE’

Psalm 98.4

‘Make a joyful noise

unto the Lord, all the

earth: make a loud

noise, and rejoice and

sing praise’.