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CONTACTS: Chaplain & President:
Revd Hazel Door Phone no: 05 49 87 71 45 email address:
[email protected] Vicarage:
27 rue de Malvoisine, 85110 St Vincent Sterlanges: Vicarage
Phone no: 02 51 31 23 71
Church Warden and Lay Vice-Chairman David Martin Phone no: 02 51
00 92 97
email: [email protected] Church Warden:
Doug Green Phone no: 05 49 72 18 46 email address:
[email protected]
Lay Minister: John Matthews: Phone no: 05 49 75 29 71,
e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.allsaintsvendee.fr
4 thought December 2020
As Jacqui has previously commented it goes on and on…and on… The
widely predicted second wave of covid-19 has reached us and the
number of cases recorded and hospitalized is soaring. Just when we
were hopeful that we could resume worshipping together, all worship
has been stopped again.
Following the success of the Zoom AGM, the church council have
debated the possibility of using that method for virtual worship
and will be actively pursuing some opportunities.
We look ahead now to Advent, the season of preparation for
Christmas. As yet we do not know if we will be able to worship in
church together. We may be able to have a Zoom service each Sunday,
and make sure that as many people as possible are sent copies, so
that all can join in, with or without technology! With a little
forward planning, why not make an advent crown So that if we cannot
physically be together, at least we could light our candles at the
same time.
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Church of All Saints in the Vendée “To know and to share Jesus
Christ”
December 2020 GOOD
NEWS:
For unto you is born this day in
the city of David, a Saviour which is
Christ the Lord Luke 2:11
mailto:[email protected]://www.allsaintsvendee.fr/
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The four traditional advent themes for the four advent Sundays
are:
God's people -The Candle of Hope. Hope is like a light shining
in a dark place. ... The old testament prophets - The Candle of
Peace. ... John the Baptist - The Candle of Love. ... Mary the
mother of Jesus - The Candle of Joy.
According to Wikipedia: Advent wreaths are circular,
representing God's infinite love, and are usually made of evergreen
leaves, which "represent the hope of eternal life brought by Jesus
Christ". Within the Advent wreath are candles that generally
represent the four weeks of the Advent season as well as "the light
of God coming into the world through the birth of Jesus Christ"
although each of the candles can be attributed its own significance
as well. Many Advent wreaths also have a white candle in the centre
to symbolize the arrival of Christmastide, sometimes known as the
"Christ candle." It is lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The
Christ candle is coloured white because this is the traditional
festal colour in the Western Church.
There are traditional prayers to accompany each lighting.
So, we wait, somewhat impatiently, until prudence, and the
French Government, decide that it is safe for the resumption of
worship without any restrictions.
I commend Psalm 27 to you.
Every blessing,
Hazel
Psalm 27 - King James Version 27 The Lord is my light and my
salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and
my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that
I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to
behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. 5 For
in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon
a rock. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies
round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices
of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. 7
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me,
and answer me. 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said
unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 9 Hide not thy face far
from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help;
leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my
father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. 11
Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of
mine enemies. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:
for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe
out cruelty. 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the
Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on the Lord.
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2020
In one of our best-loved carols, Christina Rossetti situates the
birth of Jesus ‘in the bleak
midwinter’. She paints a severe and freezing manger scene, with
howling wind and deep snow. She
represents the frosted earth and water with iron and stone.
From the biblical narrative, it seems unlikely that Jesus was
born in the bleak mid-winter, as the
shepherds would not be putting their sheep out to pasture in
freezing conditions. But that does not
stop us gladly enjoying Rossetti’s romantic poetic licence and
reminding ourselves that the
conditions of the first Christmas were hard, extraordinarily
hard by modern standards.
Mary was a young girl giving birth a long way from home. The
town of Bethlehem was crowded
with strangers registering with the tax authorities of the
occupying powers. Mary laid her new-born
baby in an animal’s stone feeding trough. And the first visitors
were not close family but rough
men from the fields.
It is extremely difficult to recover this first Christmas. The
festival has become overlaid with
medieval nativity scenes and Romantic or Dickensian winter
scenes. In the twentieth century,
Christmas became the setting of the perfect family gathering.
Most significantly, the run up to the
commercial Christmas – the ‘golden quarter’ – is a now a vital
part of the retail industry’s overall
wellbeing so that vast sums are expended on advertising to
persuade us to acquire more goods and
more debt.
But not in 2020. This year it will be very different. Travel
bans, lockdowns and quarantines mean
it will be harder and perhaps impossible to get together with
our loved ones. People are poorer.
High streets, at least at the time of writing, are closed in
many countries. And even when they re-
open, shopping isn’t quite the same when you have to physically
distance and wear a mask.
Christmas will be simpler this year. And for many it will be
sadder. As Covid-19 has progressed,
more and more families have been affected by the virus and its
frightening and sometimes long-
term symptoms. Some of us have a relative who has been in
intensive care, struggling to breathe.
Many of us know someone who has very sadly lost their life, and
some of us face the first Christmas
without someone close to us. This year, perhaps we more
intuitively sense the harshness of the
manger scene, the cruelty of death, the pain of a bleak
mid-winter.
Another well-known – and much older – carol speaks to us about
‘tidings of comfort and joy’. In
2020 we need to hear these tidings. For Christmas is at heart
the story of a God who draws near to
us in Jesus, sharing the sorrows and joys of human experience.
In the mystery of the incarnation,
the eternal God wonderfully condescends to be born as a human
baby, in the roughest conditions.
He is ‘Immanuel’ – the God who is with us.
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Whatever conditions you face this Christmas, I hope you will be
able to reach out and find the God
who is with us. I hope you will take comfort from the presence
of God with you, and perhaps also
find opportunity to comfort others.
‘God rest you merry’ in modern English means ‘may God grant you
peace and happiness’. The
unknown author continued:
‘Let nothing you dismay
for Jesus Christ our Saviour was born on Christmas Day.
To save us all from Satan’s power
when we had gone astray
Which brings tidings of comfort and joy.’
I wish each of you and your families comfort and joy as we
approach this Christmas season.
+Robert Gibraltar in Europe
Rue Capitaine Crespel 47 box 49, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +3222137480; E-Mail: [email protected],
Diocesan web site: www.europe.anglican.org/
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Sunday Club will take place once again in
the Salle at Puy de Serre when our services recommence. If you
know of any children who would like to join our Sunday Club
please bring them along at 11a.m. They will be most welcome.
All children welcome from all denominations, we have lots of
interest
Please contact Jenny if you require more information: email:
[email protected]
turn to the end of this edition of Grapevine for our December
project…..
mailto:[email protected]://www.europe.anglican.org/mailto:[email protected]
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Prayer List
Please remember in your prayers:
Barbara Carol David and Susan
David and Chris Dick
Heidi and her parents, Joël and Jo Isi and family
Jenny and Ray Ken Ivin Malcolm
Millie-Jean, Hazel and Martins’ granddaughter
Pat and David Pat and Roy Peter
….and for the bereaved:
The family and friends of:
Janice Adams Pam Davies
Ken Ferguson Terry Fraser-Wilson
Barbara Sue Stock
Tim Johnson
Tim Bravington
Beccy Sackley Dot (Julie Taylor’s mother)
Johnathon Mark Sykes
[If you would like a name to be added to the Prayer List, please
contact David Pearson. Tel: 02 51 61 05 04 or Email:
[email protected]]
EAST & WEST VENDÉE – CHURCH SERVICE ROTA
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DATE VENUE TIME SERVICE PRES- IDENT
PREACHER WORSHIP LEADER
ORGAN- IST
CHALICE INTER- CESSOR
READERS WEL- COMERS
NOTES
6th December LCP
All services have been cancelled until the Restrictions are
lifted Please check with the Church Wardens or website for
updates.
13th December PDS
20th December
24th/25th December
Christmas Eve/ Christmas Day
27th December PDS
3rd January LCP New Years Day
mailto:[email protected]
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Churchwardens’ Notes for December 2020:
Well we finally managed to hold our AGM last month by using the
Zoom
platform on the internet and a summary is published elsewhere
in
Grapevine. Thank you to those who were eligible and able to join
the
meeting and ratify the elections. We were re-elected as Wardens
and Iain
and Anne were re-elected to serve for three more years but we
now have
two vacancies which we would love to fill. Please consider
prayerfully if you are being called to fill
one of these vacancies. You will be most welcome.
Now ASV has some experience of Zoom (thank you Fiona for your
technical expertise) we are in
the early stages of considering "Virtual" services for our usual
congregations. We will let you know
further details by email if we have your contact details on our
new membership list. This is the
third month we have asked for your details to be sent to us or
Chris Green to form a membership
list for mailing purposes. Apart from replies from Council
members there have only been 9 (nine)
replies! Under the Data Protection legislation, this new
membership list will be the only way we
can legally contact you as by supplying the data you consent to
such contact. So PLEASE, if you
are a member of our congregations and have not sent in your
name, address, email address and
fixed and mobile phone numbers, now is the time to do so in
order for us to keep you up to date.
This is the December Grapevine so, as it is most unlikely we
will be able to meet face-to-face
before Christmas, may we wish you a healthy and joyous Christmas
- the celebration of the birth
of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Doug and David
WEST VENDÉE – FORWARD PLANNING ROTA
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Date Salle Setup/
Clearing away (Chris Green at PdS)
Refreshments after the service
(Jenny Wilkinson at PdS)
6th December 2020
All services have been cancelled until the Restrictions are
lifted Please check with the Church Wardens or website for
updates.
13th December
20th December
24/25th December
27th December
3rd January 2021
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Summary of Church Annual Meeting (AGM)
Because of the restrictions imposed the COVID-19 pandemic, All
Saints Vendée could only hold this year's AGM by using a Zoom
platform on the internet. Advance warning was published in the
October Grapevine and full details were given in the November
Grapevine in a special "Important" box on the first page. The AGM
was held on Thursday, 12th November 2020 and 21 people signed in to
the meeting with 14 apologies for absence.
- The meeting commenced with an Act of Worship which had been
prepared by our Chaplain, Revd.Hazel Door.
- The minutes of the 2019 AGM (held on 28th April 2019) were
accepted, approved and will be signed at a later date.
- David Martin and Doug Green had been correctly nominated and
agreed to serve as Churchwardens and they were duly elected. They
will sign their Declarations when we are able to meet.
- Council Member elections. Anne Condie and Iain McGregor had
come to the end of their terms of office but had agreed and been
correctly nominated to continue. They were elected to commence new
3-year terms. Mike Mylod had previously indicated that he wished to
resign his Council post and the meeting formally recorded a vote of
thanks for Mike's work in the past. This leaves two vacancies on
Council but no nominations had been received.
- Archdeaconry Synod representatives. ASV are entitled to two
lay representatives but only one nomination had been received.
Martin Door was duly elected and there remains a vacancy.
- Independent Examiner. Curtis Parkin had agreed to this post
during the year, following a resignation, and this had been
approved by Council. Curtis was thanked for his work and he had
been nominated to continue - the AGM confirmed this
appointment.
- All of the reports, which had been received and circulated in
advance of the meeting, were received and thanks offered to
everyone who had worked for ASV during the year.
- In her closing remarks, Hazel, our Chaplain, spoke of the
difficulties we have all experienced in the last year due to the
pandemic. We have put on hold the idea of re-starting physical
services but with the Zoom platform the possibility of holding
virtual services will be explored further.
The meeting held a moment's silence to remember loved ones who
have passed away and then the meeting closed with everyone saying
together The Grace.
Subsequent to the AGM, a Council meeting has been held and
elections held to appoint officers. A full list of Council members
is as follows.
Revd. Hazel Door, Chaplain and President David Martin,
Churchwarden and Lay Vice-Chairman Doug Green, Churchwarden Sally
Pearson, Secretary Iain McGregor, Treasurer Anne Condie, (also
Safeguarding Officer) Chris Green, (also Electoral Roll Officer)
Geoff Kent Maggie Kent (also Sacristan) Fiona McGregor Vacancy
Vacancy John Matthews, ex-officio, Lay Minister Martin Door,
ex-officio, Archdeaconry Synod Representative.
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LECTIONARY READINGS
December 2020 into January 2021
With the closure of all our services until further notice, our
Lectionary Readings are included so you can use them for your
personal devotions
If, and when, the Covid-19 Restrictions are lifted, please refer
to the Church Wardens or website for service times.
6th December 2nd Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40.1-11 2 Peter 3.8-15a
Mark 1.1-8 Psalm 85.1-2,8-13 13th December 3rd Sunday of Advent
Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11 1 Thessalonians 5.16-24 John 1.6-8,19-28 Psalm
126 or Canticle: Magnificat 20th December 4th Sunday of Advent 2
Samuel 7.1-11,16 Romans 16.25-27 Luke 1.26-38 Canticle: Magnificat
or Psalm 89.1-4,19-26 24th December Christmas Eve 2 Samuel
7.1-5,8-11,16 Acts 13.16-26 Luke 1.67-79 Psalm 89.2,19-27
25th December Christmas Day Isaiah 52.7-10 Hebrews 1.1-4[5-12]
John 1.1-14 Psalm 98 27th December 1st Sunday of Christmas Isaiah
61.10 - 62.3 Galatians 4.4-7 Luke 2.15-21 Psalm 148 3rd January 2nd
Sunday of Christmas Jeremiah 31.7-14 Ephesians 1.3-14 John
1.[1-9]10-18 Psalm 147.13-21
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December 2020
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1st Tuesday 6th Sunday 10th Thursday 2.30pm Sewing Circle
(Contact Joan Stewart) 13th Sunday 17th Thursday Ladies Circle
(Contact Joan Stewart) 20th Sunday 24th Thursday Christmas Eve 25th
Friday Christmas Day 26th Saturday Boxing Day 27th Sunday 31st
Thursday New Year’s Eve
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January 2021
Please note: The Training Day for Emergency First Aid
[Training to HSE standard, leading to a certificate valid for 3
years]
Was Tuesday April 7th 2020
Has now been postponed indefinitely.
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1st Friday 3rd Sunday 10th Sunday 17th Sunday
24th Sunday 31st Sunday
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Grapevine Treasurer’s report: October 2020:
Income: 792.00 €
Expenditure: 901.42 €
The balance, therefore, is negative for the month: -109.42 €
Overall, this year, we have been losing approximately 300 € per
month, and we
really need some more people to join the Planned Giving scheme,
or to make a
donation if they feel able.
Keep healthy, keep isolated, and keep talking to each other!
Iain McGregor
(Treasurer)
through the Standing Order Scheme
ADVANTAGES If you set up a standing order (virement) through
your French bank, online, it is cost-free. If you need help doing
this, please just ask me, or other council members. You stay in
total control of what you give – the standing order (virement) can
be changed at any time, but only by you! Only the treasurer knows
how much you give per month. You know what you are giving, and
exactly when the money comes out of your account, and so your
budgeting is much easier. If you complete a French tax form, then
you will get a rebate of 66% at the end of each financial year in
which you have made a contribution. That means that a monthly
virement of 30€ per month, will only cost you 10€ after tax. A
monthly virement of 60€ will only cost you 20€ etc! If your French
tax bill is small, then you will pay no tax at all.
ASV can plan ahead much more effectively, as it knows what
contributions are coming in, rather than guessing who is going be
at church! If you would like to physically put something into the
collection plate each service, then there should be small cards
which you can collect on your way into church, which you can put
into the collection plate as it is passed round. DISADVANTAGES:
I can’t think of any, so why not come and join the party!
British residents: If you do not have a French bank account, but
would like to support the work of ASV on a regular basis, then
please contact me, and I can help you. Please note, you cannot use
tax-efficient giving in both France and the UK.
Iain McGregor Treasurer, ASV
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These are YOUR pages..... My thanks to all the Contributors of
notices and articles for this
month’s “Grapevine” “Hanging Hearts” and “Our Daily Bread” from
Mair Pugh;
“European Health Card” and “Carte de Sejour” urgent information
from Doug G; Poem from Linda G; Polly’s Quiz results + A
Geographical Challenge;
“Books” and “Women’s Fellowship” from Marian; Restos de Coeur;
Sunday School Project
ASV WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS 2020
Thursday 10th December, 2.30pm Sewing Circle
Thursday 17th December, 11am Ladies Circle Get ready for
Christmas! Bring and share Christmas lunch
For more information of get-togethers in December, please
contact: Joan Stewart: [email protected] or phone: 02 51 00
34 70
and in the New Year, please contact: Marian Rackham:
[email protected]
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A very big “Thank You” goes to Joan Stewart for the years she
has spent organising
events and opening up her home for this very successful group of
friends. She is
passing on the mantle to Maggie Calton and me, when meetings can
again resume. As
Maggie declares that she is not a “sewer” we have decided to
hold the craft meetings
at her home whilst I will host the sewing sessions. I doubt if
things will resume this year
so please watch next year’s Grapevine for further details, by
which time we hope the
present Covid problems will have considerably reduced.
God bless you all,
Marian Rackham
mailto:[email protected]
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Mike Mylod is our link with
Restos du Coeur
He will continue to collect your gifts
of dry goods, etc. which are
particularly important now and
which will be delivered to the local depot at
Coulonges-sur-L’Autize.
Please phone Mike before leaving goods with him
at Mouilleron-en-Pareds: 02 51 51 07 36
HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR YOUR NEW EHIC CARDS?
If you live in France, and currently have a EHIC card issued by
the U.K. government,
then you need a new card from JANUARY 2021. The following
information has been
shared by the RAFA Sud-Ouest.
"You may not be aware but if you live in France and have a
current EHIC issued by
the UK Government, it has just been announced that you will need
a new card valid
from 1 January 2021. Unlike the old system you can order the new
EHIC online. The
new card will be valid for all EEA countries and Switzerland but
not France for
obvious reasons. Here is the link and good luck:
https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/apply-for-a-free-ehic-
european-health-insurance-card/
Apply for a free European Health
Insurance Card (EHIC) - NHS A European Health Insurance Card
(EHIC) gives you the right to access state-provided healthcare
during a temporary stay in another EU country, Norway, Iceland,
Liechtenstein or Switzerland. On this page you can find out: if
you're eligible to apply for a new UK EHIC valid from 1 January
2021 how to ... www.nhs.uk
If the link does not work, just use your search engine to find
EHIC
applications. Chris and I have applied for ours online and it
was, surprisingly, a
very straightforward process.
Doug.
(Note: If needed, you can also apply for your EHIC over the
phone,
by calling the automated EHIC application service on 0044 300
3301350. Jacqui)
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IMPORTANT NEWS about the Carte de Sejour
If you are British and plan to continue to live in France then
you MUST apply
for a new "Titre de Sejour" and be issued with a new "Carte de
Sejour" even if
you hold an existing 10-year CDS. Not wishing to "re-invent the
wheel" I have
copied the information published in "Jubilate”, the magazine of
the Chaplaincy
of Christ the Good Shepherd, Poitou-Charentes.
"We expect that by now you will all have heard that it is
necessary for every
Briton living in France to apply for a new Withdrawal Agreement
(“Brexit”)
Carte de Sejour if you are planning to continue living in
France. This applies
even if you hold an existing 10-year permission to stay. You
must apply before
30 June 2021, so that all the cards can be issued by the 1
October 2021 deadline.
The French government have launched an on-line application
process.
The French government have advised that they are taking a
sympathetic
approach and this application process is rather simpler and less
demanding than
the one used previously. The process does vary depending on
whether you
already have an existing Carte de Sejour, current or lapsed, and
how long you
have been resident here (more or less than 5 years).
For those with an existing Carte de Sejour all that is needed at
this stage is a
digital copy of that existing card and normal personal
details.
For others there is a requirement to provide evidence similar to
before, for
instance about period of residence, income and health cover,
depending on
circumstance but rather less demanding. BUT YOU MUST apply. The
sooner
the better. Don’t put it off!
You can go about obtaining your residency permit by going to
https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F35032
OR
http://invite.contacts-demarches.interieur.gouv.fr/BREXIT.
At the bottom of the first page, CLICK on the Blue (Brexit) Box
which says
“Accéder au service en ligne”
At the bottom of the next page there is the opportunity to click
on a Union Flag
in order to get all the information, including the application
form, in English.
We hope that this does not prove too difficult for you all to
do."
Can I repeat , YOU MUST apply, don't put it off!!!
Doug
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As Christmas approaches our thoughts
turn to how blessed we are, even in this
time of confinement and COVID-19. Now
is the time to help others less fortunate.
Over the past several years I have used
Christmas as a time to fundraise for
various UK based charities. Now back in
France we have chosen to support the
Resto Du Coeur this year, supporting
some of the most needy families in our area.
I make felt hanging hearts, all hand sewn, either with a
Christmas theme or a variety of
other embellishments in a variety of colours. They are perfect
as a small gift for your
neighbours or friends and are light to post to family in the UK
too. Ideal for Christmas,
birthdays, get well and even weddings.
Size 8cm x 9cm, ribbon extra.
Cost per heart is €2 each,
Postage would in addition or we are happy to
deliver depending how far from us you live!
All money taken will go to Resto...via Mike Mylod who is ASV’s
representative.
My gift is my time and materials.
Looking forward to hearing from you and getting your orders.
Stay safe and keep well.
A happy and peaceful Christmas to you all,
love from
Mair and John Pugh.
Tel 0752672658 or email [email protected]
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Also, we have several ”Our Daily Bread” booklets left. If you
know
anyone who might like one... ask any friends... we are happy to
drop
them to you or we are happy to post them.
Mair and John Pugh.
Tel 0752672658 or email [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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BOOKS!
As many will know Richard and I have run the book-exchange for
many years, but the time has come for this to finish. I am
intending to put the house on the market next year with a view to
moving back to the bosom of the family if and when! Meanwhile I
need a new
home for all the books and a volunteer to take over the
“exchange”
Actually, there is no need to exchange as there are ample to
take away! There are many boxes housing fictional paperbacks in
alphabetical order by authors. What else does one do in
“confinement”? Nigh on a thousand in all and also a small amount of
hard backs.
Is this something YOU can do for the Church? Just a matter of
bringing one or two boxes along on Sundays when we resume
services.
Marian
[please contact: Marian Rackham:
[email protected]]
This from Facebook:
Thank you, Doug, we all need the opportunity to
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This from Linda Gorton (LCP)
”Refugees” by the internet poet Brian Bilston
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you
or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they
really are
Chancers and scroungers
Layabouts and loungers
With bombs up their sleeves
Cut throats and thieves
They are not
Welcome here
We should make them
Go back to where they come from
They cannot
Share our food
Share our homes
Share our countries
Instead let us
Build a wall to keep them out
It is not okay to say
These are people just like us
A place should only belong to those who
are born there
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way.
( Now read from bottom to top →)
I thought this particularly relevant as we are refugees in
France!
Take care
Love Linda
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The world can be looked at another way. Do not be so stupid to
think that A place should only belong to those who are born there
These are people just like us It is not okay to say Build a wall to
keep them out Instead let us Share our countries Share our homes
Share our food They cannot Go back to where they come from We
should make them Welcome here They are not Cut throats and thieves
With bombs up their sleeves Layabouts and loungers Chancers and
scroungers We need to see them for who they really are Should life
have dealt a different hand These haggard faces could belong to you
or me So do not tell me They have no need of our help
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This month’s puzzle from Polly is a
Geographical Challenge We all know where to find the Caribbean –
but how many of the islands can you identify? How about the
following (which are all numbered on the accompanying map):
Bahamas ….. Haiti ….. Barbados ….. Jamaica …..
Cayman Islands ….. Puerto Rico ….. Cuba ….. Trinidad and Tobago
…..
Dominican Republic ….. Turks and Caicos …..
6
1
9
5
2 3
4
7
10
8
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N is for names!
These are all popular songs which contain people's names
Results of last month’s Singers’ Quizz
1 Come on, ______ Eileen
Dexy's Midnight Runners, 1982
2 Good Golly, Miss _____Molly
Little Richard, 1958
3 _______ ________ Mrs Robinson
Simon and Garfunkel, 1968
4 My boy, ________ Lollipop
Millie Small, 1964
5 _________Billy don't be a hero
Paper Lace, 1994
6 _______ Vincent
Don McLean, 1971
7 Tell ________ Laura I love her
Ray Peterson, 1961
8 _________Sylvia's Mother
Dr Hook and the Medicine Men, 1972
9 _________ ________ Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles, 1966
10 ________ Delilah
Tom Jones, 1969
Stuart joins me in wishing you
“All the Joys of this Christmas Season” however you manage to
spend it, the message is the same.
I hope you have enjoyed this edition of "Grapevine". My thanks
to all the Contributors.
I was hopeful last month but, maybe, just maybe this will be our
final “Confinement” edition.
Please consult the website for updates at
www.allsaintsvendee.fr
Please send your items for the January edition to: Jacqui at:
[email protected]
before 15th December 2020
Requests to be included on the emailing list should be addressed
to: Jacqui Stainton-James at: [email protected]
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Sunday Club
December 2020
This week’s Bible activity:
Read John 6:1-15 then fill in the gaps below.
JESUS TAKES.........................................SMALL
FISH
AND FIVE.............................................FROM A
YOUNG.......................................
AND MIRACULOUSLY MULTIPLIES THE FOOD TO FEED THE
ENTIRE.....................
...........................................WITH 12
FULL............................................................
..............................................................................................OF
LEFTOVERS.
HOW WOULD YOU TELL THIS STORY USING YOUR OWN WORDS?
OR,
DRAW SOME PICTURES!!!!!! HOW WOULD YOU IMAGINE IT TO LOOK?
JESUS DID AN AMAZING MIRACLE!
WHAT DOES THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO SAY TO HIM?
WRITE DOWN A FEW THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
KEEP SAFE EVERYONE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
JENNIFER WILKINSON
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