Page 1 The Vicarage Bishopsteignton Dear Friends, Another month and another golfing theologian features in my letter. Mark Galli writes in his commentary on Mark‟s Gospel, “The golf swing is the most complex motion in all of sports, requiring an impossible combination of concentration and relaxation, rhythm and power, deliberation and letting go. Every club – and there are fourteen in one‟s bag – requires anywhere from a slightly altered to radically different swing. On the course, all sorts of events unfold – hitting from behind a tree, gusting wind, downhill lies, and so on – that require one to alter one‟s shot even more. It is rare over a lifetime to face two identical shots. “From the start, then, golf is an impossibility. There is no such thing as a perfect swing or a perfect game. But it is precisely this elusiveness that makes golfers so compulsive, so fascinated with the game. We leave the course frustrated because we fell so short of the perfection we imagined, and yet we return to the course as soon as possible because of the never-ending desire to reach perfection. “This paradox is true of any passion – gardening, music, writing, painting. The artist finds a measure of transcendence in painting a still life, but when done, she also sees how far short the image on the canvas falls. It is this frustration that prompts her to pick up the brush and oils and paint the same still life the next day and the next.” (pp. 101,102.) Hopefully we all have something, or someone, that we‟re passionate about. So that however elusive the matching of our desire to do well in that activity or relationship and the reality seems to continue to be, we don‟t give up! It is the enthusiasm that we have for that activity or relationship that drives us on – the more so when it‟s a person whom we are passionate about… It‟s a wonderful experience to be enthusiastic about something or someone – it generates energy, enabling us to reach heights, to plumb depths, to go to lengths that we wouldn‟t have believed possible of ourselves without that motivation. And what is „enthusiasm‟ but literally „in God inspired‟. A creative activity (golf for instance) or relationship calls something new and energizing from us as we rise to the challenge. God the Creator is the wellspring of all creative acts, and in his Son Jesus initiates the potentially most creative relationship with each of us. The impossibility of our achieving perfection in this, or any close relationship, is alleviated by the help of the Holy Spirit – as described last month for Pentecost: God‟s gift to us, to enable us to keep on keeping on in our experience of him and his love for us. With love, Stephen.
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The Vicarage
Bishopsteignton
Dear Friends,
Another month and another golfing theologian features in my letter.
Mark Galli writes in his commentary on Mark‟s Gospel,
“The golf swing is the most complex motion in all of sports, requiring an impossible
combination of concentration and relaxation, rhythm and power, deliberation and
letting go. Every club – and there are fourteen in one‟s bag – requires anywhere
from a slightly altered to radically different swing. On the course, all sorts of events
unfold – hitting from behind a tree, gusting wind, downhill lies, and so on – that
require one to alter one‟s shot even more. It is rare over a lifetime to face two
identical shots.
“From the start, then, golf is an impossibility. There is no such thing as a perfect
swing or a perfect game. But it is precisely this elusiveness that makes golfers so
compulsive, so fascinated with the game. We leave the course frustrated because we
fell so short of the perfection we imagined, and yet we return to the course as soon as
possible because of the never-ending desire to reach perfection.
“This paradox is true of any passion – gardening, music, writing, painting. The
artist finds a measure of transcendence in painting a still life, but when done, she also
sees how far short the image on the canvas falls. It is this frustration that prompts her
to pick up the brush and oils and paint the same still life the next day and the next.”
(pp. 101,102.)
Hopefully we all have something, or someone, that we‟re passionate about. So that
however elusive the matching of our desire to do well in that activity or relationship
and the reality seems to continue to be, we don‟t give up!
It is the enthusiasm that we have for that activity or relationship that drives us on –
the more so when it‟s a person whom we are passionate about…
It‟s a wonderful experience to be enthusiastic about something or someone – it
generates energy, enabling us to reach heights, to plumb depths, to go to lengths that
we wouldn‟t have believed possible of ourselves without that motivation.
And what is „enthusiasm‟ but literally „in God inspired‟. A creative activity (golf for
instance) or relationship calls something new and energizing from us as we rise to the
challenge. God the Creator is the wellspring of all creative acts, and in his Son Jesus
initiates the potentially most creative relationship with each of us.
The impossibility of our achieving perfection in this, or any close relationship, is
alleviated by the help of the Holy Spirit – as described last month for Pentecost:
God‟s gift to us, to enable us to keep on keeping on in our experience of him and his
love for us.
With love,
Stephen.
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Ideford Church Key Rota
June Tony & Julie (Church End)
July Ros (Thatchers Cottage)
Alex & Ann (Glen Kea)
CHURCH SERVICES
JUNE 2010
Sunday 6th
June 1st Sunday after Trinity
11.15am Parish Communion Ideford
Sunday 13th
June 2nd
Sunday after Trinity 10.00am Parish Communion Ideford
11.15am Family Service Ashcombe
6.30pm Evensong Luton
Sunday 20th
June 3rd
Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Village Worship Ideford
Sunday 27th
June 4th
Sunday after Trinity
11.15am Parish Communion Ashcombe
6.30pm Evensong Ideford
IDEFORD CHURCH ROTA
Readings Readers Sidesmen
June 6th
Galatians 1.11-end Alan Wooderson Alan Wooderson
Luke 7.11-17 and Dominic Morby
June 13th
Galatians 2.15-end Ollie Lucas Nicki Horseman
Luke 7.36-8.3 Ollie Lucas
June 20th
Galatians 3.23-end To be arranged Sara and
Luke 8.26-39 helpers
June 27th
2 Kings 2.1-2,6-14 Barry Mohan Barry Mohan
Luke 9.51-end Lee Martin and Lee Martin
ASHCOMBE READINGS AND READERS
June 13th
1 Kings 21.1-10 Ann Rigby-Jones
June 27th
2 Kings 1-2,6-14 Carolyn Bourne
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IDEFORD CHURCH FLOWER ROTA
June 6th Mrs Welch
June 13th & 20th Iris Mohan
June 27th & July 4th Gladys Stevens
LUTON CHURCH ALTAR FLOWERS AND BRASS CLEANING
June Mrs S Harvey
ASHCOMBE FLOWER ROTA
June 5th
Chris Conachie
June13th
and 20th
Gill Leishman
June 27th
Katy Welsh
IDEFORD CHURCH BELLS
Has anyone moved into our villages recently who rings bells and would like
to join our group in Ideford? We meet on Thursday evenings from 7.30 to
9.00 pm and will give you a very warm welcome!
(On Thursday 24th
June the Kenn Deanery Ringers Association has its AGM
in Ideford from 7.00 to 9.00 pm.)
FASHION SHOW EVENING
The members of the Ideford Social Group would like to thank all those who
came and supported this event on May 11th
. There were about 60 people
present as a selection of local models paraded the clothes that were on sale.
„Off the Peg‟, a shop based in Exmouth, gave a running commentary about
the models and their outfits and later there was plenty of time to browse and
try on any of the extensive range whilst enjoying a cuppa and a biscuit.
The profits gained from the evening amounted to an amazing £255 and will
be presented to the Torbay Breast Care Unit at the end of this month. Thank
you again for all your support.
Alicia Normand
STEVE THOMPSON, CHIMNEY SWEEP
IDEFORD DISCOUNT DAYS
Now that the summer appears to have arrived, having your chimney swept
is probably not at the top of your „to do‟ list! However, it is important to
have it cleaned before the autumn arrives, and Steve has asked me to notify
everyone that his Ideford Discount Days this year are:
Tuesday June 22nd Wednesday June 23rd Wednesday July 28th
Just call 01626 587587 to book an appointment.
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TUESDAY COFFEE MORNINGS
June 1st Eileen Marsh, 50 Maudlin Drive, Teignmouth
June 8th
Ann Rigby-Jones, 1 Town Farm Court, Ideford
June 15th
Jean Silvester, Oaks Reach, Ideford
June 22nd
Ann Rigby-Jones, 1 Town Farm Court, Ideford
June 29th
Geraldine Gaskell, Cobblers, Ideford
IDEFORD SHORT MAT BOWLING
Tuesdays (Except the 2nd in the month when we meet on the Wednesday) and
Sundays 7.30pm in Ideford Village hall. New members welcome
ART GROUP
Fridays 6.30-8pm in Ideford Village Hall. Details from Angie W. (07919468581)
IDEFORD PARISH COUNCIL
Wednesday June 2nd at 6.30pm in Ideford Village Hall. Everyone is welcome to
come along.
BELL RINGING PRACTICE
Practices normally in Ideford Church on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm until
9.00pm, Please contact Ann Rigby-Jones (852344) or Martin Sampson (853391)
for more information.
IDEFORD SOCIAL GROUP
Tuesday June 8th , 7.00pm, Middlemoor Police Station.
POLICE SURGERY
With Colin Rider, Police Community Support Officer for Ideford
Saturday June 19th Saturday July 17th Saturday August 14th