July 2011 The Bathford Bulletin

The Bathford Bulletin

The Monthly Magazine For The Parish OfBathford

July 2011

www.thebathfordbulletin.org

St. Swithun’s Church Bathford

Rev Jane Burgess - Telephone: 858325

email: [email protected]

Churchwardens: Derek Brown 859886 Joy Craine 85861 3

Readers: Gerry Mil ler 858402 Michael Craine 85861 3

Gil l Gilbert 858927 Dennis Pearson 858293

Everyone Is Warmly Welcome!

We have the fol lowing groups for children during our Sunday Services:

Crèche (0-3); Children’s Church (3-1 0); Rock Solid Youth Group (11 +).

Our 1 4+ youth group, 'Scubed', meets three times each month. For detai ls please ring

Michael Craine.


From the Parish Register:

Weddings

David Parr and Claire Johnson - 11 June

Funerals

Joan Angus - 6 June

Christine Bennett - 1 3 June

Bryan Hart - 1 4 June

Sundays

8:1 5am Holy Communion

1 0:00am First Sunday - Family Service

2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday - Holy Communion

3rd Sunday - Morning Worship (No Communion)

6:30pm First Sunday - Holy Communion - Other Sundays - Evensong

Mondays - Thursdays

9:00 - 9:30am Prayer Time In Church

Mondays

2:00pm 2nd Monday – Service In The Community Room

Wednesdays

2:30pm Holy Communion each 1 st Weds of the month.

House Groups Details from the Churchwardens or Notices.


In a radio interview recently, the stand upcomedian Stephen K. Amos was askedwhy there seems to be a renaissance ofhumour in popular culture. He quippedthat it’s because everybody is bored withcookery shows: a retort, with perhaps,more than a grain of truth.

Our household recently laughed loudly atl ines, supposedly taken from GCSEpapers including: ‘Moses went up onMount Cyanide to get the TenCommandments. He died before he everreached Canada’; and also: ‘Eventual ly,the Romans conquered the Greeks.History calls people Romans becausethey never stayed in one place for verylong. ’

And yet, why is it that, at times, al l threemen in my family can be roaring withlaughter and I just can’t see the joke?What we might al l agree on is thathumour enriches our l ives and hearts. I fwe are made in the image of God, ourhumour must point to divine humour andindeed, the Bible says ‘there is a time toweep and a time to laugh’. Laughter ispart of the rich tapestry of l ife and can beused positively in so many ways – toenrich relationships, to entertain, to putpeople at ease, to teach and even todiffuse potential ly difficult situations.

Humour is notoriously difficult to defineand many theories exist. One theory ofhumour notes the use of exaggerationand metaphor and Jesus weaves suchinto his teaching: “Why do you look atthe speck of sawdust in your brother’seye and pay no attention to the plank inyour own eye?” Another theory suggeststhat humour arises when there is anincongruity between what we expect andwhat actual ly happens. Clownsnotoriously make us laugh in this way.Similarly, in the early Christian traditionso called ‘Holy fools’ highl ighted

inconsistencies and hypocrisies ininstitutional l ife, often by ‘playing the fool’or through their own very unconventionalbehaviour. As part of the BathfordFestival St Swithun’s are delighted towelcome a modern, self-styled, ‘holyfool’ , Roly Bain on 1 7th July at the 1 0amService on the Green for al l ages. RolyBain is a clown who has performed allover the world in a circus style. He isalso a priest. We look forward to his mixof laughter and challenge, as well aslearning from him various tricks such asplate spinning after the service.

The Bathford Festival wil l provide uswith further opportunities to enjoy funand laughter together and we lookforward to welcoming you to StSwithun’s for the summer concert ‘CatAmong The Pigeons’ by Bradford onAvon Choral Society on 1 3 July at7:30pm and the church fete on 1 6 Julyfrom 1 2 to 4pm.

With warmest greetings

Jane

Calling all under 5sSt Swithun’s Pre-school Party Monday 4July 11 .30am - 2pm

Please come and join us at our StSwithun’s Baptism and Pre-school partyin the garden of 52 Church Street. Therewil l be food, drink and play in the gardenand please bring an adult with you!Pepperpot children are welcome beforeor after their session - just drop in whenit suits you.

See Fenella Avison or RebeccaBriggs for more information.

A Letter from the Vicarage


Bathford Festival 2011 - ArtExhibitionAn art exhibition for amateur artists, wil lbe held in the Pepperpot Pre-school(adjacent to the School) on 9 and 1 0 ofJuly. A maximum of two paintings to besubmitted per person, suitable forhanging on a pegboard display stand.

Please contact Martin Wright

[email protected] or phone858047 for details.

CLEANER AVAILABLE

I provide a High Standard

of cleaning in private homes.

Excellent references.

Please telephone Jacqueline

Bathford: 938953/07983 249795

Bathford Society at theBathford FestivalFor the Festival the Society wil l delveinto its archive and display some of itsrecent acquisitions along with photoalbums, parish records, etc. They wil l beon display on the evening of the 1 5 Julyin the Parish Hall .

Al l are welcome to come and browse.

David Howells.Minerva Art ClubMeetings wil l restart on Thursday 8September in the Parish Hall at 2pm to4.30 pm. Open to all beginners andimprovers for a few hours painting andfriendly chat. Membership £1 0 per yearand £1 each week attending.

Contact [email protected] phone 858047

Plant and Cake Sale ThanksBathford Branch of the RBL wishes tothank all those people who ensured thesuccess of the Plant and Cake Sale inthe Legion Club on 21 May. We thankthe generous donors, who gave us all theplants and cakes, as well as the manypeople who came along to buy them. Inal l , almost £600 was raised.

With regards,

Kenneth McLeod

Hon. President, Bathford Branch RBL

Bathford Festival Fun RunMarshalls are needed for BathfordFestival Fun Run. Can you help tomake this exciting, family event runsmoothly? The 2nd Bathford FestivalFun Run takes place on Sunday 1 0 July,starting at 2:30pm. We are in need ofbetween 1 0 - 1 4 people to act asmarshalls along the 2km course. Noprevious experience is necessary. Abriefing wil l be given at 2pm on the day.The race wil l be finished by 3pm. Pleaseget in touch if you can help.

Contact John Malone 01 225 859022,07974 1 71 007, [email protected]


Now Available from

Warleigh Lodge Farm Bathford

Boxed Meat

Pork- £65.00 for min 1 2kilos of meat cutinto joints chops and sausages

Lamb- available to order from May

Sausages- Plain pork or pork and cider£2.50 for 6

To enquire about any meat please callRose or Jul ian on Tel: 01 225 859065

The Bathford Shop

Volunteer Appeal

The shop is losing some greatvolunteers. Charlotte who does half therota fi l l ing on a week on, week off basisis giving up. She finds working ful l timeand the rota a bit tricky. She has been agreat help to me as I find that doing itevery week is a bit stressful. Can anyonehelp? Because we have email at theshop now, the rota gaps can be emailedto you or you can call in regularly to seethem.

Quite a lot of the volunteers who fi l l inare temporari ly unavailable (longishperiods) and there are now some fixedslots where people have given up on therota. Tuesday 7:30am – 9:00am,Tuesday 1 2 noon – 3pm, Wednesday3pm - 5:30pm, Friday 2pm - 3pm,Sunday 8am - 1 0am. In addition we area bit short of people to set up and openthe shop at the start of the day and thenclose down at the end of the day

Full training wil l be given at timessuitable to you whether you want to fi l l inwhen there are gaps or you are lookingfor a fixed slot or opening or closing or ofcourse absolutely everything. I t is quitefun and varied because in this vi l lagethere is always something interestinggoing on. Please contactKevin Mortimer 07921 435579,[email protected] orDiana Smith 01 225 858964,[email protected] help.

Hope and Homes for ChildrenMany thanks to the vil lage for contibutingto the raising of £500 for Hope andHomes for Children as a result of thewedding breakfast event. Also for the£600 raised at the concert with theCroydon Male Voice Choir in BatheastonParish Church. So far this year, thevil lage has sent over £6,000 to help thework that Hope and Homes does in bothEastern Europe and Africa, helping toal leviate the severe problem of orphanedchildren by providing loving andsupportive homes - either by arranging"mums and dads" or by helping to getthem back into their own familyenvironment.

Should you want more detai ledinformation, please contact Keith & JuliaMasdin on 858042.

Gambia GaloreSunday 1 0 July - "Gambia Galore" -grand summer fete in aid of ourGambian partner vi l lage.

22 Church Street. For more informationcall 858490.

Hendrik

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS01 225 859007

[email protected]


Full Parish Council

The Council is pleased to announce thatit now has a ful l complement of 11members. Hugh Baker, Bob Ell iott, PeterMartin and Maureen Mil lbank were co-opted to the Council at the meeting heldon 20 June 2011 to fi l l the vacant seats.A ful l l ist of council lors and their contactdetai ls wil l be displayed on the ParishCouncil notice boards and on thewebsite.

Management of Playing Field

The issue of the level of playing fieldrents was raised by residents at theAnnual Parish Meeting (APM). Therewas concern that users were not beingcharged a market rent. The Council ’sAmenities Committee discussed thismatter at length at its meeting in Juneand considered the policy relating to themanagement of the playing field and rentlevels. The outcome of the AmenitiesCommittee review, which was endorsedby ful l council at its meeting in June,concluded that: -

The aim should be to provide anamenity for the parish rather than anincome stream. The rugby andcricket clubs play their part in the careof the field in many ways as well asproviding a great opportunity foryoung people who want to learn, toplay sport. The Council bel ieves itshould encourage them in their workwith young people

The clubs are paying a rent for use ofthe field on the basis of a fair systemof review each year using the RetailPrice Index (always ‘rounded‘ up).The council sees no reason to changethe current system of review which

was agreed by all parties 8 yearsago.

The Council does not wish to makethe field widely available for ‘outsideuse’. Enquiries from clubs outside theparish have been made, but havebeen refused.

The Council would always charge a‘market value’ figure for any specialcommercial events that may wish touse the field.

The Council would always have theresponsibi l ity for meeting the cost ofmaintaining the field for the benefit ofthe parish and its residents whether itwas used by sports clubs or not. I twas considered far better to have thefield in use and accessible for thebenefit of al l residents.

The Council has included the detai ledresponse in the Bulletin so that residentsare aware that the Council hasconsidered the question raised at theAPM, responded and reached aconclusion.

Refurbishment of Plaque

The plaque commemorating the Vil lageof the Year win in 1 976 has become veryworn and the Parish Council would l iketo see it refurbished in tribute to theeffort that went in to winning the award.The metal plaque was painted, but thedecoration has almost worn away aftermore than 30 years outside. Do youhave the skil ls to refurbish this metalplaque or do you know someone whomay be able to help? The plaque isavailable to view in the parish office ifyou think you may be able to help.Please contact the Clerk if you wish tovolunteer your services for this job.

Riverside footpath

The Parish Council is happy to reportthat work has commenced to re-openthe riverside footpath which runs from


the car park in Batheaston, which hasbeen closed for some considerable time.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting wil l be held on Monday1 8 July 2011 at 7.30pm in theCommunity Rooms. All Parish Councilmeetings are open to the public andresidents are welcome to attend asobservers or to bring matters of concernto the attention of the Council in the first5 minutes of the meeting. Please notethe change of venue.

Ruth Holding

The deadline for receiving copy for the August 2011 Bulletin is 1 5 July 2011Please put your items into the Bulletin Box in the Bathford Village Shop,

email to: [email protected] or post to:Bathford Bulletin c/o Bathford Vil lage Shop, 54 Bathford Hil l , Bathford, Bath BA1 7SN

Diary Of Events

July 2011


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