March 2017 - Uley Parish Council

March 2017 Wed 1st : 12:00pm Ash Wednesday Service, St Giles Church, followed by Austerity lunch; 2:00pm DaCapoSun 12th : 11.30am APCM, St Giles Church, following 10am Holy Com-munion serviceThurs 16th : 10:30am U3A; 7.30pm Taize Service Marist Convent, Nymps-field; 7:30pm Uley SocietySat 18th : 10:00am-12:00pm Uley Bury Working PartySun 19th : 3:00pm Music and Cake, Coaley ChurchMon 20th : 2:00pm The Ark, St Giles churchSun 26th : 10:00am Mothering Sunday service, St Giles ChurchFri 31st : Deadline for applications for community grants from UCS

April 2017Sat 1st : 7:30pm Oriana Singers, Handel’s Oratorio Messiah, St James’ the Great Church, DursleyMon 10th : 2:00pm The Ark, St Giles ChurchThurs 20th : 10:30am U3A

Parish of Uley with Owlpen and NympsfieldChurches of St Giles, Holy Cross and St Bartholomew

Assistant Church WardensMrs P Jones 860696 Mrs A Hardy 860876Mr J Wood 860236

All bookings for the Church and St Giles Room toMarion Kee 860364

or email:[email protected]

What’s on in the Village

The Revd Canon Michael Cozens 01453 546459

Parish day off - FriMessages listened to daily

ChurchwardensMrs. J Rymer 860265

Mr. D Valentin 860245Normal church opening times are 10:00am - 6:00pm

or dusk whichever is earlier www.stgilesuley.org.uk

ULEY PARISH COUNCIL

CLERK – ASHY MCKAY TEL. 01453 861260 E-MAIL: [email protected]

PARISH COUNCILLORS

JONATHAN DEMBREY CHAIRMAN 07801217230

JANET WOOD VICE-CHAIRMAN 01453 860236

BELINDA HOLLEY 01453 860604

MELANIE PARASKEVA 07929360221

MIKE GRIFFITHS 01453 860463

JULIET BROWNE 01453 860710

TIM MARTIN 07772268473

DISTRICT COUNCILLOR

JIM DEWEY [email protected] 01453 860795

COUNTY COUNCILLOR

STEVE LYDON [email protected] 07748328061

VILLAGE AGENT

PENNY FRENCH [email protected] 07776245726

Other InformationThe Parish Council meets in the Village Hall on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. You are very welcome to attend. Details of the meetings can be found on the notice boards at either end of the village or on the Uley village website at: www.uleyparishcouncil.gov.uk

The January edition of the Messenger is now available to download from:

http://www.gloucester.anglican.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/March-A5-Messenger.pdf

A March Letter from Canon Michael

Last month the Churchwardens, Jo and David, wrote about ‘entering a new era’, which sounds quite momentous! However, for the churches of Uley, Owlpen and Nympsfield there is cer-tainly a sense of a new beginning as we enter a period of a change as we move towards uniting with the parish of Dursley. I say ‘we’ because this is a new beginning for me now that the Bishop of Gloucester has appointed me as Interim Minister for Uley, Owlpen and Nympsfield. This effectively means that I am now your parish priest, having taken over from Revd Diana just a day after her final service.

As Jo and David wrote last month, very unusually there has been no vacancy (or what used to be called an interregnum) whilst a new priest is recruited and appointed. This is because it had already been decided that the parish of Uley, Owlpen and Nympsfield would join with the parish of Dursley to create a new united benefice. I hope that the legal process which we have to go through to make that happen might be completed by the Autumn. One of my jobs is to steer that process along and as that happens we will need to think about what the new united benefice will be like; how it will be administered and run, what the pattern of services will be across the five churches, who will take those services and how we will manage our finances. These are just some examples of the practical questions that will need to be considered.

During these next few months I do not expect there to be any major changes to services, to service patterns or to the different activities and events that are already planned. My col-leagues in Dursley, who will also be members of the new united benefice, will be helping me by taking some of the church services during the next few months. At the moment my ‘job description’ is as ‘Interim Minister’ and this is very much an interim period. It’s a time for me to begin get to know people in the church and also in the wider communities and for you to meet me and get to know me. If you see me out and about, please do say ‘hello’ and introduce yourself. I will be taking up the ex-officio foundation role on the governing body of Uley C of E primary school and I’m looking forward to meeting the children and the staff and working with them.

If we haven’t already met, you might be wondering, ‘who is this Canon Michael Cozens?’ I have been priest-in-charge of Dursley (St James and St Mark’s) since July 2014. Before that I was in Cheltenham for over 17 years and my last role there was as Team Rector of North Chel-tenham, an area that stretched from the town centre out towards Tewkesbury and included the racecourse. I am married to Gill who is a secondary school teacher and we have two grown up children. Anna is also a teacher, working in a primary school in North Yorkshire and she is getting married in May up in York. I am preparing to do the ‘proud Dad role’ of walking her up the aisle and trying not to get too emotional! Simon is in his final year of university in Sheffield where he has been studying Sports Science. He is definitely the sporty one in our family!

That is just a small part of my story and I look forward to meeting many of you and perhaps hearing about and sharing a little bit of your stories as well. Please do contact me if there is anything I can do for you. As well as the contact number in this magazine, you can email me on [email protected].

With my prayers and best wishes,Canon Michael Cozens

Come and enjoy Handel’s”MESSIAH” in Dursley

Come and hear the Oriana Singers’ rousing performance of Handel’s Oratorio “Messiah” in St James’ the Great Church in Dursley on Saturday 1st April.

The choir will be accompanied by the superb Severn Strings Orchestra, leader Justine Tomlinson and we are delighted to welcome back the excellent soloists Gillian Wells, Samuel Jenkins and Olivia Gomez who delighted last year’s audience at the Mozart “Requiem”.

Local bass David Child will be joining us in what is sure to be a thrilling evening of entertainment.

The concert starts at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £12 and under 16s can come in free of charge. You can buy tickets at Durcan’s in Dursley or email the choir at [email protected] or phone David Moss on 01453 860801.

Welcome to the March edition of the Uley Village News - we hope you enjoy it. Changes are afoot as we say a big thank you to Bex and to Terry for their hard work over the years, we hope we can keep up their momentum; we say farewell to Rev. Diana and wish her and Peter well in their new home and say a big hello and welcome to Canon Michael Cozens.

While on the topic of hellos we welcome a new regular contribution from Emily Mathisen, bringing us insight into our seasonal surround-ings, and on the topic of goodbyes we thank Giedrius for his many cover images which we’ve all enjoyed. We hope you enjoy this, our first contribution, and look forward to sharing Village News with you over the months ahead.

If you have questions or contributions please get in touch using [email protected] with very best wishes, Becky & Kate

Hello again,

Today I am going to tell you a bit about Crimestoppers. I know that we have all seen it on the telly but there is, of course, lots of work going on in the background and they need us, the public, to help. Some statistics are; that they have received vital crime information that has led to 11 arrests each day, one person charged with mur-der every 8 days, 93,000 pieces of usable information received in the last year, and they have made over 3,700 “most wanted” fugitive arrests since 2005. Since 1988 Crimestoppers has helped recover over £130m of stolen goods, nearly 40,000 people arrested and charged and over £330m worth of drugs seized. Of course they couldn’t do such a great job without the help of the general public, and they want to remind people we can give information on crime anonymously. We can tell them about crime or criminals. Information given by phone or online cannot be traced and individuals would not have to go to court to give a statement. No one will ever know who called. The telephone calls can even be translated on request. This all means that if anyone should ever need to give information about a crime it can be done safely and anony-mously. Their number is 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org The other week I found myself talking with two young men who were working on a new website for the Environment Agency to build a better flood information service for the public. When I got home I checked out this website which can be found at; www.gov.uk/environment and countryside/ (flooding and extreme weather). You can find out if you are at risk of flooding, sign up for flood warnings, get the flood history for a property in England based on their records, which would be helpful if consid-ering moving to a different property. Also, for anyone who has a disability or needs extra help you can ask your local council if you can be put on a list to get extra help during a flood. There is a Floodline phone number: 0345 988 1188 which is a 24 hour service.

There is a “company” at present knocking on doors in the Stroud area offering free boilers and saying it is part of a Government Scheme, he has been asking to see house deeds. I don’t know of any such scheme and I feel very concerned about show-ing house deeds to someone knocking on the door. If anyone should get such a caller please don’t let them in or show them any documentation. Phone the police on 101. If they are legitimate they will be happy to leave information and contact details with you for you to browse at your leisure. Always talk to someone you know and trust, or maybe the CAB or myself before making an agreement with a workman or company that you don’t know.

Penny French. Mobile: 07776 245 726. Email: [email protected]

Village Agent News for March 2017

Come and join in with stories, songs, prayers, play & refreshments.

Our theme this month is ‘The Sower and The Seeds’

Monday 20th March 2–3pm St Giles’ Church

Babies, toddlers and pre-school children with your mums, dads,

grandparents, carers...

Everyone is made very welcome!

Everyone very welcome

Parish of Uley, with Owlpen & Nympsfield

The Chapel of the Marist Convent, Nympsfield

Join us at 7.30pm Thursday 16th March

A quiet candlelit service of reflection.

Everyone Welcome!

Wed 1st March 12 noon in

St Giles’ Church, Uley

Please come and join us for Holy Communion with Imposition

of Ashes, followed by Austerity Bread and Soup Lunch.

Please Stay and join

us for refreshments

after the service.

26th March

10.00am Family Service St Giles’ Church

Everyone Welcome!

WI DIARY FEBRUARY 2017

Not often one finds oneself sitting between the descendent of a sheep stealer and distant relative of Anne Boleyn! These amazing revelations came to light during our talk from Malcolm Sadler about family trees and the origins of names, a sort of ‘who do you think you are’ pres-entation. He brought some hefty reference books and members en-joyed looking up their origins and discovering whether their forebears had ever been considered to be able archers or swordsmen capable of defending the realm if called upon.

Several of us enjoyed a pub lunch followed by a stroll on a soggy day through the snowdrop drifts of Kingscote, and a group went to Chel-tenham to see ‘The Play that went Wrong’ at the Everyman and came away with severe face ache from laughing so much.

Sally Lamerton

ULEY UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP Spring News 2017! We are delighted to welcome

our new members, and hope

you settle in happily at Uley Under 5s! The children have been exploring the changing of the seasons…

Bird-spotting and making bird feeders

Celebrating Chinese New Year and learning to count to five in Chinese

Practicing Tai Chi in the garden.

We are looking for volunteers!

Can you spare an hour to help our children plant seeds, pull up weeds, and identify different flowers and insects in the allotment? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact us.

OUR NEXT FUNDRAISING EVENT: 31ST MARCH We’re holding a Curry & Quiz night on Friday 31st March! Tickets will be for sale in the Village Shop for £15. Round up a team of 6, and we’ll see you there!

www.uleyplaygroup.co.uk / [email protected]

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERCongratulations to the family and friends of Jack Watkins baptised in St Giles’ church in February. Congratulations to the families and friends of Zachary Stevenson and Ella Wand baptised in St Bartholomew’s church in February.We remember those who have died and their families… Pat Stopford, Cynthia Jones, Bryan Davies, Priscilla Wathen.And those whose year’s mind falls at this time:Stephen Bond, Ron Shipton, Thomas “Tom” George Smith, Doreen Lilian Meadows, Rosemary Bowmer, Mike John Reynolds, Garry Beardshaw, Nancy Taylor, Norma Patricia Taylor, Eleanor Goldingham, Patricia Cooke, Marjorie Martin, Jake Rebbeck, Christine Stonebridge, Kathleen Rymer, Peggy (Margaret) Rymer, Christine Flood, Margaret Evans, Philip Brooke…

A HUGE BIG THANK YOU FROM REVD DIANA

“So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. For we are God’s servant, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building”.

1 Corinthians 3.7,9

I can’t begin to say how much Peter and I have appreciated all your good wishes, cards and gen-erous gifts as we said goodbye to you and to the parish. It began with the lovely farewell school assembly with the children’s cards, prayers and flowers and then the final Sunday morning Candlemas Service to which so many of you came. Then afterwards at the farewell reception the hall was so filled with well-wishers that it was rather like the feeding of the five thousand! I can only say thank you to all who prepared the delicious food and made the arrangements beforehand.

My sincere thanks for your wonderful gifts. Flowers, a most beautiful garden bench, plus cushions! The cases of wine for Peter and the generous garden tokens, which I will use to buy two trees for our garden in Devon, as a constant reminder of you and the beautiful Gloucestershire countryside.

If I begin to thank any one person, then the list will never end. However I would like to say a special thank you to the churchwardens, Jo Rymer and David Valentin, for their unfailing kindness and support to Peter and me and our family, but most of all for their faithfulness in the ministry we all share, but falls most heavily upon them.

We all now face a new future; it has been a privilege to serve you as your parish priest in Uley and Owlpen and Nympsfield. As we continue on the journey, with God’s grace all things will be well, and all manner of things will be well.

In Christ and with love, Diana

TreesHouseholders and landowners may not be aware that if their property lies within the Uley Conservation Area, and they wish to carry out any surgical work to trees (from pruning to felling), they need planning permission before they can do so. The Parish Council and the Stroud District Council Tree Officer are aware that numerous unauthorised works have been carried out in the parish over the years and think that this may be because parishioners are not aware of the need for planning permission, and may have responded to contractors who have leafletted them offering tree and other general building works. Before engaging a contractor, the Parish Council recommend that you use a tree surgeon or tree consultant that is registered on the website of The Arboriculture Association.

The responsibility for making a planning application is that of the house-holder/landowner but a good tree surgeon will usually be able to advise you when one might be required. The contractors listed on the site will be able to advise you and carry out appropriate good quality work at the appropri-ate time of the year. Trees in the village are a key part of the landscape and heritage that makes Uley such a special place to live. Please look after them. (Arboriculture Association, The Malthouse, Stroud Green, Standish, Stone-house, Gloucestershire, GL10 3DL. Tel: 01242 522152. Email: [email protected]; website: www.trees.org.uk)

Closure of WhitecourtPlease note that Whitecourt will be closed from 13th – 15th March 2017. This is to allow for works by Severn Trent Water Ltd. If you require any further information please contact Caroline Ingram, Gloucestershire County Council on 08000 514514.

ULEY SOCIETY

The final indoor meeting of the season takes place in Uley Village Hall at 7.30pm on Thursday 16th March when Bob Price will talk about “Namibian Travels”. Visitors are welcome. Refreshments and Raffle.

Len Freeth (Chairman) 860476

News from Uley Parish Council

ULEY SHOW9th September

Uley Village Hall

Schedules available from usual outlets from mid-July!

Advance notice of categories in the Art and Photography sections:

Art: Tree or Trees Portrait River or Canal Picture influenced by (but not copied) David Hockney

Photography: Gateway(set of 3) Single Rose Boating Meal time Len Freeth (Chairman) 860476

Uley WI

President: Dorothy CollettSecretary: Linda Duffett

[email protected]

Wednesday March 8th7.30pm, Uley Village Hall

Eugene & Margaret Schellenberg:

The Ifakara Bakery Project

Thursday 16th March. Monthly branch meeting Dursley Methodist Church. Doors open 10.00 a.m. meeting starts 10.30 a.m.Jim Dewey will be our speaker, telling us about THE CAM WALK/CYCLE WAY and the work of Vale Vision.Refreshments served after the meeting. Visitors welcome. For more de-tails visit our web site www.u3asites.org.uk/cam-dursley

Thursday 20th April. Monthly branch meeting Dursley Methodist Church. Doors open 10.00 a.m. meeting starts 10.30 a.m.This month we will learn about THE WORK OF THE POLICE with Oliver Clark.Refreshments served after the meeting. Visitors welcome. For more de-tails visit our web site www.u3asites.org.uk/cam-dursley

Find out more about us on https://u3asites.org.uk/cam-dursley/home

Uley Bury Working Party meets on Saturday 18th March from 10am to 12noon.

Coffee provided. All welcome! More info from Don Field, Tel 860450 or Janet Tel 860236.

Music and Cake!Katie & Friends

Katie Usherwood, a young organist from Thornbury & winner of Bristol Eisteddfod 2016 with some of her musical friends are the

guests for the final New Year Music and Cake Concert.They will perform for your enjoyment in Coaley Church on

Sunday March 19th at 3pm. The concert will last approximately 30 minutes and will be

followed by tea, cake and a chance to chat. The concert is free-a gift from the church-so we are looking

forward to welcoming you.

Seasonal Surroundings : MarchFor the last few weeks I have been shuf-fling around the garden, shielding my face from the cold and rain, desperately search-ing for signs of new spring life at my feet. When March finally arrives, it feels like a massive relief and I eagerly lift my head to the beauty of the valley that surrounds us. March marks the start of the official bird-nesting season and after what feels like a long Winter, I will watch their feathered activities with joy as they tinker away amongst the new buds of leaves on the trees above us. Things I am looking forward to this month are: light early mornings, pots of flowers for sale in the village shop, spending time pottering in the garden and hunting for anemones in the woods around the village.

One of my favourite views in Uley is across the Millennium Green where, this spring and summer, I will take the time to really study what is around me rather than just strolling through the grass. Daphne Langford from the Millennium Green Committee has recently updated a list of all the plants and trees that grow on the Green and I will make sure that I take this and my favourite plant identification book every time I walk there, ticking off as many things as I can before next winter. This would be a great activity to share with children/grand-children (but please don’t pick anything to take home!).

You can download a list of the many plant species that grow on the Green by visiting the Millennium Green page on the Uley Parish Council website: http://uleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/uley-millennium-green It stretches onto sev-en pages and is really diverse - there are even three different types of butter-cups (I thought there was only one!). Enjoy! Emily Mathisen

The Children’s Society Box Collection

Thank you to all our box holders for their generous donations which have raised an excellent total of £460.66p. This money is used by the Children’s Society to run local projects helping children and young people when they are at their most vulnerable, and have nowhere left to turn. Collection boxes raise around £1.6m. a year in total to support children most in need including runaways and young carers.If you would like to become a box holder (contributions can easily be gift aided if from a taxpayer) please call me on 860730. Mary Shearer.

Huevos Rancheros “Make the most of the fabulous free-range eggs in Uley Community Stores this March with a delicious and simple brunch”

Serves 2, Ingredients 1 white onion, finely chopped 800g chopped tomatoes 2 red peppers, deseeded and sliced 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 150ml water 2 bay leaves Pinch chilli flakes Teaspoon paprika 4/5 handfuls spinach leaves Salt and pepper 4 fresh free range eggs Fresh coriander, chopped Sourdough bread, sliced and toasted

Method Gently fry the diced onion until soft, add the garlic for 1 minute then add the peppers stirring well. After a few minutes add the tomatoes, water, bay leaves, chilli, and paprika and stir well. After a few minutes taste and season, allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes until well reduced. Check seasoning and stir through spinach. Once wilted, create four small wells in the sauce and add the eggs. Cook through (4-5 minutes), sprinkle with chopped coriander and serve immediately with toasted sourdough. Becky Sage/March recipe 2017

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Uley Gorilla GuerillasOur group, Uley Gorilla Guerillas will be fundraising for a lasting memo-rial to John Daniel, the Uley Gorilla, throughout this year and beyond. We are also considering the possibility of creating a children’s book and some sort of souvenir, which could be sold in the shop. If you would like to know more about any of these events, or you would like to get in-volved with the organisation, please do get in touch. You can search for Uley Gorilla Guerillas on facebook, or email [email protected] look forward to hearing from you, or seeing you at one of these excit-ing events.

February - Exhibition at Prema, Hannah Dyson. Can you find the Gorilla in her art works? Continues until April 9thMarch - Look out for JD Beer, a special brew available from Uley Brewery.May - Gorilla Organisation visit Uley, would your group like to attend a talk about their work? Supper, Gorilla GallivantSeptember - 16th Gorilla race night £7.50 per ticket. Including bangers and mash sup-per.October - Gorilla Trail with local crafts persons work

Da CapoAt our February meeting we listened to excerpts of Russian music written by Tchaik-ovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Shostakovich. Our next session will feature works for duets and will include compositions by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms amongst others together with some Jazz. We meet at the Pavilion from 2pm till 4pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Upcoming dates are March 1st and April 5th.

New faces are always welcome. Call Andy Hastings, 860043

ULEY COMMUNITY STORES and POST OFFICE DIARY (Eileen ,Ailsa , Carolyn, Amanda)

February 2017 The Committee has pleasure in announcing a second round of ULEY COMMUNITY SPIRIT, when we give something back to the community who make our success possible..

* Applications are open to Uley and Owlpen registered or exempt status charities. * They must clearly articulate benefit to local residents. * We have a sum of approx. £4500 to distribute. * Applications must be completed in full by a representative of the charity with supporting documentation (e.g financial accounts) in applications for more than £250. *Forms are available on our web–site and in the shop. *Please return your form in an envelope to the TREASURER, PROJECT ULEY COMMUNITY SPIRIT, to the shop BY 31ST MARCH with decisions on successful appli-cants being made within a month. *Contact person for further information is Christine on tel 07788444734 or [email protected].

The Committee will base assessments on criteria of value, risk and benefit to resi-dents. Applications in which locally sourced materials, labour or volunteers are used will be favoured.

Successful applicants should provide evidence of receipt and application of funds and allow UCS publicity through news or other media or notices. GOOD LUCK from www.uleycommunitystores.co.uk. RUN BY VOLUNTEERS

Uley 100 Club WinnersFirst Chas Kirk £15Second David Sykes £10

All Change at the HallAs some of you will already know, at the recent AGM of the Village Hall Committee on Feb 2nd, Margaret Groom stood down from the position of Secretary to the Village Hall Committee. At the same time, Derek Parker presented his last Final Accounts of the Year, although both he and his wife Sue had also already stood down from their positions of Treasurer and Booking Clerk respectively, in October.

While finally, Len Freeth who has quietly served as our Auditor for many years has also signed off the last set of Final Accounts for us. I’m sure you would like to join me in thanking them all for the many years of selfless effort they have put in for the benefit of the Hall itself and, as a result, for the benefit of the villagers at large.They have all been great contributors to the life of the village in other spheres too. Margaret, over many years, both with the Parish Council and the Uley Society. She will now have more time to spend with her archive work, some of the results of which have recently put the village on the map worldwide !!

Similarly, Derek and Sue have previously been at the centre of the life of the village, for a long period, and quite some time ago, running the village shop and post office. They can also enjoy a more relaxed retirement. While Len has acted as Chairman of the Uley Society for as long as I am aware. At the same time, in their places, we would like to welcome Chas and Jo Kirk as Treasurer and Booking Clerk respect-ively, and Jackie Chillingworth as our new Secretary, and wish them well in their future efforts on our behalf.

We are still looking for someone to act as our new Auditor. This position does not require filling until October this year which is the end of our financial year. However, if there is anyone out there who would like to take this task on we would be more than happy to hear from them now. This would give us some reassurance that they are available to call on when needed.

Ted Collett. Chairman, Village Hall Management Committee.

Printed by J&C Carter, 22 High Street, Cam GL11 5LE email: [email protected] 01453 546645

Parish of Uley, Owlpen and Nympsfield Churches of St Giles, Holy Cross and St Bartholomew

The Revd Canon Michael Cozens - 01453 546459 Churchwardens Jo Rymer 860265 David Valentin 860245

www.stgilesuley.org.uk

March 2017 Services

Sunday 5th March The First Sunday of Lent St Bartholomew’s 8.30am Holy Communion (CW) St Giles 10.00am Family Holy Communion (CW) Sunday 12th March The Second Sunday of Lent St Giles 10.00am Parish Holy Communion (CW) Holy Cross 6.00pm Sung Evensong (BCP) Sunday 19th March The Third Sunday of Lent St Giles 10.00am Parish Holy Communion (CW)

Sunday 26th March The Fourth Sunday of Lent (Mothering Sunday) St Giles 10.00am Parish Holy Communion (CW)

Church opening times Normal Church opening times are: 10.00am - 6.00pm or dusk (whichever is earlier). Children and Families Children are welcome to all our services. There are activities and special worship material for them in each church. The Ark (under 5s, mums, dads & carers) Third Monday in the month. St. Giles’ Church 2.00- 3.15 followed by tea. All Welcome Baptisms, Wedding and Funerals by arrangement. Please phone the Revd Canon Michael Cozens (01453 546459)

Church Activities Ash Wednesday Service (1st March) Holy Communion with imposition of ashes (BCP) at 12 noon in St Giles’ Church, followed by Austerity Lunch for Christian Aid. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting Sunday 12th March 11.30am, St Giles’ Room Taize Service - Thursday 16th March at 7.30pm Chapel of the Marist Convent, Nympsfield The Ark - Monday 20th March, St Giles’ Church at 2.00pm. A special service for babies, toddlers and pre-school children with their mums, dads, grandparents, carers. Our theme this month is ‘The sower and the seeds’. Join us for stories, prayers, songs, play and refreshments.

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