“ O Come All Ye Faithful ”

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Helston Chiropody and Podiatry

Practice

Corns, Calluses and Cracked Heels

Ingrowing Nails

Verrucae Heel Pain

Fungal Nail Infection Forefoot Pain

Athletes Foot Gait Related Problems

Lower Limb sports Injuries Shin Splints

First Floor, 10 Coinagehall St, (via Coinage Ope),

Helston TR13 8EB. Tel no. 01326 564671

www.helstonchiropody.co.uk

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THE PARISHES OF HELSTON & WENDRON

Team Rector Canon David Miller, St Michael’s Rectory Church Lane, Helston, (572516)

Email millerourrectory@googlemail.com

Asst Priest Revd. Dorothy Noakes, 6 Tenderah Road, Helston (573239)

Reader [Helston] Mrs. Betty Booker 6, Brook Close, Helston (562705)

ST MICHAEL’S CHURCH, HELSTON

Churchwardens Mr. Peter Jewell, 47 Saracen Way, Penryn,

TR10 8PS (376948) Mr John Boase 11,Cross Street, Helston TR13 8NQ

(01326 573200)

Organist Mr Richard Berry Treasurer Mrs Nicola Boase 11 Cross Street, Helston TR13 8NQ

01326 573200

PCC Secretary Mrs Amanda Pyers

ST WENDRONA’S CHURCH, WENDRON

Churchwardens Mrs. Anne Veneear, 4 Tenderah Road, Helston (569328)

Mr. Bevan Osborne, East Holme, Ashton,

TR13 9DS (01736 762349) Reader [Wendron] Mrs. Gillian Bowles, (563541)

Organist Mrs. Anne Veneear, -as above.

Treasurer Mr Bevan Osborne, - as above

PCC Secretary Mrs. Henrietta Sandford, Trelubbas Cottage,

Lowertown, Helston TR13 0BU (565297)

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Clergy Rest Days; Revd. David Miller Friday

Revd. Dorothy Noakes Thursday Betty Booker Friday

(Please try to respect this)

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The Rectory,

Church Lane

Helston

December2016/January 2017

Dear Everyone,

I write this letter to you on the weekend of Remembrance Sunday.

Yesterday we held the two minute silence at the war memorial at the

bottom of Coinagehall street & tomorrow commemorative acts of

worship will be held at Wendron in the morning & Helston in the

afternoon. One of the great sentences used in Christian acts of

remembrance of those who have died in war is ‘Greater love hath no

man than this that he lay down his life for his friends’.

Remembrance Sunday is always the second Sunday in November.

After a pause of a fortnight, Advent will be upon us as we embark on

the adventure that leads to the coming of Christ at Christmas: ‘love

came down at Christmas’ we sing in one of our carols.

As for the nature of this love, both human & divine, we have,as

Christians, no better definition than in St Paul’s letter to the

Corinthians chapter 13: ‘love hopes all things, believes all things,

& endures all things. Even in the darkest moments of war & suffering,

if someone who loves us is with us, it can make all the difference.

Christian love is a commitment to look away from self & to widen our

horizons. We look outwards to neighbour, family, friend, the wider

society & above all to God.

Prayer can be our contact with God. In one sense prayer is a

form of love. We pray for someone because we care about them. God

can always use our love for someone in the world which is often

starved of love.

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For Christians, love is the strongest spiritual force in the

universe. We harness that power through prayer. Let us never neglect

that opportunity to show love especially when we are busy.

Your friend & Rector,

David Miller

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Shoe box Appeal

Thank you to all who helped fill 22 shoe boxes

- Beccy Miller

Thanks to Mike Sandford for the cover photograph of

Wendron Church

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Services at St Michael’s 1st Sunday 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP)

9.30 All-age Worship with Holy Communion

2nd-5th Sunday 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP)

9.30 Parish Communion(CW)

Monday to Thursday 9.00 Morning Prayer

Thursday 9.30 Holy Communion

Evening & other Services:-as advertised in the Pew- slip

Special Services for Advent & Christmas

Advent Sunday 27th November 9.30am Readings & Advent Carols

Followed by a shortened Eucharist

Sunday 18th December 6pm Joint Carol Service to be held at

Wendron

Christmas Eve 5.30pm Christingle Service

11.30pm Midnight Mass & Blessing of the Crib

Christmas Day 10am Family Service

& Christmas Communion

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Please let us know if anyone would like Holy Communion taken to

their home (or Residential Home) this Christmas

David Miller (01326 572516)

The Christingle Service at 5.30pm on Christmas Eve is always a very

happy event which raises quite a lot of money for the Children’s

Society. Please come and bring your youngsters

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Services at Wendron 1st Sunday 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW)

2nd Sunday 10.30a.m Morning Worship

3rd- 5th Sunday 10.30a.m Holy Communion (CW)

Other Services:-as announced in the Sunday Pew-slip

Services for the lead up to Christmas Sunday 11th December 10.30 am Christingle Service

15th 6.30pmWendron School Carol Service in church

Sunday 18th December 6pm Joint Service of Lessons & Carols for

St Michael’s & St Wendrona’s to be held at Wendron

Tuesday 20th December-7pm Carol “Sing Along” in church

(Choose your own carols)

Christmas Eve 4pm Crib Service

11.30pm Christmas Midnight Service

Christmas Day 10.30 Family Eucharist

Sunday 8th January No Service at Wendron- Instead Wendron

Congregation are invited to share the Covenant Service at

Trinity Methodist Porkellis at 11am

Sunday 15th January 10.30am Epiphany Carol Service

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Please phone David Miller (01326 572526) if you would

like Holy Communion taken to your home

over the Christmas period

Flag days for December/January

25th December………Christmas Day

26th “ ………St Stephen

27th “ ……....St John

28th “ ………Holy Innocents

1st January ……….New Years Day

6th “ ……….Epiphany

25th “ ……….Conversion of St Paul

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From The Registers

Baptisms “ May they evermore dwell in Him, & He in them”

Helston Wendron

Ollie Matthew Thirkle Patrick Robert Thompson

Maysie Grace Thirkle Tristan Roger Thompson

Taylor Ray Willey Meadow Isla Jameson

Elena Lillian May Willey Mila Bea Smith

Weddings

Helston Wendron

Nil Nil

Funerals “May they Rest in Peace, Rise in Glory & evermore surround us with their love”

Helston Wendron

Florence Ashton Nil

John Alan Vipond

Rebecca Kate Watkins

Besie Smith

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In Memoriam- WW1 victims - 100 years ago

Percy Victor Virgin Aged 20, Died 23/1/1917

Air Mechanic 1st Class, 61st Brigade 20th Light Division,

Royal Flying Corp.

Greater love hath no man than this

That a man lay down his life for his friends.

As with all the local WW1 Service personnel who gave their lives in

WW1, the St Michael’s Church bell will toll 100 times at 11am on the

anniversary of his death

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Helston & Wendron

The date of the Mothers Union meeting in September coincided with

the Diocesan Wave of prayer when the branches in Truro Diocese

pray for our five link dioceses which are situated in all four corners of

the world. The service which was led by Eve was held on a Thursday

morning at Wendron church. Anne played the organ. She really had to

work hard because after the service we had a sing along when we

chose our favourite hymns from Mission Praise. We left the church in

a joyous mood & in perfect time we proceeded down to Wheal Dream

for lunch. Wheal Dream did us proud by providing a delicious carvery

which we all very much enjoyed.

This was to make up for missing our yearly outing due to commitments

etc. It was a wonderful chance to pass on our grateful thanks to Greta,

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our special secretary and friend bidding her a fond farewell with our

love and good wishes as she moves to pastures new.

We were very privileged to take Helston & Wendron banners and

stands to display them in Truro Cathedral for an exhibition featuring

some Banners of the Diocese of Truro Mothers Union, celebrating 140

years supporting families.

Kath Oliver

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St Michael’s Christmas Fayre

Don’t forget that the annual Christmas fayre is on

Saturday 26th November

in the Andrew Hall

10am to 12.30pm

Lots of stalls so please come and buy your Christmas presents

Raffle

Refreshments being served

Help would be appreciated to set up & clear away

also to man the stalls.

Donation of good for stalls appreciated

See Sandra Chambers for further information

Please come and spend some money to boost church funds

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There’s always something going

on for the whole family

The team at Trenance, near

Mullion, have the envious task of

producing chocolates for a living.

Watch from the viewing gallery,

try a sample in the shop & then

be tempted to make your own

selection from a large range of

hand-made chocolates

01326 241499-

trenancechocolate.co.uk

but there’s lots more besides chocolates…..

An all-weather attraction

for all ages!

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Crossword Answers on page 24

1 Grandson of Mered and his Judean wife (1 Chronicles 4:18) (4) 3 He said of Jesus, ‘This man has done nothing wrong’ (Luke 23:40–41) (8) 8 Herb with pleasantly scented roots, present in the Beloved’s orchard (Song of Songs 4:13) (4) 9 What God brought Sarah with the birth of Isaac (Genesis 21:6) (8) 11 Port on the Red Sea where King Solomon built ships (1 Kings 9:26) (5,5) 14 Donald — , Archbishop of Canterbury 1974–80 (6) 15 Cereal (Ezekiel 4:9) (6) 17 Jesus’ description of a Pharisee (Matthew 23:24) (5,5) 20 Not as widely used at church services nowadays as used to be the case (8) 21 ‘ — all your anxiety on him because he cares for you’ (1 Peter 5:7) (4) 22 One of the three strands of Methodism united in 1932 (8) 23 ‘They broke bread in their homes and ate together with — and sincere hearts’ (Acts 2:46) (4) Down 1 The rebuke of 3 Across, ‘Don’t you fear God... since you are under the same — ?’ (Luke 23:40) (8) 2 Horse-drawn vehicle used by King Solomon (Song of Songs 3:9) (8) 4 Dearer (anag.) (6) 5 One-time editor of Punch and controversial writer and broadcaster who became a noted Christian, Malcolm — (10) 6 ‘When you sit to dine with a ruler, — well what is before you’ (Proverbs 23:1) (4) 7 ‘God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both — and Christ’ (Acts 2:36) (4) 10 One description of the inspired nature of scripture (10) 12 ‘The Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be — — — ’ (1 Corinthians 15:28) (3,2,3) 13 Recognized as valid (1 Samuel 3:20) (8) 16 A long A (anag.) (6) 18 ‘For God does not — favouritism’ (Romans 2:11) (4) 19 Comes between Joel and Obadiah (4)

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Just a Thought – from Simon Roach

Most of us were brought up with the Lord’s Prayer to say “ forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us” but in modern times we have the option of replacing the word “trespass” with the word “sin”. I guess that many would think that “sin” makes more sense as generally the word “trespass” is a bit old fashioned & is associated with making an unlawful intrusion on to someone else’s property. But is it an improvement? …The Oxford English Dictionary defines “sin” as the breaking of divine law, esp by a conscious act. Well all of us are guilty of that to some degree so certainly it is appropriate for us to ask for our sins to be forgiven. However, asking for our trespasses to be forgiven perhaps goes further than that as we all trespass upon each others feelings by being unthoughtful, awkward, selfish stubborn etc. Ok, maybe these are sins but often we irritate each other without even knowing it.. so can that be classed as sin too? When I think about it, even though the word “trespasses” seems a bit archaic, it does perhaps cover a rather wider range of human unreasonableness than the word “sin” On the other hand we can sin by omission, (as the BCP puts it- “We have left undone those things which we ought to have done”) so maybe it’s good that we sometimes use one version & sometimes the other. In the Scottish church they ask for their “debts” to be forgiven – I wonder which word Jesus would have used if he had spoken to us in English

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(Over the years Janet Jones has submitted a regular item for the

Messenger’s “Just a Thought”. Now that she has moved to a new

parish I would welcome any such items from other readers.- See

Editors contact details on page 29)

Janet Jones has sent love & best wishes to all her friends at St. Michael's.She's

missing us but is happy in Cambridge & looking forward to her new house

being ready. At present she's staying with her brother.

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St Michael’s Rota It would be a great help if anyone unable to attend on a

particular Sunday would attempt to find a replacement for their duty.

December 4th Advent 2 December 11th Advent 3

Lay Asst, M Searle N Boase

Epistle M Thorn H Thorn

Prayers A Holyer M G-Kane

Sidespeople K Bolland

Offertory Junior Church H & M Thorn

Server Mandy Betty

Crucifer Louise Nigel

Coffee Amanda & Katherine Congo Link

December 18th Advent 4 December 24th Christmas Eve

Lay Asst, J Boase M G-Kane

Epistle M Searle M Thomas

Prayers M Thorn Betty

Sidespeople J Eddy J Lawrence/A Hearne

Offertory M G-Kane/D Maddock M Charnock/J Eddy

Server Margery Nicola

Crucifer Nigel Mandt

Coffee D & J Eddy D & J Eddy

Flowers All

December 25th Christmas Day January 1st Christmaas 1 Lay Asst M Searle N Boase

Epistle E Goodfellow D Barlow

Prayers S Chamber M Thomas

Sidespeople N Boase L Martin/M Wellstead

Offertory N Boase Junior Church

Server Mandy Betty

Crucifer Ken Sarah

Coffee Amanda & Katherine H & M Thorn

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January 8th Christ’s Baptism January 15th Epiphany 2 Lay Asst, N Boase M G-Kane

Epistle S Bayes M G-Kane

Prayers Clergy A Holyer

Sidespeople J Eddy S Chambers

Offertory M & S Pryor S Roach

Server Margery Nicola

Crucifer Louise Mandy

Coffee Congo Link D & J Eddy

Flowers Paul Nan & Kath

January 22nd Epiphany 3 January 29th Epiphany 4

Lay Asst, M Searle N Boase

Epistle E Goodfellow

Prayers M G-Kane M Thorn

Sidespeople K Bolland S Chambers

Offertory S Hearne/J Lawrence N Boase

Server Mandy Mandy

Crucifer Nigel Ken

Coffee Amanda & Katherine Heather & Michael

Flowers Janice & Di Felicity

Mobile 07795463149 email thomas.ritchards@sky.com

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St Michael's Choir, though small, continues to sing at

Weddings, contributes anthems to the 9.30 service, and practises on

Sundays after coffee for an hour maximum. New members would be

most welcome.

Messy Church continues as an exciting combined venture with the

Central Methodist Church on Coinagehall Street. See poster

elsewhere*.(It is good to know that Messy Church is continuing as a

joint Methodist/Anglican venture. However the event referred to, took

place on19th November before the publication of this edition.

*Consequently the poster has not been printed- Look out for future

events which hopefully will be publicised early. I understand they will probably be held on the last Saturday of the month – Editor)

Advent Sunday, on November 27th at 9.30am, will be a service of

readings and Advent Carols followed by a shortened Eucharist taken

by Rev. Peter.

Hymn requests. The hymn request box has been reinstated at the back

of the church; a small white file box which will be opened regularly

and contents passed to David and Richard.

Sound System. John Boase is continually working to improve this.

Your input is valued.

Fundraising Committee. The PCC has approved the formation of a

fundraising committee which is looking for new members.

Christmas Services have been announced.

Please see Pages 6&7

Volunteer Opportunities. A writer is needed to submit brief news of

St Michael's for publication in the Helston Packet each week. This is

free publicity!

Also we need an organiser to set up the wider distribution of The

Messenger, published 6 times a year.

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"The Greatest Gift",

a dramatised Christmas story

with lots of music

being put on by Central Methodist Church

on December 2nd, 3rd and 4th

at 7.30pm.

in aid of

Cornwall Hospice South West

Tickets & Donations at the door

from the Helston & District RNLI Committee to all

who supported the Coffee Morning held on 5th

November. It was a splendid social event and £739 was taken (£327

donations + £412 sales) to help to save lives at sea. Thank you to

everyone for being so generous!!!

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to everyone who has paid an annual subscription

for the Messenger. It is nice to be able to offer any

visitors a free copy of our church magazine and

for it to be distributed to those who are

housebound or in residential homes without asking for payment. This

is made possible by those of the congregation who are willing to pay

and also to those who place advertisements in the magazine. We are of

course especially grateful for their support as it enables the magazine

to be produced with little or no cost to the church.

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Greek Holiday Property Rental

Anchor House is situated on the Greek Island or Poros overlooking

the busy town harbour. The island is just off the north coast of the

Peloponesse with easy access from Athens airport via the port of

Piraeus.

The accommodation sleeps four in two double bedrooms on separate

floors with a double sofa bed in the living room. There is a family

bathroom and the second bedroom has an ensuite shower room.

Further information can be found on www.ownersdirect.co.uk

(property reference GR504)

10% of any rentals received as a result of this advertisement will be

donated to The Kimbilio Children’s Trust

Kimbilio Advent Soup Lunch

to be held on Wednesday 7th

December

at

The Guildhall

12noon - 2pm

Raffle, Cake stall, Tea/Coffee & Biscuits

No charge for soup lunch but donations please

Our Lent Lunch was well supported & many of you enjoyed the get-

together- Let’s hope we can do the same in Advent and our children in

Kimbilio will benefit

All Welcome

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The Healthy Churches' Handbook

discussions continue on Thursday, January 19th at 2.30 in the church.

14 people took copies of this book in the Summer so it would be

helpful if more could get out to the meeting. The Handbook was one

of many resources used by the Accompanied Ministry Development

attended by all clergy in our diocese and it has been recommended as

a tool for congregational development which we urgently need.

Elizabeth Davis 569536

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HEALTHY CHURCH RENEWAL PROJECT 2016

A group has been considering the Healthy Church Renewal Project

Questionnaires which were distributed to the members of St Michael’s

congregation in September

The Committee consisting of Canon David Miller, Michael Thorne,

Betty Booker, Elizabeth Davis & Margery Searle has met on three

occasions on 14th September,6th October & 3rd November.

27 questionnaires were returned & the committee has been

considering the concerns and comments that have been expressed.

Elizabeth Davis has prepared a report, in note form, on the work of

the committee and asked for it to be included in the Messenger.

As it is a fairly lengthy document it is included in this magazine as a

separate insertion.

Please contact Elizabeth (phone number 01326 569536) for

clarification or more information. Please note that Elizabeth will

listen to all recorded messages but any left with her husband may get

lost.

Elizabeth’s notes were presented to the St Michael’s PCC on 7th

November 2016

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St Wendrona’s Rota Please inform the Churchwardens if you are unable to fulfil your duty .

Can sidespeople can please be on duty 15 minutes before the service to welcome people and hand out

service books. Thank you for your help December 4th- Advent 2 December 11th – Advent 3 Reader A Veneear H Sandford

Intercessions M Cowley R Spencer

Offertory C Loveday/C Bryans

Sidespeople R & B Osborne M Cowwley/J Parker

Cleaning H Sandford H Sandford

Flowers A Gilmore A Gilmore

December 18th-Advent 4 December 24th Christmas Midnight Reader B Osborne J Haywood

Intercessions B Osborne M Cowley

Offertory H Sandford/B Osborne M Cowley/J Parker

Sidespeople C Loveday/B Osborne P Haywood/I Osborne

Cleaning I & B Osborne I & B Osborne

Flowers C Loveday/I Osborne C Loveday/I Osborne

January 1st – Christmas 1 January 8th – Christ’s Baptism Reader M Cowley No Service at Wendron

Intercessions B Osborne

Offertory H Sandford/B Osborne

Sidespeople M Cowley/J Parker

Cleaning M Cowley/A Veneeear

Flowers A Haywood

January 15th –Epiphany 2 January22nd – Epiphany 3

Reader Epiphany C Bryans

Intercessions Carol service M Cowley

Offertory M Cowley/J Parker

Sidespeople C Loveday/B Osborne P Haywood/I Osborne

Cleaning H Sandford I & B Osborne

Flowers H Sandford F Symes

January 29th – Epiphany 4 Reader R Spencer Sidespeople R & B Osborne

Intercessions R Spencer Cleaning I & B Osbone

Offertory C Loveday/C Bryans Flowers F Symes

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Wendron Bits & Pieces

It doesn’t seem long since I advertised

the Harvest Services & now I will be

advertising Christmas. Before that I will

let you know what has happened

recently. The Mothers Union held their

Wave of Prayer & what a lovely service that was, led by Eve Cox.

Afterwards they all went along to Wheal Dream for lunch. Being an

MU “chauffer” the ladies tolerated me when I joined them for a super

lunch.

A couple of weeks later the church was tastefully decorated for

Harvest festival. The decor was a mixture of traditional & modern. On

entering the church we cast our eyes on a couple of little sheaves of

corn & on entering further there were a couple of sacks of potatoes

with earth still on them not having been washed or put into plastic to

catch the eye of the shopper. The window ledges were decorated with

flowers interspersed with fruit & vegetables. The table displaying the

gifts of packets & tins of food etc was beginning to creak due to the

amount of items given to share between the Helston/Lizard Food Bank

& the Penzance Women’s Refuge. Thank you to everyone for the help

& support given in the week following our Harvest, The church was

again full with parents, grandparents & of course the children for the

school Harvest service. What a lovely service it was with songs,

readings, prayers & hymns all giving thanks for the harvest. Once

again the children each brought a token of the amount collected at

school & these were blessed at the service. The next day the school

mini bus struggled to the local food bank with all the items collected.

Thank you children, staff & parents for all your support at one of my

favourite services in our beautiful old church. We were blessed to have

a large sheaf of bread (courtesy of Horse & Jockey Bakery) among the

decorations for both Harvest services. It was a real work of art & the

centre of attraction & discussion.

At the end of October we celebrated Wendron Feast with a service in

church. Once again the church was tastefully decorated, How

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fortunate we are. Displays throughout the year are wonderful. Thank

you for all your help.

I write these notes on the day after Remembrance Sunday. the church

was full for the Remembrance service which started in church. It was

led by Canon David who also preached He was assisted by Rev

Beverly Turner, the local Methodist Minister. Thank you to Trinity at

Porkellis for closing to allow their members to join us. The

accompaniment for the hymns was shared by our organist & Wendron

Silver Band. After the sermon we all moved outside for the Act of

Remembrance at the War Memorial. The names of the fallen were read

by a representative of Wendron Parish Council, The Last Post &

Reveille were played by members of the band. Wreaths were laid by

representatives of Wendron Parish Church, the local Methodist

Church, Wendron Parish Council, & Wendron Silver Band. After the

singing of the National Anthem & the final hymn & blessing everyone

was invited back into the church for coffee served by the ladies. Thank

you to all who joined us.

We have had four baptisms recently in church. At the Deanery Synod

Bishop Chris was the speaker at the autumn meeting held at Wendron

School. Rev David & I were both at Diocesan Synod in early

November. It was quite a long & informative meeting, the main topic

being the budget for 2017. Mike Sturgess (Chairman of the Diocesan

Board of Finance) presented a detailed report. At the end we were

asked to choose between two alternative budgets: one based around a

1.5% increase in MMF call & one around a 3% increase. No prize for

guessing which one won.

You may remember that earlier in the year our application for a grant

to help work on alleviating our damp problem was refused due to

funding being over subscribed. Only two of the thirteen applications

in Cornwall were successful. However, we have not given up & are re-

submitting a slightly revised application, the result of which should be

known in February. Isabel & I attended a workshop run by the diocese

at St Erme recently which advised on how to deal with grant

applications. The funders give grants for funding specific work to the

church building but do not fund the promotion of religion. I found it

very useful.

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Details of coming services are listed elsewhere in this magazine & can

also be found in the local press or on the church notice board.

As this is the last time I shall be writing in 2016 I would like to thank

everyone who has supported Wendron in any way, especially those on

the duty rota. Best wishes for the coming festive season & I look

forward to the same friendship & support in 2017

Bevan

********* Life of a Cornish Housewife in 1915

Sue Spencer sent in the diary of a Cornish housewife which was

written to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of the WI in 1975.

The entries, reflecting what life was like in the countryside during

WW1, have been reproduced during this year when the 100th

anniversary of the wartime deaths of many local men are being

commemorated, including those who at this time 100 years ago fell at

the Somme. The following is the last in the series.

December. Another Christmas is almost upon us & I fear it will be a

quiet one for all, & a sad one for many. Although I am only an

ordinary country woman, with no special education except from the

Board & Council Schools, & what living so close to nature’s heart has

taught me, looking back over the events of the past year with all its

tragedy, I feel the time is ripe for the women of our land to unite, &

demand the vote, & learn to voice their opinions on public affairs.

Indeed I have already heard rumours of a new movement, taking place

in Wales, to be known as the “Women’s Institute” I believe. I only

hope that I live long enough to see a branch established in every

village of the land, & in time we country housewives will learn not

only to air our views locally, but eventually to make our voices heard

in higher circles also. Sometimes on these dark evenings I hear the

village lads singing “ It’s a long way to Tipperary”. It truly is, but by

uniting all our humble endeavours with those of more consequence,

we “country-folk” can show the world that ‘Our hearts are right

there’, & that for our part, ‘Britons never, never will be slaves’.

May peace & prosperity return to our beloved country during this

coming year.

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CHRISTMAS PRIZE QUIZ (Please send answers to Simon Roach- email. simonroach@talktalk.net

|The winner will be the one drawn from all the corret answers received before

15th

January.

Below you will find the first lines of some really well known Christmas songs and carols. Just one small problem – I have removed all the vowels and put the spaces between words in the wrong place just to confuse you (I hope)

. e.g. HRKT HHRL DNG LSSNG = HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING

Just simply give me the first line of the carol / song, I’m sure you’ll find most of them pretty easy, but maybe one or two may be a bit more difficult. Have a cool Yule!

1. WYNM NGR 2. CML LYFT HFL 3. MDRM NGFWH TCHR STMS 4. THFR STNWL LTHNG LSDDSY 5. NCNR YL DVD SCTY 6. RD LPHT HRDN SDR NDR 7. TCMP NTHM DNG HTCLR 8. GRTNDMG HTYW NDRFL LNDH LYCR 9. THVR GNM RYHDB BYBY 10. SMDT HWN TRSSNW 11. DCK THHLL SWTHB GHSFHL LY 12. RCKNGR NDTHCHR STMSTR 13. LTTLTW NFBT HLHM 14. SWT HRSHPSC MSL NGN 15. SHMLYN GNBDFS TRW 16. CHRST NSWKS LTTHHP PYM RN 17. GDCHRS TNM NRJC 18. NG LSFR MTHR LMSFG LRY 19. HVYRS LFMR RYLT TLCH RSTMS 20. SWTHG LDNS SMNFLD

Crossword nswers from Page 12 ACROSS: 1, Soco. 3, Criminal. 8, Nard. 9, Laughter. 11, Ezion Geber. 14, Coggan. 15, Millet. 17, Blind guide. 20, Hymnbook. 21, Cast. 22, Wesleyan. 23, Glad. DOWN: 1, Sentence. 2, Carriage. 4, Reader. 5, Muggeridge. 6, Note. 7, Lord. 10, Infallible. 12, All in all. 13, Attested. 16, Angola. 18, Show. 19, Amos

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“Own Recipes” (from hand written recipes, mostly collected from ladies

from around the West Country

Apricot Snow Flan

1 Unbaked pastry case

! Tin Apricots

½ lb Mincemeat

1 pkt Marshmallows (4 oz)

Drain apricots and arrange in flan case

Cover with mincemeat & bake for 20 minutes (Gas6)

Top with marshmallows & return to the oven for 3-4 minutes

Or flash under hot grill for 2 minutes for toasted effect.

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What an autumn we have had.

The temperature has been high

& the rainfall low. Like yours, in

my garden there are many

flowers that are still in bloom &

I am sure we are reluctant to

pull them up. It is practical to

continue bulb planting & do

apply a small amount of

fertiliser in your soil

preparation. Indoor planting of

hyacinths can be made if you

haven’t carried it out.

Remember to keep the pots away

from radiator heat & water

sparingly when the pot feels

lighter.

It is also time to clear up all the

dead leaves and plant material

so that slugs & snails have no

hiding place. It can be effective

if you spread slug pellets of the

type that are not harmful to

birds. Weeds are a constant

problem & you find that without

frost they will be trying to

survive. Do pull them up. Any

plants that you pull up that have

leaves, cut up small & put on the

compost heap. Any spare ground

should be treated with well

rotted manure &/or compost.

There are two schools of

thought, one spreading on the

surface & letting the weather &

worms work it into the soil.

With this process you should

fork over before replanting. A

fish blood & bone fertiliser is

helpful when you are ready. The

second method is to dig a spade

depth trench & fill with manure

or compost & then fill in making

the next trench & so on. Shrubs

& small trees would benefit if

you spread well rotted manure

or compost around the roots.

Remember if you have any plant

that would suffer from frost

damage, then fleece obtained

from garden centres, wrapped

round the plant will help to save

them.

I have my seed catalogue & will

be sending off my order. Many

seed firms will supply you with a

catalogue & it will help you to

concentrate on what you want to

plant in 2017.

Have a good Christmas & a

successful New

Year

Enjoy your

gardening,

Ron Allen.

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How long a sermon should last? A letter from an elderly parson to his recently ordained nephew

The Rectory St James the least of all

My Dear Nephew Darren I am afraid that we will never agree about the appropriate length of sermons. Your 30 minute exposition on the food laws set forth in Deuteronomy are, I am sure, of real interest to you. But as your sermon unfolds, I suspect it will prompt quite a different concern among your congregation. Have they set the oven timer to come on too early? Whenever I even hint that a matter of theological importance may about to appear in one of my sermons, an expression of benign incomprehension comes over my congregation. You know the look- you see it in golden Labradors whenever they try to work out what their owners are telling them. There are certain sure signs that should warn you when you have preached for long enough. One is when members of the congregation start reaching for their prayer books to try to work out for the umpteenth time how the date for Easter is calculated or look in their hymn books to see what hymns are to be sung for the rest of the service. The organist turning on the organ blower when you pause briefly, is another. Look out too for members of the congregation counting dead flies on the window sills or reading the memorial tablets on the walls. These are sure signs that you have gone on long enough. There has only been one occasion when I preached for longer than my standard eight minutes. Our former organist was in the habit of taking his dog for a walk during the sermon. I knew I had to carry on preaching until I heard the latch on the vestry door for the second time. That meant that he was back & ready to play the last hymn. Unfortunately one Sunday his dog ran away. Whilst he searched for it over every field in the parish I was left to talk at length about the sundry laws of Leviticus until I eventually heard the vestry door open. After the service the congregation left looking as if they had just been rescued from a major disaster & at the next church council meeting, we unanimously voted to buy our organist a stronger lead. Your loving uncle ,

Eustace Eustace Eustace Eustace

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Diary Dates Saturday26th November St Michael’s Christmas Fayre at 10am-12.30

in the Andrew Hall-See Page 19

Advent Sunday 27th November 9.30am Lessons & Advent Carols

at St Michael’s followed bu shortened Eucharist

Friday –Sunday 2nd3rd & 4Th December 7.30 pm Dramatised production

of the Christmas Story ”The Greatest Gift”

in aid of Cornwall HospiceSW –Page17

Wednesday 7th December 12noon-2pm Kimbilio Advent Soup Lunch

in the Guildhall - See Page 18

Sunday 11th December 10.30 Christingle Service at Wendron

Thursday 15th December 6.30 Wendron School Carol Service in church

Sunday 18th December 6pm Joint Carol Service for both churches

- to be held at Wendron

Tuesday 20th December 7pm Carol “Sing along” at St Wendrona’s

(choose your own carols

24th December Christmas Eve.4pm Crib Service at Wendron

5.30pm Christingle Service at St Michael’s

11.30pm Midnight Mass 7 Blessing of Crib

at both churches

25th December Christmas Day 10am Family Service & Christmas

Communion at St Michael’s

10.30 Family Eucharist at Wendron

Sunday 8th January – No 10.30 Service at Wendron- Congregation is invited to join Trinity Methodists

at Porkellis at 11am for their Covenant service

Sunday 15th January 10.30 Epiphany Carol Service at Wendron

Thursday 19thJanuary 2.30pm Healthy Church’s Committee meets in

Church – See Page 10

Probably! Last Saturday in each month “-3.30pm Messy Church

(a joint Anglican/Methodist initiative)

to be held at the MethodistChurch

Look out for posters -see Page 16

Christmas Services are also listed under List of Services on

Pages 6 & 7 (Watch Pew slip for any amendments)

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I am interested to note from the

Healthy Church Renewal Project feedback that from those who

responded to the St Michael’s church questionnaire, most people thought

that the Messenger magazine, together with the Pew Slip, were the most

important methods of communication within the parish.

This would be fine except for the fact that I find, as Editor, that it is

increasingly difficult to get people to contribute material for the

magazine.

I remember the last Editor, Avril Plunkett, making the point that she was

the magazine editor - not the magazine producer.

When I look at the early editions that were produced when I first took

over the job, there were many more contributors than there are today.

Sadly, those who I can rely on to send in material has drastically

diminished - and has not been helped by Janet Jones & Greta Ross

leaving the parish. In former times I used to get regular input from the

Church Wardens, Playbox, Junior Church, the PCC committees & from

folk who were willing to write a bit about themselves in the “Who’s in

the Pew” section - to name but a few. Nowadays there are some

conscientious people who give me details of the groups or organisations

with which they are involved but sadly the work of the editor has

become more difficult in having to chase around for material.

It does seem to me that if the magazine is one of the main methods of

communication within our church, we need to work much harder if,” in

ten years time”we are to achieve that vision which is set out in section 7

of Elizabeth Davis’ Renewal Project feedback

All items for the February/March magazine will need to be with me at

the latest by Sunday 15th January. Perhaps you can make it a New Year

Resolution to be an active participant. Please email to

simonroach@talktalk.net or send to me at Whealhaven, Clodgey Lane

Helston TR13 8PJ (tel 01326 561067 or 07870702034 or alternatively

see me in church

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PCC Members St Michael’s Helston

Canon David Miller-Chairperson

Rev Dorothy Noakes (P/b) Mrs Betty Booker Lay-Reader (B&P/b) Mrs Sandra Chambers (I)

Mr Peter Jewell-Churchwarden (B) Mrs Jean Williams (I)

Mr John Boase- Churchwarden (B) Mrs Heather Thorn (I)

Mrs Nicola Boase-Treasurer Mrs Marjorie Searle(I)

Mrs Amanda Pyers-Secretary Mr Gareth Howarth (B) Mr Michael Thorn(B & Deanery Synod) Mr Jake Holyer

Mr Richard Berry(B) Ms Louise Douglas (I)

Committees: B=Buildings, I=*Internal Affairs, , P/b=Playbox

CMS Link- Mary Charnock, Susan Summers.

Junior Church-Beccy Miller, Sandy Windsor, Greta Ross (Treasurer),

Electoral Roll Officer- Sandra Chambers. Safeguarding officer – David Miller –Volunteer needed to take on this role!

Magazine Editor - Simon Roach

Helston Bell Ringers Bob Woods (Captain) Roger Nott(Vice Captain/Tower keeper)

Margaret Pryor (Sec), Philip Booker, Nicola Boase, Jean Williams, Philip Woods, Stanley Pryor, Simon Roach, Amanda Boxer, Kate & Nigel Bolland

Ringing Practice night is on Tuesday’s at 7.30 pm at Sst Michael’s except on the first Tuesday in he month when it is at Wendron. New ringers and visitors are

welcome

St Wendrona’s PCC Wendron Canon David Miller-Chairperson

Rev Jane Bradbury

Mr Bevan Osborne – Churchwarden/Treasurer/Deanery & Diocesan Synod

Mrs Isobel Osborne- Deanery Synod Mrs Carol Bryans – Deanery Synod Mr Philip Haywood,

Mrs Anne Veneear - Churchwarden Mr Bob Ayres

Mrs Henrietta Sandford – Secretary Mrs Jennifer Haywood

Mrs Sue Spencer Electoral Roll Officer (not on the PCC) Wendron Bell Ringers – Ray Spencer, Mary & Max Barnett Helston & Wendron Mothers Union Branch Leader/Enrolling Member.-Mrs Kathleen Oliver, 10 Castel Wary Close, Helston

TR138SF 01326 573256 – New Members are always welcome!!

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