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KThe Sodbury Vale Benefice

Chipping Sodbury, Old Sodbury, Horton & Little Sodbury

Thanks to Rich McD Photography for this great autumnal picture

The committedcommittee of “Friends ofOld Sodbury” recently

held a coffee morning atthe home of SarahWeaver. As well ascoffee there were

plants, home madecards, jams and

preserves and jewellery.As a result over £300

was raised for thechurch.

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ContactsRector The Rev. Canon JaneKenchington, 01454 313159email jane@kenchington.plus.com

Assistant Curate The Rev. Val Bexon,01453 521417email:valeriebexon@onetel.com

Regular Weekly EventsSunday 9.00am Breakfast Club Church Centre Chipping Sodbury11.00am Brunch Bunch, Church Centre Chipping SodburyMonday 8.45am Morning Prayer, St John’s Chipping Sodbury7.30pm Bell Ringers’ practice Church Tower Chipping SodburyWednesday 8.30am Morning Prayer, St John’s Chipping SodburyThursday 8.45am Morning Prayer, St John’s Chipping Sodbury7.00pm Choir Practice, St John’s Chipping SodburyFriday 10.00am Tubbie Tots Church Centre Chipping Sodbury7.00pm Youth Club (age 11-18) Baptist Church Centre

ChurchwardensChipping SodburyPaul Jones-Williams1 Meadow Mead, Yate01454 324970Keith Stanley132 Harescombe, Yate01454 319467

Old SodburyVal Walker16A Melrose Avenue, Yate01454 318286Tony Dixon16 Chatterton Road, Yate, BS37 4BJ01454 321 528

Little SodburyNigel RawlinsLittle Sodbury House, Little Sodbury,BS37 6QA01454 312 269Nancy NagleWinchcombe Cottage,Little Sodbury End01454 319798

HortonTina Hildick-SmithKirrin House, King Lane, Horton01454 320380

Church OfficeOpen during term timeMonday, Tuesday & Thursday mornings9.00 - 12.0001454 325160Emailsodburyvalebenefice@gmail.com

Web Sitewww.sodburyvalechurches.wordpress.com

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Dear Friends,

2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James' Version of the Bible.Some people say that at the time when it was produced, this was the most influentialpublishing event in the English-speaking world.

The words on the title page of the King James' Bible run as follows:"THE HOLY BIBLE: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out ofthe original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. ByHis Majesty's special commandment. Appointed to be read in churches. Imprinted at Londonby Robert Barker. Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty."

The "former translations" are those of Tyndale and Coverdale, combined in the Matthew'sBible of 1537 and issued in 1539 as the Great Bible, the first to receive the royal imprimaturand to be placed in churches. A translation by Protestant exiles (the Geneva Bible) was thePuritans' favourite and the Bishops' Bible of 1568 was supervised by Archbishop Parker. KingJames' Bible was more than a light revision, however, and reigned supreme for nearly 300years as the English Bible as the result of its scholarship.This translation had far-reaching effects on society in England. The Bible became so centralto national life that one scholar has spoken of the English inhabiting a Biblical culture as aresult.The advent of the KJV Bible helped to create the identity of the English language and inspiredwriters and musicians to embrace Biblical themes in their works; the Bible served as a critiqueof authorities; and it inspired hope and action in people, sometimes encouraging them tochallenge the status quo in their Society.This month the Church remembers William Tyndale who was one of the Reformationmartyrs, burned at the stake for having the courage to translate the Bible into English. Hispassion for making the Bible accessible to ordinary people puts us to shame when we sooften take the Bible for granted and rarely allow it to really challenge our lives.William Tyndale spent some of his time as a Chaplain to the family at Little Sodbury Manor.To mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of the KJV, Bishop Michael is coming topreach at St Adeline's, Little Sodbury on Sunday 16 October at 6pm. Please do come alongto the service - you are all most welcome.With love and prayers,

Rev. Canon Jane, Kenchington, 01454 313159, email:jane@kenchington.plus.com

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Back to Church Sundaysin October

We will be having our Back to ChurchSundays for the Harvest services, soplease invite your friends to theseservices. They will be all-age, so will besuitable for children to attend:Sunday 2 October 9.30am at St John's,Chipping Sodbury - St John's Praise.There will be a "Bring and Share" Lunchat 12.45 in St John's on that day. PleaseDO come - we'd love to see you! ALL arewelcome.Sunday 2 October 11.15am at St John's,Old Sodbury - Harvest FamilyCommunionSunday 9 October 11.15am at St Jamesthe Elder, Horton - Harvest all-ageCommunion

Are you staying at homefor Christmas?

Would you open your home and shareChristmas with a student from China,India, or some other part of the world,who would otherwise be stuck at analmost deserted UK university?

HOST invites you to give Christmas tosomeone who is a guest in this country.HOST will match you with one or twoguests to suit your household. Morevolunteer hosts are urgently needed for1 to 3 days at Christmas, and weekendsall year round.

Please see www.hostuk.org or contactyour local voluntary organiser, LynetteChappin02920 693903Taken from "Our Diocese of Gloucester",which can be seen in full at:www.gloucester.anglican.org

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Yate and ChippingSodbury Foodbank.

"A helping hand, a listening ear and acaring heart."

What is a Foodbank?A foodbank collects food and thendistributes it to provide short term reliefto people in crisis.

Why?The main reasons for feeding peopleare:i. Benefit delayii. Low income/debtiii. Redundancyiv. Chronic, sudden illnessv. Bereavement

How?1. Collecting the foodFood is donated by shoppers,supermarkets, churches and schools.The food is generally tinned or packetwith a long shelf life.

2. Collating the foodThe food is sorted, date controlled,weighed and packed into food boxes,each of which contains sufficient food forthree days for a family of four.

3. Identifying the clientsVouchers are issued by Social Services,Health centres, schools, other charitableoperations (e.g CAP advisors, CitizensAdvice Bureau, Surestart, etc.) andchurches when they identify people incrisis. In some instances, people will be"signposted" to the foodbank (e.g. byJobcentre Plus). In the main, thefoodbank will rarely identify its ownclients and will not be involved inassessing need.

4. Distributing the foodThe client presents the voucher at a"café" where there is a warm welcome, adrink and a "greeter" who gentlyestablishes if there is any other help thatcan be given and "signposts" that help.

The client leaves with three days worthof meals for their family.Food boxes can also be provided toother charities and agencies for theirclients with immediate needs, dependenton donations.

The NeedGovernment Indices of deprivation showthat there are more than 13 millionpeople in the UK living on the edge ofpoverty. Despite much of Yate andChipping Sodbury appearing to bereasonably affluent, some of those 13million will be in our midst.

There are 32,500 identified deprivedareas nationally. 162 deprived areas arein South Gloucestershire and 19 of theseare in Yate and Dodington.

Consequently, Yate and Dodington isdesignated a Priority Neighbourhood."

What Support is required?

The plan would be to sign up tomembership of the Trussell TrustNetwork of Foodbanks. The rationale isthat the Trust has now "seeded" 100foodbanks across the country and hasproduced professional marketingmaterials, operating manuals, outlinebusiness plans, guidelines for hygiene,safety and legal impacts and they willprovide training for volunteers. Last yearthey fed over 60,000 people. The abilityto "network" with others who have beenthrough the process will be valuable - itis logical to avoid re-inventing the wheel.Gloucester has a foodbank under thisumbrella and Easton will be startingtheirs on June 7th.

Signing up for a three-year contract withthe Trussell Trust will cost £1500 and theDiocese of Gloucester's Director forSocial Responsibility has indicated thatthe Churches Together can apply for agrant to meet this cost. The Diocese isfully behind us on this initiative.

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Chipping Sodbury PCC is currently indiscussion about joining in this initiative.Personally, I believe we should bejoining in. Food Banks are being set upin other parts of our diocese. This isn'tsome "Yate novelty venture." The visionhas come from Christians who long forthe church to serve the needy in theirlocal community. It is all aboutresponding to the imperative in scripture- Isaiah 58:10 & Matthew 25:35 andit's all about Preserving Self Esteem andReviving Hope.

Please would you share your views withPCC members so they can gauge thelevel of support for this initiative.Jane Kenchington

Pastors partyThe newly formed Chipping SodburyStreet Pastors held a get together in thegarden of one of their members as theforecasters promised barbeque weather.It was barbeque weather - as soon as itwas lit it started to rain! which is aboutnormal for a summer gathering.

Undeterred, they chatted and munchedand had their photos taken in 'civvies'.They are on the lookout for newmembers to join them on a Friday andSaturday night in Chipping Sodbury. Ifyou can't get out on these nights why notjoin as a prayer partner? Talk to Val andshe will tell you everything you need toknow.

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Baptisms:4 September 2011 at St John's, ChippingSodbury: Faye Danielle Tily & CharlieDouglas Hill

Marriages:19 August 2011 at St Adeline's, LittleSodbury: Andrew Read & Eve La-Garde26 August 2011 at St Adeline's, LittleSodbury: Hayley Wiltshire & StuartNorman10 September 2011 at St John's, OldSodbury: Charlene Blackmore & AndrewMacLean

Funerals:12 August 2011: Interment of ashes at StJohn's, Old Sodbury: Georgena EdithEllen Rushent15 August 2011 at St James the Elder,Horton: Peter (Pete) David George Tily7 September 2011 at St John's, ChippingSodbury: Robert Anthony (Tony) Copp8 September 2011 at WesterleighCrematorium: Arthur Sumner14 September 2011 at St Adeline's, LittleSodbury followed by burial at ChippingSodbury: Keith Brownlie

Harvest SupperThis years Harvest Supper at OldSodbury is in the Village Hall on October3rd at 7pm. Please support this as it is inaid of the East Africa Drought Appeal.

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St John's Church,Chipping Sodbury29 November - 4December 20118 weeks to go!Have you got acrib you could

lend us please?Chipping Sodbury will have seen nothinglike it before! We have a camel comingto Chipping Sodbury - parading throughthe street from the Vicarage to theChurch. The Chamber of Trade haskindly sponsored that.Lots of events will be happening at thechurch in addition to the displays ofcribs. So do come along!It's a chance for the church tocommunicate the Christmas story andit's proving to be a really goodopportunity to work with the localcommunity.But we'll need all of you to help asvolunteers either to welcome or guide orserve refreshments in church during theFestival. Paul Jones-Williams will becoming round with a clipboard to enlistyour help, so please offer a bit of yourtime during this Festival. You won'tregret it!

All Souls' Service in StJohn's Chipping

SodburyOur annual service, to which we invite allthose who have lost loved ones, will beon Sunday 30 October at 4pm in StJohn's Church, Chipping Sodbury. Thisis a service for the whole Benefice andeveryone is welcome to attend thisservice.Please note that this year we havechanged the time to 4pm.

JK

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Save the Children EventsAutumn LunchSave the Children Autumn LunchChipping Sodbury Town Hall, CharterSuite,Thursday 6th.October 2011 at 12 noonfor 12.30Guest Speaker Graham Dougan fromThe "Elsa" TrustTickets £12

Christmas celebration in SongAge UK and Save the ChildrenChristmas Celebration in Song.A concert with The Harlequin SingersThursday 8th December 2011 at 7.30pmSt. John's Church, Wickwar Road,Chipping SodburyTickets £6

Tickets for both events, please contactJanet Williams, 01454 886640

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HOLIDAY HOME Bishop Michael's Letter

Broken Society, Broken ChristIn October we have the partyconferences and then the return ofparliament. No doubt in both there will beanalysis of the August riots on our citystreets. Reflecting on what happenedand on things that were said in theimmediate aftermath are important if weare genuinely to learn and to address theissues.

There are some mistakes that are easilyidentified, things said or policies adoptedin the heat of the moment that, inretrospect, we ought to regret. Can itreally make any sense to evict from theirhomes people whose children wereinvolved in rioting, adding to thehomeless population and putting somevulnerable people on the streets? Isthere a real case for putting in prison amother of young children whose solecrime is to receive stolen goods?Although a short sharp experience ofprison might well teach some foolishyoung people a lesson, will sentences ofseveral years in prison really improvethem or society? Christianity with itsconcern for justice and for the poor hasthings to say when we are exploringsuch questions.

More fundamentally we need to explorethe statement that our society is broken,or even sick. Again Christian faith hassomething to say. It talks aboutbrokenness, looks to the brokenness ofJesus on the cross and invites us toshare broken bread, a sign of the fragilityof our lives. Clearly our society is, at acertain level, a fractured one, but theresponse to the riots also showed asociety in which there is solidarity withneighbours, compassion for thesuffering, and respect for one another.

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That impressive gathering of thousandsto honour the three men who died inBirmingham defending their communityshowed that.

The truth is that human nature, thehuman nature of each one of us, is amixture of good and evil. We are fallenhumanity, capable of heroism and oflove, but spoiling it often by selfishnessand sin - and that is a kind of sickness.But that is not just about somedisenchanted "underclass". It is part ofeach one of us. It is why we need aSaviour and have one in Jesus, who wasbroken that we might be put togetheragain.

From the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt.Revd. Michael PerhamTaken from "Our Diocese of Gloucester",which can be seen in full at:www.gloucester.anglican.org

Bishop Michael at LittleSodbury

Sunday 16 October St Adeline's Church,Little Sodbury 6pmThere will be a service of Evensongaccording to the Book of CommonPrayer at which Bishop Michael, ourDiocesan Bishop, will be preaching. Docome along and celebrate the 400thanniversary of the King James Bible.

Benefice ServiceSunday 30 October at 10.30am

Our next Benefice service will be at theend of October at St Adeline's, LittleSodbury. Our preacher will be the newDean of Women Clergy for this Diocese,the Revd. Robbin Clark. Robbin comesfrom the United States of America whereshe has been a priest for many years.She has been in post since last April.

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Saving our Knees at StAdeline's

The hassocksat StAdeline's,LittleSodbury,have beenlooking theworse forwear for sometime.

Nancy Nagle solved the problem byorganising sponsorship for newKneelers. She has persuaded most ofthe congregation to sponsor one or morehassocks. The sponsor chooses thedesign, and if they wished can do theneedlework themselves, as some have,but for others volunteers were found todo the work. The hassocks were thenexpertly put together by Alison Barton toproduce the finished article.On the evening of Wednesday 17thAugust the church held a viewing at StAdeline's to show off the new hassocksand thank all the sponsors. Thehassocks were laid out in front of thealtar, acknowledging the sponsors andmaking a very colourful display. Lightrefreshments and wine were served andabout 40 people attended, viewing thenew kneelers and having a thoroughlyenjoyable evening.Thanks to Nancy, Alison and all theneedle workers (not all ladies).

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Sodbury Vale Benefice Calendar October 2011

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