CONTACTS: Interregnum.
Vicarage: 27, rue de Malvoisine, 85110 St Vincent Sterlanges:
Phone no: 02 51 46 39 51 e-mail address: [email protected].
During the Interregnum and/or in case of emergency, please contact any of the following: President
Barbara Kenyon Phone no: 02 51 40 51 59, email: [email protected] Church Warden:
Polly Ward: Phone no: 02 28 13 01 93, email: [email protected] Assistant Church Wardens:
Margaret Kent (PdS) Phone no: 05 49 72 27 72, email: [email protected] Tonie Chandler (LCA) email: [email protected]
Lay Reader: John Matthews: Phone no: 05 49 75 29 71, e-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.allsaintsvendee.fr
Thanks once again to Revd Hazel Door for contributing our Preface.
Preface Dear Friends,
I want to share a part of my life journey with you. Well my church life any way. Many years ago, a church warden invited me to become a sidesperson, and I promptly said no! Well you do don’t you? It went without saying that Tom, Dick or Harry could do it better, of course. I thought little more about it, then I was asked again….and again. Still saying no.
But God had other plans. I willingly agreed to serve on the Council, then I learnt that it meant taking a turn at being sidesperson as part of that responsibility.
But God wasn’t finished.
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February 2018
Seven years later I took over as Secretary to the PCC. Became a member of Archdeaconry synod, then Diocesan Synod, truthfully, I was “churched” out by the time we moved to France.
But God wasn’t finished. Total change of scene.
We were able to worship just once a month, (in the town of Cognac). It quickly became obvious that was not enough. This time I listened to God’s call. Together with 5 others and building on that Cognac congregation, with the support of ICS, the chaplaincy of Poitou‐Charentes and the Vendée came into being. In 1998 I was licensed as a pastoral assistant.
But God wasn’t finished. You all know the rest of my story…..
Okay so why have I shared this with you? Well, in the hope that next time you are invited to be a welcomer, or help make the coffee, or read a lesson, or lead prayers, or even lead worship, you will give serious consideration to the proposal.
God calls us all to serve him, in all kinds of ways.
Sunday services depend not on the priest, but on each and every one of us.
Just one example: I imagine that nearly everyone enjoys the fellowship which happens after the service over the coffee, for some folk it may be their only interaction with others for the whole week. But it is only possible because someone cares enough to make the coffee.
Each of us has a role to play. Take the time to listen very carefully, you may hear God calling you to a particular ministry, for ministry it is. Remember that whatever God calls us to do, he equips us for that role, through life experience, through and with the support of others.
Please, please, give serious consideration to volunteering for one of the many roles that go toward our Sunday worship. Talk with those who already undertake the job, what seems complicated really isn’t. Without a large, willing team of helpers, our Sunday worship may not happen, and All Saints, Vendée may easily cease to exist.
So it’s over to you, next time you are invited to do a “job” in Church, why not say a resounding AMEN?
Hazel
Please join us ... ...for Tea, Coffee & Biscuits after our services,
followed by a Bring & Share Lunch. Everyone is welcome to join us
- even if you have not brought anything, there is always enough to go round! Unfortunately, when there is a service on the fifth Sunday in the month, the hall is not always available
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If you are a Reader, please check with the Worship Leader or Church Warden
for any last minute changes
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February 2018 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Sunday 11.00 HC La Chapelle Palluau 5th Monday - Deux-Sèvres Bible Study Group at the home of Bill and Carole
Stocking (Please phone: 05 49 06 05 85) 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th Sunday 11.00 MW Puy de Serre 12th Monday - Deux-Sèvres Bible Study Group at the home of Bill and Carole
Stocking (Please phone: 05 49 06 05 85) 13th 14th Ash Wednesday 1600 HC Puy de Serre 15th 16th 17th 18th Sunday 11.00 HC La Chapelle Achard 19th Monday - Deux-Sèvres Bible Study Group at the home of Bill and Carole
Stocking (Please phone: 05 49 06 05 85) 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Sunday 11.00 HC Puy de Serre 26th Monday - Deux-Sèvres Bible Study Group at the home of Bill and Carole
Stocking (Please phone: 05 49 06 05 85) 27th 28th
Restoration work to be carried out at Puy de Serre.
There is still no definite news with regard to the location of services for the congregation at Puy de Serre but it is possible that work
may start before the end of March. Please view the website for updates.
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REVISIONOFTHEASVELECTORALROLL
The Electoral Roll is essentially a "register" of all eligible members of the congregations of a church who then have a right to attend the Annual Meeting, vote at this meeting for motions and elections, and stand for election to council or other offices. The number of people on the Electoral Roll also affects how many Council members can be elected at the Annual meeting. It is the duty of the Electoral Roll Officer to compile and revise the Roll and to maintain the confidentiality of the information ‐ publishing only an "extract" when necessary.
There is a strict timetable for the annual revision based upon the date of the Annual Meeting which this year will take place on March 24th 2018. I am therefore required to revise the Roll no earlier than the 24th February and no later than the 9th March. Once the revision has been made the Roll is "frozen" until after the Annual Meeting. If anyone wishes to be added ( or removed) from the ASV Roll please contact me as soon as possible. Application Forms for enrolment can be obtained from me or one of the Wardens.
Chris Green Electoral Roll Officer [email protected]
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Responsibility (Organiser)
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YourChurchwardenPollyWardwritesfrom"TheEast":
Here we are looking at the beginning of February already and it doesn’t seem 5minutes since Christmas – but, I believe that we are looking at a year of great changes for All Saints Vendée and it is up to us to decide what will change and in what direction.
Firstly, we will be saying goodbye to 2 couples who have played a large part in our recent development. By the time you read this Keith and Anthea will be at their last service in La Chapelle Achard and Suzanne and Simon will be following soon after them. We wish them all well in their new adventures
This means that we are now short of 1 warden and will soon be lacking a Treasurer. Please give some thought to this situation and whether you can help.
In the East, our problems concern ‘accommodation’. You may have heard that the church at Puy de Serre will be closing for a long time for repairs. It seems likely that this will be before the end of March. We are expecting to hold our services in the salle which will mean that we will have to put up the tables and move all the chairs round after the service is finished. I hope you will all lend a hand with this extra work.
I am sure that we will all soon get used to the new arrangements and help in every way you can. I look forward to these changes – life is never about standing still, isn’t that what we have found? Polly Ward
Your Assistant Churchwarden TonieChandlerwritesfrom"TheWest":
Dear Friends
Happy New Year to you all. I hope you have been able to celebrate the start of 2018 without catching the flu bug which is going around.
The start of the year is not a particularly good one for ASV, especially here in the West. During our service at Chapelle Achard this Sunday (21st January) we will be saying farewell to Keith and Anthea, as they move back to the UK. During the past few years, Keith, supported by Anthea, has worked very hard to support All Saints Vendee. He has been Church Warden, Communications Officer, Worship Leader, and computer operator, as well as contributing to many other activities, especially in our Home Church group. We will miss them both very much, and wish them well in their new adventures in England. Thank you Keith for all you have done for us.
Jo, sadly, has had to resign from all her roles due to health problems. Jo, thank you so much for all you have done over the years – Church Warden, Worship Leader, organiser, and many other innumerable roles, too many to count. We pray for God to restore you back to health as quickly as possible, and hope that you and Brian will continue to join us for services and social events whenever you are able. We will also shortly be losing Suzanne and Simon as they move to Finistère in March. This means that we will be looking for a new Treasurer, and again another Worship Leader to replace Suzanne, and a Musician to take over from Simon. How can we fill their places?
Our Home Church continues to thrive, even though we are losing some of our members. We have an informal service led by one of the group, followed by an enjoyable shared lunch. On Friday 2nd March, we will be holding the World Day of Prayer service at the home of Chris & Tonie Chandler at 11 am. Everyone is welcome to come and join us. (There will be some cakes made to the Suriname recipe!!) Tonie Chandler (Assistant Church Warden)
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Hazel opened the meeting with prayers and the minutes of the previous meeting were accepted and signed by Barbara. In Matters arising it was decided the profits from the Marché de Noel would go to All Saints Vendée. It was pointed out that we had donated €5000 to Charities in 2017 and there was to be an increase in the Common Fund which we would have to find. Mike Mylod asked to be included as a Worship Leader again. There were only two replies to the request for help for the Vicarage and its garden, very disappointing. The Marché de Noel raised €2343 (pre costs), well done everyone. Safeguarding, Anne asked that, regardless of previous history and jobs, anyone involved with ASV in dealing with our parishioners should complete the forms and follow the training where appropriate. Tonie will stand in for Keith, when he leaves, as Church Warden in the West. Keith was thanked for all he has done in his time with All Saints. There is no progress in the search for a new Priest. Further discussion on where we meet when Puy de Serre is closed for repairs will take place. Social. There will be a Quiz on 1st Dec. The date for the AGM is set as 24th March 2018, at 2pm in the usual room in Les Essarts. Hazel will collect various registers and AGM information when she is in UK. The next meeting would be 18th Jan 2018. Meeting closed at 1250h with The Grace
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Prayer List
In our prayers this month, we remember:
Chris and Dawn (friends of Polly) David and Chris (friends of Richard and Marian) Joan Pam and Brian Pat and Roy Dick Jo and Brian Henriette at LCP
...and for the recently bereaved and their families: Dick Bernard Mike Janet Barbara, Joe and Molly
David Pearson
[If you would like a name to be added to the Prayer List, please contact David]
This month, David has contributed Part 3 of:
"Outside the Book"
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November/December 2017 Combined Income and Expenditure for
All Saints Vendée
Congregation numbers are unavailable as that information is with the Auditor.
Income (combined November/December) was: 5281.81 Euros (which included 2426.50 Euros from the Marche de Noel
and 315 Euros from a quiz in December)
Expenditure (combined November/December) was: 2460.74 Euros
On behalf of the PCC, thank you all for your support and generosity and, with regard to the Marche de Noel and the Quiz,
for all the hard work.
Suzanne Patterson ‐ Treasurer ASV
A reminder that as Suzanne and Simon will be leaving us
next month, the search is on for a Treasurer for ASV. If you feel you could help at this crucial time, please contact
any member of the Church Council, or me at: [email protected]. ps. As you will have guessed, as Simon will be leaving as
well, the search is on for a Musician ‐ keyboard and/or guitar. If you feel you can help, please contact me.
Don't forget...... if you missed last week's service,
it is possible to read the sermon on line. Simply go to the website and click on
PREVIOUS SERMONS www.allsaintsvendee.fr
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Choice
Do we have a choice ? Are we free to choose ?
Intuitively, it feels as if we can choose, decide for ourselves whether to do one thing or another or simply sit on the fence and do nothing.
On the other hand, is what we do determined by who we are, by how we were brought up and by our prejudices ?
Then again, what about addiction; those who have to smoke; those who have to drink; those who have to gamble ? Nicotine, alcohol and all those drugs I’ve never tried, even when I was at university at the end of the Sixties, can compel us to have a drag or a glass or a quick fix. And what about those who have to place a bet ? I bet I must have done sometime long ago ! (Lotto ergo sum)
I don’t think you can make anyone love you however much you might like them but is the one we love, our soul mate, predetermined by our gender, our upbringing and the way we see the one we love ?
And if salvation is open to all, surely there is the possibility of saying yes or no to God. Personally, I don’t buy into predestination, that there are those among us who are bound to be saved whereas there are those among us who are beyond the spiritual pale and will never be let in to paradise whatever they think or do.
Personally, I do like the idea that we all have a destiny but, to my mind, we are free to buy into it or reject it.
So what do you think ? And are you free to let Jacqui know or not ?
Gareth Randall,
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Outside the Book “In the beginning was the Word,
And the Word was with God, And the Word was God…”
Familiar words at Christmas time, but it’s an intriguing passage. In my copy, the opening of John’s Gospel is sub-headed:
“The Prologue: The Eternal Word.” The pedant in me wants to ask: “If the Word is eternal, how can it it have a beginning?” I’m no theologian, but I suspect the answer has to do with turning the eternal, the infinite into something our finite minds can grasp. It’s no surprise that, to this day, Jewish writers will talk about G-d, expressed in that mysterious way, not so much because it’s against the Torah to fully express the name of God but as a reminder of the impossibility of doing so. Stepping outside the book again, here are the opening words of the Tao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese book of wisdom:
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.
The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
This is more than just interesting. Chinese translations of the Bible read: “In the beginning was the Tao…” “The Word…” in English translations is derived from the Greek word Logos. “Tao" is a term used for concepts central or fundamental to many Chinese and eastern philosophies, where it is comparable to some notions of Logos, the Monad, or God, in western philosophies.” I suppose it all comes back to this idea of trying to express the inexpressible, the value of silence. I’ll leave the last word with William Penn: “The humble, meek, merciful, just, pious and devout souls are everywhere of one religion… …the less form in religion the better, since God is a Spirit; for the more mental our worship, the more adequate to the nature of God; the more silent, the more suitable to the language of the spirit.”
Happy New Year to you all,
David. David Pearson
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Remembrance Day at the Halifax Crash Site and The Cemetery at Angles
I sent photos and details of the services which ASV held in Angles on Remembrance Day. I received this acknowledgment from The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.....
To: All Saints Vendée
Dear Mrs. Stainton‐James,
Thank you for your email which was forwarded to our office in Ieper, Belgium, as we are responsible for the care and maintenance of the Commonwealth War Cemeteries and Memorials in the Western European Area, to which France also belongs.
We highly appreciate your endeavour to commemorate our fallen heroes. It is heart warming to know that these soldiers will never ever be forgotten.
Also, your kind words about our work and the upkeep of our sites are highly appreciated. It gives an immense boost to the Commission’s staff to receive such positive feedback and to hear that their work is valuable. We all take great pride in our work and it will be a further encouragement to us to learn we are spoken so highly of. We promise you we shall do our utmost best to perpetuate the maintenance of the cemeteries and memorials.
We would like to thank you and we wish you all the best !
Kind regards,
Jean‐Baptiste Hintjens Information Centre Advisor, Western European Area ( WEA ) Commonwealth War Graves Commission ref:_00D24Kljz._500241zP0GG:ref
Christmas Greetings to All Saints Vendée from Revd Clifford and Jean Poole:
May we send you by e‐mail every blessing and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. May we and all the world be blessed with the peace we all long for.
Thank you too for sending the news letter. It is good to hear that it is going well with you despite the absence of a permanent chaplain.
Please convey all our best wishes for Christmas to everyone in the chaplaincy.
All best wishes Cliff and Jean
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Exhibition of Christmas Cribs at Faymoreau
After the rush of Christmas, it was a real treat to visit the Church of St. Louis in Faymoreau where we discovered an Exhibition of Cribs from Around the World.
We didn't know what to expect so were delighted when we walked into the church to find the pews on both sides of the aisle covered with cribs from around the world ‐
there was even a crib built inside an igloo!
Each scene had been lovingly constructed using minute traditional construction materials, bricks and tiles, representing villages in the local area; there was even a model train set running round the coalmine buildings at Faymoreau.
Stuart and I were particularly fascinated by the representation of "our" church in Puy de Serre and so asked if we could take photos. If you know Puy de Serre, you will recognise the interior photo of the church (with a minute crib scene set in front of the altar). Bear in mind that the doorway on the model is less
than 6 inches high so the detail is extraordinary and all to scale.
Whilst taking our photos, a gentleman approached us and admitted to being the designer and constructor of these models and scenes. We talked about our services at Puy de Serre and he was delighted to tell us that he had been married at the church in 1968 and would be celebrating 50 years of marriage this coming April, so the little wedding couple outside the doors of the model church were him and his wife!
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If you would like to see more of the complete exhibition, including the crib in an igloo, click on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW9uMwvF3co
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