SOUTH KILWORTH NEWS June 2011 No. 409 DIARY ADVANCE NOTICE Friday 16 th & Saturday 17 th September “Fawlty Towers” Village Hall Saturday 8 th October 10 year Village Hall Celebrations Village Hall Saturday 5 th November Bonfire Night Village Hall / Playing Field Saturday 19 th November Safari Supper Saturday 3 rd December Church Bazaar Village Hall Saturday 17 th December Children’s Party Village Hall The South Kilworth News is edited by Ann Saunders Please send copy for the July edition by 23 rd June to Ann Saunders Smithy House, Welford Road Tel: 575 338 Email: am.saunders@v irgin.net Wed 1 st Mobile Library (School 12.00, Leys Crescent 12.30, North Road 12.50) Thur 2 nd 19.00 Art Club, Village Hall 19.00 LPG Fuel meeting, Village Hall 19.30 Ascension Day Deanery Service, Arnesby Fri 3 rd 19.00 First Friday, White Hart Mon 6 th 18.30 – 19.15 Football, Village Hall / Playing Field 19.00 Parish Council Meeting, Village Hall Tue 7 th 10.00 MaMites, Village Hall Thur 9 th 19.00 Art Club, Village Hall Sun 12 th 09.45 Pentecost, Family Service, St Nicholas Church Mon 13 th 18.30 – 19.15 Football, Village Hall / Playing Field Tue 14 th 09.30 Weekday Holy Communion, St Nicholas Church 10.00 MaMites, Village Hall Wed 15 th Mobile Library (School 12.00, Leys Crescent 12.30, North Road 12.50) 20.00 South Kilworth Ladies, Glebe House Thur 16 th 19.00 Art Club, Village Hall Sat 18 th 11.00 – 1 7.00 NGS Open Gardens , Croft Acr e, The B elt and Oak Tree House, North Kilworth Road Sun 19 th 09.45 Trinity Sunday, Holy Communion, St Nicholas Church Mon 20 th 18.30 – 19.15 Football, Village Hall / Playing Field Tue 21 st MaMites Day Out WI Outing, Toft Alpaca Park, Dunchurch Thur 23 rd 12.00 Luncheon Club, Village Hall 19.00 Art Club, Village Hall Sat 25 th 11.00 – 17.00 NGS Open Gardens , Croft Acr e, The B elt and Oak Tree House, North Kilworth Road Sun 26 th 10.30 1 st Sunday after Trinity, Avon Swift Holy Communion, Stanford Mon 27 th 18.30 – 19.15 Football, Village Hall / Playing Field Tue 28 th 10.00 Marmites, Village Hall Wed 29 th Mobile Library (School 12.00, Leys Crescent 12.30, North Road 12.50) School “Ragtex” collection
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TEAM VICAR’S LETTER
Following the Voice of the Good Shepherd
I’ve just spent a happy few minutes crawling around on the floor with some toddlers in Gilmorton
Church. We pretended to be sheep and took it in turns to play the shepherd. The shepherd’s job was to
keep the sheep safely in the fold by lying across the doorway at ‘night’, then to wake them up and call
them out of the fold before leading them all around the church in search of ‘grass’ and clean water. The
shepherd had a hard task!
The image of Jesus being the Good Shepherd and we his cared-for sheep is a powerful one with which
many of us will be familiar. Perhaps it has even more resonance out here in our country parishes where
there really are sheep and lambs all around us, grazing in fields or churchyards, or poking their noses
through fences to try to get into gardens! There is a great sense of comfort in believing that each of us
matters to God who cares for us, who calls us by name and leads us to find life through him – life which
continues even beyond the gate of death.
There is a challenge for all of us in this, though. It may be tempting to stay with the image of being kept
safe in the sheepfold with the shepherd lying across the door. However, in order to grow in faith and to
discover God’s true life for us we need to be called out from the fold onto the hillside, called by name by
our Good Shepherd who will lead us to the places where we shall be fed and watered. Each one of us is
urged by God to listen for his voice calling us by name. Sometimes this comes in a dramatic flash, as
happened to St Paul on the Damascus road. More often, people gradually get a sense of God’s voice
calling to them over a longer period of time, perhaps years, until they are sure enough to be able to takethe steps towards his voice, and in faith terms that is when the real adventure begins!
The image of the Good Shepherd is also applicable to the Church as a whole. The Church of England
faces many different challenges currently, and one of them is the need to reduce the number of
stipendiary (paid) clergy in the next few years. In this diocese we are considering how to do this through
the ‘2020 Vision for Mission and Ministry’. In this deanery we need to reduce the current 11 stipendiary
ministers to 9.5 by 2020. The first draft of a plan towards this end has just been published. It includes
some new ideas, some opportunities and also some challenges, but it is clear that there will need to be
changes in the way we think about church.
We need as many people as possible to join in the discussions about the best way forward. Please contact
me, Jane Kennedy or Sam Lloyd to see the 2020 Vision Plan or to add your thoughts to the discussion.
We may be resistant to change, or scared by the prospect of it. We may wish to stay out of harm’s way in
the sheepfold. However, God, the Good Shepherd calls us out to receive his life. We do not know where
he will lead us but if we stay close to the Good Shepherd we shall not stray in the wrong direction. God
longs only to give us his life and if we follow him we have nothing to fear, and everything to live for.
Revd Emma DaviesAll enquiries regarding Church matters should be directed to:-The Revd. Emma Davies, The Vicarage, 5 Church Lane, Gilmorton, Telephone:-01455 556 573
The Revd Jane Kennedy, 17 Cromwell Close, Walcote, Lutterworth, Telephone: 01455 554 065
rdMay between 1pm and 6pm the goal posts were vandalized again. This time beyond
repair and have been taken down for safety reasons. Due to this there will be NO facility for Groups 2 &
3, for the time being. The cost to replace the goals will be about £250; the village hall can no longer just
keep replacing things which are vandalized. Perhaps the person(s) who did this, tell their parents and in
turn they pay the £250 to replace the goals.
Michael Murphy
OIL & GAS PRICE UPDATE – GOOD NEWS!Hands up if you’d like to pay £40.5p per litre for your LPG?My apologies for not getting anything posted since February – although no update has been given, things
have definitely been going on in the background!
I’ve been focusing on the LPG prices, as these seemed to be the biggest issue. As a result, a range of
suppliers have all submitted their ‘best price’, which spreads from 40.5p per litre to 43.5p per litre.
A meeting is being held at the Village Hall on THURSDAY 2nd JUNE, at 7pm. to decide which
offer to proceed with (it’s almost, but not quite as easy as just price)
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO GET INVOLVED! If you’d like to be a part of this deal, all you need to do is turn up at the Village Hall at 7pm on 2
ndJune
and have the deals explained to you fully by me.If you’re unable to make the meeting (I appreciate it’s bank holiday week) then please do let me know
ASAP that you’d like to benefit from the negotiated price and you can still be included – not being able to
attend the meeting just means you won’t be able to influence which supplier the group goes with.
If we get enough additional people interested, we may even be able to get the price down even lower – the
prices quoted at the minute are based on the usage of people currently expressing an interest in the deal.
This is not a profit-making venture, just a group of villagers who want to get together topay a more sensible price for their LPG – it’ll cost you nothing!Even if you’re tied in to your current supplier, you may well still be able to benefit from this deal – come
down to the meeting to find out more.Feel free to email me with any questions you may have, or to let me know that you want to benefit but
can’t make the meeting.
Hopefully by the next issue I’ll be able to let you know what the final deal was.Thanks Sarah Langeveld
Do you seem to have endless ‘to do’ lists floating around in your head? Are you finding it difficult to
relax and sleep? Easily distracted? Want to be able to concentrate and improve performance? Learn to
meditate!
A new meditation and relaxation class is starting in North Kilworth Village Hall. The class will be once amonth, the last Sunday, at 7pm for 1 hour at a minimum donation of £3. All profits go to Sue’s chosen
charity for 2011 – MacMillan Cancer Support.
Don’t worry if you can’t sit cross-legged or get down on the floor...we have some chairs! Everyone is
welcome. Simply bring an open mind, some warm clothes or blanket and a cushion to sit on.
Any questions or want to find out more about what goes on in a meditation class give Sue a call on 01858
