ALL SAINTS COL3SHILL VILLAGE NEWSLETTER No. 11.
January 1967
We were all delighted to have Mr. Holder with us at Christmas
and sincerely hope that he will take full advantage of his period of
convalescence in order to regain complete health and strength.
The following is an extract from a letter which he wrote from
hospital on December 15th:-
"My Dear People,
Since my last letter to you in these parish notes, I have had so
many kind letters of enquiry from you to which I have not been able to
reply individually that I have decided this month to try to thank you
all for your kind letters, cards, books and beautiful potplants. They
are all greatly appreciated"
Mr. Holder tells of his progress and continues -
"As the collect for Advent II reminds us, it is G-od who has caused all
Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, that we, through comfort
of the Holy ^ord might have life and hold fast the hope of everlasting
life.
G-od's word is G-od1 s &ift to us, the most precious thing that the
world affords. Let us pray that we may indeed be a people of His Book,
and pray in the words of the Litany, "From contempt of Thy Hollf Word,
G-ood Lord deliver us. That it may please Thee to give all Thy people
increase of grace to hear meekly Thy word and to receive it with pure
affection and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit"".
Mr. Holder adds his best wishes for a happy and joyous new year.
NEW ARKEVAL
On December 28th to Mr. & Mrs. Desmond Bungey, a son.
IN IdEMORIAM
All Saints Church and Coleshill village have suffered a sad loss
in the death of Richard Field.
A Northcountryman by birth, he lived all his married life in Coleshill
and for many years wasasffa-s a most reliable sidesman of the Church.
Our deepest sympathy gees to his wife and to his mother who nursed
him so devotedly.
SERVICES jfl? AL • J SAEHTS. COLESHILL
The Church Committee has aimed to provide a Holy Communion
Service at Coleshill every Sunday and in order to avoid a
clash of commitments in case of energency, Parish Communion
will be held at All Saints every Sunday at 9.00a.m. until
further notice.
In addition, Evensong will be held on the 2nd. and 4th
Sundays of each month.
Sunday School will be held at. .10.00a.m. every Sunday,
in compliance with nuaerous requests which have been received
from time to time. Uatil now it has not been possible to
meet these wishes.
All Saints Annual General Meeting will be held at
Coleshill School on Monday 23rd January at 8.30p.m. and it
is hoped that as many parishioners as possible will attend.
' CHORC-OIXMBRS
Any members of the congregation who are willing to be
responsible for the flowers in Church on any particular
Sunday or Sundays are asked to put their names against the
appropriate date or dates on the list which will be displayed
in the Church porch. This may provide an occasion to pay a
tribute to G-od in memory of a special day or anniversary.
Small or large arrangements will be equally welcome
and Miss S. Boston will be happy to answer any queries, for
example, about vases or containers.
The Church, Chapel and School Carol Services were happy
preludes to the Christmas celebrations but there seemed less
than the usual number of house-to-house carol parties. It
is hoped that the observance of this traditional custom will
be resumed next year.
THE OXJpRD OR TRACT ARIAN MOVEMENT
In view of the interest shown in the article on Coleshill
Church by John Betjeman in the last Newsletter, the following is
reproduced fron "Yftiat's What - A Complete G-uide to the Church of
England" by P.B.Chancellor, published by Howbrays -
"The Oxford or Traotarian Movement was initiated in 1833 by
John Keble's sermon on national apostasy, preached before the
Judges of Assize at Oxford in July of that year. There followed
the first of the 'Tracts for the Times' written by various men,
including Newman, Froud3 and Pusey, who shared Keble's views.
The Movement was dasigned as a defence of the Church of England
as a Divine institution and of the doctrine of the Apostolic
Succession. It was a "iiigh Church" protest against the low Church,
an insistence on Englisi Catholicism in reaction to the Evangelical
revival. It may be sail to have ended in 1845 when Newman and
others in the Movement rere received into the Church of Rome, but
its influence was consilerable and has lasted.
The Oxford Movement has no connection whatsoever with the
Oxford &roup, the name jiven - for some extraordinary reason - to
a movement founded in 1938 by a Lutheran American of Swiss descent,
Frank Buchnaa (b.1878), but more properly called Buchmanisia or
Moral Re -armament (M.R.1.)".
CAKE COMPETITION
. - A number of old folk^and also aVRushymede and Coleshill House
benefitted from a man-made cake competition organised by Mrs.
Stanton on December l?ta.
With the exception of a hard-baked doorstep, the 17 or so
confections were surprisingly delectable and the champion Chef's
cap and apron were awarded to Mr. ¥. Houlton for an iced model
of the Red Lion, where the judging took place. The runners-up
were E. Stiel and J. B. Robinson.
After one entry hai been disqualified, the booby prize went
to Mr. L. &. Stanton for a burnt offering, and the delicacies were
then sold for the benefit of the cause in a spirited auction
conducted by Mr. Ruperti.
Tues. Jan 3
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Tues. Feb 7
Sisterhood - Mrs. I. Spooner
Mobile Library Van - Coleshill
W.I. Miss Miles - "Moral Welfare"
Parish Counoil Meeting 8.15.p.m.
Sisterhood - Revd. 3. Chaabers
Mobile Library Van - Coleshill
Mothers' Union, Chapel Hall} winchnore Hill. Speaker:
Miss Bangay "A Quiet Tine in Church"
ALL SAINTS - ANNUAL &ENZRAL M3STIN3- 8.30p.a. in
Coleshill School.
Sisterhool. Open neeting with Bring and Buy stall.
ST. MARY'S .iHERSHAM with ALL SAINTS, COLSSHILL
Annual General Meeting.
Again our young musicians are to be congratulated upon passing
the examinations of the .Issoci itecl Board of Royal Schools of Music
with high marks. Lorna Pusey passed G-rade V Theory of Musio and
Wendy Weller &rade V flute.
EDITORIAL
As predicted, it was not practicable to produce this issue
before the end of the year, but every effort will be aade to
publish tb«February edition before the end of January.
The Editor thanks contributors who have helped in the past
and asks for their forgiveness when he has mutilated copy.
He will be grateful if Hon. Secretaries will let hin have
as long notice as possible of all annual general meetings and
suggests with great humility that they should try now to coordinate
on the dates when they hope to hold local functions.
rmnirrtfeKDEH- 0. Saunders, Chapel Cottage, Coleshdll
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