Falmouth & Penryn Parish News

3:29pm Friday 18th April 2008

FALMOUTH:

MOTHER'S CLUB: Members welcomed Alan and Ann Cox to this month's meeting.

They have been showing slides to members over a number of years, this time was entitled my years in the hardware trade.

Members were shown slides of his shop today and yesteryear, then it was off to Canada to see their tour of hardware shops out there. It was all most interesting.

Alan and Ann were warmly thanked for yet another evening together and the voucher presented as a thank you was handed back to go towards the club's coffee morning of June 28 for Children's Hospice South West Precious Lives Appeal.

It was then a great pleasure to present Alan and Ann with wine, flowers and a retirement card from all the members. They wished them both a long and happy time together.

Next month on May 8, Ben Beckwith from County Hall will talk on waste minimisation at Bosvale Community Centre at 7.30pm.

FLORAL ARRANGEMENT SOCIETY: The March meeting took place at the Athenaeum Hall.

Members and visitors were welcomed by the chairman, Cheryl Riseley, who introduced the speaker, Paul Millet.

Mr Millet is a horticulturist with the Rosewarne Experimental Station, the title of his talk was "collection of daffodils."

He has been interested in daffodils since a small child. During his talk he showed 20 slides of single flowers and 22 of groups growing in his gardens. Those present were greatly interested in his talk and many questions were asked, one being - how many types of daffodils are there? Amazingly he told us about 20,000.

Apart from the slides Paul brought along a great number of a variety of daffodils and at the close of his talk every person present was presented with a bunch to take home, much to their delight. Paul was thanked by Heather Ducker on behalf of those present.

The winner of the members competition entitled "a passion for daffodils" was won by Millie Holmes.

Before the close of the meeting a presentation was made to Heather Ducker, the retiring chairman. Those members who entered the Falmouth Spring Flower Show were congratulated on their winnings.

The next meeting of the society will be held at the Athenaeum Club on Tuesday, May 13 at 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome on admission of £2. The speaker will be Monica Scott and the title of her demonstration will be "the darling buds of May."

Further information and details of the society may be obtained from the secretary Millie Holmes, telephone 01326 314645.

INNER WHEEL CLUB: Mrs Cynthia Millward was the speaker at the April meeting of the club held at the Green Lawns Hotel. She talked of her solo walking pilgrimage from Santander to the shrine at Santiago de Compostela in North West Spain, raising by sponsorship more than £2,600 for Children's Hospice South West.

She spoke about the various caminos, some of the history and legends concerning the shrine, what had inspired her to make the pilgrimage and the necessary planning and logistics involved. Also, she spoke about her personal observations of the people, the way of life, the culture and the parts of the country her northern route had covered. At the end of her talk, Mrs Millward was most warmly thanked by Greta Curnow.

At the business meeting which followed, overseas organiser Margaret Sanders reminded members that the overseas district rally will be held on Thursday, April 17, at the Memorial Hall, Perranwell Station. There will be cakes and bring and buy stalls, the proceeds from which will be donated to a hospital in Ethiopia.

Honorary secretary Valerie Reilly said that a Stroke Awareness Day has been arranged by Falmouth Rotary Club on Saturday, April 26 at the Methodist church on the Moor. A rota of Inner Wheel members has been organised to give assistance.

Winnifred Bennett said that members of Falmouth Guide Dogs committee will be at the King Charles café on Wednesday, April 30, serving coffees and light lunches from 10.30am - 4pm.

President Jean attended the association conference in Blackpool on April 7-9 and she read out the general motions to be considered at the conference, which were discussed and carried. She closed the meeting reminding members of the coffee morning to be held at the Penmere Manor Hotel on Wednesday, April 23 starting at 10.30am. There will be book, cake and bric-a-brac stalls, raffles and a tombola and all proceeds will be shared between the Parkinsons Disease Society, Spectrum (Autism) and other Inner Wheel charities.

ST MARY'S CHURCH: Sunday, April 6 was the third after Easter. During the week, Falmouth and Helston parishes had been officially amalgamated. So preparations were in full swing to celebrate the Helston/Falmouth united parish event, with a full programme in Helston for the morning of Saturday, April 19 and the amalgamation buffet at Penmere Manor Hotel, Falmouth in the evening. Tickets were on sale for this event after the morning mass. Sunday evening prayer was taken by Canon Richard Rutt.

The Brownies met on Monday afternoon. Since the Easter holidays were ended, the new summer term began at St Mary's school on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning the requiem mass was held for Annie Clough. In the evening, meetings continued for those interested in learning more about the Catholic faith. The choir held their practice on Wednesday, and the folk group on Thursday.

On Friday afternoon, the parish meeting for the commitment to the poor was held. For years, a proportion of the parish income has been committed to helping those in need, both in Falmouth and further afield. This has included sponsoring the studies of Vincent Mandala in Malawi. He is now preparing to be ordained Deacon. The parish has also continued to give help to Father Steven Bulambo who was previously sponsored and who now has charge of a large parish in Malawi.

On Friday the group which is preparing for confirmation on May 2 met in the presbytery. On Saturday morning, the younger children who are preparing for their first holy communion attended the morning mass and after this they were able to make their first confession.

Sunday, the fourth after Easter, was Good Shepherd Sunday. The reading from St John's Gospel told how Jesus described himself as the shepherd of the flock, whom the sheep follow because they recognise his voice. Father Jon Bielawski in his homily reminded the parish that this was the Sunday when special prayers were said for vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. This was the concern of everyone in the parish community.

CHURCH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR: This week there will be a service of Holy Communion (1662) at 10.30am on Thursday, when the celebrant will be the Rev Stephen Tudgey. In the afternoon Charlie's Angels, KCM's group for babies and toddlers and their carers, will meet from 1.30 to 3pm. This is a friendly and welcoming group, to join come to the green door to the left of the main porch.

On Sunday there will be a service of Holy Communion (1662) at 8.30am when the celebrant will be Mr Tudgey. He will also be the preacher at both the service of Sung Matins at 10.30am and Sung Evensong at 6pm. We extend a warm welcome to anyone wishing to join us at these services.

The church floodlighting is being sponsored for two weeks from April 13 by Jean Hughes to wish "Peace to the World".

ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH: Fourth Sunday after Easter. The theme of the sung parish mass was the Good Shepherd, one of the titles Jesus gave himself.

In times past, people would have readily understood the life of the shepherd and the use of the sheepfold. Writing in the All Saints Bulletin, Father Stephen Drakeley (priest in charge) questions now that most people in this country live in towns and cities whether or not this is still true, certainly the life Jesus described of the first century middle Eastern farmer would not easily be understood.

Fr Stephen presided at the mass which began with the hymn All for Jesus. After the congregational confessional prayers of penitence, the kyries and gloria in excelsis were sung. Paul Jenkins read the first lesson from Acts Chapter 2, vv 42-47. This sets the scene played out after the day of pentecost when many were baptised and joined the Christian community as a result of the wonders and signs being done by the apostles. A lesson for today's church "All who believed were together and held all things in common". Jim Hall read the second lesson. This was part of the second epistle of Peter chapter 2, vv 19-25. The apostle cites the example of Jesus not returning abuse when he was abused, and commends his readers "For you were going astray like sheep but have now returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls".

Fr Stephen proclaimed the Gospel taken from John chapter 10 vv 1-10. Jesus paints the picture of the thief trying to climb over the wall of the sheepfold and of him leading his sheep to safety. Fr Stephen continued on this theme in his address. When celebrating at the eucharist, he was attended by chalice assistants Helen Bancroft and Claire Drakeley. Servers for the mass were David Fittock and Claire Drakeley.

Sidespersons were Jane McLennan and Ken Eagles. The mass ended with the hymn At the name of Jesus.

The congregation welcomed as guest organist John Sheriff, a former church organist.

Sunday next at 3pm, AGM for parish and church meetings.

PENRYN:

INNER WHEEL: The April Business Meeting of Penryn Inner Wheel Club was opened by President Anne Powell, who welcomed all members and overseas speakers Rotarians Graham and Di Hickman.

They gave a most enlightening talk with slides, on the success and funding by Rotary International of Britain and Ireland of wheelchairs for the desperately disabled and needy overseas.

Graham and Di travelled to Africa to KwaZulu Natal in 2007 for the wheelchair presentation. Not all wheelchairs went to Africa, some went to war torn places such as Kosova.

The illustrations also included work places for women, children's homes, old people's homes, the deprivation and also the successes of ram pump projects to give water for irrigation. All in all it left the club members with provoking thoughts of the appalling conditions we were shown. A gift of thank to the speakers were returned to be raffled in aid of the club's local charities.

After an interval for coffee the business meeting continued with apologies for absences. Eight members attending the district meeting at the Penventon Hotel gave their reports and appreciated the good meal provided, making the whole day most enjoyable.

A number of members will be attending a luncheon with the Mayor of Penryn, councillor Mary May on April 22.

Hilda Maundrell requested the assistance of some members for her annual fund raising Big Breakfast on April 27 and a number of members volunteered to assist at Penryn Rotary Concert at Falmouth Methodist Church on Saturday, April 19.

Noreen reported that she had updated the information on the web site, letters were readout from the Hounslow and Cosham Link Clubs. Hounslow Club had sent a lovely book of verses on friendship which had been collected by one of their members. All arrangements has now been completed for the Overseas Zone Rally to be held at the Perranarworthal Village Hall on Thursday, April 17.

Dorothy Pascoe will host a coffee morning on Wednesday, April 30.

ST GLUVIAS CHURCH: The monthly coffee morning and mini-market held in the Temperance Hall on Friday, raised over £300 for church funds.

Father John Harris was the celebrant and preacher at the Parish Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Vocations Sunday. The first lesson taken from Acts chapter 2 v 19-25 was read by Trevor Wright. The second lesson, the 1st Epistle of Peter chapter 2 v 19-25 was read by Paul Campbell. Fr John proclaimed the gospel according to John chapter 10 v 1-10 and the intercessions were led by Lilian Ferris. Chalice assistants were Father Christopher Firth and John Hodge and the organist was Bob Smith.

The week ahead: Wednesday, 2pm, Tapestry Guild meets in Church; Sunday, The Fifth Sunday of Easter - 8am Low Mass; 10am Parish Mass; 6pm Said Evensong.

Memorabilia wanted, any photographs, artefacts etc of St Gluvias and Penryn for an exhibition of local history to be held in the church in mid June. Where appropriate, items will be photocopied and the originals returned before the display.

METHODIST CHURCH: Cool Christian Cats - teenagers from the Falmouth Circuit have been doing various activities at their meetings since Christmas.

At the start of the new year an evening was spent making tomato and lentil and vegetable soup. Both were very tasty and the group enjoyed eating them with fresh bread rolls.

A karaoke and games evening was good fun with everyone having a go at singing and playing pool. More serious evenings have been discussions on Christian topics, including "Did Jesus really rise from the dead?"

All of the evenings have been enjoyed by the teenagers, and their leaders, with a relaxed fun atmosphere and there is plenty planned for the coming months, starting with the group making home-made sweets to sell at the Spring Fayre.

The churches annual spring fayre was held on Saturday, attended by the Town Mayor, councillor Mary May. A successful morning, enjoyed by a large number of people with many winners of the giant raffle. "Guess the weight of the cake" was won by Bethany Wilkinson.

The young peoples competitions were "Spring Collage" the first group age 3-5 years was won by Ella May. In the 6-8 years group the winners were: 1. Niamh Lister; 2, Tegan Lister. The Spring Flower arrangement in an unusual container in the 9-12 years category: 1, Bethany Wilkinson; 2, Megan Richards; 3, Abigail Lilly. In the 13 years and over: 1, Emma Robinson and Bethany Trapp; 2, Jenna Bawden; 3, Katie Townsend and Jenny King. Over £400 was raised for church funds.

Rosalind Lyle led the service on Sunday morning with Myra Bennett providing the accompaniment for the hymns from Mission Praise and hymns and psalms.

Mrs Lyle's sermon was based on the readings which took the form of dialogue with Alan Darville playing the part of John, David Kneebone was Peter and Andy Pollard took the part of Jesus and were taken from the Gospel of St John, chapter 21 v 1-22.

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