K I n g s w o o d    G r a p e v i n e

Issue No. 118                                                                                                                              SEPTEMBER 2007     

Editors: Diane White (843783) & Gill Hemming (842734)

 

D a t e s   F o r   Y o u r   D i a r y

 

Sat            1st          Sept                        Kingswood Showday                                          Playing Field                                                         1.00pm

Mon          3rd            “                            Mobile Police Station                                          Chipping                                                             11.30am

Tues       11th            “                            W.I.                                                                         Village Hall                                                           7.30pm

Sun         16th            “                            Mobile Police Station                                          Chipping                                                             11.30am

Fri           28th            “                            World’s Biggest Coffee Morning                      Ridgeway, Wickwar Road                     10am-12.30pm

OCTOBER  ISSUE  DEADLINE:              FRIDAY  28th SEPTEMBER

 

 

Kingswood Post Office and Stores

Due to refurbishment the village shop will be closed from Monday 3rd September – Tues 11th September. We will continue to trade in a limited capacity from the Old School Rooms.

Unfortunately the Post Office has to close temporarily. We apologise for any inconvenience caused but hope you will understand that this refurbishment is very much needed and long overdue.

 

KINGSWOOD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

At the end of July our Pastor, Rev Philip Hopes, retired.  He has served our church unfailingly for the last 35 years.  The membership wishes him a very happy and contented retirement.  If you need to contact us please do so by telephoning our Church Secretary, Jennie Amesbury on 01453 842803 or by emailing linandnorv@yahoo.co.uk.


Our Sunday Services will be held at 10.30am and 6.00pm.
Kings Kids and Crèche meet from 10.30am on Sundays.
Bible Study is at 8.00pm on Tuesdays. We hold prayer meetings on Tuesdays at 7.30pm, Fridays at 9.00pm and Saturdays at 8.00am.
Kings Kidz re-starts on Thursday, 6 September at 10.15am. Zion Club re-starts on Monday, 10 September at 6.30pm.

 

Please note that all our services and activities will be held in the Lower School Room during September while repairs are carried out on the ceiling of the chapel.


We will be running at Pastoral Care/Introduction to Counselling Course starting Wednesday, 26 September at 7.00pm in the Lower School Room.  If you would like more information please contact Victoria on 01454 314181
Please visit our stand with your children at Show Day when we will be carrying on the theme from the successful Landlubbers Holiday Club, hunting for hidden treasure.

Nia Dancing

Do you enjoy Dancing? Join the group of local people who love dancing

Kingswood Village Hall every Wednesday. (Term time ONLY) 8pm to 9pm
every Wednesday 6.30pm to 7.30 pm 
 STARTING August 15th.
Suitable for any age, gender or dancing ability!!
Kick off your shoes and dance your cares away.

For more details contact Chris Davis

on 01453 842994 or visit my website
www.niadance.co.uk

 

KINGSWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY  Contact Sheila Alexander, The Old Plume 843398 or alexplume@freeuk.com   

THURSDAY 4TH OCTOBER - ‘Battle Re-Enactment’ presented by local couple Chris Jones and Frances Hemmingway at the village hall commencing at 7.30pm. 

THURSDAY 8TH NOVEMBER - Our AGM followed by a fascinating illustrated talk by Ann Bayliss from Gatcombe about ‘The River Severn and Salmon Fishing.’  Further information and ticket reservations nearer the time. 

 

KINGSWOOD ABBEY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

September 11th is an Open Meeting with visitors welcome to Brian Bailey’s talk on ‘Attracting Wild Life to the Garden’. We meet at the village hall at 7.30pm.

 
KINGSWOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH                    

The Police Information Point is available in the Post Office should you wish to report any problem to be followed up.

The mobile police station dates are as follows; - Monday 3rd and Sunday 16th September 11.30am on the Chipping.

ST MARY'S PARISH CHURCH   .

The main event in September will undoubtedly be the Commissioning Service for the Rev. Viv Kerner, which will take place here at St Mary's in Kingswood at 4 pm on Sunday 9th September.  We hope that everyone connected in any way with St Mary's will come along to this great celebration.  Below we have a first message from Viv, written immediately after she and Steve had moved into the Rectory at Charfield and whilst the after-effects of the flooding were still being experienced in and around Gloucester.

Sunday Services for September

  2nd Sept         11.00 am           Parish Eucharist (John Bishop of Tewkesbury)

  9th Sept            4.00 pm          Commissioning Service for Rev Viv Kerner

16th Sept          11.00 am           Parish Eucharist

23rd Sept          11.00 am           Family Service with Holy Baptism 

30th Sept          11.00 am           Harvest Service

 

Our joint Harvest Supper with our friends from the Congregational Church will be on Saturday 29th September in the Village Hall.

 

A message from Viv Kerner 

On reading the last copy of the 'Grapevine' I was delighted to read of my welcome as the new priest for Kingswood (and Charfield). I've moved down from Hardwicke, where we had no water other than rain, and have been inundated by family, older (mother) and younger, as they wanted to wash!!. I have also met several members of the Kingswood PCC and enjoyed a social evening trying to learn new names and faces. That's only the tip of the iceberg; of course, as there are many hundreds of you still to meet. I'm looking forward to my Licensing at St Mary's and hope to be out and about to meet you soon after that. If you see a 'dog collar' on a Gladys Emanuel type bike, then do stop me and say hello. If you're passing The Rectory, do call in and introduce yourselves. Best wishes, Viv Kerner.

 

 
Tubbs Turf News

A huge thank you to everyone who supported us on Finals Day in July – we struck lucky with the weather and had a rare hot & sunny day, fantastic tennis matches to watch (well done all those who played), a competitive table tennis tournament, and a fun and very large mixed netball match. It was great to see so many people from the village enjoying themselves whilst either playing or watching during the afternoon. We were very happy to have raised around £600 from the event. Special thanks to Geoff Mansbridge who patiently organised all the tennis events.

The committee are delighted that we have at last been able to improve the facilities by removing the boards from the top multisports court and replacing them with fencing. We are hoping this measure will reduce the noise level at the courts, and we think it has also made the whole area more open and visible for onlookers to enjoy the gardens.

 

 

 

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BRIDGE

·   Are you a Beginner, and want to learn how to play?

·   Do you already know how to play, but want to improve?

·   I will be giving lessons this autumn, at both levels, in the Wotton-under-Edge area.

·   For details: call Ian Cooke on 01666 890261

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KINGSWOOD VILLAGE HALL

The mindless vandalism continues…. Windows, doors, in fact anything that is within sight is being systematically destroyed. We do however look forward to Showday if the fabric of the building lasts that long! The enthusiasm of the ‘Repair Team’ is gradually waning because of the continuous plague of wilful destruction by a minority of individuals.

The repairs are costly and time consuming and prevent improvements.

It is your facility, so please help us protect it, both for now and future generations. If you see or hear anything suspicious please report it at the Police Information Point.

Most recently, apart from broken windows, there has been a spate of firework incidents.

Improper use of these incendiary devices is not a particularly clever or safe exercise for either the participants or the recipients of the consequent damage.

 

The Village Diary can be viewed on the Grapevine website. For an entry please email Grapevine or telephone Gill on 842734.