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Llantrisant Parish Monthly Magazine
October 2019
"When his time of service was completed,
he returned home." Luke 1:23
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Parish of Llantrisant Church Services
Sunday Services
Parish Church of Sts. Illtyd, Gwynno & Dyfodwg, Llantrisant
9.00am Holy Communion
11.00am Family Service, alternating communion and non– communion
6.00pm Evensong and Sermon
St. Michael’s, Beddau
9.15am Holy Communion
St. David’s, Miskin
11.00am The first Sunday of the month—All Age Worship (no communion) Subsequent Sundays—Holy Communion
Weekday Services
Tuesdays 10.00am Holy Communion at St. Michael’s,
Beddau
Thursdays 10.00am Holy Communion at St. David’s,
Miskin
Vicar : The Reverend Vivian Parkinson
The Vicarage, Coed-yr-Esgob, Llantrisant CF72 8EL
Tel: 01443 223356
Email: [email protected]
Curate : Mr Steven Brett
Tel : 01443 572647
Email : [email protected]
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Curate’s Corner
My dear friends,
It is somewhat bittersweet as I write this
entry for the magazine. Sadly, Phil, our
organist, and more importantly, our friend,
has just passed away. Phil was one of the
very first people I met from the parish. At my
ordination to the diaconate, Phil came up to
me immediately after the service, he was pushing Rob in a
wheelchair, and introduced himself and Rob to me, and offered
his support to me, whenever I needed it. It was a generous
welcome and part of who he was. I visited Phil, along with
Karin and Primrose, just before we went on holiday, he was in
good spirits, and looking forward to the lunch we had taken
him. So it really was such a shock to receive the call from Viv,
telling me that Phil had died. He was such a stalwart for our
parish, working tirelessly for us, not just through his music, but
as church warden, organising the Tree Festival, Christmas
parties etc. and so much more besides, all behind the scenes.
Phil invested himself fully in our community, and leaves behind
a hole which we can’t replace. I, like all of you, will miss him,
his playing, and the chats I used to have with him very much.
The sweet part of this message though, is that Primrose was
Christened on Sunday past. It truly was a privilege for me to be
able to baptise my own daughter, for her to become part of
God’s new covenant people. Baptism really is a gift from God,
a promise, it allows us, sinners all, to become adopted children
of God, to become inheritors of God’s kingdom. In the ancient
Roman world, when one was adopted you became entitled to
all the privileges of the person who had adopted you. Caesar
Augustus became Julius Caesar’s heir after he was adopted by
him. So just take a moment and imagine that! By baptism, we
become heirs of God’s kingdom, of His privilege, of His status.
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If I may be self-indulgent for a moment, I’d like to share with
you part of my sermon from the baptism: “I would like to return
for a moment to God’s covenant, this idea of God’s promise to
us, and our promise to Him, and especially about His
faithfulness to His people. I believe, wholeheartedly that
Primrose is a gift to Karin and I from God, and like all His gifts
to us, she is completely undeserved. God has proven His
faithfulness to me time and again. I never dreamed for one
moment that when I left theological college over three years
ago now, that I would meet Karin, that we would get married, or
that we would have a child. Both Karin and I feel blessed for
all the good things which God has given to us. I make no
bones of the fact that I prayed that I would someday meet
someone who I would marry, and I’ll be honest after so many
years, I had almost given up on it, but God didn’t give up on me
and I met Karin. After we were married both Karin and I
prayed that we would have a baby, and Karin became
pregnant, we prayed for a pregnancy and birth without
complications, for a child who would be healthy, and God has
given us Primrose, we aren’t lucky, we are blessed. Blessed
by God, who has been faithful to us, and by bringing Primrose
here this morning, we are being faithful to Him.”
I am sure all of you can look at your lives and see God’s
blessing working in you. It is right then, that we give thanks for
these blessings in our lives, it is also right that we give back to
God also, and that is something which Philip did so well and
something which we need to consider ourselves as we enter
into the period of interregnum.
With every blessing,
Rev’d Steve
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Churches Corner - Llantrisant
Men’s Prayer Group
We will meet again on
Thursday 24th of October at 7.30p.m.
in The Vicarage.
After that the venue will be announced each
month in the news letter.
Silent Prayer and Compline
The next Silent Prayer and Compline will be on
Thursday the 31st of October at 7.30p.m.
And then on Thursday the 21st of November,
both in Llantrisant Church.
Future P.C.C. meetings
The next meeting will be on
Tuesday the 8th of October at 7.30p.m.
in the Church Hall.
Please make an effort to be there as we will be joined by
Michael Komor the Archdeacon to chat
about the future of the Parish.
Thank you.
Viv
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Llantrisant Parish Support Group
This group is for those living with Dementia and their
Carers.
(Carers are very welcome to come on their own if they
need some time out and have understanding friends to talk
to.)
We meet from 11.00a.m. to 2.30p.m. in Llantrisant
Church Hall, Swan Street, Llantrisant.
Next dates are:
2nd and 16th October
6th and 20th November
4th and 18th December
1st and 8th January 2020
5th and 19
th February
4th and 18th of March
1st and 15th of April
1st and 15th of April
6th and 20th of May
And then on the 1st
and 3rd
Wednesdays of every month
Refreshments are always provided but please bring
your own packed lunch if you intend staying for the
whole session
(New volunteer/ helpers always welcome – please ring Viv
(The Vicar) on 223356 or
email [email protected]
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St David’s, Miskin
Partners in Prayer
Will meet again on
Wednesday 13th November 2019
at 7.30p.m. in St, David’s Miskin
Mid Week Parish Communion
The next service will be on
Thursday the 31st October 2019
at 10.00a.m.
in St David’s Miskin
We need your help!!!
I’m looking for volunteers who’d like to go on a rota in each
church to lead the intercessions each week in our Sunday
services, particularly during the time of Vacancy in the parish. It
would involve you writing your own prayers (but I’ll give you
some guidance) and maybe leading once or a month in the
service that you regularly attend.
If it’s something you’d like to do then please
speak to me in the next couple of weeks.
Many thanks Viv
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Magazine Deadline
The deadline for the November magazine will be
Friday 18th October 2019
Thank you
As you all know Viv will be retiring as Vicar of Llantrisant at the
end of October this year. To celebrate his ministry and wish
him and Maz every blessing in their retirement, you are invited
to a Retirement Party to be held on:
Friday 25th October 2019 7.30pm
in Pontyclun Athletic Club,
Castan Road,
Pontyclun CF72 9EH
We will need an idea of how many will be attending for catering
purposes, please write your name
on the lists available in the
churches and indicate any special
dietary requirements.
Thank you.
Parish Wardens
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We meet at 7.30pm and the next visit is
on Wednesday 16th October 2019.
Are You able to help??
During the next 18 months we will need to have set in place a
plan of action for major work that needs doing on the tower and
in the bell chamber. Hopefully by the time you read this
magazine some of that very basic and urgent work that is within
our budget allowance, will have been started. The major works
are going to be very costly and will require us to raise funds but
also to seek out sizeable grants. The help we need is for a few
people, maybe two or three, to form a working team to seek out
and apply for those grants. I know this will be quite a time
consuming and lengthy process. Have you got the time? Would
you be prepared to be a member of that small working team?
Are you prepared to begin that work in the next few weeks? If
you are, please will you have a word with me so that I can form
the group and we can begin that process of finding the funding
bodies.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Viv
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Active Social Life May Help Cut Risk of Demetia
If you can continue a healthy social life
during middle age and onwards, you might
be able to prevent the onset of dementia.
It has been found that people of 60 or over
who see family and friends almost every day
have a 12 per cent lower risk of developing
the disease. According to the research done
at University College London (UCL), frequent social contact
builds cognitive reserve, or greater brain resilience, against the
damage that occurs in neuro-degeneration.
As one scientist explains, “Dementia is a major global health
challenge, with one million people expected to have the
condition in the UK by 2021. But we also know that one in three
cases are potentially preventable.”
Good Food For You
Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables slashes your risk of
developing Type 2 diabetes by nearly a quarter, a recent study
has found.
And adding whole grains, legumes and nuts also protects
against diabetes, as they improve sensitivity to insulin (the
hormone that controls blood sugar) and reduce weight gain.
A senior nutritionist at the Harvard T H Chan School said:
“Overall the data highlighted the importance of adhering to
plant-based diets to achieve or maintain good health.”
The findings were published in the
journal JAMA Internal Medicine. They
support evidence that diet is crucial in
tackling diabetes, which now affects
about four million in the UK.
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Monty Python—medicine for the heart
Over 80 years ago I sat next to my mother at a pantomime –
‘Cinderella’, I think. It was alright, if a bit too full of dancing for
my taste. But suddenly we were in a kitchen where the royal
supper was being prepared. And wonderfully and gloriously,
everything went wrong. Food took to the air, custard pies ended
up on heads and faces. Apparently, I laughed so much that I fell
off my seat. I had encountered the magic of comedy; the sheer
joy of laughter. What we call a ‘sense of humour’ is a priceless
and unique gift of our creator to the human race.
The Bible tells us to ‘weep with those who weep’, true – but also
to laugh with those who laugh. In modern times that has often
meant an experience shared with millions of others on radio or
TV.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of
Monty Python’s ‘Flying Circus’ which was a landmark event in
broadcasting comedy. It wasn’t situation comedy like ‘Dad’s
Army’ or ‘Are You Being Served.’ Monty Python was a true child
of the 1960s, a confident, cheeky reflection of contemporary
society. No, it wasn’t ‘Dad’s Army’ but it was just as funny in its
own way.
Like all of God’s gifts, a sense of humour can be misused.
Satire can be cruel and negative. Just as the laughter of
seven-year-olds in the playground teasing a boy they claim has
got, say, big ears.
Humour should be about or with, but never at people.
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Holy Baptism/ Thanksgiving
7th July – Owen Anthony Rhodri Beynon, son
of Rhodri and Rhian.
11th Aug – Alexa Evie John, daughter of Lee and Andrea.
25th Aug – Arianwen Rose Wyatt, daughter of Chris and Emily.
Christian Burial/Cremation
July
Richard Phillips of Llantrisant
Brenda John of Beddau
Sheila Green of Taffs Well
August
Lilian Wallace of Talbot Green
Helen Jenkins of Churchstoke
Ann Burton of Beddau
Brenda Howells of Pontyclun
19th Aug – Gwynne John aged 73, formerly of Beddau.
Holy Matrimony
July
6th – Lee Purnell and Sian Edwards.
10th – Vincent Schofield-Downing and Elaine Collins.
26th – Craig Everett and Laura Masling.
August
1st – James Chandler and Stacy Farnham.
5th – Lloyd Williams and Emily Thomas.
7th – Samuel Jowett and Sophie McKellar.
31st – Richard John and Lynette Ward.
Please pray for the families of all who have died recently that
they may be comforted by our Lord. Also please pray for those
recently Baptised that they may be brought up in the Christian
faith and come to know the Lord Jesus for themselves.
From the Parish Registers July and August2019
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Please Pray For:
Phillip Williams, Alex Morgan, Chris Clark, Linda
Rigby, Peggy Utting, Pat Parkinson, Margaret
Hocking, Stan David, Ron Havard, Susan
Saunders and Lindsey, Beverley Duddridge, Phillis
Williams, Kitty Evans, Betty France. We also pray
for those living with dementia and their carers.
Please remember in your prayers :
Please remember in your prayers the families of all
who have recently died including:
Noel Jothan, Carole Powell, Ceri Roberts, Leighton
Holcombe, Anthony Maitland, Dot Willan,
Gwen Payne, Clive Burr, Tony Willis, Keighley Old,
Arthur Smith and Richard David.
What’s On?
If you are in charge of a group within the Parish, or are
organising an event in the Parish, there is an EASY way to
make sure that everybody knows about it. If you send and email
to [email protected] it will be seen by:
The newsletter editor,
The website calendar updater
The parish secretary,
The clergy
And will therefore end up on the website, newsletter and on the
radar of the secretary and clergy.
Let us know ‘what is on’ - send an email to :
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I'm Watching
Let thee not be broken
Thy heart that's sad of pain
Let not thy weeping pillow
Nor thy suffering remain
I hear thy tender whispers
I hold thy hand in fear
As I gently walk beside thee
Thy faith and trust is clear
I listen when you tell me
I listen when you ask
I send my guides and helpers
No matter what the task
Thy faith has brought me near you
Thy trust is full of love
Be still and know I'm watching
From my fathers house above
Annette Quick
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Be Wise, Don’t Compare
An unknown poet wrote:
I dreamed death came the other night
and heavens gates swung wide.
With kindly grace an angel ushered me inside.
And there to my astonishment stood folks I’d known on earth;
some I’d judged and labelled as infit or of little worth.
Indignant words rose to my lips but never were set free;
For every face showed stunned surprise - no one expected me!!
We shouldn’t try to lift ourselves up by putting someone else
down or assume that we have the right to judge the character,
heart motives or spirituality of others. If we do, the bible says we
are not wise. .
We should ask God to help us stop comparing ourselves with
others.
We know the story Jesus told of the Pharisee and the Tax Col-
lector:
‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the
other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed, “ God, I
thank you that I am not like other men, I fast...I tithe...”
The tax collector stood and beat his breath saying, “God, be
merciful to me a sinner!”
This man went home justified rather than the other’ (Luke 18
10—14).
Let us all try to be like that tax collector!
Paraphrased from Word for Today, UCB.CO.UK and submitted by Annette
Quick
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In memory of Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing, the novelist,
playwright and poet, was born
100 years ago, on
22nd October 1919. In 2007
she won the Nobel Prize in
Literature. She died in 2013.
Lessing was born Doris May
Tayler in Persia (now Iran).
Both parents were British: her
father, badly injured in the war,
was a bank clerk. In 1925,
hoping to get rich through
farming, the family moved to
Southern Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe).
The wealth did not materialise.
Doris was sent to an uncongenial convent school, and then to a
high school at Salisbury (now Harare). At 19, she married and
had two children. But she left her family and joined the Left
Book Club, a group of Communists, marrying one of its
members, Gottfried Lessing. They divorced in 1949, and she
moved to London.
Doris Lessing wrote in many genres and did not like being
pigeon-holed, especially as a feminist, feeling that feminists
wanted her to ‘bear witness’ in religious style. She also became
disillusioned by Marxism because it ignored spiritual matters.
She was strongly attracted to Sufism, which she described as a
“main current” in her life. This was given expression most
markedly in her Canopus in Argos novels, about an interstellar
society’s efforts to influence other worlds, including Earth.
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God’s Precious Earth
While Maz and I were away on holiday the World celebrated the first
moon landing which happened on the 16th of July back in 1969.
When we came home to a stack of news papers in which several had
published some of those original photographs from up in space
looking back at earth. Those stunning photographs of this amazing
coloured globe hanging there surrounded by a deep blue space light
and speckled with clouds were breathtaking. Part of my holiday
reading was the writings of a Christian author talking about our need
to connect with the living world and our environment and to stop
frequently to look at it in detail. Only then, he said, will we really
appreciate what God has given over to us as custodians and to
properly look after it for future generations. I also came across this
wonderful poem (author unknown) which summed up his sentiments. I
pray that it touches and challenges you in the way it did me.
If the earth were
only a few feet in diameter,
floating a few feet above a field
somewhere, people would come from
everywhere to marvel at it. People would walk
round it, marvelling at its big pools of water, its little
pools, and the water flowing between the pools. People would
marvel at the bumps on it, and the holes in it, and they would marvel
at the very thin layer of gas surrounding it and the water suspended In
the gas. The people would marvel at the creatures walking around the
surface on the ball, and the creatures in the water. he people would
declare it as sacred because it was the only one, and they would
protect it so that it would not be hurt. The ball would be the greatest
wonder known, and people would come to be healed, to gain
knowledge, to know beauty and to wonder how it could be. People
would come to love it and defend it with their lives, because they
wouldsomehow know that their own lives, their own
roundness, could be nothing without it.
If the earth were only a feet in
diameter.
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FOR YOUR DIARY Dates for your diary
October
Tues 1st 7.30pm Vicarage House Group
Sat 5th 10.00am - 1.00pm Llantrisant Church open
Sun 6th 6.00pm Harvest Celebrations at St David’s
Miskin.
Mon 7th 6.45pm To Ponder
Sun 13th 6.00pm Harvest Celebrations Llantrisant
Church
Mon 14th 6.45pm To Ponder
Tues 15th 7.30pm Vicarage House Group
Weds 16th 7.30pm Rainbow of Hope
Sat 19th 9.00am Men’s Breakfast
11.00am - 1.00pm Llantrisant Church open
Mon 21st 6.45pm To Ponder
Weds 23rd Gwaun Miskin School Harvest Celebrations at
St Michael’s Beddau.
Thurs 24th 7.30pm Men’s Prayer Group at the Vicarage
Fri 25th Viv’s Retirement Party
Sun 27th 11.00am Parish Communion. Viv’s final
service. Llantrisant Church.
Mon 28th 6.45pm To Ponder
Thurs 31st 10.00am St David’s, Miskin, Mid Week
Parish Communion
7.30pm Silent Prayer and Compline
Llantrisant Church
November
Weds 13th 7.30pm Partners in Prayer in St David’s,
Miskin
7.30pm Rainbow of Hope
Thurs 21st 7.30pm Silent Prayer and Compline
Llantrisant Church
Tues 26th 10.00am St Michael’s Beddau Midweek
Parish Communion
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Parish Church Hall Diary
October
Tues 1st 7.00pm Oberammergau Social Evening
Weds 2nd 11.00am Dementia Support.
6.30pm Swan Street Stitchers
Thurs 3rd 6.00pm Brownies
Tues 8th 7.30pm PCC Meeting
Weds 9th 6.30pm Swan Street Stitchers
Thurs 10th 6.00pm Brownies
Fri 11th 2.00pm Click & Chatter Knitting Group
Tues 15th 7.30pm Christmas Tree Festival Meeting
Weds 16th 11.00am Dementia Support
6.30pm Swan Street Stitchers
Thurs 17th 6.00pm Brownies
Weds 23rd 1.30pm Mother’s Union
6:30pm Swan Street Stitchers
Thurs 24th 6.00pm Brownies
Weds 30th 6.30pm Swan Street Stitchers
Thurs 31st 6.00pm Brownies
November
Weds 6th 11.00am Dementia Support
Weds 20th 11.00am Dementia Support
Vicarage House Group
The next House Group Meeting will be
on Tuesdays October 1st and 15th at 7.30pm
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Farewell to Viv
It was over 20 years ago
We first set eyes on Viv
And wondered how long he would stay
Or what ministry he’d give.
He wasn’t the Vicar of Dibley
He wasn’t tall or round
With a different approach to services
With an accent, a different sound.
But soon he settled down with us
And got to know us all
Three churches, all were different
Congregations were large and small.
Although the churches differed
The people’s faith the same
And very soon he realised
We believed in Jesus’ name.
He had many new ideas
Some still remain today
With all age worship services
We hope are here to stay.
He encouraged many people
To train for ministry
To dedicate their lives to God
With faith and humility.
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With the big event of December
When Llan Church is full of trees
Childrens choirs, the grotto too
With servings of cakes and teas.
But sadly now the time has come
For Viv to say goodbye
We wish him many blessings
With a tear in many an eye.
So do not think this is the end
As your new life now begins
We wish long life and happiness
And the best of everything!
Norma Evans
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Looking Ahead
Parish Harvest Services
Harvest services will be celebrated in the parish on
Sunday the 6th of October in St David’s Miskin.
Sunday the 13th of October in Llantrisant Church.
On the Sunday a church is celebrating harvest they will
host the evening service at 6.00p.m. So, there will not
be an evening service in Llantrisant on the 29th of Sep-
tember and the 6th of October.
Viv’s last Sunday Service
This will be a Parish Communion on
Sunday the 27th of October at 11.00a.m.
in Llantrisant Church.
(This will be the only service in the parish on that day.)
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A Word for today
Live for what matters most
‘ I came naked from my mother’s womb and I will be naked
when I leave.’ Job 1:21
Have you ever heard the saying, ’Old too soon, wise too late’?
Don’t let that be your story. Three of the titans who built
America were Vanderbilt, Carnegie and Rockefeller. After
attending Vanderbilt’s funeral, Carnegie and Rockefeller spent
the rest of their lives seeing how much money they could give
away and do good with. Death has a way of showing us the
brevity of life and changing our perspective. Carnegie died in his
80’s and Rockefeller in his 90’s, but they both died………...
……..We all do.
The question is will you merely make a living or will you make a
difference? One businessman told his friend:’ I don’t think I’m
trapped on this treadmill forever, but I’m certainly involved with it
right now…it’s the old merry go round of how much money is
enough? And it’s never enough. Three years ago I thought:’
Just a little more…. Now I make twice as much and it’s still not
enough.’’ Solomon writes, ’He who loves money will not be
satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its
income.’ (Ecclesiastes 5:10)
Have you told yourself that when you get a certain amount of
money you’ll be happy and secure?
Maybe and maybe not. When you trust in anything other than
God, you live fearfully because you’ll always be vulnerable to
circumstances you cannot control. Jesus’ bottom line is this
way. ’Seek ye kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need.’ (Matthew
6:33)
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Readings for Harvest
Please will Churches who are Celebrating Harvest, use the
following readings in their main Sunday morning services.
Thank you.
Viv Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 100,
Philippians 4:4-9,
Important Notice
To all those who are our bible readers during the Sunday
services.
If, for instance the reading says, 2 Timothy 3:14>>4:5, as on
the morning of Sunday the 20th of October, then the arrow
indicates that you should read all verses from 2 Timothy 3
verse 14 and continue reading through the whole of the rest of
that chapter right up to verse 5 of chapter 4.
The arrow sign has caused some confusion with some readers
only reading two verses of the passage (eg, in this case verse
14 of chapter 3 and verse 5 of chapter 4)
I hope this has cleared the confusion but if not please speak to
Viv.
Thank you.
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Vivian Leslie Parkinson
As a teenager, Viv was involved in a local
youth club, which was church based and
here he learnt many things about Faith and
Christianity. After leaving school he went to
St John’s Teacher Training College, Exeter.
Attending the Christian Union Viv met Maz and they soon
became good friends. This led to him proposing and they got
married on August 14th 1976. By this stage, Viv’s faith was an
important part of his life. Viv and Maz settled in a house in
Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex, where Viv secured a job at St
Nicholas and Mary’s Church of England Primary School.
He gradually worked his way up the career ladder to Deputy
Headship. During this time Viv and Maz became active
members of Vineyard Church Brighton, and Viv regularly helped
with the soup kitchens as a volunteer. Attending a friends
ordination in Brighton Viv says ‘I felt God speak to me’ and it
was from this day that he started to seriously think about
becoming a Priest.
One of Maz’s best friends of told her that she was woken up one
night by a voice saying ‘Viv is going into the ministry’. After
many soul searching hours/days, Viv applied to St John’s
Anglican & Interdenominational College, Nottingham and was
granted a place in 1992. By this stage Viv and Maz had 4
children - Luke 9, Bryony soon to become 8, Alex 6 and Hannah
3 - quite an upheaval for quite a large family.
During the 2 years at St. John’s, the children remember daddy’s
dorm room, watching ‘Where’s Wally’, visiting with other families
to have tea, phone cards, yummy bonfire toffee and visiting after
morning prayer when other clergy would share the toys from the
cereal packets.
After 2 years of studying and ordination were completed, Viv
became ‘Reverend Vivian Parkinson’ stating that he’d go
wherever God sends him but NOT to Wales. A Curates post
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became available and Viv was appointed, this time the
relocation being to Cowbridge, Wales. Trust and obey……….
he certainly did and moved the family to South Wales in 1994
for his 3 years. Here Viv settled into Parish and clergy life.
Getting to grips with the many quirky ways of the Church In
Wales proved to be not so bad.
In December 1997, Llantrisant was to be the next stop for the
Parkinson family. Here Viv has befriended, nurtured, loved,
celebrated, commiserated, rejoiced and cried with so many in
the community. His ministry has extended from pastoral, to
outreach, to community work. During the 22 years that he has
been in Llantrisant, he has taken on extra official roles within the
diocese, AreaDean being the first in 2006. Many parishioners
have followed in his steps and with his teaching experience, he
has nurtured and encouraged them to enter the ministry. He has
also been keen and willing for students and curates to be part of
our parish. With this background he was invited to become
Vocations Advisor for the diocese in 2015. He was also
awarded the title of Honary Canon at this time. Viv has very
much become a part of Llantrisant and will be missed by local
schools and the community at large.
As a Parish we will always be grateful for the many things
Viv brought us through his spiritual guidance. Both Viv and
Maz will be very sorely missed and we wish them all the
best for their retirement.
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St James the Least of All (second time around) The Rectory St. James the Least My dear Nephew Darren, Our Lord said that we will always have some poor with us; were He to have been speaking to the clergy that day, I suspect He may well have said that we will always have some awkward parishioners with us. My cross at present is Mr and Mrs Wartleby, our resident ‘greens’, who have adopted ecological attitudes with evangelical fervour. They do not possess a car and travel everywhere on bicycles, have installed a wind turbine, knit their own muesli and I suspect use the village stream for washing. I can picture Mrs W bashing her husband’s shirts on stones on the riverbank while singing a native African folk-song. Everything they wear is home-made; one has a beard and smokes a pipe – possibly Mrs Wartleby. Their helpful suggestions for church life have been legion: the organ uses electricity unnecessarily and should be replaced by a piano; the Rectory should be sold and the money given away while I board with parishioners on monthly rotation; we should only use home-brewed alcoholic drinks at social functions – clearly they have yet to sample Colonel Tewksbury’s elderberry wine, which our ladies have discovered is ideal for cleaning the brass in church. Unfortunately, I made a deeply regrettable mistake last month in not cancelling our church council meeting when I was away at my annual college re-union. In my absence the Wartlebys seized the opportunity. The parish of St James the Least of All is now a deep green, ecologically committed, nuclear-free zone and I am to report back to the next meeting about what steps we will take to save the planet. I may have made one error of judgement, but I will not make another. My list of suggestions is now complete:
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PARISH HALL BOOKINGS
The hall is available for hire for occasions such as parties,
Christenings, Weddings, meetings etc.
The cost is £10.50 per hour plus an additional £10.50 if use of
the kitchen is required.
All enquiries to Megan using
MANY THANKS
1) To save paper, no minutes of meetings will be printed; I will simply tell people at the subsequent meeting what was decided at the previous one. 2) To save electricity, no lights will be used at Evensong (the Wartlebys attend Evensong), although parishioners may bring their own candles – which must first be checked by our health and safety committee (two can play at their game). 3) To economise on fuel, the church heating will only be turned on when the temperature reaches minus five degrees. 4) To reduce the use of unnecessary electronic equipment, the Rectory telephone will be disconnected. 5) A monthly relocation of the Rector will be too disruptive, so I will stay at each house for one year at a time; my first place of residence will be with the Wartlebys. I anticipate that the original resolution will be overturned at the next PCC meeting – most probably by the Wartlebys. Your loving uncle,
Eustace
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READINGS FOR OCTOBER 2019
Date Day Eucharist Evensong
Sun 6th Oct
16th after Trinity
Habakkuk 1:1-4,2:1-4,
Psalm 37:1-9
2 Timothy 1:1-14,
Luke 17:5-10.
St David’s Harvest –
Readings to be
chosen by Viv.
Sun 13th Oct
17th after Trinity
2 Kings 5:1-3,7-15,
Psalm 111,
2 Timothy 2:8-15,
Luke 17:11-19.
Llantrisant Harvest
Praise – Readings to
be chosen by Viv
Sun 20th Oct
18th after Trinity
Genesis 32:22-31,
Psalm 121,
2 Timothy 3:14>>4:5,
Luke 18:1-18.
Psalm 149,
Nehemiah 8:9-18,
John 16:1-11
Sun 27th Oct
Bible Sunday
Isaiah 45:22-25,
Psalm 119:129-136,
Romans 15:1-6, Luke
4:16-24.
No Evening Service
Pattern of Services for October Parish 6th 13th 20th 27th
9.00a.m. Alt 1984 Alt No Service
11.00am All Age All Age All Age Parish
Comm Comm Comm Communion
6.00p.m. No Harvest Evening No Service
Service Praise Prayer Prayer
St David’s Family Alt 1984 No Service
Service
6.00pm Harvest Evening Praise
St Michael Alt 1984 Alt No Service
Sunday 27th is Viv’s final service with us, so there
will only be one service in the parish on that day,
which will be at an 11.00a.m. Parish Communion
in Llantrisant Church.
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Take a Break……….. Solutions to August / September’s puzzles
Wordsearch: Crossword:
Suduko Easy: Intermediate:
How did you get on? Fancy another go? Grab a cup of tea /
coffee and a couple of biscuits, settle down in a comfortable
chair and take a few minutes out of your hectic schedule to get
your brain cells firing…..
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Wordsearch (answers in November’s Magazine)
October brings us Harvest, and Psalm 65 expresses it perfectly: “You care for the land
and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with corn, for so you have ordained it... You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abun-dance... the hills are clothed with gladness, the meadows are covered with flock and the valleys are mantled with corn; they
shout for joy and sing.” Corn Rain Mud Wheat Abundance Goodness Riches Pumpkins Marrows Water Thankful Food Crops Soften Carts Overflow Praise Care Blessing Meadows flocks
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Suduko
Easy Grid Intermediate Grid
Crossword Across: 1. The sixth disciple (Matthew 10:3) (11) 9. ‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the — — ’ (Matthew 6:13) (4,3) 10. Love intensely (Song of Songs 1:4) (5) 11. From Mt Carmel to Jezreel, Elijah — all the way (1 Kings 18:46) (3) 13. One of the Midianite leaders who was captured and killed after Gideon’s victory in the valley near Moreh (Judges 7:25) (4) 16. Metallic element (4) 17. At line (anag.) (6) 18. ‘Cursed is everyone who is — on a tree’ (Galatians 3:13) (4) 20. Where Samson killed a thousand Philistines with a donkey’s jawbone (Judges 15:14) (4) 21. He succeeded Moses (Deuteronomy 34:9) (6) 22. ‘When he saw him, he took — on him’ (Luke 10:33) (4) 23. ‘For — is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction’ (Matthew 7:13) (4) 25. ‘The god of this — has blinded the minds of unbelievers’ (2 Corinthians 4:4) (3) 28. Fear or terror (Psalm 31:22) (5) 29. ‘We, who are many, are one body, for we all — of the one loaf’ (1 Corinthians 10:17) (7) 30. Assyrian ruler assassinated by his sons while worshipping his god Nisroch (2 Kings 19:37) (11) Down: 2. ‘For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made — ’ (1 Corinthians 15:22) (5) 3. ‘After supper he — the cup’ (1 Corinthians 11:25) (4) 4. The request of a man of Macedonia in Paul’s vision: ‘Come — to Macedonia and help us’ (Acts 16:9) (4) 5. He disobeyed his father
Judah by refusing to impregnate his dead brother’s wife (Genesis 38:9) (4) 6. I veto me (anag.) (7) 7. Fourth king of Judah (1 Kings 15:24) (11) 8. Priest of God Most High, who blessed Abram (Genesis 14:18) (11) 12. ‘I have made you — — for the Gentiles’ (Acts 13:47) (1,5) 14. Implore (1 Samuel 15:25) (3) 15. ‘Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the — , something sweet’ (Judges 14:14) (6) 19. ‘I am the most ignorant of men; I do — — a man’s understanding’ (Proverbs 30:2) (3,4) 20. ‘Sin shall not be your master, because you are not under — , but under grace’ (Romans 6:14) (3) 24. Native of, say, Baghdad (5) 25. The last word in the Bible (Revelation 22:21) (4) 26. Heroic tale (4) 27 ‘Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you — ’ (John 8:32) (4)
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Children’s Area
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Bible Bites
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Hi,
Welcome back after what has been a lovely
summer (let’s forget wet August!). I hope that
you have all had a relaxed and enjoyable time
as we all start hunkering down for the dark,
colder nights.
This month’s magazine is tinged with sadness
as we say goodbye to Viv but he will make one last contribution
to next month’s magazine (!), and also at our loss of a number of
our dear friends in the Parish. November is the month of
remembrance and if any of you have thoughts you would like to
share in memory of lost friends and loved ones, or words of
inspiration or comfort, it would be lovely to share them so please
send them in.
A time of change and challenge is upon us and the magazine
could be helpful in keeping you all aware of what’s happening in
your church. Please send me your news for dissemination as
there will be many wonderful things coming our way I have no
doubt.
Til next time
Ceri :) Don’t forget, the Parish does more that send out a monthly
magazine. We are on Facebook, have our own website:
http://parishofllantrisant.org.uk/ and our weekly newsletter.
Are you internet savvy? Do you belong to Facebook? Are you
‘friends’ or ‘followers’ of Llantrisant Parish Church?
Get all the up to date information on this page on what is
happening in the Parish, and of course all the latest photos!
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