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THE VALE PARISH

MAGAZINE

£1

August 2020

Serving the People of the Vale

www.valechurch.gg

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The Parish Church of St. MICHEL DU VALLE Guernsey

Rector

Fr Stuart Tanswell [email protected] .........................244088

Vale Church Rectory, L’Abbaye, Vale, GY3 5SF

Rector’s Warden

Mr Michael Bubb [email protected] ............254137

Manitoba, Le Villocq, Castel, GY5 7SF

People’s Warden

Mr Jeremy Smithies [email protected] .......... 246675

La Haize, Rue des Haizes, Vale, GY3 5HB ........... .......... M 07781 146675

Treasurer and Planned Giving

Mr Steve de Carteret [email protected] ....................722546

L’Abri, La Ramée, St Peter Port, GY1 2EW

Organist and Choirmaster

Mr Andrew Warren [email protected] ......................244091

Vidcocq, Bailloterie, Vale, GY3 5HA

Electoral Roll Officer

Mrs Sam de Carteret [email protected] ................722546

L’Abri, La Ramée, St Peter Port, GY1 2EW

Head Server

Mrs Helen Rolf [email protected] ...........................

1 Sohier Villa, Vale GY3 5PY

Treasure Seekers

Mrs. Jane Goddard [email protected] .........253869

Tamarisk, Acacia, Rue Mainguy, Vale, GY6 8NN

Safeguarding Officer

Mrs. Barbara Minta…….…[email protected]……………..247606

Pastoral Group

Mr Colin Sarchet…..…….…[email protected]……………..……..246191

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The Parish Church of St. MICHEL DU VALLE Guernsey

Sunday services 8.00am Said Eucharist

10.30am Third Sunday of the month – Family Eucharist

10.30am Other Sundays – Parish Eucharist

Weekday services Wednesday 9.30am Said Eucharist in church

Thursday 7.30pm Said Eucharist in church

The church is normally open for private prayer every day from around 9.00am.

Please see the church notice board or pew sheet for information about any

changes or other services and events.

Treasure Seekers (Sunday School) Treasure Seekers for young members of the Church meets at the Billie and

Leslie Norman Rooms at 10.15am on Sunday unless there is a Family Eucharist.

Contact Jane Goddard for more information on 253869 or email

[email protected]

Sickness and Home Communions If you are sick and would like a visit from a church member, or would like to

receive Communion at home, please contact the Pastoral Visiting Coordinators,

Colin and Helen Sarchet on 246191 or [email protected]

Baptisms and weddings If you are interested in getting married at Vale Church, or would like to get your

child baptised, please contact the Rector, Fr Stuart, on 244088 or email

[email protected]

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THE VALE PARISH MAGAZINE Produced by the Parish Church of St Michel du Valle, The Vale Parish Magazine is issued monthly, so there are twelve issues per year, each one at the price of £1.00. The next issue of The Vale Parish Magazine covers September 2020. Material should be with the editor by Wednesday 19th August 2020 please. Editor: Barrie Linnecor. Email – [email protected] As always, articles of general or local interest are most welcome. If you have anything you would like to contribute please contact the editor at the e-mail address noted above. These should be e-mailed in Word format, with illustrations as jpegs or pngs. The editor may amend or shorten material submitted.

Advertising Rates for 2020 Promote your business around the

Parish and support the Church

For B&W display advertisements:

Full page for 12 months £200.00

Half page for 12 months £120.00

Quarter page for 12 months £ 80.00

For classified advertisements please

contact the Editor.

For colour display advertisements:

Full page for 12 months £400.00

Half page for 12 months £240.00

Quarter page for 12 months £160.00

Back page – 50% Premium

20% discount on these rates to new

clients or those upgrading to colour

THE VALE CHURCH HALL

La Croix du Bas

BILLIE & LESLIE NORMAN

ROOMS

L’Abbaye

Both venues offer facilities for meetings,

social events and other activities.

Parking available.

For further information and booking

enquiries please contact:

Julie Davis

247021

[email protected]

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From the Rector, Fr Stuart Dear friends,

I write this letter as I prepare for annual leave. Initially we were due to

be overseas with my parents but, of course, things have changed

somewhat and we will be spending the time in the Bailiwick.

Preparing for leave has allowed me to begin reflecting upon these last

few months, which have been so intense. Watching two former

colleagues consecrated as bishops at Lambeth Palace during the week showed me in

terrible detail quite how different the situation is away from this Bailiwick.

There were two and a half months of no public worship in church, and about three months

between public worship stopping and gathering fairly “normally” again. Of course, in the UK

things are still not normal and what we now take for granted is simply impossible there –

we are so fortunate here!

We are back. Or mainly back, after a long break. Some experts suggest it takes about 40

days to change a habit. So how have we changed during the lockdown and enforced

absence of church? How have your priorities changed during this period?

It is an important question to ask, roughly a month after entering phase five and things

returning to some sort of normal. What is important to you, and has that changed? How

many people, I wonder, across this Bailiwick have changed their priorities during lockdown

and decided either that going to church is now more important than ever, or decided that it

doesn’t really matter?

Of course, the act of going to church isn’t the important thing in many ways. Rather, the

question of why you go to church is the clincher. Do we go to church because it’s the thing

we’ve always done, or because we like to be seen to be there? Or is it, instead, that we

have such a relationship with Jesus that worshipping almighty God with our fellow pilgrims

is a vital part of our being?

During the lockdown many things, many certainties, were up in the air, and it has been

hard. Now, as we journey through phase five and wonder when phase six will come along,

may we come to know Jesus better and thus realise that attending church isn’t just one of a

multitude of leisure choices if there isn’t a more interesting option, but central to the whole

of our being as we worship God and are fed by Him in the most holy Sacrament of Holy

Communion.

Wishing you every blessing,

Fr Stuart

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Pastoral Visiting Team

Whilst we are now worshipping together in the church , we continue to reach out to

anyone who is feeling lonely, anxious or in need of comfort. Please get in touch with any of

the Pastoral team if you would like to have contact with someone and possibly pray

together (One to One) during that call. Fr Stuart can be contacted if you need further

spiritual support. We are now all together and will continue to pray for one another and

with one another.

Colin & Helen Sarchet 246191 Barbara Minta 247606 Beverley Linnecor 242192

Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our

protection against the malice and snares of the devil. May

God rebuke him, I humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the

Heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan

and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the

ruin of souls.

Amen

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Vale Women’s Social Group A great time was had by all 14 of us who met at the Hampshire Lodge to play skittles at our

get-together in July. It was good to meet up with those we hadn’t seen for ages due to

lockdown and the basket meals were excellent as usual. We do not meet again until

September, so in the meantime, enjoy the Summer!

Pauline Bichard

To our Friends in the Parish of Choppington

Guernsey is now in the happy position of having no new cases of the virus for over 7 weeks

and this weekend (June 20th), most remaining restrictions will end and we can get back to

some semblance of normality. We have been able to meet up with our other daughter for a

while now and the children went back to school a couple of weeks ago. On Sunday, we can

go to Church and sing and have no social distancing. We can go into shops without having

to queue and John will be able to come into the supermarket with me instead of waiting in

the car – a measure he was most put out by! (Only because he couldn’t put all the items he

fancied into the trolley!) Travel will be difficult, other than within the Bailiwick, as all

arrivals into Guernsey will have to self-isolate for 14 days, so we have postponed all our

planned holidays till 2021. We follow the situation in England by watching the news, and

hope that you are all keeping well.

Stay safe, God bless.

Best wishes from John and Pauline Bichard

Belfry Notes

Since the end of lockdown we have continued ringing as many bells as we can, but are hampered by a serious shortage of ringers. Our two learners, Steve and Joe, have not forgotten what they had learnt before lockdown, but are only just ready to ring for Sunday Service without supervision. Even then, we will only have the bare minimum to ring all the bells on a Sunday.

John David

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Charity Support July - December 2020

As COVID interrupted our charity support collections, the CAC have decided to continue with Safer till the end of 2020 and then we will support Guernsey Bereavement from Jan 2021.

Your donation will help Tariro make such a difference to the lives of these children.

Download a standing order form at https://tarirouk.com/donate/ or you can donate

directly to Tariro at HSBC Bank PLC, Dewsbury, (Sort Code 40-19-17) for the credit of Tariro – Hope for Youth in Zimbabwe (Acct No 11775170).

Safer is a Bailiwick of Guernsey charity which helps victims of domestic abuse which is not just violence; it can also be psychological, emotional, sexual, financial or coercive control.

Promoting awareness encourages the whole community to report incidents of violence, rather than ignoring or dismissing violence perpetrated in the home. This helps victims to feel supported by their community and get the help that they need.

If you are seeking advice for yourself or for someone else, please contact Safer on a 24 hr Helpline 01481 721999 or in an emergency call the police on 999.

www.safer.gg

You are now able to leave food in the box at the back of church for Guernsey Welfare Food

Bank. Monetary donations may be sent to Guernsey Welfare Service, Holy Trinity Church

Centre, Trinity Square, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1LP, or you can donate online at

www.guernseywelfare.com

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ASTRONOMY MOMENTS 158

Why is the sky blue?

On a rainy overcast day the sky is not blue but that is only because we cannot see it, the

clouds are obscuring our view of the sky; but it is still blue above the clouds. If you are in an

aircraft taking off on a cloudy day, you will soon see the blue sky as you rise above the

clouds. But why is it blue? The answer involves our sun and our atmosphere.

If we could get above the atmosphere in a rocket say about a hundred miles above the

earth and look down, we would see the earth below us with a blue haze around it. If we

now look up, we would see the very bright sun but everywhere else in the sky would be

black! If we now control our rocket so that we come lower and enter our atmosphere, the

sky would become blue again. So the sky only looks blue if we are inside our atmosphere!

The planet Mercury does not have an atmosphere so if we were standing on mercury the

sky would be black.

The sun is continually throwing out light waves. Theses waves are actually particles and

each particle has a different weight and a different colour. The colours make up the colours

of a rainbow, Red Orange Yellow Blue Indigo and Violet.

Atmosphere layers of colour

The Earth’s atmosphere is also made up of particles and when the sun’s particles hit the

earth’s particles things become pretty chaotic and the sun’s particles scatter everywhere.

The sun’s blue particles are lighter than the others and consequently scatter the most, So

much that the atmosphere turns blue and we see a blue sky.

During midday, the sun is virtually overhead and shines down to us through the thickness of

the atmosphere. But as the afternoon turns into evening, the sun is now closer to the

horizon. This means that instead of the sun’s particles shining straight down through the

atmosphere they instead have now to travel closer to the ground and through a lot more

atmosphere to get to where we are.

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This means that the lighter blue particles are scattered even more and this time they

scatter so thinly they are out of sight. The other colours also scatter along with the blue.

Now that the blue and other colours are out of sight the red comes into play. The red has

been there all the time as although it scatters like the rest, they are the heaviest particles

and so tend to stay there and can only be seen now that the blue and all others are out of

the way, allowing us to see a red sunset.

Sun close up

Frank Dowding BSc.

Next Month – Escape velocity.

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August 2020 Rotas

Sidespeople Server Reader Intercessor Chalice Sunday 2nd August Eighth Sunday after Trinity 8.00am C Smith R Leale R Leale 10.30am B MInta

S Robins H Rolf

B Minta B Linnecor

Sunday 9th August Ninth Sunday after Trinity 8.00am C Smith R Leale R Leale 10.30am K Le Cras

J Dorey H Rolf M Bubb N Tanswell

Sunday 16th August Tenth Sunday after Trinity – Family Eucharist 8.00am C Smith R Leale R Leale 10.30am B Dempster

Goddards H Rolf Treasure

Seekers Treasure Seekers

Sunday 23rd August St Bartholomew 8.00am C Smith R Leale R Leale 10.30am S Palmer

V Kilby H Rolf

Rosie de Carteret

N David

Sunday 30th August Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 8.00am C Smith R Leale R Leale 10.30am V Mollet

B Martin H Rolf

N David N Tanswell

Sunday 6th September Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 8.00am C Smith R Leale R Leale 10.30am C Sarchet

H Sarchet H Rolf

V Vizia B Linnecor

The refreshments rota for August is below.

Aug 2nd Nicky & John Aug 9th Barbara Minta & Sue Aug 16th Sandy & Pam Aug 23rd Barbara Martin & Shirley Aug 30th Barbara Minta & Sue Sept 6th Nicky & John

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What’s On Diary for August 2020

Sunday 2nd August The Eighth Sunday after Trinity

8.00am Said Eucharist 10.30am Parish Eucharist

Wednesday 5th August 9.30am Said Eucharist

Thursday 6th August 7.30pm Said Eucharist

Sunday 9th August The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

8.00am Said Eucharist 10.30am Parish Eucharist

Wednesday 12th August 9.30am Said Eucharist

Thursday 13th August 7.30pm Said Eucharist

Saturday 15th August 4.00pm Our Lady of Walsingham

St Stephen’s Church

Sunday 16th August The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

8.00am Said Eucharist 10.30am Family Eucharist

Wednesday 19th August 9.30am Said Eucharist

Thursday 20th August 7.30pm Said Eucharist

Sunday 23rd August St. Bartholomew

8.00am Said Eucharist 10.30am Parish Eucharist

Wednesday 26th August 9.30am Said Eucharist

Thursday 27th August 7.30pm Said Eucharist

Saturday 29th August Northern Churches Fun Day

12.30pm Delancey Park

Sunday 30th August The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

8.00am Said Eucharist 10.30am Parish Eucharist

Rotas Would all those on any rota for church duties PLEASE let Barbara Piprell (Sides people,

Server, Chalice) or Barrie Linnecor (Reader, Intercessor and Refreshments) have any dates

that you are unavailable.

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Giving by Standing Order It is possible to set up a regular

standing order to the Church's bank

account for your regular giving.

Please contact Steve for a form.

Our bank details are NatWest

Guernsey, Sort Code 600920,

Account Number 67114156.

Giving by card

We now have a contactless

payment machine to allow

donations to be made by card. This

is located by the steps as you leave

church. It is now also possible to

give by credit or debit card by

visiting

https://www.valechurch.gg/donate.

Steve de Carteret (Church

Treasurer) would be happy to

answer any questions you may have

about any methods of giving.

A Prayer for Trevor,

our Bishop God, eternal shepherd,

you tend your Church

in many ways and rule

us with love. You have chosen your

servant, Trevor, to be a shepherd of

your flock in Guernsey. Give him a

spirit of courage and right judgment,

a spirit of knowledge and love. By

governing with fidelity those

entrusted to his care, may he build

your Church as a sign of salvation for

the world. Amen.

Tax Forms Make gifts to the Church worth 25%

more without it costing you a

penny!

A form is available at the back of

the Church. If you are a Guernsey

Tax payer do complete the form

and return it to Steve De Carteret.

Our Parish Prayer

Heavenly Father, pour down your

Spirit upon our church and parish.

Grant us a new vision of your glory,

a new experience of your power, a

new faithfulness to your word, and a

new consecration to your service;

that through our renewed witness,

your holy name may be glorified,

And your Kingdom come. We ask

this through Jesus Christ our Lord

Who lives and reigns with you and

The Holy Spirit, One God,

World without end.

Amen.

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Some August Facts

The Romans gave this month its name in 8BC, after the first Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar (grandnephew of Julius Caesar) who ruled from 27BC until his death in AD14. Before then, the month had been known as Sextilis, as it was the sixth of ten months in the Roman Calendar, which began with March.

August 24 is St. Bartholomew Day

Augusts’ zodiac signs are Leo (July 23–Aug 22) and Virgo (Aug 23–Sept 22)

The birth flowers are the gladiolus symbolizing strength of character, sincerity, and generosity; and the poppy symbolizing eternal sleep and also imagination.

The primary birthstone is peridot, which symbolizes strength and healing power, protecting its wearer from nightmares and evil, ensuring harmony and happiness.

August 16th 1977 Elvis died

In 565 AD Saint Columba reported a monster in Loch Ness – see page 17

The Glorious Twelfth is the start of the shooting season for red grouse , and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Beverley Linnecor

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Saint Columba (565) and the Loch Ness monster

The earliest report of a monster in the vicinity of Loch Ness appears in the Life of St. Columba by Adomnán, written in the sixth century AD.

Standing on the bank of the River Ness which flows out of Loch Ness, as Columba contemplated the best way to cross to the other side he came across a group of heathenish Picts who were burying a friend who had been attacked by an enormous “water beast” while swimming in the river. When Columba heard their story he laid his staff across the dead man’s chest and miraculously the man stood up, hale and hearty.

Columba ordered Br. Lugne, one of his fellow monks, to swim across the loch and bring back a small boat moored on the opposite shore. Lugne stripped off his tunic and immediately jumped into the water. The monster, alerted by Lugne’s splashing around, surfaced and raced towards the hapless monk, eager for a bite. The monster roared a might roar, darting towards the swimming monk in the middle of the stream, with its mouth wide open.

Everyone on the shore cried out hoping to warn the monk of his impending doom. St Columba stepped forward boldly to the edge of the loch, making the sign of the cross, invoking the Name of the Lord, commanded the monster “You will go no further!, Do not touch the man! Leave at once!” Even though the monster was no more than a spear’s length away from the swimming monk, at the sound of the saint’s words, it stopped and immediately fled the scene. As Adomnan described it, the monster moved “more quickly than if it had been pulled back with ropes.”

The monster absconded to the depths of the loch behind him, allowing Br. Lugne to paddle the boat back unharmed. The heathens at the funeral were impressed with Columba bringing their friend back to life and were also impressed with how the monster obeyed the saint. They all gave glory to the God of the Christians. The Picts converted on the spot, being baptized in the very waters of River Ness.

Beverley Linnecor

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Points from the minutes of the CAC held on 8th July 2020

Matters arising from March 4th meeting

Car Park. It was good that the car park had been completed but ironic that this

happened just as “Lockdown” was starting and the church was closed! There were a

few teething problems which will be discussed with the Common’s Council.

The exterior church notice boards are to be updated

The water heaters and lift in Church are to be serviced

The Northern Parishes Fun Day, originally scheduled at Easter, will now be held on

Sat. 29th August.

Treasurer’s Report. Steve presented his report on the Accounts for the year to 30th June

2020. During closure of the Church during “lockdown” an appeal had been put out to those

on the Electoral Roll, to maintain their financial support. This had generated a very

generous response with an increase of offertories and planned giving. Overall, although we

still have a deficit, it is considerably less than the same time last year, and not made worse

by Covid-19. We have kept up the monthly Share payments of £4000 per month but are still

underpaying.

Fundraising Ideas. Some scheduled events had had to be cancelled due to Covid – 19

restrictions.

“Sea Sunday” event to be held next year

Christmas fayre will be on 28th November.

A Music Quiz, organized by Fran and Roger Le Tissier, was to be held later in the

week.

It was suggested that the Church Hall “container sale” could be held sometime this

Summer/Autumn – the Fundraising Committee to be asked to organize this.

Gift Day will be 25th October.

Indian Restaurant meal – the owners had not understood the concept of the fund-

raising evening. This might be replaced by a different sort of meal at some stage.

Another music or more general quiz could be held next year.

Church Charity. This should have changed on 1st July, but it was agreed that as “Safer” had

missed out on 3 months’ donations, we would continue with this until the end of the year

and then the charity would change to the Guernsey Bereavement service at the beginning

of 2021.

Rector’s Report. Fr Stuart stated how “everything had gone mad” with the arrival of Covid-

19 in the Island, with the situation changing all the time. The Church buildings were closed

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to public Worship, but services were live-streamed from them; then the Churches had to be

closed completely and services were streamed from the Rectory. It had been good to

involve members of the congregation by recording readings and intercessions to include in

the Sunday morning Mass. Regular bulletins had been sent to Church members whose

email addresses were known, and others were posted, and virtual coffee mornings and tea

afternoons had been held using “Zoom” in an effort to keep people connected.

Additionally, members of the Pastoral Committee had kept in touch with various

housebound people living alone.

Father Stuart said what a joy it had been to be back in Church for worship, first on a

restricted basis and now in our pre-lockdown pattern. He was continuing to live-stream

some services for those unable to attend Church and gave thanks for all the support which

had been received during “lock down”. Nicky thanked Fr Stuart for all his hard work during

this difficult period.

Churchwardens’ Reports. Rector’s warden, Mike, had little to report except that it was

hoped that recent “gremlins” in the organ were due to dust and would resolve without

intervention. People’s warden, Jeremy reported that

A recent blockage in the Sacristy sink had been cleared.

Various works carried over from last year was continuing; Including work above the

inner porch doors, the mosaics behind the altar, inner west wall and work on the roof

gutters.

Once this present work is completed, it is hoped that the work specified in the 2020

Remède can proceed.

Safeguarding Barbara Minta has now taken over this role. Two people needed to undertake

training.

Future Pattern of services - Sunday 8am Said Mass, 10.30am Sung Mass. Weds 9.30am

and Thurs. 7.30pm Said Mass. Live – streaming of these services would continue at present.

There was some discussion as to whether we might inadvertently be breaching some rule

with regard to data protection and filming people who might not wish to be identified and

this will be investigated.

Church Hall and B&LNRoom –

Julie Davis has given notice that she no longer wishes to administer and take

bookings from 31st August. This vacancy is therefore in urgent need of filling.

At the Hall, the planned painting in August has been deferred to 2021. The Electricity

distribution boxes have been renewed, power has been put into the small room to

the left of the main entrance and the floor in this room has been repaired and

woodworm treated.

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Church AGM – This would take place during the Family Eucharist on 19th July. Some parts

of the service would be omitted and reports would be slotted in at these places. There were

2 vacancies for the Council.

Any Other Business

More people are required to help with refreshments after the Sunday 10.30am service

More Intercessors are also needed.

Date of next meeting: Wednesday 21st October

Nicky David

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Bible readings for August 2020

2nd August The Eighth Sunday after Trinity Isaiah 55:1-5 Psalm 145:15-end Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21

9th August The Ninth Sunday after Trinity 1 Kings 19:9-18 Psalm 85:8-13 Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33

16th August The Tenth Sunday after Trinity Isaiah 56:1,6-8 Psalm 67

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:21-28

23rd August St. Bartholomew Isaiah 42:8-13 Psalm 145: 1-7 Acts 5:12-16 Luke 22:24-30

30th August The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Jeremiah 15:15-21 Psalm 26:1-8 Romans 12:9-end Matthew 16:21-end

From the Registers

R I P “May they rest in Peace”

11th June Margaret Rose Falla

22nd June Jenny Hardy (Burial of Ashes)

16th July Joan Neill (Burial of Ashes)

Baptisms “We welcome you into the Lord’s Family”

19th July Willow De La Mare

26th July Leo Gallienne

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More Church Contacts Vale Church Hall and the Billie & Leslie Norman Rooms

Miss Julie Davis [email protected] .....................247021

Vale Church Music Group

Mr John Bichard [email protected] ................245213

Pendle, La Hougue, Vale, GY3 5JA

Church Flowers, wedding flowers, festival flowers

Mrs Val Kilby ……………[email protected] ..........................247525

Vale Women’s Social Group

Mrs. Margaret Pettitt ......................................... ..........................247603

Mah Jongg, Bordel Lane, Vale GY3 5DB

Val Kilby ............................................................ ..........................247525

Pauline Bichard .................................................. ..........................245213

Captain of the Bell Tower

Mr Michael Bubb [email protected] ..............254137

Secretary of the Bell Tower

Mrs Nicky [email protected] ..................245365

Sandy Hook, St Sampson GY2 4EJ

Vale Church Magazine Distribution and Pewsheet Compiler

Mr John David [email protected] ..................245365

Sandy Hook, St Sampson GY2 4EJ

The Leprosy Mission

Mrs Annette Hamon ........................................... ..........................249846

Miss Pat Le Sauvage ........................................... ..........................258178

The Childrens’ Society

Mr Colin Sarchet [email protected]. .... ………………………..246191

Fairways, Bunker Hill, Vale GY3 5JT

Bible Society

C/O the Churchwardens

Vale Church Magazine Editor

Mr Barrie Linnecor [email protected] ...............................

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SERVICES AT ST MICHEL DU VALLE

Every Wednesday

9.30am Said Eucharist

Every Thursday

7.30pm Said Eucharist

Every Sunday

8.00am Said Eucharist

10.30 am Parish Eucharist

(Every 3rd Sunday in a month at 10.30am is Family Eucharist)