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David's farewell do.
Presentation to Anne Wynne.
Beating the Bounds.
Bishop Paul's visit.

David's farewell do.

On Saturday the 29th of January there was a gathering at the Collingham Memorial Hall to say farewell to David and Kristina. It was nice to see so many people there from all corners of the group who were there to say their good-byes and thank-yous to the pair of them. Although it was a sad occasion you would not have guessed it from the atmosphere. The hall was packed to capacity and I leave you to imagine the lively discussions that took place while those gathered worked their way through the excellent buffet prepared by the ladies of the churches throughout the group.

David made a brief speech telling us how he thought things had gone over the last seven years that he has been at Collingham. Telling the story of how his group grew to its current size and thanking everyone for joining together to make it all work.

He especially thanked the people from Clifton, Harby, and Thorney for the way they accepted recent changes in their worship patterns. He talked of the times he has shared with the people of his parish and what it has meant to him at a personal level. He told us that people had always told him that he "was meant to be a bachelor" and of how glad he was to prove them wrong when he met his soul mate Kristina. He also told us a little about his new role in the Deanery as well as his new parish responsibilities. He hopes to encourage greater communication and interaction between all the churches in the Deanery, so we could well be seeing more of him in the future. Throughout his speech the crowd listened attentively.

David was presented with a cheque from money collected throughout the group and a small gift of a stained glass table lamp, made by Rosemary Pike of Spalford, for him and Kristina. Kristina was also presented with a basket of flowers.

Nick Narracott also made a short speech thanking David, and Kristina, for all that they have done for the group over the years. He also wished them well for the future from all of us. Nick then gathered the choir together to sing a song with words specially written for David by Nick, sung to the tune of the hymn "The Church's one foundation".

The East Trent Group Choir

David's Farewell - January 2011

The Church's one foundation

Was David Milner, Priest

He kept us all in order

And celebrated Feasts

And now he's moving onwards

To Farndon pastures new

What will we do without him

We must not cry Boo-Hoo

A lesser man would have a fit

But David he did muse

And recognised the potential

Of people in the pews

And soon we had the volunteers

In teams working for free

It turned out rather well we think

To use the laity

When David came to Collingham

We were a group of four

But Winthorpe, Holme and Langford

Made us somewhat more

And then when Ken retired

Oh My, another three

With Clifton, Harby, Thorney

All joining in with glee

So David Milner's leaving us

But we are not down hearted

For what he's taught us makes us strong

To continue what he started

And so in saying our goodbyes

To you and Tina too

We ask God's Blessing on you both

AND WILL NOT CRY BOO-HOO

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Presentation to to Anne Wynne in November.

Anne Wynne has been organist in Collingham for 25 years and last Sunday (28/11) in St.John the Baptist (11.00am service) the wardens presented her with Flowers and a Vase to display them in token of her service.

The choir sang the following to her to the tune of the "Lincolnshire Poacher"

Nick

The East Trent Group Choir

The Nottinghamshire Organist - Anne Wynne - November 2010

When Anne was first our Organist

In nineteen eighty five

She played the All Saints organ

And made it come alive

And Connie played at SJB

And churches there were five

Oh, now Anne's served as organist

For years twenty-five

Yes, now she's served as organist

For years twenty-five

The new priest's name was Alistair

With choir leader Bella Conn

She learnt to play in syncopate

For those more modern songs

When Connie Bealby did retire

St.John Anne took on

Oh, now she's served as organist

For many a year quite long

Yes, now she's served as organist

For many a year quite long

The priest was Johnny Widdows

A fan of smells and bells

And Anne grew quite experienced

At pedal, great and swells

And playing with the growing choir

For psalms and canticles

Oh, now she's served as organist

For more than we can tell

Yes, now she's served as organist

For more than we can tell

And now we come right up to date

With Rev'rend David M

Churches to co-ordinate

Elev'n of them A'hem

And singing with Anne is really great

Let's shout a great Amen

Oh, Anne's a wonderful organist

Let's shout a great Amen

Yes, Anne's a wonderful organist

Let's shout a great Amen

Nick Narracott - October 2010

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Beating the Bounds in September.

Beating the Bounds - the Extreme Way.

The United Benefice of Collingham with South Scarle, Besthorpe, Girton and Spalford, Winthorpe, Holme and Langford, Clifton, Harby and Thorney is known as the East Trent Group.

Five years ago we were three separate country benefices with three clergy. How things have changed - our one Rector, Revd.David Milner, cares for all these - add in the hamlets and there are fifteen!!

As we grew we needed a way of creating a "Group Identity" and "Beating the Bounds" was one of Revd.David's answers. Originally around the eight churches, from January 2010 we had eleven.

So on the first weekend of September 2010 we celebrated eleven services in eleven buildings in 24 hours.

Many members of the congregations attended over half of the services and an intrepid group of cyclists (pictured) covered the total 37 miles and 11 services despite strong winds - the final tea was most welcome!!

Yes - large groups can work - you just need a little vision.

Saturday 4^th September

6:00pm Holy Communion followed by Event Launch Social

St.John the Baptist, Collingham

Sunday 5^th September

8:00am BCP Holy Communion followed by Breakfast Winthorpe

9:30am Short Morning Prayer Holme

10:15am Prayers Langford

10:45am Noisy Worship with HC All Saints, Collingham

12:30pm Prayers Besthorpe

1:00pm Prayers followed by Faith Lunch Girton

2:00pm Holy Baptism Clifton

3:00pm Holy Communion BCP Thorney

4:00pm Prayers Harby

5:15pm Choral Evensong and Tea South Scarle

Nick Narracott - Churchwarden,Collingham All Saints

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The Bishop's visit in June 2010:-

Dear all,
This special edition of our monthly East Trent Group letter is written in celebration of the Inauguration of our East Trent Group. I am very grateful to Christine Hasman for her reflections on the many events she supported. I have added some thoughts of my own to complete the picture.

We had a very short time to prepare for Bishop Paul's visit. A small group worked hard to ensure that the day ran smoothly. Timing was central to the success of the programme for the day. Once in place, arrangements were made about refreshments at various places across the group. The contribution made by our local Primary Schools added much to the event at the Joe Hallam Pavilion as did the banners, flowers and general decoration. The music at the showground was provided by the Music Group, led by Anne Speed, organ and other instruments played at other services by Anne Wynne. Last but not least, the choir prepared by Alan Stone for both the Morning Worship at the show ground as well as Choral Evensong held at St Helena, South Scarle.

The Consecration of the Cemetery at Collingham became a very thought provoking occasion as the party attending strode around the area in the Bishop's footsteps 'Beating the Bounds'. The hymn 'The Lord's My Shepherd' was sung, the Diocesan Registrar taking the lead. Bishop Paul then went to St. John Baptist where he was shown around the church.

I pick up my reflection of the day with Bishop Paul's afternoon visits to St. George the Martyr, South Clifton, and Holy Trinity Besthorpe. At Clifton the bishop had an opportunity to meet a number of local people, in particular Rosamund Akrill a longstanding member of its church community. At Besthorpe the Bishop took part in a lively question and answer session followed by a prayer of blessing and thanksgiving for the new church roof.

The day was very up lifting. The hard work put in by so many, was for me a real demonstration of the true Christian spirit active within our communities.

David, July 2010

What a day the 6th of June was, when our Bishop, the Right Revd Paul Butler and his Chaplain, Revd Canon Tony Evans visited our group of churches. I know that the day was a very busy one for a great many people, and I think I was one of them, as there didn't seem to be much opportunity for a rest! I hope that giving an account of the day from my own perspective will jog some happy memories.

We were off to a fairly damp start after the thunder storms of the night before, but when I arrived at the Joe Hallam Pavilion at 9.15am to take my place in the choir, the room was almost full already. The atmosphere was one of excitement and expectation, and on my part, a little nervousness, but all the choir pieces went well, as did the rest of the service, and when Revd David was formally licensed as Priest in Charge of the Group by Bishop Paul, this was greeted with enthusiastic applause. A careful eye was kept on the time as we enjoyed refreshments after the service, and then it was back home for a 5 minute break to collect our food contribution for the faith lunch.

At 11am, Ian and I were out of the door and off to Harby to join Wilf Turner and his band in ringing the bells for the mid-day service, during which Bishop Paul blessed the repairs to the church roof and was presented with a gift. He took the time to share the Peace with everyone present before the Communion, which is gradually becoming known as a kind of trademark of his. After the service, the village hall played host to the faith lunch, and I really don't think the tables could have held much more food! Bishop Paul was chatting with as many people as possible, and Ian and I were no exception. We spoke mostly about bell-ringing; we already knew that Bishop Paul is very enthusiastic about the role of bells in bringing people to worship, as he has graciously accepted the invitation of the Southwell & Nottingham Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers to be our President. He seemed very interested to hear about the ringing which we would be doing during the day, and so was Revd Tony as his daughters were bell ringers at Sutton in Ashfield.

It was quite difficult to leave Harby as we were enjoying the lunch, but our next stop was our home church at Winthorpe for a spot of bell-ringing in time for Bishop Paul's visit at about 3.15pm. We rang for about 15 minutes then managed to catch the tail end of Bishop Paul's talk before whizzing off to South Scarle for... some more bell-ringing! South Scarle has a fledgling band of bell-ringers being taught by Richard Sutton, but they aren't quite ready yet to ring together as a team, so at the moment the Winthorpe ringers help Richard whenever ringing is requested for a service. The church filled up very quickly and I just managed to take my place in the choir's ranks after we finished ringing, feeling a little warmer than I would have liked after all that exercise!

Revd David was keen for us to have choral evensong, so under the direction of Alan Stone, and accompanied by Anne Wynne, the choir gave their all to fulfil the request, in 4-part harmony and with David himself joining the ranks of the tenor section, just in case anyone wonders where he kept disappearing to. During the service Bishop Paul reflected on the busy day which he had enjoyed. He thanked his chauffeur Nigel Priestley, commenting on the fact that he had never before ridden in a vintage car, and was presented with another gift. Afterwards, tea and cakes were enjoyed by all, and we made our way home, just before the rain started in earnest once more.

I think there will be lots of different viewpoints and memories of the day; as Revd David said at South Scarle, it's an event which will never be repeated, but it will most likely long be remembered.

With my very best wishes,
Christine Hasman

P.S. If anyone has an interest in learning to ring the church bells, you will be very warmly welcomed to any of the three practices which take place in our group. Please contact my husband Ian, the , for further information.

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