Cavendish
A village nestling in the Stour Valley
A village nestling in the Stour Valley
A village nestling in the Stour Valley
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Sunday 5th October – Harvest Service at 10.30 a.m. followed by the Village Quiz in the Memorial Hall in the evening at 7 for 7.30pm start, bring your own refreshments – with proceeds to the Church Restoration Fund.
Saturday 18th October – Gift Day at the Church in support of the Security and Insurance for the year from October 2025. The Village has been very generous in helping with this in the last few years, but the cost is now about £4,500 per year, which is prohibitive for the immediate Church parishioners, and it is hoped that those with a broader interest in the building and its future at the heart of the village will be able to help again this year. The building alone has to be insured for £16M.
Church involvement at Village Fete of the 6th September: Thanks to all of you who provided books, puzzles & games and helped with the sorting and displaying of the various items in gazebos on the Green for the Church stall and to those who helped clear up in good time afterwards. The left-over books have been put in the side aisle pews on the south side of the Church and are available for sale, though we expect many of the remainder will gradually be transferred to the Oxfam Bookshop in Bury. Thanks also to all those who helped with the Tower visits – for both those demonstrating and those experiencing something of Bell Tolling and Chiming, to see the Bells and appreciate the very old clock, and those ensuring safety. There were about 270 who went up the tower this time, more than in previous years on what was a glorious afternoon, many appreciating the view for the first time. Rodney provided the background music while people looked at the Art Festival in the Church. We were pleased to welcome the Conductor of the Jesus College Choir and his wife to the Church on the 5th September, the day before the Fete when there was a lot of activity there. The Choir is due to have a Concert at the Church on Friday the 12th December from 6pm.
A Petition for a Faculty has been submitted for an upgrade to the Church Heating
The Petition for the approval of the proposed heating upgrade in the Church has been submitted to the Diocesan Offices and the formal application to the Registry for the Faculty is underway. The first stage is to observe the public notice period, the notices for which are already displayed in the Main Church Building and in the Porch. This runs until the end of the first week of October. It is noted that Historic England have some objections to the proposed which it has not yet been possible to settle with the Diocesan architects. None of the other consultees have objected. Any objections from interested persons who have seen the public notice should be addressed straight to the Registry. Objectors will be given three options: 1) to withdraw their objection, 2) for the objection to be taken into account by the Chancellor 3) To become party opponent and dispute the application in a Consistory Court. The third possibility is apparently unlikely to be exercised in this case.
It is hoped that the work will be approved before Christmas and should start in the New Year. The detailed estimate of the full cost will only be done after the routing of the new wiring and the designs of the support of the heaters at the back of the church have been completed. It is thought that we are within the final £20K required. The work will require the lifting of a significant number of tiles and pews, and the replacement of the obsolete control electrics in the Lower Tower Room. The aim is a long-term investment to make the system more operationally efficient and to provide heating at the back of the Church – to enable additional activities there in the winter. Several of the existing 70-year-old heaters have failed and the obsolete Imperial standards especially in the control system cannot simply be added to.
Pastoral Letter - Either the Rector or Curate will separately provide a Pastoral Letter.
From Graham Jenkin (Church Warden)
Service schedule
Contacts
Do contact any of the above persons if you require any further information or help.
For further details of services please contact the Revd Mark Woodrow on Tel 01787-277515 or e-mail rector@stourvalley.org.uk or see notice boards.
