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Dunholme Parish Church of St Chad's
Dunholme Archives
There has been a church on this site for at least 700 years and there may have been a worshipping community in the village
for even longer. The fact that the Doomsday Book (1087) makes no mention of the church in Dunholme does not neccessarily
mean that no church existed. It is one of 31 churches dedicated to St Chad, a native of Northumbria.
Above: St Chad's from the spring at the bottom of Holmes Lane
Above: View of the church from Holms Lane.
Below: Showing the church tower
WELTON & DUNHOLME METHODIST CHAPEL
WELTON AND DUNHOLME METHODIST CHAPEL Methodist Services
Sept. 5th 10.30am Rev. A. Burrows H.C.
12th 10.30am
Christine Blackburn
19th 10.30am Dr. Ian Lacy
26th*
10.30am Rev. A. Burrows
Harvest Festival*
Oct. 3rd. 10.30am Annie Rands Cleaning Rota Sept. 4th &11th Vera & Jim
18th & 25th Barbara &
John
Oct. 2nd Kirsty
Flower Rota
Sept. 5th Tricia
Ward
12th Betty McKinnie
19th Rachel Clifton
26th Vera Barwick
Oct. 3rd Sheila Brace Door
Stewards
Sept. 5th Betty McKinnie
12th Tricia Ward
19th Barbara Ryland
26th Rachel Clifton
Oct. 3rd Pat Ward
WELTON AND DUNHOLME METHODIST CHAPEL *Harvest
Festival This was traditionally
as the name suggests a service to thank God for the harvest safely gathered in. We are lucky enough to live in a country that
does not suffer from famines and it is easy to take our food for granted. So it is good to take the time to remember how lucky
we are and give thanks. This service is for all ages and there will be an opportunity to
bring forward gifts of food. The fresh will be sold off at a Harvest Lunch following the service with all proceeds going to
charity. All tinned items get passed on to the Community Larder. Everyone is welcome to join us. Please phone 860998 if you
would like more information.
Saturday Coffee Morning The Chapel Schoolroom is open to anyone & everyone on Saturday mornings from 10.00 - 11.30am. Why not pop in
for a refreshing cuppa and the chance to meet friends and perhaps make new ones. The following folk will be on hand
to serve you.... Sept. 4th
Vera & Jim
11th
Rachel & Linda
18th
Jane H. & Margaret
25th
Marian & Keith
Oct. 2nd
Ruth & David Something for all ages....... The
Chapel aims to serve God by serving the community we try to provide something for everyone...if you feel we are not meeting
your need then please let us know. Lots of our groups have been closed during the summer holidays,
below is a list of start up dates and contact numbers for your information.... Youth Club(11
- 15's) Tuesday Sept. 14th 861241
Wednesday Club(6-9's)
Wednesday Sept 8th 861480
Group Nine(9-11's)
Wednesday Sept 8th 866504
Sunday School (all ages)Sunday Sept. 12th 860998
Film Club (1st Thurs.) Thursday Oct. 7th 860998
Family Hour (4th Thurs) Thursday Sept. 23rd 860998
Family Hour As we
get ready to start a new year we are taking the opportunity to look at our group to see if should change the format. To this
end we warmly invite anyone who has pre-school children to look after to come along to a lunch meeting to tell us what you
want. Just bring a pack up, drinks will be provided as well as toys & activities etc. to keep the children happy. Lunch for Little ones
Thurs . Sept. 23rd
From 12.00pm
Chapel Schoolroom
Winter Wonderland
Friday
26th to Sunday 28th November 4.00-7.00pm
The Hollies,
21 Ryland Rd. Welton Put this date in your diaries.........Christmas starts here! There will be lots of fairy lights.
Stalls
Refreshments
Static Displays
Sleigh ride to Santa
Anyone
young or old will be able to come and wander around the garden viewing the lights and static displays or do their Christmas
shopping in the marquees. Entrance £1.00 entitles you to as many visits as you wish.
Timed tickets will be available from Monday 11th October on 860998 for those wanting to book a Sleigh Ride to Santa...Early
booking is essential to save disappointment.
Welton and Dunholme Methodist Church Ladies Fellowship
Our new
programme begins on Thurs Sept 9th 7.45pm at the home of Sheila Brace when we shall have a play reading. We have
another varied programme this year, ranging from a talk by Special Editions Chocolate, researching women poets, to making
Christmas cards and learning about a famous Scottish explorer and much more. So come along and join us! Our meetings all begin
at 7.45 pm.If you would like further information and would like to join us please phone Barbara on 01673 860823.
MOTHERS UNION
On Wednesday September 8th at 3pm we have a business meeting to plan our next year programme. Also we are collecting for
the women refuge. On Tuesday September 14th is Corporate Communion at St Mary's Church at 9.30am. If you would like
to join us for any of our meetings you will be very welcome to do so Ann Loom
THRESHOLD
August Services 1st 11am Welton Village Hall. Service.
8th 12 noon Barbeque at 22 Norbeck Lane, Welton.
15th 11am Welton
Village Hall. Service.
22nd A social for family and friends. Ring 01522 868977 for details.
29th Grapevine Celebration.
Over the summer as life in general slows down a little, so do we in Threshold. We are going to meet for services and
socials on alternate weeks. But the highlight of our calendar for August is always Grapevine.
Each August Bank
Holiday weekend, over 10,000 people from across the city, region, UK and overseas meet together for Grapevine, the Christian
festival. There are activities for every age group from Jellytots for the 0-3yr olds, through Shake for 12-14yr olds up to
the Big Top holding 5.000 people. It is a time for people to come together to learn more about the Christian faith, receive
teaching, enjoy worshipping together, and each others company. There are food outlets and cafe's, stalls to browse displaying
crafts, jewellery, books etc. You can book in for the whole weekend or just go for a day or half day at a time. If you are
interested, take a look at the Grapevine website www.grapevinecelebration.org.uk.
Community
Bible Study
CBS is a group that is open to all Christians, of any denomination, studying the Bible
in a friendly, relaxed but informative way. Members complete a printed worksheet each week, and then meet in a small
group to discuss the questions and compare answers, which often leads to much laughter, and a greater understanding of God's
word. There follows a short talk on the passage, and a commentary is given out to further underline what we have learnt.
The Dunholme Class has been running for more than four years now, and has more than 20 members representing the Anglican
Churches, the Methodist Chapel and several Independant Churches. We can offer a creche, and lifts if necessary.
CBS will be starting back on Wednesday September 15th, in the Old School Rooms, Dunholme, 9.30 - 11.30. This year
we will be studying the book of Genesis, which will be fascinating, with lots of familiar stories, such as Creation, Noah's
Ark, Abraham and Joseph. I'm sure that there will be some very lively debates!
If you would like more
information, please ring me on 01673 866467.
Thank you Jane Hutchinson
For Community Bible Study International click here
There shouldn't be a law against it!
Soon
notices banning smoking in public buildings will be on display all over the place - including churches and cathedrals. This
legislation is greatly to be regretted, not because I am in favour of people smoking where other people gather - I am not.
Rather, I regret the need for a law to be passed to effect such a ban. It should not be necessary. People who smoke should
not need to be threatened with legal action in order to prevent them causing offence, inconvenience or even harm to others.
Surely consideration for others in enclosed spaces should ensure effective self-regulation by those who enjoy a smoke.
Of
course, this is not an isolated example. In recent years personal behaviour has been subject to increasing amounts of legislation
so that very few human activities are exempt from some kind of legal restriction. Why is this? Why have we become so litigious?
Well,
to an extent the answer lies in our increased awareness of how our personal choices impact on others. Greater awareness of
the harmful effects of passive smoking is a good example of this. Also, an emphasis on human rights has required more protection
for victims, sometimes at the expense of preventing crime.
But above all,
we must point to a decline in day-to-day respect for one another and a lack of trust that people will instinctively curb their
own habits in the interests of other people and their well-being. Self-discipline leads to self-regulation and so lessens
the need for legislation. When self-denial has ceased to operate, then a Law has to be passed to curb anti-social behaviour.
This
reverses what Jesus taught by constant word and example. He respected the Law and realised why it has its place in any ordered
society, but He favoured and promoted self-regulation.
"You
shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength; and you
must love your neighbour as your-self."
If
these golden rules are applied thoughtfully and faithfully then fewer Laws would be necessary, and the notices about to appear
in Church porches and public bars would be entirely redundant.
+ John Lincoln
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ST CHAD’S CHURCH
Teamwork!
I saw a T-shirt recently with a slogan saying: “Teamwork
means never having to take the blame yourself!” How cynical, I thought. Clergy simply couldn’t do their
job without people joining in to help and support their ministry, and it certainly isn’t so they can blame someone else!
And perhaps England’s football team would have done a little better at the World Cup if they had played more
like a team, and less like eleven individuals.
One week after the England team were well and
truly thrashed by a Germany side that really played like a team, I was ordained to the priesthood in Lincoln Cathedral.
I didn’t leave the team of people I work with, I wasn’t ‘promoted to the boardroom’, I just
sort of changed my position on the pitch, but carried on playing in the same team, aiming for the same goal. That evening, when
I led my first service as a priest at All Saints Church Nettleham, we heard a reading from the Bible in which St Paul described
how God gives us all different gifts, so that ‘some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors
and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the
unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God.’ It’s the same for a church, for
a football team, and for a local community: we all contribute in our different ways, but we are linked together by our common
humanity, our shared hopes and goals. Teamwork is definitely on the agenda for us at the moment, as the churches in Nettleham, Riseholme,
Welton, Dunholme and Scothern begin to work together, sharing a parish priest (Revd Jenny Rowley - my boss!) and her team,
learning to use resources carefully and for the benefit of all the community in the villages we serve. Community
spirit and teamwork has also been evident in the coming together of the community in the recent Dunholme Fete which the Church
organised. It was good to see Church and Community really coming together for the benefit of everyone.
But who can join the team? Well, in short, everyone.
Our
hope is that the churches in our community can be open and accessible to all, and we find that people encounter God in many
different ways. Sometimes it is through coming to church for a wedding, baptism or a funeral; or through
seeing the fantastic work of the many church schools in the area; or in a conversation with a friend; or sitting quietly in
the peace of one of our buildings; or sharing in worship at a Sunday or midweek service.
My
sons enjoy a children’s TV programme called ‘Grandpa In My Pocket’ in which a boy called Jason and his Grandpa
(who has a magic shrinking cap) have all sorts of adventures. At the end of each episode, they give a hi-five
and say together ‘Teamwork!’ That’s the sort of team I like to be a part of, where young
and old come together, to achieve all they can, contributing in their own way in a spirit of mutual respect, cooperation and
fun.
So, to finish, here’s a less cynical slogan about teamwork, a Kenyan proverb: “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”
Revd Matthew Rushton
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SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE IN SEPTEMBER
September 5th | 9.15 | Scothern: Communion | 14th after Trinity | 10.45 | Dunholme: Morning Worship |
| 10.45 | Welton: Communion |
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| September 12th | 9.15 | Scothern: Communion | 15th after Trinity
| 10.45 | Welton: Family Service |
| 6.30pm | Dunholme: Evening Service |
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| September 19th | 9.15 | Dunholme: Communion
(Formal) | 16th after Trinity | 10.45 | Welton: Communion |
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| September
26th | 9.15am | Scothern: Morning Prayer | 17th Trinity | 10.45am | Dunholme: Communion |
| 10.45am | Welton: Morning Worship |
FROM THE PARISH REGISTER
We congratulate
Carrie Wilson & Malcolm McDermid (14-08-2010)
on their recent marriage and pray for their future lives together
TRANSFORMATION PRAYER
EVENINGS St Chad's Church - 7.00pm Sunday 5th and 19th September Open
to all Christians to worship together and pray for the needs of the communities of Welton, Dunholme and Scothern, and the
wider region
ST CHAD'S DUNHOLME
What's in a name?
If you are asked to name a celebrity, who comes to mind - your favourite
popstar, actor, comedian, model, footballer? It probably isn't the name of a Saint that's, uppermost, yet in their
day they could be called the celebrities of their time. Many of them came from wealthy or noble families, as did St. Chad,
and gave up their lifestyle to follow Jesus' teaching and spread His word. St. Chad ended up as Bishop of Mercia and Lindsey.
It is interesting to consider that he died in 672 and we still remember him today - how many celebrities will be remembered
in 1300 years time?
Dunholme will be celebrating St. Chad's
day on March 13th to remember the qualities of our patronal saint. When we read about the life of St Chad, we come
to realize that having given up a privileged and noble background he took on a humble and obedient way of life, disciplined
by prayer, study of the scripture and care of others. It does seem that he gave up a comfortable life, but in fact he gained
far more than he gave up. He responded to God's call and fulfilled his destiny, escorted to heaven by a choir of
angels on March 2nd.
March is the month when we are
heading into spring and we are also in Lent in the Christian calendar. The word Lent comes from the old English name for this
season, ‘Lencten' and was adopted by the church for the time leading up to Easter. This time symbolizes the 40 days
Jesus spent in the desert. A lot of people think that Lent is
a time when you give something up. But maybe by taking an example from St. Chad we should take up something as well!
So even if you don't agree with giving up something for Lent, can we use this time to take something up for God? Addendum: On Mother's Day a warm welcome awaits you and all your family at
our special Mothering Sunday service March 14th at 10.45am Yours in Christ Sarah Gaydon and Yvonne Pullen, Members of St. Chad's Ministry Team
YOUR CHURCH - ST. CHAD'S CHURCH - YOUR HERITAGE
Continuing the series on the condition and proposed work to the Church
With regard to the information provided on the
restoration of the pinnacles of the Church Tower (October) and the general condition of the main building last month, I am
please to advise that the Parochial Church Council (P.C.C.) has now made a formal application to the Diocesan Advisory Committee
for the necessary Planning Permission. Whilst the P.C.C. has been able to raise funds towards the cost it is not sufficient
to enable all the work to be completed.
In that respect a grant application has be made to the Lincolnshire Old Churches
Trust and we are hopeful that our submission will be successful and allow us to commence work in the New Year. Hopefully more
about this in January.
In last months addition I briefly mentioned that woodworm infestation and fungal decay had been
found in the four raised floor areas in the nave of the church and discovered during a survey carried out in May 2008. The
combination of fungal and insect activity has weakened some of the floor joists significantly. Whilst the floor was still
able to support the pews at the time of inspection, it must be appreciated that the timbers are in an ongoing cycle of deterioration
and a decision has to be made to replace them sooner or later. The P.C.C. is looking at various options which would enable
the floor to be levelled throughout the nave of the church, thus providing a more flexible space, and allowing easy access
for those with mobility difficulties. The temporary removal of the pews to replace the floor has also provided an opportunity
to look into the seating requirements. A small sub committee was set up to establish available options and to assist with
this process a number of visits were made to churches with similar flooring problems to that of St Chad's.
Nothing
is straight forward when changes are being contemplated within any building but these are amplified when dealing with a building
that has significant historical interest. Before our architect can provide the necessary detailed drawings and specification
for the lowered floor a faculty (church planning permission) has to be obtained and before that a full archaeological investigation
is required in the areas below the wooden platform to ensure that we do not disturb any area of special interest (e.g. - preliminary
investigations under the north west wooden platform in April 2009 exposed part of a much earlier flagstone floor.
Whilst
this floor area had been lifted to facilitate the archaeological work we were able to confirm that the wooden floor was in
a very poor condition.
The supporting joists were in such a state (i.e. little more than dust) that it was not possible
to reinstate the old pew platform. Replacement floor joists and a plywood floor have been constructed as a temporary solution
in order that the church could be returned to a fully usable state.
The remaining three wooden floors have to similarly
raised and inspected archaeologically.
We have now received the necessary permission from the Church Authorities for
this work will continue. The next available time when the archaeological specialists are available is February 2010.
* see link to the British Geological Survey web
site
(http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/uk_special/market_rasen_2702200.htm
David Rosier St. Chad’s PCC
Rebuilding the Church
ST CHAD'S needs your help.
Over hundreds of years St Chad's Church has continuously needed work to keep it open and working for the people of the
village. By 1900 it was in need of serious restoration and the energetic and popular Vicar Samuel Wild spent two decades making
the much needed improvements. This was only made possible with the help of the people of the village.
We are now acing
the same situation again and once again we need to call on the people of the village for help.
Throughout our lives we
call on the Church to be there for us, it is the centre of the village and is a cornerstone we come to rely on for:-
Christenings
& Baptisms Weddings Remembrance
Easter & Christmas A place of refuge & prayer Funerals
We need to raise
money to improve the building and make it accessible for the whole community.
If you feel you can help any way, through
donations, sponsorship, volunteering at an event or if you have any ideas for fundraising and would like more information
the Church will be open; for coffee and cake at the Coffee Stop on the 1st Tuesday of the month.
There is an envelope
inside this newsletter for any donations or ideas. Please put them through the letter box to Heater Hunter at the Old Vicarage,
next to the Church.
St. Chad's Church -
Your Church - Your Heritage
Continuing the series on the condition and proposed work to the Church
Our plans for the repairs and
restoration to the Church have been approved and we now enter the formal stage of obtaining planning permission (a faculty)
before work can start. I am pleased to inform you that pre-application consultation with West Lindsey District Council and
English Heritage has been both supportive and positive.
We have modified the schedule of work to include the restoration
of all eight tower pinnacles together with other repair work to a number of exterior walls consequently this has increased
the overall cost to approximately £47,000
As reported previously it remains our intention to raise funds to cover
the cost of the work from money set aside for repairs and from other sources of grant funding which currently stands at £22,000.
We have made application to a number of other grant making organisations and if these are successful a further £18,000
will be added to the fund. This will leave a shortfall of £7,000.
We are working on a number of ideas which will
help us to reach the target and in this respect will be holding:
"A day of Music" in Church on Saturday 13th
March from 09.00 to 18.00.
By the time you read this article each household in the village will have received a personal
invitation to the event to celebrate the life of Saint Chad.
The church bells will ring a quarter peel to mark the beginning
and end of the programme and there will be organ recitals throughout the day a various times on the hour. There will be a
number of interludes (Alison Godden solo soprano at 11.00, a performance by the children from St. Chad's at 12.00 and
a further change in musical style with St. Chad's Band - "Enlighten" at 16.00).
Stewards will be available
to assist you should you have any question regarding the restoration and repair programme.
Please join with us for some
light refreshments, friendship and relaxation against a background of music. Drop in at any time and stay as long as you wish.
Whilst there is no charge for entry a donation towards the restoration, repair and maintenance of the church would be appreciated.
For further details please refer to your personal invitation.
David Rosier
St. Chad's PCC
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