Sunday 12th June
11.00am to 4.00pm
FULKING
We have loads of new ‘Book Club’ type books – so please come and browse.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Jun 10
Fulking Monthly Book Sale
Jun 06
POYNINGS Public Footpath 18P – Temporary Closure Notice
The Footbridge is being replaced so this footpath will be closed for 5 days from the 20TH JUNE 2016.
The closure is necessary whilst the footbridge is replaced by WSCC Volunteer Ranger team.
A copy of the Temporary Closure Notice in respect of Footpath 18P can be found on this link. Footpath FP18P, or by clicking on read online.
Jun 05
Pondtail Wood Information evening
Tuesday 7 June – 7.30pm
Upstairs room at The Royal Oak, Poynings.
Pondtail Wood – Poynings
Many have been working to prevent the further destruction of these woods that we thought were protected by the National Park.
If you want to know more about the current situation and how we hope to resolve it, join us for a while this Tuesday.
Mike Airey.
On behalf of the Parish Council, villagers and friends.
Jun 03
MISSING GREY AND WHITE CAT
CALLED EARL
Please let us know if you have seen him since 10pm Thursday June 2nd.
Earl is usually in our house in the day and out at night. We are very worried as he has never been missing before.
We would really appreciate it if you could please check your sheds, garages and under bushes.
We live at Dyke View, Poynings. Please call 01273 857 717 or email cloudsontour@hotmail.com
Jun 02
WSCC Household Waste Recycling consultation
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This consultation runs until 12 June. They are proposing changes to save around £2million, because the County Council continues to be faced by significant reductions to the funding it receives from central government, which along with your council tax, pays for the services they provide. Proposals include reduced opening hours and days for some HWRS and stopping the mobile service. https://haveyoursay.westsussex.gov.uk/waste-management-services/hwrs/consult_view |
May 30
Downland Church News June 2016
The Downland Benefice
Holy Trinity, Poynings, St Andrew’s, Edburton
St John the Evangelist, Newtimber
The Transfiguration, Pyecombe
June 2016
There is a united Benefice service every Sunday morning at 10 am in one of our churches.
On most Sundays, this is a service of Holy Communion.
On the first Sunday of each month, it is an all age worship service, followed at 11.15 am by a short Communion service.
Location varies according to the pattern below:
First Sunday (5th June) Poynings
Second Sunday (12th June) Newtimber
Third Sunday (19th June) Poynings
Fourth Sunday (26th June) Pyecombe
There is also a Benefice Evening Service at 6pm
every second Sunday (12th June) at Pyecombe.
In addition, at Edburton Church there is:
A service of Family Communion every first and third Sunday at 11 am. (5th and 19th June)
Morning and Evening Prayer each week
Mondays: Edburton at 6 pm; Tuesdays: Newtimber at 5 pm
Wednesdays: Poynings at 9 am; Pyecombe at 6 pm
Evergreens (for the over 60’s)
Monday, 6th June, 3.30 – 5 pm at Rectory Cottage, Newtimber
(home of Shirley Murrell)
Baptism
Sunday 5th June, 10am Sam Rentz Poynings
Weddings
Saturday 18th June Joe Mills & Alexis Eckerle Edburton
Saturday 25th June Charlotte Newnham and Mark Stacey
Poynings
Special events and dates this month
- Saturday 4th June, Pyecombe to Lewes Priory walk (8miles total distance); set off 10.30am. Further details, see fliers or karenalew1@aol.com Walk as little or as much as you want, bring picnic lunch; informative talks en route and Priory tour.
- Saturday 11th June, 2.30pm, Classical concert in Newtimber Church followed by strawberry and cream tea in the lovely grounds of Newtimber Place: see fliers or contact Lucy on 01273 831877 or lucy.dalrymple@icloud.com.
- Book Nook in Fulking opens every second Sunday, 11am – 4pm. This month on 12th June.
- POYNINGS FETE is 2 -4.30 pm, on 18th June in the Rectory Garden. Games, maypole dancing, tombola and live music – all proceeds to the Church. A village event for all the family.
- Study Groups re-start on Weds 8th June for 6 weeks: afternoons 2.30-4pm or evenings 8-9.30pm, At the Rectory. The second of the Pilgrim course, looking at the Lord’s Prayer; all welcome. 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th June; 6th and 13th July
- Messy Church meets this month on Friday 17th June, from 4.30 pm – 6 pm at Fulking Village Hall. Do come along!
- ADVANCE NOTICE of Pyecombe’s Village Weekend and Flower festival, which is 2nd -3rd July: theme for the flowers this year is ‘Books’; refreshments and other stalls all weekend
Clergy contact details:
Revd Dr Caroline Currer, Priest-in-Charge
Tel 01273 857456 c.currer@btinternet.com
Revd Graham Jeffery (Edburton) 01273 494559
May 27
Sold As Seen
Sold As Seen are once again hosting an Indoor Session with special guest Dave Gee.
£5.00 per person for an amazing evening of live music entertainment of self write songs and Motown.
Limited tickets available.
Please bring along your own alcohol / soft drinks.
Doors open at 7.15pm. Saturday 28th May
Please reserve your tickets at www.soldasseenband.biz or purchase on the door on the night.
LIMITED PARKING.
May 27
Pondtail Wood
Stay vigilant this weekend – if you see trucks or Travellers entering Pondtail Wood, phone 999 immediately to inform the Police!
Breaches of the Stop Notice should still be reported to Mike Airey as usual on 07884 165 867 or email airey2005@btinternet.com
May 25
Hymns and Pimms
Hymns and Pimms from the PCC at Edburton.
Everyone is invited to join the congregation of St Andrew’s Edburton for their annual ‘Songs of Praise’ service, ‘Hymns and Pimms’, which is next Sunday 29th May at 6pm.
We will be singing some favourite hymns accompanied by a complimentary glass of Pimms, and hope you will join us.
We look forward to seeing you there.
May 24
SheepWatch UK
• SheepWatch UK is a new initiative which is trying to help people work together to reduce the number of attacks on sheep by dogs, support responsible dog ownership and enable stress-free dog walks
• The initiative is working closely with the Kennel Club, Farmers Unions, Police Forces, the National Sheep Association and others
• Thousands of sheep (many of them pregnant) are killed by dogs every year – and many more are worried (which can lead to them losing lambs which they are carrying)
• In the first two months of 2016 (before the horrendous attach at West Dean in which 116 ewes died), over 400 sheep had been killed by dogs (averaging over 50 every week) – and this figure is probably only the tip of a, largely unreported, ice-berg
• SheepWatch UK is trying to encourage all farmers to report incidents to its website so that there is a better picture of the scale, nature and costs of the problem
• The campaign will offer ideas and advice to farmers as well as producing a ‘Toolkit’ for local communities so that they can organise local campaigns to increase awareness and encourage responsible behaviour in the countryside
• Communities are encouraged to obtain copies of the Toolkit (now available) and find out more about the issue via the SheepWatch UK website
• A national conference (free of charge) is being arranged for Friday 3rd June (details via the SheepWatch UK website) http://www.terena.co.uk/sheepwatch-uk.html
• The initiative has already been featured on BBC Countryfile, researchers from the BBC ‘One Show’ have been in touch with us and are currently considering covering the issue, there is reference to the initiative on page 6 of the new ‘South Downs View’ and interest in using the Toolkit to organise local campaigns has already been received from over half the counties in the country.
I hope that this information may be helpful to you. There will be no ‘quick fix’ to this issue but, hopefully, if lots of communities take an interest and help to raise awareness then changes might be seen over the years ahead …