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Eucharist (from the Book of Common Prayer) – suspended due to Covid 19

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30 Oct 2020

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11:00

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Pershore Abbey

Pershore Abbey, Church Walk, Pershore, WR10 1BL

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How beautiful do our Abbey gates look as we enter into the #poppyappeal and #remembrance

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One of our most poignant annual community events i

One of our most poignant annual community events is our #allsoulsservice where we gather together here inside #pershoreabbey to remember those we have recently lost. Unfortunately due to the #covid_19 #socialdistancing restrictions, we are unable to hold this service inside the Abbey with you all this year. Therefore we want to reassure everyone that a service will be available online on Sunday 1st November at 5pm for you to follow on your devices safely at home. However, our Ministry team are still hoping to be able to light candles inside our ancient Abbey church on 1st November which will be done in quiet reflection. We would like to invite you to light a candle at home at 5pm on 1st November in memory of your loved ones so that we can still join together in spirit 🙏🏻🕯

On Monday, it was the Pershore Ringers Annual Gene

On Monday, it was the Pershore Ringers Annual General Meeting and the lovely John Alexander sent us a couple of his poems to mark his 50th Bells AGM! We have great pleasure in sharing them with you here today.

This year more than ever, we have been grateful to John and our team of ringers. Wasn’t it amazing after weeks of lockdown silence when we heard the bells ring out once more across our beautiful town? Something that we simply took for granted in the past but this pandemic has been a lesson in appreciation for the everyday things that make up our normal lives.

Between the team, they have clocked up quite a few years at the Abbey and we would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their dedicated service 🙏🏻👏🏻 🔔

Good morning everyone and Happy #harvest2020 We

Good morning everyone and Happy #harvest2020

We give thanks for our #pershoreabbey #harvestloaf and are especially grateful to #lawrencesbakery here in #pershore who very kindly agreed to make it once again.

This magnificent Harvest Festival loaf is usually on display on the altar and symbolises the bread loaves farmers made from the new wheat crop gathered in their fields, which were then given to the local churches. The bread was traditionally used as the bread during communion to thank God for the harvest.

This year it will be on display in the nave, after the Harvest Eucharist, to allow people to view it more easily amidst our Covid-19 restrictions

At a time when we celebrate and give thanks, the gift of our Harvest Loaf is especially meaningful 🌾 🍞

PERSHORE ABBEY MOTHERS’ UNION CELEBRATES 40 YEAR

PERSHORE ABBEY MOTHERS’ UNION CELEBRATES 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY 🎉

Mothers’ Union was started in Pershore Abbey in the late 1800s. It was closed down, by the vicar, in the 1960s.

In 1980 the vicar, Rev. Martin Coombs reformed the Mothers’ Union and the first meeting was held on 22nd September with Ann Draper as the Branch Leader in the vicarage. Martin wanted the Mothers’ Union to support his work with married couples and families. I took over from Ann and have been involved ever since.

So today is our 40th anniversary and members from Pershore, the Deanery and the Diocese would have been given thanks for, and
celebrated its work in the parish.

Members are still helping out with families by knitting items
for the shoe boxes, jumpers for refugees based in Worcestershire, gowns for still born babies, blankets for premature babies and prayer shawls for the sick and house bound. Members have also been acting as welcomers to baptism families and we also send out baptism anniversary cards. We also support the work of the Mother’s Union World Wide.

Rev. Alma Organ, Branch Leader

#911 Here in #pershoreabbey at 11am sits our lit

#911

Here in #pershoreabbey at 11am sits our little bear #pershoreabi at the altar of our beautiful ancient church as we say a prayer for all those who died and were forever scarred by the events of 11th September 2001.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.

One thing this year’s lockdown has taught us is

One thing this year’s lockdown has taught us is to appreciate the simple things in life. Something that has been absent from inside our beautiful ancient buildings for safety reasons has been our floral arrangements.

These beautiful silk arrangements have been created by our Abbey florists, thanks to the kind donation by Chris Meredith in memory of Maureen. Being silk we are able to disinfect them if they happen to be touched. They are a glorious sight and much welcomed.

Let us all remember Maureen, Chris and all the family today in our prayers 🙏🏻

As many of you will know, at our Plum Praise & Ted

As many of you will know, at our Plum Praise & Teddy Service on Bank Holiday Sunday, we pay the Diocese 1lb of Pershore Plums for the use of St Andrew’s Parish Centre. Unfortunately we cannot hold the service this year due to Social Distancing measures and therefore Revd Claire presented the Plums in person to Helen Archer-Smith, the Director of Finance, Diocese of Worcester.

Dr Judy Dale provides us with the history of this peppercorn rent payment ....

In September 1970, the church of St Andrew in Pershore, having been used only rarely for worship for nearly 30 years, was declared redundant. The following April, Her Majesty the Queen confirmed to the Church Commissioners that the building be appropriated to the Pershore Parochial Church (Pershore Abbey PCC) by the Worcester Diocesan board of finance (DBF) who were to license this redundant building for use by the PCC.

In 1972, a formal agreement was drawn up between the Diocese and Pershore Abbey and signed by the Vicar and Churchwardens. It is in complex legal language, but says:
An annual payment of One pound of Pershore Plums to be made by the PCC to the DBF who thus license use of the building for one year beginning on 1st November 1972, and then on from year to year Now continuous for nearly 50 years!

Pershore Abbey PCC agreed with the Worcester Diocese:
To pay the DBF the annual payment of 1lb of Pershore Plums on 31st August each year
To keep the premises in good repair and decoration, outside and in.
To pay all rates, taxes, insurance premiums and other outgoings
To heed certain conditions.

This 1lb of Pershore Plums is what is known as a ‘Peppercorn rent’ – a token payment of One of something, saving rent expense but the ‘Landlord’ does not take responsibility for all the necessary expenses of repair and insurance – so Pershore Abbey PCC has to cover all that instead… can be as much as £20,000 or even more in one year.

At first the 1lb Pershore Plums was delivered to the Diocesan offices in a brown paper bag, but sometime in the last 20 years began to be presented formally at a solemn ceremony in Pershore Abbey, a representative of the Diocese coming to a service in the Abbey to receive them

Happy Pershore Plum Day everyone! Do come and take

Happy Pershore Plum Day everyone! Do come and take a look at our gardens in St Andrew’s if you are out walking today where we are celebrating our plum heritage 💜💛 For social distancing safety, we ask that you don’t touch or remove anything out on display. @pershoreplumfestival

It is with great sadness that we have to report th

It is with great sadness that we have to report that Claire’s bicycle has this morning been stolen from the Vicarage in Three Springs Road here in #pershore ☹️ Many of you will know that Claire cycles whenever possible around the town in an effort to help the environment and is going to be lost without it. The incident has been reported to the Police and if anyone has any information then we would be most grateful.

Our purpose in posting this is to warn our community to take care and be extra vigilant with their bicycles.

Join us this weekend for our virtual #plumfest 💜💛. Despite @pershoreplumfestival having to be cancelled due to #covid19 we will do our very best to honour our town’s plum heritage on our social media channels. #pershoreabi has jotted down the times for you all but if you like our #facebook page or subscribe to us on #youtube , the feeds will come automatically to you.

How lucky are we here in #pershore that we can wal

How lucky are we here in #pershore that we can walk freely in our Abbey Park? 🥰. It’s nearly 70 years since the Abbey grounds were opened up to the general public for recreation. Before then, it was only open for specific events .... one of these was the Pershore Flower Show and Athletic Sports event held on August Bank holiday each year. In those days, the holiday was usually at the beginning of August. Now of course we have the @pershoreplumfestival throughout August but sadly this year it is another casualty of Covid Cancellation! But in our fourth online PlumFest event, tomorrow we bring you an in-depth look into festivals of the past which will premiere on our YouTube channel at 9am. 💜💛

Good morning everyone 🤗. Today #pershoreabi is

Good morning everyone 🤗. Today #pershoreabi is beyond excited. After all the rain yesterday, she’s woken up to beautiful sunshine with a deep blue sky and crisp white clouds. But even better .... she has a second #sunflower 🌻 growing in the garden. Isn’t nature wonderful? She’s also thrilled that she has lots more lovely rainwater for her rainbow garden. The long, hot dry spell has made this little bear think about how precious water is and about the poor girls and boys in the world who can’t just run a tap whenever they need to. As part of being an #ecochurch we are trying to utilise rainwater as much as possible for our gardens to help #careforcreation This isn’t easy with Grade I listed buildings but luckily Abi has a water butt in her garden at home 🌍💚. Why not think today about how you can recycle water for your garden? @wychavondc and @yourworcestershire have information on their websites which may help. #bemoreabi #recycle #godscreationisbeautiful

Please note there will be no video at 10.30 am tom

Please note there will be no video at 10.30 am tomorrow with the reflection for the week. Instead we will be recording our full #morningpraise service and will bring it to you via our YouTube channel early afternoon.

A reminder that face coverings are now mandatory in our buildings unless you are medically exempt. Social distancing hygiene measures are still in place so if you could time your arrival to allow for these, we would be extremely grateful 🙏🏻

To many of us Spring 2020 was a blur of lockdown r

To many of us Spring 2020 was a blur of lockdown restrictions as we struggled to come to terms with living with #covid19 But whatever else happens, nature is a constant and the seasons continue. We took advantage of our allotted daily exercise to record the #communityorchard on #pershore’s Abbey Park and the growth of our plums. Join us tomorrow on #youtube for our 10 minute video showing how the fruit grows through the months. This is part of our virtual @pershoreplumfestival programme which we bring to you each Saturday throughout August. Remember that you can still buy local plums here in Pershore even though the Festival had to be cancelled. The Plum Royalty are also to be spotted in town. Check out the Plum Festival social media accounts for further information 💜💛

#pershoreabi has had a wonderful morning in #pluma

#pershoreabi has had a wonderful morning in #plumalley with @pershoreplumfestival . She was absolutely thrilled to meet up with Queen Victoria, the Plum Princesses and Prunella Plum 💜. Sadly Eggbert Egg Plum isn’t quite ripe yet but hopefully he will be out next Saturday!

The plum crop is plentiful this year and you can buy them each Saturday in Chapman Court outside ASDA. Social distancing and hygiene measures are in place.

Don’t forget that if you were lucky enough to find some of Abi’s plum stones, do send us a photo. 💜💛. Prunella is currently in the lead!

#pershoreabi reminds us that as from today, face c

#pershoreabi reminds us that as from today, face coverings are now mandatory inside all our church buildings. However it is still imperative that we wash our hands regularly and sanitise them upon entering buildings.

#pershoreabbey is open for #personalprayer from 9am - 1pm each day although there is a weekly service from 10.30am - 11.30am each Sunday.

Antibacterial spray and towels are provided to clean surfaces as well as alcohol gel.

We all need to do our bit to #staysafe and try to reduce the transmission rate of this virus.

* Important Information * In line with the Govern

* Important Information *

In line with the Government legislation outlined on 31st July 2020, The Church of England has just published its updated guidance which can be read in full here:-

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches

Please note that from SATURDAY 8TH AUGUST 2020 it will be MANDATORY to wear a FACE COVERING in places of worship. Obviously there are exceptions for certain health conditions as before which are fully detailed in the Face covering documentation.

We all need to do our bit to slow the transmission rate of this virus and try to protect lives. It is imperative that everyone continues to practice other stringent hygiene measures as well as wearing face coverings. Please use hand sanitiser when entering buildings - it is provided but it is advisable that you carry a small bottle with you for extra protection.

We also attach a copy of the full list of buildings from the Government website where face coverings will be mandatory for from tomorrow.

AUGUST REFLECTIVE GARDEN IONA EVENT: There will

AUGUST REFLECTIVE GARDEN IONA EVENT:

There will be a reflective garden Iona event on Saturday 22nd August, including time for group and personal reflection and a bring your own picnic lunch.

As numbers outside are still limited to 6, we can run this event more than once to allow more people to join in.

If the weather isn't suitable, we will postpone.

Further details to follow, but please let Helen know if you might be interested, to help us with planning, by phoning or emailing via the office: office@pershoreabbey.org.uk

Good morning everyone and a very happy first of Au

Good morning everyone and a very happy first of August to you all 🤗

#pershoreabi has now hidden all her #plumstones around the Abbey Park and St Andrew’s Garden which was quite tiring for a little bear as they were very heavy.

If you go on this plum hunt, please do take either gloves or some hand sanitiser with you when picking them up. You are most welcome to keep these stones but it’s a competition between the Egg plum and the Purple plum so the more photos and numbers recorded will help us find the winner. Please tag #pershoreabi,
or this page so that we can keep score.

Abi got to feed the field mice and the wild birds too so she’s a happy little bear. Why not see what wildlife you can see around you today as you take a stroll round?

Just a reminder that @pershoreplumfestival is sadly cancelled this year in line with the Government #COVID19 guidelines but we will do our best to celebrate the month of the #pershoreplums online.

Oh dearie, dearie me 🙈. A picture says a thousa

Oh dearie, dearie me 🙈. A picture says a thousand words so as you can see from the first photo, #pershoreabi has spent some time on the naughty step this week!

It all started when we had to break it to her that @pershoreplumfestival was cancelled this year due to #covid19 . Well, there were tears and tantrums over that as she was really looking forward to parachuting from the Abbey and having a go on the zip wire with her teddy friends 😭 She was in such a state that we sent her to the naughty step!

Thankfully, being a good little bear at heart, she calmed down and apologised. So we put our thinking caps on and came up with an event that we could do on a Plum Theme.

So we have painted 32 Pershore Abi Plum Stones - 16 Pershore Egg, 16 Pershore Purple. Abi is going to hide them around the town tomorrow. If you find one, you are welcome to keep it but please make sure you pick it up safely and wash your hands.

Each stone is numbered either E1-16 or P1-16 Abi wants to see which plum wins by the number found. So if you can take a photo and share it with us using #pershoreabi tag or tagging our page, then that will keep our little bear (and hopefully yours) entertained.

If you don’t have Instagram then you can tag us on Facebook and Twitter too. Or you can email us at pershoreabbeycommunity@gmail.com

Let’s see which plum wins!

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