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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!
This morning for our “Meet the Team” feature, This morning for our “Meet the Team” feature, we turn the spotlight onto our Chairman of Pershore Abbey St Andrew’s (PASA), Julie Newman. “Bill and I retired to Pershore in 2012 and were warmly welcomed into the Abbey Community and soon became involved in many ways. I grew up in Evesham and later Hinton on the Green attending Prince Henry’s Grammar School. It was here, thanks to a dedicated P.E. Teacher, that I realised my potential and love of all sporting activities especially on the athletics track and hockey field. In my final year I became the All England School 100 yards Champion going on to represent the English School’s Athletics team 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. On leaving school I trained at Chelsea Specialist College of P.E. for a career in teaching. Here I played hockey for my college team and went on to represent Worcestershire and the Midlands in their National Area matches and tournaments. I was also given the chance to travel to America to teach hockey in their Summer School System. I look back with pride with all that I achieved during these years. My first teaching post was in Gloucester teaching 11 -18 year old girls with a traditional timetable that was, until the summer term, when I was given 6th Form Rowing lessons on the very busy canal !!! I had to learn a lot very quickly. No risk assessments in those day. Bill and I married in 1968 and I came back to teach at Bredon Hill School. A school with a keen interest in all sports and with a high success rate in local matches and tournaments. Happy days and even now when I meet ex pupils in Pershore they remember the good times too. With the arrival of our two daughters we decided that I would give up all representative team sport and I happily settled into family and farming life playing for local sports teams. With the arrival of “surprise “ identical twin boys part time P.E.teaching was now the only answer. A job I continued to enjoy until retirement in 2008 though I’m still taking a local Ladies Exercise Class!!! Unfortunately now on hold until lockdown is fully lifted. Till then all Abbey social activities are on hold too but we will be there ready and willing to get involved again.”
In line with the Government and @thechurchofenglan In line with the Government and @thechurchofengland guidance, from tomorrow (24th July) we ask that everyone (except those medically exempt) wears face coverings inside our buildings to help protect others from #covid19 However, it is vital that we also all still adhere to the social distancing hygiene measures to protect ourselves as well. The updated #cofe Guidance on #facecoverings is attached.
We have a visitor here at #pershoreabbey where eve We have a visitor here at #pershoreabbey where everyone is always welcome 😁❤️🐦. Special thanks to Mark Everett for this amazing photograph 🙏🏻
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Read our coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for churches at https://cofe.io/Coronavirus.

This latest update includes a number of changes to Life Event guidance as well as advice on Remembrance services.

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Today Revd Claire talks to us about the #Covid19 measures with the social limitations they bring. We don’t know what each week will bring but will endeavour to bring you events online to keep us all spiritually connected as much as possible.

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We bring you this week’s reflection written by Revd Alma Organ and read by Revd Claire Lording.

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This morning, Revd Claire talks us through the new #NHSCOVID19app and how to use the QR codes that are now in place in our buildings. We have detailed step by step guidance on setting up the app on our Facebook page.

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