Broad Chalke Church

Chalke Valley Bulletin and other messages

This is the Chalke Valley Bulletin for April 18th 2024 (PDF document, may take a little time to download).

This is the Letter to Chalke Valley Benefice (DOCX document, may take a little time to download).

Special Announcement

As you will be aware last week we held interviews for the position of Team Vicar in the Chalke Valley Benefice. Once again, I would like to thank all of you who supported the recruitment process in any way.
Three candidates attended for interview and two of them were outstanding. As a result the Bishop of Ramsbury has requested that the following announcement is made in our churches this week and this is repeated here for those of you who are unable to be in church this weekend.

Following the interviews for the post of Team Vicar in the Chalke Valley Team Ministry, the Bishop of Ramsbury is pleased to announce that, subject to the usual statutory checks, he has appointed The Rev'd Alison Waterhouse to the post and she has accepted. Alison is currently serving in the Benefice of St Peter's, Petersfield, in Hampshire. A date for Alison's licensing will be determined in due course. Please pray for Alison as she prepares to leave her current post, and move to Wiltshire.
The Bishop is also pleased to announce that following the interviews, he has offered The Rev'd Kate Woolven the post of Associate Priest within the Chalke Valley Team Ministry, and that Kate has accepted. The Bishop anticipates Licensing Kate as soon as the usual statutory checks have been completed.
Please pray for Kate as she moves into this formal appointment as a member of the ministry team.

Jenny and I are delighted with this outcome and look forward to Alison and Kate joining the ministry team in due course.
With love and prayers,
Ruth and Jenny
The Rev'd Dr Ruth Howlett-Shipley
The Rev'd Canon Jenny Taylor
Chalke ValleyBenefice

Message from Chalke Valley Churches Team Administrator

Hello all
Please see below an announcement of exciting news in our Benefice…..
"Following an interview with the Chalke Valley Patronage and Appointment Panel on Wednesday last week,
the Bishop has offered the post of Team Rector to The Rev'd Dr Ruth Howlett-Shipley, and we are delighted that Ruth has accepted the post.
A date for Ruth’s Licensing as Team Rector will be determined in due course.
This also means that the recruitment of a Team Vicar to join the team will also begin.
Please pray for Ruth, Jenny, and the other members of the ministry team, as they continue to minister within the Chalke Valley".
Emily Broomhead
Chalke Valley Churches Team Administrator

Church Websites

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
Chalke Valley Churches	Administrator	07890 262376	Chalke Valley Churches Broad Chalke page with online calendar.
Church Times Archive			Church Times Archive 1863 to today

This is the Chalke/Cueibet Partnership Newsletter 8 (PDF document, may take a little time to download).

This is the Fellowship Study Group (PDF document, may take a little time to download).

CHALKE TALK

You can read about local Church news, events, coffee mornings, sales and auctions, etc. on Chalke Talk on Chalke Talk which is also available in the Church or Chalke Valley Stores Coffee Shop.

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Local Events

See also events in the Chapel.

DATE	PLACE	TELEPHONE	EVENT
Check if event has been cancelled or postponed.
February & March 2024	Various places		This is the Chalke Valley Lent Booklet with daily detailed calendar for February and March 2024 (PDF document, may take a little time to download).
10th March 2024	The Hub		Worship Together on Mothering Sunday; all the family; 10.30am
30th March 2024	All Saints' Church	01722 780654 01722 780596	Easter Flowers decoration; 9.30am; contact Jane Gilbert or Sue Gooden
Every Monday	All Saints' Church	0771 7110 200	Prayer Group; 5.00pm - 6.00pm; contact Julia
Every Tuesday	Village Hall & Old School	01722 780789 01722 781200	Parenting Course; five to fifteen year olds; 10.15am; contact Caroline Lamb or Jayne Jennings
Every Tuesday	Wake House, Ebbesbourne Wake	01722 780285 01722 780008	Fellowship Study Group; Jane's Group meets weekly on Tuesdays, 10.00am until noon; contact Jane Pelly or Jackie Lowe
Tuesday evenings	All Saints' Church		Team Prayers; 5.00pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays	URC Chapel		Benefice Resource Centre; Library of Faith inspiring books and Traidcraft goods for sale; Tuesdays 10.00am to 12 noon and Thursdays 12.30pm to 4.00pm
Every 2nd Wednesday	Lodge Farmhouse	01725 519242 01722 780028	Meditation usually 2.30pm; contact Janet Roe or Anna Watson
Various dates & times	All Saints' Church	01722 780654 01725 519242	Church rotas contact Jane Gilbert or Janet Roe
---------------- All eight bells were rung at 7.40pm on 25th July 2023 after many years silent. The timber steps to the bell gallery were unsafe, although the chamber where the ropes hang is accessed by the stone spiral stairs. The Parish Council update states that repositioning of the Church flagpole is being considered.
Improvements	All Saints' Church		Parish Questionnaire: Friends of All Saints' Church have discussed improvements for the Church. Contact Chris Littlemore on chris @ cplarchitecture.com (no spaces) or by hand to Meadow House, High Lane. See the 2008 proposals below which are now largely out of date.
Phased work 2008 plans	All Saints' Church		Broad Chalke Church Development Project 2008, now subject to review Phase 1 - An improved lighting system, now complete Phase 2 - Improvements to the hearing loop system, upgrading the sound system and the integration of an audio-visual system, all now in hand including finance Phase 3 - New heating system; fundraising will be required Project details displayed in the porch in 2008 now seem to be a long-term plan, only partly implemented in the three phases described above. The plans included replacing central pews with seats; a new square centre altar; new vestry; additional storage; other relocations; improved lighting and heating using ground heat reclamation; inner glass doors to South Porch and an extension with kitchen and toilet through the North door. These were the three 2008 proposals: Church Upgrade 2008 (Potential Changes); Church Upgrade 2008 (Flexibility 1) and Church Upgrade 2008 (Flexibility 2);
ongoing	St Martin's Fifield Bavant	01722 417900	Fifield Bavant Church Restoration Appeal; contact William Hillary,

The Ministry Team

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
All Saints' Church			South Street, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, SP5 (Car park in The Causeway)
Rev'd Dr Ruth Howlett-Shipley	Team Rector	01722 697022
Rev'd Jenny Taylor	Team Vicar	01722 503081	27 Viking Way, Salisbury, SP2 8TA
Rev'ds Ana & Tod Gobledale	URC Ministers	01722 330980	URC Website & contact form
Rev'd Jackie Lowe	Assisting URC Minister	01722 780008	Church Bottom, Broad Chalke
Emily Broomhead	Benefice Office Team Administrator	07890 262376	Church Office, Byworth, Meadow Close, Dinton, Salisbury SP3 5HY or URC Chapel, High Road, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, SP5 5EH
Chalke Talk	Chalke Talk News Editor
Chris Littlemore	Churchwarden
Rev'd Catherine Blundell & David Blundell (from 7th July 2015 to 8th January 2023)	Team Rector & Licensed Lay Minister		Devon
Rev'd Canon David Henley (retired February 2014; died 10/12/2018)	Team Rector		Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton TA3 6SD
Rev'd Roger Redding (retired 8th July 2012)	Team Vicar		Tintinhull, BA22 8PQ
Rev'd Alison Williams (retired 30th November 2012)	Team Vicar		Nunton, Salisbury, SP5 4HP
Rev'd Julian Thomas (retired 2013)	URC Minister		United Reformed Church
Rev'd Tom Grant (retired)	URC Minister		URC Website & contact form
Rev'd Rick Williams (moved 30th April 2017)	Team Vicar		Charfield, one of the team villages, just off the M5 north of Bristol, close to Chipping Sodbury and Wotton-under-Edge.
Rev'd Roger Leake (left 26th June 2022)	Curate	07947 149146

Assisting Ministers

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
Rev'd Canon Anthony Hawley	Assisting Minister	01794 390607
Rev'd Canon Tony Monds	Assisting Minister	01722 420942
Rev'd Canon Ann Philp	Assisting Minister	01722 555178
Rev'd Kate Rosslyn Smith	Assisting Minister	01722 780011

Lay Worship Leaders

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
Yvonne & Kevin Follett	Lay Worship Leader	01747 828785
Caroline Lamb	Lay Worship Leader	01722 780789	Knighton Manor, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, SP5 5EB
Sally Leaver	Lay Worship Leader	01722 780447
Naomi Martin	Lay Worship Leader	0771 3031774
Donald Morgan	Lay Worship Leader	01722 718557
Adrian Taylor	Lay Worship Leader	01722 325862	Florida, Nunton Drove, Nunton, Salisbury, SP5 4HZ
Gill Riley	Lay Worship Leader	01722 780538
Janet Roe	Lay Worship Leader	01725 519242
Biddy Trahair	Lay Worship Leader	01722 780666	Yew Tree House, Lower Road, Charlton All Saints, Salisbury, SP5 5HQ
Roderick Voremberg	Lay Worship Leader	07785 304142
James Wardroper	Lay Worship Leader	01722 718152