The latest church and benefice news.
For anyone wishing to view the details of Inkpen's graveyards, including burial details, grave stone inscriptions and the location of the graves, please click here. Inkpen Burial, Marriage, Baptism and Birth records covering the period 1607 to 1837 can be found on the Inkpen history website, here.
Following the Lighting of the Beacon and the Inkpen Big Jubilee
Saturday and Party in the Park, the village celebrations continue
in the Church with our Tribute to the Queen at 9.45am on 5th June.
We will sing some of the hymns, listen to some of the readings and
join in some of the prayers that we know have meant so much to Her
Majesty. And we will hear again in some of her own words of how
her Christian faith has been both the bedrock and inspiration of
her life. All are invited to come and do her proud in what will be
a joyful Tribute to the one who has for seventy years been the
true Leader of our Country.
An update now on the appointment of clergy to the Benefice. By the
time you read this, the interview of a candidate for the post
based in Kintbury will have taken place. So, we will have to see
how this works out. As far as the post which is mainly for
ourselves, Combe and West Woodhay is concerned, it has been
decided that this will be advertised again when that for Kintbury
has been filled. This makes sense because the Kintbury post is the
senior one. But it does mean a longer wait for us with the burden
of continuity falling on the shoulders of our Churchwarden,
Charlotte Bampfylde and her two Associate Wardens, Nick Freeman
and Andy MacInnes. As far as Charlotte is concerned, many
apologies all round for the error of her phone number in last
month's Bulletin: it is 01488 669285 and not 668285 as I wrote it.
Finally, services for June follow the established pattern. After
the Tribute to 'The Queen' on the 5th we have Parish Communion at
9.45 on the 12th and Compline at 6pm on the 19th.
At the time of going to print the below services were not
confirmed but follow May’s format. Please therefore check -
https://www.walburybeaconbenefice.org.uk/services/ for
confirmation.
INKPEN
Sunday - 12th June - 9.45am - Holy Communion
Sunday - 19th June - 6.00pm - Service of Compline
COMBE
Sunday - 19th June 11.15am – Holy Communion
Other Services in the Benefice are on the Website which is
www.walburybeaconbenefice.org.uk
Our Lady of Lourdes, Priory Road, Hungerford RG17 0AF Parish
Priest - Fr Zbigniew Budyn 01635 40332
Sunday (incl Easter) Mass - every Sunday at 9.00am
Weekday Mass - every Wednesday at 10.00am
For further information contact Paul Burrough Tel: 01488 668882,
Mobile: 07836 292976, Email: paul.burrough43@gmail.com
George Taylor 26 April 1926 to 4 April 2022.
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I was asked if I would like to write an article for the
Inkpen Bulletin in celebration of the life of my wonderful
Grandad, George Taylor, who died on 4 April 2022 at the age
of 95. He lived in the Inkpen/Kintbury area all his life and
was well known around the village. He met my Gran, Peggy, whilst still at school and, despite the intervention of WWII, they married in December 1950 at St Mary’s Church, Kintbury. Once married, they moved to Inkpen and built their bungalow, ‘Maytime’, on Wergs Rd. Grandad was a kind and generous man, with a big heart. For many years he helped maintain Inkpen cemetery and could often be seen pushing his wheelbarrow between there and ‘Maytime’. He loved gardening and his garden was always beautiful, ablaze with colour throughout the summer, as well as an abundance of fruit and vegetables. He was also very creative, turning his hand to many different projects, such as bird tables, wooden garden ornaments, and various small figures that often incorporated his homegrown dried flowers. In his role of Grandad and Great Grandad he was patient and very generous with his time, happily playing badminton, croquet, or football with us, or letting us help him in the garden. My brother, sister and I have fond memories of caravan holidays in the New Forest with our Grandparents - burying Grandad in the sand on Mudeford beach, playing crazy golf, and visiting the ‘witches’ shop’ in Burley. So, it is with full hearts and many wonderful memories that my family and I bid farewell to a wonderful man, handing him back into the care of his lovely wife Peggy; married for 63 years and reunited once again. Felicity Hornby |
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