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Welcome to this edition of ICS News. I write this while travelling on the Eurostar across France. My desire, as you read ICS News, is that you find the stories invigorating, the updates informative and the pictures help you to understand the context of where we are working.
and there is always that terrifying moment when you take off the old roof and find out what the state of the timbers are like underneath. I am sure there will be a few surprises. You are going to see some changes in the way that we present ourselves. ICS continues to want to make sure we connect with people in the way that is most appropriate. For some that is newsletters, for others it’s social media, Facebook, Twitter, etc. We are developing a new website over the next few months and this will go live at the AGM in September. We will also be revealing something of our new look to you then. Small but important changes to make sure we stay relevant to the audiences that we are communicating with.
One of the challenges of producing a newsletter like this, which is distributed so widely is that there is always so much we can’t say. I sit with people who tell me stories of significant numbers of people coming to faith, or groups reaching out in ways that are both brave and innovative and because of their context I am unable to report it. What I would ask you to do as you read ICS News is be aware of that, what we are showing you is the tip of the iceberg and that there are stories and testimonies that we can’t broadcast Finally, a story. A little while ago I visited St. but still are amazing. I tell this to stimulate your James, Voorschoten and spent the day with their prayer and prick your interest! church council looking a strategy and vision. I am delighted to say there has been a flurry of Looking at what they have done in the past, recruitment around the Paris area with Jonathan the challenges, and opportunities for now and Clark being appointed as the chaplains at St. where to go in the future. What delighted me Michael’s, Paris, a new chaplain has been was the energy and enthusiasm that they wanted recruited for St. Mark’s, Versailles and I hear that to make sure that they continue to be outward a chaplain has been appointed in Fontainebleau looking, proclaiming effectively the good news which is excellent news. The hub of churches of Jesus Christ to those who are living, working, around the Paris area network together and have or visiting Voorschoten. It again reminds me some unique opportunities to work together on that at their best chaplaincies that we support youth work and other ministries, supporting and and serve are mission outposts proclaiming the serving each other. We hope to see this improve risen Christ to those people that the Lord brings once the various people settling into the roles to them. More than that, there is a real energy to reach out and to proclaim long and loud the that they have accepted. Good News. This is a story I see over and over We continue to do chaplaincy and outreach as I move around chaplaincies, and it is a delight in Zermatt and are currently putting a new to be part of. roof on the building. This will take place over the summer and we have been delighted that Finally, you will see that there is an article about we have raised a significant amount of money Dennis Sadler who died recently. I just want to towards the cost and continue to work hard to highlight that to you. Dennis was a tremendous see this project completed well. Our desire is not support and encouragement in my early years just to maintain a building in an important place, at ICS, not afraid to challenge but always but rather make sure that it becomes a centre for supportive. I miss the opportunity to have phone outreach and mission to the various communities conversations with him. that pass through. I imagine there is going to be a lot of disruption at the church over the summer
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Registered charity no: 1072584; a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales no: 3630342 Intercontinental Church Society (ICS) is an Anglican mission agency. Founded in 1823, we have worked in most parts of the world, ministering and reaching out to people from many nationalities and backgrounds. From the early days we have planted churches in mainland Europe where our work is still strong but also in and around the Mediterranean, North Africa, the South Atlantic and South America. English language ministry has a strategic part to play, alongside national churches, in outreach as increasing numbers for whom English is a second language, attend English-speaking churches.
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DEVOTIONAL ‘THE LORD WILL WATCH OVER YOUR COMING AND GOING BOTH NOW AND FOR EVERMORE’
My favourite Psalm is number 121. It came to my attention when I travelled in India many years ago, and was given a memento in the form of a large piece of bamboo with the words of verse 8 painted on it: ‘The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and for evermore’. It is a verse which has meant a lot to me over the years and which I have used often in pastoral work. The Lord watches over our coming and going throughout life. He watches over our coming into the world and over our leaving it again. And in between those two points, He watches over our coming in and our going out day by day. The theme of this edition is ‘Looking out’. That could be taken in the sense of looking beyond ourselves—to our neighbour, reaching out to them in Christ’s name. Or it could be taken as a warning: ‘Look out! Trouble ahead’, or perhaps (more positively), ‘Look out! God at work ahead’. Or it could be that when we care for someone, we are ‘looking out’ for them. In this sense, God is looking out for us as we make our way through life - and when we are lost, we find the way when we turn to Him who said ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me’. Another gift I received on that India trip was a book by Michael Griffiths, Take my life. Inside, the giver had written: ‘There’s only one life, ‘twill soon be past, only what’s done for Jesus will last’. That was over forty years ago, and time has indeed passed quickly. Living for Jesus has proved to be a good way of looking out, and looking forward.
Devotion written by Peter Knight
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by Giles Williams Chaplain at Holy Trinity, Cannes Look ahead!
If ever there was a place with an inappropriate name, it's Easter Island. The people used the trees for cooking, building and making boats. And they cut down millions of them to make the famous statues for their worship. In the end there were no more trees. They couldn't make boats to fish with, or fires to cook with, and they nearly all died. They left behind them devastation—and colossal monuments to their folly. Now that can happen to churches. We can get absorbed with religion and building projects and community life. And neglect and destroy the very thing we need to survive: outreach and new converts. Looking outwards
In Cannes, we’ve been looking into the Letter to the Colossians, and after the mindstretching vistas of the first half, we’re led to the practicalities of church life. And part of that is to keep looking outwards. Paul asks the Colossians to ‘pray that I may proclaim the mystery of Christ clearly, as I should’. (Col 4:4) And of course that’s not just a job for apostles. He goes on: ‘Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone’. (Col 4:5-6)
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That’s not always easy for a scattered expatriate community of about twenty nationalities. We don’t have the usual opportunities that a church in the UK would have: baptisms, weddings and funerals, a parish you can leaflet, schools where you can take assemblies ... and of course, complete mastery of the local language! So how do we respond to the challenge of Colossians (and Jesus himself) here in Cannes? We try to contact English-speakers through word of mouth, through clubs that people belong to, and places where they meet or shop. Newcomers often look us up through our Facebook page. We advertise our special services through an Englishlanguage radio station and various websites. We’ve just done a major revamp of our own website (www.holytrinitycannes.org) to make it accessible on phones and tablets. We run courses like Alpha and Christianity Explored, and we’ve seen people converted, discipled, baptised and confirmed. When people get here, we hope they will hear ‘the mystery of Christ proclaimed clearly’, but our people have also asked for help further up the line. So, we’re planning some teaching workshops on how to talk about your faith, ‘knowing how to answer’ questions and objections, resources that will help to ‘make the most of every opportunity’. We need to be on the look-out.
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Looking around at God’s wider mission
But ‘looking outwards’ includes other important things alongside evangelism. In Colossians chapter 4, we see a church keen to get news of the far-away Apostle (Col 4:7-9). We see a church that knew (by name) people involved in mission in distant places, united with them by bonds of prayer (Col 4:10-14). We see a church that maintained strong links with other Christians and churches closer at hand (Col 4:15-17). That small, young church avoided the danger of settling into a cosy local ‘club’. They knew they should keep an outward look beyond their own congregation. One way we can do that in Cannes is through our links and friends through the ICS family, the Prayer Diary and ICS News. We thank you for your fellowship in ‘looking out’ for us. To be honest, we need to do more to strengthen our awareness of our missionary links and the worldwide Church: that is one of our challenges for the coming year. We’ve also got the beginnings of a plan to take our young people to visit the church in Africa. Look out!
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THE FALKLAND ISLANDS BY The Revd Nicholas Mercer Chaplain at Christ Church Cathedral Falkland Islands
‘Looking out’ could be the perfect way to describe the start of my ministry in the Falkland Islands. The ‘look out’ on board ship is the one who looks for land and this is particularly appropriate in the case of the Falkland Islands which is 8000 miles from the United Kingdom. Looked at from the map it is a speck in the South Atlantic and yet is home to 3000 people and served by the Anglican Church, Christ Church Cathedral.
The Island is divided between East and West with forty-two parishioners living on Islands off the main Islands. The challenges for parish ministry are immense and such parish visits will have to be carefully planned to take account of the favourable weather when it happens. I am granted a free flight every month with FIGAS and so have the opportunity to reach all but the most remote living. This might sound challenge enough, but the parish also includes South Georgia 900 miles away to the east together with the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctica. Remarkably, I had the opportunity to travel to South Georgia as part of an official visit with the Commissioner and a group of politicians and scientists in midMarch, just ten weeks after arriving. It takes roughly four days to sail to South Georgia and we spent nearly four days at sea before, eventually, seeing Mount Ashley and Warburton Peak and various glaciers on the north of the Island. We sailed along the north side of the island eventually reaching Grytviken in Cumberland Bay. At Grytviken, there is an old whaling station, King Edward Point (British Administration) and a small (former) Norwegian Church built in 1913. It was an immense joy and privilege therefore to take a service of Holy Communion at
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Grytviken Church on Sunday 11 March for twenty-five people. On account of our voyage, the chosen texts were Psalm 107:23-32 and Mark 4:35-41. We had indeed been ‘down to the sea in ships’ and had ‘staggered like drunkards’. We were also grateful for calm when it came. For my sermon, however, I preached on Jesus in the wilderness, alluding to Jesus' taking himself off into the mountains and also the enforced wilderness of Jonah in the belly of a whale. As we were in one of the remotest parts of the world as well as a former whaling station, the context could not have been more perfect. The overwhelming impression however, is the abundance of wildlife. Fur seals, with their new born pups, teemed in the bay. Was it like this in Genesis? The visit also brought my first encounter with elephant seals and the wandering albatross. As I signed the map of South Georgia (for one of the passengers to take away as a souvenir), I felt compelled to write ‘How great Thou art’. So ‘Looking out’ is an appropriate way to describe the start of my ministry. ‘Looking out’ for land in the remoteness of the South Atlantic. ‘Looking out’ for signs of the Kingdom in the ends of the Earth and ‘Looking out’ at God's grandeur in the South Atlantic and the sub Antarctic. Praise Him.
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The Norwegian church in Grytviken
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BY CHARLOTTE SULLIVAN
What a memorable way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day! By being ordained to the Priesthood in Bordeaux, surrounded by my family and so many friends. What a blessing! My journey to this day was not exactly straightforward, I was ordained a Distinctive Deacon in June 2015 and was offered a place on the ministry team with the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine. During the next two years as I grew through experience and day-to-day ministry, I began to feel strongly that the Lord was calling me to a Priestly role. Initially, this was difficult for me because I had felt such a strong call to be a Deacon. After consultation with my Chaplain and Archdeacon Meurig Williams, I attended a candidates’ panel in the UK to help me discern the call. It was with great joy that I received the news in late November 2017 that the panel agreed and recommended me for ordination. On the day of the ordination itself I felt an overwhelming feeling of God’s peace, even though I managed to get a flat tire on the way to the church! I had a sense that my whole life had been leading up to that one moment, and I was so very grateful to all those who had supported me on my journey, a journey that has had many ups and downs and yet God has remained close and faithful through even the darkest of those times. The congregation at Bordeaux did a marvellous job in coordinating the day, and threw the most lavish of tea parties, there were just so many cakes! Since ordination, I now have a new role within the chaplaincy, I have become the resident Priest at Bordeaux, with a focus on helping to grow and support our church community based in the city. This is an opportunity that would not have been possible without the support of ICS, and for that I, the chaplaincy and the congregation at Bordeaux are all enormously grateful. The new position is an answer to prayer for me. I have always felt drawn to ministry at Bordeaux, attracted by the multi-cultural community, and by the number of families and young people within the congregation. I am pleased to be able to offer support to the many different and exciting initiatives already taking place, including pastoral care support, youth work, and a monthly Madagascan service. As we settle into the coming months of worshipping and working together I would like to ask for your prayers for myself and the community at Bordeaux, that we will continue to make the love of Christ known in this fast growing and exciting city. 8
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REMEMBERING DENNIS S ADLER Dennis Sadler, our long-standing Council Member, Seasonal Chaplain, Vice Patron and friend died on 6 March at the age of eightythree. He had been unwell for some time. Dennis was an active ICS Council member for many years and served together with Brian Underwood and John Moore, who below share their memories of Dennis. Brian writes ‘Our paths crossed for the first time whilst we were both involved in Pathfinders, he as a local leader and I as the Travelling Secretary visiting Cambridge, and we met up subsequently at national rallies, camps and house parties. Some years later our paths crossed again through ICS as members of Council. He had a deep commitment to it, and together with Elizabeth engaged in seasonal evangelism. He brought much time and energy to the work of ICS, including bringing his professional skills to bear (e.g. in the production of Faith and New Frontiers, a history of the Society, in 2005). Dennis will be remembered as a charming, thoughtful and wise counsellor, marked by the award of life membership, and, after retiring from Council, by appointment as Patron. He contributed much to his local community in and around Cambridge, to his church and diocese as a Reader, to Ridley Hall in encouraging students, all ably supported by his wife, Elizabeth.
were outstanding. In committees, in relationships with many church leaders, with publicity and with staff he was so good to have around. He and Elizabeth helped look after a lot of ICS’s publicity. They went on to produce a history of ICS, a service book for seasonal chaplains, an extensive illustrated guide about English-speaking churches abroad (DESCA) and assisted in the production of ICS News and Prayer Diary. Dennis visited many of the ICS chaplaincies across Europe and regularly attended the annual chaplains’ conference. He made it his business to find out about issues people were facing and to act as appropriate. And, with such a prayerful concern about all of it. He did this with a servant heart. But not as someone who could be walked over or easily dismissed. With his shrewd perceptiveness he would make his point clearly and cogently but without promoting himself. Or, indeed, being difficult if decisions didn’t go his way. The NT words ‘Well done, good and faithful servant’ (Matthew 25:23) are so applicable to Dennis. To him, and to Elizabeth, who so wholeheartedly shared his commitment, we add a big ‘Thank You, Dennis’.
Many will now miss him greatly. We honour him and give God thanks for him. He was one about whom it could be said that he saw what the Lord was doing and got behind it! In the words of 2 Peter 1: 11 we can be assured that Dennis has received 'a rich welcome ['a grand entrance' (NLT)] into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ'.’ John Moore remembers Dennis from when he joined ICS Council in 1995. He writes: ‘It was obvious to me right from the beginning that Dennis was a huge asset to ICS. His interest, commitment, competence and prayerfulness
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DENNIS & ELIZABETH SADLER
‘You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.’ Matthew 5:14-16
The invitation to write this article couldn’t have come at a more opportune time, as I had just set out a vision for the future of the Basel chaplaincy at our recent AGM. For the three years I have been Chaplain we have been working hard on a Mission Action Plan which focused on such issues as children and families work, youth work, pastoral care, good charitable links, working with volunteers and social outreach. In particular we were wanting to be a church that was outward looking, serving our community. We have worked hard to develop these areas and the time is right to move on. Based on Matthew 5:14-16 we believe ACB should be a church which shines light throughout the English-speaking community of Basel and beyond, but at the moment we realise we are hiding our light under a basket. In order to become a beacon which attracts people to God and to our church we need to be seen. So how do we do this? We believe that we need a radical approach to our communications. We often put on activities that our own members don’t come to, and then people later say I wish I had known that was going on because I would have loved to have come. If we as a community of faith don’t know about events, how can others from outside our community know about them. We advertise, have a website etc., but more is needed. In 1 Timothy we read: ‘For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind’. It is easy to read such a verse but much harder to live it. Most of us are fearful of going out and actively promoting our church and asking people to come and join us or asking if we as a church can join them in doing a project. But if everybody lost their fear and went out, just imagine the impact it could have in our church and more particularly in our community.
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So, what are we going to do? 1. Have a small group of people dedicated to meeting regularly and praying for this vision. This is not our mission it is God’s mission and we should be talking to him about it and listening to what he says to us. 2. Get individuals to pray about and think about what they can do to promote this vision. Our environmental team are already talking to the Basel Council about environmental issues that we as a church could join in with. Are there other projects in Basel and the surrounding area that as a church we feel that we can participate in? 3. Make sure that we as a church are sustainable in terms of people power. In most churches a small group of committed people do the bulk of the work and wear themselves out. We need to get everybody committed to working towards this vision. 4. Become a church that is sustainable in terms of finances so that we have the resources to do mission. 5. Communicate better and look at ways we can promote ourselves to the outside world. According to the national statistics, in the Basel region, there are over 35,000 people with English as their first language and many more who enjoy speaking English. Many of these people don’t even know we exist, so we have quite a task. However, with God’s help we know that all things are possible. Hilary Jones Chaplain, Anglican Church Basel
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BASEL SWITZERLAND
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tervuren CHARLOTTE SULLIVAN
B Y S I M O N T Y N DRESIDENT A L L , C H APRIEST P L A I N AT A TBORDEAUX S T. PA U L’ S , T E R V U R E N
St. Paul’s, Tervuren celebrates its thirtieth birthday this year! Wow! Thanks be to God for this great achievement! In 1988, after much prayer and preparation, the Revd Stephen Seamer led a group from Holy Trinity Brussels to start this church plant in a small town outside the Brussels Ring. Tervuren was home to the British School of Brussels (BSB). With easy access into the city and near Zaventem, Brussels International Airport, the location was ideal as many of the international community lived there. The first church service took place on Christmas Day 1988 and some 400 people crammed into the small Roman Catholic Church of Sint Paulus in Vossem. They had been invited by leaflet drop and God answered the prayers of those who had carefully planned for this. From that day on the church has not looked back with worship each and every Sunday. A church council was soon established and very quickly St. Paul’s Tervuren became a legal entity under Belgian law. For ten years or more the community continued to meet in Vossem and then we moved to use the canteen at the BSB. It gives us more flexibility and lies more centrally within the Tervuren Gemeente (commune). Although the church building was popular, the facilities were not brilliant. Meeting in a school canteen has its drawbacks—we need to set-up (and take down) every week and the sound of our singing is rather muffled. But, at the school we have excellent parking, it is easy to provide
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post-worship refreshments and we have rooms for youth and children’s work. Unlike many traditional church buildings, it is always warm and clean too! It would be true to say that the Lord has indeed responded to his people when they prayed with the Psalmist: ‘May the favour of the Lord our God rest upon us; Establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands.’ Ps 90:17 The Lord’s favour has been shown to this church and we, today, are immensely grateful to those who did the labour of planting and establishing our church community. Over the past years we have been blessed with a large, active (and generous) congregation of all ages and the church has lived up to its vision.... St. Paul’s Tervuren a community where people are welcomed to know, equipped to live, and sent to proclaim the love of Jesus Christ. This has been such a central part of our thinking that we had the words etching onto the window of our church office! In a fast moving, international community people needed to be quickly made welcome and helped to settle into life here in Belgium.
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Many hit the ground running as they did not know how long they would be here for—three years was not an untypical maximum—before moving on to another country. St. Paul’s was determined to equip and send out those who had been welcomed in Christ’s name. Many came to faith here or were renewed in their relationship with Jesus and his church. People have moved into full-time Christian ministry both in their ‘home’ countries and also in mission work overseas. But we can’t be complaisant. Times change and the world in 2018 looks very different from that of 1988. But, at St Paul’s Tervuren, our vision remains fundamentally the same. Today, more of our church members are people who are settled here. We have less international travellers. But we still believe in making folk welcome. It lies at the heart of the gospel.
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Also, possibly even more than in the past, people need to be equipped to live in our complex and confusing world. We are telling (and re-telling) the truths of the gospel to all who will open their ears to the book of life, Holy Scripture. Relevant yesterday, today and forever. And we know that our calling is still that of ‘making disciples of all nations and all ages’. Today we are a rather more settled community rooted for longer in Belgium soil. Our mission and ministry is evolving as we send our church family out into the wider community week by week. We are a church maturing with a new emphasis on being here in Belgium.
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Looking back and forward
ics chapl ains & families conference The week of the ICS Chaplains and Families’ Conference that took place from 30 April-4 May was a time full of opportunities to share; learn; worship God and have fun together. For a group of chaplains from unique international settings, the title of ‘The International Minister’ was aptly named. Each day delved into different aspects of living cross-culturally, working inter-culturally and thinking internationally. Workshops and sessions gave the opportunity for people to think about the how and why of working in an intergenerational context; to relate to people of other religions, cultures and backgrounds and gave space to address and share the unique challenges faced as a minister in an International arena. Our appreciation goes out to all the wonderful speakers who participated in this week, as well as to the organisers and ICS itself, for arranging this wonderful time.
The icing on the cake was the beautiful setting at High Leigh Conference Centre; the delicious and huge amount of food and the desire of all to have a good time together. From simply hanging out, to praying together, through to showing themselves to be great sports during the quiz night, there was a sense of friendship and fun throughout the whole week. One memory which will stick with me is that of a certain chaplain performing ‘Be our Guest’ from Beauty and the Beast. If he isn’t there next year I think we ought to look out for him in the West End! As people travelled home to churches all across the globe on Friday, there was a sense of encouragement and friendship which pervaded through the crowd. For those who were not able to attend the conference this year, I hope that next year you can, so that you too can be a part of this unique, varied and friendly group of ‘Chaplains and Families’. Kirsten Taylor
I C S AND THE ENVIR O N M E N T At ICS we want to play our part in looking after the environment, therefore we have been in discussion about alternatives to the plastic sleeves in which we currently mail the ICS News andPrayer Diary. As is not uncommon, the picture is more complex than just using something else. Our conclusion at present is that it is better to continue using the recyclable plastic sleeve. However, weare with immediate effect changing how we send out our bulk mailings. We will continue to seek to act in an environmentally sensitive manner.
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YOUR INVITATION
ICS AGM
AND SHOWCASE
'New Destinations' TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2018 2-5PM Lambeth Palace London, SE1 7JU
We are delighted to invite you to join us for the ICS AGM and Showcase, an opportunity to see into the world of ICS, its mission partners and their ministries, to meet members of the team and catch up with friends. Our guest speakers will be Brian Heasley, the International Prayer Director of 24/7 Prayer GB and Francis Blight from the ICS chaplaincy in Heiloo, the Netherlands. Brian has been heavily involved in the Archbishops’ ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ initiative. Francis has been leading and developing the work in Heiloo for several years and has an in-depth understanding of the joys and challenges of chaplaincy life. Advance booking helps us to cater as tea/coffee and cakes will be on offer. Please complete and return the form at the reverse of the address label to reach us by Friday 10 August 2018. Places will be allocated first to Members of the Society (Members have the right to speak and vote at the AGM) then to Members’ guests or other supporters on a first come, first served basis according to the order in which application forms are received. Places will be confirmed from Friday 31 August onwards. Members of ICS will receive further mailings concerning the Annual General Meeting. If you are unclear whether you are a Member contact Maggie at ICS (phone 024-7646 3940 or email mawinham@ics-uk.org)
TRAVEL Lambeth Palace is on the South Bank of the river Thames, between Westminster bridge and Lambeth Bridge. Buses run from Waterloo, Victoria and Vauxhall stations. They stop just outside the Palace at the Lambeth Palace bus stop.
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