#39 February 1993

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The Diocese of Oxford Reporter: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Number 39

The Royal Standard fluttered over the Deanery, an excited crowd gathered in St Aldates, and the sun came through after an early morning downpour— as more than a thousand clergy, lay people and civic dignitaries from all over the three counties gathered in Christ Church Cathedral on December 3 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen for a Service of Thanksgiving for the Diocese' s 450th anniversary.

Despite her difficult year, the Queen, wearing pale green and duck egg blue, looked relaxed as she was greeted at the Cathedral steps by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Sir Ashley Ponsonby, and then at the entrance by the Dean, the Very Revd John Drury, with the Right Revd Richard Barnes, Bishop of Oxford (pictured right) and his

wife, Dr Jo Harries. Also there were the three Area Bishops and the three Archdeacons, the Sub-Dean and the Canons of the Cathedral.

A bidding prayer led by the Dean and giving thanks for the life of the Diocese since its foundation

by Henry VIII in 1542, remembered the parishes, the communities of religion and learning, the bishops and above all "those countless acts of faith and love, remembered and forgotten, from which we benefit. "The lesson (John 20.19-23) was read by Dr Philip Giddings, lay Vice-President of the Diocesan Synod, and prayers were led by the Area Bishops.

In his address the Bishop of Oxford said that religious strife as well as the great evangelical and catholic revivals had meant that in nearly every age the Church had had its periods of turmoil and

change. Yet through it all, the same baptism is administered, the same Eucharist is celebrated, and in many cases the same church still stands, he said. "God has been with His people, helping them to grow in faith, inviting them to share his mission to the world."

Afterwards, senior representatives of the Diocese were presented to the Queen. With them stood nine-year old Daniel Collins from Milton Keynes who is a boarder at the nearby choir school. For him the day was a doubly royal occasion. Not only did he sing in the presence of the Queen but, as the youngest member of the Cathedral choir, he was also chosen to present a posy of flowers to her at the end of the service (this, plus more pictures, on page 2).

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founded after the 1939-45 War to heal the wounds of past conflicts in Europe. And on Easter Monday he will take part in a pilgrimage in Milton Keynes, finishing at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone.

Church schools play an important part in the lives of our children and young people, and during the year the Area Bishops of Berkshire, Buckiinghamshire and Dorchester as well as the Bishopof Oxford have set themselves the task of visiting Church schools all over the tiocese.

The Church of England Children's Society will be holding'Across the Diocese', a major fund-raising event in June.

Other special events will include an adventure camp in April with the Fairglade Trust, and a sailing training week in May with the Morning Star Trust.

In May there will also be three Diocesan Children' Gift Days, which this year will support projects for deaf children (more details on page 3).

• 'Bishop' Bernard Keavy is only ten but he conducted a St Nicholas Day Service at St Andrew's Church, Chinnor with all the cofidence of a man twice his size. Bernard (pictured above right) became a bishop for a day when the church revived the ancient tradition of making a boy chorister a bishop from December 6 until Holy Innocents Day. Bernard's 'reign' may have been shorter but it was a busy day for the Keavy family. His mother is director of thejunior choir and she preached the sermon while Bernard presided assisted by fellow choir members. More about Chinnor on page 20.

COMMENT Encouraging the Church's children and young people is a target of the Diocese's Vision and Priorities statement. It is also one of reasons for making 1993 a special youth year.

You have only to look through this issue of The DOOR to realise how much young people already give.

At Chinnor, young Bishop Bernard and his fellow choristers (see page 20) demonstrated real leadership ability when they organised a Sunday service. Despite his disability, Mark Lee won an award for his joinery skills.

And the youngest contributorto our Lent readings supplement is Ryan, aged ten.

The Vision and Priorities statement also mentions the vast numbers of young people with little or no contact with the Church, who must

be reached with 'fresh and imaginative forms of ministry". And on page 8 David Winter says that the great challenge of the Decade of Evangelism is bridging the gap between the Church and contemporary society.

Do you remember Dawn, the young West Indian woman in our 'God in the Life of the Homeless' feature three years ago? Despite sleeping rough some nights, she was able to say: "I'm not a Christian, but I do believe in God. Every day I praise him for helping me to get through another day."

If this youth year is to be more than just a piece of window dressing, then it must be not only for young people within the Church, but for Dawn too.

Christine Zwart, Editor

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"The number of full-time Christian youth workers employed by churches increase every year," said Pete Ward of Oxford Youth Works. "Our Diploma is a response to a growing demand for recognised and relevant training in this field."

Dr Bernard Fan, head of thedlogy at Westminster College, Oxford, says the college is glad to be involved in a programme which is very practical as well as setting high academic standards.

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he Bishop of Oxford' s new year resolution is to spend 1993 giving encouragement to children and young people throughout Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. He has also announced that he intends to create a new award for outstanding contributionsby children and young people to the spiritual life of the community. Details will be announced soon in The DOOR. In fact, the whole Oxford Diocese is being asked to focus on children and young people this year and to make it a year for the young.

"Young people have a tremendous amount to offer our community and to the Church. They can challenge us to think afresh in some of the most important areas of our lives. Issues of ecology, social justice and caring continue to benefit from their energy and enterprise. But too many of our young people experience rejection of these Godgiven creative energies.

"Unemployment, difficulties with housing or family problems, combined with the struggle to make their voice heard can result in feelings of rejection or alienation. lam going to make it my priority to listen to children and young people in 1993, and to encourage them to voice their concerns," Bishop Richard said.

There will be an opportunity for the Bishop to listen to young adults from the Diocese when he visits Springboard' 93, a weekend event plan'ied by members of the Diocesan Youth Assembly to take place in Amersham in April. In August, the Bishop will also lead a Pilgrimage of Young Adults to the Taizé Community in France, which was

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We couldn't resist sharing some more pictures from Frank Blackwell's record of the Queen's visit to Christ Church Cathedral for the Diocese's 450th anniversary. His photographs include: (above) Daniel Collins, the Cathedral's youngest chorister, giving a posy to Her Majesty after the service; (left) the Bishop of Oxford presenting (left to right) the Bishop of Buckinghbrm, the Bishop of Dorchester, the Bishop of Reading and the Archdeacon of Buckingham.

The Queen is the Cathedral's official Visitor, and members of the Chapter, (top left) the Right Revd Ronald Gordon, the Sub-Dean, the Venerable Frank Weston, and Revd Professor Oliver O'Donovan were presented by the Dean, the Very Revd John Drury.

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A matter of life and death The problem of euthanasia has been highlighted recently by two cases which have hit the headlines. I am sure that the Winchester doctor's primary interest was the well-being of his patient. But the way in which he set about things ensured that the law was invoked, and he was duly convicted of manslaughter—though the light sentence showed where the sympathies of the court lay.

Then there is the sad case of the young man up in Sheffield who has been in a coma for four years since the Hillsborough disaster.

As I write, the highest court in the land has just announced that he will be allowed to die.

I suspect that each of these cases is only the tip of the iceberg. More of us live longer.

Doctors can now deal with those gently terminal diseases which were once regarded as the old man's friend. They can preserve us beyond our shelf-life, sometimes in a state of mere existence, sometimes in acute pain.

Life is sacred. Yes. But is that sanctity absolute? Most people would agree that there are circumstances in which it is right to "turn off the tap'. Positive action to hasten death is another matter.

Those who argue that the law should be altered to allow of limited and controlled euthanasia of this type have logic on their side. Where law and life are apparently out of step, the whole of the law is brought into disrepute. But I hope the House of Bishops, which is very properly considering the issue, will come out against any such changes. Difficult cases, as these always are, make bad law; and it would be difficult if not impossible to secure agreed boundarylines. More important is the question of principle. Once) the law starts condoning killing—of any kind - it is on a very slippery slope.

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delicately in such a sensitive area; and let the operative decision be left to the conscience of the individual doctor. He alone can decide when the law of compassion should override the sanctity of life; knowing that if he oversteps the accepted limits then he will be subject to the full rigour of the law. Of course, others come into it, the patient, his family. But the final responsibility is his.

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My eldest grand-daughter has just started her medical studies at a big London hospital.

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Speak upon Sunday trading!

There is a 'al danger that Sunday trading will become legitimate by default, unless there is firm pressure on the Government. That is the view of Barbara Hayes, of the Girls Friendly Society, who is Industrial Chaplain in Cowley.

Large stores began to open four Sundays before Christmas 1991, and some of them have opened every Sunday since. Even stores that remained closed feel pressure to open in order to compete, says Barbara Hayes. She is a member of the Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility (BSR) which discussed the question at its meeting on December 9.

Sunday trading also appears on the agenda of the February General Synod. A motion is due to be debated which emphasises the need to preserve Sunday as a distinct and special day, while recognising that some Sunday trading may be necessary.

On January22 the second reading of a private member's bill introduced by Ray Powell, Labour MP for Ogmore,was approved by 214 to 41 votes, de-

spite the opposition of both the Government and Labour front benches. Its proposals were broadly in line with the REST (Recreation, Emergency, Social and Travel) proposals supported

by Keep Sunday Special, which would restrict Sunday opening to certain types of businesses only.

However, the Bill has little chance of becoming law. After the vote Home Office officials announced that MPs would be asked to consider one of three proposals in the autumn: deregulation; the proposals of the Shopping Hours Reform Council whereby only small shops would be allowed unlimited opening; and the REST proposals.

A previous deregulation Bill was defeated despite considerable pressure from the whips. Barbara Hayes says that this was partly because people expressed their opinion so strongly. "We have a responsibility to form a view on this issue, because of the effect that change will have on our society and because of the values that change will represent," she says.

Women at prayer On Friday March 5 women in 180 different countries will gather together to celebrate Women's World Day of Prayer. From the time the sun comes up over the islands of Tonga in the South Pacific, until sunset on St Lawrence Island off the coast of Alaska;'women everywhere will be following a service with the theme God's People: Instruments of Healing.

Each year a different group of Christian women are chosen to write the service. This year, the women of Guatamala have written about their Mayan heritage; a culture which excelled in mathematics, architecture, engineering, medicine and the fine arts; a culture with a profound sense of family unity. Now their beautiful country, so rich in natural resources, has a rapidly expanding and largely illiterate population with a high infant mortality rate, a shortage of housing, poor education, violence, drugs and crime.

In their prayers for the world, the women of Guatamala ask

"How can we proclaim ourselves to be the people of God to be used as instruments of healing?" and ask forgiveness for "Our narrowness of vision which sees only the clouds and misses the rainbow."

In this Diocese the Women's World Day of Prayer will be celebrated at many churches, including some in the Oxford area: Botley Baptist Church (lOam), Temple Cowley United Reformed Church (7pm) and St John's Church, Vicarage Road (230pm speaker Debbie Flint).

A televised service will be broadcast live on Sunday February 7 at 11am (Channel 3). For more information ring 0892 541411.

Thame links up with Kenya The Revd Chris Neal, vicar of St Mary's Church, Thame, has returned from a hectic two-week visit to the Diocese of Nairobi in Kenya.

The trip followed the visit to Thame of Lydia Kamau in June 1991.

Lydia was one of almost 100 church leaders from the developing world who were invited to minister to churches in the UK and Northern Ireland.

Chris was based in Limuru, Lydia's home town, and was kept busy with two or three preaching engagements each day. He was at once thrilled to find people who were willing to trust their lives to the Lord, yet appalled at the circumstances which forced them to do so.

"Kenya is a very beautiful country," he said. "It was much greener than I expected, and there were no obvious signs of poverty and famine, although it is a growing problem." Anyone who speaks out against political oppression, though, puts their life in danger, and Mr Neal was told about several local clergymen who had been threatened with violence, poison and imprisonment.

"I talked to two Bishops who had put their lives on the line. It was very humbling to meet Christian men who had done that," he said. St Mary's intends to maintain its links with Limuru, adding Lydia's church to a list of contacts which includes missionaries and Christian leaders working in Zaire, Peru, Nepal and Jerusalem.

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Bishop Richard presents a cheque for £4,000 to Bill Crooks who has been working in Zaire under the authority of Archbishop Njojo and supported by CMS. Also pictured are Roger Fray (Diocesan Children's Officer) and Gill Poole (CMS Area Secretary). The money was collected by children in the Diocese and presented at last year's three Children's Gift Days. It will go towards an agricultural project in north east Zaire which includes growing the versatile Leucaena tree. This year each archdeaconry will again have its own Gift Day: Oxfordshire on May 8, Berkshire on May 10, and Buckinghamshire on May 22. The money raised will go to a project for the deaf. Photo by Frank Blackwell

Post-vote strategy In the wake of the decision by General Synod to ordain women to the priesthood, many of those priests and lay people who do not agree with the decision are now working together under the umbrella of 'Forward in Faith'.

One of their Diocesan representatives is Father Keith Haydon, Team Rector of Cowley.

"Many Anglicans do not regard the General Synod decision as the final authoritative verdict on this issue. Our aim is to seek a structure for Church life which preserves and develops the Catholic and Apostolic faith and sacramental life that the Church of England has always claimed to share with the rest of historic Christendom."

There will be a meeting for concerned clergy and religious, lay people, and those in training for the priesthood at St Edberg's Church, Bicester on Saturday, February 13, starting with a celebration of the Eucharist at noon. More details from Father Keith Haydon on 0865 747680.

Radio WYE wins A Christian group has won the franchise for the Independent Local Radio Station for High Wycombe, making it the first Christian owned and run radio station in England.

The eight-year ILR licence for High Wycombe was awarded to Wye FM Ltd trading as Radio WYE on January 7, despite strong competition from the three other applicants, Beech Radio, South Buckinghamshire Radio Company and South Bucks Broadcasting.

The licence is for the provision of a service on the AM (medium wave) band. It will cover High Wycombe and as much of the surrounding district of South Buckinghamshire as is technically possible, and should be on air by the end of the year.

The group was founded three years ago when the Communications Officer for the Diocese, the Revd Richard Thomas, brought together a group of Christians and Church leaders in High Wycombe to explore the possibilities offered by the 1990 Broadasting Act which allows Churches to own radio sta-

Brian Sterry aid Donald Willis It is with great sadness and a personal sense of loss that I have to write of the sudden death, in school, on Monday 23 November, of Brian Sterry, for 22 years Head of St Nicholas School, Newbury (writes Freda Storrar, Diocesan Senior Schools Officer).

Brian was one of the longest standing and most respected head teachers in the Diocese. He was a man of great faith, integrity, loyalty and humour and wzs held in great esteem by all who knew him. Our hearts go out to his wife Mavis, his daughter Carolyn, his son-in-law Derek and his two grand-daughters Fiona and

Diana. May God give them strength and comfort in their sorrow.

In your October issue you printed a review of a novel by an Oxfordshire schoolmaster who had triumphed for 16 years over extreme physical disability (writes Sir James Cobban).

Donald Willis died at his home on New Year's Eve and was nursed to the end by his devoted wife Muriel. A memorial service was held at Abingdon School Chapel.

Donald was a fine schoolmaster and a fine Christian. The example set by him and his wife will continue to inspire all who knew them.

tions. Wycombe Community Radio was launched, and from it developed the winning company WYE FM Ltd whose managing director is Mark Austin The chairman is the well known entertainer and broadcaster, Roy Castle.

In a statement issued on the day of the announcement the group said: "Radio WYE would like to encourage input, even at this early stage, from anybody living or workingwithin the coverage area as Radio Wye wishes to serve the whole community. Radio WYE would also like to take this opportunity to thank the hundreds of individuals, organisations, companies and churches from the local communituy who have supported us both financially and in writing." .

Some dioceses are concerned that the Department for Education is apparently excluding diocesan boards of education from the consultation process for church schools applying for grant maintained status.

The Director of Education (Schools) for the Oxford Diocese, the Revd Tony Williamson, has sought a response from the Department since last October. Now he has written to local MPs: "I am asking whether it is the Government's intention to remove this diocesan consultation process in the new Bill."

Information has been sent from the Department to Church schools about how to apply for grant maintained status, ignoring the fact that Church schools must consult the Diocesan Board of Education, who in turn advise within 21 days of the passing of the governors' 'first resolution'.

If parents vote in favour of grant maintained status, the governing body has to send the Department of Education an account of the advice given by the Diocesan Board of Education, and how the governors treated that advice.

Changeover The Revd John Crowe has resigned as chairman of The DOOR Editorial Support Group, following his appointment as Rural Dean of the Aston and Cuddesdon Deanery which covers 46 parishes.

Said John: "The last four years have been very exciting: getting the paper launched, and seeing it develop so well. It is a real means for the parishes of the Diocese to get to know one another, as well as bridging the gap between local churches and Diocesan Church House. Most important is the independence of the paper and the way in which opinions of all kinds can be aired."

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I was brought up in a vicarage. The church was the centre of our life, and very little lay beyond it for us as children.

My father came from the Church of Ireland and was a strong low churchman, so life was very strict. My brother and I were not unhappy, and it all seemed very natural, but we learned that if anything was nice it must be naughty. So no dancing, no pictures, no secular books on Sunday. As avery small boy I used to climb into the pulpit and pretend to preach to the verger, and it never struck me that I would land up as anything else except a vicar. .1 was Confirmed at Rossal, after a shocking preparation which consisted of learning part of the catechism each Sunday and being able to recite it. If I couldn't, I got no tea. In spite of that, Confirmation had a great effect on me. I felt strongly that something was conveyed by the laying on of the bishop's hands.

I remember this sense of the continuity of the Church of God coming to me most forcefully again when I became a deacon, and again when I was priested.

Reality of God But the personal belief in God really came after my belief in the Church. When I went to Oxford I got in with a very fundamentalist group, the Oxford University Bible Union. On the credit side, I gained vital experience of the reality of God - much more the redemptive side than the incarnational side. From the negative viewpoint, it was a very exclusive body which frowned on one taking part in other things, so that I was never able to experience the joy of discovering other kinds of churchmanship.

If you believed in God you were expected to communicate it. So every Sunday night I stood beside the Martyrs Memorial in St Giles, and preached to whoever was there. I can't imagine that it did them any good, but it certainly gave me the strength and the will to stand up and

preach. We were also pushed into the Children's Special Service Mission in the vacations. I used to go to one in Felixstowe, and after we had played games with the children had to preach to them from a sandcastle.

Then I discovered the Student Christian Movement, and realised I must break out of fundamentalism. My old friends regarded me as unsound and as rather an outcast. Looking back, I think that kind of a start was an enormous blessing, but it was also a very good thing that I was able to grow out of it as many of us did.

I got married at the end of my time at Barking, and Ruth has been my great strength and standby from that day to this. I remember when I was priested I was given a book, and in it was written: "0 priest what art thou.

Thou art nothing and thou art everything"; and I never asked

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in tile Lift of.#* Noel Wardle-Harpur to go anywhere or refused to go anywhere we were sent. For instance, in the second half of the war when all the churches in east Sheffield had been bombed and the vicarage was a semi ruin, Leslie Hunter asked me: "Will you come and try and set things up again?" At the time it didn't strike me how heroic Ruth was to leave a comfortable vicarage in Loughton for this ruined building in Sheffield, where she had to be housekeeper to all the staff and face the most difficult circumstances you can imagine.

You couldn't imagine a longer journey than the one I have made from my Rishton childhood.

Noel Wardle-Harpur was born in Manchester on November ii, 1903, and brought up in the Lancashire village of Rishton where his father was the vicar. After attending the local church primary school, he went to Rossal School, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read history, and Wycliffe Hall theological college. He was priested in Chelmsford Cathedral on December 18,1927, and served his first curacy under Leslie Hunter at Barking in Essex. He was the first vicar of St Luke's, Prittlewell, in Southend on Sea, and for the next 40 years his ministry included incumbencies in Lambourn, Loughton, Sheffield, Rochester, Blackpool and Stockton on Tees (where he became rural dean of Stockton and an honorary canon of Durham). Among the many hundreds of couples he married were the present Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Richard Harries and his wife, Jo. Though he officially retired to Charlbury in 1970, Canon Wardle-Harpur looked after the parishes ofDunsTew and North Aston for nine years 'without being the vicar', and also worked in Dunkirk, Antwerp and London for the Missions to Seamen, of which he and his wife are vice patrons. He married Ruth Ballard at Islip in 1930, and have a son and daughter, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. They have an enormous network of friends drawn from their many former parishes all over England.

A priest can never retire. God has asked for his whole life, and because I am no longer administratively the vicar doesn't mean it's the end. I still want to be a communicator and perhaps much more, a listener who can sit with someone and perhaps say nothingat all. When I read The DOOR Ifeel optimistic about the Church

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A priest for all times

Even in my Blackpool days, clergy crossed the road to avoid contact with clergy from other churches - but I have come to see how nonsensical it is that churches should work separately when so much of the world is in turmoil and doesn't believe in any God at all. I first became involved with the Mission to Seamen in Rochester, and when I retired we went to help with the stations at Antwerp and elsewhere. The Mission deals with all seamen away from home, of all denominations and none, and is the most outstanding ecumenical work in existence.

Many of my parishes were in

deprived areas and we came firmly to believe that if people hadn't got anywhere reasonable to live or proper opportunities in life it was impossible to just speak of religious things to them. In other words, we moved from an excessive emphasis on salvation and redemption to an understanding of the incarnation - that God is in all our world, and that He is just as interested in us in the places where we live and work as He is when we are in church.

In my retirement I have learned how important country parishes are, and about the opportunities they offer for developing the most excellent laity.

And what a joy it is to just be concerned with the things for which one was ordained: the care of people in all aspects of their lives.

I still preach from time to time, and wish I were doing more.

of England. The general press is so 'anti' us, but The DOOR is full of all kinds of pieces of life.

As I read it, I wish I was just starting out instead of beginning my 90th year. I'd love to know all I know now, and be able to start again to face the challenge of the present age.

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Setting out...

Rosanna Martin Jeanette Sears Having worked in countries as far apart as America and Switzerland, Jeanette Sears and Rosanna Martin came back to England to study for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall, and were ordained just before Christmas at St Denys' Church, Stanford in the Vale.

Jeanette studied theology at Manchester University. After becoming disillusioned with the Christian faith, she had what she calls a "charismatic renewal" which brought her back to God. She spent four years at Harvard and is now assistant curate at St Aldate's, Oxford.

Rosanna was born in West Berlin and brought up in Scandinavia.

She has worked in Switzerland and Greece, and is married with one son. She is serving her title at Stanford in the Vale.

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It was in 1987 that the Bartletts first wrote to Christ Church about the need for a new vehicle at the hospital. The PCC, which had just agreed to replace their organ at a cost of £28,000, decided to raise half as much again for needs outside the parish. Once the organ was installed, concerts, plays and other events raised sufficient funds for Tanzania. in the Diocese is at the Forte Posthouse Reading from March 19-21 and will cost £93 per person including all meals, accommodation and conference materials. Details from CARE, 53 Romney St, London SW 1P3RF. Tel: 071 233 0455.

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Let's all go on a Christian holiday NEW WINE has been running for five years and last year attracted 7,500 people to its week-long programme of worship and learning. Co-ordinator Joyce Wills says the festival emphasises worship, celebration and ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit: "It is not like other festivals that put an emphasis on arts and entertainment," she said. "It is aimed at Christian families of all denominations, with a bias towards people who are leaders in their church or who have a responsibility for other people."

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The work with children and young people is a very important part of New Wine, and this year for the first time a special event is being run for teenagers and young twenties' at the same location from 30 July to 2 August. SOUL SURVIVOR will be packed full of teaching, worship, sport, music and comedy. Again, everyone stays in tents or caravans on the Royal Bath & West Showground, and tickets cost from £30 to £45. Speakers include Steve Chalk of Christmas and Radio Cracker fame, and the evangelist J. John.

The day starts with worship and teaching. In the afternoons, delegates can choose between more workshops, or something more energetic like abseiling or jet-skiing. Alternatively, you can hang out at the Dreggs Café. In the evening, groups such as Eden Burning and the Funky Beehive provide the entertainment.

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"GREENBELT is muddy fields, basic camping, worse loos, Christian teach-ins under marquees, very arty and best suited to those aged between 14 and 35," says the Revd Richard Thomas who goes with his family every year. Greenbelt is for rock music lovers, and people who enjoy modern theatre.

Central to the event is the Mainstage, where

Family holidays can be equal in stress-value to Christmas or moving house.

However, one way to keep the kids happy, to have a week away from it all and to receive a much needed spiritual uplift is to go to one of the annual Christian festivals. The festivals are all different and will appeal to different people.

counsellors are on-site to talk to people who want to make a commitment.

Contact: Crossfire, P0 Box 12, Liverpool L9 911W. Tel: 051 525 7777.

Every year the SPRING HARVEST team takes over several Butlins holiday camps, and offer a week of over 100 different seminars and workshops, regular worship and late night concerts.

Additional entertainment includes Spring Harvest's own radio station and all the facilities of the holiday camps including the Funsplash Waterworld. The

If you really want to get away from it all and take a very cheap holiday, try KIRCHENTAG. One enthusiast, the Revd Tony Dickinson of Slough, describes it as a happy, holy mixture of the Keswick Convention, the Edinburgh Festival with Fringes, and an Open University Summer School, with a touch of Lourdes and Taizé thrown in!

Kirchentag is an interdenominational event organised by the Lutheran Churches of West Germany, which takes place every two years in a different city. This June 9-13 it will be in Munich, and costs only £35 for adults (not including transport to Germany). You stay with local families (if you are lucky they will ply you with food) and admission

environment makes it ideal for children, who also enjoy the teaching - which can be much more exciting than Sunday School!

Costs are from £39 a week, with special prices available during April at Minehead, Pwllheli and Ayr for the unemployed. The programme this year considers what Spring Harvest calls five of the biggest challenges facing Christians today: ethics, environment, eternity, evangelism and Europe.

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David Winter, Diocesan Bishop's Officer for Evangelism, looks back on the achievements of the first three years of the Decade of Evangelism and forward to the years ahead. The real challenge, he says, is to take the Good News out into the secular world.

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he Decade of Evangelism has just entered its third year.

Soon after it was launched Clifford Longley headlined a doom-laden piece in The Times, 'It can never succeed'. The Decade was ill-considered, halfbaked, naive - all noise and no substance (rather like his piece, in fact!). There was no chance of the major denominations pulling together. It was all the work of those dreadful Evangelicals, who had hi-jacked the enterprise and ensured that the Roman Catholics, for instance, would have nothing to do with it. In any case, the whole purpose of the Decade was (probably deliberately) vague, with different traditions interpreting it in vastly different ways. Why, they couldn't even agree about what it should be called - was it

a Decade of Evangelism (as the Anglicans called it) or of Evangelisation (as the Catholics called it)?

Well, it's relatively easy to rubbish an enterprise of this kind.

And it's true that different traditions interpret the call to 'evangelise' in different ways. It's also true, though sad, that it is easier for denominations, or even groups within a denomination, to engage in effective evangelism than for it to be done ecumenically.

In view of that, it is astonishing that the Report to General Synod last autumn on the progress of the Decade so far should reflect a widespread and genuine upsurge in evangelism all over the country. Huge numbers of Christians - many thousands in some dioceses, including our own have taken part in training for

The DOOR is published 10 times a year by the Diocese of Oxford Editor: Christine Zwart. Deputy Editor: Venetia Horton.

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Editorial Support Group: Jane Bugg (Chairman), Frank Blackwell (Dorchester), Catherine Dyer (Wokingham), Richard Hughes (Whitchurch-on-Thames), John Morrison (Aylesbury), William Purcell (Botley), Tim Russian (Long Crendon), Richard Thomas (Communications Officer), John Winnington-Ingram (Cottisford), David Winter (Parish Resources).

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evangelism. Churches and groups of churches have looked at their programme and priorities in the light of the Decade and made important changes. Many adults have been baptised and confirmed and many previously nominal church-goers have had their faith revitalised.

Over the last three years I have visited every deanery in the Oxford Diocese, and about 180 different parishes or groups of parishes. Without exception, they have been willing to accept the vision of a Church ready and enthusiastic to share its Good News with others. The first part of the fulfilment of that vision has been a process of evaluation, audit, training and consultation.

Many have used the 'Shaping Up for Evangelism' pack produced by our Parish Resources team. Others have involved the Parish Development Advisers or the Youth and Children's Officers to look at specific needs and opportunities.

The immediate need is to broaden that vision to include our partners in the other churches. There has been little difficulty in keeping its focus local but it has proved surprisingly difficult to make it truly ecumenical.

Much of this is typical of what has been happening allover England. Each parish in our Diocese should be receiving next month a tabloid paper-style 'report' on the Decade thus far, and I hope

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The Decade: Now for the real task

It was eyes right when one of the the Diocese's Christmas advertising posters went up on a hoarding in Reading. Also there to admire it were the Revd Richard Thomas, Oxford Diocesan Communications Officer and his daughter Megan (3).The advertising campaign was adopted by many other dioceses, and 150 of the giant posters went up nationwide. "It is still too early to say exactly what response the campaign had. But we have had massive feedback from clergy and lay people all over the country," Richard Thomas said. this will encourage us to keep up the momentum.

The immediate need is to broaden that vision to include our partners in the other churches. In this Diocese we have said all along that we want the Decade to be local and ecumenical. There has been little difficulty in keeping its focus local but it has proved surprisingly difficult to make it truly ecumenical.

However, in 1994 we have set ourselves to give the Decade a more public profile, and already much of the activity that is planned is genuinely ecumenical. Several towns in the Diocese are planning ecumenical missions or projects of one kind or another. In many cases the signs are

SPACE FOR PRAYER All through the day, 0 Father, help me to know Christ better and to make Him better known ,by yielding my will to the Lordship of Christ and my life to the service of others for Jesus Christ's sake.

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that these will involve almost all the churches in the area.

The challenge of the next seven years which is the real task of a Decade of Evangelism - is to make genuine inroads into that great lake of secularism that is modern culture to create a 'Church for the Unchurched'.

Howewver, the excellent Report to the Board of Mission 'Good News in our Times' highlights the fact that 86 per cent of the population of England have no significant contact with the Christian faith at all. So far the Decade has seen our churches 'mopping up their fringes' -drawing back into the active life of the Church people who have had some Christian nurture or conditioning in earlier life.

The challenge of the next seven

years - the real task of a Decade of Evangelism - is to make genuine inroads into that great lake of secularism that is modern culture to create a 'Church for the Unchurched'. As we think of our parochial 'Vision and Priorities', and as many churches pursue that theme in the Lent Course - it would be honest to begin by recognising the extent of what 'Good News in our Times' calls "the gap between the Church and contemporary society".

To quote the Report again: "The Church as a whole has come to recognise the need to avoid any notion that the Gospel is a bundle of concepts which by skilful packaging and good marketing can be taken on by all people irrespective of individual circumstance...

The Decade of Evangelism provides a stimulus to discovering what the Gospel is for different people in the here and now".

David Winter David Winter is the Bishop's Officer for Evangelism. He can be contacted at the Rectory, 6 Standlake Road, Ducklington, Oxon 0X8 7XG (0993 776625).

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When it finished, our PCC at Great Horwood decided to spend a Saturday working out what we should be doing here. We met, told one another about how we ourselves had come to faith, prayed, and made a list of what we felt we needed in our church. Top of our list were groups of people meeting to learn together about their faith.

It took us a long time to get the groups started. We kept them small deliberately. We all started on St Mark's Gospel with the aid of Bible Reading Fellowship notes, and when those came to an end the groups made their own choice as to what they would do next. Almost all include people who have not been on a bible study group before.

When I asked the groups to take on a week each of writing daily Bible readings based on the 1993 Lent course for The DOOR, they rose to the occasion.Some who have taken part know their Bibles pretty well, while others would call themselves beginners. We also invited a younger teenage group to write the Holy Week readings.

We offer our daily comments with love from Beryl, Pauline, Maxine, Lavinia, Nicola, Sarah, Pat, Harry, Peter, Michael, Joanna, Lois, Liz, Mary, Jackie, Mary, Ernie, Sian, Sylvia, Ann, Jenny, Katie, Amanda, Paul, Mick, Sophie, Ryan, Sarah, Diane and John.

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GROWING Come Christ Jesus come: you walk with us on our journey through life.

We fail and you pick us up; forgive us when we hurt you.

Sunday February 28

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Luke 1:39-45: You don't always notice growth at first.

After conceiving my baby, at first nothing showed. Then it was like butterflies in the stomach, then all of a sudden you get this kick a reminder that the baby is there and growing, like faith.

Monday March I (Dewi Sant) Luke 1:46-47: Later on, you get so busy during the day doing everything else. Then in the evening you are quiet, and feel the presence of the baby. And you stop and reflect and say hold on, I should stop and listen.

Tuesday March 2 Luke 1:48-50: When the baby is born, it is a huge adjustment. It's not always plain sailing. You get tired.

You make mistakes. You don't know the answers to everything. But the rewards are immeasurable they take you by surprise. So does growing as a Christian.

Wednesday March 3 John 15:8: This is about bearing fruit as a Christian.

February 24 Psalm 51:1-5: Ashes are a symbol of repentance. Are we aware of our need for repentance? If not, should we ask the Holy Spirit to reveal areas in our lives which need his forgiveness?

Thursday February 25 Psalm 51:16-17: Many people traditionally feel they want to 'give up' something for Lent - sacrifice? Does this sacrifice bring us closer to God? What does God require of us?

Earlier in the passage there is a picture of God as the gardener. Do we let God 'tend us' so that we can bear fruit for him?

Thursday March 4 Colossians 1:9-10: Paul explains how much he prays for the Christians, asking God to fill them with the knowledge of his will so that they will grow and bear fruit.

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Psalm 51: 6-12: God is longing to forgive us and make us whole. This has the effect of total cleansing. Are we aware of this cleansing by a new obedience to God and a renewing of the joy this brings?

Matthew 13:1-23: When I was a child, faith fell on stony ground, and grew thin and weak and did not yield. But as I've grown, my faith has been replanted in fertile soil, and is vigorous and healthy and full of promise.

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Hebrews 10: 19-22: Jesus was the perfect sacrifice who made forgiveness possible. Let us think o ways we can draw nearer to Him through Lent.

Psalm 23:4: As I wander through the tapestry of my life, I am led by a small, ever constant light, and yet as I grow, the light grows stronger and brighter and beckons me more.

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Tuesday March 9 Jeremiah 17:7-8: We can be like that tree. Just resting by the waterside. When the heat comes we have nothing to fear. Our roots stretch out in God's presence and all will be well.

Wednesday March 10 John 11:25-29: Be like Martha. Say to our family and friends, "The Master is here, He is asking for you". Don't allow the people we love and are close to miss out on the invitation.

Thursday March 11 Psalm 131: Sometimes the problems and troubles of the world threaten to overwhelm us. What can we do? What we can do is hold these troubles before God in prayer and do our best at what God has chosen us to do.

Friday March 12 John 1:1-5: We sometimes fear the Bible. It is an awesome book. But reading words written way back in history, we begin to realise these same words apply to today as well, and that God is alive today.

Saturday March 13 Psalm 118: I like this because its everlasting. It's not when you reach out to the Lord, it's when you know he has hold of you. You know his loving kindness and mercy carries on .for ever.

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Sunday March 21 Psalm 46:10: Preparation for the week. Be still. Listen for the Word of God. Learn who God is and remember his presence.

Rejoice in the purpose of his word. Pray for God's help during the coming week.

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Where is He now in your life? What is His call to you. Are you ready to answer that call? How are you responding to His call if it has already come?

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WE are in the process of setting up emergency facilities for the children of Croatia and the refugee children of Bosnia.

Tuesday March 23 Matthew 22:37-39: Who is your neighbour? Remember all the people you work with. Are you showing God's love to them? Are you showing God's love to your neighbour? What can you positively do to show God's love to them?

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Sunday March 14 Matthew 25:34-46: Sharing our faith involves sharing ourselves.

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Matthew 28:16-20: How strong is your faith? Even the disciples doubted sometimes, but Jesus still sent them out to share their faith with others.

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Saturday March 20 Colossians 4:1-6: When Paul talks to the slave owners, his message applies to us all. How often do we miss chances to share our faith in our daily lives with colleagues, friends and neighbours? We must take every opportunity to spread the Good News with confidence and with zest.

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Wednesday April 7 Isaiah 50:4-9: God is always near. He has given us speech to preach His word. Our ears are opened to receive him. He helps me and others, poor or wealthy. He forgives us all. We've done things we regret. He knows I'm not perfect, just forgiven.

MAUNDY THURSDAY April 8 John 13:14-16: It shows whatever the differences are that great, humble, rich or poor can get on with each other. Jesus was a King. The others were ordinary.

Psalm 112: 1-9: We are to give generously to those in need: to give of our time, kindness and understanding, as Christ did for us. Think about God's promise that "all who fear God and trust in Him are blessed beyond expression". Trust is paramount.

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Boys and girls may board from We value games because as the age of 7 or 8. The girls are well as helping to develop the housed in new, purpose-built full physical potential of each accommodation and are looked child, sport helps to foster conafter by a resident Housemistress fidence, self-esteem and social and a team of residential female skills. Children begin to understaff. The boys sleep in dormitostand what is involved in team ries on the top floor of the origimembership and learn to nal building. They are cared for appreciate fair play. We hope by a Housemaster, resident male by offering a wide range of staff, a matron, and a qualified sports that we can accommoSister-in-charge. date most tastes!

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13 The DOOR, February 1993

The Decade of Evangelism

What brought YOU to Christ?

In a survey of 500 people from more than fifty churches in the Oxford Diocese, 416 said that the experience of worship in church was an important factor in their journey to faith.

Some 390 mentioned the influence of a Christian minister, 387 their parents and home and 352 'a friend or friends'. Confirmation (296) and Sunday school (245) were also important influences.

By comparison, 'meetings, rallies or a mission' were mentioned by only 122 and television and radio by just 34.

The RIPPLE effect RIPPLE is a guide to potential

resources for evangelism, produced by the Oxford Diocesan Advisory Group on Evangelism.

It lists sources of tapes, videos, courses, study guides and printed material and also includes helpful practical articles on many aspects of evangelism—such as visiting, guest services, youth events, missions and so on.

It is available, price f2.50, from the Parish Resources Department at Church House. It will be updated from time to time free of charge.

(RIPPLE stands for Resources and Ideas Pack for Parish and Local Evangelism).

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nie Churches' Media Trust Many of your readers might know of the newly formed Churches' Media Trust, which has been set up to develop and fund Christian work in the printfor ed and broadcast media the trust has recently written to churches of all denominations in the three counties seeking support. Trustees include representatives from the three County Ecumenical Councils and otherprofessionals; local people with media experience such as David Winter, Gill Poole, Barry Amis and myself.

The 1990 broadcasting act, in removing the requirement for religious broadcasting from independent radio, and in opening up many new opportunities for Christians in the Media, has put the ball firmly in our court. The BBC, too, has said that it cannot by itself fund specialist religious producers on local radio, and programmes like Spirit Level (BBC Radio Oxford), Sunday Signpost (BBC Radio Berkshire) and The Melting Pot (BBC Bucks, Herts and Beds) all require considerable financial support from the churches. Put bluntly, if we want local Christian programmes, we will have pay for them.

The Churches' Media Trust is currently providing financial support for two of the three stations, and is being asked to consider funding for the third. We are also being asked to support other exciting new ventures, such as Christian programmes broadcast by satellite to UK independent radio stations. We have already established a 'congregational support scheme, where we ask individual congregations to consider giving through their home mission fund. But funding still falls short of demand, and we are developing two other ways of responding to these opportunities.

First we need about 100 people -

in each county to join our £1 a week scheme.

This would provide an income of £5,000 in each of the three counties which would be used, alongside congregational giving, to support Christians working in the media.

Second, we need Christians across the three counties who would be prepared to act as local links for the Media Trust. The task would be to generate support for the trust through the £1 a week scheme and through the congregational support scheme, and to maintain awareness of the trust's work locally.

Anyone who feels they might be able to help in either way can obtain more information from: The Churches' Media Trust, Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford OX2 ONB. Revd Richard Thomas Oxford

Bethlehem today

New music There are a number of points I could make about the odd little service at Christ Church Cathedral in Thanksgiving for the 450th Anniversary of the Diocese of Oxford. I will, however, confine myself to one the music.

It was a pleasant idea to have pieces by the three distinguished English composers, Vaughan Williams, Walton and Britten, but they, with all the composers featured, are dead. It would have been more in accord with what Bishop Richard said in his sermon about doing new things, and with the hope we must have in the Diocese of being the Church in this area for today and tomorrow, if we had had some new music.

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Could not the Diocese have sponsored a competition among young composers with connections with the three counties up to the age of 35, say, for an anthem (with new words) and/or Te Deum (to the ASB version)?

It might also have been possible

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I remember Bishop Patrick Rodger once saying to me that it does say in the Book of Revelations that those in heaven were singing "a new song before the throne" and noting that this would be hard on most members of the Church of England!

Revd Peter Rye North Hinksey

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The article and comments about Bethlehem in the December issue of The DOOR were an interesting reaction to pilgrimage there, the whole emphasis being on the buildings over the supposed holy places.

These are important, of course, but let us not forget that Jesus came into the world that first Christmas for people not for buildings. The people of Bethlehem today live under Israeli occupation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of them are Christians our own brothers and sisters and many are innocent victims of Israeli aggression.

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Astthe Archdeacon New rules for Care of Churches

Frank Weston The Venerable Frank Weston is the Archdeacon of Oxford.

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I hope you all had a good Christmas, and if it's not too late - a Happy New Year!New year it is, too, with the bulbs in our garden well up, and robin singing his song.

Always at the beginning of a New Year we wonder what's in store for us, but whatever it is we know that we can trust that God will be there with us.

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One thing which might help to come closer to God is a 'Prayer Journal' or diary. Now this doesn't mean writing lots of things down. You may have seen those rather attractive books in Christian bookshops with beautiful photographs next to a page Of print. You could make something similar using things you've written down, drawn, painted or cut out. You could use a scrapbook, an exercise book or something similar. Or make a 'concer-

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is a small candle or night light.

But this MUST be used with adult supervision!

I personally find candles make me want to sit quietly, and remember, prayer is rather like a telephone conversation we don't HAVE to sit, kneel, or stand in a particular way, or even close our eyes and put hands together. God is always there, ready to answer our call. Have a peaceful time.

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The new Care of Churches Measure, with its attendant rules, will become law on March 1.

What difference will it make to the way parishes operate the Faculty Jurisdiction? i.Churchwardens will now have a statutory duty to maintain the terrier, inventory and logbook and to produce them to the PCC every year, accompanied by a signed statement that the contents are accurate. A copy of the inventory will also have to be sent to the diocese, and subsequent alterations notified.

The Churchwardens' annual fabric report also ii. becomes statutory. it must be brought to the PCC at the meeting before the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. iii.

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SPRINGBOARD 93. pringboard 93 is the Oxford Diocese Youth Assembly for 16-25 year olds. The event has moved around the Diocese over the years, and has been at St Stephen's House in Oxford, Green Park in Aston Clinton and Woodrow High House in Amersham, the venue for this year.

The dates for Springboard 93 are April 2-4 1993.

This year's planning group consisted of a variety of different people from the three archdeaconries of this Diocese - and here's a little bit about them:

doing Mr Bean impressions or talking to daffodils he is the Publicity Officer.

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Sarah Hamilton "I am currently studying A-Levels at Wycombe High School. I worship at All Saints High Wycombe and I joined the planning group this year. Springboard 92 was my first one and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Rachal and I will be organising the worship."

Andrew Billenness "I live in Prestwood and go to Holy Trinity Church. I am at Amersham College studying ALevels in English Language, Communications and General Studies. I am taking on the role of Secretary which I share with fellow team member Jane."

Sarah Riddle "lam 16 years old. I live in High Wycombe and I am currently studying A-Levels in chemisty, physics and maths at Lady Verde High School. My role on the planning group is Workshop!

Group Co-ordinator."

Claire Carter "Hello, Claire here.

I'm 22 and at Oxford Polytechnic studying a degree in Business Studies. Igotochurch in Garsington, and I am the Applications Officer of this, planning group."

Jane Amner "Hello, I'm Joint Secretary for this year's Springboard. When

SfP'L CTS OF LOVE not discussing minutes, I'm at Swansea University studying English Literature. The Christian Union there is very strong so a lot of my time is spent with them. Hope to meet you at SB93 'til then, love and hugs in Christ."

Rachel Webley "I'm 17.nda bit years old. Ilive in Weston Turville and I go to St Mary the Virgin church . At the moment I'm struggling through the final year of my French, English and Geography A-Levels at Aylesbury High School, I claim to be musical, which comes in handy being the Assistant Worship Co-ordinator for next year's Springboard."

Steve Hearn "Hi there, lam nearly 20. At the moment I work in Slough for an engineering company as a computer operator and study parttime at Thames Valley University in HNC Computing, When I'm not doing that you can find me at TYGERS youth group

Richard Redcliii Richard Redcliff is studying ALevels at college. When he is not

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Phil is a first year medical student in London, who also doubles as the Chairman for the Springboard Planning Group.

His home parish is All Saints Wokingham.

OK, that's enough about us.

Let's move on to Springboard. It has two main aims. Firstly, by exploring our Christian faith and discussing relevant issues, we can promote spiritual growth in those who join us. Secondly, by making close friendships with other Christians we can produce a network of Christian youth throughout the Oxford Diocese.

Springboard 93 is going to try and concentrate on the massive theme of love! We know this is perhaps an impossible task but s there is so much to deaj with there should be something for you all! As Christians we worship a God of love, He sent His son to die for us so that we may come closer to this love.

It can be an abstract emotion or a reality, we hope that through the weekend it may become more of the latter for us all. Springboard itself is a time to make friends, have a good time and we hope this year it may also be a time where we can personally get to know this wonderful God of love that surrounds us all so completely.

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)0UNG PEOPLE. During 199 ihcrc is to he it special focus upon our work with young people. Do let us know of acirt ille C\ ent' hich 'C)U have planned, send us reports and photographs of things as they happen, and encourage vourvoungtolktojoin us in sonic of the Diocesan Events during the Year;

February 17 Taizé Prayer Gathering at the Church of Christ the Corner stone, Milton Keynes.

April 2-4 Springboard '93 Easter Monday Pilgrimage in April 12 Milton Keynes April 13-16 April Adventure Unlimited with the Faleglade Trust May 29 Morning Star sailing holiday June 5

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'Across the Diocese' with the Children's Society July 2-4 Yellow Braces July 11 St Birinus Pilgrimage August 14-23 i'ai,.é Pilgrimage with the Bishop of Oxford October 9 Day conference for youth workers November 21 Youth Sunda' - locus in Parishes on young people.

Come with Bishop Richard to Taizé Young adults (17-25yrs) are invited to join the Bishop of Oxford on pilgrimage to the Taizé Community in France from August 14 - 13 1993. Taizé has become home to an ecumenical community of Brothers who welcome thousands of young

adults each summer; this initiative will enable young adults from our own Diocese to experience living in community and to share that experience with others on their return.

Staying in Taizé involves taking part in the whole rhythm of

0 daily life there: prayer, meetings, meals, and sharing in small groups. It will also include Bible introductions and time for reflection.

During the week there will also be opportunities to speak with Bishop Richard in small groups.

Letton Hall Affordable accommodation for up to 125 from doubles to dormitories. Country-house style living in the main halt or rooms in the converted stables, grouped round the cobble courtyard of Dolphin Court. Be away from it all in the heart of rural Norfolk, yet within easy reach of a host of interesting places. Self-cater or be catered for. Supervised go-karting on 400m track, plus plenty of grounds for outdoor sports, wooded walks, barbecues, etc.

Teachers please enquire about facilities and low rates/ or Term-Time School Groups.

Conferences also catered for.

Contact Peter Carroll for more information TEL. (0362) 820717 A HOUSE FOR THE LORD Shipdham, Thetford, Norfolk 1P25 7SA A HOME FOR HIS PEOPLE

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EDUCATION Families having no tradition of boarding education tend to overlook this as an option for their children. Their preception of boarding schools is often coloured by tales of Spartan conditions and impossibly expensive fees! I suggest they

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pay the boarding fees as tuition is provided as part of the normal state school service.

These schools are by no means all the same. They each have their own qualities and priorities. Some, like my own school with its century old traditions, have aspects in common with Public schools, others are more readily identifiable with the state sector.

Many of these schools are situated in delightful surroundings and have comfortable, non-regimented boarding accommodation designed to provide a welcoming home from home for. Facilities provided for sport and leisure activities are usually beyond those available to children at

day schools.

Boarding school, with other children always around, can be great fun. A well-run boarding school ensures that there are always exciting things to do.

Being away from home builds a child's confidence and is great experience for later life. Living together in this way, youngsters form life-long friendships and learn valuable lessons in coexistence.

Parents benefit from knowing that their boys and girls are cared for in a stable, safe environment.

Details of state schools with boarding places are available from the Information Officer, STABIS Watendlath, Bug Hill, Warlingham, Surrey CR6 9LT.

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13th To be eligible candidates will have been bom between 31/8/82 and 1/9/85 For further information entry forms and a prospectus, either Telephone

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Considered an Irish Boarding School Education for Your Son? At Newbridge College, we have limited number of vacancies in all years for Sept. '93 • Intimate "family" atmosphere • International orientation • Development of "whole individual" primary focus of college • Full range of Matriculation subjects • Innovative programme of extra-curricular activities • Total enrolment 500-120 boarders • 40 mins. from Dublin easy access to boat and plane • Some of the finest rugby pitches in "home-counties" • Founded and operated by the Dominican Fathers, since 1852 • Current Full-Year Boarding Fees £3,300

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SCHOOLFounded 1885 Patron: Her Majesty the Queen GRANT MAINTAINED - CO-EDUCATIONAL DAY, WEEKLY AND FULL BOARDING No tuition fees - Competitive boarding fees Providing a sound education and pastoral care in a Christian, family environment V High teacher/pupil ratio V Strong in Science, Mathematics V Successful Drama, Arts, Music groups V Informed career guidance V Special needs catered for V Exciting sports and leisure pursuits V Chapel with full-time resident Chaplain V All denominations welcome V Confirmation classes V Christian Fellowship V Many Christian activities in school and the community For full details or to arrange a visit please contact the Headmaster's Secretary

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Full details available from: The Headmaster, Dominican College, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

'Phone (calling from U.K.) 010 353 45 31248. Manual fax available on same number - call for connection

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CHRIST'S HOSPITAL CO-EDUCATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOL HORSHAM, SUSSEX in 1552, Christ's Hospital is a major educational Fethosounded charity that aims to provide educational excellence in an of care for children of families in need aged 11-18.

Fee Contributions are related to the family income and range from Nil for families whose gross income is less than £10,000, to £9,305 pa. for families whose gross income is over £38,400.

FIVE GOVERNMENT ASSISTED PLACES AVAILABLE ANNUALLY. ADMISSION AVAILABLE ALSO AT SIXTH FORM LEVEL Applications are welcome from any families who feel that their children, boys or girls, might benefit from a boarding school education.

Further information from: Mrs Jill Wilkinson, Admissions Officer, Christ's Hospital, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 7YP. Tel: 0403 211293

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An Independent Boarding & Day School for Girls 300 girls from 5 to 16 years, of all denominations, enjoy their education in a caring, Christian family atmosphere. Day girls, and weekly or termly boarders, in small classes, develop confidence through high academic achievement and enjoy excellent sports and extra curricular facilities. Fees are competitive and some bursaries are available for age eleven entry.

OPEN DAY SUNDAY 14th FEBRUARY 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m..

The Headmistress, Mrs Elizabeth Speddy, will talk about the college at 10.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.

All potential parents, pupils and friends are welcome to inspect the school and talk with members of staff and pupils throughout the day.

Entrance assessments will be held in March.

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REVIEW '93 Kinham Hill offers a full range of GCSE and A Levels, and has excellent scientific, technical and sporting facilities all set within a beautiful 90 acre site in the heart of the Cotswolds. As well as the traditional team games the school runs successful basketball teams and has its own tennis courts, covered 30m swimming pool, gymnasium, shooting range and testing assault course. Scouts, the CCF and the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme provide the opportunity for leadership training.

There are opportunities for artistic pursuits, and the music school and art department are popular centres. The School has an Orchestra, and the Choir regularly sing at such venues as Tewkesbury Abbey.

The School aims to maintain the Christian tradition established by the Founder. The Chapel and voluntary Christian groups play an important part in the life of the School.

Kingham Hill School Kingham Chipping Norton Oxon OX76TH Tel: 0608 658999 Fax: 0608 658658

Kingham Hill School is not just another minor public School. It was founded over 100 years ago to provide a Christian Education for children with a boarding need, and this principle is maintained via a system of generous bursaries to support such children.

This leads to the added bonus of a broader mix of pupils - often seen as an advantage by parents worried about the elitist atmosphere of independent schools.

Since September 1992 Kingham Hill School has been fully co-educational throughout the age range (11-18). Interest in the places for irls has been very encouraging, and it is anticipated that a second boarding house will have to be converted for them a year or two.

In addition to supporting children with a boarding need Kingham Hill's main strength is enabling the average pupil (who may get less attention than those at the two extremes of ability in larger schools) to develop their full potential through small classes and individual attention. There is also a very successful dyslexia unit where children with reading and writing difficulties really flourish.

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We provide high quality language training programmes for people in business and industry.

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S. K. Tyrer at 21 Park End Street, Oxford, or ring 0865 200940/0865 516019 Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire is a first class residential adult education centre. The beautifully restored Abbey is set in parkland on the edge of the Chiltern Village of Great Missenden.

First class tutors offer a range of specialist and beginner courses for Art and Literature, Craft Skills, Languages, Managing your life, Music and Theatre Workshops, Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, sports and Writing.

Missenden Abbey provides weekend courses all through the year: 3 and 4 day courses during Easter and then Missenden Summer School during August for 6 days.

Why not ring for a Brochure - they are very informative - a paragraph for every course.

Start a new skill or craft Stained Glass - Embroidery Picture Framing - Video, or relax in the friendly atmosphere and appreciate Music, Art and Natural History.

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18 The DOOR, February 1993

Martin Coombs chooses a selection of

A new resource book for the Decade of Evangelism

Books for Lent B

ishop John Taylor's new book (The Christlike God, SCM Press, £9.95) takes its inspiration from Archbishop Michael Ramsey's famous remark: "God is Christlike, and in him is no un-Christlikepess at all". Who is God to you? In what ways does he speak to you today?

This is a powerful and absorbing exposition of the nature of the divine.

Bishop Taylor brings to it some fine writing, a gift for poetic insight and great breadth of understanding.

This study is big enough to destroy the many stereotypes we use in our thinking about God, and replace them with something deeper and more dynamic.

As a Lenten read, this could be a life-changer!

unusual way, which sets them in anew light.

In his introduction, the Archbishop of Canterbury says: "This book is not an easy read. But it is an immensely rewarding and stimulating contribution to Christian thinking."

There are questions for group discussion at the end of each chapter and notes for its use as a Lent Study course.

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nyone who enjoyed Father Gerard Hughes' book, God of Surprises, will want to read Oh God, Why?A journey through Lent for bruised Pilgrims (Bible Reading FellowThy will be done on earth as it is in ship, £5.99). After a heaven: this painting by Korean artist helpful chapter on how Kim is used in Christian Aid's new video to use the book, others meditation on the Lord's Prayer. The follow on the meaning video is for prayer or discussion groups, of Lent, penance and and is intended to bring new meaning to ]Robert Van de Weyer prayer. the well-known words recently wrote an admiFor each day of Lent, rable book about the rethree suggested Bible newal of the rural Church. readings are provided, Now he has written The Way of trates, every aspect of daily life with a full commentary on one Holiness, a guide to living with raises questions for us of a moral of them. There are also addiSpiritual Discipline (Fount and spiritual nature. tional notes for six group meetBooks, £4.99). ings.

A title containing at least two Fr Hughes speaks with a pern Tested by the Cross, the Dean words which make us feel un- of Bristol, Dr Wesley Carr (Fount sonal, yet very urgent voice. He comfortable deserves to be read Books, £4.99) places the cross of escapes from the cosiness of so with some sympathy.

Christ firmly at the heart of Chris- many Christian books for these Those who do, will find in it tianity. The first chapters of this reasons, and also through his many valuable insights taken book probe some uncomfortable commitment to public issues and from monastic life, and from the human dilemmas through the eyes social morality. To these, and to three monastic vows of poverty, of Judas, Peter, Hamlet, Aüsch- more personal issues of prayer chastity and obedience; insights witz victims. It then moves on to and self-examination, he brings about material needs, personal searching questions about the rec- great authority and conviction. relationships, and inner onciling power of God, the strange- This is an outstanding book. motivation.At the end of each ness of a crucified God, what it Canon Martin Coombs is the section a task is suggested to help means to be saved.

Vicar of Warborough, put the monastic wisdom into Dr Carr has a way of presenting Newington and Stadhampton in practice. As Van de Weyer illus- traditional beliefs in a fresh and the Dorchester Team Ministry.

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ne Five Marks of Mission So the Bishop of Panama speaks of the cost of The parishes of Ducklington (David Winter) and Great Haseley (Janet Hodgson) in this Diocese serving those who live under the world's foodprovide the first two contributions to By Word and laden table. Canon Kenyon Wright says: "Those Deed: a Decade ofEva gelism Resource Book , a rich who do not cry for Creation dare not sing Christian new symposium on mission edited by Cohn Craston hymns." Just as Jesus, says the Bishop of Lahore, (Church House Publishing for the Anglican Com- challenged the Sabatarian legal system which put principles above personal need, so Christians today munion, £7.50).

With other contributions from England, Panama, need to challenge the unjust structures which are Scotland, Mauritius, Brazil, the United States, the largely responsible for humn suffering.

The Archbishop of the Province of the Indian Caribbean, Malaysia, New Zealand and Nigeria, they explore the definition of the Church's mission Ocean offers the non-Western sense of community agreed by the 1988 Lambeth Conference and the to transform Western individualism. From the experience of Latin AmeriAnglican Consultative Councan Christians, a Brazilcil in 1984 and 1990, ian Professor offers a namely the following: Gospel which has 1.To proclaim humility, imagithe Good News nation, beauty of the Kingdom; and lightness to inspire one 2. to teach, baptise that has become heavy, and nurture new shallow, rigid and proud. believers; Writers from New York, Barbados, 3. to respond to human need by loving Saba,Waikato and Ibadan offer practical stratservice; egies and structures for our involvement in 4.to seek to transform the unjust structures of mission. So it is Britain's turn to receive the fruits society; of missionary enterprise. In a Nigerian saying: 5. to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation "Now the mother rabbit can draw strength from the and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

The book's title cements together what are often two milk of its children." Already a number of parishes contending emphases in the life of the Church - in this Diocese are measuring their life against the proclamation of the Gospel and social action - into Anglican Five Marks of Mission, and praying and what is termed the 'holistic' understanding of the planning for a more 'holistic' involvement in the Church's task. So in a chapter on 'Evangelism as Decade of Evangelism to implement the Vision Transformation', Janet Hodgson, USPG Diocesan and Priorities paper. Study of this book will enable Representative, emphasises that the Gospel is not each parish to do so.

Christopher Hall just about individual salvation but also about changing the politics and structures of society and about Canon Christopher Hall is Co-ordinator of Christhe environment. The continual failure of Christians tian Concern for One World. to practise what they preach is she says "the most , Illustrated is the Compass Rose, emblem of cancerous heresy that has plagued the Body of Christ the Anglican Communion. and kept Jesus' truth from touching and transforming the very world for which He laid down His life".

English Christians need the insights of Anglicans in other provinces to save them from insularity, and from what David Winter, the Bishop's Officer for Evangelism, calls the poverty of spiritual bankruptcy.

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Bridging the care gaps At Dalecare we have developed a unique concept of retirement living to bridge the gap which exists between sheltered or warden controlled housing and the more conventional institutionalised living as in residential/nursing homes.

The new concept called Close Care is now in operation at Stockcross, near Newbury and market Lavington, near Devizes and offers all the benefits of purpose built self contained apartments where one can be as independent or dependent as they wish.

The studio and one bedroom apartments have fully fitted kitchen, luxury bathrooms to make living as comfortable as possible and with the reassurance that in the times of need all the facilities of the nursing home are only a bell push away. If required the nursing home can provide domestic help, catering, nursing care during periods of ill health or on-going nursing in your own apartment.

Research shows that an increase in the number of people are making the move from their family homes to sheltered or warden controlled accommodation at a

later age than the schemes were originally intended for. This means it is more likely that the resident will need some help with domestic or health care matters. Close care gives the resident the opportunity to avail themselves of as much or as little or this care as necessary without giving up their independence.

Once you have made a decision to move into a retirement apartment you should not be required to move again if your health deteriorates. A move to Dalecare will prevent this becoming a reality.

At Dalecare conventional sheltered housing has been carried an important stage further. There is no restriction on ill health, on-site services include nursing, personal and domestic care, full laundry service, regular visits by GPs, physiotherapist and chiropody and all this at no capital outlay as the apartments are for rental.

If you wish to know more about close care please call Libby Steynes on (0488) 38556 at Stockcross, Newbury or Mary Camden on (0380) 812282 at Market Lavington, near Devizes.

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Music' Courses • Worship• Exhibitions' Services CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL OXFORD. Sunday Services: 8am Holy Communion, lOam Matins, 1115am Sung Eucharist, 6pm Evensong. Weekdays: 715am Matins, 735am Holy Communion, 6pm Evensong (Thursdays Evensong 535pm and Sung Eucharist 6pm).

SPIRIT LEVEL is broadcast every Sunday morning between 7am and 9am on BBC Radio Oxford (95.2FM). The programme features music, news and views from local churches. Thought For the Day may be heard each weekday morning at 757am in the Oxford AM programme.

FEBRUARY Mon 1 OXFORD. Series of talks by people of other faiths: The Hope I find in Judaism, 1piy Rachel Montague, 8pm in the Old Library, University Church of St Mary the Virgin. Other talks include Hinduism and Buddhism on 8 and 15 Feb. Tue 2 OXFORD. Sung Compline by candlelight in the Lady Chapel, St Giles', at 915pm. Follows Eucharist at 7. lSpm in St Margaret's. Refreshments 830pm St Giles' Parish rooms.

Fri 5 OXFORD. Candlelit Taizé worship, St Giles' 9pm.

Fri 5-Sat 6 SLOUGH. What makes churches grow? A course for all ministers and church leaders led by Revd Henry Whyte, Vicar of St Paul's Kingston-upon-Thames at St Peter's Cornerstone, Church Street, Burnham, Slough. Contact Revd S Brown, The Rectory, The Precincts, Burnham, Slough Sil 7HU. Tel 0628 604173. General enquiries: The Bible Society 0793 513713.

Sat 6 CHESHAM. Concert with harpsicord, flute and soprano singer present a variety of Baroque music including Dowland, Purcell, Handel and Bizet. Tickets (including refreshments and programme) £6, students and OAPs £3, schoolchildren SOp. Tel: thesham 783034.

Sat 6 SUTTON COURTENAY. Day conference at the Abbey: The Heart has Seasons: Nature's Cycles in Human Life, with Graham Dowell lOam - 5pm. Cost £20. Details 0235 847401.

Sun 7 WALLINGFORD. Christingle service 3pm at St Mary's Church.

Tue 9 OXFORD. Lecture by Prof David Patterson: "Not in Entire Forgetfulness; A Vision of Chaim Nachman Biatik" at the Oxford Jewish Centre, Richmond Road, 8pm. Contact Council of Christians and Jews 0993 812888.

Thu 11 OXFORD. Last day of Candlemas exhibition at St Giles'

(from 31 Jan) Open 12-2pm weekdays, 2-5pm weekends.

Features ceramics by Margaret O'Rorke, and photos of light and shadow at the Old Observatory in Delhi by Mali Mukerjee.

Sat 13 TAPLOW. Scratch concert performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance: just turn up with a score. Contact Gillian Dibden in advance at Taplow rectory 0628 661182.

Mon 15 OXFORD for four weeks; an exhibition of art designed as an aid to worship by David Coleman. University Church of St mary the Virgin.

Wed 17 AYLESBURY Historical Association Buckinghamshire meets, 8pm The Friends Meeting House, Rickfords Hill for lecture: "Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford" by Canon John Thurmer DD, lately Chancellor of Exeter University. All welcome.

Wed 17 WANTAGE. Healing service at St Peter and St Paul, 8pm.

Eucharist with laying on of hands.

Enquiries 02357 2829.

Mon 22 OXFORD. Lecture by Linda Cooper: "The crucial questions of life are beyond religious dogma: an interpretation of the Book of Job", 8pm St Andrews Church, Linton Road. Contact Council of Christians and Jews 0993 812888.

Mon 22 OXFORD. Lecture on Journalists and War with Ursula Ruston.

Organised by Oxford Christians for Peace and Pax Christi, at Blackfriars, 64 St Giles 8pm. All welcome.

Sat 27 SUTTON COURTENAY. Day conference at the Abbey: Our Inner and Outer Dance with Jenny Sadler £20 lOam - 5pm.

Sun 28 SUTTON COURTENAY. Day conference at the Abbey: Science and Spirituality: the new paradigm with Prof Chris Clarke £20 lOam - 5pm. Details 0235 847401.

MARCH Mon 1 Gerrards Cross. Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship dinner with speaker David Schwass. Contact Bob Sutton on 02407 4689.

Fri 5 Women's World Day of Prayer. Services at many churches including in Oxford: lOam Botley Baptist Church, 730pm St Andrew's Botley, 7pm Temple Cowley United Reformed Church, 230pm St James Cowley, 1030am St Andrew's Headington, 230pm Church of the Good Shepherd, Kennington, 7pm United Reformed, Marston Rd, 115pm University Church of St Mary the Virgin, 1015am Cowley Rd Methodist, 1 .3Opm St Michael & All Angels Summertown, 230pm St John's Vicarage Rd., S Oxford.

Creative Sculpture

God in Creation is the theme of an exhibition of sculpture and graphics at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford from February 15. David Coleman is a member of the Iona Community, and has produced these pieces as part of a project on art in worship. He began his career as a freelance film-maker and animator, and was involved with a European youth film movement in the 1980s. He is now training for the ministry.

Fri 5- Sun 7 HIGH LEIGH. Conference on witness in today's world with the Rt Revd Michael Nazir of CMS, Revd David Winter, Oxford Diocesan Evangelism Advisor, Revd G Kavoor of the Church of South India and Chaplains Ernie and Jean Wilkes formerly of CMS in Nigeria.

Apply to Mr and Mrs R Morden on 0462 434425.

Sat 6OXFORD. AMediaeval Green Feminist: day course on Abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Speaker Mrs Helen Stanton. lOam - 415pm. £18.

Contact: 0865 270380.

Tue 16 OXFORD. "Facing a world

without God; an encounter with Joseph Chaim Brenner" at the Oxford Jewish Centre, Richmond Road, 8pm. Contact Council of Christians and Jews 0993 812888.

Sat 20 - Sat 27 CROPTHORNE Worcestershire: a week of study, prayer, solitude and work showing the relevance of the Benedictine way to everyday life. Open to everyone in the Diocese. Cost £220. Contact Chiltern ChristianTraining0494 481550.

Sat 27 HAZLEMERE. Designing Modern Church Embroidery: course

by Chiltern Christian Training Programme at St Edmund Campion

Church. £10. Tel 0494 481550.

Sat 27 WATFORD. Open meeting of the Fraternity of the Resurrection at 3pm in Leavesden Hospital, College Road Refreshments and videos.

All members and friends welcome.

Contact Roger Turner, 6 Ashridge Cottages, Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 1PW. Tel: 0442 842714.

Sat 27 CHESHAM. Kumara Quartet at Emmanuel Church, Broad St, 8pm. Schubert Quintet and string quartets by Haydn, Puccini and Ravel. Tickets £6, students £3. Tel Chesham 783034.

Wed 31 HIGH WYCOMBE. Introduction to the Magic of Mystery Cycles at All Saints' Church. Contact CCTP as above.

MAY National and international chapters of The Pilgrims of St Francis are now making arrangements for their 1993 programme. The movement is open to all Christians and pilgrimages are held all over Europe. The National Pilgrimage will be held from 31 May to 5 June in Ashford, Kent.

Cost £30 waged, £22 unwaged, £15 age 12 and under, free under 4 years.

International pilgrimage in Strasbourg, France 21 to 29 July. Information:, Mrs Pam Foster, 49 Haughton Road, Shifnal, Shrops TF1I 8DF. Tel: 0952 460694.

NOTICES Amplifier with two large and two small speakers, available free for any parishwhich could use them fruitfully - recently in use in Dorchester Abbey. Contact John Simpson Oxford 340777.

King James Bible bound in dark red leather with gold lettering was left at St Clements Church, Oxford after ARM conference.Ring 0865 246674 (mornings) to claim. The church also has six copies of Lectern Books of Common Prayer to give to good home.

Sidesmens' staves wanted. Where can we get some, or have them made?

Contact St James the Less, Stubbings, Maidenhead on 0628 822996.

Hymn books available: 100 copies each of Hymns Ancient and Modern and English Praise. Contact St Michael's Church, Abingdon 0235 525650.

Bookof Common Prayerbound with the English Hymnal: about 100 copies on offer from Revd Nigel Sands tel 048 838244.

Palm crosses from Zululand available through Emmanuel Church, Northampton. Crosses cost £7 pé!

100. Ordersto the Revdi.F.A. Knight, Emmanuel Shared Church, Westonb Favell Centre, Norhtampton NN3 4JR. Organist and choirmaster needed for St Laurence Church, Warborough in the Dorchester Team Ministry. Friday evening practice, Rite B Mattins once a month, Evensong. Information Canon M Coombs 086732 8381.

Colour photographs of the Queen's visit to the Diocese available from Frank Blackwell on Oxford 341013.

Canadian exchange: an Anglican priest, ordained in England, lives with his wife on Lake Huron, three hours from Toronto. Looking for on month's exchange of house and car some time in 1993. Willing to do some Sunday duty, although none would be required in Canada. Contact the Revd J Philip Grandon, 185 Jones Street, Goderich, Ontario, Canada N7A 3135.

MA Church religion and society 1780-1940 at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. Full-time of part-time. Includes revivial of Catholicism and Evangelicalism in 19th century. Contact The Registry on 0272 682803.

Women's Skills Exchange: a project providing support and education for mentally ill and unemployed women in Reading needs helpers, money; fabric, dress-making patterns and sewing machines, tennis tables etc. Contact Constance Gooding, 12 Gloucester Road, Reading, Berks RG3 2TH.

Diocesan Sunday Prayer Diary February 7: Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance; those who work in banking and accountancy.

February 14 (Education Sunday): The work of the Diocesan Schools Department: all those who work in schools.

February 21 (Unemployment Sunday): Deanery of the Vale of the White Horse; all those who are unemployed.

February 28 (First Sunday in Lent): Deanery of Chipping Norton; all those who work with children..

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W (1 J1 hinnor has three landmarks: the soaring white chimney of its cement works, Chinnor Hill rising steeply from the village to a height of some 400 feet, and St Andrew's Church which dates back to Saxon times and is one of the largest in Oxfordshire.

But in another way the entire village is a landmark. Set on the borders of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, in the foothills of the Chilterns, its life has mirrored 2000 years of England's history. There was an Iron Age settlement nearby. The Romans' Icknield Way passes through the parish, and in the Civil War ,,Prince Rupert of the Rhine galloped down the hill to burn the village, Cavaliers and Roundheads fought in the streets, and a mutilated central boss in the church porch bears witness to the revenge taken by image-hating villagers at the end of the war.

The old enmities are long since healed, and today Chinnor feels like a large but peaceful backwater just out of reach of the tentacles of the M40. But appearances can be deceptive. The village is, in fact, a hive of activity. It has its own free newspaper, a churches-

Photos: Frank Blackwell

St Andrew's, Chinnor

church and retreat and educational centre for the benefice.

At this point the parishioners might have understandably put their hands firmly in their pockets, and left them there. But three years ago some church members led by Roger Payne had the idea of converting some derelict outbuildings in the rectory gardens into a much needed village centre, for use not only by the church but the whole village.

The idea was taken up by the other churches and the wider community, and £162,000 of the £220,000 needed has already been raised. Building has started, and the project has generated such enthusiasm, says Roger Payne, that recently a single street collection raised £1500.

One of the church's most upand-coming areas of activity is its work for young people under the umbrella of a newly formed youth committee. The uniformed organisations—everything from Rainbows to Venture Scouts caer for 150 youngsters. There are Sunday school classes for all ages, and 'tiddlekids' and a weekly pram service for the very young. The Mothers' Union also plays its part by supporting a mothers and toddlers group in the Welsh valleys. Then there is the splendid junior choir which,

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with their new boy bishop (see page one) took over a morning service in Advent with such dignity and confidence that it was hard to believe they did not do it every Sunday.

Ralph Cartmill himself has a particular interest in work with young people. He was warden of a youth centre in Liverpool. He was also brought up in a nominalChristian family, and is only too aware of the influence which Christians had upon him. He also seems to have a gift for bringing out the best in people of all ages and shades of churchmanship and then leaving them to get on with the job. "The amazing thing is there is a real spiritual quality coming through, because they are open to the crises of others rather than their own."

His approach seems to grow out of an unusual combination of north country practicality and a refreshingly uncluttered faith. In many ways, the services offered at St Andrew's are very traditional, but Ralph Cartmill refuses to be limited by them. "There is more to Christianity than going to church," he says. "I personally feel there is no future at all for the Church unless Christians are willing to give up some of their traditions for the sake of Christ."

Christine Zwart

The Boy Bishop and fellow members of the junior choir, who took over an Advent family service inspired village centre is under says, is remarkable because, de- maintain itself. In the last six years construction, and in the words of spite its size, it never seems to the Benefice, which also includes Ralph Cartmill, Rector of St An- have split into factions. "Every- churches at Aston Rowant, Crowdrew's, "Whatever you want to one smiles. Everyone says hello, ell, Emmington and Sydenham, has raised a quarter of a million do you can do here in Chinnor." and everyone works together."

This strong sense of communi- pounds to restore St Andrew's, He himself is in the unusual position of having lived in the ty is reflected in St Andrew's £60,000 for repairs at Sydenham village before he became its Church, which hums with life and is in the process of raising priest. A Merseysiderby birth, he and activity. Two huge choirs another £160,000 for work at Ascame south to teach in Aylesbury involving more than 50 mixed ton Rowant, and restoring St Niand settled in Chinnor with his adults and children deliver a stun- cholas', Emmington, as a parish wife and family. The village, he fling selection of modern and traditional music, and the Mothers' Union has 33 enrolled members.

There is a large self-financing luncheon club for elderly and disabled people run by two energetic septuagenarians, and a range of prayer groups, Bible study groups and special interest groups to suit every age and inclination.

As though that were not enough, the church building itself makes considerable demands on its congregation. It includes the famous Chinnor brasses, a set of 18th century cartoons by James Thomhill which formed the basis for the north rose window at Westminster Abbey and is one of the six oldest screens in the country.

All aboard for the Wednesday luncheon club organised by septuagenarians George and Vera It needs £2000 a year simply to Alborow (left and right) assisted by Ruth Manser, Irene Beeby, David Deval and Una Davis The Revd Ralph Cartmill

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That horrible year The Queen looked back on 1992 with patent distress, as well she might, and no doubt views the prospects of the new year with anxiety. But that experience will be shared by many of her humble subjects, albeit without the incessant publicity which has accompanied the Royal Family.

We all have something to regret about the passing year, and something to fear in the present year - whether it be the ever-present threat of unemployment, or the onset of serious illness, or for students the possibility of failure in examinations. Human life is compounded of joy and sorrow, sometimes inextricably intertwined, and this truth is vividly illustrated in the story of Simeon (Luke 2:22-35) who, apparently on an impulse, went into the Temple at exactly the same time as Joseph and Mary entered for the dedication of the new-born infant.

It was a moment of pure joy for Simeon, who had harboured the hope of the Messiah over many longyears. Now at last he could say: "Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation". But he saw something else as well, manifestly less welcome. This child would be "for the fall and rising of many in Israel", that is, he would provoke bitter dissension amongst his own people - some would rise to the challenge of the Gospel, others would tall headlong to disaster.

And for Mary herself, her relationship with Jesus would be a source not only of joy but of sorrow. "A sword would pierce her own heart" in the estrangement which sometimes surfaced in the relationship between mother and son, and she would experience the ultimate agony of seeing Him, in whom she had invested such high hopes, exposed to agony and derision on the cross.

In this world there is seldom joy without sorrow. Jesus Himself was a "man of sorrows and acquainted with grief' but in the darkest hour of His life on.earth we hear Him speaking of His joy (John 17:13). That must be the message to the Royal Family after "that horrible year", and the message to us all as we set out into the new year. "Sorrow fills your heart?

Your sorrow shall be turned into joy" (John 16:20).

Stuart Blanch Lord Blanch is the former Archbishop of York and the author of mans' books. He lives near Banbury.

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