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ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE NEWS FEATURE ADVERTISEMENT PROFILE APPEAL FOR HELPFEATURE GENERAL SYNOD the way you want to live TOTAL CARE RETIRE COURT HOUSINGsupporting HUMAN LIFE IS Democracy or people trying DMDED WHAT IN THE WORLD WHY SUNDAY GOD SPEAKS TO US IN OUR UNIQUENESS TO LOYAMES CAN ANYONE DO? A GIFT OF GOD God in the life of Bishop Kallistos Wa re to DEVON discover the wil l of God? SHOULD BEA

morning. I know another man and accommodation. Donations who deliberately rises very early towards building materials are ants' peace of mind.

BERKSHIRE Senior Citizens Housing fact, not unusual admit a Tenant onit isSunday andtogoes tonewbed late St Lukes Home for the Elderly who is well into their 80s!

Association Limited, formed in 1971, offers The Lounge is a venue for many activities. also required.

Willing volunteers to make the most use of the sheltered accommodation for the elderly in Tenants' ideas and help on these occasions, Loneliness, isolation, bad housing, lackday. of Marshland Square, Caversham, Emmer Green, Reading Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and the Vale of working together with the Warden staff, is disposable income, can all be classified as withSouth DIY experience also RG48RP It's a matter of personal attitude, the White Horse (originally within Berkshire). welcomed. need. welcome. by God's grace; for prayer The Association,Contact now knownRichard as Court sitting-out areas communities in our Courts Applicants expected to be in fair healthof IThere willare travel to other This unique home offers:• Once again Oxford has it?Aare-medical attitude which should Housing, has built and maintains to a high ideal for drinking coffee with a friend or relaforisn't their age. report is requested Bland, Director ofsingle Volunteers, the heart means prayer in which • All accommodation situated at ground floor level. standard six Courts with both and doutive.where the archbishop sends me. from each Tenant's regular doctor before recognise reached the the responsibilities Church Times admittance to Court Housing.

If frailty and disble accommodation in either studio or one bedThere is also a Guest Room, which can be • No steps, stairs or lifts to negotiate. twist in the legal ability To Romania with Aid, c/o booked,Byfor we are totally absorbed. it Itafriend iscurious difficult toOther find enough hinder everyday tasks, ourAnd Care or relatives. amenities Cricket Cup final. will Christians have for They being at Newoften and with usedvery few roomAllapartments.

The advantagethroughout of en suite facilities every bedroom.

• Christians the in world are working to alleviate suffering, Manager will assess the Tenant's needs and the flats are self-contained.

Each has its includeprocess, hairdressing and chiropody services. the Diocesan Bishop Kallistos Ware talks to the Revd Philip Roderick, Walnut Tree House, Hawthorn is not just my prayer but the time for prayer.

The danger is A sophisticatedand emergency radio-call system. of any front door providing complete indepenEven shopping is and made easier as aevening butcher offermeetings a Care Package.

• resources, meet Liverpool at Southgate inIngood time and in homes Issue Number 45national The Diocese ofpark Oxford Berkshire, Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire surfaced September again. a vote by1993 houses without the support organisations.

In the second our own Synod members are Reporter: only of human, andLane, the Michael Colman the Chairman of the greengrocer call weekly and food can also This will enable manyin Tenants to enjoy dence.

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The CBF connection within the area, i.e.,through relatives Synod. being sent to Sunday School for institution of a day of rest was Mixed school in Northern Ireland dialogue of love.

So, himself if he's living outside aimlessly through the streets of a gradual process.

I spent seven against Worcester: living final quite close, is a requirement for entry to 8am-9pm 7 days a weekif, in extreme old TYPICAL EXAMPLE: £5,000 OVER 36 MONTHS 9AWsurroundings. or ring either Mr Paul on "If you call theChrist's development for the clergy was quickly person, Bishop Richard. deals with 'housekeeping expenses' IN CORNWALL AT 16.9% APR + £175.09for PER MONTH. The Diocesan Chancellor, a chosen Court. that was London aeven fairly normal activity God's provision us,layman based bishops' were meeting .... the Bishop and the Holy 92 Spirit, the monastery.

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Nr. Dartmoor Charles Clore Court Reading Oxford (0865) 725827 or Safid passed. second, after amendment, An anglican nun who lives on one of the few mixed Catholic age, they ask Ifor this," the on There Synod collapsed in tears of helpless Uganda Sabbath delight. might alsoManaged beand pressure national level. Despite belts being tightened Peter Boydell QC, has to been in those think it said was the divine wisdom the response toaGod theWright, Father Court - Newbury quite simple rule,of chiefly say Dorothy church Idays. had never been inside before Idonate was committed toand the itslaughter.

The DOOR is asking its readers to £5 to coverage of a much larger broadcast The Revd Tom • £75,000 to ensure the success the staNational Park Hashmi on 0706 624031 (fax: expressed concern for the street children of and Protestant streets in Belfast, visited the Diocese recently on Douglas Court Earley Bishop of Oxford, the Right It did us all good. property on old people to request Tel: Somer Loans Group yet further, costs continue toJesus rise.Prayer.

It by is tothe be Church .you will find we your quietness andfirst the overall feeling understanding of first the needs of becomes our and response: cry Nevil Court - Thatchani That's the short countries a Cow celebrates years thebriefed before.

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Royal Berkshire Court - Didcot Oxford, and that theWarning building was completely IThe thinkstation of a the phrase aof hit Christian-run Radio Station. wonused by Bucks and There surrounding was amorning. gathering areas. of friends ata teaa party atBishop'sHouse, It sounds a lot of money,'Lord but Jesus if only a Worcester College, government to press the international Violence and Co-existence. speaking in his aidress the Your home is at riskto if you do not keep up repayments on a mortgage us the next During the sessions allowed and relationship effectively.

All enquiries to: Head Office, Charles Court to review the recent happen, on Sunday which made or other loans secured on it roll-over relief Trouble management providing: C.G.T. Son of God, mercy on me', •Clore "Christian mysticism The charity gives people in empty.

As myfree eyes became its"The franchise in January this great year Romanian against Orthodox stiff priest COURT Despite winning franchise against all odds, Oxford inthe June, when Anglican Bishop ofquarter Pelotas in our Brazil of readers were tohave send a donaauthor of Who was Jesus? is to Court, 139 Appleford Road, Reading, community for action. degree of segregation between Catholic and Protestant Diocesan Synod on June 19.

• Secure ownership we debated legislation onthe Vacancy in See • Letting service Established villages trust that exists between doctors •me decision of the Ecclesiastical glad when ittowas over.

ThisIother Commercial need I find the term 'the Lord's Day' 3NT. Berkshire RG3 frequently repeated.

And usually Heated pools Uganda the chance to make a • Mortgageable property • Leisure centres accustomed the gloom competition from three Father bidders, Dumitru including Staniloae.

He and gaining Liverton, planning S. Devon. permission for aerial called on the Bishop of Oxford during a visit to Britain.

The two tion of £5, the deficit would be covered and • in Northern A view from the road of Rowan Court in Earley, Reading. be the new Dean of Lichfield. is communal.

Faith In an address to Synod on Sunday, the Ireland is astounding, and not fully appreciated The Bishop said he had Befriend a Child Telephone: Reading 0734 391757.

Committees, amendment to a Pastoral and patients of could be Committee of Orthodox Parliament did not arise from aaparticularly The introduction unlawful irritatingly pious, but it does Phone: we have first the living through improvement of (jI;R:NTEEi) l0ci RETURN noticed FOX there FM, were the country's few people leading Independent. says there as many different site, studios andmeet offices, eleven SEVENTY Bishops often through their workfor Peaceofand the future the country's Christian Brucecalled Dutson, Rector • Father Archbishopin of Canterbury for unity, here," said Sister Anna, who was staying in are Haddenham, Bucks chosen this controversial subject Measure and to Canon 17, Care ofAMtheAnglican undermined, the Bishop said. brings usa which permits the womens' Christian upbringing: it was shop-opening on Sundays is haveChrist the effect of making (0626) 832672 of theDonations, rosary, agenerous prayer giving INVESTMENT SALES OFFICE, DEPTburning DOOR, ST. IVES iIOUDAY COACH ROAD, The Lifechance works their local cattle.

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His with relatives.

Sister Anna belongs to the Sisters of the of because people are living longer Church Representation The hospice movement had LELANT, NR ST IVES, CORNWALL TR26 3Hx ordination measure to general.

'Best clothes' tendedin the and I believe that's purely a commercial interest.

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The Holy payable to 'eleven SEVENTY canspeech be paved supports housing projectfor Pelotas . Bishop Reading leaving hisdebate parish Telephone: 0736 757007 the wayisfor our final God, Oxford, but since 1972 she has lived and worked and there mounting pressure and Annuala Fees among other matters.

Wepeople in been pioneered by Christians. proceed to its final stages.

If to rub and iswere certainly less could be argued that where our responsibility lies. £22.28 a week to cover administrator, alarm control people aged between 16 and 25, It is a prayer in words, but equipment for artificial for the way we use the provision programming based on Christian values.

It without True, we're not under law; "Churches and Christians in South Bucks PEGASUS Retirement Homes have built up Somewhere out of sight a choir Spirit speaks to each one of us in the Church" sent toThe Chairman, 'eleven SEVENTY AM', I suspect, an insistent demand.

LuizPelotas (above left) wasaccompaniedby his wife anddaughter to be received into the Roman on Tuesday when we took note of the in Belfast where she helped found Childrens' Community to change the law to allow also spent time on revision of the Service system, heating, lighting, cleaning and insurance of "What is needed not a change 87toStAldates, Oxford OX1 Risourof Bdistinctive an enviable reputation over the past eightto its application comfortable than everyday customers they1 would not open, Let me end by quoting Isaiah particularly those who are inproviding because thefor words are very aims begin broadcasting at the end insemination and he has made a succeeds, dayetc. ofreport rest. the Sunday is bulls not underHigh common parts, gardening, sinking fund have been very generous in was singing.

After a Children little while, our(ACT), uniqueness, in 11 Duke Street, Wycombe, Bucks, HP1 3it of theCatholic Oddly perhaps, I doAffirmations not feel the and by members his Cathedral's choir.

At Bishop's of Church.

Hepastoral hopes to years orChristian soyouth for the quality of their developHouse of Bishops on Holidays and All Together two charities which voluntary euthanasia. of the Word and of Faith in the law but proper care for the Apartments are sold on 150 year leases with no could cause serious delay in wear, and there seemedfrom to bethe an but on the whole, if shops were 58:13-14, delightful verses Telephone: 244654 and Pegasus Grange Oxford looks care or who have no regular November.

Rest, simple inthe and this because context, they're not the upgrade same local kind of legal On £180,000 ofobjection our start-up costs, andments the sucAbba, Father.

So this the aim thehelp deacon emerged rent with stipulation that at leastdoes one of the 6EE. same to the Sunday House the choir played croquet the time and instock. also gave an ground befollowing ordained an ordination RC is priest. arrangements the of children both sides ofonly the community.

Sister Anna, This does notfrom mean, he said, Liturgical Business.

Thesefor arebeing notfirst dying throughout the length and under like one of The their current finest creations to situation occupiers has is to be 55 yearspassage of age. economic contributing the further of the insistence on 'going for walks' open six days a week, most which do not lay down specific Originally conceived as Radio Wye, the stafrequently repeated one is helped contact with a parent or near mean lying down or doing cess has been the result of a real act of requirement Saturday faith," 25 as September was the Sabbath. at lOam of the Jesus Prayer: to introduce sanctuary to sing one of the Purchasers will be free to sell their property on the to the opening of pubs as I do about impromptu concert for members and friends of the Oxford Christian Books, Cards, Crucifixes, etc. date.

• A two-year course for lay women priesthood.

In November we who was awarded an MBE this year for her work, now devotes that life has to be prolonged by "Both marriage and yet ready for use, but will, I think, be breadth of the country."

In to mounting levels of personal debt.

Aprivate open market if they ever wish to do so but Pegasus legislation and the ordination which I My never found toas be 'eleven as Four major blocks we areof planned in thenot Grandpont people could andAM', would procure prohibitions but enunciate he tion willfirst operate SEVENTY toa chflrge reachatknow out beyond words into said Richard relative.

Thomas, Volunteers, one of the or district station's nothing: when God rested on Therefore thousands should helium-filled cite us into theassistants life of God himself. litanies. impression of We will let our readers month ordinary shops.

Pubs do at least Diocesan Partnership in World Mission.

Despite the poverty and make this time ofnext one per cent ofwill the sale pastoral begins this Candles, Communion Wine, Altar Breads, of the city the first and second already combe asked to pass an Act of Synod most of her time to raising funds for Lagan College, the mixed every available means.

On the welcomed when they are. particular old people from motion called of our priceon plus 12 per cent perto year of occupation up to a monasticism are ofmembers women the priesthood delightful as was promised. they needed thosewant days.

It principles we should adopt: If pleted andfinal the 3rd andmember's 4thhow underway.

The 4th phase reflecting both where to all find it on theondial, founders, "but places weinVisitors still need to raise the the living silence of God. Independent as they are Old Testament prohibitions in the seventh day it means he balloons will be sold and In Christian mysticism we the appeal is progressing. emptiness was now succeeded provide of community. difficulties Brazil, BishopLuiz saidthey lived by hope.

"We need maximum of five years.

Th ere is room in the kitchen for a small table and two term.

Apply to the Chiltern Church will provide a range of leisure and health facilities which will set up the arrangements which comprehensive school setaStationary. up 12 ago by which AC!' the contrary, as numerous Church usyears our friendship and on to know Church to be involved locally and nationally would be held up.

Pegasus also offer their Assisted Living scheme chairs.

Then, during the war, is availability entices you keep your feet from including a hydro pool, jacuzri with exercise area, a Sometimes you can't turn off called, are sought whoyour will affection be support ceasedGrange. fromThisdoing what are he serhad released of from Sunday Ashton restrictions.

Court to at Pegasus sacraments ofshelove. discover the one within us,while the by a quite different impression: support, your prayers. have Training is a range of optional The master bedroom has a bait-in wardrobe largely aChristian working out of theProgramme Measure Open Monday-Saturday 9.00am-5.30pm outskirts ofhave "The idea came from parents," says. restaurant,and main lounge drawing roomWe as well as statements made clear, that "we are with them and God your political Some regrets inandtackling this problem.

Since debt Meanwhile, Dr Frank combination ofBelfast. adulthood and people tothe shop on Sundays, not, two could also be used as a dining room or vices available to television residents as they need them,we bedroom breaking the Sabbath and from the If administration office. Frank abletotolearn commit themselves to he the inner set simply been doing.

Andalso that's what raise we do money that, for are the we not charity obliged in including one to whom we listen: our Lord I"We felt that the church was packed lots from each other," said.

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In both cases we are We accept Visa and Access cleaning, cooking, shopping, odd jobs or study. now standing before Parliament.

While the luxury of segregated schools.

They afford "They couldn't have right gave to refuse In addition to theseburdens facilities there wilt be aclergy library, families, an amendment is with them," he concluded. many Itone wasparticular with regret that They Synodwill debated the Robson of Winckworth & conversion to aChrist mesee an doing asChrist. you on my bathholy The bathroom is fullyplease fitted with Christian standard child. by an effort of will.

You may two to fully furnished guest suites, astars hairdressers and ato chauffeuring. ought to be doing leaving the the keep presence the whole of law relating of sport, Jesus So With worshippers! couldn't Christians are no different there critics both sides, the Christian's attitude This is particularly useful to older residents and is were room• suite and halffrom tiled walls. wanted theirofchildren to go to expressing mixed schools and grow up serviced laundry. our love added thatgrounds financial guidance should besix Report on Theological Colleges, Pemberton, who isandistracting both the appreciation the quieter day, if you call the Sabbath Every home is fitted a wall mounted to enable residents to live independent be required to visit the child because suffer from the Sabbath?

Some people do designed occupation ofendless the days and feeling stage andwas screen.

For more mysticism is with personal.

Thea but who were playing an The entire scheme stands in landscaped from other people in that three general was that the Act will satisfy together."

Groupcall 24 hour alarm system linked to the resident life within their own homes for as long as is feasible. would you buy an where great care is being taken to create pleasing CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL SCHOOL givenwhole to ordinands and clergy. we knew that advocated closure of Diocesan and thea administrator Sunday whichand hasdynamic never left me. delightor element Lord's holy for God" thoughts likeRegistrar buzzing flies on aand centralthe control ifthat she is off duty. day regularly, to it befriend themthe and making Already the good scheme's use landscaping of the is maturing Lord's go almost waythough when information (on cows or is Christian immediate part inand aesthetic sitting areasthe and a sense of peace, out have probably not greatestsecond number of people.

The unity Boys' Preparatory Pre-Prep School Money is aneeded to build a worship centre and to pay the There isof alsofour a large superbly furnished residents' well and as the you would expect from Pegasus,the the stanthe scheme muck in anMoney urban situation. icecream on a Contact worries are not only secret two valued establishments: Chichester andis very Provincial Registrar for the There seems toI had be 're-creative' honourable, if you honour it take them on outings. provision. summer's evening, We now as call one Sunday of the they let the washing-up balloons!) telephone 0225 lounge with kitchen overlooking the garden, anFaith invit-by dard of interior and exterior design is of the highest. mysticism is communal. oursalaries prayer. a feeling that There are ample local facibties for day-to-day livCHORAL SCHOLARSHIPS for offers Sunday made a will.

Good Will called for by the Archbishop becomes of the young Catholic priest and the Presbytarian lay ing focal point for residents. The lounge will bea TheArchbishop residents' lounge for example is beautifully may be hidden the vicarage door. including a numberthat of anal local shops such as a behind Salisbury and Wells.

The rise in the ing number of Canterbury, Sunday?" value, the not going own and not Russian spiritual masters puts retained the IV will Scheme Co-ordinator, the first day with of20 the week.as Surely Christ by Church Choir Isee accumulate 874270 or write until Send Monday and decorated After nearly years Area in Christ brings us into a to serve the your first blocks evenway though a larger this quiteengendered simple service was in Cathedral and furnished large windows overlookparticularity. marriage money be forthcoming, he newsagent and post office, a to barber's andaa Cow, hairis chairman ofboth the Oxford takes place on October 31.

The Awoman one-day conference on chaplaincy the possibility. who run the joint at Lagan.

"It is my 'castle lounge will eventually main feature the central ingisthenow gardens.

Marriage breakdown increasingly Exeter Choir ofLifechance courses and Project, the decrease in the number dresser. Adjacent to the scheme is a pub for those has been instructed tois oppose withdrawal from the more College usual Chapel doing as yoube aplease orofspeaking Cricket it.

But what you can do is give to will Corston do nothing Fields Farm, which Corston, could be the Bishop implication of Buckingham, of this the that Right we community, the Church.

Our fact heaven on earth.

The show apartment is entered from the main corblock. and monasticism as sacraments said. who like a meal or a tipple.

Steering Hewas ideaGrange is tooffers encourage good proposed Oxford Healing in the air' that or Christian groups here wouldthe of ordinands have forced this decision andaWorcester College Chapel Committee.

Choir Pegasuswords, fine retirement livingfind in a inthere clergy ridors which beautifully The high decorated and furnished on two theofare application on behalf of The fIrst blocks at the Grange now com-is marriages. activities of life andfew the parishes positive idle then you will Given theTom situation asset it out is, what Road, Oxford 0X4 3DW. may your ever-active the mind well aby very our regarded Bath BA2 as common 9EZ. 'work'.

Yetare Revd Simon Burrows has an-Unwin innerjoumey And convenient location near is the not centre ofresources one of Britain's of love.

In both in the stylestart aDr country hotel.week cases we that are Dr Jones the first speaker, emphasising stewardship ofsolitary.

Centre was heldVOICE at St to Luke's pleted: Streaflep Lodge and Goring Lodge.

Hilary is Deanery Lay Training commit themselves a fund-raising event once a year to TRIALS Bishop Kallistos entered the Greek Orthodox Church in 1966 and expectations and the stress of the job together most attractive and lively cities. the Church.

There was one suggestion that A wide hail (able to take a wheelchair if necesboth the Archbishops and on taking part in Christian worship your joy in the Lord, and I will Prices range from £92,000 for a one bedroom should be the Christian's Mr Ma Yuzhen, Excellency Telephone 0865 749974. simple task that will draw it to wise nounced and godly that he use will of retire Sunday on a lot of sense in preparing food of a local group of the Protestant thirdly, Christian mysticism expressing love for NoGroup relationship sary) leads to a large lounge/dining roots with double for Amersham Ifamong an active retirement is what youby are leaving seeking,is we are1993 allour involved inGod. health, Christians Church, Cowley June Part19. of The Pegasus Retirement on on Saturday 9th October apatment through £117,000 for a two bedroom apartOfficer Deanery. with security," Sister Anna.

"The ordinary was made amove bishop 11between years ago.

Heand lectures atwith Oxford University strains of life are too much we should towards just two large thiscause isEmbassy the place for you.

Ifride peacethe and quiet's your aim, patio doors behalf onto the of gardens. the General OffChurch the living Synod. room is its a andprovide serviceusand enjoying thesaysone you to on the heights attitude?

Do we say we are merit and cleaning up to £186,000 for the a three bedroom, twomodern of People's and unity perhaps but will this also is more absorb positive January 31 1994. shoes on Saturday, New Testament which based on the sacraments. also in February and May Heaven on earth should become a monk or complementary medicine and bedaroom wholeness and to holiness. a legacy fully fitted kitchen with a good range of wall and floor this Ifits the bill, too. for Christian work in Support up over but the do not Christians tortured people has hatebuilt the violence know what do about it. apwne for some families.

Preparation at college and colleges in England and close the rest.

Dr Robson's partner, the change.

For further details, please write to: I Pegasus Grange,WhIt.house Road, Oxford.

Tel: standing cupboards, mid-height oven, bob and extracof the land and to feast on the against Sunday opening of shops Republic of China, 49-51 Pegasus theirthat own management at all need to be occupied. than the concept ofin for itIcarry does relieve the Christian hasBefore been banned coming toresting. some the Oxford areas 8665Through baptism Christ and the We look to unless welcoming you architect continue to and holdwanted which is A to theirnight Apast good deal later, when I'd read canoutdo and do other nun they have also a real to Iour counselling the NHS. their Next, thefor Revd Valerie three years, under theChristchuch Builders tor and plumbing for washing machine or dishwasher.

286534. wills.

Lagan College isHeadmaster, aforward working example ofCathedral hope a different Alan Mottram, School schemes and currently service charges are a good confidential diocesan counselling Concerns about the numbers and Revd John Rees, who is Increasingly in these days, the inheritance of your father Jacob.

FAMILY -all of them?

And are we Portland Place, London WiN I knew an Anglican Christian of the need to spend time on of Diocese, China. the Three Bishop people: was Zhang Vicar Holy Spirit come to dwell in our teach Eastern Orthodox studies 3 Brewer Street, Oxford OX1 1QW things during the day.

In fact more about Orthodoxy, I sense of the value of marriage as constraint on more general chairmanship of the Revd Makin, co-founder of the • A memorial service for Bishop future." Ifand you would like of to help please write to Sister Anna, designed, purpose built quality inservice China were calledinfor aswho result of another of in potential ordinands of the 'quietness' 'difference' mouth of whole theofLord has consistent ourcomplementary attitude?

Would coming Tel: 0865 242561 3AH; of Sunday1966 which be used spent his Saturday evenings Lezhi, ofaDeputy Wyken YanPeizhi inRegistrar the Diocese and Zu ofZhihe, Cov- The hearts, andMinister the mystical the University of Oxford. since I could have also been realised idea heaven aMarylebone source of grace acceptance of Centre, toldand how in HarryThe Carpenter, whoJustice died last Stephen Pix,this Vicar of of St Michael ISSUES Hopeisthat House, Alliance Avenue, Belfast 14, Northern Ireland. in Romania private member's motion. forward were expressed in various contexts.

Diocese, comments, Sunday threatened.

One can spoken.' we, for instance, buy an icecream the People's Republic of China, preparing himself for Sunday other ways. have entry The and been Jesus Rector sentenced of Prayer Fareham to three in journey is to discover that The monks at Patmos saw responsible for the Greek on earth is fundamental to the Christian Solidarity sanctification.

And married therapies is lack of research, counselling can help people to June, will be held at 2.30pm on at the North Gate. The Bishop Our Diocesan Director ofme Ordinands, "Although the situation may appreciate that of thethemajority of Kenway Miles -this a own newspaper - after afrom meal petrol?

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F ive new priests at Thame

EKNOW YOUR FAITH'

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A new series by David Winter

1. God the Creator Who made that chair? John did. He took some wood, some glue and some pins. Then, using his skill and a few basic tools, he made the chair.

Who wrote that symphony? Beethoven did. Before he started there was nothing. The symphony didn't simply exist.

And then, from within himself, from his own imagination, genius and will, he produced it.

Now John and Beethoven are makers, but only one of them is truly a 'creator' in the sense that Christians speak of God as 'creator'. We don't believe that God took existing matter and re-shaped it into the universe. We believe that from within Himself, from His own imagination, genius and will, He brought into being all that is. He is the origin of all, but, more than that, all that is reflects its Creator.

The most common question children ask about God (which probably means many adults think it too) is, 'Who made God?' But when we think of Him as the source of everything that exists, the question becomes meaningless - whoever 'made God' would be (by definition) God. That also means, of course, that unlike everything else we know, God can have no beginning or end: He simply exists. That's what we mean when we say that He is 'eternal'.

The American Jewish humorist Shelley Berman once said that God's not His name. 'Jehovah' is His name. God is His occupation. 'Jehovah' (or, more probably, Yahweh) is Hebrew for 'lam' or 'I exist'. That is the really distinctive mark of God - He exists, without origin or destiny, without beginning or end. And that means that when we put our faith in Him we are trusting in one who is beyond the limitations of space and time.

We are linked to eternity.

The RevdDavid Winter is the Bishop's OfficerforEvangelism.

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Invitation to discuss church planting David Winter and Chris Neal, up, including how best to share the vicar of St Mary's Thame, resources such as money and ard inviting anyone interested personnel. In Thame, Barley in Church Planting to come to Hill Church, which is based at a an all-day meeting in Thame on local school, began weekly Monday 15 November.

Sunday services last May. "We will welcome anyone For more information or to who is interested in church book a place (tickets £3 to planting, or who has already include lunch) ring 0844 213491 launched a new church," said or write to Chris Neal, St Mary's Chris Neal. The idea is to discuss Church Office, Starbank House, the benefits and problems that 23 High Street, Thame, Oxon arise when a new church is set 0X9 2BZ.

In a service of traditional and modern music, St Mary's Thamejoyfully welcomedfive new priests to the Church on July 4 including John Simmons, Curate and leader of the town's new Barley Hill Church. The five were ordained by the Bishop of Dorchester, the Right Revd DrAnthony Russell. Six other deacons were ordained priest at Greyfriars, Reading by the Bishop ofReading. Pictured with Bishop Anthony after the service are (left to right) : John Simmons,.Jonathan Millard (Haddenham), Ross Collins (Goring), Andrew Duff (Banbury), Glen Hocken (Cogges).

"We plough the fields and scatter" we sing fervently at harvest festival, but I wonder how relevant this is to most people. In the nineteenth century most people lived, worked and worshipped within the parish.

In a rural economy the bringing to God of the harvest was a natural thing to do.

Surrounded by their work, the parishioners' offerings were a token of that work and its fruits.

Harvest is a thanksgiving for God's great gift of Creation - of our world, of all its natural resources, and of our need to use them carefully, respectfully as His gifts to US.

In modern life fewer of us are involved in producing food and dairy products, and our harvest offerings come from supermarket shelves. Unless we work in the food processing or retail industries this will probably bear no relationship to our daily working lives.

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Perhaps we should look at harvest services anew, and bring to God not only symbols of his natural world, but of our own daily work. Among the fruit and flowers could be a typed letter, report or financial statement, a spanner, a pot of paint, chocolate bar, gasket or paper cup; all end-products of local daily work, using natural resources and supplying the needs of others.

This would be a testament to our belief that God is present in all things, including our working lives. It is an opportunity to bring our daily work into the heart of parish worship, and to acknowledge our act of cocreation with God, turning the wealth of His creation into the 'fruits' of modern life.

This may seem irrelevant to some people because they don't 'work'. But everyone engages in some purposeful activity; if it is unpaid it does not cease to be work! Voluntary work is often hard-going and multi-skilled, needing great persistence.

Gift work done in the home for other family members is often unrewarded even by thanks. It is still work.

So we can all offer something from our daily lives to God. Those seeking but denied employed work also contribute, by offering their skills and talents. Even if undervalued by society at the moment, God still values them as He does the gifts of all His children.

We each can make a positive and creative offering to God. Those who cannot contribute much materially, can offer their time and the sharing of their experience with others. So if there is a CV or a UB40 at the harvest offering, accept it with reverence and respect. Then we can sing "Thank the Lord for all His love".

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NEWS HUMAN LIFE IS

DMDED LOYAMES

A GIFT OF GOD The Bishop of Oxford speaks on euthanasia at the June Synod "The Christian position is that human life is a gift of God to be respected to the end. It can never be right to kill the innocent person, even if, in extreme old age, they ask for this," said the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Revd Richard Harries. He was speaking in his aidress to the Diocesan Synod on June 19.

The Bishop said he had chosen this controversial subject because people are living longer and there is mounting pressure to change the law to allow voluntary euthanasia.

This does not mean, he said, that life has to be prolonged by every available means. On the contrary, as numerous Church statements have made clear, "We have a right to refuse

burdensome treatments".

However there is a fundamental moral distinction between killing and letting die, said Bishop Richard.

There might also be pressure on old people to request voluntary euthansia if it were allowed and the relationship of trust that exists between doctors and patients could be undermined, the Bishop said.

The hospice movement had been pioneered by Christians.

"What is needed is not a change in the law but proper care for the dying throughout the length and breadth of the country." In particular old people want from us our friendship and to know that "we are with them and God is with them," he concluded.

Meeting of friends There was gathering of friends at tea party atBishop's House, Oxford in June, when the Anglican Bishop of Pelotas in Brazil called on the Bishop of Oxford during a visit to Britain. The two Bishops meet often through their workfortheAnglican Peace and Justice network. The Diocese of Oxford Outreach Fund also supports a housing projectfor landless people in Pelotas . Bishop LuizPelotas (above left) was accompanied by his wife anddaughter and by members of his Cathedral's youth choir. At Bishop's House the choir played croquet for the first time and also gave an impromptu concert for members and friends of the Oxford Diocesan Partnership in World Mission. Despite the poverty and difficulties in Brazil, BishopLuiz saidthey lived by hope. "We need your political support, your affection and your prayers. We have lots to learn from each other," he said. Photo: Frank Blackwell.

Planning a healing centre for Oxford A one-day conference on the proposed Oxford Healing Centre was held at St Luke's Church, Cowley on June 19.

Support has built up over the past three years, under the chairmanship of the Revd Stephen Pix, Vicar of St Michael at the North Gate. The Bishop of Oxford is a Patron and there has been enthusiastic help from Dr Tom Jones, Medical Adviser to the Oxfordshire Family Health Services Authority.

The inspiration came from the Healing and Counselling Centre at St Marylebone in London whose founder, the Revd Christopher Hamel Cooke,

is chairman of the Oxford Steering Committee. He was the first speaker, emphasising that we are all involved in health, wholeness and holiness.

Next, the Revd Valerie Makin, co-founder of the Marylebone Centre, told how counselling can help people to face fear, anger and guilt, enabling healing to take place.

The Revd Richard McLaren, who raised the £1.4 million needed for the St Marylebone Centre, stressed the importance of discovering the needs of the community, and then of finding the right personnel and the right building. When this is done the

money will be forthcoming, he said.

Dr Tom Jones set out the relationship between complementary medicine and counselling and the NHS. A constraint on more general acceptance of complementary therapies is lack of research, and one benefit from a healing centre would be in furthering such research. Sir James Watt, former President of the Royal Society of Medicine and a Patron of the Oxford Healing Centre, summed up the feelings of the conference when he said that the future of medicine lay in the holistic approach.

Harvesting the seeds of hope Diocesan Synod Report The June agenda of the Diocesan Synod traditionally 'takes note' of the annual reports and accounts of Diocesan Boards and Councils. Members have to give two days notice in writing if they wish to debate the motion in respect of any report; is it healthy that the last time this happened was in June 1987?

In presenting the outline Diocesan Budget for 1994 and the Financial Forecast for the following three years, the chairman of the Board of Finance was looking for Synod's view on the proposed increase in parish share to 6.5 per cent.

The planning and budget subcommittee (of the Bishop's Council) suggested this figure, aware of the pressure on parishes voiced at the archdeaconry consultations. An amendment raising this figure to 7.5 per cent was passed. It was a good, wideranging debate. (Incidentally, if you feel that Synod is not tin tune' with the parishes, now is the moment to think about standing for election next year.)

Bracknell Deanery brought

forward a motion asking for a commitment that at least 75 per cent of the Diocesan Synod's budget be spent on the parochial ministry. They showed how year by year the proportion changes in favour of other expenditure and so priorities are shifted without debate. If passed, the good news would have been an additional £318,000 (ten new clergy) for parochial ministry; the bad news would be redundancies elsewhere, or a massively increased parish share. It was not passed.

Attitudes and behaviour The presentation of the 'Seeds of Hope' report encouraged awareness of racism. Parishes where no non-white faces are seen still need to evaluate themselves and how they behave towards black and Asian people in the light of God's love. All of us are influential in our behaviour and attitudes.

The Diocese has taken a special interest in projects in Sunderland and Aylesbury,

funded through the Church Urban Fund. Yvonne Fife, the Development Officer connected with the Oxford Diocese's Sunderland link and the Revd Ron Hart from the Church of the Good Shepherd, South Court in Aylesbury, told us about them. The Sunderland project was set up by a visionary parish priest without prior groundwork. It seeks to listen to local people and communities and take what is being said back to the church.

While commending Yvonne Fife's work in Sunderland, John Irvine questioned whether this project will achieve anything acceptable to the local community. From the outset it has not been adequately 'owned' by the local church or the Church of England. One hopes the CUF trustees keep a close eye on the projects they are funding.

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The new constitution for the STEM (Stewardship Training Education and Ministry) board was approved and will come into effect on a date to be decided by the Bishop of Oxford. That is not quite as mysterious as it sounds - the date hinges on the date of constitution of the new Oxford and St Albans ministry course.

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By a curious twist in the legal process, the Diocesan Chancellor and the Diocesan Registrar find themselves on opposite sides in the action brought by the Church Society against the two Archbishops and the General Synod.

The Diocesan Chancellor, Peter Boydell QC, has been briefed by the Church Society. It is asking the High Court to review the recent decision of the Ecclesiastical Committee of Parliament which permits the womens' ordination measure to proceed to its final stages. If its application succeeds, it could cause serious delay in the further passage of the legislation and the ordination of women to the priesthood would be held up.

Meanwhile, Dr Frank Robson of Winckworth & Pemberton, who is both the Diocesan Registrar and the Provincial Registrar for the Archbishop of Canterbury, has been instructed to oppose the application on behalf of both the Archbishops and on behalf of the General Synod.

Dr Robson's partner, the Revd John Rees, who is Deputy Registrar of the Diocese, comments, "Although the situation may seem strange, the fact is that there are only a limited number of lawyers who spe cialise in the complex field of ecclesiastical law.

Although we happen to be on opposite sides in this particular matter, the strong personal relations between Peter Boydell and the partners of Winckworth &Pemberton will, I believe, assist both sides in reaching a sensible conclusion."

• Once again Oxford has reached the Church Times Cricket Cup final. They will meet Liverpool at Southgate on September 2. To reach the final, Liverpool beat Southwell by 20 runs (Liverpool 206 for 6; Southwell 186). Oxford won by eight wickets in the semiagainst Worcester: final Worcester 92 Oxford 94 for 2.

• The Revd Tom Wright, Chaplain and Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, and author of Who was Jesus? is to be the new Dean of Lichfield.

• Father Bruce Dutson, Rector of St Giles with St Saviour Reading is leaving his parish to be received into the Roman Catholic Church. He hopes to be ordained an RC priest.

• A two-year course for lay pastoral assistants begins this term. Apply to the Chiltern Christian Training Programme on 0494 481550.

• Christians are no different from other people in that three out of four have probably not made awill. Good Will Sunday takes place on October 31. The idea is to encourage good stewardship of resources among Christians by leaving a legacy for Christian work in their wills.

• Amemorial service for Bishop Harry Carpenter, who died last June, will be held at 230pm on Saturday October 2 at Christ Church Cathedral.

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Synod members are only human, and the present members have been through stressful times together. We were facing a fairly dry agenda as we sat down on the first evening at York. So when the Bishop of Guildford tripped in an answer to a question and told us that a group of 'small bishops' were meeting .... the Bishop and Synod collapsed in tears of helpless laughter. It did us all good.

The grim reality of a mass of business hit us the next morning. During the sessions we debated legislation on Vacancy in See Committees, amendment to a Pastoral Measure and to Canon 17, Care of Cathedrals, Church Representation Rules and Annual Fees among other matters. We also spent time on revision of the Service of the Word and Affirmations of Faith under Liturgical Business. These are not yet ready for use, but will, I think, be welcomed when they are.

Some regrets It was with regret that Synod debated the Report on Theological Colleges, because we knew that it advocated the closure of two valued establishments: Chichester and Salisbury and Wells. The rise in the number of courses and the decrease in the number of ordinands have forced this decision on the Church. There was one suggestion that we should move towards just two large colleges in England and close the rest.

Concerns about the numbers and quality of potential ordinands coming forward were expressed in various contexts.

Our own Diocesan Director of Ordinands, Canon Martin Peirce, felt a far more vigorous recruitment policy was called for.

There was an interesting debate on the report 'Mission in Mortar' which looked at church buildings. We had speeches from people in many situations on the joys and burdens of maintaining and updating our churches.

Monday is Money-day at the York Synod. In 1993 we have seen new faces reporting to us on matters financial. The First Estates Commissioner is now Sir

Michael Colman and the Chairman of the Central Board of Finance is Alan McLintock.

The Commissioners' money subsidises clergy pay and pensions and funds various church activities. Due to unwise borrowing and investing just before the recession hit, there have been severe losses reported. The CBF deals with 'housekeeping expenses' at national level. Despite belts being tightened yet further, costs continue to rise. It is to be hoped that the new brooms will sweep effectively.

The current economic situation is contributing to mounting levels of personal debt. Aprivate member's motion called on members of our Church to be involved locally and nationally in tackling this problem. Since debt also burdens many clergy families, an amendment was added that financial guidance should be given to ordinands and clergy.

Money worries are not the only secret that may be hidden behind the vicarage door.

Marriage breakdown is now increasingly common in clergy marriages. The high expectations and the stress of the job together with the strains of modern life are too much for some families. Preparation at college and a good confidential diocesan counselling service were called for as a result of another private member's motion.

A few giggles Should the lay members of Synod be elected by all electoral roll members? How like Parliament should Synod be? Is the Church a democracy or is it people trying to find the will of God? Another private member's motion called on us to debate these matters.

It may have been the potential costs and the logistics that discouraged people, or it may have been the knowledge that the matter will be reviewed during Synod reform, but we could not seem to take it very seriously.

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And wider concerns Two diocesan synod motions were given a much more serious reception. The first calling for a system of regular review and development for the clergy was quickly passed. The second, after amendment, expressed concern for the street children of many countries and called on the government to press the international community for action.

In an address to Synod on Sunday, the Archbishop of Canterbury called for unity, generous giving and evangelism. His speech paved the way for our final debate on Tuesday when we took note of the report of the House of Bishops on pastoral arrangements following the ordination of women to the priesthood. In November we will be asked to pass an Act of Synod which will set up the arrangements which are largely a working out of the Measure now standing before Parliament. While there were critics from both sides, the general feeling was that the Act will satisfy the greatest number of people. The unity called for by the Archbishop becomes a possibility.

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PROFILE

GOD SPEAKS TO US IN OUR UNIQUENESS God in the life of Bishop Kallistos Wa re Bishop Kallistos Ware talks to the Revd Philip Roderick, director of the Chiltern Christian Training Programme, about his life in the Greek Orthodox Church Later when I got to know more about the tradition of mystical prayer in Orthodoxy that also attracted me, but it was a gradual process. I spent seven years as an Orthodox layman before I was committed to the monastic life.

I think of a phrase used by a great RomanianOrthodox priest Father Dumitru Staniloae. He says there are as many different ways of loving God as there are different persons. The Holy Spirit speaks to each one of us in our uniqueness, in our distinctive

"Both marriage and monasticism are sacraments of love.

In both cases we are expressing our love for God" particularity. Isee both marriage and monasticism as sacraments of love. In both cases we are expressing our love for God. No one should become a monk or nun unless they have also a real sense of the value of marriage as a source of grace and sanctification. And married people also need to have a sense of the value of dedicated celibacy.

In the Orthodox Church almost all the unmarried clergy are attached to a monastery. I was professed as a monk in the Monastery of St John on the Island of Patmos, the island of the Apocalypse, in 1966. Almost immediately after being professed, I was sent back to England to take up the job which

Heaven on earth A good deal later, when I'd read more about Orthodoxy, I realised that this idea of heaven on earth is fundamental to the whole approach of the Orthodox Church towards worship. And I can remember that when I emerged from the church and suddenly came out into the sun and light and heard again the sound of the traffic, it was as if I had been on another level of reality, and I had no idea how long I'd been in there, whether it was five minutes or two hours.

That experience certainly had a decisive influence on me.

Photo: FrankBlackwell

I first came into contact with the Orthodox church at the age of 17. It was a hot summer's afternoon and I was wandering aimlessly through the streets of central London when I saw a church I had never been inside before. My first impression was that the building was completely empty. As my eyes became accustomed to the gloom I noticed there were a few people standing near icons with burning lamps in front of them.

Somewhere out of sight a choir was singing. After a little while, the deacon emerged from the sanctuary to sing one of the litanies. My first impression of emptiness was now succeeded by a quite different impression: I felt that the church was packed with worshippers I couldn't see but who were playing an immediate and dynamic part in our prayer. I had a feeling that this quite simple service was in fact heaven on earth.

Bishop Kallistos entered the Greek Orthodox Church in 1966 and was made a bishop 11 years ago. He lectures at Oxford University I continue to hold which is to teach Eastern Orthodox studies in the University of Oxford.

The monks at Patmos saw this as a reasonable path for me to follow. This is quite a common situation in Orthodoxy; that individual monks are sent out on particular tasks perhaps as preachers, on mission work, teaching, youth work, less commonly they would be put in charge of parishes. Teaching in the university is in principle a full-time job, but I have a lot of flexibility. If I choose to prepare my lectures in the middle of the

night I can do that and do other things during the day. In fact since 1966 I have also been responsible for the Greek Orthodox parish here in Oxford.

There was already a Russian parish and we joined together to build a little church in Canterbury Road.

Then I have a third task.

Eleven years ago I was consecrated bishop and I am one of the assistant bishops in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira which covers the whole of Great Britain. Once or twice a month

I will travel to other communities where the archbishop sends me.

It is difficult to find enough time for prayer. The danger is that Martha pushes out Mary.

The monastic services are very long and elaborate but it's never been a requirement of the Orthodox Church that a monk should say all the divine office by himself if he's living outside the monastery. I was given a quite simple rule, chiefly to say the Jesus Prayer. That's the short invocation: 'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me', frequently repeated. And usually we have the Orthodox equivalent of the rosary, a prayer rope, to help us say that.

It is a prayer in words, but because the words are very simple and because they're frequently repeated one is helped to reach out beyond words into the living silence of God. Sometimes you can't turn off the inner television set simply by an effort of will. You may suffer from endless distracting thoughts like buzzing flies on a summer's evening, as one of the Russian spiritual masters puts it. But what you can do is give to your ever-active mind a very simple task that will draw it to unity but will also absorb its need to be occupied.

The Jesus Prayer We are told that a prayer of the lips should become gradually more inward and become prayer of the mind, and then we are told to descend from the mind into the heart, and the heart here indicates the moral and spiritual centre of the whole person. So the prayer becomes part of yourself, not just something that you say, but something you are.

Now certainly we achieve that only very imperfectly and only

by God's grace; for prayer of the heart means prayer in which we are totally absorbed. And it is not just my prayer but the prayer of Christ in me. The aim of prayer is not just that we should say things to God but that we should be taken up into the dialogue that passes between the persons of the Trinity, the dialogue of love. So, through the Holy Spirit, Christ's response to God the Father becomes our response: we cry

"Christian mysticism is communal. Faith in Christ brings us into a community the Church" Abba, Father. So this is the aim of the Jesus Prayer: to introduce us into the life of God himself.

In Christian mysticism we discover the one within us, the one to whom we listen: our Lord Jesus Christ. So Christian mysticism is personal. The second element is that Christian mysticism is communal. Faith in Christ brings us into a community, the Church. Our innerjourney is not solitary. And thirdly, Christian mysticism is based on the sacraments.

Through baptism Christ and the Holy Spirit come to dwell in our hearts, and the whole mystical journey is to discover that presence. In the same way the mystical life is essentially united with the Eucharist. The Christ whom we discover in our hearts is the Christ whom we receive in Holy Communion. In Greek the connection is very clear because the word for sacrament is 'mystery'. We talk about the 'mystery of baptism' and the 'mystery of holy communion'.

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FEATURE morning. I know another man who deliberately rises very early on Sunday and goes to bed late to make the most use of the day.

It's amatterof personal attitude, isn't it? - attitude which should recognise the responsibilities Christians have for being at meetings in good time and in right heart, for using the day well in ways which please God and contribute to the general good of the church and perhaps the community.

WHY SUNDAY SHOULD BEA SPECIAL DAY When I was a little boy, Sunday was not a day that appealed to me. It was not that I minded being sent to Sunday School for that was a fairly normal activity in those days. I think it was the quietness and the overall feeling that nothing happened, or should happen, on Sunday which made me glad when it was over. This did not arise from a particularly Christian upbringing: it was general. 'Best clothes' tended to rub and were certainly less comfortable than everyday wear, and there seemed to be an insistence on 'going for walks' which I never found to be as delightful as was promised.

Then, during the war, a combination of adulthood and conversion to Christ gave me an appreciation of the quieter Sunday which has never left me.

There seems to be a 're-creative' value, engendered by the withdrawal from the more usual activities of life and the positive taking part in Christian worship and service and enjoying the change.

Increasingly in these days, the 'quietness' and 'difference' of Sunday is threatened. One can appreciate that the majority of people who have no commitment to Christianity must fill their day with something which they consider satisfying. We who may regret

the changes need to remember that we are in no position to call "Quiet!" At the same time, the institution of a day of rest was God's provision for us, based on divine wisdom and the understanding of the needs of the whole of mankind.

"If you call the Sabbath a delight. .you will find your joy in the Lord"

Commercial need The introduction of unlawful shop-opening on Sundays is purely a commercial interest. It could be argued that without customers they would not open, but on the whole, if shops were only open six days a week, most people could and would procure all they needed on those days. It is availability which entices people to shop on Sundays, not,

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Oddly perhaps, I do not feel the same objection to the Sunday opening of pubs as I do about ordinary shops. Pubs do at least provide places of community.

"What should be a Christian's attitude - would you buy an icecream on a Sunday" Given the situation as it is, what should be the Christian's attitude? Do we say we are against Sunday opening of shops -all of them? And are we consistent in our attitude? Would we, for instance, buy an icecream - a newspaper - a meal - petrol?

Or do we say, "Oh, well, these places are open so we might as well use them "? Or would you say "What about Christian liberty? We're not under law".

True, we're not under law; the Christian Sunday is not under the same kind of legal requirement as was the Sabbath.

Therefore we should not cite Old Testament prohibitions in support of Sunday restrictions.

If we do that, are we not obliged to keep the whole law relating to the Sabbath? Some people do go almost the whole way when they let the washing-up accumulate until Monday and will do nothing which could be regarded as 'work'. Yet there is a lot of sense in preparing food and cleaning shoes on Saturday, for it does relieve the Christian of the need to spend time on Sunday which could be used in other ways.

First day of the week But though we may not be 'under the law' concerning the Sabbath, we are under the law to Christ.

That is, we are each responsible

for the way we use the provision he has made for a day of rest.

Rest, in this context, does not mean lying down or doing nothing: when God rested on the seventh day it means he ceased from doing what he had been doing. And that's what we ought to be doing - leaving the occupation of the six days and making good use of the Lord's provision. We now call Sunday the first day of the week. Surely the implication of this is that we may start the week well by our wise and godly use of Sunday and perhaps this is more positive than the concept of resting.

I knew an Anglican Christian who spent his Saturday evenings preparing himself for Sunday not just doing things to save work on Sunday but in spiritual preparation. Not for him the allevening parties or sports with the consequent lack of desire to get up in good time the next

I find the term 'the Lord's Day' irritatingly pious, but it does have the effect of making a distinction and I believe that's where our responsibility lies.

Let me end by quoting Isaiah 58:13-14, delightful verses which do not lay down specific prohibitions but enunciate he principles we should adopt: If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honourable, if you honour it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.

The mouth of the Lord has spoken.'

Ken Miles Ken Miles was 'converted to Christ' when he was 19. Now retired, he lives in Banbury and attends the Southan Road Evangelical Church.

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APPEAL FOR HELP WHAT IN THE WORLD CAN ANYONE DO? Christians throughout the world are working to alleviate suffering, often with very few resources, and without the support of any national organisations. In the second of our occasional series on the work of some of these organisations, Venetia Horton reports on the work of an Anglican nun in Belfast, a team taking medicine out to Bosnia, a charity which sends cows to Uganda and a request to take your building skills to Romania.

Mixed school in Northern Ireland An anglican nun who lives on one of the few mixed Catholic and Protestant streets in Belfast, visited the Diocese recently on her way to Montreal to speak at the Second World Congress on Violence and Co-existence.

"The degree of segregation between Catholic and Protestant in Northern Ireland is astounding, and not fully appreciated here," said Sister Anna, who was staying in Haddenham, Bucks with relatives. Sister Anna belongs to the Sisters of the Love of God, Fairacres, Oxford, but since 1972 she has lived and worked in Belfast where she helped found Childrens' Community Holidays and All Children Together (ACT), two charities which help children from both sides of the community. Sister Anna, who was awarded an MBE this year for her work, now devotes most of her time to raising funds for Lagan College, the mixed comprehensive school set up 12 years ago by ACT on the outskirts of Belfast. "The idea came from the parents," she says.

"They couldn't afford the luxury of segregated schools. They wanted their children to go to mixed schools and grow up together."

Money is needed to build a worship centre and to pay the salaries of the young Catholic priest and the Presbytarian lay woman who run the joint chaplaincy at Lagan. "It is my 'castle in the air' that a few parishes or Christian groups here would commit themselves to a fund-raising event once a year to provide us with security," says Sister Anna. "The ordinary people hate the violence but do not know what to do about it.

Lagan College is a working example of hope for a different future." If you would like to help please write to Sister Anna, Hope House, Alliance Avenue, Belfast 14, Northern Ireland.

Food for Bosnia The Bosnia Aid Committee of Oxford, has been sending clothing, blankets, food, toiletries and medicine to Bosnia since October 1992. During the summer it sent monthly convoys directly to refugees in Split and

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COMMENT

HOOLS I- N THE CLIMATE

The BMW's letter from Taizé Dear friends, Brother Roger Invited the Oxford Group, together with others, tomeet hirn one evening this week. We gathered late at night in the upstairs of a converted barn. A round table with flowers on was in the middle: low shone on the upturned the young people sitting cio packed on the floor. Brother.

Roger and three other brot lone English) spread butter.

French bread and passed around, with cups of cocoa, to the hunded or so present. then spoke simply and quietly his characteristic wn, ab faith in God, joy, thankfuhi and forgiveness, and respon to a few questions.

The scene brought to m Jesus at the Last Supper. Men deliberately simple Icon, resealed a deep spiritual What makes Taizé o powerful an experience for the.,. many who come t8,000 la$ week) Is not just the beauty simplicity of the joyful contemplative worship or the of meeting with so many y people from all over the wo but the serious attempt tocr genuine Clirisri.irr tonimuni IaiIR sets out to be a c'niinunitv' of the h brothers at the core and young people, lien for 110% I from a year to a day, ga around them.

This indeed has been theme of the Bible study I ha been attending. So mu Christian life in the West I. focused on the iwlaied Individual. Here the realit', is of Christian life lived in communion with God and one another- Koinonia.

The question for me is not only how more '.ouni, people discover the Christian fat ife as witnessed here every congregation in c can inorc' truly the u community, this shari Christ and one aririthi us in the world.

With every blessing,

David Meira, Vicar of Basildon, on one of his regular visits to Basildon CE Primary School One in every three primary schools in our Diocese, along with a few middle and secondary schools, belong to us. As a Diocese, we have a big stake in children's education. Therefore whatever happens in education nationally affects us.

The last five years have seen some drastic changes, starting with the Education Reform Act of 1988 and continuing into the immediate future as we work through the implications of the current Act. There have been two fundamental shifts.

'The only subject which remains locally determined is RE and even here there are moves towards a national set of guidelines.'

The first shift has been at a curriculum level and the direction has been away from the individual schools to the centre. The advent of a centrally determined National Curriculum, standardised testing, and the new pattern of four yearly inspections have all loosened the curricular

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'What we have witnessed over the last five years is a systematic attempt to apply the princples of afree market economy to education.'

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Along with privatised LEA services and freelance consultants.....

Diocesan Boards are looking at what they can offer.'

In the past we have been able to maintain a slim Diocesan schools administration because the LEAs have helped us - but they won't be able to help at the same level for much longer.

The power to buy services is now with the schools. Along with privatised LEA services and freelance consultants, up and down the country Diocesan Boards are looking at what they can offer and beginning to set out their wares.

The close relationship between many schools and the Diocese is much valued, all the more so now that other local support is diminishing. Schools are looking to the Diocesan Board for further professional help and services - advice on legal issues, the curriculum, RE, collective worship, buildings and staff appointments.

There is now a golden opportunity to further strengthen

Dr John Gay is Director of Cuiham College Institute

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the links. But this will mean more work, more people, more expenditure. Who pays?

Essentially there are three sources.

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independence of the individual teacher. The only subject which remains locally determined is RE and even here there are moves towards a national set of guidelines.

The second fundamental shift has been at management level. Power is fast being drained away from the local education authorities and they are rapidly becoming pale shadows of their former glory. So where has this managerial power gone? Some has gone back to the centre and the new Education Act gives the Secretary of State an unprecedented number of new powers. The long-standing system of checks and balances between local and national power has undoubtedly become tilted in favour of the latter.

But if some power has gone to the centre, a considerable amount has also gone right out to the periphery - to the individual school. Governing bodies and headteachers now have massive new powers especially over resources, staffing and pupil entry.

Although the total amount of the budget is fixed, they can decide how to spend it, who to

their professional detachment and become directly accountable to the parents who will be able to judge through the published league tables.

How does all this affect us as a Diocese - our Church schools and our Board of Education? In a number of ways.

As a major provider we have a right and a duty to evaluate government policy: to work with what seems lobe in the interests of our children and to query what doesn't. For instance, what are the consequences of parental choice for inner city children?

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LETTERS

Lively and Interesting We included a discussion on The DOOR at our recent PCC meeting and it was their unanimous wish that I write to you expressing our thanks and gratitude for everything you have done to make The DOOR interesting, lively, readable, pictorial and informative. I am glad to pass on these comments, because they come also from members of our congregation.

The balance seems about right, but of course each reader would give more or less emphasis in certain areas.

During the discussion I noted the following items which people like to read about: i.

News from the Diocese including clergy and lay people: ii. Teaching and interpretation; iii. Discussion of issues; iv.

Children and young people; v.

Campaign reports eg CUF, Decade of Evangelism; vi.

Parish profiles.

WR Carter Goring, Reading

Not Evangelistic In the June issue of The DOOR there were various suggestions about evangelistic use of the paper. But unless that - ie evangelism - is the use for which the editor plans and prepares, it will not evangelise, but confirm people in their rejection of the church. Most of The DOOR is of interest to people within the Church's distinctive culture.

In the June issue these articles might have interested some beyond that culture: page 2 'God's Gift of different races'; page 5 'God in my Week'; page 14 'Welcome Chernobyl children'; page 15 'Let's celebrate'; page 18 'A brief history of creation'; page 20 'Space for Prayer', Stuart Blanch's article, and 'Hope for the Wells of India'.

But that leaves an awful lot which would put off people on the outside of the Church.

Revd Giles Godber Lou ghton

Biased reporting?

I was surprised to read in the June issue of The DOOR that many of your readers feel you are biased towards reporting the Oxford area. Here, in the Oxford area, many of us think it is rapidly becoming the Milton Keynes Gazette!

Christopher Wallworth Woodstock

Ethical Investments My article in June's issue of The DOOR concerning Ethical Investments has stimulated a number of responses. In particular, two questions were asked: An amount of £392,990 was invested in August 1990 in an 'ethical' investment (the Amity Fund). The Amity Fund has grown in value by a total of 27 per cent (after taking into account dividend payments) over the period from August 1990 to date. If the capital had been left with the Central Board of Finance the growth over the same period on the same basis would be approximately 32 per cent. There has therefore been an apparent detrimental loss of investment of five per cent over the last two and three quarter years by virtue of the decision to move some of the funds to an 'ethical' investment.

The second question raised concerned the reasons why the Parish Share appears to be rising at twice the rate of inflation. My immediate response was that, not only are we taking into account inflationary tendencies on our expenditure but the

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Church Commissioners are significantly reducing their allocation to the Diocese because of the effects of the recession and the increasing burden that pension payments are making on their resources.

For example, the reduced Church Commissioner's grant in 1993 represents 5.11 percent of the increase in the Parish Share for this year.

MW Roach Chipping Norton

Question for PCC members At our last Easter parish meeting to elect churchwardens and PCC members I read out a letter I had sent to the Rector of our benefice. Its purpose was to suggest inviting each parishioner put up for office to take the opportunity, before election, to say there and then whether he or she would accept ministration of Holy Communion in this parish church by a woman priest.

The proposal was greeted with a shocked silence, so much so that I wrote to our bishop to ask whether he would consider in future giving other would-be office holders in Oxford PCCs generally - surely unlikely to be all of one mind? - the same opportunity. The bishop's chaplain replied on his behalf that "as has always been the case, any member of the Electoral Roll is at liberty to question any prospective PCC member about any issue that concerns them prior to the election."

The Synod's proposed measure is likely to reach Parliament before next year's FCC elections. Without doubt there are many CoE members who are concerned about changing the Church's historic orders; no less about altering even the Book of Common Prayer's form of words for use in the Communion service; and above all that the Church once militant for Christ is becoming a church politically correct for man. In this Diocese at least such members will welcome this clear episcopal approval as they prepare searching questions to

put to next year's prospective PCC members.

Prof FJ Holborow Henley-on-Thames

Judge Not Given that we have but dipped a toe into the Decade of Evangelism, may! ask if it is not time to cease our judgements, eg on the matter of women's ordination, on homosexuals, on the remarriage of divorcees in church, and turn around and place ourselves as the judged?

The judge might ask where are the poor, the oppressed, the hopeless teenagers, the unemployed, the suicidal, the schizophrenics within your churches?

I believe it all adds up to the need for a vast individual and collective repentance that must find its origin and impetus within the main body of the church.

Mrs Lesley Wasley High Wycombe

Children's Adviser I am writing to find out whether any of your readers might be interested in our work and able to help. With Roger Fray, our Children's Adviser, going to train at St John's College Nottingham, we have been thinking about the best way to foster children's work in the Diocese. Over 85 per cent of the children of our nation have no contact with the churches and the work of a Children's Adviser is very important.

However, the financial uncertainty that the Diocese faces means that we are having to carefully review our priorities.

We do have budget until December 1994 and we are hoping there may be someone who would be willing full-time, part-time or in a job share, to work as Children's Adviser until December 1994.

We shall be advertising in the normal way and if anyone is interested, they can write for details to Shirley Blay, Church House, North Hinksey, or phone Anne Faulkner on 0753 525935.

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WHAT MAKES CHURCI CHURCH AIDED/CONTROLLED SECONDARY SCHC Religious institutions have a long history of providing food for the mind as well as for the body and the soul. It was in this context that, nearly two hundred years ago, at a time when free education was not generally available, the Church of England launched an initiative with the aim of establishing free schools for the poor in every parish in the country.

There are now 4,965 Church of England schools in this country, 284 of which are in the Diocese of Oxford. We have 271 primary schools, five middle and eight secondary schools in the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

It may come as some surprise to learn that today's Church of England schools do not necessarily cater exclusively for children from church-going or Christian families. In fact in this Diocese only two do so, namely Ranelagh School in Berkshire and St Augustine's in Oxford which is unusual as it takes both Church of England and Roman Catholic children.

The other CoE secondary schools, while not restricting themselves to 'church-going' pupils, do still follow their original purpose which is to provide a high standard of education for the children in their area or even further afield. In Buckinghamshire, Waddesdon School provides an excellent alternative to those pupils who have not been sucessful in the 12+ entry exam for grammar schools, as does the Slough & Eton School in Slough.

Since 1944, church schools have either been 'aided' with State support for the governors' maintenance of the school buildings, or 'controlled' where the LEAs meet their full costs.

The former, with a majority of church foundation governors, have had greater freedom and teach religious education according to the Church ofEngland Trust; whereas the 'controlled' schools must use the Local Education Authority 'agreed syllabus'. Teachers in 'aided' schools are employees of the Governing Body. Venetia Horton reports.

Waddesdon School Buckinghamshire Head: Mr Alan Armstrong Number of pupils: 561 The school was founded in 1962 and claims a unique status as the only special agreement school within the jurisdiction of both the Buckinghamshire Education Authority and the Diocese of Oxford.

This means that it has more freedom than state schools to design its own curriculum, and it is able to offer a high standard of education to children from a wide catchment area. Fifty per cent of pupils joining each year are expected to come from the immediate area, while the other fifty per cent are chosen for their connection with the Church. The schools's prospectus states that it aims to "Provide an atmosphere in which.. . . Christian standards and values are implicit," and claims to have "an ethos that cherishes the education of the individual, not only intellectually, but also spiritually and socially."

A wide range of extra-curricular activities are available to the pupils including sailing, poetry workshops, music, opera and dance,

and entry to the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Ski trips and exchanges with schools in France and Germany are also enjoyed.

As the pupils near the end of their time at school, as much help as possible is given to help them prepare for university and/ or their future careers.

This month Waddesdon School opens a new Lim building project. Pupils will occupy the new block this term, although the official opening is not until October. The new facilities will include a drama studio, four new classrooms, a gymnasium and an extension to the science lab.

The extra facilities will be particularly welcomed by the expanding sixth form.

Ranelagh School Bracknell, Berkshire Head: Mrs Kathryn Winrow Pupils: 775 Originally built in 1709 on the order of Richard, the first Earl of Ranelagh to provide free schooling, clothes and books for 20 boys and 20 girls. Boys were taught 'Reading, Writing and

Arithmetick' and girls 'Reading Writing, Spinning, Knitting and Sowing'. Today the curriculum includes further mathematics for the very able, latin, history, design and technology, economics and art, and last year the school obtained a pass rate of 97.1 per cent at Advanced Level.

School trips can be to a local theatre or to Bracknell on a geography field trip, or further afield.

Last year some Latin students visited the Roman remains in Bath, while German students spent five days in Bad Wildstein.

The swimming, golf and wine tasting (for the teachers!) proved more popular than the language tuition, if the report in the school magazine is to be believed. And just in case the more scientifically-minded pupils felt left out, ,a group of Year 10 economics 'pupils visited the Mars chocolate factory in Slough. They discovered that two million chocolate bars are produced there each day!

Ranelagh's drama group performs an annual school play (this year The Diary of Anne Frank) and a nativity play; the Senior Choir has performed at the Albert Hall and the Chamber Choir has

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toured Cornwall and Norfolk and sung in Exeter Cathedral. The orchestra performed 'Elijah' and the girls' hockey team has represented the county in the Area Finals. The school supports two major charities, the Children's Society and Barnardo's, and raises money each year for various local charities. The newly appointed head teacher, Kathryn Winrow,

Mrs Kathryn Winrow, the newly appointed head of Ranelagh School has spent the last two years as a Secondary Phase Inspector in the Hampshire education department.

Before that she taught in London.

The Princess Margaret Royal Free School, Windsor Head: Mr Philip Hutchinson Pupils: 348 The PMRF school evolved from the Windsor Free School established in 1705. It now serves a catchment area that stretches from Wokingham to Egham and from Denham to Farnham Common.

Situated next to Windsor Great Park, the school boasts a purpose-built art, design and technology block, two computer rooms and a drama studio and is particularly proud of its role in the local community. As well as raising money for charity, sixthformers are encouraged to help in local playgroups, charity shops and with sports in the middle and first schools. Although the report may be biased, in the March issue of the school's newspaper, which is produced by the pupils themselves, a local newsagent and a bakery manager are both quoted as saying that the children are "polite, courteous and well mannered" and the new school chaplain, Father Andrew, is described as having the task of "emphasising the Christian side of PMRF, whilst showing that Christianity isn't all boring"!

Exchange visits with schools in both Germany and France are a regular feature. PMRF has been twinned with the Realschule Goldene Aue in Goslar, Germany for ten years and pupils enjoy visits to the much larger, wellequipped school, despite a working day wh' starts at 7.40am!

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Aitwood CE Comprehensive Maidenhead Head: Mrs Elizabeth Allen Pupils: 568 Originally founded as an amalgamation between a church boys' school and a church girls' school, Altwood offers the usual range of topics for study plus some more unusual subjects such as photography and sociology and a weekly period on 'Lifeskills' which include personal relationships, •smoking and drug education. Although there are no religious requirements for entry to the school, pupils attend a daily assembly which is "largely Christian with an emphasis on respect and care for the individual".

Slough and Eton Secondary School Slough, Berkshire Head: Mr Harrinder Pattar Pupils: 414 Buildings are important to the Slough and Eton School: the original school was built of wood; Canadian cedar shingles to be precise. In December 1940, two months after it had opened, a bomb was dropped into the quadrangle, but the school survived until 1973 when a fire destroyed practically all of the buildings except for the gymnasium and an extension block. Now with the appointment of a new head teacher, the school is looking forward to July 1994 when a new building programme is due to start, providing facilities for technology, drama, maths and sports.

The majority of the school's pupils are of Sikh or Bangladeshi origin, so although the school's teaching is based on Christian principles, the moral teachings of other religions are acknowledged as relevant. This also explains why Urdu and Punjabi are included in the syllabus, and English is taught as a second language when necessary.

A highpoint of the 1993 school year came in June when international cricket star Imran Khan visited the school to talk about the cancer hospital he is funding in Pakistan.

Pupils who don't enjoy sport - which would be a pity as volleyball, badminton, squash, aerobics, swimming, weight training and table tennis are on offer, as well as cricket, netball and athletics might prefer 'Mr Bean's Nature Garden' which is being remodelled to include two beehives, an apple tree and a pond stocked with frogs.

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Dr Atton goes on to say that visitors to the school, including the Berkshire LEA inspectors, comment on its friendly atmosphere, which is due, he feels, to their 'Christian ethos'. Most, although not all of the teachers and governors are Christians and when considering school issues, Dr Atton says: "It is Christian values which guide the thinking of both staff and governors."

St Augustine's RC/CE Upper School, Oxford.

Head: Mr John Prangley Pupils: 564 One of the few schools in the country to be aided jointly by the Roman Catholic and the Anglican churches, St Augustine's is a very popular school boasting word processing, typewriting and even Vietnamese in addition to the normal subjects, while outof-school activities include field trips to the Isle of Arran, and up to 70 students working for a Duke of Edinburgh Award. Head teacher John Prangley also says that the school is notable for the harmony existing between people of different races and faiths, for its record in fund-raising for charity, for the wide range of abilities of its intake and the high level of participation in public examinations - and for its 'phenomenal' car boot sales!

The school has an interesting history. It was formed in 1984 through the merger of the St Edmund Campion RC and Cowley St John CoE Upper Schools and seeks to combine the two traditions. "We have separate and joint services, and two chaplains to run them," says the head, John Prangley. "The original CoE school had a generous missionary role and was open to all the local community regardless of creed, while the RC school

attempted to nurture the faith of the Roman Catholic children entrusted to it by their parents. We now attempt to combine both functions."

The school is now oversubscribed and would like to build new classrooms and a sports hall to provide space for the expanded intake. Students are selected according to their membership of Christian churches, and the head regrets that this may mean the school has fewer places for local students.

The Marlborough CE School, Woodstock, Oxfordshire Head: Mr Ed McConnell Pupils: 734 Marlborough School offers its pupils a wide range of topics to study at both GCSE and A Level, and when they are not studying, pupils are encouraged to get involved in their local community.

For example, the school has set up a self-guiding nature tree trail

around the school grounds and was one of six entries to a Tree Council competition to win a £500 award for further tree planting.

Meanwhile pupils seem to enjoy their work so much they are willing to sit extra exams just for fun! Seventy-five Marlborough pupils entered the 1993 UK Schools' Mathematics Challenge with 24 reaching a good enough standard to qualify for a certificate. Other extra-curricular activities in the last school year included the hosting of the BBC Radio OxfordMattersArising programme in January. This gave the sixth form the opportunity to debate current issues with a panel which included Sir William Goodhart, a Liberal Democrat and lawyer; Steve Akers, trade unionist; John Banbury, County Councillor for Woodstock, and the Revd Judith Mount. Among the subjects discussed were Sunday Trading, primary school teaching and the proposed Woodstock bypass.

"The Church has always been concerned with education. Jesus sent his disciples out to teach. In the early sixth century St Benedict called the monastery 'a school for the Lord's service'. In England, up to 1870, the nation still looked to the Church for such education as there was, but by that time, the Church Schools were unequal to the task. The 1870 Education Act required the state to supplement this provision and by 1880 compulsory elementary education was achieved. Despite opposition, the Church continued to maintain its commitment to public education, and this is still the case.

St Augustine's Upper School is jointly aided by the Diocese of Oxford and the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Birmingham and staff and governors meet at an annual conference to discuss their experiences. The school has just under 600, pupils, aged 13-18, with priority of admission given to Roman Catholics and Anglicans. It is also enriched by the presence of significant ethnic minorities. It would simply describe itself as a Christian school, committed to 'gospel values', derived from a 'loving, just and personal God'.

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150 years of stitching Thirty two men and women at the Church of St John the Baptist, Bodicote have just put the finishing touches to a panel they have made to represent the church's first 150 years despite the fact that some of them have never embroidered before. The initial idea started at a coffee morning in May last year w h e n stitchers got together to pool their ideas. In all six - inch there are 36 squares grouped together round a central square showing the church.

Some members chose a theme of particular relevance to their life in the village such as cricket, the annual bonfire, the local school, farming life or young people in Bodicote. Others illustrated the life and work of the church with squares showing the nativity play, the harvest festival, the advent ring, weddings and bell ringing. "A great deal of work and dedication has been put into the panel by all concerned and it is very much hoped that everyone who sees the panel will be pleased with the results," said the Revd Cameron Butland, Vicar of Bodicote. The panel was dedicated by the Bishop of Dorchester at an anniversary service on June 27. He also rededicated the original lectern Bible which has been rebound.

CHURCHWARDENS AND WOMEN Churchwardens who are uncertain how to handle the implications of the vote in favour of the ordination of women to the priesthood and whose congregations are divided on the issue are invited to a consultation on Wednesday October 13 at 7.30pm in Church House, North Hinksey. If you have not yet received an invitation, contact the Bishop's Chaplain on Oxford (0865)244566 as soon as possible.

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ANGLO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIPS One hundred and twenty thousand people attended the 25th DeutscherEvangelischer Kirchentag in Munich this year (June 11 - 14). The four-day event is held every other year in a different part of Germany and although most of the delegates are German, 2,900 came from 74 different countries, making it one of the largest ecumenical gatherings in the world.

Tony Dickinson, team vicar of Chalvey St Peter in Slough, is a regular visitor. "This year's theme, 'Acceptone another' was originally chosen in the light of German experience since reunification," he says. "But it was given a chilling topicality by a number of racist attacks culminating in the murder of a Turkish family only days before the Kirchentag was due to begin."

Each day began with Bible study in hundreds in different churches, halls and buildings around the city. Then, taking the 500-page guidebook (!) the pilgrims selected those events/ exhibitions/concerts they wished to attend. "One of the most familiar sounds of Kirchentag is of thousands of feet pounding up and down the stairs of the underground station as people move from one event to another," Tony Dickinson said.

Tony's wife Sandra also manned the CMS stall in the Market of Possibilites where 530 groups were represented in the five halls of the city's huge exhibition park. As well as dozens of smaller happenings, there were colourful outdoor

Three hundred people attended the third Forum of Churches Together in England last July. On the agenda were seminars on mission and the need to share resources. The Forum also noted the importance of encouraging joint education of Christians from different traditions.

CHURCHES TOGE-T+iER The four presidents, George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury; John Newton, Moderator of the Free Church, Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and Desmond Pemberton of the Wesleyan Holiness Church, issued a statement saying they were committed to seeking a deeper unity with Christ and one another in response to out Lord's call; and were particularly concerned for family life: "We want our nation to re-discover a sense of God, obedience to Him, and the moral values which can hold society together: respect for all human life and dignity; responsibility for others, especially the vulnerable and disadvantaged; and reconciliation of people of all ethnic and racial groups."

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events such as the festival of Fronleichnam on Corpus Christi when two huge processions, one Catholic, including local Bavarians in national costume, the other ecumenical, marched through streets decorated with branches of silver birch. "It was

World Council of Churches, spoke of the reinstatement of Christian Hope - the hope that is waiting and reaching out to God. For the Revd Geoff Morgan, from St Agnes with St Paul in Reading, who went to Kirchentag with a group of youthworkers from England, Ireland, the USA, Finland and Germany, the highpoint came at the end of the service when a group of gypsies from Dachau marched around the track with banners demanding the right to stay in their camp.

• Earlier this year, 53 people came to Oxford from the Council of Churches in Bonn.

Taking as their theme 'Principles of Dialogue - our Muslim neighbours in Europe,' the group visited several schools in Cowley and a mosque. The climax was an ecumenical service at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in Milton Keynes where a short interlude of liturgical dance was a welcome respite from the need to translate everything! A return visit is planned for May 1994.

And French connections a most moving expression of the unity which people of different races and cultures have in Christ."

Eighty-thousand people congregated in the Olympic Stadium for the closing service which was televised live.

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DIOCESAN NEWS

SYNOD MAKES THE MOST'OF LEARNING The Department of Training and Parish Resources It may be that you are taking on a new job in your church. It is natural to feel anxious. What a good idea to meet up with others who do the same work in neighbouring parishes - to share experience, learn new things and build up confidence. On the other hand, you may be interested in learning more about the Christian faith, in finding answers to all those questions that have puzzled you from time to time.

At its June meeting, Synod agreed to merge Parish Resources with the Christian Training Schemes into a new department of Training and Parish Resources. This means that the best training can be available wherever it is needed.

Throughout the Diocese there are many opportunities to attend courses, or to have some training in your church. Below, Keith Lamdin, the team leader of the department, picks out a few ideas to whet your appetite.

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There are courses and workshops all over the Diocese offering courses in Christian belief, the Bible, prayer and worship, church history, serving and caring, understanding society, healing, drama, bannermaking, Taize worship, Bible study and many more. For more information contact your local programme.

Abingdon: Jane Lane on 0235 532759 Newbury: Hazel Johnston on 0635 45687 Reading & Bracknell: Simon Baker on 0734 883363 Wantage & Vale: Jim Payne on 0367 710274 Chiltern: Philip Roderick on 0494 481550 Cottesloe: Judy Rees on 0296 713603 Milton Keynes: Ian Jagger on 0908 662092 Thamesway: Jeremy Hurst on 0752 542068 Oxfordshire: Bryan Pettifer on 0865 727444.

A brand new training process has been launched this year by the M K Training Commission.

Now Lay Preachers and Readers and anybody interested in the Christian faith can learn together on a syllabus agreed by all the major denominations. This course combines studying at home and learning together in groups. Contact Ian Jagger on 0908 662092.

Oxford Certificate The Training Schemes now offer a Certificate from Oxford University and this can open the door to all sorts of higher education learning. Contact the Principal of your Christian Training Scheme.

Training for Pastoral Care In many churches lay people are involved in baptism, marriage, bereavement, hospital visiting or just good quality listening. If this is the way God is calling you then you will be interested to know that a new course is being piloted in Wendover.

Contact David Foster on 0494 481550.

SPI-DIR SPI-DIR stands for Spiritual Direction and a course is planned for the third year running. If people are beginning to talk to you about their spiritual journey and you would like to help, then the SPI-DIR course is for you whether you are clergy or lay.

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After a recent conference for a team ministry the vicar wrote back "Thank you for your help in facilitating the conference.

We have made progress in three of the five areas that you helped us with: 1.A pattern for worship across the team parishes has been agreed.

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David Hayleft, stewardship; ShirleyBlay, administrator; Barbara Doubtfire, OxfordArchdeaconry parish development adviser. (Not shown: Philip Roderick, Bucks Archdeaconry principal.)

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UNIVERSITIES

IMPOSSIBLE TO BE AN ATHEIST IN OXFORD? The role of the Oxford Pastorate One hundred years ago a group of young men met together to pray about the spiritual nee ds of the people of Oxford. As a result, the Oxford Pastorate was founded, and today st II provides encouragement and opportunites for evangelism for young people.

It is 7.30am on Wednesday morning. Outside it is cold, dark and wet and about 80 brighteyed and bushy-tailed undergraduates and graduates from Oxford University have gathered in the Rectory Room in Pembroke Street for praise, prayer, teaching and an informal Eucharist. Just one of the many events organised by the Oxford Pastorate, which celebrates 100 years of evangelism and training at the University this year. Here is one of the ways in which Christian involvement in higher education is expressed.

"A Christian is one who makes it easier for other people to believe in God" Widespread and deeply felt philosophies such as determinism, relativism and secularism are formed in universities and colleges, where they also take root and make much impact. Thethurch needs to respond effectively to these ideas and one way of doing so is through Christian students and the academics who are coming to grips with them. It is therefore essential for the Church to be aware of what is going on by actively supporting its members who work and study here.

"A Christian is one who makes it easier for other people to believe in God" - at least that's how it should be! And a group of Christians focused on

Christ, loving one another, and serving the world, make it much easier still. That's the raison d'etre of the Oxford Pastorate.

Vision and faith It was Edgar Wallace, the thriller writer, who once said he could not possibly be an atheist so long as he lived in the same street as a certain godly man.

The Oxford Pastorate's ambition is to encourage such a shining witness to the love of God that it would be virtually impossible to be an atheist in Oxford. We can't claim that such a dream has yet been fulfilled, but the longing for it was undoubtedly present in the original founders of the Pastorate in 1893. Today we are reaping the fruit of the seeds they planted. In the face of the scorching paganism of the 1990's, something more than a tepid Christianity is required.

First, they had vision. It was in the mid 19th century that a barrister called Edward Hathaway met with a small group of friends to discuss the spiritual needs of Oxford. They were deeply unhappy with the spiritual state of the town and University, and had a vision of a group of churches which would exercise a biblical, evangelistic and pastoral ministry. It is largely due to them that a remarkable ministry was established in St Ebbe's, St Aldate's, St Clement's and St Andrew's.

Secondly, they had faith.

Hathaway and his friends devoted themselves to prayer.

They met regularly during lunch times and after work, to bring before God the needs of Oxford, recognising that it is a centre in which the lives of young leaders are being shaped for good or ill.

Ratherthan trying to manipulate the situation, or engage in ecclesiastical politics, they threw themselves noon Christ who said "if you ask anything in my name, it will be done for you by my Father." Confidence in the undeserved readiness of God to work in the lives of those who come to him remains central to all that happens.

"Students who have not developed an intellectual understanding of their faith will find it is easily eroded" For years we have been concerned about the difficulty students have in explaining what they believe. We find that they look first for community, a sense of belonging to a group of people who share similar values. What is most often missing is the desire to grow in the intellectual understanding of their faith. Our fear is that students who have developed this not understanding, who are not capable of answering the questions and challenges of their peers and mentors, will find their faith easily eroded.

Intellectual formation can be fostered in many and various

ways. Again and again students report that it is not what they read or what they hear that is most influential but the opportunities they have to talk about their faith with someone else. The variety of areas that provide expression is wide, for example: Student leadership of worship - whether the worship is traditional or not the student selects readings and a format to his/her convictions.

Mission teams - for many years the Oxford Pastorate staff, together with about 100 students have gone to a selected town where we help with renewal and evangelism. Students speak at meetings in schools, clubs and pubs and many recount how this experience was a watershed in their Christian commitment.

Discussion of lectures and sermons. typically students are invited to discuss what has been said. Discussion rather than the sermon/lecture seems to be critical.

Discussion in a safe setting often after supper in one of the chaplains' homes, at the students' initiative, theology, biblical authority, ethics, or social justice are raised as topics for discussion and debate.

This list could be lengthened easily. We are providing occasions to stimulate students to articulate their beliefs and their intellectual understanding.

This then is the inheritance that we have today, and as the Pastorate work grows, and more students are drawn to Christ and trained to serve Him, we pray for vision and faith as we head into the next century.

Revd Chris Pemberton Chaplain to the Oxford Pastorate Should you require any further information about our work please do contact us at St Aldat.e's Parish Centre, 40 Pembroke Street, Oxford OXI 1BP. Tel: 0965 244713.

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Peter Jenner (left) of the Reading University Chaplaincy with Jeremy Anderson (Reading Deanery) and Janet Hodgson (USPG)

Reading was the only British University to be granted its own Charter between the wars. In 1926, when it became independent of Oxford University, Lady Eleanor Palmer endowed a Trust which appointed an Anglican Chaplain to the University. The original Chaplaincy ran a chapel but the present Chaplaincy Team representing six denominations now uses a bungalow as a Chaplaincy Centre. Since there is no formal place of worship, no Sunday services are held on Campus; local churches therefore become aware of the international element of education in Reading. Over a quarter of the students are from overseas; having over 130 nationalities in the University provides a valuable opportunity for British students and other Christians to broaden their knowledge of the world.

Revd Dr Peter Jenner Peter Jenner is the Anglican Chaplain at Reading University Brookes University

was formerly the Oxford Polytechnic and was granted university status last year. We have about 10,000 students, many of them mature or part-time, and about 1,500 staff spread over various sites in Headington and Wheatley. I started as Ecumencial Chaplain in September 1992.1 have six part-time volunteers to help staff the chaplaincy; it's a truly ecumenical team, a mixture of different denominations, male and female, ordained and lay.

The chaplaincy serves staff and students. During the last year we have started a regular fortnightly lunchtime group for Christian staff. We have an open-door policy: about 50 students visit the Chaplaincy room each month, and about 25 staff. In addition there are many conversations with staff and students in the corridors, the common rooms, the dining rooms.

One priority for the coming year is to focus on the multifaith role of the Chaplaincy. We have students from 100 different countries, and there are Jewish and Muslim Societies, in addition to the Christian Union and the Catholic Society.

We also need to expand our facilities and resources: to obtain funds to make the present post of Ecumenical Chaplain full-time, and to expand the chaplaincy facilities.

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If the doctor can provide a certificate you can make the funeral arrangements by contacting a funeral director. If the deceased left a will, check to see if it Contains any directions regarding funeral arrangements.

Next, register the death. Take the doctor's certificate of cause of death to the Registrar's Office. The address and telephone number of your nearest

office can be found in the telephone book.

You will be given a green certificate which authorises burial or cremation and you must give this to the funeral director. Youwill also be given a white form which is for the Department of Social Security.

Answer the questions on the reverse and either send to the local DSS Office to claim arrears of any benefits due, or if solicitors are dealing with the estate, pass it on to them.

The green and white certificates are free of charge. You will also need certified copies of the death certiicate (2.50 per copy) so that the assets of the estate can be dealt with. Three copies should be sufficient and further copies can be obtained.

You will next need to deal with the deceased's estate. Assets in the deceased's sole name will pass in accordance with the terms of the will,

or if there is no will the laws of intestacy.

Depending on the value and nature of the net assets you may have to obtain a grant of representation. This is the court's authority that the executors (where there is a will) or the administrators (where there is no will) have the right to deal with the assets.

Joint assets usually pass to the surviving joint owners.

You can make a personal application for a grant at a local probate registry but you will have to attend an interview. Do not overlook inheritance tax which may be payable on the estate. Assets may need to be sold and insurances maintained. If in doubt about the administration of the estate you should consult solicitors experienced in work of this nature.

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YOUNG DOOR Yellow Braces • Ye] ow Braces • Yellow Braces I hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures and reading about Children's Gift Day in the last issue of The DOOR. There is something very special about working together, enjoying new experiences and celebrating by praising and worshipping the Lord - with lots of children present.

Polly Dolly and I have visited a lot of parishes around the Diocese in the last three years - in all sorts of weather, along narrow country lanes, and along sweeping motorways. Everyone has been keen to know how to help children get to know God better.

You know, we adults might look a bit old and crinkly sometimes (!) but we too are God's children, and we should all be trying to find out more about God together. God can have a special message for any of us, from the very youngest to the very oldest, and we need to listen to each other.

Talking of special messages, God has told me that he wants me to go to college for two years to learn more so that I can become ordained (in other words work as a vicar).

As you've probably guessed - this will mean! have to give up being Children's Adviser and this is my last 'Roger and Out'.

Hopefully, there will eventually be someone to take over my job, and they can have their own 'slot' in The DOOR! Meanwhile, I hope you have all had a good summer break.

Ben, my wife, and I were in Wales recently - with lakes and mountains around us, together with forests and wild animals.

Thinking about it afterwards - that hymn "0 Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, consider all the works Thy hand hath made" came into my mind. The language might be a bit "old fashioned" but reading the verses through, (with some help

Pictured right :Young campers with the Bishop of Oxford.

Above : Richard Pape, Robert Shearcrofl, Thomas Neil! and Richard Vicary from SS Mary and John, Finchampstead

Yellow Braces Diocesan Youth Camp at Whitchurch near Aylesbury was as popular as ever this year. We are delighted that so many young people see this as such an important part of their lives as young Christians. Everyone was delighted that the Bishop of Oxford joined us during the weekend and for the chance to speak to him in such an informal atmosphere. Our thanks go to the people of Whitchurch who always welcome us so warmly.

Thanks too to those who helped to make this year's camp the success it was - including of course, the young people themselves.

Peter Ball, Diocesan Youth Officer

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perhaps!) really sums up God's love for all of us - and all He wants in return is for us to come to know and love Him, and His ways. Quite a challenge, but at the same time very reassuring to know we have Him as our friend forever!

Roger Fray That's Roger in the photo. On behalf of you all we send him our -love and prayers for the future.

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ORGANIST To share duties for morning services and to rehearse small mmd choir, manual Bryceson organ.

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ORGANIST REQUIRED to work with established lady Choir Master ASB Rite A. BCP Evensong and Choir Practice.

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MUSIC DIRECTOR St AkIates (lurch, Oxford witha large congregation and ministry to students is looking for a full-time Music Director.

Details and salary scale on application to: The Rector, David Maclimes, 40 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX11 BP

Logos, the Youth Group of St George's Church, Wash Common, are organising a major fashion show called 'Berkshire takes a Bow' in January 1994. It will be held at Newbury's new Corn Exchange where all kinds of clothing from swimwear to wedding dresses will be shown off in a series of choreographed dance sequences at a black tie champagne evening for 350 people.

The organisers hope to raise over £10,000 which will launch an appeal by St George's for £400,000 to build a new

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ST ALDATE'S CHURCH, OXFORD Two administrative posts available in an evangelical Church in central Oxford, with a large staff team. Both positions are full-time and require a commitment to Christian faith.

OXFORD PASTORATE ADMINISTRATOR To provide support for the work of the Pastorate Chaplains in the ministry to the student congregation.

PARISH CENTRE RECEPTIONIST/SECRETARY This requires a pleasant telephone manner, good secretarial skills and enjoyment of a varied working day dealing with members of the congregation and public.

Further details and salary scale from the Parish Co-ordinator, St Aldate's Parish Centre, 40 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP (0865 244713)

community centre and refurbish the church. The project is also being run on the lines of a business enterprise to give the Group's teenagers a chance to understand and take responsibility for all aspects of running a company.

The Logos Fashion Show will be launched on September 9 at the Foley Lodge Hotel, Newbury at reception attended by business, local authority and media representatives. Money from sponsorship by local businesses has already paid for the cost of the launch.

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The well known Christian Rock Band, EDEN BURNING, are performing with local group, Shanti, in Reading on September 10. The event is being organised by Greyfriars Church Youth Group with the aim of taking the church into the community. The gig will be held at 21 South Street, Reading. Doors open 7.30pm.

Tickets £3.50 in advance from Greyfriars Centre, 0734 587369 or £4.50 on the door. Come early!

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WHAT'S ON

Sat 4 SLOUGH Annual Fayre at St Laurence Church 10am-4pm.

Sat 4 MONKS RISBOROUGH St Dunstan's Church garden fete 2pm.

Details 0844 343016.

Sat 4 DUNSDEN Church fete at village hall 215pm.

Sat GOOSEY All Saints Goosey Feast, horse and dog show on the green. Details: 0367 710267.

Sat4 . Thu 23 OXFORD St Giles Church Celebration in Flowers with paintings by Barnes, M Backhouse & W Clover.

Open 12-2pm Mon - Fri; 2-5pm Sat and Sun. Sat 4, Sun 5 SANDFORD ON THAMES flower festival at St Andrews Church. Sat: 10am-6pm. Sun: 11 am-6pm.

Also grand fete on Sat 4 at the church.

Sun 5 UFFINGTON and every Sunday in Sept: teas at St Mary's Church from 3pm. MU groups and wheelchairs welcome. Details: 0367 820363.

Sun 5 ROTHERFIELD GREYS church fete at Greys Court 2-5pm. House and gardens open.

Sat 6 &Sun 7OXFORD St Giles Church open to welcome visitors to the Fair from 11am till late. Flower festival, paintings, local history & cups of tea!

Mon 6 - Thu 9 CHICHESTER Springboard Conference with Bishop Michael Marshall, Dr Tom Wright and Michael Green. £76 payable to Chichester Theological College, Chichester, West Sussex P019 1SG. For clergy and laity.

Fri 10- Sun 12 BURGHFIELD Flower Festival St Mary's Church.

Fri 10 READING Eden Burning plus Shanti at arts' centre 21 South Street 730pm. Details: Hannah Scott on 0734 482015.

Fri 10- Sun 12 BURGHFIELD Flower Festival at St Mary's Church. Open Fri/ Sat 10am-4pm. Sun 2-4pm followed by Songs of Praise at 6pm.

Sat 11 FENNY STRATFORD St Martin's Church open day 10am-5pm.

Festival concert 730pm. Also open Sun 12 12-5pm. Details: 0908 372825.

Sat!! HOLTSPUR Vocations Breakfast St Thomas Hall, 830am £2.50 payable to Mrs H Unwin, Moreton, Chiltern Rd, Amersham HP6 5PH. Sat 11 SHINFIELD St Mary's Church Fete on Shinfield School Green 2pm.

Sat!! SILCHESTERSt Mary's church open for sponsored bike ride visitors.

Sat 11 BLETCHINGDON Concert of classical music St Giles Church 730pm.

Sat 11 Sponsored Bicycle Ride in aid of Historic Churches Trust. Contact your local organiser.

Sat!! DORCHESTER Salvation Army Band 730pm in the Abbey.Tickets£2.50.

Sat 12 - Sun 26 RADLEY Teaching Mission with Bishop Richard Harries.

Details Revd Fr Keith Kinnaird 0235 554739.

Tue 14- Sun 19 STANFORD IN THE VALE Exhibition of watercolours by local artist Bill Giant in church.

Fri 17 CHESHAM Concert by AYF Band and Choir from Uganda 8pm in parish church. Details: Tim Yates 0494 772914.

Fri 1.7 OXFORD Oxford Pro Musica Singers at St Andrews Church Old Headington 730pm. Tickets £5. Tel 0865 750220.

Sat 18 GARSINGTON St Mary's Church Fete 2pm in grounds of Manor House.

Sat 18 WEMBLEY CONFERENCE CENTRE Many but One: with Rt Revd John Dennis, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Write toThe Focolare Centre for Unity, 69 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 6HH. Sat 18 WESTON TURVILLE Flower Festival in St Mary's Church. Open 111am4pm with lunches 12-2pm. Cheese and wine concert at 730pm with Wingrave Singers. Tickets £2.50.

Sat 18 IIAMBLEDEN Regent Brass Quintet St Mary's Church. 730pm.

Tickets £6 from Mrs C Allen, Hamblebrook House, Hambleden, Oxon RG9 6RP. (Cheques payable to Hambleden Concerts).

Sat 18 MILTON KEYNES Ecumenical Media Awareness Project (MAP) day conference Making Sense of the Media' in the Guildhall, Christ the Cornerstone.

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Sun'19 - Sun 25 SLOUGH Exhibition on Today's Youth-Tomorrow's Future in St Mary's Church 10am-4pm.

Mon 20 BEACONSFIELD.Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship dinner. 8pm White Hart Hotel, Aylesbury Road. Meal £8.50. Speaker Malcolm Wood. Details from Bob Sutton: 0494 874689.

Mon 20-26 MARSH GIBBON Arts Festival. Choral music with St Mary's Warwick choir £3 Sat 730pm; Folk Night Mon 8pm, Three plays in Grendon Prison Wed and Thu 6pm (Tickets for Grendon £2/fl 0296 770301). Other details David Hiscock 0869 277297.

Tue 21 THAME AYF Band and Choir from Uganda in concert in St Mary's Church Thame 8pm. Tickets £2: phone 0844 213491.

Thu 23 SLOUGH Concert with Denise Lawrence and her Storeyville Tickle Jazz Band 8pm St Marys Church.

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All the fun of the Feast'.

The very mention of the Witney Feast is enough to bring a flutter of excitement to the heart of anyone brought up in Witney and the surrounding villages. It is the highlight of the year when Church Green in the centre of the town is transformed for two days into an exotic collection of roundabouts and sideshows by day and a swirling sea of lights and sound by night.

But this year when the caravans and lorry loads of fairground equipment trundle into the town on the second Saturday of September, there will be a double cause for celebration. For the 1993 Witney Feast marks the 750th anniversary not only of the fair itself but also of the parish church of St Mary's.

The Feast is held on the first Monday and Tuesday following September 8, the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Mary's Patronal Festival. The fair traditionally begins with a Sunday evening service in the church, followed by a procession to the Green for a service on the gaUoping horses roundabout.

However, no direct connection used to be made between the consecration of the church on September 8, 1243, and the founding of the fair. Instead it was thought that the Feast had its orgins in 1231 when Witney was granted a spring and autumn charter fair to bring profit to the lord of the manor.

But seven years ago Joy Russell-Smith, then a Deacon s.at the church, decided to research the history of St Mary's.

Her delving showed that in 1243 there had been a royal grant of

Happy News In an off-the-cuff remark. Martvn Lewis one of the 5CflfOT:.. newscaster,, o f the BBC ft tnt's called for more balanced'..'.

Oulloms w it h mor e space for what he called 'happy 11 rem rrf pros oked immediate criticism tro ni some his ',cnIr,r colleagues, but was heartily applauded by the general public who in subsequent correspondence voted 10:1 in his favour. Some years ago I had a similar experience in York, when I ventured in a sermon to make the same point.

The broadoasting authorities of the day took it seriously, and 1 was even invited to a conference with the news cditor. As .

the rest of the news. I still treasure a Giles cartoon published at the same time making the same point in his inimitable way.

But this is one aspect of a much larger issue reminder of what the 'gospel' stands for. The world always has been and always will be In!l ol had news natural disasters on the Mississippi scale, virulent epidemics, incessant warfare, hideous cruelty by men towards their fellow men. That could be why the gospel made such an immediate impact upon the ancient world The first century public was ionging tor some good news, and perceived and welcomed it in the life and teaching, the death and resurrection of that first century man, -

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Witney celebrates 750 years

Thought for the Month by Stuart Blanch

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The Witney Feast opens with a service from the galloping horses roundabout. Last year the preacher was the Bishop of Oxford seen here with Canon Roland Meredith, Witney Team Rector and the then Town Mayor, Councillor Michael Chadwick two deer from the nearby Wychwood Forest to a prospective rector of Witney "to hold his feast of the church of Witney". She also disovered that Roduiphus Grossi, Provost of the Cathedral of Aosta and Witney's first Rector, had been presented to the church in Witney in April 1243 while in France (non resident clergy were common then!). So, concluded Joy Rn5ell-Smith, it is very likely that the present Witney Feast had always been a separate event from the charter fairs and that it was first held in September 1243 to celebrate the consecration of St Mary's Church.

This at any rate has been the basis for Witney's celebrations this year which have included services for local schools, a steam fair, exhibitions and a flower festival. There will also be a visit by the present Bishop of Lincoln for a Deanery Sung Eucharist on September 8 as a

reminder that the parish used to be in the Diocese of Lincoln while the Dean of Windsor will preach at the fairground service on September 12 at 7.15pm.

According to Canon Roland Meredith, Rector of Witney for the past 14 years, there is much to celebrate in this anniversary year quite apart from the church's 750 years. A major restoration and redecoration of the building at a cost of150,000 has just been completed. Anew curate, Graeme Arthur, was ordained on July 4 and the parish's first woman team minister will take up her appointment in October "because we feel that in a team ministry of four one should be a woman". There are three flourishing church schools and a chaplaincy to the West Oxfordshire College of Further Education in the town has recently been set up.

Looking to the future, preparations are underway for an ecu-

menical week of mission in Witney in May 1994 led by the Bishop of Oxford as part of the national Pentecost Fire. Increasingly too there are links with the wider Church family. St Mary's is in regular touch with its former curate, James Gardom, now in Zimbabwe with his wife and two children, while Roland Meredith himself is Commissary for the Bishop in Nandyal in South India and has made several visits there.

The Feast like the life of St Mary's has changed over the years and steam engines and wurlitzers have given way to lorries and electronic music. But the magic is still there and when the lights go out on Tuesday night it will be impossible not to feel a pang of regret that the fair is over for another year. Until of course you remember that in Witney the Feast goes on in the life of St Mary's church.

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content just to blame the mass media for the surfeit of had news, it'it is not energetic in representing andproclaiming the out,, good news there s the good news of Christ. "Tins is a day of good tidings and we do nut well to hold our peace.'

Hence th importance of the Decade of Evaugciism It would he sad if Martyn Lewis' remark were ignored or proved to he prejudicial to his career in the BBC. The 10:1 Public verdict in his favour shows ho.k many pcope share his views and long fur some'happy news.

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Space for Prayer God, you are merciful to us in all our doings, good and bad.

You do not insist on your right but aquit us and accept us: everything is possible with you.

Give us the spirit to follow you, make us merciful to each other so that the world may know who you are: nothing but love, our Father, God. Written by Huub Oosterhuis, a Jesuit priest who ministers to the student community in Amsterdam. The prayer is printed in the Fount Book of Prayer, edited by Robert Van de Weyer and published by HarperCollins at £16.99.

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