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Election Day consecration for the Bishop of Reading
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Who will forget May 1. It was of course the day of the General Election, a day which dawned with a sense of expectancy and ended in high drama and history in the making. It was also the Feast Day of Saint Philip and St James and while Londoners voted in the sunshine, we gathered in the cool of Southwark Cathedral to watch a different kind of history unfold. The ballot boxes seemed far away as the. Archbishop of Canterbury ordained and consecrated Canon Dominic Walker, member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd and former Team Rector and Rural Dean of Brighton to be Bishop of Reading in the Diocese of Oxford. 'As people flock to the polls they will be taking with them their hopes and their desires. Our desire is for a Christian Britain, a land under the Lordship of Christ,' said the Archbishop of Canterbury as he welcomed Dominic Walker's mother and sister and 'visitors from the Oxford Diocese'.
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SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD Mark Tully is coming to Bognor '98 page 4
ANIMAL MAGIC Andrew Linzey: God wants us to delight in all of his creation page 8
A CHILD'S WORLD Children have a lot to say especially about God - if only we would listen
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'As people flock to the polls they will be taking with them their hopes and their desires. Our desire is for a land under the Lordship of Christ' Nearly one thousand people packed the cathedral for the double consecration in which the Revd Wallace Berm was also ordained Bishop of Lewes. They included our own Bishops of Oxford, Dorchester and Buckingham, the Bishops of Winchester, London and Chichester, an exotically dressed Bishop from the Mar Thoma Church, the Bishop of Polynesia, the Father Superior of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd, Rabbi William Wolff, Iman Dr Sajid, the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire anda row of women from an African Mothers's Union group on a visit to this country, whose white robes and blue turbans made a splash of colour in the south transept. By contrast Dominic Walker himself entered the cathedral dressed in the simple black habit of the Order of the Good Shepherd by special permission of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was a service marked by a moving sense of unity and commitment. Outwardly Dominic Walker, an Anglo-Catholic religious and Wallace Berm, a member of the evangelical Reform group, represent very different traditions. Yet it was clear from the service which they planned together and which wove together classical and modern Church music - a sublime Mozart 'Sanctus', Elgar's 'The Spirit of the Lord', Melody Green's 'There is a Redeemer', and Wesley's 'And can it be', that they are brothers in Christ.
'We need no greater blessing than to grasp again the centrality and all sufficiency of our Lord Jesus Christ' And it was to Christ that the Revd Alexander Motyer pointed us that morning. In his sermon, the former Principal and Dean of Trinity College, Bristol, spoke of the Risen Lord Jesus who brings his word to bear on our situation. The one to one relationship with Jesus 'me and Jesus', 'you and Jesus' is what really matters. 'We need no greater blessing than to grasp again the centrality and all sufficiency of our Lord Jesus Christ', he said. From the crowds who queued after the service to congratulate him, it is evident that the new Bishop of Reading is a man of the people. But to all who have met him, it is also abundantly clear that for him the centrality of Christ is all important. Report by Christine Zwart More pictures on the back page
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The Archbishop of Canterbury congratulates Bishop Dominic Walker after his consecration in Southwark Cathedral in London. Photo: Frank Blackwell
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NEWS New Canons at Christ Church The DOOR is published 10 times a year. 53,000 copies are distributed in the Diocese of Oxford (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire) with the help of volunteers. Editor: Christine Zwart. Deputy Editor: Venetia Horton. Photography: Frank Blackwell. Business and Distribution Manager: Tim Russian. Editorial Support Group: Tim Russian (Long Crendon, Chairman), Catherine Dyer (West Slough), Clemency Fox (Marston), Richard Hughes (Whitchurch upon Thames), Keith Lamdin (Director of Training and Parish Resources), Jo Saunders (Social Responsibility Officer), Leighton Thomas (Abingdon Deanery), Richard Thomas (Communications Officer), John Winnington-Ingram (Cottisford), David Winter (Cold Ash). Editorial Address: Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford OX2 ONB. Tel: 01865 244566 (Fax: 01865 790470). Advertising: David Holden, WHY Publications Ltd, Westway House, Botley, Oxford 0X2 9JW. Telephone: 01865 244888. The DOOR is published by Oxford Diocesan Publications Ltd (Secretary: Mr T C Landsbert). The registered office is Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford OX2 ONB. Deadlines for the July issue: features - June 9 ; letters, What's On and advertising June 12; news - June 19. Whilst every care is taken to ensure the reliability of our advertise-
Last month I was privileged to attend the superb Mothers' Union day conference in Tilehurst on the Internet. Amongst the many important talks was one by Detective Chief Inspector James Reynolds who runs Scotland Yard's Paedophilia unit. He was concerned at the ease with which quite appalling child pornography is available on the Internet, and his concern wasn't just about the images themselves. The capturing of such images constitutes a serious assault on the children involved.
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Why does the Church not protest more loudly about easy access to pornography on the Internet yet fail to promote the circulation of Christian images? asks Richard Thomas
Subtle seduction of pornography Fairly obvious stuff, even though it did us good to be reminded of the law that makes the downloading of child pornography a serious criminal offence. Yet the easy availability of these graphic visual images to anyone who cares to spend a few minutes on the Internet poses a serious threat to our society. The assault is not confined to the children used in such images; the ease of their availability is an assault on the self-restraint of every child, teenager, and adult with access to the Internet. Writing this article, I made a few simple checks on the availability of
pornography on my own computer. I can now say with absolute clarity that anyone with the most simple Internet connection is in danger of the subtle seduction of highquality pornographic images.
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'IV MY VIEW Don't get me wrong. I'd be the first to admit that by its negative attitude to sexuality the Church has caused a great deal of harm. And we need to be a great deal more affirming about God's gift of sexual appetite. But the current social climate requires the Church to be stronger, rather than weaker, on issues such as the availability of pornography. Porn cannot be banned, but access to it can be restricted fairly easily if the will is there.
The Church is still in the Middle Ages Which leads me to ask whether the Church can respond not merely by negative complaint, but by positive influence. And here, I am ashamed to say, we are still living in the middleages. At the recent consecra-
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tion of the Bishop of Reading, photography was banned from inside Southwark Cathedral. Clergy still proudly tell me that they won't allow photographs of wedding or baptism services. Are they afraid, like the animists of central Africa, that the immortal soul is damaged by the camera? Or are they too lazy to put in place the kind of management that enables photographs and video filming to happen without undue disruption to the worship? Without the strong, positive Christian images circulating in our communities, we will be unable to answer the challenge of those who cry 'foul' at the smallest attempt at restricting access to negative imIf you have a controversial view, please tell us about it on 01865 244566
ages. If we allow child pornography on the Internet without complaint, but refuse the filming of the sacred in the images of everyday life, how can we have any kind of voice in one of the most important areas of spiritual warfare in the coming millennium? The Revd Richard Thomas is the Oxford Diocesan Communications Officer
tured) is Rural Dean of Claydon and Priest-in-charge of Great Horwood. She is the first woman Rural Dean in the Diocese and has been Director of the Cottesloe Christian Training Programme for eight years. • The Revd Peter Lawrence is Vicar of Ivinghoe with Pitstone and Slapton. He has served the Diocese since 1974, formerly as Team Rector in the Schome Team and has been involved with the Cottesloe Programme since its inception. He is on the Executive of the Rural Theology Association. • The Revd Keith Lamdin has worked for the Diocese for 13 yeas and is currently the Director of Training. He is a member of the clergy team at SS Mary and John in Oxford and is involved in the training and supervision of counsellors. • The Revd John Ratings is Rural Dean of Sonning and Vicar of St Mary's, Wargrave. He is a member of the Education and Patronage Boards of the Diocese and chair of the Berkshire Standing Advisory Committee for Religious Education. • The Revd Ralph Cartmill is Rector of Chinnor with Emmington and Sydenham, Aston Rowant with Crowell since 1985 and has served the Diocese since 1970.
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NEWS A new start at Bognor 'A New Start - what is the Spirit saying to the Churches' is to be the theme of the 1998 Diocesan Conference at Bognor. It will run through the many workshops and seminars which will focus on everyday issues such as housing, education, health, work, sex and the Christian responses to them. There will be more emphasis this time on the worldwide Church and on churches of other denominations. Mark Tully will be one of the keynote speakers. The BBC's former Delhi correspondent, who last year presented a television series 'The Lives of Jesus', will consider questions such as how can the Church cope with the growing realisation that other religions also lead to God and how can it restore its position as a teacher of spiritual wisdom. Other keynote speakers are Angela Tilby, who produces major Christian TV documentaries and is currently training for ordination in the Church of England; and the Bishop of Mozambique, Dinis Sengulane, a charismatic figure whose 'Weapons to ploughshares' project encourages people to bring their guns and bombs to the churches and receive in return a sewing machine, a spade or a hoe - something that can be used to rebuild peace in their country. Two thousand clergy and lay people are expected at the conference which will be held at Butlins in Bognor from March 17-20 1998. At the opening ceremony, each deanery will bring in a banner which will remain on the stage as a backdrop throughout the Conference. A special banner workshop will be held on September 13 with a demonstration, information and materials for the Bognor banners. More information on page 7.
Quiet Gardens move into urban spaces A day of worship and discussion led by Gerard Hughes, author of God of Surprises, marked the opening of the first urban Quiet Space on May 10. Quiet Spaces in the City is a new initiative of the Quiet Garden Trust which has opened 75 gardens around the world since it was founded in 1992 by the Revd Philip Roderick, vicar of Amersham-on-the-Hill. The inspiration for this new development came from people in urban areas who approached the Trust for advice on providing a place of retreat. Now, a rather dismal junk-filled space around St Matthew's Church in Camberwell, London, has been transformed into a walled garden where people can relax and enjoy the beauty.
Women take leading role More than one in ten of the clergy in the Church of England are now women, according to a report published by the National Association of Diocesan Advisers in Women's Ministry. The First Two Years, a statistical survey of women in licensed ministry in the Church of England, says nearly 400 women are in charge of parishes, putting paid to the myth that ordained women are usually employed as part-time, unpaid curates. Copies of The First Two Years are available price £2 from the Revd Canon Patience Purchas, The Rectory, Church Street, Wheathampstead, St Albans AL4 8AD. Writing in The Church of England Newspaper, Canon Susan Cole-King, Priest-in-charge at Drayton, wonders whether there is a connection between the fact that the Oxford Diocese has the highest number of women clergy and, in contrast to the national trend, more people going to church on Sundays.
Times change in Thame Despite hail stones as big as golf balls and a drenching Tam storm, St Mary's Church, Thame bravely went ahead with a street party on May 17 to celebrate the launch of two new congregations. Over 200 people turned out to enjoy the roundabout (pictured), a rather soggy barbecue and trips up the church tower to seethe newly restored bells. The ' introduction of two new services on Sunday mornings—Daybreak at 9. l5am and Open House at 11am -. means there are now services at 8am, 9.15am, 11am and
6.30pm every Sunday, each with their own leadership and pastoral care teams. 'The change in the Sunday morning programme will give us room for growth and will enable more people to come to church,' said the vicar, Chris Neal. There were over 120 adults at both Daybreak and Open House on their first Sunday. 'Together with the 50 or 60 adults at Barley Hill Church, that means there were at least 100 more people than usual at one or other of our congregations in Thame on Pentecost Sunday morning,' said Chris Neal.
Dorchester learns the meaning of 'ubuntu' Fr Peter Monageng was the guest of honour at Dorchester Abbey on April 13 when people from all over the Diocese gathered to learn more about our link with the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in South Africa. Fr Monageng, a parish priest from Pampierstad (seen above with children who had made pictures for him to take back to his parish) is currently in the UK studying at the University of Kent. He spoke movingly about 'Ubuntu', that particularly African understanding oftogetherness and of what it means to be human. 'Everyone was impressed with the depth offeeling he expressed - this is the energy and commitment which so many South Africans.ofall racial communities are bringing to the re-building of their nation,' said the Revd Graham Smith, Diocesan Co-ordinator for the Kimberley and Kuruman link. After picnic lunches in the sunshine, everyone moved into the Abbey for a Eucharist celebrated by Bishop Richard. Fr Monageng preached on the theme ofpeace - the peace of the risen Christ, and the peace and justice for which so many South Africans are working.
New beginnings for adoption agency Two hundred and fifty people crowded into Holy Trinity Church, Cookham on May 10 for the Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work (ODCSW) Family Day and AGM. The service was led by the Bishop of Oxford and was attended by the Mayor of Oxford, adoptive families, drop-in centre users and their children, workers of ODCSW, volunteers and other supporters. The title of the service - New Beginnings -proved apt as the Agency revealed its new name 'PACT' - Parents and Children Together. PACT's director Yvette Gayford said the aim of the agency was to build and strengthen families. 'PACT is a wonderful name which describes the way we work with our clients, partnership is the essence of good practice,' she said. 'We are now set to take the agency into the next millennium with new energy and purpose at a time when the family as an institution is under great threat.'
The Church must combat racism Churches need to admit that racism and racial prejudices exist then work out how to overcome such attitudes, said Haynes Baptiste at a workshop on racism organised by the All Saints, Ascot Heath Race Relations Team. Since setting up its Race Relations Team a year ago with the mandate of working towards promoting racial awareness and justice in the parish, All Saints has organised a Racial Justice Sunday and fostered relationships with Christians in local independent black-led Churches. Haynes Baptiste, who is Director of the Methodist and Ecumenical Leadership Racism Awareness Workshop, said the presence of many black people in Britain can be traced to a post-war labour shortage in which black people were recruited from the West Indies and the Commonwealth countries to do the most menial and poorly-paid jobs. Many of the immigrants were Christian and came from countries where the clergy were white missionaries. But they soon became disillusioned when they found they were not welcome in Britain, that their gifts were not recognised within the Church and they were denied the housing and jobs for which they were qualified. We must acknowledge the existence of racial prejudice in ourselves and in society, said Mr Baptiste, understand how it is manifested, then work out what our different cultures have in common. It is up to the Church as well as society, to listen, communicate and take a definite anti-racist stand. Okon Ironbar Okon Ironhar is chairman of the All Saints Race Relations Team
Koreans visit Oxford hospice A team of Korean doctors and nurses visited Oxford during May to study the principles and practices of British hospices with a view to opening the first Church-based hospice in Kumi in South Korea. Staff at Sir Michael Sobell House, the Oxford hospice, laid on a special week's programme of teaching and clinical attachments. Besides doctors and nurses, the Korean visitors included the Revd Jonathan Kim, priest-in-charge of the Bishop John Daly Mission Centre in Kumi. The visit to England was arranged by the Church Missionary Society. During their time in Oxford, the Korean team stayed with local Chiistians.
The Revd Tony Davies The Revd Tony Davies, who recently retired as Rural Dean of Woodstock, died of a heart attack while on his retirement holiday in Australia. A memorial and thanksgiving service for his life and ministry is due to be held on Friday, May 23 in the Parish Church of Sandford St Martin at 3pm. It will be conducted by the Bishop of Dorchester and will be followed by the Internment of his Ashes at Westcote Barton by the Archbishop of Oxford. Tony leaves a widow, Joan, a daughter and two sons, one of whom lives in Australia.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has lent his support to Volunteers Week (June 1 -7) and sent a message of goodwill encouraging all churches, community groups and individuals to recognise and honour volunteers during that period. The Archbishop said: 'Volunteering is essential to any society which is civilised and truly rich. Without it the Church would be one of many institutions to collapse atonce.'ContactO171387 8447 for a free resource kit. Broadcaster, Rabbi Lionel Blue and Dr Jack Dominian, a Roman Catholic psychiatrist and authority on the subject of marriage, are among the speakers in a new lecture series planned by Christians in South Bucks. 'The Amersham Millennium Lectures' will aim to focus on some of the moral issues we face as the millennium approaches. The lectures will be held in St Michael and All Angels Church, Amershamon-the-Hill starting on Thursday, June 12 at 8pm with Dr Dominian. For details contact the Church Office on 01494 726680. Canon Mark Pearson, an Episcopalian minister from the USA and author of Why can't I be me?, will preach on the theme of 'Healing in the power of the Holy Spirit' at Maids Morton Church, Buckingham on June 15 at 7pm. There will be a time of worship, praise and teaching and it has been organised by theRector, the Revd Hugh Kent who can provide more details on 01280 813246. Canon Peter Judd, Rector of St Mary's Church, Iffley and Rural Dean of Cowley, is to become Provost of Chelmsford Cathedral, the equivalent of the Dean in older cathedrals. He will be installed Rector of Chelmsford and Provost of the Cathedral at 6pm on June 14.
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The Animal Advocate At the age of 14 I had a series of strongly religious experiences; a very powerful sense of the presence of God - God the Creator - which led me to a very intense regard for his creatures. So, amazing as it may sound, I decided I wanted to be a priest and study theology and become a vegetarian, all in the same year. I was very fortunate in finding a parish priest, Jacob Lewis at St Alban's Church in Oxford, who spent hours and hours answering my adolescent questions, so I acknowledge my indebtedness to him for encouraging me to find the intellectual space to help me work through my spiritual experiences. When I became a vegetarian 20 years ago it was like being a flat-earther. Now it is positively trendy. According to my calculations from the latest Social Attitudes Survey, there are now more vegetarians, demi-vegetarians and vegans in this country than there are practising Roman Catholics! Lots of Christians are defensive about vegetarianism because they can't quite square it with a fish-eating Jesus and I understand that. But what I say to them is instead of being defensive, you ought to give thanks that God the Holy Spirit is opening up more and more ways in which we can live in a more peaceful way with animals. There is an alternative tradition within the Christian faith that has been much more sympathetic to animals than is The Revd Professor Andrew Linzey was educated at King's College, London and University College, Cardiff and prepared for ordination at St Augustine's College, Canterbury. He was ordained priest in 1976, the same year as his first book, Animal Rights: A Christian Assessment (SCM Press) was published, heralding the modern animal rights movement. Dr Linzey was Chaplain to the University of Essex for 11 years, and also, for six years, director of the University's Centre for the Study of Theology. In 1992 he was appointed the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Senior Research Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford - the world's first post in theology and animal welfare. Professor Linzey has written or edited more than 15 books including Christianity and the Rights ofAnimals (SPCK) and Animal Theology (SCM Press, 1994) the book which best sums up his philosophy to date. His latest book, After Noah: Animals in the Jewish and Christian Traditions will be published in September. In 1989 he was named official chaplain to the animal welfare movement. His wife Jo edits The Church of England Yearbook and they have four children: Adam, 14, Clair, 12, Rebecca, 10 and Jacob, 8. The Linzeys live in Oxford.
commonly allowed, in the same way that there has been a tradition that has taken a rather different view of the status of women. I think it will take the Church another hundred years or so to grasp that animals are not just here for our use, but are beings with their own intrinsic value and dignity. Modern society is inextricably bound up with the exploitation of animals. None of us is free from it - even fruit is regularly doused with insect or animal wax, non-leather shoes are tested for their toxicity on animals, and the glue on stamps is made from offal from the slaughter house - so I don't claim to be a purist. My line is that we need a progressive disengagement from injury to animals to realise the biblical vision of the peaceable kingdom. Vegetarianism is a very simple and elementary step towards that. The Jewish tradition, while it has allowed killing for food, has recognised the vegetarian ideal, whereas the Christian tradition never has. Don't forget Genesis 1:29 features a world where humans made in the image of God are given dominion over a vegetarian world, then they are given a vegetarian diet. What the authors of Genesis are saying is that God did not will a world in which we had to kill in order to live. That is how the world is now, but it is not how God wanted it to be. I think Christians can actually be excited by the prospect of a world in which we have to kill less and less. So I'm not an absolutist about killing. I think it can be justifiable to kill animals in cases of self defence, euthanasia, or even indeed when we are starving for food. But the truth is we don't need to eat meat in order to live well. However,
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FIVE STRANDS OF MISSION F
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Teach, baptise and nurture 'new believers
Mothers' Union celebrates women
The Bishop of Oxford has asked every parish to examine its priorities in the light of the Five Strands of Mission. They also provided the focus for the Bishops' formal Visitations to the deaneries in May. This five-stranded definition of mission has come to us from the Worldwide Anglican Communion to which the Church of England belongs. In this short series a different person each month interprets the strand of their choice. This month Barbara Doubtfire writes:
Coming from a place of Wisdom At first glance this second Strand of Mission seems very accessible. But we must beware of a superficial response such as 'Let's review our children's work,' or 'Well, we put on a Lent course, don't we?' Before looking outwards, we might usefully begin by exploring this in relation to our own discipleship. Teachers of the faith are traditionally portrayed as those who are wise in the fear of the Lord. They ask the Lord to show them His way so that they might walk in His paths. Above all they listen as those who are taught. So are we responding to these challenges? Are we ready to listen, slow to speak, and then only speak with the conviction that comes from wisdom? In a similar vein the Church Mothers and Fathers speak of prayer as 'a manifestation of Baptism'. How far are we seeking to appropriate the grace of our own baptism through a serious commitment to a life of prayer? Finally, do we attend to our own need of Nurture, to stir up the Gift that is in us and enter afresh those New Testament challenges Consider Jesus Sir we would see Jesus Come and see someone who told me all that! ever did I have seen the Lord. What sense are you and I making of that last great statement? How ready are we to give a reason for the hope that is in us? In short, we are all in some sense new believers, as we make that continual choice to turn to the Lord and to turn to Him again and again. All this will give us the confidence to work at some of the key questions in our various church groups. Where, when and how does teaching, baptism and nurturing take place in our local church? And what do we wish to affirm, to cease doing, or develop? In our villages, small groups of Christians are well-
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placed to work out the meaning of the call to baptise in the community, since the place is well known to them. They wear their 'different hats' in the different village organisations with which the church is keen to develop partnerships. How can the issues and concerns of the communities where people spend most of their lives (often called 'communities of time') be effectively drawn into the Worship of the gathered church in the community of place/'home' on the Lord's Day? The importance of Worship in drawing people into discipleship is paramount. The potential of intercession, in bringing life to worship and worship to life, might usefully be re-visited. Is the Baptism Liturgy itself seen as a tool for evangelism? Does your PCC from time to time review the place of Baptism within the whole life of your church and the opportunities it brings to present the claims of the Gospel to those who gather for a Baptism? Good Worship will nurture the seeds planted through courses such as Alpha or Emmaus. The Adult Catechumenate binds the personal faith journeys of seekers with the experience of others in the Body and celebrates the whole in specifically developed Worship services. The challenge of admitting children to Communion before Confirmation in those churches which meet the agreed criteria will underline the need for Worship which is both accessible and yet creates a space in which all ages can be drawn into a living encounter with God. Such an encounter refreshes us in knowing the love of God; brings assurance of forgiveness and frees us to go out to serve. And it is in service that Justice is done. We endeavour to make that response as those who 'listen as those who are taught'; as those who are committed to a serious life of prayer and who, with Gregory of Nyssa, can say 'there is always a good distance to climb for those who are seeking the Lord; thus those who climb must never cease from climbing, going from beginning to beginning, by beginnings that have no end.' The Revd Barbara Doubtfire, Parish Development Adviser, Archdeaconry of Oxford and Convenor of SPI-DIR, an Ecumenical Committee which exists to support and resource those engaged in the ministry of SpiritualDirection.
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A NEW START AT BOGNOR'98
The world in our midst International vistors like Suad (pictured centre below) will help us to discover what the Spirit is saying to the Church at the 1998 Diocesan Conference writes Gill Poole, CMS Area Represtantive and a member of the Bognor Conference Planning Group Suad Younan is one of the international visitors who will be at the 1998 Diocesan Conference. The Bible Lands Society is the first agency to provide for someone specifically to attend the conference week at Bognor in March next year. Principal of the Helen Keller School for Blind Girls
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be a valued part of the conference programme. It is hoped that Bishop Dinis Singulane of Mozambique will be one of the keynote speakers. Both the Bishop's Outreach Fund and the Diocesan Council for Partnership in World Mission are providing money to meet some of the costs of other
international guests and parishes can play a part too. 'Where relationships already exist around the world, it would be excellent to see the international partners hosted at the conference by their related parishes,' says Ven
Frank Weston, Chairman of the Partnership in World Mission council. 'It's so often these contacts that bring new dimension to our faith, and new understanding of the world in which we live'. Windows on the world Representatives of world church agencies in the Diocese are keeping their plans under wraps meantime but aim to draw attention to the riches and responsibilities that are part and parcel of belonging to a global village. 'We are hoping to include visual and musical feasts which will open windows on the world,' said one of the working team, 'and we all feel we've got serious things to say but we have no desire to be dull about it'. Instead of going to the burger bar for lunch one of the days, delegates will be able to anticipate Easter by booking into a Passover Meal organised by CMJ. Another bookable lunchtime option will be 'Food for Thought', a lunch modelling meals designed for local evangelism. Those who take an active
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COMMENT From the Bishop of Oxford
New hope
Red.iscovering the world of childhood ered a depth of spiritual awareness that was both profound and humbling. Without necessarily using adult religious language they talked comfortably of God and of God's world. Veronica who was nine and had had no Church connections in her life, told us how her Nan had reassured her when she was very ill. She told Veronica she would die but
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er uu voted in the recent However election, all Christians will I hope wish the new government well it begins to tackle some of the We adults work with children in a variety of settings be it home, school inni in.. pr ikins facing our or parish. We are keen to do our best for them but as a Church do we enormous society. The tail that a high focus too much on the selection of appropriate learning material to the proportion of the Cabinet are exclusion of who the children are in all their uniqueness? Danny active Church or Chapel P'°I1' Sullivan writes about some new research which reveals a depth of hi v. eli give all added impetus spiritual awareness in children which is both profound and humbling. could to 11111' prayers. Those whose political identity In 1993 three Church Colleges - shared some of their experiences. IS hound up with the fortunes of two Anglican and one Roman For the generation that is supthe Conservative :itii' I'.'rt will be Catholic - came together to support posed to be obsessed with televidisappointed, even deeply and fund The Children and depressed. But glee should Id ha e Worldviews research project. In'ries. II no plate amongst non-Tories. stead of collecting data for analyis important that the I'arl% recovers 11.1111 its disarray and sis, the aim was to spend time lisdiscovers :i new future free from tening to primary school children the disloyalty, squabbles and and reporting on what they said. This approach reflected the team's scandals that have too "lieu characterised it in recent years. belief that the National Curriculum It needs to re-hiiiicl on the had focused upon the content of ttiiiiitl.itiiin of i-t•!;itiiu!, morality learning with scant attention paid 1111(1 IIIIIlht service that still to the development of children as Ipi'i's. characterises ii', best members. people. Research by Professor Jim It is clear that Ihust' who voted Campbell at Warwick University for the Liberal Iltinu'.raI, or the indicated that teachers of five to Labour fla!'ly feel an cn'uunons seven year olds were giving most of sense UI liberation. For 'ii long their time to the teaching of Engthere seemed to be only a nhislurt offfrustrationi and resignation that: lish, Maths and Science. nothing 'mild he done. Now in a number ItT spheres, new policies It quickly became are being alga ret g prui losed. As Margaret clear how much the Ihatcher ..lio'a td that it is possible children valued to change 11111 uiril' a party but a ok COl' 1111% - with t han gi's now whole being listened to taken for granted ed I the major political parties - so New Labour is equally determined to change In the first three years of the project the team worked with children from our society for the better. The recent important rt'p Ill a variety of Church and county from the Churches, schools in both city and rural areas. Unemployment Will the Future at All six major world faiths were Work,. rt'iniiids us of the represented amongst the children continuing scandal Of 50 IllaflV and there were also some from famimillions of unemployed. It says lies with no connection to a particuthat we have almost tonic to take lar faith community. As the team sion, computer games and the like, this for granted in a way which is wished the children to be as open as the children also displayed a surshocking. iui-unc prt'tt'uiiIs that possible, story and poetry were used prising facility for listening to each l finding worthwhile, reasonably other with respect and understandpaid work for everyone is going to initiate discussion. It quickly became clear how much ing. They dealt very comfortably to be cast. Nor is this the only challenge which laces the new the children valued being listened with conflicting views and engaged government. But a new spirit is to. They consistently told us that in lively debates and arguments. In abroad. not only that something adults, including their teachers, their concern for the wider world illUst be 110114', it can be done. don't have time to listen to chilthey could become passionate, one A'aa 'aitli weary resignation and. dren. They were also keenly aware eleven year-old boy indicating that for those of us 'a hui believe that of the demands and stresses upon if grown ups did not wake up to what God makes all things new, there adults and thus learned not to trou- they were doing we would lose some needs to be a stead. persevering ble them with experiences in their of beautiful creatures like the whale hope over the years ahead that own lives. A significant number of for ever. Their sense of powerlessthe worthwhile goak, accepted by people ui'all parties, can indeed the children told us we were the ness was very strong. first people with whom they had Amongst the children we discovbe attained.
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habit this world. In fact that was one of the reasons why they did not talk about their experiences of it. The Children and Worldviews project is beginning to teach us a number of valuable lessons about working with children: - a need to respect their integrity as people - a need to recognise their profound and authentic spirituality despite the fact that they may not go to church or use adult religious language - as adults we should be willing to learn from children alongside our commitment to teach them - a readiness to accept children as our partners in the learning process - with some humility to rediscover what it is to be child-like and to make time to listen to our own inner voice
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In the context of children in the Church it is important that we do not fall into the same trap as the National curriculum and focus on the selection of appropriate content to the exclusion of who the children are in all their uniqueness. It is only in the past two years that the Schools Curriculum and Assessment Authority has begun to try and redress the balance. Ofsted, which inspects schools, has yet to learn this lesson. How well a school contributes to the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of children is not yet one of the criteria for deciding whether a school gives value for money. As Christians we have the model and example of Jesus to inspire our witness in our contemporary world. We are not told much in the Gospels about Jesus and children except that he welcomed them when others would have chased them away. He said too that if we wanted to understand the Kingdom of God then all we had to do was to be as children. Danny Sullivan, who is Schools AdviserforBucks andMilton Keynes, was co-director of The Children and Worldviews research projectfrom 199396. The work of the project continues and the first book from it, The Education of the Whole Child, was published by Cassells in May.
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LETTERS Lottery money: care needed I read with interest the article by Alison Adcock on the Lottery. I was not convinced that we should accept money even for good causes like church repairs. What she failed to note was the view that some think the Lottery is a voluntary tax on poor people giving money to it that they cannot afford. The Lottery inspires us to be covetous. How can the Church make a song and dance about poverty, homelessness and a whole heap of other issues when we endorse the naked profiteering of Camelot? This is a dishonest tax on the poor. If significant VAT relief was allowed on major repairs, we would not even need to consider the Lottery. This is a long shot, but if we allow the Lottery to be a buttress for church buildings, some future government may consider removing charitable status from the Church. I have a suspicion that the days of reclaimable tax on covenants and gift aid may be numbered. Revd Richard Miller, Newbury
Finding employment It is desirable that most people should be able to find employment. Some temporary unemployment is essential to balance the vacancies: when vacancies exceed unemployed the economy stagnates. These are basic facts of economics. One major problem is that the vacancies are not in the areas of high unemployment. These are in certain decaying towns where traditional industries have declined: some have managed to regain industry, others not. These towns usually have subsidised housing such as council housing which creates immobility and inflexibility in the labour market. The unemployed find it difficult to move to areas offering work because they have subsidised housing and other benefits where they currently live without working for them. The 'boom areas' do not offer such benefits. Concerning hours worked: there is no evidence that by reducing the number of hours I work, employ-
ment will be created for others. On the contrary, the more hours I work, the more work I create for others and the lower the unemployment. The example of the salesman should suffice: if a salesman works longer hours and thus brings in more orders, the firm he represents will have more work. As a professional man, now semi-retired, with strong motivation, I objected to having my hours and enthusiasm curtailed. Some people may wish to work a 40hour week, others, including priests, are happy to work much more. As a result of my longer hours I created more work for my colleagues and for our clients. Dr David AV Dendy, Upton
School children need rules Might I suggest that church schools have a board with the Ten Commandments written on it which is seen by the children every day so that it must eventually sink in that it's wrong to murder, steal, lie etc! And if it's a
church school, surely it can keep the first commandment with the others, whatever the clientele? I was sad to discover that our local Church of England Combined School doesn't promote the Ten Commandments at all as far as I could find out. They are the basics for all community living. Name and address supplied
Diocesan Reserves Should the Diocese hold reserves? What ever one's answer in principle to this question it will probably come as a surprise to most parishes to realise that the way Parish Share is paid forces the Diocese to hold significant reserves in order to pay clergy stipends and other salaries plus associated pension contributions and overheads. Most Diocesan payments are made before the end of each month. But no Parish Share is requested for January, and those parishes which make a payment in February often pay so late in the month that the Diocese cannot use the money to meet February's commitments. Typically it is late
April before monthly income matches monthly expenditure, by which time the Diocese has used around £2million of reserves. During the latter part of the year, reserves are rebuilt so that by the end of the year around £2million of the total reserves is held just to repeat this cycle again the following year. I recognise that it is difficult for many parishes to bring Share payments forward. However, if over a period of years, parishes could advance the date of their first Share payment to no later than mid-February, and then maintain regular payments for the remainder, the amount of reserves needed by the Diocese would reduce by around £1 million However, this begs a question. What will the Diocese do with the reserves it no longer needs for this purpose? In my opinion the only fair thing to do is to return them to parishes. For example, a Limillion reduction of reserves that are no longer needed to fund the late payment of Parish Share at the start of each year, could be distributed as a 1% lower Share or as a 1% rebate every year for 10 years. John Bowen, Binfield
Diocesan Sunday Prayer Diary June 1997 June 2nd: Deanery of Bradfield: Roger Howell, Andrew Bond. Those who work in the service industries. June 8th: The work of The DOOR: Christine Zwart, Venetia Horton and Highway (Kimberley & Kuruman) and all those who work in the media. June 15th: Industrial Mission: Michael Atkinson, Jeff Chard, Hedley Feast, Barbara Hayes, Hugh Lee, David Moore, John Nicholson, Ian Parker, David Tonkinson, Bob Penman, Sue Penson, Graham Skipsey. Those who work in manufacturing industries. June 22nd: Deanery of Mursely: Nick Cotton, Winnifred Jones. The Parish of St Pauls' Mothibistad, K&K. Those who work in health care. June 29th: Deanery of Amersham: Norman Russell, Hilary Shepherd. The Ministry Department: Martin Giliham, Marton Commbs, John Hammesley, Sandy Hayter, Andrew Maynell, David Owen, Martin Peirce, John Pinter, Susan Cole King, Christine Redgrave, Yvonne Ryan, Hilary Unwin. The Parish of St Philip's, Huhudi, K&K. Those who work in administration.
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Within the last few years the Church has seen a wonderful blossoming of ministries. Reader ministry has become a very crucial focus in the life of the Church. Their work and witness are both growing and increasingly diverse. In the Oxford Diocese there are now more than 200 NSMs ministering in a whole variety of ways and situations. Most recently we have been working towards a local ordained ministry - LSNMs - a new and exciting development. Each of these ministries (alongside many others) enable people to respond to God's calling; a call to serve God and the Church in a particular way. Any vocation or calling needs to be tested; people have to be trained, and then placed where they can fulfil their potential. God calls all Christians, first to baptism, then to different roles and ministries within the Church. In recent years the number of people offering themselves for full-time ministry has not been rising. Many reasons have been put forward to suggest why this might be. However, in spite of people's perceptions, the Church does need men and women to serve as full-time priests and deacons. No one can be quite sure what the future is for stipendiary ministry. But we can say that the Church is financially much healthier than it was some years ago, and its confidence is growing. In the future the all-embracing work of the Church of England to minister in every parish in England can only continue if men and women respond to a call from God. The Church needs people to give their whole lives in God's service as priests in the Church. The financial rewards may be modest, but the work will be challenging, dynamic and fulfilling. Perhaps God is calling you to ministry. Perhaps God is calling you to identify someone within your church who may have a calling to ordination. If either is the case, please respond by speaking either to local clergy, or your local Vocations Advisor now (see list on page 13). Some people come forward after thinking about doing so for many years, saying, God can't be calling me to ordination. But that might be exactly what God is doing, so pray, and then call a Vocations Advisor - and do it this week! Stephen Rowe The Revd Stephen Rowe is Vicar of St John's, Caversham, Reading and Vice Chairman of the Oxford Diocesan Vocations Network.
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Exciting, infuriating, exhilarating, exhausting, enervating, frustrating, stretching, and a very steep learning curve - I've used all these over the past few months to describe my first experience of incumbency. Yes, I know they contradict each other, but that really is how it has felt starting out on this stage of ministry. Then there's the diary; I set out, thinking I was in control of it, and suddenly, without it registering on my consciousness, it is fuller than lever intended or thought it could be. Discipline? I've tried that, but with limited success, because somehow I enjoy all that I'm involved in - and the freedom to stretch the boundaries of ministry. That's one of the real joys now, because as well as the 'duty' part of being, 'the vicar' I'm free to discover where else in the church, and out of it, my particular gifts can be used, and then get on with it. Life does sometimes feel hectic, and just too full of 'experience' but there are balances. Part of this balance comes on the support, encouragement and common sense of other people around me. The other part in the odd times which can happen each day, by seizing opportunity, and odd spaces, to indulge in a passion for craft work, reading, cats. . . .All play their part in making life (and ministry) good. Alison Beever The Revd Alison Beever is vicar of St Catherine of Siena, Tilehurst.
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified; hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people; that in their vocation and ministry each may serve you in holiness and truth to the glory of your Name; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
It's not just about cucumber sandwiches Bone china.., a silver teapot . . . another cucumber sandwich, Vicar? If that happens to be our impression of what God's call to ordained ministry is about, the reality of day-to-day life in the parish will soon dispel that illusion! This is what Isaiah discovered, as he describes God's call to him in Isaiah 6. It began with a burning vision of God's holiness and of his own personal unworthiness - two 'tests' perhaps of our own vocation. But having responded to God's challenge, 'Whom shall I send?' he was reminded of how hard and tough it would be. Our reading of Isaiah '6 usually ends at verse 8 with Isaiah's eager response, 'Here am!, send me,' but we have to read on to see what God's call was to involve: the sheer graft of ministry, caused not so much by outright rejection (although there would be times when Isaiah would experience that reality) but apathy and dullness of heart. Is there anyone called by God to ordained ministry who has never asked God the question 'How long, Lord?' When the going gets tough, the temptation to deny God's call can be very real. Perhaps at these times we need to remember that it's because of the difficulties, not in spite of them, that God calls us. Jesus' picture was of being sent out like lambs in the midst of wolves - and that doesn't sound very much like a vicarage tea-party does it? So how do I feel, looking back on nearly 25 years of ordained ministry? Long enough to know that there will be other times when I'll say with Isaiah, 'How long, Lord?' But do I ever regret saying, 'Here Jam, send me'? At the end of the day, the answer has to be,no! Yes, it's hard at times, but when I reflect on the joy and fulfilment which serving God in ordained ministry has brought me, I have to say that no, I wouldn't swap it, not for all the tea in China!
Tony Burdon The Revd Tony Burdon is Associate Priest in California St Ma ry and St John, Finchampstead and is Archdeaconry Adviser for Prayer and Spirituality.
The Ordinations Please pray for all those being ordained on Sunday June 29, including the ordinands (on page i 1) and the priests listed below.
Christ Church Cathedral At Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on Sunday June 29 at 1 0.3Oam, the Bishop of Oxford will ordain to the diaconate 11 of the candidates shown right. The preacher will be the Revd Sheila Watson.
St Mary's, Banbury At St Mary's, Banbury on June 29 at 10.30am, the Bishop of Dorchester will ordain the following to the priesthood: Andrew Buckler, St Aldate, Oxford; Christopher Knight, St Paul, Banbury; Julie Maldoom, Chinnor with Emmington and Sydenham, Aston Rowant with Crowell; Richard Rogers, Carterton, and Andrew Sweeny, Bladon cum Woodstock. The preacher is the Revd Ralph Cartmill, rector of Chinnor with Emmington and Sydenham, Aston Rowant with Crowell.
St Peter and Paul, Newport Pagnell At St Peter & Paul, Newport Pagnell on June 29 at 10.30am, the Bishop of Buckingham will ordain to the 'priesthood: Andrew Chrich-Smith, Gerrards Cross and Fulmer; Greg Downes, Hazlemere; Andrew Evans, Aylesbury Walton Team Ministry; Mark Mowforth, Buckingham; Sue Timmins, Iver; Michael Withers, Blechley; and to the diaconate: Jo Chrich-Smith, Ripon College. The preacher will be the Revd Catherine Dyer, vicar of St Andrew's, Cippenharn.
All Saints, Maidenhead At All Saints, Maidenhead on June 29 at lOam, the Bishop of Reading will ordain to the priesthood: Pauline Hewlins, Radley and Sunningwell and St Helen's School, Abingdon, and Andrew Sillis, All Saints, Maidenhead. The preacher will be the Revd Trevor Parkin, vicar of St Andrew and St Mary Magdalen, Maidenhead.
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Tim Norwood: 'A large part of my childhood was spent in the .Diocese. I lived in Slough, Aylesbury, Great Horwood and Milton Keynes - all of which are in the Archdeaconry of Buckingham to which lam now returning. Since leaving school, I spent two years with USPG in Southampton and Edinburgh. I also studied theology for four years in Aberdeen and two years in Cambridge. My wife Isla and I are looking forward to joining the churches of Upton-cumChalvey in June where an exciting time lies ahead.'
Prior to training at Wycliffe Hall, Andrew Bullock specialised in teaching dyslexic people. 'I have taught in London primary schools, secondary schools and have taught adults in Wandsworth Prison. I am married to Alexandra, who is training as an actress, and have two sons, Peter, 6, and James, 5. I will be serving my curacy in the parish of Sandhurst in Berkshire, under the Revd Alan Wilson. My interests include, amongst many others, foreign travel, photography, cycling and listening to opera.'
Nick Lyness will be coming from St Albans, having just completed his BA Hons at Oak Hill College. He will be serving his title post at Greyfnars in Reading as of September, joining the growing and busy team under Jonathan Wilmot. Nick is 42 years old and before entering ministerial training, he ran his own business for a number of years. His wife Christine will be with him in Reading but his three children, Cara, Zoe and Ben, will almost certainly not join them as two are already working and the youngest will probably stay with her sister in Ware.
John Dudley (NSM, Emmer Green) was an airline captain with British Airways until his retirement eight years ago. As a mature student he read for a Bachelor of Theology degree at Manchester College, Oxford, and undertook ministerial training on the Oxford and St Albans Ministry Course, based in Oxford. 'I am married to Linda, a midwife, and we have a daughter Fiona, 11. I have daughters Alison working in Germany, Katharine studying philosophy, and a son Bruce who is studying geography. My recreation activities include gardening, photography and DIY.'
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Georgie Simpson (NSM, St Mary & St Nicholas, Littlemore, Oxford) is married to Ben and they have recently moved to Sandford on Thames. They have two daughters, one an air traffic controller, the other teaching in Kenya before going to university this autumn. After reading theology at Westminster College, Oxford, Georgie obtained an MA in Pastoral Studies at Birmingham University. Until the move to Sandford, she was a regular member of the Christ Church Cathedral congregation. She has had a long-term interest in hospital chaplaincy and is a part-time member of the chaplaincy team at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
'Hello! Fm Jo Chrich-Smith and I'm looking forward to serving my title with the people at St Michael-and-All-Angels, Amersham-on-the-hill. My training has been at both Cranmer Hall, Durham and Ripon College, Cuddesdon. This is because I married Andy halfway through, and we moved to Gerrards Cross where he is finishing his first year as a curate. My roots are in West Yorkshire, and I still love to get back up to the Dales for some Yorkshire air, and other delights such as mushy pea fritters. I studied English Literature at university, and spent some time in Tanzania teaching English. In free time I love to write, go swimming and dabble in silk-painting and patchwork.'
Richard Hancock originally worked as a professional photographer before working in the Taizé Community, after which he served as full-time youth and children's officer to the Riverside Team Ministry. He is married to Kate, a primary school teacher, who he met at Yellow Braces. Richard is a life professed member of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis, and is currently studying for an MA in pastoral theology at Westcott House, focusing on the spiritual development of adolescents. They are both looking forward to becoming part of the family of St Peter's, Didcot and working with the Revd Nicholas Gandy, OGS.
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Caroline King (NSM) was born and brought up in Oxfordshire (her family home is a farm at Curbridge near Witney) and she is looking forward to a curacy in the county, at Wheatley. Before returning to study for ordination at Cuddesdon (in the same team parish as Wheatley) Caroline worked for three and a half years in Israel, and then read Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, where she met her husband, David, a civil servant with the Inland Revenue. They have one daughter, Sarah, who is 20 months old.
Simon Walker: 'Oxford has a recurring part to play in my life. Born in the Infirmary, I spent my childhood in Essex, before returning 20 years later as an undergraduate. Another three years at Wycliffe and now a curacy at Christ Church, Abingdon, cement my attachment and fondness for the place. While working in London, I met and married Jo, who now teacles at a local primary school in the Abingdon area. We look forward to joining the life of the church, homemaking and perhaps a little time for painting and golf!'
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The network exists to support and advise on vocations to all ministries in the Church both lay and ordained. You can contact its members direct or through local clergy. Chairman. Mrs Hilary Unwin, ALW, Moreton, Chiltern Rd, Chesham Bois, Amersham HP6 5PH. Tel: 01494 725228. Vice-Chairman: Revd Stephen Rowe, The Vicarage, St John's Rd, Caversham, RG4 OAN. Tel: 0118 9471814 Secretary: Revd Mervyn Puleston, The Vicarage, Clifton Hampden, Abingdon, Oxford, 0X14 3EF. Adviser for Religious: Vacancy Adviser for Church Army: Sr. Mandy Priestly CA, 49 Southiake Crescent, Woodley, Reading, Berks, RG5 3QJ. Tel: 0118 969 2462 Adviser for Black Concerhs: Mrs Beverley Ruddock, Joydean, Murrell Hill Lane, Binfield, Bracknell, Berks, RG42 4DA
Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7RB. Tel: 01235 819036. Deaneries of Bradfield, Reading & Reading University: Revds Stephen and Christine Rowe, The Vicarage, St John's Rd, Caversham, RG4 OAN. Tel: 0118 947814. Revd Hilary Platts, 53 Sutcliffe Ave, Earley, Reading, RG6 7JN. Tel: 01189663563. Deanery ofNewbury: Revd Dee Castle, NSM, 31 ,Westwood Rd, Greenham, Newbury, RG14 7TH Tel: 01635 36252. Revd Christine Dale, 28, Masefield Rd, Thatcham, Berks RG 18 4DE. Tel: 01635 872004.
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ers are not mentioned. For many of us it is those who work in the arts who have helped keep faith flickering, but there is no mention of novelists such as Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Patrick White, William Golding or Shusaku Endo, or poets like Les Murray and RS Thomas. Another weakness is the Distinguished whole field of social ethics, omissions If the first edition reflected a for which there is no sepahigh Anglican bias, one won- rate entry. The entry on war ders if this edition has over- does not mention the highly compensated. Cardinal sophisticated debate that Hume receives an entry, went on during the cold war Robert Runcie does not. on the principles of proporHelder Camara is in, but, tion and discrimination in amazingly, Desmond Tutu relation to the morality of is out. The distinguished con-- nuclear deterrence. It is good temporary theologians to have an article for the first Moltmann and Pannenberg time on Christian attitudes have entries, but Austin to the Jews, but the paraFatter, once described as the graph dealing with the modone genius produced by the em period is very thin. Inevitably, the articles in Church of England this cenThe Oxford Dictionary of tury, does not. Then there is the question World Religions are not so of the arts. TS Eliot is in- full, trying as it does to cover cluded but WH Auden, just all the world's religions in as profoundly a Christian 8,200 entries. But the book poet, if less obviously so, is will prove its worth for the not. Benjamin Britten, not a growing number of people
interested in different religions, not least those travelling to India and Southeast Asia wishing they knew more about what they see. The main strength of a dictionary like this is the way it approaches a subject from a wide range of perspectives. For example, the article on abortion considers this not just from a Catholic and Protestant point of view but Jewish, Muslim and the Eastern religions as well. Similarly in relation to homosexuality and on more metaphysical themes. There are three full pages, for example, on the differing attitudes to time. Accessible scholarship Inevitably, with such a wide range to cover, the bibliographies are brief, in contrast to The Dictionary of the Christian Church where they are for the most part extremely full, with reference to German and French authorities as well as English. Both books are, in their different ways, excellent productions making the best scholarship available in a way that is accessible and in a spirit designed to encourage the fair-minded study of all the world religions. Richard Harries is the Bishop of Oxford. A longer version of his review originally appeared in The Guardian newspaper on March 27. We are most grateful for their permission to reproduce this extract.
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LIFE ON FIRE WITH LOVE A Woman's Work: Chiara Lubich, a biography of the Focolare Movement and its Founder by Jim Gallagher, (Harper Collins, £7.99) Focolare means fireplace and the Focolare Movement has at its heart the teaching of Jesus that we should be on fire with love for one another as He loves us. This is what is meant by unity: mutual love between Christians of all denominations, between all people, of whatever faith. This is an inspiring book which gives the reader a great admiration for Chiara Lubich, the founder of the Movement. She was born in Trent, Italy, and in 1943 as a young teacher, amongst the destruction of the war, felt called to dedicate her life to God. She and a few friends met regularly to read the Gospels so that they could live the Word in their daily life, and become witnesses to the Christian faith, rather than preach it. Within a few months there were 500 people living their faith this way, and today the Movement
has spread all over the world, from the Roman Catholic tradition where it began, to other denominations of the Church. Chiara Lubich says that she is just an ordinary person: all that she has achieved is God working through her. However, Jim Gallagher shows that she is not an ordinary person. She has tremendous energy, has studied philosophy, written many books, and travels all over the world. In 1977 Chiara Lubich was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. She has always made sure that the Movement is approved by the Pope and the established Churches, meeting regularly with Church leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury (most recently in 1996 when on a visit to England). She has worked to build bridges between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. In 1945 the Archbishop of Trent said of the Focolare Movement: 'The finger of God is here'. The Focolare spirituality has a real contribution to make to the world of today where there is so much disunity. Walter R Cheyney Walter works for the Diocesan Trustees. He is a member of Bodicote Church near Banbury and he has been a member of the Focolare Movement for 12 years.
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DIOCESAN NEWS How Cowley 'sold' their Easter message How can Christians tell the world what Easter means to us? For many years now Churches Together in Cowley have held an act of commitment and worship in the middle of Templar Square on Good Friday. Sadly a large café and the traders and entertainers had rather crowded us out so a new initiative was called for. The idea of using an empty shop in 'The Centre' grew out of a meeting of local clergy and lay people. The Revd James Ramsay asked local schools for work to display and 'the shop' began to take shape. Members of all the Churches Together
congregations were asked to act as stewards. As a volunteer, I can vouch for the success of our shop and its happy atmosphere. The initial impact as you went in, past windows bright with colourful posters, was a view of a very large cross with piles of rubbish at its foot. This was a moving piece of work created by students at St Augustine's School to show the Cross rising above the junk and confusion of the 20th century. Around the walls were texts and pictures done by children, some as young as four, and a beautiful wall hanging from Wesley Green Middle School. Also on display were many of the banners embroidered for the production of 'The Way of the Cross' in Cowley in 1989. John Bunyan Baptist Church donated boxes of Bibles for anyone who asked for one and there were leaflets about our various churches and our Easter services. At the back of the shop was an area with a burning candle and comfortable seats for folk to sit, pray or talk quietly. A service was held in this lovely place on Good Friday. The visitors book was signed by over 120 people so by that reckoning alone the project was a success. But if, like me, you had seen two hefty teenage lads on their knees carefully colouring a large banner which said 'Christ is Risen', I'm sure you would have had no doubt at all about the shop's success. Rosanne Butler Mrs Butler is a member of St James' Church, Cowley.
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Musical celebration in Wantage Parishioners at Saint Peter and Paul Church, Wantage are delighted because they are to receive a £265,000 Arts Council grant in recognition of their important role as a music centre in the town. The good news came just as the church was preparing to celebrate the installation of their new pipe organ after three years of hard fund-raising. This has been constructed by the world-famous Irish organ builder, Kenneth Jones and is based on fine old pipe work from the previous organ, which stood buried in the north choir aisle. Much of it is by Allen of Bristol, examples of whose work are now very rare. The organ was blessed at the Parish Mass on Pentecost Sunday. When the Bishop of Oxford attends the opening concert on May 28, the programme will include Gower's Yin Galilaei which was specially composed for the Bishop's consecration in St Paul's Cathedral ten years ago. On Saturday, May 31 at 8pm, the inaugural solo recital will be given by Neil Cockburn, winner of last year's Dublin International Organ Festival. The new organ has already generated so much interest from around the world that the church is organising a subscription series of celebrity recitals, starting on October 15 with Edward Higginbottom.
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'Hale-Bop over Burford Church ' is by the Stonesfield artist, Rachel SherlawJohnson. Burford is the latest in her Oxfordshire sketch book series. It includes illustrations ofthe church though not the comet. You can buy it at Quills in Burford (18.50).
Why God loves High Wycombe Street theatre, music, and displays representing over 30 local charities and missions are just some of the ways that Christians from churches in the High Wycombe Team Ministry are celebrating God's love for his world on June 14. There will be a day of exciting events called Mission Festival '97 at All Saints Church in the centre of High Wycombe from lOam until 4pm. The highlight will be an address by the Bishop of Buckingham. 'The day is a unique chance for the people of Wycombe to see the work that their local churches support', says the Team Rector, Frank Hillibrand.
Lady Day in California On April 7 Mothers' Union members in California, Finchampstead in Berkshire played host to Sonning and Bracknell Deaneries Lady Day Eucharist at St James' Church, Barkham. It was an ideal way for MU members from the two deaneries to get to know each other and an opportunity to
Helping hand needed for Wind people The Oxfordshire Association for the Blind runs a volunteer visiting scheme in Oxford City and is now extending it to Ricester. The aim is to meet some of the social and practical needs of people who are visually impaired especially the elderly. Volunteers are needed with an hour or more to spare on a regular basis perhaps to chat or read the newspapers or help with odd jobs such as changing light bulbs. If you think you can help ring Judy Hall on 01$69 246948.
Week for carers June 9 to 15 is National Carers Week. The three Oxfordshire Carers Centres will be organising events to focus on some of the issues carers have to deal with. Look out for local advertising to see if there is an event for you or ring Ol235 510212. Visits to your home can be arranged if that is more convenient. say a sad goodbye to Mrs Margaret Hill, the MU East Berkshire Archdeaconry VicePresident Mrs Hill, who is moving to Shropshire on her husband's retirement, was presented with engraved glassware and warmly thanked for the 'hard work, time and dedication' she had given to the Mothers' Union in the area. Vicky Pilcher, Crowthorne
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Our gifts for Bethlehem Come sunshine or rain, our three Children's Gift Days have once again attracted large numbers of children and adults. The children came from groups around the Oxford Diocese as a culmination to the work done in their own churches to learn more about the charity Action around Bethlehem Children with Disability (ABCD). So far the children have raised the splendid total of £6,159. The fund will remain open until the end of August. Contributions should be sent to 'ODBF Administered Fund' via Jenny Hyson at Church House. Jenny will also be pleased to supply more information about ABCD.
All photos: David Haylett
A big thank you from ABCD Director, Georgina Mortimer
'From woolly sheep to needlework to the model of Bethlehem (very aptly lit with a car battery I was told - improvisation abounds in Palestine too!) I was quite overwhelmed by the response to the Gift Day held in Kidlington. Would you please pass on my appreciation to all involved.'
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Jubilation for Ckwninic, I
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Frank Blackwell photographed the joyful scenes after the consecration of the new Bishop of Reading in Southwark Cathedral
Gathering of friends Friends and colleagues from around the world queued to congratulate the new Bishop of Reading after his consecration. Pictured with Bishop Dominic are: (top left) the Archbishop
of Canterbury and the Right Revd Wallace Benn who was consecrated Bishop of Lewes at the same service; (centre) his mother, Mrs Mary Walker; (middle left) Dr Zacharias Mar Theophilus, Bishop of the Mar Thoma Church in the Diocese ofNorth America and Europe; (bottom left) Philip Giddings, Diocesan Lay Chairman and Mrs Giddings. The Right Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester and Viscountess Brentford, Lay Chairman of Chichester Diocese are seen left.
(Above) Bishop Wallace's children, Jessica and Linda and lheirfriend Julia (left) brought a youthful touch to the splendid occasion. Photo: Owen e ss
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The Encourager On June 11, we celebrate the feast day of St Barnabas. It will probably be very largely overlooked, but I've always felt Barnabas has a unique contribution to make to the life of the Church. His name meant 'son of encouragement', and that is what he was. All that we read about him in Acts and in Paul's letters - even the incidents that are not entirely to his credit - pick him out as one of that small band of eternal optimists, people who see the best in everyone and spend their time building people up rather than knocking them down. Every church needs a Barnabas or two, if only to counteract the prophets of doom. When Paul was first converted and tried to join the Church in Jerusalem the disciples were understandably cautious. Was he a one man fifth column from the temple authorities? Barnabas, characteristically, took him at his word, supported the story of his conversion, and persuaded the believers to welcome him. On the first, crucial missionary journey Paul took Barnabas with him - but not on the second, because they had fallen out over John Mark, whom Paul regarded as unreliable but for whom Barnabas, typically, argued a second chance. It's immaterial whether Paul or Barnabas was right (though later references to Mark suggest that Paul revised his opinion of him). The point is that there was a voice of hope for Mark, which perhaps ensured that he went on in Christian ministry when he might have felt like chucking it in. Perhaps the most telling mention of Barnabas of all is the briefest, in the Letter to the Galatians. Paul is complaining that the believers in Jerusalem were all taken in by Peter's hypocrisy over Jewish rituals:'even Barnabas was led astray'. That 'even' speaks volumes. Even when Barnabas was 'wrong', he was somehow 'right', if you know what I mean!
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