#104 July 1999 by Diocese of Oxford

Celebrating 200 years of CMS

July 1999 No 104 Diocese of Oxford Reporter Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Church of England faces time of soul-searching soul-searching situation' faces the Church of England said the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Revd Richard Harries, in his moving presidential address at the Diocesan Synod on June 12 in St Andrew's Church, High Wycombe. The majority of our fellow men and women are to all intents and purposes outside the Church in that the culture of the Church is strange to them and they often feel spiritually alienated by it and from it. Bishop Richard said. However he

rejected the caricature of the Church of England so often depicted in the national press of an institution in terminal decline. The Bishop went on to describe the current consultation process in the Oxford Diocese to develop a strategy for mission for the coming years. It is hoped that following consultation with boards and parishes across the Diocese, a mission policy will be endorsed by Diocesan Synod in June 2000. 'We are faced with a missionary

situation in Western Europe as challenging as any that has faced the Christian Church in its history,' said the Bishop, pointing out that while in most countries in the world religious practice is on the increase, the reverse is true in Western Europe. 'We will need to discover wholly new ways of trying to connect with people physically, culturally and spiritually,' Bishop Richard said. More news from Diocesan Synod on page three

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arrel wth amjssjop 'Oxford to Cambridge with a Camel' walk, led by a Kenyan nomad, celebrates 200 years of the Church Mission Society (CMS) camel, several Kenyan nomads, a 70- year old bishop, some American businessmen and David Longrigg, a licensed lay minister from St Giles' Church, Oxford, were among the members of an extraordinary group which left Radcliffe Square in front of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin on June 22 to walk the 85 miles to Cambridge. Among those seeing them off was the ViceChancellor of Oxford University, Professor Cohn Lucas and the General Secretary of the Church Mission Society (CMS), Canon Diana Witts. Canon Brian Mountford, Vicar of the University Church, prayed to the 'God of the Way' for a blessing on their journey. The 'Oxford to Cambridge with a Camel' walk celebrates the bicentenary of CMS who are sponsoring the journey. The group of 25 men and women walkers accompanying the camel also hope to raise £100,000 for six primary schools in northern Kenya to help them provide more education for nomadic tribes.

Helping to educate nomadic children 'We have chosen to walk with a camel because the chiidren in Kenya for whom we are raising funds travelled about with camels,' said Canon Graham Kings, Director of the Henry Martyn Centre for Mission Studies, Cambridge and organiser of the walk. The six-day walk was led by the Revd Joseph Galgalo whose own story is an exciting example of how education can change lives. A member of the Gabbra tribe in northern Kenya, he is the first nomadic PhD student in Divinity at the University of Pictured with Chloe the Camel in front of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin at the start of the Cambridge. journey are the Revd Joseph Galgalo, leader of the Oxford to Cambridge Camel walk, and Canon Diana The party travelled along bridal paths and stayed with church members in Aylesbury and Bedford on Witts, General Secretary of CMS who came to see them off. Hidden behind Chloe is Canon Graham Kings, the way. They were due to arrive at Great St Mary's, the organiser of the event who was also a member of the walking group. Photo: Frank Blackwell Cambridge on Sunday, June 27.

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he Acts of the Apostles gives them get on with it! Let's see and passed it on. We must continue to have that global vision. us a framework for mission. what God does. When I was lecturing at a the- One challenge that the Lambeth It tells us that mission is from God. We are to go out both ological college on world Conference has set before the to proclaim and demonstrate mission, somebody asked, 'Why 'There is not one single that God is at work in Christ. This are we having lectures on misgives a framework to interpret sion around the world when our documented case of a the world. Within that the Spirit call is to the parish patch?' culture being oppressed My answer is that until you comes to empower the Church, by Christians...' and everyone in it indiscrimi- understand what God is doing Anglican Communion is that as Pentecost nately, every diocese in the world should demonstrated. We need no furWHAT'S have a partner and companion ther commission to engage in God's mission. When the Spirit BLOCKING FAITH? diocese by 2008. God is at work in history fulcomes, people just go out and do filling his promises. The Holy it. Recognition comes later. by the Revd Dr Spirit empowers indiscriminateDuring this conference, we ly. The Gospel when let loose have heard of God at work in so Chris Sugden among people brings cultural many different areas: God at renewal, change and renaissance. work in cities, at work among It is a lie to suggest that where people in the media, at work in around the world your effectivecongregations shifting over to a ness in your parish patch will be the Gospel has been shared it has cell structure, taking seriously very seriously impaired. This is oppressed cultures. Professor the communities of interest because no one group of disci- Lamin Sanneh urged at the 1998 ples can grow to Christian Lambeth Conference that wherwhere people live and work. We are not always working on maturity or be effective witness- ever Chrisians have gone and virgin soil. A lot of seed has been es to the Gospel in cultural shared the Gospel on a 'we mean sown over the years. We are to isolation. Paul insisted that to stay basis,' in every case it has provide encouragement where Jewish and Gentile believers had empowered and renewed the culwe see seed pushing through. much to contribute to each oth- ture. There is not one single Our task is to water that. God ers understanding and practice documented case of a culture of the faith. The Gospel has been being oppressed by Christians gives the increase. nurtured in this country for 1500 who have gone there and meant 'Finding the sheep is to stay. That applies to work in only 10% of the the inner city or different racial groups in our country. So we can problem' have confidence. We have seen how God is workHowever, Kenneth Bailey in Poet ing and the role we can play in and Peasant has shown that in the that. Every Christian community parable of the lost sheep, finding should be cross-cultural, in conthe sheep was only 10 per cent of tact with the poor, discover that the problem. Ninety per cent of it learns most from those unlike the problem was carrying a heavy itself, and needs conscious comsheep back to the fold. The hard munity-builders. Our role is to be work of mission is not finding communicator, communitythe lost sheep, but incorporating builders, encouragers, and bringing them along. A lot expounders of scripture, strateof our work in mission and evangelism is about that effort, but I gists and so on. We all have a role, we should not live as though all but it is God who gives the the work was on our shoulders. years. It is out there in Africa, increase. That is our encourageIn Acts 15 we see this wonderful- Latin America and Asia and grow- ment. ly illustrated: the disciples seem ing enormously. The Revd Dr Chris Sugden is the Director to be saying, if the Gentiles have In one sense we have been of Academic Affairs at the Oxford Centre been given the Gospel, then let faithful to that universal vision for Mission Studies

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Witney Christians help break the chain of debt Christian Aid supporters from Witney, Burford and Long Hanborough were among 50.000 protesters who formed a three-mile chain around the banks and bridges of the River Thames in London on June 13 to highlight the issue ofThird World Debt (pictured right). Signatures collected by the West Oxfordshire campaigners were also included in the 17million signature petition handed over to the G8 summit of the world's richest nations in Cologne on June 19. The demonstration was part of the Jubilee 2000 coalition's campaign for the unrepayable debts of the world's poorest countries to be cancelled. Among the events held in the Oxford Diocese was a 'break the chain tug-of-war' on Bank Holiday Monday at the end of Oxford's Lord Mayor's Show (pictured below). Five thousand supporters, from the UK, including a coach load from Oxford, also formed a human chain in the centre of

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Praise for Cholsey's radical reordering An imaginative re-ordering scheme at

Cologne during the G8 summit.They were encouraged by G8's decision to write off $70 billion dollars of unrepayable debt, a quarter of the total. Ann Pettifor, Director of Jubilee 2000, said this was the result of a year of intense pressure and called on the worldwide Jubilee 2000 movement to redouble its efforts.'My message is 'drop the debt'. It's the right time to do this and make sense of the Millennium:

Cholsey Parish church was the runnerup in the King of Prussia's Gold Medal Award, a competition run by the Historic Churches Preservation Trust. The gold medal was presented at the Trust's annual meeting on May 6 at Lambeth Palace by Prince Nicholas von Pruessen in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr Carey was delighted with the re-ordering and restoration at St Mary's, Cholsey which has involved turning the worship area round 180 degrees without affecting the medieval fabric of the building. He said that this kind of scheme, where a church building is made much more welcoming and user-friendly, is just the sort of thing that churches should be doing. He also congratulated the architects (Ian Salisbury and Robert Maguire of Maguire & Co) and the people of St Mary's on doing a 'marvellous job'. The photograph shows (I

A team from St Mary's, Thame flew out to Nairobi on June 12 to start work on building a six-roomed office block at Carlile College, a Church Army college for business and theological students. The team, which includes St Mary's churchwarden Keith Hartley and Marion Archer, a member of the congregation, hope to build the offices from scratch in just ten days. They will be joining a 'Teaching Team' from St Mary's, led by Team Rector, Chris Neal, who will be running courses on evangelism for the theology students who come from all over East Africa. Chris has been building links with the Christian community in Kenya since his first visit there in 1992 and is a regular speaker at Carlile College's special summer school. The Thame contingent were especially looking forward to a reunion with Robert Angiro, Dean of the College, who spent a month in Thame earlier this year as a guest of church members. Andrew Harvey photographed him in Thame (second from right) with (Ito r) Chris Neal, Marion Archer and Keith Hartley.

Church joins in Langtree's centenary celebrations Langtree School, Woodcote celebrated 100 years of education in the village in the last week in May. The school, a mixed compreompre hensive, draws most of its pupils from the area served by the Langtree Team of Parishes and a week of special events was rounded off with a packed thanksgiving service at St Leonard's, Woodcote. The preacher was the Team Vicar, the Revd Nelva Moss (left) and there were readings and musical items from the students, the headmaster and the chairman of governors. An exhibition in the church included a chance to see a specially made Centenary Quilt as well as artwork produced for the centenary.

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One woman and her dog walk half-marathon for mission fund Bracken, an eight-year old yellow labrador, and his owner, Clemency Fox (pictured right), walked 'the Otmoor Challenge' half-marathon on June 5 to raise money for the mission fund of St Nicholas Church, Marston.The annual sponsored walk of 13 miles around the seven Otmoor 'towns' starting and ending in Horton-cumStudley, raises money for your chosen charity. Bracken and Clemency have walked for the church for five years running, raising over £1000 for the mission fund.

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THE DOOR founder, bought a boat and stocked it up with everything the fishermen needed including medical equipment - but he didn't take any gin! He was so successful that in 12 years he had put the other boats out of business, because the fishermen knew that if they came to the they 'Ensign' wouldn't be ripped off, and they'd be cared for. Our last Mission ship was disbanded in 1952 and we are now Ian Pearce was born in High Wycombe and now based at various lives in Milton Keynes in a five-bedroomed house he built himself. He is married to Tendayi and has welfare centres and regional three children. Ian is Regional Organiser for the offices around the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen country. Our evanwhich offers hospitality and care to fishermen gelism is through and their families. Ian's job is to raise the profile one-to-one friendof the Mission in the area covered by the Oxford ship, but if they Diocese and parts of Middlesex and Surrey. For don't want to donations and further information write to Ian know about our Pearce, RNMDSF, Freepost ANG 5599, Milton faith, we don't Keynes MKS 6YD.Tel: 01908 520397 or email: withdraw our lan@rnmdsf.freeserve.co.uk help. Our motto is Photo: Frank Blackwell Interview: Venetia Horton 'Preach the Word; and it is our job to break the bad news to Heal the Sick'. We really believe that if a the families. fisherman knew that every time he walked The difference betwen the fishermen's into one of our centres, he was going to be Mission and the Seamen's Mission is that bashed over the head with a Bible, he wouldthey are an Anglican organisation, while n't come. On the other hand, they know by we are non-denominational; they work the way we live, and by the information we with merchant seamen, while we work have up on the walls, that we are a Christian with fishermen; they are ordained while organisation and that we want to talk to we are all lay people. I am told that it's bad them about Christ - but first and foremost luck for fishermen to see anyone in a cleri- we are there to serve them. cal collar before they go out to sea, so an I was brought up as a Christian, baptised ordained clergyman is not the most popu- in a Baptist church and confirmed in an Anglican church but as a teenager I kicked 'It's amazing I was offered the it into touch, When I was 20, I got married; job considering that I had only it was a mistake and it broke up about 10 years later. Then I met the woman who is just got my licence back after now my wife. She's from Zimbabwe so we drink-driving' went on holiday there in 1993 to meet her family. My father-in-law is a Methodist minlar man on the quayside first thing in the ister, and I saw something in my in-laws morning or last thing at night! that I hadn't seen before. They have a living The uniform is brilliant because it dis- faith. Just watching them, seeing how nattinguishes us from anybody else. We have it ural it was for them to pray, how natural it because the Mission started in 1881 as a was for them to say, 'We've got to make a hospital service for fishermen who spent decision, what would Jesus do?' That really months at sea off the Dogger Bank. All had an effect on me. their. supplies were taken out on floating That Good Friday my father-in-law was 'shops' which also supplied them with gin preaching elsewhere and instead, three from Holland! So Ebenezer Mather, our local preachers gave sermons and one of

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hen I saw my present job advertised I said to God, 'Look God, if the job is offered to me, I'll assume you want me to take it'. I'm not sure if you should pray like that, but I have been with the Fishermen's Mission for three years now. I have no sea-faring background at all, I've never been in the Navy, I can't even swim, but I do believe this is what the Lord wants me to do. It's amazing I was offered the job considering that I had onlyjust got my licence back after drink-driving, but I put it all in my application form - you've got to be up-front haven't you? If you're a Christian, you can't be anything else. I am always being introduced at meetings as coming from the RNLI or the Seamen's Mission instead of the Fishermen's Mission! The distinctions are these: the Lifeboats do the rescuing - we take over once they have brought people ashore. We don't ask if they are fishermen or not, but later we provide long-term care for fishermen's families. We care for the orphans and widows, we care for the disabled, we look after those that have retired, and those with drug and alcohol problems. Sadly 11 fishermen are killed or seriously injured every month around our coastline

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Do our clergy really care about worship? Worship and liturgy have become Cinderellas in some churches. Is it because their clergy are simply run off their feet with other duties or do they feel uncomfortable when confronted with it? Edward Higginbottom, Organist and Tutor in Music at New College, Oxford writes

asked a priest and a friend how he spent his days. He said in visiting, in meetings, looking after the parish community, administration, receiving visitors and so on. In fact the only thing that seemed to distinguish him from a social worker or involved citizen was his conviction that Christ was at the centre of his life and the fact that he spent some of his day in church. Surprisingly enough, for an activity which defined his Christian identity, worship was a Cinderella for my friend. He was so busy doing other things that worship and the liturgy had to look after themselves. Questions of who did what and how were relegated to a quick fix before a service. The focusof a

Sunday morning might be decided as things went along. It would always be possible to rummage for a few prayers at the right moment. As for the music, the choir had long since disappeared, and anyway it was easier to put on a CD through the PA system. I was struck by all this. Was it a common experience among the priesthood? Could it be that this part of a priest's life was

commonly the one pushed aside by other demands? If so, no wonder that so many lay people seemed to attach so little importance to worship. How had my friend reached this point? Had his theological college concentrated on other things? Had his tutors suggested that worship looked after itself, the books and the Spirit being self-sufficient? Was he simply run off his feet, scurrying from one obligation to another? If the gathering of two or three together was the most important moment for Christians, then surely it merited more than he gave it in terms of planning and execution. Anthropological evidence suggests that communal acts of identity and purpose are highly prized, and prized in their execution. It would be strange to see tribesmen from New Guinea performing their ceremonies sloppily. It should be equally strange to observe Western religious ceremonies that have become sloppy. Aren't they too important, too central, to be neglected on the pretext that there are more important things to be done? And once you put worship and communal prayer at the heart of Christian witness, your energies and efforts must follow. The elements that make effective our acts of 'common prayer' are numerous, from a well-ordered church to a resonant liturgy, from architecture that lifts the spirit to music that charges the soul.

It would be strange to see New Guinea tribesmen performing their ceremonies sloppily Returning to my friend, I was inclined to view him as unrepresentative of the clergy, until I came up against a phenomenon of indifference that stopped me in my tracks. In the last six months a group of highly motivated Christian musicians, working in ecumenical partnership, have run three events to provide the clergy of the Diocese of Oxford with an opportunity of learning a good deal more about the resource of music in worship. The days took place on Saturdays in October, November and February, under the banner 'Music and Worship Together In Service' (MAWTINS). Keynote speakers of national distinction took part, and the plenary sessions and workshops were directed by leaders in the field. The initiative was in part a response to the Archbishop's report In Tune with Heaven. But it had a broader base, both ecumenically and in offering guidance. The days were vigorously supported by the Bishop of Oxford, and trailed in The DOOR. It would have been difficult to have been a clergyman in the Diocese of Oxford and not to have noticed these events on the calendar. These were extraordinary days of help, guidance and inspiration. For once the musicians were willing to work with the priests in partnership. Over 200 lay musicians and singers came but out of more than 600 clergy in the Diocese of Oxford, a mere 25 attended. Can so many be like my friend, fretting about everything except the central part of their Christian witness? Is the Archbishop's report so much pie in the sky? Do clergy feel uncomfortable when confronted with liturgy and how it articulates their faith? There must be somebody whom the musicians are trying to help who will have an answer or two. Edward Higginbottom The photo by Frank Blackwell is from the BBC Songs of Praise at Warborough. See also page three.

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Dependence upon generous giving The second principle on which CMS was founded was the belief that people will support work that they recognise to be effective so that there is no need to be unduly anxious about money.Today there are hundreds of calls upon our purses, most of them for extremely worthwhile causes: eye operations in India which for a few pounds can restore sight, orphanages round the world which can rescue children from abuse of various kinds, work for human rights and so on. Now we are dependent upon generous Christian giving for the future ministry of the Church, we have to convince people that what we have to offer is as worthwhile and effective as the best charities. The Decade of Evangelism has only been a partial success. It has done something to alert us to the need for serious thinking about mission. But numbers have continued to decline, even if not dramatically. This means that we need to think seriously about a strategy for mission for every parish and board in the Diocese for the opening decade of the new millennium.At its residential meeting at the end of June, Bishop's Council will be working on a consultation document and process for such a mission strategy.The hope is that we will be able to engage in such a wide-ranging consultation process over the next year that our strategy can be widely owned and then vigorously implemented in every department of our life. This is not something we are doing on our own. We strive with the whole Church on earth and in heaven, the prayers of the saints and our fellow believers and, above all, the Holy Spirit who will illuminate, guide and encourage us in the task. With every blessing.

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The Right Revd John V Taylor was General Secretary of the Church Mission Society (CMS) from 1963 to 1974. On May 9 he was the preacher at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford at a Celebration Eucharist for 200 years of CMS and its support from the Oxford Diocese.This is an abridged version of what he said.

no agency to support them. Of the first 17 CMS missionaries, 14 were German Lutherans. They needed special orientation before going abroad, so Thomas Scott, who had by then returned to Buckinghamshire as Vicar of Aston Sandford (3), set up the first CMS training centre in Bledlow (4), five miles away. While this was happening, CMS was approached by the senior chaplain to the colony of New South Wales, Samuel Marsden, with a plan to bring the Gospel to the Maoris of New Zealand by planting among them a small colony of Christian artisans with their families.

he end of another century in the small parishes along his southern history of an institution compels boundary, Weston Underwood (2) us to look back and look ahead. and Stoke Goldington. Like many clerThe words 'Hitherto' and 'Henceforth' gy of that age, Scott took his theology are the theme of this talk. In John 5: 17 and his care of souls lightly until the Jesus says: 'Hitherto, up till now, my embarrassment of Newton's example Father is at work and I am working as a pastor brought him to a radical too'. He is God's partner, of whom he change of heart. After 15 years at Olney, Newton was adds, The Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the given a parish in London, where he Father doing. That replica The rope-maker partnership is what Jesus missionary.shares, when they are CMS recruited John King, a ready for it, with his discirope and twine-maker from ples in chapter 15:15: Swerford (6) in north 'Henceforth I am not callOxfordshire, and sent him to ing you servants for learn shoe-making as well. A servants do not know what carpenter from Carlisle also their master is doing.' cffered. These were the first His word 'Henceforth', CMS missionaries to come from 'from now on', promises a Britain. After a long delay in change, a new quality of New South Wales, where a third partnership: 'I am calling family from England, that of a you friends'. It may schoolmaster, joined them, promise a response to new they reached the Bay of Islands events, as in St Paul's case in the far north of New Zealand at Corinth: 'Henceforth I on Christmas Day, 1814. will go to the gentiles'. The strange experiment was But how can we know A meeting that changed the world: on April 12, 1799, in a not a great success. The settlers what the Father is doing, room at the Castle and Falcon Inn,Aldersgate Street in found it hard to get along and what does the phrase London, nine laymen and 16 clergymen founded the together. Although after ten mean, anyway? Looking Society for Missions to Africa and the East which by 1812 years five more families had back, we can see God's was known as 'The Church Missionary Society for Africa hand at work in evolution, and the East'.The orignal proposal of mission to the ends come out, there were still only of the earth came from Thomas Scott whose first parish three in place - two of the newand in history, by noting was Weston Underwood and Stoke Goldington in Bucks. comers, and John King''. Yet how one thing leads to they had won the absolute another. So I want to pick some examples of the participation of began toying with the notion of a club trust, if not conversion, of the Maoris the Oxford Diocese in the fortunes of in the heart of the City for men of evan- around the Bay of Islands and estabthe Church Mission Society to show gelical conviction from various walks lished a bridgehead from which other how one thing has led to another. of life, who would meet regularly to areas could be reached. The records tell us little about the debate questions of religion and ethics. Newton's radical conversion Within four years the Eclectic Society wives who accompanied their husIt could be said that the story began in was created. Shortly after, Thomas bands overseas and, in those days of 1764 when the blasphemous young Scott also moved to London, joined the high mortality, often survived them. slave trader, John Newton, having been Society and was the first to propose One such was Sarah Clarke from converted to a personal faith and the question of mission to the ends of Sandford (7), just south of Oxford. ordained in the established church, the earth. It took another 13 years Through another agency she had made was made curate of the parish of Olney before that 'Egg', as old John Newton her way to Bombay to train teachers. (1) in Buckinghamshire. Eight years called it, was hatched and the Church There she met and married Thomas later, Thomas Scott took charge of two Mission Society came into being with Jerron, a CMS missionary in the fourth Thomas Scott as its Secretary. One thing year of his service. Three months later Our centre spread feature on page 10 he died. Sarah moved to Bombay had led to another. and 11 includes news about CMS links The Church of England now had a where, under her own roof, she ran today in the Oxford Diocese and a new missionary society but no mis- schools for homeless boys and girls for map showing the numbered places sionaries, while in Germany there were 11 years before her own death from on this page. Continued on page 13 Lutherans eager to serve overseas, but blood poisoning.

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Two hundred years ago when CMS was founded people worked on the assumption that England was a Christian country and we needed to send missionaries abroad to convert people of other countries.Today it is widely recognised that England is even more in need of missionary endeavour than, for example, Africa.The majority of our fellow countrywoman and countrymen are outside the Church, in the sense that they do not attend worship, the culture is strange to them and in some respects they feel it to be alien. A huge challenge faces us. Of the four principles on which CMS was founded, two in particular struck me. First, the emphasis upon the quality, rather than the number of the people they intended to send abroad.With fewer stipendiary clergy today there must be the same emphasis upon quality, there is no room for passengers. It would be an interesting test if every ordinand from a theological college had to spend their first three years as a missioner without a church building and with the task of building up a Christian community from scratch. A stipend and a house would be provided for the first three years after which the position would be reviewed. Every priest now needs to be a priest missioner and every bishop a bishop missioner.

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'Sergeant major in the sky' may not be blocking faith Whilst I agree with much that Bishop Richard said in his article in the June edition of The DOOR, I am not sure that his analysis is correct concerning 'what is blocking faith'. I am sure he is right to remind us of contemporary attitudes regarding authority and our need to be careful so that our message is not rejected for the wrong reasons. However. I am concerned that, in so doing, we should not emasculate the gospel. I, personally, believe that a main block to faith is the failure to present the full Biblical message including, when appropriate, the hard hitting aspects. After all, Jesus was sometimes extremely angry (eg Matt v 23) as well as being full of compassion (Luke 13: 34). Interestingly, churches where the difficult aspects of repentance and judgement are faithfully and sensitively taught, often have large and growing congregations. I recall that Bishop Michael Marshall, in his book The Gospel Conspiracy, warns of the danger of an emasculated Gospel being powerless to change lives. He writes: 'Inevitably, such a gospel reverts to moralism at best and puts goodness in place of holiness, education in the place of salvation, enlightenment in the place of repentance and therapy in the place of redemption. In a word it empties the pews. That is what it did to the Church of England in the 18th century...' I don't suggest for one moment that Bishop Richard is proposing an emasculated gospel, but his article may be misleading, not least, because of his concern that mishandling the message may cause Christian ethics to be rejected. Surely our primary concern is that our Saviour should not be rejected? Gerry Muldowney, Barley, Reading

Doubts about Jubilee 2000 I consider myself to lack information to warrant either supporting or opposing proponents of Jubilee 2000. Yet I respectfully object to the simplification of their arguments as reported in your pages. The reason given by the Director of the World Development Movement which

letters to the editor appeared in your April issue, 'The cost to governments and the taxpayer is negligible,' is irrelevant. If governments and taxpayers will not be paying the cost, others must be. Presumably among the payers will be our banks and those who borrow from, lend to and invest in them, including our charities, our businesses (both small and large) and our pension funds. The statement of the Bishop of Reading, made in reliance on Christian Aid and quoted by you in May: 'Much of the debt is owed to the Export Credit Guarantees Department which has already made provision for this debt not being paid,' not only contradicts the Director's, but is vulnerable to the same censure. The Export Credit Guarantees Department is a department ofthe government; and, if the debt were paid, any provision made for default would be available to the government for spending on other projects, at home and abroad. Surely Jubilee 2000 is intended to be nothing more nor less than a great, albeit indirect, gift of alms? If so, the suggestion that alms do not come out of someone's pocket is both false and derogatory: false, because the wealth available to. share is limited and alms represent a gift of part of the donor's share to increase another's; derogatory, because to suggest that alms cost nothing is to deny the virtue in almsgiving. On the other hand, one has to ask whether or not Jubilee 2000 would be the best way of distributing alms. Aid to foreign governments and commercial enterprises has a reputation of not reaching those who actually stand in need of help. Gordon Goldbeig Buckingham

Stress and clergy families At this time of celebrating and giving thanks for the ordination of new priests to the ministry, may I ask that we give some thought and prayers to their partners and children who also have faced and are facing further changes in their lives. To be catapulted into new schools, new environments, new homes and semicommunal living (which admittedly can

have many advantages) can be very stressful. These days we are more aware of the effects of this kind of disruption but perhaps we do not relate it to our clergy families. They surely are deserving of more thought, concern and prayers. Name and address supplied

Encouragement for singles I felt I had to tell readers of my experience following your 'Singled Out' (March DOOR) feature and the response in the June DOOR agreeing that the Church finds it difficult to relate to single people. This certainly hasn't been the case for me at SS Mary and Nicholas, Littlemore. I became single again last year when, after 15 years of marriage, my husband left me and our young daughter to start a new life in the USA. Up to this point I hadn't been a regular churchgoer although I always had faith in God. Our local church had just started a Sunday School and when my daughter and I went along we couldn't have been made more welcome. I soon found myself helping with Sunday School and with fundraising. I have made many new friends and would say that the majority of our regular congregation are either single or have partners who do not attend church with them. I would encourage any single person to become an active member of their church. It has made me feel valued as a member of my community and helped me to start to build a new life. Stephanie Whipp, Littlemore, Oxford

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The CMS approach to other faiths is one of courtesy to its adherents, living among them, respecting their customs, and undertaking tasks of health care, education or development in the name of Christ. Support for churches in mission increasingly means helping to form connections between churches in separate nations that have expertise, experience and resources to exchange. CMS, the movement, was founded on four clear principles defined by John Venn: Follow God's leading and look for success only from the Spirit; send out people of the highest possible calibre; be prepared to begin on a small scale; don't get hung up on fundraising: money will follow effective work. CMS does not exist for its own sake and without the Church it is nothing. A faithful church serves the world around it in Christ's name and it is in union with such churches that CMS undertakes the work of making Christ known to all people in all places. Gill Poole

The most visible part of CMS work is the.inission partners; people with a variety of skills who take up the challenge of using those skills among the people of another culture and language. Often they will undertake: work in a place of adversity or poverty, and usually where people's need is very great. Sometimes this also involves risk and personal danger. But God continues to call people to such work, and the need for them continues unabated. Here are some people connected with churches in the Oxford diocese If you feel that God might be calling you to use your skills in another place, discuss it with your minister or fellowship in the first instance For enquiries contact Gill Poole on 01865 250688 or email on <gill poole@cms uk org>

Christian teaching ior millions of children Jenny Ottewell set off for mission work from St Aldate's Church more than 24 years ago.Through CMS she has been working for the Church of Uganda Education Department for most of that time and has masterminded the training and encouraging of Christian teachers in schools and Sunday Schools and led production of Christian study books for young people.Jenny has prayer, friendship and financial support from five parishes in the Diocese.

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Namugongo parish. For the first few years he was on the staff of Namirembe Cathedral and ministered in Katwe, a slum area of Kampala. Steve, a graduate of St Edmunds College, has managed to immerse himself so well in Luganda, the local language, that he's been a popular football commentator on Uganda radio. Steve, Rebecca, Joshua, Emma, Miriam and Joanna are linked with iver, and also White Waltham.

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NEW CHOICES AND NEW HOPE There are many ways a church can find a focus for its mission support. A CMS interchange visitor or study partner could share in the ministry of a parish or deanery; mission focus packs introduce particular ministries, with points for prayer and ways of raising money; life-changing young people's programmes are worth the investment of support from their local church; the regularly updated CMS prayer resources give current news and concerns; and the materials for working with children and all-age groups could keep a church or church school going with world interest activities for months! For information on any of these, or this autumn's lively 'Harvest Matters' pack, contact the Churches Network Unit at CMS in London on 0171 928 8681 The Oxford Diocese Area Co-ordinator is Gill Poole, on 01865 250688 or e-mail to <gill.poole@cms-uk.org>

Roger Marston retired as accountant for the National Institute for Social Work in 1994, only to take up the post of Finance Director of UMN, a major Christian development agency in Nepal. He and his wife Jen followed up a summer trek in Nepal with this spell of work there through CMS. Jen, with her nursing background, has been actively supporting medical work and training of local midwives.A quiet day means 'only' 139 patients in the agency-run hospital with 129 beds and Roger and Jen have been moved by the courage of Nepali people.They also write to their link parishes in Windsor '[We are] enriched by your love and support and understanding. Our extended family is important to us and greatly treasured.Thank you for your friendship, love and prayers:

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Our newest CMS Mission Partners Mike and Tracey.Walmsley are the newest CMS mission partners to go from this area. Tracey is a dentist, and Mike a development and water engisneer. After the usual two terms of mission training and cultural preparation at Crowther Hall, the CMS training college in Selly Oak, they set off at Easter to LI for their introductory months of language study in Kathmandu. intended location is in Jumla, a remote part of this struggling try. Mike and Tracey were having difficulties over visa complexities i a link visit to the church in Thame, church members prayed for Mike and Tracey both felt 'something had happened'. By the end of week, to everyone's amazement, the full visas had been granted. As isThame, their new links in Oxford Diocese are with Cuddington, r Eaton, and their home church of Holy Trinity, Hazlemere.

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Water, precious water Steve and Cathy Burgess value their link with All Saints, Loughton.With their three children they work in Eldoret, a semi-arid area of Kenya, for the Anglican Church's community services department. Steve's responsibility as a CMS mission partner for the last 12 years has been agricultural development, and his main priority now is developing water conservation methods. One of Cathy's activities with the local church is to help with the publication of their parish and community magazine.

Congo team on standby to go back Two doctors and a community development worker are among the CMS niission partners still longing for fighting to end so they can be allowed back to their colleagues and their calling among the people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire). Nigel Pearson (top right) works in a training hospital operated by the Anglican church in Boga and has home connections with Pangbourne. Francesca Elloway (right) directs cdmmunity health programmes offered by the church further north in Aru and has a supporting link with St Michael and All Angels, Abingdon. In Aru her close neighbour would be David Sharland who leads the church's life sustaining agricultural development work and has a personal' link with Harwell Church.

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Deaconess Susan Essam is into a new phase of her work with the Diocese of Jos in Nigeria.Two years ago the Bishop appointed her as Director of Music at St Luke's Cathedral. As well as the choir there is now a School of Music with students so enthusiastic that the Cathedral organ is always in demand. For theology students an early morning experimental crash course set a precedent for regular weekly lessons. As worship becomes more tuneful in Jos Diocese, Susan writes to link churches,'Please do not cease to pray for us; we rejoice in our fellowship in Christ.'

Chris and Louise Maclay, formerly members of Greyfriars, Reading, have been in Nigeria for four years working on community development.They have now returned with their four young daughters. In trying to decide'what next?', they ask friends to pray for the girls too. 'We may be ready to make some sacrifices, but how far is it fair to impose those on the children? It is not just Chris and Louise who are the mission partners.The girls need our prayers too.'

David and Liz McElvey love sunshine, but in Tanzania they have seen the painful consequences of too much of it for too long. David is a doctor at Mvumi Hospital, and has been confronted with the harsh reality of people who have no food and no money. He and Liz have been able to live out their CMS mission partnership with their link churches in Chesham by asking them to pray earnestly for Gods merciful hand. At the beginning of this year they wrote, 'Today the churches have called a day of prayer for rain, and they are going to the top of Chihembe hill.They plan so stay there the whole day'. In March they wrote, 'In the two weeks starting March 6 we had twice the amount that wed had in the previous three months!'

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The song of Christ in our message Oxford was a rich source of gifted CMS missionaries who were often respected by people of other faiths, says John V Taylor. he financing of the enterprise had to depend for a long time not on supporting parishes but on voluntary local associations of subscribing members. It was not until 1825 that one of these was formed here in Oxford (5). Among the first to join was an undergraduate of Wadham who had been brought up on the writings of John Newton and Thomas Scott, namely John Henry Newman. He was actually the Association's Secretary for the year 1830-31. Yes, like it or not, under God one thing does lead to another.

Relating to other faiths One of our Society's most gifted missionaries was Thomas Valpy French, Fellow of the University and one-time Rector of St Ebbe's. His special significance for us is that he represents a new departure in the relationship between a witness for Christ and the teachers of another faith. In Agra in India where he was first posted, he found a like-minded colleague in ,Charles Pfander, one of the CMS Lutherans. Both men took the religion of Islam seriously and their dispute with it was robust, but never dismissive. Over the next 25 years French was successively the pioneer of a new outreach west of the Punjab, founder of the Lahore Divinity School, and first Bishop of Lahore. As the Society approached its first centenary the question of the future

loomed large, as it does again today. Was God's 'Henceforth' pointing to a change of emphasis and direction? CMS was no longer a suspect counterculture, but a widely respected agency of what was already becoming the Anglican Communion. Must that imply, even unconsciously, that 'the care of all the churches' superseded 'the regions beyond' on the agenda of CMS? On the threshold of the new century two great men, both Oxford graduates, typified the two tasks, competing for pride of place among the Society's concerns. In 1897 Temple Gairdener, an Exhibitioner of Trinity, was accepted as a missionary at the age of 26 to work among university students in Cairo. What is significant is that Gairdener, when writing to tell his family and friends, did not say, 'They are sending me to Egypt', but, 'It is to Islam that I go'. For him this was a passion of love. He made himslf a master of Arabic, learning as readily from Nile boatmen as from the Islamic scholars. He learnt the model structures of Near-Eastern music and collected 300 traditional airs. Several instances are related of violent opponents who turned to Christ in the light of Gairdener's response to their worst insults; for as he himself put it, 'We need the song note in our message to the Muslims, not the dry, cracked note of disputation'. Also in 1897, Bishop Alfred Tucker, graduate of Christ Church, athlete and Royal Academician, the first of three bishops to have reached the Church of Uganda alive, asked his missionaries to accept a new constitution: if there was to be any going beyond the church, it was to be done as an extension of that church. Tucker knew he was challenging the principle which the great Henry Venn had

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The man who dared to speak out

The Gemini Trust helps the mothers of twins in Addis Ababa who would otherwise be penniless outcasts. But in 1997 Traidcraft and Oxfam did not repeat previous orders for their baskets and spices and the women had lost their income. That brought home to me how dependent producers are on the continuing work of fair traders whose commitment ensures that producers receive higher returns for their labour than through the main commercial channels. Grove Books has recently published Fair Trade as Christian Mission (Grove, £2.25) by the Revd Dr Chris Sugden. In setting out his theology for Fair Trade, Chris Sugden draws considerably on his daughter Judith's Durham BA dissertation. This year Traidcraft will turn over £8million, providing two million days employment for 80,000 proro ducers. It has not only sold their products, but helped them design and market them. It has helped set up the Fairtrade Foundation which

'Archbishop Trevor galvanised the conscience of the world and as president of the AntiApartheid Movement ensured that apartheid got onto the world's agenda and remained there until its demise...' (Archbishop Desmond Tutu) Trevor Huddleston A Life by Robin Denniston (Macmillan, £20, ISBN 0-333-78021-3) is the authorised biography by the editor of Huddleston's Naught for your Comfort published by Collins in 1956. Robin Denniston, a close friend of Huddleston's, has had access to his personal papers and has talked to many of his friends. This first-hand evidence provides the basis for a perceptive and illuminating assessment of both the character and achievements of this extraordinary priest. Huddleston arrived in South Africa as an ordained monk with the Community of the Resurrection (CR) in 1943. He was immediately confronted by the policy of apartheid, or separate development, and its appalling social consequences. His approach was unorthodox. He moved into Sophiatown with three CR brethren where he found that as well as the pastoral care he offered to the local community, involvement with the political situation was inevitable. -

awards the Fairtrade Mark to products available in supermarkets. Traidcraft pioneered the audit not only of its own finances, but of its impact on stakeholders, and is sharing the experience with household-name firms. All this Sugden recognises as Christian Mission acted parables of the love of God for human beings. Fair trade challenges the culture which values money and uses people, by using money to value people. Some Christians will want to follow Sugden's lead into fair trading so as to share the gospel as a parable or an event proro viding an opening to explain the Good News. Other Christians see it as their vocation to share in what John Habgood termed 'the touching ministry of Jesus' which is content just to leave the consequences of their selfless action in the hands of God. Christopher Hall Canon Christopher Hall is co-ordinator, Christian Concern for One World

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He took the view that 'A state that is an affront to the dignity of man is an affront to Almighty God who became Man'. It was not easy to combine an active political life with the duties of a monk, but as Huddleston remarked, 'You can really say the Divine office seven times a day and still lead a very active life'. Desmond Tutu explained: 'it was all a consequence of his daily moment-to-moment encounter with the transcendent and all-holy Trinity in the regular offices of his Community, in meditation and the Eucharist'. His conflicts with the authorities focused on issues such as education, 'pass laws' and housing. Although his public protests were unpopular with the government, his charismatic leadership, his friendship with African leaders together with the support of local journalists, who often reported his acti\rities sympathetically, enabled him to alert the world to the situation in South Africa. Denniston discusses the possible reasons for Huddleston's recall from South Africa, looking at the available evidence for what must remain a somewhat puzzling event. After 1960, Huddleston ministered as Bishop in Tanzania and Stepney and then as Archbishop of the Indian Ocean. In his address to the United Nations General Assembly as President of the AntiApartheid Movement, he stated: 'We need the enrichment that comes from multi-cultural, multilingual, multi-faith societies such as that in which I have the privilege to live and work'. He was knighted in 1998.

When Duncan and Jenni Dyason watched a TV programme about the street children of Guatemala, it changed their lives for ever. In Miracle Children The Toybox Story by Duncan Dyason with Clive Price (Hodder & Stoughton, £5.99 ISBN 0-340-72184-7) Duncan describes how he and his wife and baby daughter gave up everything to go to Guatemala to help the children. Duncan himself had a difficult childhood. He describes what it was like to be neglected and hungry and on the wrong side of the law. His journey of faith was to be the foundation that helped him trust God's call to go and work with street children. Sniffing glue as a means of shutting Out the pain, the children know little of love, and often mistrust adults. In the book we read how patiently and lovingly Duncan, Jenni and the street teams get alongside children to offer them hope. The Toybox charity will already be familiar to those of us who took part in the 1994 Oxford Diocesan Gift Days project and the vividly told stories will make ideal reading for all those (adults and teenagers) who want to find out more about the children's lives and to hear how Toybox has now opened a home for some of the boys and girls. All the royalties from this book go to the Toybox charity. 'Jenny Hyson Jenny Hyson is the Diocesan Children's Adviser

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Inevitably covering a life as rich and varied as Huddleston's in a one-volume biography means that not everything can be dealt with in as much detail as perhaps some would like. But overall, this book is indispensable to anyone wanting to gain a real insight into the motivation and life of this great 20th century figure. Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop Mrs Maxwell-Hyslop is a retired archaeologist; who was lecturer in the Archaeology of Western Asia at the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, and now a Fellow of the British Academy. She is a parishioner of the Revd Robin Denniston who is Priest in charge of Great Tew with Little Tew in the Oxford Diocese.

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Lambeth youth event has changed their lives Diocesan Youth Advisor Andrew Gear reports on the 'Time of our Lives', the Archbishop of Canterbury's event for young people which took place in London Photos: Andrew Gear at the end of April.

he hype had all gone, the bouncy castles in Lambeth Palace had been taken away and we had finally caught up on our lost sleep, so what remained of the Time of our Lives? Had it had any real impact on the 120 young adults who went from the Oxford Diocese? It was with these questions in mind that the Bishop of Oxford decided to host a reunion in his garden on June 13. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon, just like the main event itself (see above) and about 50 young people came to share photographs and relive the key moments of the Lambeth weekend. Jo Harries and her co-workers had done a wonderful job on the catering front and once again, the young adults valued the care and hospitality which was shown them. We had a time of worship led by young people from East Berkshire and then a more formal time thinking about what Time of our Lives had really achieved. The responses have been inspiring and humbling: 'Amazing fellowship'. 'I learnt I was not the only Christian!' 'I realised that God was calling me to work with young people'. 'It's given me strength to carry on battling in the Church of England'. 'I have decided to become involved in Church Army'. 'My faith has grown stronger and I am more confident about letting other people know I am a Christian'. Young people are expressing new hope in the Church of England and are being challenged to take time out or to undertake some form of service in their local community. The personal and financial investment of the Diocese in supporting young adults in this event has been well and truly realised in the changed lives of those who went. The overwhelming message was the inspiration of finding that there were so many other young Christians around the country with a living, active faith in Christ leading to a request that there should be some form of on-going contact in the future. Plans are being considered for a worship and workshop day in September. If your parish had representatives at Time of our Lives and you have not yet asked them to make a report to the church, please do so - they have some wonderful stories to tell.

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THE YEW TREE SPEAKS At 3pm on October 10, Doi 'chesterAbbey will be hosting one of the biggest Millennium events in our Diocese and a very unusual one at that. Professor David Bellamy. President of the Conservation Foundation, will be there to present the trees and at the end of the service the Bishop of Oxford will bless them.We hope that the Archdeacons will also be there to hand out the plaques and the order of service which can be used later when the parishes hold treeplanting ceremoniesThis need not be until 2000 as the trees will continue to grow in their pots. Over 350 churches in the Diocese have applied to the Conservation Foundation for yew trees grown from a 2000-year oldBritish tree, so knowing this will be an important occasion, I approached the Secretary General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, Martin Palmer (who happens to be my eldest son!) to suggest a form of service.The Conservation Foundation are so pleased with it that they are printing copies to give to every church, Martin's story focuses on the yew tree itself which speaks of some of the things which have happened around it over the last 2,000 years This is followed by poems and readings and a short meditation. Finally the young tree looks forward to the next 1,000 years.We are asking a local school to perform the final ad at Dorchester Abbey. and one of the meditations will be led by the artist Rebecca Hind, who is contributing her painting of a yew tree in Iffley, said to be one of the oldest in the Diocese. Parishes will receive final details nearerthe time but do note that the trees MUST be collected on October 10.

TINY TOTS SERVICE at Christ Church, l4okier Greeii

eavy investment - good return is one way of describing our monthly Tiny Tots service church life and outreach.

It all began about eight years ago when we realised that we had very little to offer between Baptism and Sunday School. How were we to fill the gap? Seed ideas from other churches took root and blossomed in to what we then developed. We knew we couldn't compete with Postman Pat and the Teletubbies, but on the other hand what we offer must be interesting, attractive and enjoyable. We are in the market place competing with other activities that mums and tots can go to.

Pictured above is the Revd Nigel Stowe holding up a child's toy to show the others. Children are encouraged to bring along their favourite soft toys.

ALL TOGETHER NOW A new Millennium and a new approach to the Lent course: for the first time the national Lent Course is based around music and hymns, because the use of them across all churches is one of the striking changes at the end ofthis century. It is suggested that the course should start with a'Songs of Praise' for all the churches in this area.Then groups using a CD can see in what ways we could share ourtraditions of Christian music and learn from each other ncidentally,the Churches in Buckinghamshie are delighted that Graham Kendrick will be taking part in Pentecost 2000. For a Fact Sheet, write to CTBI Publications, Inter Church House 35 Lower Marsh London SR77RL.

Derek Palmer tel: 01295 268201

September DOOR Countdown to the Millennium: a God-given opportunity for schools? Plans for One World Week

Prayers, bears and plenty of action is proving popular with tots and their mums and grannies at a church in Buckinghamshire

Our rhyming prayers Who Fm AfraId 'Jesus who l'isi by myself Arid doii't ksow what to do, Help itmetoksow you're hear rote, Lord, help we to trust ii you. Aisieti' Jesus WITh Me 'Jesus, let isie walk with You, Although tsiy steps are sstall.

Stay beside sje, hold isiy hand, Apid iiever let 'sie fall.

So this is what we do. We have a halfhour action-packed service. All the choruses (from a choice of 16). prayers (from a choice of seven rhyming prayers) and pictures are put up on the overhead projector. This leaves hands free for the actions, everyone can see and there are no delays. The children are encouraged to bring along a favourite soft toy. We have a special birthday song and a welcome song for newcomers. Whatever we offer is also backed up by a chorus sheet, a prayer sheet, an attendance leaflet with stamps and usually a copy of the story that has been told during the service. The mums (and an increasing number of grandparents)

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The above is part of the Tiny Tots prayer card. If your church would like to start a tiny tots or a pram service, Jenny Hyson, the Diocesan Children's Advisor, will be pleased to help.You can reach her on 01865 208255.

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therefore have all the material they need for 'bedtime prayers'. We have three identical services on the same day. usually the first Thursday of the month. They are pitched at the right times to Suit our mums ie 1030am and 145pm followed by a 'cuppa' and toys in the adjacent hall. To catch those from school the third service is at 3.30pm and is preceded by a drink, biscuits and toys. We have about 70 families on the 'Tiny Tots' books, a few Qf whom also come to Sunday Family Worship and Sunday Schools. If we had been half-hearted we reckon that it wouldn't have taken off. To us, the heavy initial investment of time and organisation has paid off and we have a good return! Nigel Stowe

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Jesus said to her,'Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace' Luke 8.48

or many of us the summer holidays are a major opportunity for physical renewal - to feel really well again after the batterings of daily life. But some of us, of course, have more specific need of healing, for ourselves. or for those close to us. We read a story in the Gospels like this one, of the woman instantly cured of a long-standing haemorrhage, and we simply wish it was like that now. As the old chorus puts it. 'She only touched the hem of his garment . . . and straightway she was whole'. In fact, of course, there was rather more to it than that. Jesus said that it was her 'faith' that had made her well - almost a formula saying with Jesus in the context of his healing miracles.

Yet while this was beyond doubt miraculous healing, and the woman had certainly exercised faith, what happened here was not what is known as 'faith healing'. People are healed by the power of God. In this case, for instance, Jesus 'noticed that power had gone out from him' (v 46). It was the power of God working through Jesus that made people whole, but that healing usually had to be sought, and it was in that seeking that the sick person showed faith. Healing is a gift of God, not something we can demand or deserve. All we can do is seek it and gratefully receive it, as this woman did. The Gospels show us Jesus the healer at work. Sickness, disease and handicap were seen as destroyers of human happiness, to be confronted by the life-giving Son of God (see Mark 1:41). But there is always a greater healing lurking in the background, an element revealed in John's Gospel, where Jesus claims that what he offered to people was healing for the whole person (John 7:23). We are body, mind and spirit: a trinity of elements. To be truly 'well' is for that trinity to be well, and that is always and only the work of God. Canon David Winter is a Team Minister in the Hermitage Team Ministry, Berkshire. This article is adapted from his book, Message for the Millennium (BRF, ÂŁ5.99).

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ACE 99 Conference 19-21 July Oxford

Biennial event bringing together people from the world of contemporary Christian art, theologians and art historians. At the same time there will be numerous exhibitions in Oxford including Art and the Prophetic Vision at the Ashmolean; Sibyls and the Prophetic Vision at the Christ Church Picture gallery; a series of films at the Phoenix Cinema and a public lecture at MOMA.

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Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7TX. Cottesloe Christian Training Programme

Cottesloe Summer Evening Farewell to Judy Meet at 3.30pm at Stewkley Methodist Church for a walk. 4.45pm Tea at Methodist Church. 6pm TaizO worship at St Michael's Church, Stewkley. No need to book.

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Your chance to join others with a concern for justice, peace and respect for the earth. Information, action packs, ideas and support from: One World Week, P0 Box 2555, Reading RGI 4XW. Tel: 0118 9394933 or Christopher Hall 01869 338225

July till 25 Aug OXFORD Leonardo da Vinci and his followers: drawings at Christ Church Picture Gallery. Mon - Sat 10.30am-lpm and 2-5.30pm; Sun 2-5.30pm. Details 01865 276172.

JULY Thu I SHAW The Bishop's Lecture with The Rt Revd Dominic Walker: Desert Fathers come West. 8pm at Church Centre, St Mary's. £3. Details 01635 869572. Thu 1 READING Churchpeople's lunch St Laurence's Hall. 1-2pm. £1.50. Speaker: Amoret Tanner: Bygones and bills. To book Philip Wickens, 467 Basingstoke Rd, Reading RG2 OJG. Fri 2 READING Lunchtime organ music with Cynthia Hall. 1215pm at Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin. Free admission. Sat 3 TAPLOW St Nicolas' summer fete 2pm in

Volunteer Reading Help needs anyone with four hours per week to spare to help primary school children improve their reading skills. Training and materials provided. Details 01235 848130. Jesus and the Spaceman is a play for children written by PCC secretary Iris Lloyd and performed at West Isley Church. It includes miming parts for 20 children and speaking parts for 12 adults. The play is available price £5 from Mrs Lloyd, Gemini Cottage, Stanmore, Beedon, Newbury RG20 8SR. Reading's Battle Hospital needs volunteers to push patients in wheelchairs to Sunday morning chapel. Expenses reimbursed. Contact Michele Le Sueur, Voluntary Services Manager, Battle Hospital, Abbey Building RG30 lAG. Tel: 0118 9636455. Meeting Tables 12 collapsible tables available Church House. Donations welcome. Ring Elaine Bowman 01865 208201.

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PACT Family Fun Day I lam-Spm Saturday 3 July Benson Parish Hall Including Service for Children by Fiddlesticks 'Puppets in Power' 11.30am; BBQ 12pm; kids' samba workshop 12.30; mini olympics 2pm; grand parade 3.30pm. Come in 'circus' fancy dress and add to the fun! To book contact Sandra Kemp 0118 9581 861.

Celtic Spirituality Tue 6 July, 8-9.30pm 15 Weston Road, Great Horwood Leader Judy Rees Cost £2 To book 01296 713603

Young Adult Pilgrimage to Taizé 17-28 July Details Andrew Gear 01885 208253

Looking God in the Eye Encountering God in Genesis: a discussion led by author Canon Trevor Dennis. July IS at 8pm at All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road, Wokingham. Details 0 118 979 2797

Coffee shop provides coffee and home made scones, home made cakes and cookies Also cold drinks Bookshop, Bible cards, Gifts, Books Special discount rates for clergy, churches on application Opening hours 9.45am until 1230pm Monday to Saturday inclusive

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Abingdon Christian Training Scheme Sunday School and Young People's Seminar on Saturday 10th July at Peachcroft Christian Centre Keeping Young People. Using Contemporary Music. Helping Young People Discover a Living Faith. 2-4pm. With Doug Horley who leads the 7-1s at Spring Harvest followed by Dougie Dog Dug's Awesome Praise Party 7830pm at Rushcommon Primary School Loads of fun for all the family. Tickets £1. Please register with Becky Fisher, 4 Sinodum Row, Appleford, Oxon 0X14 4PE. Tel 01235 847270. Or ring the Peachcroft Christian Centre 01235 530227..

Services at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Sunday Services: 8am Holy Communion, lOam Matins and Sermon, 11.15am Sung Eucharist, 6pm Evensong. Weekdays: 7.15am Matins, 7.35am Holy Communion, 6pm Evensong (Thursdays or Major Feast Days 5.35pm Said Evensong and 6pm Sung Eucharist).

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Witney Deanery Development Group An evening for all those working with children and young people: 'The Best Protection for our Children'. Guidelines, current legislation, Diocesan policies. Leader Andrew Gear. 7.4 5pm on Monday 12 July at Holy Trinity, Wood Green, Witney.

Racing Ahead with Freestate 27-30 August Santa Pod Racetrack Between Milton Keynes and Northampton. A new music festival organised by Spring Harvest and Greenbelt featuring Newsboys, All Star United, Iona, Kirk Franklin,Shine and more. Aimed at 1425-year olds. Details www.freestate.org.uk or telephone 01825 746523

reader I you would like your event included in the next The DoorPost, send details in writing to the address below before the deadline: August 15, 1999 poetry. Cost £25 conc £15. Send cheques payable to the Alister Hardy Trust, to Robert Waite, Mister Hardy Society, Westminster College, Oxford OX2 9AT. Tel 01865 243006. Sat 10 BROUGHTON Milton Keynes Garden party at Broughton Rectory. Entrance from 2pm. Opening ceremony with Dame Thora Hird DBE at 230pm. Adults SOp, children free. Sat 10 READING Ripcord Christian band, part of IFES based in Oxford, at Greyfriars Centre 8pm. Tickets £3.50 on door. Sat 10- Sun 11 CROWTHORNE Flower festival St John Baptist Church, waterloo Rd. Sat 10am-6pm. Sun 12-6pm. Refreshments available. Sun 11 DORCHESTER St Birinus Pilgrimage 12.45 Churn Knob, Blewbury; 3.3Opm Brightwell cum Sotwell; teas 430pm St Birinus' Catholic ('h,,,-,-h fl,s,-,-horro,..

Stalls, sideshows, teas, floral displays. Church open 2-5pm. Songs of Praise Sunday 6pm. Sat 24 - Sun 25 HANSLOPE St James the Great open days Sat 11am-5pm, ploughman's lunches, cream teas. Sunday 2-5pm cream teas. Country crafts, cakes, preserves. Tower open both days. Sun 25 - Sat 31 CHICHESTER Youth Pilgrimage organised by Oxford Diocese Affirming Catholicism Group £75 per person. Details Mike Shearan 01865 862748/Mike Cull-Dodd 01865 20498. Email cull_dodd@www.hotmail.com Fri 30 READING Lunchtime organ music with Christine Wells. 1215pm at Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin. Free admission. Fri 30-Sun 1 August WHITE WALTHAM Flower festival at St Mary's. Fri 2-6pm ploughman's supper 7pm price £5. Sat 10am-5pm. musical

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Bank Holiday from June to the end of September from 2.30-5pm. HENLEY-ON-THAMES Medieval Chantry House at St Mary's Church open for teas 3-5.30pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays to end of September. Ground floor and church accessible by wheelchair. Chantry House open to 6pm during Regatta Week )June 30 July 3) all day for tea/coffee, lunches and teas in aid of Children's Society. Details 01491 577062. HUGHENDEN Teas in Church house every Sunday and Bank Holiday to end October 2.15-5.30pm. Cream teas with homemade scones and cakes. Ice creams, tea cakes and soft drinks. Mid-week teas by arrangement with Judy Dauncey 01494 562972. HURLEY Teas on the Green(or in church) every Sunday and Bank Holiday 2.30-5.30pm to end September. Coffee, squash and cream teas. Wheelchair access, toilets. Details Pat Iles 01628 822032. KIDLINGTON St Mary's Church Refectory every Sunday until September 5 between 3.30-5.30pm. Cream teas and homemade cakes. Details Judy Woods 01865 372406.

Wickens. 467 Basingstoke Rd, Reading RG2 OJG. Fri 2 READING Lunchtime organ music with Cynthia Hall. 1215pm at Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin. Free admission. Sat 3 TAPLOW St Nicolas' summer fete 2pm in gardens of Taplow rectory after BBQ 1pm. Burnham Concert Band, gym display, sea cadets, Scout stalls etc. Details Phil Taylor 01628 665616. Sat 3 OXFORD Apollo Consort and Singers St Mary Magdalen Church 745pm. Tickets Oxford Playhouse(01865 798600/on door. Tel 01865 510566. Sat 3 EASTHAMPSTEAD St Michael's Church green and gold fete 2pm. Bouncy castle, Gillespie Brass Band, OBJ Morris dancers, stalls, cakes, barbecue, beer tent. Fancy dress - theme: past decades of the 20th century. Sat 3 WOUGHTON ON THE GREEN Strawberry Fayre at 3pm. Sat 3 GREAT MISSENDEN Evangelism in the 21st Century. 9am-4.30pm St Andrew's Bookshop. Chrysalis Arts Trust & Bishop of Buckingham. Sat 3 HIGHMOOR HALL Transitions - Revd Margaret Jackson on how to cope with changes from the birth of a child/moving house/ retirement. 10am-4pm. €16. Details 01494 641167. Sat 3 DIDCOT Music and Worship Foundation present musical Greater than Gold at Didcot Baptist Church 6pm. Details 01865 454078. Sat 3 - Sun 4 ARBORFIELD Flower festival at St Bartholomew's Church 10am-6pm. Craft, music, drama. Details Cyndy Barson 0118 978 1787. Sat 3 - Sun 4 UFFINGTON White Horse Show llam-6pm. Countryside, family and fun inc Tricky Tykes terrier racing team: snakes and reptiles (Sun); eagles and vulture display; pony show (Sat); heavy horses (Sun); egg throwing (Sun) and sheepshearing+++ Adults £3.75, OAPs and children £1.50.in advance from 01367 820393 or £5/E2 on day. Mon S OXFORD Concert 8pm St Giles Master Olosskoren. Free admission. Retiring collection to Salvation Army/Oxford Homeless. Wed 7 OXFORD Music for violin and piano with Harriet Wilson and Robert Hunter. 8pm. Tickets £3/€1.50 proceeds to Kosovo. Thu 8 OXFORD Council of Christians and Jews AGM followed by Clive Lawton: the Future of Jewish-Christian Dialogue. 730pm St Andrew's, Linton Rd. Details Elaine Kaye 01865 553917. Fri 9- Sun 11 ASHLEY GREEN Flower festival in church with art exhibition and refreshments. Fri 9-Sun 11 THATCHAM Festival weekend at St Mary's and Dunston Park Churches. Fri 7.301130pm Youth Event with 'Sustain' £1.50. Sat from 11am GALA - stalls, games etc. 730pm concert, string quartet. Sun lOam Festival Service and BBQ Details Chris Watts 01635 864567. Sat 10 EAST HENDRED Fete 2pm at Snells Hall. Sat 10 HOCKLIFFE Would Chaucer's pilgrims have tarried here? 10am-4pm. With Vivienne Evans, lecturer in monastic history. Cost £20. Details Wellsprings, Hockliffe House, Watling St, Hockliffe LU7 9NB. Tel 01525 210711. Sat 10 FINCHAMPSTEAD Quiet Day in Midsum'mer 10am-4pm at St James. £5 with Revd Debbie Plummer. Details Reading and Bracknell Christian Training Programme 0118 987 4054. Sat 10 HARNHILL Centre of Christian Healing. Perspectives on Sexuality with Dr Stephen Brooke. Details 01285 860670. Sat 10 OXFORD Day of Reflection on Religious Experience and Spiritual Growth lOam-Spm Westminster College. With Brother Martin of the Shantivanam Ashram, India, and Mehri Nikram, an Iranian who specialises in Jewish and Muslim

jonn taptist Lnurcn, waterloo KU. sat luam-bpm. Sun 12-6pm. Refreshments available. Sun 11 DORCHESTER St Birinus Pilgrimage 12.45 Churn Knob, Blewbury; 330pm Brightwell cum Sotwell: teas 430pm St Birinus' Catholic Church, Dorchester; Pilgrimage Procession leaves 6pm for the Abbey; ecumenical service at Abbey 630pm, preacher Bishop Kallistos Ware. Sun 11 ASTON ABBOTFS Village perfect Sunday, band, treasure hunt, teas 2-5pm. Sun 11 - Sun 18 HOLThPUR Beaconsfield. Week of St Thomas' 50th anniversary celebrations. Men's Night Mon. Youth Charity Morning Sat; Safari Lunch Sun 18th w Bishop Mike Hill. Party, ballon race Sun 18th 3-5pm. Details 01494 672750/675354. Wed 14 and 28 READING Choral evensong. Cathedral style Prayer Book service 615pm. Sun,. by Reading Minster Midweek Choir at the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin. Fri 16 READING Lunchtime organ music with Graham Ireland. 1215pm at Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin. Free admission. Fri 16 - Sat 17 I1LEHURST St Mary Magdalen Hall. Reading Concert Singers present lolanthe

Enjoy your Sunday Breakfast on BBC Thames Valley Sundays, 6-9am on 95.2 and 104.1 FM 730pm. £4.50 (conc £4). Tel 0118 942 5290. Sat 17 HINTON Concert by the Kidderminster Male Choir in Hinton Church 730pm. Tickets £7 from JJ Moland 01865 820410. Sat 17 HAMBLEDEN Choir of St John's Smith Square, conductor John Lubbock, w Howard Moody perform Monteverdi, Mozart, Gibbons etc 730pm at St Mary the Virgin. Tickets £7.50 (€6.50/€3) from 01491 574652 or on the door. Sat 17 - Sat 24 IONA School of Music and Worship. Details Tony Dickinson 01494 520676. Sat 17 HIGHMOOR HALL Open day 2-6pm. £2. Gardens (National Gardens Scheme), exhibition and sale of arts and crafts, teas, plant stall (proceeds to Tearfund). Details 01494 641167. Sat 17 KIDLINGTON Organ recital at St Mary's Church 730pm. £5 (€4.50 conc) on door or from Larry and Faith McKeever 01865 375399. Sat 17 FRITWELL St Olave's summer fete 230pm Wodards Close. Sat 17 HEADINGTON QUARRY Holy Trinity summer fete 2pm at Coach House, Quarry Rd. Mad Hatters competition and Heading Quarry Morris. Admission 30p. Sun 18 WRAYSBURY St Andrew's open air evening celebration (a service for ages 0-100) after the cricket on the village green. Workshops for 10-18 year olds during the afternoon. Details Derek 0976 633783/Karyn 01784 483496 or email derek@beesleyl.freeserve.co.uk Tue 20 BICESTER Mothers' Union Archdeaconry festival Eucharist 730pm at St Edburg's Church. Speaker Diocesan Chaplain Revd Christine Rowe. Thu 22 TILEHURST St Mary Magdalen Patronal Eucharist 8pm. Preacher B Shenton. Fri 23 FINGEST (Hambleden Valley near Henley) healing service with laying on of hands and anointing at Holy Communion 1015am. 01491 571231. Sat 24 TILEHURST St Mary Magdalen Patronal Flower Festival, Gift Day 10am-4pm. 0118 942 7850. Sat 24 ASCOT - U- WYCHWOOD Church fête 2pm on Village Green. Chipping Norton Silver Band, swing boats, beer tent. Sat 24 - Sun 25 ASTON ABBOITS Festival 2pm.

nrisune vvelIs. 1.1Dp111 ai WIIIISLCI LIIUII.11 01 aL Mary the Virgin. Free admission. Fri 30- Sun 1 August WHITE WALTHAM Flower festival at St Mary's. Fri 2-6pm ploughman's supper 7pm price £5. Sat 10am-5pm. musical evening 730pm tickets £5. Sunday Holy Communion 8am, Family Service 11am, church open 12.30-6pm, Songs of Praise 630pm. Sat 31- Aug 7 BANBURY Rock and Role into the new Millennium. Baptist Holiday Week for all ages. Contact Leading Edge 01328 864801. email LeadEdge7@aol.com Sat 31 SHIPTON U WYCHWOOD Oxon Historic Churches Trust AGM. Details Richard Lethridge 01993 824196. Sat 31 MILTON KEYNES Celebrate Jesus 6-10pm The Sanctuary, Denbigh Leisure Centre, Saxon St, Bletchley. Jesus Fellowship 01327 349991.

AUGUST Thu 5 READING Churchpeople's luncheon club St Laurence's Hall, Abbey Square. 1-2pm. £1.50. Speaker: Major Les Cook, Aspects of Salvation Army work. To book contact Philip Wickens, 467 Basingstoke Rd, Reading RG2 OJG. Sun 8- Thu 12 WALSINGHAM Youth Pilgrimage. Details Janet Marshall 01328 821073. Sun 15- October 17 IONA - LONDON Pilgrimage against Poverty. Details Church Action on Poverty 0161 236 9321 orJo Saunders 01865 208213. Fri 27 FINGEST (Hambleden Valley near Henley) healing service with laying on of hands and anointing at Holy Communion 10.15am. 01491 571231. Fri 27- Tue 31 MARS WORTH Church flower festival lOam-5pm. Refreshments, stalls, books, brica-brac. Details Joan Dutton 01442 825950. Sat 28 HAMBLtDEN Cafe Mozart perform Haydn, Dussek, Dibden etc on period instruments. 730pm at St Mary the Virgin. Tickets £7.50 (E6.50/0) from Mrs C Allen 01491 574652. Sat 28- Mon 30 WOKINGHAM Flower festival St Paul's Church. Details 0118 9786554.

SEPTEMBER Thu 2 READING Churchpeople's luncheon club St Laurence's Hall. 1-2pm. AGM. Philip Wickens, 467 Basingstoke Rd, Reading RG2 OJG. Sat 4 OXFORD Westminster College: Christian Unity - in Diversity. Challenges arising from 1998 WCC Assembly. £5. Details Brenda Hoddinott 01865 253590, b.hoddinott@ox-west.ac.uk Sat 11 - Sun 12 SHINFIELD Walk in the Light. Flowers and music at St Mary's to celebrate patronal weekend. Church open 10am-6pm. Fri 17- Sun 19 WALHNGFORD Flower Festival St Mary's: lives of Christians from St Peter to Mother Teresa and Terry Waite. Concert 8pm Sat by Chameleon Arts. Sunday Festival service 4pm. Sat 18 KETTERING Millennium Picnic at Wickstead Park organised by Kids' Ministry. £6.50 each. Details 01323 440486. Book by Aug 16. Sat 18 - Sun 19 WINDSOR LegoLand Praises in the Park. Fri 24 FRJLFORD HEATH New Life Outreach Golf Eund Raising Day. £85 non-members /E45 for members. Details 01865 343655. Sun 26 WOKINGHAM Animal blessing service 3pm All Saints Church. Preacher Rt Revd Dominic Walker. All creatures great and small and all people welcome. Refreshments. Details Marcelle Williams 0118 9789782.

OCTOBER Fri 8 - Sun 10 OXFORD Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer. Retreat The Carmelite Priory, Boars Hill. Details 01993 868 244.

ASTON CLINTON St Michael and All Angels Tea, squash and cakes are available price £1 on Sundays during June, July and August from 3-5pm. Wheelchair access. Party bookings by prior arrangement: Ann Tomkins 01296 630061. BEACONSFIELD Coffee House 3 Burkes Court, Station Road: Christian books and cards, coffee, tea, light meals, homemade cakes etc and company. Open Saturdays 10-am-5pm; Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri 10am-4.30pm, and Wednesdays 10am-2pm. Details 01494 674029. BOURNE END Hedsor. Historic St Nicholas Church open Sundays 2.30-4.30pm till end August. Stunning Thames valley views. Arduous climb but a warm welcome awaits you. Please contact 01628 523046. BLEWBURY St Michael's Open for tea or coffee and cake every Sunday from June 22 to end September from 2-4pm. Party bookings accepted. Wheelchair access. Details Dawn Saunders 01235 851022. BLEWBURY Methodist Church, Church Rd open every Wednesday, all year round, from 10.30am-12pm serving coffee, tea and biscuits to anyone who needs a rest and a chat. Dogs and children welcome. Wheelchair access. Contact 01235 850614. BURNHAM Cornerstone Coffee Shop open Mon- Fri 10am-4pm. Volunteer staff. Teas, coffees, biscuits and a chat. 01628 664338. DATCHET The Bridge Ecumenical Parish Centre open Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm serving coffee, tea, homemade cakes and sandwiches. Also sells cards, religious books and pottery and paintings by local artists. Also housBorough es Information Help Point 10am-3pm and Datchet Parish Council office 1 0 a in - 2 p in Wednesdays. Windsor Housing Association Drawing by Surgery Wednesdays Ann Way. For 9.30-11.30 am and Maid Ann's teatime Volunteer service recipes, please Thursdays 10am-12pm. 01171 to page 13 DENHAM Church of St Mary the Virgin. Teas in the Vestry every Sunday .until October 5 from 3-5pm. Tea, coffee, homemade cakes and scones. Historic church with Norman tower open for exploration and piivate prayer. 01895 833248. DORCHESTER Abbey Tea Rooms are open Wed, Thur, Sat and Sun and Bank Holidays from about 3pm until 5.30. Homemade scones. cakes, biscuits - share a table and help yourself. You pay for what you eat. 01865 340044. EAST HAGBOURNE St Andrew's Church. Tea/coffee and cake for SOp on Sundays from 3-5pm until the end of September. Homemade cakes on sale to take home. We want to welcome visitors to our beautiful church and let them enjoy a time of peace and quiet contemplation. Details 01235 817377. FINCHAMPSTEAD St James' Church open each Sunday in June. July and August from 2.30-4.30pm with tea and homemade cakes in the Church Centre. Marked footpath passes through the churchyard. Many features highlighted in new church guide. Special event for Patronal Festival on July 25 including climbing the bell tower. Details Carolyn Fox 0118 9732262. GREAT MISSENDEN SS Peter and Paul Cream teas Sundays until September 26 from 3-5pm. £2.10 for scone, cake and tea or cold drink. Wheelchair access. Toilet. Party bookings welcome: contact Brenda Crocker 01494 863476. GROVE Cornerstone Coffee shop Savile Way. Open 10am-4pm Mon-Sat. Serving morning coffee, lunches and teas, much of the food is homemade. July special: cream teas £1.25 or €1.75 with two scones. August special: lemon cake with tea or coffee 85p. Wheelchair access and disabled toilet. Pre-book for parties of up to 40 please on 01235 772280. HADDENHAM St Mary's Centre The Gingham Room serves cream teas on Sundays from 3-5pm and teas, coffee and cakes on Tuesdays from 2.30-5.30pm; on Wednesdays from 10am-12pm; and on Thursdays from 2.30-5.30pm. Wheelchair access. Details Helen Gee 01844 291108/290392. HAMBLEDEN St Mary the Virgin serves teas every Sunday and

Holiday 2.30-5.30pm to end September. Coffee, squash and cream teas. Wheelchair access, toilets. Details Pat ties 01628 822032. KIDLINGTON St Mary's Church Refectory every Sunday until September 5 between 3.30-5.30pm. Cream teas and homemade cakes. Details Judy Woods 01865 372406. THE LEE St John the Baptist Church serves cream teas every Sunday during June, July and August from 3.30-5.30pm. Scone, cake, and tea or coffee for £2. Details Mrs Pearce 01494 785191. MAIDENHEAD St Mary's Church Hall, High Street. 'Coffee Break' every Thursday (9.30am-12pm) to welcome visitors before and after Holy Communion at lOam. Coffee, tea and homemade cakes 20p. Easy access. 01628 638866. MILTON KEYNES The Cornerstone Pantry open all year (except Bank Holidays and Christmas to New Year) Mon- Sat lOam 4pm. Homemade snacks and meals including jacket potatoes, quiche and soup. Church reception: 01908 237777. OXFORD St Aldates Coffee house is open Mon Fri 10.30am-5pm and from 10am-5.30pm on Saturdays. Pastries and cakes, cooked breakfasts and light lunches. Cream teas, strawberries. Patio open in summer with view of Christ Church and St Aldate's. 01865 245952. OXFORD St Giles Church Hall, Woodstock Rd. Tea, coffee, squash, cakes, biscuits served every Sunday 3.30-4.45pm. Pot of tea 25p, cake 15p. Wheelchair access. OXFORD University Church, High Street. Convocation Coffee house open weekdays 10am-6pm (5pm in winter), Sundays 11am5pm. Wide range homemade lunches, cakes and cream teas. Tower views of Oxford £1.40 adults/70p children. Shop with range of gifts, books and cards. Summer Sunday church, tours. 01865 279112. OXFORD St Michael at the Northgate Coffee shop open all year on Wednesdays 12-2pm and alternate Saturdays from June 12 3.30-4.45pm. 01865 240940. READING Greyfriars Christian Centre open 10am-4pm Mon- Sat for a warm welcome and range of homemade snacks at reasonable prices for lunch; teas, coffee, ice cream and cakes at other times. Easy access. Special toilet facility. Well-stocked Christian bookshop. 01189 587369. READING Tllehurst Christian Centre 'The Link'. Refreshments and books, delicious homemade cakes and soups, jacket potatoes. Open 10am-4pm weekdays; 10am-2pm Saturdays. Closed last two weeks August. Wheelchair access and toilets. 01189 451401. THAME St Mary's Church open 11am 4pm every day, 2-4pm Sundays. Gift shop, cards and Christian books. Refreshments all day. Group bookings contact Doreen Urch 01844 208204. UFFINGTON St Mary's Church. Teas available Sundays to end September from 3pm in Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall. Homemade cakes, sandwiches, cream teas. Wheelchair access and disabled toilet facilities. Parties welcome but pleas ring Fay Forster 01367 820363. WALLINGFORD St Mary's Church open for tea, coffee, squash and cake every Sunday from 3-5pm to/inc September 19. Stairs to Gallery Room but refreshments served to disabled customers in the church. No party bookings. Contact Lesley Wood 01494 837401. WENDOVER St Mary's Church open Sundays 2.30-5pm for tea and cakes to end September. Wheelchair access, Contact Joan Catchpole 01296 624811. WINDSOR St John the Baptist. High Street serves light refreshments each Saturday from May to the end of September between lOam-4pm (weddings permitting!). Tea, coffee, squash, cakes, scones and biscuits served. Details Mary Watkins 01753 860702. WINGRAVE Cream teas in church every Sunday 3-6pm to end August. Wheelchair access on request. Fresh baked cakes and scones. Midweek party bookings available: Annie Cooper 01296 681250 or Bob Willmott 01296 681623. -

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THE COOKHAM RIVERSIDE Residential Nursing Home

- Training provided

Established 1896

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