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How green is our Church?

Ordained for the community Asian Tigers for Christ

What you can do for Conservation Sunday

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Jesus was a carpenter and so is Mark Ripley One day Mark felt Jesus come into his workshop.

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St Augi ustne's schoo l: Diocese goes it alone As the Roman Catholics withdraw from the partnership at Oxford's combined school, the Anglicans are sad but determined to set up their own secondary school in the City

DROP THE DEBT DAY IN OXFORD

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Oxford felt like Africa on Saturday 12 May when a multi-national gathering filled the sundrenched city centre for Drop the Debt Day. Christian Aid supporters were out in force and so was Aallee Owoo (pictured) and his fellow Kakatsitsi drummers from Ghana. FULL STORY PAGE 2

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THE DIOCESE of Oxford serve in the local community to met in the joint school. plans to set up a new Church meet the needs of Christians ODBE has a long history of of England secondary school and those of other faiths who providing secondary education in the City of Oxford. The pro- seek a Church of England sec- in Oxford City. 'Its preferred posal in an informal consulta- ondary school,' says Danny option was to retain St tion document, follows the Sullivan, Oxford Diocesan Augustine's as a joint school', decision of the Roman Director of Education, himself says Danny Sullivan. 'However, Catholic Archdiocese of a practising Roman Catholic. in the absence of its partner, the Birmingham to withdraw from The Bishop of Oxford has Archdiocese of Birmingham, the partnership which set up St been personally involved. He we believe that the proposal for Augustine's as a combined has written three times in the a Church of England Aided Roman Catholic Anglican past two months to the Roman Secondary School is within the School.

Catholic Archbishop offering spirit of the reorganisation of Left with no choice, the ways forward to allow the joint the City', he said. school's governors met on 21 school to continue. 'With the 'Given Oxford's religious hisMay and decided they could Board of Education I am proud tory St Augustine's has been a not continue with their propos- of the achievements of St distinctive example of collaboal to keep St Augustine's as a Augustine's. However, with ration between Roman joint school. In effect this will pain and regret we accept that Catholics and Anglicans. Our lead to the school's closure in all our efforts to persuade the Diocese's continuing commit2003.

Archdiocese to remain a part- ment to the school has reflect'To have to vote in this day ner with us have failed. It is a ed other ecumenical initiatives and age to close a school that is successful and developing between the two Churches a shining ecumenical light is the school, and had the potential to such as Toronto 2000 when saddest thing I have had to take continue to be a distinctive wit- Church leaders agreed to work part in' said John Morrison, ness to collaboration between together locally wherever posArchdeacon of Oxford and a the Anglican and Roman sible,' said Danny Sullivan. foundation governor.

Catholic Churches,' the Bishop 'In July I will be attending the Faced with the loss of the joint of Oxford said. opening of the first joint secschool the Oxford Diocesan The reorganisation of educa- ondary school between the Board of Education (ODBE) is tion in Oxford City from a Roman Catholic Diocese of proposing to set up a new three-tier with first, middle and Hallam and the Anglican Church of England Aided upper schools to a two-tier sys- Diocese of Wakefield. This Secondary School. The ODBE tem led the Archdiocese of school in Barnsley is the result proposal is to have the new Birmingham to propose a sep- of prayer and planning school on their Cricket Road arate Catholic secondary between the two Churches. It premises on the old Cowley St school drawing from a far reflects an ecumenical vision John school site. 'The school wider catchment area than to which the ODBE is comwill be distinctive because it Oxford City. ODBE's argu- mitted and which underwill be part of the rich Anglican ment has always been that the pinned its wish to retain St tradition of service in education needs of the Roman Catholic Augustine's as a joint school', and inclusive because it will community can continue to be concluded Danny Sullivan.

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Opinlo n The work of 'the honourable bird' A JAPANESE person once

said to a Christian friend 'I think I begin to understand something of the Father, and of the Son, but I dont yet understand the significance of the honourable bird.' For many Christians today the third person of the Trinity still remains something of a closed book, and the work and place of the Holy Spirit is misunderstood.

As we come to celebrate Pentecost 2001, what is the significance of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church and how might He impact and deepen our commitment to Sharing Life? Much of course could be said, but three insights provide a 'starter for ten'.

to transform their lives or give them a sense of new direction and purpose.

It was into this vacuum the risen Lord gave the promise of the Holy Spirit. On the day of Ascension he gave the seemingly impossible task of the evangelisation of the whole world, and promised that the Father's gift of the Spirit would be given, and

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that, despite all the evidence, the task would be undertaken.

Promise of the Spirit

It is always fascinating how little impact the resurrection actually made on the lives of those first followers of Jesus.

They remained afraid and behind locked doors, and - Peter could come to the point where he wanted to return to his former life of fishing.

They became intellectually convinced of the presence of the Risen Christ; their hearts and emotions were stirred, but the resurrection did little

No comfort zone

On the day of Pentecost the promise of the gift of God's Spirit was fulfilled in dramatic and powerful ways.

The followers of Jesus, huddled in the upper room, found themselves literally blown through the door, and out into the market place.

Hearts gripped and held by fear became inflamed with passion and zeal and an unsuspecting and motly

crowd found themselves confronted by supposed drunks proclaiming a message of a God who had given the possibility of a new start because of the life, death and resurrection of a person called Jesus.

Such behaviour may not sit easily with some of the more cerebral and staid traits within the 21st century Church of England, but the lesson is clear if we are willing to see it.

Mission in the power of God's Holy Spirit will mean we are blown out of our comfort zones and into situations which may seem very threatening and even hostile. Sharing Life will mean nothing, unless individual Christians, and Christian community, however and wherever it is expressed, are open to this disturbing power of God's Spirit.

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Someone has said the Book of Acts of the Apostles would be better entitled 'The Book of the Acts of the Holy Spirit in and through some of the Apostles'. Certainly the book of Acts (and it is well worth a re-read for those seriously concerned with Sharing Life) clearly models one basic and

Breaking the chains of debt OXFORD Drop the Debt Day was part of a worldwide movement calling for total cancellation of unpayable. debt for the world's poorest countries at the G8 Genoa Summit, July 2001. The movement has taken up the work begun by Jubilee 2000.

We need to cancel the debt because: *Debt kills: Repayments divert money away from basic life-saving care in the poorest countries. The UN has estimated that 19,000 children die each day as a direct result of the debt burden. *Debt makes a nonsense of

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fundamental principle: the Church is not called to live in narrow, clearly defined confines, but is called, in the power of God's Spirit, to cross every frontier, whether that frontier is political, nafjonal, racial, cultural or social. This is a key challenge for the 21st century church in. western Europe. We are back in a mission situation, but the boundaries and groupings into which we are sent are many and complex.

However, we can be sure that God's Spirit is already at work beyond every division and we are challenged to be willing to go and co-operate with him. The challenge of the Risen Lord and the gift of the Holy Spirit and the call at the heart of Sharing Life, is whether we are willing to make this journey with him.

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aid: for every £1 the rich countries give in aid, they take back up to £3 in debt repayments.

The day in Oxford started with a parade from South Parks at 2pm through the city centre, finishing on Broad Street with a tug of war involving the IMF and the World Bank against the poorest countries. There was also the chance to book a trip to Genoa, Italy, to lobby the G8 Summit on 21 July.

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The life we have in Christ is too precious to keep to ourselves TWO challenges have been ship has its consequences for issued to church members in sacrificial giving' said Bishop rural Oxfordshire by the Cohn. He spoke of the 'deep Bishop of Dorchester, the rooted problems of the tightRight Revd Cohn Fletcher in fistedness some would say his Visitation 'charge'. First he meanness' of so many has asked them to decide upon Anglicans when it comes to two 'practical and measurable' our financial giving and said: things to do in response to the 'Only when we get that right Sharing Life initiative. PCC will we be able tb realise our secretaries are asked to write full potential as a church.' to him by October stating On the question of giving what these will be and then Bishop Cohn put a practical again next June with a suggestion: 'Work out how progress report.

•much you give on an average His second challenge is on the week. Get hold of the coin or question of giving. 'Being seri- note closest to it and then put ous about Christiarr disciple- another coin or note next to

Visitiation report by Christine Zwart it - whatever is the next highest in legal tender. So next to a £5 note put a £10 note and next to a £10 note a £20 one and so on. Then ask yourself what would it cost me sacrificially to give the second rather than the first and ask that again in a year's time.'

The purpose of the annual Visitation is the formal swearing in of churchwardens and the delivery of the charge to the parishes. For Cohn Fletcher it is his first

Visitation as Bishop of Dorchester. Like his fellow bishops the theme of the 2001 Visitation charge has been Sharing Life, the Diocesan initiative to tackle the problem of sharing the life of Christ with a society for whom Christianity seems irrelevant.

In his charge Bishop Cohn said Sharing Life is not a programme or a tick list but a major change of mind set as a Church. 'The life we have in

Christ is too precious to keep to ourselves', he said 'but in order to share it we need to take a risk and to be willing to change and develop as a Church.'

Worship that appeals to congregations of the future as well as the congregations of today, a faith integrated into the whole of our lives and church building projects which push the doors of our churches ever wider open to welcome people in are some of the ways of sharing our life in Christ.

Bishop Cohn said that he had heard a number of voices say

of Sharing Life 'It won't work' or 'Just another bright idea from the bishops'. The best way to get it not to work was to treat it not as a people centred opportunity but as a document to be consigned to the bottom of the PCC agenda.

Giving it life will require commitment and sacrifice, the willingness to work together and then the willingness to think new thoughts and take some risks in the belief that the life Christ has given us is worth sharing with as many people in as many situations as possible, said Bishop Cohn.

Diocesan delegation to Sweden What is more important than time?

A DELEGATION from the Oxford Diocese flew out to Sweden recently with the aim of possibly establishing a 'twinning' with the Diocese of Växb. The delegates included the Bishop of Reading, Dominic Walker Mother Barbara Claire CSMV, Dr Anna Thomas- Betts,

Canon Martin Peirce, Susan Walters and the Revd Tony Dickinson, Diocesan European contact who coordinated the visit. They are pictured above at a meeting with the governing board of the Växjd Diocese. with the Bishop of Växjd, Anders Wejryd at the far end of

table. During their visit Bishop: Dominic and Mother Barbara Claire gave talks on the healing minsitry and the religious life respectively. The visit ended with a Eucharist in Kalmar Cathedral which is built over the grave of the English missionary St Sigfrid.

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DIOCESAN Mothers' Union leaders have decided to do nothing about a 125th anniversary time capsule because their planning for the 'Sharing life' initiative is more important.

The time capsule is the idea of the Central Mothers' Union Trustees and will be taken around the dioceses between 7 June and 7 November spending three days in each.

Following a meeting with the Bishop of Oxford, the Mothers' Union have lots of ideas for the future. We need to be a resurrected Mothers'

Union within the resurrection Church - there is a lot we can do to be more open, flexible and welcoming towards younger families.

This is not the moment to be dwelling on the past. We must raise our ambitions not bury them in a capsule.

Members are already initiating a wide variety of money raising events towards the world wide 125th Anniversary Project - funding an innovative literacy pro-s gramme for women in Africa and parenting programmes in the home dioceses. Local

events vary from family picnics and garden parties to themed family services and Songs of Praise evenings - all with special anniversary stickers and project information for participants.

We will honour any arrangements our neighbouring dioceses make for hand over ceremonies - and take good care of the capsule while it is with us in Oxford - but we must concentrate on the future or there will be no MU members left to open the capsule.'

Felicity Randall Oxford Diocesan MU President

Learning from the Asian Church lessons for the renewal of the UK Church are emerging from a dynamic part of the Anglican Communion: South East Asia. A team from the Diocese of Sabah, East Malaysia, visited Oxford to talk about their fast-growing church. It has grown from around 700 to 3,500 since 1992 when they moved to a 'cell' structure.

On Saturday S May around 150 people gathered from all over the country to a study day on 'Anglican Cell VITAL

Bishops and Archdeacons BISHOP OF OXFORD The Right Revd Richard Harries, Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford, 0X2 ONB Tel:01865 208200. Fax: 01865 790470.

• E-mail: bishopoxon@dch.oxford.anglican.org ARCHDEACONRY OF OXFORD Bishop of Dorchester The Right Revd Cohn Fletcher, Arran House, Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1 P B Tel: 01865 375541.

Fax: 01865 379890. E-mail: bishopdorchester@oxford.anglican.org Archdeacon The Venerable John Morrison, Christ Church, Oxford OX1 1DP Tel: 01865 204440. Fax 204465.

E-mail: archdoxf@oxford.anglican.org ARCHDEACONRY OF BERKSHIRE Bishop of Reading The Right Revd Dominic Walker, OGS, Bishop's House, Tidmarsh Lane, Tidmarsh, Reading RG8 8HA Tel: 01189 841216. Fax: 0118 984 1218.

E-mail: bishopreading@oxford.anglican.org Archdeacon The Venerable Norman Russell, Foxglove House, Love Lane, Donnington, Newbury, Berks RG14 2JG Tel: 01635 552820. Fax: 01635 522165. E-mail: archdber@oxford.anglican.org ARCHDEACONRY OF BUCKINGHAM Bishop of Buckingham The Rt Revd Mike Hill, Sheridan, Grimms Hill, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 9BD Tel: 01494 862173. Fax: 01494 890508.

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Wycliffe Hall and the Oxford Diocese. The team, led by Canon Albert Van, Archdeacon of Sabah and Rector of St Patrick's Church in Tawau, spoke about the principles behind cell church, how his church has developed an innovative and dynamic approach to children's and youth work through cells, and how the small group relates to the larger congregation, all within an Anglican context. A lively question and answer ses-

sion during the day and positive feedback afterwards showed the high level of interest in this approach to church life among Anglicans in the UK. The Malaysian team, who had come over thanks to a grant from the Kaiser Trust, also spoke at seminars and, alongside Steve Chalke, at an evangelists' day in Wycliffe Hall, where both Albert Vun and the Archbishop of the Diocese of Sabah, Yong Ping Chung, studied in the 1980s.

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Polly flies back to Drayton church POLLY VACHER, a member of St Peter's Church in Drayton (Abingdon Deanery) completed her sponsored round the world flight on Thursday 17 May when she landed at Birmingham Airport accompanied by two RAF Harriers from RAF Cottesmore. The trip had taken her about 29,000 miles in four and a half months and has gained Polly a place in the record books: 'the smallest aircraft, flown solo by a woman to fly around the world via Australia and the Pacific.' Polly's flight has gained sponsorship for a scholarship for Flying for the Disabled - a charity in memory of Group Captain Douglas Bader. Polly set out in January with letters of greeting from St Peter's to the Anglican churches wherever she landed. The picture shows Polly with her husband Peter and the Revd Dorothy Derrick, priest in charge of Drayton St Peter and the Revd Theresa Scott, NSM in St Peter's Church on 20 May. The display board in the background has been used by the congregation to follow Polly's progress during the past months. More information may be found on the Website:- www. worldwings.org

Berkshire CROW hits new heights CRoW, Berkshire churches' annual Cycle, Run or Walk has raised over a quarter of a million pounds in the 14 years of its existence. CRoW 2000 achieved the highest Berkshire total ever and also involved a record number of churches.

On 9 September 2000 250 Berkshire churches were open for for the cyclists, runners and walkers from 112 churches who between them raised £23,740.96. The final total with Gift Aid was £25,849.'

Half of the amount raised by each participant is returned to the church of their choice to be used as that church thinks fit.

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the Gift Aid is retained by the Trust to award grants to churches in need of help with maintenance.

The county and area organisers wish to thank all the church organisers and stewards. Nine of those stewards were sponsored themselves for the first time, raising £384.80.

This, annual event, organised by the Royal County of Berkshire Churches Trust, is similar to those in 30 other counties including Bucks and Oxfordshire which this year will be held on 8 September.

Look out for details in your churches or CRoW's website www.readingchurches.org.uk/RCBCT Daphne Barnes-Phillips Berkshire County Organiser

Chiltern Church Football League wants more teams The Chiltern Church Junior and Adult Leagues who organise Saturday football for teams from various denominations in the High Wycombe area are keen to increase the number of churches involved for all age groups from five years to adult. Other teams presently participating come from Leighton Buzzard, Harefield, Oxford and Slough.Any church interested in putting a team forward should contact: Juniors David Putman (Secretary of Junior league and Holy Trinity, Hazlemere FC) 01494 444117 (H) and 01494 459878 (W;) Richard Eteson (Chairman of Junior League and Secretary of Union Baptist FC) 01494438221(H); Peter Green (Chairman of HolyTrinity, Hazelmere FC) 01494 815284 (H) and 01753 589520 (W).

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• WHAT DO Stanley Spencer and John Muafangejo have in common? They are both artists that the Revd John Waller, Team Rector of Wading Valley Ecumenical Parish has chosen to study. He has been given the opportunity after receiving an Ecclesiastical Insurance Bursary Award which will fund a study trip to Namibia where John Muafangejo was a member of the Anglican Church which played a crucial role in the freedom struggle of his native Namibia. The artist Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) lived nearer to home in Cookham, Berkshire where many of his most remarkable religious paintings are set.

miles journey will take him through France, Italy and Greece and is likely to last about five or six months. This is for him a pilgrimage of faith which he hopes will draw him closer to God. •

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Mothers' Union held a successful Coffee Morning on and bring and buy sale at St Michael's Church, Tilehurst. on 24 April It was in aid of the Mothers' Union 125th Anniversary Fund to support literacy and other projects overseas. Over 60 people attended despite the, rain and over £278 was raised.

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The Assembly, held in the new St Mary's Church of England School in Fairford Leys, Aylesbury, ended with a procession through some of the new houses already occupied at the centre of the village.

There Church leaders dug a symbolic 'sod for God' where work will start shortly on the new ecumenical church and community building which will be at the heart of this new community.

'An ordinary life well lived' CHRISTINE Winter died on 1

But as well as her practical May in the Churchill common sense, her faith was Hospital, Oxford, after being at the core of her being. In one diagnosed with cancer just of her sermons. about the events of the first eight or nine weeks I earlier.

Christmas, remember her sayAt her funeral on ing it was a very 11 May at Cold down-to-earth Ash, fife congregaevent and that's tion shared the pain of David and their what she did so children, Philip, well - brought God Becky and Adrian down to us on our but as we contemlevel. She was an ordinary person plated an ordinary sharing God with life well lived, we Christine ordinary people in were also given a Winter an ordinary.way. glimpse of the big1935 - 2001 What a roleger picture.

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She was open minded, conChristine and David Winter came into the Oxford diocese stantly accepting new chalto Ducklington in 1989, lenges (and new gardens!) moved to Cold Ash in as a lay-reader in her forties, Berkshire in 1995 and parish life with David in her 'retired' to Clifton Hampden fifties, as a pastoral tutor to in February 2000. Christine, ordination candidates in her having been in nursing, a sixties, not to mention being a mother, a school nurse and a grandmother to Lydia and lay reader in London, brought Harry and advisor to the all these skills to parish life, Biahop at the same time!

Somehow we will have to with inspired practical initiatives like introducing a lay weave Christine's death into pastoral team and a Mothers the tapestry of our lives. Being Union group in one parish, a a devotee of Julian of toddlers' group in another Norwich, Christine would and reviving family services in have been good at that: she another. Moreover, after she would say, 'All shall be well died, just as with Dorcas in and all shall be well and all Acts 9, many had individual manner of thing shall be well.'

Ruth Edy stories to tell of her thoughtfulness and acts of kindness. Ruth Edy now lives in Ducklington 'Christine was always there at Rectory, where she first met David and Christine Winter ten years ago. She the right time, saying the right teaches Latin part-time in the local comthings', said one member of prehensive school and is married to Bob our congregation.

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Requiem for Susan Cole-King FRIENDS from Malawi, Hong Kong and Australia as well as family and former colleagues and friends from the Oxford" Diocese gathered in Salisbury Cathedral on 21 April to give thanks for the life of Canon Dr Susan Cole-King who died suddenly on 8 February.

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The Requiem had all the best ritual and worship the Anglican Church can produce in a huge cathedral, while retaining a homeliness which kept humanity in perspective. As one colleague remarked: 'She wouldn't have organised it that way for herself, but I'm sure she appreciated it.

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CREATMTY AND FAITH run like two threads through Mark Ripley's life and have become inter-twined. He has found it easier to connect with God not in the tradition he was brought up in, but in the silence of contemplative prayer. Born in 1958, Mark works in Oxfordshire as a cabinet maker and is married to Monika. They have two young children.

God in the life of Marl( Ripley MY FAMILY have been childhood experiences of Christians for as many gen- God which were I suppose erations as we can count, mystical. It explained what and they have also been had been happening on the artists and crafts people. So I grew up in that atmosphere of faith and creativity.

As a student I went on a retreat at St Bernard's Monastery in Leicestershire.

There was something about it that clicked with me, I could really identify with what they were doing. It was the first time I had felt like that. There were elements of reformist theology that I had been taught growing up, (my parents were non-conformists, and I grew up in a Evangelical Baptist Church and then latterly a charismatic house church) that somehow didn't answer all my questions. God seemed to be outside the box, so my box had to shatter before I could move on.

In terms of my own discovery, I had a crisis of faith when I was 25 in which all my ideas of God disappeared, and God seemed to disappear too. I had been aware of God in my own life from early childhood, but somehow the explanations that I had come to under- retreat, and also taught me stand didn't fit anywhere. It how to go forward with it. was a very black period Suddenly I could follow Christ which resulted in a short time in a way which was relevant to of me not believing anything at me, which was a huge relief. all. That was devastating, I came to know Brother because God had always been Ramon as a friend and spirisomewhere at the bottom of tual guide. He was a everything before then.

Franciscan Friar and at the Towards the end of this peri- time Guardian of od, about 1986, someone gave Glasshampton Monastery me a book by Brother Ramon near Worcester. For a while I called A Hidden Fire which in seriously considered becomsome ways took me back to ing a friar myself. My rela-

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before the children get up, and prayer life really came because once they are up together. The bottom line is there is no chance! that I think I have been There is a very close corre- called to do this, not in lation between my creative any grand way. I just can't and spiritual development. I get away from it. went to Art College - in I gradually began to use Leicester and specialised in work as a focus for prayer, furniture design and con- which is where the thing struction. I enjoyed every began to connect. I do this minute of it. I left with a partly through the Jesus degree but wondering what I prayer: was going to do next. Then Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God an occupational therapist have mercy on me a sinner. friend of mine said she had a It is prayed in a rhythm of vacancy for someone to breathing and I began to use teach woodwork to psychi- that in the rhythms of woodatric patients, so I went working, in planing and thinking this is going to be sanding. Probably the most awful, but I loved it, I stayed exciting period of all of this there for three and a half was in the early nineties, years. It was only a part time where I began to encounter job, so for the rest of the God in a mystical way. It was working week I was furni- as if God was coming into the ture making and developed workshop. It wasn't in me, it my own ideas creatively. I was around me. Some of worked in a couple of reha- those experiences were extrabilitation centres for the ordinary. Sometimes people blind, before spending five would come into the workyears teaching in a training shop afterwards and I would centre for adults with learn- think why can't you feel it? ing difficulties. I enjoyed it to To some extent in the workthe point where I was consid- shop I sense God around me ering training as a social in a way that I don't anyworker, which in a way sur- where else, so the furniture prised me as I am naturally making still carries on in that quiet and a bit reclusive. atmosphere. That period The furniture making gradu- coincided with a deep process ally took over and ten years of repentance for me personago. it became full time. ally, so maybe it helped me Monika worked with me through that, I don't know. until the children came along.

Then for a while it became I had a bit of a problem with far more mundane and practiit to start with because I cal. I just came to work and thought the teaching and the did a job, got some money social work dimension was and took it home and I helped far more valuable than mak- look after the children, and ing things for people who got very tired and all the were fairly comfortably off. other things that a parent of But I kept on being drawn back to it. Ramon, among Photograph by Frank Blackwell others, was helpful in this, and was very encouraging in Interview by Jemimah Wright terms of furniture making.

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/[ Committec to affrmng ministry in all areas of life This is the fourth in a series of explorations about Sharing Life. Each month a different person considers one of the themes of our evangelisation strategy. We offer an explanation, some discussion

S naring life

points and a focus for contemplation. We suggest cutting these out and keeping them for further study.

Affirming ministry in all areas of life

Explanation and exploration

See,-, the welfare of any cLy to which I have carried you off, anc pray to the Lord for it.

Illustration by Graham Jeffery taken from The Churchwarden's Year (Church House Publishing 1989)

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1. How can we minister positively and prayerfully to the brokenness and distress in our local comI munity?

2. What kind of ministry is called for to enable others to feel that they can belong?

3. How can we value each person in their role in the life of church and community?

4. In what ways can I show my Christian faith to others in my everyday life?

Pause for contemplation 'The presence of the risen Christ is one which encompasses the whole of creation, and is not seen as an ideal form of society which perhaps existed centuries ago and does so no longer. Nor is the presence of Christ a utopian ideal in the never realized future. Christ is present in and through the complexity, pluralism and changeability of society. As society becomes more unpredictable and random, this is no threat to the presence of Christ, for Christ can be envisaged in a dynamic, energetic relationship to the world.'

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Gracious God, For the gift of life With all its struggle and great opportunity I give you thanks For Jesus the life-giver In whom we have life with you, now and forever I give you thanks For the Holy Spirit Making us alive with his life I give you thanks Open me to that Spirit And renew your Church, That we may share your life with others.

Draw them into your love And transform your world.

The new Sharing Life Prayer was written by the Bishop of Oxford.

MINISTRY is service to others in the name of Christ. It has many forms and faces. Many people associate ministry purely with ordination or accreditation to a specific role as bishop, priest, deacon or licensed lay minister. It is often assumed that ministry only happens within the parish church and its congregation.

In Sharing Life we are reminded that ministry goes far beyond this.

Priests and lay workers minister in hospitals, prisons, schools, youth and community work, care for the elderly. Ministers in secular employment join lay people and chaplains in witnessing to their faith in the workplace, and following a ministry there.

All have a vocation All Christians have a vocation, a calling by God, to minister in some way. By our baptism we are made one in Christ, and we each have a role to play in showing his love to the people with whom we live, work, worship and share our time. We are each called to ministry in loving our neighbour, contributing to the common good and in sharing the good news of the Kingdom of God. Church members may be a minority in our society but, with trust in God, active ministry can achieve more than might be imagined. To serve our communities effectively we must first understand

their circumstances and listen to their needs. That is why we need people with differing gifts to work in different situations; in urban priority parishes, in rural benefices, and in suburban settings.

I All are witnesses Clergy, with a sacramental I ministry, and laity in all I they do to serve God, complement each other as witnesses to God's love, whether in the parish or the wider community. For the church is not separate from the 'world'; it is part of it.

Much ministry is not public; the private visit, the listening ear, the supportive phone call, the car lift to church. Important ministry I is in those small unremem- I bered acts which make God's house warm and wel- I coming - flower arrange- I ment, dusting and polish- I ing, printing notice sheets. I All these aspects of mm- I istry should be affirmed I and valued. We thank God for it. We should remember too to thank I those who minister to us.

Across the Diocese we must support all ministry through prayer and a positive attitude. Let us thank God for our parish clergy and ministerial teams, for secular ministers, and for every Christian who through their everyday ministry gives 'the world' a glimpse of God's love.

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June 3 is Conservation Sunday when churches are invited to focus on caring for God's world. Margot Hodson of SAGE offers some practical advice on how churches can become more environmentally friendly

Like my visitors, I OVER sixteen years I am wondering have had serious about the next talks with more stage of my than a thousand own Christian men and women. journey. I want They have all FROM THE to go on as a been wondering DIRECTOR OF Christian disciwhether the next ORDINANDS ple, and go stage of their deeper, because Christian journey of Jesus. might be to train I find Jesus first in the comfor ordained ministry. If anyone tells you that the pany of Matthew, Mark, Christian faith is dying, I Luke, or John. There is so often something new, even know better.

In this DOOR you can now. I find Jesus in the comread about our new pany of other people, who Deacons (page 10). Don't have met Jesus in God's own be troubled that there are way for them, and who share fewer than usual this sum- what they know. So I hear mer. Several of this year's something new about Jesus, stipendiary curates will be about the other person, and ordained at the end of maybe about myself. This is September, in company 'Sharing Life'. The gospels with 25 non-stipendiary also tell me to expect Jesus in and ordained local minis- -unexpected places and ters. They have been train- unusual company, far from ing together on the part- religion, and from those who time St Albans and Oxford are already disciples.

Jesus sometimes comforts Ministry Course. Their programme leads to an me. More often he disturbs.

He wants to turn me upside Autumn ordination.

One of my questions to down, and mostly I resist. those who come to see me As I move into retirement, goes something like this: and continue my journey, I What makes you go on think I want to dare to let wanting to be a Christian? I him disturb me, and not am a happy man to have resist so much. I hope I still heard so many interesting have time. I know that Jesus and sometimes exciting is 'Sharing Life' with me, and replies. People often speak with us all. from intimate experience.

Martin Peirce This summer I retire as There will be a farewell service for Director of Ordinands. I Canon Martin Peirce at Christ Church shall ask myself the same Cathedral on 28 June at 6pm.

MANY people are surprised to discover that there are Christians who see their concern for the natural environment as an integral part of their faith. Some Christians can find this a bit alarming: 'if we spend time saving the planet, might we forget to care about people?' But more and more people in the church are beginning to realise that the two things are interconnected.

We depend on this planet to live, and need to care for it for our own sake and for future generations. More than that, our earth has been made by God and belongs to him. If we treat it carelessly, we are being thoughtless or worse in our attitude to him. By caring for our planet, we become stewards of God's earth and part of his creative process.

A concern for the environment does not just mean looking after very beautiful areas.

Wherever we live and work, we can show our care through the amount of pollution we put into the atmosphere, how we use natural resources and how we dispose of our waste.

Last year the Bishop of Oxford signed an agreement to seek to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the Diocese. The initiative came from a partnership proposal by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation.

As our government ratifies and

under-Wychwood; The Revd Kevin Ashby, Rector of Billing and Rural Dean of Northampton to be Rector of the Benefice of Buckingham; The Reed Saskia Barndon, NSM Assistant Chaplain at Wycombe Abbey School to be Chaplain at Haberdasher's Monmouth School for Girls; The Revd Stephen Bessent, Vicar of Cogges and South Leigh to be Priest-inCharge, Parish of Alpington; The Reed Henry Brierly died on 26/2/01; The Revd Guy Cole, Incumbent at St Peter, Penhill, Swindon, Bristol Diocese, to be Incumbent at St Michael and St Mary Easthampstead; The Revd Andrew Coleby, Ecumenical Chaplain Oxford Brookes University to be Priest in Charge All Saints Didcot; The Reed John Hallows, Team Vicar of Bracknell Team Ministry and Deanery

implements the Kyoto Protocol, we play our role in our church communities by taking action to bring down carbon dioxide emissions, which will reduce the rate of global warming. All churches can help in some way towards this and in doing so we show respect for God's creation and may find that it is a surprising witness to those around us.

Bishop Richard has appointed meteorologist, Dr Ian Diocesan James as Environmental Officer to give his specialist advice and coordinate the campaign. Ian has joined with the Revd Adrian

aintnoto be an ordained local mister. He N, ad i5frithe Bishop on cutting carbon emmissions and will be in touch with parishes.

Meanwhile you can contact him on 01344 451155, AChRE ecumenical group in the D iocese promoting environmntai awareness. Look out for details of their parish survey to assess what churches are doing to help the envi ronrnent.Lit of resources is avs'l-

James to retire; The Reed Tom Thomas died on 13/4/01 The Reed Steve Williams, Team Vicar of Aylesbury, Walton Team Ministry to be also acting Team Rector of Aylesbury; The Reed Fred Woods, Team Vicar Woodley Team Ministry to be Town Centre Vicar, Colchester, Chelmsford Diocese.

Hopwood to establish a new group to encourage action on environmental issues. A Christian Response to the Environment (AChRE) has drawn together environmental experts, representatives from existing environmental organisations and others with environmental concern. They were particularly encouraged to discover how many organisations and projects were already active and a number of different groups are now co-operating together to improve environmental awareness and action in the three counties in the Diocese.

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Training Adviser to be Priest-in-Charge Barrowford St Thomas; The Reed Piers Nash-Williams, Rector Ascot Heath All Saints to retire; The Reed William Olhausen, Assistant Curate Greyfriars, Reading to be Associate Vicar at Holy Trinity, Cambridge; The Reed Theresa Scott, to be Bishop's Adviser for Women in Ordained Ministry; The Reed Michael Sserunkuma, Rector of Canton, Cardiff Diocese to be Assistant Chaplain Royal Berks and Batle Hospital NHS Trust; The Reed Beryl Stannard, Assistant Curate, Gerrards Cross St James w Fulmer St

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Students taking part in a Big Wheel werkshop.This is just one of the ways A Christian Response to the Environment (AChRE) puts across their green message.

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Conservation specialise in developing reserves in areas where conservation is weak. Their first was in Portugal on an estuary threatened with development. LI 1< Director, the Revd Days Bookiess based in. inner London where he is setting up a waterways reserve Their Conservation Sunday resource pack 'Let all creation praise the Lord' costs £5.50.Tel!Fax: 01387 710286 rocha@compuserse.com web to ,v,,'w.aro ha,oro Christian Ecology Link is a bridge between churches and qreei, mc /ment. Has extensive list of re ,,ur. '5 on Its ,vebsite '.,.Nvw.clrri~,tian-P_c o!o9y.org.uk

and social care. Good church audit pack available free from: London Diocesan House, 36 Causton St, SWTP 4AU, Contact: Churches Environmental Project Officer, the Revd Dr David Pickering on email: david@tidybritain.org.uk The John Ray initiative brings together scientific and Christian understandings of the environment. Conferences and thought provoking material. ma2:jri@che1t.ac.uk Web: we'jri.org.uk Sage Oxford's Christian environmental group, qve presentation lead bervices and discussions,

Becoming an environmentally friendly Church might seem a daunting proposal. How can you ever efficiently heat a huge 700 year old building?

And how can you reduce the use of car travel in the countryside where there is poor public transport? There are some very straight forward things that we can do such as fitting low energy light bulbs, insulating our properties better and using car pools where it is possible. AChRE has been looking for creative ways to put this message across and has enlisted the help of 'Big Wheel' an internationally recognised group that specialises in using drama in education. Their 'Climate Change Game Show is to be launched on 4 July in Milton Keynes and will provide food for -thought and practical ideas.

So whether you live in the town or the country; have an ancient or a modern church; lead the services or do the washing up (or both!) you will be able to do something to help in this initiative. So look out for information from AChRE and Ian James, and contact the organisations on this page for help, advice and resources. We would love to know what your church is doing to help the environment and care for this wonderful world that God has given us,

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o the editor A new Diocesan tune

Still too many Bishops, a word against abortion and standing with, Christ not synod

TAKE a look at Oxford Diocesan Year Book or the

my music to God? And haven't you always wanted to know where Diocesan web to get a trumsite and you peter for 'Thine might be forbe the Glory' on given for believEaster morning? ing that the Despite the Oxford Diocese efforts of the is a musical Royal School of desert. Every Church Music, PCC secretary musical crossby. and treasurer is border co-operaJohn Howell included in full tion between detail but only parishes is neitwo organists get a mention. ther easy nor natural. It's Bell ringers get a better press not something the Diocese than directors of music. seems to actively foster. In But the reality is very dif- some parts of the Diocese ferent from this bleak pic- new choirs or music groups ture. In this corner of South can even be seen as 'threatOxfordshire alone there are ening' to those in established at least five cathedral-sized neighbouring parishes. choirs; many regularly exporting their talents to The heart of worship cathedrals throughout the This cannot be right. Music, UK and Ireland or even to after all, should be at the the poppy fields of Flanders. heart of our worship. Let's treat music and musicians as Sharing resources a real resource. Let's have Try interesting local parish organists or directors of choirs in a friendly choral music in the Diocesan Year competition. Where is the Book. But let's also do. list of colleagues to whom to something for ourselves. If write? How do I know you are a church musician, which parishes have choirs? why not email me on How do clergy know where 8930@email.msn.com with to turn quickly for an organ- your contact details, a brief ist for a funeral? How do description of the type of they know that organist A music your church uses, and won't murder the Bach pre- a note of your resources. lude specially requested by Then let us get that inforthe deceased, or that organ- mation put on a Diocesan ist B can cope with the song web site for us all to share. requested from a favourite Write to The DOOR too, show? If my parish defaults and start a debate on what on its Parish Share, why we musicians need and should I have to endure guilt how the Diocese can help; about buying 30 copies of Let's find out what we've Palestrina's Sicut Cervus got and how we can best when a set may be gathering use and share those talents dust two parishes away? and shake ourselves out of Where do I turn to find a the complacency of our music group if my own tal- own parish-based thinking. ents are more traditi6nal?

How do I know who has Dr John Howell is the Director had experience of lona ser- of Music of the St Laurence vices? Where does one get a Benefice choir based in full choir for a special wed- Warborough. The choir is drawn from all three parishes ding when even the local in the Benefice. Frank stately home includes one in Blackwell's photo was taken at its wedding package? a rehearsal for BBC Sopgs of Where do I go if I'm a trom- Praise which came from bonist with a desire to offer Warborough in June 1999. the

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I write in reference to Brian Strand's letter entitled 'Economising on Bishops'; in the April DOOR. This letter is based on a common misconception that the reason for the reduction in the number of stipendiary clergy is lack of financial resources.

This is certainly not true, at least in the Oxford Diocese.

The reduction is due to the fact that in recent years the numbers of stipendiary clergy being ordained has been below the number of those retiring - and this trend is expected to continue, in spite of the increase in the numbers now coming forward for ordination.

Only a few years ago the total number of active stipendiary clergy dropped below 10,000. Now it is about 9000 and is expected to fall to 8000 within the next few years. The 'good news' in this Diocese is that, with our non-stipendiary ministers and ordained local ministers we now have more ordained clergy than before.

I really must comment on the issue which the Oxford Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility is encouraging churchgoers to question prospective MPs on before decided how to vote.

Whilst the issues suggested may all have some merit, none of them can remotely compare with the injustice of the slaughter of 180,000 innocent-unborn children in England every year, with, in many cases, the cost being borne by the NI-IS. If a child is not allowed to be born, then whether, for instance, it might, if it had lived, have faced being detained in some country without trial whilst its immigration status was determined, is irrelevant.

Repealing the Abortion Act would immediately save tens of thousands of lives of future English citizens every year, and would also avoid many of the complications, both physical and mental, which women often suffer as a consequence of having a pregnancy terminated.

Rights after birth are important but cannot compare with the right to be born in the first place, which is the foundation for everything else. Our primary need is for MPs who will tackle that issue, however little political mileage there may be in it.

Chris Burley.

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Finance I am obviously happy to defer to Rita's and June's knowledge (lettesr in May edition) but the fact remains there are 114 bishops, roughly one per 10,000 English Anglicans, costing £9.3m i.e approx £80k each per annum but their numbers have not reduced but the number of clergy-available for pastoral care at parish level is being significantly reduced. My concern was that all areas of the church need to be radically reviewed to to ensure we fulfil Jesus' commission to the people of England. Releasing laity into local ministry needs to be supported by an urgent revision to some C of E practices and in particular ensuring such ministry is supported by increased numbers of parttime paid clergy to make up the seemingly ever- reducing numbers of full-time clergy.

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Advocates of remarriage in church are too ready to cite forgiveness in support of their cases. Yes, forgiveness is central to Christianity but so is

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Where are these if one sin is then followed by another?

Do we no longer believe in Christ's redeeming and restoring power? At least Mrs Swinbank referred to dead marriages being renewed.

Many Diocesan Synods have voted in favour of remarriage in Church. All priests will have to guide them are the doctrinally and intellectually flawed guidelines from the Working Party. We are on the downward path to remarriage at will depending mainly on the sympathies towards the couple of the local priest.

Would that the energy put into preparing the Report and the subsequent discussions had been put into advancing counselling encouragement and support for couples before marriage and afterwards. Then the Church would truly witness to upholding the ideal as taught by Christ. As for me, if it is synod or Christ, I chose Christ.

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The issue of 'children at risk' highlighted on the back page of the May DOOR has been described as 'the biggest social problem facing the world today'. If you were to take a register of all today's street children, it would take more than three years to name them all. Add to them the 17 million children who die each year from malnutrition and starvation, the 200 million child labourers, the thousands of victims of war and disasters, the Aids sufferers and orphans and the resulting picture looks totally overwhelming.

Around the world there are tens of thousands of Christian groups already working with these children. Individual projects are often small, underresourced and struggling but together they make up the largest like-minded group working with children at risk.

Viva Network, an international charity, whose head office is in Oxford, encourages stronger connections between Christian groups working with 'children at risk'. You can visit their website: wwwviva.org In June, as The DOOR article stated, Christians will unite to pray for these children and those who work to help them.Why not come to a meeting of Grove Free Evangelical Church in the Church of England School, North Drive, Grove on Sunday 17 June from 10.30 when the speaker will be Ross Wilson of Viva Network. He has an extensive knowledge of childcare projects worldwide and has been working with street children's projects in Uganda. At an evening meeting at 7pm our prayers will focus on children at risk.

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At St John's Newbury on Sunday 1 July at 4.3Opm In his first ordination in the Oxford Diocese, the new Bishop of Ebbsfllet the Right Revd Andrew Burnham will ordain Anthony Howe Deacon STOP PRESS Alveen Thoresen, a member of St Albans and Oxford Ministry Course will be ordained Deacon to be a non-stipendiary curate at St Peter's, Caversham.

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Mark Blarney I will be serving as assistant curate in the Parish of Cowley St John. I am married to Caroline and we have two sons: Jacob (9) and Joseph (7). Before starting my training . at Ripon College Cuddesdon, I qualified as a Chartered Surveyor. In my spare time I enjoy walking, seeing films at the cinema .rather than years later on-video, and playing as much squash as is physically possible!

Andrew Atherstone After nine years in South Africa, the rest of my youth was spent in Cambridgeshire and Sussex. I worked for churches in Islington and Reading (St Agnes and St Paul) before training at Wycliffe Hall. My wife, Catherine, works for Oxfordshire County Council, and we are expecting our first child at the end of June. Football and the history of the Church of England take up much of my spare time.

Mark Rudell After 20 years in the Baptist ministry I am making the change to being a priest within the Anglican' Church, in order to serve the community rather differently than might . have been possible before. I have worked for Tearfund as a communicator and gained a broad perspective on the Church world-wide. My wife Marion works for Baptist World Mission and we both look forward to a new kind of ministry.

Anthony Howe An East Anglian by birth, I came to Oxford ten years ago when I read music at Queen's College. Since then, I have lived in Wantage, worshipping at the parish church. I have spent the last three years at St Stephen's House, where I did a second degree (in theology), and I will serve as a deacon in the parish of St John the Evangelist, Newbury. My interests include, naturally enough, music, also art, travelling and books.

Anthony White Having grown up in a vicarage, I felt a certain inevitability about ministry.

However, it was not until much later that I felt sure that God was calling me. By this time, after numerous years as both a student and a journalist, I had married and had also started a family. Philippa, my wife, is a senior occupational therapist in Oxford, and we have two small daughters, Olivia and Georgina.

Andreas Lowe I was born in Germany. After studying at St Peter's, Oxford, I went to Selwyn College, Cambridge, to read for a doctorate in Church History, and trained for ordination at. Westcott House.

After nine years at college I definitely feel ready for life in Upton-cum-Chalvey! When I get the time, I love making music or preparing a meal with friends, and enjoy a quiet read or a good walk in the country.

To be ordained priest At St Mary's Aylesbury on 1 July, 10.30am, the Bishop of Buckingham will ordain: Jonathan Bicknell (Chesham Bois), Anne Faulkner (Aylesbury with Bierton and Hulcott), Nathaniel Schluter (Gerrards Cross), Paul Smith (Prestwood), Ann Trew (Hambledon Valley) At St Mary's Reading on I July, 10.30am, the Bishop of Reading will ordain: Rosemary Bra-u-- (Maidenhead, All Saints), Stuart Gay (Sunningdale), Anthea Griggs (Sunningdale), Martin Robbins (Thatcham) At Dorchester Abbey on I Julyl 10.30am the Bishop of Dorchester will ordain: Sarah Coakley (Littlemore), Harriet Harris (Weidham College and Oxford, St mary the Virgin), James Howson (Cogges), Alex Hughes (Headington Quarry), Penny Joyce (Oxford St Clements), Frauds. Orr-Ewing (Oxford, St Aldates), Angela Paterson (Icknield), Roy Turner (Bladon with Woodstock).

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OLVs - a orUhant ac C ifion'to ministry IN THE 19201S, Roland Allen, a priest who had served in this Diocese, became a missionary, first in China, later moving to Africa. Reflecting on his experience of the 'mission station' approach to faith sharing, Allen realized that this was an ineffective and unbiblical way of communicating the gospel.

Basing his work on New Testament principles, he inspired all kinds- of voluntary, non-stipendiary forms of ordained ministry, including ordained local ministry (OLM).

Even before the financial and structural problems of the Church Commissioners became news, the drop in the number of men and women offering themselves for stipendiary ministry began to cause a re-think of ordained ministry.

When you add to this the fact that rural dioceses and dioceses with urban priority areas identified the need to maintain a foothold in local communities, it is no accident that OLM

was first explored in rural dio- team: sharing life with lay and ceses like Lincoln and Truro in ordained colleagues. OLM the 80's, followed by priests are priests like any othManchester and Southwark. ers in every other way. All clerFor some time the Church gy are limited by licence. But has been re-appraising the OLMs are supported and ministry of the ordained with- encouraged by the bishops to in the context of the ministry focus their ministry in one place. of all the They can minisbaptised.

by Beren Hartless ter outside of it, Over the last but they seldom 20 years, the do so.

Prirtipal of the ministry of OLMs aren't a the laity has Oxford Diocese's OLM third class kind been further of priest, but a Scheme encouraged brilliant addiin this Diocese tion to the by the work of the local training breadth of authorized minschemes together with all sorts istries which are possible in this of creative parish initiatives. So Diocese. They come from in many parishes, the idea that every walk of life and are genthat clergy 'do' the ministry and erally well known and highly lay people 'help' has gone out of respected in their communities.

Of the 44 dioceses, 17 have the window.

OLMs are called, trained and OLM schemes operating. deployed within the local com- About 280 OLM's have been munity from which they come. ordained across the country They are committed to staying already, with another 64 to be in that community. They are ordained this year. Of the 550 always part of a local ministry or so licensed parochial clergy

in this Diocese, about 30 are OLM's. In addition, we have 27 OLM's in training.

All OLM training is validated nationally and we have external moderators just like the theological colleges and courses.

The training in our new scheme is integrated so that OLM's, licensed lay ministers (readers), people exploring vocation and all kinds of other people learn together. An ordinand's previous learning is taken into account and his/her progress is assessed by the collecting of evidence of their theological knowledge, and gifts and skills in ministry in a portfolio. We take a collaborative approach to the trainin... ordinands, incumbents and the parish/benefice ministry team are all involved, together with many people from the parish, working together to show evidence of the way the parish/benefice is developing.

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The Revd Mervyn Puleston, Secretary, Kidlington, 01,865 372360.

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Ministry and Vocation Saturday 7 July at lOam St George's Church, Wash Common near Newbury Speakers: Margaret Sentamu & the Revd. Mark Sowerby from the Ministry Division, Archbishop's Council. Details from Jonathan Sibley 0118 983 2328.

Iveç and we headed towards OLM selection together. We began by writing an article in the parish magazine explaining the concept of Ordained Local Ministry and asking (somewhat hesitantly!) if anyone thought we were unsuitable for our calling.

Thankfully, nobody did!

Anne Faulkner, our Parish Development Advisor, also

Keith Knee-Robinson (second right) and Stephen Cousins (Year three OLMs in training) on a group training evening at St Mary's Burghfield

and I knew my life was about to take a new direction.

The philosophy of OLM is rooted in the key priority of the Church to help people come to faith and to be integrated into the community unlike the traditional way of training for the ministry which takes people away from the communities where they have come to faith never to return. Since I intended to stay in Iver for many years, it was right that as I started on my journey to seek God's will in my life, (and to see if ordination was the right road to follow) one of the first tasks should be to get the support of the parish. After all! was being trained to serve them.

I met another fellow 'traveller', Tony, who is also from

attended a PCC meeting to explain the initiative. By March 2000, our selection conference weekend-at Clewer was fast approaching. Tony and I had attended numerous interviews and read many books in preparation. To our huge relief we were both accepted as suitable for training and started the next stage in our travels. By now we had the support of five others in our training cohort.

The training consists of four elements. Each week, during academic term, we attend a rolling programme of classes covering different subjects such as history and doctrine, Biblical interpretation, self awareness and leading worship. There are also weekend workshops.

A Portfolio is used within the scheme as a learning and assessment tool both for the Parish and for the ordinand.

With the support of a mentor; my portfolio requires me to take responsibility for displaying evidence of my learning and development of knowledge, gifts and skills.

Submitting essays was never a strong point for me during my school days so I had to come to terms very quickly with deadlines, homework and a whole new language.

Suddenly, we talked about 'learning outcomes'; 'developing competencies' and 'submission dates'!

If there is a downside to the training, it is that we have had to give up doing anything in the parish that can't be used as 'evidence' for our portfolio.

This can cause tension because some of us have had to give up doing the things we enjoy. I also have my own development programme which includes retreats and meeting with the other ordinands and their incumbents.

A structured parish development programme provides the final element of training. Two key questions are asked: 'What kind of community are we?' and 'What kind of church are we in this community?' This element of the programme provides evidence of the practical skills we need to function effectively in our role.

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ENGLISH TEACHER This post provides the ideal opportunity for a career English Teacher (Years 5-9) who can contribute to the life of the school. In combination with the post there are further opportunities within the school through the non-resident boarding tutor system and the Housemaster/Housemistress system. The successful candidate will be sympathetic with the boarding ethos. An ability to offer games would be an advantage.

Swanbourne House is a successful Prep School with well motivated and happy children. The pupils are prepared for CE and for scholarship to top Public Schools. Swanbourne House is child centred, forward looking and has excellent facilities. A new swimming pool and six new classrooms will be in place by October 2001. We stand in a superb country setting, within easy each of fast-growing towns.

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Stewardship Training Evangelism and Ministry 16 June Leading

Morning and Evening Prayer (BCP) without a priest or LLM present, lOam - 12.15pm at St John the Evangelist Church, Newbury. Cost £3.50 and led by the Revd Anne Faulkner and the Revd Peter Ballantine 7 July Leading Prayers in Public Worship, 10.30am 3.30pm at Diocesan Church House. Cost £3, tutor is the Revd Joanna Coney. Details: Juliet Ralph (01865) 208282 Breaking the Sileflce 6 June This study day will

address the issues in domestic violence, and explore appropriate ways for the Church to respond.

10 Welcome and introduction 10.15 What is domestic violence (facts, figures, description) 10.45 A personal experience 11.15 Coffee 11.30 Available skilled help (Solicitor, Thames Valley Police, Women's Aid) 12.30 Lunch 1.15 The Church's Response introduction 1.45 What should our Response be? (Group work) 3.15 Round-up of the day 3.30 Close 10 - 4pm at Diocesan Church House £10.

Cottesloe Christian Training Programme 30 June 'God wants

me to do something -, but I'm not sure what.' at Stewkley Methodist Church

Celebrating Ten Years of Faith in the Countryside 23 June A conference and cel-

ebration at Southwark Cathedral for all engaged in the countryside. The aims are to: assess what has been achieved in the past ten years, share a vision for the countryside with partner agencies and to identify and seize new opportunities.

Reply by 23 May to: Celebrating Ten Years of Faith in the Countryside, The Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility/Church Society, 60 Marsham Street, Maidstone, Kent MEI4 1EW (01622) 755014 office@csr.org.uk Calling all Fathers 15- 16 June. Fathers Day

Conference in Bath. Speakers include Steve Chalke and J John. Issues covered in conference talks and workshops: abortion adoption conflict management discipline divorce grandfathers keeping a sense of humour setting an example spiritual leadership within the family stepfathering stress time management unemployment widowerhood Venue: The Forum at Bath Cost: £25* only for the conference* Lower for those with financial hardship. Registration: By fax: 01 244 315 108 e-mail: dirk@parenting.ymca.org.uk Post: Great Dads, YMCA ' Dee Bridge House, 2S-27 Bridge

Wounds and Blessings 6 July A day retreat led by

Lift up Your Voice and Sing 30 June Led by He

Giles Charrington and Janet Lake (from Oxford Institute for Counselling) 10.30 - 4.30pm at Stanton House, Stanton St John, near Oxford. Cost £20 including lunch, tea and coffee.

Bookings: Sonia Copper, OCIC, First Floor Offices, 119/121 London Road, Headington, Oxford, 0X3 9HZ (01865) 308889 Church of England Guild of Vergers Conference 2001 18-22 June Annual Training

Conference, Newman College, Birmingham. Seminars, workshops, lectures, trade stands, Mystery Plays fellowship, fun and worship.

2 Sept The Chapterhouse Theatre Company Presents The Mystery All who do the work of a vergPlays - The Ancient Cornish Drama at Weston Manor Hotel, er, (with or without the title are 1, Oxfordshire 5pm (Grounds open at 2pm for picnics) Tickets £8 most welcome. Details: D adults, £6 concessions. Details: Weston Manor Hotel (01869) Sumner, 2 Hanover Court, 350621. These beautifully dressed medieval plays are performed at Evesham Road, Headless Cross, some of the most treasured cathedrals, castles and abbeys of Britain Redditch, B97 SET by a full cast with traditional music of the period.

Oxford Summer School 29 - 30 June Eugene

Peterson (author of The Message) Conference 'Follow the Leader' at St Aldates Church, Oxford. Cost £20.

Details and contact information: Wycliffe Hall, 54 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PW summer.school@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk CEL Annual Conference 13 October 'Heaven and

Earth; what Christianity teaches about land use' to be held at Ryton Organic Gardens, near Coventry. Details: Tim Cooper (0114) 225 4838 BBC RADIO OXFORD

Event in the Tent 29 June - 2 July A series of tent meetings organised by

Oxfordshire Community Churches at the King's School New Yatt Road, Witney. Speakers include the Revd Marke Stibbe from St Andrews Chorleywood, the Revd David Maclnnes from St Aldates, Oxford and John and Carol Arnott from the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship. Friday night worship is lead by Martyn Layzell and the Soul Survivor band. For more details contact

Kucharek, a experienced vocalist whose talents span a wide range of styles. She is a worship leader at Chiswick Christian Centre and is a tutor at London Bible College. She teaches with an infectious enthusiasm.

Come and enjoy an afternoon improving your singing 1pm 5pm at Cumnor Old School, Cumnor, Oxford £7 (S for those belonging to Music and Worship Foundation registered Churches, and concessions).

Details from Elizabeth Kirby (0186S) 427837

Dorchester Abbey Music 2 June Charity Concert for

Sobell House 3 June Vespers sung by

Benedictines from St Benet's Hall 3.30pm 9 June Concert by Reading Bach Choir 7.30pm 16 June Concert by Benson Choral Society and South Oxon Youth Choir 7.30pm 18 - 23 June Oxfordshire Festival 6pm concerts (12 noon Sat) 27 June Concert by Girton College Choir 7.30pm 7 July Concert by Girton College Choir Details: Mrs Stephanie Forman (0186S)340434 Services at Christ Church Cathedral Sundays 8am Holy

Communion, lOam Matins and Sermon; 11.15am Sung Eucharist; 6pm Evensong.

Taizé

A voice for the voiceless...

After two highly successful trips in 1999 and 2000, a group from the Oxford Diocese will once again be spending a week in Taizé in 2001 (28 July - 6 August). This week will provide the opportunity to: * Meet young people from over the world * Pray together with music and silence * Share questions and hopes * Find new ways of looking at the Church * Stand back, to see our lives in the light of the Gospel.

The Pilgrimage will be led by the new Bishop of Dorchester Cohn Fletcher, and will cost £170 (includes travel and a week's stay in Taizé.)

For more information and a registration form, contact Andrew Gear, Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford 0X2 ONB (01865) 208253 youthofficer@oxford.anglican.org

Do you know when you last felt lonely? A few years ago, while working at a Russian orphanage on the coast of the Baltic Sea, I vividly remember sitting, on a beach looking out over the Gulf of Finland, and feeling utterly alone. There were a lot of people about, but none of them really knew me - my hopes and needs, the things I could do, and the things I thought. To make things worse, I couldn't speak Russian very well, and this meant that it was difficult to build relationships with those around me.

You don't need to go to Russia to have this experience. One of my current jobs is at a Witneybased charity, where I support volunteers working throughout West Oxfordshire. My role is to match them up with a person in the area who has a communication disability, and who wants and needs somebody to speak up on their behalf. There can be many things which make it difficult for someone to express themselves or be understood by others in society, such as mental illness or learning disability.

Do you, or does somebody you know, need to get themselves heard? Or could you be that voice for somebody who finds themselves ignored or neglected?

We have opportunities to get involved both short- and longterm, so why not get in touch by writing to me: Dalibor

St Alban's-tide Pilgrimage to St Alban's Abbey 23 June Coach leaves from

Cowley Rd at 8.45am, festival Eucharist in St Albans, bring a picnic, free afternoon. Details from Mrs Smith (01865) 247048

Glastonbury Pilgrimage to Go Ahead 7 July The Pilgrimage will

take place as announced. The preacher in the morning will be Bishop David Thomas and in the evening Bishop John Gaisford.

It was reckoned that the Foot and Mouth epidemic would be almost over by then, and no

Warburton, at West Oxfordshire Citizen Advocacy, 33a High Street, Witney 0X28 6HP, phone: (01993) 704826, or by e-mailing at: us info@CITAD33a.freeserve.co.uk

This morning will be an opportunity to learn about what might be possible and how you could prepare for this. From 8.30am - 12.30pm £4. Book by 26 June (01525) 375109

St John's College, Durham 7-9 &14-16 September

Autumn Holiday Weekend: Leisure Study and Worship at St John's College. Details from Rachel Jones (01423) 797800

/.i3am holy Lornmumon; 1.05pm Holy Communion on Wednesdays only 6pm Choral Evensong 6pm Sung Eucharist on Thursdays or Saints Days

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Mendip District Council and Abbey are most anxious that the Pilgrimage should proceed as scheduled. Details: Francis Gardom (01225) 446670

Wednesdays 1pm Communion service, everyone welcome.

Saturday mornings lOam - 12 noon Ark-T Café, Crowell Road, Cowley, Oxford (01865) 773499/396778

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JUNE Fri I GROVE Cornerstone

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Fete at Broughton Castle 2 - 4pm.

Details: 01295 264987 Sat 2 BANBURY Focolare afternoon 2.30 - 4pm at St Francis's Church, Highlands. An introduction to the Focolare ideal of fostering unity. Details: (01295) 265836 Sat 2 SHIPPON Summer Fayre at St Mary Magdalene 2-4pm.

Sat 2 CUMNOR Men's Breakfast, 8.30àm at Cumnor Old School.

Sun 3 BOTLEY and CUMNOR

Cream Teas and Family Fun afternoon, 4pm Arnolds Way. Pentecost Praise at 6pm.

Sun 3 LUTON Abseil for free down the Luton Thistle Hotel, raising money for The Children's Society. Details: Kim Gutteridge.

(01767) 260714 Sun 3 FRITWELL Open Gardens and Church Songs of Praise in aid of St Olave's Church, 2-6pm. Details: (01869) 345507 Mon 4 CUMNOR An evening with Dr David Cook of BBC's The Moral Maze 7.30pm at Cumnor Old School.

Fri 8 BANBURY A 'Quiet Gardeii' in Balscote village, open 2 - 6pm with two short addresses.

Arrive and leave when you wish.

Enquiries: (01295) 738 194 Fri 8 -10 READING Flower Festival at Christ Church 10 - 6pm, 10 - 7pm and 2 - 5pm followed by Thanksgiving Choral Evensong at

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6pm (Cheese and wine party on Fri £5, 8pm) Details: (0118) 986 0610 Sat 9 WENDOVER Music concert at St Mary's Church with the Emperor Quartet, 8pm. Details: (01296) 622805 Sat 9 DORCHESTER Concert by the Reading Bach Choir including Lobet den Herrn (JS Bach) and works by Mozart and Rosanna Panufnik. Details: (0118) 963 5007 Sat 9 - 10 CHARLBURY 'A

Celebration of Summer Flowers' in St Mary's Church, arranged by members of all five churches in the town as part of Charlbury Arts Festival. Details: Sarah Potter (01608) 810388 Sat 9 - 10 WANTAGE Church

Open Weekend, church open from 2 - 5pm, concert by the Parish Church choir at 7.30pm on Saturday. Sunday evening service at 6pm followed by a sing-a-long.

Details: (01235) 762842 Sat 9 - 10 IVER HEATH St

Margaret's presents a Flower Festival called Movie Magic 11am - 5pm Sat -9 - 10 CROWMARSH

Flower Festival 10-6pm and 116pm at Crowmarsh Gifford Church. Details: (01491) 837243 Sun 10 BERRICK SALOME

Open Gardens Event, Plant and Cake stalls, Cream Teas, Croquet and Fun Dog Competitions.

Details: (01865) 891124 June 10 STEVENTON The Damascus Group of Parishes are holding a open-air service on the village green at lOam. Activities for children and a picnic lunch.

Sun 10 CHIPPING NORTON

Choral Evensong at St Mary's Church. Details: from Church Office (01608) 646202 Thurs 14 OXFORD The Archaeology of Qumran 8pm at the Oxford Jewish Centre. Details: (01865) 761630 Sat 16 OXFORD Oxford Harmonic Society presents Bach, Magnificat and Handel, at the Town Hall, 8pm. Tickets (01865) 798600 or at door.

Sat 16 WINDSOR The Royal Free Singers perform at concert at Windsor Parish Church 7.30pm.

Tickets £10 (including strawberries and cream) Details: (01753) 855173 Sun 17 WANTAGE Songs for a Summer Afternoon, followed by a guided tour of the Church and tea. £5 including tea. Details: (01235) 762842 Sun 17 CLANFIELD Village gardens open 2-6pm £3 to include about 12 gardens. Details: (01367)81025S

open, 2 - 6pm. £3 inclusive map and ticket teas available and easy parking. Details: (01608) 730062 Sun 17 GORING ON THAMES

9.30am Parish Communion at St Thomas's Parish Church with music led by Noel Tredinnick and musicians from All Souls, Langham Place.

Sun 17 GORING ON THAMES

'Village Open Gardens' about 12

Faure Requiem, Noel Tredinnick will be conducting All Souls Musicians and St Thomas's Choir at St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring-on-Thames at 3.30pm.

Tickets £7.50 (incl light refreshments) are available by calling 01491 873438 Thurs 21 ABINGDON Finding the Path, key skills for working effectively with 11-14 year olds.

At Christ Church, 7.30pm £10 Details: (01926) 458458 Fri 22 ISLIP Barn Dance with Captain Webb's band at Village Hall - tickets £5 (under 14's £3).

Details: (01865) 373972 Fri 22 FINGEST (Hambleden Valley, near Henley) Healing service with laying on of hands and anointing at Holy Communion 10.15am. Details: (01628) 476291 Sat 23 OXFORD Alzheimer's Society Plant Sale in aid of the local Branch, at St Catherine's College, 1.30pm - 4.30pm.

Details: (01865) 862064 Sat 23 WITNEY Holy Trinity Church Fete, 2pm on Woodgreen.

Stalls, activities and arena events including children's fancy dress competition.

Sat 23 THE LEE (near Great Missenden) Church Fete 2pm on

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Sun 17 LETCOMBE BASSETT

Gardens Open Day 2-6pm, plus flower festival, plant and cake stalls, cream teas and pony rides.

Details: (01235) 762390 Sun 17 WARGRAVE Churches Together in Twyford & District are holding their Annual United Service at 10.30am in the Grand Marquee on Mill Green. Details: (0118) 9401334 Sun 17 BIGGLESWADE Open Gardens-at Southill Park, plants, teas and wine from Warden Vineyard. Details: (01767) 260714 Sun 17 HOOK NORTON

the village green. Details: (01494) 837309 Sat 23 HINTON WALDRIST

Church Fete at The Grange, 2.30pm, includes raffle with star prize of day excursion on the Orient Express. Details: (01865) 820595 Sat 23-24 ISLIP Flower Festival at St Nicholas Church and Open Gardens 12 - 5.30pm, boat trips and treasure hunt. Details: (01865) 379072 Sun 24 TILEHURST Healing service with laying on of hands and sung Eucharist at St Catherine's 9.45am. Details: (0118) 942918 Sun 24 OLD LINSLADE (near Leighton Buzzard) Strawberry and cream teas at St Mary's. Details from Sheila Deighton (01525) 377326 Wed 27 DORCHESTER Girton College Chapel Choir Cambridge present an evening of choral music from Tallis and Byrd to Grainger and Cole Porter, 7.30pm, tickets £1O/7.50. Details: (01235) 522237

Sat 30 BOURNE END St

Sat 7 - 8 WOODCOTE Flower

Nicholas' Church annual Riverside Fair on the banks of the Thames at River Cottage, Riversdale. Includes river trips, children's' games, cream teas and stalls. Opens 12 noon.

Festival at St Leonard's Church 10 - 5pm. Theme: Songs and Symbols Mon 9 READING GSS Meeting, Mass at St Marks 7.30pm. Details David Gillman (0118) 9598102 Sat 14 GREEN PARK SAOMC Reunion for former and current students and staff, 10-4pm.

Speaker: Canon Vincent Strudwick. Details and booking (0186S)208260 Sun 15 POTTON Open Gardens at Causeway Cottage and 88 Everton Rd, (2-5pm). Details: (01767) 260714 Sun 15 SILCHESTER The Longslade Consort present 'A Feaste of Early Music for the Kings and Queens of England' 7.30pm.

Details (0118) 970 0825

Sat 30 MARSH GIBBON

Flower Festival at St Mary's Church 10 - 5pm Sat 30 - I FREELAND Flower

Festival at St Mary-the-Virgin 106pm and 12 -6pm. Details: (01993) 882273 Sat 30 - I HAWBRIDGE Gift

Day and Flower Festival, at St Mary's 10.30-5.30pm

JULY Sun I MARSH GIBBON Village

service lOam, St Mary's Church open for Flower Festival 2-5pm Sun I OLNEY Summer Celebration Choral Concert at 8pm in the Parish Church. Tickets £10 from (01908) 661049 Mon 2 MARSH GIBBON

in St Mary's Church.

'Professional Floral Art with Bob Harris 8pm, £5. Details: (01869) 277428 Tues 3 OXFORD Christianity and National Identity 7.30pm at Friends' Meeting House, 43 St Giles.

Sat 7 STEVENTON GREEN St Michael's Traditional Village Fete 2.30-4.30prn. Details: (01235) 831418 Sat 7 WENDOVER Music Concert at St Mary's Church with the City of London Sinfonia, 8pm.

Details: (01296) 622805 Sat 7 SALFORD Garden Fete at the Old Rectory, Cream Teas, stalls and games. Details: (01608) 643276

free of charge to churches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

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Fri 29 - I HAWBRIDGE St

Mary's Church Patronal Festival.

Concert with lain Ledingham on 29 at 7pm at Hawridge & Cholesbury school. Details (01494) 758332 Sat 30 OXFORD 'Summer GetTogether' at 2.30pm, tea on the lawn and stalls in aid of St John's Home. Details: (01865) 247725 Sat 30 ISLIP Strawberry teas, book sale and children's fancy dress at 3pm in aid of St Nicholas.

Details: (01865) 374386 Sat 30 WOUGHTON ON THE GREEN Strawberry Fayre at 3pm

Sat 21 ASTON ABBOTTS

Festival with Floral Church, stalls and sideshows 2-Spm. Details: (0296) 681343 Sat 21 STREATLEY 'A Summer Serenade' Concert of vocal and instrumental music by graduates of the University of Surrey 7.30pm.

Tickets £6 including refreshments.

Details: (01491) 872686

Notices STOP FOR TEA WITH THE DOOR! We hope to include our annual church-tea guide in the July DOOR. If your church offers teas or other snacks on a regular basis in the summer months and you would like to be included (no charge) then send us details by 11 June. Please tell us briefly about what you will offer (eg cream teas), and about toilet facilities and whether there is access for people with a disability. Send the information to The DOOR, Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford OX2 ONB. email door@oxford.anglican.org

Challenge in aid of The Children's Society. Be sponsored to drive a fire engine, juggernaut, dustcart, double-decker bus or racing banger, from lOam. Details: (01844) 292 242 Sun 29 POTTON Open Gardens 'Three Views of Potton', at Grove Lodge, Deepdale, 12 Sutton Rd and 22 Gamlingay Rd (2-6pm).

Details: (01767) 260714

DO YOU CLYP? I am researching the origination and ancient custom of 'YCLEPPING' ie clypping of a parish church. First the people face inward holding hands around the church, thanking God for His faithfulness and that of past generations, and praying for it themselves. Then turning outward, they pray for the power of the Holy Spirit to live and work to God's praise and glory.

The custom is observed in July and is probably pagan in origin.

If you have any information about yclep ping, please contact: Peter Atkinson (01226) 742659

Telephone: 01865 208227 Fax: 01865 790470

Email: door@oxford.anglican.org

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Kingham Hill School, a co-educational independent school for 240 pupil's aged 11-19 years old. Set in 90 acres of parkland in the heart of the stunning Cotswolds near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, it is only an hour and a half from London and within easy reach of major airports.*

impressive cross-section

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for the attitudes and

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of society - and abilities

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tance these days of IT -

Headmaster Martin

ratio of 1:7, the aim is to

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Morris goes on to say,

provide a high-quality sec-

puter for every three chil-

"Most boarding schools

ready to welcome prospective pupils and parents for an informal visit.

ondary education for all

dren".

are very experienced in

boys and girls of average

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academic ability.

an education should pre-

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pare a young person for

quality provision for

life by developing the

pupils on their doorstep.

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whole. person. We do this by using our strengths to

Kingham, which are typi-

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cal of other schools

those human qualities

variety of British schools

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that are the foundation

providing around 9,000

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boarding places for chil-

hall, assault course, tennis

dren from overseas. With

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20 per cent of its children

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coming from abroad there

music, and drama.

is a truly thriving interna-

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The day was also used to launch two books, one written by Sandra Pollerman, Stories, Stories Everywhere and one written by Heather Butler, More Stories to make you think.

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The day ended around 3.30 pm with final worship led by children, a fitting end to a whole series of events on Celebrating Together.

Valerie Hooley Valerie Hooley is assistant to Jenny Hyson, the Diocesan Children's Officer.

is an adaptation from a marvellous set of 'Cordon Bleu' magazines that were on sale monthly in the early days of my marriage. I often refer to these old books and frequently find a useful recipe in my constant search to keep our readers in their kitchens when they aren't too busy elsewhere. Strawberry time is coming up to its peak this month - so I hope some of you will try this one.

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outcome of some 40 years' involvement in ChristianJewish dialogue. Marcus Braybrooke's analysis is that, while the, awfulness of the Holocaust (Shoah) has led many Christians and Jews over the last half century to meet together and to establish friendships and in some cases collaboration over social action, dialogue has reached something of a plateau. What is needed now is 'a theology of each side to validate the other's existence' In seeking to establish this theology of the 'other', Braybrooke argues that Jesus was a Jew of His times and

that his polemic against the Pharisees, while certainly critical, was well within the contemporary bounds of acceptable debate. He suggests that Paul's primary concern was to safegaurd the position of Gentile converts within Christianity - ie they did not have to conform to Jewish practice - rather than a criticism of Judaism itself.

It was only as the early Church grew and the proportion of Jews declined in relation to Gentiles that the anti-Jewish polemic increased and pointed forward to the anti-Semitism which has been such a blot on Christian history. With

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Many, like Shaye, J.D Cohen, have outlined the task of a theology of religion to be to accept the integrity of the other without impairing the integrity of one's own religion, and many have lamented our failure to achieve this goal. One of the most remarkable features of his book is the response it has elicited from Rabbi Tony Bayfield who, in paying tribute to Braybrooke's sensitivity and steps to accommodate Judaism within Christian

make real theological progress, it requires a lot of hard work on both sides and a willingness for each to come to grips seriously with the other's theological problems. That is the achievement of this book.

theology, himself suggests that it is time for Jews to take Jesus seriously. As Bayfield says: 'If Christians need fully to accept Jesus as a Jew, Jews need fully to accept Jesus as a remarkable Jew.' Many key underlying issues remain unresolved, not least the question of conversion (especially from Judaism to Christianity) and the continuing issue of peace and justice in Palestine/Israel, but this book is important not only in the context of Christian-Jewish dialogue but also as a particular model of inter-faith dialogue in general. It is clear that, if inter-faith dialogue is to

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from the inner The Christian Year was a bestsoul of a good, and true, and seller of its day, much used as saintly man': this is how John a devotional aid alongside the Keble's poems were described Book of Common Prayer.

'New every in his obituary in morning', The Times in Hymn Notes quoted in 1866. Ordained part below, in 1815, he

by Clare Wenham originally became a tutor part of a 16in Oxford University and was elected verse poem, reflects Keble's Professor of Poetry in 1831. belief that God was especially His 'Sermon on National to be found in everyday surApostasy', preached in the roundings, in the normal rouUniversity Church of St Mary tine of life. the Virgin in 1833, caused a sensation by denouncing the New every morning is the love nation for turning away from Our wakening and uprising prove; God and regarding the Church Through sleep and darkness safely simply as a social institution. It brought, Restored to life and power and is considered to mark the start thought. of the Oxford Movement.

Keble finished his life as a New mercies, each returning day, parish priest in Hampshire.

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When home was a house of prayer in Kimberley MIEKE GAYNOR writes the first of two articles about her three-month visit to our link Diocese of Kimberley & Kuruman 'WHAT are you going to do for three months in Kimberley?' was the question asked by family, friends and fellow parishioners at All Saints Church,

share a problem or to ask for prayer is another aspect of St Monica's ministry. St Monica's also provides accommodation for people on retreat including

Breakfast at St Monica's after Friday morning Eucharist includes their chaplain, the Revd Jonathan Verwand and Sister Camilla SPB (centre).

Marlow in the Oxford Diocese as I was ready to leave on 21 January, a week after Bishop Richard and Jo Harries return from their K&K visit. I was confronted by the same question on arrival in Kimberley the following day.

This was my second visit to K & K. In December 1999 I spent two weeks in Kimberley, enjoying the hospitality of Father Ossie Swartzs family. I was also able to strengthen the link between the Parish of St James, Galashewe and my parish of All Saints, Marlow. This time I was invited by Sister Camilla SPB at St Monica's House of Prayer to come back and stay for three months.

St Monica's became home for me for the whole of my stay.

Not only was I made welcome

by Sr Camilla and Mathilda Strong, I was also included in the pastoral care that is at the heart of St Monica's. There is a steady stream of visitors, both lay and clergy, who know that they will be listened to, prayed for and supported in their needs and the chapel is available to anyone for private prayer. The telephone calls from all over the Diocese from people needing to

Ordinands prior to ordination. It is a busy place but with an inherent sense of peace.

Whilst there I was asked to organise two workshops for 20 lay people on bereavement support visiting. A bereavement support ministry was set up at All Saints Marlow a couple of years ago whereby lay people, after training, visit the bereaved, starting about four weeks after the funeral at a time when the bereaved person often feels lonely and vulnerable.

Another task was helping Abigail Ngoako (wife of Father Ben Ngoako at St James) in her work at the Zenzeleni Wellness Centre. Abigail continues to work with both adults and children who are infected with HIV/AIDS. During my time in Kimberley I had the opportunity to worship in several churches in the Archdeaconry. The Easter Vigil at St James was one of the highlights. The welcome, hospitality and sense of belonging I experienced is something I will never forget. I learnt so much and received far more than I gave. and it was a privilege to be allowed to share in many different lives in many different ways.

Mieke Gaynor

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Multiplying and dividing Seven adult congregations and 40 cell groups now make up the Anglican Church in Hazlemere. Clive Collier, Vicar of Holy Trinity, writes about this pioneering way of being a church two new congregations.

Growth is a fundamental to cells and therefore to the Church. If half the adults in the church brought a friend to faith in the next year and then those people brought someone to faith the next year and so on the whole of Hazlemere and Widmer End could come to faith in seven years! (the whole nation in 20 years!!).

This is unlikely to happen quite like that but we are on the way and believe that our purpose as the Church in this place hasn't changed much from that original vision 150 years ago

ONE HUNDRED and fifty

years ago two ladies prayed and established the funding for the building of a small church and a large vicarage in a small hamlet on the hills outside of High Wycombe. Its purpose was to bring godliness to the local area and to the families living nearby.

Today that area of Hazlemere is a sprawling urbanisation of housing estates and 15,000 people. The purpose of the church remains the same - to bring the love of God into people's lives and to help them respond to God themselves.

That original church, though still looking remarkably the same outside, has been extended, modernised and equipped and now provides a resource building used by the church and local community. The vicarage has been sold off and a more manageable house built at the bottom of the garden!

The living church that uses this and other facilities in this parish has also changed and grown quite dramatically.

Having always been at the heart of the community and with a daughter church nearby, the church has outgrown buildings and has developed into a community church with it's primary emphasis on small groups - cell groups!

The move to cell church, begun eight years ago and still in process, has at its heart a simple principle. Church is where the people are - not a building or even a series of services or meeting attended by people. Essentially it recognises that when two or three, or 10 or 12 as in the case of cells, gather they have all the aspects of church and can function as that. Obviously when a hundred are also gathered (one of our congregations) that is also church or indeed when we all

The photographs:(top) A children's group at one of the congregations; (bottom) Holy Trinity congregation; (below right) Sir William Ramsay School one of the schools rented for use on Sundays. gather (600 plus) that is also church.!!! Gatherings at congregational level have a focus on Worship and Word. The larger celebration events are just that - time to celebrate.

We have difficulty finding venues for these and in the summer we all meet outside for worship, games, competition (leaders volley ball team champions!!) and fun!

The Anglican Church in Hazlemere and Widmer End now meets in 40 adult cell groups and these make up seven different congregations.

These congregations make use of both the parish buildings but also schools which are rented for use on Sundays or midweek meetings. There are still activities which take place such as mums and toddlers and various youth

groups but the programme is kept to a minimum to allow people to make and form good relationships.

The goal of this is not just that people will have a healthy and supportive network of fellow Christians but will offer real friendship to those who live around them and with them. People are actively encouraged to develop one to one relationships as the most effective bridge for the gospel.

As a church we make extensive use of Alpha as a way to help people investigate for themselves the truths of Christianity and when people come to faith they join one of the cells to be encouraged and discipled.

When cell groups grow they multiply to form two new cells. When congregations grow they multiply to form

Parish Profile Population: 15,000 Housing: urban development in housing estates Church Membership: Electoral roll 430; children 150; youth 100.Total Membership: 750, 40 cell groups, seven congregations Staff: Vicar; Associate Vicar; Assistant Curate from July 2001; two pastoral workers; administration staff equal to one full-time; Oasis training youth worker; part-time evangelist; full-time young people's support worker,

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Receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 8.15) SIMON Magus had never heard of the Holy Spirit. He had heard of Jesus. He had heard of God the creator. But until Philip the deacon came preaching good tidings with signs and miracles, the notion of the Spirit had passed him by. God would not be displeased.

The Spirit is always unheralded. He enters the stage of life with no applause - for the Spirit is the unseen and 'anonymous' presence of God. He is the unpredictable one, moving and shifting like the wind and yet igniting the spark of love within each of us, sometimes causing an inferno in the world, a rapidly spreading blaze of fire. He comes to us as the hymn says, 'as one unknown'. He is unrecognised, unacknowledged yet full of surprises.

Even, the New Testament book that tells his story testi-

by Leighton Thomas

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH fies to the Acts of the Apostles, the principal parties in the drama being seen as a few male disciples. But should it not be properly called 'the activities of the Holy Spirit'? Perhaps not.

We get the feeling that the Holy Spirit likes it best of all when our attention is focused elsewhere.

Canon Leighton Thomas is Rural Dean of Abingdon and a member of The DOOR's Editorial Support Group

Pentecost is the Festival of the Holy Spirit and we name him! He presents to us a variety of gifts, graciously and free of charge. Look out for them! If you perceive within yourself any heavenly gift whatever, then use it to exalt his name. If you have a musical instrument, play it.

If you have a voice then use it to sing his praise, preferably with two or three others in the fellowship of his holy presence. But be not 'puffed up', claiming the ability as of your own. Be guided by his humility and his enormous generosity. Acknowledge that of all the graces within his treasury the greatest he has already given to you and to every one; his unconditional love.

The imperfect Simon Magus said: 'Give me the same power too'. That simple prayer was enough for the Spirit to begin a process that finally led to acceptance, forgiveness and new life. e