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Os New bishops named. a Berkshire priest who masterminded the 'unconventional' will go to Bucks and a Canon theologian from Southwark to Reading THE Revd Canon Dr Alan Wilson, father of five, Rector of Sandhurst and Area Dean of Sonning, who masterminded last year's Diocesan Convention at High Wycombe, is to be the next Bishop of Buckingham. The new Bishop of Reading will be the Revd Canon Dr Jeffrey John, Chancellor and Canon Theologian of Southwark Cathedral. The news that the Queen had approved the appointments came from 10 Downing Street on 20 May. Their consecrations are expected to be in the autumn.
Alan Wilson for Bucks ALAN WILSON became a
familiar figure in the months leading up to last year's Diocesan 'Unconventional' at High Wycombe. He was the energetic and popular chairman of its planning group. 'His seemingly endless ability to enthuse and encourage us never ceased to amaze us,' said one member of the group. Dr Wilson has served in the
Oxford Diocese since 1979 when he became a curate at Eynsham before moving in 1982 to be priest in charge of St John's, Caversham in Reading, eventually becoming the church's first Vicar. In 1992 he moved to be Rector of Sandhurst and was made Area Dean of Sonning six years later. Alan Wilson was born in Edinburgh and grew up in East London and Kent. He studied at St John's College Cambridge and then Balliol College, Oxford where he completed a doctorate in modern historical theology. He is married to Lucy, a violin teacher. With five children aged four to 17 the Wilsons are following in the steps of the outgoing Bishop of Buckingham, Mile Hill, who also has a family of five. 'It is a great joy to be nominated as a Bishop in the Diocese where I have served most of my ministry, and I look forward to working with my colleagues in the Buckingham Archdeaconry' he says. JEFFREY JOHN is widely
respected for his biblically based teaching and evangelistic ministry. As Bishop's Adviser for Ministry in the Southwark Diocese, his brief has been to unite all the diocesan training courses into a single department and to set up new courses for lay people and clergy. He writes: I am very honoured, as well as surprised and a little daunted, to be nominated as Bishop of Reading. My
chief hope and prayer is for growth - growth in knowledge and depth of faith, but also growth in numbers. We know that 70 per cent of the population believes in God and over 50 per cent call themselves C of E, yet only a small proportion worship in our churches We need to make sure that what we offer in our churches meets their needs and draws them to Christ.'
Jeffrey John for Reading
Dr John was born in a mining village in South Wales. Though brought up in the 'chapel' tradition, he became an Anglican after a teenage gap 'trying to avoid God'. He read classics and modern languages at Oxford and then went straight on to prepare for ordination. A curacy in Wales was followed by 11 more years at Oxford at Brasenose and Magdalen colleges combining research and teaching with college chaplaincies. In 1992 Jeffrey John was appointed Vicar of Eltham moving after six years to Southwark Cathedral.
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BONN SQUARE in the centre of Oxford was the setting for a free cafĂŠ run by the City's churches. Called 'Five Thousand Plus', its aim was to offer 'grace and friendship' to passers by to demonstrate the unconditional love of God. Between 7 and 10 May more than 7000 hamburgers were cooked by dozens of volunteers like Jim Grady who said:'It was great to share our Christian fellowship with people outside the church. They were interested why our faith had prompted us to give something away for free.'
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NOW WE ARE ACTIVE ON THE WEB! FOR the bishops' prayer mis-
sion to be effective, prayerful planning by local churches needs to be happening now. The planning itself is an important part of the prayer mission. What can you do in your church to encourage this? Making good plans means asking, who should we begin to talk with, pray with and share ideas together? Some churches are thinking that they should respond ecumenically. Others are wondering whether a response might be worked out across a deanery. In multi-parish benefices it is usual for all the churches to come together and respond as a benefice. Links with local schools are being thought about. Churches with a mission group and those 0 have recently had a aer project are reviewing the balance and effectiveness of their prayer ministry. The potential of the housebound in the prayer mission is not being forgotten. yourkingdomcome goes active on the web Ideas and resources are building up on yourkingdomcome pages on the diocesan web-site www.oxford.anglican.org/y ourkingdomcome. Why not visit it to glean ideas and resources for personal and group prayer for all ages? You can post news of your plans on the message board. Sharing Ideas Barbara Doubtftre at Diocesan Church House 01865 208277 or pdaoxf@oxford.anglican.org is co-ordinating ideas and information. If after reading this you say 'I/We have a good idea to share' or 'We could do that!' then PLEASE BE IN TOUCH
yourkingdomcome is the theme of a prayer mission initiated by Bishop Richard in response to the request from many parishes and deaneries that the bishops might lead a time of deepening prayer as we seek to continue to respond to Sharing Life. The Bishops' prayer mission began in March when a letter from Bishop Richard was sent to all incumbents, to religious communities and to all who have responsibility to lead mission and ministry in the Diocese of Oxford. Bishop Richard is encouraging local churches and deaneries prayerfully to make plans to respond before 1 November. On the 1 November, All Saints day itself, our bishops will be very visible at Archdeaconry events. In the weeks following, during November(the Kingdom season) and into December, churches and deaneries will put their plans into action.
To Donc er and oray. GOD has no better gift to give to those who seek him than himself. But here is a paradox, that no one can seek the Lord who has not already found him. ftis thy will O God, tobe found that thou nlayest be. Inveo
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TO clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world. Karl Barth CHRISTIAN prayer is insepara-
ble from resistance and struggle. Yet so often we mistake the signs of prayer for signs of an inability to pray. Such marks as searching in darkness, aching for fulfilment, yearning for God in the midst of confusion and perplexity, are signs of living prayer. For prayer is directed towards the vision of the Kingdom of God. According to St Gregory of
Nyssa, there is an ancient version of the Lord's Prayer in which the phrase 'Your Kingdom come' is replaced by 'May your Holy Spirit come upon us and purify us'. Elsewhere, Gregory describes as the 1tsttgdni of , & aisd th tnd.inttn o the Son'. For the Spirit stands for newness, the new age, a new level of progress. Kenneth Leech, True Prayer THE ministry of healing is
linked with the integrity of creation, an integrity broken by sin but restored in Jesus Christ. We are called to work for the healing of divisions wherever encountered - the healing of broken bodies, divided communities and nations, the healing of the earth itself and our relationship with it, are all part of the integrity to which God calls us. Adapted from Kathy Galloway's Tfie Pattern of Our Days (\MdGcen)
Religious Communities are getting involved There are nine religious communities in our Diocese. We have asked them to undergird yourkingdomcome with the prayerwork which is at the heart of their life. Some are beginning to discuss how to respond more specifically. Some individual religious will be also involved in the events of 1 November.
The Boiler Room in Reading is a non-stop house of prayer. A 21st century monastery, a praying community. It combines five key elements - continual prayer - creative expression - ministry with the poor mission/outreach hospitality/pilgrimage. Some people see links with ancient celtic monasticism and the later Franciscan movement. They say that they fall short of the radical commitment of the traditional religious communities, but find themselves 'gathering to do many of the same things as them. The heart is the same but the clothes are new.'
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Cookham church goes green Trinity Church, Cookham, has taken the first step towards becoming an earth-friendly church. They have joined Eco-Congregation, a programme designed to encourage and enable churches to respond to environmental concerns. The programme involves working through the HOLY
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POLLY Vacher, a member of St Peter's congregation in Drayton, near Abingdon, has set off on another amazing air adventure. The Revd Dorothy Derrick, Priest in Charge at St Peter's, and Licensed Lay Minister Peter Barton blessed Polly Vacher and her husband, Peter at the end of the service on Sunday, 4 May before Polly's epic solo journey around the world in a single-engined plane. Polly left Birmingham
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How does the Church reach today's children? HOW does the church make children a priority? How can the church compete with football, video games and shopping to reach children outside the church, or keep children who are already a part of it? What about 'Tweenagers'? A forthcoming conference at St Andrew's Church, Hatter's Lane, High Wycombe, will be helping parents and people who -
work with children to answer questions like these. The 'Reaching Children' Conference takes place on Saturday 12 July from 9:30am to 4pm. It is organised by Jenny Hyson, Diocesan Children's Advisor. The day will include two key talks by Penny Frank, author of Every Child a Chance to Choose, a theological reflection on children's evangelism. Penny
says, 'I want children to have a chance to choose Jesus. To do that, they need to be introduced to him and discover what God has done and said.' Titles of workshops incorporate such topics as 'The hungry brain', 'Prams in the aisles' and 'Taking children seriously'. There will be opportunity to go to two different workshops during the day, as well as a chance
to look at new resources and meet with others asking similar questions. As Jenny Hyson comments, 'There is no easy answer to working with children, just as there is no quick fix way of being a good parent. But there is no greater call.' To book a place on the conference, or for more information, contact Valerie Hooley on 01865 208257.
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There's a new chaplain on the beat THAMES Valley Police now has its own chaplain! The Revd David Bouskill took on the role of Force Chaplain in November, and does the job in addition to being part of the Bicester Team Ministry. This is the first time that the Thames Valley Police have appointed a recognised chaplain for the whole of the force. At the moment. David is touring the counties, meeting police officers and accompanying them on patrol. He has also begun to organise a service of thanksgiving and recognition for the work of the emergency services in the Thames Valley area, which will take place in September. David says, 'There are many exciting developments that are happening at the moment for me, both in the parish and throughout the police force. I am fully enjoying the work I do, and beginning to get a grip on what is ahead for me.' Photograph by Frank Blackwell
Genetic modification debate in Dorchester modification of crops will be the theme of a debate at Dorchester abbey on 3 July at 8pm. The chief speaker on behalf of GM crops will be from the Commonwealth Agricultural
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known former Vicar of St James' Piccadilly, will be preaching at the Dorchesteron-Thames Team Service on 29 June at Marsh Baldon at 10.30 a.m. Donald Reeves is now a Director of Soul of Europe which seeks to help heal the deep scars of the violence in former Yugoslavia. On behalf of Soul of Europe Donald Reeves has pledged to restore the Ferhadija Mosque in Banja Luka. Once a World Heritage site and the centre of Muslim life in the city, his hope is that it will be a symbol of reconciliation and of the how people of different faiths can live side by side. 'Anyone who would like to hear more about this remarkable campaign will be welcome at this service,' says Marcus Braybrooke, NSM at Marsh Baldon and an authority on interfaith concerns. A Floral Songs of Praise at 6pm on 15 June will end a flower festival weekend on the theme of 'Proverbs' at St Mary Magdalene's Church Crowmarsh Gifford.
Cope comes home for the weekend Steeple Aston Cope, a unique work of medieval embroidery, came home from the Victoria and Albert Museum to spend just one weekend in Steeple Aston as the centrepiece of a Cope Exhibition. The Cope's theme is the martyrdom of saints and one of most exquisite figures is an angel mounted on horseback playing a lute. The weekend also included a mystery play telling the story of the Cope and talks by Linda Woolley, a curator at the V and A. THE
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Johnson receives justice pledge from churches in Oxfordshire met on Saturday 10 May at Cuddesdon fete to hand in hundreds of Trade Justice campaign action pledges to their MP, Boris Johnson. This was one of the many events that took place across during Oxford,shire Christian Aid Week. Christian Aid's Trade Justice campaign calls for a major overhaul of the rules that govern international trade,
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Clive Sedgewick heads north Sedgewick, Assistant Director of Education for the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education, leaves his post on the 18 June to become Diocesan Director of Education for the two Dioceses of Bradford and Ripon and Leeds. Clive's appointment is a unique initiative by the two Dioceses, who have decided to have one Education team. Clive will be responsible for 148 schools across the two Dioceses and will be working with two LEAs which have been privatised because of poor performance, so he is unlikely to be bored! Clive joined the Oxford Diocese in September 1996, and has worked with schools in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. For the past three years he has been studying to become a non-stipendiary, priest but with his new appointment, he has decided to defer ordination for a year. Clive's colleagues on the education team will miss him and his unique interest in water and chimneys, and they wish him, Andrea, his wife, and his children Felicity and Peter every blessing on the new life ahead. CLIVE
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from this alone. Many potential donors had misgivings that such a tiny community could achieve success, but eventually South Oxfordshire District Council was persuaded and that proved
the turning point Several local organisations including St. Nicholas, Marston made substantial donations and there were many smaller grants and gifts from individicsls.
the night sky by artificial light or the disruption of our lives by unnecessary light such as a street light which interrupts our sleeping. Anyone walking or driving across the Oxfordshire countryside at night will have seen the orange glow of street lighting. It looks horrible, it's a waste of the world's resources, it has an effect on the night sky, and it can have consequences for night living animal and bird life. We have to provide safe streets at night, but unneces-
sary street lights, security lights with too high wattage bulbs, and even illuminated churches can all take their toll. A number of organisations are now campaigning against light pollution, including the Campaign for Dark Skies (CfDS] as are Government departments and local authorities. What is needed is new legislation to make some aspects of light pollution illegal.
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He served a curacy in Manchester, and then joined the USPG College of the Ascension as Chaplain and later Principal. After 11 years at Selly Oak he became Principal of Edinburgh Theological College. While he was there, Patrick Rodger, then Bishop of Oxford, invited him to lead the team of visitors to his diocese under the Partners-in-Mission proro gramme. This began his close 15 year relationship with the diocese which lasted until his appointment as Bishop of Knaresborough in 1997. The Bishop accepted the PIM report, and in 1982 Frank'Weston was invited to become Archdeacon of Oxford and a Canon of Christ Church. In this role, his gifts and interests were given full play. He came as breath of fresh air. His capacity for friendship and his ability to empathise with all sorts and conditions was of enormous value as he wrestled with the complexities of church life in Oxford city, and the problems of the deprived areas of
Cowley. He had an instinctive comprehension of the life in parishes whether urban or rural, and an empathy with clergy and their families. He was tolerant of their foibles,
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and invariably saw the best in them. An important part of his ministry in the Dorchester Area was to begin to develop with Bishop Anthony Russell the sense of area identity enjoyed by Bucks and Berks. In Christ Church his ability to bring people together and set them at ease made a notable contribution to the life of college and Cathedral. In Chapter his skill in defusing potential conflict contributed greatly to its unity. He was a faithful attender of Cathedral worship, and his knowledge of liturgy was a considerable help, as was his love of music. Innovation did not come naturally to the canons, so the introduction of special services for Holy Week gently achieved was notable. He liked things to be done decently and in order. In the Diocese his administrative skills were well used. Following the PIM report, the Weston report reformed the confusion of Diocesan boards
and councils. Frank, continuing his life-long interest in mission at home and abroad, chaired the Partnership in World Mission group. His preference was to work for what he thought was needed quietly and unobtrusively. His knowledge of church romo buildings helped his promotion of the wider use of churches by the community. He was proud of having visited all save one of the churches of the archdeaconry. Another major interest was education and theological formation. He was governor, not only of Christ's Hospital, but also of Tudor Hall School Bloxham, of Ripon College Cuddesdon, and of St. Augustine's Joint RC/CE Secondary School Oxford (a flagship ecumenical venture, sadly soon to close). His call to become Bishop of Knaresborough five years ago was a surprise and a joy to him. He was to assist the retiring Bishop of Ripon, care for the diocese during the vacancy, and see the new bishop in. This he did with great success, and in a short while became a well-known and well-loved figure in the diocese. 'All are to be loved'
At his farewell from the Christ Church Chapter, he said he was exchanging 'the reality of archidiaconal power for the 'myth of episcopal authority'. The episcopal authority Frank exercised was well earned and far from 'mythical'. On the back of his pectoral cross are the words 'Omnes amandi' - all are to be loved. He was devoted to his family and immensely proud of them, so it is particularly sad his untimely death occurred shortly after celebrating his Ruby Wedding anniversary, and within a few weeks of his retirement. He is survived by his wife, Poppy, their son and two daughters. John Morrison The Venerable John Morrison is Archdeacon of Oxford.
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IT is appropriate to celebrate the life of Ken Reeves because he had such a positive effect on so many people. Ken was born in Newcastle-onTyne but brought up in west London. He received his secondary education at Drayton Manor Grammar School before gaining a first class degree in theology at King's College, London. He became a teacher, returning to his old school as head of RE. Next he was appointed senior lecturer in RE at Goldsmith's College before receiving his first headship at Archbishop Tennyson School in London. Not only did Ken fight to develop the minds of his students, he actively helped their physical development and sense of fair play by becoming a qualified football referee. He wore that uniform with pride ensuring that the game was fought fairly in accordance with its rules - his philosophy for everyday life. Ken also took a very active part
The Revd Kenneth Reeves died in an accident near Oxford on 24 March in politics, starting as a councillor in the borough of Ealing before becoming deputy leader. He stood as a Tory parliamentary candidate thre times between 1966 and 1974. In September 1976 Ken moved to Dorchester on Thames in Oxfordshire, to take up the headship of Cowley St John Church of England Upper School in Oxford. After making his mark there he moved to Twyford School, Ealing before finally hanging up his board rubber and retiring. For most of us that would have been enough, but not for Ken. He decided to train at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, near Oxford, and became a priest in 1987. His first appo'ntr ient was as a non-stipendiary minister at Dorchester,but from 1989 to 2000 he was a stipendiary Vicar in Deddington. Once again he retired, but failed
to take this opportunity to put his feet up thanks in part to Hazel Lloyd. She had worked with Ken at, Cowley St John and recommended that her husband, Canon Ron Lloyd, consider Ken for the position of associate priest at the Shill Valley and Broadshire Benefice. He was asked only one question at his interview 'Do you believe completely in the resurrection?' He answered that it was the cornerstone of his faith. So it was that he lived at the vicarage in the village of Filkins, where he is so fondly remembered. I can see Ken now, with his arms spread aloft, telling all around him how he met his end and informing God that he must make sure that the driver, who was unfortunate to dispatch him to the other side, was ok. Ken spent his life doing good and the last thing he would want would be for anyone to suffer at his parting ràm this earthly place. God bless him. B.Thomas
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BURY ME IN MY BOOTS took the world by storm in 1968. The book told the story of Say Trench, a regularly expelled' convent girl from Surrey who at the age of 16, went to five with London's homeless. It sold a million and a half copies and enabled its author to. start Project Spark, a charity for deprived and disadvantaged children. For 15 years Sally ran units for children who had been expelled from London comprehensive schools. Next she bought a large house in Oxfordshire and when war broke out in Bosnia she opened her home to 22 Bosnian children besides leading 36 convoys behind the battle lines. Since then she has worked tirelessly to find places at schools around the world for some of Bosnia's most intelligent young people to provide future students for Sarajevo University. She also runs the Centre of Hope for grieving and bereaved children. She has two children of her own and six step children.
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seven, knowing that he'd love me even if nobody else' did. I was sent to school at these convents. The first time I got expelled, I thought that should have confirmed to my mum and dad that they were quite the wrong places for the free spirited soul that I was. But they didn't take a blind bit of notice, and sent me to the next boarding school. I decided that my parents didn't love me and that created the most terrible loneliness. So it was very simple I turned to God as my father, mymother and my friend. And we've never parted company. Life as a down and out When I was 16 I was expelled from school again and my father told me to get a job because I was so hopeless. One day I was crossing Waterloo Station and I saw the homeless sleeping on benches and I thought 'My God, in this day and age, this shouldn't be happening!' So I left home and joined them on the streets. My decision was very embarrassing for my father. He had lords to smart dinners, who would talk about their children getting into Oxford and Cambridge, and all he was able to say was that his daughter was living on a bombsite with dirty old drunks. However, I did not become an alcoholic or a drug addict I think I was too frightened of those things. But I did live amongst the homeless and try to help them. If someone was coming out of prison, I'd go and meet them and try find them somewhere to live. I took on the world very young. In my arrogance, I thought I -
could change it. And despite my middle class accent and the fact that I washed every day at Waterloo station, I was accepted by the homeless. I never went to church when I was on the road. But everything I did was for my God, because I saw Christ in all these people. Bury me in my Boots wasn't written as a book. It was written as an outlet for my feelings, on hard toilet paper. I kept the rolls in the left luggage department of Waterloo Station. It was discovered by a priest who was worried that I would become a drug addict or an alcoholic like the people I worked with. I said 'No, Father, I've got a marvellous outlet I write everything out of my system.' He said, 'Well, I'd love to -
read your manuscript.' So I gave him the left luggage ticket and he went and collected the rolls of toilet paper,and typed it out and sent it to a publisher. So the whole thing of my writing the book was a complete fluke. On 27 March, 1978 people still crossed the road to avoid me. Then the book came out on 28 March, and suddenly I was called the 'Joan of Arc of England' and everybody wanted to know me. The sheer hypocrisy of society so galled me that two weeks later I fled to America. But I knew that I had to return to England, and with the money from the book, start a charity for children I suppose I felt prevention was better than cure. So I started Project Spark. -
We ran a school for the deprived and the delinquent and those who had been expelled. They came with police records, but through tender loving care and discipline we got them back into a routine. Many went on to further education. One is a barristet When the Inner London Education Authority was withdrawn, so were our grants, and I was left with a large empty house and no children. My own children were grown up and I had left my husband five years after we were married. I was burnt out and I was also angry that our units were being written off and that anger made me want to write again. So I wrote Somebody Else's Children about my experiences with the children. I decided I must do something completely different and I went to the Project Spark's board of trustees and said I wanted a large house in the country with grounds for children to play in. We found this house just north of Oxford and as I was doing the renovations, I was praying to God to give me something to do. In 1991 I had just finished when war broke out in Bosnia, and as soon as I saw children being shot at and houses burning, I knew what I had to do. Behind the battle lines I know everybody wondered what this middle-class, greyhaired lady could do, but that's what I went out there to find out. I pretended I was a journalist to get behind the front line and see what was going on. There were children starving to death, children orphaned by the bombing, children who were
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Hope for Bosnia's children In 1995, peace came to Bosnia. And the children whose substitute mum I was, would crowd round me and say 'You can't leave us now Sally.' Their schools had been shelled, their teachers had fled or been killed. And I couldn't think of any4 thing better to do for Bosnia at that time than getting some of their brightest kids educated at schools all over the world in democratic countries, and returning them at 18 to build up Sarajevo University. Now those children are hospital doctors, BBC translators, international lawyers. They knew they had a second chance in life, and grabbed it with both hands. Now that I'm older I know my limitations. I know that I can't go off to Iraq. I've also got to be here for my parents and for my children and grandchildren. God gave me this house to use, and he's keeping me grounded here to help people locally. Prayer is a very important part of my life but I'm not a Bible basher. If people saw me in the corner of a derelict building in Bosnia reading the daily office, no-one ever questioned me about it. I go to church three or four times a week. The Eucharist is my safeguard. It gives me the courage to get through the week. I haven't had a cosy life but I have been in the right place at the right time and I have tried to do what God expected of me.
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Ordained for the world of today PETERTIDE is ordination time. Please pray for the men and women pictured below who re being orcained ceacon by the Bishop of Oxford on the Feast of SS Peter and Paul, Sunday 29 June, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford at 1030am.
ORDI NATION OF RESTS Your prayers are asked for them all At St Mary the Virgin, Henley-onThames on Sunday 29 June at 10.30 am, the Bishop of Dorchester will ordain the following to the Priesthood: Stuart Allen (Burford Benefice) Mark Harris (Cowley, St James) Nigel Hawkes (Chase Benefice)
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Born and brought up in North London, I worked briefly writing comic sketches and then was involved in the ministry of two churches. I am married to Angela and we have a son, Charlie, who is just over a year old. We are much looking forward to joining the Church family at St Ebbe's, Oxford and relish the prospect of exploring a new part of the country.
I am returning to the Oxford Diocese after three years training in Durham to take up my curacy at St Mary's. It seems natural to come back to 'Oxford' after studying here a few years ago. I read history and German at St Hilda's College, then worked for a year as a lay assistant at St Aldate's Church in central Oxford. I am married to Ian, who is a teacher.
I am married to Lu and we have three children, Daniel (8), Naomi (7) and Matthew (5). Bertween 1988 and 2001 I worked for the probation service. Lu's background is in teaching. I have greatly enjoyed my theological training both with the Cornhill Training Course and now at Oak Hill Theological College. I am looking forward to learning and serving at St Mary's Great Chesham.
I have been married to Anne for nearly ten years. We both grew up in Sevenoaks in Kent and have been Christians for as long as we can remember! I studied history at London University and then worked as a parish assistant in Northfleet for three and a half years before moving to West Yorkshire to train at the College of the Resurrection.
Simon Lockett (Ray Valley) Ernesto Lozado-Uzurianga
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At Reading Minster of St Mary the Virgin on Sunday 29 June at 2.30 pm the Bishop of Dorchester will ordain the following to the Priesthood: Phil Andrew (Reading Grey friars) Jean Barton (Harwell w Chilton) Paul Cowan (Wokingham, All
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At SS Peter & Paul, Newport Pagnell on Sunday 29 June at 10. 30 am Bishop Peter Nott, former Bishop of Norwich will ordain the following to the Priesthood:
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Lucy Holt
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After studying for three years at Westcott House, Cambridge I am returning to the Oxford Diocese to be an assistant curate. Village life will be something new to me, but I am excited by the prospect. I am looking forward to working with and learning from all the people of the Benefice especially the ministry team and Father Edwin Clements, the Rector.
I am a retired local government officer, married to Pat. We have three grown-up daughters and one grandchild. I have been a licensed lay minister for 11 years. My ordination training was at St Stephen's House, Oxford. I will become an NSM, returning to to my home parish. I am looking forward to the new opportunities for service that ordination will bring.
Having moved from Twyford, Berkshire to study at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, we are now pleased to be going to Buckinghamshire, I am married to Andrew an IT consultant and we have two girls Kathryn (10) and Megan (8). My previous career was in nursing. I trained in London but latterly worked as a health visitor in central Reading and Nettlebed in South Oxfordshire.
French by birth, English by marriage, passion and commitment combine to motivate me. Following a career in translation and publishing, my call to ordained ministry has brought me to Rippon College, Cuddesdon. Here I have continued my exploration of different cultures, bringing a catholic appreciation to a charismatic, evangelical background. My husband, Peter and three grown children have been a wonderful support to me.
Lisa Cornwell (Newport Pagnell w Lathbury & Moulsoe) Glynis Bell (Newport Pagnell w Lathbury & Moulsoe) Robin Grayson (Beaconsfield) Michelle Morton (Buckingham) At St Mary and St. Giles, Stony Stratford on Sunday 6 July at 6.00 pm. Bishop Andrew Burnham, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, will ordain to the Priesthood: Giles Pinnock (Stony Stratford)
ALL ARE CALLED 'The young are called; the elderly are called. There is no retirement from the Christian pilgrimage. The beautiful are called, and also the unlovely. The sick are called as well as the healthy and energetic. We are called regardless of our intellectual abilities or our formal education. We are called regardless of our race or nationality or social class. We are all called, for all of our days to strive for a special quality of living, a kind of 'saintliness', a thoughtful, compassionate goodness. We all have gifts to be developed and used in God's service, and this includes taking some responsibility for the society we live in. We are all called to servanthood, and we all have different jobs in one Body. Such is the magnificent diversity of the One People. And for all this, we have been promised God's grace and spiritual strength.' From the Common Statement of All Are Called (Church Information Office, 1985)
Do you have a sense of being called to Christian work? To find out how to contact your nearest Vocations Adviser contact:
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I grew up in Ruislip in Middlesex and after my 'A' levels worked in sales in industry,subsequently moving into general management I came to faith during a very difficult season of my life in 1997. God turned me around and soon I was following his call to ordained ministry. In June I start my curacy in Woodley and four weeks later I marry my fiancee Diane. It's going to be a busy summer!
Born in Wales, Judith has lived in New Zealand, the Far East and the Middle East. She studied theology in the USA and finally at Cuddesdon. She has three children - Alison (22), Jessica (20) and Owen (18). After being involved with the Anglican ministry in its many dimensions in different parts of the world, she looks foward to parish ministry in England.
After a full working life as a hospital doctor in the National Health Service, I enquired about ordination, but rules about age did not allow it at that time. However, the Readers accepted me and I have been a licensed lay minister for 11 years. I have been a widow for 27 years and have no children but I have two sisters who have families, one being in America.
Hilary Unwin on 01494 725228 or unwin@gn.apc.org or Yvonne Ryan (mornings Monday to Friday) on 01865 208291 In addition all are welcome at the following events:
Berkshire The Bishop of Reading's Vocations Fellowship is meeting on Thursday 3 July at St Nicholas' Church, Earley on Reading at 8pm. There will also be a Quiet Day at St James' Church, Finchampstead on Saturday, 27 September led by the Archdeacon of Berkshire. For details contact Beverley Ruddock 03344 422152.
Buckinghamshire Vocations Breakfast at Beaconsfield, 8 November at 830am at the Fitzwilliam Centre. Details from Hilary Unwin on 01494 725228.
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Dot has found Jesus again to equip us to go DOT lost Jesus. If boldy and confithat means nothing dently out into to you. Then clearthe world to meet ly you are not a fan people 'where of BBC's 'East they are' in the Enders'. FROM THE supermarket or I suggest you start the local café. watching because, EDITOR But if we are to having quite brildo that effectively liantly focussed on then the Church euthanasia and domestic violence, the pro- as a whole, and that includes gramme is now tackling the The DOOR, needs to to use loss and rediscovery of faith. words that people understand, In a nutshell, Dot, an elderly, not meaningless jargon. The crabby, eccentric but much offer of salvation is not about loved resident of Albert 'challenges' or 'resources' but Square, lost what seemed her about helping troubled people unshakeable faith. She was to find answers to the big quesmugged after church on tions - 'what is this life for?' Maundy Thursday. She and 'why do we suffer?' and prayed to Jesus for help and 'what happens when we die?' I don't know whether there is none came. Her step grand-daughter, Christian behind the scenes of Sonia, was devastated. Jamie, East Enders. But if there is not her boyfriend, was killed in an then the Holy Spirit is doing a accident and Dot's quotation fantastic solo job because the from the Song of Songs 'Set me programme has achieved what as a seal upon your heart.. for the Church is just longing to love is as strong as death' had do. It has made the search for been strangely comforting. God, real, relevant and above 'You do want to find Jesus all incredibly exciting. It all goes to show that in the don't you. Keep looking through that Bible for yourself. end we don't need reports or endless meetings but we do Don't give up,' Sonia said. Four years ago we published need the Holy Spirit. If he can the results of a survey about get through to Albert Square, why people don't go to he can get through to anychurch. It came through loud where. He can speak from the and clear that if church was very heart of God. That is mentioned those questioned what Dot has always done didn't want to know. But ask and the good news is that after them for instance 'Would you 'a full and frank discussion' like to make a new start in with Jesus, Dot has found her life?' and they were immedi- faith again. Albert Square's evangelist is back on track. ately interested. The Church of England's new Christine Zwart 'Restoring Hope' video aims
Appointments for June The Revd David Collin, NSM Curate, Sonning, has died; the Revd Catherine Dyer, Priest-in-charge, St
Barnabas, Linslade, also to be Area Dean of Mursley Deanery; the Revd.Nicholas Candy, Vicar, Didcot St Peter, to be Vicar of Brackley (Diocese of Peterborough); the Revd John Godfrey, retired, has died; the Revd Roger James, Director, Training Cottesloe Christian Programme, to be Rector, the Borderlink parishes (Diocese of Hereford); the Revd Janet Lucas, Associate Priest, Wokinqham All Saints, has died; the Revd John Maskell, Team Vicar, Walton and Bedgrove Team Ministry, to be
Healing Co-ordinator Acorn Christian Healing Trust: the Revd Mark Mowforth, Curate, High Wycombe Team Ministry, to be Priest-in-charge, Prestwood and Great Hampden; the Revd Ros Parrett, Vicar Owlsmoor St. George is to retire; the Revd Andrew Petit, Vicar, Cholsey St Mary, also to be Priest-in-charge, Moulsford and cease to be part-time Chaplain, Fairmile Hospital; the Revd Martin Robbins, Asst Curate, St Mary's Thatcham to be Chaplain, Royal Army Chaplain's Department; the Revd Will Stileman, Team Vicar, Great Chesham Team Ministry, to be Priest-in-charge, St Andrew and St. Mary, Maidenhead.
A new report proposes radical changes to the structure and funding of ordination training A few weeks ago I was at a selection conference meeting 16 people who were testing their call to be ordained. As one of the education selectors it was my job to meet eight of these men and women and to explore with them how sturdy their faith was and how they would respond to and value a period of time in training. It was difficult not to keep remembering my time as a member of the working group that has, after three years of work, produced a report on the 'Structure and Funding of Ordination Training'. I was part of a group which included bishops, a diocesan secretary, a chairman of a board of finance and principals of a theological college, a training course and an Ordained Local Ministry (OLM) scheme as well as people involved in validating and inspecting ordination training, and people like me who have been involved in diocesan training. We had a Methodist representative with us all the time and a United Reformed Church rep joined us mid way through.
Reduced numbers The last 20 years of the story of training for ordination to the priesthood has been a very mixed one. During that time all the OLM schemes have been developed and all sorts of other innovative programmes have been created. At the same time colleges have seen a shrinking pool of ordinands and there have been a number of painful mergers and closures. For that reason the working party has consulted at every stage. Over 160 people submitted papers at the start of the process. A draft consultative document, with a number of national roadshows, produced a huge response, and the final draft document has also been well circulated. Away from any public gaze there have been meetings with college councils and principals of colleges and courses, as well as with individuals whose wisdom and influence is recognised. The final document, about to be printed (and avail-
FAMILY REUNION Ordinands and other students at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford are often joined by spouses and children at lunchtime much stronger sense of the whole people of God called and empowered to be both disciples and faith sharers, as well as sharing in the leadership of
Our current situation The Diocese of Oxford has three residential theological colleges: Ripon College, Cuddesdon, St Stephen's House and Wycliffe Hall, all in or near Oxford. In addition there is the St Alban's and Oxford Ministry Course for part-time students and the Oxford Diocesan Ordained Local Ministry Scheme which trains ordained local ministers (OLMs) for the Diocese. the local church. In response to this every diocese has developed programmes of lay training, and many ordinands starting their training now come with a great variety of theological study and learning under their belt. The traditional barriers between denominations have often crumbled with the need for unity for mission in many parts of the country and all the ordination training courses, as well as Queens
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• Immerse themselves, with faithful obedience, in the Church's life of prayer and worship, and its critical engagement with Scripture and the Christian tradition; • Are dedicated to bringing their gifts of leadership, pastoral care, worship and mission to the service of the Church through their calling to ordination. The Report also develops proposals to work at eliminating two fault lines. The first of these exists between all the things that parishes and dioceses do by way of lay training, and the start of ordination training at a college, or on a course. This is something we have already done with our own OLM scheme where we carefully assess what someone already knows in terms of miiiistiy and then, using our Portfolio scheme, we agree with them a learning programme tailored to their needs. This proposal looks to colleges and courses to be more flexible in the kinds of programmes that they offer to ordinands.
able on the web) will be going College in Birmingham, have to General Synod in July, with experience of training ordinands of difthe support ferent denomiof the by Keith Lamdin nations togethArchbishop's Diocesan Director of er. 'While the Council, Stewardship, Evangelism, numbers of which comTraining and Ministry ordinands missioned the wanting to be report. So much has changed in the non stipendiary ministers and life of the Churches over the training on the courses grew last 20 years. We now have a steadily in the 80s and 90s and
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Bridging fault lines The second fault line is between the time spent at a theological college or course and the period when a newly ordained priest is looked after by a diocese during his or her first curacy. The proposal is that there should be much closer collaboration between dioceses and those who train so that programmes of learning are developed which span the five or six years spent in training and curacy. In order to bridge these two fault lines the working party proposes bringing together theological colleges, ministry courses, training schemes and dioceses into a series of regional theological partnerships. The staff of STEM see this report as an opportunity to which we are keen to respond. It is not blueprint but a requirement that we get together and creatively pool our wisdom and experience to provide pathways of training that really prepare new ministers for the world that is ahead of them.
Quality of clergy The report has at its heart a statement about the kind of ordained ministers we need: 'The Church seeks that all God's people grow in faith, deepen their discipleship, and learn more deeply to 'inhabit godly wisdom'. As part of God's people, and in order to enable such growth in others, the Church seeks ministers who: • Are firmly rooted in their love of God, discipleship of Jesus Christ, and dedicated to a deepening pilgrimage of faith in the Holy Spirit; • Are passionate about the transformation of the whole created order into one that reflects the redemptive love of God; • Are deeply committed to loving service in the Church as a sign and instrument of God's love for the world;
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Let us remember our manners before God our cookery writer gets into hot water a scientist enters the creation debate # the real cost of clearing up in Iraq • praise for one bishop from another Say PLEASE to God!
Sorry to bother you Lord
Regarding Diana Good's letter in the May issue of the DOOR, her thoughts on the manner in which God is addressed in set prayers have also been in my mind for some considerable time. Not with puzzlement but with irritation. One example which almost makes me cringe is 'Give peace in our time' - not even a 'please'! I believe that 'Please help and guide us towards achieving a true peace' would be far more acceptable to God than a blunt instruction to do so, and more likely to be effective. I expect that, as it is a set prayer, I shall continue to hear it in services on the radio. But it will be interesting to see if there are any comments, and what they are, from priests themselves.
I too feel we give too little and ask too much of our very generous Father God. He has given us this paradise called Planet Earth but not to abuse. He has also given us good Words of Wisdom (otherwise known as the Commandments), To help change the emphasis, I humbly offer the following: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name and Words. We will help Thy kingdom come, and by our actions ensure that Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. We recognize that you give us this day our daily bread. And please forgive us our trespasses, as we try to forgive those who trespass against us. We will follow others who praise thee and lead us not into temptation, and who help to deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever, Amen
Sylvia Grinsted Caversham
The only safe model?
Isn't the Lord's Prayer the only safe model, perhaps the only prayer necessary? Half of it puts the onus on us: to honour God, promote His kingdom, do His will, forgive. The four things we are to ask for - daily necessities, forgiveness, two kinds of safety - our perfect Parent is ready and eager to give if we just say please. Kathleen M. Hall Oxford
The self-humbling of God
Your correspondent, Diana Good, who is puzzled by prayers which seem to instruct God what to do, may be helped by these words of Dr. John Goldingay in the July/August 1998 issue of Theology: 'It is a characteristic expression of the instinctive self-humbling of God to share with us the making of decisions in the world; and we do this by intercession.' The Revd Tony Coulson Woodley, Reading
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The writer of the cookery column in the April issue states, as though it were established fact, that Jesus died on the Wednesday before Good Friday, not actually on Good Friday. She has 'researched this at the library' and finds support from a website. The website turns Out to be that of a student at a small Bible college in the American South, and comprises a research paper the student wrote in 1981 as part of his course work. I am not a theological student, but this notion of Jesus dying on the Wednesday looks like nothing more than an attempt to justify a literalist interpretation of Matthew 12: 40. It is a little disturbing that such a radical departure from traditional teaching should be presented as fact in the weeks leading up to Easter. If I am mistaken, can we
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gion. On the contrary, science is a great gift from God. We must use it wisely. Creationism is a read herring, only tenable as a conspiracy theory.
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You report (The DOOR, May 2003) a meeting about socalled 'Biblical Creation' at Tylers Green and the remarks of its organiser, Duncan Reeve to the effect that 'The creation/evolution debate is the science of one religion against the science of another religion.' Nothing could be further from the truth. 'Creationism' (six-days creation and a worldwide flood) is false science and bad religion. Evolution is well-founded science and consistent with the Christian doctrine of creation. It is infinitely depressing to find even today that there are people who still go on giving the impression that one has to choose between the truth of evolution and the truth of Divine creation for everything now points to God creating through evolution.
No war is just today that has no pre-planned peace. There is no concern or pre-planning for peace in Iraq. The academic proposal that war can be just is absolute nonsense. Today war is sheer aerial murder and destruction with no preplanned peace, and the cost is phenomenal. Money and big business re-building is becoming the issue in Iraq. The nonGovernment peace agencies will have to clear up the mess, including Red Cross, Oxfam, Christian Aid, Medicines sans Frontières, Bible Lands, Barnibas Fund, World Vision. Who cares where Saddam and Bin Laden hide?
Canon Arthur Peacocke, DD, DSc Oxford
Science is a gift from God
The quote from Duncan Reeve about the creation/evolution debate (page 3 May 2003 issue) concerned me. The implication that belief in evolution and Christian faith are mutually exclusive is ridiculous. Creationists often claim that their views have equal scientific status to the theory of evolution. Yet many more scientists believe that there is overwhelming evidence - not just the fossil record - that the universe began billions of years ago, and that life evolves via natural selection. As Christians, we should be wary of overreacting to aggressive scientists who claim that science 'disproves' reli-
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Mike and I go back a long way - to his curate days in Slough. So it was a great joy to welcome him as a colleague and friend on his appointment as Archdeacon of Berkshire. It may have seemed to the Archdeaconry like a Bucks takeover with their Area Bishop now joined by another immigrant, but they quickly took Mike to their hearts. His natural friendliness and undoubted ability to do the job won friends inside and outside the Church. As his ministry blossomed it became clear that he was a bishop in the making. Both Berks and Bucks have been fortunate to enjoy him before Bristol called. +John Bone Henley-on-Thame • Bishop John is a former Bishop of Reading and Archdeacon of Buckingham. His letter should have appeared in the May DOOR with the other tributes to Bishop Mike- Editor
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8.20-9.20 pm S sessions £25 NT Theology I (Hebrews, James, Peter, Revelation) 5 sessions £25 8.20-9.20 pm Westminster Institute for Education, Oxford Gill Pratley, SAOMC, Diocesan Church House, 01865 208260 Creation and Creativity 6-18 July
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Summer School (with Regent College, Vancouver); speakers include Elaine Storkey, Bishops James Jones and Tom Wright, Alister McGrath, Graham Tomlin £80 for week; day passes £20. Details www.wycliffe.ox.ac.uk; tel. 01865 274762. 12 July Day Conference: Creation & New Creation in the New Testament: what is the NT vision of the future? Tom Wright St Aldate's Church 10 am (coffee from 9.30) - 4 pm £16/i10 concessions & groups of 4+. Bring lunch; drinks provided Vicky Bancroft, 01865274205; vicky.bancroft@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk
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with Soulbury and Drayton Parslow: clergy - Norman Cotton, Peter Lymberry; licensed lay minister -John Hibbard. Tuesday 10th Wing: churchwardens during the vacancy - M. Ward, M. Shrubsole. Wednesday 11th Wingrave: clergy - Bob Willmott, Siv Tunnicliffe. Thursday 12th Vale of the White Horse Deanery. The deanery plan. The benefice and staff changes. Those facing the many problems of rural and agricultural communities. The area dean - Roy Woodhams; honorary assistant priest - Elizabeth Tyndall; synod lay chairman - Jeff Greenhalgh; youth worker - Quentin Gunderson; ecumenical representative - E. Boyd. Friday 13th Those being confirmed in the deanery. Those who will be actively involved in supporting their growth as Christians and in their vocations, and the parishes where they will worship and witness. Saturday 14th National Bikes Week. Ashbury, Compton Beauchamp and Longcot with Fernham: clergy - Michael Starr, Ken Weaver; licensed lay ministers - Rodney Elton. TRINITY SUNDAY Sunday 15th National Learning
Disability Week: work in the diocese to provide for the needs of all within church and community. Monday 16th Cherbury with Gainfield: clergy - Roy Woodhams, Joy Hance. Tuesday 17th Great Coxwell with Buscot, Coleshill and Eaton Hastings: clergy -John Noddings. Wednesday 18th Faringdon with Little Coxwell: clergy - Charles Draper; licensed lay minister - G. Scott-Brown. Shrivenham with Watchfield and
edited by Pam Gordon Bourton: clergy - Richard Hancock. Thursday 19th Stanford-in-the Vale with Goosey and Hatford: clergy - Michael Wenham; licensed lay ministers - Jill Smith, Peter Stallabrass. Friday 20th World Refugee Day. Uffington, Shellingford, Woolstone and Baulking: clergy John Gawne-Cain, Jim Payne. Saturday 21st National Quiet Day. Witney Deanery. The parishes' reorganisation and new team ministry, those appointing a new rector for the Lower Windrush Benefice and deanery discussions about becoming a group ministry. All members of synod. Acting area dean - Cameron Butland; synod lay chairman - Lynda Blair; ecumenical representative - Andrew Tweedy. THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Sunday 22nd Child Safety
Week. PACT and all agencies that seek to provide for children, especially their efforts to protect them and create safe environments. Monday 23rd Bampton with Clanfield: clergy - David Lloyd; licensed lay minister - Arthur Pont. Tuesday 24th Burford with Fulbrook and Taynton, Asthall with Swinbrook and Widford: clergy - Richard Coombs, Tom Farrell, Stuart Allen; licensed lay minister -John Leach. Wednesday 25th Carterton St John the Evangelist: clergy Roger Billings, Andrew Tweedy. Minster Love!! and Brize Norton: clergy - Adrian GabbJones. Thursday 26th Cogges and South Leigh: clergy - Andrew Sweeney, James Howson; licensed lay ministers - Pauline Page, David Page, Nicholas Pike, David
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Virgin Tea Concert (violins) 3.3 04.lSpm. Free. 01491 571588. Sun I HEDSOR (near Bourne End) St Nicolas' Church open Sundays June, July & August 24pm: views over Thames Valley. 01628 530181. Tue 3 BANBURY Churches Housing Coalition 7.30 p.m. '26 years old without a home: what next?' Friends Meeting House, Horsefair. 01295 720627. Tue 3 FRJEIWEN Church in the National Trust Park: flower demonstration with Christian theme by NAFAS demonstrator 7.30 for 8pm L5. 01494 562801. Wed 4 WINDSOR Lunchtime concert (cello, oboe, piano) 1.10-2pm St John the Baptist Church. Tickets at door £3.50/3 conc. light snack from 12.15pm. 01753 868720. Thu 5 YATTENDON Concert at parish church (18th century music) Tickets £20 in aid of church refurbishment: Alison Hoskyns, Cobbe Collection Trust, Hatchlands Park, East Clandon, Guildford GU4 7RT. 01483 211474. Thu 5 STOKE POGES Quiet Garden: Exploring Prayer 10am12 (garden open 10am3pm) Stoke Park Farm, Park Rd. 01753 644273/643050. Fri 6 - Sun 8 TOWERSEY
Whitsun Glory' flower Festival Fri 2-5pm, Sat lOarn-Spm, Sun 11am5pm, refreshments, in aid of St Catherine's Church. 01844 213497. Sat 7 OXFORD 'The Return' new musical: see page 19 Sat 7 TWYFORD Music for Wind Quartet 7.30pm St Mary's Church. Tickets 01296 738013. Sat 7 WENDOVER Joanna MacGregor St Mary's Church 8pm. Tickets £9.50/8.50, accom-
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panied children £1. 01296 622805. Sat 7 BRACKNELL Barbecue at Binfield Manor Farm, Binfleld Rd 711pm in aid of St Martin's Church, Chavey Down. Tickets £8.50 (under lOs free) 01344 882322/ 893113. Sat 7 DOUAI ABBEY Reading Bach Choir 7.45pm. Berks Organists Assoc. 0118 940 3209. Sun 8 ASTON ABBOTIS Village gardens and church open 2- 6pm. Teas 2.30-5 pm. Sun 8 BERRICK SALOME Open Gardens: 8 gardens, plants, cakes, teas. Admission £2 (children free) organised by St Helen's Church. 01865 891208. Sun 8 LETCOMBE BASSETT
Gardens Open 2-6pm: 15 locations. Cream teas, barbecue, flower festival, cakes, plants, etc. in aid of church restoration. 01235 762390. Wed 11 WINDSOR Lunchtime concert (soprano & piano) 1.10-2pm St John the Baptist Church. Tickets at door £3.50I3 conc. light snack from 12.15pm. 01753 868720. Thu 12 OXFORD Council of Christian & Jews 'Reflections on Friendship': readings chosen by members 8pm Friends' Meeting House, 43 St Giles'. 01865 761630. Thu 12 STOKE Foams Quiet Garden: Vulnerability and Loss l0am-12 (garden open l0am3pm) Stoke Park Farm, Park Rd. 01753 644273/643050. Thu 12 MILTON KEYNES 'Re-reading the Bible in the light of challenges for mission today' Church of Christ the Cornerstone 7.30-9pm. Free. 01908 23777/230192. Fri 13 MARSH GIBBON Summer concert Bicester Choral & Operatic Society St Mary's Church 7.30pm. Tickets £6 (C4 conc. £14 family) 01869 278508 or on door. FrI 13 - Sun 15 DORCHESTER
Festival of flowers Dorchester Abbey 10am-7pm (Sun 12-5pm, Thanksgiving Evensong 6pm). St Birinus RC Church also decorated. Refreshments Fri and Sat am St Birinus garden, pm Abbey Tea RooTh. Admission £5 in aid of Douglas House and Abbey Campaign. 01865340531. I 13-Tue I7W000LEYStJohn
the Evangelist Flower Festival. Fri concert 7.30pm; tickets 0118 969 0758. Open Sat, Mon, Tue 10am9pm, Sun 12.30-5, Songs of Praise 6.3Opm. Sat 14 BARTON HARSTHORN
Classical concert by Aquarius St James' Church 7.30pm. Tickets £6.50 01280 848315. Optional historic walk from church 6.30pm. Sat 14 MILTON KEYNES Harmony House Christian Healing Centre AGM, 7.30pm Church of Christ the King, Keats Hill. Speaker Tim Gye (Daylight Trust). 01908 233722; office@harmony-house.org. Sat 14 BROUGHTON CASTLE
Church Fete 2pm silver band, castle tours, stalls, refreshments, etc. Adults £1, under lSs free. 01295 257071. Sat 14 BENSON Violin recital St Helen's Church 7.30pm in aid of church restoration. Tickets £6/f4 conc. 01491 836310 or at door. Sat 14 CHALOROVE Chalgrove Manor Open Day: grounds open all day, house open 24pm. Band, handbells, history exhibition, plants and crafts, refreshments. Admission £2 (children £1), house £3 (children £2) in aid of St Mary's Church itz oration. 01865 890607/400402. Sat 14 KIDLINOTON Parish Fete Rectory garden 2pm stalls, entertainment, strawberries, teas. 01865 375916. Sat 14 EAST HAGBOURNE St Andrew's Fete with Harry Potter theme 2.15 pm, opened by actor Harry Robinson. Sat 14 HAMBLEDEN 'Sounds &
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Sweets Airs': words & music for a summer evening Mary the Virgin 7.30pm. Tickets 01491 574652. Sat 14 - Sun 15 CROWMARSH GIFFORD St Mary Magdalene
Church 'Proverbs' Flower Festival 10am-6pm. Cakes, refreshments. Parish Communion Sun 11am, 'Floral Evensong' of Praise 6pm. 01491 837243. Sat 14-Fri 27 MONKS RISBOROUGH Art Exhibition, St
Dunstan's Church. 01844343953. Sun 15 AYLESBURY Schubert piano sonatas 3pm St Mary's Church. Tickets St Mary's office, Record House (High St) or at door. 1296 622238. Sun 15 HAMBLEDEN Tea Concert (piano trio) St Mary the Virgin 3.30 - 4.15pm. Free. 01491 571588. Mon 16 MILTON KEYNES Harmony House Christian Healing Centre annual meeting, Church of Christ the King, Kents Hill 7.30pm. Speaker Tim Gye (Daylight Trust). 01908 233722; office@harmonyhouse.org. Tue 17 MU ARCHDEACOIY DAY
for East Berks at St Peter's, Earley 10.30am - 2.30pm on theme 'Sharing Life World Wide'. Cost £1. Bring a packed lunch. Tue 17 CAVERSHAM Quiet Garden open: 10 am coffee, meditations 10.20 am, 12.30 pm. Oak House Quiet Garden, 80 Woodcote Rd. 0118 9476067. Tue 17-8921 ASCOT Royal Ascot: book your parking space at All Saints' Church and your table for lunch and tea in All Saints' Hall. Parking: 01344 621200; table reservations 01344 883839. See the recently restored church wall paintings. Wed 18 WBOSOR Lunchtime concert (guitar) 1.10-2pm St John the Baptist Church. Tickets at door £3.50/3 conc. Light snack from 12.15pm. 01753 868720.
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Vivald's Gloria within Holy Eucharist for Corpus Christi, St Mary the Virgin 7.30pm. 01491 571S88. Thu 19 STOKE POGES Quiet Garden: Exploring Prayer Together l0am-12 (garden open 10am-3pm) Stoke Park Farm, Park Rd. 01753 644273/643050. Sat 21 THE LEE (near Great Missenden) Midsummer Fete in aid of St John the Baptist Church 2-5pm on the green. Bric a brac, pony rides, teas, tombola, plants, books, etc. 01494 837309. Thu 19 HAMBLEDEN
Sat 21 DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP
'Summer Music' string quartet St Mary's Church 7.30pm. Tickets 01296 631365; email stmarydb@aol.com. Sat 21 SLOUGH Organ recital St Mary's Church 12 noon. Free; donations welcome. Sat 21 WOODSTOCK Coffee morning, home-made cakes and bring and buy St Mary Magdalene Church 9.30am-12. 01993 898134. Sat 21 STANTON ST JOHN
'Ancient Roots, Present Faith': our Celtic and Saxon mess Oxford Centre for Christian Counselling workshop Stanton House 10 am-4pm. 01865 308889; counselling@ocic.org.uk. Sat 21, Sun 22 NORTH LEIGH 'The Mysteries': see page 19 Sun 22 LOWER BASILDON St
Bartholomew's Church Open Day 2-4pm; Evensong with choir of Sunningdale School 6pm. 01491 671344. Wed 25 LOWER BASILDON St Bartholomew's Church Open Day 11am - 3pm. 01491 671242. Wed 25 READING Choral Evensong (Blair in B minor) by Reading Minster Midweek Choir, Reading Minster of St Mary 6.15pm. All welcome. 0118 942 4222. Wed 28 WINDSOR Lunchtime concert (oboe bassoon, piano) 1.10-2pm
free of charge to churches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
St John the Baptist Church. Tickets at door £3.50/10 conc. Light snack from 12.15pm. 01753 868720. Thu 26 STOKE POOES Quiet Garden: 'Laughing, Loving, living Intercession' l0am-12 (garden open 10am-3pm) Stoke Park Farm, Park Rd. 01753 644273/643050. Thu 26 HAWRIDGE (Chesham) Patronal Festival Concert at Hawridge & Cholesbury School 7pm. 01494 758332. Sat 26 CHIPPING NORTON
Gospel, Folk & Blues Concert, Town Hall 8pm in aid of Lawrence Home Nursing Team. Tickets £5, St Mary's Church Office 01608 646202 or £6 at door. (Part of '1 Life' Churches Together Mission Week) Fri 27 FINGEST (Hambleden Valley, near Henley) Healing service with laying on of hands and anointing at Holy Communion 10.15 am. 01491 571231. Fri 27-Sun 29 EAST GARSTON
(Hungerford) 'Sacraments & Seasons' flower Festival, All Saints' Church 2-5.30pm. Refreshments, stalls Sat & Sun. Admission £3 (children free) Songs of Praise 6pm Sun. 01488 648863. Fri 27 OXFORD Exhibition opens by Colombian sculptor Rafael Borja 6-9.30pm. Ark-T Centre, Crowell Rd, Cowley. Art, dance, music. 01865 773499/396778; ark-t®can-online.org.uk. Sat 28 WOUGHTON ON THE GREEN St Mary's Church
Strawberry Fayre 3pm teas, stiils, sideshows. Sat 28 HEDSOR (nr Bourne End) Riverside Fair lOam - 2pm on banks of Thames; boat rides. 01628 530181. Sat 28 HURST Organ recital St Nicholas Church 7.30pm. Berks Organists Assoc, 0118 940 3209. Sat 28 SLOUGH Song recital (bass) St Mary's Church 12 noon.
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Free; donations welcome. Sat 28 BLOXHAM Concert by well known Charleston Chasers, St Mary's Church, 8pm with hits of the Jazz age, £10 advance, £11 at the door. Details Alan Donaldson. 01295721801. Sat 28 CHARLBURY North Cotswold Chamber Choir Summer Concert 7.30pm St Mary's Church. Tickets (8/f6 conc.) 01295 270174, tickets@nc3.org.uk or on door Sat 28 SILCHESTER Summer Concert (Gilbert & Sullivan) parish church 7.30pm. Programmes 0118 970 0825. Sun 28 DEDDINGTON Deddington Festival: 9am-12.30pm Farmers & Community Market. 8pm Choros concert in parish church. Tickets £13, £9 (f11,L7 conc). Sun 28 MILTON KEYPES Scale up for Justice 11am Music, unfair games, speakers: outside Christ the Cornerstone. 01908 608135. Sat 28 - Sun 29 CHURCH HANBOROUGH St Peter & St Paul
Church Patronal Festival: flowers, crafts, organ recital, teddy bears' picnic, refreshments, etc. Sat 11am6pm, Sun 11.30am-5.30pm, Songs of Praise 6pm. 01993 881873. Sun 29 DEDDINOTON Patronal Festival Eucharist parish church 10.30am. Community production of Britten's 'Noyes Fludde 6pm. Sun 29 BODICOTE North Cotswold Chamber Choir Summer Concert 7.30pm St John the Baptist Church. Tickets (8/6 conc.) at door or 01295 270174; tickets@nc3.org.uk. BBC RADIO OXFORD 95.2 BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE 104.1 Enjoy your Sunday Breakfast Sundays 6 - 9am Local religious views, church news, favourite hymns
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Notices St Albans and Oxford Ministry Course Open Day on Sat 12 July at Green Park Centre, Aston Clinton. Details Gill Pratley 01865 208260 or admin@saomc.fsnet.co.uk
Volunteers wanted for Young Offender Institution
HMYOI Huntercombe, a Young Offender Institution for 15-18 year olds, i's looking for local churches to work with the chaplaincy department. Urgently needed are: (1) Prayer: links with home groups which will commit themselves to regular prayer. (2) Worship leaders for Sunday morning services. (3) Midweek group leaders for Alpha and other basic Christianity courses, for which there is great demand. (4) Prison visitors. More details from the chaplain: The Revd Ian Thacker, HMYOI Huntercombe, Nuffield, Henley on Thames RG9 SSB, tel. 01491 643100, ext 3339; ian.thacker@hmps.gsi.gov.uk Council for Social Aid Grants The Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Aid was started 'to support or further all or any charitable activities in the Diocese of Oxford and in par-
ticular those relating to the promotion of temperance and a high Standard of moral life in the individual, the family and the community', and specifically to help those addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling, or those who have suffered distress as a result of such addiction. Grants are available (in the region of £250 to £1,000) from the Trustees for the benefit of the community, for individuals or groups; the Trustees interpret their remit as broadly as possible, but grants are not given for runfling costs. Applications to Honorary Secretary, Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Aid, Fern Cottage, Stewkley, near Leighton Buzzard, LU7 OHA.
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In June, as we celebrate National Volunteering Week, you may be interestedto learn about a charity with an interesting history, little known in the UK but one of the largest community based volunteer organisations in the world. AFS is present in 54 countries and is supported by 100,000 volunteers worldwide. This year, in its 56th year, AFS will support 10,000 young people, at a formative stage in their development, as they embark on a learning adventure in another country. This is an organisation founded on the spirit of volunteerism, whose growth has been built on the commitment and dynamism of the thousands of volunteers running the AFS programmes worldwide. Its roots go back to the two World Wars when young men volunteered spontaneously as ambulance drivers to help evacuate the wounded from battlefields. Stephen Galatti, the person most responsible for the organisation of the volunteer ambulance service during World War II, recalled, 'I believe the American Field Service is a unique organisation in the service it has rendered. those who worked with it and for it believed there was a job to be done and simply went ahead and did it.' AFS ambulance drivers from many countries served in diverse regions assisting the troops of numerous nations. 70 AFS ambulance drivers helped in the liberation of the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. After the war, these extraordinary volunteers were determined to keep the
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organisation alive and continue the good work. They wanted to play a part in maintaining world peace by promoting tolerance and understanding among young people. The intercultural learning programmes for high school age students were born to achieve this aim. General Dwight Eisenhower, stated at the time, 'Despite their great contribution in the winning of the two wars, I feel that the peacetime job that AFS has voluntarily undertaken is the most important one of all. Carried far enough, the project. will help eliminate the misunderstandings that promote conflict." As we begin a new century, the legacy of the AFS war effort is impressive. The organisation is now a global partnership with networks of volunteers in communities across countries in every continent. The focus is comrnunitybased, the idea that understanding can best be achieved by an individual from one country meeting many individuals in their host community, where all who meet can embark on a process of shared learning about each others cultural backgrounds. In the UK, AFS offers: • School Programmes for young people aged 16-18 who can spend up to a year at school in another country living with a volunteer host family. An International Volunteer Programme for young adults who
can spend 6 months volunteering in community service programmes in South and Central America, Africa and Asia. Hosting programmes for your family to have an AFS student live with your family at home and bring their world into yours. All participants receive support through volunteer run training programmes and from individual volunteers in their community before and throughout their experience overseas. For every hosted participant from another country and every British youngster who leaves these shores, AFS UK needs an array of support volunteers. Apart from hosting an AFS student, volunteers can befriend a student and their host family, act as liaison with the local school, and they can help recruit and prepare British young people as they get ready for their AFS experience overseas. AFS is a volunteer organisation, which offers its volunteers unique opportunities: to create friendships between individuals from different generations and diverse backgrounds to bring the world into individual communities and to contribute to international understanding to preserve the legacy of the past while helping to create a better future. For more information about volunteering with the AFS organisation, visit the web site www.afs.org or telephone 0113 242 6136.
Making the Bible beard Lives are truly being transformed by the power of God's Word and that's why Bible Society is' determined to help everyone access the Scriptures for themselves - in a way which is relevant to them. This may mean helping translate and distribute the printed Bible, or getting involved in drama, film or the arts. In the UK, the audio Scripture ministry Faith Comes By Hearing is changing lives, while an interactive CD-ROM gives young people the chance to go on a virtual pilgrimage of major sites and events in the Bible. Storytelling is helping people experience the biblical story, while the film The Miracle Maker has led people to find out more about the Christian faith. And it's not just in the UK. We're working through our sister Bible Societies across the globe. Student
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Easter this year in Jerusalem ON the British Airways flight to Jerusalem the Wednesday night before Easter, I met Ketty in the next seat, a teacher in New York, going to visit her sick mother in Beersheba. Her ancestors had been Spanish Jews, who moved to Turkey in the fifteenth century, then to Egypt, and finally to Israel in the 1950s when Nasser made Egypt uncomfortable. Could she trust Arabs now? She wasn't sure. But I must come and stay with her in New York, and we would meet in Oxford. Many think it strange and dangerous to go to Jerusalem. My own experience is that it is neither, but one finds a place of endless interest and meaning, divine and human. The weekend of 20 April was Easter for Western Christians, Palm Sunday for the Orthodox whose Easter this year fell one week later. Both feasts were being energetically celebrated, in the absence of the usual crowds of tourists, by the local Christian communities who are mainly Arab and Armenian, and the diplomats, UN workers, nuns from France and Ethiopia, priests, scholars and serious pilgrims who keep the Jerusalem church in touch with the international scene. Simultaneously it was Passover and the Jewish Quarter of the Old City was lively with prayer shawls and family groups enjoying the holiday and gathering at the Western Wall. Above the Wall is the vast esplanade of the Temple Mount, still in the form given it by Herod the
Great, who rebuilt the Jewish Temple shortly before the time of Jesus. The Romans destroyed the Temple in AD 70 after the Jewish revolt but its great platform remains. Since the seventh century it has been venerated by Muslims as the Haram-esSharif (Noble Sanctuary), the place of Mohammed's 'night vision' commemorated by the gilded Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. St George's Anglican Cathedral stands in Arab 'East' Jerusalem. Built of glowing white limestone in the late nineteenth century, its Gothic cloister is pure New College; its Magdalen-style tower stands separate to protect from earthquakes. The first people I met on the Thursday morning were teachers at St George's School, whose homes are in the West Bank. Although living 15 minutes drive away, they had stayed lo overnight because of the closure of borders over Passover. To the west, Jerusalem is
WELCOME TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT Pictured above are participants in the Ecumenical Forum for Young Theologians from all over the world who met last year in Jerusalem. In the centre is Sheik Mohammed Hussein. To his right is Andreas Loewe, an Assistant Curate in Slough and an organiser of the Forum, which invites participants to meet again in September this year. On the extreme right is Liz Carmichael. guarded by military checkpoints and while Israeli settlers and visitors can move freely, Palestinians cannot. The border will soon be marked by a new 'security' Wall, a concrete monstrosity closing off the West Bank and seizing seven per cent of its best land and water. On the street and in the bazaars of the Old City, the Palestinian view was cautious. 'Now that the war is over' and one sensed sheer relief that nothing disastrous had happened during those weeks of crisis - perhaps there could be just a chance of peace. Rowan Williams, the new Archbishop of Canterbury spoke in Jerusalem the previORTHODOX FOOT WASHING
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ous weekend, saying peace only comes 'when others are not frightened of us. silenced, despised or suffocated by us.' Preaching in St George's on Palm Sunday he spoke of accepting the risk of the 'inexhaustible divine love' and alluded to a book by a thoughtful Israeli journalist, Yossi Klein Haley. An Arabicspeaker noticed people muttering with disapproval that he should quote a Jewish author. My previous visit, in September 2002, had ended in the unusual experience of a coffee party on the Temple Mount itself, in the office of Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, the Muslim cleric in charge of the 'Noble Sanctuary'. We were a group that had been visiting the extensive work of the YMCA, rehabilitating victims of violence in the West
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Bank and Gaza. The YMCA is Christian-run but equally serves the majority Muslim community and has both Christian and Muslim staff. Our coffee Visit was a sign of the courtesy and respect that can and does exist, but during our discussion the Sheikh notably avoided making any acknowledgement of Jewish suffering, or Jewish claims to this holy place. The Haram, normally open to all, had been closed to all except Muslim worshippers since September 2000 when Ariel Sharon made it the scene of his aggressive walkabout accompanied by 1000 armed police, the action that sparked off the present Palestinian intifada. The dual capacities, for hospitable courtesy and to reject others with contempt, here exist side *by side. Easter in Jerusalem this year was a time for colourful liturgies and processions, for meeting people everywhere, for buying frankincense, vestments and pottery, and praying for the miracle of peace. There is a window of opportunity now, but can people relinquish past hurts to move through it? Unconditional love is never easy. Forgiveness and new life, freedom from the past and for a joyful future, is the message of Easter if we have courage to accept it. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - at the centre of peace for this world. Liz Carmichael The Reed Dr Liz Cn'uichaeI, MBE is
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Amersha-n group off to celebrate Jesus ON 18 July 18 young people from St Mary's, Amersham youth group and two leaders, are off to the MelboLirne district of Florida in the USA to join a mission called 'Celebrate Jesus'. The young people are aged from 14 and 19 and they have to raise the funds for their fare. This is the first time they have taken part in an international mission. 'Celebrate Jesus' has been running in Florida for six years. Each year around 500 American Christians and a few young people from around the world join the mission. Local churches in Florida host small teams of seven to 13 people who sleep in the host church! They work in the community showing God's love through Christlike service and unconditional love doing anything from running a children's club to cleaning up graffiti. Pets help raise funds The fundraising has been hard work. With the help of younger members who are not going to Florida, the group have done odd jobs and put on special events such as the Pet Show they held on May bank holiday. They are pictured above with two of the winners. Last year the St Mary's Youth Group raised ÂŁ2000 for the 'Send a Cow' charity and paid for a whole farmyard for fmilies in East Africa.
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from the Old Testament and several from the New Testament; thereafter there is miscellaneous wisdom from Church Fathers, theologians, poets, mystics and novelists. Oxford writers are numerous - over thirty - though I was sorry not to find Baelz, Dillistone, and Kirk (Bishop) amongst the moderns. But we are given gems from Aldous Huxley (not from his Brave New World), Michael Ramsey, Bertrand Russell, Albert Schweitzer, Rabindranath Tagore and Mother Teresa. Here is a truly rich resource which could be used both as it was by Bill Sykes himself and also in private meditations or sermon preparations. Moreover, it is equipped with comprehensive and reliable indices, which is vital for this kind of work; it is altogether very reader-friendly. Wilfrid Browning Canon Browning is a former Oxford Diocesan Director of Ordinands
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Spotlight on Chalgrove's unique set of medieval wall paintings chancel of St Mary's Church, Chalgrove is decorated on three walls with a nearly complete set of medieval wall paintings, which is of national importance. On 17 May an illustrated talk was given on the history of the church and its unique wall paintings. The many visitors enjoyed the talk by Bob HeathWhyte, the licenced lay minister, who has become an expert on their origins and meaning. A presentation of other aspects of the church's history was given by Gill Blackshaw and Ann Reed, of the Chalgrove History Society. It is believed that the wall paintings were painted around 1320 probably at the behest of the de Barantyn family who lived in one of the two manors in Chalgrove at the time. They were covered with lime wash at the time of the Reformation and then rediscovered in 1858 during a period of renovation work. Some of the paintings on the north wall are rather indistinct due to erosion and two of the paintings on the south wall were covered by marble memorials while the paintings lay hidden under the lime wash. The whole scheme is dedicated to St Mary-the-Virgin, the patron of the church, and can be divided into four main secTHE
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books and one of the best places to nd them is at the second-hand book stalls whenever we have a church jumble sale or a village 'bring and buy' for a good cause. Although it is about 25 years old, this one includes some excellent recipes. When I decided to do profiteroles, I turned to this book, and sure enough - a good easy recipe was available. They really are delicious, so do try them. Ingredients (makes 24 profiteroles) 6 ozs of butter 10ozs of plain flour 8 medium eggs, beaten together 1 pint of water
stick or greaseproof paper on a baking tray, pipe small blobs of the choux mixture, about the size of a 2p coin and leave enough room between them to expand. Cook in the oven at 425 degrees F, Gas Mark 7, 220 degrees C (slightly lower in a fan oven.) cook for about 2025 minutes until they are light brown in colour. Allow to cool and make a small hole in them to let the steam escape. Replace them in the turned-off oven for about ten minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack and let them cool to room temperature. Cut off the tops and fill with whipped cream, replace the tops and arrange on a serving dish. Make the sauce by melting the ingredients together in a sauce-pan. Simmer but don't let it boil. When it is well blended and smooth, let it cool slightly, stirring all the time, and pour over all the profiteroles, making sure each has its fair share of chocolate.
Sauce for the profiteroles 4ozs good plain chocolate 2 level teaspoons of golden syrup 4 tablespoons of evaporated milk One pint pot of double cream or
whipping cream. Method Melt the butter in the water and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and quickly add all the flour at once and beat until the paste is smooth and forms a ball in the centre of the pan. (Don't over-beat or the mixture becomes fatty.) Allow to cool slightly then beat in the eggs one by one or little by little, until the mixture is just soft enough to pipe. Using a piping bag with a large plain nozzle, pipe on to non-
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beautiful parish church of St Mary's North Leigh near Witney plays host to a production of medieval mystery plays in June. They will start in the church, progress through the village and end up in the church graveyard. The ten plays tell the human story from Creation to the last Judgement. They are being used to help the children at the North Leigh C of E Primary School with their R E lessons. Younger children will also appear as animals in the play of Noah. Between 1390 and 1570 the yearly celebration of Corpus Christi (10 June this year) often included a cycle of plays written by priests and performed by local craft guilds to teach Bible stories to people who could not read. The plays are known as 'mystery plays' because 'mystery' was the word for craft. Many of the leading characters are ordinary people complaining about everyday problems such as the weather or the wife's stubbornness! The mystery plays are by the Oxford Chamber Theatre, a small professional company using mostly amateur performers, and has been adapted by the actor and director Arthur Kincaid, who is also a university teacher of mediaeval drama. ThE
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in motor sport with his successful Revelation Racing Team. Photographs (except green Carl by Richard Hancock
CHURCHES in Oxford's link Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman will be able significantly to increase their HIV/AIDS work, thanks to a grant of £3.5 million from the Department for International Development to Christian Aid which will be distributed throughout the Church of the Province of South Africa. The money will help create 'AIDSfriendly' churches, run day nurseries for AIDS orphans and health care programmes for people living with HIV. The Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. Njongonkulu Ndungae, launched the programme, 'Isiseko Sokomeleza' or Building the Foundation - at a service in St. Mary's Cathedral, Johannesburg. 'We dare not lose hope', he said, 'we cannot allow ourselves to be paralysed by despair.'
Working for CMS with children at risk in Thailand ROSS and Sonia Wilson, newly selected as CMS mission partners, will leave for Thailand in June to work among street children at risk, after completing a year's training at Crowther Hall. They say: 'God began to give us a real burden for street children around the world. It became obvious that he was calling us to get involved (despite our deafness for a time).' After a year with YWAM, which included time
working with children at risk in Brazil and Venezuela, they moved to Oxford to the Viva Network - a Christian organisation which increases the quality and quantity of work among children at risk by developing networks of Christians in this field. Among the sponsoring churches is the parish of Cumnor.
Christian news service monitors religious freedom FORUM 18 News Service is a Christian news service dedicated to monitoring religious freedom. Based in Oslo, Norway, founded by an international group of Christians, including John Kinahan from St Michael's at the Northgate, Oxford, it promotes freedom of belief for all religious believers. Initially reporting on the former Soviet Union, they plan to expand to other areas where there is a need. They say: 'Violations of believers' rights violate other rights too. When Turkmenistan bulldozed Adventist and Muslim places of worship and confiscated private property used for Protestant services, it violated people's rights of free assembly, as well as their rights to practice their faith in community with others. When Azerbaijan and Belarus introduced compulsory censorship of all religious literature produced locally or imported, rights to free expression were violated.' You can find out more from their website: www.forum18.org
FAMILY ON A MISSION Ross and Sonia Wilson with their daughters Rebekah and Caitlin, are off to help street children in Thailand.
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THE Goodwood Festival of Speed is reckoned to be the largest historic motor sport event in the world. It brings together the greatest cars and drivers from around the globe. Many thousands of people from all walks of life come to take part and to watch the proceedings. On the grid at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year, lining up alongside the likes of Bentley, Lotus and Mclaren, will be the Revd Antony Feltham-White and the Revd. Keith Morrison. Together they make up Revelation Racing, whose mission statement reads 'Actively seeking opportunities to build bridges and share the Gospel by word and deed, through friendship, trust and integrity. Accountable to God in all things on and off the track and seeking his will in all that we do.' The idea for Revelation Racing began when Antony and Keith met during ordination training. Antony already had a race licence and persuaded Keith to join him in spending a few Saturdays each year sliding and spinning an old MG around various race circuits. Since leaving college the racing continued and this year marks the fourth season of competition for Revelation Racing. Late last year Antony featured on the BBC 'Top Gear' programme's search to find the 'fastest faith'. After close competition on a very wet track he finished first ahead of the Roman Catholic entrant and the Right Revd. Wallace Benn, Bishop of Lewes, who managed to damage the car! It was this television success, combined with an interview on BBC Radio Two, that persuaded the Goodwood organisers that Revelation Racing was a
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__ 'The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? I Corinthians 10:16
engaging in some private transaction between individual Christians and their God, but of 'sanctified sharing'. This is to be a sacrament of the whole church, not of an individual, The body of Christ that was once broken on Golgotha now brings the new Body together in holy fellowship. We are made one by the fragmented bread and the wine poured out. The festival of Corpus Christi on 19 June is not one that Christians in the evangelical
tradition were greatly enthused by. Under its new designation 'Day of Thanksgiving for Holy Communion' - we can all share in its celebration. On this 'day Christians can unite in thanksgiving for the cup of blessing which we share and the bread which we break together. Of course, this service is more than Christians coming together for 'fellowship'. We could do that over tea and biscuits in the church hall. We share the bread. We share the cup. We are bound together in a sacramental fellowship not just with each other but with the Lord himself. It is his table, his meal, and we are his guests. It is only because of what the bread and wine represent that we can dare draw near at his invitation and share it. Because of them, because of the cross, we are for-
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'Unlike the other entrants, who have an engine and go up the hill, the 'soapboxes' race down, relying purely on gravity to get to the bottom in the fastest time. This event represents a significant opportunity for us to raise the profile of Revelation Racing and all that we stand for. Alongside the might of the motor manufacturing world and the cream of professional racing teams, will be pitted two full-time Church of England ministers with our racing overalls and team shirts adorned with traditional dog-collars! Thanks to generous sponsorship from the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group we've been able to manufacture a 'soapbox' that may surprise a few by its turn of speed. This has recently been passed fit for competition at the first test and scrutineering day at Goodwood itself. All that now remains is for it to be painted in ecclesiastical purple in readiness for the event itself on the weekend of July 12 and 13. Watch out for the one with the Diocesan logo on the nose!'
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serious entry for the 2003 Festival of Speed and an invitation to race in the 'Dunhill Soapbox Challenge' was issued. Since its inaugural event in 2000, the 'Soapbox Challenge' has become an integral part of the Festival of Speed. It offers a high-profile but light-hearted addition to the programme, with the races themselves held in the middle of the day on Saturday and Sunday. The 'soapboxes' are built to stringent regulations governing safety and various technical matters to ensure fair competition. Antony takes up the story:
saying of St Paul lies in a single Greek word, koinonia - sharing, fellowship or communion. It is a dynamic rather than a passive word, something to be engaged in rather than simply enjoyed as a feeling. Paul is reminding the Corinthian Christians that when they give thanks each week for the bread and the cup in their worship, it is be an expression of shared lives. They belong to each other and to the Lord, and their eucharist thanksgiving must demonstrate that fellowship, Holy Communion is, quite literally, to be 'holy sharing'. One of the great re-discoveries within the Church during the last 50 years or so has been a fresh understanding that Holy Communion is to be a shared experience. It is not a matter of making my communion' or
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