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Farewell to the Bishop - The Clergy

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Foundation of Liberty - Nicholas O’Neill

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Magna Carta and The Church - Jane MacAllan

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Kid’s Page - Max Croft

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Farewell to Carole-Anne Phillips

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Am I Old Enough? - Rev’d Jenny Welsh

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Confirmation candidates 2015

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Rogation sermon - David Walsh

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Victory in Europe 1945 - General Lord Ramsbotham

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All Change at St Philip’s - Lesley Raymond

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Recipe - Max Croft

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FROM THE CLERGY

The Bishop’s Farewell by the Clergy of the parish

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ather than the usual Vicar’s Voice, it seemed right that we mark the fact that Bishop Paul Williams, our bishop since 2009, has left the diocese of London to become the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. Bishop Paul’s ministry here in the Kensington Area, and to us in Kensington itself has been one of great encouragement and support and we will miss him.

In our parish particularly, Bishop Paul’s visits were frequent and regular, and notable for his generosity of time and energy and

encouragement. Each year at the parish Confirmation service, Bishop Paul would not only preside at the liturgy but spend time beforehand in conversation with each candidate, getting to know them, and hearing about their spiritual journeys.

He was also glad to come to St Mary Abbots every other year to ordain candidates to the priesthood — we were particularly blessed last year when alongside Archbishop Desmond Tutu he ordained two candidates from this parish, Cerys Walsh and Lesley Summer 2015 | 7

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Bilinda. He worked closely with David Walsh, the area dean for the Kensington deanery.

Bishop Paul also helped the parish to celebrate its achievements, by coming along to bless our buildings as they have been developed for full use. Most recently, the Bishop dedicated the new rooms at Christ Church, and the Garth for burial of ashes at St Mary Abbots.

“When Bishop Paul first arrived” said Rev’d David Walsh “we knew he would be bombarded with letters and emails welcoming him. Rather than see a welcoming letter disappear in the pile, the children at St Philip’s produced a video welcoming him to the Area (which is still on YouTube). It made an impression on him and he’s often referred to it since then.”

Bishop Paul visited St Philip’s six times during his six years as Bishop of Kensington.

Three times for St Philip’s services: one year he led the Harvest Festival; one Lent he came on Sunday but went upstairs to be with the children rather than preach to the adults. And in May 2011 he came to an extended candlelit ‘Night Prayer’ at 9pm on St Philip’s Patronal Festival, Sunday 1st May, at which he also licensed David Walsh as the new Area Dean of Kensington.

“This is the service which sticks most in my mind — obviously partly for personal reasons — but also I think it was a rather unusual and memorable service” said David.

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to me as Area Dean since I was appointed in 2011. Last year he helped me join him on a trip to Chicago for a ‘Global Leadership Summit’ at Willow Creek Church.“ Bishop Paul also went to St Philip’s the year it hosted the annual Archdeacon’s Visitation — the swearing-in of churchwardens — and used it as the opportunity to ‘license’ his new Director of Ministry, Martin Breadmore and during David Walsh’s time as Area Dean Bishop Paul spent one whole day in the Deanery and that ended with a meeting in St Philip’s, largely attended by laity from the Deanery.

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“Bishop Paul was very welcoming when I was appointed to serve as Associate Vicar with special responsibility at Christ Church” said Rev’d Mark O’ Donoghue “I was thrilled to discover we had been at Durham a couple of years apart. Bishop Paul has been unfailingly supportive in the time I have been at Christ Church. He preached wonderfully at my licensing back in 2011 on 2 Timothy 4 and reminded us all that, ultimately, we serve an audience of one and we are called to preach the word.”

memorable not only for his winsome encouragement to entrust ourselves to the Christ born our Saviour King but also for his family joining him and one of his sons starring in the Nativity Play.

Bishop Paul also preached at Christ Church’s Carol Service in 2012, it was

Mark O’ Donoghue had the privilege of attending a number of these courses

During his time in Kensington, Bishop Paul was particularly involved in planting new churches as well as pioneering new forms of leadership training, such as the Riverside Leadership programme for refreshing the in-service training of the clergy.

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and always found them stimulating; “These sessions sought to train a new generation of Kensington Area clergy as we served our congregations and local communities. His love for Christ, for the church and for London were infectious.”

ministry, led by the Bishop of London at the end of April. The service was attended by family, friends, members of the clergy and local politicians from all over west London including the mayors of all the boroughs in the Kensington Area.

Bishop Paul worked closely with the six London Boroughs in the Kensington Area, especially in Children’s Services, to help identify where the church can be more focussed in its care for the poorest and most disadvantaged families.

Commenting on the service, Bishop Paul said:

Paul’s experience of ministry among children and young people also led to establishing an innovative team working in Church of England secondary schools across West London, fostering the faith of young disciples.

Many churches have been at the forefront in providing care through food banks, debt advice, credit unions, as well as an increase in youth and children’s work. Paul and his wife have been strong advocates for the church’s engagement in supporting ‘looked after children’, having been foster carers in the borough of Richmond for several years.

Bishop Paul will be the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham’s 12th bishop and will bring with him his extensive experience in leadership development, church growth and youth ministry.

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“I am thrilled to have been a part of the London team at a time of significant growth for the church across the Capital. We have many very gifted clergy and lay leaders making an outstanding contribution in helping to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to all the people of London. I was particularly delighted that many of our church schools were represented, as they are playing such a strategic role in serving children and families from diverse backgrounds as they invest in future leaders for London and beyond.”

“As a family we are sad to be moving on from West London, but we know we leave the Church in good heart and with a bold vision for continuing to shape the soul of our city. We look forward now to sharing in the mission of the Church in the young and dynamic city of Nottingham and across a county with very diverse needs and opportunities.”

We will miss Bishop Paul’s ministry here in the parish of St Mary Abbots, and we continue to pray for him as he begins his new ministry in Southwell and Nottingham, and for his family as they make the transition from London to Nottinghamshire.

Parish Directory

Clergy, wardens, vestry and office

THE PARISH

Vicar of the Parish Associate Vicar Honorary Assistant Priest Parochial Church Wardens Children’s Safeguarding Officer: Electoral Roll Officer:

The Rev'd Gillean Craig The Rev’d Jenny Welsh The Rev’d Julia Hedley David Banks Adrian Weale

Samantha Giles

James Dunford-Wood

ST MARY ABBOTS

020 7937 6032 020 7937 2364 020 3686 1513 07732 743 228 020 7937 0765

07702 829859 07732 842894

gillean.craig@stmaryabbotschurch.org jenny.welsh@stmaryabbotschurch.org julia.hedley@stmaryabbotschurch.org dcjb@btinternet.com adrianweale@mac.com

safeguardingofficer@stmaryabbotschurch.org er@stmaryabbotschurch.org

Associate Vicar Susan Russell The Rev’d Jenny Welsh 0202419 7937 2364 jenny.welsh@stmaryabbotschurch.org Parish Administrator:

020 7937 susan.russell@stmaryabbotshurch.org

Honorary Priest Honorary Assistant Priest Deputy Churchwardens for St Mary Abbots Church:

The Rev’d Peter Stubbs The Rev’d Julia Hedley James Dunford-Wood Hannah Stewart

020 8868 8296 peter.stubbs@stmaryabbotschurch.org 020 3686 1513 julia.hedley@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07732 842 894

Parish Secretary Vestry/Virger St Mary Abbots Centre Director of Music Stewardship Secretary

Susan Russell George MacAllan Adam Norton (Manager) Mark Uglow Emma Porteous

020 7937 2419 susan.russell@stmaryabbotschurch.org 020 7937 5136 george.macallan@stmaryabbotschurch.org 020 7937 8885 adam.norton@stmaryabbotschurch.org music@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07866 258 814 stewardship@stmaryabbotschurch.org

Alexandra Swann David Banks (Chairman) David Holdridge (Secretary) Fiona Braddock (Editor) Laura Sylvester

children@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07732 743 228 friends@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07904 954 959 david.holdridge@ntl.world.com kpneditor@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07770 920 085 playgroup@stmaryabbotschurch.org

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CHRIST CHURCH

Associate Vicar with Special Responsibility for Christ Church The Rev’d Mark O’Donoghue 020 7937 2966 Deputy Wardens: Adrian Weale 020 7937 0765 Philip Witheridge 020 7937 5184 Administrator Adele Pye 020 7937 2966 Director of Music Rupert Perkins

mark@christchurchkensington.com adrianweale@mac.com pip@thewitheridges.com admin@christchurchkensington.com

ST PHILIPS

Associate Vicar with Special Responsibility for St Philip The Rev’d David Walsh 020 7603 4420 vicar@specr.org Non-Stipendiary Ministers The Rev’d Lesley Perry lesley.perry@specr.org

Deputy Wardens:

Anne Steele Peter Burney

Licensed Reader Administrator Children’s Ministry Leader Electoral Roll Officer Director of Music

Rupert Steele Liz Christie Erica Roane Chris Luxton Rebecca Taylor

wardens@specr.org peter.burney@specr.org 020 8747 1556 rupert.steele@specr.org 020 7938 1367 admin@specr.org children@specr.org 020 7937 4159 chris.luxton@specr.org rebecca.taylor@specr.org

FEATURE

Foundation of Liberty Nicholas O’Neill, St Mary Abbots’ Associate Director of Music, tells us about his commission to compose a cantata celebrating the 800th annversary of the sealing of Magna Carta

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have been associated with St Mary Abbots in Kensington for nearly twenty years, arriving in the mid to late 90s initially as an Organ Scholar substitute, filling in as and when needed, and playing and directing at the church ever since, albeit with a ten-year stint at St George’s Cathedral which limited my activity here. I followed the classic route from chorister to organ scholar to organist, and now hold the title of Associate Director of Music, substituting when Mark Uglow, our Director of Music, is away, or when an extra pair of hands (and feet) are needed.

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I am also (in my sight, primarily) a composer as well. I have been fortunate to win some awards, have had my music performed, recorded and broadcast world-wide, and am Composer-in-Residence to the Parliament Choir, a position I value very highly indeed.

The church of St Mary Abbots has also been kind to me in terms of performances, but over the past months I have been tackling my biggest piece to date, the cantata 1215: Foundation Of Liberty, which was commissioned to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta.

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Through my work with the Parliament Choir I was approached early in 2013 by Lord Thomas of Gresford and asked to propose an outline for a large-scale cantata, which would be for choir, baritone soloist, narrator and full orchestra. Initially this was intended to have been part of a Parliament Choir concert, but the anniversary of Magna Carta coincides with an election year, so the project temporarily ran out of steam before being picked up by Sir Robert Worcester, the Chair of the Magna Carta 800 Committee.

It was Sir Robert who sourced the funding for the work and to whom I played the initial sketches, in which the year 1215 is spelled out in the 1st, 2nd and 5th notes of the scale to become the core idea of the piece. From very first scribblings to completion the piece, an hour long in its full form, took nearly a year to complete, and was designed in different versions — the complete cantata and a variety of shorter extracts.

The version of the piece needed for the anniversary celebration itself seemed to change constantly, and eventually a selection of the instrumental music was used, scored for marching band, something I had definitely not considered when I had started the work. Meanwhile I was involved in negotiations with the London Welsh Chorale, who have now agreed to give the first performance of the complete work in November this year, at which they hope to combine with the Parliament Choir.

The entire project has been the proverbial rollercoaster ride, grinding to a halt at some

stages before picking up speed once more, and has provided both challenge and reward.

From addressing very basic questions (Where should I begin?) to more complex issues of structure and musical articulation, this has been an invaluable experience in terms of acquiring knowledge and craft where composition is concerned, and I hope to apply those lessons to my writing in future pieces.

Perhaps worth mentioning as well is the amount of research I have had to undertake about Magna Carta itself. For a document which many countries are proud to refer to as the basis of their own values, it is perplexing to realise just how little we know about it here, in the country of its birth. If my cantata piques anybody’s interest in the this fascinating document and the characters around it then I believe I will have fulfilled part of that outline I wrote nearly two and a half years ago. Meanwhile I am keeping my eyes open for the next big project.

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Magna Carta and the Church Archivist Jane MacAllan explains how an earlier anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta helped drive the cause of self-government for the Church of England

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n 15th June the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta will be celebrated. In June 1915, the parish magazine published details of a public meeting to be held on the 700th anniversary to promote the cause of self-government for the Church together with an article by the Church Reform League citing the date as ‘a fitting occasion on which to bring before our fellow-churchmen the Church’s claim to spiritual independence as the necessary condition of the adequate fulfilment of her national mission’.

Formed in 1895, the Church Reform League aimed to secure ‘the change of Convocation into a truly representative body empowered to legislate for the Church, subject to the veto of Parliament’. At that time, Parliament was the only body that could legislate for the Church, for example, in changes to rubrics or forms of service. The League felt that Parliament had neither the time nor the necessary ecclesiastical expertise to do so. Parliamentary members were no longer solely communicant churchmen but were

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from a variety of religious opinions, some hostile to the Church and its mission. Thus this dependent relationship with Parliament was perceived as inhibiting the Church from carrying out its work as any proposals could be vetoed.

The League cited Clause 1 of the 1215 Charter as the justification for selfgovernment. The clause asserted the ‘right of the English Church to freedom’ and ‘granted and confirmed ... the freedom of the Church’s elections ... in perpetuity’. In subsequent reissues of the Charter, the latter liberty was excluded but the League sought to reinstate this. They argued that ‘there can be no real spiritual independence in a Church whose spiritual leaders are imposed on it by external authority’.

King John (r. 1199 – 1216) had refused to accept the appointment by Pope Innocent III (1161 – 1216) of Stephen Langton (1150 – 1228) as Archbishop of Canterbury. The Pope employed punitive measures to compel John to accept his authority. From 1208 to

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1214 England and Wales were placed under an Interdict; the King was ex-communicated and threatened with deposition and ruin. In 1213 Langton was allowed to return to England to take up his office and found oppression, discontent and strong anti-royalist feelings.

In an effort to restore law and order, Langton co-operated with the rebel barons and in June 1215 negotiated peace with the King based on the barons’ demands listed in the Articles of the Barons. A final settlement, the Great Charter of Liberties, was granted by John on 15th June and later became known as Magna Carta. It effectively limited royal power, ensured feudal rights and established the principle of due legal process.

The League asserted that ‘the struggle for the Charter was the first occasion, after the Norman Conquest, on which the leaders of the Church set themselves to check royal autocracy in the interest of the public welfare.

If the Charter represents something more than

a feudal victory, the result is largely due to the wise leadership of Archbishop Stephen Langton. The events of June, 1215, illustrate the kind of service that a National Church may do, when courageously led, in giving moral sanction to resistance to injustice.’

Amongst the rebel barons was Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford (c. 1164 – 1221), greatgrandson of Aubrey de Vere (c. 1040 – 1112) whose son, Godfrey, had bequeathed the church and land in Kensington to the Abbey of Abingdon. Robert, a senior justice of the bench, was chosen as one of twenty-five barons who pledged to defend Magna Carta against infringement by John. Until his death in 1214, Robert’s elder brother, Aubrey (IV), 2nd Earl of Oxford (1163 – 1214), had been one of King John’s ‘evil counsellors’. When John refused to acknowledge Robert as the 3rd Earl or as Court Chamberlain, a position which the de Vere’s held by hereditary right, Robert renounced his allegiance. In a conciliatory Summer 2015 | 15

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attempt, John issued a letter on 23rd June recognising Robert’s title to the earldom.

Although the Pope declared Magna Carta unlawful within weeks of it being sealed, following the death of King John it was reissued several times with amendments. Its principles were still considered relevant areas for negotiation between the monarch and the barons. The first part of Clause 1, which protected the liberties of the Church, survived the revisions. By the 1270s, the Church demanded that a copy of Magna Carta be displayed on the door of every major church and monastery.

The 1916 report of the Archbishops’ Committee on Church and State concurred with the League’s opinion of Parliament as ill-equipped to legislate for the Church.

Parliament had dropped 183 of 217 Church Bills brought between 1880 and 1913. The report recommended a restructure of the Church to enable selfgovernment. A Church Assembly composed of bishops, clergy and laity was to be formed,

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supported by diocesan and ruridecanal synods and parochial church councils. Whilst the Assembly would have legislative powers in ecclesiastical matters, the constitutional relationship with the State would continue.

Parliament could veto legislation but not alter it. The Church accepted almost all of the report’s recommendations. These were implemented after WW1.

Although originally intended as a peace treaty, the significance of Magna Carta lies not just in the principles that it contained, but in how those have been interpreted and applied since. The Church Reform League used it to challenge the authority of Parliament in regard to the Church. The first part of Clause 1 in the 1215 Charter, which defends the freedom of the Church, is one of only three clauses that remain valid today.

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The story of the Magna Carta

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he Magna Carta is one of the most famous documents in the world. This year, 2015, is the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, which is latin for great Charter. On the 19th June 1215 at Runnymede, near Windsor, King John (not a very kind ruler!) signed the document that said the king of England had to follow the law of the land and that people’s rights would be guaranteed. The people were represented by the barons. Only four copies of the Magna Carta survived, so head to the British Library to find out more.

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Extract from St Mary Abbots Kensington Parish Magazine, April 1942 Letter written on Ash Wednesday, 1942 to the Vicar, Revd Arthur E. Smith, from a former curate, Revd George E. Reindorp, RNVR who served on HMS Birmingham as Chaplain during WWII. After the war, Revd Reindorp kept in touch with St Mary Abbots and returned regularly to preach

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cannot remember whether I told you we were fortunate enough to have a confirmation on the evening of our Patronal Festival, St Paul’s Day. The Bishop had only come some 3,000 miles! ... During last year I am allowed to say that we steamed 90,000 miles and spent 297 days at sea.

My “Quadrupedal” congregation is increasing. Brum, the cat, has been conducting a home mission. He has evidently been successful, though I don’t think he has yet had time to instruct his converts in the more elementary rudiments of behaviour in church. At any rate last Sunday night he himself was sitting upright and attentive by the west door. Thus he remained throughout the service. But when it came to the last hymn I noticed that the altar frontal seemed to be catching the wind and billowing forward in a queer manner. Seeing that there could not possibly be a draught from anywhere (shades of the south door at S.M.A.) I was rather puzzled, until a very small jet black paw emerged, followed by an enquiring little face upside down, and a minute kitten revealed itself and proceeded to chase about the sanctuary in an unseemly manner. We had fears for our altar for the frontal seemed in danger.

Perhaps it was a very “low” kitten and didn’t approve of frontals; or perhaps it had confused the date and thought Lent had started and the frontal should not be there. But I could not risk a debacle. Into my arms I swept the kitten while we sang the vesper. It stayed there staring at the guttering candle. Then a sudden crescendo by the choir offended its musical ear and it leaped on to the altar itself. But just as I got up to give the Blessing it found itself too high up to jump down with safety, and looked up pleadingly. There was one thing to do.

With a prayer for the Franciscans, I swept the little thing into my arms and gave the Blessing. The kitten never moved, and after a suitable pause jumped from my arms and led the way down the aisle. It has now attended the first of the Lenten talks on Wednesday night, so Brum has proved a good catechist.

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1st Sunday of month: Taize Prayer & Holy Eucharist Mondays 8.30 am Morning Prayer 1.05 pm Sunday on Monday service 5.30 pm Evening Prayer Tuesdays 8.30 am Morning Prayer 11.30 am Holy Eucharist

Book of Common Prayer 5.30 pm Evening Prayer Wednesdays 7.10 am Morning Prayer 7.30 am Holy Eucharist 2.00 pm 3rd Weds in the month: Holy Eucharist with Laying-on of Hands & Anointing 5.30 pm Evening Prayer Thursdays 7.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am St Mary Abbots School Eucharist in term time - all welcome 5.30 pm Evening Prayer Fridays 7.10 am Morning Prayer 7.30 am Holy Communion 5.30 pm Evening Prayer Saturdays 9.40 am Morning Prayer 10.00 am Holy Eucharist 5.30 pm Evening Prayer

A THANK YOU FOR CAROLE-ANNE

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n 7th June 2015 the congregation of St Mary Abbots joined together to thank Carole-Anne Phillips for her outstanding service to St Mary Abbots church for acting as our Churchwarden for the last ten years.

Carole-Anne was presented with flowers and the news that a special broach featuring a copy of the top of the churchwarden’s pole (Virgin Mary and Crown) has been commissioned from a silversmith. Carole-Anne was delighted and shocked at such a thoughtful gift and made a very gracious speech thanking the congregation, the vicar, priests and wardens.

On MAJOR FEASTDAYS additional Services also offered: see the Bulletin & Noticeboard.

CHRIST CHURCH Sundays 8.30 am Holy Communion 11.00 am 1st and 3rd Sundays in the month: BCP Holy Communion 11.00 am 2nd & 4th Sundays in the month: BCP Morning Prayer 6.30 pm Contemporary Evening Service ST PHILIP’S Sundays 8.30 am Holy Communion 10.30 am SUNG EUCHARIST with Sunday School 3rd Sunday: all age service with Eucharist Monday to Friday 9.10 am Morning Prayer Summer 2015 | 19

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Am I old enough?

Rev’d Jenny Welsh reports on a new programme of events and activities to support older people in our wider community

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question I have been asked several times in the last several months. To which I usually want to reply, “Well, if you have to ask….”

One of the most fruitful ventures we at St Mary Abbots have participated in, is an ongoing programme of events for “Older People” (hence the question.) Kensington has a large population of people who are beyond retirement age, and while we at SMA are known for our ministry to young families, we would like also to be known for our ministry to people in their 60s, 70’s 80s and beyond. For many years we have helped with the Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch, but we are now putting together

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activities during the rest of the year as well, to support older people beyond our congregations, in the local community.

Our first event was called “The New Map of Life” which addressed the question of how as we age, we need learn how to navigate through a rapidly changing world of new technology, greater life expectancy, societal movements and so on. About of dozen of us were guided through the discussion by Ann Morisy, from the Project for Seniors and Life Long Ministry (PSALM).

Since the autumn of 2015 we have joined forces with the Kensington and Chelsea Forum for Older Residents, an organisation providing a platform for older people in the royal borough “to express their views and contribute towards the development of local, national and regional policies that affect their quality of life.“ Zara Ghods, a trustee of the Forum and Mina Nakhai, who leads the Forum’s Campden Ward Project have helped to organise three events so far: Decluttering (again led by Ann Morisy from PSALM) where we talked about how to clear away the unnecessary things that fill our homes and lives;

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A Mini Antiques Road show, with two expert speakers, Peter Bufton and Philip Mould; and a session called “Don’t let the Criminals Win”, with input from NatWest Bank and the Metropolitan Police, about keeping ourselves safe from scams and bank fraud.

Each event bring people along in greater and greater numbers, largely because the Forum for Older Residents’ network is so extensive, serving as they do more than 200 residents in Campden Ward alone. We meet usually from 1.30-4pm, in the Long Room at the St Mary Abbots Centre, and the session always includes an element of hospitality, with tea and sandwiches provided. The events are usually free to attend, being generously funded almost entirely by the Forum for Older Residents, who also provide the food and refreshment.

The remaining programme for 2015 includes four more events: On June 3, we are addressing “Final Things…” as Ann Morisy once again will

facilitate a discussion on how we prepare well for our own end — looking at how we think about funerals, wills and so on, and how being well prepared helps not just ourselves but those we love.

We are also planning a brilliant historical talk on August 5th, another mini antiques road show on the 2nd September, and a special party on November 19th just to enjoy celebrating together.

If you are interested in finding out more about the Forum for Older Residents, they also meet at the Pavilion private club on 96 Kensington High Street, W8 every last Saturday of the month from 2-4pm for informative talks, lots of tea, coffee and wonderful cakes especially baked for them. Do be in touch with Mina to ask for updates on the programme at the Pavilion, or the many exciting, enlightening and instructive events throughout the Borough.

Please call Mina on 0207 352 1336 or email: kensingtonandchelseaforum@hotmail.co.uk Summer 2015 | 21

CONFIRMATION

Confirmation Candidates 2015

St Mary Abbots: JOSEPH BESSADA, NANCY CAMERON, ANDREW FREESTONE, ANDREW HEALD, WENHAO HAN, AN PETER NZEYIMANA, ANABELLE PINKSTON, CHLOE PINKSTON, ROSE SLINN, MIA D’SOUZA, TOBY THOMSON, CULLE churches: from St George’s, Campden Hill: MAY LYSTER; from St Peter’s Notting Hill: CHARLOTTE SEAL, LUCA KER St Helen’s, North Kensington: CAITLIN LOWRY. Candidates from our sister church of St Philip, Earls Court Road: Candidates Prepared and Presented by other parishes: from St Luke’s Redcliffe Gardens: KATIE LEI; from the Cha

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ROGATION SERMON On 10th May 2015 Rev’d David Walsh gave an inspiring sermon on the nature of borders and boundaries. We share it here

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ater this morning in Westminster Abbey the nation’s representatives will give thanks for the end of war in Europe 70 years ago.

Back in 1945, within eight weeks of VE Day, the UK held one of the most significant General Elections of the past century. The declaration of the election’s results coincided with the redrawing of key European borders, such as Germany’s border with Poland, at the Potsdam Conference. And so the leadership of the British delegation changed during the Conference: Churchill was replaced by Atlee.

The borders defined at Potsdam remind us how comparatively stable some of our own borders have been. England’s border with Scotland is based on the Treaty of York, made in 1237.

Borders are of course often an attempt to bring clarity out of confusion. But even the Anglo-Scottish border shows how difficult complete clarity can be. Berwick-on-Tweed

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only became properly annexed to Northumberland in the 19th century. In the 16th and 17th centuries the town was described as being ‘in the kingdom, but not of it’. The Book of Common Prayer, still in regular use here at St Mary Abbots, felt the need to clarify, in its Royal Preface, that it was appointed to be used ‘in all the Parish Churches within the Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.’

Where England stopped and Scotland started still wasn’t entirely clear.

Our readings today are interested in the questions of borders and boundaries. As the early Christian Church began to establish its own identity, knowing who was ‘in’ and who wasn’t needed to be sorted out. Where were the borders, the boundaries, marking the edge of the Christian community? It remains important even today. If you’re a Christian in Iraq and see your fellow Christians publicly

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executed for their faith, knowing who is in and who is out becomes rather crucial.

Our reading from the Acts of the Apostles describes a key event in the history of Christianity, in the story of the early Church, the moment at which the church’s boundaries are dramatically revised. As Peter preaches, the Holy Spirit falls on all who hear him. What’s inconvenient is that this includes Gentiles. At a stroke, the church’s frontiers, together with its self-understanding, have been transformed.

‘If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world — ­ therefore the world hates you.’ (John 15:19)

Our Gospel reading — from John’s Gospel — and our epistle — ­­ from the First Letter of John — both appear to have been produced within an early Christian community preoccupied by the question of who was ‘in’ and who was ‘out’. How do we know whether we’re in or whether we’re out? Our second reading had an answer: ‘Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God’. If we read further through the First Letter of John, this comes out even more clearly:

Borders and boundaries play a traditional part in Rogationtide — these days leading up to Ascension Day on Thursday. The 17th century English priest and poet George Herbert loved ‘Rogationtide’ — loved its processions around parishes, the ‘beating of the bounds’ and wrote about what he called their ‘manifest advantages’. The first ‘manifest advantage’ he cited was 'a blessing of God for the fruits of the field’. A second reason was ’neighbourly accompanying one another, with reconciling of differences at that time’. And a third reason was ‘Justice in the preservation of bounds’.

To beat the bounds of the parish, to walk around the parish boundaries, was to preserve those boundaries, lay continued claim to them, and so preserve not only boundaries, but also justice.

‘many antichrists have come … They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us’ (1 Jo 2.19)

Two centuries later another poet writing in English — but on the other side of the Atlantic — wrote words which appear to agree with Herbert. ‘Good fences make good neighbours’.

‘They are from the world … we are from God’ (4:5,6)' This obsession with borders, with demarcation, with inside and outside, is reflected also in John’s Gospel, where Jesus can be heard using words and language not found in the other gospels, but remarkably similar to the language of the Letters of John:

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Robert Frost’s oft-quoted words might suggest he shares George Herbert's approval of well-maintained boundaries. But in Frost’s poem ‘Mending Wall’, these words are just one side in an argument, a conversation between differing viewpoints. On the other side of the argument, we hear these words:

spent almost three months in Berlin, I found myself moved to be reading these words from the New Testament Letter to the Ephesians:

‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.’

‘Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.'

Last year we marked, not the ending of war in Europe in the 1940s, but the start of an earlier war in 1914. It was fortuitous that Remembrance Sunday in 2014 happened to fall on the 25th anniversary of possibly the most significant event in European history since VE Day: the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

We appear to need borders, boundaries, frontiers. These limits define us, shape our identity and self-understanding.

Down at St Philip's, with German members of the church present, and in a year when I’d

‘Christ is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.'

The Christian understanding of what it means to be human sees our limitations, our boundedness, as an essential part of who we are. Many of us struggle to understand what is meant by the 'resurrection of the body'.

But one thing it clearly suggests is that our

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experience of having edges, of standing out from our environment, is part not only of our physical, but also of our spiritual identity, an essential part of who we are.

There is no concept in the Christian picture of our one day attaining infinite freedom and capability, or of merging indissolubly with others or with the universe.

But borders, necessary though they are, can clearly become a problem. If they become too rigid and no longer reflect the realities they try to circumscribe. When they turn into walls. Because breaking down walls appears to be high on God’s agenda.

Walls are a product of fear. As we read the Gospel of John and the First Letter of John, it’s not hard to guess that the early Christian communities which produced these documents knew all about fear, knew too much about fear.

But they also knew that there was one thing which could overcome fear, could dissolve it. And that is love. As we read elsewhere in the First Letter of John: 'There is no fear in love, for perfect love casts out fear.'

Mutual acceptance, good relationships, can free people up to accept change. Our parish has decided the time has come to review its boundaries. We very much hope that the outcome will resemble the peaceful partition of Czechoslovakia in 1993 more than the changes forced on Germany at the Potsdam Conference.

Thursday's election — interestingly conducted using an unchanged electoral map after the Boundaries Commission was forced to abandon its 2013 review — has raised

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big issues about our identity as a nation.

How are England and Scotland going to relate to each other? Will the UK stay in the European Union? How we face these issues will shape this nation for generations to come. As we look around the world, we see far too many examples of leaders happy to exploit people’s fears rather than addressing their underlying causes. As we pray for our leaders, let us ask that they rise above that.

To be fearful is to be immune to love, to be shy of love, to be deprived of love. What love might look like in the hard-headed worlds of politics and diplomacy is an interesting question. But let's remember Paul's words: 'Love is patient. It is not arrogant or rude.

It does not insist on its own way; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.' Paul describes a culture we want and need in our public life and yet too often we lack. Love is what is missing. And love is also the antidote to the fear corrupting public life in far too much of our world.

Or, as the First Letter of John puts it: There is no fear in love, for perfact love casts our fear.

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Reflections on victory in Europe 1945 an article by General Lord Ramsbotham

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s a retired War II ex-servicemen’s soldier, I organisations, on the felt very grounds that their privileged to be dwindling members were invited to read the getting older, and this oath of remembrance was the last time that at Christ Church’s significant numbers, of Service of those who took part in the Thanksgiving event, might to be able to mark the 70th to travel to Normandy.

Anniversary of I have to admit to Victory in Europe wondering whether in World War II. similar thoughts lay Each time I hear behind the announcement both Laurence that a national service Binyon’s words, of thanksgiving would and those on the be held at Westminster General Lord Ramsbotham Kohima memorial, Abbey on the 70th I find myself thinking not just of former anniversary of VE Day, plus others such as comrades in arms, but of the many beautiful our own. I presume that, in future, VE Day cemeteries, so wonderfully maintained by the will be subsumed into the annual November Commonwealth War Graves Commission, remembrance. that I have seen around the world.

Not knowing whether the same attention Last year saw the 70th anniversary of D Day, will be paid to VJ Day on August 15th, I which, for this country, was the beginning have reflected on why, nationally as well of the lead up to VE Day. It was marked by as in Christ Church, we should be giving the deliberate winding up of many World thanks for victory in Europe, and my

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thoughts turned to a remarkable book called Darkness over Germany, published in 1943 by one of my godmothers, Amy Buller, whose thesis was that the hold Naziism had over people, and particularly young people, was better understood in religious rather than political terms. She illustrates this by describing the impact it had on different generations of families she knew, and, looking to after the war, which she had no doubt we would win, writes: ‘That the Germans will need and indeed seek the co-operation of other nations is clear, and it is surely also clear that we shall only be able to give that help and co-operation on two conditions. In the first place we must understand the full significance of the fact that a whole generation could so easily be led astray by false prophets….This means a much more careful study of pre-Nazi conditions in Germany. Secondly, the United Nations must show signs that they in their several countries know how to meet the needs of their own youth’.

I quoted this in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s annual debate in the House of Lords last year, on the dangers of fanatical radicalisation, because I felt that we needed to know how to meet the needs of our own youth today. In that same spirit I feel that it was wholly appropriate that we should give thanks for victory over the evil that so infected one of our European partners, and also for the part that we played in helping it to overcome the ravages of Naziism.

Doing so in this way provides an opportunity for reflecting on what that evil was, and what sacrifice is required if a nation’s young — and therefore its future — is not to be similarly infected.

That is why I was so pleased that our service on May 10th included the prayer for the young people of our present generation, and all who have influence on that future, because that is what those whose sacrifice is commemorated at Kohima meant by ‘For your tomorrow we gave our today’.

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All Change at St Philip’s St Philip’s says farewell to its administrator of the past four years, Liz Christie and introduces two familiar new faces

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hurch administrators play a key role in the running of churches, providing not only much needed support for the clergy but also maintaining the building and optimising lettings income. As we say goodbye and thanks to Liz Christie for her wonderful support we welcome the two new administrators, already well known at St Mary Abbots, who will take on Liz’s role here at St Philip’s.

Before Liz arrived, most of the work she does was handled by a team of volunteers.

The church was closed for much of the week and there was no caretaker. David Walsh remembers the pressures this placed on him: “Not so many years ago my preparations for school services included copying the service booklet, completely rearranging the church and preparing refreshments for after the service. Finding time to prepare a talk was a luxury.”

goes right,” she adds. “It’s also been rewarding to watch how the lettings side has grown — we’re pretty much at full capacity now and our income from lettings has doubled in the time I’ve been here.” Indeed, for many people Liz has been the public face of the church, fielding general enquiries from callers and interacting with the many and varied people on the lettings side.

Liz joined St Philip’s in May 2011, at about the time David became Area Dean. She soon found that she had to turn her hand to anything. “There was no caretaker so I helped out with cleaning and other aspects of work that our caretaker, Sean Collins, now looks after. This job is what you make of it and since I arrived it has grown organically.”

“It’s a very satisfying job when everything

“For me, having an administrator has created a new centre of gravity at the heart of the church,” says David. “Now, if I’m busy or away, there is still someone present in the building, able to help with enquiries and take pieces of work forward. On top of all this and producing our weekly service booklets, Liz’s oversight of our lettings business has made a huge difference to the church’s

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St Philip’s financial health and helped us grow our activities.”

Although St Philip’s will greatly miss Liz’s calming presence, we are delighted that two women who worship at St Mary Abbots will be taking over the role as a job share. The job has been expanded to include responsibility for building up our communications and, especially, our internet and social media presence, which is reflected in the new title of Church Manager.

Laura Sylvester and Sally Bessada were selected because they bring relevant new skills and experience to the role. Both are mums, so the job share will provide flexibility for them but also enable St Philip’s to benefit from two people coming up with suggestions for new ways of doing things.

Sally worked for JP Morgan in London, New York and the Far East for 20 years and reported to the Chief Operating Officer. One of her key responsibilities was control of expenses. She has volunteered at St Mary Abbots for almost 10 years in a number of capacities, including managing the website, maintaining the Parish Electoral Roll, running Christian Aid week and Liz Christie creating new ways for the church to raise money.

Laura is a graphic artist with extensive experience of design and layout from her work with a range of national newspapers.

She has been attending St Mary Abbots for six years and runs their playgroup. She is also convenor for the Sunday School. Laura and Sally’s past experience will really help with developing the website, publications, posters and other materials that St Philips produces.

Although neither woman has experience of the lettings business, nor of some of the administrative tasks involved, both have a real ‘can do’ attitude. They are excited by the job and are keen to meet the many people at St Philip’s who volunteer. “We’re looking forward to supporting Fr David and working with the support team,” says Sally.

“There’s loads of scope and possibility in this job,” adds Laura. “Liz has obviously done a fantastic job and Sally and I want to build on what she has achieved.”

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RECIPE

Let’s Bake!

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ith the church fete and dreams of summer teas upon us, here’s a super easy recipe for lemon drizzle cake that means you can bake two — one for the fete and one for you!

And don’t be put off by the fact it uses margarine - it guarantees the lightest and most delicious cake!

Lemon drizzle For the sponge: 200g Baking margarine (softened) 350g caster sugar 350g self-raising flour (no need to sieve) 2 tsps baking powder 2 lemons for Zest 8 tbsps of slightly warmed milk 4 large eggs lightly beaten (at room temperature)

Method:

1 Line 2x 2lb loaf tin and pre-heat the oven to 180C fan.

2 Beat together all of the sponge ingredients, or pop them all into a food processor. When thoroughly mixed, divide equally between the two tins.

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For the drizzle:

Bake for about 35 - 45 minutes. To test if they’re ready, pop a skewer into the cake, it should come out dry.

200g caster sugar Juice of 2 lemons

4 While they are baking, mix the caster sugar with the lemon juice.

5 Using a skewer pierce all over the tops of the cakes as soon as they come out of the oven, and carefully drizzle the sugar syrup over the top.

6 Leave to cool completely, remove from the tin and wrap in foil for storage. They also freeze really well.

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Every church fete cake stall needs brownies. Delicious little squares of chocolate heaven, easy to make and quick to sell‌ Brilliant Brownies

Ingredients 185g unsalted butter 185g best dark chocolate 85g plain flour 40g cocoa powder 50g white chocolate 50g milk chocolate 3 large eggs 275g golden caster sugar

Method:

1 Add the butter and dark chocolate into a medium bowl.

2 Fill a small saucepan about a quarter full with hot water. Put over a low heat until the butter and chocolate have melted. Leave mixture to cool.

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Turn the oven on to fan 160C/ conventional 180C/gas 4.

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Use a shallow 20cm square tin and line the base with baking parchment.

5 Break 3 large eggs into a large bowl and tip in 275g golden caster sugar.

With an electric mixer on maximum speed, whisk the eggs and sugar until they look thick and creamy.

chunks on a board and stir in the white and milk chocolate chunks into the mixture.

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Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.

Put in the oven and set your timer for 25 minutes, gently shake the tin. If the brownie wobbles in the middle, it’s not quite done.

10 Take out of the oven. Leave the whole thing in the tin until completely cold. Cut into bite-size squares.

6 Pour the cooled chocolate mixture over the eggy mousse and gently fold together.

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Sieve 85g plain flour and 40g cocoa powder into the bowl of eggy chocolate mixture and fold in gently fold in.

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