TRINITY The magazine of Holy Trinity Parish Church, Sutton Coldfield Sep/Oct 2017 60p
Photos from the institution of Becky Stephens as rector of the Whitacres, Lea Marston and Shustoke. See page 10 for details.
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Autumn for me feels like a time for fresh starts—the old leaves are blown away and a new academic year begins for our children. Becky Stephens, a former member of HT has an exciting new start—as rector of four rural parish churches in Warwickshire which you can read about on page 10.
John Routh writes
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Through a glass darkly
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Heritage at the Heart
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Youth Matters
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Highlights from the PCC meeting
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Revd Becky Stephen’s Institution 10
A further new beginning is the fifth season of Friends events with lots Forgiveness to look forward to, find a preview Harvest 24 on page 18. Also tied into this theme of new beginnings, there is much food for thought in this edition about how we may try to turn our lives around. Jean Schneider discusses living in harmony on page 4, and our youth worker Susie Walker, reminds us to keep trying our best and not to be too hard on ourselves if it doesn’t all quite go to plan. I will leave you with one final food thought for this edition. After the Terrorist attacks that took place earlier this year, I was reminded by a friend of the quote from Frederick Buechner:
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FHTSC—fourth season finale
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FHTSC—fifth season preview
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Mobile phone
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From the registers
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A Bishop’s perspective
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Triple filter test!
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Trinity & Bible verse
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“God himself does not give answers. He gives Himself.”
Stella 329 2101 s_thebridge@yahoo.com
Every blessing,
Louise 240 6366
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John Routh writes….
Buildings and people So here I am, sitting at my desk, reading yet another email about reordering. It seems as though re-ordering the church has gone on forever. Well, maybe not forever, but certainly for a long time. Re-ordering was being thought about a good 20 years ago, back when the Trinity Centre was built. And plans had been drawn up a couple of years before I arrived in the parish in early 2006. It’s taken over 11 years to get to the stage where we are – Phase 1 complete. But we’re almost there. With just a short push, the much smaller Phase 2 will be finished by the end of March 2018. And then we’ll have the time and space to turn our focus to other things. Things focused on people more than on buildings. Actually, we’re already doing that. We’re trying to use the building to connect with people, to serve their needs. You’ll have heard of the ‘heritage project’, which Stella is overseeing. The idea is to use the church building’s history and beauty to attract people to visit. We aim to build up a team of volunteers to staff the building so that we can keep it open as much as possible. For several years we’ve been running our Friends’ concerts, headed up by Nick Revell. You could call it a ‘culture project’. The idea is to use the building – its stage, acoustics, and refreshment facilities – for concerts and dramas to attract people to visit. If people come to the building for a cultural experience, they may experience something else as well – the mystery of the presence of God. We’re developing other plans too. The Pastoral Team are looking at how we can use the church as a place to offer pastoral care, with the availability of a chaplain to people who visit, and the maintenance of the Vesey chapel as a quiet prayer space. For whenever the church is open for people interested in heritage or culture, it will also be open for those who are seeking a quiet conversation with God. Over the months since Phase 1 was completed, we’ve welcomed many visitors to services, meetings, concerts in the church. We’ve held open days, we’ve shown visiting groups around. Almost unanimously the response has been ... ‘Wow, this is wonderful’. Even some who had reservations have said they were wrong. Page
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It has been immensely satisfying to hear all that, to realise our efforts have not been in vain. But we must never forget ... at its core, re-ordering the church has never been about the building. It’s been about making the building the best possible ‘tool’ we can for worship, for mission and ministry. It has always been about our engagement with the God who we love and the people God calls us to serve. John
Through a Glass Darkly -
LIVING IN HARMONY
St Paul and St Matthew in the readings for these two months lay a lot of emphasis on living lovingly with others - but to live in harmony and humility is very hard to do. As I am in the church choir I go to quite a lot of weddings and regularly hear what St Paul wrote to those inharmonious Corinthians about living with real love in your heart. It is a wonderful passage for a wedding, but the preacher always emphasises how hard it is to live up to and that most of us spend a lifetime trying to do so. To concentrate on demonstrating that kind of self-denying love for just one person is hard enough, but as Christians we are called upon to put it into practice with everyone around us. When we fall short of this it is always self-interest that gets in the way. It is so hard to put someone else before yourself. On the other hand, God gives us a lot of help. Think of the rush of joy we get when we do remember and make the effort not to judge, to give the benefit of the doubt, to return a kind word or do a generous deed. One would think that we would want to fill or lives with these happy feelings - but we soon forget and back comes self-interest wriggling into our relationships with others and making life harder. Jesus has this kind of love for all of us. He even laid down his life for us. He teaches us how to turn our lives around, so that instead of self -loving beings we become more open to others and their needs. This is the way he wants us to live - and the more we try, maybe the easier it will become.
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Heritage at the Heart of Sutton Coldfield We are now six months into our Heritage-Lottery-Funded project to help us widen access to the church’s heritage and increase understanding of what our building is and can offer the wider community both in person and online. Heritage Open Day – do come and join in a range of activities as part of national Heritage Open Days across the country in September. See the separate flier (Sat 9th, 10am to 3pm). NB our new church Christmas card will be on sale then too - £3.50 per pack of ten. If you can’t make it, fill in an order form with your remittance and we will reserve packs for you in church or Trinity Centre. New website A company has just been commissioned to undertake re-design of our whole church website so that we can include our historical records and make our new resources, heritage trail etc. available as widely as possible. Visitors will be able to interact with the historical features in new and exciting ways both in the building and beyond! This should come onstream in the autumn. Secret City Arts are still working with us to collect stories and memories of people about the church and the wider history of Sutton Coldfield. Please make sure you record some of your own memories on the ‘bunting’ which will be displayed at our open day on 9th September, either in church or by emailing the project address below. The artists are also working with Town Junior School and a secondary school in the autumn to produce exciting and relevant historical guides and trails for all ages: www.secretcityarts.com A student from Birmingham University will help us with recording and writing some of our historical resources in the church and elsewhere in the Town from October. Volunteer stewards should enable us to open the church on weekdays in the autumn. Watch the website for news of this! Stay in touch! If you are interested in getting involved with any of our project work, please email Stella Thebridge, Project Co-ordinator, in the first instance on: Page heritage@htsc.org.uk 6
To find out more, check out our church site and heritage webpage for information: https://www.htsc.org.uk/heritage-project/ Stella Thebridge We offer our heartfelt thanks to Stella and her band of helpers for their excellent work on this exciting project—Ed
Youth Matters Another academic year over and our 9th year of running youth clubs also draws to a close. So it is now that time of year when the youth room gets its annual clean (whether it needs it or not, ha, ha!). Also on the agenda is sorting out all the equipment, cleaning some of it, mending some of it, ditching some of it. This is the chance to reorganise all the craft stuff. I can gather all the pairs of scissors from their different dumping places, reunite felt tips with their lids, sort out all the paper, card and sticky bits and reestablish some sort of order. Maybe I will even wash the cushion covers. Maybe. It always takes longer to do all that than I think it will and I never do it as well as I intend to. I start off being really thorough but I get hot, bothered and fed up so end up cutting corners. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. It is not just in this matter that I start off with good intentions and determination but lose momentum part way through. My life is full of things I have started with great gusto and not kept up the pace with. Periodically I resolve to do better but somehow it never comes to pass. It is easy to feel guilty but maybe that is a bit fruitless as I wouldn’t want to do things out of guilt. Don’t think God would want me to either so I like to try and remember three things: Firstly that I am only human and that means nothing will be perfect in how I live or what I do. Secondly, that doing something is better than doing nothing and in regards to cleaning, as long as things look happier than when I started, that is fine. Thirdly, that God judges my heart and attitude not my success rate. One of my favourite quotes, which I have modernised to be gender neutral, says. God judges a person by the direction they face not by the point they have reached. So I shall just plod on and do my best and not be hard on myself when my best is not as good as I hoped because it is good enough in God’s eyes and judgement.
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Margaret’s memories from the June 2017 PCC meeting ♦ As this was the first meeting of the new PCC the meeting began with Holy Communion. ♦ New members were welcomed. ♦ Committee membership and roles were reviewed. Two vacancies were highlighted; that of PCC Treasurer and a Vulnerable Person’s advocate. John Routh will act as Treasurer for now, but it will impact on his availability for pastoral/mission work, so we need someone to step forward. ♦ Financially, the accounts are in line with the 2017 budget so far – we look to be on track for a £27k deficit on the main two funds (General and Trinity Centre operations). ♦ Potential projects dependent on general funds were considered against the funds available and priorities were set. External notice board replacement and sound system upgrade will be addressed. No further commitments will be made at present. ♦ The ‘Financial Improvement Group’ has completed its work and will now be dissolved. It has made recommendations regarding the appearance, marketing, pricing and culture of the Trinity Centre, which are to be taken up by the appropriate PCC committees. A small group was set up to look at cost reductions should the recommended changes prove insufficient. ♦ Phase 2 of the re-ordering is progressing. The specification for the digital organ has been agreed and the order placed. Approximate cost of phase 2 is £170k leaving us on budget. ♦ The Heritage project steering group reported that various ‘open days’ had been planned, and that Christmas cards would be available later in the year. There is also to be a photo and art competition. ♦ The Mission committee reported that plans were being made for a Parish weekend 7th/8th October. ♦ The quinquennial report had been received, and would be looked at in more detail by the John Routh and the Churchwardens. ♦ Reports were received from the various committees, working groups and interchurch committees. ♦ Plans for various services and social events were noted. Details can be found elsewhere in this publication, on the website, on Facebook or in the weekly notices. ♦ The next meeting will be held on 13th September.
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Margaret Le Brocq PCC Secretary August 2017
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The institution of the Rev’d Becky Stephens as the Rector of The Whitacres, Lea Marston and Shustoke A fabulous evening of celebration took place at St Giles', Nether Whitacre, as Bishop Anne Hollinghurst, Bishop of Aston & Archdeacon Simon Heathfield welcomed Reverend Becky Stephens as the new Rector of the Whitacres, Lea Marston and Shustoke. The parish of the Whitacres, Lea Marston and Shustoke is a group of four villages situated between Coleshill and Nuneaton. There are four churches: St Giles’ Nether Whitacre, St John Lea Marston, St Cuthbert’s Shustoke and St Leonard’s Over Whitacre. The church buildings range in age from 13th to 19th century, many of which have features of earlier churches that stood on the same site. They can be considered typical Church of England country churches, with small but dedicated congregations and supportive local communities. Becky worshipped at Holy Trinity for many years and was supported at the service by members of our congregation, as well as family, friends and members of the local community who offered various words of welcome. The Mayor of North Warwickshire was in attendance, as was the local brownie pack and the headmistress of the local church of England primary school with some of her pupils. Before this post, Becky served as curate for three years at Coleshill and Maxstoke, having trained for ministry at Queen’s Foundation in Edgbaston. She is looking forward to getting stuck in and making the church a welcoming space for everyone. Her family, (husband Nigel, children Katy and Harry and dog Bailey) are looking forward to rural life as they move to the rectory. The service was “The Institution to the Cure of Souls”. The Cure of Souls comes from the Latin, cura animarum and refers to the exercise by priests of their office. The service was led by Bishop Anne, who despite almost losing her voice during the service, conveyed hope and optimism for this new beginning for Becky and the parish and encouraged us all to keep praying. Archdeacon Simon gave the sermon after a reading chosen by Becky. The reading was from Matthew 20, the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard. In this parable, Jesus says that any labourer who accepts the invitation to the work in the vineyard (said by Jesus to represent the Kingdom of Heaven), no matter how late in the day, will receive an equal reward with those who have been faithful the longest. The Page
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passage ends with the line “So the last will be first, and the first will be last” reminding us of God’s generosity; that the reward of eternal life is a gift that is available to everyone who becomes part of God’s Kingdom, whether we become Christians early or late in life. We were reminded that the usual business principles of this world do not apply to God’s Kingdom - God's kingdom is about grace. The Archdeacon reminded Becky that parish volunteers may be like the workers in the Vineyard, providing different levels of effort and input into church life, but that all contributions should be valued equally, i.e. don’t get caught up in the world’s way of ranking things. After the sermon came the Institution. Bishop Anne instituted Becky and shared the Cure of Souls with her as the new incumbent. The Archdeacon then inducted Becky into the legal aspects of the role and installed her into the seat (where Becky left her pew and sat in the empty rector’s seat). As part of this induction, Becky was escorted to the door of the church to receive the keys to the four churches from the churchwardens and then she enthusiastically rang the church bells which both form part of the service. Tradition has it that the number of rings on the bell is meant to correlate to the likely time spent by the incumbent in post, leading to Archdeacon Simon joking that Katy and Harry would have left university before Becky leaves her new post. The three actions (institution, induction and installation) represent the breadth and responsibility of ministry received, placing a prayerful response to God’s call to be at the heart of everything. After the service we enjoyed tea, sandwiches and home made cakes made by the local community in a marquee outside the church. We were all made to feel very welcome by members of the congregation. We pray for Becky, and for all in the parish as they go forward together in their ministry.
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Forgiveness A letter written to a man on death row by the Father of the man whom the man on death row had killed: You are probably surprised that I, of all people, am writing a letter to you, but I ask you to read it in its entirety and consider its request seriously. As the father of the man whom you took part in murdering, I have something very important to say to you. I forgive you. With all my heart, I forgive you. I realise it may be hard for you to believe, but I really do. At your trial, when you confessed to your part in the events that cost my son his life and asked for my forgiveness, I immediately granted you that forgiving love from my heart. I can only hope you believe me and will accept my forgiveness. But this is not all I have to say to you. I want to make you an offer - I want you to become my adopted child. You see my son who died was my only child, and now I want to share my life with you and leave my riches to you. This may not make sense to you, or to anyone else, but I believe you are worth the offer. I have arranged matters so that if you will receive my offer of forgiveness, not only will you be pardoned for your crime, but you will also be set free from your imprisonment, and your sentence of death will be dismissed. At that point, you will become my adopted child and heir to all my riches. I realise this is a risky offer for me to make to you—you might be tempted to reject my offer completely-but I make it to you without reservation. Also, I realise it may seem foolish to make such an offer to one who cost my Son his life, but I now have a great love, and an unchangeable forgiveness in my heart for you. Finally, you may be concerned that once you accept my offer you may do something to cause you to be denied your rights as an heir to my wealth. Nothing could be further from the truth. If I can forgive you for your part in my Son’s death, I can forgive you for anything. I know you will never be perfect, But you do not have to be perfect to receive my offer. Besides, I believe that once you have accepted my offer and begin to experience the riches that will come to you from me, that your primary (though not always) response will be gratitude and loyalty. Some would call me foolish for my offer to you, but I wish for you to call me your Father. Sincerely, God, Father of Jesus Submitted by Wendy Hill. Author Unknown. Page
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Harvest 24 A Weekend of Fun for All Ages: Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th October 2017 Bring your friends and family and join us for a host of activities including active worship, children's fun, crafts, a bouncy castle, storytelling and much more ..... plus, a traditional barn dance with live caller and fish and chip supper. The weekend festivities commence at 12noon on Saturday 7th and continue on Sunday 8th with a hearty ‘Big Breakfast’ from 8:30am on Sunday before the Harvest Thanksgiving Parade Service. For full details and to book tickets, please see our website https://www.htsc.org.uk/ social-events/harvest-24/
Friends of HTSC celebrate a successful 4th season... The fourth season of Friends Events ended on a high, with a superb evening of entertainment from Canoldir Male Voice Choir, and an additional ‘bonus’ event, Intimate Theatre performing “Miss Julie”, by August Strindberg. Canoldir: Just a night before they headed to Llangollen for the opening of the 2017 International Eisteddfod, Birmingham Canoldir Male Choir returned to Holy Trinity for a packed performance. As well as traditional male voice choir numbers, the second half was dedicated to music of American influence including a selection from West Side Story. Conductor - James Llewellyn Jones compered the evening which also featured two young soloists. Daniel Jones, an up and coming flautist from the Birmingham Conservatoire performed along with Jody Smith - violinist - who captivated the audience. Jody is now studying at the Royal Northern College of Music. The evening was a huge success with over a £1400 surplus declared. Intimate Theatre: Annie Blackwell, Chris Stanley and Amanda Munden transformed our chancel into the kitchen of a Swedish Count house on Midsummer Eve as Elle Knight directed 'Miss Julie' by August Strindberg. In a darkly humorous tale the young woman of the title was drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is particularly well-travelled, well-mannered and well-read. On this night the relationship between Miss Julie and Jean escalated rapidly ....... We are very grateful to 'Intimate Theatre' who provided their talents freely for our enjoyment.
A huge thank you to the Friends committee, especially Nick Revell, and to everyone who has supported the events—Ed.
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Friends is back for a fifth season… The Friends of Holy Trinity Parish Church have arranged an inspiring and engaging programme of events for the forthcoming fifth season to ensure that Holy Trinity Parish Church remains at the very heart of the Sutton Coldfield community and to raise much needed funds for the church. To date, the Friends have raised £40,000 for the fabric of the building, as well as showcasing a wide variety of talent. All events start at 7:30pm. The season starts off on Saturday 16th September, with the Night Watch, back by popular demand. The Night Watch present medieval, renaissance and baroque songs ad dance music from the 13th to 17th centuries. This event will form part of the Holy Trinity Heritage weekend (see page 6 for more details). On Saturday 25th November, we are delighted to announce that we have secured the talents of Jack Rutter, a winner of the Young Folk Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and a highly respected singer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist playing within the British folk tradition. Offering that special something that is just that little bit different, next up we have Fret & Fiddle who will perform on Saturday 3rd February 2018. Fret and Fiddle are an award-winning group who formed in 2001 as a duo but over the years expanded to a trio, then a quartet. You can hear this band play swing tunes, gypsy music, klezmer, folk, blues and even the odd Tom Waits song! Since 1989 as an acclaimed national orchestra, The British Police Symphony Orchestra has delighted audiences across the UK, and will be joining us at HT on Saturday 17th March 2018. On Saturday 12th May 2018, HT will host The Birmingham Savoyards who were formed in 1963 principally to perform the works of Gilbert & Sullivan. The group will showcase ‘The Gilbert & Sullivan Story”, a narrated concert telling the lives of Gilbert and Sullivan and spanning through all 14 operas, with excerpts from each. Our final event will be No Petticoats Here with Louise Jordan on Saturday 16th June 2018. ‘No Petticoats Here’ tells the stories of real -life inspirational First World War women through original songs about matron Ada Yorke, adventurous author Dorothy Lawrence, women football players, a marching song and a drinking song. Page
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Self-accompanied on piano and guitar, Louise Jordan is every ounce the quintessential independent artist.
Please try and support the Friends if you can and put these dates in your diary! As in previous years, a season ticket will be available, offering discounted entry to all six events. Season tickets are on sale NOW and are available to buy from the Trinity Centre office or our website www.htsc.org.uk/friends-of-holy-trinity/
Ever wondered what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our mobile phone? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we flipped through it several times a day? What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we used it to receive messages from the text? What if we treated it like we couldn’t live without it? What if we gave it to kids as gifts? What if we used it when we travelled? What if we used it in case of emergency? This is something to make you go....hmm...where is my Bible? Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our mobile phone, we don’t have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. P.119:105 Source unknown
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FROM THE REGISTERS ... Baptisms 18th June - Charlie James Graham Raiden Anthony Stephen Thomas Bateson Lily Rose Fleming 9th July (Thanksgiving) - Harper Lee Northwood 16th July - Leo Basil Garsed Chloe Olivia Somers
We welcome these children into new life with God, as part of our church family Marriages 15th July - Keith Stokeld & Maureen Vernon Matthew Valentine & Elizabeth Birtles 12th August - Craig Tester & Heather Pye
We wish these couples every blessing in their future together Funerals: 9th August - Audrey Dowley
We remember all who have died and ask for God’s comfort to sustain all who are bereaved. Don’t forget!
Saturday, 9th September, 10 am to 3 pm (see page 6)
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A Bishop’s perspective on self-image Working in Birmingham City Centre, I am fortunate to be able to benefit from membership of ChaplaincyPlus, a Christian charitable trust run for the Birmingham Business Community aimed at encouraging Christians in the work place. Part of ChaplaincyPlus is City Women, which provides an opportunity for working women to meet at lunchtimes to discuss spiritual and practical issues that affect their working lives. The last event was led by Bishop Anne Hollinghurst, Bishop of Aston, and two questions were posed. How far does being a woman define how we work and how we exercise leadership? Do you think of yourself as a woman accountant/solicitor/manager? Bishop Anne began by discussing being labelled as a “woman bishop.” She is conscious that as one of the first women bishops – something which people have waited a long time to see – that this is both a privilege and a responsibility. She is keen however, not to be constrained to a role that someone else wanted to place on her but instead, to leave space to discover what kind of woman and what kind of bishop she is becoming. As she pointed out, the remit that she has received is above all else to serve as best as she can as a bishop in God’s church, and in that she sees her call as no different from her brother bishops. She discussed her disappointment in the way image can be narrowly dictated in a stereotypical way, citing the example of the BBC news coverage of the announcement of the first woman bishop in the Church of England. When Libby Lane was announced as the Bishop of Stockport, the news report started with a close of up the bishop’s ankles and highheeled shoes, before panning up her legs and finally reaching her face! Bishop Anne then explored image, highlighting that mention is made of all men and women being made in God’s image in the first few pages of the bible (Genesis 1:27). Page
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In reflecting God’s image, we are affirming our capacity to create, to think, to know right and wrong, to love, to form relationships – affirming qualities that go deeper than being either male or female. Bishop Anne also highlighted the number of female and feminine images of God that are included in the Bible – God being considered as like a mother comforting her child at her breast, or a mother hen gathering her chicks, or a woman searching for her lost coin. This reminded us that we are all fully and equally made in God’s image, with all the beauty and potential that entails. Bishop Anne finished by sharing some words from Marianne Williamson on “Freedom from Fear” (quoted by Nelson Mandela in his inauguration speech): Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t notice you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, Our presence automatically liberates others. To find out more about ChaplaincyPlus or City Women, please visit their website (www.chaplaincyplus.org.uk). Additional details taken from the City Women website.
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Scryptogram: Each letter in the passage is replaced with another. Solve the code and discover the bible verse(s). One letter has been provided to get you started. Solution on last page. Knczc cghv zsbe lnd, H gf bln dnczddnobhes, gsv bln ahjn: ln blgb pnahnwnbl hs fn, blezml ln yndn vngv, xnb clgaa ln ahwn: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z w
Triple Filter Test In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the Great Philosopher and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” “Hold on a minute,” Socrates replied. “Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say. That’s why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?” “Well, no,” the man said, “actually I just heard about it and…” “All right,” said Socrates. “So you don’t really know if its true or not. Now let’s try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?” “Umm, no, on the contrary…” SO, Socrates continued, you want to tell me something about my friend, but you’re not certain that its true. You may still pass the test though, because there’s one filter left—the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?” “No, not really.” “Well,” concluded Socrates, “if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, nor useful, why tell it to me at all?”
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Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John 11:25
Bible verse for this issue Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3
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Photos from the confirmation service which took place in June at which Bishop Anne presided. Joshua, Callum and Grace Kent from HT were amongst the candidates Photos: Daniel Ramble (Vicar at St James, Hill)
Right: Our Sunday School Group has been producing artwork over the summer months which will be displayed in the crèche area. Members of Sunday School are proudly showing their work to the congregation.
Above: Birmingham Canoldir Male Voice Choir return to Holy Trinity, including Daniel Jones (flautist) and Jody Smith (violinist). Below and right: Intimate Theatre (Annie Blackwell, Chris Stanley & Amanda Munden, directed by Elle Knight) presented “Miss Julie�. A wonderful end to a successful fourth season of Friends events (see page 17).
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