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Your free magazine—please take one Ascension and Pentecost THE MYLOR MAGAZINE MAY 2010 On the day of Pentecost all the Lord’s followers were together in one place. Sud- denly there was a noise from heaven like the sound of a mighty wind. It filled the house where they were meeting. Then they saw what looked like fiery tongues mov- ing in all directions, and a tongue came and settled on each person there. The Holy Spirit took control of everyone, and they began speaking whatever languages the Spirit let them speak. A magazine for Church and Community Published by the Churches of St Mylor and All Saints’, Mylor Bridge Services for January, 2010 Regular services Sundays 8am Holy Communion, 1662, St Mylor. 9am Holy Communion, CW, All Saints 10.30am Parish Eucharist, St Mylor Plus every 2nd and 4th Sunday 4pm ‘All Saints & Sinners’ Family Worship, All Saints. Plus every 1st and 3rd Sunday 4pm BCP Evening Prayer Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9am Morning Prayer, All Saints, Mylor Bridge Wednesdays 9am Morning Prayer, All Saints Mylor Bridge 10am Holy Communion, St Mylor 11am Holy Communion, All Saints, Mylor Bridge Churches Together (Flushing & Mylor) PENTECOST SERVICE 11:00 am At the: Ord-Statter Playing Field (inside if wet) Please note that the BCP Communion Service at 8:00am and the Common Worship 9.00 services will be held as usual 2 Diary for May Tue 4 Women’s Fellowship (Mylor Methodist Chapel, 2:00) Mrs M Smith Wed 5 BBC Choral Evensong Live (Cathedral 4) All welcome—3.45 in your seats pls Thu 6 Friends of St. Mylor (Ord-Statter 7.30) Friendship Bishop Tim 7-9 Individually guided retreat (Epiphany House) Rosemary Moffat Sat 8 Organ Discovery Day (Cathedral—all day) Fri 13 Ascension Day Eucharist (All, Saints, Falmouth 7:00pm) Archdeacon R. Bush Sat 15 Family Open Day (Epiiphany House 10.30-4) Coffee, cakes, cream teas etc. Tue 18 Women’s Fellowship (Mylor Methodist Chapel, 2:00) A.G.M. 19-21 Christian Ministry team building (Serendipity Sailing—St Mawes) Revd Ken Sat 22 Colour Workshops (Tremayne Hall 10-4) Janet Hunt Sat 22 Songs of Inspiration (Truro School Chapel 7.30) Cathedral ‘Inspire’ appeal Sun 23 Pentecost Service (Ord-Statter 11.00am) Flushing&Mylor Churches Together Tue 25 Mylor Book Group (Tremayne Hall 7.30) Jean Webster 377179 Wed 26 Mylor Movies (Tremayne Hall) 7.30) Invictus June Sun 13 Samaritans 30 Anniversary Service (Truro Cathedral 2.00) Friends of St. Mylor Church Reg. Charity No. 1129030 A TALK GIVEN BY THE BISHOP OF TRURO, THE Rt. Rev. TIM THORNTON ON FRIENDSHIP THURSDAY 6TH MAY 2010 7.30p.m. in THE ORD-STATTER PAVILION Followed by Buffet & Wine Tickets £6.00 Raising Funds for St. Mylor and All Saints 3 Vicar’s letter We in the Anglican Church are good at anniversaries. As we should be, for we have 2,000 years of great people and events to give thanks for; and central to our worship is the Eucharist of our Lord Jesus Christ in which we continue, in the words of the old service, ‘a perpetual memory of that his precious death’. Just this last few days we have remem- bered St George, Mark the Evangelist - and our greatest dramatist, Wil- liam Shakespeare, on his presumed birthday. Not quite in the same league, but important to me, I remember my in- stallation by Bishop Roy just two years ago, when I recognised that all priestly ministry is collaborative, that is to say, done in collaboration with, and dependent on the support of, many others . I think I did not then appreciate the full truth of my words or the extent of the willing service which goes into the running of a parish. For one clear example you have only to walk through our churchyard and into the building to realise how much effort and time by many hands goes into keeping both such beautiful and peaceful places for worship and contemplation. The weeding, clearing, sweeping, polishing and decorating is the work of many hands. And just this month we had the first meeting of our Lay Pastoral Ministers group, whose work is another example of de- voted, unsung Christian discipleship. And the collaboration does not end there. I have spoken recently of how it is part of our commitment as members of the Anglican Church to set our vision beyond the purely local and understand ourselves as members of the diocese of Truro with its world-wide links. It happens that this month those with e-mail may access the new diocesan E- bulletin ([email protected] ). I recommend this new service for it ranges far and wide and gives a glimpse of how much collaborative work needs to be supported within and beyond the diocese. Scroll down to Andrew Yates’ Social Responsibility Briefing , for example, for an insight into how much goes on within the diocese. At our Annual General Meeting last month we reluctantly accepted res- ignations from the Parochial Church Council of Diana Rutley, Eric Nicholls, Ron Hill, Hazel Caruthers and Roger Deeming - to each of whom we owe a debt of gratitude for many years of service ‘behind the scenes‘. Diana’s duties as Parish Clerk will be shouldered at least for the time being by Pauline Bryant. We also accepted the resignations of Churchwardens Derek Payne and Tony Deacon. We welcome Tony as our new Treasurer, a task he has been doing for a while now, and value his care and clarity. Derek has steered the parish through two vacan- cies and deserves a break - but he will not be missed for he is temper- mentally unable to say ‘no’. Chapel Chit --- Chat We all look forward to celebrating Pentecost with all the churches of Flushing and Mylor. This year the service is on Mylor Playing Fields on Sunday 23 rd May. In the New Testament, Paul writes to Timothy who is a younger Christian friend and colleague; ‘I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of ti- midity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self discipline.’ 2 Timothy 1, v. 6,7; New International Version Power to be brave, to overcome evil, and to endure opposition and the suffering it might bring. Love that is totally unselfish and caring. And the self-discipline of an orderly life, obedient to the will of God. High ideals! But Paul indicates that it is all attainable if we fan the flame and accept this present of God to us. May you continue to enjoy this ‘Merry Month’! Making ourselves heard WE ARE heading rapidly towards a General Election and all manner of infor- mation and communication will be winging your way to persuade you to sup- port one party or another. My concern here is not to become involved in party politics; but to stress the vital need to vote, and to encourage you to encour- age other people to use their votes. We are citizens living in a country in which, sadly – yet understandably – there is a lack of trust in politicians of all flavours. There are good reasons why many will feel there is no point in voting. But they are wrong. There is every point in voting. We do need to take our responsibilities seriously and to add our voice to the decision-making process. Please do vote and do talk to others, especially those who are considering not voting. We must speak out and speak up on matters that we know are very serious. It is important to ask all politicians what they are going to do to ensure the poorest and most deprived people in our country are going to be cared for. We have a duty to speak out on behalf of those who don’t gain a voice and appear to have no power in the present debates. I also feel that here in Corn- wall, as in some other more rural parts of the country, we need to make sure that politicians don’t only and always view things through a metropolitan lens. It can feel as if many of the decisions that are made are taken thinking about life as it is lived in our major cities and conurbations. We need to make the voice of our county – the small town, the isolated hamlet and the communi- ties facing some harsh realities of life here in Cornwall – heard. Please do vote and please do pray for this election and all who are standing as candidates. 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Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 595 as the “Apostle to the English” to con- vert the Kentish King Æthelbert who had re- cently married a Christian princess, Bertha (daughter of Charibert I, King of Paris).