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THE BOXGROVE BUGL E THE MAGAZINE LINKING CHURCH AND PARISH Boxgrove Priory, The Priory Vicarage, Church Lane, Boxgrove, Chichester, PO18 0ED Phone: +44 (0)1243 774045 ~ Fax: +44 (0)1243 774045 ~ www.boxgrovepriory.co.uk March 2018 Dancers from the Fishbourne Mill Morris entertaining visitors to the St Blaise Fair in aid of the Kwa Mkono Disabled Children's Trust - see page 6 INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE Who's Who in Boxgrove .......................................... 2 Lent Groups .............................................................................. 10 From Fr Ian .................................................................................... 3 Preparation for Confirmation ............................ 10 Lenten Reflections from the Parish Council news ...................................................... 11 Archbishop of York ........................................................... 3 News from Boxgrove WI .......................................... 12 About The Bugle ...................................................................... 4 Parish Calendar & Intentions ............................... 13 Priory Sunday School ....................................................... 5 Boxgrove C of E Primary School ................... 14 WSCC Mobile Library ................................................... 5 Holy Week - a user's guide ................................ 15 Last year at Kwa Mkono ............................................. 6 Recipe: Carrot Soup with Ginger ............... 20 The Julian Group ................................................................... 7 Community Update ....................................................... 21 Forthcoming events in the Priory .................. 7 Hospice 'Dreambuilding' update ....................... 22 The Optimistic Gardener .......................................... 8 In the Cathedral .................................................................... 23 Services during March & April .................... 32 The Priory Church of St Mary & St BlaisePage 1 is a Registered Charity Nº 1131214 Who’s Who in Boxgrove Priest in Charge Fr Ian Forrester, The Priory Vicarage, Church Lane, Boxgrove, PO18 0ED - 01243 774045 - [email protected] Hon. Assistant Priests Fr David Brecknell, 8 Priory Close - 01243 784841 Fr Victor Cassam, 195 Oving Road, Chichester - 01243 783998 Churchwardens Mrs Sue Chevis, Cowslip Cottage, Dairy Lane, Maudlin, PO18 0PE - 01243 539836 - [email protected] Mr Christopher Beazley, Warren Farm House, Warren Farm Lane, Chichester, PO19 5RU - 01243 763453 - [email protected] Hon. Treasurer Richard Chevis, Cowslip Cottage, Dairy Lane, Maudlin, PO18 0PE - 01243 539836 - [email protected] Safeguarding Officer Ms Lara Moyler, 07956 986496 Cathedral Link Mike Beaman, 10 Evelyn Avenue, Rustington, BN16 2EJ - 01903 367039 - [email protected] Priory and St Blaise Centre Bookings and Enquiries - Richard Chevis - Cowslip Cottage, Dairy Lane, Maudlin, PO18 0PE - 01243 539836 [email protected] WSCC Member for Chichester North Jeremy Hunt, 3 Brandy Hole Lane, Chichester PO19 5RL - 0330 2224536 CDC Member for Boxgrove Ward & Chairman, Boxgrove Parish Council - Henry Potter, The White House, The Street, Boxgrove - 01243 527312 Boxgrove C of E Primary School - Mrs Kim Thornton - 01243 773309 - [email protected] Boxgrove Village Hall Bookings and Enquiries - Pat Burton - 01243 788332 Local Police Emergencies 999 or 112 Other matters 0845 60 70 999 or 101 Page 2 From Father Ian As we use Lent to prepare us for the great celebration of Easter, I encourage you to come and worship with us as we enter into the liturgies which make our commemorations much more than history. Last year we had a great turnout on Easter Day - do be part of the celebration on Easter Day at 10am. Blessings to you all. From the Archbishop of York "Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water." John 4.15 At this time of the year, when the excitement of Christmas is over, the joy of Easter still a long way off, when days are grey and cold and spring seems just a faint hope, life can seem dreary and dull. ‘The trivial round, the common task’ seem to be failing in the promise of John Keble’s hymn, to ‘furnish all we need to ask’. Amid the tedium of the humdrum and the expected we can be tempted to look for easy substitutes for joy. The woman at the well, in John’s gospel, had tried other diversions, but five husbands and a new partner had failed to give her the refreshment her soul craved. She was tired and unsatisfied both with the unchanging water of the well, and with the distractions of other temptations. What was needed is a remedy that will last, that will be always fresh. She longs for the living water that Jesus offers, so that her life will no longer feel unfulfilled and stale. We too, in times of dryness, need to shift our focus from the distractions of the world, and focus on a radical way of living which is new every morning. We need to remember the way John Keble’s hymn begins: New every morning is the love our wakening and uprising prove; through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life and power and thought. This Lent may we focus on the constant renewing of our life through Jesus Christ’s love. ++Ebor Well done to the staff, pupils and governors of Boxgrove School. Following a recent OFSTED inspection, the school continues to be rated as GOOD. Page 3 THE BUGLE Articles on any aspect of Boxgrove news - village or Priory-based - are always most welcome. The Boxgrove Bugle is distributed free of charge to each household within the parish and published on-line; copies are also sent further afield, as well as being available in the Priory for visitors and non-residents of the parish. It has a current print run exceeding 700 copies per month. For the time being, items to be considered for publication should be sent to the Treasurer (see P2) for onward transmission to the Editor. Submission is requested by the 15th day of each month, please, for publication on or around the last Sunday of each month. Alternatively, items clearly marked “Boxgrove Bugle” may be left in the Vicarage postbox. Any other items relating to the Bugle should also be referred to the Treasurer. DATES 2018 Issue Month Copy Deadline Publication Date April 15 March 25 March May 15 April 29 April June 15 May 27 May BUGLE ARTICLES AND CONTENT Please contact Tina Thurlow - [email protected] BUGLE ADVERTISING Please contact Richard Chevis (see page 2) ADVERTISING RATES 2018 Per 1/8 page £40.00 per annum £4 per month Please make cheques payable to: “Priory Church of St Mary & St Blaise” Advertisements are accepted in good faith, but no liability is accepted with regard to any services or goods offered howsoever arising. The Boxgrove Bugle is published by Boxgrove Priory Parochial Church Council © and ℗ 2018 and may be read on-line in colour at http://www.boxgrovepriory.co.uk/boxgrove_bugle.html Why not add a link to your desktop? Page 4 PRIORY SUNDAY SCHOOL 11th March - 9.45am (10.00am Mothering Sunday service in the Priory) 25th March - 9.45am (10.00am Palm Sunday Service in the Priory) 8th April - 11.00am ~ 22nd April - 11.00am Sunday School meets in the St Blaise Centre. Children are asked to arrive promptly so that the objective of the session can be explained to everyone at once. Children should be aged between 4 and 11 and they must already have started school. There is no charge and parents do not need to accompany the children. They don’t need to bring anything with them - just to come along! For further information about Sunday School please contact Rosey Harris by email: [email protected]. Church services that may be of interest: 1st April - Easter Day 10.00am COUNTESS OF DERBY’S ALMSHOUSES, BOXGROVE Vacancies exist at the Countess of Derby’s Almshouses Enquiries to Mrs Jean Collyer 01243 773661 WSCC Mobile Library 9 & 23 March 2.10-2.40 pm Boxgrove Village Hall Tel: 01243 382470 Page 5 Last Year at Kwa Mkono Five new children have joined the Centre, two for kindergarten and three going to primary school. All the play equipment has been renewed and a new seesaw installed. In the dormitories each child now has cupboard space for personal belongings and all the beds have new mattresses. A link to the major hospital at Muheza means that an orthopaedic team will visit regularly to assess all the children, to advise on physiotherapy and train the staff to administer it. Ten children are to be seen by a consultant surgeon to see if an operation would help them; this may cost £150 each. The main yearly rains were better than in previous years, so maize and beans have been planted in the farm fields. In the vegetable gardens near the centre, the children have helped plant cabbages, onions, tomatoes and okra, with the hope of a surplus to sell. The chickens are doing well, with more chicks surviving to provide meat and eggs. The water supply has improved, with a borehole in the valley proving viable and pure. The tractor and trailer can collect water for the Centre while investigations are done for a pump and pipeline. The new enlarged hall is being rented out for weddings, meetings and parties for locals; this has increased the use of the rest house for overnight stays, and hence income. An exciting new development is the building of two new dormitories for ten boys and ten girls, funded by Polio Children [the UK/USA charity that provided the Land Rover in 2012]. The foundations