Christ-Centred: Growing in Faith, Love and Service Goring Parish News Printed Copy: £1 August / September 2018 GPN Issue No.60 St Mary's and St Laurence's Churches, Parish of Goring-by-Sea, West . Registered Charity 1131418

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“... For God is a Father who loves his children, and gives them a place in the sun.”

Paul Booth © 1977 Stainer & Bell Ltd.

This edition includes: 3 Reflection by Father Roger/1st Communion 19 Hymns and Pimm’s/Ride and Stride 4 Warden’s Warblings 20 The Children’s Society 5 News from the Diocese - New Deacons/Ride and Stride 21 Social Activities Committee/Feibusch Finding 6 Diary and Lectionary Readings for August 2018 22 Treasury Notes/Prayers 7 Diary and Lectionary Readings for September 2018 23 Parish Mission Focus: September - Churches Homeless Projects 8 Sonnets of Faith: Love is the fulfilling ... /Singing for Fun 24 When will I find time to think of God? 9 The Breastfeeding Concert—Sarah Corp 24-25 Parish Mission Giving Focus throughout 2018 10 Save the Date 26 GDPR and the Parish / Goring Parish Facebook 11 Parish Mission Focus: August - Lifecentre UK 27 St Laurence’s Services 12 Christian Breadcrumbs 20 - Focal Points of God’s Love 28 The Breastfeeding Concert—background 13 Family Services at St. Mary’s 29 St Mary’s Social Circle Activities/Smarties 14-15 Goring and Highdown Part 22 - Courtlands 30 Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals 16 Traidcraft/High Flying Goring Parishioner 31 A Summer’s Afternoon/And Finally 17 Christian Aid 32 Parish Contacts - with email addresses 18 Nature Watch

Parish Office opening hours..... The Parish Office is open Monday to Thursday: 10:00am to 12:00 noon. It is staffed by volunteers. If you have anything that needs to be handed in, a phone call in advance may avoid a wasted journey. Money should not be put through the letterbox. If you have money to pay in and are unable to get to the office, please hand it to the Churchwardens or the Treasurer after services on a Sunday. See the back page for Parish contact information.

Editorial.... Welcome to the August/September 2018 issue of Goring Parish News. Please take time prayerfully to consider the implications of its contents, and determine what we, the Church in Goring, can offer to promote the love of God in this place. Our Editorial Team hopes you will enjoy this issue. GPN is published every other month. Any subsequent, short-notice, changes to the dates/times published in GPN will be notified in the weekly Pew Sheet, the Facebook page, or on the Parish website. In this edition we offer you 32 pages packed with interesting articles and news. We hope it continues to inform, entertain and challenge in equal measures. Please let us know how we are getting on. We welcome your comments, suggestions and articles. Especially, we thank those of you who have supplied photos for inclusion. These are appreciated and, we hope you agree, make GPN more attractive to read. Please keep them coming, but please bear in mind that GPN is printed in Greyscale for those who cannot receive emails. If you do not wish for your photo, or that of your child, to appear in GPN or on the Parish website, please contact one of the Clergy, Churchwardens or a member of the Editorial Team to have that request formally recognised. We apologise to anyone whose contribution to this edition of GPN has had to be held over to a later issue. We are really grateful to the many contributors who make our job such a joy. Preferably, articles should be sent electronically, to [email protected] Alternatively, handwritten or typed articles should be sent to the Parish Office. Articles received after this date will only be included if time and space permit. It would help us enormously if you could please send copy well in advance of this date.

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Reflection by the Revd. Roger Walker I have not been avidly following the the football World Cup matches, as I know some people have. I have not been able, however, to avoid all the news coverage of it and much of this has focussed upon the youth of the players in the side. Indeed, most of them are younger than my eldest grandson. Realising this made me feel old. I do not usually think of myself in this way as, I know, many people of a similar age do not. It is a fact though that I am well past the biblical ‘threescore years and ten’. We may feel young in our minds, but we cannot deny that every morning we wake up one day older and that 365 such days make us a year older. We also cannot deny that our bodies wear out. One of the problems that the NHS has with us older people is that we present with not one, but several conditions that need treating. I often remark to those, who are complaining about some illness or other that is afflicting them, that God is reminding them that he did not design us to last forever. This is something that, young or old, we tend to push aside; the fact that, unless Jesus comes again soon, we are all going to die. I see this frequently in my ministry and often find that even people, who have been given a terminal diagnosis, refuse to discuss their funeral with their family or even make a will.

The problem appears to be that for so many people death is seen as ‘the end’. It is not. God’s great promise to us is that, for those who believe in Jesus and follow him, there is an eternal life beyond this one. This is the message that, above all, we must proclaim as a Church.

So, whatever our age, whether we are young footballers or old age pensioners, we are all getting older. We can either pointlessly deny this or we can walk forward with confidence in God’s promise that our future will be with him forever. Revd. Roger Walker, BD, AKC Family Service & First Communion – 1July 2018

During the 10 am Family Eucharist on Sunday 1 July, three pupils from Goring Primary School, Chloe, Isabella and Oliver, took their First Communion at St Mary’s. The school choir sang, conducted by Mr Fauvel, and the children were supported by their families and friends, their Headteacher, Mrs Jee, and our church ‘family’ from St Mary’s and St Laurence’s.

Janet Annis

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Warden’s Warblings

“All Change” – Episode 2

In just two months since I last wrote, much water has gone under the bridge and is continuing to do so. The PCC authorised Barbara, Ruth, Gill and me to prepare a draft Parish Profile since we knew one would be required. Basically it should answer two questions for an incoming incumbent. What am I coming to and what do I need to do in my first twelve months? A draft version was displayed in both churches and the team met with Bishop Mark in on 23 May. He was extremely helpful in fine tuning the final document. After some prodding the diocese produced the legal paperwork requiring us to hold a special PCC meeting with a specified agenda to address a number of issues regarding the vacancy including approving the Parish Profile and electing Parish Representatives. Gill and I were elected to fulfil that role and all the paperwork has been received by Bishop Martin. We have since been in contact with Mark Standing, Rector of , who is Acting Archdeacon for Worthing following the retirement of Douglas McKittrick on 1st July. Progress is being made: on Friday 13th July, the Church Times published our advert for a new vicar, which is displayed on our noticeboards. We now have to play a waiting game, so we hope and pray God will touch the heart of a candidate who is right for us. What is certain is that there is a blanket of secrecy until such time as simultaneous announcements can be made in both the old and the new parishes of the successful candidate. Please bear with us over this issue, it is a National Church Ruling and we have to abide by it. Please pray for our parish and the applicants for the post.

Ian Hill

Can you help?

During the vacancy, the burden of managing the parish falls heavily on our churchwardens and members of the PCC. Please talk to them and see if there is anything you can do to ease the load and help things to run more smoothly.

Don’t forget: this is your parish! Editor

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Congratulations to our eleven new deacons

Eleven candidates were ordained Deacon by the Bishop of in his Cathedral Church on Saturday, 30th June. Family, friends and parish supporters came in great numbers to support the new deacons who will now go on to serve in parishes across East and .

~ Let's help to make Ride and Stride around the Diocese in September 2018 the biggest yet!

Encourage people in your parish to register to

take part and keep your church open for the day

to welcome riders and striders.

This great fun day out for all the family raises

money for your church and the Sussex Historic Churches Trust which awards grants for the repair and maintenance of Sussex churches. Further details are available on the website.

(for further Diocese information go to http:// www.chichester.anglican.org)

5 Diary and Lectionary Readings for August 2018 - All services at St Mary’s unless otherwise stated

Date Event Time Date Event Time

Wed 1st Celtic Eucharist 18:30 Wed 15th Celtic Eucharist 18:30

Thu 2nd Holy Communion 10:00 Thur 16th Holy Communion 10:00 Sun 19th The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Sun 5th 10th Sunday After Trinity Holy Communion 08:00 Holy Communion 08:00 Sung Eucharist 09:30

Family Eucharist - Molson 10:00 Evensong 18:00 Garden Wed 22nd Celtic Eucharist “God is everywhere” Thur 23rd Holy Communion 10:00 Stay for a picnic afterwards Fri 24th St Bartholomew

Evensong 18:00 Sun 26th The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Holy Communion 08:00 Wed 8th Celtic Eucharist 18:30 NO Sung Eucharist at St Mary’s Thur 9th Holy Communion 10:00 St Laurence Patronal Festival 11:00

Sun 12th The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Family Communion - St Laurence’s

Holy Communion 08:00 Evensong 18:00 Sung Eucharist 09:30 Wed 29th Celtic Eucharist 18:30 Evensong 18:00 Thur 30th Holy Communion 10:00 Mon 13th St. Barnabas, the Apostle

Coffee Time following each Thursday’s Holy Communion is from 10:45 - 11:45

Date Sung Eucharist Evensong 5 August Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15 Psalm 88: 1-10

10th Sunday after Trinity Ephesians 4: 1-16 Job 28

G John 6: 24-35 Hebrews 11: 17-31

12 August 1 Kings 19: 4-8 Psalm 91: 1-12

11th Sunday after Trinity Ephesians 4: 25 – 5:2 Job 39: 1 - 40: 4

G John 6: 35, 41-51 Hebrews 12: 1-17

19 August Proverbs 9: 1-6 Psalm 100

12th Sunday after Trinity Ephesians 5: 15-20 Exodus 2: 23 – 3:10

G John 6:51-58 Hebrews 13: 1-15

26 August Joshua 24: 1-2a, 14-18 Psalm 116: 10-end

13th Sunday after Trinity Ephesians 6: 10-20 Exodus 4: 27 – 5: 1

G John 6: 56-69 Hebrews 13: 16-21

6 Diary and Lectionary Readings for September 2018 - All services at St Mary’s unless otherwise stated

Date Event Time Date Event Time Sun 3rd 14th Sunday after Trinity Sun 16th 16th Sunday After Trinity Holy Communion 08:00 Holy Communion 08:00 Sung Eucharist 09:30 Family Eucharist 10:00 Evensong 18:00 “I am praying” Wed 19th Celtic Eucharist 18:30 (Diocesan Year of Prayer) Thur 20th Holy Communion 10:00 Coffee and Children’s Activities Sun 23rd 17th Sunday After Trinity available from 09:30 Holy Communion 08:00 Evensong 18:00 Sung Eucharist 09:30 Wed 5th Celtic Eucharist 18:30 Evensong 18:00 Thur 6th Holy Communion 10:00 Wed 26th Celtic Eucharist 18:30 Sun 9th The Blessed Virgin Mary Thur 27th Holy Communion 10:00 St Mary’s Patronal Festival Sat 29th St Michael and All Angels Holy Communion 08:00 Sun 30th Sung Eucharist 09:30 Holy Communion 08:00 Patronal Tea 16:30 Sung Eucharist 09:30 Evensong 18:00 Family Communion - St Laurence’s 11:00 Wed 12th Celtic Eucharist 18:30 Evensong 18:00 Thur 13th Holy Communion 10:00

Coffee Time following each Thursday’s Holy Communion is from 10:45 - 11:45

Date Sung Eucharist Evensong

2 September Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-9 Psalm 119: 9-16

14th Sunday after Trinity James 1: 17-end Exodus 12: 21-27

G Mark 7: 1-8,14,15,21-23 Matthew 4: 23-5:20 9 September Isaiah 61: 10-end Psalm 132

The Blessed Virgin Mary. Galatians 4: 4-7 Song of Solomon 2: 1-7

St Mary’s Patronal Festival Luke 1: 46-55 Acts 1: 6-14

W 16 September Isaiah 50: 4-9a Psalm 119: 73-80

16th Sunday after Trinity James 3: 1-12 Exodus 18: 13-26

G Mark 8: 27-end Matthew 7: 1-14 23 September Jeremiah 11: 18-20 Psalm 119: 137-144

17th Sunday after Trinity James 3: 13-4 : 3, 7-8a Exodus 19: 10-end

G Mark 9: 30-37 Matthew 8: 23-end 30 September Numbers 11: 4-6, 10-16, 24-29 Psalm 120

18th Sunday after Trinity James 5: 13-end Exodus 24

G Mark 9: 38-end Matthew 9: 1-8

7 Sonnets of Faith: Love is the Fulfilling of the Law Romans 13.10

Reproduced from Sonnets of Faith by kind permission of The Very Rev Christopher Campling.

Rules to keep? Or rules to bend? rules That demand strict regulation for every jot And tittle of human life: these are for fools. Yet faced with moral dilemma, am I to blot My book and ignore the law? Suit what I’m told To pressing desire? Do I speak the truth and offend? Blind my eye? Exaggerate a little to hold My own and seek advantage for a selfish end? Are rules a convenient excuse for lazy thought, A beguiling chain of fetters which make me miss Responsible choice, as I dodge the word ‘ought’ And comply to the pressures of convention with feeble cowardice? Christ lived and taught the law from above That obeys the wisdom of the past, transformed by love.

Editor’s footnote: Fr. Christopher’s book “Sonnets of Faith” and his new book “Christian Breadcrumbs” are both avail- able from the Parish Office for £5 per copy or may be ordered directly from Fr. Christopher (phone 01903 246598). All profits from sales of both books will be donated to a local hospice and the parish.

The Singing for Fun group is led by Singing for Fun Jean Gardiner with Malcolm Chilton on piano.

Singing for Fun sessions are enjoyable, uplifting and inspiring. They last for one hour. Valuable tips are given to improve breathing technique and performance. Singers of all levels of ability are welcome. The Group occasionally ‘sings out’, performing at various venues. The group meets at St Mary’s Church Hall on various Wednesdays throughout the year, at 7:20pm for 7:30pm. See below for REVISED dates for 2018:

September 5th September 19th October 3rd October 17th

October 31st November 14th

November 28th December 12th

Note: These dates are the latest published but may be subject to amendment. Please ensure that Jenny Lochen has your email address to be kept informed of any changes and further dates. Malcolm Chilton 07986818966

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See article on page 28 for more information—Editor

9 Save the Date Social Events at St Mary’s Jazz Weekend Saturday 28th July Picnic and Jazz in the Molson Garden 18:30 for 19:00 £10 Sunday 29th July Jazz Eucharist 9:30 with St Mary’s Music group Sunday 9th September St Mary’s Patronal Festival Afternoon Tea 16:30 and Evensong £5

Saturday October 27th Murder Mystery and Curry Evening £12

Saturday November 24th Wine Tasting Saturday December 15th Christmas Concert Tickets available from Social Committee members or in Church Or telephone Raye on 01903200143 10 Parish Mission Focus for August 2018—Lifecentre UK

The Lifecentre Story

Lifecentre was founded in 2001 on the grassroots initiative of a group of friends who had identified that there were no specialised services available between and for people who had been raped or sexually abused. In the beginning, everyone gave their time on a voluntary basis. A telephone helpline for adults opened two nights a week in May 2001 and then two professional counsellors were employed by the autumn of that first year to offer face- to-face counselling to adult survivors. Set-up funding was provided by Council, and West Sussex County Council, and other donations came in from the generosity of local groups and individuals. Members of a church in Chichester donated all the furniture and equipment needed to set up a small base. By 2003, they had appointed a specialist youth counsellor and begun their work with Under 18s.

They remain committed to providing a specialist service to those who through no fault of their own have suffered the human rights atrocity of sexual abuse. Their aims and objectives

Everyone who comes to Lifecentre for help has been through the most profound of personal experiences. Their team of dedicated counsellors walk alongside men, women and children of all ages who have been raped or sexually abused. The very core of their humanity and physicality has been violated. Repairing and preventing the impact of this violation is their passion and commitment.

A Christian Foundation

Lifecentre is a faith-based organisation, founded on Christian values, but they offer therapeutic services to all survivors of rape and sexual abuse on a non-discriminatory basis. Lifecentre Reg Charity No 1127779 PO Box 58 Tel: 01243 786349 Chichester Email: [email protected] PO19 8UD https://lifecentre.uk.com

A Pattern for Worship?

Before the service: talk to God During the service: let God talk to you After the service: talk to each other Anon

11 Christian Breadcrumbs 20: Focal points of God’s love

By The Very Reverend C.R. Campling, Dean Emeritus of Ripon

As Christians we believe that God exists and that there is a bridge between God and ourselves, namely, the human life of Jesus Christ. This ‘bridge’ is extended to us through the sacraments. In the words of the catechism*, sacraments are ‘the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.’

When people communicate with one another they use not only words but physical actions. They wave, they gesticulate; they shake their fists, they shake hands; they smirk, they smile; they kiss, they embrace. In a crowd they clap their hands, or throw rotten eggs. They perform stately rituals and they dress for the occasion. Even when they speak they are performing a physical action. All this is because human people are physical as well as spiritual beings. So that spiritual truths and attitudes are expressed through physical actions. It is therefore natural to worship God through ‘outward and visible’ ways; and for God to give us gifts through the ‘outward and visible’ signs of the sacraments.

The supreme sacramental gift to the human race from God is the life of Jesus. His humanity – with its joy and affection and temptation and suffering and death – was the expression in time and space of the healing love of God. In Bishop John Robinson’s words Jesus was ‘the human face of God’. He lived to give us, individually and together, the restoring power of God’s love: a gift we call ‘grace’.

But we are living two thousand years later in a different land and a different culture. How can his life ‘then’ affect us ‘now’? Answer: we have the sacraments. The two principal sacraments, instituted by Jesus himself, are baptism by which we become enrolled in the community of forgiven people which we call the Church; and Holy Communion in which through receiving the bread and wine we receive the spirit of Jesus in ourselves. The Church has ordained more sacraments to express individually some of the ingredients of God’s grace: confirmation so that by the laying on of hands we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit to strengthen us in our personal profession of faith; penance so that by words spoken we are given the assurance of forgiveness; Holy Matrimony in which by the giving and receiving of a ring and by words of promise of life-long union, a couple express their love for one another, ‘within the love of God’; and anointing with oil for the healing of body and soul, though this has also become the last rites before death.

Two things need to be remembered: first that sacraments are creative as well as expressive (think of a human kiss). Secondly, sacraments in no way limit the bestowal of God’s love; rather, they focus this love to a particular person on a particular occasion. Indeed, we find that all beautiful things are sacramental expressions of God’s goodness. Through their physical presence we are able to glimpse something of God’s eternal glory.

*A summary of the principles of Christian Religion, used for religious instruction, included in the Book of Common Prayer.

Editor’s footnote: Fr. Christopher’s new book “Christian Breadcrumbs” and his book “Sonnets of Faith” are both available from the Parish Office for £5 per copy or may be ordered directly from Fr. Christopher (phone 01903 246598). All profits from sales of both books will be donated to a local hospice and the parish.

12 Family Services at St Mary’s 9:30 children’s activities and coffee Sunday August 5th I am everywhere! Outside: bring a picnic In the Molson Gardens

(weather permitting) Sunday September 2nd I am praying! Diocesan Year of Prayer Sunday October 7th I am Creation! Harvest and Pet Blessing

Sunday November 4th I am remembering WWI and All Souls

13 The Story of Goring and Highdown

Part 22 - Courtlands

Walking from Jefferies Lane to the eastern end of Cat’s Alley brought you to one of the largest houses in Goring known as COURTLANDS. A complete book has been written on Courtlands by Henfrey Smail, now out of print though local libraries keep a copy in the reference section.

The original house of Courtlands was built by William Olliver around 1820. It was quite a modest size, built on land which was previously only fields, near to Brook Barn (in itself a very ancient site, occupied in 1296 by William atte Brouk). William Olliver previously had part ownership of manors in Kingston and East Preston, which he sold to Samuel Henty of Field Place. There were several branches to the Olliver family in Goring. In addition to his farming activities which included land south of the Goring Road, William Olliver was involved in Henty’s Bank, which became known as ‘Henty, Upperton and Olliver’. When building the original house, William Olliver also laid out the garden and lake.

The plain two storey building remained largely unaltered until it was bought by Mr Paul Schweder in 1902. Mr Schweder also bought a considerable amount of land to increase the estate so that by 1907 the boundaries were the railway in the north, Allinora Avenue on the west, Sea Place on the east and just beyond the lake to the south.

It was above all the house which changed dramatically from about 1906. Schweder never did things by half; he not only designed new floors, balconies and stonework, but managed to rescue various items from important houses in London which had been damaged by fire. These included Lebanon House and the Dower House to Syon House at Twickenham, and Cordwainer’s Hall. He even transported salvaged items from a house next to the Ritz Hotel in Paris. Much of the material rescued was the work of Robert Adam, or replica work based on his style. Schweder also enlarged the garden with greenhouses and outbuildings; the pale bricks came from his own brickworks just south of the railway line.

The original house built by William Olliver at Courtlands as a post-operative recovery hospital

Courtlands in the early 1950’s Continued…..

14 Apart from the vigour of his building works Schweder was without doubt a force to be reckoned with in the community, not least by the local authorities. In 1901 for example there was the famous Nuisance Case, the first of Schweder’s brushes with what he called ‘Bumbledom’. At that time the local authority used to cart refuse in open carts along Goring Lane, and dump it in a field just south of the railway line. In fine weather, the refuse was burnt, and when the wind was in the north a thick cloud of evil-smelling smoke blew straight across Courtlands. With the support of neighbours Mr Schweder began correspondence with the Council and eventually went to court over the nuisance. He even took the trouble to have the sooty deposits analysed to demonstrate their noxious composition, but the council remained unmoved. He lost the case, but not long afterwards when a new refuse destructor was built in , the tall chimney was christened by Mrs Schweder as ‘Paul’s Chimney’.

By the time Schweder died in 1936, part of the estate to the east of the new Parklands Avenue was already covered by houses. The pheasant and partridge shooting on Courtlands estate had been discontinued since 1930. During the war Courtlands was occupied by the military, and then taken over in 1951 as a post-operative recovery hospital. This was opened by HRH Princess Elizabeth in 19 May 1951, as part of an official visit to Worthing. The Lodge House at Courtlands was demolished in 1963 to make way for a service road along the south side of Goring Road. Today, Courtlands no longer has patients but has been used since 1973 as an administration centre for the Area Health Authority. The magnificence of some of the great rooms is still visible, and the entrance hall must be the most splendid NHS vestibule in the south of England. Plans are at present in hand to provide bungalows in the grounds for the care of the mentally disabled.

The Olliver family, original owners of Courtlands, continued in Goring for some years with the Misses Olliver. They lived at first in a thatched house where Presto supermarket now stands. When that was burnt down, they built Pearl Bungalow where they lived for many years with their cats and goats. The first Miss Olliver to die was interred in the Olliver vault under St Mary’s Church; however, when her sister saw the condition of the vault, she made immediate plans to be buried in Durrington cemetery. Mr and Mrs Schweder were buried in the new section of St Mary’s churchyard, adjacent to the Bury footpath. Pearl Bungalow was demolished in 1964.

Janet Annis and Allan Plumpton

Extracted from ‘The Story of Goring and Highdown’ by kind permission of Revd Frank Fox-Wilson.

Father Frank Fox-Wilson kindly donated the profit from the sale of this book to St Mary’s for the redecoration of the church interior during 1988

If you wish to obtain a copy of this out-of-print book, here's the link to ABEBOOKS to purchase second-hand copies: http://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/0951272217

FOOTNOTE “Following the footnote in GPN 57 when it was stated that extracts from the Appendices covering pages 129-156 from Rev Fox-Wilson’s book would be reproduced, it has now been decided to continue with the main body of the book and to then recommence the Appendices at a later date.”

Editor

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There has been no further news from Traidcraft about the plastic used in their teabags, but I will pass on anything I hear about this to you. The news this month is about the use of sugar in their recipes. The “recipe builders” at Traidcraft and the factories they use, are experimenting with their biscuit and cake recipes, to reduce the sugar content, which is good news for us who are concerned about obesity and diabetes. The autumn catalogues will be available from September. Janice Lelliott

High Flying Goring Parishioner! Have you missed seeing Anais (daughter of Jaz in the Music Group) in Church recently? Well she has been very busy bouncing! Anais is a fantastic trampoliner - She came 1st in the regional final in which meant she went forward to Birmingham to represent the South East region in the National semi finals. The top 8 qualify for the finals – Anais came 5th! So off to Nottingham did family Merritt go to cheer on the little star. At the National finals Anais came 6th in her age group (9-10) Many congratulations Anais!

16 Christian Aid ~ August / September 2018

Mark Johnson, our area representative, gave a talk at the annual service on 13th May from which I have extracted the following:

“The past year has seen some wonderful things happen at Christian Aid. One example of this is that our Christmas appeal to help the people in Burkina Faso and South Sudan raised 3.5 million pounds which was then matched-funded by 2.7 million from the government.

So, we turn to this year’s Christian Aid Week.

Internally Displaced People Our focus for CAW this year is on the 40 million Internally Displaced People (IDP’s). People who have escaped conflict, persecution and disaster. People who have lost family, friends, homes and businesses. But they differ from refugees in one key way. They are captive in their own land. IDPs are meant to be being looked after by their home nation. But, this rarely happens. The countries they are found in are places such as Somali, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Haiti In this context of displaced people, our focus this year is on Haiti. A place where we have been working since the 1980s and a place where big problems seem to be the norm. In 2010 an earthquake hit the island and left 200,000 dead. 300,000 injured and 1.5 million people homeless. That’s 1 in 10 people with no home. Then, to rub salt into the wound, in 2016 a Hurricane hit the country killing more, injuring more, destroying more and devastating the infrastructure, such as it was. So, with this in mind, I want to leap from the global and the national and focus on one person to give us a sense of what life in Haiti is like.

Marcellin 50 with 3 teenage daughters. Through the earthquake and the hurricane, he has lost pretty much everything. They now live in a concrete cube that used to be a shower block. They have one bed and that is it. The only way they eat is by Marcellin doing odd jobs on the farms in the area. Hard graft for a man of his age who does not have enough food and water to fuel him for the day. His anxiety is that as his daughters grow up they will find no real work other than in the sex industry.

The defining theme of the earthly ministry of Christ. The thing that seemed to provide a North Star for his words and works, was the Kingdom of God. It was a Kingdom that he introduced, initiated and inaugurated. One of the defining features of this Kingdom, was that it was a challenge to the imagination. As we hear Jesus’ praying for his disciples in John 17, he demonstrates that he was aware that others would come after him to continue his work ushering in his Kingdom here on earth. Furthermore, that they would not find things easy. It may even cost them their lives.

And this ongoing work of the kingdom remains a challenge to us today. As we take up the invitation to join in the work of Christ’s incoming Kingdom here and now, it is, as much as anything, a challenge to our imaginations, to imagine a better world. Because for something to happen, it needs to exist in someone’s imagination first. So, prayerfully, we look to this world that can be so hard to look at and imagine how it may be.

Christian Aid Week provides a challenge to people’s time, efforts and, yes, wallets and purses.”

A big Thank you to every one for their support in CAW this year which totalled £ 2287.17 being St. Mary’s £ 671.55 St. Laurence £1615.62

Di & David Burt (01903 248204) and Julie and Russell Marlow.

17 Nature Watch: August / September 2018

This summer season is full of activity and colour. Mentioning the frogs last time this good looking fellow hopped past one early morning presumably aiming for the pond:

If you have visited I hope you have had a smile when you saw these Penguins decked out for the Royal Wedding:

The damselflies and dragonflies have been visiting the pond I’m glad to say. A male and female Broad Bodied Chaser have been and found one another so they were both happy! The male is blue whilst the female golden brown:

It’s hard to believe the transition that happens when the dragonfly emerges from its shell which it leaves behind having lived in for up to two years within the pond: This one was that of an Emperor dragonfly:

I was delighted when this Four spotted dragonfly came in. The four spots can be seen on the wings.

I hope you will have been enjoying the summer with plenty of wild life to see.

David Burt [email protected]

18 HYMNS AND PIMM’S – 24 JUNE 2018

On Sunday 24 June, 50 of us had a very enjoyable afternoon in Molson Garden singing delightful hymns and drinking Pimm’s. (We are sorry we were unable to include every hymn requested because of time.) The weather was perfect and everyone seemed very relaxed. It was great to welcome several newcomers and it has been suggested that next time, if everyone brings a guest, we will double the numbers!

Thanks to Ian for introducing this event and also to George Ford and the choir. Raye and members of the Social Activities Committee prepared delicious food and worked hard during the afternoon, congratulations! Liz Hill

St Mary’s church will have a station set up to welcome participants in this year’s Ride and Stride on Saturday 8th September (see Diocesan News p.5) If you would like to help staff the station, or would like further information, please contact Alison Evans at the Parish Office. Editor

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From The Society website:

No child We support children and young people who go, should feel or are at risk of going missing, from home or care. alone

Young people go missing for a number of reasons: unhappiness at home or in a placement, abuse, neglect or child sexual exploitation. We have services in various parts of the country which offer support in different ways. The continuing work we are pleased to be able to support is highlighted by this extract above. The cash from our home boxes is so valuable; therefore when this is counted and sent off it represents a contribution to their efforts. The box counting and coffee morning is on Saturday 3rd November so do come along and enjoy the time together. It won’t be long before we start thinking of Christingles, but more details next time.

Di and David Burt 01903 248204

Coffee Time on Thursdays is after the 10:00am Communion Service. It is not just for those who attend the service. It is for anyone and everyone: an opportunity for fellowship. Come and join us. We offer freshly-brewed coffee, hot chocolate, teas, etc., at the best prices in town!

Penelope Corp and Janice Lelliott

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News from the

Social Activities Committee

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

28/29 July: Jazz Weekend (see p.10) 26 August: St Laurence Patronal Lunch 9 September: St Mary’s Patronal Tea (see p.10)

The Social Committee enjoys planning social occasions but sometimes needs extra pairs of hands to run the events smoothly. If you would like to become a Friend of SAC, Sylvia Jarrett would be very pleased to hear from you.

We look forward to seeing you at these events. With Thanks from your Social Activities Committee: Penelope Corp, Liz Hill, Sylvia Jarrett, Raye Mills, Graeme Richardson, Sarah Stovell and Barbara Webber.

The Social Activities Committee raises valuable funds for the church with our events. One of our main purposes is to bring the church community together in a social setting. For any of these events to be successful we need your full support. There is a list of our events in the Porch. For the Social Activities Committee - Sarah Stovell

Feibusch Finding Early in July, 12 intrepid parishioners set out on a walking weekend in the Rye area of . Imagine our pleasure at finding this Hans Feibusch painting in All Saints Church, Iden:

This canvas was painted in situ by Feibusch in 1950 and was taken up to the Festival of Britain in 1951 and exhibited as part of the “Sixty Paintings for 51” show alongside the works of Lowry, Bacon, Nash and Freud.

Malcolm Chilton

21 Treasury Notes

Parish Giving Scheme

Members of the congregation who are new to the Parish may like to consider joining the Parish Giving Scheme. PGS is a national scheme with many diocese across the country participating, including our own . The Parish joined the PGS in 2014 and it is the main vehicle through which regular giving is donated to our Parish. The main point of the scheme is that control is completely in the hands of the donor, with anonymity if required. The need for handling cash is dispensed with, thereby saving the treasury team a considerable amount of hard work. Cash in effect has to be counted twice, once at collection time under gift aid rules and then when banking occurs. In addition with PGS gift aid is credited to us almost immediately helping cash flow, and again avoiding the need for time consuming administrative work in order to claim back the gift aid from HMRC. Another advantage is knowing our likely income thereby helping with planning our finances. Numbers in the PGS have declined in recent years due to natural causes, down from 94 when we joined in 2014 to 76 at the present time. It is vital that we increase the participation in the PGS, as otherwise our cash reserves will continue to be depleted. Documentation about the PGS is located at the back of the Church, and I would be happy to explain how the scheme works should you so wish. Finally the Treasury Team are hoping TREASURY NOTES will be a regular feature of GPN with interesting bits and pieces of news which may be of interest to our readers. An important future feature will be the publication in simple format of our financial results on a quarterly basis. John Stovell (PGS Officer and Treasurer)

Prayers

You will have noticed that a few names of people who are ill now appear in the weekly pew sheet for us to pray for in church and during the week. It was decided by the Outreach team that we would include those in urgent need of prayer and that this would be reviewed regularly by me. So, in most cases people would not need to be prayed for over long periods of time. Please let me or Rev. Roger Walker know, by talking with us after the service or by leaving a message in the Parish Office. I will keep in contact with you or the individual being prayed for during this period. Our idea is that we pray for those with immediate needs over a shorter period, with maybe a break and return them to the prayer list if a situation alters. The numbers attending 09:00 parish prayers have decreased over time for a variety of reasons. Particularly in this period of vacancy and during the selection for a new parish priest, we feel as a group we want to encourage as many people as possible to join with us. If you would like to come, but Saturday morning is not suitable for you and you have other suggestions for times/days of the week please do let me know. Comments, feedback or questions on the above can be sent to Alison Evans in the Parish Office in the form of your choice.

Alison Evans

22 Parish Mission Focus for September 2018

“Our vision for the Worthing and surrounding area is a community where no local person needs to sleep out and everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential”

Started in 1991 by four local Christians who took soup, blankets and sleeping bags to the seafront to local homeless people, from this small beginning Worthing Churches Homeless Projects was born. Today this West Sussex Christian charity has grown to 56 staff members and over 200 volunteers and provides a range of services, which offer opportunities to regain independence.

WCHP provides a variety of services many of which are accessed through contact at St Clare's Day Centre. Today they support over 500 people each year providing a range of services including a Day Centre and four Accommodation Projects. Any one night there are up to 57 people in their accommodation services. They work with them on a one to one basis to enable them to live independently once again.

Worthing Churches Homeless Projects Reg Charity No. 1027832 Town Hall, Chapel Road Tel: 01903 235208 Worthing BN11 1HA http://www.wchp.org.uk/

A full list of Missions and charities supported by our Parish can be found on the Parish Website at: http://www.goringparish.org

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Travellers Towards Paradise

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This section courtesy of the Catholic Church Matthew 16: 26 Chiesa di San Geremia, Venice, Italy—Editor

Parish Mission Giving: Recommendations and Suggestions Throughout the year in each copy of GPN you will have seen a featured organisation which the parish has supported this year through financial giving and prayer. We hope you have found these articles interesting and informative.

At this time of year we think about the selection of organisations for the parish to support for the following 12 months. The mission giving committee will be meeting after the summer to make the final selection. We welcome suggestions from the congregation of any suitable organisations which you would like us to consider.

The terms of reference for the mission giving committee set out clearly the type of organisations which the PCC will consider for mission giving and support, as follows: a selection of Christian organisations engaged in Mission work; covering international, national and local organisations.

We very much welcome your suggestions, it is really helpful to the committee to have some outside input as there are so many very worthy Christian organisations to select from. If you have any suggestions please let one of the committee (Ruth Jepson, Alison Evans, Julie Marlow, Janet Annis) know by the end of August.

Ruth Jepson, Chair, Mission Giving Committee

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Parish Mission Focus throughout 2018. January and CHRISTIAN RESOURCE MINISTRIES February https://christianresourceministries.wordpress.com Special video 11th February Spreading the Christian message in outlying areas and running an orphanage in Malawi. March CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY https://www.cms-uk.org

Supporting our Mission Partner, Sharon Wilcox on her second assignment in Ecuador working with children with severe learning disabilities. April THE LEPROSY MISSION http://www.leprosymission.org.uk

Speaker An international Christian development organisation which diagnoses, treats and offers nd 22 April specialist care, including reconstructive surgery, to leprosy patients. May CHRISTIAN AID http://www.christianaid.org.uk

Door-to-door Working in partnership with churches, individuals and local organisations in collections communities worldwide, supporting people of all faiths and none to rise out of poverty. 13-19 May June IZULU ORPHAN PROJECTS https://izuluorphanprojects.co.za

Serving, educating and providing for orphans and HIV-infected widows with children through family-centred, community-focused care. July BISHOP MARK’S APPEAL https://www.facebook.com/brightonvoicesinexile

Our parish is contributing towards the cost of a Sussex caseworker with Voices In Exile to engage with destitute refugees and provide vital support for refugees who are based in Sussex. August LIFECENTRE https://lifecentre.uk.com

UK-based charity which supports male and female survivors of rape and sexual abuse of all ages with a national helpline and a counselling team based in Sussex. September WORTHING CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECTS http://www.wchp.org.uk

Collection of food/ Supporting and re-building lives of homeless people in Worthing. toiletries at our Harvest services October TEARFUND (WATER PROJECTS) https://www.tearfund.org

th Speaker 14 Ensuring people have a safe and reliable water source; where possible a clean source October like a spring, or failing this, purifying an impure source. November CHILDREN’S SOCIETY Box opening on http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk Saturday 3rd Helping children and young people when they are at their most vulnerable and have November nowhere left to turn. December CHICHESTER DIOCESAN ASSN FOR FAMILY SUPPORT WORK http://familysupportwork.org/ Toy Service at St Laurence’s on Assisting families within our Diocese through their food bank and toy bank in Brighton 25th November and local support workers. This full list of Missions and charities supported by our Parish can also be found on the Parish Website at: http://goringparish.org

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General Data Protection Regulation

Have you completed your GDPR Form? If not, please collect a form from one of the churchwardens.

You will also no longer receive email copies of GPN unless you have completed the GPN form, which was sent by email on 7th June.

Pam & Malcolm Chilton

NEED A VENUE?

Then why not book St Mary’s Church Hall for your event? For booking enquiries, rates etc., please contact the Letting Secretary, Philip Webber -

Tel.: 01903 246583 Mob.: 07759 849479 Email: [email protected]

Official Goring Parish Facebook page!

Our Parish has an official Facebook page! It’s called St Mary’s and St Laurence’s Churches, Parish of Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, and includes all our latest news. We also invite you to suggest posts to the page of your news of events, concerts, activities of groups associated with our churches; wedding/ christening photos, all the things you think might be of interest on a page like this. Pam Chilton, Lucinda Cox, Kate Henwood and Ruth Jepson are the administrators of the page. Please contact us with any comments or suggestions. Please also share the page and its postings with your friends!

https://www.facebook.com/StMaryAndStLaurenceGoringBySea/

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Note: NO 9:30 service at St Mary’s

27 Why a Breastfeeding Concert? Anyone who knows me knows that since becoming a mother, I have become passionate about breastfeeding, and fascinated by the science behind it. A breastfeeding advocate (or a “lactivist” if you will!) Also, I am a classically-trained singer, so it seemed natural to put breastfeeding and music together. I was inspired last year, upon having read a particularly vitriolic anti-breastfeeding piece, to do something positive. Something to mark World Breastfeeding Week (first week of August) and to raise funds for a breastfeeding charity. The search for repertoire began. Whilst there are plenty of lullabies and a few songs about motherhood and babies, there is practically nothing in the repertory specifically about breastfeeding. There is, however, a lot of beautiful poetry on the subject, so I thought, why not have it set to music? Indeed, the Breastfeeding Concert will include world premieres of brand new songs by contemporary composers – Elizabeth Winters, Stephen Jackson and Adrian Bawtree. The concert aims not only to promote and celebrate breastfeeding, but also explore some of the issues and difficulties faced by breastfeeding mothers. These include breastfeeding grief/ loss, and the negativity mothers meet, especially regarding breastfeeding in public or those nursing older babies and toddlers And the Breastfeeding Concert is very happy to be raising funds for the Hearts Milk Bank/ Human Milk Foundation. They provide safe, screened donor milk for premature babies across the south-east. Dr Natalie Shenker and Gillian Weaver, co-founders of the Bank, will be giving an informal talk at the event. We hope to see you there! Sarah Corp

28 St Mary’s Social Circle News . August/September Meetings

August – No meeting – Summer Break

2018 27th September – “Bring a Friend” social and games evening

New members are always welcome. Our meetings are held in St Mary’s Church Hall and Come on, Ladies, give us a try! begin at 7.30 p.m. Members £1 and non-members £2 (including refreshments) Annual cost is £8.00 Janice Lelliott, Secretary plus £1.00 per meeting (including refreshments) Chairman: LInda Eden Tel.: 01903 368582

Worthing Theological Society ~~~~~~ Future meetings, starting on Monday 24 September 2018, are in the process of being arranged.

For further information contact: Secretary The Revd Dr Michael Semple - email [email protected] or Chair, The Revd Dr Hazel Sherman: [email protected] or see our website : www.worthingtheologicalsoc.org.uk

Smarties Toddler Group

Wednesday Morning (term time only) St Mary's Church Hall Ilex Way BN12 4UJ £1.50 per adult, with up to three children. Mums, Dads, Grandparents, Childminders. All welcome to enjoy the fun!

Karen King - Tel. 01903-532220

29 Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals – April, May, June, July 2018

Baptisms - We welcome into The Lord’s family: 22nd April Asley Christopher Hollis 6th May Austin William Chee Wei Vaughan-Man 19th May Eliza-Mae Jennifer Vanderhoven 7th July Anna Poppy Walker 8th July Finlay Jack and Jude Harry Bates 22nd July Ryleigh Jayne Sparshott De-Boer

Funerals - We offer prayers and sympathy to the family and friends of: 24th April Anne Elliott 21st May Rebecca Lilly 29th May Godfrey Arthur 29th June John Townsend-Green 16th July Trevor Rowe

30 A Summer’s Afternoon

A cloudless sky and soft warm air Such joy to be out in a garden chair Where the view leads you into a world apart, And to secret thoughts that lie in your heart. We need to relax and forget our cares And occasionally stop to stare at beauty everywhere, To enjoy the glory of the trees That quiver gently in the breeze. The willow and ash, chestnut and All now wearing their summer cloaks. There is a lovely perfume from roses and briar And sweet scented fragrance of elderflower. The clematis climbing the old shed wall Poppies and delphiniums grown so tall. One can hear the drone of a plane in the lift above Or the busyness of bees as they search every flower. The cheerful blackbird’s song on the summer air A joyous sound for us all to hear. The occasional butterfly we see, peacock, admiral and blue, But never as many as we used to do. We give thanks to God for the life-giving sun Providing kaleidoscopes of colour when summertime comes. Valerie Tree

And finally … Things are not always what they seem.

A man was driving his brand new Jaguar car along a country lane when he saw an old car that had broken down.

He pulled over and asked if he could help. “Oh yes – that would be wonderful,” came the reply. “I need to get to my garage for repairs which is quite a distance from here but I have a tow rope, can you help?” “With pleasure,” said the Jaguar driver and suggested that during the journey he sounded his horn if he wanted to slow down or flashed his lights if he wanted to stop.

Having linked the cars with the rope the journey began, but once they were on the dual carriageway the Jaguar driver soon forgot that he was towing another car and decided to see how fast his car could go. He soon reached eighty miles an hour on the outside lane.

An officer in a police car travelling in the opposite direction said to his companion “I’ve just seen an amazing thing – a Jaguar doing eighty had a Robin Reliant close behind flashing his lights and sounding his horn wanting to pass.” Bill Tree

31 Parish Contacts Vicar In Vacancy [email protected] 01903 242525 Reader Keith Lelliott [email protected] 01903 504384 Churchwardens Ian Hill [email protected] 01903 610021 Gill Keevill [email protected] 07715 120841

Pastoral Care Sylvia Jarrett 07873 392437

Julie Marlow 07940 588880 St Mary’s Church BN12 4UZ The Vicarage and 12 Compton Avenue, [email protected] 01903 242525 Parish Office Goring by Sea, Worthing BN12 4UJ St Mary’s Hall lettings Philip Webber [email protected] 01903 246583 St Mary’s Bellringers Graham Hills [email protected] 01903 266980 St Laurence’s Sea Place, Goring by Church Sea, Worthing BN12 4BY Local Wardens Geoffrey Oliver [email protected] 01903 240540 Ruth Jepson [email protected] 01903 507469 St Laurence’s Hall Geoffrey Oliver [email protected] 01903 240540 lettings Other Church Officers Safeguarding Alison Evans [email protected] 01903 242525 representative (Child protection, etc) alisonevansM3195064@hotmail 01903 503905 .co.uk PCC Treasurer John Stovell [email protected] 01903 535289 Parish Giving Officer John Stovell [email protected] 01903 535289 PCC Secretary Janet Annis [email protected] 01903 367939 Church Music ~ ~ St Mary’s Organist George Ford [email protected] 07586 364592 Choirmaster Alex Bristow [email protected] 01903 505554 Music Group Leader Malcolm Chilton [email protected] 07986 818966 ~ St Laurence’s Music Group leader Russell Marlow [email protected] 01903 249685 Communications Group Co-Editor Roland Silcox [email protected] 01903 243970 Co-Editor Malcolm Chilton [email protected] 07986 818966 Proof-reading Penelope Corp [email protected] 01903 209448 Updated contact details Unless otherwise acknowledged, photographs and images included in this publication have been taken either by staff and parishioners of Goring parish, are downloaded from the ‘Clipart’ gallery provided by courtesy of Microsoft Corporation or obtained from Wikipedia. Goring PCC, as publisher of this magazine, acknowledges and wishes to express its thanks to them.

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