The St Mary’s 1000+ Appeal The Newspaper of East Barnet Parish stands at £47,130 3000 FREE copies delivered each month September 2011 Our next fundfund---- raising events: BUMPER CAKE SALE On Sept 17 at BUSINESS AS Brookside Methodist Church JUMBLE ...as search begins to SALE find new Rector for on Sept 24 in the old parish hall, both USUAL East Barnet parish at 10am. WELL, HE’S GONE. But are we downhearted? No Kruse in the parish office September — because it’s happened before and we survived un- (8361 7524). scathed. We were two years without a priest last time, If you wish to consult an Services: but now all our eyes are on next Easter. Anglican priest please speak to the visiting clergy page 19 After eight years in East Colin Smith. on any Sunday morning. Barnet, Richard Watson The formal process of left in July to begin his seeking a new Rector be- new ministry as Sub Dean gan early in July. Active Put this in your diar y NOW of St Albans Cathedral. recruitment will begin in Legally the post of Rector October, with interviews East Barnet's Parish Panto of East Barnet being held parish is not b e f o r e Richard’s vacant until Christmas. Jack and the Richard takes farewell The earliest up his new post a new Rec- on October 1. feast day: tor is likely Beanstalk In practical to start work Directed by John Savage terms there are p2 and 3. at St Mary’s Performances on now no clergy will be after at St Mary’s. Sunday ser- next Easter. Thurs Feb 9, 7.30pm vices will be covered by In the meantime, the life Fri Feb 10, 7.30pm visiting clergy, or through of St Mary’s continues Sat Feb 11, 3.30pm our ecumenical partner- under the supervision of and 7.30pm ship with Brookside Meth- our churchwardens. For odist Church led by our day to day information and Tickets will be well-loved friend the Revd inquiries contact Anne available before Christmas www.stmarys-eastbarnet.org.uk 2 — Church Hill Herald September 2011 Farewell This little piggy went to market, feast day and ended up on a spit in our A BUMPER hog roast was our way of saying churchyard! farewell to Richard and Linda Watson on July 15. So many tributes to our departing Rector have already been paid that we have decided to let the camera tell the story of this crackling occasion. Master chef Peter Kruse gets stuck in to his mouth-watering task. Some danced the night away... Our next fund-raising events: BUMPER CAKE SALE Preserves and other goodies 10am on Sept 17 at Brookside Methodist Church (by kind permission of the Revd Colin Smith) Offers to make cakes etc please to Bridget Bowden 8449 4268 JUMBLE SALE 10am on Sept 24 in the old parish hall, Church Hill Road. Church Hill Herald September 2011 —3 Colin Smith proposes a toast to our soon-to-be-absent friends. A Methodist message from Lyn Forster… and the wisdom of the ages courtesy of Roy Claridge. A delicious Dalek: Maria Payne presents her imaginative inter-galactic confection. Marie's Shoes Children's Shoe Specialist (With( with over over 20 20 yearsyears experienceexperience in fitting) Selling durable, comfortable shoes for early walkers through to teens. With a big focus on function, design and quality. 259 East Barnet Road Barnet Gwen Colle says EN4 8SX it with flowers. 020 8441020 84411119 1119 Pictures by John Hawkins [email protected]@btconnect.com 0312 4 — Church Hill Herald September 2011 DRESS 2 Amanda ordained IMPRESS and ten confirmed Fancy Dress Hire Over 160 outfits £10/£20 (small deposit) RICHLY BLESSED: Richard Bishop Paul posted a fast comment on Watson’s final service at St Mary’s Twitter later the same evening: East Barnet took place on July 18. “Nice Confirmation with Richard F Area Here he is with the ten candidates (one Watson and his fab church. Relaxed (small business) hidden and another with apparently and human holiness, and champagne. two pairs of hands!) who were What’s not to like?” Call Cheryl confirmed by the Bishop of Hertford, Two weeks previously, Amanda the Rt Revd Paul Bayes. 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[email protected] Leach (third from left), paying a brief With her 11 fellow ordinands, she was return visit to the church where they urged to help “the poor and weak, the trained, and Brookside Methodist sick and lonely, and those who are Minister Colin Smith. oppressed and powerless.” With an 80-strong congregation in In an inspiring sermon by the Rt Revd FRANCE attendance, the ten confirmed were: Stuart Barnes, Abbot of Mucknell Converted French Gemma and John Hawkins, Darren Abbey, Worcs, the ordinands were Farmhouses in Barker, Emma Willis, Yvonne Ward, told that as disciples they were being rural Brittany Martin Wilson, Stefan and Liz “sent into the world to help change it.” Grzesiczek, Ann Taylor and Jo Amanda is due to be ordained to the Extensive gardens and only 5 minute Athanasi. priesthood next year. walk to supermarket. 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E: [email protected] lelauriercottage.co.uk 0911 I provide all equipment needed for www.justmefitness.com Church Hill Herald September 2011 —5 Tell me the old story AT LEAST TWO of my At one level the Bible can be friends admit to having diffi- The Bible’s Old thought of it as a large novel, com- culty with reading what we parable to a lengthy mini-series on call the Old Testament of the Testament is TV. If you knew only the last part, Bible. They wonder about the you would miss the introduction of the characters, the setting, the plot, relevance that 2000-plus year just as crucial and many of the conflicts and de- old writings might have in to- as the New, velopments that make up the theme day’s world, particularly as and the many sub-themes. The we have what we call the New argues ending won't make nearly as much Testament. sense if you haven't read the begin- Whole books have been written Martin Horton ning and the middle. about this subject and in this short article I can only skim the surface. Yes, I admit that there are difficult bits of the Old Testament and for Firstly, we could start with how many people these are on a moral Jesus viewed the Old Testament, or ethical level. after all it was the scripture of his It is easy simply to say that society day. Luke 24: 25-27 tells us that, was different, and the lifestyle re- on the road to Emmaus, Jesus said sulted in an approach to law and social order that doesn’t transfer to the two disciples – “‘Oh, how st foolish you are, and how slow of straightforwardly to our 21 cen- heart to believe all that the proph- tury world and we have to accept ets have declared! Was it not nec- this mismatch of moral frame- essary that the Messiah should suf- works between then and now. fer these things and then enter into But maybe this should be an en- his glory?’ couragement for us to find out more about what these difficult “Then beginning with Moses and passages meant at the time they all the prophets, he interpreted to were written. And that is really them the things about himself in all what the whole Bible is about. It is the scriptures.” about ordinary people getting to And earlier in his ministry, while know God and how he works in Jesus was arguing with the Jewish people's lives and in the world to authorities, John 5: 39 tells us that On the road to Emmaus, Je- bring about his plan. sus interpreted to the two Jesus said: “You search the scrip- followers the things about tures because you think that in Many of our questions and miscon- himself in all the scriptures of them you have eternal life; and it is ceptions about God would disap- the Old Testament. they that testify on my behalf.” pear if we would spend more time salonica, for they welcomed the in the Old Testament. Many people Later, when Paul and the Disciples message very eagerly and exam- find the New Testament easier to were out witnessing to people, they ined the scriptures every day to see understand because it spells out constantly referred to the Old Tes- whether these things were so.” teachings and principles, but the tament.