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No.42 SUMMER 2009 THE E UROP E AN A NGLICAN W INT E R ON TH E RUN E AST E R JOY IN H E LSINKI C ALLING ALL CL E RGY A UTUMN CONF E R E NC E IN C OLOGN E F ROM N APL E S TO W E STMINST E R C HALL E NGING HUMAN TRAFFICKING M OVING ON IN M ALAGA A B ISHOP , A B UILDING AND A B L E SSING M OR E THAN M E R E LY R E ADING L AY MINISTRY IN E UROP E FREE N o . 4 2 S U M M E R 2 0 0 9 2 HELP US TO PRAY THE E UROP E AN A NGLICA N The Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe The Rt Revd Geoffrey Rowell Bishop’s Lodge, Church Road, Worth, Crawley RH10 7RT Tel: +44 (0) 1293 883051 Fax: +44 (0) 1293 884479 Email: [email protected] The Suffragan Bishop The Rt Revd David Hamid Postal address: Diocesan Office Tel: +44 (0) 207 898 1160 Email: [email protected] The Diocesan Office 14 Tufton Street, London, SW1P 3QZ Tel: +44 (0) 207 898 1155 Fax: +44 (0) 207 898 1166 Email: diocesan.office@europe. The ritual of Annual Church Meetings Two major meetings feature in the c-of-e.org.uk will still be fresh in many minds. Some diocesan year. The Synod meets for the Diocesan Secretary may have pondered where the reports, final time in June, before new elections, Mr Adrian Mumford questions and elections matched the and in addition to the statutory agenda enthusiastic fervour of the first Christian items there will be fellowship, eucharists Assistant Diocesan Secretary Mrs Jeanne French church in Jerusalem which met for and prayer but also an ordination to fellowship, eucharists and prayer inspire our vision of mission. Finance Officer consequently seeing success in mission In the Autumn all licensed clergy will Mr Nick Wraight as people flocked to join them. be meeting in Cologne for a conference Diocesan Website As we reflect in this issue many of aimed at increasing our fellowship in a diaspora diocese where churches are www.europe.anglican.org our congregations in Europe are being separated by many miles, state borders blessed by an increase in numbers Editor and Diocesan and languages. The planning team aim Communications Officer of people at services although some that this will be much more than a series The Revd. Paul Needle of the regular faithful worshippers are of meetings but an opportunity to share, Postal address: Diocesan office being forced back to Britain because renew our faith and listen to the voice of Email: of the economic crisis and the Sterling the Spirit. [email protected] exchange rate. All this activity is bound together Tel: 0034 662 482 944 by prayer which is why we feature the Design Prayer diary which comes with this Adept Design, Norwich edition. So although there may be some Printer truth in the saying “Meetings are places Norwich Colour Print where minutes are taken but hours are wasted” we look forward to these Distribution gatherings with confidence in the Lord CoDEStorm plc who blesses our churches from Madeira Cover photo: to Moscow and from Iceland to Morocco. Rejoicing in the ministry of Readers. The Bishop of Gibraltar Paul Needle in Europe, Bishop Geoffrey, at Editor, The European Anglican Aquitaine in Central France with Reader Madeleine Holmes who writes in our special feature on page 10. MEETING – THE CHALLENGE 3 P RAY W ITHOUT C E ASING , W ITH ORD E R AND INFORMATION Reflections from Rev Barbara Moss, Chaplain in Gothenburg, who co-ordinates the Prayer Diary. The day after Bishop David for chaplaincies, and one for national a prayer of the week – drawn from telephoned to offer me the post of links, especially ecumenical partners. the country within the Diocese for Priest in Charge at St Andrew’s There is some scope for creativity which we are praying. We could ask Gothenburg, I shared the good news and theological reflection. What is it chaplaincies what they would like us with my colleague, who was about to most important to pray about on to pray for when their turn comes up. lead Morning Prayer. When it came 9/11? When should we include the Bishop Geoffrey once suggested this to the intercessions, he read from the Diocesan Adviser for Women’s which is why, when I met him at the list “and in the Porvoo community, Ministry? It was tempting to add this Women’s Clergy Conference in 2007, we pray for … Gothenburg”. It was a to the Ember Day intention “For the I turned the question back to him. happy coincidence. unity of all who share in the Episcopal That is the story behind the diary At Great St Mary’s, Cambridge we ministry of the church”, but after entry for November 15: “Our Bishops not only used the Diocese of Ely consulting with Adèle Kelham, we Geoffrey and David: May God give prayer calendar; we had our own, agreed that she should share them a right judgement in all things.” with one column for people associated November 19 with two women with the church (from Big Issue sellers saints, the wise and gifted Abbess to the Verger), one for the other Hilda of Whitby, and the Béguine churches in Cambridge, and one for mystic Mechtild of Magdeburg. Colleges, with names of the Principal “But what is all this for?” you may and Chaplain. I had the job of ask. The Prayer Diary, along with the printing the prayer sheet. The reward web site and The European Anglican, came when, meeting an eminent are the three information channels professor in the street, I was able to available to all our members that hold say, “We prayed for you this the Diocese together. One isolated morning” and watch the reaction. chaplain in Latvia is reminded of huge So I was delighted when Bishop chaplaincies like Aquitaine, where David suggested that I take over three clergy and four readers serve compiling the Diocese in Europe seven worship centres, or of Calendar and Prayer Diary following congregations in Russia without a the retirement of Alan Woods as permanent chaplain. A housebound Dean of Gibraltar. I don’t know how pensioner praying her way through Alan worked, but when I saw the lists the Diary may be reminded of her of source material provided by the travelling days, or link the places we Diocesan Office and scrutinized the pray for with countries in the news. current Diary, I decided to store all However, for every member who the information in an Excel takes a Prayer Diary home, or passes workbook, and then mailmerge it into one on to a neighbour, there are Word. It was hard work the first time, several – perhaps many – who only which is now paying off as I produce experience the Diary on Sundays. To the second July to December Diary. encourage intercessors, I focus Sunday The workbook has 13 worksheets, intentions on larger areas with 200 rows and 21 columns in the (Archdeaconries), and subjects which active one. Five of these columns hold affect all of us. Diocesan content – one for There are various ways in which consecrations of bishops, one for the Prayer Diary could be expanded. general and diocesan intentions, two We could include short prayers – say, 4 HOLY WEEK IN HELSINKI Ancient church traditions ensure that Easter A F INNISH is celebrated and remembered for seven E XP E RI E NC E consecutive Sundays since the Resurrection OF M AUNDY of Our Lord is at the heart of our faith. T HURSDAY Holy Week and Easter 2009 will be joyfully remembered around Europe as this selection of Traditionally, Finland still stories from Finland to France, on the island of has a winter, despite what Majorca and the Spanish city of Seville. the experts call ‘Global Warming’, and this past winter was no exception – in fact, this year there was proper snow and the sea was frozen, along with the many lakes and rivers and the mercury stayed below zero for most of the season. Needless to say, after a good winter, the local population is eager for an early spring, but that too was a bit slow showing its face, and Easter time saw General Winter and his white army still in occupation, but on the run. Palm Sunday was warm enough for looked as though the clergy would renewed, as well as vows of the service to start on the steps of out-number the lay congregation commitment to the Ministry, the oils, Mikael Agricola Church in Helsinki, attending. Bishop David was presented by Tuomas to the Bishop, before parading in, waving palm accompanied by our Chaplain, were blessed, and the hymn singing fronds. Our Chaplain, the Reverend Rupert and our Assistant Curate, the belied the small numbers in the Rupert Moreton had planned a Holy Tuomas Mäkipää from Helsinki. Our gathering, particularly the final hymn, Eucharist service for blessing the oils, Assistant Chaplain, the Mika Pajunen, ‘Bread of Heaven’ - Cwm Rhondda with a renewal of commitment to is based in the Lutheran Parish of - the melody of which could be heard the ministry, under the auspices of Salo, and brought with him from being hummed by different people our Suffragan Bishop on Maundy Salo Päivi Pulkkinen-Watson. Amos for the rest of the day! Pictures were Thursday in Kisko Church. Manga, from Oulu, responsible for taken on the steep church steps and Thursday, 9th April, was a bright the Sudanese congregation, mostly the chilly wind failed to wipe smiles and fitfully sunny day, and those in the north of Finland, was joined off faces, but what a joy to jump into travelling to Kisko from Helsinki and by Doctor Heikki Kotila, a Lutheran closed cars.
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