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- Mark 8:31-38 March 1 [Lent 2] 2015 MARCH mmessengeressenger Founding of the Man of Sorrows, who for our sake suffered many things and was rejected; rising 1 Unitas Fratrum again after three days. Take from us all fear, all coldness of heart and all ch unwillingness to suffer. Glorying in your Cross may we also rejoice that you have Mar 1457 called us to bear it with you. Save us from the sullen heart that will drag it and the cowardly spirit that will let it fall. In your strength, help us to support it Reflecting in Lent: cheerfully and resolutely. Setting our minds on the things of God may we never be ashamed of you or your words. Denying ourselves and taking up our cross Women's 6 daily grant that, losing our life for your sake, we might truly find it. Amen World Day of March Following a Prayer March 8 [Lent 3] - John 2:13-22 www.wwdp-natcomm.org Head of the Church, who in indignation cast out those who profaned the holy Passionart Trail Written by women of temple and made your Father's house a market place; purify your Church today the Bahamas During Lent 2014, Manchester hosted Library. This helped us to that it may truly be a house of prayer for all nations. Enter the living temple of an art trail. This was planned so that it ponder on the origins of the our hearts; cleanse us from all that is unholy and unworthy that, built together could introduce Easter to people who do scriptures; while the as living stones, we might worship you in spirit and in truth. Consecrate in each not know what it is about; and to expand manuscripts and printed heart a hidden sanctuary, where you alone enter and where secret sacrifices are the experience of practising Christians. books on display showed how religious texts were copied down the Day of Atonement, a goat would have offered up. Taking our part in prayer and praise to you here on earth, may we It may be something we might be able centuries. its horns wrapped with a red cloth - 8 one day join in the everlasting song of the redeemed, around your throne, to to do ourselves, by visiting alone or with 2 representing the sins of the community March friends some of the works of art in our On display here was also something quite Climate the glory of your Name. Amen - and be driven off. The full moon is March own neighbourhood, to reflect on how different, a moving temporary exhibition, found in this version of The Scapegoat, Week - John 3:14-21 they express (or fall short in expressing) an originally private meditation upon March 15 [Lent 4] where its reflection surrounds the skull .www.cllimateweek.com the journey towards God. Or, with others, grief embroidered on handkerchiefs by and horns of the previous year's goat we might be able to put on our own trail a fabric artist. It was intimate yet spoke Son of God, lifted up on the Cross so that believing in you we might not perish where it lies in the shallows of the Dead for people in our locality. beyond the personal. but have eternal life. You are the Light of the world; may your light may so shine Sea. The current scapegoat dominates that people everywhere believe in your name. Enlarge our faith in such a way As Bible Study increases our knowledge Then there was the series of modern the painting as it nears its own death, its tongue hanging out with thirst in this British that with all our strength we may love both you and all for whom you died; that of God's Word, similarly the works of Stations of the Cross in the medieval the whole earth may be filled with your glory. Amen creative people down the centuries can cathedral. This building also has glorious salty, lifeless waste. Behind, in this version 13 22 Science help to expand our responses to God. twentieth-century stained glass windows, but not in the other two Hunt made, the ch Week March 22 [Lent 5] - John 12:20-33 We might also be able to touch people which replaced those destroyed in moonlit rainbow of the Covenant hangs Mar March who are moved by art but have never wartime bombing. One side-chapel has in a perfect arc, joining the heavens and Son of Man, who was lifted up that you might draw all people to yourself; grant connected it to the Easter message of a flame-coloured window, and there are the earth. Round the scapegoat's neck the Gospels - or may not even know it trees planted behind it, which sway with is the tangled red yarn: this is also found that we might so lose our selves in love of you that we never prove a barrier in exists. the breeze, making the glass seem to in the corner of the carpenter's workshop the way of those who would see Jesus. May your name be so glorified through move, as if the Spirit approaches. in Hunt's large painting, The Shadow of us that we serve you in all things, prefer you to all things, and trust you with all Some of the art on the Manchester trail the Cross. Viewing the three paintings was on permanent display, and some In Manchester Art Gallery three paintings Mothering 15 things; that losing ourselves in love of you we bear fruit for life eternal. Amen together we learn how the artist has seen Sunday Mar works were presented in churches which by the nineteenth-century painter unity in the life of Jesus. ch March 29 [Palm Sunday] - Mark 11:1-11 are themselves architectural works of art. Holman Hunt are hung at a child's Other works were borrowed, or created viewing height. His Light of the World is The Gallery has a section devoted to specially. There was a free booklet, and well-known. The Manchester version is Dutch still-life, where few people usually Son of David, you knew as you entered Jerusalem that the welcome of the crowd I went round with a companion in a single small, as if intended for private viewing. linger. But among the flowers and fruit would turn to rejection, yet still you came. Like the people on that first Palm day. Christ knocks at an overgrown door with that took months if not years to compose Sunday, we do not always understand as we should and our praise is often short- no outer handle, illuminated by the lamp and paint, with intense attention to light Palm Sunday Everyone will have their preferences - the 29 lived and superficial. Thank you for coming again to us this day. Keep us faithful, in his hand, the light from within, a hint and shadow, growth and decay, was a important thing is to explore, and perhaps March of dawn, and the full moon which series of photographs of the last meals keep us loyal, and keep us true. Take the faith we have and deepen it, so that we to have a chance to speak about them. may truly welcome you and worship you with joyful praises, now and always. surrounds his head. ordered by men on Death Row in the On the Manchester trail we visited the United States. Some of these have Amen earliest-known fragment of Saint John's Hunt's painting The Scapegoat is based remained on exhibition since. Stark Gospel, which is in the city's John Rylands on the Leviticus stipulation that on the images of food appear before a black continued inside

The Moravian Messenger Advertisements and all Editor Design & Artwork communications Rosemary Power David Bull The Restoration of Spotlight on Official Journal of the Moravian concerning distribution 19b Fairfield Square, Manchester M43 6AD [email protected] and supply should be sent [email protected] Gracehill Village Kingswood Church in the British Province. to the Moravian Book Room Contributions for the Messenger should Printed & Distribution Square Published monthly by the 5 Muswell Hill, London N10 reach the editor by the 3rd day of the G. R. Walkden authority of the Provincial Synod. 3TJ, and NOT to the Editor. preceeding month. Tel 01931 716703 (page 29) (page 33) Following a News from Tanzania Passionart Trail Are we continued Khalatse News background, just as in the easy in our skin? From Brother Andreas Tasche seventeenth-century paintings. It During the recent first State Visit of the takes a while to notice that these are A reflection for Lent by Judith Carpenter President of Germany to Tanzania, there photographs, deliberately linked to was a joyful event when his Partner, the past. The food includes chips and Are we at ease with ourselves and our The light of Lent is about knowledge, Daniela Schadt, officially opened a hamburgers. beliefs? Spiritually mature enough to enlightenment, especially about ourselves Moravian Primary School and One man awaiting execution fasted acknowledge others' lives and attitudes and particularly when we dare to pare Kindergarten at Mwera in Zanzibar without feeling that our own are down our lives for its duration. If we can and took as his final meal only bread Province. This school, part funded through threatened, or that our certainties risk introduce a different rhythm, create Herrnhut, was attended by public and and wine. For me, this was the dissolving in the light of someone else's alternative priorities, spend more time church representatives; and pupils 'Resurrection piece' for the whole trail. opinions? Hideous crimes are presently examining how we live, perhaps including Br Rev. Samson Thangpa writes: students of the Moravian Academy provided singing and other Art should challenge our being perpetrated by some religious the re-invigoration of our prayer life. fundamentalists who are caught up in Trying out new ways of praying, or just Here in the Moravian Academy at Khalatse are for the first time siting the entertainment from Christian and Muslim understanding as well as enhance life, this cycle. They act with violence out of spending time sitting or walking with God Khalatse in India, we are having classes Class 10 CBSE Examinations from 03 traditions. and stretch our taste as well as our in the winter when the weather is very fear, regardless of what their faith and letting God enter more fully into our March 2015 onwards, so I would like to For more see online (In German) at understanding of scriptures, from the cold. It is -12 to 14 Celsius at night, and request all of you to remember them in teaches, and all in the name of God. But days, remaking our relationship in the www.herrnhuter-missionshilfe.de early Gospel fragment to the modern these fears can express themselves even companionable silence which frees God during the day -1 to 3 degrees. The your prayers. photograph. We also see, especially close to home. For example: parish gossip to be God and us to be enlightened, in following the Passion story, the ways about others; their rule infringements, drinking in the love God feels for us and in which art can help us to see liturgical misdemeanours , state of life, which we sometimes underestimate or appearance or orientation; less serious even forget. differently the lights and shadows, Latest news from the Provincial Youth and Children’s Office but still damaging. Those who are 'easy Lent like all journeys can be an integral courage and corruption, of our time in their skin' rarely need to find other part of our ultimate arrival; a key element in the world and in the life of the people wanting, not needing to criticise of the experience of the destination, not church and society of which we are or worse, but accepting others in their just a means of travel. To be given effort, Joy's Journal part. infinite variety, of being and belief; worked at, engaged with and even welcoming without censure and valued enjoyed as an adventure in its own right, My time is split between about two thirds It's worth considering whether the as people of God, members of the same on the road towards Easter, on the way working from home and one third working area around our own church might family, loved equally by our Maker, even Moravial 2015 to a renewed self; armed, with sharper away from home. I sometimes seem to spend be able to host a similar trail, perhaps if they don't necessarily agree with some perceptions and a greater understanding large amounts of time travelling but I'm points of view. Truth is not possessed by focussed on Lent, or Advent, of the mystery and wonder of Easter. Give grateful to be living in Slough with its wonderful one group alone. God speaks to all of Invitation depending on the material and people up things for Lent, by all means; but take transport connections. I have motorways, love, but which insecurity sometimes available. It will need free entry, a on a greater awareness of this period of Heathrow airport and Great Western railway all on Moravial will take place In the summer 2015. It's a meeting drowns out. Is this us? Or are we 'easy in guide-book, and a group of volunteers, honing, and spring-cleaning; and arrive my doorstep (and sometimes can hear them all!). of young adults, age 18-26 who are volunteers in our skin'? ideally from the local churches, the more self-aware, polished and buffed-up, Wherever possible I use public transport as it is better for congregations, and involved in work or wishing to be library and perhaps the civic offices. We often associate Lent with darkness; reflecting the light of the Christ within the environment as well as my blood pressure. I could just involved in work with children and young people, planning We might have hidden works of beginning as it does when natural light us, which is Jesus' gift to those who turn up on the day and buy tickets but that would not be meetings, activities and events. is still limited by the 'drag-end of winter'. love him. architectural beauty in our area; or good stewardship of the church's resources so I spend time Date: 10 - 18 August 2015. there might be suitable reflective From the author's monthly Newsletter www.awomanontheway.co.uk looking for the best deals. Sometimes this is easy. I can buy, Participants: 10 from Germany, 10 from the Netherlands, works by lesser-known or local artists on the day, a ticket to London including a travelcard for £13.30 if I buy it after 9.15. Others are not so easy. Train 10 from Great Britain, 10 from other European countries. that we might use, perhaps just for tickets can be so complicated with a variety of fares, routes, the duration. A local public sculpture and number of changes. Depending how much I anticipate Age: 18 - 26 years. might also be part of the trail. Get more Summer carrying I try to keep the number of changes to a minimum Theme: One Truth, Many Faces. Different versions of truth Sometimes a church could be staffed as rarely do you stay on the same platform. It also reduces in politics and belief. and the area used for displaying works Camp 2015 info: the amount of time I spend freezing at the station. I've just Send your application, a statement of why you want to - a way of encouraging people to talk... to your minister booked a ticket from Wolverhampton to Bangor, North consider stepping into a building they Wales, for a conference. The journey varied in price between go and the benefits to you, your congregation and the wider church, asap and no later than: 1st May 2015 to usually pass by without entering. visit... £57 and £18 and number of changes form 0-3! Amazingly www.moravian.org.uk the train to get me there at the right time is not only direct [email protected] or [email protected] or via It is also helpful to have a follow-up but the cheapest. Facebook. Priority will be given to those who have not for discussion - perhaps a closing event google... Moravian Flights can be even more challenging. Last year when booking attended an international event before but please apply with an 'open mike', (if well- Summer Camp 2015 tickets for Connect 14 I spent hours trying to get the best as PYCC will select the delegates from the applicants. managed!); perhaps a website open deal. The fares vary from day to day and depending who is email... Place: Elstal by Berlin (Germany). to comments and responses; perhaps selling them. The carrier may be the same but the fare can [email protected] a church event aimed at being vary by 20% or more. Price: 300 Euro (about £225 on 2/2/15). You may be able to ask for support from your congregation. The province attractive to people who do not phone... 01753553549 So next time you are booking a flight or train ticket, think will pay for your flights. usually attend services. of me, I've become a bit of an expert now but it still takes quite a bit of my time. Rosemary Power 26 27 A Conference on Moravian History and Music in Bethlehem PA in the U.S.

Moravians and those interested in Moravian Atlantic World', Aaron Fogleman of of the Moravian Church.' Dr. Meyer was history and music met in Bethlehem last Northern Illinois University discussed the the director of the Archiv der Evangelischen October for the Fourth Bethlehem lives of Jean-François Reynier, a French Kirche im Rheinland in Dusseldorf from Conference on Moravian History and Music Swiss Huguenot, and his wife, Maria Barbara 1976 until 2000, and had written to explore the latest research on a wide Knoll Reynier, a Lutheran from the German extensively on modern Protestant history range of topics related to Moravian history territories, who both became Moravian and hymnody. He continued his work after and music from the fifteenth to twenty- missionaries. retirement from the Archiv, and taught first centuries. About 100 attended the courses in Moravian history and theology As part of the session on Moravians and The Restoration of biennial conference, which was hosted last year in Tanzania. War in the Early 20th Century, a mainly on the campuses of Moravian presentation on the debates for unity and On Sunday afternoon, the 157th Annual College and Moravian Theological reconciliation published in the Moravian Meeting of the Moravian Historical Society Gracehill Village Square Seminary. Lectures, concerts, art, historic Messenger during the First World War was was held at the Sun Inn in Bethlehem where tours, food and drink were offered over four given by Lorraine Parsons, archivist of the a special lecture was given by Dr. Katherine days, with performances of Moravian music Moravian Congregations developed a distinctive way to plan and turbulent times in Ireland over 200 years ago and the Square was British Province. Tom McCullough, assistant Faull Professor of German and Humanities, build their settlements. As the congregations spread, such central to the story. and papers presented by scholars and Bucknell University. The presentation on archivist at the Moravian Archives in settlements were established across the Globe, always creatively The 1798 United Irishmen's Rising was a momentous event in musicians from the U.S., Germany, Bethlehem, provided another perspective 'Visualizing History: the (Hidden) Work of Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, adapting the planning and architectural ideas to local conditions Irish history and when, in the summer of 1798, it eventually broke of the war with a paper on Moravian Moravian Women Missionaries in Colonial while retaining the core principles. It has been said that the England, Australia, Tanzania, and South Pennsylvania', highlighted her research on out, Mid-Antrim was for a short time one of the principal scenes missionaries in German East Africa, settlements with their formal layout of square, burial ground and of conflict. Gracehill played a unique part in the events that were Africa. discussing ways in which Moravian missions Moravian women who were active community houses have a unique and almost intangible shaking the country as can be seen from the diaries of the time. The theme of the conference was “War and were affected by the First World War. missionaries in Pennsylvania along the atmosphere. 07 June: The United Irishmen occupied Randalstown and Peace and the Moravians,” and opened Susquehanna River. The meeting concluded In the evening, there was a concert of with a reception and tour of Sun Inn. Certainly President Nelson Mandela thought so when he visited Ballymena but were repulsed at Antrim. with a reception in the Moravian Archives the South African Moravian Settlement of Genadendal (Valley of Johann Friedrich Peter's 'Psalm of Joy' and 09 June: A very turbulent day. Randalstown was seen in flames on Thursday and a preview of the 2015 Prior to the opening of the Conference, Grace) in 1995. He subsequently chose to rename the Presidential an original song cycle, 'Conflict, Sadness, and the King's Army marched on Ballymena. 'Gracehill was looked exhibition on Jan Hus. Over forty lectures Moravian archivists from around the world residence in Cape Town, Genadendal, in tribute to the positive Victory, Resolution'” composed by Sean upon as the only place of safety in the country.' (Diary entry) and performances were given during the O'Boyle, and performed by Moravian also met in Bethlehem to discuss current influence of the Moravians in South Africa over almost two centuries. conference, with sessions devoted to Jan 10 June: 'The inhabitants in Ballymena, apprehending that the College Choir and Moravian College projects and plans for the future of the Genadendal's historic town Square marks the site of the first mission Hus (1369-1415) and his Legacy; Mission, King's Army was moving towards them and expecting that the Community Orchestra. archives. The meeting was hosted by the station and the first teacher training college in South Africa and Music and Technology; Moravian Art and Moravian Archives Northern Province and town would be reduced to ashes like Randalstown, hastened to it was here that people of all races were encouraged to read and Composition; the Civil War in America; The concert was preceded with a historic included Paul Peucker and Thomas carry their goods out of town. Many carts came soon into our Place. write and become more than just labourers. Control and Dissent in the Moravian Church; beer tasting at Goundie House given by McCullough of the Moravian Archives We could have no preaching in the forenoon on account of so Moravian Archival Collections; Moravians, the master brewer, Chris Bowen, who Northern Province, Bethlehem; Olaf Nippe 'Bordered by lime trees, covered with many. Fugitives, women and children, were met with kind reception Philosophers and Mystics; Anti-Moraviana; offered recreations of the nineteenth for the Unity Archives in Herrnhut; Nola a lawn and footpaths forming a cross, and were fed by us.' (Diary entry) Moravians and War in the Early 20th century brews of English Amber Ale, Reed Knouse and Gwyn Michel of the you begin to sense the symbolism 'And so on Sunday 10 June 1798 the morning service did not Century; Modern Global Perspectives; German Altbier, and Arctic Alchemy. Moravian Music Foundation; Lorraine right away. The well with its small commence until two o'clock in the afternoon, and then Moravians, Parsons of the Moravian Archives for the fountain in the centre of the square Moravian Communities in Changing Saturday afternoon sessions included a Churchmen (Anglicans), Presbyterians and Roman Catholics knelt British Province; and Craig Atwood, Director might be Aqua vitae.' These words Political Climates; and Moravian World presentation by Rachel Wheeler of Indiana down together in our Place to thank God for His care of them all.' of the Center for Moravian Studies, were written about the town Square Music. University and Sarah Eyerly on pacifism, (Local History) Moravian Theological Seminary. The new in the Moravian settlement of warfare and song in Moravian Mohican 'When our Place appeared to all around us as the only spot of On Thursday evening, Dr. Jørgen Bøytler, archivist of the Moravian Church in America, Christiansfeld in Denmark but they Communities. They led the way with a safety, many retired to it as to a city of refuge, and we lodged and the Business Administrator of the Moravian Southern Province in Winston-Salem had might equally apply to many Moravian Settlements. Moravian-Mohican singstunde assisted with fed them during their danger without making Church, presented the 2014 Walter Vivian not yet been appointed, as the former texts of eighteenth century hymns Gracehill was established in 1759. It is the only complete any distinction of their being either our Moses Lecture in Moravian Studies in the archivist, Rev. Dr. C. Daniel Crews, had only discovered in the archives, and translations Moravian settlement in Ireland and it became the first friends or foes; the hearts of many who had Saal of Moravian Theological Seminary. retired in September after serving the in English and German were also provided. designated conservation area in Northern Ireland in 1975. hated us, and even designed our destruction About 100 attended Dr. Bøytler's archives for twenty-two years. Reports of It was probably the first time they had been Like Genadendal and Christiansfeld it is an early example presentation on 'Unity in Diversity, developments and news of their respective were turned.' (Diary entry) sung in that language for over a century. of town planning and just as in the Christianfeld Challenges to the Worldwide Moravian institutions since they last met in 2012 description, Gracehill had a formal central square that In order to commerate the example and the Unity', which focussed on the globalisation Later that day, Jeffrey Gemmell gave a were given. comprised walks, a pond and planting. The pond had a grace of those early Moravians it was decided of the Moravian Church, especially the to name the pathways around the Square lecture-demonstration on 'The Lititz The conference and archivists meeting natural water supply, which was disrupted in the 1970s growth of the Church in Western Tanzania 'The 1798 Walk' and to erect an obelisk Anthems of Johannes Herbst' in Central provided a platform not only to share news when major road works were undertaken. In recent times since 1957, and how this is changing the Moravian Church with performances by the the pond had become overgrown, the pathways were inscribed with the diary entry from 10 June nature of the worldwide Moravian Church. and learn more about Moravian history Lititz Moravian Congregation Senior Choir and music, but also an opportunity to make gone and the boundary was made up of barbed wire 1798. Since 2002 the annual lectures have been and Orchestra together with the Millersville contact with people for whom this was the overgrown with ivy and weeds in places. In a world that is so obviously in need of published in The Hinge so Dr. Bøytler's University of Pennsylvania Chorale, and first conference and also with others who understanding the newly restored Square is lecture will be the subject of a forthcoming Gracehill Old School Trust (GhOST), working with the Craig Kridel on the brass horn and serpent. had attended previous conferences. With once again not only a place of issue. Gracehill Congregation, developed a scheme to restore At the closing banquet of the conference thanks to the hosts, conference organisers Gracehill Square.This involved: contemplation and beauty but also a tangible reminder that, in There were two keynote lectures. On Friday, on Saturday, the Center for Moravian and chair, participants and visitors who • Replanting traditional hedging. the words of Rev Jan Mullin, a former minister of Gracehill, we Sarah Eyerly of Florida State University Studies at Moravian Theological Seminary helped to make it a memorable and should have 'pride in our past and faith in our future'. • Maintenance work to historic trees. presented a lecture on 'How the Moravians presented the 2014 David A. inspiring experience. • Reinstatement of pathways. May we learn from the example of those early Moravians and in Sang Away the Wilderness' with re- Schattschneider Award of Merit to the Rev. The next Bethlehem Conference on creations of sounds of the landscape of Dr. Dietrich Meyer of Herrnhut. The • Restoration of the pond and installation of safety railing. the words of Nelson Mandela ensure that 'our choices reflect our Moravian History and Music will be held in hopes and not our fears', so that the hearts of even those who that time. The following day, in his paper Schattschneider Award is given every two October 2016. Gracehill is significant for many reasons. During the research of design our destruction may be turned. 'A Woman, her Husband, and the years as recognition for 'promoting the the historic detail for the restoration of the Square, it became clear Moravians in the Eighteenth Century study of the history, theology, and mission Lorraine Parsons that the Moravians had also contributed to reconcilation during David Johnston 28 29 Social responsibility Bullying and Us From Jerusalem to Ramallah This is a vast subject, and whatever home. The Guardian reported (13 gives rise to bullying. appears in the Messenger today will not February 2015) that two million people We may feel in the British Province of exhaust the subject, but because the suffer domestic violence each year in the Moravian Church we are relatively impact on the victims of bullying is so Britain, and whilst we may not see all of free from the scourge. Elsewhere we have Part One: 1865 - 1900 catastrophic, we must at least begin to this as bullying, much of it surely is, a seen reports of clergy bullied by their reflect on the issue. culture readily exported to school every congregation, by colleagues and by their morning. hierarchy, whilst abuse of their power by Let me confess that I speak from personal Nineteenth-century travellers leaving Jerusalem by the Zion familiar ways proved more attractive for many than clean rooms inexperience (but when did that ever A special case of bullying is the plight of clergy over their laity is still a source of Gate would see 15 or so rough stone huts arranged along the and beds, care of wounds and sores, a fine garden and good, inhibit a minister from giving forth): I 'Whistleblowers' on whom we depend pain and embarrassment in places. wall. This was the Leper Quarter, assigned to those afflicted by have no direct knowledge from either the to uncover abuses, in our hospitals, care Perhaps the time has come to put in place plentiful food. In the first three months only three lepers passed receiving end nor of dishing it out. The homes, banks and other institutions. some special measure to detect and head the disease and driven out of their villages from fear of contagion. through the door, causing some difficulties with congregations nearest I ever came was as one of the The corporate, institutional response is off any such tendency that might arise Here the lepers would beg from pilgrims. The American who had contributed to the costs of the home. But by Christmas 1952 fourteen-year-old intake to usually for management to turn on the in our congregations; with our own missionary William Thomson described their condition on his 1867 the patients had increased to five and by May the following Openshaw Junior Technical School, individual with all the power at their vulnerable groups; our theological visit to the city in 1833: 'The lepers, when not obliged to live year the 12 places were filled. students; with people who are different; Manchester. The lordly 1951 intake, to disposal, all of the discrediting dirty tricks outside the city, have a separate abode assigned to them (a or who we don't like. teach us upstarts our place, with hard they can muster. The case of radiologist row of hovels presenting a most squalid and disgusting Arab lepers, used to living rough, with a fatalistic philosophy of lumps, picked one shortish, bespectacled The phenomena of bullying in church is consultant Dr Mattu is typical. For appearance) and are shunned as unclean and dangerous. No life and a vastly different cultural background to those now newcomer for a beating by one of their reporting publicly on overcrowding the all the worse because it runs counter to caring for them proved difficult patients. A major problem was number . . . I have to admit that I knocked the mission of the Gospel, the Person and one will touch them, eat with them, or use any of their clothes wards at his hospital, he was forced out absconders who would disappear for sexual adventures or to the lead bully about a bit and he was off of the NHS by management who Work of Christ that we see in the New or utensils, and with good reason.' It was not solely the fear of earn pocket money from begging. Many of these returned to school for a few days. We didn't have trumped up 200 charges against him, all Testament. In addition to the pain and contagion that led to the isolation of lepers but also the belief any more trouble. of which were dismissed by professional injustice in human terms that the bully that infection was a sign of immorality. the home only to leave again and return. That they had been Schools are different these days, and we bodies and three separate police forces. imposes on the victim, is the testimony cared for, fed, clothed and their wounds bound, regardless of Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, has no connection with the 'leprosy' know that poor management and weak (See “NHS whistleblowers: the staff who that bullying by the unholy coalition of the risk of contagion, increased, in the eyes of the missionaries, supervision gives room for powerful raised the alarm”, Guardian 11-02-2015). Pharisee, Sadducee, and Herod Antipas, of the Bible which is an unidentified condition or conditions the lepers' ingratitude. 'The ground of Palestine' wrote one of finally pinned the Son of God to the Cross. causing a discolouration of the skin - possibly some kind of undercurrents of bullying in many Since we recognise bullying in so much the nurses, 'is very rocky but not less hard are the hearts of Turks schools, in media far more complex than of our national life, it will be no surprise, Thus is encapsulated in one act the psoriasis or dermatitis - which could clear up of its own accord. (i.e. Ottoman Arabs) and nominal Christians. The Lord certainly human cost of bullying as directly counter the playground fisticuffs I remember. to find that the church must be vigilant Hansen's disease is a chronic bacterial infection (incurable until lays burdens upon us, but He helps us to bear them'. Boys and girls have been driven to the in responding to any instances we find to God's purpose and vision for humanity. recently) which leads to a loss of sensation in the nerves. The extremes of despair, including suicide, among ourselves. We are not immune, And so we dare not neglect to examine sufferer becomes unaware of damage to his body and, without The degree of absconding made it clear that proximity to the even, by persecution through the social just because bullying is inimical to ourselves and our church and nursing care to both injuries and the leprous sores, secondary lepers who remained at the Zion Gate had an unsettling effect media as well as in physical confrontation. Christian ethics. We see from the congregation in order to identify those infection sets in which can result in the loss of fingers and other on the patients in the home. Their freedom and income who are vulnerable, emplace measures I find it to be small wonder that children experience from school to workplace that bodily parts. Before antibiotics treatment consisted largely of presented an ever-present attraction to those who had at school turn on each other so brutally, where power is, there exists the to protect them, and counsel our powerful binding the wounds and sores to prevent such infection. abandoned that rough life. The Moravians therefore built a new because so many find that routine temptation to use it to oppress. It is ones in the exercise of their power. hospital a mile away from the current one to reduce these domestic bullying marks their lives at precisely the imbalance of power that John Wilkinson In the summer of 1865 Baron von Keffenbrink-Ascheraden and desertions, to improve conditions for the patients and to increase his wife Augusta on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from their home the numbers who could be accommodated. The new home, in North Germany were deeply touched by the pitiable and named Jesus Hilfe (Jesus' Help) was purpose-built for 50 or 60 Noticeboard March 2015 miserable lives of the lepers beside the Zion Gate. On making patients on three floors with a large central courtyard. The enquiries of the Jerusalem authorities they ascertained that a The Child-like Response gardens were spacious and eventually provided the hospital Sr Patricia Garner, Unity Women's Desk writes: house outside the nearby Jaffa Gate on sale for £1000 could (Matt.18.2-4) with vegetables and fruit. Livestock too were kept. Jesus Hilfe We will be starting a Prayer Chain later this month to be adapted as a home. The Keffenbrinks set to work to collect Give me a child-like heart, was opened in April 1887 but attempts to attract more of the pray specifically for the Fourth Unity Women's the funds. A Committee of Protestants living in Jerusalem O Lord, I pray; homeless lepers never met with much success. A deaconess was Consultation to be held next year. If you would like to managed the project and it was at their suggestion that the A listening love that trusts - participate, please contact your Provincial Coordinator home was placed in the hands of the Moravians as they already appointed to preach them the gospel and encourage them to and, trusting, loves to'obey. or [email protected], and we will send had experience of running a leper home in Robben Island, Cape enter but with little effect: 'Begging by the roadside has become instructions. www.unitywomensdesk.org a second nature to them. Lepers who cannot walk will be carried “Unless”, our Saviour says, Colony, Africa. The Baroness worked tirelessly to raise the funds, out to the roadside on a donkey and lie there displaying their “you thus believe; Br Peter Gubi will be consecrated presbyter at making a large personal contribution to buy furniture, linen and sores to attract the pitying gifts of passers-by'. God's kingdom and His truth Dukinfield Moravian church on Saturday 28 March at clothing. Moravian (including British) congregations also you cannot then receive”. 2pm. The officiating bishop will be Br Joachim Kreusal. contributed. When all was ready the house had rooms and Although the main purpose of the home was nursing care, some equipment for 12 patients. evangelising did take place: the Bible was read to the patients So grant me, Lord, I pray, Fellowship Weekend 8-10 May 2015 at in Arabic, Bible stories narrated and the comfort and hope of this child-like art; The home was opened and consecrated in May 1867, only two Shallowford House, near Stafford. £123 per person. the Christian faith explained to sufferers. There were a few that, full of love, I may Register on 01274 872633 or at years after the Keffenbrinks' initial idea. Friedrich Tappe and his conversions. Muslim patients however were free to practise serve You with my whole heart. [email protected] wife of the Moravian mission in Labrador were appointed the home's first overseers. At first the reception of lepers was slow. Islam, read the Koran and make their daily prayers. (To be continued.) Music: “Evening shadows” (S Bailey) SOT 33 Sr Jane and Br Mark Dixon are now at: Most were Muslim and suspicious of Christian offers of help. Words: Paul Gubi, 2001 The home, they thought, was surely a prison where they would or “St Columba” (HS Irons) MHB 626 17 Highfield Drive Royton, Oldham OL2 6AF. Adrian Wilsdon Tel: 0161 3177087. be locked up for life. Additionally, the lepers were accustomed to a free, independent life with income from begging. The old, With thanks to Lorraine Parsons, Moravian Archivist 30 31 Assisted Dying - a legal perspective Following articles from the ethical perspectives (Sr R. Power April 2013, Br M. Newman Sept 2013), Paul Mitchell looks at the current legal position.

I thought that readers might be subject in 2010, and revised it in 2014. informed decision to commit suicide by interested in legal topics. A practicing the deceased, and that the suspect had lawyer, not a philosopher or theologian, The guidance followed a series of high- sought to dissuade the victim from taking I will try to offer an informed explanation profile court cases. One concerned a Mr the course of action which resulted in his of what the law is and how it works in Nicklinson who had suffered a or her suicide. England (it may differ in other parts of catastrophic stroke some years earlier, the United Kingdom), rather than the since when he was completely paralysed, An Assisted Dying Bill was introduced in more tendentious approach sometimes save that he could move his head and the House of Lords after the Supreme found in the press. his eyes. For many years he had wanted Court decision. to end his life, but could not do so without Should I be allowed to help someone else assistance, other than by self-starvation. The Bill provides for a person who is Spotlight on Kingswood to end their life, if they can not do it for He wanted someone to kill him by terminally ill and has six months or less themselves? injecting him with a lethal drug, but if to lawfully be provided with assistance necessary he was prepared to kill himself to end their own life. United Church Kingswood was formed in 1992 when the and so loudly that all, I was Self-euthanasia is not a new question. by means of a machine which, after congregations of the Moravian Church and Whitfield United told, could hear me.' It would enable a person who is The Roman Stoic philosopher and being loaded with a lethal drug, could be Reformed Church (also known at Whitfield Tabernacle) combined. terminally ill to request and be given A few months later George Whitfield Preaching politician Seneca (c.4 BC - AD 65) wrote: digitally activated by him himself, using We use the Moravian premises which are located in the centre of assistance to end their own life. The Whitfield had to visit a pass phrase, via an eye-blink computer. Kingswood, and we are a small, friendly congregation of just over If the body is useless for service, then process is dependent upon a request America but he didn't want to give up on the good work in 30 people of all ages. Our Sunday service is held at 10.30 am and Kingswood so he asked fellow-Christian and old University friend why should a man not free the struggling being made by the person concerned. He asked the courts to confirm that it there are also prayers in the Church each week prior to the main John Wesley to take over. Wesley accepted and preached for his No other person, including the patient's soul? Perhaps he should even do it a little would be lawful for a doctor to kill him service. We have Communion once a month, Bible Study, and we first time in the open air on Hanham Mount in Kingswood. The doctor, family or partner would be able before he needs to, lest when the time or to assist him in terminating his life. produce a monthly newsletter. A friendly welcome awaits all at people came and listened and he preached there many times after to initiate the process of requesting an comes he may be unable to perform the Hearing the case after his death and at Kingswood and we are pleased that new visitors often remark on that. Today that elevated spot is marked with a green light beacon assisted death. The procedure would act. Since the danger of living in the same time as cases involving other this. which can be seen for many miles around, and an outdoor pulpit involve making a declaration before an wretchedness is so much greater than people and similar issues, the nine We reach out to the community through a monthly lunch club and which is built into the hillside. John Cennick also joined Whitfield independent witness, and the the danger of dying soon, he is a fool Supreme Court judges involved were regular coffee mornings, the proceeds of which go mostly to and Wesley in outdoor preaching at Kingswood in 1740, after involvement of two doctors. They would who refuses to sacrifice a little time to divided in their reasoning. charitable causes. Coffee mornings are organised by members who meeting the Wesley brothers. Also in 1740, Cennick founded at win so much. Few men have lasted have to agree on the person's diagnosis choose which charity to support. They bake a selection of home- Kingswood the society which in 1745 was passed on to the care through extreme old age to death They recognised the difficult and sensitive and prognosis, that the person had the made cakes which are always delicious, so much so that regular of The Moravian Church. without impairment, and many have lain nature of the subject, and the risk to the capacity to make the decision to end customers arrive with their cake boxes to buy extra slices that can Eventually these outdoor preachers were able to instigate the inert and useless. How much more cruel, vulnerable who might feel themselves to their own life and that the decision was be enjoyed over several days! building of a number of chapels, Tabernacles and schools with the then, do you suppose it really is to have be a burden on others. Some of the voluntary and fully informed. Both doctors During the past year we have raised funds for charities including help of friends and followers; and this contributed to the success lost a portion of your life, than to have judges thought it would be a good idea would have to explore the individual's Hearing Dogs; The Great Western Air Ambulance; Smile Train; the and growth of Kingswood. motivation for requesting an assisted lost your right to end it? if there were to be a system by which an cancer charity CLIC Sargent; The Jessie May Trust which provides Whitfield United Reformed Church was commissioned in 1741 on death and ensure the patient was independent person, satisfied that the nursing at home for terminally ill children; and the Mission Aviation one side of Kingswood's main street and the Moravian Church was Murder involves the perpetrator killing a informed of all the options available to person wishing to die has made a Fellowship which provides aviation, communications and learning built along with a school on the other side in around 1745. Some person when intending either to kill or to them. technology services to more than 1000 Christian and humanitarian members of our congregation today are descendants of pupils inflict grievous -that is, really serious - voluntary and informed choice, could give approval in advance. Ultimately, said the agencies and also to thousands of missionaries and villagers in the who went to that school. bodily harm. A conviction for murder The Bill began its Committee Stage in world's most remote areas. majority, the balance between the the House of Lords in January 2015 and Whitfield Tabernacle with its Gothic style is now extremely derelict. carries a mandatory life sentence. We have members who knit squares for blankets, plus cardigans sanctity of life and the principle of has yet to be considered at all in the The Moravian Church was rebuilt around 1868. It is a beautiful and jumpers, for The United Mission to Nepal project. Until the Suicide Act 1961, it was an individual autonomy was for Parliament House of Commons. It is thought unlikely church of Germanic Romanesque style, with a porch, transepts and offence to commit suicide; people who to make. to become law before the General Our premises are used by a disabled group, a carer's support group, an apse. Inside, it has thin steep Gothic ceilings and a lovely organ unsuccessfully attempted to kill Election in 2015. a Keep Fit class, and they are the District Scout Association which is a joy to listen to when our organist David Forber is playing. themselves were prosecuted. The CPS guidance lists a number of Headquarters. More recently, the Church has had a new floor laid when dry rot factors showing where the public interest Should Parliament provide a framework Our roots at Kingswood stem from the eighteenth century when took hold of the old wooden floor, and the organ is undergoing What about those who assisted someone will tend to be in favour of, or against, in which I may do any act so long as I Kingswood was a small coal-mining village in the countryside extensive renovation work. The Church and old school rooms have to die? A person who helped or prosecution. Of course, these will be do no harm to others? Or no harm to between Bath and Bristol, part of the Somerset coal field. The been linked to enable easy transition between the two buildings, encouraged another person to commit applied only after the death has occurred, them against their will? Or should it people of Kingswood Forest supplied the South-West of England a new hall and toilets have been added and a modern kitchen has suicide committed an offence. That is and a police investigation has taken impose an absolute moral value and and the industries of Bristol with coal. The Kingswood people were been fitted. the starting point now. place. seek to preserve life regardless? The tough and had a reputation for being 'barbarous and ungovernable' If you are ever near Kingswood you would be most welcome to debate goes to the heart of the question because they did not respect authority. Another historical source come and visit. We would love to meet you. It has never been the law that someone Factors tending in favour of prosecution of what law should do. describes them as 'neither fearing God nor regarding man'. who has or may have committed an include that the victim was under 18 Christian preacher George Whitfield came to the area in 1739 to Lorraine Cross offence must be prosecuted for it. Apart years old or lacked mental capacity, that The writer is a solicitor specialising in try to enlighten the Kingswood people. Initially they ignored him Sources: from the question whether there is the suspect was not motivated by business law and dispute resolution but he persevered and went into the fields to preach as they walked compassion or had a history of violence John Wesley - New World Encyclopedia sufficient evidence for a jury to be likely associated with the Ockbrook the footpaths to and from their work. Gradually, they began to John Cennick - Bath Moravian Church to convict them, the Crown Prosecution or abuse against the victim or that the congregation. take notice and within just a few months the word was spreading George Whitfield at Kingswood Service (CPS) must go on to consider suspect had the victim in his care in a and thousands of people were responding. Whitfield wrote in his The writer is a solicitor specialising in United Church Kingswood whether a prosecution is required in the professional capacity. journal about one particular occasion: 'At four I hastened to Kingswood Archives - Bristol Radical History Group public interest. business law and dispute resolution Kingswood. At a moderate computation there were about ten Kingswood Moravian Church, Bristol 1745-1945 by F.H. Tysoe Factors tending against prosecution associated with the Ockbrook thousand people … All was hush when I began: the sun shone Whitfield's Tabernacle, Kingswood - Wikipedia CPS first published guidance on this include a voluntary, clear, settled and congregation. bright, and God enabled me to preach for an hour with great power, 32 33 Sr. Joyce Mellowes, the widow of the late Br. John Mellowes, Literature and Philosophy. She qualified in 1946 and died on the 29 October 2014, after a lifetime of service married John the following year. In 1949 Anne was born. to the Moravian Church. Her remains were interred with When John offered for church service, they moved to Congregation News those of her husband at Kingswood. A thanksgiving service Fairfield for John's study at the college and Manchester for her life, which she herself had largely prepared, was University, while he was student pastor at Wheler Street. held at Malmesbury, and this account is based on her Here that their son Richard was born. daughter Anne's eulogy. We marked the anniversary of the start of the Great War village youth club which is now flourishing. At the start of Joyce and John looked forward during our usual Armistice Day service. We incorporated the service we had a musical item reflecting on the famous After many years as a to working in the Caribbean but themes for those who served by sea and land so we started Christmas truce in 1914, sung from the gallery. Its lovely teacher in Malmesbury, after John had a near-fatal with the great naval hymn and sang another to the music and message made a wonderful start. 'Londonderry Air' in memory of all the Irish men and women during which she taught heart attack, it was decided that Special thanks have to be expressed to our two new Sunday Sr. Joyce Mellowes who served and died in the conflict. Poems and prayers were over six hundred children their work would be in this school teachers who took up their posts at very short notice 23 June 1925 - 29 October 2014 linked to the theme of worldwide service and sacrifice, which and was a member of country. Joyce lived with the still continues to this day. but Jane Morrow and Sr Christine Lynn produced a wonderful several organisations, it was knowledge that her husband production to great acclaim. Presentations were made to Ballinderry has continued its outreach work and has only natural that the service could die at any time. the former Sunday school teachers Srs Joan Brown, Lorna combined with the Presbyterian Church in Railway St., Lisburn, Conroy and Courtney Conroy. was attended by a large number. our local city, to provide food for those in need. Thanks to In 1954 the family was moved to Tytherton, then to A new bench has been provided by the MWA for God's Acre Joyce was born in Bedford on 23 June 1925. Her father the ongoing efforts by all of our congregation, we have been Woodford Halse.Here, Joyce began teaching, a job which able to add significantly to their work. in memory of Sr Mabel Lynn who was a devoted member took over his father's painting and decorating business. lasted until the family was moved to Wellhouse. Joyce Members from their church have visited us for our special of the congregation regularly attending despite her failing He was a keen gardener, and passed this on to his children. continued teaching here, until three years later when they health. The family were regular church-goers and the girls also services. The local primary school, with which we have long moved to Malmesbury. She began teaching at the established close links, also made food collection one of Our new annual 'Socks for Santa' campaign brought attended Sunday School in the afternoon, walking about Malmesbury junior school and continued until she retired. their charity causes for a term and collected a tremendous donations from across the Irish district. We received boxes a mile each way. Their parents went back in the evening Sadly, John died two years after arriving, and Joyce moved amount which we able to pass on. of socks from a member of the Sikh community in to sing in the choir. to her own home. Br. Wilson has spoken to various groups such as Rotary and Birmingham, clothing from Germany, and at the very last Her father had wanted to offer for church service, and with Probesus on historical topics, and the donations have also minute leather jackets from Portugal, so we can say it was the encouragement of a newly-arrived minister, he applied She had many challenges during her life but she faced been used to buy food. Coming up to the Christmas season an international effort. Sr Holdsworth took all the donations for training. After he qualified, the family moved to Priors them with courage and determination and never lost her Ballinderry we concentrated on food items suitable for children that to charities working with people living in shelters and indeed those on the streets. The Holdsworth trio, Paul, Patsy and Marston on the borders of Northamptonshire and faith. Joyce was a regular worshipper at the Abbey every could also be used by parents on a limited budget as gifts. Alan, also raised funds by carol singing in the village and at Warwickshire where Joyce and her sister developed a love Wednesday as well as at Malmesbury Moravian Church, The choir and musicians from the school also performed at and later with the congregation at Tytherton. Her eulogy the Carols by Candlelight service which started off the a local supermarket. Our Christmas celebrations were rounded for the countryside with its flowers and wildlife. off with our Christmas morning service and we are thankful closed with the words of St. Augustine; 'Let us not grieve Christmas season. that we were able to achieve so much in 2014 and look Shortly after the outbreak of World War Two, the family for her loss, but rather be thankful for having known her.' We had an extra dimension to our service of lessons and moved to Kingswood and Joyce met her future husband, carols when Rev. Holdsworth conducted the christening of forward to continuing the work in the coming year. and at Bristol University read for a B.A. degree in English Peter M. Gubi baby Bobby Wilson. On the Sunday evening before Christmas Many thanks to Henry Wilson for all his hard work throughout our annual Christingle service attracted a large congregation. the year. The Sunday School Nativity Play was augmented by guitar and violin music from the children plus members of the Marilyn Marshall Sarah Helm, Is this a Woman: inside Ravensbrück: Book review { { On 26 April we had a concert of classical guitar music in A fund-raising concert was held on 18 October. Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women London: Little, Brown, 2015 the main hall which was performed by German musicians Synod took place at the end of June and, as it transpired, Sabine Kreusel and Sabrina Peters. Vocals were provided it was quite an eventful occasion. Our minister, Rev Kreusel Originally set up to house political prisoners the seventy-nine 'rabbits', mainly Poles who This powerful, difficult, book is good Lenten by Kathrin Kreusel (and yes, Sabine and Kathrin are related returned from Synod as the newly elected Bishop of the and criminals, the camp and its satellites were subjected to spurious medical reading - a reminder of our human capacity to our minister). We were privileged to have them also take Unity! What a surprise for him and for his congregation! part in the service the following morning. expanded to hold East Europeans, Jews, experiments. Then there were Swedish and for greatness and squalidity towards each The consecration service later took place on 29 November. children, and some men. They worked as Danish drivers who in the final days of War other. It may help us consider our current On 04 May, the sermon was delivered by Karin Lindmark, It was a remarkable and well- organised service which was slaves for Siemans industrial plants close got permission to save prisoners - in the blindnesses, to brutality and corruption in a Swedish minister who was on a return visit to London extremely well attended. Even the sun put in an appearance. by, or at hand-digging sand. Most who confusion the convoys were bombed by our own lives; and our passive part in current with her husband, Lars. It was very special for those fortunate enough to witness passed in died and their bodies were burnt. the Allies. All through there are stories of international scandals like poverty and its From 19 - 29 June, we welcomed a youth group from various such a historic ceremony. Its tale is charted here by the author, who sacrifice, courage, betrayal and selfishness causes. German congregations - as we have done a few times over The next morning, Bishop Volker Schultz, from the European after the Cold War interviewed survivors. intertwined. And after the camp's liberation, the years - who set up camp in the church halls. They spent Rosemary Power Continental Province, was on hand to deliver the sermon many of the prisoners were raped by the Hornsey some time with our young people and took part in our Some prisoners were high-profile: the British for Advent Sunday. During that service, Sr Joan Hubbard victorious solders. Sunday morning services while they were here. They also war hero Odette was held here. Christians had the honour of being the first to be received into willingly undertook some practical work and chores, which membership of our congregation by our new Bishop! know of the middle-aged Ten Boom sisters, Hannah Arendt, the German Jewish Ravenbrück Prayer was greatly appreciated. sent here for hiding Jews in the occupied philosopher, did not create the term 'the Claudette Anthony Netherlands, who ran secret Bible Studies banality of evil' until later, but it is found Remember, Lord, not only the men and On 09 August there was the Sunday school outing to in their barracks. Betsie, brutally treated by in the stories, chronicled where they are women of goodwill but also those of Bournemouth. some guards was yet spotted by others as known, of the guards. We see photos of ill will. But do not only remember all a woman who transcended all normal them rowing on the lakes, hear of them the suffering they have inflicted on us, human limits. Corrie was released by error sending Christmas cards to parents, Reception remember the fruits we bought, thanks and went on to work for reconciliation. A apparently unaware of their crimes. Congregational Register Hornsey 03 August Komee Knight secular saint (though one who believed in to this suffering, our comradeship, our There is nowhere mentioned the powerful Hornsey 30 November Joan Hubbard God), was the Odessa teacher Yevgenia loyalty, our humility, the courage, the 'Ravenbrück Prayer' (right), which was Lazarevna Klemm who held together the generosity, the greatness of heart which composed later, perhaps derived in part Baptisms Death Soviet Prisoners of War (many of them from prayers that Polish prisoners were has grown out of all this. And when medics). She survived but in the Stalinist Hornsey 24 August Nivay Alison Alexandra Skepple known to compose. To many it will sum up they come to judgement let all the Ballinderry 11 July Mabel Lynn era, was dismissed from teaching and the courage and charity of human beings fruits that we have borne be their Ballinderry 14 December Bobby Mark Wilson Harold Road 28 October Princess Louise Clarke. hanged herself. at their best, among the worst forgiveness. Gracehill 15 February Frankie Davenport Hornsey 27 DecemberVicky Phillips Another mutually supportive group were circumstances.

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