Goring Parish News
OCTOBER 2015 Issue number 41 The Parish of St Mary and St Laurence, Goring-by-Sea. Registered Charity 1131418 Website – www.goringbyseacofe.org.uk
‘We want to go with you since we have learned that God is with you’ Zechariah 8: 23 Bible Sunday
25th October
Get it … Live it … Share it
This edition includes: 2 Editorial 17 & 18 An interview with V. Rev Christopher Campling 3 Father George writes 18 Sonnets of Faith - Worship 4 From the Diocese 19 News from the Social Activities Committee 5 Diary and Lectionary for October 20 Christian Aid 6 From the Choir Stalls 21 Izulu Orphan Projects - Coffee Morning Report 7 International Nepal Fellowship 22 St Mary’s Social Circle 8 & 9 Nature Watch 22 Mission Focus - Worthing Churches Homeless 9 Singing for Fun 23 St. Laurence’s Patronal Festival 10 & 11 The Christian Journey - Confirmation 23 Music Group Notes 11 Thanksgiving Services 24 A Year in the Life of 4th Goring Guides - Part 1 12 Churchwardens’ Challenge 25 Fr. Simon's Secondment to St Richard’s 12 For your support - Dementia Friends 25 Christian Breadcrumbs 1: The Bible 13 Children’s Society Coffee Morning 26 Baptisms and Marriages 13 CMS Link - Situation in Ecuador 26 Eleanor Hargadon - thank you 14 Christians Together in Goring 27 An Italian Excursion - Bay of Naples & Sorrento 15 & 16 The Story of Goring and Highdown 27 And Finally…Bill Tree 16 Worthing Theological Society 28 Parish Contacts
1 Parish Office opening hours The Parish Office is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - 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, it may be handed to the Churchwardens or Treasurer after services on a Sunday. See the back page for Parish contact information.
Editorial....
Your Editorial Team of Malcolm Chilton, Roland Silcox, Robert Eden, Janet Annis, Stephen Edwards and Graeme Richardson have enjoyed our summer break. We hope you did too, despite the somewhat variable weather! We couldn’t wait to get back to compiling GPN again, as we head into Autumn. In the meantime, we have been inundated with articles for GPN, no doubt penned by our various correspondents as they lay sunning themselves by the poolside! This is a pleasant, healthy position to be in. However, we have had to make some difficult editorial decisions, as to what should, or should not, be included. We apologise to anyone whose contribution to this month's GPN has had to be held over to a later edition. We are really grateful to the many contributors who make our job such a joy. We welcome your comments, suggestions and articles. Photographs are especially welcome but please bear in mind that GPN is printed in Greyscale. If anyone does not wish for his/her, or his/ her child’s, photo 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. Articles may be sent electronically, to [email protected] (preferred); hand-written or typed articles should be sent to the Parish Office. We aim to publish our November edition on or before 25th October. Press date for the November edition is Tuesday, October 6th. Articles received after that date will only be included if time and space permit. If you would like to receive the e-mail version of Goring Parish News, please send your e-mail address to [email protected]. For security reasons, please state your connection with the Parish or provide a postal address or phone number. To be sure it arrives in your inbox each month, please add [email protected] to your contacts list. GPN, including back issues and supplementary articles, can also be found on the Parish website: www.goringbyseacofe.org.uk. Items for the weekly Pew Sheet should be sent to reach the Parish Office by 10:00am on Thursdays. E-mail to: [email protected] Please do not send them to Goring Parish News.
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Father George writes: A few weeks ago I preached a sermon based on the Gospel reading from St Mark Chapter 7. Jesus says that it is what comes out of us that leads to wrong doing. Our thoughts and mind-set lead to our words and actions. I suggested that we make a review each day, not looking at others but holding ourselves before Jesus, or reading a passage from the Bible, such as 1 Corinthians ch.13; Matthew Chapter ch.5. vv.1-11, and others. It’s not a new idea. If we take coming to church seriously and we begin with confession, then we should have thought about the things that have separated us from God and neighbour before we arrive.
Joan Chittister, an American Benedictine nun wrote this:
The past is the one proof we have that the present is possible.
Give thanks for the past: it has made you the person you are today. If we review the past days we can bring them before God in sadness for our failure, thankfulness for His blessings and helping us when we have got something right. Just as we only know God with hindsight, we know ourselves by looking back and seeing the hand of God bringing us to the person we are today.
Learn how to lean out of yourself and gaze back at who you are.
James Cowan, Journey to the Inner Mountain
The followers of St Ignatius make a review of the day, an Examen, to help them understand God’s hand at work in their lives, their co-operation with God and their mistakes. There is a formal way of doing it but I found a simple way that has been helpful to me and I shared it with you, and do so now at the request of some of the congregation. It is a series of five headings and a short prayer. The prayer opens our minds to do as it says; to give thanks, to enlighten, to reflect, and so on. Take time with each heading and begin to learn how to lean out of yourself:
God, thank you
I thank you, God, for always being with me, but especially I am grateful that you are with me right now.
God, send your Holy Spirit upon me
God, let your Holy Spirit enlighten my mind and warm my heart that I may know where and how we have been together this day.
God, let me look at my day
God, where have I felt your presence, seen your face, heard your Word this day? God, where have I ignored you, run from you, perhaps even rejected you this day?
God, let me be grateful and ask forgiveness
God, I thank you for the times this day we have been together and worked together. God, I am sorry for the ways that I have offended you by what I have done or what I did not do.
God, stay close
God, I ask that you draw me even closer to you this day and tomorrow. God, you are the God of my life – thank you.
God bless,
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Chichester Diocese News…..
Remembering Refugees
As the flow of refugees continues and the media focus relentlessly on the issues facing the European Union and the United Kingdom, your prayers are asked for all those who are on the road to find a new life in safety.
We also continue to remember all those who have perished.
Earlier this month, Bishop Martin told the diocesan website that his heart went out to the families and individuals who were caught up in what he described as "an impossible situation" and urged all his parishes to pray for and do whatever they can to support the efforts of those working to offer relief and shelter.
In a statement on the refugee crisis facing Europe and the Middle East, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby, said:
“This is a hugely complex and wicked crisis that underlines our human frailty and the fragility of our political systems. My heart is broken by the images and stories of men, women and children who have risked their lives to escape conflict, violence and persecution.
“There are no easy answers and my prayers are with those who find themselves fleeing persecution, as well as those who are struggling under immense pressure to develop an effective and equitable response. Now, perhaps more than ever in post-war Europe, we need to commit to joint action across Europe, acknowledging our common responsibility and our common humanity.
“As Christians we believe we are called to break down barriers, to welcome the stranger and love them as ourselves (Leviticus 19:34), and to seek the peace and justice of our God, in our world, today.
“With winter fast approaching and with the tragic civil war in Syria spiralling further out of control, we must all be aware that the situation could yet worsen significantly.
"I am encouraged by the positive role that churches, charities and international agencies are already playing, across Europe and in Syria and the surrounding areas, to meet basic humanitarian needs. These efforts may feel trivial in the face of the challenge, but if we all play our part this is a crisis that we can resolve…..”
You can read more of Archbishop Welby’s statement at http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/ articles.php/5606/archbishop-of-canterbury-on-the-migrant-crisis
Here is a prayer which you might want to use. Heavenly Father, you are the source of all goodness, generosity and love. We thank you for opening the hearts of many, to those who are fleeing for their lives. Help us now to open our arms in welcome, and reach out our hands in support. That the desperate may find new hope, and lives torn apart be restored. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, Our Lord, who fled persecution at His birth and at His last, triumphed over death. Amen Bishop Martin
4 Diary for October:
Thur 1st Holy Communion – St Mary’s 10:00 Sat 17th Parish Prayers – St Mary’s 09:00 Coffee Time – St Mary’s 10:45 till 11:45 Sat 3rd Parish Prayers – St Mary’s 09:00 Sun 18th Luke the Evangelist Holy Communion – St Mary’s 08:00 Sun 4th 18th Sunday after Trinity Sung Eucharist Holy Communion – St Mary’s 08:00 St Mary’s 09:30 Family Eucharist – St Mary’s 10:00 St Laurence’s 11.30 Evensong – St Mary’s 18:00 Evensong – St Mary’s 18:00
Wed 7th Celtic Communion – St Mary’s 18:30 Wed 21st Celtic Communion – St Mary’s 18:30 Singing for Fun – St Mary’s Hall 19:30 Thur 22nd Holy Communion – St Mary’s 10:00 Thur 8th Holy Communion – St Mary’s 10:00 Coffee Time – St Mary’s 10:45 till 11:45 Coffee Time – St Mary’s 10:45 till 11:45 Sat 24th Parish Prayers – St Mary’s 09:00 Sat 10th Parish Prayers – St Mary’s 09:00 Sun 25th Last Sunday after Trinity Holy Communion – St Mary’s 08:00 Sun 11th 19th Sunday after Trinity Sung Eucharist Holy Communion – St Mary’s 08:00 St Mary’s 09:30 Sung Eucharist St Laurence’s 11.30 St Mary’s 09:30 Evensong – St Mary’s 18:00 St Laurence’s 11.30 Evensong – St Mary’s 18:00 Wed 28th Celtic Communion – St Mary’s 18:30 Singing for Fun – Emmanuel URC 19:30 Wed 14th Celtic Communion – St Mary’s 18:30 Thur 29th Holy Communion – St Mary’s 10:00 Thur 15th Holy Communion – St Mary’s 10:00 Coffee Time – St Mary’s 10:45 till 11:45 Coffee Time – St Mary’s 10:45 till 11:45 Sat 31st Parish Prayers – St Mary’s 09:00
Lectionary Readings: October
Date Sung Eucharist Evensong
4 October G Genesis 2: 18-24 Psalm 125
The Eighteenth Sunday Hebrew 1: 1-4, 2: 5-12 Joshua 3: 7-end after Trinity Mark 10: 2-16 Matthew 10: 1-22
11 October G Amos 5: 6-7, 10-15 Psalm 127
The Nineteenth Sunday Hebrews 4: 12-end Joshua 5: 13 – 6: 20 after Trinity Mark 10: 17-31 Matthew 11: 20 - end
18 October R Isiah 35: 3-6 Psalm 103
St Luke the Evangelist 2 Timothy 4: 5-17 Isaiah 61: 1-6 Luke 10: 1-9 Colossians 4: 7-end
25 October G Isiah 55: 1-11 Psalm 119: 1-6
The Last Sunday after 2 Timothy 3: 14 – 4:5 2 Kings Ch. 22 Trinity John 5: 36b - end Colossians 3: 12-17 Bible Sunday
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From the Choir Stalls…...
Over the last few months, there have been a few changes to the organisation of the choir. Alex Bristow has been appointed Choirmaster, ably assisted by Angela Campling.
Our brilliant organist, Richard Elwood, will continue to select hymns and psalms and to play the organ at most services. Choir practices take place most Fridays at 7:00pm and last for one hour.
Even in the August holiday season the choir members managed to maintain a presence at choral services and sang at two weddings.
In mid-August, choir member Margaret Mole, in collaboration with Richard, organized a social meal at the Henty Arms in Ferring, which was greatly enjoyed by everyone. (See photos.)
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It is with sadness that I have to report that in late August, after a long illness, Bernard Hayward died. Bernard, aged 80, was a member of St Mary’s choir and also Arundel Cathedral choir. He loved being part of our choir and we enjoyed his company at choir practices and Evensong. We have many fond memories of him to treasure. May he rest in peace. Robert Eden
A Note for Your Diaries.
Sunday 18th Oct 3pm
An afternoon of well-known music at St Mary’s Church
Featuring St Mary's Choir, Angela Rabone on trumpet and Richard Elwood on organ.
Admission free, retiring collection.
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AUGUST 2015
Dear Praying Friends,
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” Isaiah 30:21
I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your prayers for the people of Nepal, recovering from the devastation of the earthquakes. There is still a great need for prayer, for example for children whose education has been interrupted because schools have been destroyed. Find out in Prayer Notes what we are doing for some of these children. But INF’s regular work continues so you can also read about the impact of a self-help group in Surkhet. It is not always easy to discern God’s will for the future. What do you do when you don’t know what to do? We sometimes forget that God is actually more concerned with our character than our location. The prophet Micah put it this way: ‘And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God,’ [Micah 6:8]. As we keep walking with Him, doing what we do know how to do, even in the challenging times, we can be confident that God’s Holy Spirit will speak into our hearts and lives, gently directing us so that we do not stray from His path. The nation of Nepal is on the cusp of change with the development of the new constitution. The latest draft, which would see Nepal remaining a secular state, has been offered to the people for their comments. Amendments are still possible and there are politicians who are pushing for Nepal to be a Hindu nation again. Please pray that the final version of the constitution recognises freedom of religion. There is also change happening throughout INF, and INF/UK is no different. John Reynolds is taking a Sabbatical from July to October. Please pray for John as he takes this special time to reflect, and that he will return to his role as CEO with fresh perspective and insight, ready to lead INF/UK into the future. Please pray too for Iris Keenan, Fundraising Director, as she stands in for John during this time. Many INF staff have had to take on new responsibilities since the earthquake. Please pray for wisdom for the leaders who are responsible for planning how INF responds to changing needs. Pray too for the technical experts putting the response plans into action. A number of INF/UK missionaries are also facing changes. Many have been in the UK over the summer and have either returned or are preparing to return to Nepal. Please pray for James and Sandra Chinnery and their four children, going back to Kathmandu and ground which still quakes from time to time. Pray especially for Tom as he begins his secondary education. Please, also, pray for the prompt processing of INF’s visas so that staff can arrive in, and leave, Nepal as they need to. With Love,
Read more about the work of INF at: www.inf.org
You can read the full Prayer Notes for August at: http://tinyurl.com/gpn-inf-201508 Lynda Scotson - Christian Resources
The mission giving committee, a group which meets once a year under the leadership of Ruth Jepson, is looking for someone to join the committee as a replacement for Allan Plumpton. If you are interested, please could you contact either Ruth Jepson or Alison Evans (Parish secretary) via the office (email: [email protected]).
7 Nature Watch – October 2015
The wet weather in August was disappointing for the butterflies which I normally expect to see in the garden. Although there were the usual visitors they were severely affected by the lack of sunshine. Gatekeepers were in good numbers, I’m pleased to say.
Once again a Speckled Wood was spotted. These usually like rides and glades near to, or in, woodland. Perhaps this one strayed from the nearby Ilex.
The Buddleia does attract the butterflies which despite the plant quickly taking over the place has great attraction. This Comma, with its ragged wings, is a very pretty sight.
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Dragonfly numbers were similarly affected by lack of sun. Although I did have both male and female Emperors, the female laying eggs on the pond. Common darters and Common Blue Damselflies were regulars, once the sun broke through.
Our summer visitors are steadily making their way to warmer climes now that autumn is setting in. At times I think we would like to join them!!
David Burt [email protected]
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Singing for Fun
The Singing for Fun group is led by 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’ at various venues.
The group recently sang at St. Symphorian’s Church, Durrington at the wedding of Jamie Frampton and Laura Bloxham. We included two pieces by John Rutter; “For the Beauty of the Earth” and “The Lord Bless You and Keep You”.
On the 28th October we shall be singing a selection of popular songs to members of the Worthing Women's Institute at Emmanuel URC, St. Michael’s Road, Worthing, to help them celebrate their Centenary.
The Singing for Fun group meets at St Mary’s Church Hall on various Wednesdays throughout the year, at 7:20pm for 7:30pm. See below for dates.
Forthcoming Singing Dates
In St Mary’s Church Hall at 7:30pm unless otherwise stated.
30th September * 7th October * 28th October WI meeting at Emmanuel URC, St. Michael’s Road @ 7:30pm
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Worthing Deanery Confirmation Service
July saw the Bishop of Horsham, the Right Reverend Mark Sowerby, presiding over the Worthing Deanery Confirmation service, hosted at Christ Church. There were eighteen candidates for confirmation of whom four were from St. Mary’s, so as a church we can be proud of our turnout.
Father Simon has been holding confirmation classes every week since April to prepare the candidates for this important step, and both he and Father George were at the service to witness (and participate in) the performance of the sacrament.
Confirmation means something personal and unique to each and every individual so St. Uriel, the patron saint of I asked the newly confirmed for a few sentences describing their thoughts and Confirmation feelings…
It's a very personal journey. Father Simon's style made classes relaxed and informative, linking to today's world. He put things into plain English and simplified many key messages. I feel lucky to have met with such a lovely group of people.
Becky Pickett
I enjoyed our Monday nights and the experience of going on a journey all together. I was with a great bunch of people and to know we were doing this together was really great. The service at Christ Church was really good and so nice to be able to enjoy the night with friends I had made over the last few weeks. I feel being confirmed has helped me feel I belong more to the church and let more people know my faith.
I must also thank everyone for making me feel most welcome and that I belong. If I can help others decide to take this journey, I feel I have made a difference.
Sally Hunt
I spent two weeks in hospital suffering from Status Epilepticus and was only discharged a few days before the confirmation, but I was determined to get confirmed. I had to re-learn how to sit-up and walk but with the help of God I managed and I’m proud to have been confirmed. I feel that the whole experience has brought me closer to the church and Jesus.
Teresa Richardson
The confirmation classes helped me to understand more fully my faith in a friendly, interactive environment. The journey was rewarding and enjoyable and I’m pleased that I was able to share it with the people that I did. The confirmation service was memorable in many ways, not least of which was meeting the Bishop. I now feel more a part of the church and more able to appreciate my faith.
Kate Turner
10 I’m sure that the candidates would like to join me in thanking all of those from St. Mary’s who attended the service and supported them along the journey. If you are considering confirmation and would like to know more please talk to Father George or one of the wardens. Adam Miles
Father Simon and Bishop Mark with the St. Mary’s Confirmed.
(Left to right) Becky Pickett, Sally Hunt, Father Simon, Kate Turner, Teresa Richardson, the Rt. Revd. Mark Sowerby.
We pray for those who have been confirmed and pledge our support to them all as they continue on their Christian journey.
THANKSGIVING SERVICES – SUNDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2015
TO REVIEW, REASSESS AND RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR PARISH
On Sunday 15 November 2015 we shall be giving thanks to the Lord for His Provision to us and for His Steadfast Love to us all. We shall also be giving thanks for the working group who set up the Parish Giving Scheme for our Parish last year, and for their dedication and hard work, and to all who have contributed so generously in the first year of operation. We shall be reviewing how the Parish Giving Scheme has impacted on the day-to-day finances of the Parish. We shall be given the opportunity to reassess our level of giving to the Scheme, perhaps in the light of changes in our individual circumstances. We shall be given the opportunity to renew our commitment to our planned giving in the Scheme and perhaps to offer ourselves, in other opportunities, for giving in the life of the Parish. In addition, those members of the congregation who have joined us since June 2014 are invited to join the Scheme. Finally, further details will be sent to all existing members and prospective members of the scheme in the autumn. In the meantime, should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. John Stovell, Parish Giving Officer (Tel: 01903 535289)
11 Churchwardens’ Challenge
As Churchwardens, we do try to circulate and meet as many of the congregation as possible before, and after the services but it is often difficult to speak to everyone. However, we did think that writing a regular article for the Goring Parish News might be a way of reaching more parishioners about issues that concern us. Our theme for the next few magazines will be “Seeking Help”. There are so many jobs to do within the church that only take a small commitment of time but spreading the load would help to alleviate stress on those people who do so much already, as well as ensuring that the parish runs smoothly. After all, many hands make light work. We cannot leave everything to Father George. It is OUR church! It was very appropriate that the reading a few Sundays ago, was taken from the Letter of James, who challenges us all to do our bit! In fact, he says, quite clearly, that actions are as important as faith. “For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead” James 2:26
Over the next few months, we shall examine some of the ways that you can “do” things to help the churches of Goring run smoothly for this generation, as well as the future generations. Some jobs require, perhaps, just a couple of hours per month. Others, however, such as this month’s cry for help, will take a little more than that! The Parochial Church Council This is a dedicated group of parishioners who give a great deal of their time for the good of the whole parish. Currently, we have several vacancies and consequently, we are very busy keeping on top of the many tasks which need our attention. There is a note on the PCC noticeboard which outlines the roles and responsibilities of the PCC. If you wish to know more about PCC membership, please talk to one of the existing members. We have the gallery in the church entrance, just in case you do not know what we look like! Alternatively, ask one of the Churchwardens for more details about how you can help and complete a Skills and Experience form, so that we understand where your skills can be used in St. Mary’s and St. Laurence’s. Thank you. Barbara and Ian
SATURDAY 24th OCTOBER 2015 - 10:00am - 12 Noon ST LAURENCE’S CHURCH HALL, SEA PLACE, GORING BY SEA
We are delighted to welcome Jill Lancaster to the Parish on 24th October. Jill will be running an informal, interactive session as part of the international Dementia Friends campaign. Sadly, dementia is likely to touch all our lives at some point. By becoming a Dementia Friend you won’t have to promise to do anything but shall, hopefully, have a much better understanding of dementia and how it affects people you may come across, be it a neighbour, friend or family member.
To book your place on this interesting and informative session please contact: Ruth Jepson on 01903 - 507469, email [email protected] or give your details to the parish office and they will be passed on.
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St Mary’s Church Hall
10:00am to 12:00 noon
The Children’s Society Box Opening
& Coffee Morning
with Goring First School Choir
Join us for Coffee, Handmade Cards
Face Painting Lucky Dip Icing Biscuits Raffle
CMS Link - Church Mission Society
Sharon Wilcox has sent us an email with concerns about the problems facing Ecuador. It is dependant on oil, so the drop in oil prices has reduced the government's income and will cause major budget problems for the government. Unrest is already occurring. The Cotopaxi volcano is showing signs of activity: a major eruption could melt glaciers surrounding it with devastating flooding. The El Nino event with heavier rains has already damaged half the cocoa trees used for high quality chocolate. There may also be major falls in the shrimp and banana exports. The increased risk of flooding, particularly on the coast, means human lives could be at risk. Recent capital projects have been achieved with support from China. Sharon Wilcox Please pray for protection for the poor whose lives and CMS mission partner housing may be at risk; for wisdom for those in authority; for the farmers to get as much income as they can, Ecuador despite poor harvests. Pray for wisdom for charities who Sharon Wilcox is a CMS mission partner support long-term projects in the country; to be alert for working and living in Ecuador. She is signs of emergency needs, as this area is not covered well working with children and adults with in our news. severe learning and physical disabilities, in a culture where disability still carries Please hold Sharon in your Prayers Alison Evans a high level of stigma.
13 Christians Together in Goring Summer Walk . . .
Earlier this Summer, a group of eight parishioners, from various churches, enjoyed a prayer walk around the schools in Goring, visiting and praying for every Nursery, Pre-school, First, Middle and High school.
Together we prayed for the teachers and all involved in the education of our youngsters, especially as they each approach their new school year; that they may use the gifts they have been given to make their schools happy, peaceful and caring places.
We also stopped to pray for the staff and customers of two pubs, the Bull’s Head and the Mulberry. (We didn’t stop for a pint!!)
After our walk we enjoyed sandwiches, cake and a cup of tea at St Mary’s Church.
Photos by Graeme Richardson
I loved this prayer outside the Chatsmore Catholic High School in Goring Street:
God be in our heads and in our understanding, God be in our eyes and in our looking, God be in our mouths and in our speaking, God be in our hearts and in our caring, God be with our friends and families, God be with us now and always.
AMEN. Sylvia Jarrett
CTG event - Saints and Sinners October 17th at The Barn, Goring Way @ 3pm Afternoon tea @ 7pm Fish and Chips supper (or Chicken) Followed by a quiz Many stalls in the afternoon Cake stall run by St Mary’s Tickets from Sylvia Jarrett 01903 529743 All profits to the homeless.
14 The Story of Goring and Highdown
Part 3 – The Roman Occupation
The Roman Invasion of Britain began in earnest in AD 43, and it was not long before the small resistance in the south-east was smashed. When the ‘pax romana’, which reached across the known world, arrived in West Sussex, there was no attempt at fortifications against the threat, probably because trade had been going on for a long time with Gaul and even more distant Roman territories. With Roman peace came law and order, roads, impressive buildings and a unified administration. The Romans also brought slavery and, for just a few, a luxurious way of life which was not equalled for another thousand years.
Widespread evidence of Roman occupation has been found in Goring and Worthing. Even the luxury trade was catered for in a villa and bath-house situated on the western flank of Highdown. The various locations where artefacts have been found suggest that a Roman road or coastal footpath came right through the centre of Goring.
If you take out a local map and plot the following points the evidence is impressive: A roadside burial at Lancing; a villa of some importance in the centre of Worthing, a bust depicting a boy’s head found nearby; a hoard of coins in Mill Road; a milestone discovered in Grand Avenue just south of the crossroads with Mill Road. (This was marked, “DIVI CONSTANTI PII AUG. FILIO”, indicating Constantine the Great, AD 308-337, who made Christianity the official religion of the Empire). Continuing the line, sherds of Roman pottery were found by Goring library, more in Compton Avenue and near Bury Drive Methodist Church.
Add to these the sites of the later churches in Ferring, Goring and Heene, and everything points to the ancient path beside which Goring Parish Church was first built centuries later. From the church the old path runs (approximately) through the Bury footpath, Bury Drive, Fernhurst Drive and on through the twittens parallel to Midhurst Drive into Ferring. The likely explanation is that the path was there before even the Romans arrived, the route following the first patch of firm ground next to the marshes by the sea. In fact it runs along the line of the inter-glacial 7.5 metre shingle beach.
In late Roman times, someone left three pots containing 432 coins in Goring. They were discovered in 1907 on ground which is now the Woods Way Industrial Estate. All but three of the coins were fakes, imitation Romano-British currency, known as ‘barbarous radiates’. They were in circulation around AD 280. A similar hoard of coins was found at Heene and it is not beyond possibility that a clandestine mint operated nearby. What a discovery if evidence were to be found of its existence in someone’s back garden!
The Highdown Bath-House
Excavations at the bath-house on Highdown were made in 1937. It lies on the west flank of the hill towards the lovely old manor house of Ecclesden, close to the disused chalk pits. Discovery of the site was due to the work of moles burrowing under the turf and throwing up fragments of red tile. They were seen by an Oxford undergraduate, Mr W H C Frend, on a holiday walk. The resulting dig revealed an extensive bath-house which was probably part of a small villa.
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The foundations of the flint-built walls were over two feet thick, and the rooms for both hot and cold baths preserved in remarkably good condition. A lead outlet pipe to the sump was still in position and in it were jammed two delicate bronze toilet spoons. One can imagine the annoyance of some well-to-do Romano-British lady at losing these down the drain during her ablutions.
2.2 The Roman Bath-House excavation, 1937
Amongst the other finds was a beautifully made miniature manicure tool with a crescent-shaped nail -cleaner, and in the furnace hole among the ashes lay an iron plumber’s ladle. This may indicate a sudden departure when the site was abandoned in the late 3rd century.
Janet Annis and Allan Plumpton
Extracted from ‘The Story of Goring and Highdown’, by kind permission of Rev Frank Fox-Wilson.
Father Frank Fox-Wilson kindly donated the profit from the sale of his 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
Worthing Theological Society Meets normally on the last Monday of September, October, November, January February and March at West Worthing Baptist Church, South Street, Tarring, Worthing at 7:45pm. Open to all. For further information contact Secretary Roger Saville: 01903 219254 Sept 28th ‘Lest we Forget - Memorialising the First World War’ by Paul Devonshire Oct 26th ‘Is the Internet Changing the Way we Read the Bible?’ by David Parker
16 An interview with …
The Very Rev Christopher Campling
Having turned 90 years of age, one might be forgiven for taking things a little more easily. Nothing of the sort for our very own Christopher Campling who has embarked on writing a series of articles about Christianity for Goring Parish News (see ‘Christian Breadcrumbs’ elsewhere in this issue). Many of us have had the pleasure of listening to him preach here in Goring over the past twenty years, without notes, I might add. I caught up with Christopher in August to create a background for the articles: I was captivated by his enthusiasm, his wit and, above all, his deeply held Christian faith. I hope I can do justice to his eloquence here.
Christopher Russell Campling was born into a committed Christian family on 4th July 1925. His father, towering at 6ft 6, was a priest and head of the theological college in Australia. He had gained a 1st class degree in Natural Science from Trinity College, Cambridge and later a degree in Theology, a 2nd, much to his annoyance! He read the Bible daily in Hebrew and Greek. Christopher was educated at Lancing College and grew up with the idea of becoming a priest.
The 2nd World War intervened and Christopher joined the Royal Navy, serving in a destroyer in the Mediterranean Sea. Looking back, he sums up his thoughts in three areas: as he regularly said prayers over the side of the ship in quieter moments, he was filled with a sense of the immensity of God; he found God, too, in the roughness of his experiences at sea, such as being on watch; and the idea of the ‘Go-between God’ – between you and me - gave him inspiration in his relationship with the other sailors. Having gained a commission, he went on to serve in the Far East where he was part of the team on HMS Nelson which prepared the signing of the Japanese surrender in Singapore.
After the war his thoughts turned back to ordination, with the focus “God in the present tense”. He taught for a year before completing a degree in theology at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was ordained in 1952 and began his career with a curacy in Basingstoke, where he married Juliet, his beloved wife. He later became a Minor Canon at Ely Cathedral and Chaplain of King’s School, Ely. He was then appointed Chaplain of his old school, Lancing College. He became Vicar, then Rural Dean of Pershore, Worcestershire, later being appointed Canon at Worcester Cathedral.
His next appointment was as Archdeacon of Dudley in 1975 – a post he held jointly with his role as Director of Education for the Anglican Diocese of Worcester and priest-in-charge of St Augustine’s Church Dodderhill, Droitwich. He was invited to become Dean of Ripon Cathedral, holding the post for 11 years. As senior priest in the diocese he thought it imperative to get on with the Bishop! He saw the cathedral as very much part of the community; he strove to make the music as ‘good’ as possible for all the people and he worked hard to develop outreach into the community. He was also Chairman of the Board of Education. He forged close links with the Chapter, believing in priests living together as a community. His aim was to make the Cathedral like Jacob’s Ladder – a link between God and His people. He fondly remembers preparing the Mayor of Ripon for confirmation, and subsequently officiating at his wedding. He also remembers the strong military connections. As President of the Naval Association he took great pride in marching with the Naval Section after preaching on Remembrance Day. 17 Christopher was one of five Chairmen of Councils on the General Synod; he was a strong advocate of union with the Methodist movement and very supportive of the ordination of women.
Following his retirement to Worthing, he wrote and his memoir, , which is still available from Amazon (I checked!). He was joined by his wife Juliet on a six-month preaching tour of the USA under the auspices of the World Council of Churches. He found the congregations/audiences really attentive and was asked many follow-up questions. He saw the American churches as very community-centred, supporting each other but he felt that they could be more proactive in the wider community.
When asked if he ever had doubts about his faith, the reply was immediate: ‘Oh yes, all the time!’ He sees faith as responding to God – the deeper you go, the more you question. ‘It’s like blowing up a balloon: the bigger it is, the wider you doubt.’ From doubting, you either turn away or you move forward, and so strengthen your faith.
In addition to and , Christopher has written, amongst others, (4 volumes), , (2 volumes). He has also published a book entitled and has kindly given permission for GPN to reprint some of the sonnets from time to time.
Retired life allows Christopher and Juliet more time to enjoy their three children and eight grandchildren, but Christopher continues to work hard, writing and supporting local churches. I shall leave the final words to Christopher, from the introduction to his sonnets: ‘Throughout my professional life, my passion has been to share the Christian faith with other people; as an intelligent, affirming, all-embracing way of life.’
Malcolm Chilton
Sonnets of Faith Worship
Eight-o’clockers worship God quietly: No organ or hymns or sermon or friendly ‘Peace’. They sink to their knees while the priest recites the Liturgy. They make their communion. Talk and chatter cease. Aware of God, blessed, without encumbrance, They walk home in silence. At the ten o’clock People chat and sing and praise with noisy exuberance. Hands cleave the air; bodies rock. The vicar’s cheerful discourse is full of surprises. Parents and children process to offer oblations. The youth band plays a hymn; incense rises. ‘And you, Lord: are you present with both congregations?’ ‘Of course! But at ten they could do with some mystery and awe; And at eight they could learn to love each other more.’
Reproduced from by kind permission of The Very Rev. Christopher Campling
18 Worthing Churches Homeless Projects
Donate goods to the shops. They sell a range of items including furniture, bric-a-brac, clothing and reconditioned bicycles. If you have any good quality donations, these can be dropped directly to our shops. However, for any queries, or to arrange collection, please contact the Area Retail Manager 01903 286481.
News from the Social Activities Committee
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 support.
On September 26th at 7:00pm, we shall be enjoying our annual Harvest Supper. This is a chance to enjoy good company and good food. Always popular; have you bought your tickets?
On Saturday, 31st October, we are repeating, by popular demand, a Curry Night. Tickets will be on sale from 28th September. Numbers are limited so don’t leave it too late!
Have you signed up to help at the Carolathon yet?
Carolathon 2015 and Christmas Market
Saturday, 5th December and Sunday, 6th December 2015
This will involve a Christmas Market in the Church Hall and the (nearly) continuous singing of Carols/Christmas Songs in the church. Local choirs have been invited to participate. The weekend will finish on Sunday afternoon with a concert in church.
All funds raised by this event will be shared between the church and the local Family Welfare Support Group.
This is our main fund-raising event of the year and will take place over the weekend Saturday, 5th December and Sunday, 6th December. On the day we shall need stewards, people to run the raffle, volunteers to do refreshments and people to run the stalls but there is also lots to do beforehand.
See the SAC noticeboard for more details and speak to a committee member today!
If you can spare any time to be a Friend of the Social Activities Committee, helping at specific events, you would be welcomed with open arms! We are a pleasant bunch of people. The Committee Members are Pat Cross, Penelope Corp, Liz Hill, Jenny Lochen, Sylvia Jarrett, Sarah Stovell and Barbara Webber.
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Advent Hope Service This annual event will be held in Lancing College on Monday, 30th November. Tickets are free, so do let us know if you would like one. There will be a speaker from one of Christian Aid’s partners which does provide us all with the opportunity to hear, first hand, of the work that is being done. Meanwhile, I thought folk would like to read more of CA’s response to the Nepal disaster: Mark Rodger’s talk at Christian Aid meeting. 24th June 2015.
Mark Rodger is the new co-ordinator for Christian Aid activities in Sussex. He told us a little of his background; of Christian Aid’s response to the disastrous earthquake in Nepal, and about Christian Aid supporters lobby of MP’s in Westminster.
Mark became a Christian when he was 16, and became very aware of the biblical concern for loving and caring for one’s neighbour. Before joining Christian Aid he was a youth worker with the YMCA, and a volunteer with a Housing Association. He also attended a preaching course over two years. He is married with a young daughter and currently lives in Hastings.
The earthquake in Nepal affected about 8 million people. Christian Aid was able to respond rapidly by releasing £50.000 from its “non-restricted” revenue which had been collected during Christian Aid week. 97000 people were reached and Christian Aid was able to supply over one million water purification tablets, 19000 temporary shelters and 12000 emergency hygiene kits. Christian Aid was able to work in Nepal through its partner Action Aid, with strong personnel support from the Christian Aid base in Delhi.
Christian Aid also participated in the Disaster’s Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal. The money which is allocated to Christian Aid from this appeal can only be used for this crisis, and must be allocated within three years.
In its global concern about “Climate Change” and its effect on many of the poorest countries in the world, Christian Aid and about 9000 supporters were able to lobby 300 MP’s in Westminster on 17th June this year. This demonstration was to remind MP’s in the new Parliament of our overall concern about climate change, especially in preparation for a “Summit” meeting in Paris in December.
Di & David Burt (01903 248204) and Julie & Russell Marlow (01902 249685)
Worthing Churches Homeless Projects Strand Charity Shop Volunteers Needed. We are in urgent need of volunteers for mainly Tuesday afternoons, 1pm - 4.30pm and Friday afternoons, 1pm - 4.30pm at our Strand Parade Charity Shop in Durrington.
Please call Abi on 01903 227829 or email [email protected] for more information.
20 iZulu Orphan Projects– James 1:27 – to look after orphans and widows in their distress
In the last edition of Goring Parish News, I gave an introduction to the charity based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which my husband and I support. On Saturday, 5th September, we held a Coffee Morning at our home, attended by more than 60 people, including friends, neighbours, old friends from the churches we attended in Brighton before moving here last year, and new friends that we have met since our move.
There was a great atmosphere and those present enjoyed coffee and cake plus the opportunity to purchase homemade cakes, jams, cards etc. The rain held off and many said how much they enjoyed the event and learning about the work of the project.
We are so grateful to all those who came along and enabled a total of over £800 to be raised towards the work of this small Christian charity which endeavours to help and support well over 2,000 widows and orphans who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. Izulu Orphan Projects, IOP, is a non profit organisation. The work is focused on the most needy, many of whom lack food, adequate housing and clothing.
Kate Bain, and her late husband Chadd, founded this project in 2002. They support orphans living with HIV+ widows or elderly carers in villages near where Chadd grew up, in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
If you would like to know more please contact us, or visit the charity’s website: www.izuluorphanprojects.co.za Janet Annis
Coffee is served in Church (or the Hall) at A Traidcraft Stall is normally open at St Mary’s on the St Mary’s after the main Sunday service. second and third Sundays of each month.
********** In addition to the services shown on Page 5: Morning Prayer is said at St Mary’s Monday (except Parish Breakfast is normally served in the Hall on the Bank Holidays) to Thursday each week at 8:30am. 3rd Sunday of every month from 8:15am to 9:15am.
21 St Mary’s Social Circle News . . . October Meetings
Thursday 8th October at 7.45 pm. Our speaker will be Julie Denyer from Worthing Food Bank. Please, if you can, bring an item, which must be non-perishable, for the food bank. Thursday 22nd October at 7.45 pm. Vic Joy will be telling us all about Kestro Stroke Club and Strokes.
All ladies are welcome to these two meetings.
Members £1.00; Non-members £1.50 (including refreshments). New members are Date for your diary. Thursday 12th November is our Buffet Supper always welcome. which is open to all. Further details later.
Come on, Ladies, The cost is £8.00 a year Ladies who are not members can come give us a try! plus £1.00 per meeting to any meeting for £1.50. Men may (including refreshments) attend Open Meetings, only, for £1.50
Leader: Jenny Lochen - tel: 01903 249154
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MISSION FOCUS FOR OCTOBER
“Our vision for the Worthing area is a community where no local person needs to sleep out and everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential”
Founded in 1991 by four local Christians who took soup, blankets and sleeping bags to the seafront to local homeless people, today this Christian charity has grown to 56 staff members and over 200 volunteers and provides a range of services, which offer opportunities to regain independence. We at Worthing Churches Homeless Projects believe that all have the right to a home, regardless of the difficulties and issues they may face in their lives. We believe in showing those who need our help, that the wider community is there to support them and to offer hope for a better future. Today we support over 500 people each year, providing a range of services, including a Day Centre and four Accommodation Projects.
How you can help? Support the Murder Mystery Evening Saturday 24th October 2015 7pm for 7:30pm start Location: The Old Barn, Goring Way, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 4UH Tel: 01903 235208 Email: [email protected] Tickets £15 from the WCHP charity shops
22 St Laurence’s Patronal Festival
On Sunday, 9th August we celebrated St Laurence’s Patronal festival with a combined Parish Eucharist at St Laurence’s. It was lovely to see so many people and it was a joyful and lively service. The music was provided by St Laurence’s Music Group with Angela Magor on organ/ keyboard. This combination worked very well and the congregation sang heartily, including renditions of ‘For All the Saints’ and the St Laurence hymn which was written by Megan Hughes, a former key member of the congregation, and set to music by Brian Osborn who was Organist at St Laurence’s until earlier this year. We are delighted to have such a fitting on-going tribute to both Megan and Brian.
We were able to give thanks for the on-going recovery of members of the congregations of both churches who were able to be with us and also to congratulate Graeme and Teresa Richardson on their first wedding anniversary which they celebrated that day.
The church looked lovely, with the flowers arranged by Dot Heaney and Sylvia Saunders setting off its new coat of paint. The church has recently been painted by Russell Marlow Painting and Decorating, with both labour and materials being donated by Russell. We used the Patronal Festival to give Russell a token of our thanks which we hope he will enjoy. After the service coffee/tea and various cakes were served in the hall. Most people stayed to chat and eat cake, a wonderful opportunity for fellowship. Thank you to all who contributed cake, served and cleared up and for all who do so much at St Laurence’s. God Bless you all: you are all very much appreciated.
Ruth Jepson, Local Warden, St Laurence’s
—-♫♫♫—- Music Group Notes
Our parish is blessed with many talented musicians, ensuring that a wide spectrum of styles is available for worship and weddings. In recent months the works of Sting, the Carpenters and the Lighthouse Family have featured alongside those of modern worship leaders like Stuart Townend, Geraldine Latty, Keith Getty and Paul Oakley, as well as more traditional composers, including Johann Pachelbel. We are always willing to share our music and chat about it with members of the congregation; we welcome suggestions. If we can find the music we’ll try it!
We are always keen to recruit new members, so if you have a passion for music, do come and talk to us.
Malcolm Chilton 07986818966
23 A Year in the Life of 4th Goring Guides - Part 1
The year has been so busy we’ve hardly had time to draw breath. What with Spring training camps, Summer camp and our fundraising Posh Tea event, we have packed in so much again, this year. Here is a summary of the first half of our year to date. More will follow next month. Patrol work - The ‘Patrol Go For Its’ chosen for this term are: Games, Sports, Craft, Team games, Summer games and Food. Meetings - Camp training has once again commenced: all girls are now proficient in making bedding rolls and putting up woodpile shelters, toilet tents and Patrol tents to sleep in. Muddy hands at Patrol camp Patrol camps - All three Patrol overnight camps have taken place. The weather was absolutely ideal, sunny and warm for two of the camps and pleasantly mild for the third - quite a relief as it meant we had no tents to dry afterwards. Suppers were Mushroom Stroganoff, Tomato pasta tacos and Rice with hotdog recipe. We worked towards our Growing up wild: mud badge by taking part in two activities. One was an Earthworm survey which is being run by the Imperial College in London; several different types of worms were identified. The girls were surprised to find there are 12 different types of Earthworm including the Green Worm and Octagonal- Mud faces tailed Earthworm. The second activity was making mud faces on trees in the woods which turned out to be the highlight for many girls despite their initial hesitation at getting their hands muddy! Earthworm survey
Posh Tea - This was held in April at The Barn, next to the English Martyrs Church. A total of 64 people attended the event and we had 13 Guides waitressing. There was a selection of three types of sandwiches, three types of homemade cakes and scones, with strawberry jam (made by the Guides) and clotted cream. A whopping £705 was made, which included the funds from a raffle. Thank you so much to Lorraine Heaysman for organising the event and also to Debbie Hunt for her help, too. Thank you to all from St Laurence’s and St Mary’s for supporting us. Posh Tea Fundraiser - The Barn
Cookout - Held on the last Guide week before half-term, we tried lots of new recipes, including Curry (with homemade sauce), Tacos and Sweet and Sour. Puddings included drop scones, Mississippi mud pie and the adults tried Jamie Oliver's strawberries in caramel with Mascarpone dip, absolutely delicious but hazardous to teeth! This recipe resulted in one frying pan having to be thrown away and a plate that has become an interesting shape.
Check out our website: www.4gg.org.uk Cookout
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Fr. Simon Horton
Prayer of St. Richard Thanks be to you, our Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which you have given us, for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. Most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Amen. Fr Simon and his new church wardens
In the Summer Edition of GPN I explained how, following a request from Archdeacon Douglas, Fr Simon would be seconded to St Richard’s, Maybridge for a period of six months, thereby extending his ministry, working in a new community. He will continue to be at St Mary’s for the first Sunday in the month Family Eucharist which he has worked hard to build up. He will also do one or two other things in St Mary’s to keep the connection with our parish. When the secondment ends he will return to St Mary and St Laurence to continue his ministry. Please pray for him during this time. Both Fr Simon and I need the support of the communities we serve through the prayers of the faithful. God bless, Fr George
Christian Breadcrumbs 1: The Bible…
The bible is an extraordinary book – probably the most owned and most read and the most neglected in all the world. It is not one book but a library of books, put together by the Christian Church towards the end of the second century A.D.. The books selected span a period of over two thousand years; so they vary very much in contents and style. They include history, stories, myths, poetry, speeches, letters, and books of moral sayings and exhortation; all put together, not in the order in which they were written, but with one firm intention: that they relate to Jesus Christ.
Everything you read in the Bible points toward or draws inferences from the revelation of God through the human life of Jesus. The Old Testament is the story of the Jewish people in their developing understanding of God and their expectation of Christ. The Gospels are about the ministry and teaching, the death and resurrection of Christ. The rest of the New Testament is about the first Christians; the way they spread over the Mediterranean world as far as Rome, and the advice they were given in the ordering of their lives, individually and together.
All this makes the Bible wonderful but confusing; and the snippets we have read to us in our services are not easy to place and understand. For this reason introductions have been written to the readings in an attempt to put the pages into their context: as they point to Christ.
25 Baptisms and Marriages - July and August
Baptisms
26th July 2015 Charlie Thomas Mates
23rd August 2015 Daisy Jennifer Menday
Marriages
11th July 2015 Nigel Henman to Chanayd Rosann Moynan
18th July 2015 Mark Lawrence Taylor to Tina Jane Leversuch
8th August 2015 James Welsted to Emma Kimberley Hubbard
15th August 2015 Ian Robert Duncan to Sarah Elizabeth Steddon
Eleanor Hargadon - thank you
Earlier this year when Eleanor, very reluctantly, spoke to me about finding someone to take over looking after the hall bookings for St Laurence's she made me promise that when it happened there would be 'no fuss'. She did not want a presentation nor a public thank you. This was, of course, typical of Eleanor who just quietly got on with her tasks. Neither she nor I realised at that time that any opportunity for a public 'thank you' or show of our appreciation to her would be taken away by her admission to hospital and subsequent death.
I worked closely with Eleanor over the past few years but did not realise the extent of what she did until it was necessary to reassign those duties at very short notice. She handed over the records to me and said she would be on hand to deal with any queries I may have. Thankfully her records were very clear and there have been few queries. This is due entirely to her efficient and accurate booking and record system, combined with the excellent relationships she had built up with the hall users.
I told Eleanor at the time that I was very uncomfortable with her having no 'thank you' for all her hard work. I now want to place on record our heartfelt thanks for Eleanor's work over the years in support of St Laurence's and in particular for looking after the hall bookings. Many of the regular hall users have, also, expressed their thanks for the work she did and wish to pass on their condolences to Eleanor's children. All St Laurence's Hall users enjoyed popping in to see Eleanor to arrange and pay for the hall bookings. We shall all miss her.
Ruth Jepson - Local Warden - St. Laurence’s
26 An Italian Excursion - Bay of Naples, Capri & Sorrento
I am delighted to tell you that we have all been invited to join a trip organised by Pax Travel on behalf of my former parish in Brighton to Castellammarie di Stabia. A number from Goring Parish have already signed up and the price will hold firm until 30 October. We fly by BA Scheduled Service on Saturday, 9th April 2016 to Naples from where our coach takes us to our hotel for the next seven nights. This is located approximately three-quarters of the way from Naples to Sorrento, in Castellammare di Stabia. Accommodation, three-star, is in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities; single accommodation is available at a surcharge. There are daily excursions from the hotel to such places as Capri, Salerno, Sorrento, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestum and Amalfi etc. These are not obligatory and some might prefer a quiet day at some point. The price £839 includes afternoon flight from Gatwick, with an evening return flight, coach and guides with seven breakfasts and seven dinners. Hopefully you will be interested. Do have a further chat with Liz or me to clarify any points. For further details and a full brochure, go to: http://www.goringbyseacofe.org.uk/content/pages/ documents/1442080692.pdf Ian Hill
And finally …
Some snippets seen in other Parish Magazines
CARPENTER NEEDS JOINERS
DANGER: LIVE CHURCH
WANTED – WORKERS FOR GOD – PLENTY OF OVERTIME
Church advertising for a new rector: WAGES NOT HIGH, BUT RETIREMENT BENEFITS OUT OF THIS WORLD
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE RETURN IT OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN
Have you a long standing problem? – TRY KNEELING
SATURDAY CLUB – NO MEETING ON EASTER MONDAY
SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT PRAYER MAKES ONE WEAK
WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE ‘LADIES HAPPY HOUR’ ARE HEAVILY IN DEBT FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT ‘SPONSORED SILENCE’ !!
WE OFFER SOULING AND HEALING SERVICES – STEP INSIDE
THERE WILL BE A PROCESSION IN THE GROUNDS OF THE MONASTERY NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IF IT RAINS IN THE AFTERNOON THE PROCESSION WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE MORNING. Bill Tree
27 Parish Contacts Vicar The Revd. George Butler 01903 242525 Curate The Revd. Simon Horton 01903 529130 Reader Mr Keith Lelliott 01903 504384 Churchwardens Mr Ian Hill 01903 610021 Mrs Barbara Webber 01903 240613
The Vicarage and Parish Office 01903 242525 12 Compton Avenue, Goring-by-Sea Worthing BN12 4UJ e-mail: [email protected]
St Mary’s Hall lettings Mr Philip Webber 01903 246583 St Mary’s Bellringers Mr Graham Hills 01903 266980
St Laurence’s Church, (Sea Place, BN12 4BY) Local Wardens Mr Geoffrey Oliver 01903 240540 Mrs Ruth Jepson 01903 507469 St Laurence’s Hall lettings Mr Geoffrey Oliver 01903 240540
Other Church Officers: Safe-guarding representative (Child protection, etc) Mrs Kathy Bawcutt 01903 501666 PCC Treasurer Mr Keith Lelliott 01903 504384 Parish Giving Officer Mr John Stovell 01903 535289 Parish Secretary & PCC Secretary Miss Alison Evans 01903 503905
Church Music : St Mary's Organist Mr Richard Elwood 01903 242127 Choirmaster Mr Alex Bristow 01903 505554 Choir contact Mrs Rosemary Jones 01903 241061 Music Group leader Mr Malcolm Chilton 01903 506573 St Laurence's Music Group leader Mr Russell Marlow 01903 249685
Communications Group e-mail: [email protected] Chairman Mr Allan Plumpton Editorial Mr Roland Silcox 01903 243970 Mr Malcolm Chilton 01903 506573 Mrs Penelope Corp 01903 209448 Website Mr Stephen Edwards 01903 709340
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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