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NEWSLETTER Parish of St George Hanover Square NEWSLETTER Parish of St George Hanover Square St George’s Church Grosvenor Chapel July — October 2015: issue 31 Inside this issue The Rector writes 2 Services at St Georges 3 Fr Richard Fermer writes 6 Services at Grosvenor Chapel 7 CTiW Prisons Mission 8 Christopher Morris 9 Denys Darlow 11 Complete Bach organ works 12 Elizabeth Crichton 13 Hyde Park Place Estate Charity 15 and during this time we have seen a marked change in the profile of those availing themselves of our charitable assistance. In recent months that profile has been transformed still further. About half of those we help feed are from one particular Europe- an Union country and their signifi- n recent months, St George’s has aspect of the life of the Church of cantly increased numbers are the lost three notable servants, England. When The Church speaks reason we can only offer this service three remarkable but very differ- does it do so in our name? His com- for three days a week in spite of in- ent people who played key roles ments stem partly from the revision I creased funding. But is such an exer- in the life of Mayfair’s parish church of St George’s Mission Action Plan cise of Christian charity contributing during the second half of the 20th currently being considered by the to the growing problem of indigence century. Christopher Morris was Or- Parochial Church Council. Of partic- on the streets of London? Some think ganist and choirmaster between 1947 ular concern at present is what hap- it is. Does this matter? and 1972. He was succeeded by Den- pens in and in the name of St ys Darlow who presided over music George’s during ‘the working week’ One aspect of the Mission Action Plan at St George’s until 2000. Elizabeth when more people come through on which we are all agreed is the Crichton was Vestry Clerk between our doors for one reason or other need to publicise what we do more 1984 and 1996. Tributes to all three than do so on a Sunday morning. effectively. To this end St George’s appear in this edition of the Parish now boasts a Twitter page Newsletter In previous editions we have talked @mayfairparish. A Facebook page about the homeless who come to us will follow once we have closed down On an earlier page, the Rector lifts for help. We are now in the third a variety of now redundant earlier the lid on a worrying but rarely aired year of our Food Coupon Scheme attempts at doing something similar. opposed to fracking. Who says so? churches and political parties have We haven’t discussed the issue, yet seen far greater loss of numbers. what had spooked people in Texas The recent swathe of CofE reports was a meagre report in the Diocese are too pessimistic about the real of Blackburn opposed to fracking state of affairs and too optimistic being peddled in the press as an about what can be done. We are official position of the Church as a faced with a ‘report overload’ and whole. bad management of timing for sug- gested major changes. ‘The Church of England’ may yet decide to take up such a position The Green Report has been criti- but what is frustrating is the mod- cised for proposing outdated and ern managerial mission-creep med- discredited managerial models re- dling of Bishops and CofE civil serv- garding leadership and ‘recruiting’ ants claiming to speak on your be- potential high-flyers. half. And act without proper con- The Rector writes: sultation. You must speak up and Resourcing Ministerial Education speak out for yourselves for YOU is another report that has attracted ishops who purport to pro- are the Church. much controversy – especially from claim an ‘official’ line on practitioners in the field. There are whatever the question in St George’s is engaged at the mo- indeed declining numbers of voca- hand happens to be often ment in a review of our Mission and tions – aging clergy – and fewer re- B Outreach and I introduced the pro- sources. However the report con- don’t speak for you or me. The re- cent referendum in Ireland about cess by sharing various comments tains no serious theology – and Marriage reveals that many priests from recent articles about the con- seems to treat the church as an and people have clearly voted on text for such a discussion, as well as ‘organisation’ like any other busi- opposite sides and revealed that the response of Church leaders. ness, rather than a body – indeed ‘the Church’ is not a monolithic the Body of Christ. The need is not institution with agreed and support- The UK recently came out near the for managers but priests – priests ed positions. bottom in a survey of those who with a vision of God – able to artic- are prepared to identify as ulate a theology integrated with In recent decades power has been ‘religious’. This may be an issue to worship, prayer and social action – wrested from the person in the pew do with the language – as the word the need is for people of learning and in the parish to Bishops and a possibly implies ‘organised religion’ and prayer. The report is replete managerial system operated by The which has a negatively loaded im- with corporate technocratic lan- Archbishops’ Council. This means age especially amongst younger guage. The well-being of the insti- that you have not been properly people. Looking more closely at the tution seems to take priority over consulted about major changes that figures it seems the British lost the Gospel. have been made by stealth and un- faith in ‘religion’ rather faster der the radar. It is a mistake for the than in God. Closer to home, indeed within our ‘managers’ of the Church of Eng- parish, has been the establishment land to be behaving in this way, for Some have said that in the last 50 of Church Plants under a system they are adopting a proprietorial years British Christianity fell off a called a Bishop’s Mission Order. In attitude to something that doesn’t cliff – adults remained but there some Dioceses these BMOs are sus- actually belong to them. was little transmission of the habit pected of almost completely by- of going to church to children. passing the parish system. Certainly The Church of England belongs first in this Diocese they are strongly to Jesus Christ of course, but to you Christianity is now perceived as old supported by the Bishop of London, and indeed to those who only ever -fashioned as Empire and a toxic and other senior managers. No con- call on our services for the pastoral source of authority especially by sultation is now required in the par- offices (baptisms, marriages, funer- young people (eg opposition to ishes in which they operate als etc.) on rare occasions. By vir- women bishops, same sex marriage (although the clergy involved in this tue of being the Established etc.). Social services/health ser- parish of Mayfair have met) – but Church, we belong as much to our vices are now run by the State – most worrying has been the rush to ‘non-members’ as to regular wor- although Church Schools are an ex- operate this system and the as- shippers, and therefore should al- ception with potential to influence. sumption that the clergy and peo- ways have a wider ambition and ple are supportive. I for one am sensitivity, whatever the issue, The Bishops who are contemplating not, and I am not alone, although than simply trying to keep the and enacting sweeping organisa- we are forced to tolerate it, having peace or placate the most vocal tional changes are mistaken in been presented with a fait accom- CofE regulars, or so-called leaders. their analysis in that it is based on pli. The effect on the parochial sys- anxiety. The situation is seen as tem has not been thought through I have a friend who works in the oil too Domesday and therefore too properly, and it is in danger of be- exploration business in Houston who simplistic solutions have been pro- ing undermined. was in touch 18 months ago when posed. he heard the Church of England was A large part of the problem is the Pubs are closing quicker than 2 Church of England’s Synodical sys- will be Mrs Judith Standing. She is tem of governing itself. There is currently Headteacher of Holy Trini- general agreement that this has not ty C of E Primary School in Lewisham been ‘fit for purpose’ for decades, and comes to us highly recommend- and yet no attempt has been made ed by both her present local authori- to update or reform it. Indeed the ty and the Diocese of Southwark. rubber-stamping of much of what Mrs Standing will start at St George’s the managers of the Church of Eng- School at the beginning of Septem- land or the Diocese propose might ber. well suit them. And so we come full circle to remarks I began with. The With my prayers for many blessings, Bishops and managers of the Church are out of touch, and need Roderick Leece urgently to work out effective ways of involving and consulting ordinary people. Dates for your diary Having said this, there is a recogni- tion that churches need to respond Marriage Renewal to the rapidly changing world imag- on Sunday 12th July inatively and creatively – and it is (followed by refreshments) agreed that we need to be flexible Services at and deft.
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