INSIDE 4-Page Memorial, Remembering the Names of Our Parishioners Who Lost Their Lives During WWI
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ISSUE 120 NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2018 FREE SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF FRANT, ERIDGE & BELLS YEW GREEN INSIDE 4-page memorial, remembering the names of our parishioners who lost their lives during WWI Mrs Akehurst & Miss Duncan fetching water for Shernfold Hospital during WWI IN THIS ISSUE… 3 4 7 8 12 14 Letter from the Church Services, Remembrance Frant Christmas Details of What’s on in the Church Wardens features & News Sunday in the Fair returns to the Frant’s famous Parish: events, from the Pews Parish. Events & High Street for a Bonfire Night are useful contacts times second year announced & dates ADVERTISEMENTS PARISH NEWS From the Church Wardens “We will remember them.” These words uttered at acts “We will remember….” For Christians “to of remembrance will acquire a new poignancy this remember” is a very special phrase. At the centre year as we commemorate the centenary of the end of their faith is the act of remembrance made every of the First World War. As that conflict slips over the time the faithful meet to break bread and share the edge of memory for almost everyone alive today, to cup, remembering that Jesus Christ died for us and “remember” those who fought, suffered and died, and lives among us. That is an act of remembering which those whose lives were marked forever by loss and enables members of a broken humanity to become grief, means to enter into a special kind of devotion, a members with one another again in Christ. kindling of the heart, mind and imagination, in order “We will remember….” In Christian understanding, to enter into a meaningful relationship with them. none are to be privileged and none excluded from “We will remember….” How then can we truly remembrance, for there is one God and Father of all. remember with those who died long before most It goes without saying that we will remember those of us today were born, or lived into our time but who were killed and maimed in such unimaginable whose experiences of the war were theirs and not numbers. But alongside them we remember those ours? One way is simply to allow them to speak to us for whom each death was an inconceivable and themselves, to hear their own voices from their own irreplaceable loss. We will also remember those time. This month’s parish news includes a special who came to our shores as refugees or soldiers from insert in memoriam of many of the soldiers from far places in the British Empire. We will remember our Parish who lost their lives and on the church nurses and doctors who served the wounded and websites you can find more research into the names distressed, professionally and voluntarily. on the War Memorials in our churchyards. Each name had a family, a story, a life that they gave and “Their names shall remain for ever and their glory that we have a duty to remember. shall not be blotted out” — 2 — — 3 — PARISH NEWS PARISH NEWS communicated his passion for growing English apples. St Alban’s, Frant & Holy Trinity, Eridge This was followed the next day by the Harvest Festival Service. The great pile Churchwardens of food brought by the school children St Alban’s: Jane Emler—532233, Crawford Burden—07789 170275 to their service on the previous Friday, Holy Trinity: Jonathan Lynn—864304, Christopher Hall—750385 added to what was brought by the congregation, demonstrates how much our community wants to help those in need. The food was distributed to local charities. A service to remember departed loved ones was held on 14th October. This annual service is appreciated both by those recently bereaved and those who want to take an hour away from their Services for busy lives to think about those who have www.frantchurch.org November/December 2018 www.eridgechurch.org gone before us, to remember them and give thanks for them. The service was News from Encounter more information. conducted by Brian Woodgate, a former 9:30am Family Service ........................................4th November .......................................Morning Prayer 11:15am Encounter is the youth group for all A weekend away with all ages from St Chaplain from Burrswood. school children from year 7 upwards. Alban’s is in the planning for next year. Also in October, our third ‘Grave Talk 10:45am Morning Service .................................... 11th November .....................................Morning Service 10:45am Led by Ed Pascoe, St Albans’ Youth Watch this space! Café’ was held in The Stables. This is a .....................................................Remembrance Sunday ..................................................... Worker, they meet weekly in The Stables social gathering, hence the title ‘Café’, on a Friday evening from 7-9.30pm. News from the Pews where the sensitive subject of death and 9:30am Communion Service. .18th November ................................Communion Service 11:15am The evening is a great opportunity to We had no baptisms during September/ bereavement can be considered and end the week in a relaxed atmosphere October, but we had a service of discussed informally. Conversations 9:30am Communion Service ...............................25th November ................................Communion Service 11:15am with the chance to share thoughts from Thanksgiving and Blessing for baby and discussions are prompted by a the week, socialise over supper (which Harry Alexander Elliot. Harry was a series of well thought out questions. Far No morning service .................................2nd December ................................Joint Advent Service 11:15am is provided), play games and have a model of good behaviour and really from being morbid and miserable, it is 4:00pm Christingle Service ............................................ .................................................................... focused Bible study. Some of our regulars enjoyed the singing. interesting and enlightening. are pictured here with Lydia following Two weddings were celebrated, both On November 11th at 12.30pm, the bell 9:30am Joint Communion ...................................9th December .................................No morning service the confirmation earlier this year. in glorious sunshine. Cathryn Hall and ringers at St Albans will join with bell Although you don’t need to be a musician Edward Durie were married on 13th ringers nationwide to celebrate the end 9:30am Joint Communion ..................................16th December .................................No morning service or trained singer, music is a really October. Then Roberta Organ and James of the first world war 100 years ago. 6.30pm Carol Service. Carol Service 4:00pm enjoyable part of the worship and from Murdoch were married on 20th October. The search for a new Rector continues. 9-9.30pm every Friday, the Encounter At the beginning of October, the Hopefully by the next edition of Parish No morning service .................................23rd December ...................................Joint Communion 11:15am Band practices. The Band is open to Harvest Supper was well supported News there will be something more new comers and all are welcome to take and the delicious meal provided by positive to tell. Meanwhile we are so 4:00pm Crib Service ..........................................24th December .......................................................... part, be that leading a song, playing an Marco and Nicole Santos was greatly grateful to clergy and Lay Readers who 11:00pm Midnight Communion ............................. Christmas Eve .............................Midnight Communion 11:00pm instrument (and sometimes both) or just appreciated. The talk this year was by have come, some quite long distances, to joining in with the group. an enthusiastic apple grower, who really help us out by leading services. 9:30am Family Service with short Communion .........25th December ................................Communion Service 11:15am As well as the weekly gathering ..........................................................Christmas Day .......................................................... during term time, there are also social outings. On Saturday 17th and Sunday No morning service ........................30th December .............Joint Service of Morning Prayer 11:15am 18th November, we will be visiting All Saints in Crowborough for their “Escape There is a Sunday Club for 0–14 year olds at Frant when it isn’t a family service—all welcome! Room & Live and Unplugged” weekend. On Saturday 9th December, the group During the vacancy the order of services may be subject to change will be going to London for the Winter Please check the church websites for up-to-date information Wonderland in Hyde Park followed by Hillsong Church evening service in Central London. Some of the group went to Soul Survivor in August and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. This is a Christian, WORSHIP AT BELLS YEW GREEN weeklong event for teenagers. With around 10,000 other young people, they Sunday Services: 10.30am enjoyed interesting talks, worship songs, Good Friday service at 10.30am; Bible Study & Prayer: Thursdays, 7.30pm workshops, games and more. Visit www. Enquiries: Ken Davies, 01732 357791 twydc.co.uk/projects/soul-survivor for — 4 — — 5 — ADVERTISEMENTS PARISH NEWS Remembrance Sunday should be erected over each grave. On China) and all the headstones for all the across the Parish this would be engraved the Regimental cemeteries and churchyards in Kent, 11th November, 2018 badge, the name, regiment and number Surrey and Sussex were supplied and » Viewing of the Eridge Centenary