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February – March 2019 Regular events For Children Sundays Children are always welcome! Christ Church 10.45am – SharX on Sunday or all age service (4th Sundays). St. Augustine’s - a special children’s area with different activities.

Uniformed Groups (all at Christ Church) Monday 6.00 – 7.00pm Rainbows(age 5-7) Jane Webster 885878 Monday 6.30 – 8.00pm Brownies(age 7-10) Tracey Jagger 248365 Monday 7.30 – 9.00pm Guides(age 10-15) Louise Cater 0775 9267671

Tuesday 5.30 – 6.30pm Beavers(age 6-8) Gareth Toy 07961 426362 Tuesday 6.30 – 8.00pm Cubs(age 8-11) Jenny Lyon 07565 823422 Tuesday 7.00 – 8.30pm Scouts(age 11-14) Beverly 07985 437297

SharX at Christ Church Wednesdays, 6.45—9.00pm. Alternate weeks ages 10 – 13, 14 - 18. Fun, friendship and chat., Karaoke, air hockey, table football, Wii games and lots more. Contact Terry Gledhill for more details 254347.

Messy SharX at Christ Church Once a month on the Third Saturday of the month, 3.00pm – 5.00pm. Games, Craft, singing, stories, teaching & food. Contact Terry Gledhill for more details 254347.

Fellowship House Groups Various days. Get together for fellowship, faith and prayer. For details contact Brian 250321.

Community Café Wednesdays 10.00 am—11.30am at Christ Church. Informal chat to meet other people, chat over coffee and cakes.

Wednesday Lunch Last Wednesday of every month, 12.30pm at Christ Church. A lovely lunch followed by fantastic puddings, cheese and biscuits and a cup of tea, all for just £3.

International Evening Fridays 6.30pm—9.30pm at Christ Church. A relaxed evening of games, food, and a chance to chill out, especially for those from other countries.

Friday Group Friday evenings, bi-monthly. Ladies get-togethers and social events. See ’What’s Happening’ for more details, or contact Ann Gardner 341962.

Worship As well as Sundays, we have other regular worship: Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s Tuesday 12 noon Informal Worship at St. Augustine’s, followed by lunch Wednesday 11.30am Communion Service at Christ Church

Interpreted Services. The first Sunday 10.45am service and the Second Sunday 6.30pm Celebration services at Christ Church will be BSL signed services. From the Vicar

Dear Readers,

As I write this, the weather is just growing a little warmer after the snow we’ve just experienced (albeit not as bead as some!). The sun is also beginning to shine a little again, and even the crocuses are beginning to raise their heads above the grass! You could almost believe that the world was starting to turn from winter into spring. Let’s hope so! Of course, it’s still far from certain at this time of year, but the signs are positive. And, indeed, we know that even if we have more snow, Spring will come – when it is ready. And that’s a lesson worth learning. Some of the most important things in life are actually not within our control! We are at the mercy of others, or at the whim of Mother Nature. And the sooner we learn that we can’t control everything, the sooner we can begin to accept some of the things that we experience. And important as this lesson is, there is also a great danger in it as well. The idea that whatever happens we just have to accept is nonsense. Many of the things that people claim, “Well, it must be God’s will” clearly isn’t any such thing! We know for certain, for example, that God doesn’t want anyone to perish (2 Peter 3.9). Of course, that doesn’t mean that death might not indeed be the answer to our prayers – when the time is right. But a life taken prematurely or by violence is not part of God’s plan. It isn’t something we should accept lightly. And in church life we can also fall in to the same trap. After all, we can easily (and as it turns out – rightly) assume that bringing people to faith is God’s work, not ours. But that doesn’t mean to say we don’t have a part to play! I may not be much of a gardener (!), but I do know that whenever Spring does finally arrive, those who have beautiful gardens don’t have them by accident! They don’t just magically grow overnight! There is a story that’s told of a man who moved into a house that had been empty for an extended period of time, and the garden had become a bit of a wilderness (even worse than the vicarage garden!).

3 The man was a keen gardener, and soon set to work trimming, weeding, fertilizing and eventually planting a new garden, that over the course of a year became something beautiful to behold. One day, he was out in the garden doing a bit of weeding when a neighbour stopped and leaned over the garden gate. “You’ve done a great job with that garden,” said the neighbour. Being a Christian, the owner decided it was a good idea to give God some of the credit. “Well, it was a joint effort between God and me”, said the gardener. “Maybe,” said the neighbour, “but you should have seen the state it was in when God had it on his own!” If we want the spring bulbs to come up, then they need to have been planted at the right time. If we want the best flowers on the shrubs, they need to have been pruned in the right way, and so on. And so it is in church. If we want to see people coming to faith, then we have to play our part. We have to befriend people. We have to talk with them about God – in the right way! And we have to have the right things happening in church that we can invite people to – services that allow people to meet with God, groups that allow for friendships to form, places where people can explore what it means to have faith, and so on. Can we make people become Christian? Absolutely not! But we can certainly provide the right environment for that to happen. So as Spring approaches in the country, what are you going to do to prepare for someone to come to faith? Maybe you could invite someone to a service or a group? Maybe you could have a coffee with them, and share your faith and the difference God is making in your life? Maybe you could support one of the things that are already happening in church that is reaching out to those who don’t yet know you – like Messy SharX or Sunday SharX, or Challengers, or … Maybe it’s time to start something new for a group of people you know? If so, why not have a go – you never know what might grow from it! John Hellewell 4 WHAT’S HAPPENING This is a BSL interpreted service

FEBRUARY 2019

1 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 6.30 pm International Night at Christ Church 7.00 pm Deaf Church at Christ Church

3 Sunday: Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas) 10.30 am Joint Service at Christ Church 4 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 5 Tuesday 10.30 am Communion at Asquith Court – all welcome! 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm Communion at Clement Court – all welcome! 6 Wednesday 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 1 (ages 10 – 13) at Christ Church 7 Thursday 6.00 pm “Listening to God” at Christ Church 8 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 7.00 pm Silent Auction at Christ Church 7.30 pm Ladies Friday Group at Ann Gardner’s 9 Saturday 10.00 am Circle Dancing at Christ Church

10 Sunday: Fourth Sunday before Lent 10.45 am Communion at Christ Church 10.45 am Morning Worship at St. Augustine’s 6.30 pm Second Sunday Deaf led service at Christ Church 11 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 12 Tuesday 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 13 Wednesday 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 2 (ages 14 – 18) at Christ Church 14 Thursday 7.00 pm Music get-together at Christ Church 15 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 6.30 pm International Evening at Christ Church 16 Saturday 3.00 pm Messy SharX at Christ Church

17 Sunday: Third Sunday before Lent 10.45 am Morning Worship at Christ Church 10.45 am Communion at St. Augustine’s 5 18 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 19 Tuesday 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 20 Wednesday 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 1 (ages 10 – 13) at Christ Church 21 Thursday 7.30 pm Deanery Synod at All Saints Church 22 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 23 Saturday 9.00 am Breakfast at Christ Church 9.30 am Prayer Meeting at Christ Church

24 Sunday: Second Sunday before Lent 10.45 am Morning Worship at Christ Church 10.45 am Morning Worship at St. Augustine’s 25 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm ‘Challengers’ at Christ Church 7.30 pm Away Day planning meeting at the Vicarage 26 Tuesday 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 27 Wednesday 10.00 am Community Café at Christ Church 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 1.30 pm Lunchbox at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 2 (ages 14 – 18) at Christ Church 28 Thursday 6.00 pm “Listening to God” training at Christ Church

MARCH

1 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 6.30 pm International Evening at Christ Church 7.00 pm Deaf Church at Christ Church 2 Saturday 10.30 am Leprosy Mission Event at St. Hilda’s

3 Sunday: Sunday before Lent 10.30 am Joint Service at Christ Church 1.00 pm Baptism at Christ Church 1.30 pm Jesus Shaped People presentation at Christ Church 4 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm ‘Challengers’ at Christ Church 5 Tuesday 10.30 am Communion at Asquith Court – all welcome! 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm Communion at Clement Court – all welcome!

6 6 ASH WEDNESDAY 10.00 am Café Hope at Christ Church 11.30 am Communion & Ashing at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 1 (ages 10 – 13) at Christ Church 7.30 pm Communion & Ashing at St. Augustine’s 7 Thursday 6.00 pm Listening to God at Christ Church 8 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church

10 Sunday: First Sunday of Lent 10.45 am Morning Worship at Christ Church 10.45 am Morning Worship at St. Augustine’s 6.30 pm Second Sunday Deaf led service at Christ Church 11 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm ‘Challengers’ at Christ Church 7.00 pm Churches Together Lent Course at St. Hilda’s 12 Tuesday 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 7.30 pm St. Augustine’s PCC meeting at The Centre 13 Wednesday 10.00 am Café Hope at Christ Church 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 1.00 pm Craft Club at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 2 (ages 14 – 18) at Christ Church 14 Thursday 7.00 pm Christ Church PCC meeting in Church 15 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 6.30 pm International Night at Christ Church 16 Saturday 10.00 am Circle Dancing at Christ Church 3.00 pm Messy SharX at Christ Church

17 Sunday: Second Sunday of Lent 10.45 am Communion at Christ Church 10.45 am Communion at St. Augustine’s 18 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm ‘Challengers’ at Christ Church 7.00 pm Churches Together Lent Course at St. Hilda’s 19 Tuesday 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 20 Wednesday 10.00 am Café Hope at Christ Church 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 1 (ages 10 – 13) at Christ Church 22 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church

7 24 Sunday: Third Sunday of Lent 10.45 am Morning Worship at Christ Church 10.45 am Morning Worship at St. Augustine’s 25 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm ‘Challengers’ at Christ Church 7.00 pm Churches Together Lent Course at St. Hilda’s 26 Tuesday 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 27 Wednesday 10.00 am Café Hope at Christ Church 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 1.30 pm Lunchbox at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 2 (ages 14 – 18) at Christ Church 28 Thursday 6.00 pm “Listening to God” training at Christ Church 29 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 6.30 pm International Night at Christ Church 30 Saturday 9.00 am Breakfast at Christ Church 9.30 am Prayer Meeting at Christ Church

31 Sunday: Mothering Sunday 10.45 am Service at Christ Church 10.45 am Service at St. Augustine’s

APRIL

1 Monday 9.15 am Morning Prayer at St. Augustine’s 2.00 pm ‘Challengers’ at Christ Church 7.00 pm Churches Together Lent Course at St. Hilda’s 2 Tuesday 12.30 pm Worship at St. Augustine’s 1.00 pm International Bible Study at St. Augustine’s 3 Wednesday 10.00 am Café Hope at Christ Church 11.30 am Communion at Christ Church 6.45 pm SharX 1 (ages 10 – 13) at Christ Church 4 Thursday 6.00 pm Listening to God at Christ Church 5 Friday 9.30 am Chatterbox Toddler Group at Christ Church 7.00 pm Deaf Church at Christ Church 7.30 pm Ladies Friday Group at Tracey Jagger’s 6 Saturday 10.00 am Parish ‘Day Away’

7 Sunday: Fifth Sunday before Lent 10.30 am Joint Service at Christ Church

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CHRIST CHURCH

Community Café Wednesdays – 10.00 to 11.30 am (Not in December or January)

Meet new friends, or bring your own along for a coffee and a chat, or just somewhere to chill out. If you need a lift contact Kathleen Griffiths on 349360

Please note – The Community Café does not run December & January

MAGAZINE DEADLINE The Parish Magazine is distributed on the last Sunday of every other month. The copy deadline for the next magazine is Sunday, 17 th March 2019

Contact Kath Sharman on 330812 or email [email protected]

Lunchbox dates for 2019 27th February 31st July 27th March 28th August 24th April 25th September 29th May 30th October 26th June 27th November**

Wednesdays 12.30pm cost £3.50

Lunch box Christmas Lunch**

Wednesday 27th November 2019 12.30pm

9 Christ Church and St. Augustine’s POSADA A Posada is a travelling nativity and ours, knitted by former vicar’s wife, Juliet Foster, went into 25 homes this Advent as well as the Rainbows and a Home Group.

Reflections include:- … The Posada brings with it a feeling of hope and serenity.

… my eyes were constantly drawn to gaze at it and remember how God came down to live among us…

… Peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased…

… Jesus received gifts but how greater are the gifts He gives to us….

… This points to the WHOLE GANG of Jesus’ followers world wide.

… Peaceful….

… their journey makes me think about my journey….

… what an honour to host the Nativity (can I have it again next year please?)

… I am King of Kings… bright light…shepherd…. Never lets go of your hand …

… to stand before the Lamb upon the throne.

… it’s good to know that we have a God who identifies so closely with us that he comes to dwell as one of us whatever our circumstances.

10 … Refugee We think him as safe beneath the steeple Or cosy in a crib beside the font But he is with a million displaced people On the lonely road of weariness and want. Or even as we sing our final carol His family is up and on that road Feeling the wrath of someone else's quarrel Glancing behind and shouldering their load, Whilst Herod rages still from his dark tower Christ clings to Mary fingers tightly curled. The lambs are slaughtered by the men of power and death squads spread their curse across the world. But every Herod dies, and comes alone

Thank you to everyone who passed on the Posada, took time to reflect, share your thoughts and allow God to bless you.

Query If you can quote lines out of the Bible, are you well-versed in it?

11 Church of England invests £35 million in new Christian communities The Church of England is to fund a bold series of projects to spread the Christian faith – from a new congregation in a nightclub area to a weekday church - as part of a £35 million investment in mission. The biggest investment so far by the Church of England’s Renewal and Reform programme is intended to help it reach tens of thousands of people including in city centres, outer estates and rural areas. The grants will pioneer new types of churches - which may be far from the traditional image - along with outreach by the Church of England, from a social media pastor to work with school and community choirs. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said: "Hearing and responding to the good news of Jesus Christ unlocks new joy, new belonging, new purpose and new life. "These projects show the dynamism and drive of the Church of England’s mission to share this good news with people throughout our dioceses and parishes. "We are committed to this work because we want everyone to know how much they are loved by God through Jesus Christ, and how they can find that love for themselves.” The areas which will receive the funding boost include Birmingham, Bradford, Gateshead, Ipswich, Leeds, Portsmouth, Preston, Rotherham, Southend and Stockton-on-Tees. Several of the grants will boost the Church of England’s presence in areas with high student populations. In Durham, St Nic’s Church, in the centre of the city, will seek to engage with the further education sector, building on existing work amongst university students. Debbie Clinton, Director of the Church of England’s Renewal and Reform programme, said: “From a church in a nightclub area to weekday congregations and a social media pastor, the Church of England is not afraid to try something new to ensure it continues to serve every community in the country. "We believe that everyone should have a chance to experience the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the fellowship of belonging to a Christian community wherever they live, whether in an urban city centre, an outer housing estate or in remote rural areas.”

12 Transgender service under fire The new Church of England service for transgender people has been criticised by more than 2000 clergy in an open letter. A big concern is the possible effect it could have on children. In all, 2,155 bishops, priests and lay people of the Church signed the letter, which condemns the recent guidance that the C of E has put out on gender transition. Last December it had been announced that vicars would be able to hold special services so that transgender people could celebrate their new identities. But opposition to the proposals grew rapidly, until the open letter was published, calling the new proposals as ‘deeply concerning’ and ‘lacking in serious theological analysis.’ The signatories said that the recently developing theories about gender could do great harm to children who were going through gender dysphoria. The open letter calls on the House of Bishops, which approved the reforms last year, to ‘revise, postpone or withdraw’ them until the concerns had been properly addressed. A spokesman for the Church has said that the guidance had not changed the church’s doctrine on sexuality or gender. The bishops would give the open letter their serious consideration, especially as next year the Church is publishing a major new set of teaching and learning resources on identity, relationships, marriage and sexuality.

13 1st March – St. David (Dewi Sant): guiding the Welsh Church through turbulent times On 1st March Wales celebrates its patron saint, David - or, in Welsh, Dewi or Dafydd. He is indisputably British, and is revered wherever Welsh people have settled. As with most figures from the so-called ’Dark Ages’ (he lived in the sixth century), reliable details about his life are scarce, but there are enough for us to form a picture of a formidably austere, disciplined and charismatic leader, who led the Church in Wales through turbulent years and fought tenaciously for the faith. It’s likely that he was strengthened in his ministry by time spent in Ireland, where the Church was stronger and more confident. Early records tell of a meeting of Irish church leaders with three ‘Britons’, as they were described, among them ‘bishop David’. His mother, Non, is also celebrated as a saint in Wales, where a number of churches are dedicated in her name. That he founded a monastery at Menevia, in Pembrokeshire, seems beyond doubt. It later became the site of St David’s cathedral and the settlement which is now the smallest city in the United Kingdom. From Menevia David embarked on preaching and teaching missions across Wales, and probably beyond. His eloquence was legendary. At a famous Synod of the Church, held at a Carmarthenshire village called Brefi, he preached passionately against the Arian heresy - indeed, so passionately that he was (according to some accounts) immediately named as archbishop of Wales. The village is now known as Llandewi Brefi - brefi in Welsh is a hillock, and legend claims that it appeared miraculously in order to provide the eloquent bishop with a pulpit. His monks avoided wine and beer, drinking only water. Indeed, he and they lived lives of rigorous austerity and constant prayer, in the manner of the Desert Fathers of the Eastern Church. The date of David’s death is disputed - either 589 or 601. It wasn’t until the twelfth century that he was generally accepted as the patron saint of Wales, and pilgrimages to St David’s were highly regarded in the following centuries - including two made by English kings, William I and Henry II. It’s traditional for Welsh people to wear daffodils on St David’s Day (Gwyl Dewi Sant in Welsh) - but there seems no particular reason for it, beyond the fact that they tend to make their early Spring appearance round about his day - oh, and they look nice! 14 5th March – SHROVE TUESDAY: Pancake Day Ever wonder why we eat pancakes just before Lent? The tradition dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, when Christians spent Lent in repentance and severe fasting. So on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, the church bell would summon them to confession, where they would be ‘shriven’, or absolved from their sins, which gives us Shrove Tuesday. At home, they would then eat up their last eggs and fat, and making a pancake was the easiest way to do this. For the next 47 days, they pretty well starved themselves. Pancakes feature in cookery books as far back as 1439, and today’s pancake races are in remembrance of a panicked woman back in 1445 in Olney, Buckinghamshire. She was making pancakes when she heard the shriving bell calling her to confession. Afraid she’d be late, she ran to the church in a panic, still in her apron, and still holding the pan. Flipping pancakes is also centuries old. A poem from Pasquil’s Palin in 1619 runs: “And every man and maide doe take their turne, And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they burne.” Some people have noted that the ingredients of pancakes can be used to highlight four significant things about this time of year: eggs stand for creation, flour is the staff of life, salt keeps things wholesome, and milk stands for purity. Shrove Tuesday is always 47 days before Easter Sunday and falls between 3rd February and 9th March.

15 8th March – Woodbine Willie: bringing love with cigarettes and the Bible Here’s a ‘saint’ that the Church of England remembers from the 1st World War - the Revd. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy MC, or ‘Woodbine Willie’, as everyone knew this popular, much-loved army chaplain on the Western Front. Studdert Kennedy (27th June 1883 – 8th March 1929) had been born in Leeds as the seventh of nine children. After reading divinity and classics at Trinity College Dublin, he’d studied for ordination at Ripon Clergy College, and served his curacy at Rugby. By the time war broke out in 1914, Studdert Kennedy was vicar of St Paul’s Worcester. He soon volunteered to go to the Western Front as a chaplain to the army. Life on the front line in the trenches was a desperate affair, but soon Studdert Kennedy had hit on a way of bringing a few moments of relief to the stressed out soldiers: as well as good cheer he gave out copious amounts of ‘Woodbines’, the most popular cheap cigarette of the time. One colleague remembered Kennedy: “he'd come down into the trenches and say prayers with the men, have a cuppa out of a dirty tin mug and tell a joke as good as any of us. He was a chain smoker and always carried a packet of Woodbine cigarettes that he would give out in handfuls to us lads. That's how he got his nickname. He came down the trench one day to cheer us up. Had his Bible with him as usual. Well, I'd been there for weeks, unable to write home, of course, we were going over the top later that day. I asked him if he would write to my sweetheart at home, tell her I was still alive and, so far, in one piece… years later, after the war, she showed me the letter he'd sent, very nice it was. A lovely letter. My wife kept it until she died." Kennedy was devoted to his men, so much so that in 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross at Messines Ridge, after running into no man’s land in order to help the wounded during an attack on the German frontline. During the war, Kennedy supported the British military effort with enthusiasm, but soon after the war, he turned to Christian socialism and pacifism. 16 He was given charge of St Edmunds in Lombard St, London, and took to writing a number of poems about his war experiences: Rough Rhymes of a Padre (1918) and More Rough Rhymes (1919). He went on to work for the Industrial Christian Fellowship, for whom he did speaking tours. It was on one of these tours that he was taken ill, and died in Liverpool in 1929. He was only 46. His compassion and generosity in the face of the horrors of the Western Front was immortalised in the song ‘Absent Friends’: "Woodbine Willie couldn't rest until he'd/given every bloke a final smoke/before the killing." He himself had once described his chaplain’s ministry as taking “a box of fags in your haversack, and a great deal of love in your heart.”

17 Making Sense of Lent This month sees the start of Lent, the six-week period leading up to Easter. In the early Church, it was a time when new converts were instructed in the faith, ready for their baptism at Easter. Over the years, Lent has become a season of penitence, self-examination and fasting. Jesus began His earthly ministry by fasting in the wilderness for 40 days and taught his disciples to fast, ‘when you fast..’ (Matthew 6:17). Fasting might involve missing one or two meals in a day, refraining from TV or alcohol, or whatever gets in the way of us fully focusing on God. What are the reasons for fasting? • The act of giving up something is a tangible sacrifice to God, reminding us of our desire to put him first in our lives. • Giving up things I value shows me how depend I can be on other things rather than God. • Fasting helps me to surrender my ‘idols’ to God. • When fasting I am reminded of a deeper hunger and need for God in my life: ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.’ (Matthew 5:6). I learn to be more dependent on God, while releasing the stuff I depend on in my life. Lent can also be a time to embrace new spiritual disciplines eg joining a study group, ‘random acts of kindness’, giving more time to prayer and Bible study Whatever you do, have a great Lent! ‘Jesus takes it for granted that his disciples will observe the pious custom of fasting. Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life. Such customs have only one purpose - to make the disciples more ready and cheerful to accomplish those things which God would have done.’ (Dietrich Bonhoeffer). Rev Paul Hardingham

Mix-up What do you get when you cross an atheist with a Jehovah’s Witness? Someone who knocks at your door for no apparent reason.

18 God and the Tesco token I was shopping recently with my wife at the local Tesco store. Having paid for our goods we were given a blue token, which my wife explained we could place in the donation box of a local good cause as we left the shop. Sure enough, near the exit were three large plastic containers into which we could drop our token, each representing a different charity needing support. The more tokens they receive, the bigger the donation they will be given from the supermarket, so it was a weighty choice! I chose the local Youth Choir. I am in the habit, just before I sleep, of looking back over the day that just finished. That night as I went to sleep God reminded me about the blue token and my concern to use it wisely. As I get older I am increasingly aware of the importance of every day, that each new day is a gift from God to be enjoyed and cherished. None of us know how many days we have, but we do know they are running out. All the more reason, then, to use them wisely. As I thought about the token it seemed to me that with each new day I have been given the gift of a token from God, and I should do my best to use it for His glory. When we are young, with our lives stretching out ahead of us, it is as if we have thousands of tokens to spend (70 years, for example, would be 25,550 tokens), so to waste a few is not such a disaster. However, now that I am in my 69th year, there may not be so many tokens left! I need to spend each one wisely. Moses, who lived to the grand old age of 120, prayed to God like this: “Teach us to number our days aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12).” Rev Tony Horsfall

Moses and IT When you think about it, Moses was the first one to download files from the cloud, using a tablet.

19 BBC to run a ‘Year of Beliefs’ The BBC is going to ‘shine a light’ on faith and spiritual values in Britain today by running a year of programmes dedicated to religion and ethics. The move comes a year after the BBC promised to ‘raise our game’ in the way that it treated religion. That promise followed a year-long review of its religious and ethics output. So what series should we look out for? Here are just some: On BBC 1, Earth’s Sacred Wonders will look at the rituals and monuments of faith around the world; Medical Ethics will be a documentary filmed at Great Ormond Street Hospital; and Pregnant and Platonic will be a documentary on people who have children without being in a romantic relationship. On BBC 2, Inside the Vatican will show a year in the life of the Vatican community, including Pope Francis; and the popular Pilgrimage series will return. The Bishop of Repton, the Rt. Revd. Jan McFarlane, who chairs the Sandford St Martin Trust, welcomed the BBC’s plans. Especially “bringing issues of faith, belief and ethics to as wide an audience as possible.”

20 How to discover God’s will for your life Isaiah’s account of God calling him to be a prophet makes me ask, what does it mean to be ‘called’ by God? What does God want from me? Isaiah offered himself willingly when God asked whom He could send to speak on His behalf to Israel. And Isaiah was given a difficult message to proclaim to a resistant people. God sent him to warn them of coming judgement and destruction, and yet added to that a mysterious promise of future hope. The call to Isaiah was challenging, and the sequence of events described in chapter 6 is important. Isaiah was not simply summoned and sent out with a script. Before he is given the task, Isaiah encountered God. Faced with God’s holiness, Isaiah perceived his own inadequacy. God responded with mercy, purifying Isaiah’s ‘unclean lips’ with the touch of a burning coal and words of absolution, preparing him for the work ahead. While wrestling with the decision to give up my job and serve in a Christian community, I cried out to God in frustration, ‘What do you want from me?’ If it’s possible for God to shrug His shoulders then He did. The story of Cain and Abel came to mind: Abel offered God the best of his harvest while Cain brought leftovers. God received Abel’s offering with pleasure, not because of what it was but because it was his best. I sensed that God did not mind what I did but was more concerned with my attitude – where could I live most generously? I believe that God’s calling on our lives is more about character than circumstance. It is awareness of God’s goodness and holiness and a desire to emulate that which is to shape my actions, whatever my situation or line of work. Sometimes I’ve asked God, ‘What should I do?’ but received no clear answer, so I’ve done what I thought best. Now I’m learning to ask, ‘Who do you want me to become?’ It is much easier to see which bits of my character need work and there’s plenty in the Bible about the kind of people Jesus calls us to be. So now I’m asking, ‘How do I need to change? Where can I go to work on that?’ Helen Brocklehurst

21 Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel… Many years ago, at the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool, there was a certain ‘ride’ or amusement that was strictly for the physically fit. It consisted of a flat wooden disc about 20 feet in diameter and set at an angle of 45 degrees in the floor. When it began to rotate, the aim was to get to the centre where there was a pole. As the disc rotated faster and faster, everyone who failed to get to the pole got flung off. Nowadays there’s probably a regulation banning it as far too dangerous! The principle of the game was a basic law of physics. When any wheel rotates, the outer rim moves fastest of all. Half way to the centre and you are moving a lot more slowly. And, at least theoretically, at the absolute centre will be a point which is totally still. That’s why anyone who reached that pole could stand there quite comfortably. We have just started the Church’s season of Lent. It’s generally thought of as being a time for giving up chocolate, wine, whatever. But it’s really a time to remind us that in our own rapidly spinning world, God is the still centre. All around God is motion, sound, change and decay – galaxies circling, seasons and years rotating, life developing and decaying. And at the still centre, where there is no variableness, is God, the same yesterday, today and forever. At Christmas, we thanked God for entering the ever moving and changing life of the world. But one great characteristic of Jesus was His stillness. Busy, harassed, injured people found someone with neither clever chat nor idle gossip, neither vulgar boasting nor loud opinion. His life always seemed to rotate round a still central point, which gave Him His balance and authority. “Be still then and know that I am God” wrote the Psalmist. Lent is a time for us to stop and remember that. Lent is a good time to be a little more silent than usual - quicker to listen and slower to speak. And the more silent spaces we give ourselves, the more we’ll give that still, small Voice within.

22 God’s stillness is still full of energy. That still centre of the spinning disc is also the point which drives the rest of the rotating circle. Equally, when we’re in touch with that still centre, we’ll be able to give strength and support to those who feel they’re spinning at the edges. Being still does mean that we need to take time to pause, to take stock, to take a critical look at our lives. That’s what Lent is about. On the spinning discs of our own lives, we need to remember that there is a still centre, calm and yet full of energy – which is where God is. Rev Dr Gary Bowness

23 Women’s ordination – 25 years on Twenty-five years ago this month, women were ordained as priests in the Church of England. As the BBC commentator on the first service in Bristol Cathedral I was prepared for disruptions from demonstrators, but it proceeded reverently and without a hitch. The only protest was outside, where a group of approving Roman Catholic women held a banner saying, ‘We’re Next’. Of course, there are still people who object to women’s ordination on principle. Some believe the practice frustrates the prospect of church unity, others hold that God has created women and men to hold complementary but different roles - and leadership in the Church is reserved for men. At the last count, 30% of the 20,000 active clergy were women and 23% of the senior posts were held by women, and that includes 18 bishops. It would be difficult now to imagine the Church of England without women priests and bishops. They serve as chaplains in prison, hospital and the Armed Services, and of course as Vicars and Curates in parish churches. Hannah Madin was ordained 18 months ago when she was 28, and is a Curate in York. She recalls visiting a parishioner whose husband had just died; the widow said, “I wasn’t expecting a female Vicar, but I’m so glad you are”. Hannah’s husband is also ordained; she says it helps that he understands the random and unique nature of the job, they support each other in prayer, and they never talk shop on their day off! Sue Restall was one of those ordained in Bristol 25 years ago and is now in active retirement in the Midlands, having been a parish priest and a hospital chaplain. In her experience, although women and men may have different talents, that is more to do with personality than gender. However, she does recall making a bereavement visit when a widower cried his eyes out, saying he could only have done that in front of a woman. Sue says her role is no longer controversial – “I am simply a priest who happens to be a woman”. Ven John Barton, former Archdeacon of Aston

24 Concern for the homeless on our streets The Bishop of Manchester, Dr. David Walker, has said that the level of street homelessness in the city is now worse than anything he has seen in his lifetime. The Bishop said that in the past the reasons for people to be homeless seemed to have been relationship breakdown or mental-health issues. But now the main reason seems to be simple poverty. He has met numerous people in night shelters who are actually holding down jobs, but still unable to afford anywhere to live. Rising rents and welfare cuts have together “just torn holes in the safety net and too many people are falling through… we have… lots of people visibly sleeping rough on our streets, and these numbers continue to grow.”

The World Wide Web – 30 years on The World Wide Web was invented 30 years ago this month, on 12th March 1989, by Tim Berners-Lee while he was working at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory. His innovation – a global hypertext document system originally described by his superior as “vague but exciting” – was intended to help scientists share data across a then obscure platform called the Internet, but his decision to make the source code freely available meant it took on a life of its own and is now used by almost everyone with a computer. He has never profited directly from his invention, but now spends much of his time trying to protect it from malign influences and is working on Solid, a project designed to provide “true data ownership as well as improved privacy”. As a result of his original invention, Berners-Lee was named one of the 20th century’s most important figures by Time magazine, received the prestigious Turing Award for achievements in the computer sciences, and was honoured at the Olympics. He was also knighted by the Queen. Raised as an Anglican, he turned away from religion but then became an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Church, which he describes as tolerant and liberal. Tim Lenton 25 Give your garden birds a feast! March is a hungry time for birds, but you can easily help them. Here are some things they will love: • Seed and grains like nyjer, millet, oats, and sunflower seeds. • Unsalted peanuts fit for human consumption. (cut them up, or the chicks could choke) • Cooked pasta, rice and boiled potatoes. • Grated cheese, unsalted uncooked bacon rind, • Raisins and sultanas (be careful! These are poisonous for dogs) • Suet and fat balls. • Mealworms and waxworms. • Apples, pears and soft fruits, cut small.

26 The Resilient Disciple – a Lenten journey from Adversity to Maturity By Justine Allain Chapman, SPCK, £7.99 ‘The art of kintsugi (‘repairing with gold’) not only restores cracked objects but makes them even more beautiful than before.’ Alone on an 8-day retreat in the Egyptian desert, Justine Allain Chapman experienced first-hand the physical, spiritual and mental struggle many have endured before her. Our own desert experience may involve attending to challenges that come upon us suddenly – such as an illness or bereavement – or to difficult relationships or patterns of thinking that have long been draining us of life and joy. A Lenten pilgrimage is testing. We have to search within ourselves for answers which lie hidden, to reflect deeply. But there is a ‘bright flame before us, a guiding star above’. And the God, who always calls us to love beyond ourselves, offers tender healing for our brokenness, longing that we may be consoled and renewed. This vividly written book includes wide ranging prayers and scripture readings, along with guides to using the material with groups and in preaching and worship.

The Story of the Holy Land – a visual history By Peter Walker, Lion Hudson, £12.99 This is a highly illustrated, visually led guide through the story of the Holy Land, from Bible times to the present day. The Holy Land frequently features in today's headlines as a much fought-for territory. Many know part of its story, as recounted in the Bible, but what happened after Jesus' time? This book explores the OT and NT history of the Holy Land, as well as everything that happened later - the Muslim conquest, the crusades, and the modern rediscovery of Bible sites - unearthing the rich layers of history of this sacred place. 27 Jesus Said, ‘I Am’ – finding life in the everyday By Andrea Skevington, BRF, £8.99 Here are reflections on Jesus’ most familiar sayings, with a striking blend of knowledge, insight and humility, and a fresh, contemporary perspective. ‘“I am” is such a common construction,’ writes Andrea, ‘something we say many times each day. It is also a very deep mystery. Who are we? How do we define ourselves?… In the mouth of Jesus it links those two great things – the everyday experience of bread and plants and light and life, and the deepest mystery of being, the “I am” of God, who is beyond our comprehension, but who longs to be known in these very elements of life. Jesus Said, ‘I Am’ is a resource for individuals, retreat leaders, church leaders and soul friends, with sections on study, further study, prayer and meditation, creative response and life and service at the end of each chapter.

Thomas Cochrane and the Dragon Throne - confronting disease, distrust and murderous rebellion in Imperial China By Andrew E Adam, SPCK, £10.99 In 1897, Tom Cochrane, a young doctor, arrived with his bride in Inner Mongolia, China’s northernmost territory. Three years later, after labouring single-handedly in a mud-floored dispensary, he realized that his work was a drop in a sea of suffering. A radical new approach was needed. He was gripped by the vision of a Western medical college and teaching hospital in Peking. In 1900, the Boxer uprising broke out. Fanatics roamed the countryside crying, ‘Kill the foreigners! Kill them before breakfast!’ The Cochranes and their three little boys fled as thirty thousand Christians and hundreds of missionaries were butchered. Undeterred, Tom returned to Peking in 1901 to treat beggars and lepers in converted mule stables.

28 After bringing a major cholera epidemic under control, he won allies at the imperial court. With the help of the chief eunuch, he gained the support of the dreaded Empress Dowager. In 1906, Cochrane established the Union Medical College in Peking, China’s first Western medical school. It still stands today, a prestigious academic centre, its missionary origins forgotten, but it is one of countless seeds planted by Christians in China. Stone-throwing (John 8:1-11) A familiar scene … Crowds of people with strong views, clamouring, demanding their way, intolerant of others who made different mistakes, different choices. A raucous, intimidating, egocentric baying for action. A familiar scene…

Where is the love? Where is the compassion? Where is the concern for the common good? How long Lord, will your teaching be ignored?

How long till the stone-throwing stops?

By Daphne Kitching Prayer for help and healing Father, You are always loving, always generous and kind to your children. Please have mercy on us as a nation at this time of turmoil and division. Help us to be tolerant and understanding of those who have different, sincerely-held opinions. And guide our leaders so that your will be done in our country and in our relationships with each other and with Europe and the rest of the world. Lord, have mercy on us, forgive us and heal us. In Jesus name, Amen. By Daphne Kitching 29 What a world what a world What a world, what a world, whirling and twirling Twisting and turning spinning in space, God with His finger brings order from chaos Mountains and seas all put in place.

Man the peak of all His creation Awakes to a world full of beauty and grace, Walks in the garden with God his creator Fellowship sweet as they meet face to face.

What a world, what a world, whirling and twirling Twisting and turning peace now has gone Ignoring his Lord bringing chaos from order Fellowship broken, man now all alone.

It’s His world, not our world He has come to reclaim it, Restoring communion foolishly lost, Our Saviour, Redeemer with undeserved grace Brings us back to the fold through the work of His cross.

By Megan Carter

Hair-cut A minister, known for his lengthy sermons, noticed a man leave during the middle of his message. The man returned as the service concluded. Afterwards the minister asked the man where he had gone. "I went to get a hair-cut," was the reply. "But," protested the minister, “why didn't you do that before the service?" "Because," said the man, "I didn't need one then."

30 Rekindling “A smouldering wick He will not snuff out…” – Isaiah 42 The oil is consumed, the lamp burns low. Bright, dancing flame becomes a flick’ring glow. Exhausted, tiny, failing source of light almost overpowered by the night but its last efforts catch Compassion’s eye. He refuels the lamp that has run dry then cups His hand and breathes, life-giving breath rekindling a light so close to death. Flame glows and flickers then begins to dance, revived, renewed, receives another chance. Compassion gives His breath, love, energy – He sees not just what is but what could be. By Helen Brocklehurst

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25 years of ordaining women

25 years ago, on 12th March 1994, the first 32 women priests in the Church of England were ordained. It happened in Bristol Cathedral, and Bishop Barry Rogerson ordained them in alphabetical order; so Angela Berners- Wilson was considered the very first woman to be ordained. She is now chaplain at the University of Bath and prebendary at Wells Cathedral. The youngest was Karen MacKinnon, now spiritual care manager at Southampton Hospital. Ten years later, one in five priests was a woman. Of the 542 candidates entering training this year, more than half (274) are women, which is 19 per cent more than last year.

Years Two Bristol Angela Spiritual March Women Cathedral Chaplain Care First Priests Rogerson University Hospital Thirty Ordained Alphabetical Karen Candidates

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25 ‘Who has believed our message and to whom has the — of the Lord been revealed?’ (Isaiah 53:1) (3) 28 Abraham’s brother (Genesis 22:23) (5) 29 ‘When Mordecai learned of — that had been — , he tore his clothes’ (Esther 4:1) (3,4) 30 Sympathetic (Proverbs 11:16) (4-7)

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2 ‘That was why his parents said, “He is — —; ask him”’ (John 9:23) (2,3) 3 Integrated Services Digital Network (1,1,1,1) 4 ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his — of thousands’ (1 Samuel 18:7) (4) Across 5 Concept (John 8:14) (4)

1 These letters come between Romans and 6 ‘Do we, then, — the law by this faith? Not at all! Galatians (11) Rather, we uphold the law’ (Romans 3:31) (7) 9 ‘You will not — me to the grave’ (Psalm 7 Industrious (2 Timothy 2:6) (11) 16:10) (7) 8 ‘I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be 10 King of Moab to whom the Israelites were — in order that you may know the hope to subject for 18 years (Judges 3:14) (5) which he has called you (Ephesians 1:18) (11) 11 Town possessing mineral spring (3) 12 ‘Out of the same mouth come — and 13 Mede (anag.) (4) cursing’ (James 3:10) (6) 16 High-fidelity (abbrev.) (4) 14 This was how many of the Jewish leaders 17 He succeeded his father Rehoboam as king described Jesus (John 10:20) (3) of Judah (1 Kings 14:31) (6) 15 Vitality (Job 20:11) (6) 18 A son of Simeon (Genesis 46:10) (4) 19 He urged David to kill Saul at Hakilah (1 20 Controversial religious book of the 1970s, Samuel 26:8) (7) The — of God Incarnate (4) 20 ‘So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul — 21 ‘He has received from the Father the with the church and taught great numbers of promised Holy Spirit and has poured out people’ (Acts 11:26) (3) what you — — and hear’ (Acts 2:33) (3,3) 24 ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord 22 ‘You — me together in my mother’s womb’ — — ’ (Deuteronomy 6:4) (2,3) (Psalm 139:13) (4) 25 Parched (Matthew 12:43) (4) 23 Edit (anag.) (4) 26 ‘In the image of God he created him; — and female he created them’ (Genesis 1:27) (4) 27 Disparagement (Psalm 15:3) (4) 36 All in the month of March … It was: 400 years ago, on 12th March 1619 that Richard Burbage, English actor, died. A major shareholder in the Globe Theatre, and a friend and business partner of William Shakespeare. 200 years ago, on 28th March 1819 that Sir Joseph Bazalgette, British civil engineer, was born. He created London’s sewer network as well as several notable bridges, embankments and streets. 150 years ago, on 6th March 1869 that the first recognisable periodic table of the elements was published by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. 100 years ago, on 17th March 1919 that Nat King Cole, the American jazz/swing/pop singer and pianist was born. (Died 1965) 80 years ago, on 2nd March 1939 that Howard Carter, the British archaeologist and Egyptologist died. He discovered the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen in 1922. Also 80 years ago, that the fictional superhero Batman made his first appearance, in Detective Comics no. 27. 75 years ago, from 24th to 25th March 1944 that World War 2’s ‘Great Escape’ took place. 76 Allied prisoners broke out of the Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp near Sagan, Germany after digging tunnels. 73 were recaptured and 50 executed. The event was dramatised in the classic film The Great Escape. 60 years ago, on 9th March 1959 that the Barbie doll was launched at the International Toy Fair in New York City, USA. 50 years ago, on 4th March 1969 that British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray (the Kray twins) were found guilty of murdering the criminals Jack McVitie (‘Jack the Hat’) and George Cornell. They were sentenced to life imprisonment. 40 years ago, on 26th March 1979 that The Camp David Peace Accord was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, ending 30 years of war. 30 years ago, on 12th March 1989 that Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Webb while working at CERN. 25 years ago, on 12th March 1994 that the first women priests in the Church of England were ordained. Answers

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9th January Mary Tiffany

our love, sympathy & prayers to Mary’s family and friends

25th Nov. Emily Grace Schofield 23rd Dec. Molly Debra Barnes 27th Jan. Layla Mary Joanne Musson 3rd Feb. Ayda Diana Hemmingway

our warmest congratulations to their family and friends

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4th February Remembering with love our dear sister Rita, love from Joyce and Roger

31st March In loving memory of Derek Lee, with love Kathleen, Anita and Nicholas

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40 Adam & Eve At Sunday School the children were learning how God created everything, including human beings. Little Josh was especially intent when the teacher told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs. Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down and looking scared. “Josh, what is the matter?” Josh whispered “I have pain in my side. I think I'm going to have a wife."

Board meeting “There will be a meeting of the Board immediately after the service," announced the minister one Sunday morning. So after the service, the Church Board gathered at the back of the church. To their surprise, there was a stranger in their midst. "My friend," said the minister, "didn't you understand that this is a meeting of the Board?" "Yes indeed," said the visitor, "but after today's sermon, I'm just as bored as anyone else who has come along…”

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