How the The latest INSIDE church arts and helps with media dementia, reviewed, p11 p14 THE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 No: 6196 www.churchnewspaper.com PRICE £1.35 1,70j US$2.20 CHURCH OF ENGLAND THE ORIGINAL CHURCH NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1828 NEWSPAPER Britain gets its first Young people celebrate Gospels One hundred and seventy young people gave up their Friday night to attend a youth event at Durham Cathedral to celebrate the woman bishop Lindisfarne Gospels last week. The event, organised by local youth workers, included worship, activities The House of Bishops of the Mrs Storey (53) presently serves around the Cathedral ranging from a Church of Ireland has appointed as rector of St Augustine’s Parish laser light fuelled Christian rave, the first Anglican woman bishop Church, Londonderry in the Diocese poetry, graffiti, drama, art and prayer for the British Isles. of Derry and Raphoe. Married to the to a candlelit compline service (the On 19 September 2013 the bishops Rev Earl Storey, she has two children. final service of the day) in the Galilee appointed the Rev Patricia Storey to Brought up in Belfast, she was edu- chapel. Called The Word, the event be the Bishop of Meath and Kildare cated at Trinity College, Dublin and grew out of a collaboration which in succession to the Most Rev trained for the ministry at the Church started when youth workers in Richard Clarke, who was translated of Ireland Theological College. Durham City started to meet together to Armagh last year. Ordained deacon in 1997 and priest in two years ago. Bishop-elect Storey becomes the 1998, she served her curacy in Bally- first woman Anglican bishop in mena in the Diocese of Connor and Europe. Last week the Church in was Team Vicar in Glenavy in the Wales’ governing body gave approval same diocese before moving to Lon- donderry in 2004. She is also a member of the Stand- ing Committee of the General Synod. Announcing the appointment Dr Clarke said: “Having known Pat Storey since she was an undergradu- ate and I was Chaplain at Trinity Col- lege, Dublin, I very much welcome her as a new bishop. She is a person of great warmth, intelligence and spiritual depth and I am certain that her ministry in the Dioceses of Meath and Kildare and the wider Church will be a blessing to many. We remember her and her family in our prayers.” The Rt Rev Ken Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, welcomed the appointment as “great news indeed.” “We know well how gifted the Rev Pat Storey is and how effective her ministry is not only in a parish setting but also far beyond the local church. “Her warmth, her deep personal faith and her natural ability to relate to people have enabled her to make a significant impact throughout the city, the diocese and the wider com- munity,” he said. Mrs Storey said: “I am both excited and daunted by this new adventure,” to women bishops while the Scottish adding: “I count it an enormous privi- Episcopal Church also allows women lege to begin a new phase of my min- bishops. istry with the people of Meath and Irish bishops are usually elected by Kildare, and I look forward to work- a special meeting of the diocesan ing with the team of clergy who are synod. However, the 28 May 2013 already there. I would sincerely ask electoral synod meeting was unable for your prayers for myself and my to agree upon a bishop, giving the family, who are the best family in the choice to the House of Bishops. world!”

LETTERS 8, 16 • RUTH CHAPMAN 9 • COMMENT 9 • ANDREW CAREY 12 • CLERGY MOVES 17 • ANGLICAN LIFE 18 • PAUL RICHARDSON 20 2 www.churchnewspaper.com Friday September 27, 2013 News Inside... Another street preacher held The original Church newspaper A CHRISTIAN arrested. STREET preacher The two other was arrested last preachers who have week in Perth, the been arrested in the third such arrest past few months are since July. Tony Miano (London) The Rev Josh and Robbie Hughes Williamson of Craigie (Basildon). Reformed Baptist Andrea Minichiello Church in Perth, was Williams, CEO of the told to stop preaching Christian Legal Centre, because he was break- said the arrests were a ing the law and that he threat to freedom of was too loud. Mr speech. Williamson denied that “Street preachers are he was using any ampli- not breaking any laws fication and refused to and are perfectly within stop preaching, arguing their rights. The police that he was not break- are overreaching their ing the law. authority and misapply- News ...... 1-7 The minister was ing the law. Their Your Church ...... 2 then arrested and taken actions show an UK News ...... 1-4 to Perth Police Station increasing hostility to World News ...... 6,7 where he was released Christianity.” with a caution. A sec- She called for police Comment ond man who spoke up all over the UK to be in support of the given clear guidance on Letters ...... 8, 16 preacher was also this issue. Leader ...... 9 Ruth Chapman ...... 9 Wills and legacies ...... 10, 11 Andrew Carey ...... 12 Whispering Gallery ...... 12 New media chief for Archbishop Welby Books ...... 13 Arts and Media ...... 14 A NEW DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICA- Palace since 2001. Before that she acted as Janey Lee Grace ...... 15 TIONS is taking up office at Lambeth Press Secretary to two ministers of state and to Crossword ...... 15 Palace. Ailsa Anderson, currently Commu- a cabinet minister. She will take up her new role nications and Press Secretary to the in December. The Record Queen, is to fill the post left vacant follow- The Archbishop described her as ‘an experi- Classifieds ...... 16 ing the departure of Marie Papworth. enced and distinguished communications Clergy Moves ...... 17 Mrs Anderson is to be the primary director with an exceptional record of service’. Anglican Life ...... 18 spokesperson for the Archbishop and a mem- Shortly after his appointment, Archbishop Sunday Service ...... 19 ber of the senior team at Lambeth. Welby instituted a review of media operations at Colin Craston ...... 19 According to a press release from Lambeth Lambeth Palace. Paul Richardson ...... 20 Palace, she will oversee day-to-day contact with Ed Thornton, a journalist who has recently People ...... 20 the press, develop a strategic communications worked for the church press and was previous- Milestones ...... 20 policy, and give the Archbishop guidance and ly on the staff of ‘Progress,’ a centre left political Next week’s news ...... 20 advice about the media. magazine, has recently joined the staff at Lam- Mrs Anderson has worked at Buckingham beth Palace. News from Your Church your diocese

Bradford: The 50th anniversary of Bradford Cathedral is The pilgrimage was designed to be an interactive experi- tions by touching people’s lives in a powerful way.” Free to be celebrated with the Flower Festival from 4-7 October. ence for those following on-line all under the hashtag tickets for the CCF Party Conference Church Service are The arrangements are being done by the Cathedral’s own #digipilgrim. available at www.theccf.co.uk; registering is advised. flower team and by other arrangers from around the dio- DJ Konz said: “This is a fantastically historic part of the cese. country and centre to the Christian story in the UK. To fol- Sheffield: Taking place once a year, on Saturday 21 Sep- After the creation of the Diocese of Bradford in 1919 it low in the footsteps of the Cuthbert pilgrimage has been a tember the Lay Ministries Service was again celebrated at was decided the Parish Church of St Peter should become deeply spiritual experience and the welcome we have Doncaster Minster. A total of 36 trained adults were admit- Bradford Cathedral, which meant it needed to be bigger received has been magnificent. Our visit to St Peter’s ted or authorised by Bishop of Sheffield, Steven Croft, to and grander. After they laid the foundation stone in 1953 which was around as a place of worship at the time of work in the Diocese. Imogen Clout has been authorised by the work was finished in 1963. Cuthbert’s ministry is just mind blowing - what a privi- the Bishop as the new warden of Readers and her prede- The festival is open on Friday, Saturday and Monday lege.” cessor, the Rev Canon Richard Parker, was thanked for his from 9am until 5pm and on Sunday from 12noon. Entry is many years of service. £5 with under-18s free. For more details please call 01274 Manchester: On Monday 30 September, the Conservative “They are a remarkable bunch of people,” said Canon 777720 or go to www.bradfordcathedral.org. Christian Fellowship (CCF) will host a fringe event at the John Thomson, Director of Ministry. “They come from a Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. This year’s wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Having Durham: St Peter’s and St Andrew’s welcomed two Aus- Party Conference Church Service is entitled ‘Greater shared between one and three years of training together, tralian nationals, now residing in the UK, who have been Hope, Greater Love, Greater Manchester’. Over 1,000 they learn not only how to undertake their roles, but also on a 100-mile, nine-day journey from Lindisfarne to church leaders, community leaders and MPs are expected how to work with each other as part of the Diocesan Min- Durham Cathedral on foot. After noticing a tweet from the to hear the guest speakers the Bishop of Bolton, CP istry Team”. Big Bible project saying Sheridan Voysey and DJ Konz Edmondson, and former Premiership football player Fab- were on their way to view the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Rev rice Muamba. David Burrowes MP,Co-Founder and Chair- York: On Saturday 21 September there was a special wed- Paul Child, new Associate Curate in the Monkwearmouth man of the CCF said: “The Conservative Party Conference ding at St Nicholas Church in Husthwaite. A couple from Parish, Sunderland, invited them to visit their parish. is the biggest political gathering of the year and the CCF North Yorkshire has been married in the afternoon after “I hope this encounter with DJ and Sheridan shows that Church Service is always one of the biggest Conference having competed in the Brownlee Tri. Jon Cooper and we are also interested with things happening outside the events. We want to make a bold statement that God is very Debs Feltwell, two dedicated triathletes, had to swim for church building”, said Paul Child. much at work through churches and Christian organisa- 400m, cycle for 10k and run 2.5k before their wedding.

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A group of 50 MPs have written a The Bible Society has started a IMPROVEMENT IN THE ECONO- whether it is safe for housing asso- ❏joint letter to the Attorney Gener- campaign to raise money to send MY does not mean the end of tough ciations to work with religious al supporting calls for an urgent Bibles to Chinese Christians. For times, according to the Archbishop organisations, the Archbishop review of the decision by the Crown every £3 sent by a supporter, a of Canterbury, speaking to the insisted that ‘not only is it legal but Prosecution Service (CPS) not to pros- benefactor will donate £1. For fur- National Housing Federation Con- it is very safe – in fact, it is a great ecute doctors involved in illegal sex ther information visit ference in Birmingham last Friday. way forward’. selection abortions. http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/. Archbishop Welby claimed that The Archbishop’s address high- incomes for average households are lighted what are coming to be seen back at 2003 levels but prices, as his major themes. He was careful The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is among including fuel prices, are higher. He not to be politically partisan, insist- those who sent messages of support to five Christians who appeared warned that the introduction of Uni- ing that he was not making a party in court on Tuesday after disrupting the London arms fair. versal Credit was a ‘massive change in the risk- political point in warning that the delivery of The five, who include a Methodist minister, were due to plead Not profile of housing associations’ and that the Universal Benefit would be hugely challenging, Guilty in Thames Magistrates’ Court on 24 September. They are so-called bedroom tax, higher energy costs, and but much of his analysis would have been wel- charged under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. the activities of short-term lenders can mean comed by people on the left. They insist they did nothing wrong when they blocked an entrance that many housing association tenants soon Yet the Archbishop differs from some on the to the arms fair by kneeling in prayer. They were inspired by Jesus’ finding themselves in arrears. left in thinking the power of the state to effect example of nonviolent direct action in the Jerusalem Temple, when Referring to his own experience in Liverpool, change is limited ‘whether it is by choice or he protested against the exploitation of the poor. the Archbishop stressed the difficulty of necessity’ and in looking for action by voluntary encouraging economic regeneration. The associations, working in cooperation with the ‘donut theory of economic regeneration’ where churches. On Sunday 22 September the aroma The new Bishop of Durham ‘you inject jam in the middle and it permeates to Whether it is providing advice on debt or sup- of baking bread lingered in the air at ❏Designate has underlined his the edges’ had not worked, he concluded. Bil- port for housing associations, Archbishop Halifax Minster. To celebrate har- commitment to the fight against lions of pounds had been invested in one of the Welby offers the energy and commitment of vol- vest, the vicar, Canon Hilary Barber, poverty. best shopping centres in Europe and yet walk unteers drawn from the churches. teamed up with the Cooking School The appointment of the Rt Rev Paul for 12 to 15 minutes up to Toxteth and you see “It needs more than just a few of us, but grow- at Dean Clough. They demonstrat- Butler, currently Bishop of Southwell little impact. ing our common worship and extending all our ed how to make bread using York- and Nottingham, was followed by his “Parts of the country seem struck in endless links in communities, links that exist already, shire Flour and then baked it to commitment to using his tenure to poverty and deprivation, now running for gener- gives reason not for optimism but for hope,” the share later. Bread made earlier has support initiatives including food ations, despite the quality and value of the peo- Archbishop concluded. been taken and blessed on the altar banks and credit unions. ple who work and live there,” he said. Many will be cheered by his message. Critics and used as spiritual food during Indeed, one of his duties when he He argued this was less to do with policy and will point to his admission that it will take 10 the Communion. Canon Hilary Bar- visited his Diocese on Thursday 12 more to do with delivery. “If you combine high- years to build a rival to Wonga and wonder if he ber said: “Harvest is about offering September was a visit to the Easing- er costs, lower incomes in real terms (inflation really has the resources to deliver. back to God that which he has ton Colliery Cafe Together Project, is higher for the poor), already given us – Yorkshire flour, which serves meals to local people debt, issues of policy the skills of The Cooking School, from the local Methodist church, dur- delivery, great risks to

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Spiked that abortions on grounds of gender has continued to generate controversy CPS has said the matter could be brought Doctors are not above the law and the Gen- selection were legal if the mother’s preg- with 50 MPs writing a joint letter to before the General Medical Council but eral Medical Council cannot be a substitute nancy was a risk to her mental health. the Attorney General supporting calls the MPs say the GMC cannot substitute for for the courts.” She said that the law was silent on gen- for an urgent review of the decision of the courts.’ Writing in the Daily Express Ann Widde- der selection just as it was silent on rape as the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) “The decision by the CPS could lead to combe denounced the CPS for being in the grounds for abortion. not to prosecute doctors involved in the conclusion that gender-specific abor- ‘grip of the abortion culture’ in which it “While it is true that the sex of the foetus the illegal operations. tion is merely a matter of professional mis- thinks it acceptable to prosecute pro-life is not a legal ground for abortion, nor is Ann Furedi, head of the British Pregnan- conduct rather than illegal,” the MPs say in campaigners who display pictures of abort- rape, or incest, or being 13 years old. Nor is cy Advisory Service, has claimed that the their letter. ed foetuses but not those who perform ille- being homeless or abandoned, or just feel- law does not prevent abortion on the “This is clearly unconstitutional as it is gal sex-selection abortions. ing there is no way you can bring a chid grounds of gender. for Parliament to legislate to change the Ann Furedi, whose organisation carries into the world,” she said, “but they are all In their letter, the MPs describe the CPS law and it has occurred without recourse to out more than a quarter of abortions in reasons why a doctor may believe a woman decision as ‘unconstitutional’ and a ‘step Parliament. Safeguards in the 1967 Abor- England and Wales, told the magazine has met the legal grounds of abortion.” Leicester bids Catholic parish for remains turns Episcopalian LEICESTER CATHEDRAL has taken its campaign to secure the remains of Richard III further by unveiling designs for a tomb EPISCOPALIANS in the US are accustomed arrangement, he said the parish would have the that they intend to submit to the Cathedral Fabrics Commission to read of parishes or even whole dioceses try- flexibility to retain its own rites. for a decision expected in late October. ing to secede from their Church but from St “I know that given St Stanislaus’ rich heritage, The proposed raised tomb will be made of Swaledale limestone with Louis, Missouri, comes news that one former the ability to retain their cherished Polish identity, a cross placed at the centre of a rose carved in white limestone. It will parish may be seeking to join the Episcopal along with practices and rites are surely an impor- be placed in the chancel of the Cathedral, a traditional place of honour, Church. tant matter,” Bishop Smith has written in a letter to and equivalent to the king’s original grave in the Grey Friars Priory in St Stanislaus Kostka, a large, cathedral-sized his clergy. “Alternatively of course, St Stanislaus Leicester. church that was built to serve the Polish Catholic could also choose any or all of the liturgies avail- The king’s name, his dates of birth and death, his personal motto community, has won its battle to retain control of its able to the Episcopal Church.” ‘Loyaulte me Lie’ (Loyalty binds me), and his ‘boar’ badge will be assets after a long and bitter dispute with the The National Catholic Reporter says that Marek carved into the dark circular band on the floor of the tomb. Catholic diocese that saw the former archbishop, Bozek, the priest who was hired in 2005 to lead the The Dean of Leicester, the Very Rev David Monteith, said the cathe- the Most Rev Raymond Bourke, excommunicate parish, has posted on the parish website a photo- dral ‘fully respected the process of judicial review’ but that the cathe- the parish. In February the Roman Catholic Arch- graph of Bishop Smith visiting the parish to talk dral had to seek planning permission for the ‘detailed and costly diocese decided not to appeal against a 2012 court with parishioners. changes’ that would have to be made in the event of the final decision decision that handed over control of St Stanislaus “One cannot be a Catholic without a bishop,” Fr favouring Leicester. to its own lay board of trustees. Bozek said. “It is my hope that by the time this The Bishop of Leicester said he was ‘proud to support the cathedral Now the Episcopal Bishop of Missouri, the Rt process is completed, we, St Stanislaus Parish, will in continuing to progress its responsibility to prepare for the reintern- Rev George Wayne, has said that the church may have a caring and wise priest and that we will be ment of King Richard while the judicial process continues’. be coming into union with his diocese. Under an part of a diocese.” He added that the improvements made to the cathedral, which would include opening up the area directly under the tower, would create a better experience for the thousands of expected extra visitors. Dr Phil Stone of the Richard III Society, which is maintaining a neu- Steve Chalke’s up an academy tral stance about where the king should be buried, described the over- all design for the Leicester tomb as ‘inspired’. “If in two to three months’ time it is clear that Richard is coming to Leicester than I hope this will proceed according to these plans,” he said. “This design is utterly inspired and if it does not come here, I hope they will do the same thing somewhere else.” The design was the work of a special group chaired by Canon Mandy Ford and including representatives of the Richard III Society, the Uni- versity and the City Council. “This design is the result of wide and careful consideration,” Canon Ford announced. “The architects have responded to our desire for a monument which speaks of the great Christian themes of life, death, and resurrection while marking the resting place of one individual.”

OASIS CHURCH, operating among members of the local country to start a Sunday school near Waterloo Station in community who welcomed the in 1786. Over the years, a num- North Lambeth, has added a school and given it their support. ber of ‘ragged schools’ were set new secondary academy to As well as the two schools, up by the church. the range of services it offers Oasis runs a debt advice centre, “These original ‘free schools’ the local community. The new a foodbank, a community café, a were set up to provide free edu- free school opened on 9 Sep- coaching service, and a wide cation to children whose families tember with an intake of 120 variety of children’s groups and could not afford private school- year 7 students. Oasis youth groups. ing – and that’s exactly what we already operates a primary Steve Chalke, Senior Minister are still about, creating world school. of Oasis, pointed out that the class education and equality of Local Vauxhall MP, Kate Hoey, records show that the Surrey opportunity for every young per- and Kevin Spacey at the nearby Chapel (the predecessor of son,” the minister said. Old Vic Theatre, have been Oasis) was the first church in the

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THE ARCHBISHOP of Westminster has written a pastoral letter to English and killed in church bombing Welsh Roman Catholics celebrating the “beauty” of Britain’s Anglican heritage and urging their support for the Personal THE CHURCH of Pakistan has called Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. for three days of mourning and soli- In his letter of 22 September 2013, Arch- darity in the wake of a suicide bomb- bishop Vincent stated: “The Ordinariate is the ing at All Saints’ Church, Kohati canonical structure set up in 2011 as the Gate, in Peshawar. result of a generous initiative of Pope Bene- As approximately 600 worshippers dict XVI. Under this structure, Anglicans who filed out of the church in Peshawar’s old wish to enter the full communion of the city following the principal morning serv- Catholic Church, bringing with them some of ice two men wearing explosive vests the traditions and beauty of the Anglican her- holding ball bearings and other pieces of itage in which they were nurtured, may do shrapnel detonated their charges. so.” The police reported at least 78 people, He urged Catholics to “welcome and sup- including 37 children, were killed. port the clergy and faithful” of the Ordinariate Church of Pakistan leaders estimate the “both for the part they play in the life and mis- death toll to be at least 150 with hun- sion of the Catholic Church in this country dreds more wounded. and for the particular gifts they bring which The explosion at All Saints Church, add to our rich diversity.” built in 1883 by the CMS and unique He also commended a second letter pre- among Peshawar’s churches as it was designed to resemble a mosque, comes a year and a day after a mob set fire to a church in the nearby town of Mardan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they course, other church institutions the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin will continue to attack non-Sunni Mus- throughout the city.” Welby said he was “appalled” by the lims until the coalition forces end their The attack on Peshawar’s Christians news. drone attacks against terrorists in follows upon attacks by the Taliban “My heart goes out to all those Waziristan. against Shia Muslims in Quetta this past bereaved and injured by this terrible In a letter to students and faculty, the February, which killed 200, and ongoing attack. I pray for the peace of Pakistan Dean of Edwardes College in Peshawar, attacks against members of the and the protection of Christ’s people. the Rev Dr Titus Pressler said the “scale Ahmadiyya community. With the people of Peshawar I join in call- of the atrocity is terrible. News is still Dr Pressler reported that members of ing for the Pakistan Government and all coming in, but it is said that about 150 the Muslim community were quick to people of good will to ensure that com- people or more were killed and 200 or reach out to Christians with offers of munities may go about their daily lives in more were injured. The news has gone prayer and support. “Such ecumenical safety, and that the perpetrators are around the world. spirit is crucial in any place and time, but brought to justice.” “Information is emerging,” he wrote, especially so in Peshawar and in Pakistan In a Twitter message released on 22 “but a number of our current students today,” he wrote. “So I thank God for September 2013 the archbishop said: were killed as were a number of such compassion and generosity of spirit “Peshawar bomb reveals depths of Edwardes College alumni. The same is between people of different religions.” human evil, yet those suffering speak of true of Edwardes College School and, of In a letter to the Church of Pakistan, forgiveness as well as justice.

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By George Conger Kenyan brothers and sisters” in the face of terrorism, but ty with you at this time, but that we too share in the grief he would nonetheless meet with local organizers to review that this senseless attack has brought. Kenya’s Christian and Muslim leaders have issued a security details and report back within the week. “As you speak and act in response to these terrible united statement condemning the terror attack on Church leaders from around the world have offered events, may you be a channel of God’s grace: to comfort the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, which has left at least their prayers and condolences to the families of the dead the bereaved, bind up the broken hearted, and proclaim 60 people dead including five Britons and a dozen and injured and to the people of Kenya. In a note to the the triumph of our Lord Jesus Christ over both evil and other ex-pats. Archbishop of Kenya, the Most Rev Thabo Makgoba, death,” Dr Makgoba said. Police report that approximately 15 terrorists of the Archbishop of Cape Town, wrote “to express not only that Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab attacked the upscale the Anglican Church of Southern Africa stands in solidari- shopping mall in suburban Nairobi on 21 September 2013, spraying shoppers with automat- ic rifle fire. Some shoppers were taken hostage, eyewitness reported, and were released if they could recite the Shahada, the Islamic basic profession of belief, or if they converted to Islam. Those who could or would not were executed. The Shabelle Media Network in Mogadishu reports that al- Shabaab has identified the names and nationalities of the killers. Three are listed as Amer- icans, one Briton and a Finn amongst the Somali and Kenyan terrorists. Kenya’s inter-religious council responded to the attack by say- ing they would not let the mas- Help children piece together sacre divide the country along sectarian lines, but would stand the story of Jesus with united against terrorism. Reading the statement on behalf of the religious leaders, The Children’s Society Supreme Council of Kenya Mus- lims Secretary General Adan Christingle Wachu said: “We, the religious leaders, are engaged in robust Christingle tells the amazing story dialogue to ensure that these relations are not just maintained of God’s only son, born into poverty but also made stronger. We are to save us. convinced beyond doubt that the attempt to sow seeds of dis- cord between Muslims and Join our stand against poverty, Christians will fail miserably and a reality for millions of children that we shall remain united.” The Rt Rev Joel Waweru, in the UK. Anglican Bishop of Nairobi, urged Christians not to seek Everything youneed to hold revenge. “We are so disheart- ened with whatever happened, your ownpowerful and inspiring but we would want to call upon children’s Christingle celebration our Christian brothers and sis- ters to keep peace and to main- this Christmas is available free tain peace,” said Waweru. from www.christingle.org. The religious leaders’ state- ment said that one of the motives behind the attack was to destabilize the economy by driv- ing away tourists. On Sunday the general secretary of the Gafcon movement, the Most Charity Registration No. 221124 | Photograph modelled for The Children’s Society | © Jon Snedden Rev Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney, released a video saying he was flying to Nairobi this week to review security arrange- ments for next month’s Gafcon The Children’s Society Christingle Conference at All Saints Cathe- dral. Dr Jensen said it was his A better childhood. For every child. www.christingle.org “desire” to “stand with our

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drank wine in first century Local views Palestine rather misses the Sir, As Frank McManus (letters, Diocesan merger point. Most commentators 13 September) touches upon, it Sir, I am sorry that Mr McManus is under the impression that there accept the wine was generally seems un-Anglican to merge a has been undue haste in the handling of the recent Dioceses Com- of a very much lower alcohol diocese against its own wishes. mission proposals to bring together the Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon content than today and the vari- Your Tweets Unlike the Roman Church we do & Leeds and Wakefield. ety of drinks available in days not have an autocratic leader or The Commission first announced its review in January 2009. A before modern refrigeration was body, in fact I would argue that review team subsequently held 80 meetings on the ground. A com- very limited. In the oft-quoted Canterbury General Synod exceeds its spiri- prehensive consultation document was issued in November 2010, story from Cana in Galilee St Diocese @CanterburyDio tual remit when it treats the spiri- following which 140 representations were made and considered. A John wishes to talk about the joy Thank you to everyone who tual independence of a Diocese draft scheme was then published in October 2011. Over 100 repre- of the new life that Christ brings, sponsored the Bishop of Dover with contempt and subordinates sentations arose from that and were also considered before the draft not, as is frequently but incor- for his sleepout. £380 raised so it to their civil remit. scheme was published in October 2012 for formal consideration by rectly thought, about the sup- far! rotarysleepout.org Fundamental to historic Angli- the respective diocesan synods. Following these votes in February posed benefits of alcohol! canism is that we are a fellow- to April of this year, the Archbishop of York exercising his statutory Paul Filmer has rightly recog- SJPSalisbury @SJPSalisbury ship, or commonwealth, of role authorised the laying of the draft scheme before the General nised that Christians need New addition to @DioSalisbury independent local churches Synod prior to last July’s debate. prayerfully to consider what great coffee chain opens today where the diocese is that local I hope that it can be seen from this that there was a very thorough would Jesus want us to do now in @stpaulsontheweb. I’m thinking church. Thus a diocese ought not process of consultation. While it is true that there was a range of an age where alcohol is the most global franchise opportunity. to be dissolved against its will views as to how best to proceed across all three dioceses, there was widely abused drug, contributing and subsumed into a union of more support for bringing the three dioceses together as proposed to illness, debt, immoral behav- Elizabeth others. than for any other single option. Our firm conviction that this is the iour, family breakdown, and not Oldfield @TheosElizabeth The picture we have at the end right response to the mission challenges now facing West Yorkshire infrequently death itself. In writ- Gearing up for fringe debate at of the time of the Apostles and the Dales was strongly supported by two of the three dioceses ing to the church in Corinth St #lab13 hosted by @CSANwire on referred to in the preface to the (with significant, if not majority, support within Wakefield) and by Paul warned against putting a prisoner voting. Do you think Ordinal in the Prayer Book is that the General Synod. stumbling block in the way of a prisoners should have the right of the first chapters of the Book It is our earnest hope and prayer that all those in the dioceses will ‘weaker brother or sister for to vote? of Revelation. Here Jesus Christ now work together to enable the new diocese to build on what has whom Christ died’ so it was good walks among such independent been achieved and to engage in the Church’s mission with renewed to read this report which I hope Kate Bottley @revkatebottley local area churches and dignifies vigour. And, indeed, we are delighted to hear that people in all three other clergy will consider emulat- Urgh! Spiritual direction this their independence by implying dioceses are throwing themselves into the task of building the new ing. Christians are not called to morning, one of my least they answer only to himself. diocese. follow popular culture but to con- favourite things but it is While it is true that some dio- Michael Clarke, sider the most vulnerable in soci- #goodforme ceses have been created since Chair, Dioceses Commission ety. then, and created by division of Worcester John Wainwright, Sisters of older dioceses – this has always Potters Bar Bethany @bethanysister been with the consent of the orig- Praying for all those involved in inal diocese or dioceses con- Alan Minchin, eighteen18.com, as reformed by the situation in Nairobi cerned. Stratford upon Avon the Coalition Government. These Salt warning Alan Bartley, reforms are as much needed by Sir, Janey Lee Grace is mislead- Nicky Gumbel @nickygumbel Greenford, Middlesex the Church of England as any ing, at the very least, when she Don’t look down on anyone Creation other church. That depends on asserts (20 September) that unless you are bending down to Sir, The news that the Archbish- those of no faith as much as Himalayan Salt is ‘actually good pick them up. Map reading op of Canterbury has decided not those with some. for you’, and that in fact (my ital- Sir, The allegory of misreading to be a vice-President of the I wish that Mullen would just ics) it’s the kind of salt that’s all- Diocese of the map used by Benny Hazle- RSPCA perhaps shows a wel- research what Pope Francis was important’. Sadly her article is Derby @DioceseofDerby hurst of Accepting Evangelicals, come recognition of the conflict trying to say so that others little more than a product Industrial Mission. Today we (13 September) proves that it was between evolution and animal understand rather than an exis- endorsement (which is only too pray for all those who support the mistake of the map reader welfare; given that if we accept tential diatribe to boost your cir- obvious when you look at the Christians in the workplace that was at fault, not the map evolution, we are expected to culation. website which she quotes), and #derbyprayers itself, and that any “re-interpreta- believe in a God who uses bil- James Ware. its content is unscientific. Many tion” of the map would be com- lions of years of animal suffering HE Intelligence health professionals and scien- Catherine Fox @FictionFox pletely wrong. to bring humans to the world, we tists have a rather different per- It’s a thing. Inability to grasp the The misuse of Holy Scripture surely have a problem in believ- spective. 24hr clock. Like not knowing left in order to appeal to people who, ing a little bit of extra suffering is Sensible move World Action On Salt and from right. And vaguely thinking in Mr Hazlehurst’s opinion, are a major problem in God’s eyes. Sir, As an orthodox Methodist Health is an international charity that watershed is an actual shed. being alienated is an unbeliev- Which is why I really, really who would not feel able to take working to reduce salt intake to able stance for a man with the prefer creation on theological full communion in most Anglican the level recommended by the John Sentamu @JohnSentamu title “Rev” before his name. grounds... churches because of the alco- World Health Organisation, I am looking forward to meeting In the Gospel records our Lord Bruce Patterson, holic wine, I was pleased to read which is 5g per day. They say pupils, staff and governors. Jesus Christ said nothing to abol- Manchester in various newspapers about the (www.worldactiononsalt.com), Among the greatest treasures of ish Leviticus 18:22/20:13, regard- Rev Paul Filmer’s decision to ‘Do not be deceived! Salt is salt ... the Church of England are our ing sexual sin (clearly detailed in replace this with grape juice. whether it comes in crystals or schools Holy Scripture) as part of our Pope views This may be good for future grains, from the sea or from the “uncleanness” (Mark 7:21-23) Sir, As ever Peter Mullen shows a ecumenical relations but, more Himalayas ... they all contain an Justin Welby @ABCJustin and did not condone sexual sin limited understanding of what importantly, I welcome Paul’s equally high sodium chloride Peshawar bomb reveals depths (John 8:11). the Holy Father was trying to consideration for recovering alco- content as table salt and cooking of human evil, yet those suffering Surely this is the teaching that achieve by stating that he was holics in his congregation where salt. Sodium and chloride com- speak of forgiveness as well as Mr Hazlehurst should be advo- against unbelievers following even the smallest amount of alco- bine to form salt (NaCl), it is this justice. That is the love of Jesus cating to Christians with same- their own consciences. hol has been known to have detri- combination of minerals that puts shown. sex attraction, along with Where would great initiatives mental consequences. The up our blood pressure, leading to compassionate encouragement such as the NSPCC achieve their sacrament of Holy Communion is strokes, heart failure and heart follow us for celibate relationships? objectives in stopping the pro- the last place one would want this disease. Aside from certain alter- @churchnewspaper on Twitter Loving the sinner and not the duction of illegal under-18 to happen! sin is required of all of us. pornography such as Just 18 and To say that Jesus probably Letters continue on page 16

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Nairobi, Baghdad and Peshawar all suffered devastating massacres during the same weekend. The Nairobi shopping mall killings was a classic ‘atrocity’, a calculated mass murder of shoppers by al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist movement linked to al-Qaeda. This act was intend- ed to shock, traumatise and destabilise Kenyan politics, and to avenge signs on women Kenyan military successes against al-Shabaab in Somalia. The killers allowed Muslims to escape the carnage, and so attempt- ing to provoke war and vengeance by the ‘kafir’, whoever they might Helen-Anne Hartley be. The Baghdad bombing was also by Sunni Muslims but against Shias, a car bomb blowing up those at a large tribal funeral conducted in tents with hundreds of people present. Again, this is pure provoca- tion to revenge and spiralling violent resentment. The excellent Guardian report told us that 4,000 people have been killed in Iraq between April and August, and nearly 500 in September, causing panic and despair. The third massacre was of Pakistani Christians in a church by an off- shoot of the Taliban, killing 81 and wounding 140. This was also com- mitted by Sunni suicide bombers, with the message that it was seeking to kill non-Muslims in a Muslim land. Christians there are always treat- ed very harshly, and security was virtually non-existent. A minority group was savagely slaughtered with the aim of eliminating ‘kafir’ and also of seeking to destabilise Pakistani politics and the peace talks with the Taliban. The IRA atrocities were essentially the same kind of activity, seeking to forward its agenda no matter what the cost in human flesh and blood, an activity not repented of by its perpetrators but ultimately too sickening to those it claimed to represent to be sustainable. And the London bombings were also a murderous attack on civilians by suicide bombers, filled with their own crazed eschatological motivation and ideology. The widow of one of those bombers, a convert to Islam, Samantha Lewthwaite, is thought to be a key organiser of the Nairobi massacre, possibly even a participant, providing a link in this web of cruelty and mayhem with the aim of imposing hardline Sharia wherev- er it can. This demonic ideology has great power, and can clearly ‘possess’ people in a total way: it is an apocalyptic kind of violence of the most All the above means that the Church of England nihilistic kind. Secular argument can have no effect on it. Appeals for Ruth Chapman is now the only Anglican church within the UK and restraint by Shia and Sunni political leaders are of no avail. Ultimately Ireland not to allow women to be bishops. this movement devoted to murderous atrocities is fundamentally reli- In July of this year, however, the General Synod gious, and only religious disproof of its beliefs can therefore under- There has been great encouragement recently for of the Church of England affirmed its desire to see mine its fanaticism. A major problem here is that its core text, the those working towards and supporting the process women appointed as bishops within the Church of Qur’an, can be appealed to by this ideology to justify its version of jihad for finally enabling women to become bishops in England as a matter of urgency. The women bish- against the unbeliever and against the heretic Shia. This is a version of the Church of England. ops steering committee established following July’s Islam, despite the Prime Minister’s public denials of the fact. Jesus is I am on the national committee of the group General Synod met earlier this month. Two days of the great alternative to jihad: Jesus who absorbed hate and violence – Women and the Church (WATCH) and have cele- discussion considered a first draft of a measure as the church has a deep responsibility to present the case, sensitively brated these wonderful advancements along with well as an amending canon as requested by Synod. and seriously, that he is the Word of God in human flesh and blood. many others. The appointment of Helen-Anne Hart- The group also discussed the possible shape of a ley as the Bishop of Waikato in New Zealand was declaration from the House of Bishops as well as a the first piece of good news. Helen-Anne was mandatory grievance procedure. 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To fill the Father’s house through events and programmes Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out covering key leadership topics. We also to the roads and country lanes and run vocations conferences and longer- compel them to come in, so that my term initiatives such as the Arrow house will be full,’ Luke 14:23. Leadership Programme. We also create leadership development resources to be Our past used in local churches, and this month Jesus’ words in that famous parable from we are launching Growing Through a Luke’s gospel were used at the first Vacancy to help churches thrive during CPAS annual meeting in 1836. Our the period without a vicar. During the founders had a driving vision – ‘the past three years we have worked in 42 of gospel to every man’s door’ – to which the 43 English dioceses, as well as in we have remained faithful ever since. Scotland, Wales and Ireland. a lastinggig gifft t Translated into 21st Century language, we exist to enable churches to help Ventures and Falcon Camps: every person hear and discover the good Ventures are fun, safe and life-changing news of Jesus. holidays for 8-18s attended by nearly As a guardian of the evangelical flame 4,000 young people each year, while in the Church of England for nearly 180 Falcon Camps are Christian holidays for years we have seen many different children and teenagers who face some seasons of life but always remained true kind of disadvantage in their daily lives. to a gospel-focused, mission-enabling ministry. Patronage: As the UK’s leading In the 19th Century CPAS gave grants evangelical patron, we have sole or to employ curates and lay workers in shared responsibility for appointing parishes; in the 20th Century our clergy to more than 500 benefices influence grew and many will remember nationwide. We seek to fill vacant our support of Mission England, the parishes with incumbents who have a development of family worship resources heart for the gospel, and are committed and the growth of the CYFA Pathfinder to seeing people won for Christ and built network. Hundreds of parishes have up in the faith. used the evangelism course Start! and the baptism preparation material in First Our future Steps, both of which have enduring We remain as committed as ever to popularity even today. working towards the evangelisation of the UK and Republic of Ireland. We have Our present never wavered in this passion, and our Leaving a legacy to CPAS enables churches In what seems to be an environment of commitment to patronage, Ventures and ever-growing secularism across the UK Falcon Camps and leadership to help more people hear and discover and Republic of Ireland, the need for the development flows out of this missional the good news of Jesus Christ gospel has never been clearer. Our aspiration and our commitment to the founders made an obligation to support Church of England. the evangelistic endeavours of local Legacy gifts are an important part of churches, and we remain fundamentally sustaining any charity, and at CPAS committed to that objective. we’re no different. If you share our making disciples, developing leaders, growing churches Our work is currently focused on passionate commitment to the wwwwww.cpas.org.uk/legacy.cpas.org.uk/legacy [email protected]@cpas.org.uk 0300 123 0780 three main areas: revitalisation of the Church of England, please consider including leaving a gift Church Pa Pastoralstoral Aid Society,Societyetyy,, registered charity number 1007820 Leadership development: We train to CPAS in your will. Thank you. leaders at all levels in local churches, www.cpas.org.uk

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The work of the Pensions Board means much more than a pension at retirement. One in four of those retiring from the service of the Church of England seek our assis- tance and one area where the Board and its Charitable Funds can support those in need is the provision of dementia care. Many of us have, or have had, experience of dementia either personally or amongst our circle of friends. We will be all too aware of the strain and responsibility placed upon the family members and carers of those suffer- ing from this difficult illness. The Church of England Pensions Board’s nursing care home, Manormead, in Surrey has a specialist unit caring for dementia patients. This unit, which has recently been expanded, provides a safe, secure and stimu- lating environment for clergy pensioners and their dependants who are unable to care for themselves as a result of dementia related ill- nesses. But this type of care cannot be provided without the help of kind and generous indi- viduals who support the Board’s Charitable Funds. These funds rely on legacies and life- time gifts to continue our much needed work. With your help we can continue to pro- vide a safe and comfortable environment where people can live with their dementia, not just exist.

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ed. Flourishing and ancient Christian com- because we barely believe in the Church any- munities are now dwindling to a scared and more. scarred remnant. By contrast, Muslims have a very strong Yet what can we expect from our govern- concept of ‘Umma’ or ‘community’ whilst ments when we as Western Christians barely Christians are largely uneducated as to what AndrewCarey: feel any common identity with our brothers it means to belong to Christ’s body, where and sisters in other parts of the world. The every member is infinitely loved and valued. concept of a worldwide church and a com- The fact is that we have to start supporting, mon mission beyond national boundaries has campaigning for and praying for the persecut- ViewfromthePew virtually died a death. We feel no kinship with ed church before we can expect politicians to Christians in any other part of the world start doing anything. Tackling violence Should Christians be

I remain constantly amazed that the west death sentence now, 23 September, looks with such equanimity at the plight www.blogs.telegraph.co.uk) remarked forced underground? of Christians in the Middle East and that the response of the west to both elsewhere especially when they are killings will be one of “gentle reproaches The most dubious response to the slaughter of Christians in Peshawar came from the former experiencing extreme violence. followed by... nothing.” editor of The Times, Simon Jenkins, in his Guardian column (‘Kenya mall attack: David The headlines over the weekend were She continued: “Being a Christian, in Cameron’s rush to ‘solve the crisis’ won’t help’, Monday 23 September, The Guardian). He mainly about political factionalism, in some parts of the world, carries a death said quite rightly that it is difficult to prevent suicide bombers hitting civilian population. He spite of the news about violence in Pak- sentence.” erroneously drew the conclusion that the only response was to ‘discourage like-minded istan and Kenya. In Peshawar, 60 Chris- There is now an evidence trail going crowds from gathering in one place, be they co-religionists or party faithful or merely the tians were killed horrifically by two back at least a decade that extreme wealthy.” suicide bombers as they left a church. Islamists are very bad for the health of The defeatism of this statement is terrifying. The response to terrorism is a matter for prop- In the Nairobi killing although a church Christians. There have been shocking er debate but suspending something as important as a communal worship, or even shopping service was not targeted, Islamist gun- massacres of Christians, burnings of for clothes is to hoist up the white flag of surrender. men reportedly freed Muslims who churches, torching of villages where While everyone should take proper precautions and gathering of the ‘likeminded’ should could name the Prophet’s mother. Christians are the majority. In Pakistan, be protected as far as possible, Christians should continue to meet for worship publicly and The Telegraph writer, Christina Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Iraq Christians visibly. To do otherwise is to let terrorists have their way. Odone (‘Being a Christian carries a are being killed, silenced and persecut-

Who laughs last? Remembering Romero

Sir Edward Heath used to delight in gloating over the fact that he had tricked the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral into parting with the freehold of St George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Southwark was packed for an ecu- Arundells, his house in the close. When he bought the lease of the house, menical service to dedicate a cross as a memorial to Archbishop Oscar Romero Heath’s solicitor noticed that the Cathedral’s estate agent had failed to insert whose cause for canonisation looks set to go ahead under Pope Francis. West- a clause safeguarding the freehold, so Heath struck. Even stalwart support- minster Abbey already has Romero’s statue on its west end so it was appropriate ers like Jim Prior were dismayed by Heath’s sharp practice and urged him to that the Dean of Westminster Abbey, John Hall, took part in the service. Anoth- make amends in his will by leaving the freehold to the church. Heath refused er Anglican participant was the Rev Richard Carter from St Martin-in-the-Fields, but Arundells is not proving a success. Two trustees, Lord Armstrong of a former chaplain to the Melanesian Brothers who wrote a book about those Ilminster and Sir Timothy Kitson, have resigned, believing plans to turn it brothers who died trying to bring peace to the Solomon Islands. The preacher at into a museum being pushed by Heath’s former private secretary, Peter the service was Romero’s vicar general, Mgr Ricardo Urioste. In a moving Batey, are not financially viable. It is not the first time that fate has played address, he spoke of Romero as a man of prayer, a man of the church, and a man tricks on Sir Edward. When female choristers were admitted to the choir at of the poor. Although he did not speak of the matter in his homily, Mgr Urioste Salisbury he told the Dean: “We don’t want bloody women.” It was ironic that entered the chapel where Romero was assassinated on 24 March 1980, only a Heath’s funeral service in the cathedral was conducted by a woman dean. few hours after the soldiers had shot the Archbishop as he said mass and led Wits in Salisbury said it was the second time he had been buried by a woman. special prayers. Aged 88 he flew to London with Romero’s brother especially for If the trustees are forced to sell Arundells it could fetch £5 million. Perhaps the service. Also present was the Salvadoran artist, Fernando Llort, who they will then decide to make amends to the cathedral. designed the cross that was completed in his workshop in El Salvador. Within the cross is a reliquary holding a fragment of the blood-stained alb Romero was wearing when he was shot. The Whispering Gallery Profit of sin Still hanging on

Damian McBride stole quite a bit of the limelight during the Labour Party In 1997 Mark Noll caused quite a stir in denouncing the ‘scandal of the evan- Conference with his revelations about the dirty tricks he performed as Gor- gelical mind’. His strong indictment of evangelical intellectual efforts caused don Brown’s press secretary. Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin controversy but even many evangelicals accepted his conclusions. A couple of details McBride’s activities in undermining such Government ministers as years before Noll wrote his book a magazine started publication that seemed Charles Clark and John Reid. Confession is said to be good for the soul but designed to prove him wrong. Books and Culture (with Noll on the board) in the case of a famous sinner like McBride it can also be profitable. aimed to publish high quality articles that showed evangelicals engaging with McBride, who is a practising Catholic, has announced that all the profits philosophy, literature, history and the arts as well as theology. The parent from his book will be split between Finchley Catholic High School, his alma company is the well-known evangelical monthly Christianity Today. With 9,000 mater, where he worked when he had to leave Downing Street, and Cafod, subscribers, Books and Culture has depended on its sponsor to survive but where he works now. It is uncertain what will happen to the sum the Daily Christianity Today has run into financial problems and last year had a deficit of Mail paid to serialise extracts from the book, said to be more than £100,000. $1.2 million. It has given between $1 and $2 million to keep Books and Culture Cafod’s chief executive, Chris Bain, has been quick to deny that McBride’s going over the past 18 years but has felt it necessary to call a halt. Books and book will damage links between politicians. “Politicians are intelligent peo- Culture would have closed if it hadn’t been able to reach its goal of $250,000 by ple well capable of distinguishing between Cafod the organisation and the 9 September. The magazine has pledges of $118,000 a year until 2018 and background of any individual employees,” he has announced. A question he looks set to continue. A dozen Christian colleges have promised help and has not addressed is whether Cafod is right to accept money from a book Christians in the wider English-speaking world far beyond the evangelical con- that tells of 10 years of spin and subterfuge. Presbyterians don’t go in for stituency will be hoping the magazine’s long-term future can be secured. This confession but Tessa Jowell is surely right to say that Gordon Brown should is a publication that ranks alongside the London Review of Books for excel- own up to his share of the responsibility and apologise. lence. But it is not the only quality religious publication that is struggling. RR Reno, editor of First Things, says his magazine has to work hard to find sup- port. Christians desperately need journals with serious ideas – even if we don’t agree with them all. Books Friday September 27, 2013 www.churchnewspaper.com 13 The pick of The impact of culture the new Mission and Culture music and dance are more important than the texts. The Zaire Stephen B Bevans (editor) mass did not textually ‘break the mould’ of the Roman rite but it Orbis, Pb, £31.99 was immensely popular among the people. “A truly African celebration of the Roman rite,” he writes, “in John Hull is one of Britain’s most distin- Karl Rahner claimed that it was at Vati- which the African element is primarily nonverbal may open the guished theologians who has written can II that the Catholic Church actu- doorway into a whole view of life and way of thought that is widely on Christian Education and who is alised itself as a world church. He saw authentically African.” Perhaps the difference between Dr de also well known for his criticism of ‘Mis- the Council as marking a decisive break Mesa and Fr Shorter stems from the fact that one writes from an sion-Shaped Church’ and ‘Fresh Expres- when the Catholic Church ceased to be Asian and the other from an African background. sions’. Hull is blind and has written with a Western export and started to take Since Fr Luzbetak wrote the second edition of The Church and great insight on faith and blindness. In root in the different cultures of the Cultures the face of mission has changed. It is no longer conduct- The Tactile Heart (SCM) he has collect- world. Bernard Lonergan drew atten- ed from the ‘West to the rest’ but from ‘everywhere to every- ed his essays on this subject. They do not tion to the same development when he where’. A large proportion of the younger members of the SVD all make for comfortable reading. There spoke of a move from a ‘classist world- are from India or Latin America. is a very good discussion of the use of view’ to one in which theology accepted the need to reckon with As far as the SVD is concerned, the commitment to the study of metaphors of blindness and deafness in history and culture. anthropology in preparation for mission remains very important. hymns, for example. This is a very impor- As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Council, the Darrell Whiteman (one of the two non-Catholics to contribute to tant contribution to disability theology. encouragement it gave to inculturation should not be forgotten this book) worries that among some missionaries anthropology is SCM Studyguides have established a (even though the word itself did not really come into common use less of a priority. This is true among both Western and non-West- high reputation and the latest addition to until 1975). After the original draft document was rejected, Fr ern missionaries. In 2010 there were 20,000 Korean missionaries the series will add to that reputation. Johannes Schutte, superior-general of the Society of the Divine serving in 169 countries. As Whiteman comments, ‘because Stephen Spencer, who has already pro- Word (SVD) introduced the schema on the missionary activity of Korea is one of the most homogeneous societies in the world, duced Studyguides on Christian Mission the church, Ad Gentes Divinitus. Korean missionaries easily confuse Christianity with their Kore- and Anglicanism has written the latest He explained that the text did not have a separate chapter on an cultural patterns of worship, so their converts are led to Studyguide on Church History. This is the importance of adaptation to local culture because that theme believe that to become a Christian one must adopt Korean cul- an attractive, clearly written introduction ran through every chapter. As John O’Malley comments in his ture’. to the subject. Spencer teaches Church history of the Council: “In calling for explanations of the Christian Part of the problem, Whiteman believes, is that fewer mission- History for the Yorkshire Ministry faith ‘in terms of the philosophy and wisdom of the people’, the aries are spending a lifetime among a people. The average length Course and the College of the Resurrec- text implicitly called for a reordering of the whole theological of time for a ‘career’ missionary is now only seven years. White- tion at Mirfield and also serves as a enterprise.” Vatican II encouraged the ‘new churches’ to be man probably has Protestants chiefly in mind but Catholics need parish priest. Catholic and Christian without being Western. to be aware of the problem. GW Bernard’s The Late Medieval The work of a remarkable group of missionary anthropologists Just why an understanding of local culture is important is English Church (Yale) was reviewed in and theologians played an important role in this development. demonstrated by Jon Kirkby’s paper on witchcraft in Ghana. The CEN when it was first published. It has Many of them were members of the Society of the Divine Word issue of witchcraft is also discussed by Mary Douglas. now been re-issued in hardback. It gives a and one of them was Louis J Luzbetak (1918 – 2005) author of Fr Kirkby describes how accusations of witchcraft have convincing picture of the medieval The Church and Cultures (1963; completely rewritten for the increased as traditions have come under threat and the roles of church on the brink of the Reformation. 1988 edition). men and women have changed. The growth of individualism seen As our reviewer put it, it ‘avoids both the Luzbetak studied under the legendary Fr Wilhelm Schmidt in such developments as the hoarding of wealth is an important old interpretation, with its stress on the SVD and later edited the journal Anthropos, which Schmidt factor. Many men see modern life as empowering women but dis- unpopularity of the clergy, and the new founded. Like many of his great contemporary Catholic theolo- empowering them. account that claims the old religion was in gians, Luzbetak was convinced of the close connection between New ‘missionaries’ like those working for the UN, the World good shape’. nature and grace and this influenced him in his approach to incul- Bank, aid agencies and other NGOs as well as celebrities like Samuel Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the- turation. He was also a committed ecumenist, concerned to Angelina Jolie or Bono can step into a situation they are not pre- Fields, fills a big gap with his new book bridge the gap between Catholics, mainline Protestants and evan- pared to understand. In her own analysis of witchcraft Mary Dou- Crafting Prayers for Public Worship gelicals, and he was an official Catholic observer at the Lausanne glas does not exempt past generations of missionaries of blame. (Canterbury). This is an excellent guide International Conference on World Evangelization in 1974. In an area of the Congo she studied, they caused intergenera- to offering intercessory prayer that both Since 2000 an annual lecture has been given at the Catholic tional conflict by turning their young converts against the beliefs examines the major issues and provides Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago in honour of Luzbetak and of a previous generation. The collapse of an old system allowed good examples of what can be done the first 11 lectures are published in this book, edited by Stephan witchcraft beliefs to get out of control. The old religion lost together with sensible practical guidance. Bevans who is the Louis J Luzbetak Professor of Theology and authority except for its techniques of identifying sorcerers. Belief Wells is a theologian of note who has Culture at CTU. in sorcery never weakened but it no longer formed part of a wider worked as a pastor in Newcastle, Ely, This is a very important collection of papers that will be of inter- religious system. North Carolina and now in central Lon- est to anyone concerned about the mission of the Church, here in Today no one can discuss culture without examining the impact don. Britain as well as overseas. of globalisation. Vatican II spoke of new and more universal forms Richard Giles has written important A number of themes run through many of the lectures. The of culture that were coming into existence and the issue of glob- books on Christian worship and helped importance of Vatican II figures in a number of them. Jose M de alisation surfaces in several of the papers. transform the liturgies of churches in Mesa claims that the Council’s stress on getting to know the peo- Fr Shorter talks of ‘creolisation’ in Africa’s cities where young which he has served, notably the Episco- ple and listening to them amounts to a ‘hermeneutic of apprecia- people are influenced by Western media but creating a popular palian Cathedral in Philadelphia. Walk in tion’ that focuses on the positive aspects of a culture without culture that still has many continuities with tradition. The impact This Light (Canterbury) is a guide to the romanticising them. of globalisation is complex. As Robert Schreiter argues, many cul- journey of faith that can be given to those The neo-scholastic method that absolutized immutable doctri- tures are fighting back and resisting the impact of ‘MacWorld’. who have been baptised or confirmed. nal formulations gave way to a theology that was ready to enter The writer Pico Iyer put it well when he said we are all global citi- Every day is full of promise, the author into dialogue with the experience of the people. In his account of zens but we a still have tribal souls. tells us, every encounter an opportunity the SVD contribution to mission, Philip Gibbs tells how, after the What is not always appreciated is that globalisation makes it to know more of God’s love and grace. Council, Fr Schutte stressed that mission does not mean simply possible for non-Western cultures to go global, a phenomenon the What do we do when God appears to be announcing the Good News but a ‘new incarnation of Christ’ in German sociologist Ulrich Beck has labelled ‘glocalisation’. Al silent? Episcopalian priest, preacher and people’s culture. Jazeera takes the Arab Spring into homes in London or New York. noted spiritual writer Barbara Brown Tay- In one of the most fascinating papers in the book, Mary Dou- Cultures lose their link with a particular territory and spread around lor considered this question in When glas appeals to the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate and its affir- the globe. Witchcraft becomes a problem in parishes in London and God is Silent, a book that was first pub- mation that the Catholic Church rejects nothing that is holy and Birmingham as well as in Ghana or the Congo. lished in 1998. It has now been re-issued true in pagan religions to support her call for fresh understanding We have to learn to live with what Fr Schreiter terms ‘hybridi- by Canterbury Press. It originally con- of the role spirits and ancestors play in traditional religion. I sus- ty’, a challenge to Abrahamic religions that tend to think of faith tained the Lyman Beecher Lectures on pect that her suggestion that spirits be seen as equivalent to in terms of purity and orthodoxy (although the reality has always Preaching given at Yale Divinity School in guardian angels and that a place be found for non-Christian been different). People are just as likely to take up an interest in 1997 ancestors in heaven is one that will appeal to many Catholics in Hindu forms of meditation as they are to develop a taste for Running Over Rocks by Ian Adams Africa and the Pacific. Moroccan food. (Canterbury) is subtitled ‘Spiritual Prac- There is some debate about whether the years since Vatican II As this volume makes clear, there has been tension between tices to Transform Tough Times’. It gives have seen a pulling back in commitment to inculturation. Dr de missionaries and anthropologists but there have also been great us 52 practices to enable us to grow in Mesa is critical of John Paul II, claiming that he is concerned with missionaries like Fr Luzbetak who have sought to learn from spiritual wisdom. They use poems, reflec- translating a preset tradition and institution into a particular situa- anthropology and make use of it. The challenge to study culture tions and suggestions rooted in the every- tion, anxious to preserve what is good in the culture but nervous and to understand how the gospel relates to culture is as great day material of our lives to teach that about allowing culture to influence the interpretation of the Chris- and as important as it ever has been. Today almost all ministry is transformation of the world must begin tian faith. He criticises the 1994 instruction on the liturgy with its cross-cultural. Priests and pastoral workers in Britain can learn with us. Ian Adams is Missional Commu- stress on keeping intact the Roman rite. from the skills and insights displayed in this collection of impor- nity Developer with CMS and an Associ- Aylward Shorter M.Afr is less pessimistic. He is firmly commit- tant and very readable papers. ate Missioner for Fresh Expressions. ted to inculturation but argues that in Africa in the liturgy style, Paul Richardson 14 www.churchnewspaper.com Friday September 27, 2013 Arts & Media CD CHOICE

Is this the best film Plumb Need You Now (Curb)

Those who enjoyed Plumb’s striking Can- dycoatedwaterdrops début should love this return to form. Again, Matt Bronleewe’s of the year? colourful production tricks and lush, sym- phonic soundscapes shape the opening For Metro Manila (Tagalog, English on their Catholic faith; even their elder Ong is very good to Oscar, taking him track, whose hook is strong enough to hang subtitles, cert. 15) English writer-director daughter Angel (Erin Panlilio), is told “In home to meet his wife Dora (Ana Abad- an elephant on. Sean Ellis took a finance-led trip to the God we trust” to soothe her toothache. Santos) and letting him and Mai stay in The huge, desperate choruses in songs Philippines to make his third feature film, Oscar, seemingly by good fortune, gets the flat he’s rented for meetings with his like “Say Your Name” and the title track, as having got no backing in the UK. a job with a security firm as a guard in an mistress. We never see her, but it is a well as the drum sound on “Drifting” – a Remarkably, after getting an audience armoured truck, while Mai takes an secret that confirms Oscar’s capacity for duet with Jars of Clay’s Dan Haseltine – award at the Sundance Film Festival, the evening job in a sleazy bar where the film being opportunistic, and careless about could also have been snatched from that film is to be Britain’s foreign language coyly fails to be explicit about what she doing the right thing. first release. entry at the Oscars®. It’s a chance to Most of It may win. Its Filipino cast bring Mai and the the disc was are superb, though how much children into a flat written credit Ellis can take is arguable with running water, before a per- as he doesn’t speak Tagalog – and a scene where he sonal crisis his comment that “you didn’t and Mai shower that she really need to know what an together is as refers to as actor is saying to know whether heartening as the bar her “dark it’s truthful or not” may be scenes are winter,” but passable, but it hardly helps depressing. However, it could have knowing what the delivery of Ong’s kindness may been written the lines sounds like. not be as altruistic as from the Ellis was introduced to it first seems, and he middle of it. theatre actor Jake Macapagal, draws Oscar in to “I’ve got who read Ellis’s script in more murky issues, that’s for sure,” she sings, describ- English, and then recruited confidences. ing herself as a wild thing in “Cage” and she most of the rest of the cast, who Robbery scenes are cries to God, “If I ever needed you, I need translated their own lines. How violent, but Ellis you now” (hence the title). it worked can be seen in an treats them in slow Plumb revisits some familiar personal interview with Macapagal at motion, elegiac themes: there’s much about dealing with www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fFM36S55zg does for the money. The most depressing flashback, along with Oscar’s story of pain and, with a natural, memorable Macapagal plays the perhaps scene is of bikini-clad girls sat waiting for Alfred Santos (JM Rodriguez), a melody, “Unloveable” talks about how prophetically-named Oscar Ramirez, an customers – Mai wears a heart-shaped desperate man forced into a desperate act. Christians can shut out people whom Jesus ex-soldier whose work in a silk factory number 40. It’s a style which marks Ellis out for great would have loved. But there are also songs ended in violence by a rival firm. He and Oscar is teamed with Ong (John things – and I don’t mean a planned that celebrate love, especially for her young his wife Mai (Althea Vega) end up Arcilla), who had recommended him to English language remake, presumably son. farming rice terraces but, faced with a supervisor Buddha (Moises Magisa) – a transposed to some American city, let Among the soaring melodies sit a couple failing harvest, they take their two man who likes a joke, even if it’s old and a alone the awful possibility of this original of fluffier, low-value pieces, but also daughters to Manila in the hope of a bit rude. Ong initiates Oscar into life as a version being dubbed into English. stronger tracks like “At Arm’s Length,” better life. (“Metro” Manila is the guard – practising use of a submachine It really is excellent stuff, with a which plays out the disc with a treated, equivalent of “Greater” London.) gun, taking him on a night out with his sacrificial and redemptive, albeit criminal breathy vocal and mellow mood. Cheated out of their first week’s rent, new colleagues, and explaining that the ending. This is one of the best films of the There may be little new here, but – they move to the shanty town of Tondo, partner of a guard who’s been killed has year. colourful and powerful as ever – this one of the most densely populated places to be “postman” to take his effects to his release is among Plumb’s best. in the world. It is a time to rely for hope widow. Steve Parish Derek Walker Comment Friday September 27, 2013 www.churchnewspaper.com 15

At last science is on my side in the war against ‘pester power’! It’s expensive having four kids and especially when they enter the age of the ‘designer training shoe’ but joyfully recent news reports have confirmed that the humble canvas plimsoll is much better for children’s feet than state-of-the-art trainers. An emi- nent sports and exercise scientist Dr Mick Wilkinson said: Janey Lee Grace “Give them basic footwear. Nothing structured, nothing particu- larly cushioned’. The theory is that you land more gently if you are wearing Live Healthy! Live Happy! thin soles and, importantly, you land on the middle of the foot rather than thudding down onto the heel. This is meant to reduce the possibility of injury. Recently I tried taking up running, well - fart-lekking (don’t laugh — it’s a Swedish term for interval training, a mix of run- ning and walking.) Anyway, I borrowed a pair of my son’s designer trainers and set off along the canal path. I’d only been running for about 90 seconds when I tripped and fell head-first. I hobbled home with cuts and bruises much to the kids’ amusement - sadly I don’t suppose I can blame that on the trainers - but I’m sticking to brisk walking from Great news now on - in flat shoes or even no shoes if I can stick to the fields. In fact I’m quite a fan of the bare foot running trend, I do believe that’s the most natural way to run – clearly I won’t get that one past my teenage boys or the 10-year-old and in fact it’s quite a skill. for every Hopefully I can save myself a few quid by buying plimsolls for the kids. Just one problem - most of them have been sprayed with formaldehyde or similar syn- parent thetic chemicals - I’m known as someone who can suggest a natural alternative to everything - anyone sourced Bamboo or eco cot- ton plimsolls? There’s a business idea!

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[email protected] facebook.com/churchnewspaper @churchnewspaper 16 www.churchnewspaper.com Friday September 27, 2013 Classifieds & Letters Letters to the Editor: Continued natives to sodium salts such as Potassium salt, all salts are equally damaging to our health ...’ The misinformation in Janey Lee Grace’s article may lead to some people increasing their salt intake inadver- tently, rather than reducing it. John Hazlehurst, Dalton-in-Furness Changing language Sir, When in Emma, Jane Austen described academies where young women were sent to be ‘screwed out of health and into vanity’ she little guessed how crucially and completely the meaning of her verb would change over the next 200 years, so that an innocent sentence now caus- es unintended giggling among most teenagers studying her work. Contemporaries of Austen would understand an ‘enthu- siast’ negatively as a ‘dangerous radical’ not positively in the modern sense of ‘someone who is very keen on a hobby’. The ‘fandangles’ and ‘bluestockings’ of her era survive in the language, but only in a metaphorical sense. More recently ‘babe’ has become pretty much obsolete as ‘a very young child’ but flourishes as ‘an attractive young woman’. Yoof talk with approval about things that are ‘sick’ and ‘wikkid’. And in the last decade even such universal words as ‘friend’, ‘like’ and ‘tweet’ have gained new nuances, and may eventually have new primary meanings because of the huge influence of social media. So in short, language changes over time, and it has always been part of its playfulness that some words change their meaning. These alterations don’t generally attract ‘why oh why’ type letters to the press, with one class of exceptions: words that relate to the growing visi- bility and acceptance of LGBT people. John M Hughes’ let- ter deploring the changing implications of ‘gay’ and ‘pink’ is only the latest example of a very tired, but sadly not obsolete, line that has been trotted out by conservatives for at least 30 years. There are two possibilities here. Perhaps all conserva- tive evangelicals have the same strange educational gap that makes them honestly believe that word meanings never alter except when crafty homosexuals have been at their dirty work. The remedy I suggest for this is to give half an hour each week to [Stephen] Fry’s English Delight on BBC Radio 4, which will introduce to them to the joyful diversity and change that has for centuries been inherent in their language. The other possibility is that Mr Hughes and his friends know perfectly well that words shift in meaning, but only object to the ones that imply the visibility and acceptance of gay people. In that case, what needs to be fixed is not modern English usage, but their own homophobia. Kate Smith, Lincoln Creation issues Sir, I believe in God, the Creator of all that is, seen and unseen. But in six days of 24 hours each? And in the year 4000 BC? That I can’t believe, yet! But is this taught about Creation in the new Faith Academies? And it’s not a belief requirement for my Eternal Salvation, surely. From my reading of Genesis the Earth was created from day 1 to day 3. But when in creation time did it become a spherical jig-saw puzzle whose pieces do not fit together properly? Although ‘light’ was created on day 1, the ‘Greater Light’, was created on day 4. But when in creation time did this Greater Light, the Sun (?), become a nuclear fusion plant spewing out dangerous and harmful stuff through- out our part of the universe? On day 6 God created the pinnacle of his creation – Man, and later, Woman. But how come the devil was already waiting for them? At what point in creation time did the top Angel, Lucifer, get thrown out of heaven for attempting to usurp the position of God (Isaiah 14: 12-15)? There must have been an enormous explosion in the Heavens when that catastrophic event happened! Andrew E Bloxham, Emsworth, Hampshire

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The Rev Chris Rankine, THE 2013 ANGLICAN CYCLE Team Rector of the Portway and Danebury Benefice in the BIBLE CHALLENGE Andover Deanery (Winchester), has been appointed Vicar OF PRAYER of St Lawrence Eastcote in the London Diocese. The Rev Alison Redshaw, Assistant Curate of Crich and South Wingfield, Diocese of Day 270 Jeremiah 52, Psalm 66, 1 Peter 4 Friday 27 September. Psalm 107:1-16, Jer 36:27-32. Derby, has been appointed Assistant Curate (to be known Day 271 Lamentations 1-2, Psalm 67, 1 Peter 5 Southwark - (Canterbury, England): The Rt Rev as Associate Priest) and Missioner for Retirement Com- Day 272 Enjoy hearing the Scriptures read aloud in church Christopher Chessun; Southwark – Croydon: Vacant; munities in the Repton Deanery in the same Diocese. Day 273 Lamentations 3-4, Psalm 68, 2 Peter 1 Southwark - Kingston-upon Thames: The Rt Rev The Rev John Stephen Richardson, Day 274 Lamentations 5, Psalm 69, 2 Peter 2 Richard Cheetham; Southwark – Woolwich: Vacant will be installed as Vicar at Holy Trinity following the Day 275 Ezekiel 1-2, Psalm 70, 2 Peter 3 expiry of suspension of presentation to this benefice on 30 Day 276 Ezekiel 3-4, Psalm 71, 1 John 1 Saturday 28 September. Psalm 107:17-32, Jer 37:1- June 2013 (Canterbury). 10. Southwell & Nottingham - (York, England): The Rt The Rev Michael Ridge, Rev Paul Butler; Southwell & Nottingham – Sherwood: Assistant Blundellsands St Michael (Liverpool), has been APPOINTMENTS The Rt Rev Anthony Porter appointed as Priest in Charge of the Parish of St Stephen Dorrigo in the Diocese of Grafton New South Wales. Sunday 29 September. Pentecost 19. Michael & All The Rev Canon Peter Robinson, The Rev Sally-Ann Apokis, Angels. Psalm 119:161-176, Lk 9:28-36. Southwestern Chaplain to the Bishop of Sodor and Man, has been Assistant Curate of Crosspool St Columba (Self Support- Virginia - (III, The Episcopal Church): The Rt Rev Neff appointed as Vicar of the Benefice of Malton and Old Mal- ing Minister) (A paid employee of the PCC of Crosspool St Powell ton (York). Columba as Children and Families Worker) (Sheffield), to The Rev Michael John Rutter, be Chaplain of the University for the Creative Monday 30 September. Psalm 107:33-43, Lk 9:37-50. Pioneer Assistant Curate of York St Paul Holgate Road Arts (Rochester). Spokane - (VIII, The Episcopal Church): The Rt Rev (York), to be Mission Priest of St Thomas Church at The Rev Gerald Kenneth Walter Arber, James Waggoner; Springfield - (V, The Episcopal Philadelphia (Sheffield). has been given Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Church): The Rt Rev Daniel Martins The Rev David Ryan, Canterbury for three years with effect from 10 September is to become Chaplain at the Alexandra Hospital Redditch 2013. Tuesday 1 October. Psalm 110, Lk 9:51-62. St Albans (formerly Priest in Charge: Warndon St Nicholas and part- The Rev Evelyne Sara Atherfold, - (Canterbury, England): The Rt Rev Alan Smith; St time Diocesan Ecumenical Officer) (Worcester). Priest in Charge of Fishlake, Sykehouse and Kirk Albans – Bedford: The Rt Rev Richard Inwood; St The Rev Philippa Margaret Shooter, Bramwith with Fenwick & Moss (Half-time) (Sheffield) to Albans – Hertford: The Rt Rev Paul Bayes has been granted Permission to Officiate (York). retire on 6 October 2013 and to become Honorary Assis- tant Curate of Fishlake, Sykehouse and Kirk Bramwith Wednesday 2 October. Psalm 111, Jer 37:11-21. St RETIREMENTS & with Fenwick & Moss (Sheffield) Asaph - (Wales): The Rt Rev Gregory Cameron RESIGNATIONS The Rev Steve Benoy, has been appointed a Non-Residentiary Canon of Peterbor- Thursday 3 October. Psalm 112, Jer 38:1-13. St ough Cathedral. He will be installed on 6 November 2013. Davids - (Wales): The Rt Rev John Evans The Rev Philip Castle, This is in addition to his current responsibilities (Peter- currently Assistant Curate in Farnworth, Kearsley and borough). Stoneclough, retired with effect from 31 August 2013. He The Rev Peter Hugh Bowes, will hold Permission to Officiate in the diocese following has been granted Permission to Officiate (York) SSM, St Germain, Edgbaston, Diocese of Birmingham retirement (Manchester). The Rev Karen Rosemary Brewin, The Rev Glen Hocken, The Rev Ian Keith Duffield, of The Order of the Holy Paracelete, Whitby., has been Chaplain to HMP Lewes & St James Hospice, Wivelsfield Vicar of Sheffield Norwood St Leonard (Sheffield) to granted Permission to Officiate (York) [Chichester], to be Anglican Chaplain to HMP Onley retire. The Rev Ann Broxham, (Coventry) The Rev Paul Harford, currently NSM Parish Deacon Littleport (Ely), to be NSM The Rev Nick Kaleniuk, Assistant Curate of the Benefice of Stokesley with Seamer, House for Duty Parish Deacon, St Barnabas Crosland is now Priest in Charge: Norton, Stourbridge & Wollaston has resigned with effect from 30th September 2013 to be Moor and Christ Church Linthwaite (Wakefield). (formerly Assistant Curate: Claines) (Worcester) Vicar of the United Benefice of Bishop Thornton, Burnt The Rev Graham Martin Buckle, BTH, MMinTheol, The Ven Robin King, Yates, Markington, Ripley and South Stainley in the Dio- Rector, Saint Marylebone Saint Paul, (London), has been Vicar of Bures, Little Cornard and Assington and Rural cese of Ripon and Leeds. appointed to the Vicarage of Saint Stephen with Saint John Dean of Sudbury, has been Installed as the first Archdea- The Rev Glenn Martin, Westminster (London). con of Stansted. Priest-in-Charge of Derby, St Andrew with St Osmond, and The Rev Christopher Mark Burke, The Rev Phil Medley, Priest-in-Charge of Allenton and Shelton Lock, Diocese of Canon Residentiary, The Cathedral Church of St Peter & Curate of Walker Christ Church and Youth Advocate of Derby, will retire with effect from 1 November, 2013. St Paul Sheffield (Sheffield) to beCanon Precentor, The Newcastle East, to be Priest-in-charge of St Michael w St The Rev Jasmine Cynthia Roberts, Cathedral Church of St Peter & St Paul Sheffield Lawrence Byker and Community Engagement Leader for resigned as Assistant Curate of Sandwich and Worth with (Sheffield). MINE (Newcastle) effect from 29 August 2013 (Canterbury). The Rev Ron Corne, The Rev David Morris, The Rev Matthew James Trendall, Rector of Broughton with Bossington and Houghton and is to become Associate Priest NSM: Stoke Prior, Wychbold Assistant Curate in the Benefice and Parish of Redland in Mottisfont, has been appointed Assistant Area Dean in & Upton Warren(formerly Associate Priest NSM: the Diocese of Bristol will resign on 14 October. addition to his other duties (Winchester). Droitwich Spa) (Worcester). The Rev Rachel Cross, The Rev Canon Richard Ormston, Has reached the end of her licence as curate with the Ben- Vicar of Oundle, is to be the next Archdeacon of CORRECTIONS AND well Team Ministry (Newcastle) Northampton. He will take up his appointment on 1 Febru- CLARIFICATIONS The Rev Michelle Dalliston, ary. The Archdeacon will share with the Bishops pastoral Curate of Gosforth St Nicholas (Newcastle), to be Curate, responsibility and care of church buildings in the southern Heaton St Gabriel (Newcastle) half of the Peterborough Diocese covering the Wellingbor- The Rev Lynda Klimas, The Rev Oli Douglas-Pennant, ough, Northampton, Brixworth, Daventry, Towcester and Vicar, Cople, Moggerhanger and Willington (St Albans) to Assistant Curate: Kidderminster East, is moving to Cana- Brackley deaneries, and he will also have diocesan-wide be Rector (and Rural Dean of Ampthill and Shefford), da: 27 Oct 2013 (Worcester) responsibilities. Maulden (St Albans). The Rev Ben Edson, The Rev Richard Francis Parkinson, Team Vicar in St James and Emmanuel, Didsbury, is to be Assistant Curate of the Benefice of All Saints, Ilkley, in the known as Associate Rector (Manchester) Diocese of Bradford, has been appointed Rector of the LAY & OTHER The Rev Anthea Elston, Benefice of Cherry Burton, Chaplain to Bishop Burton APPOINTMENTS is to become Associate Priest NSM: Berrow w Pendock, College and Assistant Curate of the Benefice of Etton with Elsdersfield, Hollybush & Birtsmorton (formerly Assis- Dalton Holme (with special responsibility for the Parish of tant Curate same benefice) (Worcester). Etton). The Rev Janet Franklin, The Rev Andrew John Pearson, Ms Victoria Day, Assistant Curate, Maltby Team Ministry and Thurcroft St Priest in Charge of Oulton with Woodlesford and Methley is to become Lay Mission Developer, Stourport Deanery Simon and St Jude (half-time post), to be Priest-in-Charge, with Mickletown in this diocese, to be Priest in Charge (currently Assistant to the Committee for Social Responsi- Stainforth St Mary (Sheffield) (Vicar designate) of the Parish of the Venerable Bede, bility and the Parish Development Team in the Diocese of The Rev Paul Harford, Wyther (Ripon and Leeds). Chester) (Worcester). Assistant Curate of the Benefice of Stokesley with Seamer, The Rev Canon David Perkins, Sister Sandra Doore, has resigned with effect from 14 October 2013 to be Vicar Priest-in-Charge of Beeley and Edensor, Diocese of Derby, Children’s Adviser (Newcastle), to be Pioneer Lay Local of the United Benefice of Bishop Thornton, Burnt Yates, was appointed Canon Emeritus with effect from 9 Septem- Leader at Holy Trinity Parr Mount and St Philip’s, Der- Markington, Ripley and South Stainley in the Diocese of ber, 2013. byshire Hill (Blackburn). Ripon and Leeds. The Ven Dr John Perumbalath, Mrs Sarah Hewitt, The Rev Sarah Caroline Hayes, Vicar of All Saints’ Church, Perry Street, Northfleet, is to become Lay Missioner in the ASUM Group in the Self Supporting Minister (Assistant Curate) (Hall Green, Gravesend and the Diocese of Rochester’s Urban Officer, Evesham Deanery (currently a Reader in the Diocese of St Peter), Diocese of Birmingham, to be Assistant Priest has been installed as the first Archdeacon of Barking. Coventry, licenced to Stratford upon Avon) (Worcester).

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By John Hartley

Most years here the vicarage phone goes mad twice with “christening requests”: once around Mothering Sunday when the families all seem to wake up to what they The normality of haven’t got around to organizing yet, and once in June when they realize they’ll miss the summer holidays if they don’t get a move on. But this year, for reasons I cannot tell, the phone has gone mad at the end of summer instead. And so I’ve been to visit five or six families very recently. Thanksgivings For all of them, I begin by explaining that there are two “christening” services had for my children. on offer in churches, because there are And that’s where I always expect the two different practices in the Bible. The problem will begin. For when I was “baptism” (the one with water) is all about younger, families knew about baptism and new believers standing up for themselves had a predisposition to wanting it for their and saying they want to be counted as children despite admitting freely (in some followers of Jesus, and whether infants cases) that they didn’t really believe, and were baptized in Bible times is unknown. (in most cases) that they weren’t going to Because it is all about promising, and bring their children to church regularly. babies can’t promise, the parents or And I had to have a list of careful answers godparents have to stand in for them: and to the questions they would come out with make statements about about this “new” idea of their own faith, the way The service is Thanksgiving and they will bring up the Blessing. child, and in due course about two things: But nowadays that what s/he will believe doesn’t seem to happen to when s/he grows up to be saying thank you me. Maybe it is the fact able to say it for to God for a lovely that we’ve been doing him/herself. And many these thanksgivings a long people, including me, have little child, and time here (I’ve done 300 in a problem with promising 13 years and my what someone else is asking for God’s predecessors used the going to believe in help – his service regularly)? adulthood. Or maybe it is the The other service is “blessing” – as the unanswerable truth that based on what Jesus did child grows one can lead a horse to when children were water but cannot make it brought to him: after drink – our children are rebuking the disciples for trying to send ours on trust for a little while, but civil partnership”, I wonder what different parents so long ago. them away (don’t we all know the eventually they will make their own planets we are living on? A policy of And, best of all, this kind of welcome temptation?!), he took the children in his decisions and choose their own lifestyles? offering Thanksgivings for all removes all allows people to explore something arms and laid his hands on them and Or maybe it is the fact that these questions of judgementalism, or of having deeper as they grow. So, for instance, we blessed them – so the “blessing” replaces enquirers have all been to a church to assess whether the parents’ lifestyles have one six-year-old who has brought his the water of the other service. service before I visited them (because I really do conform to “standards”. mum and baby sister back to church by The service is about two things: saying insist that they do), and so they have It even removes questions about what to his request to be baptized; and the whole thank you to God for a lovely little child, experienced a friendliness and a welcome write in registers, because there isn’t a family are now getting involved with our and asking for God’s help – his “blessing” for themselves? statutory regulation about what columns community and making friends with other – as the child grows. So, unsurprisingly, it At any rate, Thanksgivings have there need be in Thanksgiving registers! church members. is called a Thanksgiving and Blessing for become entirely natural. So much so that It allows the church to offer the same Thanksgivings have become entirely the gift of a child. That’s the one we do when I read headlines about “vicar kind of open and unconditional welcome natural here, and I’d commend them to mostly in our church, and it’s the one I refuses to baptize child of a couple in a that Jesus evidently offered to those other clergy.

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Tender God, gentle protector shout of praise so we have in time of trouble, pierce the to go back to the psalm to SUNDAY SERVICE gloom of despair and give us, THE SPIRITUAL understand why this with all your people, the song response is asked for. Just of freedom and the shout of before the psalmist speaks 19th Sunday after Trinity praise; in Jesus Christ our DIRECTOR of the snare laid for him, he (Sunday 6th October) Lord, amen. expresses a note of praise: ‘Be exalted O God above Lamentations 1:1-6 By the Rev Dr Liz Hoare the heavens and your glory 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Is the word ‘tender’ the first over all the earth,’ (v6). It is Luke 17:5-10 thing that comes to mind as if he is able to look when you think about the him in his great distress in praise. The threat is seri- beyond his situation and character of God? It is a Psalm 57 and this prayer ous. It is a storm of destruc- begin to see a way through Luke 17:5-10 is about faith and serving God. 2 Timothy word associated with com- accompanies it in Common tion (v2), like lying in the by means of praise and 1:1-14 demands faith and loyalty to the gospel. Lamenta- passion, mercy, pity and for- Worship Daily Prayer. midst of lions, their teeth thanksgiving. tions 1:1-6 reveal what happens when faith, service, and bearance and God The speaker likens him- bared and ready to pounce. He has told God all about loyalty disappear. demonstrates all of these self to a fledgling bird, tak- It is a physical threat, a net it and now expresses his The apostles ask for increased faith. It is good that qualities in his dealings ing shelter under its and a pit to trap him and unshakeable confidence in they realise faith is a gift, and that they need to go with human beings. It is a mother’s wing, a beautiful anyone who has known the God’s power to save him. straight to source in order to get it. It is a gift of God, tender God who wipes away image of tenderness drawn fear such physical danger Just as the dawn spreads its something granted to us, something we must obtain: all tears from our eyes and from the natural world and engenders may identify light over the whole hori- Ephesians 2:8, Philippians 1:29, and 2 Peter 1:1 are good so important is it that we one used frequently in the with the heartfelt plea for zon, so there is no end to places to look for this absolutely vital doctrine — we hear this that Revelation Bible. The bird in question mercy in the opening line. God’s loving-kindness and must remember that faith is not something we can whip states it twice (Rev 7:17; is often an eagle, a bird of The prayer sums all this up faithfulness and he will tell up or create in ourselves or other people. 21:4). great power and one of the in the phrase ‘the gloom of the world about it. Thus the Yet Jesus corrects the error in the disciples’ request, Revelation draws on the most magnificent on the despair’ and enables all of threat is put into true per- which is to think that it is the size or strength of our faith Old Testament belief that planet, yet to see one with us to identify with the mood spective and the psalmist that is important. Faith the size of a mustard seed is there will come a day when her young is to wonder at of the psalm. testifies to God’s saving tremendously powerful and effective, he says. The impli- there will be no more sor- the tenderness such power The prayer immediately power as countless others cation is that it is not the size of our faith that counts, but row (eg Is 35:10; 65:19). can extend. moves into a request that have continued to do. It is the object. It is what or who we trust that really counts, Thus the psalmist cries out Psalm 57 begins with a we should be given the the reason why Christians the power source we connect to. Our Lord’s words are a to God to be merciful to cry for help and ends in song of freedom and the sing. Hallelujah. challenge and a rebuke, but also a staggering promise. Jesus insists, as our Thirty-nine Articles also do, that we cannot rack up credit in God’s bank by heaping up good works “over and above God’s commandments” (Article 14). The idea that we can do additional “works of Addressing the problem of evil supererogation” is impious, a dangerous delusion which would take our eyes away from the one we are to trust By Colin Craston and focus on instead of on our own endeavours, which can never in and of themselves satisfy God in his perfec- A common argument by atheists tion and justice. against belief in a Christian concept of In his last letter, Paul calls Timothy to be faithful to God is based on the problem of evil. If their shared spiritual heritage. They both had believing God is good, how can he allow evil? If families, who had communicated the faith to them. Yet he allows it, he cannot be perfect and heritage requires loyalty, and loyalty requires the ability all-powerful. Our answer can well lie to stick one’s neck out. In such situations, Paul reminds within the scientist’s realm. We, as both himself and his young protégé, that God did not they, accept the way the Universe has give us a spirit of cowardice, but of power, love, and self- come to be by evolution in accordance control. Those are the very things required in difficult with wonderful physical and chemical pastoral circumstances: power, to endure suffering; love, laws. If God is love it is surely the way especially for the most difficult people in the church; and it had to be. self-discipline, so as not to fly off the handle at theologi- Love, in essence, wills and allows cal opponents, who may well deserve it, but won’t be the freedom of the loved one to find won thereby. fulfilment. Love does not force, man- Paul calls Timothy to suffer with him, as the Lord age, coerce. God loves his Universe. Jesus himself suffered, without backing away from The process of evolution affords either Paul himself - a low-status prisoner, abandoned by unlimited opportunities for change in a worldly church - or his teaching. The only thing that its development. This can be towards can motivate such counter-cultural loyalty, apart from good and beautiful consequences, or the power of God through the Spirit of God who dwells harmful and destructive. So we have within us, is the gospel itself (which verses 9-10 outline). all the beauty and goodness evident Timothy can suffer the embarrassment of association on our planet, and also harmful virus- with one written-off as an extremist, because it is worth es, genetic disorders, creatures like it for the gospel. This is a powerful message to us in a the parasite in the mosquito that caus- day when many are still ashamed of Paul, whether for es death for millions through malaria. his teaching on marriage or sexuality or gender or judg- There can also be natural phenome- ment or compassion. Will we stand by him, or love the na such as earthquakes, volcanoes, world as some of his followers ended up doing (see 2 tectonic plate shifting. But, at least, Timothy 4:10)? through these natural events the Lamentations is a beautiful but haunting meditation on atmosphere on this planet became what happens when God abandons those whose loyalty conducive to life. to the faith is compromised. In this opening passage, Jer- On this planet after billions of years emiah reflects on the emptiness of the city, once full of the human race evolved, a species worshippers, and the devastation of exile and loss. He is capable of relationship with God and not shy, in verse 5, of attributing the disaster that has able to act for him in relation to befallen God’s people to God himself. The multitude of Nature, sharing his kingship over their transgressions had finally fractured the covenant, Creation and expressing its worship and God’s patience had run out. When faith is gone, to the Creator. To this species, as to prosperity and joy depart also as mercy gives way to jus- the rest of Creation, was given free ment by natural changes, God in his lion years ago a perfect kingdom was tice. A sober warning next to the plea for loyalty in 2 will to develop, either in accordance love can intervene to achieve his pur- in God’s will. St. Paul in Romans 8 Timothy. with God’s will or in rejection of it. poses. Supremely this happened in speaks of the present Creation And yet, in humanity, created “in the Incarnation by a miraculous, that “groaning in labour pains” towards Lee Gatiss is Director of Church Society, and Editor of the God’s image” is the capacity to love is unnatural, development. The mira- that ultimate fulfilment. And those of NIV Proclamation Bible. and to create. And so ways of counter- cle of the Resurrection too is contrary our species made “in God’s image” acting the harmful elements in evolu- to natural developments, as are other who submit to and trust in God’s pur- tion can be developed – antibiotics, miracles in history. poses are able to share in them. HYMN SUGGESTIONS gene manipulation, organ transplants, We can justly argue that in creating Prayer is essentially a submission of etc. Thus the love of God can inter- the Universe God had a perfect con- the human will to the divine will and vene for good. summation in view, within which his purposes, whereby what would other- Come people of the risen king It has to be emphasised, however, love would find perfect response for wise not be can happen now. The All I once held dear that even though the love of God in the fulfilment of all. From the very problem of evil can indeed be counter- Crown him with many crowns evolution allows freedom for fulfil- beginning, therefore, some 13.8 bil- acted for good. Rock of ages Who can sound the depths of sorrow? Milestones

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Full-scale intervention to remove a Veteran observer of the US Presi- Oxfam or Christian Aid is an aspect despot does mean responsibility to pick up the groups and Churches to dency, Joe Klein, has described of humanitarian interventionism. pieces afterwards and coalition forces were help the most vulnerable‘ in President Obama’s handling of the When superpower patronage no not effective at this in Iraq. society. Syrian crisis as ‘one of the more longer propped up oppressive But humanitarian intervention does not nec- stunning and inexplicable displays regimes pressure grew for inter- essarily mean a full-scale invasion. In the case of presidential incompetence that I vention to protect civilians and of Syria a strike on Assad’s military installa- have ever witnessed’. All that can arrest leaders who killed and tor- tions and airports would send a message that People be said in the President’s favour is tured their people. Failure to act in chemical weapons cross a line because they that no other leader comes out of Rwanda led to much heart-search- cause the indiscriminate death of civilians. It the affair with credit. ing. Intervention in East Timor, would also weaken the regime and probably A charity working to President Putin has scored a Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast make it more prepared to enter talks with the strengthen inter-faith diplomatic victory for now but what and Mali appeared to be a success rebels. Within the divided rebel camp it would relations, St Philip’s can be said of the credibility of a but other examples raised ques- strengthen the hand of the moderates who are Centre, has leader who refuses to accept Syria tions. prepared to work with the West and look to a announced that the has committed an atrocity even A major problem is finding a future free Syria as a secular state. Archbishop of Canter- when evidence shows the gas that source of legitimacy of interven- As it is, the threat of military action secured bury - the Most Rev killed 1,400 civilians in Damascus tion. Kosovo did not have the sanc- gains and surely shows that intervention does Justin Welby, has was fired by Assad’s elite Republi- tion of the UN and, given the power require armed clout. Assad admitted that he agreed to be its new can Guard? of the veto and the opposition of has chemical weapons and has at least begun Patron, informed of The plan to disarm the Syrians of China and Russia to intervention in to negotiate. Congress and Parliament should the news via a letter their chemical weapons may yet the internal affairs of another coun- authorise strikes if he fails to strike a deal. sent to the Very Rev work although it is try, it is difficult to Unfortunately the likelihood of this happening David Monteith, the likely that Assad will We do not see how the Securi- look slight because popular opinion in America Chair of Trustees from Lambeth Palace … Oliver try to spin the process ty Council will and Europe is against intervention even Barclay, second General Secretary of Universi- out, but what is alarm- live in a agree in all but though people recognise Assad has used ties and Colleges Christian Fellowship, died at his ing about the crisis is very exceptional chemical weapons. home in Leicester on 12 September 2013, aged 94. the way it has world circumstances. If There are many reasons for this. Iraq is Richard Cunningham, UCCF Director writes: revealed a lack of where the UN is dead- widely judged to have been a failure and there ‘Oliver was an able academic, author, mentor and commitment among locked, the best is little hope of lasting success in Afghanistan. leader, and a great friend to so many... Oliver Western voters to the every issue solution is to look In an age of austerity people are not prepared always kept a loving eye on UCCF when I began principle of Responsi- to a regional body to spend money on military operations. The as the inexperienced leader of the work he had bility to Protect (R2P). can be or to a wide inter- Bush administration launched two wars and nurtured for so many years, I greatly looked for- R2P came to the fore decided by national consen- paid for them by adding to America’s colossal ward to my termly meal with him and the wise let- at the end of the cold sus. debt. People look at the chaos in Egypt or the ter that always followed. Oliver had great belief in war when oppressive dialogue Iraq raised a disgusting behaviour of jihadist extremism in and commitment to the strategic work of UCCF’... regimes got a blank number of issues. Syria and simply don’t want to get involved. Richard Pain was consecrated as the 10th Bish- cheque because they were on the Humanitarian intervention can eas- Churches unwittingly encourage a non-inter- op of Monmouth by the Archbishop of Wales last right side. The idea gained accept- ily become entangled with other ventionist attitude by making peace their over- Saturday, the former Archbishop of Canterbury ance that states should respect objectives. Saddam inflicted great riding objective. The Just War tradition and 10 other serving and retired bishops at a their citizens or face sanctions. harm on his people but the West teaches us that nation states have to be pun- packed service at Llandaff Cathedral. R2P was the logical conclusion of wanted him out because of fears of ished for inflicting wrongs on their subjects or a movement in support of humani- WMD and because he was thought refusing to restore what has been seized tarian interventionism that began to support terrorism. Such a situa- unjustly. Next Week’s News with the founding of the Red Cross tion is not really surprising. The Unfortunately Archbishop Welby, Pope in 1864 and the emergence of kind of leaders who oppress their Francis and Archbishop Nichols seem not to The International Day of Older People will be humanitarian international law people are also the kind who go in recognise that we do not live in a world where marked on 1 October... On 2 October the Inter- which led to the Hague Conven- for a lot of other undesirable poli- every issue can be decided by dialogue. There national Day of Non-Violence is being celebrat- tions of 1899 and 1907. Relief work cies as well. A certain degree of are times when force has to be used in the ed, with particular significance this year, with by the UN, national governments national self-interest in pursuing a cause of justice and when failure to act is Syria, the Nairobi terrorist attacks and the contin- and voluntary bodies such as policy of intervention may be no morally culpable. ued unrest in Egypt...

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