what’s on listings 11 Monday 1 December ‘SCRUB THAT MANGER!’ TOUR DATES (8am): Said Communion; (10.30am): Sung Commercial Road (10am): Eucharist. To SOUTHSEA, House of Bethany, 7 Nelson Communion. mark the creation of the Diocesan Board of Top Cat Theatre Company present an hour-long family show for Christmas, which Road (7.30pm): Advent Carol Service. Mission. See page 1 for details. emphasises the humble nature of Jesus birth. Tickets: £4 (adults) or £2 (children) with some local variations. Ring the box office numbers next to the venues below to book Thursday 22 January Saturday 6 December places. For details, see www.topcattheatre.com WATERLOOVILLE, St George’s PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, Church, St George’s Walk (10am): Sunday 30 November 023-9275 0442. High Street (12noon): Retired Clergy Christmas Bazaar. Stalls, draw, Father WATERLOOVILLE, Hart Plain Association service. Christmas and refreshments. Entry: 20p. Church, Hart Plain Avenue (4pm): Saturday 13 December HAYLING ISLAND, St Mary’s church Box office: 023-9264 9265. SHEDFIELD, St John the Baptist parish Saturday 24 January hall, Church road (10am-12noon): Advent centre, Church Road (7pm): STUBBINGTON, Holy Rood Church, Fair. Stalls include cakes, preserves, gifts, Saturday 6 December Box office: 01329-832162. Gosport Road (9.30am-5pm): Walk Thru books, jewellery, toys and games. LOCKS HEATH, St John the Baptist The Bible. Interactive experience to help get Refreshments available. Entry: 30p. Primary School, Abshott Road (6pm): Sunday 22 December an overview of the entire Bible. Cost: £12. WOOTTON, St Mark’s Church, Station Box office: 01489-578082. CROOKHORN, Church of the Good Ring 01329-661154. Road (10am-1pm): Big Breakfast and Shepherd, Crookhorn Lane (4pm): Box Rodney Baker (see: appointments) Winter Wonderland Fayre. Seasonal stalls Sunday 7 December office: 023-9225 5527. EXTRA DATE! Sunday 25 January and a visit from Father Christmas. PETERSFIELD, Buriton Village Hall, PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, PORTSMOUTH, St Nicholas church Saturday 10 January High Street, Buriton (3pm): Box office: Sunday 11 January High Street (8pm): Taizé-style service. hall, Battenburg Avenue, North End 01730-269390. NEWPORT, St Thomas’s parish hall, PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, (7.30pm): African Evening. With the Rev SOUTHSEA, St Jude’s Church, Kent Town Street (3pm): Box office: High Street (7.30pm): Come and Sing. An Monday 26 January Jacob Owuso Kyei-Baffour, from Ghana, informal concert of excerpts from Handel’s Road (6.30pm): Box office: 01983-821961. and the Rev Barry Dugmore, who went on Messiah and Parry’s Blest Pair of Sirens. PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Church, Fratton Road, Fratton (7.30pm): Mass for exchange there for three months. Fratton Road, Fratton (11.30pm): Carol sons and carols. Rehearsal at 7.30pm, refreshments 8.30pm, the sick. Led by Canon Bob White, with the EMSWORTH, St James’s Church, sing-in. Includes presentation of gift vouch- performance at 9pm. Tickets: £5 for singers, Portsmouth chapter of the Guild of Servants Church Path (7.30pm): Merrie Christmas. ers to agencies dealing with homeless and Tuesday 23 December £3 for audience. Details on 023-9246 1802. An evening of seasonal entertainment with of the Sanctuary. asylum seekers. See page 3 for details. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, music, readings and Christmas carols. Free High Street (7.30pm): Cathedral Carol Sunday 11 January entry. Donations towards Christian Aid. Wednesday 28 January - Saturday 20 December Service. A festival of lessons and carols. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, WOOTTON, St Mark’s annexe, Station High Street (6pm): Epiphany carol service Saturday 31 January High Street, Old Portsmouth (7.30pm): Road (7pm): The Motley Crew presents Christmas Eve PORTSMOUTH, St Mark’s Church, Concert. By Portsmouth Youth Orchestra. Derby Road, North End (7.30pm): Annie. The Big Christmas Party. Seasonal music. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, Friday 16 January Musical production by SMARTS (St Mark’s PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, High Street (4pm): Children’s crib PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, Sunday 7 December Arts). Tickets on sale from Sue on 023- High Street (7.30pm): Christmas Gala service; (11.30pm): Midnight Eucharist. High Street (7pm): Concert to launch D- COWPLAIN, St Wilfrid’s Church, 9278 9086 from December 14. Concert. Sung by Portsmouth Cathedral PORTSMOUTH, St Margaret’s Church, Day 60 Youth Choir. Padnell Road (2.30pm): Charity concert. Choir. Readings by actor Christopher Highland Road, Eastney (4pm): Crib FAREHAM, Bishopsgrove, Osborn Road Includes John Innes’ Glory to the Newborn Would you like your events for February Timothy. In aid of cancer research. Service. Children act out the nativity. (7pm): Reception for parish magazine edi- z King. In aid of the cerebral palsy centre in listed here and on our diocesan website Followed by Christingle; (11.30pm): tors. Includes presentation of prizes to the Portsmouth. Tickets: £3. (www.portsmouth.anglican.org). Send Sunday 21 December Midnight Mass. winners of ‘Most Improved Parish PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Church, PORTSMOUTH, Gunwharf Quays Magazine 2003’ competition. details to: The Pompey Chimes, Cathedral Fratton Road, Fratton (3pm): The News’ (12.30pm): Carols with Portsmouth Christmas Day House, St Thomas’s Street, Portsmouth, Christingle Service. PO1 2HA by January 5. Please note: there Cathedral Choir. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, Wednesday 21 January PORTSMOUTH, St Margaret’s Church, is no separate January edition. Tuesday 9 December High Street (8am): Holy Communion; PORTSMOUTH, All Saints’ Church, Highland Road, Eastney (3.30pm): Carol (9.30am): Parish Eucharist; SOMERS TOWN, St Luke’s church hall, service. Traditional nine lessons and carols. (11.15am): Sung Eucharist; (4pm): Greetham Street (2.30pm-4pm): Dickens Followed by tea and mince pies. Evening Prayer. Fellowship. Celebrate Christmas in true PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Church, PORTSMOUTH, St Margaret’s Dickensian fashion. Determined to lose weight? Fratton (6.30pm): Carol service. Nine les- Church, Highland Road, Eastney Thursday 11 December - Serious people only need apply Sunday 14 December BRIGHSTONE, St Mary’s Church and announcements Full support and 30 day money other venues (10am-6pm daily, except when services in progress): Christmas tree Appointments Read to be lay canons of Portsmouth Cathedral. They will be installed in back guarantee festival. See page 5 for details. The Rev Bill Day, vicar, St Peter’s Church, Titchfield and bishop’s the cathedral during Evensong at Saturday 13 December adviser on healing, to be rural dean 6pm on January 30. SOUTHSEA, House of Bethany, 7 Nelson of Fareham. He will be licensed at Titchfield on March 14. Dates Road (10am-4pm): Quiet day. Led by Canon Geoffrey Curtis. Please bring packed The Rev Susan Lucas, assistant The Rev Carol Davies, to be team lunch. Drinks/tea provided. Cost: £5. Please curate/priest-in-charge, Pheasey rector, Upper Kennet (Salisbury dio- ring the Sisters on 023-9283 3498 to attend. (Lichfield diocese) to be chaplain, cese). She will be licensed by the DENMEAD, All Saints’ Church, HM Albany Prison. She will be Bishop of Ramsbury on January 24. Contact: Hambledon Road (6.30pm): Christmas licensed on a date to be announced. with the Madding Crowd. See this group The Rev Dr John Preston, who has Deaths Tel: 01752 311221 dressed as English rural folk from around the bishop’s permission to officiate, Canon Tony Winterbotham, for- 1820. Wine and mince pies included. now also chaplain to the Sisters of merly of Portsmouth, with the bish- Tickets: 023-9226 8565 or 023-9235 1209. Bethany, Southsea. op’s permission to officiate, died on www.ShapingYourLife.co.uk/17858 FAREHAM, St Peter and St Paul Rodney Baker, June Cox and Sally 27 October 2003. Church, Osborn Road (7.30pm): Family carol concert. Fareham Philharmonic Choir perform Rutter, Taverner, Chilcott, Berlioz, Whether you have something to sell, are holding Poston, and carols. Tickets: £8.50, £7 (concs), £2 (under 16s) on 01329-664948. letter to the editor an event or want to advertise your business. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, High Street (7.30pm): Carols and Dear Sir, like to see the denigration of the Book We can help! Christmas music. Concert with Portsmouth The attempt at levity in the comments of Common Prayer, the backbone of Choral Union, St Jude’s C of E Primary on the Book of Common Prayer in our worship for some 350 years. School and Southern Pro Musica Brass. your ‘A-Z of the Church of England’ Adrian Cazalet, Tickets: £8.50 and £10 from 023-9282 2227 column is rather tasteless. Hon Secretary of the Prayer Book or [email protected] Why not advertise in the Pompey Chimes The preface to Common Worship Society, Portsmouth branch states: ‘The Book of Common Prayer Reach 9,000 readers at reasonable rates Sunday 14 December remains the permanently authorised EDITOR’S NOTE: Readers may NEWPORT, Medina Theatre (2.30pm): provision for public worship in the recall that the column said only that Christmas carols with Isle of Wight Cantata Church of England, whereas newer Common Worship had become the Choir and Brass Ensemble. Tickets: £5 liturgies are authorised until further ‘industry standard’ prayer book in Deadline for February: 9 January (adults); £3 (under 16s). resolution of the general synod.’ In our churches, which is certainly PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, other words, the BCP is permanent true. It made no comment about (N.B. There is no January edition) High Street (4pm): Christingle Service. and other forms are only transitory. which versions were authorised or HORNDEAN, Holy Trinity Church, Most churchgoers over the age of not. Blendworth Lane (6pm): Glory to the 40 will have been brought up on the It also claimed that many Newborn King. With Cowplain Choir. BCP. These are loyal members of the churches choose to keep unused For more information or church, who will have been active in copies of the BCP gathering dust in Monday 15 December their parishes for many years, attend- cupboards, and that BCP services to place an advert please FAREHAM, Holy Trinity Church, West ing regularly, acting as wardens, PCC were often at 8am on Sunday morn- Street (7.30pm): Christmas Praise. Ports- members, sidesmen and women, ings. Mr Cazalet may regret all of contact Beccy or Les on mouth chapter of Guild of Servants of the cleaning, flower arranging and the those things, but reporting them is Sanctuary. American supper and Compline. multitude of voluntary jobs that keep simply a matter of stating the facts our churches going. rather than trying to denigrate the Friday 19 December These are members who will not importance of the BCP. 01752 225623 PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Church,