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Sunday 1 June SPORTS WEEKEND, St Jude’s, Southsea Cathedral, High Street (11.15am): Exhibition. To raise money for the St Mark’s SOUTHSEA, St Jude’s Church, Kent Orchestral Mass. To celebrate the opening organ fund appeal. Includes teas, coffees and Road (9.30am): Launchpad. Children’s Saturday 28 June Road (7.30pm): Quiz evening and of the Portsmouth Festivities. Includes art ploughman’s lunches. Details: Doreen Gazey exhibition in the cathedral by Portsmouth (01983-883126 or [email protected]). service with drama, songs and activities. PORTSMOUTH, Mountbatten ploughman’s. Free of charge. Grammar School between June 20-27. Until June 29. Theme: ‘The Big Top: part 3’. Centre, North End, (8.30am): PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, PORTSMOUTH, St John’s RC Cath- Sportspersons’ Breakfast. Speaker: Brian Sunday 29 June High Street (12noon): Ordination of dea- edral, Edinburgh Road (4pm): Celebrate Mason of Christians in Sport. Cost: £5. SOUTHSEA, St Jude’s Church, Kent cons; (6pm): Ordination of deacons. Together. United Service. Theme: mission Tickets from Chris Cox (023-9275 1150) Road (9.30am): Sport-themed family SOBERTON, Church Green (2pm): Soberton and service in our local communities. or parish office (023-9275 0442). service. Preacher: Brian Mason, Church Fete. Traditional village church fete. SOUTHSEA, St Jude’s Church, Kent Christians in Sport. Tuesday 3 June PETERSFIELD, St Peter’s Church, The Square (7.30pm): Concert. The Fulham PETERSFIELD, St Peter’s Church, The Waverley Road (2.15pm-3pm): Carers COWES, St James’ Church, Well Road and Hammersmith Choral Society. Square (1pm): Lunchtime organ recital. By thanksgiving service. For all carers, cared- (2pm): Summer fete. Including the “Maria Theresa” Mass by Mark Dancer, director of music. Bring your for, families, friends, people who work in COSHAM, St Philip’s Church, Haydn. Wine bar. Tickets: £6 (£5 concs). own lunch. Coffee available. Admission day centres and nursing homes. For details, Hawthorn Crescent (2pm): Junior Choir LIPHOOK, Bohunt School (7.30pm for free. Also on June 17, July 1 and July 15. contact Jennifer Stenson (023-9283 1229). Workshop. Any age treble is welcome. The afternoon will include musical skills, fun, 8pm): Dare to be Daniel. Challenging Christian men to make a difference. Saturday 7 June Thursday 12 June teaching and a short service at 4.45pm. Details: Debbie Mitchell 023-9266 9976 or Tickets: £5 from Phil Buckman (01428- MEONSTOKE, Meon Hall (9.30am- SOUTHSEA, The Pyramids Centre, [email protected] 724533). See www.mensft.org for details. 4pm): How Green is Meon Valley? Day on Clarence Esplanade, Southsea (10am- the environment. See page 3 for details. 5pm): Carer awareness exhibition. Contact Sunday 29 June Jennifer Stenson (023-9283 1229). Sunday 15 June The Very Rev David Brindley PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, Sunday 8 June SOUTHSEA, Church of the Holy Spirit, PORTSMOUTH, Cathedral House, St Fawcett Road (7.45pm): Young perform- (Portsmouth, June 15) High Street (11.15am): Ordination of priests. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, Thomas’s Street, Old Portsmouth (4pm): ers’ concert. Part of the Centennial Concert PORTSMOUTH, Bransbury Park, High Street (11.15am): D-Day and Annual meeting of the Friends of Series 2003. Benedict Lewis-Smith (saxo- Monday 23 June Bransbury Road, Eastney (12.30pm): Normandy Fellowship Service. Portsmouth Cathedral. Followed by a talk phone and organ), Vincent Webb (piano), Trade justice picnic. Bring food to share PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Vicarage by the dean, the Very Rev David Brindley, NEWPORT, Nodehill Middle School, Up- Helen Stark (violin) and Oaklands School and join in unfair games to illustrate unfair- Garden, Fratton Road (4pm): Dickens entitled 'The Cathedral - Plans for the per St James Street (4pm-6pm): Launch Recorder Ensemble. Retiring collection of Visual Liturgy 4. ness of trade rules. See page 3 for details. Fellowship Tea. Readings to celebrate the Future'; (6pm in the cathedral): Festal See page 2 for details. towards the church's centennial appeal. life of Charles Dickens; St Mary’s Evensong; (7.30pm): Pentecost Lecture. By Monday 7 July Professor John Craven, vice-chancellor of Thursday 26 June Church, Fratton Road (5pm): Evensong PORTSMOUTH, St Peter and St Paul’s the University of Portsmouth, on Commemoration of Dickens’ death. Friday 13 June PORTSMOUTH, St Wilfrid’s Church, Church, Medina Avenue, Wymering ‘Economics and Community’. Entry free. HAVANT, St Faith’s Church, West George Street, Fratton (8pm): Around the (6.30pm-9pm): Training day for church- DENMEAD, All Saints Church, Monday 9 June Street (10am-5pm): Flower Festival with World in 80 Minutes. Concert by the Royal wardens. Hambledon Road (6.30pm): Hands Across See page 4 for details. STUBBINGTON, St Edmund’s Church, ‘Creation’ theme. Until June 15. British Legion Victory Brass Band. Tickets: the World. An evening of prayer for mis- Lychgate Green (7.30pm): Guild Office. WATERLOOVILLE, St George’s £2 (adults), £1 (children). Proceeds to St Would you like your parish events sion, local and global, in association with  Meeting of the Portsmouth chapter of the Church, St George’s Walk (7.30pm): Wilfrid’s organ fund. for July and August listed here and on our CMS. Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary. For Concert. By the Portsmouth Chorus. website (www.portsmouth.anglican.org)? Saturday 28 June details, contact Peter Keat (023 9258 2499). Thursday 19 June Send details to: The Pompey Chimes, Saturday 14 June WOOTTON, St Mark’s church hall, Cathedral House, St Thomas’s Street, PORTSMOUTH, Park Building, Tuesday 10 June PORTSMOUTH, Cathedral House, St Station Road (Saturday:10am-4pm; Portsmouth, PO1 2HA by June 9. Please King Henry I Street, University of PETERSFIELD, St Peter’s Church, The Thomas’s Street (9.15am-12.30pm): PCC Sunday: 11am-4pm): Arts and Crafts note: there is no separate August edition. Portsmouth (6pm): Second Bill Square (7.30pm): Concert. Students from training day. See page 4 for details. Sargent Memorial Lecture. See page the Petersfield School. Admission free, SOUTHSEA, House of Bethany, 7 Nelson 5 for details. retiring collection. Road (10am-4pm): Quiet Day. Led by the Rev Barry Conaway. Bring packed lunch. Friday 20 June Wednesday 11 June Soup/hot drinks provided. Cost: £5. Ring BISHOP’S WALTHAM, St Peter’s SOUTHSEA, St Simon’s Church, 023-9283 3498 to say you are coming. Church, Free Street (Friday & Portsmouth Saturday: 10am-5pm; Sunday: 12noon-6pm): Flower Festival. Based announcements on Barbara Biddell’s book: “The Cathedral History of Bishop’s Waltham.” Appointments She was licensed by the Archdeacon of Flowers, stalls, refreshments and The Meon on May 18. musical recitals. Until June 22. The Rev Dr Trevor Reader, priest-in- PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Bookshop charge, Blendworth with Chalton with Cathedral, High Street (6pm): Idsworth, and director of non-stipendiary Departures Evensong and licensing of the Rev ministry, to be Archdeacon of the Isle of The Rev Keith Bristow, assistant , St Thomas’s Street, Old Portsmouth, Alex Hughes as bishop’s chaplain. Wight. (see page one for details) St Mary’s, Portsea (with special responsi- bility for St Wilfrid’s, Portsea) to be PO1 2HH The Rev Karina Green, youth and chil- Saturday 21 June dren’s work adviser and bishop’s repre- Rector of Ash (Guildford diocese). He sentative for child protection, to be priest- will be instituted on June 25. NEWPORT, St Thomas’s church in-charge, St George’s, Portsea. She will The Rev Jacqui Jones, vicar, St hall, Town Lane (9.15am-12.30pm): Tel: Shop 02392 367747 be licensed by the bishop on July 1 at Matthew’s, Bridgemary, to be precentor, PCC training day. See page 4 for 7.30pm. Southwell Minster. She will be installed details. The Rev Stuart Holt, to be priest-in- by the Bishop of Southwell on July 12. WATERLOOVILLE, St George’s Office 02392 736253 charge, St Peter’s, Soberton, and Holy Gavin Kirk, precentor, Church, St George’s Walk (10am- Trinity, Newtown, and half-time deanery Portsmouth Cathedral to be precentor, 3pm): Summer fete. Flower festival co-ordinator for youth and children’s . He will be installed by and exhibition of vestments and plate, Manager - Myrna Hall work. He will be licensed by the bishop the on September 20. plus attractions. on September 15 at 7.30pm. BOSHAM, Quiet Garden, “Ruach”, OPEN 10am - 4pm daily The Rev Michael Johnston, NSM priest- Date Stumps End (10am-4pm): Relax, in-charge, St Faith’s, Cowes, to be also The Rev Andrew Burtt, to be chaplain, Rest and Retank. Led by Canon Rich- assistant chaplain at St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth Grammar School. He will be ard Eckersley as part of National Newport. He will be licensed by the licensed by the bishop at the cathedral on Retreat Day. For details, or to book, ● Theological Books Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight on a date September 16. ring Rae Moyise (01243-537947) or to be announced later. Michelle Murphy (023-9247 5297). ● The Rev Peter Kelly, priest-in-charge, St Lay Appointments LEE-ON-SOLENT, St Faith’s Children’s Books Church, Victoria Square (11am- Barnabas, Swanmore, to be also rural Chris Flatman, to be diocesan property 3pm): Summer fete. To celebrate the dean of Bishop’s Waltham. He will be administrator, from June 9. ● church’s 70th anniversary. Dance Book Tokens commissioned at Swanmore on July 6 at Carolyne Heneghan, now PA to the exhibitions, bouncy castle, games and 6.30 pm. diocesan secretary and deputy diocesan stalls. The Rev Ann Leonard, deanery educa- secretary, from May 12. ● Book Ordering Service tion and training co-ordinator and rural DENMEAD, All Saints Church, Hambledon Road (6.30pm): dean’s assistant, Petersfield, and diocesan Retirements ecumenical officer, to be vicar, St Midsummer Magic. Concert by the Rodney Baker Andrew’s, Eastoke, and St Peter’s, North , secretary, diocesan par- Downland Singers and the Palm sonages and property committee, from Hayling. She will be instituted by the Court Trio, plus a display of flower June 6. bishop on September 2. arrangements sold by silent auction, The Rev Malcolm Ferrier, vicar, St Greetings Cards The Rev Barry Smith, NSM assistant glass of wine, finger buffet and straw- George the Martyr, Waterlooville, from curate, Blendworth with Chalton and berries and cream. Tickets: £8, on August 31. Postcards Idsworth, now also half-time assistant 023-9226 8565 or 023-9235 1209. chaplain, Portsmouth Hospitals Trust. HAYLING ISLAND, St Mary’s The Rev Colin Towner, assistant curate Resignations Church, Church Road (7.30pm): Gifts, Tapes (part-time), St Peter’s, Southsea, to be Canon John Byrne, vicar St Jude’s, Sou- Summer concert. Part of the church’s priest-in-charge, St Peter’s, Southsea. He thsea, priest-in-charge, St Peter’s, South- celebrations of 750 years of Christian & CD’s will be licensed by the Archdeacon of sea, and rural dean of Portsmouth, has worship at St Mary’s. Intermission Portsdown on July 20. resigned as priest-in-charge, St Peter’s. refreshments. The Rev Beth Woodgate, assistant Marcella Kirby, PA to the diocesan secre- curate, St Edmund’s, Crofton, to be assis- tary and deputy diocesan secretary, from Sunday 22 June tant curate, St Faith’s, Lee-on-the-Solent. May 13. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth