Goring Parish News Printed GPN Copy: £1 February / March 2019 Issue 63
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Christ-Centred: Growing in Faith, Love and Service Goring Parish News Printed GPN Copy: £1 February / March 2019 Issue 63 St Mary's and St Laurence's Churches, Parish of Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex. Registered Charity 1131418 Website – http://www.goringbyseaparish.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StMaryAndStLaurenceGoringBySea The Reverend Keith Littlejohn, currently Priest-in-Charge of Bolney and Cowfold, has been appointed our new Vicar. We are delighted to hear this and look forward to welcoming Keith and his wife, Laura, to the parish at his Collation and Induction on Tuesday, 12th February 2019 at 7:30pm. This edition includes: 3 Farewell Father Roger/News from the Diocese 17 The Children’s Society - 4-5 A welcome to Father Keith Littlejohn 18 Family Services at St Mary’s and St Laurence’s 19 Parish Mission Focus March - International Nepal 6 Warden’s Warblings/Singing for Fun Fellowship 7 New Year—a poem by Valerie Tree 19 World Day of Prayer 8 Diary and Lectionary Readings for February 2019 20 Parish Mission Focus—2019 Support Programme 9 Diary and Lectionary Readings for March 2019 21 A Tall Tale: the Pope’s chauffeur 10 4th Goring (St.Laurence) Guides’ Page 22 Worthing Theological Society Programme/Facebook 11 Traidcraft 23 Point to Point Quiz/Celebrate Christmas update 12 Social events at St. Mary’s and St. Laurence’s 24 CMS - Pastor Dimba writes 13 Parish Mission Focus: February - FEBA 25 St Mary’s Social Circle Activities/Smarties 14 Christian Breadcrumbs 23 - Thanksgiving and Penitence 26 Baptisms and Marriages 15 Christian Aid 27 And Finally 16 Nature Watch 28 Parish Contacts Parish Office opening hours..... The Parish Office is open Monday to Thursday: 10:00am to 12:00 noon. It is staffed by volunteers. If you have anything that needs to be handed in, a phone call in advance may avoid a wasted journey. Money should not be put through the letterbox. If you have money to pay in and are unable to get to the office, please hand it to the Churchwardens or the Treasurer after services on a Sunday. See the back page for Parish contact information. Editorial.... Welcome to the February/March 2019 issue of Goring Parish News. Please take time prayerfully to consider the implications of its contents, and determine what we, the Church in Goring, can offer to promote the love of God in this place. Please pray for Fr Keith as he starts his ministry with us. Our Editorial Team hopes you will enjoy this issue. GPN is published every other month. Any subsequent, short-notice, changes to the dates/times published in GPN will be notified in the weekly Pew Sheet, the Facebook page, or on the Parish website. In this edition we offer you 28 pages packed with interesting articles and news. We hope it continues to inform, entertain and challenge in equal measures. Please let us know how we are getting on. We welcome your comments, suggestions and articles. Especially, we thank those of you who have supplied photos for inclusion. These are appreciated and, we hope you agree, make GPN more attractive to read. Please keep them coming, but please bear in mind that GPN is printed in Greyscale for those who cannot receive emails. If you do not wish for your photo, or that of your child, to appear in GPN or on the Parish website, please contact one of the Clergy, Churchwardens or a member of the Editorial Team to have that request formally recognised. We apologise to anyone whose contribution to this edition of GPN has had to be held over to a later issue. We are really grateful to the many contributors who make our job such a joy. Preferably, articles should be sent electronically, to [email protected] Alternatively, handwritten or typed articles should be sent to the Parish Office. The next Goring Parish News, Issue no. 64 Edition Copy Deadline Issue Date April/May 2019 Tuesday, March 5th 2019 Sunday, March 31st Articles received after this date will only be included if time and space permit. It would help us enormously if you could please send copy well in advance of this date. IMPORTANT NOTE RELATIVE TO GDPR: If you would like to receive the email version of Goring Parish News, please send your email address to [email protected]. This email address ensures compliance with the requirements of GDPR. You will need to complete a form, which can be found at the back of church, or on the parish website (see below). To be sure it arrives in your inbox each month, please add this email address to your contacts list. GPN, including back issues and supplementary articles, can also be found on the Parish website: http://goringparish.org. Items for the weekly Pew Sheet should be sent to reach the Parish Office by 11:00am on Wednesdays. Email to: [email protected]. Please do not send them to Goring Parish News. Goring Parish News is published by Goring PCC Parish Office, 12 Compton Avenue, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, BN12 4UJ Goring Parish News is printed by West Park School whose support we gratefully acknowledge. The Editorial Team 2 A Farewell Message from The Revd. Roger Walker I have thoroughly enjoyed being among you for the last nine months leading worship and sharing in Parish events. It has been slightly strange at times being back where I was a curate nearly 50 years ago and amazing to meet up again with some of you who, like me, were young then! I should like to thank all those who have helped me in whatever way, while I have been your ’stand-in Vicar’; to thank you for all the Christmas cards and greetings I have received and to wish Fr Keith God’s strength and blessing in his ministry among you. Revd. Roger Walker, BD, AKC New Archdeacon of Chichester appointed The Bishop of Chichester, Dr Martin Warner, has announced today that The Revd Luke Irvine-Capel SSC, currently Rector of Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea, is to be the next Archdeacon of Chichester. Fr. Luke began his ministry in the Church of Wales after training for the priesthood at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He moved to the London Diocese in 2003 to be Rector of Cranford before taking up the post of Vicar of St Gabriel’s, Pimlico. In 2013 he was licensed as Rector of Christ Church and St Mary Magdalen and St Peter and St Paul, St Leonards-on-Sea. In 2017 he was also licensed as the interim Priest-in-Charge of St Clements with All Saints, Hastings, while continuing as Rector of Christ Church, St Leonards. His appointment as archdeacon was welcomed today by The Bishop of Chichester: “Luke Irvine- Capel has rapidly been recognised in this diocese as a prayerful, wise and effective pastor, a missionary priest who has seen his congregation grow, and a person of theological depth who can apply his intellect to the wide range of complex issues that face any incumbent. He added: “I am confident that he will move swiftly and carefully into the ministry of an archdeacon, serving those in his care with the same dedication that has marked his ministry in parishes.” As Archdeacon, Fr Luke will work as one of four archdeacons supporting the Bishop, suffragan bishops and other senior staff members in the day to day running of the Diocese. He succeeds The Venerable Douglas McKittrick who retired last year. Fr Luke will be licensed as Archdeacon on Thursday 9 May at 5.30pm in Chichester Cathedral. To read the complete article, go to https://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2019/01/06/new- archdeacon-chichester-appointed/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE DIOCESE, visit: https://www.chichester.anglican.org/ 3 Welcome to Father Keith Littlejohn Dear Brothers and Sisters, Like St Paul (although I’m not bearded and have less of a tonsure) writing to the Christians in Rome, I am longing to be with you. I thought that, ahead of my being physically present, it might be good for you to have some notion of who I am. The first thing to say is that my sense of priesthood flows out of our shared primary baptismal calling as Christians. I came to faith though a very powerful life-changing, life- giving, encounter with the Lord, and the awareness of the reality of His love has never left me. The desire to enter more deeply into that mystery, and to share it with others, is what informs my life and ministry. I hope and pray that this sense of faith as a relationship of unconditional love will be evident in our life together. My faith and spirituality was nurtured in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, but I have embraced the rich diversity of Anglicanism, and the worship we offer will no doubt reflect this. I count it as the greatest privilege to have been called to a public and representative ministry for the Church. I prioritise prayer and worship as places of encounter with the Lord from whom we receive the energy and wisdom for mission. I love working with children and families, and find preaching exhilarating - perhaps especially to the “unchurched”. Issues of peace and justice are very dear to me, especially the situation of many of our brothers and sisters in the Middle East. It is my hope and intention that we shall establish links with Anglicans - and others - in the Holy Land. I am married to Laura (she is the one in the picture not wearing a clerical collar), and we have two daughters Amelia (23) and Maddie (21).