Worth Parish Magazine St Barnabas’, Pound Hill St Nicholas’, Worth
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Serving Crawley in Worth, Pound Hill, Maidenbower and Forge Wood WORTH PARISH MAGAZINE ST BARNABAS’, POUND HILL ST NICHOLAS’, WORTH Reg. Charity No. 1131090 October - November £1.00 CLERGY SERVING THE PARISH Rector Revd Canon Anthony Ball 01293 882229 Associate Vicar Revd James Grant 01293 404127 Curate Revd Steve Burston 01293 279028 Revd Canon Roger Brown 01293 520454 Assistant Priests Revd Gordon Parry 07802 432398 REGULAR SERVICES AND EVENTS Our regular services are shown below and in addition, there is also a calendar on page 31which details groups and events happening throughout the next two months. St Nicholas’, Worth St Barnabas’, Pound Hil l Sun 08.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer, 1662) 09.45 Sung Eucharist 10.00 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays Eucharist (Common Worship) (Common Worship) 11.30 1st and 3rd Sun of each month 10.00 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month Informal Family Service Nic’s (Informal Family Service) Mon 07.30 Morning Prayer and Eucharist 17.00 Evening Prayer 19.30 Compline at the Vicarage (4th Monday only) Tues 07.30 Morning Prayer 10.30 Eucharist 17.00 Evening Prayer Wed 07.30 Morning Prayer and Eucharist 15:00 Messy Church (4th Wednesday in term times) 17.00 Evening Prayer Thu 07.30 Morning Prayer 10.30 Eucharist 17.00 Evening Prayer Fri 07.30 Morning Prayer and Eucharist 17.00 Evening Prayer Sat 08.30 Morning Prayer and Eucharist 17.00 Evening Prayer Stepney‘s Coffee Shop Maidenbower Every Fri 11:30 A time to chat over coffee and cake The Studio Maidenbower Infant School RH107RA 2nd Wed of the 15:00 Messy Church@ Maidenbower month (in term times) Church in the Pub Last Fri 20:00 A pint down the pub with friends in the Coaching Halt, Maidenbower. of each month Worth Parish Office, St Barnabas’ Church, Worth Road, Crawley, RH10 7DY 0300 111 8150 [email protected] worthparish.org facebook.com/WorthParish 2 CONTENTS CLERGY SERVING THE PARISH ........................................................................................................ 2 REGULAR SERVICES AND EVENTS ................................................................................................. 2 CONTACT US........................................................................................................................................ 4 FROM THE RECTOR ............................................................................................................................ 4 NEWS........................................................................................................................................................ 5 WELCOMING NEW FACES ........................................................................................................... 5 CLERGY CHANGES ......................................................................................................................... 5 RESEARCH INTO LARGE CHURCHES ....................................................................................... 6 THANK YOU TO OUR BELL RINGERS ..................................................................................... 6 JOIN THE PARISH GIVING SCHEME ........................................................................................... 6 ANNIVERSARY TEA ......................................................................................................................... 6 ST BARNABAS’ CELEBRATES ............................................................................................................ 9 A LETTER FROM THE KEFFORDS ............................................................................................. 10 PILLARS OF FAITH – ST FRANCIS.................................................................................................. 11 BAPTISMS AND MARRIAGES ........................................................................................................... 12 A TIME FOR EVERY SEASON ........................................................................................................... 14 MOTHERS’ UNION BIRTHDAY SPECIAL ..................................................................................... 15 AIMS AND ORIGINS ...................................................................................................................... 15 OUR SUMMER OUTING ............................................................................................................... 16 MOTHERS’ UNION GOES TO NOTTINGHAM .................................................................... 17 WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE PCC? .......................................................................................... 18 NOTES FROM THE CURATE’S DOG ............................................................................................ 19 SWITCHED ON ................................................................................................................................... 20 MESSY CHURCH ................................................................................................................................. 21 CHOIR OF GENERATIONS .............................................................................................................. 22 OUR ALPHA COURSE STARTS ....................................................................................................... 23 PARISHIONER PROFILE-SHEILA DRING ...................................................................................... 25 PARISHIONER PROFILE-SUE WALSHE ......................................................................................... 26 VIEW FROM A PEW ........................................................................................................................... 28 MY FAVOURITE HYMN ..................................................................................................................... 29 ST NICHOLAS CIRCLE ...................................................................................................................... 29 USEFUL NUMBERS .............................................................................................................................. 30 CALENDAR ........................................................................................................................................... 31 3 CONTACT US If you have a Baptism, Wedding or general You can also find us here: enquiry, you can call the office on 0300 111 8150 or email us on [email protected]. www.worthparish.org Send articles, photos, information and jokes for facebook.com/WorthParish the magazine to [email protected] twitter.com/worthparish FROM THE RECTOR ‘It’s the economy, stupid!’ came to be the slogan wonderful collage of people representing 60 years that defined the Presidential campaign that of community life. It is those faces and smiles that brought Bill Clinton to power in 1992. ‘It’s the quietly remind me that the impact of friendships people, stupid!’ could well be the slogan for a established, encouragement shared and time spent parish priest and it certainly contains a profound together will remain long after people have truth about the church. This edition of the forgotten whether x set of minutes or y e-mail magazine certainly brings that home with the was done. parishioner profiles, the news and views of so Bishop Mark (of Horsham) will be with us as the many people and a higher than usual crop of celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the ‘comings and goings’. building of St Barnabas’ church reach their climax As the magazine goes to print, the announcement on Sunday 4th October (the church was actually that James is to move to be the priest in two dedicated by Bishop George Bell on 8th October). parishes in Shoreham is still fresh. September has Sandwiched between those two dates is a rather also seen three of the Parish’s officers relinquish less significant anniversary in the life of the parish their posts – Siân as Churchwarden, Simon as – that of my institution as Rector. At one point in PCC Secretary and Matthew as PCC Treasurer. the service 4 years ago Bishop Mark reminded us This is but one forum in which I can thank them that it is the duty of the priest to … minister God’s for their contribution to the parish’s life – and, love to the members of his parish at every stage in similarly, welcome Christine and Mave as Parish their lives. He is to prepare the baptized for Administrators and Stephen as PCC Treasurer – confirmation, pronounce God’s blessing on those who see page 5 for more information. marry; absolve the penitent, bury the dead and console It is not just having the obvious impact of these the bereaved. He works with his fellow Christians in people on my mind that has made me reflect on the support of those in need, in visiting the sick and the centrality of ‘people’ and ‘relationship’ to our the prisoners, and in guiding the bewildered and flourishing (as individuals and as a church family). anxious. He then asked me, ‘Will you do these In part, the reflection is the fruit of a short retreat things gladly and willingly?’ and I replied, ‘With the I undertook at the Monastery in Crawley Down help of God, I will.’ following my summer holiday in Spain. There I I am still trying, God is still helping (with many of was reminded just how easy it is for this simple you being God’s instruments for that help!) and I truth to get crowded out in the busyness of the keep failing. But I do think I’ve got the message. day-to-day business of parish life. Events, projects, Have you? committees, deadlines … all conspire to