June Keynotes 2019
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KEYNOTES June 2019 60p THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER’S, WEST BLATCHINGTON Rector The Reverend Daniel Smith, BTh (Oxon), Dip Min The Rectory 23 Windmill Close, Hove. BN3 7LJ Tel: 01273 732459 E-mail: [email protected] During Father Daniel’s absence, please contact one of the Churchwardens CHURCHWARDENS Jonathan Cooke Tel: 563178 David keeling Tel:501504 HON. TREASURER Mandy Gander Tel: 271982 CENTRE BOOKINGS Richard Delacour Tel: 07968 227639 PASTORAL CARE Transport to Church Keith Bassant Tel: 561345 Sick Visiting Carol Gander Tel: 555414 KEYNOTES EDITORIAL TEAM William Holden Tel: 706482 David Keeling Tel: 501504 Jane Cummings Tel: 880274 Michael Evans Tel: 567399 Charlie Flackhill Tel: 965122 Mandy Gander Tel: 271982 Maggie Holden Tel: 706482 E-mail: [email protected] Church website : stpeterswestblatchington.org.uk EDITORIAL Welcome to our June edition of Keynotes. Our last Editorial mentioned the weather that we hoped would continue until Easter. And weren’t we truly blessed! The church looked and smelled wonderful with lilies and other floral arrangements from our Bloomers team. Services were well attended and our organist, Dénes, and the choir had worked hard to provide wonderful music. The Brass Cleaners and Sadie made sure the church shone. Rev. Erika’s address on Easter Sunday morning about the Real Easter Egg was both entertaining and thought-provoking. Thank you to all concerned. We were also blessed with two weddings during Eastertide and we wish the happy couples best wishes for the future. Thanks also to those who officiated at the ceremonies. The spirit of love and understanding is a strong emotion to carry with us from Easter but alas there were other forces at work at the same time which wreaked havoc amongst communities in Sri Lanka and caused much pain locally and sadness in the world. We pray for the souls of the dead and we ask that the injured in body and spirit be restored to some extent. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting took place on the 28th April. At the meeting David Keeling was elected as Churchwarden together with Jonathan Cooke who continues in the role. Paula Light was elected PCC Secretary replacing David, and Carol Gander and Moz Ward join the PCC. Many thanks to them, and to Kate Osborne who has resigned from the PCC after two years’ service. We are due to host the Confirmation Service and First Communion this year on 30th June when we will have four candidates. Bishop Richard will preside. The Summer Fair, one of our major fund-raising events, takes place on the 8th June. It is not too late to volunteer to help in some capacity. There are lists at the back of church for donations to various tombolas etc. If you can offer some time to help before, during or afterwards, then please speak to Zanita. With Father Daniel still on sick leave we ask that you keep him and his family in your prayers and we thank visiting clergy for their continuing help and support. Best wishes from the Editorial Committee Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40.28 WOMEN’S SOCIAL GROUP On 11th April, 16 of us had an interesting visit to Lancing College Chapel. Although most people know Lancing College only from its impressive position above the A27, the interior of the Chapel is equally stunning. After a talk by our guide outlining the history of the school and Chapel, we were invited to explore at our leisure. The braver (and more mobile of us) went down into the crypt. In the Chapel some of the poignant exhibits were memorials to scholars from the College who had perished in the First World War. The Chapel is open every day and is well worth a visit if you have friends in the area. We then moved on to Shoreham Airport for tea at the clubhouse. We were warmly welcomed and enjoyed a pleasant and relaxing time. Later in the month Gill Evans (helped by Moz and Maggie H) hosted a coffee morning at her lovely home. There were 20 of us and £50 was raised for our funds. Janet Hand asked for volunteers for the Open Church on Sunday afternoons during the summer. If you can help, please sign the list at the back of the church. Carol Gander invited members (and husbands) to join her at Bishop Hannington Church Lounge on 13th May when Year 4 from Aldrington School will hold an hour of fun and board games to get to know grandparents of other children in the area. Another session will take place on the 1st July at 10.45am. On 9th May Sandy (with help from Jean) welcomed us to a coffee morning at her home near Hove Park. Several members were away on holiday so the 14 of us felt that the odds in the raffle were in our favour - but the first 4 prizes went to 'absent friends'! We're not taking this as encouragement to miss a meeting as you cannot put a price on friendship and companionship! We're preparing for our Tombola stall at the Summer Fete on Saturday 8th June. Members have always been very generous with their donations. Please deliver any items to Carol, a member of the committee or leave them in the church. We will need all donations by Monday 3rd June. Maggie Holden ITB Electrical Services All Domestic Electrics Part P Compliant Fully Insured For a free quote call: Ian Barrett 01273 417484 or 07902 909605 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5.6-7 Bishop Richard - Bishop of Lewes On the 30th June Bishop Richard, the Bishop of Lewes, will be coming to St Peter’s for a service of the Holy Eucharist with Confirmation. This day we will be celebrating as our Patronal Festival. The service will take place in the afternoon at 4pm. We have four candidates for Confirmation. We hope that, besides the families of the candidates, there will be many of our congregation there to support them on this important day in their Christian journey. A few days later, Bishop Richard will be visiting Hove Deanery as part of the Episcopal visits which are being undertaken by the bishops as part of the planning for the five years 2020 to 2025. He will be in the Deanery on Tuesday 2nd July, Wednesday 3rd and Friday 5th July for various events. A full programme will be announced later. On the 2nd July at 7.30pm at Bishop Hannington Church he will be speaking at the Diocesan Synod. This meeting will be open to all who are interested in the future of the church in our area. Please place this date in your diary. William Holden Our charity for June For 20 years, Off The Fence’s vision has been to see an end to social and spiritual poverty in Brighton and Hove. Firmly rooted in the Christian Faith, Off The Fence has been committed to practically helping hose most at need in o Off The Fence, is a registered charity committed to making a real difference in the lives of many that are ‘most at risk’ in our community. They are engaged in four main areas of work in Brighton & Hove: • Antifreeze – Life-saving support for the homeless • Gateway – Supporting Women, restoring dignity • Schools & Youth – Supporting schools in Brighton & Hove • Ministry – Showing God’s love in action Please support them. Chichester Cathedral Friends are proud to be the sponsors of The Southern Cathedrals’ Festival being held in Chichester from 18th to 20th July 2019. We are delighted to invite you to the Southern Cathedrals’ Festival, and to an exciting programme of events, performances and services held in Chichester Cathedral and other iconic venues around the city centre. The Festival is a rich celebration of the friendship between the three Cathedrals of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester. The 400th anniversary of Heinrich Schutz’s Psalmen Davids falls this year and pieces from this exquisite collection feature in two of the concerts. Three choral concerts take their place in the programme alongside four services (one recorded for broadcast by the BBC) and there is evening entertainment being staged in a marquee in the Deanery garden on the Friday and Saturday evenings. The Festival culminates in a performance of one of the greatest achievements of Western music, JS Bach’s St. John Passion, in which the three choirs are joined by an exciting line-up of soloists and the acclaimed period-instrument orchestra ‘Florilegium’. We look forward to seeing you there! Full details and tickets are available on Chichester Cathedral’s web- site https://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/services-events/southern- cathedrals-festival-2019 or from the Cathedral shop in the Cloisters. Howard Castle-Smith Secretary Chichester Cathedral Friends Original painting by Howard Castle-Smith, The Friends Secretary, depicting the view of the Cathedral from the Deanery Garden. Deadly nightshade by Michael Blencowe of the Sussex Wildlife Trust “A poison bouquet to strike him down” June 16th is Bloomsday, a celebration of the life of James Joyce, whose novel Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom’s escapades on that June date in 1904. Throughout Ulysses, Joyce uses flowers to symbolize romance and the lure of the exotic. Aside from fornication, Joyce also tackles expiration, hallucination and urination. All of which (well, apart from the urination) remind me of another bloom that will be raising hell around Sussex in June.