St Mary's Magazine

Services held every Sunday morning Volume 13 Issue 01 February 2017 10:30 am Next issue: First Sunday March 2017 Chaplaincy Cove Information St Mary’s Magazine February 2017 1 Twente News 2 St James the 4 Least Archdeaconry 6 Report Forthcoming 8 - 9 Services Lent Course 2017 11 Dare to Share 12 A day of 13 Goodbyes Our Page 15 St Mary’s Chapel, Diepenheimseweg 102 Dust if you must 16 7475 MN Markelo www.anglicanchurchtwente.com The Anglican Chaplaincy of Twente 2 Thoughts for February Valentines’ Day reminds us of the importance of expressing our love to those close to us. But how can we go beyond simply flowers and a card? Jesus says: ‘A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another’ (John 13:34). How can we express love in our everyday relationships like Jesus? Listening We need to listen to others, just as Jesus did. He asked questions of people and waited for them to process their answer. How well do we listen to others? When with somebody, do we find ourselves already thinking of what we want to say before they’ve finished speaking. Listening takes time; you can’t rush it! Touching Jesus reached out to touch the untouchables in his world, including lepers, the sick and children. One survey has suggested that we all need at least 8-10 meaningful touches a day to maintain emotional health! A warm handshake, touch on the arm or hug can be of real value. Of course, it should be appropriate touch – helpful for the other person not just for ourselves. Speaking Jesus’ conversation was always full of grace and truth (John 1:14). Do we speak words of grace, by offering comfort, giving encouragement or expressing care and concern? However, we should also be ready to speak words of truth, in asking for forgiveness, seeking reconciliation or addressing conflict. Where is the challenge for us in expressing love this Valentine’s Day? ©Parish Pump 3 Seder Supper The Seder Meal is the traditional Twente News meal served at the Jewish Passover to commemorate the liberation of the Hebrew slaves. The Seder Supper in turn, is a Christian version of the Passover, linking to the Last Supper. There will be more information in next month’s magazine. All who are Romance, interested can read about the Seder Supper in the marriage and all Church cookbook. that stuff - the way children This year there will be a Seder Supper held in the see it.... Hunting Lodge on Maundy Thursday. There will be a How do you bring and share meal after the ritual meal. The more decide whom to people that come to share the experience, the more marry? successful will be the evening. You got to find somebody who The Social Evening likes the same On the 18 February, there will be a Social Evening stuff. Like, if you held in the Schöppe, courtesy of Jonneke and Arjen. like sports, she The address is Oude Borculoseweg 7, 7475NE, should like it that Markelo, which you will need for the Sat Nav. you like sports, and she should The evening will begin at 17:00 with drinks and keep the crisps snacks. Afterwards the first part of the film ‘As it is in and dip coming. - Heaven’ will be shown. There will then be a break for a Alan, age 10 bring and share meal, and then the second part of the No person really film will be shown. It should be a great evening. decides before Forthcoming Dates they grow up who they're going to 18 February - Social in the Schöppe marry. God 26 March - Book Sale decides it all way 02 April - Annual General Meeting before, and you Special Services get to find out later who you're 1 March - Ash Wednesday stuck with. - 9 April - Palm Sunday Kirsten, age 10 13 April - Seder Supper (Hunting Lodge) 14 April - Good Friday Service 16 April - Easter Sunday 4 (Continued on page 5) (Continued from page 4) What is the right age to get Food Bank married? A reminder that there is a large plastic container 23 is the best age in the hut for Food Bank contributions. Your because you know donations of non-perishable food will go to those the person less fortunate in our community. A list of FOREVER by then. suggested products is placed by the box. Camille, age 10 No age is good to Magazine Contributions get married at. St Mary’s Magazine has a valuable role in helping You got to be a to keep the congregation informed and in touch fool to get with each other. In these constrained financial married. times, financing the magazine is proving to be Freddie, age 6 difficult. An annual contribution of just €15 per How can a annum will help to ensure that you will continue stranger tell if to receive your copy. two people are married? Please remember, You might have to that with the New guess, based on Year, we need to ask whether they readers to pay for seem to be yelling their 2017 at the same kids. magazine. Last year, Derrick, age 8 nearly two thirds of What do you the magazine costs think your mum were covered by and dad have in reader’s payments. common? This year, it would Both don't want help the survival of any more kids. Lori, age 8 the magazine if contributions What do most covered all the people do on a costs. date? Dates are for having fun, and Intercessions people should use them to get to If you wish to have someone included in know each other. the intercession, please contact the Chap- Even boys have lain or one of the Churchwardens before the something to say, Service. if you listen long If you know of anyone who is sick or in enough. - Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure) 5 Do what we can Letter from St James the Least of All – to help... Several women in Happily, the Church of the church prayer England still retains group were some singular parish visiting an elderly clergy. Take the parish friend who was ill. After awhile, they of St James-the-Least in rose to leave and the county of C- for told her; "We'll do example. Here the what we can to elderly Anglo-Catholic help. We promise vicar, Eustace, continues to keep you in his correspondence to our prayers." Darren, his nephew, a low-church curate recently "Thank you,” she ordained… said. “But, really, I can do my own On the perils of the Plough Service and the praying. The Lamb thing I can’t do is the dishes in the The Rectory sink in the St. James the Least of All kitchen....” My dear Nephew Darren Bye bye I like long walks, Your plans to devise special Services that will involve especially when local industry does you credit, although I cannot taken by people imagine what a church decorated with bathroom who annoy me. suites, double glazing frames and airplane wings will look like. Were we to do something similar in this Off to the vet parish, we would have to devise suitable symbols for In his younger days our golden merchant bankers and property developers. Perhaps retriever Catcher wads of banknotes among the flower arrangements often ran away may look rather splendid. Our practice is, naturally, when he had the to continue with more traditional ways. chance. The vet’s surgery was We have just had our annual blessing of the plough about a mile and new-born lamb. We always have a packed down the road, church - mainly of parishioners hoping to see the and Catcher lamb ruin the Rector’s surplice. The only would usually go disconcerting part is to be upstaged by the wretched there. The animal as it bleats piteously throughout my carefully nursing staff crafted sermon, which becomes lost as the knew him and would call me to congregation wonders if the poor creature may be (Continued on page 7) (Continued on page 7) 6 (Continued from page 6) (Continued from page 6) come pick him up. One day I hungry, or is missing its mother. called the vet to The plough always comes from Colonel Wainwright’s make an garden. It stands ornamentally by his lake for eleven appointment for Catcher's yearly months of the year and then rotates round four of vaccine. "Will our local churches for their services in January. It you bring him," must be the best blessed, least used plough in the asked the county. receptionist, "or will he come on At least this year, I got several of our local farmers his own?" to carry it into church. Last year our Verger pushed it up the aisle, accidentally ploughing a perfect furrow And if love should die.... along the red Axminster. The sight may have looked While we were all very well in a field, but was not appreciated in the working at a nave. It did, however, provide a worthy project for men's clothing our Ladies’ Guild. They will be much occupied over store, a customer the coming months knitting tea-cosies and making asked my jam for sales of work before we can replace it. colleague to help her pick out a tie Our only other occasion when we have animals in that would make church is the Summer Pets Service. Invariably one her husband's escapes and our hymn singing gradually blue eyes stand disintegrates as the younger members of the out.

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