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Dorchester News Free to Every Home in the Parish June 2016 Dorchester News Free to every home in the parish June 2016 1 Dorchester News June 2016 In this issue Benson Choral Society 26 Dorchester News Editorial Team Burning Bush ministry 4 Ian Brace, Megan Parry Come make Aslan’s head 15 June 2016 Distribution Co-ordinator DADS auditions 7 A DoT view Maurice Day DOGS events 12 We thought May was a busy month with various concerts at Dorchester Cricket Club 18 the Abbey. Culminating with the English Music Festival. It Copy Deadlines for Dorchester News Dorchester Diary 34 looks as though the pace is not slowing up for June. Dorchester Gardens Open 7 July/August edition 10 June September edition 12 Aug Earth Trust apprenticeships 13 We start with narrated opera (narropera) on the 4th performing October edition 9 Sept Earth Trust events 11 The Marriage of Figaro. A trio from New Zealand will tell the Eucharist with MU speaker 3 story and perform the music with the words of the arias read Advert Deadlines for Events in DoT 36 out before they are sung, so you don’t miss a word. Sounds Dorchester News Festival in 2017? 4 interesting and you get a complimentary glass of wine. A few One week before copy deadline Items in electronic form may be Footsteps 29 days later on the 8th we have Ivo Varbanov and Fiammetta sent via e-mail attachment to e- From your District Councillor 23 Tarli, founders of ICSM records a pair of talented concert pia- mail address at foot of page. From your MP 23 nists giving their interpretation of pieces from Schumann to Hempcroft Allotment news 13 Schoenberg. Then on the 18th Benson Choral Society will For newsletter for other Historical Society 7 perform, amongst others, Carmina Burana, including ‘bawdy churches in the Team send to admin@dorchester- Historical Society visit 13 student songs celebrating a variety of earthly delights’. abbey.org.uk by the 9th of Hospital visits 4 the preceding month. ICSM Records 26 The one I am really looking forward to is Mike Heron, formerly Index of advertisers 35 of Incredible String Band, and Trembling Bells on the 25th. I Advertising in Janaway Lecture 3 am old enough to have seen the ISB first time round but if you Dorchester News John Masefield House 29 have never experienced their quirky songs, you should. (The There are ten issues per year Archbishop of Canterbury chose one of them amongst his De- with double issues in July/ May Morning 9 August and in Dec/Jan. For an Moveable Feast 4 sert Island Discs—but then he is much the same age as me.) eighth of a page the cost is Narropera 26 £11.75 mono, £12.75 colour; If we are not careful, though, May next year won’t be as busy. Neighbourhood Policing 25 for a quarter page £23.50 For me the biennial Dorchester Festival is a major part of Dor- New priest for Bridge Group 3 mono, £25.50 colour; for a half chester life and I would hate for it not to happen. And it won’t if page £35.25 mono, £38.50 Ordination Service 3 we don’t all pull together. Please read Steph Forman’s piece colour and full page £47.00 Oxfordshire County Music 27 mono, £51.00 colour. on page 4, and see how you can contribute to making it happen Parish Council Chairman’s in 2017. Report 24 All charges are put towards the Parish Council Notices 25 Ian Brace cost of the paper, printing and postage of copies being sent Pre-school news 9 outside the village. Queen’s Birthday events 9 Queen’s Birthday Exhibition 8 Cover picture: Wisteria in the High Street. To incorporate a logo or artwork, Sports Club AGM 7 please supply a copy, preferably St Birinus School news 15 via e-mail: to address at foot of page or contact the editor. Talking Point 3 Trembling Bells 17 July/Aug One-time adverts, please send a Tribute: Betty Madden 20 deadline Deadline for cheque, payable to ‘Dorchester Tribute: Mary Dermody 21 Abbey PCC’, to Friday July/August Tribute: Peter Andrew 21 Nick Forman, Urgent Village Notices 13 10 June Dorchester Willoughby House, 73 High Street, Useful Information 35 News Dorchester-on-Thames, Village Hall draw 12 OX10 7HN. Wallingford What’s On 31/32 Wanted for Narnia 9 email: [email protected] WI 11 k Printed by Higgs of Henley. Dorchester News June 2016 2 Talking Point Revd. Jon Roberts I wonder what you think of when you hear very worthy cause. Someone asked me but this is your vocation. the term ‘vocation’? It’s commonly associated ‘why did I choose to get ordained and For me, this vocation is what God has with a particular career or occupation to work for the church as a vicar’? I struggled called me to, to ordained ministry in the which one feels strongly drawn, perhaps to answer this, and ended up saying that I Church of England. In June this year, also to work regarded as worthy. You didn’t ‘choose’ it, that I felt ‘called’ to it. I both myself and Revd Jennifer Morton, may have heard the saying that ‘your even added (and this is still true even to both Curates in the Dorchester Ministry vocation in life is where your greatest joy this day), that there are many days when Team, will be ordained priests in Dorchester meets the worlds greatest need’. This I’m still not sure if it is what I ‘want’ to do. Abbey, along with some of our colleagues was actually said by Frederick Buechner, There was real surprise upon this person’s and friends. This will be the next step an American writer, theologian and priest; face. It seemed the notion of committing along our own vocations. and is a quote I have often seen used. I oneself to a job, or profession, without it I wonder what’s yours? Where do you go wonder if you have a sense of such a being what I personally wanted for myself, vocation? Does something in your life feel from here? Where might God be calling was perhaps incongruous to how some you to meet the needs of others, and ‘vocational’; are you fortunate enough to would make significant life decisions. have a job which feels vocational? For where might you find that fulfilment that many it will come, not through employment, I wonder if this chimes with anyone else? comes, not from work alone, not from but through family, home, learning, may- That sense of feeling designed for some- merely your own personal choice, but be through a pastime or hobby. thing, maybe even destined or created for from that deeper fulfilment of who you are something; a role, job, place, maybe in what you do? I hope you find where This word vocation comes from the Latin another person? Yet, this not being purely your greatest joy meets the world’s greatest word ‘vocare’, meaning ‘to call’. This for one’s own personal enjoyment, but for need. brings in another dimension; that this some other, deeper, sense. Perhaps this God bless. might even come from outside of our- is about a deeper sense of ‘who I am’, selves. I remember once being in a meet- perhaps it’s more about ‘I want to help’; ing with a group of good people doing a Sung Eucharist with MU Speaker New Priest for the Bridge Group of Sunday 5 June Parishes In a change to our normal pattern of services, there will be a We are delighted to announce that the Reverend Doctor Michael Sung Eucharist on 5 June at 10.30am at which the speaker Lakey has been invited to fill the vacancy in the Dorchester will be Alison Bennett, President of the Mothers’ Union in the Team. Michael has been employed as a New Testament Tutor Oxford Diocese. at Ripon College, Cuddesdon for many years and his specialism is St. Paul. He was Ordained Deacon in 2014 and Priest last Ordination Service year. Michael is already licensed to the Team as a curate and Sunday 26 June his work has been predominantly in Dorchester although during We are delighted that Jon Roberts and Jennifer Morton are to this last year he has worked in parishes across the Team to be ordained Priest at 10.30am on 26 June in Dorchester Ab- cover services during the Vacancy and for clergy sickness and bey, along with 6 other ordinands. This is an important occa- holidays. He is therefore known to many of the parishioners he sion for the Team, and in particular for Jennifer who has many is now being called to serve. For the first year of this appointment, years of service in the Team and will be known in many par- whilst he completes his Curacy formally, Michael will be styled ishes. Jon has recently joined the Team and has quickly be- ‘Curate in Charge’ following which he will become an Associate come a valued member. Team Vicar. People from across the Team are invited to come to this joyful Michael will continue to live and work at Cuddesdon with whom occasion – regular services have been cancelled so we can a clear agreement has been made for him to be available in the join as one. The service will be followed by a bring-and-share parish for two days each week in addition to his Sunday duties. lunch in the Abbey/Cloister Gardens, so please look out for a Michael will have one regular day in the parishes every week sign-up sheet in due course so we know how many to expect.
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