DIOCESE OF SALISBU RY 2015 No. 3 Passion for the Prayer Book “I like the ‘language contained local choir in Sussex. When my get 50-60 people for our meetings, therein’!” voice broke, I became a sacristan. On which include our famously generous Ian Woodhead was the long-standing leaving school, I moved to London teas and lunches! to join the police, and drifted away Chairman of the Salisbury Branch “I now look after advertising and from church until after Ann and I of the Prayer Book Society, helping marketing for the Society, and help were married. We joined the Society make it the biggest in the country. organise the Cranmer Awards for in London in 1982. “I first went to church when my young people reading in public. “After 30 years with the Met, I moved musical mother enrolled me in the “We’re not a fundamentalist society. to Keevil in 1985. I later became I’m happy if some churchgoers want the local Branch Vice Chairman on a different liturgy, but it would be a the basis it would be in name only. loss if the Prayer Book faded away. In 1996, the then Chairman took seriously ill, and I had to fill his “But I’m sure it won’t. Young people boots. It was 2013 before I could hang brought up on modern services are them up! discovering the BCP, and we now have an active branch at Oxford “Locally, we have at least four University.” meetings a year with speakers from the church, the arts and politics. We The Right Revd Dr Graham Kings Bishop’s Letter Bishop of Sherborne Alison and I have put down deep of ‘self-supporting, self-governing missions. roots in this Diocese since 2009 and and self-extending churches’ The Twitter account @MissioTheology would value your prayers for us as we throughout the world. More recently, and www.MissionTheologyAngCom. : move to Bermondsey, London. there has been a ‘fourth self’ ‘self- org website will have updates on this The Archbishop of Canterbury, theologising’. These are voices work. which must be heard more clearly Church Mission Society (CMS) Continued on back page and Durham University have throughout the Communion. founded a new seven year post, Working in Lambeth Palace Library, ‘Mission Theologian in the Anglican I will visit Durham University as an Communion’. Honorary Fellow about three days I will be researching, encouraging, a fortnight, and convene a series of and publishing theology, particularly seminars in Africa, Asia and Latin from Africa, Asia and Latin America. America. I have also been invited to be an Honorary Assistant Bishop in Henry Venn, the great 19th Century the Diocese of Southwark, helping General Secretary of the CMS, talked out with some confirmations and Church House, Crane Street, Salisbury, SP1 2QB [email protected] www.salisbury.anglican.org Continued from front page This is an extraordinary Diocese, full Alpha courses and visits to the of hope, led with vibrancy by Bishop Sudans. Letting the David and now Bishop Nicholas. Alison and I thank God for your We have made profound, treasured, welcome, prayers and friendship over Bible Speak friendships here. I have particularly these six years and look forward to enjoyed praying with priests in their Hazelbury Bryan parishioners have seeing you on Sunday 19 April at chancels, meeting with Licensed Lay written powerful scripts dramatising 4.30 p.m. in the Cathedral for our Ministers, annual parish missions, Bible passages. Over thirty, from Gospel farewell service. Parables to Old Testament favourites such as David and Goliath, are available Bus Full of Fun or in production. “It’s great to have somewhere In 2010, Palm Sunday’s Passion Gospel Cranborne youth can hang out was dramatised with 18 readers from all together as a village community. six Benefice parishes. The readers were “That’s the view of Stan, a 15 year asked for another work at Christmas, old Queen Elizabeth’s School and the idea built from there. student about the Coach in the The pieces are carefully rehearsed and Martell. Community. now performed in local nursing homes The Coach, supported by Wimborne With councils cutting funding, the as well as churches. C of E is now the largest provider of Deanery and the Aldhelm Mission “The power of the living Word affects youth services in our region. Fund, works in East Dorset villages both readers and listeners powerfully”, and is fitted out with all the facilities Jonathan Stephens, a leader at said Jean Bennett who organises the of a youth club, with games consoles, Cranborne’s youth club, says, “The readings, “For scripts, contact me on high spec audio-visual equipment, Coach helps us provide a better [email protected].” and a tuck shop. It regularly visits range of fun activities than we could Alderholt, Cranborne and Hinton otherwise.” Faith-Based Career Change “I have a passion for new forms of “Then two friends brought me to St worship that allow people to explore Helen’s, Bishopsgate. My Christian on their quest for faith.” faith came alive for the first time. A few weeks ago, Sarah Keen was That made me ask if my career was made a Lay Worship Leader at St really the best use for the talents God business skills so people can move Mary’s, Beaminster. She couldn’t gave me. out of subsistence work, and later to have imagined it a decade ago, when “My father was an academic working grow a stable business that might start she was a high-flying City of London on international development, which employing others. banker. inspired me to explore how to use my “I work in London during the week, but “For many years I worked in front- banking skills in that field. my husband and I spend our weekends line small business banking which “I now work on financial inclusion in Beaminster. We moved here 8 years I really enjoyed. Later I started issues in several countries, ago, and now consider it home. It’s working on inter-bank financing, especially Uganda and Bangladesh. such a friendly town with thriving which had a very different and more Our consultancy oversees aid shops. macho culture. programmes for DfID, the UN, “Recently, the Beaminster Team held the EU and others. I’m confident a vocations day. I thought I might money is used well and addresses the have a call to pastoral work, but a gift problems it is targeted at. for leading worship emerged instead. “We provide financial education to I helped lead my first service on the poorest, just entering the cash Mothering Sunday - a really rewarding economy. At a different level, we experience!” provide micro-finance and teach .