ChristianChristian AidAid WeekWeek MayMay 1212--1818 If you receive an envelope through your door asking for a donation, please don’t just toss it away. The Newspaper of East Barnet Parish Christian Aid is genuinely 3000 FREE copies delivered each month May 2013 fighting to erase poverty throughout the world. Not convinced? See page 4 WALK TO HelpingHelping Barnet’sBarnet’s homelesshomeless CHURCH! Page 5 ST ALBANS Diocese — to which St Mary’s belongs — is asking people to OurOur EasterEaster walk to church on Sundays May 12, 19 and 26 as a practical demonstration of pilgrimspilgrims concern for the environment. and help protect Page 6 Diocesan environment officer Helen Hutchinson told the Church Hill the environment Herald: “It will be an excellent way of promoting the policy drawn up by our Support the expansion of good group, which has this to say about quality public transport, the provision travel: of improved facilities for cyclists and Let us consider ways of reducing pedestrians and local Green travel travel-related air pollution and energy programmes. consumption. The full diocesan environmental policy Undertake the work of the Church in can be viewed on the St Albans ways which reduce the need for travel, diocesan website: New face in particularly by air and car. stalbans.anglican.org Encourage travel if possible by Walk to Church Sunday is to the office public transport, cycle and foot, and become an annual event in the St Page 17 where cars are necessary to share Albans Diocese from next year, said them. Helen. UnderhillUnderhill In Britain nearly 30 million vehicles contribute to the pollution of the air. Petrol fumes contain carbon mon- isis overover oxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, soot, oil vapour Page 19 and lead - all potentially dangerous to human health. Lead free petrol is now being used extensively and cars with catalytic converters are being introduced. But it is only a start. ServicesServices Page 2 Herald in colour: www.stmarys-eastbarnet.org.uk 2—Church Hill Herald May 2013 May and June Services Sunday May 5 6.30pm Evensong EASTER 5 Sunday May 26 Sunday June 23 10am Parish Eucharist with TRINITY SUNDAY TRINITY 4 Healing 10am Parish Eucharist 10am Parish Eucharist 6.30pm Evensong 6.30pm Evensong 6.30pm Evensong Thursday May 9 Sunday June 2 Sunday June 30 ASCENSION DAY TRINITY 1 TRINITY 5 8pm Eucharist 10am All Age Eucharist 10am Parish Eucharist 6.30pm Evensong 6.30pm Evensong Sunday May 12 EASTER 6 Sunday June 9 Baptisms ...may be 10am Messy Mass TRINITY 2 held on the first Sunday of 6.30pm Evening Prayer 10am Parish Eucharist the month during the 10am Alternative Worship ‘Broken’ service or at 12 noon. Sunday May 19 Inquiries to the parish office, PENTECOST Sunday June 16 10am Parish Eucharist TRINITY 3 tel 8441 4401 (Mon-Fri 6.30pm Evensong 10am Parish Eucharist mornings). FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION . TODDLER PRAISE St Mary’s Church 10.30 to 11.45am, May 2, May 16, June 6, June 20 Info: Claire Driscoll, 07957 584516 SUNDAY’S COOL St Mary’s Church, at 10am on Sundays May 19, June 23, July 14 For stories, drama, games, music and music. All children from 5 to 11 welcome at the YMCA Youth Club, Church Farm, just behind the church. More info from Parish Office, 8441 4401 Mothers, Others and Tots (MOT) Pre-school Playgroup, every Friday 1.30-3pm in term time. Brookside Methodist Church hall, East Barnet Village. 8361 5823. T been Church Hill Herald May 2013—3 From the Rectory JAMES MUSTARD, PARISH PRIEST Apology The Rector has received a number of complaints about items in the April 2013 edition of the Church Hill Herald, that they incite discrimination and violence against various members of our society and, therefore, our community. The Rector and Editors would like to issue a full apology for the inclusion of these items in the Herald. St Mary’s Church in no way wishes to associate itself with violence and discrimination. St Mary’s is proud to call itself an Inclusive Church and deeply regrets that its magazine has fallen short of this aspiration. We apologise unreservedly for any offence that has been caused. Heaven is not far away AS YOU receive this, the “in control”. It can set up an im- Church is preparing to cele- age of Jesus as “up there”. It can brate Ascension Day on May 9 suggest that Jesus is remote from and Pentecost on May 19. us, that heaven is a long way Ascension Day is something of a from earth. “Cinderella Feast”, falling as it However, St Augustine of Hippo does on a Thursday, forty days suggested that the Ascension of after Easter. Pentecost — being Jesus, far from placing Jesus far fifty days after Easter, as its name away from us, makes Jesus radi- suggests — comes ten days later. cally close to the whole world. Jesus ascends into heaven to sit, Because God is different from us the Creed says “At the right hand – all-knowing, eternal, unchang- of the Father.” Where does this ing and so on – God the Creator imagery come from and what is radically close to every bit of does it mean? to my Lord, sit at my right hand.” creation, though not part of it. First, the image of the Son of This describes not Jesus, but the The Ascension places Jesus with God coming at sitting at the right king of the House of David as- God as closer to every one of us hand of God comes from the cending the throne in Jerusalem than we can ever know or imag- psalms. Psalm 110 Dixit Domi- as God’s agent on earth. Ascen- ine. nus ad Dominum “The Lord said sion Day gives us permission, The 1980s popular singer Belinda therefore, to say that Jesus is Carlisle sang “Heaven is a place King, Jesus reigns and so on. on earth”. This is not strictly DEADLINE DAY From the poverty of the manger, true, but heaven is a lot closer to Copy for the June edition Jesus is enthroned as king. earth than we might think and at of the Church Hill Herald This language can be problem- Ascension Day we celebrate that should be submitted by atic. For example, it sets up a fact that Jesus is present with May 5 at the very latest — model of Jesus which can easily God as close to us as our next preferably earlier. be abused to suggest that Jesus is breath. 4—Church Hill Herald May 2013 Christian Aid: the worldwide vision THERE ARE many popular mis- Christian Aid is a Christian organi- conceptions about charities like sation that insists the world can and Christian Aid: such as they help must be swiftly changed to one only Christians, that much of the where everyone can live a full life, money they raise goes on admini- free from poverty. stration, and that a lot of it finds We work globally for profound its way into the coffers of change that eradicates the causes of crooked governments and offi- poverty, striving to achieve equal- cials. Here, a Christian Aid mem- ity, dignity and freedom for all, ber sets out the facts. regardless of faith or nationality. We are part of a wider movement for social justice. Final We provide urgent, practical and in Britain and Ireland and are man- effective assistance where need is dated to work on relief, develop- great, tackling the effects of pov- ment and advocacy for poverty Plant erty as well as its root causes. eradication. Christian Aid’s work is founded on Christian faith, in- Our vision spired by hope and acts to change Sale Poverty is an outrage against hu- an unjust world through charity – manity. It robs people of dignity, a practical love and care for our 94 Gallants Farm freedom and hope, of power over neighbours. Road, East Barnet their own lives. Christian Aid has a vision - an end to poverty - and we Our values SUNDAY MAY 26 believe that vision can become a Love and solidarity: We are called 2-4pm reality. to love and care for one another in compassion and humility, as we Percentage of sales to From last year, Christian aid's work stand alongside all those who strug- Macmillan Cancer Care has been focused around the goals gle against poverty, powerlessness and objectives identified in our cor- and injustice. porate strategy, 'Partnership for Accounting change – the power to end pov- Dignity and respect: We are con- Limited erty' . vinced that every human being has innate dignity. All people are of Our essential purpose equal worth, which is why we place Small Business To expose the scandal of poverty; honesty and respect for others at Specialist To help in practical ways to root it the heart of what we do. Accounting and Book Keeping out from the world; Personal & Corporate Taxation To challenge and change structures Justice and equality: We under- Duncan May FCCA FFA Principal and systems that favour the rich stand that where people lack and powerful over the poor and power, poverty prevails, so we sup- Tel: 8207 7355 marginalised. port work that empowers individu- Mobile: 07947 600512 als and communities. We fight in- Our mandate justice and inequality with courage, email:[email protected] We are an agency of our churches hope and determination, www.dmaccounting.co.uk 0513 T been Church Hill Herald May 2013—5 Do you want to help change lives? Do you want to support a ‘Place of Change’ to help homeless people change theirs? IF YOUR answer is yes then YOU may be the person Home- less Action in Barnet (HAB) are looking for to become a trus- tee on our Management Committee.