437| April 2021 | £1.00 Beaulieu Exbury & East Boldre News Bringing you the news and activities of the Churches and Village Organisations Regular Services Contacts Beaulieu Abbey Church Rector: Fr. John White 1st Sunday Telephone: 01590 612183 9:30am Sung Communion 2nd Sunday Jane Barnicoat-Chongwe 9:30am Holy Communion Licenced Lay Minister 3rd Sunday E: [email protected] 9:30am Sung Communion Benefice Office 4th Sunday The Benefice Office is inside the 9:30am Sung Communion BCP Abbey Church Its address is: Wednesday Beaulieu Abbey Church 10:30am Holy Communion Palace Lane, St Mary’s Chapel, Buckler’s Hard Beaulieu Every Sunday Brockenhurst, 8:00am Holy Communion BCP Hampshire SO42 7YG St Paul’s Church,East Boldre T: 01590 612242 1st Sunday E: [email protected] 11:15am Morning Prayer 3rd Sunday Office Hours: Mondays & Tuesdays 11:15am Holy Communion 10am - 3.30pm & Fridays 1.00pm - St Katharine’s Church, Exbury 4.00pm. Excludes Bank Holidays. 2nd Sunday You may leave phone messages any 11.15am Morning Prayer time, they are checked daily. 4th Sunday 11.15am Holy Communion Church Wardens When there is a 5th Sunday in the Adam Mills month there will be: 10:00am - United Tel:01590 616 329 Benefice Service which will rotate email:- [email protected] around the three parish churches. Exbury For further details see Mr David Hughes Calendar or Notice Board Telephone: 023 8084 3613 Mr Brian Hernaman Telephone: 023 8089 7528 Email: [email protected] East Boldre Dr Graham Sterling Telephone: 01590 612 378 Designed and Printed by Cover image: TLC Online Calshot 023 8024 3044 Colouring Eggs for Easter 2 From the Rectory I hope you enjoy reading this edition, included. which is the last in its present form. During the last twelve months This time last year the Prime Minister of Covid, it has not always been described the Covid situation as possible to print it, and in the recent the ‘worst public health crisis for lockdown it has appeared online, a generation’. As I type, lockdown with paper copies available for those restrictions have begun to ease unable to access it electronically. across the UK, though we must This seems an appropriate time to remain vigilant, conscious of the reflect on the purpose of such a government’s mantra to be data and publication. A great deal has changed not date-led. over the years, so much information is now gleaned online, including, for We resume benefice services on example, news from Beaulieu Estate Easter Sunday. All arrangements are and East Boldre. Some of us prefer subject to government directives. At reading a hard copy; one parishioner present we are not permitted to sing remarked that it has a valuable place as a congregation, though we shall on their coffee table. It has been have a cantor, and enjoy the organ helpful to discuss ideas with the and oboe. If you wish to attend one Abbey Church PCC, representatives of our Easter Sunday services it will of St Katharine’s and St Paul’s, Jaki be necessary to register because and John our printers, and to have space is limited, and there remains received your feedback. the need to be socially distanced. Sadly, in such a confined space, For the next year, as an experiment, it is not yet possible to meet in we shall produce three special St Mary’s Chapel, Buckler’s Hard. printed editions of Benefice However, because numbers are News. The first – appearing in relatively small, we shall be resuming September - will focus on Harvest Wednesday Holy Communion at & Remembrance; the next one the Abbey Church, and Evensong, will have as its focus Advent & congregations being accommodated Christmas; and the third edition in the nave rather than the choir will draw attention to Lent & stalls. Please consult the bulletin for Easter. It is my aim to distribute the latest information. copies throughout the benefice. It will be free, though donations are The Christian year reaches it climax appreciated. We shall evaluate this during the first week of April, with project in a year’s time. We will be the “Triduum” – the sacred three necessary to modify the Sunday days of Maundy Thursday, Good bulletin. At the end of each month, Friday and Holy Saturday. On the upcoming month’s diary will be Maundy Thursday we recall how, 3 on the eve of his betrayal, at supper for us; but also to rise again to lead with his disciples, Our Lord assumed us into new life in him. The loving, the role of a servant, tying a towel self-giving figure with outstretched around his waist, and washing his arms merges with the brutal cross disciples’ feet. That humble action on which he died, and provides a was an example, Jesus explained: potent symbol of Divine love. There a model of loving service to one will be zoomed ‘Stations of the Cross’ another. In his sacrifice on the cross, devotion at 12noon on this day. our sins would be cleansed, and the bowl of water would become Then we shall look forward to coming the water of baptism. Maundy together to celebrate on Easter Thursday commemorates the giving Day (in itself a kind of resurrection of a new commandment - from experience); to rejoice and be glad, the Latin ‘mandatum’ – ‘that you and worship our risen Lord. Holy love one another, just as I have loved Communion will be celebrated you.’ We also remember another throughout the benefice on that day. instruction that Jesus gave to his disciples; sharing bread and wine, he Whether you will be joining us told them, ‘Do this in remembrance online, or in church, I look forward to of me’. There will be zoomed Holy worshipping with you. ‘Alleluia, Christ Communion at 7pm on this day. is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia.’ On Good Friday we contemplate With my love and prayers. the cross, meditating on what it means for us, and for the world. In Fr John Jesus, God became one of us, to die Annual Parochial Church Meetings Unless the bishop directs otherwise, register of - put simply - those who Annual Meetings must be held before declare themselves members of 31st May. Dates for our meetings will our church family. To qualify, you be included in the Sunday bulletin. must be baptised, and aged 16 or over. Margaret Marshall is happy to In order to attend it is necessary provide further details. to be on the Electoral Roll. Please note this is not the same as the Fr John Council’s Electoral Register, but a Why not volunteer with the HIOWAA? Contact [email protected] or visit the website: www.hiowaa.org for4 more information. Calendar for April 2021 Please note – for the time being, and without the presence of singing and a robed choir, monthly Evensong will be suspended. Whilst these details are correct at the time of going to print, arrangements are always subject to Government directives. Congregation numbers will need to be limited so booking seats will be required for Sunday Services, please email [email protected]. Given the confined space at St Mary’s Chapel, Buckler’s Hard, it will not be possible to resume service just yet. Further details to follow. Thursday 1st April 6.30pm Abbey Church Evensong Maundy Thursday 7.00pm Via Zoom Holy Communion Wednesday 14th April 10.30am Abbey Church Friday 2nd April Good Friday Holy Communion 12 noon Via Zoom Sunday 18th April ‘Stations of the Cross’ devotion 9.30am Abbey Church Sunday 4th April EASTER DAY Holy Communion 9.30am Abbey Church 11.15am St Paul’s, East Boldre Holy Communion Holy Communion 11.15am St Paul’s, East Boldre Wednesday 21st April Holy Communion 10.30am Abbey Church 11.15am St Katharine’s, Exbury Holy Communion Holy Communion Sunday 25th April Wednesday 7th April 9.30am Abbey Church 11.00am Abbey Church Holy Communion BCP Holy Communion 11.15am St Katharine’s, Exbury Sunday 11th April Holy Communion 9.30am Abbey Church Wednesday 28th April Holy Communion 10.30am Abbey Church 11.15am St Katharine’s, Exbury Holy Communion Morning Prayer From The 2021 Registers Baptisms: No baptisms in March Weddings: No weddings in March Funerals: 22nd March 2021 Ida Gregory Beaulieu Cemetery Graveside Funeral 5 The Simple Guide to the Gospel of Matthew We do not know exactly why described by Matthew himself in his Matthew’s Gospel is placed first in Gospel; “Jesus said to him, ‘Follow the Canon of Scripture in the New me’” (Matt. 9,9). And Matthew left Testament, but it is. his life and followed Jesus, beginning a new life, his gospel reflects that There has always been some past astounding and complete change controversy as to whether the for him, his is a Gospel written by a disciple Matthew is the author, but devout Jew not only to tell of Jesus no other serious contender has the Rabbi, but of Jesus the Messiah. ever been broached, so we will stay with Tax Collector Matthew. Luke He uses sources such as Mark’s and Mark’s Gospels both refer to Gospel and the unknown source him as Levi, but this probably arises known as ‘Q’ and almost certainly from a sort of tribal or family name is an account of Jesus for other - a small digression on names in Jews who had come to know Jesus, the Bible, men were often referred hence his constant references to to by two names, their own and the prophets and Prophecies of that of their father, (Patronym) an old, which serve to underline what identifying method in a culture Matthew is saying of Jesus - that He where many shared the same first was the Messiah and the King.