NOVEMBER 2014 the stjames-hamptonhill.org.ukspire FREE please take a copy A lost generation Remembering the First World War AROUND THE SPIRE P4 RECIPE FOR LIFE P6 WHAT’S ON P7 Our Church From the Editor... Registered Charity No 1129286 2014 is the centenary of the start of the First World War, Clergy which ended in November 1918. One of the many special acts of commemoration this year is the display Vicar of ceramic poppies around the Tower of London, which The Revd Peter Vannozzi (pictured, right) is featured on our cover. It is a very simple but moving Peter was born in Hanwell in 1962, but owes tribute to the thousands of people who died during the his surname to his Italian great-grandfather. war. The final poppy will be placed on Remembrance He was ordained in 1987. Peter is a Governor of Hampton Hill Junior School and Sunday after the service at The Cenotaph. a Trustee of the Hampton and Hampton Hill This year we will be welcoming a representative from Voluntary Care Group. the Canadian High Commission to our Remembrance Telephone: 020 8979 2069 Email: [email protected] Sunday service on 9 November to remember the Canadians who are buried in our churchyard. The row of graves, parallel to the main path to St James’s Avenue, each has a red rose planted and there is a lovely Canadian Maple Tree standing beside them; the Curate leaves turn a vibrant red in the autumn. The centrespread this month focuses on the First The Revd David Bell David was born in Skipton in World War and some of those buried or commemorated in our churchyard, including one 1952. He is a self-supporting of the Canadian soldiers. minister, ordained in June Best wishes 2012, and working during the week in events sponsorship management. 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Servers Lesley Mortimer 020 8941 2345 Sunday 23 November Telephone: 020 8979 3331 Sidespersons Janet Taylor 020 8979 0046 Sundays Email: [email protected] Christ the King 8am Holy Communion St James’s Ark Debbie Nunn 020 8979 3078 Ezekiel 34.11-16,20-24; Ephesians 1.15-23; 9.30am Parish Communion Matthew 25.31-46 St James’s Hospitality / Parish Breakfast Organist / Choirmaster Clare Ryan and Kirstie Craig 079 6413 1135 Samuel Draper Sunday 2 November Sunday 30 November Sam joined St James’s in St James’s Players Martin Hinckley 020 8979 0528 All Saints’ Sunday Advent Sunday October 2010, after The Shell Seekers (Sunday School) Revelation 7.9-17; 1 John 3.1-3; Isaiah 64.1-9; 1 Corinthians 1.3-9; graduating from the Royal Term-time in the hall from 9.25am (not first in month) Matthew 5.1-12 Mark 13.24-37 College of Music. Stuart Richardson 020 8890 4854 3.30pm All Souls’ Memorial Service Telephone: 020 8892 4957 Tools with a Mission Janet Nunn 020 8979 6325 Sunday 9 November Mondays-Fridays (not Tues) 9.15am Morning Prayer SUPPORT US Theatre Club Peter Hale 020 979 9287 Remembrance Sunday 8am Amos 5.18-24; The more volunteers, the more we can do Visitors’ Group Liz Wilmot 020 8977 9434 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18; Support us by regular giving, it’s easy to do Tuesdays Weekly Pew Sheet Jane Gibson 020 8941 6003 Leave a gift in your will, a lasting legacy Matthew 25.1-13 9.30am Holy Communion 9.45am Isaiah 49.13-19; Revelation 21.1-8 11.30am Holy Communion Next Month Finding us Sunday 16 November Sunday 7 December St James’s Church is on the 2nd Sunday before Advent 9.30am Christingle Service corner of St James’s Road and Park Road. There is Zephaniah 1.7,12-18; Sunday 21 December ample parking in the road. 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11; Matthew 25.14-30 6.30pm Service of Lessons and Carols 2 I thespire DISCOVER WHAT’S ON IN CHURCH AND LOCALLY ON PAGE SEVEN Leader Column with Peter Vannozzi Rocket for oppression Thought & Prayer Taking time to talk to God Two Hymns t was all very harmless. Each year we gathered in the Highlighting the persecuted church hall of St. Mark’s, Hanwell, and had lovely jacket This year, as you see fireworks, I invite you to take pause. potatoes and freshly-cooked sausages. Then we went Think or pray about persecuted minorities so prominent in the outside, and out came the sparklers. There were some news, and consider how many other groups go unreported. In addition to Remembrance Sunday, November is a fireworks – which were only available, so it seemed, for a So who might we remember? Where to start? Here are some: month of several commemorations, particularly Ifew weeks annually – and a bonfire. It is a strong childhood The Yazidis in northern Iraq All Saints, on 1 November, or the Sunday nearest to it, memory for me – the taste of the food, the heat of the fire, the The Moslem Rohingya community in Myanmar and All Souls on 2 November. sight and sound of the fireworks. All harmless fun. Or was it? Sikhs in Afghanistan All Saints is a day to celebrate the band of those who Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Christians in almost all of the Middle East. have faithfully followed Christ in their lives, and to gunpowder, treason and plot As you see or hear a firework, pray for them, think of them and celebrate their example, company, and prayers. So goes part of a much longer rhyme, some of which it would maybe, in the spirit of the ever-looming feast of Christmas, do All Souls is more solemn – a day to remember our own be hard to stomach today.