PETWORTH MAGAZINE June 2016 COVERING THE PARISHES OF ST. MARY’S, PETWORTH & ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S, EGDEAN PRICE: 50p ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: £5 PARISHES OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PETWORTH & ST BARTHOLOMEW, EGDEAN Priest-in-charge Canon Mark Gilbert SSC 01798 345278 or 07810 004062 E-mail: [email protected] PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PETWORTH Churchwardens Adrian Easton, Endellion, 4 Littlecote, Petworth (368692) Eileen Lintill, 2 Downview Road, Petworth (342948) Director of Music & Organist Matthew Cooke ARCO 24 Toronto Road, Petworth 07776 075275 Assistant Organist Sarah Barstow CertRCO, 10 School Close, Fittleworth (865493) Parish Clerk and Hon. Secretary to the Parochial Church Council and arrangements for Baptisms, Weddings & Funerals John Townsend, 43 Hampers Green, Petworth (343336) Hon Treasurer Andrew Howard,Woodlea, Northmead, Petworth (343220) Bellringers Enquiries to Linda Wort 01798 342712 or Andrew Brooke 07531 217827 Magazine Editor Jean Huggett, 42 Orchard Close, Petworth 01798 343906 email: [email protected] Magazine Advertising Jan Shepherd, Egdean House, Egdean 01798 865360 email: [email protected] Magazine Subscriptions New & Renew Mary Wakeford 01798 342293 Children’s Sunday Group Jackie Smith, 8 Sheepdown Close, Petworth (342487) Web Master Gordon Stevenson (343496) email: [email protected] PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, EGDEAN Churchwardens Roger Dallyn, 24 Station Road, Petworth (343454) Anne Dallyn, Woodside, 386 Strood Cottages, Byworth (342103) Hon. Secretary to the Parochial Church Council Christine Dallyn, 24 Station Road, Petworth (343454) email: [email protected] Hon. Treasurer to the Parochial Church Council John Shepherd, Egdean House, Egdean 01798 865360 From Canon Mark Gilbert Dear Friends Queen's Birthday The Queen has served us all her adult life. From 10th-12th June 2016 the country and Common- wealth will celebrate her 90th birthday. It is an amazing oppor- tunity for us in Petworth and Egdean to bring our communities together to say thank you: thank you to God for a faithful life well lived, and thank you to the Queen for her unstinting service. The Queen in 1947 declared:- “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. But I shall not have strength to carry out this resolution alone un- less you join in it with me, as I now invite you to do: I know that your support will be unfailingly given. God help me to make good my vow, and God bless all of you who are willing to share in it.” Please join us for this wonderful occasion. In Petworth we shall be celebrating with a Special Festival Eucharist at 10.30 am. In the afternoon there is a Street party in the Market Square from 3-5.30 pm followed by a concert. Heavenly Father, who hast brought our gracious sovereign Queen Elizabeth to the completion of her ninetieth year, and dost gather her people in celebration of the same: grant that we, rejoicing before thee with thankful hearts, may ever be united in love and service to one another, and her kingdom flourish in prosperity and peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THE ORDINATION OF SEAN WLLIAM GILBERT AS PRIEST SUNDAY 22ND MAY AT CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL Members of St Mary’s and St Bartholomew’s were there to support Fr Mark and his son Full report in the July magazine ST BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, EGDEAN Website: www.egdeanparish.com Canon Mark Gilbert welcomed everyone to the Annual Parish Meeting held on 21st April, he informed those present of the sad passing of Rev Tim Wright and opened the meeting with a prayer for Tim and his family and a prayer for Her Royal Majes- ty, Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday. Roger Dallyn and Anne Dallyn were re-elected as Churchwardens and the following officers were also re-elected:- John Shepherd as Treasurer; Christine Dallyn as Secretary; Anne Dallyn as the Child Protection Officer Jenny Foster reported on two Deanery Synod meetings held last year on 13th May and 14th October respectively. David Twinley spoke in May about a 5-year plan to be launched. Included in this would be an audit of parishes, looking at one thing that will bring people to the faith in 2016, sharing ideas with parishes and how clergy are deployed. At the October meeting the main speaker was The Ven Archdeacon, Fio- na Windsor. In the absence of the Treasurer, Fr Mark read out John’s written report circulated at the meeting with the Financial Statement for the year ended 31st December 2015. John reported that the overall church finances are relatively healthy, with a slight in- crease in total receipts set against a significant reduction in expenses. Planned giving has decreased significantly, but this has been largely offset by the increase in fund raising and church fees for weddings and memorials. He thanked everyone involved in the fund raising events which contributes a significant amount to the church’s in- come and also benefits many good causes throughout the year. Mr Harold Green was re-elected as Independent Examiner for 2016. Roger Dallyn presented the Churchwardens’ Report and informed the meeting that in 2015 we held 49 services with a total of 898 people attending, 106 were children, giving an average attendance of 16.3. We also had one baptism, two weddings, one funeral, two burials and one interment of ashes. The Carol Service again had good attendance of 135. This winter we have had severe water ingress through the church wall behind the font and to the left of the rear south window, which our architect has recently in- spected and has reported a problem with the guttering in this area, this will be recti- fied shortly. We are due a quinquennial inspection this year which will include an electrical test and architect’s full survey of the church and grounds. The PCC are currently investigating with The Leconfield Estate the possibility of fur- ther car parking provision at the church and also looking at the visibility of a mains water connection. A gift of £2,000 has been received from the Late Michael & Tessa Till’s estate. We are currently looking at a number of proposals for the church for this donation. Roger thanked Mary Thorne for the donation of a carver chair for the vestry table which was given in memory of her late husband Peter Thorne and ended the report re- minding everyone of the forthcoming fund raising events: Sat 18th June from 5.30 pm BBQ and fund raising stalls and activities celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday Sat 30th & Sun 31st July Cream Tea Weekend in the garden of Egdean House Sat 10th September Ride and Stride The Secretary reported that the Electoral Roll has been revised and stands at 60. Fr Mark gave a big thank you to Fr Richard Hoyal and Fr Keith Hyde-Dunn for all their work during the interregnum and to Richard for his continued support, and thanked everyone for the welcome both Margaret and he had received by the commu- nity here. He also informed the meeting that on 29th May there will be a special Cor- pus Christi Eucharist and The Archdeacon of Horsham, The Venerable Fiona Windsor, will be visiting and preaching at Egdean. Roger Dallyn thanked Harold Green for recently sourcing a cherry tree to replace the Queen’s Jubilee tree that died last year. Christine Dallyn (Hon Secretary to Egdean PCC) COFFEE MORNING Many thanks to all who supported the Coffee Morning on 14th May by bringing items for sale, coming along to buy, helping with the raffle and sales table and mak- ing tea and coffee. £205.66 was raised for church funds. As the Summer Fair is on 4th June there will be no coffee morning this month. The next one on Saturday 9th July will be in aid of the Organ Fund. Jean Huggett and Gill Ticehurst PARISH OUTING TO SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL The sun shone and the weather was fine for St Mary's outing to Southwark Cathedral on 7th May. Apart from a quick glimpse of Lambeth Palace there isn't usually much sightseeing to be done from a coach driving through south-west London, but at West- minster we crossed the Thames and had difficulty crossing back, and so ended up ap- proaching our destination along the Commercial Road. This gave us the bonus of a trip through Stepney and Whitechapel, area not often visited by sightseers, then through the heart of the City, where we seemed to be dwarfed by skyscrapers. The day before our outing, we were asked to postpone our tour of the cathedral until two o'clock for some very hush-hush reason. This gave us the morning spare, and it would seem that a great many decided to explore the Borough Market. There must be well over an acre of foodstalls, probably two, and you certainly need your elbows to get through the crowds. Others went to view Tate Modern, situated in the titanic dis- used Bankside Power Station, or to visit St Thomas's Hospital's original operating the- atre bizarrely situated in the tower of St Thomas's church. I was one of a group who went straight to the cathedral since, although it was closed, we had been told that the refectory was open. It is an unusual experience to find bouncers at the entrance to a church. Sadiq Khan, elected Mayor of London earlier in the week, had asked for his swearing-in ceremony to take place in the cathedral, and security was tight.