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HOLY TRINITY TAUNTON

December 2020

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Holy Trinity Service Times

Public services (from 2nd Dec.) are as follows:

Sunday

8.00am and 10.00am

Tuesday – Friday

10.00am

Saturday

10.00am and 6.00pm

Services will also continue to be streamed:

Sunday Tuesday – Saturday

10.00am and 6.30pm 10.00am

To access streamed services:

@ Holy Trinity Taunton

Holy Trinity Taunton

Fr Julian can be emailed directly: [email protected]

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2020

FR JULIAN WRITES…

Advent is now upon us, and we begin this season with a sense of anticipation, of waiting. Inevitably, we have all been waiting for lockdown to end and for information about how life may be lived with the enhanced tiered structures affecting areas of the country. We need to be thankful, but not complacent, for the fact that we in the south west have been relatively spared from the worst effects of the pandemic, in terms of the physical illness itself, if not the economic, emotional and spiritual effects. For most of November, our liberty has been restricted, and our ability to mix with family and friends has been removed. This has caused significant hardship for many, as has the inability to worship together. Not being able physically to receive the sacraments. This is the first time since the papal interdict of 1209, which banned priests from taking services in parish churches. We should take comfort that that lasted 4 years, not several months! It is anticipated (Mr Johnson has not yet pronounced at the time of writing) that limited socialising between households will also be permitted for five days over Christmas, so there will be some relief in the monotony of isolation, at least for those who have family or friends with which to share Christmas. However, there will still be severe restrictions on how we can hold Christmas services, and ensure people’s safety and wellbeing. A Christmas without carols? Who’d a thought it?! Congregations are not allowed to sing together either inside or outside the church building (I’ve looked at every possibility…), but just as Christmas at home will be different, not cancelled, so Christmas at Holy Trinity will be also. Later on in this magazine, there will be details of provisional arrangements.

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There is so much uncertainty, so much second-guessing, so much compromise. We long for an end to these things, so we can get on with life, and find out how we can do so. We are in Advent. That is a season of longing expectation. ‘The Lord will come and be not slow’ as one hymn puts it, and there is the certainty that Christ will come again in glory, even if we don’t know when. So it is a time of review and preparation, of reflection. We are reminded that there is always a sense of provisionality in life; we have expectations but no certainties. A tutor at the college where I trained was fond of saying that you lot [students] all say you believe in Jesus’ coming in glory, but you’d be really cheesed off it happened before you were ordained!’ Dear old Fr Eric Franklin… But he was right! In Advent we need to put aside our earthly hopes and expectations, and focus on our spiritual ones. Whereas none of us is comfortable with the thought of the Advent themes – death, judgement, heaven and hell – we can be more confident about them with the knowledge that when we die, we have a just judge, the hope of heaven and that hell’s powers have been broken. All these things solely through the person and works of Jesus, whose earthly birth we are preparing to celebrate. Christmas is the birth of salvation, for us and for the world. Christ is born in order that we might know what is to be saved, to be reconciled with God. In Christ, we are given the very real hope of the resurrection which was his. So we can actually dare to look forward to the Second Coming, when not as a helpless babe but as the King of the universe, he will come again. Like Covid’s ending, we don’t when this will be. Unlike Covid, we have more than an idea of what life will be afterwards. Like Covid, we may have to undergo what we feel to deprivations in the present time, so that we might have wonderful future. With my prayers and very best wishes

Fr Julian

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ADVENT You should all have received a copy of ‘O Radiant Dawn’ which is a series of daily reflections for Advent. The text has been written by Fr Philip North, formerly Shrine Priest at Walsingham, and published through the Church Union and The Society, to which this parish is affiliated. We are grateful for their hard work and generosity which allows downloading free of charge and copyright. If you haven’t received a copy, apologies. Please let Fr Julian know or else download the material from:

https://www.churchunion.co.uk/uploads/O_Radiant_Dawn_final_version.pdf

The Diocese of Bath and Wells has also produced a daily reflection. From December 1st-25th, there will be an Advent countdown, a retelling of the story of Christmas, with a short video each day. An inclusive way to keep Advent for adults and children alike.

View on Facebook@bathandwells, Twitter@bathandwells or You Tube@bathandwells. Compline - as in past years, there will be a short service of Compline in the Lady Chapel at 8pm on Wednesdays, beginning on 2nd December.

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE The draw for the Christmas Raffle will now take place on Sunday 13th December. This will give you a further opportunity to purchase any raffle tickets on Sunday 6th December (when public worship will be resumed) from Wendy Burge before the draw takes place the following Sunday.

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CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY

Because of current Covid restrictions, we are not able to worship in the same ways as we have done previously. However, every effort is being made to ensure that we have opportunities to celebrate the Saviour’s birth. Provisionally services will be as follows:

Carol Service: Sunday 20 December, 6.30pm This will be streamed only, but with congregational carols for you to join in at home.

Crib Service: Christmas Eve, 4.00pm This will be streamed only.

Christmas Morning: Family Mass at 10.00am

In order to ensure everybody’s health and well-being, it is just not possible for us to have a Midnight Mass this year. Most of the congregation will not be regular church-goers, and will be unable to sing carols. The church will also need to be thoroughly cleansed for the Christmas morning service (to which most of our congregation come, and can come) and there is not sufficient time and means to wipe down pews and air the building overnight.

ARCHDEACONRY TRAINING DAYS

Following the success of these days in recent years, the 'day' in 2021 will be a little different. The 2021 Archdeaconry ‘days’ will explore ways of praying, wherever and whoever we are. A short video will go live each day for you to watch at your convenience. The event will run from 11 to 16 January, with accompanying prayer ideas to try each day on the theme for that day. There will also be resources for those who are offline so that everyone, everywhere can join in. These will be made available in the Christmas/January magazine. Themes will include Prayer and Nature, Prayer and the Bible, Prayer and People and Prayer and the Digital World. You will need to register if you're joining online and the registration form is available through this link https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/2020/09/ad-days-2021/ All are welcome to join - there are already nearly 300 participants!

Fr Julian

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O ANTIPHONS

The O Antiphons are used at Vespers during the last seven days of Advent, and have been part of the liturgy since the very early church.

17 December - O Sapienta O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High,

reaching from one end to the other, mightily and sweetly ordering all things: Come and teach us the way of prudence.

18 December - O Adonai O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,

who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.

19 December - O Radix Jesse O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples;

before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.

20 December - O Clavis David O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;

you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open:

Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,

those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

21 December - O Oriens O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:

Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.

22 December - O Rex Gentium O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay.

23 December - O Emmanuel O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and

their Saviour: Come and save us, O Lord our God.

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CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER

The Sundays, readings and themes, and Saints days for December are listed below.

3 Thu S. Francis Xavier, Missionary (1552) 4 Fri S. John Damascene, Monk & Teacher (749)

6 ADVENT 2 Theme: The Good News Readings: Isaiah 40.1-11; 2 Peter 3.8-15a; Mark 1.1-8

7 Mon S. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (397) 8 Tue CONCEPTION OF OUR LADY 11 Fri S. Damasus, Bishop of Rome (384) 12 Sat S. Finnian, Abbot of Clonard, Teacher (549)

13 ADVENT 3 Theme: S. John the Baptist Readings: Isaiah 61.1-4 & 6-11; 1 Thess. 5.16-24; John 1.6-8,19-28

14 Mon S. John of the Cross, Poet, Teacher (1591) 17 Thu Eglantyne Jebb, Founder of Save The Children (1928)

20 ADVENT 4 Theme: The Visitation Readings: 2 Samuel 7.1-11 ; Romans 16.25-27; Luke 1.26-38

21 Mon S. Peter Canisius, Jesuit Priest & Writer (1597) 23 Wed S. John of Kanty, Polish Priest & Teacher (1473) 24 Thu Christmas Eve 25 CHRISTMAS DAY Theme: The Nativity of Our Lord Readings: Isaiah 62.6-12; Titus 3.4-17; Luke 2.8-20 26 Sat S Stephen

27 CHRISTMAS 1 Theme: The Holy Name of Jesus Readings: Isaiah 61.10 -62.3; Galatians 4.4-7; Luke 2.15-21

28 Mon The Holy Innocents 29 Tue S. Thomas a Becket, Archbp of Canterbury, Martyr (1170) 31 Thu S. Sylvester, Bishop of Rome (335)

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NOTES FROM THE CHOIR STALLS Lockdown has been a time of great anxiety and uncertainty for many people. I will admit to finding great solace in the fact that I have been nowhere near a supermarket (or indeed many other shops) since March. This has meant that I have been spared the Christmas ‘muzak’, which often blares out in these establishments from early October. However, recently I have been thinking a little of the history of some of our hymns and carols, both sacred and secular. Most of us know the story of ‘Silent night’: the mouse eating the bellows of the organ in the church at Oberndorf in Austria. Sadly, it would have taken a very mighty mouse to damage the action of a hand-blown, tracker-action organ to put it out of use, and there is no evidence that this ever happened. ‘While shepherds watched’ is an interesting example of a Christmas hymn. From 1700 to around 1780 it was the only Christmas hymn permitted to be sung in the Anglican Church. The words have been set to at least 150 tunes. ‘Winchester Old’, almost universally used in England, is among the least interesting of these. There is a tune called ‘Old Foster’ written by John Foster in Handelian style. This tune is usually heard in the South Yorkshire pub carolling tradition. A more popular tune is ‘Cranbrook’, a tune which originally had nothing to do with Ilkley Moor, but was written by a Canterbury bootmaker! ‘Good King Wenceslas’ is a carol often linked to Christmas but which has little to do with the feast. The words tell a completely fictitious story about King Vaclav the Good of Bohemia who became the Czech Republic’s patron saint. Its only seasonal connection is with Boxing Day, as an example of charity to the poor. Even the most geographically challenged will realise that it is not wise to attempt to sail any kind of vessel to Bethlehem. The text of ‘I saw three ships come sailing in’ derives from the Mediterranean journeying of the supposed relics of the Magi, the ‘Three Kings of Cologne’. The Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great and discoverer of the True Cross, carried the relics to Constantinople in the fourth century. They were later taken to Milan. In 1162 the skulls were given

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to Cologne Cathedral where they were placed in jewelled caskets and where they remain to this day. Finally, a secular Carol, ‘The Boar’s Head Carol’ depicts the custom of carrying a boar’s head in to a Yuletide feast. At The Queen’s College, Oxford, the head is carried in a procession with torch-bearers and singers. This tradition is supposedly in honour of a student of the college who was walking in a forest reading Aristotle (don’t we all?), and was attacked by a wild boar. He forced the book down the boar’s throat, proclaiming it to be a gift from the Greeks, and escaped unharmed while the boar choked. A story about as plausible as that of the Austrian mouse!

Simon Gaunt

A THANK YOU FROM ELAINE STOWELL Some 6 months ago at the beginning of the first lockdown, I was talking to Elaine on the telephone (Elaine lives in Edgbaston, Birmingham) and in the course of the conversation she told me she was recovering from surgery for the removal of a cancerous tumour and that she was anticipating further surgery and of course monitoring and tests. During our discussion we agreed that I would ask Fr Julian to include her in our prayer list for the sick.

Elaine has had a further operation and many tests and was delighted to be told recently by her surgeon that she is now ‘All Clear’. Elaine has asked me to pass on her grateful thanks to everyone at Holy Trinity for their kind thoughts and prayers, she said she was very aware of this great support and encouragement and is of course greatly relieved at her recovery.

Pat Hitchcock

THE VIRGIN - An Old Celtic Prayer

Behold the Virgin approaching near,

And the Christ so young upon her breast, Angels low-bowing before them here, And the King of life saying, ‘Tis best’.

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A RECIPE FOR DECEMBER

MINCE PIES WITH ORANGE PASTRY

This light, crumbly and rich pastry really complements mincemeat. I have been using this recipe successfully for our mince pies for over 30 years and Fr Julian particularly likes them done this way. The recipe comes from a Christmas Book by Josceline Dimbleby. You will need:

▪ 1lb (500g) plain flour

▪ 6oz (175g) icing sugar (caster sugar may also be used)

▪ 12oz (375g) butter

▪ Finely grated rind and juice of 1 large orange

Method

1. Sift the flour and sugar into a mixing bowl. Cut the butter into small pieces and rub gently with your fingertips into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the grated orange rind.

2. Using a knife, stir in the orange juice until the dough just begins to stick together. Gather up the dough and pat it into a ball, wrap it in cling film and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before using.

3. Knead the pastry lightly and roll it out a little more thickly than usual. Cut out as many rounds as required and put into greased patty tins. Fill with mincemeat and cover with smaller rounds of pastry, pressing the edges lightly together. Make a small slit in the top of each pie.

4. Brush the tops with milk and bake in the oven preheated to 220oC/Gas Mark 7 for 15-20 minutes until light golden brown. The pastry is deliciously crumbly so it is best to let the mince pies cool down a bit before easing them from the tin.

Jane Laurence

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A DEAR FRIEND OF THE CHURCH IN SOMERSET

At the time of writing there seems little likelihood of any choir or congregational singing in church of carols and hymns at Christmas because of the ongoing corona virus precautions.

One of the great hymns that we normally enjoy singing at Holy Trinity is appropriate for the feast day of the Virgin Mary on 8th December. It is No. 188 in the English Hymnal. ‘Ye who own the faith of Jesus’, followed by the chorus ‘Hail Mary, full of grace’. This hymn was written by the Reverend Vincent Stuckey Stratton Coles who lived from 1845 to 1929. He was described as ‘a dear friend of the Church in Somerset’ and visited Holy Trinity Church several times to speak both to the C of E Men’s Society and to the congregation at Evensong in Lent and Advent in 1912 and 1913. He was born at Shepton Beauchamp, the son of the Rector. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he trained for the ordained ministry at Cuddesdon Theological College with his first curacy at Wantage 1869 to 1872. He was Principal of Pusey House, Oxford from 1897 to 1909. Later he became Rector of Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset.

As I’ve mentioned, he was a friend of Holy Trinity. One of his last visits to our church as Canon Coles was to have organised a retreat in connection with the dedication of the War Memorial Chapel in January of 1921, but sadly, now in his 70s, a lapse of memory on his part left 50 people gathered together in the Chapel with the Vicar Fr Lowman Lang stepping in at the last minute. Apologetically Canon Coles promised to give the retreat sometime in February.

Upon his death in June 1929, ‘The Times’ obituary said he had ‘a kindly humorous understanding of young men and exercised a wide influence in the university’ with many people across the world both clergy and laity owing much to his guidance.

There is another hymn attributed to him in the English Hymnal, No. 311 ‘We pray thee Heavenly Father’.

George Coles

MAGAZINE DEADLINE: Wednesday 9th December Please email copy to [email protected] or post to church office

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A QUIZ ON 2020

1. Job applications from weirdos and misfits were invited from

people to work at which place in London?

2. Which famous actor who died this year is associated with the

phrase “I am Spartacus?”

3. In February the Church of England advised against the practice

of ‘intinction’ – what is it?

4. In a world “where you can be anything, be ______” – what, wrote

actress Caroline Flack on Instagram in December 2019?

5. What were we supposed to do in March while singing the National

Anthem or Happy Birthday twice?

6. This year was a leap year. What do we call other years?

7. Which village in the Peak District is associated with self-isolation

during a previous plague?

8. How long, literally, is quarantine?

9. Why did President Macron visit Britain on 18th July? What other

Anglo-French anniversary could he have remembered but for some

reason it was not mentioned?

10. How many countries launched space rockets to Mars this year?

11. Who, in their resignation letter in August, on Twitter posted, “I

have championed our work, built our relationships and celebrated

the diversity of our staff… and will always be an ambassador for

the UK and the new Foreign Commonwealth and Development

Office” after a four-year career in Downing Street which had

included scraps with a neighbour? He was going to spend more

time with a family in the country.

12. Which day is the furthest away from Christmas Day?

13. What was the Battle of the Tennis Court and why was it

remembered in August?

14. The BBC banned singing which song from the Last night of the Proms,

because it had a link in their mind with slavery and colonialism?

15. This year was the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the

Mayflower. What event did they start which led to a public holiday?

Answers on last page. (From the Parish Pump)

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GIFTS THAT KEEP GIVING

Almost a year ago, 11/12/2019, the newspaper i published an item on the environmental impact of the packaging and gift wrapping etc we use at Christmas. Its source was Pure Planet who surveyed a sample of 2,000 people.

Did you know that 300,000 tonnes of cardboard is used in the UK every Christmas? That, apparently, is enough to cover the journey between London and Lapland 103 times!

The least eco-friendly Christmas items are:

▪ Synthetic corks which last forever. ▪ Batteries which last for 100 to 1 million years

Those items which last for 1,000 years include:

▪ Advent Calendars, Crackers, Glitter, Mince Pie packaging, Sticky tape, Plastic Toys and Plastic shopping bags.

Other items include:

▪ Cling film (25 years) ▪ Christmas Cards (25 years) ▪ Wrapping paper (2-6 weeks)

So, should we be careful what we use, and recycle where possible? Remember these figures represent every year!

Trudi Watkins

SMILE LINES

Children’s Christmas Carols

Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly

We three kings of porridge and tar

On the first day of Christmas my tulip gave to me

Noel, Noel, Barney’s the king of Israel.

With the jelly toast proclaim

Olive, the other reindeer

Sleep in heavenly peas.

O come, froggy faithful. From the Parish Pump

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ALL IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

It was:

• 400 years ago, on 21st December 1620 that the first landing party

from the British ship Mayflower arrived at what would become

Plymouth Colony (now Plymouth Massachusetts).

• 300 years ago, on 31st December 1720 that Charles Edward

Stuart, commonly known as ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ was born. He

led the unsuccessful Jacobite rebellion of 1745-46.

• 250 years ago, on 16th December 1770 that Ludwig van Beethoven,

German composer and pianist was born.

• 80 years ago, on 29th December 1940 that Germany dropped

incendiary bombs on London, causing the worst fire damage since

the Great Fire of London in 1666. About 200 people were killed.

• 65 years ago, on 1st December 1955 that African American civil

rights activist Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a

white man in Montgomery, Alabama, violating the city’s racial

segregation laws. This incident led to the birth of the modern

American civil rights movement.

• 60 years ago, on 9th December 1960 that the first episode of the

television soap opera Coronation Street was broadcast in the UK.

• 40 years ago, on 8th December 1980 that John Lennon, rock

musician, a member of the Beatles and peace activist, was shot

dead, aged 40, outside his New York City apartment.

• 30 years ago, on 1st December 1990 that British and French

construction workers on the Channel Tunnel broke through the

last wall of rock separating the two halves, and Britain and France

were linked for the first time in thousands of years.

• 20 years ago, on 13th December 2000 that George W Bush finally

claimed the US presidency, 36 days after the election was held,

following a legal battle over disputed votes in Florida.

• 15 years ago, on 19th December 2005 that the Civil Partnership

Act came into effect in the UK.

• 10 years ago, from 18th December 2010 to December 2012 that

the Arab Spring took place in North Africa and the Middle

East. The Tunisian Revolution spread and became a wave of

demonstrations, protests, riots, coups, foreign interventions, and

civil wars in North Africa and the Middle East. From the Parish Pump

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2020 QUIZ ANSWERS

1. 10 Downing Street.

2. Kirk Douglas.

3. ‘Intinction’ is dipping the communion wafer in wine.

4. In a world “where you can be anything, be kind”.

5. Wash our hands.

6. This year was a leap year. We call other years common years.

7. Eyam.

8. Quarantine is forty days long, literally, the word derives from the

Italian expression quaranta giorni.

9. To commemorate De Gaulle’s broadcast to France in 1940. It was

also the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo.

10. The United States, Europe, Russia and China.

11. The Foreign Office cat, Palmerston.

12. Boxing Day is the day furthest away from Christmas Day (because

you cannot travel backwards in time - think about it)

13. The Battle of the Tennis Court was part of the Burma Campaign

during the Second World War. It was remembered in August as

part of VJ commemorations.

14. Rule Britannia. The decision was since reviewed.

15. Their celebration of harvest gave rise to Thanksgiving.

DISTRIBUTION OF OUTLOOK

Owing to the present restrictions this year’s distribution of Outlook has been difficult but thanks are due to Fr Julian and Jane who throughout the present pandemic have made our parish magazine with all the usual features and articles available on line through email and on the church website. This will operate for the foreseeable future.

We wish all our readers, advertisers and their families a peaceful Christmas and a happy new year when we pray that the effects of the Coronavirus will diminish considerably.

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PARISH DIRECTORY

VICAR Fr Julian Laurence 337890

READER Mr Michael Hemsley 251722

LAY PASTORAL Mrs Jane Laurence 354800

ASSISTANTS Mrs Jenni Llewellyn (Church Office)

CHURCHWARDENS Mr John Godley (Church Office) 354800

PARISH OFFICE Tues & Thurs 9.00am–11.00am 354800 Administrator: Rosie Clarke

PCC Vice-Chairman Mr Geraint Jones 284376

PCC Treasurer Mr John Rudge 664558

PCC Secretary Mrs Trudi Watkins 354800 Electoral Roll Secretary Mr Richard Tomlinson (Church Office)

Organist & Choir Trainer Mr Simon Gaunt 01984 641584

Editor of 'Outlook' Mr George Coles 288091

'Outlook' advertising Mr David Gill (Church Office) 354800

Sacristan Mr Peter Deal 278385

Captain of Bellringers Mrs Margaret Jordan 289519

Church Flowers Mrs Sylvia Paul 279436

Hall Booking Secretary Church Administrator (Church Office) 354800

Junior Church Mrs Pat Deal 278385

Mrs Sylvia Paul 279436

Data Protection Officer Mr David Watkins 354800 Safeguarding Officer Mrs Liz Clarke (Church Office)

Trinity Church School Trinity School, South Street 284128 Head of School Mr Steve Morton

Trinity Scout Group Mrs Stacey King 07984 170912