PARISH MAGAZINE – EASTER 2013

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ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Eaton Road, Hove, BN3 3QEwww.allsaintshove.org

PARISH CLERGYFr PHIL RITCHIE - VicarThe Vicarage, Wilbury Road, Hove BN3 3PB 733 331 / 07590 514 884email: philipsj68@googlemail.com

The Revd TALISKER MacLEOD - CurateThe Parsonage, Blatchington Road, Hove BN3 3TA 778 938/ 07927 948 092email: revd@alathea.org.uk

HonoraryThe Revd RICHARD ADFIELD732 538email: ric_the_vic@btinternet.com

The Revd DAVID INGLEDEW11 S Luke’s Terrace, Queen’s Park, Brighton BN2 9ZE 689 765email: david.ingledew2@ntlworld.com

CHILDREN’S CHURCHSundays 10am Children from 3 years upwards; younger children should be accompanied by aparent/carerSunday School: Paula Sonley 733 331 Last Sunday of month: Godly Play – an imaginative approachto exploring sacred stories

LITTLE FISHESMondays in term-time 9.45 - 11.30am in church. All children welcomeDetails: Hilda Brown 703 110

ARRANGEMENTS FOR BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE ETCPlease apply to the Parish Office

ALL SAINTS PARISH OFFICEMonday to Friday 9am-4pm

Parish Administrators: Alison Jelley and Katja von SchweitzerThe Parish Office, The Vicarage, Wilbury Road, Hove BN3 3PB 733 331email:office@allsaintshove.org

Finance Assistant: Fiona Hogben 746 849 email:finance@allsaintshove.org

CONTENTS

Services 2From Fr.Phil 3Editorial Jottings 5Lent House Groups 6Letter from Durham – Karen Young 7Lectio Divina 9Future Events 11Parish Retreat 12Little Fishes 13A Week in the Life of……………….. 17Hester Tokeley – Obituary 23Campaign re Hunger Trap 24Parish Directory 26

Cover photo by Sarah Sutherland -Rowe

Magazine Editorial Board: Jane Bartlett, Peter Morris, Laura Topping.

Please speak to any of the above if you wish to contribute to a future issue.Material may be edited for space reasons.

Advertising: Alison Jelley, The Parish Office, The Vicarage, Wilbury Road,Hove BN3 3PB 733 331 email:office@allsaintshove.org

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REGULAR SERVICES

SUNDAYS 8am Eucharist10am Sung Eucharist5.30pm Centre Space Evening Prayer

Weekday Eucharists 11.30am Tuesdays (inc Intercessions at thePrayer Cross)

Healing Service on 1st Tuesday9.30am Wednesdays9.30am Fridays

Morning Prayer 9am Tuesdays to Fridays

Evening Prayer 5pm Mondays to Fridays

Morning Meditation 7.45am Tuesdays8am Saturdays

Confessions By arrangement

Bible Study 2.30pm Wednesdays

For up-to-date information on services please check the church websitewww.allsaintshove.org

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FROM FR PHIL

‘However laughable in itself, Delacenserie’s eclecticism, uniting past and futurein the Centraal Station with its marble staircase in the foyer and the steel andglass roof spanning the platforms, was in fact a logical stylistic approach to anew epoch...The clock is placed some twenty metres above the only baroqueelement in the entire ensemble, the cruciform stairway which leads from thefoyer to the platforms...there is something illusionistic and illusory about therelationship of time and space as we experience it in travelling, which is whywhenever we come home from elsewhere we never feel quite sure if we havereally been abroad.’

Austerlitz W.G.Sebald

‘We noted three key issues about the great railway stations of the Victorianage. First the beauty of the building was an essential starting point. Secondthe building was designed with a proper sense of purpose and function andwith a clear concern for their humanity. Third the buildings pointed beyondthemselves and said something of the society in which they wereembedded...Beauty, setting and purpose are crucial’

Building Sacraments The Walter Tapper Lecture 2012 by Stephen Platten

The Victorians built some amazing churches but they build some great Railwaystations too! The analogy is obvious in a church such as All Saints. A buildingthat wanted to say something beautiful about God in the midst of Hove and inthe process told us a lot about the civic pride of the people of Hove and theirsense of place within English Victorian culture.

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For Sebald in his description of the Centraal Station it is the clock which takespride of place and which makes the strongest statement about what lies at theheart of the building’s purpose and what unites its many themes andreferences. For us at All Saints it is, of course, the Altar which takes up thatunifying symbolic position. For churches are also places which are centrallyconcerned with travelling and, like the railway station, with the business ofcreating the illusion of journey purely from entering the building.

All Saints, like all great churches, takes us into a new place when we enter thedoor of the church and in doing so it re-creates Sebald’s sense that ‘there issomething illusionistic and illusory about the relationship of time and space aswe experience it in travelling’. The architecture and design of All Saints seeksto transport us to another place which speaks of the Divine in ways which canappear hidden in everyday life.

But we must beware of too easy or sentimental a translation of meaningbetween architecture and the Divine. Great Churches, like great railwaystations, can give us a feeling of warmth and safety as if we are once againlocked into a readable and affirming place of safety from the horrors of themodern world. Some people may ask if these great buildings can still challengeand confront us in the way that they must have done in the late 19th century,but I certainly think they can!

All Saints along with much great Victorian architecture is an innately Civicspace in the best sense of the word. It is generously proportioned and clearly asocial space – a place of beauty but also a place of dignified meeting betweenpeople. Essentially it is a place of encounter.

The resurrection of Jesus is initially described in the Gospels as an absence –the empty tomb – a space which offers the possibility of new life. Laterdescriptions of resurrection appearances play with the idea of recognition:what does it mean to see and to be in relationship with the risen Christ?

It is commonplace for people to say that the church isn’t the building, it’s thepeople! But what if we allowed ourselves to say that the building was thechurch, that in a sacramental sense, its soaring pillars and vast expanses ofspace speak in an achingly beautiful way of the journey into the mystery of thedivine? All Saints church speaks eloquently of the resurrection because like somuch great Victorian architecture it speaks of beauty, purpose and place: thepossibility of divine encounter in the midst of human community. 4

EDITORIAL JOTTINGS

The lunchtime concert programme is now being put together by Andrew.Some old favourites such as Michael Maine and Sussex Flutes will be returningand our own Jack Redman will be giving a piano and organ recital. There will beno Jazz Festival this year, but the wonderful veteran tenor saxophonist, BobbyWellins, will be returning to play at the concert on 4th September. Please notethat, for logistical reasons, the concerts will now be at 1pm on WEDNESDAYSinstead of Thursdays.

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If you have access to a computer, do take a look at our revamped websitewww.allsaintshove.org. Katja in the parish office has been busy of late re-organising the site with professional design help from Moocow Media. Manythanks are due to Katja, and to Sarah for supplying a wide range of high-qualityphotos. It really shows what a vibrant church we are with lots going on thatinvolves all ages.

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Since the magazine last appeared, All Saints has had to say a sad farewell totwo much-loved members: Hester Tokeley and Michael Brown. A tribute toHester is on page 23. An exuberant but endearing character, Michael, who hadexperienced some tough times in his life, needed all his resources of courageand positivity to fight the cancer that he had beaten once before. Aninveterate accumulator of facts and figures, Michael loved to pit his knowledgeagainst the students of `University Challenge’ every Monday evening. I willthink of him and smile every time I watch that programme. Our sympathies goout to his partner, Marguerite.

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LENT HOUSE GROUPS

Richard Adfield

As most of you will know, this year the Clergy chose Brian D. McLaren's book,Naked Spirituality, as the material for the house groups. It was also decidedthat each of the five themes would be the sermon subject for the previousSunday morning service.

HereThanksSorryHelpNo

There are several ways in which a church can prepare for Holy Week and Easter.One is to study the events of the passion story leading up to Good Friday.Another is to look at the principal characters in the arrest, trial and crucifixionof Christ. We decided to focus on a spiritual check up, which is the timehonoured way of preparing ourselves for the major festival of our Lord's deathand resurrection.

In many ways it's easier to discuss theology than to ask God to show us wherewe stand with him at this present time. One of the things that has alwaysimpressed me is that St Paul, that most outstanding theologian of the Christianchurch, remained deeply aware of his own shortcomings. In fact the theRomans 3.23 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”, as heprepared for his own death, became “..Christ Jesus came into the world to savesinners – of whom I am the worst” (NIV 1 Timothy 1.15).

We have five house groups meeting during Lent. June Elves kindly openedher home and Christine Mason became the leader: Isabel Stuart-Gordonhosted a group led by Stephen Coke; Deborah Newman hosted Fr Phil'sgroup; Neil Shaw shared the leadership in Jane Bartlett's group; and my groupwere very pleased to be meeting again in Tim Digby Roberts’ home.

Our sincere thanks to all of our hosts.

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LLeetttteerr ffrroomm DDuurrhhaamm

Karen Young

I was sitting in the chapel of St Cuthbert in Durham cathedral at 7.30this morning. This is a very lovely space to pray, when it is quiet andthe huge cathedral is just waking up with vergers walking inmeasured tread and the murmuring of Morning Prayer drifting fromone of the side chapels. It is wonderfully atmospheric - but to behonest, I had gone in today to escape the blizzard and icy wind! Iwas feeling homesick for my friends down south and some sunshine.

St Cuthbert died in 687 and was buried on Lindisfarne where he hadlived, but it is said that his remains 'chose' to be exhumed and takento Durham, where the cathedral was founded around him. He wasreburied in the current shrine in 1104, together with the head of StOswald (a long story for another time). Cuthbert is the patron saintof the north east and I could tell you much about his life and times.But really I wanted to tell you how I am getting on in Durham.

Durham is a city of many hills and local folklore has it thateverywhere you go is uphill. And so it would certainly seem as I walkthe mile into college at the beginning of each day! However youcannot beat the view of the river with the cathedral and castletowering above, bathed in the dawn light, whatever the weather.Cranmer Hall Theological College is just across the road from thecathedral, up a narrow cobbled street. If it weren't for the all thestudents carrying bibles and prayer books you might think you werein Hogwarts.

My weekdays are filled with lectures and study time, interspersedwith worship and prayer together in the community. There areabout 70 of us altogether and it is a full on immersion in training forministry, with even the coffee breaks being times for livelydiscussion. 7

But it is not all contemplation and earnest theology! Last week Ijoined fellow students at the Metro shopping centre in Gatesheadwhere a labyrinth was marked out in duct tape on the mall floor.I was part of a 'flash mob' singing 'I will follow him' (from Sister Act),to a cheering if slightly bemused crowd of shoppers.

On Sundays I work in a parish on the outskirts of the city where thevicar, Miranda Threlfall-Holmes is one of the most outspokenadvocates nationally of women's ministry at all levels. She has beenan enormous encouragement and it has been a great experience towork with her - if a little daunting to be told that the BBC will befilming the service I was leading!

In 3 months I will be back in Sussex, getting ready for ordination andmy curacy at St Paul's Chichester. My stay in Durham has flown byand, mostly, I have loved my time here. The cold northern weatherthough.... well according to Bede, St Cuthbert prayed and Godpromised warmth and sunshine in 3 days. Please God, if you can do itfor Cuthbert, how about for your humble servant from Hove? 8

Lectio Divina -what’s it all about?

Lucy McGrath explains………………..

Last week as I was getting ready to head out the door I had a conversation withmy 12 year old daughter that went something like this:

Holly: Where are you going – is it a church thing? (in our family “church thing”is a generic term for anything I do with an overtly religious theme…it covers ahuge range of activities…)

Me (hurrying, slightly late as usual and can’t find my bike lights, also as usual):Yes…It’s a new group, a Lectio Divina Group, and I’ve got to be on time forit…it’s at Mary’s flat though not at church

Holly: What’s Lectio Divina then?

Me (trying to summarise it really quickly): Well we read a bit of the bible andthen sit round in silence for quite a long time and think about what we’ve read

Holly (look of horror on face): What… you’re going to sit around in Mary’s flatand you can’t talk to each other

Me (rushing now...but have at least found the bike lights): Well you can a bit atthe end but most of it is in silence

Holly (really horrified): OMG….. That sounds so awkward.....supposingsomeone farts?

And as Holly, Joel (10) and Mike (46) erupted into laughter I left the house …

So what is Lectio Divina? Rather than writing an article about the theory Ithought I’d write about my experiences of it and why increasingly it’s become areally important part of my life and relationship with God.

I came across Lectio Divina at Worth Abbey a few years ago at one of theirQuiet Fridays. There was a group of about 20 of us there and a lovely monksaid we were going to practise Lectio Divina, explaining it was an ancientspiritual practise once widely used by Christians and kept alive by monastictraditions. 9

He asked us to trust that God could and would speak to each of us asindividuals in our own situations through the bible passage he was about toread.

He read a passage of the bible once through completely, then slowly a verse ata time. He told us not to think too much about what we’d heard but rather tolook out for any word or phrase that in some way stood out for us, orresonated with us. He said that was God’s word for us as individuals. He invitedus to take time in the silence (3 hours!) that followed to think about the wordor phrase that had come up, and to “talk to” God about anything andeverything that the word or phrase brought up…. and when we ran out ofthings to say to try to still ourselves and allow God to hold us, to embrace us,to love us.

On that first quiet day the bible passage was from John 15 and I can stillremember the phrase which resonated with me then…” Make your home inme and I will make my home in you”.

My experiences of practising Lectio Divina since then (both on my own and insmall groups) have been that when I take the time to practise it (which is quiteoften a challenge!) I find it profoundly helpful…..that God gently touches methrough it and shows me his love for me.

A Lectio Divina group is running fortnightly on Wednesday’s 8-9.30pm. Forinformation about the venue (Mary’s flat!), and dates, please ring Lucy on07765673176 or 01273 729890

In April and May the Saturday Morning Meditation group are using LectioDivina. Each week they reflect on a section of John’s Gospel. Join thembetween 8am-9am in the Spirit Chapel at All Saints. This is followed bycoffee/tea and croissants at 9am if you have time to stay. If you would likemore information contact John Watters, john.watters@livingleadership.uk.com

Information on Worth Abbey Quiet Days can be found athttp://www.worthabbey.net/cloister/day.htm

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FFUUTTUURREE EEVVEENNTTSS AATT AALLLL SSAAIINNTTSS

3 April 5.30pm Swedish Girls Choir FORSSAÄNGKÖREN

7 – 10 May (Tues and Thus 9.30pm, Wed & Fri 7.30pm and 9.30pm)Circa, I Fagiolini (Brighton Festival) ‘How Like an Angel’

11 May 7.30pm Billingshurst Choral Society (Brighton Fringe) ‘Towards Enlightenment’

13 May 9pm Apparat (Brighton Festival) ‘Krieg & Frieden’

14 May Sam Lee and Friends (Brighton Festival) 8pm Thomas Mc Carthy 9pm Sam Lee

15 May 7.30pm Les Chansons Instrumentales (Brighton Festival)The chamber music of Poulenc and Hahn Part 1

16 May 11am Meet the Artists – James Baillieu (Brighton Festival)

17 May 7.30pm Les Chansons Instrumentales (Brighton Festival)The chamber music of Poulenc and Hahn Part 2

18 May 7.30pm Les Chansons Instrumentales (Brighton Festival)The chamber music of Poulenc and Hahn Part 2

19 May 6.30pm Contemplative Fire & All Saints Church (Brighton Fringe)‘Labyrinth – A walking meditation’

24 May 8pm Brighton Beach Boys/Psychedelic Love Orchestra (Brighton Fringe)‘1969 Show and Abbey Road’

25 May 2pm and 8pm Brighton Beach Boys/Psychedelic Love Orchestra (Brighton Fringe)Pet Sounds v. Sgt. Pepper

26 May 8pm Brighton Beach Boys (Brighton Fringe)‘Life of Brian’

30 May TBA Cynthia Bourgeault

5 June 1pm Start of All Saints Lunchtime Recital Season

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PPAARRIISSHH RREETTRREEAATT

Stephen Coke reports on the Retreat in the first weekend of March…

For the second year running there was a Parish Retreat, this time atSt.Cuthman’s Retreat House in Coolham near Billingshurst, for which we feltthe benefit of arriving Friday early evening and leaving after lunch on Sunday.

The Retreat was led by Father Steven Underdown, vicar of St.Patrick’s, Hove.`Listening to God’ was the theme with time for practical ways of praying andtime for reflection and meditation. On Saturday afternoon you could dip in andout of watching a film of the life of a community of monks in France.

On Sunday morning we worshipped in a lovely chapel with a large windowbehind the altar giving a view of snowdrops and the woods beyond. This wasthe Sunday Eucharist. Overall, we felt refreshed and ready for the comingweek; a time of getting to know each other.

A small yellow card given to us said it all: `Before we say something we shouldask ourselves: What I am about to say – Is it true? Is it kind and helpful? Is nowthe right time to be saying this?’ Our words can change lives, not least ourown.

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LLiittttllee FFiisshheess –– TTwweennttyy YYeeaarrss OOlldd!!

Jane Bartlett investigates……………….

Congratulations to Little Fishes, our drop-in for preschoolers andtheir carers. Hilda Brown estimates that this church ministry hasbeen running at All Saints for twenty years. Hilda has been co-ordinating it for the past eighteen, welcoming in each Mondaymorning a stream of mums, dads, childminders, babies and toddlers.

When I visited Little Fishes the vestry was full of buggies, with Hildaand Thelma busily making tea and washing cups. ‘The buggies havegot a lot bigger over the years,’ says Hilda, looking incredulously atsome of the buggies with their enormous wheels. But what hasn’tchanged is the opportunity Little Fishes provides for toddlers to playand parents to mingle and chat. I used to come twelve years agowhen Iona was a baby, and know how invaluable it is to be able toget out of the house, have a cup of tea made for you, and enjoysome company for an hour or two.

‘This is a place where you can meet up with your friends,’ Kirsty tellsme, a mum who has been coming to Little Fishes for six years withher three children. ‘It gives the children an opportunity to socialisetoo.’

Eleanor, mother to Rufus, 15 months, says that Little Fishes is calmerthan other parent and toddler groups. ‘Because it’s so big it nevergets too crowded,’ she says. ‘Some of the other groups are so noisyand packed I can feel quite frazzled when I leave. This is morerelaxing.’

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The 30 or so children who come each week obviously enjoy thespace. Little Fishes has an abundance of toys you can push, pull,wheel along in, and those aisles make a splendid speedway. Sue tellsme that her 18 month old son Faris is very active and All Saints is anideal place for him to let off steam.

Children have the opportunity to play with different toys from thoseat home, learn to share and play together. Kirsty remembers howher two older children liked to make dens in the church with blanketsprovided by the Little Fishes team.

All of the parents told me how much they enjoyed being in thechurch space. ‘When I first came I was shocked that it wasn’t in achurch hall, but this is so much more special with the stained glass,’says Eleanor looking around at the architecture in awe. ‘I was one ofthe first parents in here this morning, and it was a really beautifulmoment, like a meditation.’

Little Fishes asks for a donation and over the years has raised enoughmoney to buy furniture for the children’s corner, and alwaysprovides the Christmas gifts given out at the crib service.

Hilda is currently helped by Thelma, Christine, Elizabeth, Joy and JaneFlude, also Lucy our youth worker, who puts out the toys and tidiesup. Happy birthday Little Fishes, and thanks for all that you do forour local parents and children.

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AWeek in the Life of………………….The Curate

Revd. Talisker

In the last edition of the parish magazine, we heard from Fr. Phil about a weekin the life of the Vicar of Hove. Well, a week in the life of the curate at AllSaints isn’t all that much different. However, one of the various blessings ofbeing the curate rather than the vicar is that Fr. Phil has to do all sorts ofadministration and decision making that just doesn’t come my way. Thank theLord!

As a “vicar with L-plates”, I get to do pretty much all the things which Fr. Phildoes. Parish visiting, pastoral care, baptisms, weddings, funerals, youth group,school assemblies, home communion, lots of meetings, and general fun…. andthe odd coffee or three. After all, being able to go for coffee with interestingpeople as part of one’s daily job is rather fabulous.

This last week began with Mothering Sunday, and Fr. Phil’s most illuminatingand unexpected remarks on Lady Randolph Churchill and Madame Proust. Itwas an exceptionally well-attended service, to the extent that I had a minorpanic when setting the altar at the Peace, and asked Mowle to bring out anextra chalice from the sacristy, fearing we would run short of wine atcommunion. In the event it wasn’t an issue; in fact the reverse hazard, ofexcessive consecrated wine, was the result. I hope the servers didn’t mind toomuch! Sunday ended with Centre Space, which seems to have gained a reallygood core of regular attenders, and is such a lovely, peaceful way to end theday.

On weekdays, one of the great blessings of All Saints (for me) is that, Tuesdaysaside, the working day begins with morning prayer at 9am. Prior to that is myown quiet time and prayer before the day begins, musing and mulling over asolitary coffee; undisturbed and able to be calm and prepare for the dayahead. I have tried to go without this on a few occasions. The stress levels andgeneral grumpiness that usually ensue definitely aren’t worth the extra halfhour in bed!

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Some things in my working life follow weekly patterns; and others overarchingthemes. One of the latter is what is generally referred to as CME (ContinuingMinisterial Education) – or “potty training” as I have heard it called. Thismeans that all the curates in this diocese are enrolled in a post-graduatecourse in Applied Theology, entailing lectures every month on current churchaffairs and various theological topics, and writing several essays for submissionto the University. And I thought my essay-writing days were done! I’mcurrently doing a research project on Fresh Expressions, using the MorningMeditation Labyrinth walk on Tuesday mornings as a case study.

Monday mornings for most people generate that feeling of “oh rats, anotherweek.” One of the best things about being clergy is that the week begins onSunday, so by the time I get to Monday I’m one-sixth of the way through theweek already, and somehow it’s really not so bad. This Monday I was atBrighton and Hove High School for their Assembly, and spoke on my favouritepoet, George Herbert, and seeing the Divine in all people.

Mondays tend to be a curious mix of parish admin catch-up post-Sunday, and astudy day – some boundaried time when I can just get my head down and dothe reading and studying I need to do for my PGDip. There’s a lot of reading tobe done, and essays are usually best approached with a decent run of three orfour hours; having part of Monday set aside for that is a real blessing. Eveningprayer at 5pm is a good way of rounding off the day. One Monday evening inevery three, I then go to the local Air Training Squadron (176 Sqn) in NevilleRoad. My role there involves pastoral care, and generally what is (in hospitalchaplaincy) called the “ministry of presence”. This roughly translates ashanging around and being available for people to talk to you if they want orneed to, and being there for a laugh and chat and getting to know them betterthe rest of the time.

Tuesdays can be anything from utterly predictable to a cornucopia of theunexpected. This week it snowed – lots! In March! I mean, honestly! Hasn’tanyone told Mother Nature she should be gearing up for Spring? You know,daffodils and all that. Anyway, snow it was. And so I duly trudged through theblizzard to church for the Morning Meditation at 7.45am. I am honestlygrateful that I’m not expected to talk to anyone until 8.15, as I really and trulyam not a morning person…. though thirty minutes meditation, followed bycoffee and croissants and thoughtful conversation, has turned out to be a verygentle and pleasant start to the day.

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Next up is morning prayer and the 11.30 Eucharist; I generally try to do a spotof parish visiting between the two. Last Tuesday of the month is the SouperSocial, but on other Tuesdays, I try to dash back for half a hour for lunch and towalk my two dogs (Little and Large) briefly. Then back out to visits, or theeternal admin that is unavoidably part of parish life. Last week it was twocoffees before lunch and three more coffees in the afternoon, since all otherplans got binned due to snow! Then most Tuesday evenings at 7pm I go to seethe Hove and Adur Sea Cadets who are based in Marmion Road. As theirChaplain, I have quite a lot of fun. I’ve tried to learn various knots, like thebowline on the bight, but so far this is not a skill I have truly mastered. I haveended up teaching their Corps Values, which is part of what a Sea CadetChaplain is meant to do – Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Commitment, Courage,and Loyalty. On the first Tuesday of the month, they also have Divisions, whichincludes formal prayers, and a short homily from me. Well, more “thought forthe day”, much like a school assembly talk.

Wednesdays seem to run away with me quite rapidly (and some of you mayhave noticed me running around Hove Park with a large wolf – and a smallblack fluffy bundle chasing along behind) and most weeks I find myself atlunchtime, wondering where the day went! Morning prayer, Eucharist, coffeeafter, and behold it’s already 10.30. Then there’s usually a staff meeting in theoffice for the clergy, wardens, Alison, Katja, and Fiona, so we can all shareinformation and see what’s going on. That takes us to 11.30, though on thefirst Wednesday of each month I have to leave the meeting early to go to do an11.30 communion service at RNIB Wavertree House. If not, there are always afew tasks arising from the meeting, so the morning really is gone before youknow it. I’ll usually try to visit someone in the afternoon, but the eveningbegins early with setting up for Hove Hut youth group from 5pm, and thattakes us through to 8.45pm. This week I skived for an hour in the afternoonfor a much needed hair cut. Keeping up appearances and all that!

On Thursday morning we have the clergy meeting, and then I go into the ParishOffice to chat with Alison and gather up all the notices for the weekly emailbulletin which I then write up and send out at 4pm that afternoon. We alsohave the weekly ritual of deciding whether Fr. Phil or I will write the “Godspot”for the bulletin and pew sheet. You have had to endure my musings for thepast few weeks because Fr. Phil has been rushed off his feet with other things,but he’ll be back very soon.

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This Saturday was brilliant, but a little hairy. Whilst I normally snooze onFridays, this week I needed to visit various people in Oxford, so I ended upharing (and indeed aqua-planing at times!) down the motorways throughsheeting rain to be back in good time for the Celebration Saturday. Thevarious volunteers had done an utterly marvellous job of setting it all up, andso there was just a tiny bit of final detail to be done. Sandwiches, cakes, tea,coffee, beautiful displays and photographs, and choral evensong….. Need I saymore? We raised a good amount of money from it all – a huge thank you toeveryone for all their hard work. Here’s to next year! And of course thewonderful Orlando Consort in the evening. I heard them rehearsing whilst wewere clearing after evensong, and they were magical. Unfortunately I had leftmy sermon (and this article!) to the last minute, so my fun evening went outthe window, despite having bought tickets. Ah the joys of forward planning!Note to self……

And behold, Sunday once more.

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Starting at 12 noon on Friday 3 May and lasting for 31 hours, choirs from across Sussex willsing all 542 hymns in the New English Hymnal, non-stop, finishing with a grand finale onSaturday evening.

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HESTER TOKELEY (1925 – 2012)

Hester, who died at the end of December, served All Saints in herquietly efficient way in various capacities over many years.

She was born in Meadvale, a village between Redhill and Reigate,and lived with her parents in Redhill until the family moved to Hove.Hester was educated at Croydon High School, a girls’ public dayschool, and was confirmed at Croydon parish church by the bishop ofCroydon. A keen sportswoman, Hester played tennis, hockey andcricket, her interest in the latter continuing when she moved towithin a short distance of the County Ground at Hove.

Hester worked at Barclays Bank, Pall Mall, commuting firstly fromRedhill and then from Hove. Following her retirement from the bank,Hester became actively involved in the management of the flatswhere she lived and also helped in the local Conservative Partyoffice.

Hester became involved in the activities of All Saints after the deathof her parents to whom she was devoted. She was a sidesman, afounder member of the Friends and Deputy Churchwarden, in whichcapacity she assisted with the day-to-day finances. She took a keeninterest in this magazine, looking after the advertising, and wasnever satisfied until all copies of each issue had been sold!

As Alan Johnson remarked in a Parish Profile some years ago, Hesterwas a shining example of those who give selfless support to thechurch in many ways.

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CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO TACKLE HUNGER TRAP

The Church of England has joined a coalition of 100 organisations to make2013 the year in which we make dramatic progress towards ending globalhunger. ‘Enough Food for Everyone IF’ is the largest coalition of its kind in theUK since Make Poverty History in 2005.

Bishop of Horsham, Mark Sowerby said, “ I heartily support the IF campaignwhich helps us to make a concerted effort in the fight against hunger andpoverty and I challenge every reader of this magazine to respond. How can wepray thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, withoutdoing something about those injustices with which the IF campaign isconcerned? Changing unjust structures of society is a mark of mission andstanding alongside the poor and the weak is a core responsibility of Christiansand one to which we commit ourselves at our confirmation.”

Hunger and malnutrition in childhood will trap almost a billion young people inpoverty by 2025, according to a major new campaign, launched today byBritain’s leading development charities and faith groups.

The group warns that in a world where there is enough food for everyone, thescandal of children growing up hungry also imposes a grave economic burdenon the developing world, costing £78 billion over the next 15 years.

Enough Food for Everyone IF is a coalition of organisations which have joinedtogether to campaign for action by the G8 on the issue of global hunger. Thelast time we worked together at this scale was for Make Poverty History. Nowthat the G8 group of world leaders are returning to the UK, we are demandingthey take action on hunger. 2013 won’t be the end of hunger, but it could bethe beginning of the end.

IF enough people join us in showing support for ending hunger, world leaderswill be forced to act. Join now at www.enoughfoodif.org

(Diocesan Press Release)

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PARISH DIRECTORY (Subject to change following APCM)

CHURCHWARDENSMichael Anderson, Flat 1, The Red House, 21 Lansdowne Road, Hove, BN3 IFE 726 036Frances Valdes, 8 Benett Avenue, Hove, BN3 6UR 07738 612 662

Deputies: Hazel Hodge, 56 Lyndhurst Road, Hove BN3 6FB 732 137Peter Morris, 29 Veric, 16/18 Eaton Gardens, Hove, BN3 3UB 746 515

PCC SECRETARYGlo Boughton, 96 Lyndhurst Road, Hove BN3 6FD 720 850

PCC TREASURERMartyn Redman, 159 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4DB 07970 146 001

ELECTED PCC MEMBERSSue Atkins, Jane Bartlett, Jon Crane, James Hancox,Christina Lewis-Pond, Ben Rogaly, Sarah Sutherland-Rowe, Bill Vickery

DEANERY SYNOD MEMBERSStephen Coke, Caroline Hoyte, Lucy McGrath, Neil Shaw

DIOCESAN SYNOD REPRESENTATIVEVacant

DIRECTOR OF MUSICAndrew Wilson, 6 Malthouse Way, Hellingly, BN27 4DA 01323 845 858

ORGANIST EMERITUS AND CURATOR OF THE ORGANRevd. Michael Maine, 37, Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT 01323 509 528

HON VERGERMowle Atkins, Church House Flat, Wilbury Road, Hove BN3 3PB 705 923

HEAD SERVERSue Atkins, Church House Flat, Wilbury Road, Hove BN3 3PB 705 923

HEAD SIDESMANBill Vickery, Flat 20, Somerhill Court, Holland Road, Hove BN3 1RG 821 875

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CARETAKERVacant

CHURCH FLOWERSHazel Hodge, 56 Lyndhurst Road, Hove BN3 6FB 732 137

ELECTORAL ROLL OFFICERThelma Leslie-Smith, Ground Floor Flat, 28 Selborne Road, Hove BN3 3AG737 679

BIBLE READING FELLOWSHIP NOTESAlison Jelley, The Parish Office, The Vicarage, Wilbury Road, Hove BN3 3PB 733 331email:office@allsaintshove.org

ALL SAINTS GUILDJune Elves, 79 King George VI Drive, Hove BN3 6XF 500 480

FRIENDS OF ALL SAINTSMembership Secretary: Audrey Ebison, 32 Albany Towers, Kingsway, Hove 773 909

CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIPFreewill Offering Secretary (Envelope Scheme):Peter Chadwick, 35 Shirley Drive, Hove BN3 6UA 500 066

CHRISTIAN AIDVacant

FAMILY SUPPORT WORKAnne Ore 777 362

MISSION TO SEAFARERSPeggy Bannister 721 195

PASTORAL CARE TEAMThe Clergy, Sue Atkins, Peggy Bannister, Jane Bartlett, Glo Boughton, Stephen Coke, Jon Crane,Diane Deignan, Robert Harding, Jennifer Heath, Adrian Herbert, Christine Mason, Mary Ridd,Neil Shaw, Muriel Spurrier, Sarah Sutherland-Rowe, Bill Vickery.

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BROWNIES AND SCOUTS DIRECTORY

1ST HOVE BROWNIES

Brownies (7-10 years) Monday 6.30-8pm Parish Hall

BROWNIE LEADER Brown Owl: Quita Harkness 07720 290 866

1ST HOVE SCOUT GROUP

Beavers (6-8 years) Wednesday 6-7pm Parish HallContact: Steven Sleight 01903 213 874

Cubs (8-101/2 years) Wednesday 7.15-8.30pm Parish HallContact: Sue Atkins 705 923

Scouts (101/2-14 years) Thursday 7 – 8.30pm Parish HallContact: Jez Suter 888 818

GROUP SCOUT LEADER Mowle Atkins 705 923

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