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Parish News We got it! Page 5
STOP PRESS…
Benefice of Bradford on Avon Holy Trinity, Westwood and Wingfield
February 2016
In this issue… Vernon’ Burchell waves goodbye
to the organ Interviews with Alison Craddock
and Jill Wright Syria and Sudan updates
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DIRECTORY FOR HOLY TRINITY
Rector The Revd Joanna Abecassis, 18A Woolley St, BoA BA15 1AF [email protected] Tel: 864444 Associate Priest The Revd Dr Ali Green, 36 Budbury Close, BoA BA15 1QG [email protected] Tel: 0785 547 0069 Churchwardens Trevor Ford25 Downavon, BA15 1JH Tel: 862240
Judith Holland23 Avonfield Avenue, BA15 1JD Tel: 866215 Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton [email protected] Admin Assistant Aylene Clack [email protected] Assistant Wardens David Milne, Brian Netley, Val Payne, John Woods Retired Clergy Canon Richard Askew, The Ven John Burgess, Canon David Driscoll, The Revd Alun Glyn-Jones, Canon Peter Hardman, The Revd Jim Hill, The Rt Revd Bill Ind, The Ven Ian Stanes, The Revd Karl Wiggins. Director of Music Vacant Times of Services Holy Trinity at Christ Church (Check Bulletins and notices or Church website) Sundays 8am Eucharist (Traditional language) 10.30am Holy Communion (coffee afterwards) 6pm Evensong, Compline, etc Weekday Eucharist 10.30am Wednesdays 12 noon Fridays (Traditional language) with lunch out afterwards Daily (not Sundays or Tuesdays) Morning and Evening Prayer at 8.30am and 5.30pm (please enter via the south door opposite by the Mount Pleasant Centre). Times of Meetings mainly music 10.30am, Tuesdays, BoA Youth and Community Centre Choir Practice 6.30pm, Christ Church, Tuesdays Team Trinity Not meeting in 2016 Mothers’ Union 7.30pm 3rd Thursday, Cedar Court, Berryfield Road, BoA. Saxon Club 2–4pm Every Tuesday except August, United Church Hall Bell Practice 7.30–9pm 2nd and 4th Mondays Benefice website www.htboa.org Weekly Bulletin Notices to Sally Palmer-Walton not later than Wednesday for the following Sunday.
From January 2016 please see the bulletin or visit www.htboa.org for more details on service times and locations.
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HOLY TRINITY DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 2016
WEEKLY GROUPS Monday 7.30pm (fortnightly) ‘Faith Explored’ (for venue ring Erin Shields-Pett on 684460) Tuesday 10.30am mainly music (a group for young children school term only), Bradford on Avon Youth and Community Centre
FROM THE REGISTERS
Funerals
Alan Bellin Chasemore Gates 4 December (Cholderton Woodland Burial) John David Emerson 4 January (Christ Church) Peter William Hobbs 25 January (Christ Church)
4 Thursday 8pm Contemplative Hour St Mary Tory
7 SUNDAY THE NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE LENT
8am Holy Communion Christ Church
10.30am Holy Communion Christ Church
6pm Compline Christ Church
10 Ash Wednesday
7.30pm Holy Communion with hymns and the Imposition of Ashes
Christ Church
11 Thursday 10.30am Lent Course The Vicarage
14 SUNDAY THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
8am Holy Communion Christ Church
9.30am Holy Communion Wingfield
11.15am Holy Communion Westwood
21 SUNDAY THE SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
8am Holy Communion Christ Church 10.30am Holy Communion Christ Church 6pm Evensong (BCP) Westwood 22 Monday 7pm Licensing of Ven. Sue Groom as
Archdeacon of Wilts St John, Devizes
25 Thursday 10.30am Lent Course The Vicarage
28 SUNDAY THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
8am Holy Communion Christ Church 10.30am Holy Communion Christ Church 6pm Evensong Christ Church
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“All shall be well, and all shall be well and all
manner of thing shall be well”
T he well-known words of the 14th century mystic, Mother Julian of Norwich: and for some reason they have been ringing in my ears of
late. They are extraordinarily profound, and extraordinarily reas-
suring. So I have found myself discussing these words with all sorts of peo-ple in all sorts of situations – from the sick and the dying, to those of us
facing infuriating practical difficulties. They give us HOPE – something to
hold onto… and that hope is always there: ‘All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well’.
There has been a positive torrent of water under the bridge since the publication of the last ‘Parish News’! But December began brilliantly
with our best ever Christmas Tree Festival, which was such an amazing
forerunner of all our Holy Trinity Regeneration plans for the future and hugely enjoyed by at least 2,330 visitors (it’s gone up each year!) – many
of whom appreciated the opportunity to sponsor and dedicate a
limestone floor tile.
So we were then all set and ready for the countdown to Christmas, where
the two years of intense re-ordering planning by our professional Design Team would come to a head with the grant of the faculty (already delayed
by 6 weeks), and so the signing of contracts with the organ-builders and
(following tender and interview) with the building contractors. Christmas Day had long been scheduled for our last service, with Bishop Edward
booked for 20 December to see us on our way. And then January would be
taken up with the dismantling of the organ and the clearing of the church. However, it was not to be…
Having already received an objection in mid-November from the Preserva-tion Trust Planning Committee, the Chancellor received three more on the
very last day of the Notice period. Then a week later (just before Christ-
mas) the architects received a letter from the Victorian Society, objecting – even though they had taken a year to reply. So began a month-long
complex (and costly) array of meetings, correspondence and re-arranging
of contracts and plans. And we obtained (just in time) an Interim Faculty
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for the organ so that work, at least, was able to go ahead as planned on 4 January. So Mother Julian’s words have been very apt: ‘All shall be well’.
Meanwhile, Bishop Ed’s visit was inspirational and our move as ‘a body’ to Christ Church has gone extraordinarily well! We have been made extreme-
ly welcome, I am now quite at home, and have even learned how to pro-
gramme the heating! What is more, folk are realising that worshipping as 1 of 130 is a good and uplifting experience. I was talking to Tom Pelham on
the phone the other day – who sends his greetings! He has been taking a
course on Paul’s theology of ‘the body’. And it made me realise that, whereas we are in fine fettle as the ‘HT body’ at Christ Church (and at
Westwood and Wingfield for the main morning service on the 2nd and 5th
Sundays), we are missing the odd toe, the odd ear, the odd knee – which does lead to a sense of loss of the wholeness of the body. We miss you
toes, ear and knees! But we are still living in hope that work can begin on 1
February as planned. When it does… we can then start the really exciting business of planning for our return – for our future mission and ministry.
‘All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well’.
With my love and prayers and every blessing for the exciting year ahead
Parish News is available in Christ Church, Westwood and Wingfield Churches, and at The Hub.
Stop Press… Stop Press…Stop Press… We’ve got it! We have the re-ordering faculty and work starts on 1 February. And we have even won a DAC Award for such a professional application!
I am pleased to report that we have paid our Parish Share for 2015 in full. Thank you all!
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S ometimes the situation in Kadugli Diocese can seem too
much. As a deanery we reach out to
Nuba communities not just in Sudan but South Sudan in Juba as refugees
and Yida in the UN camp. We reach
out through the Kadugli Diocese Liaison Office to communities in
Uganda and Kenya. We are in touch
with communities sheltering in Egypt and surviving in the Islamic
state of Sudan. Needs are many and
communication is tough so please do continue to pray for our brothers
and sisters.
But I wanted to let you know that despite the challenge we are
having an impact and that in 2015
our presence was felt in fellowship. In the North of Kadugli Diocese we
helped the newly appointed Bishop
Hassan with education and so four-teen young people had their school
fees paid for a year. Teachers and
non teaching assistants were paid at three primary schools enabling
them to teach children who badly
need education. Students at Korkel Theological
Institute will have food, stationery
and text books because of your kindness. This enables Kadugli
Diocese to produce more pastors
and trained lay assistants to minis-ter to their expanding church. The
Kadugli Diocese Mother’s Union in
Juba has kept working, due to your
kindness, ministering to the Nuba
refugees in Juba. The diocesan liai-son office in Juba that coordinates
the actions of Kadugli Diocese was
kept open and operational by your kindness, ensuring that Rev
Mahamoud the diocesan secretary
could communicate with people seeking to help.
This really paid off when the
Medical Link in Salisbury offered two huge medical kits for use in
the Nuba Mountains and Rev
Mahamoud needed to provide valid medical certificates to be
allowed the donation. He was able
to e-mail them and now valuable medical assistance can be taken
North to those who need it most.
We also have had an impact with advocacy. I mentioned the Medical
Link’s great donation, but who’s
idea was it? Once again this year the Tabaldi Newsletter flies the flag
for Kadugli Diocese in English and
Arabic thanks to support from Bradford Deanery and we have
even helped with a crowd sourcing
fundraising campaign through the Kadugli Diocese official charity –
Episcopal Hope for the People.
So, we are small but we are mighty and thanks to you we have
achieved much. 2016 will no doubt
bring more challenges but early
YEAR’S MIND - BRADFORD DEANERY SUDAN LINK
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MEET BISHOP HASSAN
B ishop Hassan, the newly con-secrated assistant bishop of
Kadugli Diocese, Sudan, will be
coming to Bradford Deanery this month to meet the people of our
deanery and deepen links between
Salisbury and Kadugli Dioceses. Arriving on Monday, 8 February,
he hopes to be able to get around
as many churches in our deanery as possible. He is already booked
to lead Collective Wor-
ship at St Laurence and
to speak at The Saxon Club, and will be joined
by Bishop Abdu from
the Thursday. The Rural Dean, Andrew Evans, is coordinating this
week of activities. Please contact
him on 01225 782289, or email [email protected]
for more information.
next year we will have the pleasure
of an Episcopal visit from Bishop
Hassan the new assistant bishop of Kadugli. He will be staying in our
deanery for a week from February
8th. Bishop Hassan will be very interested to be introduced to
Christianity in the UK, keen to
learn from you and keen to share with you the Christian traditions
that he has grown up with. Do
take the opportunity to meet him and get to know him a little while
he is here.
Whatever 2016 brings be assured
that the link of fellowship that we share with our brothers and sisters
of Kadugli Diocese is strong,
meaningful and working well with your support. Please read our
deanery newsletters when they
come out and pray for the needs of the people of Kadugli Diocese,
particularly in security, education
and development. Thank you for a year of great support, I hope that
you have a good new year.
Dave Lewis
ANNE’S JAMS
T he Jam Factory has now raised over £1,000 which has been donated to
the Friends of Holy Trinity. Very many thanks indeed to all those who have contributed jars and
fruit, and those who have bought the finished product. Marmalade is in
hand, and if anyone can help with preparing fruit I would be very grateful. Ann Keating has very kindly allowed me to sell it at Christ Church.
Anne Willis
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CHRISTMAS CARD THANKS
A big thank you to over 50 members of the congregation who helped
with the distribution of 3500 parish Christmas cards in 2015. Once again, a card was delivered to every home in the parish plus packs to local
hotels and guesthouses, the Library and Tourist Information Centre. We hope
you agree that it is a very worthwhile form of outreach (and exercise) and responsible for many of the ‘new faces’ apparent at our Christmas Tree
Festival, Christingle and other services over the Christmas period.
Thank you to Joanna for her informative church restoration news and to Trevor and Mary for helping to bundle the cards into the appropriate
numbers for each road and then to allocate to those who deliver to these
households. Thanks again to everyone, your help and continued support at short notice is much appreciated. If there is anyone who would like to
be added to the list of distributors, please let us know on 01225 864412.
Marlene and Tony Haffenden
A t the recent Ringers’ AGM
Westwood ringers were pre-
sented two awards. Last summer we were joint win-
ners of the local Rounds Competi-
tion with Steeple Ashton. We have let Steeple Ashton ringers keep
that prize for six months because
we also won the prize for ‘The Most Improved Tower’.
This is partly because we
came fourth in the Spring 2015 Striking Competition,
but also because the Ringers
have worked really hard im-proving their ringing.
And it shows.
So thank you very much indeed Anne, Barry, David, Francis, Di,
Graham, Jane, Killy, Mike, Noah,
Roger, Sarah, Sheila and Sue.
You’re great! (And we must not for-
get all those who come and help us and our newest recruit, Eli, who is
making good progress, but is ra-
ther too fond of spiders for the tower captain’s comfort).
Anne Willlis
WESTWOOD RINGERS WIN!
Names (L-R): Back: David, Graham Middle: Francis, Jane, Eli, Sue, Di Front: Sheila, Mike, Anne (missing Barry, Killy & Noah)
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T he 2015 Christmas Tree Festival broke all records.
2,230 people visited the Church and
over £4,000 was raised. But that was not all. The Church
was alive in a way we long for it to
be all the time. Families flocked in; there was a wonderful atmos-
phere; people of all ages enjoyed
themselves. What can we learn
from all this for our
‘new’ church? 1. The church was
full of light, warm
and cheerful. 2. Everyone was
relaxed because they felt they could enjoy themselves without
having to conform or be criticised –
people were eating sweets, drink-ing cans of coke or having the re-
freshments provided sitting with
friends. It was the sort of event everyone enjoys.
3. All sorts of groups had contrib-
uted or knew people whose efforts were on display. It was
not just for church peo-
ple. The whole com-munity was involved.
4. The trees were
beautifully decorated with lots of clever
ideas, and the after-
noon musical perfor-mances, which were
so successful, augured
well for future use of the building.
There was a strong sense that
this was a right way of using a church which is at the heart of the
town. A surprising number of peo-
ple sat quietly and were at peace in the midst of it all, it remained a
place of prayer & worship through-
out, not just on the Sunday. Let us aim to make Holy Trinity
full of light always when we return.
So many people support us when we do it.
Hugh Wright
FULL OF LIGHT & LIFE
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A t our December meeting we remembered Jean Wright, a past member who had recently died. We welcomed Emma Lydon and Aylene Clack
who joined Ian and David for our Christmas music interspersed with readings
of Christmas legends by Jonquil, Chris H, Beryl, David and Ian. The music was mostly well known carols and arrangements of Christmas
songs to which everyone sang along. The quartet sounded very profes-
sional (despite, I’m told, illness and lack of practice)! Janet, Trevor and Jim served mulled wine and mince pies to end a very happy evening. New Year
lunch was at Cumberwell Park and at our AGM a new enrolling member,
Jill Wright, and committee, were elected. Our February meeting will be at 7.30 p.m. on the 18th at Cedar Court when Phil Harding will speak about
Food Aid. All are welcome.
Sylvia Stanes
A HUGE thank you
to all our donors - as of 14 January, our
fund raising efforts total
: ‘Big Community Connection’
Donations: £32,900
Organ Fund: £1,900 Friends of Holy Trinity: £23,000
(incl £880 for the organ)
Successful Grant Applications (more applications in the pipe-
line): £109,200
The total (‘bells and whistles’) es-
timated cost is now £2.009m (+
VAT) and so, on that basis, and with the PCC contributing to the
bulk of the costs, notably from the
sale of the Metsys ‘Christ Blessing’ Old Master, we “only” have anoth-
er £225,000 to raise (11 per cent of
the total)! But the PCC have split this into
three categories:
Essential (already funded), Desirable (to be
targeted next)
Deferrable works. Do please support our fundrais-
ing efforts – not least as all the
church furniture is still in the ‘Desirable’ category! - such as the
St George’s Day Lunch on 23 April.
Thank you! John Cox
BCC FUNDRAISING—STOP PRESS...
Erratum: In the Dec/Jan issue of PN, line 20 on page 30 should read Volkswagen. The editors sincerely apologise for this error.
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Reordering Project:
Holy Trinity
Church,
Bradford on Avon
Progress Report for
February 2016
A lthough you may not have heard
from us for a while everyone on the Steering Group and in the Design
Team has been working away to enable the
contractor to start as our programme on the 1st February 2016. Sadly we had a number of
objections in response to the Faculty Notice at the very last opportunity,
which has resulted in Chedburn Dudley and Revd Abecassis burning the midnight oil to answer them. All is now in the hands of the Chancellor.
The good news is that we did receive an Interim Faculty to refurbish the
organ, and on 4th January Harrison & Harrison arrived and began the process of dismantling and removing the organ to Durham. This has been
completed, the organ is in safe storage in Durham and we now have a
clear view of the boarded window. After much deliberation, tendering and interviews we can confirm that
the main restoration contractor will be Ellis & Co from Shepton Mallet
(some of you saw their work at Blagdon), and the archaeologists will be Wessex
Archaeology from their Bristol office. We
are doing all the preparatory paperwork we can in the hope that by the time you read
this we will have a signed Faculty and be
starting on site!
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instrument. Of the 1203 pipes the
smaller ones were boxed up and
labelled. Larger components were packed into long custom built
crates and a chipboard case was
constructed around the console for protection.
O n Monday 4th January four
organ builders from Harrison
& Harrison of Durham, began dismantling our Henry Willis organ
built in 1926.
This instrument, recognised as of historic importance is, along
with that in Liverpool Cathedral,
representative of the 1920s period of this distinguished firm. The H &
H team worked twelve hour days
including the weekend. Extreme care was exercised
as each part of the organ was
removed. The same team will be rebuilding the organ when it
returns in the summer of 2017.
On Thursday 7th January a forty ton articulated lorry was loaded
up to make the first trip back to
Durham. It returned on Tuesday 12th to take the remainder of the
REMOVAL OF HOLY TRINITY ORGAN
Above: The bare bones of the organ still in situ as the pipes are removed as part of the Holy Trinity reordering project Left: Organ pipes were stacked carefully in the pews prior to being packed up and loaded onto the waiting lorry
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When all the pipes, wind chests,
swell shutters and oak panelling
was spread around the church it was hard to believe that it all
occupied a footprint of roughly
12ft square. In Durham the organ will be rebuilt in the slight-
ly enlarged case to
accommodate the extra pipework which it is hoped
we can add. The new
action will be assembled and incorporated and all
the wind reservoirs will be
releathered. It will then be dismantled again
for the return to Holy
Trinity. The reinstallation will take about eight weeks, with a
further two weeks to voice all the
pipes to the church building. Vernon Burchell
Above top: The Harrison &Harrison team worked twelve hour days to get the organ safely ready for transport Above: The swell pipework exposed
GRAND PLANT SALE
O n Saturday, 30 April in the Masonic Hall, I will be holding a plant sale in aid of the Big Community Connection. My inten-
tion is to offer all those tender annual vegetables that we love to
have in our summer gardens and greenhouses: squashes, tomatoes, peppers etc. Also hard vegetable plants including runner and broad beans.
I would be very grateful for greenhouse space. I have a lot of seeds, and I
am happy to sow and hatch them, but space will be needed to bring them along. So if you can accommodate a tray or three of young plants, I would
be very grateful indeed. And if you have any contributions, that would be
great. I would prefer not to offer flower plants or indoor plants, but if you have some please let me know. Many thanks.
Anne Willis
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You can contact the editorial team on: [email protected] MARCH issue copy deadline Thursday, 11 February 2016
A t our last session in Church on 15 December, the children sat so quietly listening to our Associate Priest, Revd Dr Ali
Green, telling them the story of Christmas. They did exactly as
they were asked to do - what little angels! We sang 'Little Donkey' several times during the story and ended with
'Away in a Manger'. It was so enjoyable! All families went home with a
Christmas book and a lucky dip which contained a decoration for hanging on their Christmas tree.
Our first meeting at our new premises on 12 January, was for helpers
only. We all sat around a table there planning the logistics and arrange-ments to enable us to welcome our families the following Tuesday. The
caretaker was very helpful in finding room to store our equipment. Next
stop was the Church to sort out which equipment we needed and then transport all of it to its new home. This necessary change of venue is quite
a challenge in running a cosy and
comfortable Mainly Music in the Frome Road Youth and Community
Centre. All possible due to a great
team of volunteers!
Dressing up: Anna (above) and Dorothy (right) love the mm dressing up box
Answers ACROSS: 1, Prosperity. 7, Raisins. 8, Admit. 10, View. 11, Confetti. 13, Distil. 15, Groyne. 17, Navigate. 18, Whit. 21, Enoch. 22, Trodden. 23, Prophetess. DOWN: 1, Pride. 2, Ovid. 3, Pastor. 4, Reaffirm. 5, Timothy. 6, Providence. 9, Tridentine. 12, Kingship. 14, Saviour. 16, Statue. 19, Hades. 20, Rome.
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T aking on leadership of the Mothers
Union at Holy Trinity is another step in
my Christian journey. A zealous vicar’s wife enrolled me into membership just before
I had my first baby! I was supported by my
involvement through the years of bringing up 3 sons and working with my husband, Hugh,
on the periphery of his demanding career.
Throughout I managed to do some part-time teaching of chemistry in secondary schools
and colleges.
It was when we moved to Birmingham and in particular Selly Oak that I became involved
with the Mission Colleges there and with
World Mission in the diocese. This led to many contacts with students coming from all parts
of the globe. I helped set up the demonstra-
tion during the G8 in 1998 that became Drop The Debt and Jubilee 2000 campaigns that influenced leaders to cancel unpayable debt owned by the
poorest countries. Just recently the targets have been updated after its
measurable success. Through central committee work with MU in Mary Sumner House,
Westminster for 6 years, I was introduced to the remarkable work that it
does worldwide. It is the largest organisation in the Anglican Church and has representative status in the United Nations. It gives women
empowerment in the church and is a vehicle for prayer, education and
support of needy members of society both here and abroad. This gave me the immense privilege of visiting groups in remote parts of Africa, in
Northern Mozambique, Nigeria, Zambia and Natal.
In Holy Trinity we have an active group of 29 members. They are in-volved within the parish in prayer and many practical ways of supporting
family life. You may remember that last year they raised £600 at Harvest
time for bicycles to enable workers to reach people in isolated centres. This trickledown method delivers courses in health education, literacy and
financial management. I pray that our group will continue from strength
to strength after Ian and Sylvia’s powerful time as leaders.
Meet Jill Wright
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A New Reformation for the Church
T he Reformation began the
day Martin Luther nailed his
95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg. Preparations will
soon be getting underway for the
500th year celebrations of the Reformation, in 2017. How about
the Church now? Does it need
reforming for the future? I personally haven't thought up
95 theses to nail on a church. But
in this series I consider how the Ho-ly Spirit could be challenging the
Church to reform. I refer mostly to
the Church of England which I know best, but there are parallels
in other churches where similar
questions might be asked.
Church Attendance
Since 1945 there has been a marked numerical decline
generally in churchgoing, apart
perhaps from Pentecostal and
House churches. In the Church of
England, cathedrals and large
minster churches like Bath Abbey are maintaining numbers of
visitors and worshippers, as are
many churches in large cities where churchgoers come from
ethnic minorities. However, in
so many places there are very few people under the age of 50
attending church on a Sunday.
Many mainstream churches have developed new forms of worship,
such as Fresh Expressions and
Messy Church. There are also introductory courses like Alpha.
Some experiments have proved
successful, but regular church at-tendance has continued to decline.
Numerical growth isn't the only
goal; there are other important aspects of Church life and ministry.
The great wartime Archbishop of
Canterbury, William Temple said, 'The Church is the only society that
exists for the benefit of those who
are not its members.' Neverthe-less, there are growing numbers
of people in Britain who no longer
adhere to the Christian faith as it has been traditionally presented.
And many see the Church as
archaic and out-of-touch, no longer having any relevance in
modern society.
David Driscoll
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
How should we respond to the decline in numbers and influence of the Church?
How might the Church become more relevant to people’s lives today?
How might younger people be welcomed into the Church?
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‘The glory of God is a human being fully alive, and the life of a human being
is the vision of God’ – St Irenaeus
Called to Mission
Thank you, David for spurring me on to pen a few brief thoughts on church
growth - one of my passions. It is a hugely complex issue: after all, it re-lates to an engagement between God and us human beings - and neither
of us is exactly simple or predictable…
So any consideration of church life – let alone growth – always has to start with God. We are called to mission: but it is God’s mission. It is God
who sends us – and equips us through his Holy Spirit with everything that
we need. It is his church, not ours. And so, with this starting-point, how can we, as Christian people filled with God’s grace, possibly take anything
but a glass half-full approach?
Renewal
But… as we all know, living out a life
of faith can be very challenging. Just as living in today’s world can be
very challenging. So we have to
pray, to listen, to reflect, to study, to engage with all around us; and then heed the wonderful words of that
Epiphany Collect: ‘in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty
of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory’. We need always to have the courage to
be looking for those ‘new’ things, for that ‘renewal of our lives’, for that
‘transformation’ - a much more exciting, a much more spiritual word than ‘growth’. That is what God so longs for in us, and mission begins at home,
but it will be ‘a marathon’, never ‘a sprint’.
Bishop Nick calls us to ‘Renew Hope’ through prayer, service, and then growth. And it is what we are doing! Praying, serving, listening and, per-
haps above all, ‘loving into life’. And whatever we do, for we serve the King
of Kings, we give of our very best and strive for the very highest standards. For me, our four newly confirmed – and transformed, fully alive - adult
church members of 2015 say it all.
Joanna
Grace and Transformation
Mission… will be a
marathon, never a sprint
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Pr
ayer
Pa
ths
Song of Simeon
S imeon frequented the courts of the Temple in Jerusalem, convinced that before he died he would witness the coming of the Anointed
One, the long-expected Messiah. One day he noticed a young couple
with a baby, and his heart leapt: his dream, he felt sure, had come true. He took the child in his arms, blessed God, and said the words which we
know as the "Song of Simeon" or the Nunc Dimittis (the first words of the
prayer in Latin):
"Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace,
According to Your word, For my eyes have seen your salvation
Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,
A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.”
Candlemas Since the 4th century this canticle has been used in Vespers, Evensong and
Compline. It’s particularly resonant at Candlemas (Feb 2nd ), when we re-
member the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.I like to say the Song of Simeon last thing at night. It is a wonderful, peaceful affirmation of the In-
carnation, the Light that has entered the world, as Simeon recognised in
that little child. His joyful words are a confession of faith for all who see the work of the Spirit in those around the child Jesus.
Good News Simeon stands for all of us who await the good news each day and seek its
consolation, who know we live in God’s presence and are continually
blessed by God. Through Simeon’s faithful patience, and his response to the Holy Spirit, his song of beauty and hope has passed through every
generation of disciples of Christ, the light and hope of our world today.
Simeon’s faith allowed him to see God’s living presence in a tiny, vulnera-ble child, born to a poor and itinerant family, needing refuge in a strange
land during unstable and violent times. May we see the light of Christ in
those today who are without the stability of home or homeland, and may we be the light of Christ as we show love and compassion towards them.
Ali Green
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W hile Holy Trinity Church
is undergoing its transformation, we’re
making sure that there are ample
opportunities to pray for the ongoing project, to stay in touch
with one another, to learn together
and to develop our vision for the future when the church building
reopens for the whole community.
Lent Course
On Thursday mornings during
Lent, Joanna will be leading a Bible-based course entitled ‘Migration
and Movement – with stories from
the world church’ The meetings will be in the Vicarage and run from
10.30am until 12 noon on these
dates: 11 & 25 February, and 3, 10 & 17 March. You can see more infor-
mation online: www.weareus.
org.uk/resources/migration. Joanna says, “If anyone would be
interested in taking part in a
second group on another day, then please do let me know.”
Contemplative Hour @ St Mary Tory
A regular slot on the Holy Trinity
timetable for several years now is the first Thursday in the month.
Silence and stillness in St Mary
Tory between 8and 9 gives a chance to withdraw from busy-
Remember Thursdays ness, take time to calm the spirit, connect with the divine and listen.
Wordless worship and presence.
A regular small group of people as-semble and you would be very wel-
come to join.
Gathering Prayers
Morning and Evening Prayer con-
tinues as usual during weekdays (except Tuesday) in Christ Church
Lady Chapel, at 8.30am & 5.30pm.
Access is via the south door. But starting in Lent, we’re allot-
ting the Thursday evening prayer
slot as a special time of gathering, reflection and prayer for the whole
reordering project, and for our vi-
sion for the building and its future as a welcoming space for the con-
gregation and for visitors. We will
use a shortened form of Compline and leave time for quiet reflection,
and also for sharing thoughts.
The first of these special Com-plines will be on Thursday, 11 Feb,
the day after Ash Wednesday. We
hope that these gatherings will continue through the whole reor-
dering period and that a number of
people will take turns in leading. Quite coincidentally, all these
events happen to be on a Thursday
– so it’s a good way to remember: Thursday is the day to pray!
Ali Green
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In Her Own Words...
A lison Craddock tells PN
about her life and her role as Mayor...
“Born and brought up in Salis-
bury, I have always lived in Wilt-shire. I came to Bradford on Avon
in 1976, after I finished my degree
at Bath Academy of Art. My hus-band and I fell in love with this
lovely town, as so many people do,
and I had my first son at the maternity hospital.
Back then, mums had
ten lovely days of being pampered and cared
for, given nice meals,
plenty of rest, and brought cups of tea dur-
ing night time feeding
sessions. How things have changed! My two
boys both went to
Christchurch School and St. Laurence, then Uni-
versity, and I worked as
Head of Art at Laving-ton School, near Devizes, until I re-
tired three years ago.
We were Methodists, but I al-ways felt drawn to Salisbury Cathe-
dral – the spire was a real feature
of our lives, as it was always the first sign you could see that you
were nearly home after travelling.
Either the spire itself would come into view, or the red light at the
top, visible from miles away at
night. It was in the cathedral that,
dragged reluctantly to a recital at the age of 15, I first fell in love with
classical music as the sound of the
Halleluiah Chorus echoed magnifi-cently around that wonderful
space. I feel that Salisbury Cathe-
dral remains my spiritual home and I call in whenever I can to soak up
the peace and tran-
quillity that I find there.
I joined the Town
Council about twelve years ago, and have
always enjoyed being
part of an organisation that is doing its best to
work hard for Bradford
on Avon. It was quite difficult to combine it
with a full time job, as
many meetings take place during the work-
ing day. Since I retired,
I have been able to divide my time between council work and at last
having the time for my own art
work. I paint in oils, and also enjoy life drawing and portraits.
Being on the council is really like
having a part-time job, so I have never felt at a loose end since fin-
ishing full-time work. I was very
pleased to be asked to be Mayor,
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which I started last May. I regard it as a privilege to be able to take
part in discussions about how to
try to help the town in many areas. This year, we have started to really
focus on tourism, as we under-
stand that this is playing an in-creasingly vital role in the town’s
prosperity. Brad-
ford on Avon has so much to offer
both residents
and visitors, and we hope that we
can persuade
more people to come and enjoy
our very beautiful
town, and to boost our econo-
my by shopping
here and sampling the delights of our restaurants,
pubs and coffee houses!
Bradford is also incredibly inter-esting historically. From Roman,
Medieval and Georgian times right
up to the present day, there are so many fascinating stories to discov-
er. The Preservation Trust do a
wonderful job in protecting our heritage here. It was my great priv-
ilege this year as Mayor to lay the
Town Council wreath at the war memorial on Remembrance Day.
This meant a great deal to me. My
father died last year, aged 97. He was a Royal Marine bandsman who
played first trumpet, and he con-
tinued being much in demand as a player of the First Post and Reveille
well into his 90s. Taking part in
the Remembrance Day ceremony reminds me of everything that
his generation did
for us all. It was a vibrant ceremony
again this year, and
it was wonderful to see so many young
people taking part. I
would recommend council work to
anyone who enjoys
being part of Bradford on Avon’s
community life.
I was very excited to see the plans for the re-
ordering of Holy Trinity, our beauti-
ful Gothic church. By bringing eve-rything much more up-to-date and
available for many uses, the church
will again be right at the heart of our community. The plans show
sympathy and understanding for
keeping all the historic features in-tact, but making the space much
more user-friendly and welcoming.
I really look forward to seeing what will be achieved at Holy Trinity.”
Alison Craddock
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A place to rest one’s head, to feel secure and to welcome
and care for family and
friends is a basic human need. Yet around the world, both
developing and advanced nations
are struggling to meet that need in supplying decent, affordable homes.
And millions of families, through
natural disaster, war, poverty or persecution, are
without a place
to live at all. This year
Parish News is
focusing on the crisis in housing,
both here and across the world.
So let’s start with some facts and figures.
Global City Dwellers By current trends, the number of
urban families living in substand-
ard housing worldwide could reach 440 million by 2025. Providing
adequate shelter for billions of
people, especially those moving into already-crowded cities, is
among today’s most pressing
global challenges. By 2030, about 3 billion people
(40% of the world’s population) will
need proper housing and access to basic services such as roads, water
and sanitation systems. That
means nearly 100,000 housing units being
built every day
from now until then. But
currently
there’s a huge housing back-
log that has led to more and more
people resorting to slum settle-ments. In some cities, up to 80% of
the population live in slums. 55 mil-
lion new slum dwellers have been added to the global population
since 2000. Sub-Saharan Africa has
a slum population of nearly 200 million, South and East Asia about
190 million each.
Jesus said to the disciple,
‘Here is your mother.’ And
from that hour the disciple
took her into his own home.
(John 19:27)
House and Home
Below: Mumbai slum housing
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HOMELESS
I n England, more than 81,000 households were homeless during 2013/14
The biggest single recorded reason for homelessness (26%) is now the loss of an assured short-hold tenancy - the type of tenancy most commonly held by private renters.In England between April and June 2015, 13,850 households were homeless - a 5% rise on the same quarter of 2014. In June 2015 there were nearly 70,000 house-holds in temporary accommoda-tion - 12% higher than at the same date in 2014.
Source: Department for Communities & Local Government
The Crisis in Britain
In Britain there are too few homes,
usually costing too much, often in the wrong places, and often of
poor quality. By 2008, the number
of new homes being started had fallen to its lowest peacetime level
since 1924. It’s a crisis that is help-
ing to damage people’s employ-ment prospects, cause stress to
families and slow the economy.
An average house in London costs about £500,000; in Bradford-
On-Avon, the overall average
house price is just over £300,000; but in the north-west and north-
east of England it’s £150,000.
So in more well-off areas, young, employed and even well-paid
people have little prospect of
buying a decent home. In other regions, houses are so cheap that
it’s not worth investing in their
maintenance. So those who can, leave, whilst those who stay have
little hope of employment. In such
a place you can have a home but no job; in high-value areas you can
have a job, but nowhere to live.
If urban dwellers on low and mid-dle incomes are pushed out of the
big city, then the city will lose
those who make, maintain and repair things, who care for the
vulnerable, who clean and cook for
the better off, who childmind and
teach. With too few affordable
homes being built where they
are needed most, thousands of families currently have to live in
substandard conditions. And
thousands of families are officially classed as homeless.
Over the coming issues this year,
we plan to highlight some of the challenges, and also some possible
solutions, to the housing crisis
facing us at home and around the world. Like to have your say?
Then please contact us at Parish
News, [email protected]
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H ere are three recently-published memoirs that
you might enjoy reading...
Journey of a Lifetime –
Richard Askew
Written by one of our Benefice's retired clergy, this autobiography
takes us from London's blitz to
1950s boarding school austerities; from National Service in Egypt
(enlivened by a smuggling run!) to
an unexpected career. The defining experience of the
author's life - coming to faith - led
to 50 years in the Anglican minis-try, student chaplaincy in the
1960s, a spell in Surrey's Volvo and
vodka belt, and ravels to Sudan and Ethiopia. The sublime seclu-
sion of Salisbury Close was fol-
lowed by city-centre Bath, and fi-nally a rural Wiltshire parish. All
this makes up a layer cake that
may appeal to many palates. For-mer Archbishop George Carey
writes, "Reading this book was for
me a real delight and I commend it wholeheartedly".
The book costs £10, plus £1.80
post and packing if posted. It can be delivered to Bradford residents.
After covering costs, £2 from
each book goes equally to Juba School, South Sudan, and Bath's
"Footprint "project.
Boys in the Trees: A Memoir – Carly Simon
A household name from the 1970s,
Carly Simon has had a career over four decades, with many hit songs,
including 'You're So Vain'.
Boys in the Trees is her memoir of coming of age in glamorous
Manhattan and taking the path of
art, music and love in the golden age of folk and rock. This is her re-
flection of a life led in the spotlight,
and of the pains and joys of love and art.
Maggie Smith: A Biography – Michael Coveney
With the end of Downton Abbey
and the formidable Dowager Countess of Grantham on the telly,
a new biography looks back on the
life of Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain's best-loved actors.
Working with the likes of Richard
Burton, Laurence Olivier and Ingmar Bergman, her career is a
Who's Who of British theatre in the
twentieth century. The author also covers her success in Hollywood,
gaining her first Oscar for The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. This biography, drawing on
personal archives and conversa-
tions with immediate family and friends, gives a close-up of the
enigmatic Maggie Smith.
Books: New Memoirs
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Through All the Changing Scenes of Life
W hen I stay with the family over Christmas I always enjoy an early
cup of tea, sitting quietly in the dining room overlooking the gar-
den. When I first visited, there was an old garden shed in the far corner. It had seen better days but it was useful for storing garden tools.
Within a few years, the shed had gone and in its place was a dear double
-fronted Wendy House with a smart little fence in front. I remembered a special trip we made to a soft furnishing shop to buy material for window
curtains. We had tea there of an afternoon, all very civilised if rather
cramped. One year, a slide for the children appeared across the end of the garden, and a swing hung from the cherry tree. The lawn was covered in
daisies. The days of happy play seemed endless.
I was sad to hear the Wendy House had been sold; no one used it, and it had become a repository for unwanted toys. However, the corner was not
empty for long. On a summer visit I was surprised to see a blue plastic Eg-
gloo chicken coop with two chickens, one white and one brown. The slide had gone, but the swing was still there. The family became concerned that
the chickens could not be left to enjoy the freedom of the whole garden
when people were not about, and the coop was considered too small for a lengthy confinement. Plans were being made for a large structure of wire
netting with a full-sized door and a plastic roof to greatly extend the area.
And so it appeared when next I visited. The garden lawn developed a path-way from house to coop, and the chickens were still let out to peck in the
garden. They were a source of amusement and were dearly loved.
This Christmas as I looked into the garden I saw, in the far corner, a new-ly gravelled area with a wooden garden seat. The swing had gone, and an
immaculate lawn covered the path. The garden had been quite reordered.
Muriel Freeborn
And now… Giving up for Lent At the end of the vicar’s pre-Lent sermon he suggested that the congregation should worship in an unheated church for the whole of Lent. As they made their way into the chill Sunday air the vicar asked one lady what she had decided to give up for Lent. “Church,” she replied firmly.
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A Personal View: Surviving Syria
T abitha Ross tells of her experience in Syria and
in Lebanon.
I’ve listened to Syrian refugees’ stories. And now I’m
telling you the truth.
Forced to Flee
A video posted on facebook
showed thousands of human be-ings streaming through a field in
Slovenia. Com-
ments underneath included phrases
like ‘invading army’
‘scum’ and in one case ‘not refugees,
economic migrants’.
I spent a year in Syria in 2007 and I have
spent the last 18
months in Syria’s ti-ny neighbour Leba-
non, where there are
still as many as 1.5 million refugees. One in four peo-
ple here is a refugee. Much of what
I do for a living is about meeting Syrians living here, and listening to
their stories.
Chemical attacks
I have sat in so many dark dank
rooms here, drinking Arabic coffee generously made by people who
do not know how they are going to
buy the next meal. Rose Sham told me of the loss of her brother and
husband. She knew many children
who were killed in one of the chemical attacks: ‘parents put their
children to bed that night and they
never woke up again’. I sat with 15-year-old Nour while her grand-
mother and great-grandmother
cried silently, mourning the loss of Nour’s 18-year-old brother, her un-
cle, her aunt and two
cousins. Tears sprang to the eyes of a sparkling
bright girl called Heba as
she told me that she’d missed a year of school
due to lack of places. In
a sweltering tent, I saw the bitterness on the
face of Jneid Houssein as
he explained that he has to send his children to
work to feed the family
because ‘farmers prefer to hire kids because they can do
anything they want to them.’
Stories of violence
I’ve heard dozens of these stories,
all with one element in common: these people did not want to leave
their country. They have been
forced to by violence. A quarter of a million Syrians have been killed in
the last four and a half years, and
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half the country have been forced from their homes. Under such
circumstances, who wouldn’t leave
in search of a better life for their loved ones?
Dying for Hope of a Future In Lebanon, a poor country, a brutal
reality awaits them: shocking
poverty, few opportunities, lack of access to education or healthcare.
The only improvement is that here
they are not being bombed. But they have no future here, there is
nothing to build. So people risk their
lives to cross the Mediterranean on rotting boats. The risk of dying at
sea is worth the hope of building a
new life. Two of my friends have done it.
Their mother, also a friend of
mine, an older Syrian woman who lost a son in the war, asked me
why European countries are not
resettling more refugees officially, thus forcing them to take this risk.
David Cameron has said that Britain
will resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over five years. This is a pathetic
1.6% of the number of refugees in
tiny Lebanon alone, and less than 0.5% of the total number of Syrian
refugees. The number of refugees
that countries such as Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and Jordan are hosting
is completely untenable, and no
amount of aid can provide refugees and host communities
there with the economic and social
opportunities needed to lead a decent and dignified life.
Not all the comments under that
video were xenophobic and brutal. One in particular stays with me:
‘Last time we saw images like
these it was the second world war. Then we said it must never
happen again’.
What you can do:
join The Syria Campaign to
advocate for political action https://thesyriacampaign.org
support The Refugee Council
to help refugees arriving in the UK www.refugee coun-
cil.org.uk
give to Syrian volunteer search and rescue teams The White
Helmets and join their call for
an end to the bombs. www.whitehelmets.org
When bombs fall, The White Helmets (The Syrian Civil Defence)
rush in to search for life in the
rubble - fully aware that more bombs may fall on the same site.
These volunteers have saved over
40,000 lives - a number that is growing daily.
Tabitha Ross
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Letters from the Sea 1900
A Young Man’s Journey
Performed by Sybil Mitchell, Peter Hardman, John Salvat and Megan Jones, this promises to be a unique and unusual evening.
Friday 11 March
7.30pm
Upper Masonic Hall, Church Street
Tickets £7.50, available from Ex Libris or contact
Megan on 01225 862670.All proceeds to Holy Trinity’s Big Community Connection
Unpublished letters describing a voyage under sail from Liverpool to China, read and illustrated with poetry and music.
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Support for Sight Loss
F or people suffering from sight
loss, a very useful contact is Wiltshire Sight (a trade
name for Wiltshire Blind Associa-
tion) which is based at St Lucy’s Sight Centre, Browfort Road,
Devizes SN10 2QT (tel: 01380
723682, 10am – 2pm). Staff members are very willing to
visit you. The centre itself is open
every day 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday. It has a
resource centre with
the latest assistance technology
products, also
workshops, provid-ing people with friendship and
skills for adjusting to living with
sight loss. They have a Talking Book library and newspaper availa-
bility plus a Touch and See Book
Club. There are additional meet-ings, usually monthly, including a
craft and social group at Devizes
and ‘drop-in’ times at Amesbury, Salisbury, Devizes and Warminster.
Until last November there was a
monthly coffee morning, arranged by Wiltshire Sight, at Cedar Court
in Berryfield Road, on the second
Tuesday of the month. Unfortu-nately, due to dropping numbers, it
was cancelled. However, it is hoped
that if enough people were inter-ested in joining together for a chat
and sometimes a talk or demon-
stration, a sing-song or party meal, then Wiltshire Sight may be able to
resurrect the coffee mornings. It is
good to be able to talk to others who are in the same predicament.
Although Cedar Court is on the lo-
cal town bus route, perhaps a more central venue could be found if this
were more convenient. However,
I’m sure that LINK drivers would be able to assist those
who need a lift, or
who are not keen on using buses.
The Royal National
Institute for the Blind has thousands of Talking
Books on disc to listen to and they
can also provide newspapers & magazines for a membership sub-
scription. Also they produce a cata-
logue of helpful products, such as kitchen gadgets, lights, watches &
clocks, that can all be purchased.
The Wiltshire Times can be listened to on memory stick. The
machine for this can be obtained
from Trowbridge Talking News, tel: 01225 762336. There is a similar ar-
rangement for the Bath Chronicle.
I do hope this information is use-ful. As the Reverend Mother in the
“Sound of Music” says, “When one
door closes another one opens”. Jonquil Burgess
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Wiltshire Butterflies: December
M ost people don’t associ-ate butterflies with this
time of year and yet
those who take a particular interest in observing them are sometimes
fortunate and the weather, of
course, is the key. November was the third
warmest but also the dullest on
record, only three suitable days for butterfly activity. December was
the warmest on record but the
second wettest in more than 100 years, with seven suitable butterfly
days. Not surprisingly therefore,
on the sunny days butterflies were in action.
In November two Brimstones
were reported; ten Red Admirals (55 in 2014); a single Small Tor-
toiseshell on 18th from near Castle
Combe; and the last Peacock of the year on 16th at Alderbury.
In December four Brimstones,
the last on 9th from near Royal
Wootton Bassett; five Red Admi-rals, the last on 31st at Amesbury,
equalling the 2006 latest county
record; and four Small Tortoise-shells, with the last at Calne on
27th. The most amazing and
unexpected event was of single Painted Ladies on 29th December,
one in the New Forest and one in a
Whiteparish garden. The presumed last one had been reported on 2nd
October. This immigrant species
cannot survive the winter here but with the unseasonally warm
weather and no frosts to kill them,
they probably were the result of a very late third generation. Howev-
er, with warm southerly winds for
much of December, they could have arrived from the near conti-
nent. Both were in fresh condition.
The 2015 Annual Butterfly Report for Wiltshire will be
available in March and anyone
interested in having a copy or wishing to join Butterfly Conserva-
tion should contact me.
Mike Fuller Wiltshire Butterfly Recorder
4th January 2016
Left: A Painted Lady, a most unexpected sighting in December
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Saint for the Season: George Herbert
G eorge Herbert, who is com-memorated on 27 February,
is very much a local saint
due to the fact that he spent the last few years of his life as Rector of
Bemerton near Salisbury. He also
has links with the Welsh Marches being born in Montgomery in Powys.
For a short time he actually repre-
sented the town as their MP. George was born in 1593 into an
artistic and wealthy family. He was
tutored at home before entering Westminster School, probably
in 1604. He went on to a brilliant
academic career, becoming a fel-low of Trinity College Cambridge.
Apparently destined for a life at
court, his life suddenly changed direction when he felt the call
to ordination.
He was made a deacon in 1626 and 4 years later he was appointed
Rector
of Be-merton.
Salisbury
was within
walking
distance, and Herbert's love of music was fed by his frequent visits
across the water meadows to even-
song at the cathedral, and after-wards to making music with the
cathedral musicians. Besides being
a very conscientious parish priest, Herbert was also busy directing the
rebuilding of the church and rectory
at Bemerton. But he didn't enjoy good health. Sadly, after a very
short ministry he died from what is
thought to have been tuberculosis in 1633.
George Herbert is best remem-
bered as one of our greatest reli-gious poets, still regarded as one of
the most popular, skillful and im-
portant British devotional lyricists. Several of his poems are now popu-
lar hymns, among them, 'Let all
the world in every corner sing' and 'King of glory, King of peace'.
There is a statue of George Her-
bert at the west front of Salisbury Cathedral, dedicated in September
2003. There is also a George Her-
bert memorial window at the East end of the North Quire Aisle,
illustrating his poem 'Love-Joy'.
Remembered for his life of quiet devotion and his personal
moral character, he is com-
memorated in the Anglican Communion on 27 February.
David Driscoll
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For Prayer in February
The world’s refugees The Bradford Group Ministry The HT building works The Children’s Centre
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westwood
Churchwardens: Jonathan Azis
David Chalmers [email protected]
PCC Secretary
c/o Revd Joanna Abecassis
The Parish Church of St Mary, Wingfield
Churchwardens:
David Robinson
david.robinson@paultons street.com
Sue Phillips
[email protected] PCC Secretary
Sue Phillips
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Quick Crossword The Bible version is the NIV
Clues across 1 Success or wealth (Deuteronomy 28:11) (10) 7 Forbidden fruit for Nazirites (Numbers 6:3) (7) 8 Concede (Job 27:5) (5) 10 Look at (Psalm 48:13) (4) 11 Much in evidence after weddings (8) 13 Condense (Job 36:27) (6) 15 Breakwater (6) 17 Give a tan (anag.) (8) 18 More usually now called Pentecost, — Sunday (4) 21 After living for 365 years, it was said of him that ‘he walked with God’ (Genesis 5:23–24) (5) 22 Trampled (Judges 9:27) (7) 23 For example, Miriam, Deborah (Exodus 15:20; Judges 4:4) (10)
Source: Crosswords reproduced by kind permission of BRF and John Capon, originally published in Three Down, Nine Across, by John Capon
Solutions on page 14
3 So rapt (anag.) (6) 4 Declare again (2 Corinthians 2:8) (8) 5 Paul’s ‘fellow worker’, to whom he sent two epistles (Romans 16:21) (7) 6 God’s foreseeing care and protection (Job 10:12) (10) 9 Traditional form of Roman Catholic Mass (10) 12 ‘The Lord... has given the — of Israel to David and his descendants for ever’ (2 Chronicles 13:5) (8) 14 ‘My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my — ’ (Luke 1:46–47) (7) 16 The central element in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, identified and interpreted by Daniel (Daniel 2:31) (6) 19 ‘On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of — will not overcome it’ (Matthew 16:18) (5) 20 City where Paul was under house arrest for two years (Acts 28:16) (4)
Clues down 1 Arrogance (Proverbs 8:13) (5) 2 Roman poet from first century BC (4)
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL Officers
The Revd Joanna Abecassis, Chair
The Rev Dr Ali Green (Associate Priest)
Trevor Ford (Churchwarden), Vice Chair
Judith Holland (Churchwarden)
Members
Chris Hodge, PCC Secretary
* Deanery Synod representatives
The Standing Committee
Chair, Churchwardens, Associate Priest and Treasurer
Churchwardens Emeriti
Jeremy Lavis, Mike Fuller, Anne Carter, Tony Haffenden, Joan Finch.
The Pastoral Care Team
Joanna, Anne Carter, Alison Cook, Joan Finch, Marlene Haffenden, Tony Haffenden,
Chris Hodge, Evelyn Humphrey, Heather Knight, Sue Lavis, Val Payne, David Raw-
stron, Hazel Rawstron, Geneviève Roberts and Sylvia Stanes.
The Friends of Holy Trinity Church
Chairman: John Cox, Secretaries: Mike and Jenny Fuller, Treasurer:
Committee: Anne Carter, Michael Cottle, Chris Hodge, Jeremy Lavis,
Raymond Winrow, Ex officio: Revd Joanna Abecassis, Judith Holland, Trevor Ford
Bradford Group Ministry
This is a longstanding body which now comprises the two benefices of North
Bradford on Avon and Villages and our own. We look forward to establishing a
much closer bond and to this end joint meetings and services have recently been
held, and the Group clergy meet regularly.
Alison Cook
Ron Dell
Joan Finch
Steve Fountain
Marlene Haffenden
Jeremy Lavis* (Treasurer†)
Bette Riddle
Geneviève Roberts
Anne Willis*
Jill Wright
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OTHER OFFICERS AND ORGANIZERS PCC Secretary Chris Hodge 869357 email: [email protected] PCC Treasurer Jeremy Lavis 863600 Benefice Administrator Sally Palmer-Walton [email protected] Benefice Admin Assistant Aylene Clack [email protected] Bellringers Sarah Quintin 869469 Bookstall Brass Cleaning Chris Hodge 869357 Coffee on Sunday Janet Brown and 862188 Malcolm Walsh 862702 Church Stewards David Milne 864341 Director of Music Electoral Roll Officer Alan Knight 860991 Flowers Jonquil Burgess 868905 Food Bank Heather and Alan Knight 860991 Guides & Brownies Sarah Bennett [email protected] mainly music Marlene Haffenden 864412 [email protected] Mothers’ Union Ian & Sylvia Stanes 309036 MU Prayer Circle Chris Hodge 869357 Re-ordering Fundraiser Steve Fountain [email protected] Servers Mary Ford 862240 Saxon Club David Driscoll 865314 Saxon Church and St Mary Tory Trustees: Chairman Anna Tanfield (all bookings) 863819 Secretary Anne Carter 862146 Treasurer Jeremy Lavis 863600 Sidespersons Judith Holland 866215 Stewardship Secretary Pam Harman [email protected] Street Market: Community Stalls John Cox 864270 Church Stalls Mervyn Harris 863440 Communications Deborah Robinson 866552 Team Trinity June Harrison 863745
Parish Representatives on other organisations: Bradford Group Council: The Churchwardens Children’s Society: Anne Carter Christian Aid: Jonquil Burgess Deanery Synod: Jeremy Lavis and Anne Willis BoA Churches Together: David Rawstron St Laurence School: The Revd Joanna Abecassis and Lindsay Driscoll (Foundation Governors)
Printed at the Parish Office, 18A Woolley Street, Bradford on Avon. Parish News also appears (in colour) on the Holy Trinity web site: www.htboa.org. Previous issues of the magazine can also be found in the magazine archive on the church web site.