2011 june magazine church of the good shepherd

Shepherd’s Watch The magazine for and by the people of the Good Shepherd

June 2011

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Good Shepherd Festival 2011

A week of fun and entertainment for the whole community

Saturday 11th - Sunday 19th June 2011

Live

Music,

Bouncy

Castle

FREE TEA &

CAKES,

Tom-

bola, Food

Stalls, Stalls

Books

Local Produce Stalls; Ice Cream

Face Painting, PET SHOW,

Plant Stalls, Grand Raffle,

Games and Competitions

COCONUT SHY, Bric a Brac Stalls

The Good Shepherd Magazine Jun 2011

Associate Curate Revd Christyan James

14 St Mary’s Square Brighton BN2 1FZ Tel 07595910443; 241753 [email protected]

Churchwardens Ian Hill 77 Hove Park Road Hove BN3 6LL. Tel (01273 888607) James Baxter 14 Radinden Manor Road Hove, BN3 6NH Tel.07595831508

Stewardship Secretary

David Nissen 1 Shirley Road Hove BN3 6NN Tel (01273) 554183

Vicar Revd. Felix Mascarenhas

The Vicarage, 272 Dyke Road Brighton BN1 5AE Tel (01273) 882987 [email protected]

Reader

Michael Miller 68 Ainsworth Avenue Ovingdean, Brighton BN2 7BG Tel (01273) 240287

Parish Office

The Parish Office is open on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9.30 to 10.30. The Parish Of-fice telephone number is (01273) 553747

Tea Club Meets on the first Monday of the month at 1.30pm. We welcome all who are 50 years plus, who are free and would like some company. Just come along.


Festive SummerFestive SummerFestive SummerFestive Summer Bright and warm days are here and people are about, with a sunny smile on their faces. Open-air fetes and festivals have been inviting people go out and socialize within and outside their communities. Our Good Shepherd Festival week will start on 11th of June, with the marvellous Family Fun Day. The week will then offer us many opportunities to invite others, socialize and build a better neighbourhood besides a variety of entertainments. It all depends how much we believe in “Community” and in our responsibility towards building it up. Though the GSFest is being organized mostly by our church members it is heartening to see that many people from around come and help us as well. Besides believing in life after death, in our church we believe equally firmly, in life before death. And that is what inspires us towards our social commitments in the neighbourhood. As I appreciate the painstaking efforts of many who organise the week-long event on our church grounds, I wish all a brilliant success and a great time to all who attend it. May our communities flourish and blossom with many happy and content homes.

Fr Felix


The Good Shepherd Wellie Wanging Championships 2011 What, you may ask, is “Wellie Wanging”? Wellie wanging, or wellie throwing, is a sport that originated in Brit-ain, most likely in the county of Yorkshire. Competitors are required to hurl a Wellington boot as far as possible within boundary lines. Many other countries have their own equivalent of wellie wanging. The town of Taihape, New Zealand, styles itself the gumboot-throwing capital of the country, while and annual Boot-Throwing World Championship takes places in various European countries such as Germany, Finland and Poland. The World Wellie Wanging Championships are held each year during the Summer Gala in the village of Upperthong in Yorkshire. It is said that wellie wanging started following an incident during which a pint of Tetleys Bitter was accidentally spilt into someone’s wellie! The Good Shepherd Wellie Wanging Championships will take place on Tuesday 14 June starting at 6.30pm. This is the evening during the GS Festival when the Church groups – Bellringers, Brownies, Grub Club, Tea Club, Mothers Union, Time for God and so on – and others meet for a shared picnic. You are invited to make up a team to com-pete – or enter as an individual. There will be prizes! The Rules 1) Wellie wanging is a sport open to all people irrespective of age, sex,

race, creed, religion, nationality and colour. And people from Lan-cashire.

2) The sport shall be a civilised affair. Fair play, good humour and good manners shall be exhibited at all times.

There will be 3 individual categories: Men, Women and Pre-teens. A Team will consist of a maximum of 6 and must have at least one per-

son from each category. 3 scores will count – the best man, woman and pre-teen. A person can throw for more than one team.

There will be an entry fee of £1 for 2 throws (right and left boot). Throws will count for both individual and team events.

Competitors are asked to bring their own boots if possible. Note that an adult may not use a child’s boot.

Entry forms will be available from 5 June.


Afterwards we’ll enjoy our usual picnic so bring a plate of food and a drink to share. Come to compete or cheer on your team.

Pat Hunter

Bellringing at the Good Shepherd The bells are rung on a Sunday to call people to church – or welcome those already arriving – so the band is playing its part in Sunday wor-ship. Most people like to hear the bells (though there are a few dis-senters) and our congregation know that, if the bells are still ringing, they are in time for the service. However, as you can’t see us up in the tower (and we can’t see into the church), we sometimes feel a bit iso-lated. We do get some comments – a few complimentary! A couple of weeks’ ago, I was asked after the service if we’d been ringing as they hadn’t noticed the bells that morning... Now we have 12 ringers, all of whom belong to the Sussex County As-sociation of Change Ringers. BUT, of these: 1 is an honorary member (ie a retired ringer) 2 are at university so are only occasionally available 3 are sick (though one will hopefully be back in June) 1 has had to move away to care for a sick relative 1 is in Brighton on alternate weekends at the most 1 lives abroad for part of the year 2 do other jobs in the church (serving and sidesman duties) That leaves me – the Tower Captain – to juggle with the rota and ex-plains why only a few of the bells are ringing sometimes. And no, it’s not possible for us to ring more than one bell at a time! So you can perhaps understand why we’re always looking for new ring-ers to fill in the gaps. Now is a good time to start as all the band mem-bers are currently ‘improvers’ rather than ‘learners’ which means they’ve mastered the basics. If you and your family would like to have a go do see me or ring me and come up one Tuesday evening. Bellringers are a sociable bunch of people and we are lucky in Sussex to have a very active society with lots going on for adults and many special events particularly aimed at the many teenagers in the county who ring bells. Recently a team of young Sussex members came third in a national competition in London and one of the group rang at West-minster Abbey afterwards.

Pat Hunter 01273-555954


The Military Orders in the Holy Land (Part 2 of 2)

Whenever the Military Orders emerged during the Crusades are mentioned, everybody assumes that this means the Knights Templar and the Hospitaller Knights of St. John. The situation is slightly more complex than that. There were five different Military Orders in the Holy Land, each of which should be considered as separate and distinct, even though they fought alongside each other during that period of history. This is a brief summary of the Orders and their present descendants. However, first a note about knighthood. Every man of noble birth required an heir and a spare. When a noble died the oldest surviving son inherited the estate. Younger sons received nothing. As a result the younger sons, having been trained as knights had to fend for themselves in the only way which they knew; by fighting and capturing booty. A successful knight would win tournaments, defend a pass taking on all comers (winner takes all) go to war and return laden with captured goods. If less successful he would join one of the Orders, thereby becoming a Monk and handing over all his worldly goods to the Order. Many nobles gave goods and chattels including real estate to the various Orders, to show their support. They also expected this to stand them in good stead in the next world! The Orders themselves comprised a wide variety of members. They were all monks living under vows of poverty with no personal possessions. It is a matter of record, however, that every Knight had three horses (a pack horse, a riding horse and a battle horse) all other members had one horse at their disposal. The other members included priests, medical staff, cooks, clerks, armourers, blacksmiths, farriers, farmers, and labourers. At many of their properties, particularly their estates, there would probably only have been a single Knight and a prior with thirty or forty other members of the order. The majority of the members of the five Military Orders joined the Orders, after the Crusades, became monks and never set foot in the Holy Land. The Knights of St. Thomas Acon The story of this Order is well documented by records held in the Guildhall Library in the City of London. During the Crusades the dean of St. Pauls Cathedral visited the Holy


land and was appalled to find that after the battles the dead were left to rot where they had fallen. On his return he established this Order of Military monks, restricted to English men, to afford a Christian burial to the dead in the Holy Land. It was based in Acre (anglicised as Acon) and dedicated to St. Thomas A Becket. The Order adopted a red and white cross as its badge. The father of Thomas a Beckett was a mercer and as a result the Worshipful Company of Mercers of the City of London took an especial interest in the Order. In London the Order had its headquarters in a Church on Cheapside. When King Henry VIII banished the Orders from England the Order moved to Paris, where it appears to have continued its existence until recently, although the present Grand Master is understood to live in Cambridgeshire. When the Church in Cheapside was sold by King Henry Viii it was purchased by the Mercers Company which made it their new hall. The original buildings were destroyed in the Great Fire. The present Mercer’s Hall is built on the site, but all that remains of the original Church is the Statue of the recumbent figure of Christ in the Mercers’ Chapel. The poor Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem The Knight Templars were formed in the Holy Land by six Crusader Knights who thereby became monks dedicated to protecting Pilgrims. As a badge they adopted a red cross patee. The Order expanded rapidly and acquired property throughout Europe by way of gifts and legacies. They became a dominant force in the Holy Land. They also developed the worlds prototype banking system, whereby a traveler could deposit funds at one of the Orders’ houses and obtain a letter of Credit entitling him to draw money from other house. The Templars had an extensive fleet of ships, which traded throughout Europe, including trips to the coast of North America, where Templar graves have been identified. In Scotland the Sinclairs were very involved with the Templars and noted that among the decorations of the Rosslyn Chapel on the Sinclair estate there are depictions of North American plants, which were not identified until many years later, after Christopher Columbus had discovered the west Indies. Following the withdrawal from the Holy Land the order continued to flourish. Eventually the King of France Coveted their wealth and arranged for the Pope to Summon them to France. (The current Pope was based in Avignon and virtually a vassal to the French King). The


King eventually struck, overnight to seize all the Templars and their wealth on trumped up charges. During the Night the Templar fleet sailed away and was seen no more. The majority of the Templars in the South of France also disappeared overnight. It is not known where they went, but it is of interest that Switzerland then became the land of the worlds leading bankers, that Switzerland is multilingual (as the Templars were), the arms and banners of the majority of Swiss Cantons display Templar insignia and (like the Templars) every citizen of Switzerland is a member of its army, keeping his uniform and gun in his house and attending regular training sessions. Elsewhere the property of the Templars was handed over to the Hospitalers. The exception was in Scotland where, following the declaration of Arbroath, the Templars were not prosecuted. They did merge with the Order of St, John temporarily, adopting a red Maltese cross as their badge. The union did not last for long and the Templars resumed their independent existence which has continued to the present day. In England the suppression of the Templars resulted in Wat Tyler’s rebellion. Surprisingly the rebels did not attack the King or the Army, they attacked the Order of St. John (the master of which had taken refuge in the Tower of London). The Templar Churches were small round or octagonal churches with very high doors and a raised platform in the centre on which the Eucharist was celebrated. This enabled Knights to take communion prior to battle without dismounting. The Temple Church in London has lost this central platform, but has attached one of the largest choirs in the country where services are now held. The incumbent of the Church is still referred to as the Master of the Temple. There are numerous “Templar Orders” in existence. However, at the present time Only four are recognised by the International Council as being genuine descendants of the original Order. The Spanish , Portuguese and Scottish Orders are able to prove a direct connection. The fourth is a Branch of the Spanish Order which recently created its own Grand Magistry in Germany, this particular Branch restricts its membership to Roman Catholic present and past serving officers in NATO member armed forces. The Crusaders


It should be noted that the Crusaders were not members of any of the five Military Orders who fought in the Crusades. A few Crusaders joined one or other of the Orders. The majority of Crusaders were citizens who took up the Pope’s offer of a lifetime forgiveness of all their sins if they fought in the Crusades. Many of them travelled out fought in one battle and returned home, treating the trip as a Pilgrimage. Not all of the Crusades reached the Holy Land. The Albigensian Crusade, led by Simon de Montfort, was sent into France to eliminate the Heretics - who were Christians who followed the original practices which they had observed prior to the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church. The last Crusade had to hire ships from Venice. The Byzantines had declined to finance or participate in it. The Crusade was diverted to sack the Byzantine Empire and returned to Venice with its spoils in order to meet its debts. It never approached the Holy Land. One result of this event was that the Byzantine Empire was weakened and unable to resist the subsequent invasion by the Muslim forces from Turkmenistan.

John Mitchell


iZulu Orphan Projects In the last edition of the magazine I wrote about our planned visit to South Africa in November and thought I would now update you. After flying to Johannesburg and driving east through Mpumalanga and the Northern Free State we visited the battlefields of the Anglo/Zulu wars at Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana. Then on to our friends Judy and Robin who live in Empangeni, some 50 miles north of Dur-ban on the east coast. Some of you may remember Judy, who has vis-ited the Good Shepherd on several occasions over the years when she has been staying with us. Whilst with them we had a couple of nights each at a tented camp in the Umfolozi Game Reserve and then in a log cabin at Cape Vidal on the Indian Ocean coast. Although we have vis-ited these places many times in the past we never tire of them - fantas-tic game sightings this time and fresh mussels picked off the rocks at Cape Vidal. But one of the most memorable visits whilst there was our time spent with Kate Bain, whom I wrote about last time, who runs the iZulu Or-phan Project charity for the orphans and their ‘gogos’, (carers, usually grandmothers), affected by HIV/Aids. Kate is such an amazing lady, totally committed to this cause, and determined to continue the work on her own since her husband, Chadd, was killed in motorcycle acci-dent just over a year ago. She lives with her two young sons, aged 4 and 2, on a farm in the rural tribal lands in an area called Mevam-phlope about 10 miles outside Empangeni, the nearest town. When a needy family is put in touch with the charity as being in need they are carefully assessed, categorised and checked out to assess its income. The area she covers is approximately 400 square miles and currently there are 510 families being helped, comprising 1224 or-phans who are helped in various ways according to their need. Fami-lies with a very low income will receive a monthly food parcel worth about £20 comprising maize meal (their staple diet, which can be made into porridge or to form the basis of a main meal), dried beans, samp (dried maize kernels), tea, sugar, soup mix and other very basic sta-ples. To supplement this basic diet the families are encouraged to grow vegetables, i.e. cabbage, spinach, carrots, pumpkin, onions, beetroot etc and help is given to enable them to set up the gardens and train them to maintain them. The charity also provides school uniforms and stationery and pays the school fees for some of the most needy chil-dren. This year IOP is intent on building ‘support centres’ to provide:


A collection point for families (‘gogos’ and children) to pick up

their monthly food parcels. These items are heavy and they are presently walk many miles to collect these items from the IOP offices at Kate’s property.

Homework centres where children could receive help with their homework. Remember that most of the orphans live with eld-erly grandmothers who have very basic education, if any, and are unable to help in this way.

A refuge for those children who are being abused. In the past, be-fore Kate’s husband, Chadd, died, he was on a virtual 24 hour call and would often drive out into these tribal lands in the middle of the night to help a child. It is not safe for Kate to do this and so centres where abused children can go become even more crucial.

Mobile clinics where testing can be carried out for HIV, blood pressure, diabetes and TB checks. At present local women are being trained to undertake these tasks.

In addition to this the charity strives to rebuild the houses of the very poorest families. We visited one such family – a lady called Sabatili who is HIV+. She is now getting anti-retroviral drugs to contain this but is still quite sick. She has 8 children to care for (not all her own) 6 of whom were at school when we visited. Last year Kate built a new house for her – her old mud hut was falling apart and was not watertight. The new house is very basic, made of breeze block with a tin roof, two rooms, but a huge improvement on the old one. This rebuilding pro-gramme will continue as funds permit.

Sabatili’s old house


Sabatili’s two youngest children Kate also holds a church service once a month at her property to which many come to worship. Every December she also holds a Christmas party for children regis-tered with her to which their carers are also invited. In 2010 it was held over two days for 1700 orphans and 300 ‘gogos’. They are enter-tained with music and drama telling the Christmas story, they have hot dogs and a drink and each child is given a present and some sweets. Last year for the first time the grandmothers were given a pre-sent, eg toiletries, china etc. This is the highlight of the year for these people who have so very little. This year the party will be held over three days as the number of Kate’s contacts increases. The people of the Good Shepherd, those at St Luke’s, Prestonville (where Colin attends) Aldrington CE Primary School (where we both worked) and others generously donated a total of £1,500 which we were able to give Kate to continue her work. She was most grateful for this and if any of you would like to and are able, there is a short video clip on YouTube, explaining what her project is about and thanking those in this country who so kindly donate. Have a look at YouTube/iZulu Orphan Projects/Kate’s Speech. For any further information or to make a donation please contact Janet or Colin on 700070 or [email protected] We support this charity and this amazing lady wholeheartedly as we know that every penny of all donations go to those in need.

Janet Annis


GOOD SHEPHERD FESTIVAL 2011

A week of fun and entertainment for the whole community

Saturday 11 June

2pm to 5pm: Family Fun Day with Pet Show Supported by the PDSA, Live music, Stalls, Admission Free, Grand Raffle, Bouncy Castle and many other games for all.

Sunday 12 June

10.15am: Festival Eucharist With The Reverend Canon Nicholas Biddle, Precentor, Portsmouth Cathedral

Tuesday 14 June

2pm: Programme of music and singing By students from our neighbouring schools 6.30pm to 8.00pm: “Wellie Wanging” Who can throw the wellie the furthest? Bring a picnic to share

Friday 17 June

7.30pm: Come and share your supper in our hall and Church grounds with Summer Mu-sic

Sunday 19 June

10.15am: Festival Family Eucharist Led by our young people 6.30: Festival Choral Evensong

Daily

3pm to 5pm: and during events Church open with an exhibition of Paintings by David Diplock


Good Shepherd Festival 2011

FAMILY FUN DAY… 2-5pm Saturday 11th June

Admission Free

Bouncy

Castle

Live

Music

Local

Produce

Stalls

Books

FREE TEA &

CAKES

Plant

Stalls

Tombola

Food

Stalls

WITH PET SHOW SUPPORTED BY

THE PDSA Categories include:

Prettiest pet, Waggiest tail,

Best trick, Best rescued animal, Cutest cuddly toy pet,

best in show. Entry £1 on day or Register de-

tails by email [email protected]

COCONUT

SHY

Games and

Competitions

Face

Painting

Craft

Stalls

Bric a

Brac Stalls

Ice

Creams

Grand

Raffle


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And Now….A Word From The Church Mouse

There’s a charming article in today’s Times by Alex Renton, a non-

believer who sends his six-year-old daughter Lulu to a Scottish church

primary school. Her teachers asked her to write the following letter: “To

God, How did you get invented?” The Rentons were taken God,” says

her father. He could have told Lulu that, in his opinion, there was no

God; or he could have pretended that he was a believer. He chose to do

neither, instead emailing her letter to the Scottish Episcopal Church

(no reply), the Presbyterians (ditto) and the Scottish Catholics (a nice

but theologically complex answer). For good measure, he also sent it to

“the head of theology of the Anglican Communion, based at Lambeth

Palace” – and this was the response:

Dear Lulu,

Your dad has sent on your letter and asked if I have any an-

swers. It’s a difficult one! But I think God might reply a bit like

this –

‘Dear Lulu – Nobody invented me – but lots of people discovered

me and were quite surprised. They discovered me when they

looked round at the world and thought it was really beautiful or

really mysterious and wondered where it came from. They discov-

ered me when they were very very quiet on their own and felt a

sort of peace and love they hadn’t expected.

Then they invented ideas about me – some of them sensible and

some of them not very sensible. From time to time I sent them

some hints – specially in the life of Jesus – to help them get closer

to what I’m really like.

But there was nothing and nobody around before me to invent me.

Rather like somebody who writes a story in a book, I started mak-

ing up the story of the world and eventually invented human be-

ings like you who could ask me awkward questions!’

And then he’d send you lots of love and sign off.


I know he doesn’t usually write letters, so I have to do the best I

can on his behalf. Lots of love from me too.

+Archbishop Rowan

I think this letter reveals a lot about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s

sort of theology – more, indeed, than many of his lectures or agonised

Synod addresses. I’d be interested to know whether readers of this blog

think he did a good job of answering Lulu’s question.

But what the letter also tells us is that the Archbishop took the trouble

to write a really thoughtful message – unmistakably his work and not

that of a secretary – to a little girl. “Well done, Rowan!” was the reac-

tion of Alex Renton’s mother, and I agree.

Church Mouse


Pat and Daisy


THE ARK Eleven Things I’ve Learned from Noah’s Ark

ONE: Don’t miss the boat.

TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat

THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark

FOUR: Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old, Someone may ask you to do something really big.

FIVE: Don’t listen to critics; Just get on with the job that needs to be done.

SIX: Build your future on high ground.

SEVEN: For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.

EIGHT: Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

NINE: When you’re stressed, float a while.

TEN: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

ELEVEN: No matter what the storm does; when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting.

Anonymous

Visitors Thank you to whoever has been putting up the hymn numbers on the boards for Sunday services. If we are not tall or behind a pillar or have not been to Specsavers it is also good to have the numbers on the weekly sheet.

Small Church Mouse


Grub Club

Over the past three months, the Grub Club have played whist at Daisy’s (and one of those professing not to be able to play won, of course!), lunched at the White Horse at Rottingdean and enjoyed a cream tea at Rushfields and left with cars brimming with plants! We don’t have an event in June but hope to see everyone at the Fun Day and sharing a picnic after throwing a boot or two during the GS Festival. We had planned to visit the theatre in July. If you fancy Shaun the Sheep at the Theatre Royal let Daisy or I know and we’ll arrange it. It’s on from 14 to 17 July, there are shows in the morning, afternoon and evening and we could have a meal out as well. On Monday 15 August, we’ll take the open top bus up to the Devil’s Dyke for lunch, to admire the view and maybe cheer the odd hang-glider as he takes off. We’ll use the buses again on Monday 19 Sep-tember to go to the Mayberry Garden Centre along Old Shoreham Road to buy those winter pansies. Keep a watch for details on the service sheet and do let us know about the theatre!

Pat Hunter


Meets on second Thursday afternoon and fourth Thursday evening of the month. Please contact Christine James telephone(01273) 724802

Mothers' Union Summer Calendar

Saturday, 4 June 9.00am Corporate Communion in the Lady Chapel Thursday, 9 June 2.45pm Talk Time venue to be arranged please check weekly sheet. Saturday, 11 June 2pm - 5pm Family Fun day. Please speak to Christine if you are able to offer help making tea during the afternoon. Lots of cakes also needed, please! We will also have a display board on show to raise awareness of the work of the Mothers' Union Saturday, 2 July 9.00am Corporate Communion in the Lady Chapel Thursday, 7 July Proposed Summer event. Plans are underway and the date may possibly be changed to the following week so please check the weekly sheet. Tuesday 9 August Mary Sumner Day

Christine James


PARISH BOUNDARY Many will be aware that the Brighton and Hove Review suggested some 5 or more years ago that our parish be enlarged by extending it north-wards. I am delighted to say that this is now happening. The Church of England is conscious that clergy are spread across par-ishes that vary enormously in size and nature. This is a small part of the move towards rationalisation. Whilst the changes have been agreed at local and diocesan level the matter has to go before the Church Commissioners for the final forma-lisation and paperwork. The effect has been to increase the population of our parish from approx 5,500 to 8,500. In broad terms our boundary is now westward from BHASVIC along Old Shoreham Road, northwards up the western side of Hove Park as far as the Droveway footpath when it doubles back to Goldstone Cres-cent and then northwards and up the footpath behind Woodland Drive to the copse and including the flats at the top of Dyke Road Avenue. Coming back down the centre line of D R A it turns into Tongdean Lane and then into Wayland Avenue before continuing downward and anti-clockwise along Withdean Road as far as the railway bridge. The railway line southward now becomes the boundary until it reaches Highcroft Villas where it comes up the centre line of the road all the way to the traffic lights at the Dyke Tavern. There is then just a short stretch of park side of Dyke Road, in a southerly direction to BHASVIC. Whilst there is a legal need to have parishes geographically defined I am pleased to say that there are some very promising signs of working together within the North Brighton Group Ministry which could lessen their impact. Clergy in particular will need to work across old bounda-ries whilst parish identities remain.

Ian Hill


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Sometimes what is taught is different from that which is learned

The following are answers given by ten year old pupils to an R.E. test. The marks given are not recorded.

Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hy-draulics. They lived in the Sarah desert. The climate Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere. Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada. Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines. The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a fe-male moth.

Church Mouse


The Esterházy Chamber Choir directed by Sandy Chenery

SUMMER ROMANCE

Saturday 25 June 2011, 7.30pm St John sub Castro Church, Lancaster Street, Lewes BN7 2PU and Sunday 26 June 2011, 3.00pm Church of St John the Evangelist, Knoyle Road, Preston, Brighton BN1 6RB Revel in romantic choral music for a summer evening. Programme to include: Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes; Schumann Four Doppelchorige Gesange; Delius To be sung of a Summer Night on the Water; The Splen-dour falls on Castle Walls; and Schubert Der Tanz. Tickets £10 (under 16s free) available on the door or in person from: Lewes Tourist Information Centre, 187 High Street, Lewes BN7 2DE

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Busy Bees

The piece in the last magazine by Ian Hill about the North Brighton Group Ministry made interesting reading. How fortunate we are in Felix, Michael and Christyan. We have so many people doing regular jobs in this church. I think of the garden, the grass cutting, cleaning, tidying after services, making coffee, tidying the hall afterwards. Leading our lovely Brownies, leading in Time for God, counting and banking the collection, printing the ser-vice sheets, keeping the roll, preaching, arranging the flowers, serving, giving, visiting and ringing the bells to call people in. I enquired bout training as a Reader when I was sixty and was told that I was too old. It is possibly not the case now so perhaps YOU could………?

Church Mouse


PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL

What a triumph! I overheard Constance on the telephone telling Bridge Queen Mavis how well I had done at my cook-ing class. “Victoria Sweet says Victor is a real natural.” I had an interesting chat with Charlie, our gardener. He told me about the badgers at the bottom of his garden: “Even in the winter, when it’s not too cold, they come up to the house and eat the nuts I put out for them. They are marvellous creatures.” “I have never seen a wild badger,” I told Charlie.

“Well, come round next Wednesday and we’ll have a beer.” I put my date with Charlie in our diary – Badger watching,

7.30pm at Charlie’s – and found myself drawing a presentable picture of a badger on the front cover. I noted with some pleasure that I had a busy week.

I had arranged to play golf with Pat and Derek. There was my

cooking class on Monday and on Thursday I was to see Victoria North at the Citizens Advice Bureau. If I go to church on Sunday it will be the busiest week since I retired. And then the telephone rang. It was my father-in-law.

“Is that you Victor? This is Henry. Mumsy, my Marjorie, has had

a fall and I think she’s broken her hip.” “Call an ambulance, Henry, and I will be with you right away.

Constance is out. I think she’s playing bridge with Mavis.” “Mumsy doesn’t want an ambulance. She wants to see that new

lady doctor this evening.” “For God’s sake Henry, don’t mess about. Call an ambulance.”


“What about BUPA?” asked Henry. “For crying out loud, don’t be so bloody useless. I’ll call the am-

bulance and I’ll see you as soon as possible.” I regretted being so rude to poor old Henry as I approached his

house in Hurstpierpoint. But the fact is, he’s 85 and has yet to boil his first egg. And then I thought of my relationship with Constance. Well, I might be useless, but I can cook a chilli con carne.

I arrived just in time to see the ambulance draw away from the

house. Henry was standing at the front door crying. “I am so sorry I was rude, Henry. It was unforgivable.”

“Oh, that’s all right,” said Henry, “that’s not the problem.

Marjorie has left me a list of things to do and I don’t know where to be-gin.”

I put my arm round the old man’s shoulder. “We’ll work at the list together. Constance has given me plenty of practice at this kind of thing. Later when Mumsy’s settled in at the hospital we’ll go and see her. By the way, do you like badgers?”

Tim Parker


OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERVICES:

8am, Holy Communion 10.15am, Parish Eucharist 10.15am, “Time for God”, informal worship for all ages, in the Church

Hall; On the third Sunday of each month there is a single Family Eucharist in Church at 10.15

6.30pm, Choral Evensong on third Sunday of each month and Eve-

ning Worship on other Sundays. (Eucharist on Thursday at 10.30am followed by Coffee and on Saturday at 9am)

June 2011 11h : GS Festival begins with the Family Fun Day, 2 – 5pm 12th: Festival Eucharist at 10.15am presided by Canon Nicholas Biddle 14th: Programme of music & singing by local schools, 2pm Wellie wanging & open air picnic on church grounds, 6.30pm 17th: Bring and share supper in the hall, 7.30pm 19th: Festival Family Eucharist led by our young people, 10.15 Festival Choral Evensong, 6.30pm An Exhibition of paintings by David Diplock, daily 3-5pm in the church 23rd: Corpus Christi Eucharist, strawberries/Cream tea, 6pm July 2011 8-10th: Families spend the week-end at Knowles Tooth 16th: Summer Gardening around the church 24th: Picnic at Lancing College after the 10.15am Eucharist August 2011 14th : Hymns & Pimms, and BBQ, 6pm, in the vicarage garden 19-21st : Retreat at Alton Abbey.


Home Communion

11am, Sunday morning. Just before the choir go to the Altar rails, one or two people walk out of Church, small gold container around the neck and wooden box in hand… Have you ever wondered why – do they have somewhere better to be? Well, if we’re honest (no disrespect to the notices) they most certainly do! You may or may not know that they take Communion to those who cannot attend Church for whatever reason. We are very fortunate at the Church of the Good Shepherd to have a large (about 20 strong) team of lay ministers who take Communion out in this way – this is a service not offered everywhere but very much used by Church members. Home Communion involves taking one of the newly consecrated wafers (hence the gold container on a ‘necklace’) from the Altar and giving it, after a short service, to those who cannot be with us in body. The service contains the weekly Collect and Gospel readings, amongst other things, and thus provides a way of keeping in touch with the Church throughout the seasons as well as catching up on what old friends may be doing. Contrary to what may well be the common consensus, you do not have to be elderly, or indeed long term ill, to have Communion brought out to you. The service is open to anyone, at any time, whether you’re ill just for a week or two or indeed facing a longer- term period of being house bound. If you would like to know more, do not hesitate to talk to Fr Felix. The Diocese runs an excellent four part course on the history of the Com-munion service and its role in our Worship – the course is designed for those who are seeking to become a lay minister and start taking Com-munion out. I found it enhanced my personal understanding and en-joyment of the Eucharist, as well as giving practical tips on how to ad-minister the Chalice to ladies with overly large brimmed hats on (a tra-dition seen less and less)!

James Baxter


Grub Club Meets on third Monday of the month. All welcome. Please contact Daisy Walpole at (508600) and Pat Hunter at (555954)

Choir Choir practice every Friday evening in the church. New singers are always welcome. Please contact: Derek Froud (681007)

Hall To book the hall please contact Margaret Bell (505763)

Keep Fit With Yoga Classes are held on Tuesday mornings – 10:15am to 11:15am. All ages welcome. Please contact Joanne Cassidy (508010)

Flowers If you would like to donate an arrangement in memory of someone or help with the flower arranging, please contact Gloria Cruttenden (505225).

Bell Ringing Ringing practice every Tuesday evening in the Tower. New ringers are always welcome. Please contact either Pat

Hunter (555954) or Margaret Bell.

Notice-boards Information (lists and posters) for the notice boards may be placed in the tray in the church porch windowsill or contact Gloria Cruttenden (505225).

Magazine Contributions to the magazine are welcome. Please leave copy at the back of Church by 15th of every February, May, August and November or e-mail [email protected] or [email protected] by these dates.

The Church of the Good Shepherd Service Times

Sunday Worship 8am Holy Communion 10:15 Sung Eucharist* 10:15 Time for God**

6.30 Evensong

*On one Sunday each month this will be a Family Eucharist to which children are particularly welcome. ** Time for God Services are held in the Church Hall. Weekday Eucharists

Tuesday 8:30am

Thursday 10:30am

Saturday 9am

Morning Prayer

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8.30am

Evening Prayer

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 5.30pm

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Documents

good shepherd magazine

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equivalent of wellie

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food stalls

plant stalls

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