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The Corona Chronicle 21 May 2020 (Volume 7)

A Special Edition of the Parish News

with stories and whimsy to help us through...

Inside, this week...

HMS COVENTRY remembered by one who served alongside…and HMS HAVANT too!

THY KINGDOM COME - the Rector’s slightly grumpy Reflections

Back to the Classroom - what they didn’t teach you at school...

Another great POEM from our talented in-house poet!

AND THERE’S MORE - including Coronavirus update, news and anniversaries for two of our

parish clergy Hymns and readings for Sunday With Love from Uncle Bill...

Margaret Tait

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Forthcoming Main SERVICES

PLEASE PRAY FOR: The World

Including St John the Divine, Ghana

Rod & Glenda Thomas

The Diocese For the Bishop and

Diocesan staff, coping with the Virus Crisis

Our Parish & Deanery Pray for groups in our community including

Little Seeds & TAT

Those in Urgent Need Please see the note

on the back page for prayer by our Prayer

Ministry Team

The Recently Departed

Janet Schofield Sam Roonan

Rev’d Douglas Bean Audrey Whitcombe

Betty Harbert Mary Clarke Peggy Abbot

Anniversaries of Departed

16th - Phoebe Ellis 17th - Ivor Morgan

18th - Edna Gomersall 23rd - Lorna Link &

Audrey Currie 24th - Hilda Mortley 29th - Betty Lepley &

Pamela LeGoaziou 30th - William Searle

2nd June - Wally Gentry

All public services are suspended until further notice. However, livestreams of our two main weekly services (see listing below) will be available on our Facebook site:

www.facebook.com/stfaithschurchhavant/

As soon as practicable after the end of each service, the stream

will be available to view at your leisure on YouTube, via the parish website at this link: www.stfaith.com/livestreamed-services/

(You do not have to be a Facebook user to view the recorded services.)

Each service will follow the Lectionary pattern of readings, and will include prayers and a sermon for the day. The Eucharist will be celebrated (in obedience to Christ’s command) on behalf of the whole community. Hard copies of the service sheet can be requested from Tom or Sandra (who will post them to you, gladly) or downloaded from the above webpage.

Livestreamed Services This Week

Thursday at 10.30am

(Traditional spoken BCP Communion)

Sunday 9.30

Sung Communion Service

Sunday 6pm

Evening Prayer via ‘Zoom’

The link is:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73577393658?pwd=cW90TW9OREVSNVVMK3pqeW5OMitTQT09

Meeting ID: 735 7739 3658 Password: 018860

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Thy Kingdom Come - in lockdown

FROM THE RECTOR: To be completely honest with you, dear friends, I’m not usually a huge fan of national initiatives by our mother church, the ‘Church of England’. My reticence springs partially from a no doubt over-sensitive fear that the Church might be subject to hijack by either marketing gurus, or by particular sections of our broad range of theologies and practices. I’m also cautious of ‘top-down’ initiatives, in any organisation whose roots are essentially local (or in our case, parochial). ’Thy Kingdom Come’ is just one such initiative, which arrived on clergy desks around five years ago, via an encouraging letter from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. At the time, I was just settling into life in a new parish, recovering from the extra efforts of Lent and Easter, and while gearing up our commitments to our Mission Development Plan. I confess that I was not overly enthusiastic about a new initiative being foisted upon me between Ascension and Pentecost! So not much was said, by me, at the time or since. Nevertheless, ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ has been persistently marketed, by the national church, as an extra opportunity for us all to pray diligently that our neighbours, families and friends may come to know the love of Christ. A worthy aim, no doubt, except that (as I remind the powers-that-be from time to time) this is precisely one of the things for which we already pray on a daily basis - especially in the words of the Lord’s prayer which have been taken as a title for this initiative. But pray we must - and so, in obedience to the leading of our Archbishops, I warmly invite you to join me, over the coming week, in continuing to pray for God’s Kingdom of Love to be ever more firmly established in our lives, in our community, and in our world. You may like to pray the rest of the Lord’s prayer at the same time! Amen!

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History they didn’t teach you at school

From Churchwarden (and former Head teacher) Clive Barnett (I bet his lessons were fun, fun, fun! Ed.)

Why do brides carry bouquets of flowers? In the 16th century, most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married. Beware of ‘throwing the baby out with the bathwater’! Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water. Then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children, last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!" It’s raining cats and dogs! Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw-piled high - with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs etc) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." Why were four-poster beds invented? There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection: that is how four-poster beds came into existence.

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Why do we cross the threshold? The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying “Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until - when you opened the door - it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway, hence a thresh hold. Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold

In those days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then ate it the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while, hence the rhyme: “Peas porridge hot - peas porridge cold -

peas porridge in the pot nine days old." Where did ‘bringing home the bacon’ come from? Sometimes they could obtain pork which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could - "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and “chew the fat”. Beware of tomatoes! Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food thus causing death by lead poisoning. This happened most often with tomatoes and so, for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. (The Rector still suspects that they may be! Ed.)

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Who were ‘the upper crust’? Bread was divided according to status, and bread was baked in open ovens with singed floors. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle and guests got the top or “the upper crust”. Why do we hold a wake when someone dies? Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of “holding a wake”. What about being ‘saved by the bell’? When cemeteries became too full, villagers would dig up the buried coffins, take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 in 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive. So, they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (“the graveyard shift”) to listen for the bell. Thus, someone could be “saved by the bell” or was considered to be “a dead ringer”. And finally (with apologies for the vulgarity...) Where did "Piss Poor" come from? They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot. And then once it was full it was taken and sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who could not even afford to buy a pot. They "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.

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The above copy of an actual notice from our neighbouring parish (from 1842) was kindly supplied by Hilary Deadman. One can’t help but wonder what ‘unholy scenes’ were being witnessed during Divine Worship in those days! Seeing this notice reminded me that the segregation of the sexes during worship is by no means a dead practice, even today. Our Muslim brothers and sisters, for example, routinely worship in entirely separate spaces - to enable the focus of all minds on worship.

During the 1990s, I spent time in Romania (re-establishing YMCA programmes after the fall of the Dictator, Ceausescu). During one visit, I was fortunate to attend worship in a Hungarian reformed church, which, structurally, resembled a traditional English parish church. But, thanks to the Reformation, the focus of worship was now in the centre of the building - with men and women completely separated into different sections of the building. I couldn’t help but notice, however, that quite a bit of coquettish waving and winking went on, from one section to the other - especially by the younger members of the congregation! Canon Tom

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From the Monthly Information Sheet...

HMS HAVANT. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the loss of HMS HAVANT on 1 June at Dunkirk.– there is a memorial window on the North side in St. Faith’s Church (see below). HMS HAVANT left Greenock on 27 May 1940 and arrived at

Dover on 29 May. She was immediately despatched to Dunkirk where she evacuated 500 French troops off the beaches at Braye-Dunes. Before returning, she attempted to tow HMS BIDEFORD, whose stern had been blown off, but the tow parted.

HMS HAVANT arrived back at Dover at 0400 on 30 May. She sailed from Sheerness the following morning and picked up troops from Braye-Dunes before entering Dunkirk Harbour for more, finally arriving back at Dover with 932 troops on board. After a quick turn round, HMS HAVANT returned to Dunkirk and picked up 1,000 troops, arriving back at Dover at 0230 on 1 June. By 0730 she was again alongside the jetty at Dunkirk where she embarked 500 troops. As she left the harbour at 0800, a heavy air attack started and HMS IVANHOE was hit amidships. HMS HAVANT came alongside and helped take off all the troops and wounded. Moving down the channel, she was hit by two bombs and passed over a third as it exploded. She transferred all her troops to the minesweeper HMS SALTASH. Despite attempts to tow her, HMS HAVANT finally sank at 1015 on 1 June 1940 with the loss of one officer and five ratings. From a ship’s company of 145, a further 25 were wounded and a similar number of

soldiers were killed or wounded.

On 1st June each year, the Royal British Legion held a memorial service to honour those who served in her until the year 2010 when the last one was held on the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk. See our website at http://stfaith.com/hms-havant/

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Richard of Chichester (1197 – 1253) also known as Richard de Wych, is a saint (canonized 1262) who was Bishop of Chichester. In Chichester Cathedral a shrine dedicated to Richard had become a richly decorated centre of pilgrimage. In 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII, the shrine was plundered and destroyed by order of Thomas Cromwell. Richard of Chichester is the patron

saint of Sussex in southern England; since 2007, his translated saint's day of 16 June has been celebrated as Sussex Day. Richard is widely remembered today for the popular prayer ascribed to him:

Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ

For all the benefits Thou hast given me, For all the pains and insults Thou hast borne for me.

O most merciful Redeemer, friend and brother, May I know Thee more clearly,

Love Thee more dearly, Follow Thee more nearly.

(Since the publication of the 1931 Edition of ‘Songs of Praise’, the line ‘Day by day’ has been customarily added to the end of the prayer)

The Shrine of St Richard, today.

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In semi-fictional tribute to her son-in-law...

Allan took on an allotment where he hoped to grow some leeks,

The land resembled a jungle and clearing it took several weeks.

There were compost bins, a potting shed and a water butt down by the hedge,

After months of very hard digging, Allan was growing fresh veg.

The children wanted to help

- and painted the shed blue and green, Their design included some flower pot men, with straw where the hair should have been.

They all chipped in at planting time, sowing packets of vegetable seeds,

But when green shoots started to show, it was hard work stopping the weeds.

Allan’s Allotment - by Margaret Tait

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Soon there were runners, carrots and peas, potatoes and lettuce galore

Cabbages, parsnips, leeks and a swede, till the children could carry no more.

Proudly they hauled their harvest home, In an old and creaky wheel barrow,

Daunted by thoughts of the prepping to come, You should see the size of the marrow.

The sun set over the bean poles

- “Now what shall we have for dinner? With so much fresh food to consume,

our diet will be a winner.” But burgers, egg and chips were planned,

now we all know what that means; “Forget about the veggies love.

This calls for a tin of baked beans!”

Anniversaries!

Happy Birthday to Father Richard Acworth,

who will mark his 90th birthday on Friday

the 29th of May. We look forward to

worshipping with him again, at one of our

Thursday Eucharists, before too much

longer (we pray!)

And congratulations to Fr Frank Hillebrand

(shown here with his wife, Sue) who marks

50 years of ordained ministry this Sunday.

(We are currently working-up the

technology to enable to Frank to celebrate

for us, remotely, in the not-too-distant

future)

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From the Captain of St Faith’s Bellringers, Bill Skilleter

I was a crew member of HMS Broadsword during the Falklands Conflict maintaining The After Sea Wolf Missile system. On 25 May 1982, HMS Coventry and Broadsword were ordered to take up position to the north-west of Falkland Sound. There Coventry and Broadsword would act as a decoy to draw Argentinian aircraft away from other ships at San Carlos

Bay. In this position, close to land and with not enough open sea between her and the coast, Coventry’s Sea Dart missiles would be less effective. Broadsword was armed with the Sea Wolf missile, which is for short range anti-aircraft and anti-missile system.

The two ships then came under attack by two waves of two Argentine Douglas A-4 Skyhawks. The first wave carried

one 1,000 lb free-fall bomb each while the aircraft of the second carried 3 x 250 kg bombs. The four Skyhawks flew so low that Coventry's targeting radar could not distinguish between them and the land and failed to lock on. Broadsword attempted to target the first pair of attackers with her Sea Wolf missile system, but her own tracking system locked down during the attack and could not be reset before the aircraft released their bombs. One of the bombs bounced off

Remembering HMS Coventry

The Coventry is hit by three bombs

Abandoning ship...

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the sea and struck the side of Broadsword coming out through flight deck which wrecked the ship's Westland Lynx helicopter then going over in to the sea without exploding.

The second pair of Skyhawks headed for Coventry 90 seconds later. On Broadsword the Sea Wolf system had been reset and successfully acquired the attacking aircraft, but was unable to fire as Coventry's turn took her directly into the line of fire. Coventry was struck by three bombs just above the water line on the port side.

Within 20 minutes Coventry had been abandoned and had completely capsized. Coventry sank shortly after. Twenty of her crew were killed and a further 29 injured. Broadsword subsequently rescued 170 of Coventry's crew.

When I left the Broadsword after the Conflict my wife suggested that it might help me to start learning to Bellring, as she had already restarted this hobby whilst I was away. She learnt to ring when she was quite young but dropped it when we married. One of the things I vowed to do was to ring a quarter peal in memory of the Coventry, their crew especially those who lost their lives. Owing to the situation this year we are unable to ring but we will correct that once we are back to normal. On the 25th I will fall silent for 2 minutes to REMEMBER Them.

Helicopter rescue

HMS Coventry - upside down HMS Coventry - listing heavily

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UPDATED GUIDANCE regarding the use of church buildings has been received from Bishop Christopher, concerning building work in churches. This guidance, properly applied, should enable us to proceed with the repairs to our West Window, and to the removal of the West Door tomb-plinth. (Both of these works are

funded by a tremendously kind single donation, from a parishioner, and will use money which, legally, cannot be used for any other purpose). We are also hoping to carry-out some essential roof repairs. Sadly, this does not mean that the church can be opened for public prayer or worship, yet...but we anxiously await news about when this may be possible.

DO YOU NEED PRAYER? Don’t forget that our Prayer Ministry Team is very willing to hold you specifically in their prayers. If you would like the assurance of knowing you are being actively prayed-for, on a daily basis, then please contact Sandra Haggan on 02392 455161 or sandrahaggan54@gmail.com. (If asking for prayer for someone else, please seek their permission first). DO YOU NEED PRACTICAL HELP? We take very seriously our Lord’s command to love our neighbour - and that includes you! If there is any practical help we can offer, to make this difficult time more bearable, just get in touch with Sandra (see above). We can pick up shopping or medicines, and we even have a few volunteers who could help with gardening if your own garden has got out of control. Or perhaps you’d just like to hear a human voice rather more often - our pastoral team has been calling the majority of parishioners (for whom we have phone numbers). If you haven’t had such calls, and would like one, just let Sandra know. She’d love to have a chat!

Coronavirus updates

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TEA AND CHAT - Sandra will be hosting another ‘Tea and Chat’ meeting via ‘Zoom’ on Monday at 3pm. Nine of us (including Tom and Sandra) had a very pleasant chat last week - and we’d love to welcome more! To take part, just click on this link, which will open a web-browser, and download a little software to your computer.

Click here Should you need them, the following details may be helpful:

Meeting ID: 873 8872 3961 Password: 388033

JANET SCHOFIELD - Memorial. Janet’s family are planning to hold an outdoor, socially distanced memorial in a local garden, on June 20th. If you would like to attend, please contact Sandra (see above) - who will put you in touch with Janet’s family for further details.

PARISH WEBSITE UPDATED. Our website has recently been considerably updated (visually) and simplified (in terms of headings and pages). We’d love to know whether you find this helpful. Do please let Colin Carter know your thoughts (webmaster@stfaith.com). THE WURZELS - POSTPONED AGAIN! The Wurzels have kindly agreed to defer their performance until the Saturday 1st of May 2021, in the hope that we will be able to gather in numbers again by then! LITTLE SEEDS - Sowing again! Our group for pre-school children and their parents and carers has begun meeting again, online, via Zoom! It’s quite a lot of fun to get little children to focus on the screen...but everyone seems to be enjoying it. A separate meeting is being held after the Little Ones are in bed, so that parents and carers can support each other, share stories and tips, and just be together. If this programme would be of interest to you, please contact Sandra for details of how to join in. And, for everyone else, please continue to pray for all children and their families during these challenging times!

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For the Sunday after Ascension Day

Hail the day that sees him rise, alleluia to his throne above the skies, alleluia

Christ the Lamb, for sinners given, alleluia enters now the highest heaven, alleluia

(alleluias continue after each line…)

Lo, the heav’n its Lord receives, yet he loves the earth he leaves; though returning to his throne, calls the human race his own.

Lord, though parted from our sight,

far above the starry height, grant our hearts may thither rise,

seeking thee above the skies.

Ever upwards let us move, wafted on the wings of love;

looking when our Lord shall come, longing, sighing after home.

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1. Christ triumphant, ever resigning,

Saviour, master, king. Lord of heaven, our lives sustaining,

Hear us as we sing: Yours the glory and the crown,

The high reknown, the eternal name.

Sunday’s Services

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2. Word incarnate, truth revealing,

Son of Man on earth! Pow’r and majesty concealing

by your humble birth: (refrain)

3. Suff’ring servant, scorned, ill-treated, victim crucified!

Death is through the cross defeated,

sinners justified: (refrain)

4. Priestly king enthroned for ever

high in heav’n above! sin and death and hell shall never

stifle hymns of love: (refrain)

5. So, our hearts

and voices raising through the ages long,

ceaselessly upon you gazing, this shall be our song:

(refrain)

Acts 1.6-14 So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’ When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up towards heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you

stand looking up towards heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.’ Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.

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Sunday Evening Prayer (6pm on Zoom)

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73577393658?pwd=cW90TW9OREVSNVVMK3pqeW5OMitTQT09

Meeting ID: 735 7739 3658. Password: 018860

Psalm 47 (Responses are in italics)

1 Clap your hands together, all ye people * O sing unto God with the voice of melody.

Gospel: John 17.1-11 After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed. ‘I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me,

and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

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2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared * he is the great King upon all the earth.

3 He shall subdue the people under us *

and the nations under our feet.

4 He shall choose out an heritage for us * even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved.

5 God is gone up with a merry noise *

and the Lord with the sound of the trump.

6 O sing praises, sing praises unto our God * O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

7 For God is the King of all the earth *

sing ye praises with understanding.

8 God reigneth over the heathen * God sitteth upon his holy seat.

9 The princes of the people are joined

unto the people of the God of Abraham * for God, which is very high exalted,

doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen

(From the BCP Psalter - 1662)

Other readings are overleaf...

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2 Samuel 23.1-5 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said; “The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. (From the Authorised - King James - Bible)

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Ephesians 1:15-23 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. (From the Authorised - King James - Bible)

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Continuing his very welcome regular contributions to the Corona

Chronicle, Bill tells the Rector that he was fascinated by Michael

Laird’s account of history since the second world war (see Volume 6).

It inspired him to offer this photographic response, entirely without

prejudice, he says… entitled “AFTER 75 YEARS”

With love from Uncle Bill…

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Bill has also offered the following anagrams for your delectation…

PRESBYTERIAN: BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER: MOON STARER

THE EYES: THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH: HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE: HERE COME DOTS

DORMITORY: DIRTY ROOM

SLOT MACHINES: CASH LOST IN ME

ELECTION RESULTS: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

More next week….

And finally, from the Rector, here’s some suggestions for Bishop John,

as a thank you for taking this week’s Lockdown Thursday Eucharist!

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DONATIONS UPDATE

Thank you! Thank you to all the extraordinary people who, by their extra donations, have enabled us to meet our obligations, and to pay our staff, while we await the Government’s aid package.

Cheques (payable to St Faith’s PCC) can be posted to (or dropped at) 19 School Lane, Havant, PO9 2GE. (Note change of address - no longer to/at the Rectory, please.)

Online: The ‘Donate’ page of our website (www.stfaith.com) has recently been updated. It is now possible to donate online to our three primary fundraising needs: The Big Build Campaign, General Mission or the Rector’s Discretionary Fund. Donations can be made by bank card, PayPal or CAF Voucher. GiftAid can also be applied to these donations. To donate online, just go to www.stfaith.com, and click on the ‘Donate’ button at the top of the page.

Monthly Stewardship through ‘Parish Giving Scheme’

If you wish to modify (preferably upwards!) your monthly giving through the parish giving scheme, then simply contact them using the following details: Parish Giving Scheme, 76 Kingsholm Road, GLOUCESTER, GL1 3BD. Email: info@parishgiving.org.uk Phone: 0333 002 1260 Preferably you need to have your unique number to hand, but they can usually trace your payment account with your name and the

parish name. St Faith’s Parish Giving Code is 290629058 If you would like to set up Regular Giving by phone, you can now call 0333 002 1271 - with the above code to hand.

Weekly Envelope-users We encourage you to continue filling your envelope each week, and then (when the ‘all- clear’ is given) bring the bundle of (hopefully) bulging envelopes to church with you.