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DOOR GOOD NEWS FROM BLACKBIRD LEYS

PAGE 5 Summer is in the air in this June DOOR . We bring you a new design and Good News stories in plenty, many of them about young people. Take 26-year old Darren James - not everyone would envy him his job as a Christian youth worker on the troubled Blackbird Leys estate, yet the story of his week buzzes with joy and Christian conviction.

NEWBURYS GIFT OF A DAY

Page 15 There is Good News too from Wash Common, Newbury where 400 ex-cited children gathered for a Children's Gift Day (photo below). Frank Blackwell has captured some special moments for Young DOOR.

The Bishops im-pressions of Arme-nia, a home for the elderly with a dif-ference, the faces of our new ordinands and a book review for Father's Day are all inside this DOOR.

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Sharing the Good News in the Decade of Evangelism

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Issue Number 43

The Diocese of Oxford Reporter: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire June 1993

OUR URGENT CALL TO PRAYER "We are calling God's people to a new urgency for prayer and intercession for the conversion of the nation and the renewal of God's Church in unity, mission and prayer," said Bishop Michael Marshall, Archbishops' Adviser for Evan-gelism, in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on April 23.

The Bishop, who was taking part in a 16-day pilgrimage of prayer around the cathedrals of England, said that there had been a new sense of outrage as people saw the depths of depravity to which we are capable of falling. As a result many wanted the Church to "wave the cane a little higher".

"But that is not God's way in these last days. This is not a moral crisis but a spiritual one. It is a crisis of faith. In every human heart there is a Jesus-shaped hole," the Bishop said. r

Christine Zwart reports on the Mission to the

Cathedrals

The vocation of the Church was to hold Jesus up but how could this be done? Bishop Michael said that the Springboard team had realised that they had got things in the wrong order. If the Church was to win the hearts of the nation their evangelism had to start with prayer and a new love and obedience to God's Word.

The pilgrims carried with them a copy of a famous Holy Trinity icon by Andrei Rublev in which the hospitality of

Abraham reflects the hospital-ity of God. Referring to it Bishop Michael said the Church must be a walking icon, a window to the heart of God. "Has the heart of our Church been broken suf-ficiently to offer the hospitality of God's love to the stranger, the outcast and the hurting?"

Elderly people especially could be on the frontiers ofevan-gelism because they had time to intercede daily if they were will-ing, said the Bishop. But to the whole Oxford Diocese he sent out the message: "Let us pray with a new passion for the na-tion and for the opening of our own hearts. Renewal is going back to our first love. The re-newal of God's Church begins with me, today, now."

The Springboard Mission to,k them to 42 cathedrals from Truro to Carlisle. In all, over 4000 people joined them for the specially written 'Short Office for the Mission of the Church'. Some of the largest congrega-tions gathered in the early morn-ing. In Wells for instance, 300 people turned out for the dawn service.

Oxford's Cathedral was number 32 on the tour which ended at Westminster Abbey on

Bishop Mi chael joined the congregation for the renewal of their Baptism vows.

April 27. For the fifty or so who gathered in Christ Church at noon it was a time to remember always. For a moment the internal problems of the Church of England seemed unimportant. After all had not Bishop Michael reminded us of the need for Christianity rather than Churchianity. And as we walked with lighted candles to the Cathedral's west door to renew our baptismal vows, we were suddenly very conscious that renewal in our Diocese was beginning today, now - with us.

The Springboard team is avail-able, by invitation, to support andencourage parish initiatives in evangelism. You can contact the Springboard office on 0227 784985. Meanwhile why not share in their prayers for mis-sion by saying the icon prayer each day.

THE ICON MISSION PRAYER

Holy God, Trinity in Unity,

you were recognised by Abraham at the oak of Mamre

and welcomed by him as an honoured guest: receive your Church

in this Decade of Evangelism into the circle of your eternal hospitality,

that, refreshed and renewed

by your abundant grace, we may bring the whole world

to know the embrace of your love revealed in Jesus Christ upon the cross.

Give to all your people at this time: a new vision of your glory:

a new experience of your power; a new faithfulness to your Word, and a new consecration to your service,

that your Holy Name may be glorified and your Kingdom be advanced

where you live and reign, forever one God, unto the ages of ages

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"The United Kingdom is now irreversibly multi-cultural, multi -racial, multi-faith," said Bishop Patrick Kalilombe, Director of the Centre for Black and White Christian Partnership in Birmingham. He was speaking at a day workshop on the future of black and white Christian partnership in Oxford at the City's Centre for Mission Studies on April 24. The Bishop is a Roman Catholic and his audience included fellow Catholics, Anglicans and members of the Black Churches.

Christianity is above all a faith of differences because cultural, racial' and religious differences are God's attempt "to reflect in human images His infinite beauty". So variety is a mandate laid upon us to get to know God better the Bishop said.

The failure of the British to

"Is the Church of England too nice?" asked someone recently. A silly question, surely? Nice-ness is an absolute Christian virtue, like love or charity, and you can't have too much of it. But I think I know what that man was getting at.

The continuing debate over the ordination of women has provided the press with the kind of confrontation on which it thrives. It was predict-able that more attention should be paid to those Catholics - and all honour to them - who are agonising .over a possible change of allegiance than to those who are either in favour of the Measure (and there are many of them) or who are at any rate prepared to try to live with it. Some of us may think that a period of silence on the part of the Gummers of this world would be no bad thing. And I can't be the only one to feel that the publicity given to Miss Widdecombe's reception into the Roman Church - surely a very private affair? - went over the top.

But this lack of balance goes far beyond this particular. I suppose a,Church which is as delib-erately comprehensive as ours, a Church which refuses to cover everything by a rule-book, in-vites the charge of woollymindedness, of lacking a cutting-edge . Then again, anything that is part of the Establishment is fair game; and if other parts of it - the Monarchy, the City - lay them-

churches' could resolve the problem he said. Amongst the suggestions made were for regu-lar sharing between Black and White Churches and more in-teraction between young Church members.

Contact Shelagh Ranger for details of the Black and White Christian Partnership in Oxford on 0865 516375.

Hebrew for Vicars Anew Hebrew course for clergy is believed to be the first joint Church- Synagogue educational programme in Britain. It has been planned by the Oxford Diocese' s in-service training programme and the Maiden-head Synagogue. The tutor is Rabbi Jonathan Romain, an ex-perienced adult education teacher.

selves open to criticism, then something brushes off on the Church.

Whatever the reasons, the fact remains that by and large the C. of E. seems to attract more than its fair share of flak. We repeatedly read the kind of snide remarks (often brought in quite unnecessar-ily) which noone would ever dream of making about any other Church.

This is where there is a case for suggesting that the Church is too nice. I am not saying that we should try to dictate to the media. That is out of the question. But I do think those who speak for us should be rather more quick to correct errors of fact and to explain what the C. of E. reallystands for. And we mustn't leave it all to 'those up there'. We, the men and women on the pew and in the pub, have a responsibility too. When we hear the Church being unfairly criticised, how often do we chip in and put the record straight?

I know it calls for a certain amount of courage - and it presupposes that we have some idea what the Church thinks and what we think. But. unless somebody stands up to be counted so often the case for the Church goes by default.

Sir James Cobban is the former Headmaster of Abingdon School. For many years he was a member of General Synod.

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God's gift of d rent races welcome God's gift of multi-culturalism is, he said, not just a catastrophic failure for human relations but a failure of Chris-tian authenticity because no Church can be both racist and Christian.

When Bishop Kalilombe was asked to comment on the contri-bution of the so-called Black Churches, he said that what is important are not black tradi-tions and white traditions but human variety and human needs. Both blacks and whites have to be free to choose the right shape of church whether it is the re-straint of Anglicanism, or the 'shouting churches'.

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The controversial Dominican, Matthew Fox, is lecturing in the University Church Oxford on Thursday, July 1 at 8pm. His subjects is' The Cosmic Christ: Wisdom and Suffering'. His visit has been welcomed by Canon Christopher Hall: "Mat-thew's most famous book is Original Blessing in which he seeks to restore the place ofCrea-tion in orthodox Trinitarian teaching, which was distorted by St Augustine, "he says.

Matthew Fox's visit has been questioned by other clergy including the Revd Roger Beckwith, Warden of Latimer House, Oxford who says: "I am as concerned about the environ-ment as the next person. How-ever, it seems to me that his views only pay lip service to Christianity and that what he really believes in is a kind of pantheism." Tickets for the lec-ture are £5 (3 concessions) from Roger Bromley, 2 Chestnut Close, Witney OX8 6PD.

The Bishop of Reading enjoys his visit to the Berkshire Archdeaconry Children's Gift Day at St George's Church, Wash Common. Money raised supported children with hear-ing impairment and the Oxford Deaf Choir led the celebra-tions. More of Frank Blackwell 's photographs on page 15.

Theological colleges Canon Vincent Strudwick, Principal of the Oxford Ministry Course and Dr Geoffrey Rowell, Chaplain and Fellow of Keble College, are amongst the members of a group set up by the house of Bishops to assess the future of the Church's theological colleges and training courses. The move follows criticism of the House of Bishops report Theological Colleges, the Way Ahead which recommended the closure of Mirfield, Oak Hill and Salisbury and Wells colleges. It also made suggestions for the clustering of colleges and courses and for introducing econo-mies into the Church's method of theological training.

Our own Oxford Ministry Course has already been caught up in the changes through closer links with St Stephen's House, Wycliffe Hall and Ripon College, Cuddesdon in the Oxford Partnership in Theological Education and Training (OPTET) and plans to unite with St Albans Ministry Course by Autumn 1994.

The Bishop's Assessment Group will report to the House of Bishops with its futher suggestions for the future in June.

Over 80 people from all over the Diocese went to Iffley Church-yard on Friday, May 14 to dis-cover more about birds, bees, butterflies and whether to mow or not to mow. The Churchyard Care and Wildlife Conservation Project run jointly by BBONT and the Diocese, was launched by the author of God's Acre, Francesca Greenoak, the Direc-tor of BBONT, Martin Spray and the Bishop of Oxford, in the pouring rain.

Churchwardens and clergy and grasscutters and grave-minders picnicked together be-fore being conducted round the

churchyard, sometimes in the sunshine, by various specialists who encourage the conserva-tion of wildlife in the beautiful and peaceful settings of many of our churchyards.

Those who were unable to attend the day can receive infor-mation about the project by con-tacting Roy Maycock do

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Mark Green, an ordinand at Wycliffe Hall, will be leading a rock worship band in Oxford's South Park on Sunday, June 13. He will be just one of many Christian entertainers taking part in 'Together for You', a cel-ebration of faith organised by the Oxford Interdenominational March for Jesus committee.

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COME TO CHURCH NEXT CHRISTMAS

The 1992 Christmas advertis-ing campaign run by the Oxford Diocese on behalf of the Churches Advertising Network increased church attendance by up to 16.35 per cent over those churches which did not use it said Richard Thomas, the Ox-ford Diocesan Communications Officer. As a result, plans for the Christmas 1993 campaign are already underway. The 'Come to Church' theme will be continued but it will focus on families and family values.

The campaign was used by Churches of all denominations across one third of England. Its message, "Christmas; it's enough to bring anyone to their knees. Remember what it's all about: come to church this Christmas," was designed to reach people who had at least some link with the Church.

To assess the success of the campaign a questionnaire was sent out to 150 clergy in the Oxford Diocese. The results

In contrast to the competition which is being encouraged in education, a new type of part-nership has been developed be-tween Oxfordshire County Council and the Oxford Dio-cese.

At the same time as it del-egates to schools the money and responsibility to purchase ad-vice and services from the LEA or elsewhere, Oxfordshire is matching pound for pound the contributions of Church of Eng-land Aided Schools towards an expanded Diocesan Advisory Service.

Recent legislation has in-creased the responsibility of the Diocesan Board of Education towards its 84 church schools with its staff of only one direc-tor/buildings officer and two advisers. The Diocese, hit by reduced income from the Church Commissioners cannot provide' more staff for the Board of Edu-cation; the Bishop's Council therefore suggested that the Board offer services to schools for payment.

were then compared with a con-trol area where the campaign was not used. Both dioceses showed an overall decline in Christmas attendance of about 9.5 per cent. However, those churches using the campaign saw an average increase of 3.3 per cent over that baseline of 9.5 per cent giving a real in-crease of 13.2 per cent.

Clergy were also asked to report their attitude to the cam-paign. Those who were postive towards it showed an above av-erage increase in attendance - up to 4.45 per cent - whereas those who were non-commital showed an above average de-crease of 11.9 per cent. So the difference in reported average attendance between those churches with a very postive attitude to the campaign and those where clergy were non-cominital was 16.35 per cent.

Nearly half those questioned made constructive suggestions for improvements in the cam-

In the middle of the Board's discussion with Aided Schools, Oxfordshire's Chief Education Officer, Mrs Jo Stephens, sug-gested the partnership idea. Ox-fordshire had offered its schools a scheme which meets their needs for advice by direct pro-vision, or by enabling schools to buy in assistance from elsewhere at a discounted rate, for exam-ple management training pro-vided by Oxford Brooks Uni-versity.

Under this last heading Ox-fordshire agreed that Church Aided schools need some as-sistance from the Diocesan Board and so offered to pay half the £5 per pupil cost of the Dioc-esan scheme using Oxfordshire Quality Schools Association funds as part of the external consultancy arrangements within that scheme.

The Diocese have always recognised the importance of the partnership with its LEAs and were assured that this scheme would in no way under-mine the Board's independence.

paign .There were a number of requests for advertising mate-rial to be designed so that indi-vidual churches could include their own service details.

Finally clergy were asked to choose their priority for adver-tising in the future. Nearly one third wanted to switch from Christmas to Easter, 52 per cent put Christmas 1993 as their first priority and 55 per cent put Easter 1994 as their second pri-ority.

"This is the second year that we have used a Christmas ad-vertising campaign, and the re-sults from each research poll show that where parishes use the campaign, they achieve an overall increase in attendance above the norm for the year. Some of these increases are pretty spectacular. One church reported a 53.2 percent increase on fairly large numbers. A clear pattern is beginning to emerge over the two years," Richard Thomas said.

It seems likely that most of the 37 Aided Schools in Oxford-shire will join the scheme, ena-bling an extra schools adviser to be engaged to work with them.

It is hoped that the Diocesan Synod in June will accept this scheme so that it can start with Oxfordshire's new extended del-egation to schools in Septem-ber; preparations are going ahead in the hope that this will happen.

Tony Williamson Diocesan Director of Education (Schools)

Harry Carpenter

The Right Revd Harry Carpen-ter, Bishop of Oxford from 1955. to 1970, died at St John's Home, Oxford on May 24. The Reqiuem Mass will be at St John'sonJune7at llam.The celebrant will be Dr Robert Runcie, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. There will be a full appreciation in July.

News in brief

• Some 80 people took part in a silent march through Oxford city centre on May 8 to mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act. "The 1967 Abortion Act came into force on April 27 1968. In the 25 years since, approximately four million pregnancies have been terminated in the UK under the terms of the Act," said a spokes-person from the organisers, the Oxford LIFE group.

• Twenty six Czech people spent Easter in Great Chesham as guests of Emmanuel Church. The visi-tors joined with other churches in the annual march of witness on Good Friday and Easter Sunday before going to Spring Harvest in Skegness. The church has had a formal twinning with Sbor Cirkve Bratske (Unity of Czech Brethren) for over two years.

• The celebrated detective story writer and Christian apolo-gist, Dorothy L. Sayers, was born in Oxford on June 13 1893 when her father was headmas-ter at the Christ Church Choir School and Chaplain and Pre-centor at the Cathedral. To cel-ebrate the centenary of her birth, a Commemoration Service will be held in the Cathedral on June 13 at 2.30pm.

• Every day ships are caught in storms and every week, about two to three are lost. Sea Sunday on July 11 is or-ganised jointly by the Roman Catholic Apostleship of the Sea and the British Sailors So-ciety which is based in the Free Churches. It is the day set aside each year to remember sea-farers and their families and the Church' s ministry to them.The Sea Sunday pack 'Making Waves' is available from The Missions to Seamen, St Michael Paternoster Royal, College Hill, London EC4R

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The Bishop's visit to Armenia and Georgia The Bishop of Oxford was a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury's party visit-ing Russia, Armenia and Georgia at the beginning of May. Armenian Archbisops from Los Angeles, London, Istanbul, Canada and Aus-tralia flew in to greet them on ajourney which included interviews with President Ter-Petrossian of Armenia and Eduard Shevardnedze in Georgia.

Bishop Richard said that

they were impressed by Presi-

dent, Ter -Petrossian 's moder-

ate approach. He is an Arme-

nian believer and, despite the

shortages caused by the war in

Nagorno - Karabakh, believes

there is a real hope of the cease

fire coming soon. "But the

legacy of Communism, the

earthquake and the war will

leave the country in dire straits

for some time. They will con-

tinue to need all the help we can

give them, "the Bishop said.

In Georgia they say that

guests are the gift of God, he

said, but a devastated economy

and wars in different parts of the

country have meant that there is

great instablity and fear for the

future. Muslims and Jews and

Christians have lived side by

side down the centuries and eve-

ryone believes that the people

can still live peacefully together

if only the Russians stop inter-

fering. However, Mr

Shevardnedze gave the impres-

sion that the culprit is not Boris

Yeltsin, "who offers the only

hope of peace in Georgia", but

the military forces acting on their

own initiatives.

The Archbishop and his

party received a warm wel-

come especially as it was the

first time that an Archbisop of

Canterbury had officially vis-

ited the Georgian Orthodox

Church. They also discussed

with the catholicos-Patriach,

Lliya II ways in which they

might help the Georgian Church

to take the new opportunities

open to them. The State for in-

stance is handing back land con-

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The journey began and ended

in Moscow where the Patriach

gave an official banquet for the

Archbishop and his party.

On his return Bishop

Richard said: "Their desire for

a relationship with the Church

of England is based upon firm

feelings of affection for the Brit-

ish people. Our prayers need to

join the haunting beauty of the

chants of the Orthodox and Ar-

menian Churches that God may

indeed bring prosperity to these

ancient peoples at this time of

extreme difficulty."

ASK THE ARCHDEACON

The facts about Churchwardens

and PCCs There should be two churchwardens in each parish. They must be cho-sen from those living in the parish or on its elec-toral roll. They must be 'actual communicant members of the Church of England' and aged 21 or over.

If a very small parish fails to find two suitable candidates, it is accept-able that they should carry on with just one churchwarden. It is also important to note that the bishop may permit an exception to the rule about communicant sta-tus Vi the Church of Eng-land. Each case would be judged on its merits but this exception may help parishes, especially in the countryside, where members of other de-nominations habitually worship.

Churchwardens nor-

mally serve until they are replaced by a duly elected successor. Resig-nations should be made to the bishop, whose of-ficers they are.

Candidates for Paro-chial Church Councils (PCC5) must be on the electoral roll, actual com-municant members of the Church of England or any church in com-munion with it, and aged 17 or over. Here again the bishop may permit exceptions, provided the candidate is a regular worshipper in the par-ish. However, two-thirds of the PCC members must be fully qualified.

Frank Weston

The Venerable Frank Weston is the Archdeacon of Oxford

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Illustration copyright Graham Jeffrey (1992) is reproduced from Handle with Prayer: A Church Cleaners Notebook (Church House Publishing. £2.50) by permission of the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England.

Say it with flowers: Children from the Charlton - on -Otmoor Church of England Primary School took part in the annual May Garland Service on May 1. The older ones carried a rope linking great hoops of spring flowers from the school to the church singing a traditional May carol at intervals along the way. Then the younger children (pictured left) brought up crosses covered with flowers and joined in a special service in a packed church. Afterwards there was country and maypole dancing in the streets.

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PROFILE Darren James is 26 and has been working for Oxford Youth Works for five months. Before that he worked for the Camden Youth and Playwork agency in London. Darren(second left in photo below) grew up on the Blackbird Leys estate and feels it's a privilege to work, live and feed back into the community he loves. He has been married for nine month. to Daphne who is teacher in Oxford.

Monday Monday morning starts with a buzz, and that buzz is the 5am alarm - time to pray - alas the Spirit is willing but the flesh is most definitely weak. I've made the classic mistake. "Just ten more minutes," Lord help me! It's now 6.45am and I'm supposed to meet Lloyd at 7am for breakfast. I manage to get

knock: he's either forgotten or he's still asleep. He appears at 7.15 and I take great comfort from seeing him look much worse than me! We have a fried breakfast followed by doughnuts and hot chocolate. This is our second Monday breakfast and Lloyd likes it a lot. I am able to take him to school for 8.30am, making him two hours earlier than he would be normally!

After morning prayers with my colleagues at OYW things are starting to focus. The rest of the day is a combination of meetings and school work. At 3pm I am with a local school basketball group of about 15 boys and girls. Although it is outside my catchment area, the sort of work I am doing with them helps the school's Christian Union Club and provides a forum for me to pilot some of my youth ideas.

430pm: a brilliant time for me. I meet with some Christian teachers and community workers, who work within my catchment area on the estate. We share our concerns, revive our vision for the young people and we pray.

Tuesday Mornings are usually quiet and my time is spent thinking of young people and how I can be an avenue of God's grace in some young person's life. I love reading books on youth ministry: the Bible is still my MAJOR source of inspiration, a real

manual to help me progress with the youth. The Bible is not out-of-date, it keeps me up-to-date. It's where the soldier in me is released for battle.

At 2pm I meet Cathy. She has given me some great news: I have the ue of a workshop in Cowley any time after 3pm from Monday to Friday free of charge! It's also available at weekends. Cathy also offered to work with one member of the group to raise money for their venture which is to build a professional 2K sound system.

3 -10pm Boredom is the usual street cry of the effervescent youth. So on the spur of the moment we decide to go bowling at RAP Upper Heyford. For this I use the Church's mini-bus, which the youth, who certainly have imagination, call 'the love injection'. Or is this a word of prophecy about the type of work OYW is into?

Wednecday . 9am Prayer at the Mission Hall

then 9.40am Magistrate's Court with Andrew. He is pleading not guilty to GBH. Andrew is no saint but it is quite clear he did not have anything to do

with this, but he/we have to go

through the process. I would

rather not beat court because! don't like seeing

young people there. Nevertheless I'm in the real world and the young people I'm working with are in trouble, and

in this case it's Andrew. We're in court for three

hours for a five minute case which is then adjourned for two weeks. We spent time mingling, talking, joking and getting bloated on Coke. As we step out of the court, Andrew is arrested again

1 -2pm Wesley Green School.-I'm taking the Year Assembly. Today's theme is 'Freedom and Responsibility' and they loved it!

Thursday I spend most of my time planning, seeing community workers on the estate and on home visits, getting to know the parents of the young people.

During the week there are those precious times which stoke up your fire. One such time is 'worship' which is at 5.30pm. This only lasts one hour, but as I listen to young people and other youth workers, I realise that what I do is more than just a regular job.

10pm Phone call at home, Michael's mother is saying: "Darren, Could you have a word with Michael. He wants to leave school. Help!"

Friday Would normally be a planning and administration day for setting out next week's

objectives etc. Also it is the day when I have time left open to cover emergencies I couldn't manage in the week. Today -I find Michael and decide to spend the day with him for two reasons: 1. He wants to talk and it's not just his mother's agenda. 2. Michael may be 16, but I class him as a friend and I enjoy his company. Michael decides for himself after careful thought that he will stay in school.

Saturday! Sunday

Hurrah! It's the weekend and time to do my newly married domesticated bit decorating, shopping and gardening. "Please Jesus give me Grace".

Ring. Ring. It's the phone: Michelle and Lesley want to come and talk over a few problems. Admittedly 50 per cent is compassion and the other 50 per cent is Amen, Thank You Jesus, Hallelujah for delivering me from domestic roles. I'll repent tomorrow, I am only human.

Sunday comes. Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to church we go. The service is an explosive combustion of praise, prayer, worship and preaching. Pastor Coleman doesn't just believe in Jesus, "He knows in whom he believes" and he has a vision to take the Spirit which is within the four walls of the church into society and I'm with him all the way. Thank God for raising up leaders worldwide who can capture the vision of taking Christ into our world. I know that if I can play my part I will notjust be existing, but lye been created for a purpose.

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Miss Gertrude Hunt is 97 and loves her little room because from the window she can al-most see her old home where her father taught her boot and shoemaking. One floor down the Reverend Peter Mayhew, a distinguished Anglo-Catholic social thinker, lives surrounded by books and despite his eighty years, still makes regular trips to -London . Father Geoffrey Lindley and his wife Jeanne have a room on the ground floor which they have, transformed with a divider and pine furniture into an attractive mini flat. Jeanne has a severe back problem but she continues to help at The Porch, a drop in cafe for home-less people in the convent grounds, while Geoffrey, a former Vicar of Shipton-under-Wychwood, is part-time chap-lain at the Home.

All four are residents at St John's Home for elderly people in east Oxford which shares three acres of gardens with All Saints Convent and Helen House and is quite different from those homes whose residents sit in hopeless rows just "waiting for God". Here 90-year olds seem to trip round the friendly 19th century building like two-year olds and the two sitting rooms remain almost deserted so busy are the home's 38 elderly resi-dents living life to the full.

Miss Gertrude Hunt

St John's Home was started by Father Benson, founder and first

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The present building, in-cluding a Sisters' wing - now the Society's mother house - developed around the original hospital. At the heart of it is Niian Comper's magnificent chapel completed in 1907 and, with its exquisite ceiling of em-bossed angels, said to be one of the most beautiful chapels in Oxford. The Home welcomes those of all faiths or none, but for some residents like Mrs Dorothy Morgan, its spiritual life shared with the Sisters, is vitally important. "To have a, chapel on the premises and to be

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Mother Helen believes that the Home's cheerful atmosphere is due both to the good social mix and the fact .that people are encouraged to come when they are young enough to enjoy them-selves. " We mind very much about the dignity and the inde-pendence of the individual per-son. We will care for them to the end but if some are self-caring, it allows more time to look after the more frail." However, she fears that recent government care legislation designed to keep elderly people longer in their own homes, will restrict the choice of those on a low income who would prefer the compan-ionship and security of a Home such as St John's.

Her hope is that enough money can be raised through gifts to make up the shortfall and also to complete the final stage of a £300,000 refurbish-ment. Even a short visit to St John's convincines you that it is unique and must continue in its present form. After all where else can a former Bishop of Oxford and a retired shoemaker live happily under the same roof and where else would an 80-year old say: "I have come here to live not to die."

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w spa-pel distribution and read-crsliip cancel each other out.

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fewerthanwe I, survey CS also included a q ucs-tiu III about what i-h n rche do with their DOOR. and it is clear that where the ;iiI swer is *nothing much', there lurk the yellow ifl pile.. So please loin to page 13uml uu.:uit the suggestionsfor how to put

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recruiting (lilt- voluntary Iar cor-respondent from each cull the 29 deaneries. Once identified we should kunis c. cis thing that is going on iftulli Milton Keynes to 'i ant age. from ( htsh.ini to \tv.hur'._

This is the first issue which has been produced on Our new in-house desk top publishing system. The style is also different. .•fttm four sears we tell it was time to ring a few gentle changes. Some of you will like the Some of you will hate them. An editor's Jot is not a happy one but how worthwhile.

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For the last thirty years the Church of England has tried to address the question, 'How can we provide an affordable, effec-tively deployed ordained lead-ership?' We have united par-ishes, developed team and group ministries, trained and ordained non-stipendiary ministers, and attempted to mobilise the laity as partners in a Church with an every-member ministry. In short, we have adapted the nine-teenth century model of full-time stipendiary 'professional' ministry to present-day needs. But is it effective and is it enough? Oughtn't we to go for a complete and imaginative change in the system?

Much beloved Some years ago we said good-bye to Mr Chips, the school-master - much beloved and a great character, but by his very presence inhibiting the devel-opment of a new system. We are now saying goodbye to his cleri-cal brother, who has run his par-ish with single-minded (and singlehanded) devotion, per-suading people to take an inter-est in religion and taking upon

himself the work of the whole people of God. In saying good-bye to Canon Chips, we have the opportunity to look afresh at a pattern of Church life which is local in its roots, with the people of God taking prime responsi-bility for its life and vigour; while catholic in its concerns, with that catholicity being ex-pressed by the leadership, teach-ing and pastoral care offered by the bishop.

New patterns This pattern will draw heavily on New Testament models with 'paid' and 'unpaid' ministers (St Paul made tents to earn his keep) and with the Bishop as father of a family rather than the managing director of a business. We shall draw on the tradition in developing new patterns of local church life and leadership asking, 'What kind of ordained leadership does the local church need, and what is the relation-ship between this need and other needs that we wish to spend money on?'

From the experience of the last twenty years, we know there are many people, both men and

women, who offer themselves for ordination without expect-ing the Church to pay them. Various patterns are possible, depending on the gifts of the people and the nature of the community to which they are being called to minister. Some may be called from a local com-munity to continue in their secu-lar work, while performing the functions of the ordained minis-ter for the local Christian fel-lowship. Others maybe prepared to move and be drafted to places where a community is unable to find such a person.

Lay ministerial team The nature of certain communi-ties will demand some who per-form the ministerial function full-time and therefore need to be paid by the Church. All will be part of a basically lay minis-terial team which will have the responsibility for planning and providing worship, care and mission. What I am suggesting is very different from ourpresent policy of paid stipendiary clergy surrounded by unpaid 'helpers'. If we are to move to a new pattern we must be prepared for a big change in our expectations of ordained ministry and be im-aginative and bold in suggest-ing local alternatives, as well as developing different models of training.

The way the Church has

adapted over the past twenty years has prepared us for more radical change. We shall con-tinue the development of team ministries in urban areas, but attempting to ensure that they are less clerical. In some places we may adopt a 'minster' model, where a strong parish with a full-time stipendiary provides a focus of unity on their area. Such an 'incumbent' will exercise, on behalf of the bishop, a cure of souls with delegated responsi-bility to a variety of ordained and lay ministers in satellite churches. These ordained min-isters may be stipendiary or non-stipendiary. In some rural areas, there may be 'clusters' of par-ishes which will operate with both stipendiary and non-stipen-diary ordained leaders in pat-terns determined by local cir-cumstances. New needs may emerge from such a diverse pat-tern. For example, the need to retain housing, not just for sti-pendiary vicars but to ensure that local ministry - often un-paid may be deployed where it is needed in a house provided by the Church.

All this will require a great re-think of the present ways we train our ordained ministers. We must still provide opportunity for men and women, lay and ordained, to study theology in an academically rigorous way, and we should have regional

centres that provide this train-ing. But it will be complemented by contextual training in local communities and a programme of part residential, part non-resi-dential training must evolve, where those who learn will be offered opportunity to develop their understanding of the Gos-pel and their understanding of the real world, and be given the skills to embody and proclaim the Gospel.

Effective bishops The key factor in such a strategy is the bishop. It is vital that bish-ops should be free from much of the administration that they now have. In China the bishop is a spiritual guru, and maybe that is the model we need to look to. In which case, do we need smaller dioceses? And then we might be able to get rid of synods as they are now constituted. Of course, what they stand for is good - the gathering of the whole people of God, giving counsel to the bishop so that the work of the Gospel in that area might be carried forward - but do our synods do this effectively?

Our Bishop has encouraged us to have a vision and establish our priorities Ordained leader-ship and money are key factors in this process. Dare we think about rearranging their relation-ship in a new more imaginative and more scriptural way?

The DOOR, June 1993

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THE ABBEY AT SUTTON COURTENAY I was saddened to read Alan Bourne's article on the Abbey at Sutton Courtenay in the May issue of The DOOR. I have been there on several occasions and hope to enjoy many more. It is a place of beauty and peace in which I have found kindness and wholesomeness as well as spiritual refreshment.

Alan Bourne asks why any Christian would want to have anything to do with a place like this. Jvly own answer is that as a committed ecumenical Christian I experienced there an openness to the love of God for all crea-tion, something often missing from the narrow travesty of Christianity found in so many of our churches. One of the joys of God'screation is our variety and diversity. This means that when we cannot agree we must still respect each other as part of that creation. None of us is in a position to knock those who love God in a different way or at a different stage of development from our own.

I felt hurt for my friends at the Abbey to see their worship, their reverence for God and the humility with which they ac-cept that no-one has all the an-swers, labelled sorcery and witchcraft. These are Alan Bourne's words, and I have to call them a false witness de-signed to give the reader an en-tirely wrong impression of the spirit of the Abbey.

I was sorry too, to see so much taken out of context and deliberately laid wide open to misunderstanding and ridicule. Such distortion might be ex-pected from the tabloid press, but it dismays me to find a Chris-tian making a point at the ex-pense of loving his neighbour. May I urge him to read the rest of the May DOOR, especially the Bishop of Reading's col-umnof Page 10, and Christopher Blake's excellent letter on In-

ter-faith worship? Jesus healed a pagan woman's daughter and shared meals with outcasts who knew nothing of any Christian doctrine of salvation. He over-turned our prejudices. Who are we to reinstate these?

Jennifer Henderson Brimpton

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PLACE Regarding Alan Bourne's arti-cle which I found deeply offen-sive. How easy it is to attach a nasty label to something one disapproves of. Mr Bourne's use of such words as 'sorcery' and 'witchcraft' will cause grave offence to the Abbey commu-nity as well as to the many peo-ple like myself who have been there and found it a place of peace and holiness.

I stayed there in September 1992 with a small group from the General Synod for a two-day retreat conducted by Bishop Stephen Verney. Wejoined with the Abbey community for morn-ing prayer and compline, and they joined us for the Eucharist. As a life-long Anglo-Catholic, I was deeply moved by the sim-plicity of the Eucharist which was truly an 'upper room' expe-rience. Similarly, I found the meditation room to be 'Christ-centred' and the atmosphere of prayer tangible. There was noth-ing sinister or pagan about the place despite the impression conveyed by Mr Bourne's arti-cle.

I would not deny or com-promise the uniqueness of Christ, but it seems very wrong to criticise those who endeav-our to understand other major world faiths. Nor should we condemn those who seek the truth simply because their spir-itual journey may be different

from our own; to do so implies that we think we have arrived. Places like Sutton Courtenay may be major landmarks for some on their journey towards Christ - and it is my belief that Christ can be found there.

The Abbey is a challenging place, and of course we often prefer not to be challenged. Per-haps Mr Bourne has forgotten that the religious experts of Our Lord's time accused Him of cast-ing out devils by the power of Beelzebub rather than allow themselves to be challenged by His mission amongst them. If the term 'New Age' had been in existence during Our Lord's earthly ministry no doubt the scribes and the Pharisees would have accused Him of that too. Mr Bourne's offensive and im-moderate language hardly re-flects the example of humility, love and peace given to us by Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Valerie Bonham Holy Trinity, Reading

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WITNESS I am sorry your correspondent Alan Bourne found nothing to value in his two visits to Sutton Courtenay Abbey. Two pro-grammes in which I have had the privilege of taking part have taught me more about St John's understanding of the love of God than two years at a theological college. FD Maurice taught me that we are usually wrong in what we deny but right in what we affirm.

There was no input from other religions. Perhaps that was a pity. When Christians have been slaughtering Muslims on the other side of Europe we need

to be reminded that the God of Compassion of the Koran is also the Father of Jesus who taught us to love one another. I hope that increasing numbers of par-ticipants will be able to share my gratitude for the living wit-ness of The Abbey to the love of God.

Bishop Donald Arden Middlesex

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RELIGIONS I had read with interest your profile in the March issue of the Abbey at Sutton Courtenay fol-lowed by an article by Alan Bourne in the May edition.

Co-incidentally this week I had been privileged to hear a first class sermon delivered in my own church in Thame by a retired clergyman and he took as his theme the problems that all of us as Christians will face in the coming months and years - namely a watering down of the Christian Gospels and the Bible truths - through New Age and other religions.

Alan Bourne has a strongly held point of view abqut the Abbey and its teachings. With-out having visited the Abbey it would not be fair to agree or disagree. What I would say is that we cannot fail to be con-cerned that any Christian would want to 'tack on' any of the ideas and attitudes which he mentions. There can be no room for the sorts of superstitions to which he draws attention and whether these are practised at Sutton Courtenay or developed in our Diocese or beyond should be of real concern to all who believe in a risen Lord Jesus.

Keith Hartley Thame

SUNDAY

SCHOOL I was appalled by the unkind and largely untrue letter written by Mr Alan Bourne regarding his two visits to the Abbey.

The Abbey is a Religious Conference Centre and retreat, but it caters for all the major world religions and not just Christian. However this does not make the resident community any the less Christian.

I regularly use the facilities at the Abbey both on Sunday mornings for our thriving Jun-ior Church but also during half term and summer holidays for Art and Craft Days, Third World Day and Jungle Day which is due to be shown on BBC2 shortly in a profile on our Ab-bey. The staff are always help-ful, kind and hospitable and I think that it is the hospitality which is after all part of our Christian belief that perhaps Mr Bourne has misunderstood.

I wonder did he visit the Chapel and see the bowl with prayer requests in it? During Holy Week and Easter the com-munity was certainly keeping their Christian faith, they do and have a wonderful job in rebuild-ing and revitalising our old Ab-bey which was prior to this group's arrival derelict - and mysterious - but that was before the rebuilding and revitalising.

Mrs MR Blacker Junior Church Leader,

Sutton Courtenay

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HOLY SPIRIT? I am delighted that in a liber-ally-minded Diocese like our own, the pillars of The DOOR are wide enough to print the two alternative viewpoints on the

Abbey, Sutton Courtenay we have seen in recent issues. (I suspect the second article chal-lenged the liberality of many - a 'broad church' is fine until oth-ers put forward views contrary to one's own!)

As a matter of fact, I do not subscribe entirely to either view-point! However, the articles raise some interesting questions.

Susan Cole-King (March DOOR) believes that the con-cept of the New Age is 'pro-foundly Christian, but there is stuff accumulated around it which is irrational nonsense'. Could she please tell us how she distinguishes between one and the other?

I am delighted that the Ab-bey's aims begin with 'Being open to the Holy Spirit at the end of the 20th century'. The Holy Spirit, in Christian tradi-tion, is the 'Spirit of Truth', who is sent in the Name of Jesus to 'glorify' Him, by guiding us into all the truth (John 14:17; 16:12,14). Part of His task is to 'Convince the world concern-ing sin, righteousness and judge-ment' (John 16:18). The 'Good News' is not open-ended, the doorposts are not infinitely wide. The opposite of truth, in Biblical tradition, is error, not an equally valid 'truth for you', as many strands of New Age thinking suggest.

I am very much in favour of inter-faith dialogue. I believe that we have things to learn from other religious traditions. But inter-faith dialogue is for those who are clear about what they believe (although still open to learn more), not those who are confused. New Age teaching attracts the weak, and takes ad-vantage of them, leaving them even more confused, and un-able to think for themselves. In our openness to the truth, let us be careful that we do not get food poisoning!

Revd Don Brewin Holy Trinity, Aylesbury

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people as part of its ministry teams, who can take on much-needed pastoral and administrative work, such as visiting, publicity, youth, finances and counsel-ling. A morning session will be held in Church House, North Hinksey on No-vember 13 to help incumbents and par-ishes explore this possibility. Similarly, in October, there will be a day in Tile-hurst, Reading, for deaneries in the east Berkshire area. Canon Christopher Hewetson is Priest in Charge of Headington Quarry and Diocesan Vocations Adviser

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Everybody has a role in the Church Christopher Hewetson describes the work of the Vocations Advisory Teams who can advise not only those who feel called to the ordained ministry, but also those who may wish to serve the church in a lay capacity.

Pentecost II falls on June 13, when the Collect for the day highlights vocation. Clergy and intercessors in public wor-ship are asked to pray that men and women will come forward and offer themselves for Christian service within the church and beyond.

Please pray, too, for the 22-strong team of Vocations Advisers. We are always willing to give advice to anyone who feels that the Holy Spirit may be calling them to specific work. Alterna-tively, people can talk to their local

incumbent. Vocation Advisors are avail-able for consultation throughout the Di-ocese. One outcome of the recent Voca-tion days and events are the informal groups which have been set up in Ox-ford, Amersham, Witney, Reading, That-cham and Wycombe among other plac-es, to help people discover an appropri-ate ministry. The Church needs priests. The Diocese

of Oxford supplies nearly ten per cent of all recommended candidates, but still the country areas are stretched beyond

Chairman The Revd Christopher Hewetson, Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry, Oxford OX3 8NU. Tel: 0865 62931. Vice-Chairman Mrs Hilary Unwin, Moreton, Chiltern Road, Chesham Bois HP6 5PH. Tel: 0494 725228. Adviser for Religious Sister Helen Mary, All Saints Convent, St Mary's Road, Oxford OX4 1RU. Tel: 0865 249127 Adviser for Black Concerns Mrs Beverley Ruddock, Joydene, Murrell Hill Lane, Binfield, Berks RG12 5DA. Tel: 0344 422152. Archdeaconry of Oxford The Revd Christopher Hewetson, Holy Trinity vicarage, Head-ington Quarry, Oxford OX3 8NU. Tel: 0865 62931. Deaneries of Oxford, Cowley and Oxford University. The Revd Martin Gorick, Diocesan Church House, Oxford OX2 ONB. Tel: 0865 244566. Deaneries of Oxford, Cowley and Oxford University. The Revd John Samways, Abingdon Road, Oxford OX11 SN. Tel: 0865 243 434. Deaneries of Oxford, Cowley and Oxford Univer-sity. The Revd Ron Lloyd, Shilton Vicarage, Oxford OX8 4AE. Tel: 0993 845954. Deaneries of Witney and Chipping Norton. The Revd John Furness, Swyncombe Rectory, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6EA. Tel: 0491 641 249. Deaneries of Henley, Aston and Cuddesdon. The Revd Ann Shukman, Old School House, Tackley, Kidlington, Oxon 0X5 3Afl. Tel: 086 983 761. Deaneries of Bicester, Islip and Woodstock. The Revd David Thomson St. Paul's House, Bretch Hill, Banbury OX16 OLR. Tel: 0295 264003. Deanery of Deddington. Archdeaconry of Berkshire Brian M Dent, 13 Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9EU. Tel: 0865 862534. Deaneries of Abingdon, Vale of White Horse, Wantage. The Revd Tony Coulson, White Waltham Vicarage, Maidenhead SL6 MD. Tel: 062 882 2000. Deaneries of Bracknell, Sunning, Windsor and Maidenhead. The Revd Ray Smith, St. Mary Magdalen's Vicarage, 270 Kentwood Hill, Tilehurst, Reading RG3 6DR. Tel: 0734 427234. Deaneries of Reading and Bradfield. The Revd Joan Impey, 12 Trent Road, Didcot, OXI 1 7R1B. Tel:

0235 819036. Deanery of Wallingford. The Revd Sue Berry, 77 Westfield Road, Thatcham RG13 313T. Tel: 0635 865809. Deanery of Newbury. The Revd Stephen Rowe and The Revd Christine Rowe, The Vicarage, St John's Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 OAN. Tel: 0734 471814. Deaneries of Bradfield and Reading. Archdeaconry of Buckingham Mrs Hilary Unwin, Moreton, Chiltern Road, Chesham Bois HP6 5PH. Tel: 0494 725228. Deaneries of Amersham, Burnham, Wy-combe and Wendover. The Revd Peter Lockyer, St Thomas House, Holtspur, Beacons-field HP9 1UF. Tel: 0494 672750. Deaneries of Burnham, Amer-sham and Wycombe. The Revd Tom Honey, The Vicarage, Micklefield Road, High Wycombe HP13 7QU. Tel: 0494 531141. Deaneries of Burnham, Amersham and Wycombe. The Revd Stephen Weston, The Rectory, Stoke Goldington, New-port Pagnell MK16 8LL. Tel: 090 855 221. Deaneries of Bucking-ham, Newport and Milton Keynes. Sister Jean Harris CA,11 Thames Drive, Newport Pagnell MK16 9DS. Tel: 0908 613161. Deaneries of Newport, Milton Keynes and Buckingham. The Revd Val Hicks, St Peter's House, 18 Bronte Close, Haydon Hill, Aylesbury HPI9 3LF. Tel: 0296 432677. Deaneries of Murs-Icy, Aylesbury and Claydon.

Exploring Religious Life Two conferences have been arranged for those explor-ing the possibility of a vocation for the religious life. The first will take place in Windsor at the Convent of St John the Baptist from Saturday July 24 to Friday July 30 1993. Applications should be made to The 'Reverend Mother, CSJB, Convent of St John the Baptist, Hatch Lane, Clewer, Windsor SL4 3QR.

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VOCATION AND THE NEW ORDINANDS $

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Ides was born and in Kenya and came rd Diocese in 1987.

aining for ordination Hall, heworked for Cowley, where he

igerin the Jaguar parts department. He has ed in marketing for weries and managed a pany in Tanzania. Tanya were married irs, in Reading. Tan-illy from Lancashire t up in Pangbourne, is st at the Radcliffe In-ospital.Tim will be title in Eynsham.

3rierley grew up in 'don, before moving

with his family. He years in temporary going to the Univer-it to read theology. Canterbury he met f the L'Arche corn- I, after finishing his d with the communi-in for a year. three years as a re-ent at New College, ore training for ordi-.ipon College, Cud-

serves his title in with Coleshill.

Richard Cowles is married to Maureen, a physics teacher, and they have two daughters, Helen, 13 and Gaenoi, 12.

Before training as an ordinand at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Richard was a Reader attached to the parishes of Thame and Towersey. He studied physics and theology at university and worked for 15 years in the pub-lishing industry, latterly as head of sales at the British Tourist Authority.

He enjoys choral singing and playing the piano, and also cy-cles and plays squash.

He will serve his title in Iffley.

Graeme Arthur comes from a small wool town in the South-ern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, so he is de-lighted to be going to the old wool town of Witney in Ox-fordshire where he will serve as assistant curate to the Witney Team Ministry.

Graeme was a Lay Reader in the parish of Great Chesham and worked as a computer con-sultant before studying at Lin-coln Theological College. His wife is Nynka and they have two sons, James aged 12 and Michael,9.

Derek Chedzey is 26 years old and comes from Newbury, in Berkshire.

Before training at Trinity Col-lege in Bristol, he completed the Aston Training Scheme and worked as, a lay assistant on the Isle of Dogs, in east London. He is married to Claire whom he met while training.

Derek is a member of a number of steam preservation societies, enjoys model railways and walking, and likes to read and cook. While serving his title in Bedgrove, he hopes to continue to study ethics, especially in the area of politics and economics.

Stuart Goddard has a degree in sculpture from the Central School of Art and Design and taught art at the Kennet School, Thatcham. He has also worked as a lorry driver and for Black and Decker. He met his wife Pam at an Anglican church, although he also belonged for a time to a 'House Church' and the Method-ists before rejoining the CoE. They have five children, Bethea, Liam, Meghan, Anwen and Na'amah.

His hobbies include wok cook-ery, walking and visiting Nation-al Trust properties. He will serve at All Saints, Loughton.

Jonathan Baker trained at St Stephen's House and will serve his title in the parish of All Saints, Ascot Heath near Reading. He says he has as yet very little knowl-edge of horse-racing!

Although he was born and brought up in north London, Jonathan is an Oxford-sponsored candidate. He came up to St John's College in 1985 to read English for three years, then took a two-year postgraduate course leading to an M Phil, also in Eng-lish.

He is recently married, and his wife works in publishing.

thristopherBarley,37, comes from Goole, now part of North Humberside. He was for 20 years with the Co-op, latterly as assistant manager of the Goole superstore.

He has been an active member of St John's, Goole, throughout his life and was recently recog-nised as a 'lay pastor' within the Sheffield Diocese. He has over-come many difficulties since being called to the priesthood some years ago, and is now com-pleting his theological training at St Stephen's House, Oxford. He will serve his curacy at Up-ton-cum-Chalvey.

John Tomlinson comes from near Newcastle. He read civil engineering at university and worked for 15 years as an engi-neer, taking up posts in places as far apart as Carlisle and Do-ver. His last job was with Thames Water in Reading.

John trained for the ministry at Chichester Theological Col-lege and is to serve in the United Benefice of Blewbury, Hag-bourne and Upton.

His hobbies include bird-watching, fishing and badmin-ton. John is married to Clare and they have three children, Will, 11, John, 8, and David, 6.

Wendy Carey has been the as-sistant chaplain to the new pris-on in Milton Keynes since Jan-uary. After ordination, she will combine this role with a non-stipendiary ministry at the church of Christ the Cornerstone in the city centre.

Wendy, a teacher for 25 years, read English at Bristol Univer-sity where she met her husband Peter, who is deputy head of the Radcliffe School in Milton Key-nes. They have'4wo sons, Chris and Tim. Wendy trained on the West Midlands Course at Queen's College, Birminghath.

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified: hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people; that each in his vocation and ministry may serve you in holiness and truth to the glory of your name, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Amen

Robert Harnish came to Eng-land from Canada six years ago to do his D Phil in theoretical particle physics at Worcester College, Oxford. He went on to take an MA in theology while trainiitg at Wycliffe Hall. He has continued to tutor physics at the university while assisting in the teaching of Biblical Hebrew at the Hall. He is particularly inter-estedin Christian apologetics and the relationship between science and theology.

Before coming to England Rob-ert worked with the Royal Cana-dian Sea Cadets. His first parish will be Chinnor in the Chilterns.

Robert Hughes was born in Bedfordshire and brought up in Kent.

He worked for a year in a hos-pital in Zaire and then studied chemistry at the universities of York and Reading.

He has been studying for his ordination at Ripon College, Cuddesdon for the last three years and will be serving his title at Sandhurst.

Robert is married to Anne Byner.

Photo above left by Christopher Love

er motorworks manager, an ex-computer consult- I a steam engine enthusiast are among the Petertide nds this year; while 11 former ordinands are being ed priests on the same day. The service details are elow. a this page, ChristopherHewetson writes about the f the Diocesan Vocations Advisory Team, and we ews of two conferences for those considering the is life. dination services are on Sunday July 4 at 10.30am in three

locations. New ordinands will be ordained deacons at hurch Cathedral with The Bishop of Oxford; while the till be ordained at St Mary the Virgin, Reading, with The f Reading and St Mary's Church, Thame, with The Bishop 'ester. ireachers will be Brother Robert Atwell, OSB, Burford

the Oxford service, the Ven Michael Hill, Archdeacon of •e, at Reading, and the Revd Dr Phillip Nixon, Vicar of vith South Stoke, at Thame. w priests are Dean Fostekew (Maidenhead), Michael

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DOOR SURVEY

Before responding to our sur-vey, many parishes did not real-ise that they are responsible for the number of copies of The DOOR they receive each month. The numbers were originally es-timated from the electoral roll, but after four years, we would expect parishes to adjust the numbers as necessary by con-tacting their deanery distribu-tor:About 50 parishes have been asked to review their needs. Overall, surplus copies repre-sent 15 per cent of the total circulation; but we would like to point out that the cost of any surplus is covered by our con-tract with the printer and does not cost the Diocese anything. However, we owe it to the printer to reduce costs and save paper wherever possible.

Where parishes have too many copies they are often left at the back of the church. A positive approach such as hand-ing out copies at services or distributing them with the par-ish magazine (as 25 per cent of parishes do) results in much lower surpluses. A total of 80 per cent of parishes make a posi-tive effort to get The DOOR to their parishioners.

Some complained about late delivery of the paper. With one exception, The DOOR has al-ways been delivered nine days before the first Sunday of the following month. This allows the majority of parishes to co-ordinate their deliveries with any local magazine, but of course it does mean that in some months the actual date is much later

than in others. For example in April the Friday fell on the 23rd; in May it was on the 28th. The Diocesan and Deanery distribu-tion system is based on volun-tary help, and we can only rea-sonably expect them to do that job at weekends, ie the weekend

following distribution. The pro-duction of The DOOR is geared to meet those distribution dates.

With a few outstanding ex-ceptions, very few parishes dis-tribute The DOOR to local shops, surgeries, old peoples' homes or other churches. How-

ever, it was refreshing to read comments such as: "We know we could do better," and "It's up to people in the parishes to spread the Good News," and "We are going to try out some of your ideas." Comments about the attitudes of libraries have been noted.

As for the comments on the actual content of the paper, I have selected those that repre-sent all shades of opinion. There were some particularly strong comments about the Oxford bias, and we do feel that al-though we have tried to spread the interest, clearly this has not always been successful, particu-larly in the Berkshire area. One Churchwarden commented: "Did you know that there are plenty of Christians down here in Berkshire?" However, a newspaper depends on news. What we don't hear about we can't report on, so please write in and let us know what is going on in your parish.

Your comments Fifty or so parishes had high praise for the content of the newspaper while 20 had the op-posite view. Comments ranging from "It gives a sense of belong-ing to small parishes," to "It doesn't reflect the difficulties of small parishes," illustrate the typical spread of opinion. Some thought the paper "sanctimoni-ous," others said it was "Full of goody, goody stories" and too clergy-orientated. Yet more wanted full details of clergy changes and the Diocesan mail-ing published.

Some people find The DOOR helpful when preparing prayers and services and enjoyed the Lent course (see February issue) while others want more practical information, for exam-ple on flowers, cooking, kneel-ers and vestments. Despite the in-depth feature on the Dioc-esan Budget (March) a few respondents complained that there is not enough information

Are there any Christians in Berkshire ? Read on.....

Tim Russian, The DOOR's business manager, writes about a survey carried out to gauge the current distribution and readership figures. We were delighted to find that many churches make an effort to distribute The DOOR to all the homes in their parish, often by delivering copies with their parish magazine. We also asked for comments and suggestions and are happy to report that we are already incorporating your ideas.

The Editor and Deputy Editor are getting to grips with their new computer system (at least that's their story!)

on finance and stewardship, and they would like to see more ad-vice on running a parish.

There was an inevitable split in opinion over whether The DOOR should be aimed at 'in-siders' or those outside the church and it was compared both favourably and unfavourably with the 0DM.

We will take note both of the good ideas and the construc-tive criticism. Inevitably, if The DOOR is to achieve a balance, somebody is going to disagree or will dislike some of the arti-

cles or opinions expressed. Our Church is made up of people holding widely varying points of view and The DOOR tries to reflect this. Our letters page is witness to the wide variety of vigorously held opinions that exist side by side in our Church. The DOOR is an instrument to help everyone to read, respect and understand many different points of view and we hope to improve our ability to do that after this questionnaire. My grateful thanks to everyone who responded to it.

Tim Russian

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copy 3. Be ecumenical! Make sure churches of other denominations

have copies 4. Give a pile to your local church school for the children to

take home 5 Place some in your doctor,' dentist's surgery 6. Make sure there are DOORS in your hospital's waiting

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EDUCATION is, for most par-ents, the most important issue they will ever have to consider for their children.

Just why is it so important? The answer must be that the future of every child will be pro-foundly influenced by what hap-pens during the most formative years and it follows that if that opportunity is mishandled or

missed, that child's future will suffer. Progress will be ham-pered and ground lost that will be difficult, if not impossible, to recoup.

Recent trends in education are confusing and parents tread a minefield if they wish to exer-cise any choice in the type of school they wish their child to attend - be it a school of a par-

ticular religious denomination, a single-sex school, a school with emphasis on music or sport or an academic bias or one that is particularly sympathetic to a child with a special difficulty.

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Initial decisions to be made include whether one favours a single sex school, a denomina-tional school or a boarding school - although there is little call for boarding below the age of seven.

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Welcome Chernobyl Children! Twenty four children from Chernobyl in Russia have just been given a badly needed break at the Eton Dorney Christian Centre near Windsor. All the children have suffered greatly from the aftermath of the nuclear explosion, but that didn't seem to stop them enjoying an afternoon of entertainment put on by the Pathfinders and Junior Church of St Mary's, Hitcham on May 15. The St Mary's children also raised money to buy their visitors a new set of clothes and gifts and sweets. Photo: Courtesy Slough Observer.

The Abbey replies In last months edition of The DOOR, an article was published about the Abbey which gave a false picture of what goes on there, The Abbey community, which includes both residential and non-residential members, considersit necessary to put the record straight and thus safeguard the credibility of this project.

Our task is made more difficult by the circulation of inaccu-rate information which can only antagonise church people. This is unfortunate, since we are concerned to bridge a traditional pastoral care model with those in the Christian family who are seckiug

new forms of spiritual expression for the 21st century

without losiug the essence of Christianity. We take seriously the premise thaI to he radical is to he deeply rooted. Our roots are in the Christian Gospel.

Specifically we need to bring to your attention details of the article ss fitch are quite untrue. For example: we do not see God as an 'archetype': we do not put on course on sorcery and ss itchcratt: we do not exult or worship the mother goddess or feminine principle. We seek only to redress the balance of masculine and feminine principles; we are not concerned with

'impersonal transformation' but with transformation through the heart in deep relationship with God; we do not believe that transformation happens through the 'right spiritual exercises' hut through Grace freely given and received: we do not encour-tee reverential attitudes to pagan divinities.

Trish Lyth and Janet Lake, Executive Directors The Abbey Sutton Court ena

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• Miss Greta Beckhelling, has just completed 35 years con-tinuous years as a Sunday school teacher at Cumnor near Oxford. "This is a remarkable achieve-ment. Greta has a special calling from God for this work as she has been able to combine her work as a teacher at Horspath School during the week with her love and concern for chil-dren at St Michael's Church at the weekend. Her love and con-cern for young people and her influence upon them has been remarkable," said Cumnor's Vicar, the Revd Douglas Durant. Her pupils past and present, par-ents, fellow teachers and friends gathered recently for a presen-tation and celebration party.

• Windsor's Royal Free Singers were formed 20 years ago from a group of interested pupils and parents at the-Princess Margaret Royal Free Church of England Secondary School but is now open to all. The 20th anniversary summer concert in Eton College Chapel on June 13 will include works by Kodaly and Vaughan Williams. The conductor will be the choir's founder, Ben Gunner.

• Is your church planning to replace its old chairs or pews? The Chair Appeal in associa-tion with Christain Aid, are or-ganising a national collection of surplus church seating: chairs, pews and benches. These will be refurbished and recycled and proceeds will go towards fund-ing Christian Aid projects in Africa including support of refu-

gee settlements, famine relief and vaccination programmes. If you can help contact Lawrence Skilling on 081- 682 3349 or Peter West at Christian Aid on 071 620 4444.

• The Archbishop of Canterbury 'senthronment robes will be on display in Newport Pagnell' s 13th century Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul during a week-long festival of pageantry and flowers to celebrate the completion of a £195,000 restoration appeal. The week will open with fireworks and a concert on June

25. The Bishop of Buckingham will preach at a civic service on June 27 and there will also be floral displays with a'thanksgiving' theme, street entertainment, a hobbies exhibition and a Strawberry Fair. Details in What's On, page 19.

• Alec Gammon, a member of Marston's St Nicholas' Church, has completed 60 years as a member of the Oxford Society of Change Ringers this year. The Society, whose main pur-pose is to provide bellringers for the Cathedral and the col-leges, can trace its written his-

tory back to 1733. On February 12 an estimated ten million peo-ple heard the bells of St Nicholas' going outlive on BBC Radio One. Naturally Alec was among the ringers.

• On May 9 the Revd Martin Flatman, Vicar of Cowley, performed the official opening ceremony of a new building for RESTORE which provides gardening and craft opportunities for people facing a mental illness. Their nursery and shop off the Cowley is well worth a visit if you haven't yet discovered it.

• The Revd John Morley, the last Chaplain at RAF Abingdon, decided to take a good look at his new Parish of St Mary's,Wallingford. He and the Bishop of Reading were flown over it in a pair of light aircraft as guests of the London Univer-sity Air Squadron at RAF Benson.

• Canon Peter Mayhew's ex-cellent history of the All Saints Sisters of the Poor has just been reprinted. It covers the Com-munity's beginnings in London in 1856, their move to Oxford and the opening of Helen House and is bursting with fascinating detail. Canon Mayhew now lives in active retirement at St John's Home on the All Saints' cam-pus (see also page 7).A ii Saints: Birth and Growth of a Commu-nity has is available from All Saints' Convent , St Mary's Road, Oxford OX4 1RU at £8

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YOUR wedding day should be one of the happiest of your life. It is also likely to be one of the most expensive, with the cost of an average wedding now topping £8,000.

Despite the recession, fami-lies and couples are spending twice as much as they did dur-ing the 1980s boom years, according to Wedding and Home magazine.

In London the average bill is £10,883, compared with just £4,939 in 1987. Scots are

spending an extra £4,481 - and the Welsh an additional £4,867 - compared to six years ago. A wedding in the Midlands now costs about £7,187.

Many parents help to pay the bills, although financial arrangements vary from family to family.

According to research by Black Horse Financial Services, more than a third fund their daughter's wedding at least in part from their regu-

lar income. While 70% use some say-

ings,35% still had to dip into their salary to fund an event that could blow a huge hole in anyone's pocket!

But the trend could be changing, as only 18% of par-ents with daughters yet to wed expect to dip into their regular income.

Bank and building society accounts are still the most pop-ular way to save for the Big Day, with only 6% using the proceeds of an investment like an endowment or unit trust.

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Let's celebrate'. I t sas a spring day of sunshine and showers when 400 children from the Berkshire Archreadonry descended on St George's Church, Wash Common for the annual Children's Gift Day. They included James Logan (pictured below right with the puppet he made) from the Mary Hare Grammar School,, Newbury, the only boarding school for deaf children in the country.

In the morning there was a choice of over19 activities from puppet making to biscuit decorating. There w as also a very popular Mexican wave organised by the vicar, the Revd Malcom Strange using an enormous parachute on loan from the RAF.

The theme of the day was what it's like to be deaf. One workshop made masks of animals with big ears and another made a marvellous chasuble for the Bishop of Reading decorated with flames to illustratrate the gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit.

With perfect timing the clouds rolled back just in time for the giant picnic. Afterwards there was a procession of banners into church led by the Oxford Deaf Choir and then hun-dreds of young voices raised the roof with 'Come on and celebrate'. The biggest cheer of all was for the 'twirl' given by Bishop John to show off the chasuble made for him at a morn-ing workshop. The three Archdeaconry Gift Days should raise more than £3000 forchildren who cannot hear or who can only hear a little.

Text and photos by Frank Blackwell

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Many of our residents find that far from having plenty of time on their hands they can't find enough time in the day. As Ginger explained, a typical day is really very busy, "I don't want to miss a minute of the day, if I fall asleep during the afternoon I have instructed the nurses to wake me up.

"Once breakfast is over I go to the activity room, where I can join in with different crafts. I had a stroke a number of years ago which means I cannot use my left side, but i have taught myself to paint using my right hand - with some encouragement from the activity organiser.

had problems holding the cards so the maintenance man made me a wooden stand to hold the cards."

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"After lunch I may sit in the gar-den and admire the surroundings or join other residents in the activity room. Trips out are always enjoy-able, wether it's a picnic by the river or a trip to the theatre in Windsor.

"Last week we all visited Cliveden, we had a talk about the history as well as a guided tour, followed by a cream tea in the con-servatory - it really was an excel-lent day. So you can see they cer-tainly keep us busy here!"

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"Before we opened the development, we carried out extensive market research into the housing needs of the area," said Maryanne, who is pictured at London Court.

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At the public opening 100 visitors came to look round the development which will pro-vide 42 on e and two bedroom flats specifically designed for the over 55's.

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WHY DAD IS MISSING OUT ON SUNDAYS

It's Sunday morning, and Mum and the kids are getting ready for church. "How long will you be this time?" asks Dad a little wearily. "Oh, only an hour or so," replies his wife as she bun-dles the kids into the car.

It's the same every week. It's not that he minds his wife going to church. In fact, he is secretly rather glad that some-one in the family seems to be in touch with God; but you wouldn't catch him in church. No way.

Apart from prison chapels, there are almost always more women than men in the average congregation. Although it may be hard to attract people who have previously had nothing to do with the church, Derek Cook, in his book Men! What's Miss-ing from Today's Church, (MarshailPickering £5.99) says that clergy are ignoring a whole body of people who are already on the sidelines - the non-Chris-tian husbands of church-going wives.

Cook knows what the clergy are up against. An ordained Baptist minister, he runs nation-wide seminars on these 'miss-ing men'. In his book he draws on his experience to highlight the problems men have with tra-ditional church worship, sug-gests an action plan, and con-

Russell Stannard, Professor of Physics at The Open Univer-sity, lay Reader in the Church of England and regular broad-caster on scientific and religious topics, has written Doing Away with God? (Marshall Pickering

cludes with a section on the new Christian man in today's world.

One of the first problems to overcome, he argues, is presen-tation. Run-down, dusty churches with broken chairs, fading Sunday school drawings, crying babies, hard, uncomfort-able pews and out-of-date no-tices all confirm the visitor's idea that the church is out of touch and appeals only to women and children.

Even where efforts are made to attract more people, Cook suggests that the very activities which bring in the women and children - mother and toddler groups, youth groups and Sun-day schools - serve only to al-ienate the men. In fact the more successful the groups which at-tract women, the more strain is put on their marriages. Men can feel that religion, and even God, has taken first place in their wives' affections and they some-times react, not surprisingly, with anger.

Cook has been researching this issue for more than four years. His book will throw out a challenge to every clergyman who reads it. In the meantime, he says, start by making a list of the names of all the uncommit-ted husbands you know and pray for them.

Venetia Horton

£3.99) which explores, in an accessible and chatty style, the real meaning of the 'Big Bang' theory, and shows how it is possible to be a professional sci-entist and a Christian at the same time. A good read!

Many people, when looking back over their long and busy lives, realise with joyful delight that the Lord was guiding them through their many troubles, even if they did not realise it at the time. Arthur Dodds would be the first to admit that he was an unlikely candidate for the ordained ministry. Born the sec-ond of the four sons of a Bed-fordshire clergyman, he never enjoyed good health. The story of his childhood is punctuated by episodes of asthma, aller-gies, bronchitis and fainting fits. And yet in 1940 he managed to convince the Royal Air Force

that he had 'Al' health and joined up to serve in North Af-rica.

While many people strug-gle towards recognition of God's call, Arthur Dodds was pitched into a realisation of his depend-ence on God when he was shot down in the Western Desert and set out on the 120 mile walk back to the Allied lines. A few miles short he was captured and spent the rest of the war in prison camps (Derna Castle, Benghazi and Chieti) then, after escaping, on the run in Italy hiding with villagers.

The story is vivid, funny and traces Arthur's gradual dis-covery of God's will: "All around for mile upon mile was nothing but desert. Above there was nothing but the vast ex-panse of blue sky. I felt totally exposed to God, completely naked before my Maker. He looked down into my innermost

being and said: 'Stop running away. You know very well I have been calling you to be a parson." Arthur argues that he is too shy to preach and not well enough educated, but the Lord cuts him short and promises to supply the strength for what-ever he has to do.

Time and time again, it seems, Arthur is offered extraor-dinary opportunities, only for him to reject them as too un-likely. But the patience of the Lord is infinite and each time he is brought back to reconsider, to search for the Lord's will and above all, to heed the 'Still Small Voice' which throughout this absorbing story, points the way when choices have to be made. Slowly, and always prayerfully, Arthur discovers his gift for heal-ing and the story ends with the establishment of the Harnhill Centre for Christian Healing in Gloucestershire which today holds courses and retreats and cares for those who want to dis-cover the Lord for themselves. This is not just Arthur Dodds own story, it is also a handbook for all would-be disciples of our Lord. Desert Harvest is pub-lished by Collectors' Books, Bradley Lodge, Kemble, Cirencester GL7 6AD Price £4.50. The Harnhill Centre is at Harnhill Manor, Cirencester, Glos GL7 5PX.

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WHAT'S ON CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL OXFORD. Sunday Services: 8am. lOam

1115am . 6pm. Weekdays: 715am.

735am. 6pm (Thursdays Evensong

535pm and Sung Eucharist 6pm).

SPIRIT LEVEL every Sunday morning

7-9am on BBC Radio Oxford (95.2FM).

JUNE Wed 2 OXFORD Recital of modem

British song 8pm St Giles Church tickets

£5 and £2.50 Tel: 086752498.

Until Sun 6 AYLESBURY St Mary's

festival of Art and Crafts 10am-4pm daily.

Details Wendover 622238.

Until Thu 3 OXFORD St Giles Church

'Embroideries' Work 12-2pm weekdays,

2-5pm weekends.

Sat 5 BANBURY Broughton Castle

church fete 2-4pm. Castle visits.

Sat 5 and every first Saturday of the

month LEIGHTON BUZZARD car

boot sales. At lvinghoe Lawn Cars £5.

Details 0296 668336.

Sat 5 HAMBLEDEN. Concert at St

Mary's 730pm. Tickets £6 Tel: 0491

574652.

Sat 5-Sun 6 WOLVERTON Flower

Festival at Holy Trinity Church Saturday

10am-6pm. Sat pm: recital, Sun am: fes-

tival eucharist, Sun pm: songs of praise.

Details 0908 322584.

Sat 5 MILTON KEYNES Eucharist

12pm in Church of Christ the Corner-

stone to celebrate 40th anniversary since

Canon W Wiffen's ordination. The Very

Revd Alan Webster to preach. Open invi-

tation to all ring 0908 677466 to book

lunch.

Sat 5 AYLESBURY Music for clarinet,

trumpet and saxephone at St Mary's

Church 730pm. Details Ann Holt

Wendover 622238.

Sat 5 BICESTER Growing up in the

Holy Land - a day conference in St

Edburg's Church Hall 10am-3.30pm.

Votive Eucharist St Edburg's Church

930am. Tickets £5 including lunch from

Gill King, 30 Churchill Rd, Bicester,

OX6 7UB.

Sat 5, Sun 6 MILTON KEYNES Min-istry by Arun Christian Fellowship. Also

on Saturday Young Peoples fellowship

7-9pm. Details: 0908 604659.

Sat 5 - Fri 25 OXFORD 'Songs of

Salvation' Exhibition of paintings by

Peter Koenig of the Society of Catholic

Artists at St Giles Church 12-2pm week-

days, 2-5pm weekends.

Sun 6 .'WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN St Mary's Church: "Family

Service with a difference" 10-11.30am.

Workshop on Healing 3.30-5.15pm.

Bring and share tea 5.15-6pm. Praise

party 6-7.30pm. Details Martin Lever

0908 604659.

Sun 6 LITTLE MISSENDEN 3pm St

John Baptist Church concert with

Palladian Ensemble.

Thu 10 MILTON KEYNES Christ the

Cornerstone's Flower Guild's annual

evening event at 730pm in the Guild

Hall. Tickets £2.50. Details Margaret

Roos 0908 666154.

Fri 11 AMERSHAM Concert of 16th

and 17th century music with the Manor

Consort 8pm at St Mary's Church, Old

Amersham. Tickets £3.50 Tel: 0494

724525.

Sat 12 CHEDDINGTON Open day at

St Giles 10am-4pm. Details: 0296

661067.

Sat 12 HOLY WELL Cemetery Open

Day 10.30am-4pm. Guided walks, stalls,

plants and refreshments. Organ recital in

St Cross Church. Holywell Manor

grounds open. Details: J Keene 0865

820522.

Sat 12 CLIFTON REYNES or Olney.

Wild West Village Fete 230pm. To be

opened by the Hole in The Wall Gang!!!

Details 0234 711220.

Sat 12, Sun 13 LANE END Flower

Festival at Holy Trinity Church on the

theme 'Village Life'.

Sat 12 HADDENHAM Piano recital

7pm in St Mary's Church by Philip

Fowke. Tickets £5 from Helen Gee 0844

291108.

Sat 12 BLACKBIRD LEYS at Holy

Family Church Hall, Cuddesdon Way.

Faith in the Future: an Open Synod Group

led by Elizabeth Templeton. Begins

lOam. Tickets £5 Tel: 0869 38225.

Sat 12 -Sun 13 WATER EATON Flower

Fantasia: flowers and music. Sat l0am-

5pm with concert at 730pm. Sun 2-5pm

with family praise at 6pm. Details Jane

Sellers 0908 640792.

Sat 12 -Sun 13 CROWMARSH GIFFORD Flower Festival 10am-6pm

in church on Bible story theme. Plants,

refreshments, lunches. Songs Of Praise

Sunday 630pm. Details Heather Thorn

0491 835492.

Sat 12 MARCH FOR JESUS Reading is holding a prayer concert: ring John

Hoskin 0734 660663. Beaconsfield March organiser Dr Desmond Orr 0494

672267, the March starts at 1030am in

the Old Town. In Oxford ring Lynda

Rose 0865 68774. Prayer Concert 8pm St

Clements Church. Thame ring Nicholas

Luckett 0844 216653.

Sun 13 OXFORD Together for You

with March for Jesus: interdenomina-

tional event 2pm in South Park. East

Oxford Gospel Choir, The Groove He-

roes, HATS drama group and children's

programrne.Taize-style prayers in a quiet

tent with musicians from the Music and

Worship Foundation. Exhibition area

includes Lion Books and Cracker Radio

team. Celebration Service at 5pm. De-

tails Ruth Savage 0865 247800.

Sun 13 MARSWORTH Annual Boat Sunday 230pm procession of boats from

White Lion bridge. 3pm service on canal

bank near church with Tring Salvation

Army Band and local church choirs fol-

lowed by cream teas in the church, details

0442 822043.

Sun 13 HUGHENDEN Open air Songs

of Praise 530pm preceded by picnic at

430pm.

Mon 14 HIGH WYCOMBE Celebra-

tion service and launch of 1993-4 pro-

spectus of Chiltern Christian Training

Programme 8pm St Andrew's Hatters

Lane.

Wed 16 HIGH WYCOMBE Space for

God - an evening of words and silence led

by Revd David Runcorn, chaplain of Lee

Abbey. 8pm St Augustine's Church. £3.

Details CCI'P 0494 481 550.

Wed 16 HUGHENDEN open air Teddy

Bear's Picnic and Tiny Tots Service

1230pm.

Fri 18- Sun 20 BEDGROVE Flower

festival and 25th anniversary.

Sat 19 CHIPPING NORTON Opera stars Peter Savidge and Beverley Mills in

concert at Kingham Hill School 730pm.

Tickets £10116 from Bob Ford 0608

74217.

Sat 19, Sun 20 STANFORD IN THE VALE Carnival of Colour. Details 0367

710789.

Sat 19-Mon 21 BLADON. Flower Fes-

tival St Martin's Church 10am-7pm

(I lam Sunday).

Sat 19 DORCHESTER At the Abbey

730pm YWCA Charity Concert includes

Dunvant Welsh Male Voice Choir. Tick-

ets £7.50 or £12.50 including supper.

Tel: 0865 726110.

Sat 19 CUBLINGTON Fete at Old Rec-

tory 2pm.

Sat 19, Sun 20 BARKHAM Flower

festival St James Church.

Sun 20 LOUGHTON Village gardens

open I .30-6.00pm. Admission £1.50.

Teas and plants for sale.

Sun 20 GARSINGTON picnic in aid of

street children of Brazil. Tel 086736 298.

Mon 21 GERRARDS CROSS Full

Gospel Business Men's Fellowship din-

ner. Details Bob Sutton 0494 874689.

Wed 23 LAUNTON Euthanasia Semi-

nar 730pm in St Edburg's church hall on

possible legislation. For free tickets send

SAE to Mrs EA Nixon, The Vicarage,

The Spinney, Launton, Bicester 0X6

OEP.

Thu 24 BANBURY Paul Alexander re-

cites St John's Gospel at St Mary's 730pm

Fri 25 STANTON HARCOURT For

Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust

members evening at Stanton Harcourt

Church and Manor House 7 for 720pm.

Tickets £14.50 Tel: 0993 891373.

Fri 25-Mon 28 COOKIIAM DEAN Flower Festival in church with Dickens

theatre Sat night 8pm.

Sat 26 CHESHAM One day retreat

10.30am-5pm StGeorge's Church, Tylers

Hill led by Sister Pamela Hayes of the

Society of the Sacred Heart. Cost £10.

Take lunch. Contact CCTP 0494 481

550.

Sat 26 NE'I'TLEBED Flower Festival

St Bartholomew's Church loam-Spm

followed at 8pm by concert and poetry

reading. Concert by ticket only: telephone

0491 641606.

Sat 26, Sun 27 BURGHFIELD Pageant

on 150 years of St Marys Church. Tickets

£2 Tel 0734 834433.

Sun 27 NETTLEBED Flower Festival

St Bartholomew's Church 2-5pm.

Sat 26CHALVEY Fete St Peters Church

2pm.

Sat 26, Sun 27 BURGHFIELD Pageant

at 430pm. Tickets family £4, adult £2,

child/OAP £1 from the Rectory,

Holtybush Lane, Burghfield Common

RG7 3JL.

Sat 26, Sun 27 NEWPORT PAGNELL Flower festival and exhibition Church of

St Peter and St Paul. Civic service Sun-

day 11am with Bishop Simon followed

by Festival '93 Details 0908 610526.

Sun 27 BODICOTE 1030am Festival

Communion for 150th anniversary of the

rebuilding of St John the Baptist Church

with Bishop of Dorchester.

JULY Thu 1 HOLTON CMS study day at the

rectory 10.30am-3.45pm. Free but please

book in advance: 0865 245509.

Sat 3 READING St Peter's Caversham

and St Margaret's Mapledurham Grand

Fete at Caversham Court 2pm. Details:

0734 475350 or 0734 478081.

Sat3 DITCHLEY Spelsbury parish fete

2pm in aid of All Saints' Spelsbury.

Ditchley House open. Witney Town

Band.

Sat 3 BLEDLOW Fete in gardens of

Bee House 215pm. Detai1s0844344762.

Sat 3, Sun 4 KINGHAM Medieval Kingham-at-home. Flower festival in

church. Saturday: Ilam-Spm

Sun 4 HUGHENDEN open air 'All Crea-

tures Great and Small' service 3pm

Mon 5 CIIALFONT ST GILES Con-cert 8pm in aid of Dove Word Ministries.

Details 0494 872097.

Sat 10 NEWTON LONGVILLE St

Faith's country fair. Stalls, crafts, flower

festival 2-6pm. Barn dance 730pm, tick-

ets: 0908 375794 and Sunday concert

7pm.

Sat 10 TILEHURST Concert with

Thames Wind Concert Band 730pm St

Mary Magdalen Church. Programme £3

0734 425290.

Sat 10, Sun 11 KIDLINGTON Festival

of flowers and music tickets £2.50 tel

08675 4609.

Sun 11 DORCHESTER St Birinus Pil-

grimage from Blewbury 130pm. Con-

tact Pilgrimage Office, 4 Samian Way,

Dorchester OXtO 8JS.

Sat 16, Sun 17 SLOUGH Flower Festi-

val St Laurence Church 10am-6pm Sat

and 2-5pm Sun then Evensong.

Sat 17 HAMBLEDEN Concert 730pm.

Bach, Handel, Biber and Scarlatti. Tick-

ets £6 (0491 574652) or at the

door.Enquiriesto Revd D Sebastian Jones

0344 22388.

NOTICES Pendant lamp fittings offered as spares

from St Peter's, Slough. Phone David

Jewell 0753 523175.

Deadline for July's What's On is June 10.

Diocesan Sunday Prayer Diary June 6 Trinity Sunday Our Archdeacons Frank Weston,

Michael Hill and John Morrison. Those who work in trade unions.

June 13 Vocation Sunday Religious Communities in the Dio-

cese. Vocations Advisers and those who teach in local theological

colleges. All ordinands. Janet Hodgson USPG.

June 20 The Work of The DOOR Christine Zwart and Venetia

Horton. All journalists.

June 27 Deanery of Arnersham Anthony Priddis, Anthony Baden-

Fuller. All those working in administration. The work of the

Ministry department: Martin Gillman, Judith Mount, Martin

Peirce, Beau Stevenson, Yvonne Ryan. All those being ordained

today. Gill Poole, CMS.

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Thought for the Month by Stuart Blanch

The unsung heroes in April 10, TheTimes featured a 20-page inset written by Lord Jenkins on 'Six men of power - shapers of the western world'. They were R.A. Butler, Aneurin Bevan, lain Macleod. Dean Acheson, Konrad Adenaur and Charles de Gaulle. Any reader would have omitted some of these names and substituted others, but no one would dispute that the men on Lord Jenkins' list were men of power, who captured the headlines and dominated the international scenc. They were heroes in their day.

At much the same time that this article appeared. I happened to watch a TV programme about an elderly English couple, both of them doctors, who had founded and still run a hospital in the Ethiopian bush for women desperately afflicted by the conse-quences of frequent pregnancies, lack of medical care and social ostracism. 'l'he couple in charge of the hospital had to manage in inadequate premises, with lack of trained staff and shortage of medical supplies, but the hospital radiated joy and confidence, and the patients when they came to leave were inexpressibly grateful. The couple had no intention of retiring, and were content to serve in this African backwater, far from the facilities and comforts of the west. They were 'unsung heroes' canvassing no public recognition and content to serve humanity with no thought or prospect of reward.

In a world in which incessant and sometimes excessive publicity is given to the brutalities which humankind inflict upon each other, it isgood to be reminded occasionally that there is another aspect of human nature, often overlooked, which issues in loving and costly service to those in need. "There are those." a wise man of Israel wrote. "Who have no memorial, who are perished as though they had never been, and are become as though they had never been born, These were men of mercy." (Eccicsiasticus 44:9) They would never figure in Lord Jenkin's list of 'men of power'. They are 'unsung heroes' and we salute them. The world says blessed are the powerful. Jesus says blessed are the merciful.

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Space for Prayer My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see

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I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your

will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.

I know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road tho' I

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Wells for India is a popular char-ity with ecumenical groups, churches and schools at its home base in Berkshire. Its workers are all volunteers and each project it supports is carefully chosen. People are happy to give money when they know it is going to be well-spent. To dig a well, deepen a well or build a check dam costs between £2000 and £5000 - the sort of sum which most groups find both challenging and attainable.

Last January 17 of us vis-ited the Dudu block, the semi-desert area in Rajasthan which we have been supporting. Wher-ever we went the villagers, and especially the women, greeted us with delight; no longer do they have to walk miles every day to fetch water for their fami-lies. Many of the villagers now have sweet water and, because of irrigation, can grow a winter crop - usually wheat or mustard seed for oil. Few have electric-ity or a school or proper medical attention or even a proper roof. Nonetheless, there was a cheer-fulness and a gratefulness which made us feel that our efforts had been worthwhile.

The Dudu block is an area the size of Berkshire, which straddles the main Delhi to Bom-bay highway. In recent years the summer monsoons have fre-quently failed. In addition there have been problems with fluo-ride, which in excessive quanti-ties, leads to embrittlement of

.the bones; and salinity, espe-cially in the west of the block which lies adjacent to the Sambhar Salt Lake - an inland

sea similar to the Dead Sea. The main contacts in Eng-

land for Wells for India are Dr Nicholas and Professor Mary Grey. Nicholas, a former re-search chemist with Id, farms near Binfield; his wife has re-cently been appointed to the Chair of Contemporary Theol-ogy at Southampton University. Our contact in India is Ramsahai Purohit, a former Secretary Gen-

eral of the Gandhian Society, who was involved at interna-tional level in inter-faith dia-logue. On the death of his wife in 1986 Ramsahai decided that he should devote the rest of his life to helping people in Dudu.

The achievements are re-markable. Already water has been brought to many of the 200 villages in the block. Over the next two years Ramsahai aims

to complete this short-term pro-gramme. However, there is a limit to which wells can be deep-ened and it is vitally important for the longer term that the water table is raised. This means check dams must be built to trap the monsoon rains and walls put up around fields to retain the moisture and top soil. We are also experimenting with solar-powered de-salinatation plants.

If anyone is interested in supporting Wells for India or would like further information, they should contact Dr Nicholas Grey, Ryehurst Farm, Binfield, Bracknell RG12 5NG. Tel- ephone: 0344 423819.

DOOR

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On Saturday June 26 every-body is invited to a Celebration of the work of the Childrens' Society with the Bishop of Oxford at Oxford United Foot-ball Club from 2.30-5pm. For, more information contact Eric Nicholson, Torrington, 3 Cherry Tree Walk, Chesham, Bucks HP5 3JN.

BERKSHIRE CHARITY BRINGS HOPE FOR THE WELLS OF INDIA Hugh Boulter who is the education link for Churches Together in Berkshire, describes the work of Wells for India, a project which is bringing much-needed fresh water to villagers in the and Dudu area of Rajasthan. Seyenteen Wells for India

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