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The Parish Magazine of St. Nicholas Allington, Maidstone
stnicholasallington.org.uk
Grapevine
June 2019
Sunday 30th June Return of Rev Chris and Sarah Lavender!
Benefice Services
St Andrew’s 8.00am St Nicholas 10.00am
Contents
Page 1 St Nicholas Church General Information
Page 3 Rev Barry Writes…
Page 5 Free Film Afternoon
Page 6 Medway Big Band Concert
Page 6 Who Are They?
Page 9 Music for a Summer Afernoon
Page 10 Jesus receives the Holy Spirit
Page 11 Luili
Page 12 News from the church in UK
Page 13 God Creator - a poem
Page 14 The King is Coming!
Page 1 Wordsearch for June
Page 16 Loo’s & Lights Auction of Promises
Page 17/20 Youth & Organisation News
Page 20 Charity of the Month
Page 21 St Nicholas Virtual Games
Pages 22/23 Noticeboard
Page 24 Rotas for May
Parish General Information
For enquiries about Baptisms, Funerals or Weddings, please contact Rev Chris on 01622 297307
Or [email protected] Also for Banns of Marriage
(the form can be downloaded from the website). www.stnicholasallington.org.uk
Jenny Stone - Parish Administrator Tuesdays 9.00am - 12 noon
Fridays 9.00am - 12 noon Church Office ~ 01622 299715 (answerphone)
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St Nicholas Church Poplar Grove, Allington, ME16 0DE
Priest in Charge Rev. Chris Lavender
01622 297307 E-mail: [email protected] Curate Rev. Barry Knott 07475 468622 E-mail: [email protected] Children & Families Minister Fiona Higgs 07951 777854 Churchwardens Angela Redford Mike Evans 01622 758641 07432 713277 [email protected] [email protected]
Secretary Jenny Stone Tel 299715 Gift Aid Secretary & Weekly Offering Envelopes Geoff Garrett Tel 753000 Halls Chairman Alan Foreman Tel 764094 Magazine Editor Chris Cook [email protected] Tel 670240 Magazine Distribution Marianna Poliszczuk Tel 751243 Electoral Roll Officer Caleb Howard Tel 07738 393279 [email protected] Parish Disclosure Officer and Safeguarding Officer for Vulnerable Adults & Children Jackie Wilkinson Tel 01622 299715 [email protected]
Treasury Team [email protected] Sacristan Nigel Smetham Tel 685007 Magazine Adverts Chris Cook [email protected] Tel 670240 Organist & Choirmaster Roger Gentry Tel 678312 Health & Safety Officer Alan Foreman Tel 764094 Prayer Coordinator Angela Redford Tel 758641 [email protected]
For Hall Bookings [email protected]
Jenny Stone - Parish Administrator 01622 299715
Sunday Services
8.00 am Holy Communion – 1st & 3rd Sundays 9.30 am OASIS All-age worship – 2nd & 4th Sundays 10.00 am Morning Worship - 1st Sunday 10.00 am OASIS Joint Communion – 3rd Sunday 10.00 am Joint Service - 5th Sunday at St Nicholas or St Andrew’s 11.00 am Holy Communion - 2nd & 4th Sundays 5.00 pm OASIS in the Afternoon - 1st Sunday 6.00 pm JAHFA for senior school pupils - 1st Sunday Mondays 8.30 am Morning Prayer Wednesdays 8.30 am Morning Prayer 10.00 am Holy Communion 7.30 pm Evening Prayer Thursdays 9.00 am Prayer Space
St. Nicholas Explorers
After school club for 7-11s – term time only Allington Primary School – Wednesday 3.15 - 4.30 pm
Palace Wood Primary School – Tuesday 3.20 - 4.30 pm
Saturday Club / Messy Church Normally held on the 3rd Saturday morning of the month
and advertised in Grapevine.
Home Groups Group 1 - meets on alternate Monday mornings at 23 Buckland Lane. Contact tel: 752181 Rachel Norman Group 2 – meets on alternate Thursday evenings at various venues around the parish. Contact tel: 764913 Mary Garrett Group 3 - meets on Thursday afternoons 2.00pm - 3.00pm Contact Angela on 758641
Pastoral Group
This is available to bring Home Communion, or just pay a visit to anyone who needs it. Please phone Mary Garrett on 01622 764913
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Rev Barry Writes...... .At St Nicholas’ we are now midway through a study of 1 Corinthians, which is a letter from St Paul to the people of Corinth, a place I visited last July. I actually stood on the very spot where anyone wishing to speak publicly would have stood in the time of Paul. And so, it follows that this was the very spot Paul first preached the good news of Jesus to the Corinthians. The letter, numbered one of two, as we have two such letters, are believed to be part of a set of four. The letters are in response to the concerns of some of the people in the church in Corinth regarding standards of behav-iour within the church. This response has been used throughout the church-es’ history to determine and give guidance on how Christians should con-duct themselves. I know you are thinking, ‘well you wouldn’t think so by what we so often see today.’ You would be right. Interpretation is often the cause of debate and sadly, painful disagreement. This is ironic, because the letter is intended to do the opposite. We do not have the information Paul received to which he was responding. We do not have the information Paul received and to which he was responding and although many suggest it would help no end if we did I suggest. The difficulty does not lie in what is written, but in the superficial interpreta-tion. Some people try and make what is written support what they believe. When it comes to the Word of God, it means what it is saying to you at that moment in time. The only way to understand what God is sharing with us is to discern such, spiritually. This very letter tells us that the cleverest of peo-ple, who without God’s spirit, know little of God. Whilst, those of whatever ability can, with God’s spirit, understand a great deal. This is the answer we should give when people claim they are Christian but do not need to go to church. We do not go to church to agree with each other. We go to church to support each other as a community, being toler-ant of difference whilst lovingly building each other up. It is by serving the will of God in our community, as community, that we are gifted God’s insight. We will never find it doing our own thing. We are only privileged by God’s intervention if we live a life for Him. A life that see us help and love the peo-ple around us. Not just those like ourselves, but all people, even those we disagree with. Rev Barry
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St Nicholas LOOs and LIGHTs CAMPAIGN
Have you ever used the toilet in our church? You will appreciate that, after 40 years, it needs updating. Your Church Council has decided that the toilet facilities must now be improved and plan to create 3 sepa-rate toilets (including an accessible one) and a new tea-bar in the church - all to 21st century standards. These new facilities will be constructed within the existing office and vestry area; it will cost around £35,000. At the same time, we intend to improve the standard of lighting in the church to make it less harsh and a more flexible source for services and other events; this will cost around £10,000. So, in total we need to raise £45,000. We shall be running a variety of fund-raising events in 2019 but the majority of the funds need to be raised by us in the form of donations. If you would like to see improved toilet facilities and better lighting in the church please consider making a donation. Please pick up a donation form from the back of church or from the website www.stnicholasallington.org.uk so you can contribute towards this major im-provement to our facilities. Thank you for your support, Sarah, David, Nigel & Jill (Fundraising Team) 01622 299715 – Parish Office
justgiving.com/crowdfunding/stnicholas-church
Allington Branch Mothers ’ Union
Wednesday 5th June Annual Coffee Morning
& Lunch Please do come and support our main fundraising
event for the year! Bring & Buy Cakes Bric a Brac
Jewellery Raffle Buffet Lunch
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WHO ARE THEY? Where did all the Christian denominations come from?
We continue the series on Christian Churches in the UK Who Are They? - Where did the Christian Brethren come from? The Christian Brethren are conservative evangelical Christians who trace their beginnings to the 1830s in Ireland and England. The first fellowship of these ‘Believers,’ as they preferred to call themselves, was established at Plymouth, Devon, and this gave rise to the later designation ‘Plymouth Brethren.’ In fact the actual beginnings of this movement were in Trinity College, Dub-lin, in the late 1820s. Three undergraduates were to be the founders of the new evangelical movement. Edward Cronin (1801-1882) went to Trinity Col-lege in 1826. He was refused communion unless he joined a church. He pro-tested and withdrew from church attendance. He believed that the ‘Church is one body’ and so all true believers have a right to the Lord’s Table. John Gifford Bellett (1795-1864) studied law at Trinity College and became one of the founder members of the Dublin group. Anthony Norris Groves (1795-1853) went to Trinity as a high churchman to prepare for ordination. In fel-lowship with Cronin and Bellett, he came to the place where he believed that ‘ordination’ is not required in Scripture in order to preach the gospel. Such was Groves’ influence in the group that later Christian Brethren writers came to regard him as the founder of the movement. It was, however, John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) who came to be the recog-nised leader and who gave the movement very high profile. Darby had studied classics at Trinity, took up the practice of law and was ordained into the ministry of the Church of Ireland in 1825. Increasingly he became uneasy about the Episcopal Church of Ireland being the ‘Established’ Church in a country predominately Roman Catholic. In 1827 he published a book, ‘On the Nature and Unity of the Church of Christ’, and subsequently left the An-glican communion. He argued for the unity of all believers, the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, and the Second Coming of Christ. Darby was a very forceful preacher, a biblical scholar of note and a very determined contro-versialist The earliest ‘Brethren’ leaders in England were Benjamin Wills Newton (1807-1899), George Wigram (1805-1879), and Percy Francis Hall (1804-1884). Newton was born in Plymouth of Quaker stock, studied classics at Exeter College, Oxford, experienced an evangelical conversion in 1827 and became a radical evangelical leader. In his early Christian days he was strongly influ-enced by Darby. George Wigram, a former soldier, also studied at Oxford and expressed his
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discontent with the Church of England, publishing A Protest against the Es-tablishment. Percy Hall was a naval captain and a very busy evangelical lay preacher. In 1831 Newton, Darby, Wigram and Hall began services in Providence Chapel, Plymouth. These services marked the beginning of the Christian Brethren movement, though in fact the Dublin meetings predated Plymouth by a few years. It was the Plymouth services that gave the movement its name, Plymouth Brethren, though Darby and the other leaders referred to themselves simply as Believers. The new movement spread very rapidly. Each fellowship was independent and had its own local elders. All ministry at every level was done by men and while women attended, they were not allowed to take any part in the services, not even to pray. A particular distinctive of the Brethren services was the weekly ‘breaking of bread’ service as the Communion service was called. Only those in fellowship in the local assembly and who were of known Christian character could participate at the Lord’s Table. Brethren people travelling to other places needed a letter of recommendation from their own assembly if they wanted to share in the Lord’s Table in another Brethren gathering. Biblical prophecy became one of the major tenets of the new movement. Darby, Newton, Groves and all the early Brethren leaders were very interest-ed in the Second Coming of Christ. Although they differed on details, they all stressed that it would be literal Coming and that it was imminent. Christ’s return will usher in his 1000 year reign on earth – the Millennium. This meant that Brethren teaching was pre-millennial, in contrast to the post-millennialism of the Protestant Reformers. In Plymouth some of the Brethren leaders preached a ‘secret Rapture.’ The word ‘Rapture’ refers to Christ ‘taking up’ his people at his Coming. Darby and others taught that this is what Paul meant when he wrote to the Thessalonian Christians. ‘The dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up (Greek, harpazo, meaning, ‘seize,’) together with them in the clouds ..’(1Thess. 4:17). This teaching also emphasised that Christ’s Second Coming will be in two stages. He will come first ‘to the air’ for his people, then he will return later with his people to rule on earth. Christ’s ‘first coming’ will be secret – only his own will know of it. His ‘second coming’ will be public and all will see him. This teaching on Christ’s Second Coming and a ‘secret rapture’ was to characterise much of Brethren theology to the present day. Benjamin Newton became the acknowledged Brethren leader in England and John Nelson Darby had the same recognition in Ireland. Darby strongly advocated his distinctive teaching on prophecy and took a very hard line against most of the rest of Christendom. He argued that all true Christians should withdraw from the ‘apostate’ churches, by which he meant all the
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denominations that did not share his theological outlook. Newton was less dogmatic than Darby and was alarmed at the spread of ‘secret rapture’ teaching, believing this was not what the New Testament taught. He was supported in this by George Muller (1805 – 1895). Born into a Lutheran home in Prussia, Muller was converted in 1825. He came to London in 1829 to train for missionary work among Jews. While in Devon he met with the Brethren movement and joined it. In 1835 he opened an orphanage in Bris-tol and the work grew from being one rented house to many buildings on Ashley Down, Bristol. With Anthony Groves, Muller became an acknowl-edged Brethren leader in the Bristol area and their ministries were charac-terised by moderation and a willingness to work with other Christians in the Lord’s work. As well as his strong emphasis on a ‘secret rapture,’ Darby began to popu-larise what became known as Dispensationalism. By ‘dispensation’ he meant a specific period of time that God has given to mankind to test their obedience to him. Darby divided all human history into 7 Dispensations. These are: 1.the age of Innocence (before the Fall), 2.the age of Conscience (from the Fall to Noah), 3. the age of Human Government (from Noah to Abraham), 4.the age of Promise (from Abraham to Moses), 5. the age of Law (from Moses to Christ), 6. the age of Grace (the Church age), 7. the Kingdom (Christ’s Millennial reign on earth). This Dispensational teaching became very influential. It was later promoted by the Schofield Bible and more recently a form of it is seen in the popular writings of Hal Lindsey, Tim LaHaye, (the ‘Left Behind’ novels and films) and the late Jerry Falwell. Tensions developed between Newton and Darby. Newton was supported by Muller and by Samuel Tregelles (1813-1875), an outstanding linguist and biblical textual scholar. Newton was strongly opposed to Darby’s teaching on a ‘secret rapture’ and a ‘two-stage’ Coming of Christ. Sadly the division was bitter and had far-reaching consequences. The original Plymouth as-sembly fell apart and the whole Brethren movement in Britain was affected. Eventually it led to two groups being formed; Open Brethren, led by New-ton, Muller and others, and Exclusive Brethren, led by Darby. The Brethren movement has spread around the world and today its adher-ents are generally known as Christian Brethren. The ‘exclusive’ wing of the movement is quite small. ‘Brethren’ Christians are known for their evangeli-cal doctrines, their missionary zeal and their strong emphasis on Bible teaching. In the 20th century quite a number of outstanding Biblical schol-ars belonged to the Christian Brethren, notably Professor F. F. Bruce (1910-1990). Dr H B McGonigle is Senior Lecturer in Historical Theology, Church History and Wesley Studies in Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, England. Originally published in 2007 - Parish Pump
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ALLINGTON COMMUNITY MARKET Friday 7th June
12 noon to 3.00pm St Nicholas Church Hall - Poplar Grove Allington
Refreshments available - provided by Little Fant Farm Come and support your local independent traders!
‘Music for a Summer Afternoon’
A Concert by Bel Canto
Kathryn Norman (soprano) Brian White (bass-baritone) Richard Kemp (piano)
Sunday 16 June 3 p.m. in St Nicholas Parish Church, Allington
Strawberry cream teas will be provided
Retiring collection in aid of the church
‘LOOs and LIGHTs’ campaign
Enquiries: 01622 756660
I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may un-derstand: for this I also believe, that unless I believe, I will not understand. – Anselm
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JESUS RECEIVES THE HOLY SPIRIT As Jesus started his adult ministry he was baptised by John the Baptist and then re-ceived the Holy Spirit. This month, I am using one person’s understanding of how God’s Ho-ly Spirit showed through in the life of Jesus, from a traditional commentary by G.F. Holden. In the Gospels, we see how the Holy Spirit gave to Jesus his deep understanding of the scriptures, what we know as the Old Testa-ment. We see wisdom in his choosing to spend long periods of prayer alone with God. And we see how this peasant carpenter from one of most obscure parts of the Roman Em-pire produced the most wonderful religion the world has ever seen. There was our Lord’s deep insight into the world around him. Nothing seemed to escape his notice. He saw the farm hand, people harrowing and sowing, the management of the estate or the sweeping of the dust in the house, commerce, the courts of justice and more. He used much of this background in his parables and in his teaching about the Kingdom of God. It was one thing to have acquired this understanding, it was quite another to have the gift of passing on that understanding to others. Jesus not only taught about the power of God, but showed it in how he lived his life. There was the tender love of Jesus for the sick and suffering. There was the courageous intimacy of Jesus with people with leprosy and on the outer edge of society. He showed that to be Godlike was to be full of mercy and pity. He also spent time going to meet people where they were. In his social re-lations with people, whoever they were, there was this wonderful combina-tion of sympathy, love, refinement, tenderness and acute perception. It was a power and ability to come into effective touch with others. There were also times When Jesus showed gifts of strength and courage. He challenged the attitudes of his day into what the Sabbath or Holy Day of the week should mean. He also challenged and changed the perception of how the expected Messiah should come. In those days the expectation was for a strong arm to make Israel supreme amongst the nations. Instead Jesus showed the line of prophecy that pointed to a very different kind of leader. There was a picture of true godliness. He was strong but never rough, He
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was gentle but never weak. He mixed with people freely but did not allow people to presume upon him. Jesus entered into a full life of public duty after it seems thirty years of duty at home. He was conspicuous in his devo-tion to God yet no less complete in his service to men and women Overall, we can also look back to Jesus’ life of devotion. There were those long nights spent alone with the Father in prayer. There were the appeals for guidance before great moments in his ministry such as before some mir-acle, before the selection of the Twelve, the intensity and agony of his pray-er in the Garden of Gethsemane where he was betrayed and arrested. And there was the touching reliance on the Father towards the end of the cruel agony on the cross. After all this came the Resurrection and the passing on of the Holy Spirit to the first disciples. And that passing on has continued down through the years to the present day. Robin Hiam
More little bags of ‘loot’ for Liuli Twenty one bags of coins and a couple of trips to the bank, aided by a strong husband, and another cheque is on its way to the Friends of St Anne’s Hospital, Liuli, Tanzania. Lots of pennies and those irritating 5p pieces have helped to send £70 for the hospital. That doesn’t buy very much here, but in the poor area of Tan-zania where the hospital is the only medical facility within a two -day jour-ney of many villages, £70 will pay a nurse’s wages, or stock a medicine cab-inet for months. Thank you, again, to all of you who have saved small change in jam jars over the past year. Those of us who knew Daphne will miss her for many rea-sons, but I shall miss her especially for the generous and faithful way in which she supported St Anne’s Hospital over several years, collecting her pennies, bringing the full jar to church and returning with an empty one. If anyone is willing to help in this small way, just collect change in any jam jar, or take one from the table at the back of church, and return it when it’s not too full to carry! The good it does outweighs the monetary value. Thank you. Dianne White 756660
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News of the Church in the UK How do you become a vicar? This month, dioceses across the Church of England will welcome new dea-cons and priests at special services in their cathedrals. This is because, tradi-tionally, most ordination services take place at the end of June, during Peter-tide. Have you ever wondered how someone becomes a vicar? Here is a brief description of the journey: It begins with a call from God upon your life. Dis-cerning this can take months or even years of reflection and prayer. The next step is to talk to your vicar, or to a member of the vocations team in your diocese. Your diocese will help you to identify what type of ministry could best suit your gifts and talents. Your bishop will then send you to a se-lection residential known as a Bishop’s Advisory Panel. Here they will assess your understanding of the Church, your faith, your sense of vocation, leader-ship, and collaboration. The panel will decide whether or not to recommend to your bishop that you go forward for ordination training. If you are recommended, then the next step is to enter a training course at one of the theological education insti-tutes (TEIs) based around the country. These can be either residential or non-residential. Training usually takes two to three years. After the course, an ordinands will normally receive either a bachelor’s degree or a diploma of higher educa-tion. Your tuition fees are covered by the Church, which also pays a contribu-tion towards your living expenses. After ordination, newly ordained clergy begin their ministerial life as dea-cons. The first jobs they do are called curacies (they are known as curates). Your curacy will be an opportunity to serve alongside an experienced vicar. Here you can put into practice the knowledge gained from your course and learn from them as you prepare for your own ministry. After a year, most deacons are ordained again, as a priest. All sorts of people train for ordination. There really is no such thing as ‘typical’ ordained person. What all candidates do share is a genuine and heartfelt desire to serve God and to serve others. How long could you make £60 last? That is the latest challenge from Children’s Society, as they seek to highlight the plight of many poor people. Children’s Society says: “Imagine the worst week. Your car needs repairs, your boiler has broken, you need to get the groceries in, but you have only £60 left until you get paid next week. Can you make it last?” If you would like to test yourself, to see how you would manage, take the quiz at https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/news-and-blogs/our-blog/
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God’s Creation
God’s creation, what a sensation Myriads of stars all known by name, Each constellation telling their story, Bursting with glory, God’s power to proclaim.
Beautiful Pleiades, The Bear with its Cubs, Orion’s Belt, all set in the sky Our planet of blue transfixed in the heavens Touched with the finger of God from on high.
The sun like a bridegroom rejoices on rising His course devising from east to west As he leaves his pavilion in golden splendour With warmth and light on our earth to bless.
Light from darkness, order from chaos Land and oceans come into view, Magnificent Artist, Architect, Builder, Not only Creator – but a Saviour too.
By Megan Carter
difficult-decisions-in-a-crisis? Behind the quiz, however, the Childrens’ Society is deadly serious. “Low wages, poor housing and public service cutbacks have left many families struggling. They have to make impossible choices every single day. One bit of bad luck quickly leads to families not being able to afford the basics. “To make matters far worse, the council-run emergency funds that used to be there to support vulnerable families are at risk, and have disappeared altogether in some areas, leaving people with nowhere to turn.” If you can help, go to https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/ Editorial from Parish Pump
ALLINGTON LIBRARY Monday Closed Thursday 9am - 6pm Tuesday 9am – 6pm Friday 9am – 6pm Wednesday 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 1pm
Storytime and Crafts – Every Tuesday 2pm – 2.30pm
Rhyme Time – Every Thursday 2.15pm – 2.45pm
Talk Time – Every Friday 10am – 11.30am
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Wordsearch - St Columba - June 2019 This month the Church remembers the Irish monk who first brought Christi-anity to Britain in around 565. He was St Columba, and he left Ireland with 12 companions to settle on Iona, a tiny island off Mull, A prayer of St Columba runs: My dearest Lord, Be Thou a bright flame before me, Be Thou a guiding star above me, Be Thou a smooth path beneath me, Be Thou a kindly shepherd behind me, Today and evermore. Amen
Church Columba First Ireland Companions Settle Iona Tiny island mull
monastery tall striking powerful impressive skills scholar poet ruler fearless
converted dearest bright flame guiding star
garden but it can be wildlife friendly. June's meeting on the 6th will be on Ferns with Jade Lawton. Our bring & buy table is doing well so thank you to those who have contributed & may it continue, so any spare plants like bedding or plants you have split would be ap-preciated. Looking ahead to our competition evening in August you might want to start nurturing some of your plants to exhibit. Pam Blake WESTBOROUGH BOWLS CLUB One of the things that I enjoy most about playing at Westborough Bowls Club is the roll-ups. No, I am not a smoker — a roll-up is an informal “turn up and play” session where members are drawn at random into teams to play matches against other members. These are very sociable occasions and a great way to prac-tice your game in a relaxed environ-ment. They are also an excellent op-portunity to encourage the newer members and familiarise them with the mechanics and etiquette of the game of bowls. Our roll-ups are held during the sea-son on Mondays starting at 3pm and Thursdays starting at 5pm. Alt-hough the sessions are primarily for members, if you are at all interested in trying the game of bowls, just come along and we can introduce you to the rudiments of the game. If
In May Peter Hartley gave an inter-esting talk on ‘Diamond Queens’. Our Annual Coffee Morning and Lunch is on Wednesday 5th June and hope that all our members and friends will support our annual fundraising event! Donations of cakes would be very welcome! Our June meeting will be led by Sandra Goodey, a Trustee of Can-terbury Diocese MU. Chris Cook (01622 670240 Branch Leader ALLINGTON CASTLE On 17th April we cele-brated our 50th Birth-day with an excellent Buffet Supper, entertainment by Martyn Harrison with songs from Andrew Webber’s shows and the cutting of the Cele-bration Cake. Our meeting on 19th June is entitled “Bob Newhart Rides Again” and the competition is ‘A Souvenir from America’. Advance Notice – due to the success of our trip in February to the Fish and Chip Restaurant in Dymchurch we have arranged a return visit on 2nd Octo-ber. Joyce Foster Joyce Foster ALLINGTON GARDEN CLUB ‘At our last meeting Alison Marsden's talk was on ‘Bees, But-terflies & Wildlife‘where she said that you can have a neat and tidy
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Youth & Organisations News
you are already a bowler and want to give Westborough a try, you would be welcome to join in the members’ roll-up games. You will be guaran-teed a warm welcome. Just contact me if you are interested. Although the roll-ups are fun, it is good to play competitively from time to time and so we have club knock-out tournaments each year, pitting member against member. There are singles, pairs and triples competitions, with a combination of ladies’, men’s and mixed events. New for this year, we are trying a mixed singles com-petition where we are applying hand-icaps to give everyone a fair chance. It will be interesting to see how this goes. The tournaments continue over the summer, culminating in a finals weekend in early September when the winners and runners up are decid-ed. Last year, I did not win anything so I must be off now to get some prac-tice in. Bye for now! Steve Cordery 725650 [email protected] www.westboroughbowls.co.uk OPEN CIRCLE Easter was a busy time for all of us I expect, but it was also a time to read a bit more in the lighter eve-nings. I enjoyed Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, a simple (and short!) re-telling of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew designed for modern readers. It’s a light read, quite amusing in parts and worth picking up at the library. Vox, by Christina Dalcher was quite a different novel, set in America in a dystopian future, ruled by men, where women are only allowed to speak 100
words a day. The central character, Jean McClellan, was an expert ge-neticist before the revolution, and the novel charts her revolt against the system to rescue herself and her daughter from silence when she and her husband uncover a fiendish plot to silence all America’s enemies. Still not as convincing as The Handmaid’s Tale, it was a good read and a hun-dred times better than the ghastly Power. The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware was also a good read involving an inheritance, a deception and a few deaths along the way. Ruth Ware is a good writer of psychologi-cal novels and I’m looking forward to reading more of them. The Woman in Cabin 10 and In a Dark, Dark Wood all come highly recommended. I’m currently reading Shadow of Night, the second in the All Souls tril-ogy by Deborah Harkness. I really enjoyed A Discovery of Witches, and the dramatisation of it on television last autumn, but I want to finish Shadow of Night before the second television series begins. Finally, our book for June is the third S.G. Maclean historical novel, De-stroying Angel, with his central char-acter, Damian Seeker. Set in Crom-well’s Puritan England in York in 1655, no doubt there will be a mur-der to solve and plots to uncover! Our meetings in June are on the 12th at Margaret Salvage’s (36 Poplar Grove) for the book discussion, and at Eleanor Bole’s (44 Leonard Close) on 26th for coffee and chat. All are welcome. Dianne White 756660
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ST NICHOLAS FELLOWSHIP It was a cold spring Friday afternoon when sixteen members of the Fellowship were given a warm welcome to All Saints Church, Maidstone, by the Rev’d Ian Parrish. There has been a Church on this site from as early as the 7th century, with the neighbouring manor house being given to the Archbishop of Canterbury c1207. The Rev’d Ian Parrish explained how the Heritage Trail within the Church had evolved as part of the welcome offered to visitors and he remained through-out our visit and answered any questions. We were able to follow at our own pace the fourteen col-ourful interpretive panels which showed the Christian heritage and history of the magnificent building. The Heritage Trail is well worth a visit. Our next meeting will be on Friday 14th June at 2.30 p.m. at St. Nicholas Church when the speaker will be a representative from Bloodrunners Everyone is welcome to come along to our meetings Michael Froude 01622 759098 ALLINGTON TREFOIL GUILD On the 13th April Allington hosted the Annual County Trefoil meeting, after the AGM Mary Smith gave a presentation called A Schoolgirl's War, which was set at Maidstone Girls' Grammar School in WW2.
Several members went on a Royal Parks Ramble in London covering St James, Green Park and Hyde Park, afterwards they enjoyed a cream tea at Girlguiding HQ. At our next meeting in May we have a presentation on how to create a wild-life friendly garden. If you would like to join us for our meeting please email us at [email protected] Nicola [email protected] MENS BREAKFAST Although there were only 8 of us we still found plenty to talk about including an insight of Medway Aircraft Preservation Society ( MAPS ) . Maps are based at Rochester airport and have an international reputation for restoring and preserving historical aircraft. MAPS started life in 1977 founded by Lewis Deal and the first restoration was the Manston 'gate guardian' Mk XVI Spitfire it was preserved and re-turned to the station in 1979. Brian was privileged to be invited to see what goes on and invited Mike and Malcolm to go along knowing that they had an interest in flying hav-ing recently been up in a Tiger moth and a Spitfire respectively. We were met by Brians friend Tom Bowling an ex RAF chap and given a detailed tour of the workshops and hanger. We were amazed at the skills shown by the volunteers all of whom were-from different background and skills and of course of a certain age group. At the time of our visit, they were working on a Shorts Scion fuselage
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Charity of the Month CAST/Family Trust
The Family Trust foundations were first formed in 1986 when a Christian children’s worker started visiting local Primary schools to deliver Christian themed assemblies. Alongside this work they also visited local mainstream Churches of various denominations to support their Sunday Schools and lead holiday clubs – The Family Trust was born! Now a registered Christian Charity with employees, associates, valued vol-unteers and prayer partners, The Family Trust reaches children across Maidstone, Medway and Swale regularly by visiting over 170 schools and supporting numerous Churches with their children’s activities.
which will be completed to its for-mer glory in every detail. These guys work meticulously in every detail and in most cases, the fin-ished rebuild will be mainly for stat-ic display. The aircraft that have been re-stored are endless including Super Marine Spitfire's, Hawker Hurrican, Hawker Tempest even a Bristol Sycamore helicopter to name but a few. MAPS are always looking for volun-teers regardless of skills just enthu-siasm and a lot of friendly chat. MAPS website www.maps.co.uk Brian Davison 01622 759278 NEW ALLINGTON PLAYERS Although we are not currently re-hearsing for any particular show, we have been meeting for eve-nings of play-readings. This is partly to amuse ourselves, but also partly to see if anything jumps out at us which might be worth producing. Our next meeting will be on Friday
14th June at 7.30at Sally Brailsford’s (54 Poplar Grove). Anyone is free to come along and read a part, with no commitment to perform on stage, un-less you feel like it! In the meantime, I’m sure many of us have been enjoying performances at the Hazlitt recently, including Oliver by the Maidstone Amateur Operatic Society, and Arsenic and Old Lace by the Willington Players. We’re very for-tunate in having an active, local thea-tre and it’s always good to support it, especially as Frederic’s restaurant around the corner from the theatre offers such an excellent two-course pre-theatre dinner! Dianne White 756660 MID KENT FUSCHIA CLUB The speaker at our meeting on 11th April was Kent author Bob Ogley who gave a talk about ‘Kent in the 19th Century.’ We do not have a meeting at St Nicholas in June; instead we are attending our Annual Dinner at The Grange Moor Hotel Mary Hart
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God among the ruins The tragic fire at Note Dame Cathe-dral shocked the whole world. See-ing such a magnificent building en-gulfed in flames saddened all who saw the devastation unfold. It was a monumental blow to the nation of France. It will take years to rebuild this famous place of worship. One striking image from the fire showed the interior of the church scorched and ruined, its art treasures lost, its contents still smouldering. But high up in the background, unbowed by the flames, stands a golden cross, brightly shining in the darkness of the surrounding debris. Since the fire took place at Easter, it is hard not to see this picture as a para-ble. One Anglican vicar made this comment: ‘Notice what is left inside, un-touched, after the destruction of all sorts of ‘priceless’ works of arts at Norte Dame Cathedral? The Cross. What an image for Holy Week and what a pic-ture to describe secular Western Europe.’ As I pondered the picture it spoke to me of the abiding value of the Cross. The words of a hymn came to mind:
In the cross of Christ I glory, Tow’ring o’er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
The place of worship may be destroyed, but not the God we worship. The message of the Cross, at the centre of our faith, remains a timeless, undam-aged truth. The hymn continues:
When the woes of life o’ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me, Lo! It glows with peace and joy.
Even among the ruins of our own lives the Cross stands tall, reminding us of the presence of God and His grip on our lives. Tony Horsfall - Parish Pump
June 2019
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Noticeboard
Charity Bottle for June CAST/Family Trust
See page 20 for details
Next Breakfast meeting Saturday 29th June
Brian 01622 759278
Thursday 20th June 2.30pm
Sandra Goodey Trustee Board Member
St Nicholas Fellowship Next Meeting in church Friday 14th June in church Guest speaker Contact Michael Froude for Details 01622 759098
Date for your DiarySaturday 14th September
SONGS AND TALES!
with Jonathan Veira
Our continuing series of the Bible Project is looking at 1 Corinthi-ans. Having come to appreciate God’s promises and our hope for the future through our study of Revelation, we look at the early church in Corinth and the guidance St Paul gave them. What does that say to us today? Many, if not all, of the challenges experienced in the early church are no different to those we face today. We will seek to grow as individuals and as a church in unity facing the mission of today and what it means to be followers of Jesus. Now we have lighter evenings there will only be meetings on Tuesdays, at 7.30pm.
JUNE 4th-FOODJUNE 18th - GATHERING JULY 2nd - RESURRECTION
All are welcome to attend - refreshments will be provided.Rev Barry
June 2019
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OASIS Café & Mums & Babes
@ St Nics 10am –12 noon in the Church
once a month on a Friday.
An opportunity to relax and spend time with other new
parents and members of the local community of all ages!
Next meeting
Friday 14th June Do join us for coffee & cake!
Noticeboard
Deadline for July Grapevine
Monday 3rd June Please send articles and information to
Email: [email protected]
No Saturday Club
Saturday 15th June 10.00am - 12 noon
Date for your Diary Saturday 14th September
SONGS AND TALES!
An Audience
with Jonathan Veira
Our continuing series of the Bible Project is looking at 1 Corinthi-ans. Having come to appreciate God’s promises and our hope for the future through our study of Revelation, we look at the early church in Corinth and the guidance St Paul gave them. What
Many, if not all, of the challenges experienced in the early church are no different to those we face today. We will seek to grow as individuals and as a church in unity facing the mission of today and what it means to be followers of Jesus. Now we have lighter evenings there will only be meetings on
-FOOD JUNE 18th - GATHERING
- RESURRECTION All are welcome to attend - refreshments will be provided.
Rev Barry
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Rotas for June LOCAL CHEMISTS’ ROTA
Boots, King Street, Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm, Thu 8.30am-8.00pm, Sunday 10.30am-4.30pm. Lloyds Pharmacy, Mid Kent Shopping Centre Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30 pm, Saturday 9am-5pm. Sainsbury's Pharmacy, until 10 pm Mon to Sat, normal opening times on Sunday.
CHURCH ROTAS
Sidespeople 8.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am June w/e 2 A Waddams E Harrington J Sargent D & M Derry 9 A Redford R Froude C McInnes J Harlock 16 D & B Davison M Salvage D Salvage C Colyer 23 I Redford M Gentry S Lavender G Garrett D Hayles 30 Sanctuary Cleaning Coffee June w/e 2 June Bagshaw & Mary Garrett 9 A Hiam Barbara Stratford & Ian Redford 16 Caroline McInnes & Margaret Fagg 23 M Salvage John Tester & Sarah Knott 30 Sarah Lavender & Liz Walker
We welcome into the family of the church
Agatha Fife
We commend to the loving care of our Lord
Peter Twort Sibongile Sibanda Raymond Tierney
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5 Birchwood Road
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J NORRIS Electrical Contractor
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Hall Hire
Don’t forget there are two halls at
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AG Driveways are a Maidstone based company specialising in all types of groundwork from design through to construction.
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Stuart Plumbing & Heating Services
99 Poplar Grove, Allington Mobile: 07956 355012 Home:01622 609101
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Osteopathic clinic for the treatment of;
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Specialising in Landlord & Tenant Law Supporting Landlords, Letting Agents, Solicitors, Tenants
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Small, family-run residential home • All rooms en-suite • Varied activities programme • Day Care and Respite Care available
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ACA Castle Road Maidstone ME16 0PZ Why not come and see what we have to offer!
Licensed Bar with Sky Sports &
BT Sports Family bar and Function Hall
available for hire Lounge Bar over 18's only - also available for wakes ( Catering available upon request)
Monday - Friday ACA Playgroup (Term time only) Call Katie 07545 556290 Mondays & Wednesdays ZUMBA 7.30pm Call Clalre 07812 564460 Tuesday’s Orchard Club for the over 60’s 1.30pm Call Pat 01622 673633 Slimming World 5.30pm & 7.30pm Call Vanessa 07712 647797 Wednesday’s Whist Drive 1.00pm Call Joy 01622 761346 Thursday’s Bingo 7.15pm Call Joy 01622 761346 Eucher Cards (Lounge Bar) 7.00pm Call Julie 07813 956187 Saturday’s Kungfoo (6-11yrs 9.30am) Call Neil 07980 945378 (11-15yrs 10.30am) Sunday’s Bingo 8.00pm Call Joy 01622 761346
Adult £34 Adult & Spouse £46 (inc admin fee) Family - Adult & spouse plus 1 child (second child free) £58
(all to reside at same address) Juniors £22 Senior (Over 60) £22 Senior & Spouse £34
Keep up to date with what’s going on !
Email [email protected] Telephone 01622 673633
WHERE AND WHEN — ORGANISATIONS IN THE PARISH Mondays: Tel.enquiries Quilting Web 9.00am - 12.00pm ~ Small Hall 2nd, 4th, 5th 01622 710829 Zumba 9.15am - 10.30am 07999 444045 ALLARA Tai Chi 11.30am - 12.30pm 01622 756475 ALLARA Painting 2.00pm - 4.00pm ~ Small Hall 01622 662707 ALLARA Kurling 2.00pm - 5.00pm 2nd & 4th 01622 686305 Flair School of Dance 4.00pm - 6.00pm ~ Small Hall 07713 260452 2nd Allington Rainbows 4.30pm - 5.30pm @ Allington School 01622 685264 Weight Watchers 6.15pm - 8.15pm 07888 740221 4th Allington Brownies 6.00pm - 7.30pm @ Allington School 01622 686527 1st Allington Guides 7.15pm - 8.45pm ~ Small Hall 01622 672985 Allington Castle Beavers 6.00pm - 7.00pm ~ Small Hall 07846 600953 Tuesdays:- Slimming World 9.45am - 11.45am ~ Small Hall 07770 700688 Parent & Toddler Group 9.30am - 11.30am 07951 777854 1st Allington Brownies 5.45pm - 7.30pm 01622 685007 Kettlebridge Clog Dancing 8.00pm - 10.30pm 01622 727147 Allington Scouts 7.30pm - 9.00pm ~ Small Hall 07846 600953 ALLARA 1.00pm - 4.30pm~ 3rd 01622 756475 Simply Pilates 6.00pm - 7.00pm ~ Small Hall 07845 442885 Trefoil Guild 7.00pm onwards - 1st Tuesday allingtong@btiternet,com Wednesdays:- Zumba 9.15am -10.15am 07999 444045 Quilting Web 9.30am - 12.30pm ~ Small Hall 2nd,4th,5th 01622 710829 Quilting Friends 9.30am - 12.30pm~ Small Hall 1st & 3rd 01622 744170 ALLARA Keep Fit 10.30am - 11.30am 01622 756475 2nd Allington Brownies 6.15pm - 7.45pm 01622 753563 Maidstone Dance Academy 3.15pm - 6.15 Hall & 4.00 - 6.00 ~ Small Hall 01622 746835 Allington Castle WI 7.00pm - 9.30pm ~ Small Hall 3rd 01622 721170 Maidstone Circle Dance Club 8.00pm - 10.00pm ~ 1st 01622 753090 Thursdays:- NHS Retirement Fellowship 10.30am - 12.45pm ~ 1st 01622 670240 ALLARA 10.00am - 12.00 ~ Small Hall 1st 01622 756475 Creative Art & Textiles 10.00am—3.00pm 01622 695769 Allington Knights Beavers 5.45pm - 6.45pm 07846 600953 Allington Cub Scouts 6.30pm - 8.00pm @ Allington School 07846 600953 2nd Allington Guides 7.00pm - 8.45pm ~ Small Hall 01622 685264 Allington Garden Club 7.30pm - 9.30pm ~ 1st 01622 754855 Mid Kent Fuchsia Group 7.15pm - 10.15pm ~ 2nd 01795 539722 Mothers’ Union 2.30pm - 4.30pm ~ Church ~3rd 01622 678312 Fridays:- Zumba 9.15am - 11.15am ~ Small Hall 07999 444045 Simply Pilates 12.30pm - 2.30pm ~Small Hall 07845 442885 Musical Playtime 10.00am - 11.00am 01622 669400 St Nicholas Fellowship 2.30pm - 4.30pm ~ 2nd 764913/762548 OASIS Café / Mums & Babes 9.30am—12noon ~2nd in Church 07951 777854 Saturdays:- Children’s Saturday Club 10.00am—12 noon ~ 3rd 07951 777854 1st Allington Rainbows 9.00am - 10.00am ~ Small Hall 07742 846625 Hearty Quilters 9.00am - 1.00pm ~ 1st 01732 823383 Clouds Youth Group 1.30pm - 4.30pm ~ Small Hall 07886 566984 Mid Kent Metal Detecting Club 6.30pm-10pm ~ 2nd 01233 612312 Men’s Breakfast 8.30am - 9.30am Last Saturday 01622 759278 Sundays Light Life Christian Fellowship 11.00am—1.30pm~Small Hall [email protected] Light Life Christian Fellowship 5.30pm—8.30pm ~Small Hall [email protected]
All information is for reference only and may be subject to change - please check for further information regarding hall availability with the Church Office on 01622 299715
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June 2019
2 Sun 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Morning Worship 12 noon Sunday Lunch Club 5.00pm OASIS in the Afternoon
3 Mon 8.30am Morning Prayer 4 Tue 7.30pm Bible Project 5 Wed 8.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am Holy Communion with Mothers’ Union followed by Coffee Morning & Lunch with ‘Bring & Buy’
7.30pm Evening Prayer 6 Thur 9.00am Prayer Space 7 Fri 2.15pm St Nicholas Fellowship 9 Sun 9.30am OASIS 11.00am Holy Communion
10 Mon 8.30am Morning Prayer 12 Wed 8.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am Holy Communion 7.30pm Evening Prayer
13 Thur 9.00am Prayer Space 2.30pm Mothers’ Union Meeting
14 Fri 9.30am OASIS Café with Mums & Babes 15 Sat 10.00am Saturday Club 16 Sun 8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am OASIS Communion (with Explorers) 17 Mon 8.30am Morning Prayer 18 Tue 7.30pm Bible Project 19 Wed 8.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am Holy Communion 7.30pm Evening Prayer
20 Thur 9.00am Prayer space 23 Sun 9.30am OASIS
11.00am Holy Communion 5.00pm OASIS Communion
24 Mon 8.30am Morning Prayer 26 Wed 10.00am Holy Communion 27 Thur 9.00am Prayer space 28 Fri 10.00am Pilgrim Course 30 Sun 8.00am Benefice Service at St Andrew’s with Rev Chris
10.00am Benefice Service at St Nicholas with Rev Chris