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Can Elizabeth II be a focus for unity like her illustrious predecessor?

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Jubilee Prayer of Thanksgiving Let us give our pralse and thanks for the golden years of Her Majests reign, recalling her dedicated service to the nation, her commitment to family life and the universal respect in wiich she is held, From Worship Material for The Queen's Jubilee published by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (2).

Her Majesty the O.ueen photographed in the Oxford Diocese (Left) On a visit to Berinsfield, Oxfordshire in 1998 Her Majesty visited the church there and took tea with residents; (Centre) With the Bishop of Oxford and his wife at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford for the Oxford Diocese's 450th anniversary in 1993; (Top right) In Milton Keynes for the consecration of the ecumenical Church of Christ the Cornerstone in 1992.The photographs are by Frank Blackwell except Milton Keynes which is by Lionel Grech. More photographs on page 2

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'About a Boy' goes to the heart of the Gospel Responding to the call 'Sharing Life' has raised some fundamental issues about our understanding and expression of church life as we continue to move into the 21st century. Over the next few months Chris Neal will explore some of the key factors that need to be addressed

,NOW I am no longer a local church minister and, therefore, no longer have the necessity of being there, I realise that quite often congregational worship is boring and not rooted in people's everyday lives.' George Lings in Encounters on the Edge No 11 Never on a Sunday (Church Army).

Relationships that work In his latest film 'About a Boy' Hugh Grant plays a character who is forced to look at his individualism and isolation and ask some basic questions about relationships. The film expresses a contemporary theme about the possibility of discovering relationships that are possible and that actually work and touches a seam which is at the heart of the Christian Good News. The Gospel contains the promise that at the heart of creation is a God who longs to be in rela-tionship with his creation and who longs for individuals to discover the possibility of relationship with him and each other.

Sadly, however, church, which should be a vibrant expression and visual aid of

this relational living, is fre-quently very different. I have heard it said that churches can be friendly (or otherwise), but rarely are they places where real friendships/relationships can be made. Faith has been divorced from meaningful meeting and relational living.

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The Model of Jesus What a far cry from the model given to us in the life of Jesus. At the heart of his life and ministry was the reality and assurance of his relationship with his Father God. It was this bedrock that enabled him to reach out to and touch the lives of so many. However, at the heart of this ministry was the deep relationship and friendship which he found with his 12 disciples, and in particular - Peter, James and John.

If this is the example and pattern given to us by Jesus,

how do we begin to express it in our contemporary set-ting - what might it mean for church life?

Heart of the matter We have to learn afresh that church is the place where peo-pie can know and be known, love and be loved, hold and be held, without pretence, without shame and without fear. We need to know that we can do this because the Good News is that we wor-ship a God, who through Jesus Christ, has invited us into relationship with himself - a relationship without feat; shame or pretence.

How might such a church express itself. It will mean small groups of Christians meeting together without a formal agenda to share their life in Christ, and to encour-age each other through wor-ship and ministry, and engag-ing with God's word, to share his life with his world.

It will mean encouraging each other in a deepening commitment to discipleship, and living in such a way that God's Kingdom can be known and seen.

It will mean sharing life in deepening ways which become intriguing and attractive to others. It will mean living relationships in a way which re-engages with people and networks and draws them into the gift and experience of God's love.

Engaging with God's Word Read Luke 19:1-9

Points for Reflection 1) How does Jesus build a relationship with Zacchaeus. What difference does it make?

2) How 'real' are the relation-ships within the local church I know? Are they without feat; shame or pretence?

3) How can we enable and encourage deeper relation-ships?

4) How can they touch the lives of those around us?

If you want to know more about Sharing Life please contact: Canon Chris Neal, Oxford Diocesan Director of Evangelisation, Sharing Life Office, Thame Barns Centre, Church Road, Thame, Oxon 0X9 3AJ. Telephone 01844-216097; Fax: 01844-260827.

ON the 13 July 2002 Madejski Stadium in Reading will be filled with thousands of people for 'TheCall' England, a day of fasting, repentance and recon-ciliation for the nation. The event is being organised by Rod and Julie Anderson, founders of Prayer for the Nations and is being backed by many Christian organisa-tions including Youth for Christ and Soul Survivor.

The Revd Dr Alan Wilson,

JAMES HOBDAY, a 15 year old pupil from Presentation College, Reading decided he wanted work experience with the Church of England. So he 'shadowed' the Bishop of Reading, Dominic Walker, as wel4 as spending some time

FLAME'S Marriage Education sub-group under the Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility has a new chairman. He is the Revd Matthew Reed, Vicar at Marlow Bottom who succeeds the Revd Gary Rowlandson, Rector of Chesham Bois.

'Gary Rowlandson has chaired the group for three

ON Friday 3 May local Christian Aid campaigners from Oxford presented sack loads of 'Trade for Life' pledges to Andrew Smith MP on the steps of Oxford Town Hall.

Dressed as a pair of scales and sporting 'Trade for life' and 'Right the rules' banners

organiser of the Diocesan Convention which will be going on in High Wycombe at the same time as TheCail, said: 'It is so exciting that where the Convention will be trying to work for the renewal of the Church, there are people not very far away praying for the same thing.'

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with the Vicar from his home parish. James enjoyed the experience and coped well with the long days. However Bishop Dominic says James opted Out of a clergy supper party when he discovered there was no disco!

years and has developed the work of the Oxford Diocese on this important issue' says Jo Saunders, Diocesan Social Responsibility Officer. 'As his swan-song he will be with the group running workshops at the Diocesan Convention,' she said. FLAME: Family Life and Marriage Education

and waving flags, campaign-ers presented Andrew Smith with the pledges. Attached t the sack was a giant luggage label asking him to forward the pledges to Tony Blair with the message from his constituents 'Rewrite the rules - make international trade work for the poor.'

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DEATH'by fire does not appeal straight away as the subject of a new play but an Oxford second year student and a Ordinand from Wycliffe Hall, James Mumford and Patrick Malone, have written Play the Man, a moving drama about the burning to death in Oxford of Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer. The three bishops were martyred for their Protestant faith in 1555 and 1556 and the open air-production in May was set in Broad Street where the three were burned at the stake. 'Our hope is that the story stirs the people who see it' said Malone. 'It asks us, what do our lives add up to? The martyrs paid for their beliefs with their lives.Their story doesn't make any sense if there is no life after death.'The Martyrs Memorial in St Giles, put up in 1841 in honour of the three mar-tyrs, is currently being renovated.

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ABOUT fifty Christians spent a morning with Muslims from High Wycombe on 2 May as part of a conference to pro-mote Christians and Muslims working together.

The day began with a wel-come by the Imam and a tour around Jamir Mosque, which was built in 1981 and is one of three Muslim centres in Wycombe.

There is a growing relation-ship between Muslims and Christians in High Wycombe, said Martin Conway, Chairman of the Oxford Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility. Much of this is,

Christian CND fight on ON 18 May Christian CND and Bruce Kent cut a birthday cake in the centre of Burford to celebrate the vision of the Levellers, a 17th century sect opposed to organised religion, who died in the town. They were also commemorating the world's agreement to rid the world of nuclear weapons through the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Bruce Kent, a former Roman Catholic priest and peace campaigner sent a strong mes-sage: 'NPT is not just a treaty about non-proliferation, it is a treaty for nuclear abolition and it is time to get on with it. Threatening other people with mass murder is impossi-ble to reconcile with any faith in God.'

Memorial Eucharist for David Goldie will be at 2.30 pm on Saturday, 22 June at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes. The preacher will be the Bishop of Oxford. All are welcome. For more details contact the Bishop's Chaplain, on 01865 208221.

he said, is due to the Wycombe Sharing of Faiths programme which encourages communi-cation between the two faiths. The committee consists of both Christians and Muslims and includes talks and social gatherings to break down lan-guage and cultural barriers.

After the tour of the mosque, the conference started at Green Road Community Centre, just a few minutes walk down the road. The third chapter from the Holy Quran was read, speaking of the birth of Jesus, as well as 1 Corinthians chapter 13. Dr Martin Conway then spoke on

Holy stethoscope! A former medical doctor is to be the new Rector of St Nicolas, Newbury and the Newbury Team Ministry in succession to Canon David Cook. David Stone has been at his current Church, St Jude's, Courtfield Gardens in the Earls Court area of London, for 11 years. Before ordination he was a doctor and also worked with the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship and the Christian Medical Fellowship in the support of student groups. Currently Area Dean of Chelsea, he is a Bishop's Adviser for the Healing Ministry in the Diocese of London.

'How can we Collaborate in the Current Situation' and a reply was given by Dr Aziz Pasha, Chairman of the Union of Muslim Organisations UK and Ireland. Dr Pasha spoke of three possible levels of cooper-ation: the spiritual, the moral and the social.

In a discussion the consensus was that care for one's neigh-bour, irrespective of race or religion, was a good place to start in better understanding the other community. There was no hostility in the discus-sion and each group were open and willing to hear sug-gestions on how they could

Extending the mind EXPERIMENTS show that people can influence others at a distance just by looking at them, even if they look from behind and if all sensory clues are eliminated. The 9th Amersham Millennium Lecture will be presented on the subject of 'The Extended Mind' by Dr Rupert Sheldrake, Christian philoso-pher, biologist, biochemist and author of the 'Book of the Year' selected by the British Scientific and Medical Network. He will be speaking at St Michael's Church, Amersham on the Hill at 8pm on 18 June. Details of how to book are on The DOORPost.

improve the current situation. A Bible was then presented

to the Mosque, and a copy of the Quran was given to Dr Martin Conway. The day suc-cessfully ended with a deli-cious curry generously provid-ed by the Muslim community.

For information about Wycombe Sharing of Faiths contact the Chairman Anne Bowker on 01494 564445

Racial Justice Sunday is on the 8 September. A study pack, includ-ing a prayer by a young Muslim, is available for £3 from CCRJ at Inter-Church House, 35-41 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7SA (020) 7523 2128

Let's go to the lobby

FROM the members of the Church of the Holy Family, Blackbird Leys to the Windsor Christian Aid group, people throughout the Oxford Diocese are getting ready to join the Trade Justice Movement's mass lobby of Parliament on 19 June.

Organisers are hoping that thousands of people will gath-er to speak with their MPs about the need for fairer inter-national trade rules. Current rules cost developing coun-tries billions of dollars each year and devastate people's livelihoods and health.

Churches across the Diocese heard for themselves about the impact of unfair trade rules. In a pre-Christian Aid Week tour Ned and Tita de Guzman, who run a commu-nity action group in the Philippines, spoke about an island where foreign mining companies were so polluting the sea that local people were developing aplastic anaemia and other diseases but had no recourse against the polluters.

To join the 19 June lobby contact local Christian Aid offices: Berks and Oxon Paul Langley 01865 246818; Bucks Sue James 01908 698135.

A MAJOR Government report has praised the adoption work of a local charity Parents and Children Together (Oxford Diocesan Council for Social Work). However, PACT has been so successful in placing children with new families that they are desperately searching for more people who think they could adopt a child. The agency was com-mended by Social Services inspectors for the quality of their adoption services in the area of the Oxford Diocese.

Adoption Manager Andrea

Orchard explained: 'PACT is recognised as having some of the best adoption services available, but we can only offer these services to people who are willing to adopt a child. Already this year we have placed 23 children with new families and want to build on that good work. I would ask anyone interested in adop-tion to contact us so we can explain what is involved and provide the best advice and support available.'

PACT 0118 938 7600.

Curry for the Christians Jemimah Wright reports on a half-day Conference held at the Jamir Mosque in High Wycombe on 2 May

How safe are our clergy? THE Suzy Lamplugh Trust are organising a conference on 'Working with Vulnerable People' on 4 July which covers the question of clergy safety. The Trust, which is committed to improving personal safety at work, was started by Suzy Lamplugh's mother Diana after her daughter vanished in the course of her work as an estate agent in London. The event came about following increasing concern about the personal safety of those who work with vulnerable people. Among the speakers is Nick Tolson, National Co-ordinator of Churchwatch who will discuss' Making the Ministry Safe' including personal safety in the clergy home as well as in a place of worship. Enquiries about the conference to 020 8876 0305 or training@suzylamplugh.org

The new Ecumenical Adviser for the Oxford Archdeaconry is Tessa Kuin Lawton and her telephone number is 01993 852294. Tess has taken the place of Will Adam.

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BISHOP OF OXFORD The Right Revd Richard Harries, Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford, OX2 ON Tel:01865 208200. Fax: 01865 790470. E-mail: bishopoxon@dch.oxford.anglican.org

ARCHDEACONRY OF OXFORD Bishop of Dorchester The Right Revd Cohn Fletcher,Arran House, Sandy Lane, Yarnton, Oxford OX5 1 P B Tel: 01865 375541. Fax: 01865 379890. E-mail: bishopdorchester@oxford.anglican.org Archdeacon The Venerable John Morrison, Christ Church, Oxford OX1 1DP Tel: 01865 204440. Fax 204465. E-mail: archdoxf@oxford.anglican.org

ARCHDEACONRY OF BERKSHIRE Bishop of Reading The Right Revd Dominic Walker, OGS, Bishop's House, Tidmarsh Lane, Tidmarsh, Reading RG8 BHA Tel: 01189 841216. Fax: 0118 984 1218. E-mail: bishopreading@oxford.anglican.org Archdeacon The Venerable Norman Russell, Foxglove House, Love Lane, Donnington, Newbury, Berks RG14 2JG Tel: 01635 552820. Fax: 01635 522165. E-mail: archdber@oxford.anglican.org

ARCHDEACONRY OF BUCKINGHAM Bishop of Buckingham The Rt Revd Mike Hill, Sheridan, Grimms Hill, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 9BD Tel: 01494 862173. Fax: 01494 890508. E-mail: bishopbucks@oxford.anglican.org PROVINCIAL EPISCOPAL VISITOR Bishop of Ebbsfleet The Right Revd Andrew Burnham, Bishops House, Dry Sandford, Adingdon, OX13 6JP Tel: 01865 390746 E-mail: bishop.andrew@ebbsfleet.org.uk

PICTURED above is Jackie Wales, a member of St Aldates, one of 15 Oxford churches involved in a four-day city centre mission called 'On the Move'. On the Move was started four years ago by Martin Graham, a businessman from Kent. The team go to different towns and help local churches to give a free barbecue against a background of music by wor-ship bands. Ian Jones from a church in Leicester saw many people become Christians through an On the Move barbeque in his town. 'Not only do people become Christians, but it equips the saints for works of service as well/ he says. Oxford On the Move was from 8 - 11 May in Bonn Square at the heart of the shopping centre. On the first day alone there were long queues for food and people stayed to listen to the wor-ship band. The mission was opened at St Aldates when Michael Green commended On the Move to 200 volunteers telling them what fun it is to 'get out there'. Martin Graham and his wife live by faith, having given up a job at the Chamber of Commerce in Kent, to run the charity. For more information contact: On the Move, P0 Box 7761, Birmingham, BI 7 OBW. Tel: (0121) 427 3300, email: onthemove@'btinternet.com

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Julian of Norwich, played by Betty Stokes and Elisabeth Dutton as Margery Kempe rehearsing in Charlbury church.

Roy Hattersley on Wesley LORD Roy Hattersley is speaking at the Wesley Day celebrations of the Wesley and Methodist Studies Centre of the Westminster Institute of Education in Oxford on 26 May. His lecture at 4p1'a is entitled 'Ashamed of Nothing - Wesley's Influence on 18th and 19th Century Society'. The lecture is part of a year of special events following the 150th anniversary last October of the foundation of Westminster College, now merged with Oxford Brookes University. Wesley Day commemorates John and Charles Wesley's conversions in May 1738. Lord Hattersley has written a biography of John Wesley due out very soon. The lecture is free and will be held in the Theatre, Harcourt Hill Campus. Tickets can be obtained from: Roy Meek 01865 488583 or rmeek@brookes.ac.uk

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Oxford is on the move SNIPPETS All shall be well in Charlbury

MANY readers will remember the Revd Elizabeth Brazed (pic-tured) who, with her husband Denis, ministered at the Church of St Agnes and St Paul in Reading. Since leaving the Oxford Diocese she has become well known nationally and international-ly as a speaker, counsellor and evangelist.

In 1997 Elizabeth founded the Word for Life Trust (WFLT) which has just moved its headquarters from Milford on Sea in Hampshire to new premises at Christchurch in the Forest of Dean. The move to the 'House of Bread' will enable WFLT to expand its healing, counselling and prayer ministries besides leading missions here and overseas and offering leadership training. The new centre is also closer to the Oxford Diocese!

The House of Bread is a complex of cottages and outbuildings including a barn converted into a chapel and teaching room, a book-shop and a refectory. There, WFLT

will continue to offer prayer ministry and quiet days, healing retreats and day and week-end courses.

WFLT makes no charge for coun-selling or ministry appointments. 'We are a faith ministry and trust God to pro-

vide for all the needs of the work both here and overseas. Many people support the work for which the team is immensely thankful,' says Elizabeth Brazell.

Another WFLT activity is Arts in Mission which encourages artists of many disciplines to use their gifts within mission.

If you would like more information please email wflt@wflt.org or telephone 01594 837744 or fax 01594 837742

Christ in the countryside VILLAGERS in West Berkshire will worship in a barn at Leckhampstead, at a village hail alongside their animals, at a healing service and with a 'Songs of Praise' during a Festival of Faith from 20 July to S August. There will be bell ringing, cream teas, exhibi-tions, a canal trip, a flower fes-tival and events marking the area's links with John Betjeman and Thomas Hardy. 'The purpose of the festival is to affirm each local church as lively and full of faith, to pro-mote a sense of Christian friendship between the church-es and to open our doors to vis-itors.' said the Revd Antonia Cretney, Chairman of the Festival's organising group. 'Everyone, from town and country alike, is invited to come and join in and find Christ in the countryside.' she said. Contact Antonia on 01635 248925.

ST PETER'S TIDE this year is a milestone for St Peter's Burnham because the church is celebrating their 800th anniversary. A week of cele-bration. in and around the church from 22 to 30 June will include the traditional St Peter's Fete, lunch-time con-certs for people to pop in for 'a musical pause' and the Friendly Bomb Theatre Group in a mystery play about the life of St Peter. Another highlight is a pageant performed by local primary and secondary schools on 26 June. Sponsored by South Bucks. District Council and 'Awards for All' the pageant will tell the 800-year story of St Peter's and include a specially commissioned Gloria using an unusual mix of brass, percussion and voices. For more information look on The DOOR Post or ring 01628 664338.

AN INTERREGNUM can be a difficult time for a church but Sulhamstead Abbots with Ufton Nervet in the Bradfield Deanery is fortunate in having the services of the Right Revd

Raymond Smith, Bishop of the Western District of Brisbane. The Bishop, who is on sabbati-cal accompanied by his wife Rita, will be their locum until September. 'Every parish should have a visiting

i Australian Bishop for a few months!' says Anthony Peabody, a church member.

DOROTHY MEADOWS of Stony Stratford was most interested to hear that in October 2000 the Diocese of Zanzibar and Tanga in

i the Church of Tanzania had become two separate Dioceses of Zanzibar and of Tanga, and that the first Bishop of Tanga, Philip Baji was consecrated the follow-ing month. Dorothy, now 88, had been a missionary in what was then Tanganyika Territory from

Dorothy pictured with Bishop Philip when he came for tea

1944 to 47 and 1949 to 52. These were, she says, 'the best years of my life'.

Dorothy has written a number of books about her life, and decided to dedicate her latest, African Journeys 1945, to Bishop Philip Bail and to send him a copy. The Bishop not only wrote to thank her but on 11 May was driven over from Hereford to thank Dorothy in person and to have tea with her. Also there was Dorothy's close friend Molly Foxley, now aged 97, who had been a nursing missionary in the same area. The Bishop brought them each a gift. He also broke the news to Dorothy that a new room at the school where she worked is to be named in her honour.

CELL TALK, a new, award-winning play, imaginatively recreates the real-life histori-cal encounter between two celebrated medieval women. Julian of

Norwich, whose feast day is on 8 May, was an anchoress, enclosed in a cell where, at about the time Chaucer was writing his Canterbury Tales, she wrote an account of her spiritual visions. Her Revelation of Divine Love is still treasured for its spiritual wisdom - Eliot's Four Quartets cite her assertion that, though we suffer, 'all shall be well and all shall be well and all man-ner of thing shall be well'.

The controversial Margery Kempe, by contrast, bore 14 children before demanding celibacy from her husband and becoming a pilgrim traveller. But haunted by her past life, her 'gift of tears' and continuing sexual desires, she came to Julian of Norwich in 1410 seeking

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TO PRAY FOR THE SOVEREIGN was the purpose of the College of St George founded by Edward Ill within Windsor Castle in

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right), the Choir School and St George's House, a consultation centre, opened in 1966. Despite the splendour of the surroundings, there is a vibrant Christian community inside the Castle walls.

THE MINOR CANON Edward Carter The Revd Edward Carter is a Minor Canon at St George's and Deanc Vicar He hues in the Canons Cloister a very old set of buildings. Before moving to Windsor he was a curate in No,wich and before ordination he ran his own business designing board games. He is married and has two small sons. John (9) sings in the choir at St George's and Matthew (7) will join the choir soon.

'THE similarities to a cathedral are a splendid building, a fine choir, the chapter. But in some ways we are more like an Oxford college. We were founded as a place of learning and study to pray for the Sovereign and the Companions of the Order of the Garter. That purpose of prayer continues and the activities at St George's House are the modem interpre-tation of what a modem spiri-tual college is all about.

The walls of the Windsor Castle make us a very close and defined community of which St George's Chapel is an important part. People look to it as a focus for the Christian dimension like a vibrant parish church within a parish. The res-ident population here is quite small, under a thousand. but there are also people who live near by who come to the Chapel and we have huge num-bers of visitors and tourists.

The Dean and the Canons form the Chapter and they run this part of the Castle. The Minor Canons are their junior ordained colleagues and his-torically they have been musi-cal. I have always sung in choirs so I can get by. But my main role is a pastoral one to the community here. I am also learning the importance of prayer and of weaving it into

one's ministry. We have Matins, Holy Communion and Evening Prayer every day of the year.

The Queen is often in Windsor at the weekends, but she doesn't often come to St George's Chapel as it's quite public. However she is very faithful and always goes to the Royal Chapel in Windsor Great Park.'

THE LAY CLERK Trevor Craddock Trevor is one of 12 Lay Clerks, in St George's Chapel Choir. He has a bass baritone voice and after singing in cathedral and church choirs as a boy, trained with the dis-tinguished baritone, John Carol Gicp. He has sung as a soloist in choral works and as a recitalist all over the country including London's South Bank. In addition to three sung Sunday services the choir sing Evensong on the five other days and there are numerous rehearsals. He also te,uches singing and piano at two schools in the Reading area. This year Trevor Craddock completes 24 years at St George's where he has a 'grace and favour home'.

'I treat each service in some ways as a concert. I also see my music as an obvious channel for my beliefs although I find it difficult to take Communion when I am 'performing' in a service and much prefer to take early morning Communion in the Edward IV Chantry where it is quieter and more intimate. Some of the texts we sing are very joyful like 'Faire is the Heaven' by William Harris, a former St George's organist with words by Edmund Spencer. Others are much more desolate like Allegri's setting of Psalm 51. So the music runs the whole gamut of one's emotions.

We had a concert for the

Queen on 27 April and forth-coming commitments include a live Radio 3 Evensong on May 29 which will feature Royal Jubilee music, and a special ser-vice on June 2.'

THE STEWARD Manna 'Bubbles' CanUay After the death of her husband 11 years ago Bubbles moved to a flat just outside the Castle walls. In 1967 when they returned from abroad and were staying at a hotel opposite Windsor Castle, they heard about St George's Chapel and began to attend services there. Both eventually became stewards.

'My father was a Sunday school superintendent and I was a Sunday School teacher and wherever I have been in the world I have done charity work and tried to live out my faith.

St George's is a very close knit community and it's lovely to go somewhere where the Queen can worship with us. They are a lovely Christian family.

As a Steward I welcome peo-ple to St George's. I'm there in the mornings as well as for funerals, saints days and on Sundays. But! often go into the Chapel my myself to say a little prayer. My faith has grown stronger since coming here. Without my church and prayer, I would be lost.'

THE MILITARY KNIGHT James Cowley Major James Cowley OBE, DCM is one of 12 Military Knights of Windsor who live in 'lodgings' opposite St George's Chapel. All were chosen because of their distin-guished army record. They repre-sent the Knights of the Garter in the Chapel and have special seats and a splendid red and gold uniform. Major Cowley was in the Coldstream Guards from 1937

until 1968. As a sergeant major in the War he was awarded the DCM for taking command after all the officers had been killed or wounded. James Cowley came to Windsor in 1982 and now, aged 82, is married to Joyce whom he met when they were fellow stewards in the Chapel

'I was stopped in my tracks by the first question when I was on Songs of Praise: "How do you reconcile being a fighting soldier with your religion?" I had no immediate answer. But then I said "I always thought God was with me and we were fight-ing evil."

Being the eldest of 13 grand children, I had lunch with my grandmother every Sunday and went to church with her. I joined the choir, became a serv-er, and then a Sunday school teacher. I carried my faith wher-ever I went. When I could I sang in the Guard's Chapel choir. It is a real Christian communi-

ty here. Our first spouses died and when I was on my own, meals were brought across from the Deanery 'just in case' I needed it.

The sense that someone was looking after me carried me through the War. We were in an extended line going towards the Germans and the guardsman on my left was killed, the guards-man on my right was wounded, and yet I was unscathed. Now we have both got cancer but we go on hand in hand. Our faith in God keeps us cheerful.'

Photographs Frank Blackwell

Interview Christine Zwart

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Can I volunteer with my family or friends? Yes, you can but you won't have such a large choice as if you were completely flexible. Some volunteering is usually done in groups, so two or more people could easily join together. Examples are practical conservation and fundraising. It's unusual for organisations to plan volunteering specially so that groups of people can volunteer together. But it is a grow-ing trend in the USA and could be good market-ing for UK organisations wanting to attract more volunteers.

Can I volunteer full-time and get living expenses? You can, but only under certain circumstances. Most residential voluntary work offers board, lodging and some form of pocket money. This work can be for a week or two or a whole year. Will I get training? You need to ask your organisation this, as it varies a lot. Some organisations offer substan-tial training and support, but others don't. It also depends on the type of work you will be doing. So if you're spending one day clearing overgrowth from paths, expect about 15 min-utes at the start being told what to do, how to use the tools and what health and safety pre-cautions to take. But if you volunteer to give welfare benefits advice you should get much more training. You might get 10 two-hour train-ing sessions spread over several weeks before you see a client, plus ongoing training to keep you up-to-date.

I'm working full-time. Will I still be able to volunteer? Yes, there are many opportunities to volunteer that do not require you to be available Monday to Friday during the day. Don't be put off vol-unteering because you work full-time! Many organisations would love to find volunteers who are able to volunteer evenings, nights and/or weekends. Some examples of out of office hours volunteer-ing include: campaigning, the Samaritans 01

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2. Volunteering for anything from a few weeks to a year by people wthoutcetevant pñfession-at skills. For tMs type of volunteering lou will usually have to fundraise a substartiat amount, perhaps as much as £2,000. In return you will take part in what many see as an exciting chance to experience something completely dif-ferent and gain an undeanding of another culture. For both types of volunteering it is best to apply well in advance. There áeetl over 100 British organisations specialisingj,. arranging overseas volunteering offering a cjje of either a par-ticular country or type of YI It is possible to travel to aountry and then find voluntary work. However, you should check first if there are visa restrictions for volunteer-ing and bear in mind that it can take many weeks to be selected onto a volunteer pro-gramme.

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And these deacons will be ordained priest: Please pray for them and for the new deacons and also for the staff of the theological colleges including their Principals pictured above

St Mary's, Slough on 30 June at 10.30am. The Bishop of Buckingham will ordain: Andraes Lowe Upton-cum-Chalvey Daniel Munoz-Trivino Hazlemere, Holy Trinity Antony White Bernwode Kay Watters Prestwood & Great Hampden The Preacher will be the Very Revd Christopher Lewis, Dean of St Albans Cathedral and the Abbey Church

St Peter's, Caversham on 30 June at 6.30pm. The Bishop of Reá'ding will ordain:

Alveen Thoresen Caversham, St Peter Margaret Dimmick Caversham Park, LEP The Preacher will be Canon John Crowe, Team Rector, Dorchester Team Ministry

Filzharrys School, Abingdon on 30 June at 10.30am. The Bishop of Reading will ordain:

Andrew Atherstone Abingdon, Christ Church The Preacher is to be decided.

St John's, Newbury on 29 June at 11.30am. The Bishop of Ebbsfleet will ordain:

Anthony Howe Newbury, St John The Preacher is to be decided

St Mary's, Chipping Norton on Sunday 30 June at 10.30am the Bishop of Dorchester will ordain: Mark Blarney Cowley, St John Keith Eyeons Iffley Tim Norman Chipping Norton w. Over Norton Pat Smith Bampton w. Clanfield The Preacher will be The Right Revd Henry Richmond, formerly Bishop of Repton.

Jubilee prayer - The Bible of Faith We pray for all people of faith, and for those who seek a faith by which to live, for Bible scholars and translators who open the Word of God to others, for those who preach the Gospel, and those who would follow the Bible's teachings, that through the Hoty Spirit, your Word may inspire and direct them.

From the intercession prayers based on the symbols of the coronation Service Worship Material for The Queen's Jubilee published by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (E2).

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Called in the year of Jubilee THE PETERTIDE ordinations set around the feast of SS Peter and Paul will

be held at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on the 30 June at 10.30am when

the Bishop of Oxford will ordain the following Deacons, Stuart Allen, Phil

Andrew, Jean Barton, Lisa Cornwell, Paul Cowan, Robin Grayson, Mark Harris,

Nigel Hawkes, Simon Lockett, Ernesto Lozado-Uzuriaga, Michelle Morton,

Basil Matthews OSB and Heather Serjeant. At Stony Stratford on 7 July at

6pm the Bishop of Ebbsfieet will ordain Deacon Giles Pinnock. POSSE OF PRINCIPALS Pictured left to right are the Principals of the four Oxford theological colleges: the Revd Jeremy Sheehy, St Stephen's House; the Revd Or Mike Butterworth, St Albans and Oxford Ministry Course; the Revd John Clarke, Ripon College; Cuddesdon, and the Revd Alister McGrath, Wycliffe Hall.

Phil And!ew Greyfriars, Reading Phil and Sue Andrew, with Thomas (12), Daniel (10) and Joshua (6) are moving from Nottingham after 20 years. Before training for ordina-tion, Phil worked as a char-tered engineer and senior manager with a firm of con-sulting engineers. A GP by training, Sue has focused her efforts in recent years on bringing up the boys who are keen Nottingham Forest sup-porters and will take some persuading to transfer alle-giance to Reading Town!

Giles Pinnock Stony Stratford, St Mary & St Giles & Calverton, All Saints' I am married to Mary, a full-time mother, and we have two sons, Gus (three years) and Theo 16 weeks). We have enjoyed the two years that I have spent in forma-tion at St Stephen's House since I left a career in IT and publishing, and we look for-ward to our time with Father Ross in Northing and the people of the parishes in which I am to serve.

Mark Harris Cowley I am looking forward to joining the Cowley Team, and being back among the people of Cowley, where I lived when I first came to Oxford ten years ago. Since then I've spent most of the time working in scientific research, but most recently in training at Ripon College.When not at college, I like to spend the time with my wife Harriet (already a priest), and baby son Ben, or cycling in the countryside.

Ernesto Lozada-Uzuriaga St Mary's, Henley-on- Thames and St Nicholas, Remenham To live in the 'Diaspora' has been the experience of many Peruvians, including Paddington Bear and me. Living far away from family, friends and culture has been a blessing in disguise; the 'wilder-ness' needed to find my true vocation and calling in life. After the necessary training, I look forward to my ordination and the beginning of a new sea-son in my journey serving the people in my parish.

Simon Lockett Ray Valley Benefice After a background in farm-ing and conservation it's now time for me to wave goodbye to training at Wycliffe Hall and re-enter the 'real' world. I cannot wait and am looking for-ward to rural ministry in the Ray Valley Benefice. Liz, my wife, can continue her work in Oxfordshire as an art teacher and art therapist and so we both look forward to our move to Islip and being a part of that community.

Nigel Hawkes Chase Benefice Nigel Hawkes is married to Julia. They have two children, Rachael (10) and Andrew (8). Nigel will serve as curate in Chadlington, Heythrop, Asc Ott- unde r-Wychwood, Spelsbury and Enstone. Before training at Ripon College Cuddesdon he worshipped at St Michael's, Tilehurst. For 17 years he worked in the Water Industry, most recently for the Environment Agency as Regional Licensing Officer in the Water Resources Dept.

Stuart Allen Burford Benefice I'm 28 and have been a Christian for the past eleven years. I'm currently engaged to Vicki who is finishing a teaching contract in Kenya and we hope to marry this September. Before commenc-ing my theological training I did voluntary work in Peru and worked in graduate recruitment. I enjoy moun-tain biking, swimming and snow boarding. I'm excited about serving the Lord Jesus in Burford Benefice this July.

Jean Barton St Matthew's, Harwell and All Saint's Chilton. Peter, my husband, is a LLM, and we have three children and four gorgeous grandchildren. Having trained as a nurse, worked it, medical research and as a headmaster's secretary, I recently gained a Bachelor of Theology degree from Oxford. My hobbies include walking, needlework and entertaining.

Robin Grayson Beaconsfield I am 49, have a wife, Juliet, and three children, Naomi (22), Daniel (20) and Deborah (17). I am a truly local product, born and brought up in Oxford, and resident in Thame and Haddenham (Bucks) for the last 20 years. I taught mathe-matics at Aylesbury Grairnar School until my call to full-time ministry. Having trained at Wycliffe Hall, I am taking up a curacy in the Beaconsfield Team Ministry.

Heather Serjeant St Peter's Caversham with St Margaret's Mapledurham I have just completed a two year course at Ripon College, and am looking forward to serving my title. Before beginning train-ing I worked as a technical author, writing computer man-uals and online documentation. I also did some editing of busi-ness, management and legal texts. I am married to Francis, a local history librarian in London, and we have two chil-dren, Max (11) and Hugh (8).

Michelle Mortan Benefice of Buckingham I have just completed two years at Ripon College. Before I went to college I worshipped at St Anne's and St Peter's, Wycombe Marsh and Micklefield. They have been a tremendous source of strength and encouragement to me during my time at col-lege. I am married to Michael and have three chil-dren, Alex, Joshuah and Samuel. I'm looking forward to working with the Revd Kevin Ashby and the team.

Paul Cowan All Saints, Wokingham I've just completed two years at Ripon College. My wife, Hannah, and I both loved living out there on top of the hill, having lived before that in Tower Hamlets for nine years (our son Samuel was born at the College). Prior to training we both worked as coun-sellors in an alcohol and drug therapy unit for homeless men.

Lisa Cornwall Benefice of Newport Pagnell I arrive fresh from my train-ing at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. I come from a teaching background as head of Religious Studies at a Girls' Comprehensive school in Maidenhead. Previous to that, I spent three years in the insurance industry. I have grown to value different aspects of a variety of Christian spiritual traditions and I am keen to further ecumenical and inter-faith relations.

Basil Matthews OSB Elmore Abbey I became a monk at Nashdom Abbey in 1964 and was life professed in 1968. My main task in community was gar-den and house maintenance. I read for an honours degree in theology at Exeter University 1983-1986. My area of spe-cial interest is the Liturgy of the Hours and the Eucharist and Christian initiation. In 1988 I was elected Abbot. I enjoy music, singing, walking and painting.

So much to celebrate NOT for the first time, in history, I suspect, the parish magazines got it right whilst the national broad-sheets (and the tabloids come to that) got it wrong. Late last year, and even early this, the latter were confi-dently predicting that the Golden Jubilee celebrations were going to be something of a damp squib.

But the parish magazines were telling a different story, at least as far as our villages and market towns were con-cerned. Small groups of enthusiasts were coming together all over the place determined that their commu-nity would celebrate the Jubilee in style.

And then came the Queen Mother's death, and those huge queues in London wait-ing to get into Westminster Hall, and some editors at any rate have been forced to think again. More recently the crowds turning up in many parts of the country, to see The Queen on her Jubilee Tour, have confirmed that the celebrations are going to be a success. If only the journalists had read their parish maga-zines in the first place

Well I'll leave the historians to argue whether or not my account of these past few

months is a cor-rect one. What I am certain of is that many peo-ple will be caught up in the Jubilee Celebrations.

For our Church, of course, we have a particular rea-son to celebrate. Her Majesty has

proved herself to be an out-standing 'Supreme Governor' over the past fifty years and her recent statements, under-lining the reality of her own Christian faith, have revealed the spiritual depths of her own life of service. But even beyond those things

we have much to be thankful for. Stable government and an ordered and just society should never be taken for granted. They are gifts from God, the source of all author-ity, and like all gifts they can be abused. Government can easily become twisted and the search for power can damage both individuals and commu-nities. At a time when the far-right has given us all some nasty shocks let us use these Jubilee Celebrations both to thank God for our Queen but also to thank him for the kind of Government we enjoy in this country and let us pray that that may continue long into the future.

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The Revd Andrew Bailey, Vicar of Faringdon w. Little Coxwell to retire; The Revd Rita Ball, NSM Newbury Team Ministry in addition to be Assistant Area Dean of Newbury; The Revd Peter Ballantine to be Team Vicar, Stantonbury Team Ministry; The Revd Mary Barnes Assistant Curate at St Mary's Church, Harefield to be Team Vicar Windsor Team Ministry, Town Centre Minister, Oxford; The Revd Piers Bickersteth, Priest in Charge Arborfield w. Barkham, to be Rector, Arborfield w. Barkham; The Revd Jonathan Bicknell, Assistant Curate St Leonard Chesham Bois to resign; The Revd Simon Brown to retire as Area Dean; The Revd Richard Caink, Team Vicar, St John the Evangelist, Lacey Green, to retire; The Revd William Cleeve, Priest in Charge St Mary Magdalerj, Tilehurst and Race Relations Officer for Berkshire Archdeaconry to resign; The Revd Kevin Davies, Priest in Charge, Scotby and Cotehill w. Cumwhinton, Carlisle Diocese, to be Team Rector Langtree Benefice; The Revd Tim Ferneyhough,

Chaplain, Durham School, to be Head of Religious Studies and Assistant Chaplain at Radley College; The Revd Michael Forrer, PTO with title Associate Vicar, Sonning and Charvil, to become NSM Curate to be known as Assistant Vicar, Sonning and Charvil; The Revd Alistair France, Curate of Hartford, Chester Diocese, to be Priest in Charge, Stokenchurch w Ibstone; The Revd Ian Gooding, Team Vicar Langley Team Ministry to resign; The Revd Noel James, Rector of The Heyfords w Rousham and Somerton, to retire; The Revd John Masters, NSM Newbury St John to be Curate in the Hermitage Team Ministry; The Revd David Miell, to be Area Dean of Burnham and Slough; The Revd Tom Moffatt, Team Rector, Thatcham Team Ministry, in addition to be Area Dean of Newbury; The Revd Jonathan White, Rector, Holy Trinity Prestwood w St Mary Magdalene Great Hampden to retire; The Revd Peter Silva, Team Vicar St Michael and All Angels, Team Vicar St Nicolas in the Abingdon Team Ministry to resign.

IT WAS the summer of 1952 and I was walking across the parade ground of an RAF sta-tion in Rutland doing National Service. An A/C 2 approached, saluted and said 'Sir, the King is dead. You are to go to the guardroom and collect a black arm-band.' And so, for me, the new Elizabethan age began.

I was beginning training for Ordination by the time of the Coronation, but still remember vividly the first televised Coronation (would this dam-age the mystique of the monar-chy?) when in the event mil-lions of viewers were awe-struck by the solemnity of the occasion, the youth and sincer-ity of the new Queen and an appreciation of the tusk she was taking up - but also were caught up in a sense of excite-ment about what might he ahead in a brave new world.

The nation has never had a monarch more personally

devout, whose sense of vocation and duty has per-meated her private life as well as her public office.

The Church of England still appeared to be riding high in the perception and esteem of the nation, and in the Coronation service, performed its role of focusing the Nation's spiritual aspirations in solemn promises, declarations and rit-ual, designed to be memorable. The pews and theological col-leges were full and in spite of what we now know about the long term statistics of decline, things seems set fair for the future with our new Queen as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Defender of the Faith so sincerely repre-senting our hopes for the Commonwealth and Nation.

At this time of Jubilee, those of us who can recall these events, cannot fail to offer sin-cere thanksgiving for the way the Queen herself has fulfilled our hopes and expectations. It can be argued that in the 470-year history of our Church separated from the Papacy, the nation has never had a monarch more personally devout, whose sense of voca-tion and duty has permeated

her private life (at great cost) as well as her public office. As the world and the country has changed beyond recognition around her, she has faithfully performed her role - changing herself with such subtlety that it is only putting things side by side (for example, listen to a recording of her voice SO years ago!) that we recognise there has been any change at all. But this deliberation has ensured a degree of stability in the nation, an easier transforma-tion from Empire to Commonwealth, and perhaps most of all, has enabled her to offer a public profile for that relationship between civil soci-ety and spiritual values that has shaped and preserved a distinctive culture at the heart of our national life.

lam convinced that the monarchy, under the

guardianship of the present Queen is better prepared to play a role in this mutation than many commentators

will allow.

But all that is changing. There will be many who read this to whom the death of George VI seems as distant as the mad-ness of George M. Our pre-sent Prime Minister was not born. And the beliefs, customs and institutions that held our

society together have loosened their hold in a way that threatens our national unity. There has been a global change of mind set, and the European nation state, born under the Tudors in the 16th Century and, curiously, still recognis-able as an 'adaptation' of its original form in the 20th Century,is undergoing a 'mutation' which will inevitably produce a different kind of cookie. In such muta-tions, there are elements of continuity as well as radical change; and whether you are troubled or excited by the prospect, I am convinced that the monarchy, under the guardianship of the present Queen is better prepared to play a role in this mutation than many commentators will allow.

Her predecessor, Elizabeth I, had tried to unite the people of England (including the Welsh!) within a single inclusive com-monwealth in which the 'vision' and spiritual values of this nation were expressed through the parochial network and the Cathedral ceremonial of the Church of England. One of her 'divines' Richard Hooker (chaplain to London's lawyers - no easy task!) expressed it: 'There is not any man of the Church of England but that he is not also a mem-

ber of the Commonwealth, nor any man a member of the Commonwealth, who is not also a member of the Church of England.' And for Hooker, the bishops were not only pas-tors to the clergy, but the 'sodor and glue' of civil society.

Our multi-cultural pluralistic society is no longer able to express its corporate vision through the institutions as they are and the three that together cemented the identity of England - the Crown, Parliament, and the Church of England have all to go through a process of change; but the aim will be the same. The monarchy will need to have the same charge as it had in the sixteenth century: to focus the identity and aspirations of the 'new' United Kingdom with values that Sir Thomas More expressed as creating a society and culture where the pursuit of pleasure (self-inter-est) and virtue (consideration for others) are not mutually exclusive.

When Elizabeth I was on 'progress' the crowd shout- ed 'God save the Queen' and

she replied 'God save you all, my good people,' and threw her hat in the air.

How the Church of England will help to permeate and shape this culture with 'some-thing more' is a challenge for the Church - and as a member of it, I look forward to that. , But at this time of celebration I just feel very thankful for what has been.

When Elizabeth I was on 'progress' the crowd shouted 'God save the Queen' and she replied 'God save you all, my good people,' and threw her hat in the air. While our own Queen has echoed her prede-cessor's blessing, I don't see her throwing her hat in the air, but I shall want to throw mine, thank God and shout 'God save the Queen' on 3 June.

Canon Vincent Strudwick is the former Director of the St Alban's and Oxford Ministry Course. He continues to teach and is also Chamberlain and Fellow of Kellogg College, University of Oxford.

Triank God for the Queen Vincent Strudwick 'throws his hat into the air' in thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth 11 who in times of radical change provides a focus for the nation's identity and aspirations just as Queen Elizabeth 1 did in the 16th century

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STATE control of the church is something we associate nowa-days with totali-tarian regimes so why is it tol- erated, even defended, in England? Thankfully, voices are increasingly

Parliamentary control of church legislation. Women's ordina-tion was delayed (and some would say the legisla-tion modified) because of the need for Parliamentary approval. Why not trust the

by Andrew Goddard

raised in favour of disestablish- ment both inside and outside the church although a rear-guard defence is now occur-ring, based largely on the principle of holding onto nurse for fear of finding something worse.

It is first important to clar-ify what 'establishment' means. Legally an estab-lished religion is one subject to state control as regards doctrine, government, and discipline. That is what is so objectionable about the cur-rent system. Brought up in the Church of Scotland I know rejecting such estab-lishment need not mean ceasing to be committed to mission and ministry for the whole nation.

Currently two areas require rapid and radical reform. First and foremost is the current appointment sys-tem. A future Prime Minister may well not be an Anglican, perhaps not even a practising Christian. Even without such a ridiculous scenario, it is scandalous that in all discus-sions about the next Archbishop a factor is whether someone might be handicapped because their prophetic voice has been (or in future could be) politically uncomfortable for the gov-ernment. Secondly, thee is

church, under God, to direct

her own affairs without seeking the blessing of the kingdoms of this world?

If, like the 1604 Anglican canons, we believe the British monarch has the same authority in the church as Israel's godly kings, an estab-lished church could perhaps makes sense. But does anyone seriously believe that is how Christ's body is to be gov-erned? More biblical and the-ologically coherent are the words in 1595 of Andrew Melville to James VI - 'Christ Jesus is the King of the Church, whose subject James the Sixth is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but a member'.

Calls for disestablishment will not go away. It is time the church thinks seriously about whether establishment bears witness to Christ's Lordship and is necessary for or serves God's mission. If we do such serious thinking I believe it can only result in seeking lib-eration from our current cap-tivity to political power.

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Extracts from a selection of letters received on the pros and cons of freemasonry

MORE ON FREEMASONRY I would challenge each and every parishioner to seriously query this institution and to insist on their pastoral team reveal mem-bership and to seek prayer. Freemasonry is all embracing to the religions and insidious to the true Christian faith. Why is that? Let me give but one example. Freemasonry says it is not a religion - well they say prayers and sing hymns to a deity. So what is it? The ceremonies do say about a way of salvation and it doesn't include Jesus. Freemasonic orders include Christian Knights Templars and I would ask each reader of this article to check out the contents of their ceremo-ny. It welcomes sin upon the masonic candidate from a dead person! As an ex mason I would also add that freemasonry has the com-plexion of a compassionate order but within it actually encourages male pride to such an excess that it can become intoxicating and affect male behaviour. I trust that I will not have my throat cut by my remarks but would say also that many of the orders ceremonies involve mock blood oaths which in the Old Testament were spiri-tually binding. The Lord told his followers to get of Egypt - Many Masonic ceremonies have overtures to Egyptian sun worship. God wants to bless his church - allowing sin of any kind shrouds us from receiving and all we need to be ever vigilant to keeping church pure. Therefore don't let strong talk be confused with a lack of love. Ray Crossman

From the Grand Lodge To state that the Masonic initi-ation ceremony is the same as that of witchcraft is provable nonsense. The Masonic cere-

mony reminds the candidate of the duties he owes to God, the law and his fellow man. In slightly dramatic form it points out to him the virtues of moral-ity, charity and tolerance.

Organised Freemasonry has existed in England for nearly three hundred years. During that long period thousands of clergy — from Curates to Archbishops - have been active Freemasons. They have found no incompatibility between their Christian nMmsny and their Masonic membership. Can your anonymous coILcWu1-dent seriously believe they have all been victims of fraud?

Freemasonry requires its can-didates to have a religion and expects them to practice it. It does not tell them what that religion should be, that must be up to the individual's own conscience. Its ceremonies remind the Candidate that he will find salvation only through his faith. Freemasonry deals in relations between men. A man's belief in, and his personal relationship with God are matters for his reli-gion and Freemasonry does not interfere in those areas. J M Hamill Director of Communications, United Grand Lodge of England, London

Simply quiet charity? I have been a Christian for as long as I can remember and have always had the good for-tune to be able to participate In an active church life as 1 have moved around the world wherever my service and civil-ian career has taken me. The whole point of being a Freemason Is that we do our charitable work quietly, without fuss, without street collections, and without the need for thanks, and the greater part of what we do Is done for non-masonic char-ities. We gather behind a closed door to enjoy each others com-pany, to work for good, and to help those less well off. We are careful whom we choose and we don't need the 'disputatious' (A masonic word) or the argumen-

tative because we all work with one aim 'To be happy and to communicate happiness'.

Perhaps, instead of rarching words he might be better employed researching how English Freemasons alone gave away the £25 Million raised last year for good causes. Multiply that by the number of countries In which Freemasons are active and It becomes another Insubstantial force for good - maybe that was one of the rea-sons Hider banned them ln 1938 and seized their buildings for his Gestapo offices David Watts Bracknell

The last word I happened to notice quite by chance that the letters section both for April and May contain some correspondence about Freemasonry. There is one issue that has never been raised so far as I know in the columns of newspapers or elsewhere and it is this. When will the Church of England hierarchy seriously examine in depth what Freemasonry is and whether Christianity and Freemasonry are compatible or not? In the meantime may I commend to your readers the following book by the Revd John Lawrence. It is called Freemasonry, A Christian Perspective and is published by Gazelle Books? Richard Miller Buitot near .Abingdon

The correspondence on Freemasonry is now closed Editor

EVOLUTION V FAITH I cannot understand how the Bishop of Oxford comes to the conclusion that evolu-tionism deepens faith (April issue). I would have thought that it is the major cause of the decline of the Church in the western world.

I would go so far to say that it is syncretism to hold the var-ied and ever changing hypotheses of evolution alongside the Christian belief

system, the Bible. Both require faith and cannot be proved.

If schools were only required to teach true science on the matter, commonly called Creation Science, rather than systems that require belief (ie. creationism and evolution), I would be happy.

If you wish to be even handed, then why not look at the works of those scientists (often not Christians), for there is now a substantial body of scientific lit-erature written by them on Creation Science.

I believe this debate requires many, many more Christians to look again at 1) Genesis, to and including Noah's Flood, 2) the two major modern evolutionary theories, namely 'Uniformitarianism' and 'Catastrophism', and 3) at least one book on Creation Science by non-Christians - and only then decide on what to believe.

I think that the Scripture that explains the malaise of the Church on this matter is Luke 16v31 where Jesus quotes Abraham: 'if they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead'. To me this says that if they don't believe Genesis they won't believe Christ risen from the dead.

Jesus, speaking at John 1 7v1 7 says 'Your word is truth'. He also said he was 'the way, the truth and the life'at John 14u6. At Luke 21v33 Jesus says 'Heaven and Earth will pass away but my words will by no means pass away'. Are we to therefore assume that because of evolu-tionary hypotheses, Jesus is not the whole truth and that some of his words do pass away? For remember Jesus, in the New Testament of course, speaks of Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Jonah and Noah and his flood. R.C.Turner

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What is prayer? A conver-sation 28 June A day conference with the Living Spirituality Network. Speakers include Canon Martin Reardon, Sister Diane Reynolds, and Margaret Watts. The day costs £18, 10.30 - 3.30pm. Details: The Well at Willen (01908) 200675

Quiet Days with BRF 28 June The Apple of His eye with Bridget Plass, 9.45 - 4pm at The Barn, Barcombe, East Sussex. 27 June From Tragedy to Triumph! with Peter Graves 9.45 - 4pm, St Mary the Virgin, Newport, Saffron Walden,

Cottesloe Christian Training Programme 11 June The Cottesloe Annual Lecture, Religion: Cause of Conflict or Force for Reconciliation by Marcus Braybrooke at St Laurence' Church, Winslow, 7.30pm, £3 at door. 12, 19, 26 June Designing and Leading Informal Services, at Padbury Church, 8 - 9.30pm, £15. (Book before 3 June) 17 June 'Sharing Life' in Rural Parishes with Glyn Evans, at Granborough Village Hall, 8pm, £4. (Book before 7 June) 30 June What is Worship? A workshop at Padbury Church, 7.30 - 9pm, £7 Details from: Cottesloe Christian Training Programme, Church Cottage, Waterloo Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard LU7 2NR (01525) 375109 cottesloe@fish.co.uk www.cottesloe.org.uk

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praised.. Psalm 145

Let us pray to God our Father for:

Sat 1st Mursley Deanery. For all those implementing their deanery pastoral reorganisa-tion. For the work of Mark Berry - deanery youth worker. For the area dean - John Russell: synod lay chairman - Annie Cooper.

THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Sun 2nd. We pray for all who are involved in preparing for the diocesan convention in July. For the chairman of the plan-fling group - Alan Wilson: administrator - Mary Harwood. For all who are look-ing forward to share its work and worship with others.

Mon 3rd Cheddington with Mentmore and Marsworth: clergy - Roger Hale, Marion Hance. Great Brickhill, Bow Brickhill and Little Brickhill: clergy - Stephen Toze.

Tues 4th Ivinghoe with Pitstone and Slapton: clergy - Anne Ballard. Linslade St Barnabas, Linslade St Mary: clergy - Catherine Dyer, Wyn Jones, Keith Dalley: LLM - Russell Stannard.

Wed 5th Mursley with 1

Swanbourne and Little Horwood: clergy - John Kinchin Smith. Newton

Lymbery; licensed lay minister - John Hibbard. Wing with Grove: clergy - John Russell. Wingrave with Rowsham, Aston Abbotts and Cublington; clergy - Bob Willmott, Siv Tunnicliffe.

Fri 7th The bishop's council and standing committee, and all who represent us in general, diocesan and deanery synods, and serve on parochial church councils.

Sat 8th The legal officers of our diocese: chancellor - Rupert Bursell: joint registrars - Frank Robson, John Rees.

THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Sun 9th All who work in the car industry and allied trades. For our local garages and mechanics who service our cars and pro-vide us with petrol. For traffic wardens. For care, courtesy and patience in driving.

Mon 10th All our parishes cur-rently involved in pastoral reor-ganisation and especially for churchwardens and those responsible for the worship and,. work of their churches during an inter-regnum.

Tues 11th BARNABAS THE APOSTLE. The members of the diocesan advisory committee for the care of churches: chair-man - David Jefferson; secre-tary - Mary Saunders.

Wed 12th The conservation of our church buildings. For church architects and for the continuing work of the Oxford Historic Churches Trust -

Buscot, Coleshill and Eaton Hastings; both benefices cur-rently in inter-regnum. For the deanery youth outreach group and the ecumenical youth pro-ject. For the area dean - Roy Woodhams: synod lay chairman - Jeff Greenhalgh.

Fri 14th Ashbury, Compton Beauchamp and Longcot with Fernham: clergy - Michael Starr, Ken Weaver; Rodney Elton. Gainfield, Buckland, Littleworth, Pusey: Cherbury, Charney Bassett, Hinton Waldrist, Longworth, Lyford; clergy - Roy Woodhams, Tony Lynn.

Sat 15th Faringdon with Little Coxwell: for the churchwardens during the vacancy: licensed lay minister -.Graham Scott-Brown. Great Coxwell with Buscot, Coleshill and Eaton Hastings; for the churchwardens during the vacancy.

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Sun 16th Fathers day - giving thanks for the early fathers of our church, for their spiritual insights, teaching and humility. For all who father us in posi-tions of authority today, in our churches and in the local com-munity. For our fathers at home, especially those whose work is hard and takes them away from their families.

Mon 17th Shrivenham with Watchfield and Bourton: clergy - Richard Hancock. Stanfield in the Vale with r

the churches and parishes of the deanery and for a greater sense of partnership with the mem-bers of other denominations. For the area dean - Cameron Butland; synod lay chairman - Philip Rogers.

Wed 19th Bampton with Clanfield, Bampton Proper, Bampton Aston, Lew: clergy - David Lloyd, Pat Smith; LLM - Arthur Pont. Burford with Fulbrook and Taynton, Asthall with Swinbrook and Widford: clergy - Richard Coombs, Tom Farrell: licensed lay minister - Walter Maddock.

Thurs 20th Carterton: clergy - Roger Billings, Andrew Tweedy. Cogges and South Leigh; clergy - Andrew Sweeney, James Howson; LLM - David Page, Nicholas Pike, David Smith, Richard Young.

Fri 21 Ducklington: clergy - Bob Edy; LLM - David Adams, Judith Levermore, David Holme. Lower Windrush, Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Northmoor, Yelford; clergy - David Murray; LLM's - Ian Blair, Lynda Blair, Renaldo Marslin.

Sat 22nd Minster Lovell and Brize Norton: clergy - Adrian Gabb-Jones. Shill Valley and Broadshire - Alvescot, Black Bourton, Broadwell, Broughton Poggs with Filkins, Holwell, Kelmscott, Kencot, Langford, Little Faringdon, Shilton, Westwell; clergy - Richard Harrison, Kenneth Reeves, Neville Usher—Wilson.

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and women,and those who sit I on juries and work in magis- I trates courts: for probation offi- I cers and social workers. I

Mon 24th THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Witney Team Ministry : clergy - Cameron Butland, Tim Edge, John Cook, Claire Titcomb; I LLM's - Geoffrey Morgan, i Rosemary Peirce, David I Claremont, Sally Down. I

Tues 25th Honorary assistant I bishops - Kenneth Cragg, Stephen Verney, Paul Burrough, John Bone, Keith Arnold, I Henry Richmond, Peter Nott, I Andrew Burnham, Bill Down. I

Wed 26th All retired clergy and I those still active in leading wor-ship in our churches. For retired 1 clergy officers - Roland I

Meredith, Nigel Saunders. For the work of the retired clergy

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Thurs 27th All who provide I pastoral care for our clergy and I their spouses: for pastoral care I advisers - Beau Stevenson, I Doris Swinbank. I

Fri 28th Our clergy widows and: clergy widow officers - David Wood Robinson (Oxford) Nigel Saunders (Berks) Dennis Davies I (Bucks). For CARION - sup- I port group for widows of the I clergy in our diocese; secretary I - Gill Twissell.

Sat 29th PETER AND PAUL I APOSTLES. For all those to be ordained in Petertide, and for their future work in our parish-es, in sector ministries, and in secular employment.

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Calligraphy skills offered For some time now I have been making the entries in the Book of Remembrance in St Michael and All Angels Church, Steventon and also in another Church in Maidenhead. I won-dered if there are any other churches in the Diocese who need the occasional services of a calligrapher for Books of Remembrance or other docu-ments. I am happy to do the writing free of charge, with per-haps some consideration for travelling expenses, where nec-essary, although most docu-ments can be sent by post.

John Hunt

To contact John Hunt tele-phone 01235 835568, 'Bowland' Burr Street, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OXII OD U, email huntaej@aol.com

Free Cassocks Mrs Betty Gardener from St Mary's Twyford has 13 boys black cassocks available. Free of charge. Details: (0118) 9340633

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Rosemary Went, venue to be confirmed in the Gloucester area. Details: Eithne Nutt, BRF Events, Elsfield Hall, 15 - 17 Elsfield Way, Oxford, 0X2 8FG 01865 319704

James Jones and J John. Conference fee is £250. For more details contact Vicky Bancroft: vicky.bancroft@wycliffe.ox.ac.uk (01865) 274762

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Local religious views, church news,

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Thurs 6th Stewkley with Soulbury and Drayton Parslow:

clergy - Norman Cotton, Peter

Lethbridge.

Thursday 13th Vale of the White Horse Deanery. For the parishes of Faringdon and Little Coxwell: Great Coxwell with

Uffington, Shellingford, Woolstone and Baulking; clergy - John Gawne-Cain, Jim Payne.

Tues 18th Witney Deanery. For a greater sense of unity amongst

maintain law and order in our towns and villages, especially in the city of Oxford, Milton Keynes and in the Thames Valley. For our local policemen

Sun 30 Those who work on our local trains and buses: dri-vers, conductors, ticket collec-tors, signalmen, track repairers, station managers and cleaners.

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event included on the July DoorPost, send details in writing to the address

below. The deadline is 17 June.

JUNE 31 MAY - 3 JUNE MINSTER LOVILL Golden Jubilee Flower Festival in St Keneim's Church, 10 - 7pm, £1 admission. I GROVE June Special at Cornerstone, Saville Way, Malted Tea Bread with tea or coffee, £1.40. Details: (01235) 223867 I . 3 PITSTONE Spring Festival of Flowers, St Mary's Church, 01296 661544. 4 OXFORD St Aldates Church will be open from 10.30 - 1pm with 'off air' television of the Queen's Jubilee Thanksgiving Service 4-8 THAW 'Jairus', a play with Inter Church Productions at Lord Williams Lower School. For details and tickets con-tact (01844)212834 8 WhO Organ Recital at All Saints by Paul Carr, includes Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Tickets £7, including wine (01296) 681982. 8 II.1Y Performance of 'Jubalee' - the music of the American slaves, one man show devised and presented by Ian Wintersgill, St Mary's, 5.30pm, retiring collection. 0118 9461 116 (evenings). 8 BANBURY Grand Gala Concert at St Mary's 7pm. Featuring New London Entertainment, David Hughes a contem-porary dancer and pianist Jack Gibbons. Tickets £10 from (01295)269299 8 MILTON KEYNES Major healing Conference at St Paul's School, 9.30 - 4pm. Details (01908) 661905 I 311310 9 NEWTON LONGVILLE Gardens Open 2 - 6pm, teas and plant stalls, admission £2.50 in aid of St Faith's Restoration Fund. 01908) 375794. 9 BANBURY Gala Concert at St Mary's, Horesfair, 730pm to celebrate

re-ordering of the church. Tickets £10 from Banbury Tourist Information (01295) 259855 9 AMERSHAM Neil Cohen, Rector of Christ Church, Jerusalem (and a Messianic Jew) will be preaching at Morning Worship at St Leonard's Church, Chesham Bois, 10.30am. 9 FILORAVE Garden Fete at Filgrave Farmhouse, 2.30pm. Variety of stalls, competitions, tombola, side-shows and photographic pet competition. In aid of St Peter's Church. 01234 711566 9 DIDCOT St Peter's Church, Newlands Ave celebrates its Silver Jubilee. lOam Eucharist. All welcome. 9 AMERSHAM Millennium Lecture at St Michael's Church, 8- 10pm. Evidence for the Extended Mind: Can we influ-ence others at a distance just by looking at them? Presented by Rupert Sheidrake PhD. Details: (01494) 726680 13 OXFORD Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship at St Andrew's Linton Rd, 10.30am. Speaker is the Revd David Rowe speaking on Effective Evangelism. Details: office@abch.org 15 HAMBLEDEN Esprit Trio, flute, cello and harp at St Mary the Virgin, 7.30pm. Tickets £9, details: (01491) 574652 15 DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP 'Summer Music' at St. Mary the Virgin. Music for Flute and Harp, 7.30 pm fol-lowed by Supper. Details from David Thomas (Tel: 01296 631365 or email StMaryDB@aol.com). 15 and 16 OXFORD The Oxford Bach Choir performs Rachmaninov's Vespers at Keble College, 7.30pm. Details: (01865) 200437 15 HENLEY ON THAMES Perfotmance of new work commissioned by Henley Choral Society, 7.45pm at St

Mary's Parish (lurch. Details: Bell Book Shop (01189)402268, tickets £8 at door. 15 NEWPORT PAO1LL Fete inside and outside the Parish Church, from 10 - 2pm, singing by Lovat School Choir. 15 - 16 HEThE (Nr Bicester) Open Gardens with cream teas and display of photographs in the Church, 2 - 6pm. Details: (01869)277483 16 ASTON ABBOTTS Village Gardens open 2 - 6pm, in aid of St James Church. 16 CLANFIELD (near Bampton) Over a dozen village gardens open, combined ticket £3. 01367 810255 16 MILTON KEYNES Ninth Notes Lecture. 'Lay Leadership in the Future Church' with Father Peter McGrail, 3pm at Diocesan Pastoral and RE Centre. 01908 233121 17 MILTON KEYNES Harmony House Christian Healing Centre Annual Meeting, 7.30pm at Whaddon Way Church. All Welcome. Details: (01908) 233722 18 AMERSHAM 'Evidence for the Extended Mind: Can we influence others at a distance just by looking at them?', Dr Rupert Sheldrake, £7/55 including wine/juice at interval. Details: (01494) 726680. 21 -23 LITTLE MA.OW 'Jubilate!' Flower Festival at St John the Baptist Church, 6pm Evensong on Sunday. Details: (01628) 523991 21 -24 COOICHAM DEAN Flower Festival St John the Baptist Church, plant and cake stall, raffle, refreshments. 22 OXFORD 'I've Got Rhythm', a workshop on the use of rhythm in wor-ship. St Clement's Family Centre, Cross Street. 1.30-5pm, £71L5. 01865 427837. 22 NEWBURY Flower Festival to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee 11 -

4.30pm at St Mary's Shaw-cum-Donnington.Concert at 7.30pm by the City of Oxford Orchestra Quintet. Details: (01635) 40450 22 THE LEE (nr Great Missenden, Bucks) Church Fete in aid of St John the Baptist Church, 2 - 5pm on the vil-lage green, live swing band, bouncy castle and pony rides. Details: (01494) 837309 22 CHINNOR Adrian Thompson and Friends present 'After the Jubilee' in St Andrew's Church, at 7.30pm. Details and tickets from (01844) 353733 22 OXFORD Write haiku poetry 11 - 5pm at Iffley Church Hall (with expert guidence) for Tandem local charity providing befriending service for people isolated by mental health problems. Admission free, (2.50 for lunch). Details: (01865) 451882 22 SHAW Flower Festival to cele-brate the Queens Jubilee, St Mary's Shaw-cum-Donnington, 11 - 4.30pm. 22 KIDLINGTON Parish Fete in the Rectory Garden, Mill Street, 2 - 5pm, details: (01865) 375916 22 MILTON KEYNES Memorial Service for the Venerable David Goldie, 2.30pm at Christ the Cornerstone. 22 - 30 BURPU4AM St Peter's Week start of celebrations for 800th annver-sary of St Peter's Church. Programme includes: Sat 22 St Peter's Fete lOam - 1pm with maypole dancing, teddies abseiling etc; Sun 23 at 3pm Songs of Praise for Burnham churches; Mon 24, Tues 25, Fri 28, lunchtime concerts 12.30pm; Tues 25, 7.30pm Friendly Bombs Theatre Group in Mystery Play about St Peter; Wed 26 Pageant with local schools; Fri 28, Sat 29, Sun 30 church and flowwer festival open for viewing. Lots more! 01628 664338.

25 BARLEY 'Sharing Life in the Community' Archdeaconry Day at St Peter's Church, 10 - 2.30pm. Details: (0118) 9264654 28 FINOEST Healing Service with laying on of hands and anointing at Holy Communion 10.15am. Details: (01628) 476291 28 MILTON KEYNES 'What is Prayer?' A conversation at The Well at Willen, Newport Road, 10.30- 3.30pm. 28 BAMPTON Concert and Buffet Supper St Stephen's Church at Clanfield 730pm. Organ played by David Hill of Winchester Cathedral. Tickets £25 (01367) 810609/616 29 MILTON KEYNES Alpha Regional Training Day at the Church of Christ the Cornerstone, 930 - 4.15pm. Details from Norma Clifford, New Life Church, Bradwell Road, New Bradwell, Milton Keynes, MK13 ODG. 29 OXFORD Mozart Requiem Mass and Clarinet Concert, Sheldonian Theatre, 8pm. Tickets: 01865 305305 29 - 30 CUDDINOTON 'The Nature of God' Flower Festival at St Nicholas Church. Details: (01844) 291313. 29 BOURNE END Hedsor Riverside Fair at Water's Edge, Riversdale. Traditional fair on the Thames with boat rides, 12.30- 4.30pm. 29 WOUGHTON on the GREEN Strawberry Fayre, St Mary's Church, 3pm. 30 HIGH WYCOMBE Summer Charity Concert in aid of Rennie Hospice, 7.30pm in grounds of Wycombe Abbey. Picnic on lawns from 5pm. Tickets £13.50 from (01494) 812458.

J U LY 6 EASTHAMPSTEAD Purple and Gold Fete at St Michael's C of E Primary School, Easthampstead school field. Children's entertainer, bouncy castle, beer tent, barbeque and much more, 1pm - 5pm. 6 SILCHESTER Concert by the New Elizabethan Singers, St Mary's, 7.30pm, 0118 970 0825. 6 - 7 HAWBRIDGE Patronal Festival, St Mary's will be open 10.30- 5.30pm; flower festival and refreshments. 6-7 FREELAND Flower Festival at St Mary's Church, lOam - 6pm and 12 - 6pm on Sunday. 6 - 7 READING Golden Jubilee Flower Festival at St George's Church, 10 - 5pm Sat, 2 - 5pm Sun. Details: (0118) 9420629 6 - 7 WOOTTON-by-W000-STOCK Flower Festival Weekend, with Summer Fete at the village school (2-3.30pm). Songs of Praise at Wootton church, Sunday 6pm. 12 ROTHERFIELD PEPPARD 'A taste of France' recital by Frances and Martin Jones at All Saints' Church, 8pm. Details: (0118) 9722844 13 CHAREY BASSETT Church Fete, Charney Manor, 2pm, with Silver Band. 01235 868788 27 - 28 HUGHENDEN Flower Festival of anniversaries at St Michael & All Angels, Hughenden Park.

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Holiday on the Costa Blanca?

Join us for Coninon worship The Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy holds regular ser-vices using Common Worship in Denia, Gandia, Javea, Moraira and Orba (Fr Eric Lewis 0034 96 649 0737) and in Benidorm, Calpe and Campello (Revd Cohn McCormack 00 34 96 689 68 35) A warm welcome awaits you.

Services at Christ Church Cathedral

Sundays 8am Holy Communion, lOam Matins and Sermon; 11.15am Sung Eucharist; 6pm Evensong. Weekdays 7.15am Matins; 7.35am Holy Communion; LOSpm Holy Communion on Wednesdays only 6pm Choral Evensong 6pm Sung Eucharist on Thursdays or Saints Days

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The Door is published ten times a year (not August or January) and is distributed

free of charge to churches in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

Editorial address: The Door, Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford 0X2 ONB.

Telephone: 01865 208227 Fax: 01865 790470

Email: door@oxford.anglican.org

St DENYS RETREAT CENTRE

An oasis for prayer and peace

A running stream and large gardens enclose this quiet, comfortable eighteenth-century house

with its own chapel. We welcome:

• Church groups • Residential Workshops and Conferences • Private retreatants • Space available on the following retreats:

June 10-14 Open Retreat with Fr Simon Holden CR July 22-26 Open Retreat using Prayer Book Worship

Nov 1-3 Open Retreat with Rosemary Tucker

78 "Walk into Quietness" - Sisters' team

Dec 6-8 Advent Open Retreat with Bishop Donald Arden

Further information from The Warden, Ivy House,

2 Church Street, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 8PG

Tel/Fax: 01985 214824 Registered Charity No. 233026

Acorn Christian Foundation Acorn Christian Foundation will be holding a very exciting event - 'Celebration Praise' Weekend on August 24-25 at their headquarters at Whitehill Chase, Bordon, Hampshire. On Saturday, 24th August, there will be a

Thanksgiving service in the marquee led by

Revd Dr Russ Parker with a live worship

band, barbeque, and a very special guest

speaker - Fiona Castle.

Everyone is welcome and we very much

hope that you will be able to join us at this

very special event. We have a limited

number of rooms available for overnight

accommodation and these will be allocated

on a first come first served basis. The cost

is €25 per person per night for Bed and

Breakfast.

For further details please contact the

bookings secretary at Acorn Christian

Foundation, Whitehill Chase, High Street,

Bordon, Hants GU35 OAP, Tel: 01420

478121

Community of All Hallows Retreat Centres full board for group bookings.

Retreat Houses full board or self-catering. Beautiful 47 acres on Norfolk/Suffolk border.

Ideal for individual or group booking. Also a programme of Retreats throughout the year.

Mid-week reductions. Leaflets available from the secretary.

Community of All Hallows A registered charity.

Anglican (open to all). Betsey Bridge Road, Dilchingham, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 2DT

Tel: 01986 892749 Fax: 01986 895838

Email: secretary@allhallowsconvent.fsbusiness.co.uk Registered Charity No. 230143

Shallowlord House

Set in the heart of picturesque Staffordshire

A Christian Centre for Spiritual renewal, refreshment and relaxation Approved Disabled Facilities, with wheelchair and special diets available

OPEN PROGRAMME 2002 SHALLOWFORD HOUSE

Lichfield Diocesan Retreat and Conference Centre 2nd-4th July 2002 £80 "SILENCE AND SHARING"

A retreat with times of silence and time to share led by Revd. Jeff Leonardi

5th.9th August 2002 £165 "PAINTING AND PRAYER" - led by Chaplain: Revd. Stella Polashek, Tutor: Claire Kibbler 6th-8th September 2002 £80 "WORSHIP and DANCE"

If you want to dance to the beat of God's heart. This weekend is for YOU!! led by Jan Ellor and team.

IIth-15th November 2002 £160 INDIVIDUALLY GIVEN RETREAT A time apart to meet God in silence and stillness

led by Revd, Mark Moreton and Irene Vickers. For further information on any of the above please contact The Warden:

Tel. 01785 760233 email warden@shallowfordhouse.freeserve.co.uk

Web http://www.lichfield.anglican.can.orglshallow/index.htm Registered Charity No. 250/57

B 10-SPIRITUAL

Please contact Sister Felicity Young or Sister Margaret Lyth on:

020 8518 3947 Email: ursdes@aol,com

Registered Charity No. 245661

THE HARNHILL CENTRE OF CHRISTIAN HEALING

We offer:

• Prayer Ministry at our healing weeks and weekends.

• Training courses in the healing ministry. • Refreshment weekends with speakers.

• A restful place in the Cotswolds. "a quiet place, giving God time"

Contact: Harnhill Manor, Cirencester, Glos Gil 5PX Tel: 01285 850283/4 Fax: 01285 850519

Email: office@harnhillcentre.freeserve.co.uk Web: www.harnhillcentre.freeserve.co.uk

Registered Charity No. 292173

HARNUILL CENTRE OF (IInSTL5N ,It.st.tM;

St. Katherine's, Parmoor Henley on Thames Community of the Sue Ryder prayer

Fellowship, Parmoor - an oasis of peace set

in the rural tranquillity of the Chilterns. In the spirit of

ecumenism Parmoor welcomes those of all denominations

and none, for quiet days, day and residential retreats. The

house is suitable for a variety of uses - please contact!

Contact: The Warden, Parmoor, Nr Frieth, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6NN

Tel: 01494 881037 Registered Charity No. 1039238

L[angasty Refr.eat House

The Retreat House is

surrounded by the beautiful

scenery and wild life of the

Brecon Beacons National Park.

With views across Llangors

Lake to the western edge of the

Black Mountains, the large gardens allow guests the opportunity to

absorb the tranquil surroundings.

The House provides a place of peace and Christian hospitality and is

used regularly by groups and individuals. An annual programme of

residential and day retreats is available.

Llangasty can accommodate up to 28 guests. There are 8 twin and 6

single bedrooms in the main house (which includes two downstairs

bedrooms with en-suite disabled facilities). The bungalow (3 twin

rooms) has a small conference room and is particularly suitable for

small groups.

Enquiries to:

Liangasty Retreat House, Liangasty, Brecon, Powys LD3 7PJ

Tel/fax: 01874 658250 Email: tlangasty.rh@btconnect.com

www.11angasty.co.uk

Christian Conference Centre

Our magnificent country house Set in a 12 acre private estate offers the perfect venue for

renewal and relaxation

Join in the fun on our Family Summer Holiday:- 10th - 17th August 2002

Alternatively, take advantage of our August Special 3rd - 10th August. From f195.00 half board.

Individuals or groups very welcome.

Pilgrim Hall is an ideal venue for groups - a church break - offering time for renewal and

fellowship in a peaceful relayed atmosphere. an Alpha course. Day conferences.

Excellent food and friendly service. Heated outdoor swimming pool.

For a FREE copy of our 2002 Diary, Otto discuss your requirements, please contact us at Pilgrim Hall Christian Hotel & Conference Centre, Easons Green, uckfield, East Sussex TN22 SRE

Tel: 01825 840295 Fax: 01825 840017 Email: pilghall@aol.com www.pilgrimlsall.com

In need of rest, refreshment and renewal?

Retreat House standing in beautiful, spacious grounds,

offers comfortable accommodation in informal

family atmosphere with home cooking a speciality. Short evening devotions, team members available for

prayer if requested. Stamp for brochure to:

Stanton House, Stanton St John, Oxford 0X33 1110

Tel: 01865 358807 Reg. Charity No. 275205

June 21St-23rd - July s9th-21s "August 23rd-25th

In peace and tranquillity of secluded woodland campsite. In beaut i ful Exmoor National park near N11' rehead.

Time & space for quiet solitary reflection. Mornings & evening devotionals. Prayer Ministry available,

Full catering, framed tents, flush toilets, hot showers

& woodland crafts. Maximum 30 places - £40 per person

Tel Beverley Dean for details

Also Youth ci Al tic Away Wee endS Groups can bunk, exclusive use of unrpstte with catering C £5opp or self catering £,ypp

IS COlflhltiited

to sharing the healing

HR

- presence of I5Ti4# Christ with FOATIOM all through

the ministry of' healing,

listening and recolIciliatiots,

onfraee Centre Whitehill Chase is Acorn's residential centre set in several acres of peaceful gardens and woodands in Bordon. Hampshire.

In addition to the Acorn pre)gratnrne of retreats.

0 0 r s e s , a a d conferences, it is an ideal kxation for Christian groups to use fw their own events. Facilities include a modern chapel and bookshop, with residential accommodation for up to 30 people. For further details please contact Liz Ocketuden Tel: 01420 478121 www,RcorncbrMttalEorg

GREEN PASTURES Christian Centre of Pastoral

Care & Healing

Open to all for retreats, rest and 'time-out'. Counselling and other

therapies ,it offer, within a worshipping cottttnurtity.

Landscaped garden, seasonal heated swiltttnittg pool, fstll

hoard, most bedrooms en-suite. 17 Burton Road, Branksome Park,

Paulo', Dorset BH13 6DT

Tel: 01202 764776 buai/: adrnis,ttfgreen-/.,asturr.s.org

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January 2002 saw the Sue Ryder Prayer

Fellowship at Parmoor under the

management of the newly appointed warden,

Mrs Peggy Peers-Johnson. Peggy comes from

a background of Retreat House involvement

both as participant and as a facilitator.

She has been involved with the Quiet Garden

movement for some time and hopes to introduce their

ethos into St Katharine's. Parmoor completed a very

successful year in 2001 and plans are in place to

continue more of the same medicine but looking

towards providing a venue for a wider audience. Sue

Ryder always wanted a "Power-house of prayer"

somewhere in her foundation and saw St Katharine's as

the perfect place for such an enterprise, so it has

become.

This historic house was the home of the Cripps family,

possibly the best known member of which being Sir

Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the first

Labour government after the Second World War. But

his father, the first Lord Parmoor, is arguably a more

important politician. He came into prominence after

the First World War and was elevated to the peerage

:eature,

for his continuing work as the United Kingdom's

representative at the League of Nations.

Parmoor was the venue for endless meetings of Heads

of State who were being cajoled into joining this

embryo organisation, which had as its philosophy the

fact that diplomacy was the way to solve international

problems rather than resorting to war. He lived long

enough to see the failure of his work with the spectre

of a further "War to end all Wars."

As a result of enemy action during this Second World

War, a community of Anglican nuns - The Community

of St Katharine of Alexandria - was made homeless

when their convent in Fulham was botibed. The nuns

vocation was to care for young girls who were "in

trouble" and had either nowhere to live or had been

thrown out of their homes by their parents. When the

war ended the then Lord Parmoor decided to sell the

estate and the nuns found it a most suitable place to

carry on their work. As the "girls" they looked after

grew older it was decided to extend their care to other

Winford Manor Retreat Winford North Somerset BS40 8DW

Stafford Whiteaker author of

The Good Retreat Guide facilitating a weekend retreat about his

book Living The Sacred,Ten Gateways To

Open Your Heart, and ways of letting

spirituality flower in your lives.

Friday 9th - Sunday 11th August 2002

£130 pp. incl. all meals, en-suite

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For further information and a full programme

visit: www.winfordmanorretreat.com /

Tel: 01275 472262 Registered Charity No. 280512

ladies in need. Thus Parmoor became an Old Peoples

Home.

Along with many other religious orders, vocations were

few and far between and the Reverend Mother saw

that the work of the Home could not continue for

much longer. She approached the recognised expert in

old peoples homes, Sue Ryder, and asked her to take

over the running of the home when she could no

longer manage.

It was in the early 1990s that the changeover took

place but by then the law on Residential Homes was so

restrictive that Parmoor was no longer suited to this

role. Provisions were made for the few remaining

residents to be re-housed and the property was

devolved to the Sue Ryder Prayer Fellowship, who were

originally a group of her employees who met in the

coffee shop behind the Sue Ryder shop in Walsingham.

Thus begun the fellowship now firmly established at

Parmoor.

Many alterations to the fabric of the house had to be

made to make it suitable for its new use and this work

continues today.

The house has accommodation for 35 retreatants in

single or twin rooms with sitting rooms and a chapel

for use by visitors. The Fellowship is an ecumenical

group welcoming those of any, or indeed no faith, to

spend time in the peaceful surroundings, to reflect on

their lives and which direction they should be moving.

Many different groups use the house for retreats,

parish meetings, ordination courses, confirmation

classes, school bonding groups, Alpha courses, brain-

storming sessions and as the accommodation is so

flexible it is used for receptions, parties or as a base for

groups using local facilities eg. those readers who

watched Children in Need earlier this year may recall

the piece about those children who are unable to go

out in the sunlight. This group had a camp at Parmoor

earlier this year, the children were able to play and use

the house the other way round ie. sleep during the day

and get out into the grounds when the sun had gone

down.

To date the house has not had it own in-house

retreats. This is an aspect of our work that it is planned

to change. There are now members of staff who are

trained and able to guide and help Groups with their

"studies': It IS hoped that those many people who have

stayed at Parmoor will help to spread the news of our

work.

St Katharine's is truly a power-house of prayer, carrying

on the good works of the Cripps family, the Sisters of

St Katharine and Sue Ryder. Please keep us in your

prayers.

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churches in the Diocese have been making.

"Support from churches in the Oxford Diocese, and

indeed across the country, during this 150th Anniversary

year for lnterserve has held up well, and this is a

reflection, I believe, of people's commitment to the

gospel during this time of changing attitudes towards

our Muslim neighbours."

During the crisis, those lnterserve workers who stayed in

the region 'felt remarkably safe', according to the

Pakistan Team Leader. "Our local friends and

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Has all the publicity from Pakistan made any difference?

The Pakistan team are encouraged that people in the UK

and around the world are praying but the Pakistan Team

leader wonders whether "it's been mostly focused on

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"but we need to be praying together for the spiritual

tide to turn in Pakistan and for God to grow his church here."

For details of Interserve's Anniversary Events, or ways

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B O O K S Being a priest in an age of anxiety Succession of entertaining clerics

ALL three authors are priests in the Anglican Church, they have all worked extensively in the field of training women and men for the ordained min-istry. Being a Priest Today (Canterbury Press, £12.99) by Christopher Cocksworth and Rosalind Brown just published while Priesthood and Society (Canterbury Press, £12.99) by Kenneth Mason is a revised and updated edition of his 1992 'classic text'.

Both books are grounded in the Gospel. They make good use of Scripture, and include a wide spread of theological scholarship, poetry and prose, Both books also include quo-tations from George Herbert and Michael Ramsey. They present and propose an acade-

mic theological understanding of the priest, the application of that theology is left to the reader. Should I buy both or, given the similarities, choose just one for £12.99?

From its opening chapters, Being a Priest Today concen-trates on the 'being', quoting from Gregory the Great the example of the priest as navi-gator or sheepdog, one who is with or alongside others. There is a sense of journey and growth whilst the focus for all is God.

In Priesthood and Society, Ken Mason begins his revision immediately following the events of 11 September 2001. Aware of the emotions that these terrorist acts engendered

he understands a development of 'general anxiety in society that our rulers are not telling us the truth', and a 'wondering whether our civilisation is held together by ignorance and illu-sion'. In this atmosphere of suspicion and uncertainty, the church is being sidelined and religion is regarded as a pri-vate matter which 'must not be allowed to affect public pol-icy'. A priest's ministry is essential, making the essential Spirit of God more accessible to the laity giving them 'free-dom and power to take the ini-tiative in the service of God's kingdom'.

Although the authors use some quotations from similar sources, the two books are not a carbon copy of each other,

both will provide challenge and raise questions. They should be read by all who want to examine and deepen their understanding of the priestly ministry.

If you decide that you only want to buy one book, then think about returning to the work of Archbishop Michael Ramsey. His words quoted by Rosalind Brown, sum up the content of both books: 'We need as a Church to be deeply involved with the world around us, with a keen sensitiv-ity to the conditions of our time'.

Ros Parrett The Revd Ros Parrett is Vicar of St

George in Owismoor. She has a Masters

Degree in Applied Theology from

Westminster College, Oxford.

A NEW book of entertaining ecclesiastical information from John Houghton is always wel-come, and Parsons Through the Ages does not disappoint. It is good to read about William Cole, Bletchley's Clerical Diarist, James Woodforde of Weston Longville and George Herbert the poet, but they are well-known names. Even more fas-cinating to learn about Henry Burgwash, Bishop of Lincoln who grievously offended the good folk of Fingest, George Parker's murder which led to the great Oddingly Murder Trial in 1830, John Mason who taught that on Judgement

'Why forgive?' award The 2002 Sheila Brown Memorial Prize offered by BRF and the Christian Herald Newspaper invites entrants to write a 1600 word article on the theme of

Day only Water Stratford, near Buckingham, would be saved, and other startling and less startling individuals.

I found the two final chap-ters, containing general infor-mation about upheaval in the 16th century, civil war, and the glorious revolution, less inter-esting but only in the light of all I had read before about the collection of country clerics, good, bad, and so and so!

Penny Keens Parsons Through the Ages is published by Hatfield Books at £8.50 or £9.50 by post from Hatfield Books, 18 Cornelia Close, Bletchley, MK2 3LX (cheques:'Hatfield Books'). Canon John Houghton is generously giving royalties to the Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust. He was a curate in Wolverton 1939-42 and has lived in Bletchley since 1974.

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Jubilee feast fit for a Queen

Main Course - Crown Roast of Lamb

by our cookery writer Ann Way Dessert Course - Strawberry Soufflé

AS this is a Jubilee edi-tion, it was decided that a rather regal meal would be appreciat-ed. This was just the sort of challenge I love. I hope you have the time and patience to try it out for yourselves. The strawberry soufflé was kindly suggested as a possible dessert from the

Ingredients 1 Ogen or Honeydew melon 1 Charentais melon (or Watermelon) 1 piece of stem ginger glaced 1 tablespoon of the sugar syrup

from the ginger Half an orange squeezed & sieved

Method Cut the melons in half and

R o y a 1 Household at Buckingham Palace. They wouldn't divulge the Q u e e n ' favourite pud-ding as it would quickly

become over-used, but it was extremely helpful of them to reply to my request with such a lovely suggestion.

Ann Way

remove the seeds. Then with a melon bailer or a small tea-spoon dig out round balls of the fruit. Place in a pretty glass dish. Sprinkle with a table-spoon of the ginger syrup and one small knob of the glaced stem ginger grated over the melon balls. Place in a cool place until required.

Ingredients 2 best end of neck joints lIb of good mashing potatoes 1 Oz butter 2 tablespoons cream off the milk A selection of freshly grown sum-mer vegetables lIb baby new potatoes, some fresh parsley for decoration Some fresh mint, sugar, lemon and vinegar to make mint sauce 1 pint lamb stock and a little wine if liked

Method Find a good butcher who is willing to prepare the neck end joints for you. These have to be expertly chined and the rib sticks cleared of excess fat, meat and skin. Join one end of the two joints, using a thick needle and thin string. Then bend the joints round, skin side in to make a crown shape and tie. Twist foil around the bony ends to stop charring while roasting.

Weigh the meat and cook with-out filling for about 20 minutes to the lIb, plus 20 minutes over at Gas mark 5, 400°F 200°c, 190°c if it is a fan oven. Reduce the heat after 30 minutes cook-ing. Meanwhile cook the mash-ing potatoes in lightly salted water and prepare the other vegetables which can cook while you are making the gravy. When the mashing potatoes are cooked, drain and add the but-ter and cream off the milk and whip until really light and creamy. Fill the centre of the lamb crown with it swirling around so it looks velvety. Decorate with tiny sprigs of mint and parsley around the edge. Remove the tinfoil top-pings and replace with cutlet frills (available from good sta-tioners). Serve with fresh veg-etables, a good gravy and fresh mint sauce.

Ingredients 3 eggs separated, 3 oz castor sugar, 4 tablespoons water 3 level tsps powdered Gelatine, 2 tablespoons Cointreau (optional) 1/4 pint fresh strawberry puree, 1/4 Double cream Some grated chocolate and a few chocolate rose leaves 1/4 lb baby ripe strawberries, Extra cream for piping the top.

Method Prepare a 5 inch soufflé dish with a band of double grease proof paper or foil forming a collar 2 inches above the rim. Whisk egg yolks, sugar and 2 tablespoons of water in a bowl over hot water until creamy. Remove from heat and continue to whisk until mix-ture is cool. Place gelatine in a bowl containing two hot table-spoonfuls of water, stir until dis-solved and then add the Cointreau if using. Allow to cool, then add a little of the egg yolk mixture and fold it through before adding the remainder.

Fold in strawberry mixture and blend thoroughly before adding whipped cream. Stiffly whip egg whites and gently fold into the mixture until evenly blended. Pour into the prepared soufflé dish. Leave the collar of paper or foil round the soufflé. This can be frozen if required and defrosted when needed over night in the fridge or for about four hours at room temperature. Carefully remove the collar and decorate the sides with grated chocolate and place a crown of strawber-ries on the top with cream rosettes or chocolates rose leaves.

And a grace God bless our meat, God guide our ways,

God give us grace

Our Lord to please.

Lord long preserve in peace and health

Our gracious Queen Elizabeth.

Amen

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'And you shall hallow the fifti-eth year and you shall pro-claim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants.' Leviticus 25:10 AMONG all the strange and arcane regulations of Leviticus, the instructions for observing the fiftieth year as a 'jubilee' stand out like a shin-ing beacon. It is perhaps typi-cal of the perversity of the reli-gious mind-set that the ritual instructions were, it would seem, observed to the letter for centuries, but the full obser-vance of jubilee, with its restoration of those who had fallen on hard times and its lim-itations of private wealth, was largely ignored in practice.

So what we have been left with is the word! Fifty years means,a 'jubilee' - an opportu-nity for celebration and thanksgiving, but hardly a time of radical social renewal, let alone redistribution of wealth. Perhaps the particular witness of Christians during this Summer of our Queen's Jubilee might be to look again

by David Winter

THOUGHT FOR

THE MONTH

at the Biblical origins of the idea and to share with our fel-low citizens what is in fact an inspiring vision of care for the poor, respect for the land, and liberty for the oppressed. As the Book of Leviticus makes clear, the original jubilee was to address a problem with which our modern society is also familiar - that in the nor-mal economic processes the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The Bible sees it, in its contemporary setting, as a

Canon David Winter is a former Diocesan Director of

Evangelisrn,a broadcaster and author of many books including

Message for the Millennium (BRF). -

question of land possession. The poor got into debt, their land was taken to meet that debt. . . and with it any possi-bility of their lot ever being improved. But in the fiftieth year that land was to be restored to them. In that way the poor could be rescued from the poverty trap, and the wealthy were prevented from amassing even greater wealth.

For Christians there is also the ministry of Jesus to urge us in the same direction. He saw himself as the one anointed by the Spirit of the Lord to pro-claim on behalf of the poor, the enslaved, the oppressed and the handicapped 'the year of the Lord's favour' - God's own 'jubilee'. Could there be a better way to mark this month's celebration than for every Christian congregation to commit themselves to a sim-ilar proclamation, to be marked, of course, as Jesus's was, by deeds as well as words. 'Liberty throughout the land!' Now there's a slogan for the month of Jubilee.

Royal welcome for Kenyan group The Queen learnt of her accession to the throne while travel-ling in Kenya so a feature by Ian Wagstaff about a visit to Thame by a group of Kenya Christians is the perfect subject for our Jubilee World Church column

AS one of his last official functions before retiring as Thame's Mayor, Don Butler held a Civic Reception for a party of Kenyan Christians who are currently visiting the town as the guests of St. Mary's Church.

Appropriately, the local press photographer arrived to record the occasion, 'hot foot' from taking pictures of the Queen during her visit to nearby Aylesbury. Her Majesty of course learnt of her accession to the throne 50 years ago when travelling in Kenya.

Lydia Kamau, who first visited Thame in 1991, led a party from the congregation of Limuru Church there, which included the local Archdeacon, the Venerable Timothy Mbuthia, David and Penina Kamau and Janeffer Roroi. The five met the Mayor at the Town Hall on Friday, 10 May and dis-cussed a wide variety of sub-jects including the similarity between local government in the UK and Kenya.

The church at Limuru, which is 26 kms from Nairobi, has enjoyed a close

relationship with the church-es of the Thame Valley Team for over a decade. A team of six from St Mary's travelled there in 1994 for what they described as a life-changing experience. Chris Neal, now the Team Rector and Derek Witchell, who is preparing for ordination, have been back on a number of occa-sions to lead training courses in the country.

'Africans have a vibrant Christian faith which is always challenging and encouraging', says Chris Neal, who introduced the group to the Mayor.

Lydia and her team are sure to share this vitality as they visit churches, homes and schools in Thame and the surrounding villages. On Sunday 12 May, they were able to experience services at St Catherine's, Towersey and the Thame churches of Barley Hill and St. Mary's, following this a week later by sharing worship with the congregations of the village churches in Lewknot Tetsworth and South Weston.

About 200 performers of all ages will bring a flood of colour to the Golden Jubilee celebrations in the Wheatley and Great Milton areas of Oxfordshire in the premiere performance of 'Rainbow's Arc'. Mark Leadbeater writes:

RAINBOW'S ARC is a new musical based on the story of Noah and the Great Flood. It is a real family show, with excit-ing and memorable music, hordes of children dressed up as animals, and masses of colour, which manages to retain the poignant messages of love, duty, faithfulness and judgement in the Noah story.

Caroline Moir; Rainbow's Arc's co-director, said 'Noah and his family are a real family with the same kinds of tensions we all feel. We can forget that these people were real people pretty much like you and me. As we relate to Noah and his family, we can gain new insights into the human mean-ing of the story and so see more about the relationship between God and us.'

Noah is for everyone The show will draw together performers from across the community. A number of local primary schools are providing the 'animals' in the children's choir and Wheatley Park, the local secondary school, will supply the musicians. There is also an adult choir and cast drawn from across the Wheatley and Milton area.

'It started as an extended poem that I wrote a number of years ago. Then I started putting tunes to the words and it eventually grew into a full musical', explained Bec Matthews, the writer of the show and a member of St Bartholomew's Church, Holton. 'I particularly like the story of Noah because it appeals on a lot of different levels, with both serious

content for adults and a good story for the children. And it's so well known.'

A unique partnership The decision to produce the show has grown out of a unique partnership between Wheatley Park School and the local church. The Revd Chris Taylor, the show's other co-director, is Rector of four of the churches in the Wheatley Team Ministry. He is a profes-sionally trained actor and director and a drama teacher at the school. 'I have been aware of the excellent musical that Bec has written for some time and recognised its poten-tial to draw the community together from the first time I saw it', said Chris, who has

responsibility for developing links between the school and the community. 'The Golden Jubilee is a wonderful time to stage this community event.'

Rainbow's Arc will be per-formed in St Mary's Church, Great Milton on 17 and 18 June and at St Mary's Church, Wheatley on 21 and 22 June. There will also be a gala per-formance, bringing all ISO children together at St Aldate's Church, Oxford on 28 June. All perfomances are at 7pm.

For details of ticket prices, and to order tickets, contact Alan Stratton 01844 339430, alan@rainbowsarc.org.uk. More details are on the official web-site www.rainbowsarc.org.uk

Frank Blackwell photographed some of the cast in rehearsal and (top right) Bec Matthews, the writer of Rainbow's Arc and co-director, the Revd Chris Taylor are seen holding the National Lottery Golden Jubilee Award for Initiative which brought £3200 towards the production costs.

A Taste of Jubilee Sat 1 CHENIES Jubilee Concert at St Michael's, 7pm with Chiltern Singers. Details: 01494 762233. 1 —3 BROUGHTON Jubilee Flower Festival at St Mary's. 01295 257071. 1 - 4 HENLEY Jubilee Flower Festival at St Mary's Church. Details: 0118 9461116 (evenings). 1 - 4 BAMPTON Jubilee Flower Festival at St Mary the Virgin. 1 - 4 HIGH WYCOMBE Jubilee Flower Festival at All Saints Church, Town Centre. Details: 01494 529179. 2 ABINGDON Thanksgiving Service for Queen's Jubilee, St Michael & All Angels, Park Road, 630pm. 2 READING Jubilee Tea at All Saints' Church, Downshire Square, 3.30 —5pm, £2.50, £1.50 children. 2 - 3 DUCKLINGTON Jubilee Weekend: open gardens, flower festi-val St Bartholomew's Church, Songs of Praise with Brize Norton Singers, 6pm Sunday. 01993 772722. 3 HIGH WYCOMBE Golden Jubilee Celebrations on The Rye, London Road. Fairground, displays Naval, Air and Army Cadets, 2.30-1030pm, finishing with fireworks. Just a selection of dozens of events around the Oxford Diocese. More in The DOORPost