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Diocese of Winchester
Parish of North Stoneham and Bassett
All Saints † St. Michael & All Angels † St. Nicolas
Parish Magazine
February / March 2017 £1.00
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Inside this Month
w e invite you to share in the Christian worship
and witness of the Anglican community in our
Parish.
We are part of the world-wide Anglican
Church, in the Deanery of Southampton, within the Diocese of
Winchester. We are also members of the ecumenical Churches
group Love Swaythling & Bassett.
Regular services are held at our churches in the Parish:
St Nicolas, Stoneham Lane
All Saints, Winchester Road
St Michael & All Angels, Bassett Avenue
Page
4-5 Calendar for February
6-7 Calendar for March
8-9 Letter from Sheena
10 Regular Events
11 Save St Michael’s Appeal
12-13 Letter from Rogelio
14 Word Puzzle
16 From the Registers
18 Parish Notice Board
19 All Saints Wives Group
20-21 The Gift of Tongues
23-25 Snowdrops
26 Christmas Fair
27-28 Nativity Scenes 29-31 PCC Summary of Minutes
32 Recipe Corner
33 A Prayer for the Homeless
34 Word Puzzle Solution
37 Editors’ Notice
38-39 Parish Contacts
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Calendar for February 2017
2nd Thurs 09.30 St Michaels Eucharist
3rd Fri 19.30 St Michaels Licencing of the
Revd. Sheena Williams
Followed by refreshment
In the Parish Hall.
5th 4th
Sunday
Befo
re L
ent
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
Holy Communion (BCP)
All-age Service & Eucharist
No Service
Sung Eucharist
9th Thurs 09.30
17.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
Eucharist
Ministerial Meeting
Evening Prayer
12th
Septu
agesim
a
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
18.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
St Michaels
Holy Communion (BCP)
Sung Eucharist
Eucharist
Sung Eucharist
Choral Evensong
16th Thurs 09.30 St Michaels Eucharist
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19th Seco
nd Su
nday
befo
re L
ent
Sexage
sima
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
Holy Communion (BCP)
Sung Eucharist
Morning Praise
Morning Praise
22nd Wed 10.00 Sunrise Holy Communion
23rd Thurs 9.30 St Michaels Eucharist
24th Fri 18.30 St Michaels Taize
26th Sunday n
ext b
efo
re
Lent
Quin
quage
sima
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
18.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
St Michaels
Holy Communion (BCP)
Choral Eucharist
No Service
Sung Eucharist
Choral Evensong
Parish of North Stoneham and Bassett All Saints St Michael & All Angels St Nicolas
Bible Study Groups:
have restarted:
AM. St Michaels 10.30 (After the midweek 9.30 Eucharist)
contact Judy on 023 8032 1241 for details.
PM. All Saints 2.30 contact Patrick on
023 8079 0682 for details.
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Calendar for March 2017
1st Ash
Wednesday
19.30 St Michaels
Eucharist and
Imposition of Ashes
2nd Thurs 09.30 St Michaels Eucharist
5th First Su
nday
in L
ent
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
Holy Communion (BCP)
All-age Service & Eucharist
No Service
Sung Eucharist
9th Thurs 09.30
17.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
Eucharist
Ministerial Meeting
Evening Prayer
12th Seco
nd Su
nday
in L
ent
08.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
18.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
St Michaels
Holy Communion (BCP)
Sung Eucharist
Eucharist
Sung Eucharist
Choral Evensong
16th Thurs 09.30 St Michaels Eucharist
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19th Third
Sunday
In L
ent
08.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
Holy Communion (BCP)
Sung Eucharist
Morning Praise
Morning Praise
22nd 10.00 Sunrise Holy Communion
23rd Thurs 09.30 St Michaels Eucharist
24th Fri 18.30 St Michaels Taizé
26th
Moth
erin
g
Sunday
08.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
16.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
St Michaels
Holy Communion (BCP)
Choral Eucharist
Themed Service for
Mothering Sunday
Sung Eucharist
Choral Evensong
30th Thurs 9.30 St Michaels Eucharist
Calendar for April 2017
2nd Fifth
Sunday in
Lent
8.00
10.00
10.00
10.30
St Michaels
St Michaels
All Saints
St Nicolas
Holy Communion (BCP)
All-age Service & Eucharist
No Service
Sung Eucharist
6th Thurs 9.30 St Michaels Eucharist
Calendar for March 2017
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Prayer, prayer and more prayer!
I have been very touched by the lovely prayers that you have been
praying for me since my appointment was announced and I am delighted to be coming to a prayerful church – for that is the only way in which we
will be able to move forward in mission and outreach to the community –
with faithful and regular prayer.
As we approach Lent, I wonder if you have thought about how you might
apply Lenten discipline to your individual prayer lives? I wonder how we
might find a way to pray better corporately as a church – or in small
groups?
For prayer is essential to Christian life and discipleship, and most of us
will need a mixed diet of individual and corporate times with God, and a
mixed diet of ways of praying so that our prayers do not grow stale and
unthinking. Prayer is something that the Holy Spirit drives us to – it is
nothing less than participation in God’s own life and is therefore urgent
and pressing but also beautiful and a means to growth.
In Rowan Williams’ book, Being Christian, he talks about prayer resulting
from Christians being in the middle of two apparently contradictory
perspectives. Christians are people who have been convicted of their
own sinfulness and need of forgiveness from God, and have accepted
God’s love and grace. Christians recognise that the One they try to
follow, Jesus Christ, was someone who met people in their messiness and
who didn’t expect people to be good, or even religious for him to accept
and love them.
Therefore Christians, following Jesus’ example, do the same and meet
people where they are and assure them, through their own experience of
it, of God’s love and forgiveness in spite of the many imperfections in all
of our lives. So Christians have an even greater awareness of the
sinfulness that prevents human flourishing and takes people far from God
– ourselves included. That is one of our perspectives.
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But Christians have, above all, a perspective of hope and redemption, an
idea of what God’s kingdom, when it is fulfilled will look like – and we
know that life is full and rich and that as Jesus took upon himself the
worst that humanity can do to humanity and defeated it through his
death and resurrection, we know that there is nothing that is incapable
of redemption through God’s love and grace.
With both of those perspectives in view, we are forced to our knees to
pray for God’s world, and for God’s purposes to be fulfilled through us.
This is not always an easy place to be! And we cannot expect to remain
unchanged by the experience of prayer – it is God working through us
when we are close to Jesus. So I look forward to praying more and more
with you, to being changed along with you by the presence of Jesus in
our lives and to having God’s purposes for North Stoneham and Bassett
revealed and fulfilled through us and through our prayers.
Sheena
Parish of North Stoneham and Bassett
All Saints St Michael & All Angels St Nicolas
Following the Licensing of our
new Priest-in-Charge
on Friday 3rd February 2017
at 7.30 pm.
You are all invited to meet The Revd. Sheena Williams
to a Reception in The Parish Hall.
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Regular events Weekly
Weds 10.00 am Parish Hall Community Coffee Morning
Thurs 1030 am St Michaels Bible Study Group
Thurs 2.30 pm All Saints Bible Study Group
Sat 10.15 am All Saints Coffee Call-In
Monthly
All Saints’ Afternoon Club
Monday meetings held at 2.30pm at All Saints Church Centre.
Winchester Road.
6th Feb. - WW1 Postcards & Songs with Sylvia & Colin Bayley.
20th Feb. - Painted Faces in the Desert Sand with Brian Sparkes.
6th Mar. - Landscapes with John Smith (Raffle)
20th Mar. - Lent talk by The Revd Erica Roberts. Chaplain for older people Visitors are always welcome
For other events see the Parish Notice Board on Page 18
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Save St Michael’s Appeal
Good news! The roof is finished and all of the
internal décor.
Now we need to look to the future and Phase Two!
So what’s in Phase Two? This time around you will be able to see what
is going on.
- Re-pointing Brickwork
- Redecoration of external doors
- Cleaning or replacing window support bars
- Repairing damaged stonework
- Cleaning out window hoppers
- Repairing vestry & lobby windows
- Repair of weathervane and buttress crosses
- Restoring stone cross at East End
- Replacing boiler room access roof
- Repairing Vestry Lobby floor
- A new carpet for the Lady Chapel
- Replacing rusted window grills
The cost of the above is circa £50,000
Appeal by North Stoneham and Bassett PCC.
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OUR PARISH LINK
WITH
BURMA - MYANMAR
Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo (left) with his wife, Nan Myint Yi,
and three children.
“UN getting daily reports of rapes, killings and other abuses against
Rohingya Muslims in Burma” was a recent headline in The Independent.
The plight of the Burmese Muslims at the hand of the Burma Army has
been in the news for some time. Many thousands have had to leave the
country, mainly for Bangladesh. Please remember the Rohingya in your
prayers.
The persecution of Christians by the Army is not news, but only because
it has been going on for half a century. Many thousands of Christians, especially of the Karen ethnic group, have
ended up stranded in terrible conditions around the Thai border.
Christians are under ongoing military pressure both from the Army and
the opium dealers. Those who refuse to plant opium poppies in their
fields pay a high price for their principled stance.
There has been political change in Burma. The famous Nobel Peace
Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi, after many years of house arrest under
the military regime, is now State Counsellor. But the real power is still in
the hands of the military and Aung San Suu Kyi is keeping rather quiet
about the violent persecution of minorities.
At a mission conference in the USA, Anglican Archbishop Stephen said,
“That each of Myanmar's six dioceses faces significant hardship due to
frequent natural disasters and relentless military attacks on ethnic
minority villages.”
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The minority groups consider themselves resistance fighters, while the
government regards them as an insurgency and, as a result, denies them
humanitarian aid, even from international agencies such as Red Cross,
World Food Programme and UN.
Two northern dioceses include parts of the infamous, "Golden Triangle"
shared by Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. Opium production here is
second only to Afghanistan, resulting in a huge problem of drug addiction
and HIV.
The Church makes up 6% of people in a country where 88% are
Buddhists and some of the dominant Burman group equate renouncing
Buddhism with renouncing ethnicity. Burmans are the largest of 135
ethnic groups but most Christians are amongst the Chin, Karen, Kachin
and Lisu peoples.
Buddhism, a peaceful faith, is being perversely misused as a nationalist
tool to disenfranchise the religious and ethnic minorities.
The Burmese church began as part of the province of India but became a
separate province in 1970, later renamed the Church of the Province of
Myanmar (CPM) and divided into 6 dioceses.
"Remember your brothers and sisters in Myanmar, who are a light in the
darkness," Archbishop Stephen said, "You are our silver lining when you
pray for us."
Our Parish Burma Link
The Church of England and the Church of Burma are sister churches,
members both of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Diocese of
Winchester has had a link with the Church in Burma since its beginning
in 1877. Our parish contributes to the cost of food and education for
street children and child prisoners in Mandalay and also helps clergy
families with education and health needs. We now contribute to the
support of an orphanage near the Thai border for Karen young people
displaced by conflict.
Revd. Canon Rogelio Prieto, Curate.
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Basic Bank Hampers:
A big thank you to everyone who made and donated
over 30 Christmas Hampers.
Bookings
Are invited for the use of St Michael's, St Nicolas,
All Saints and the Parish Hall
Available for Lectures and concerts
Enquiries for use. Please contact:
The Parish Office
023 8098 2836 [email protected]
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From the Registers
Rest in Peace
Date Name
8th December 2016 Ralph Bigwood
6th January 2017 John Dixon Glanville
MARCH LENT COURSE
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(John 12: 24).
What does it mean in practice, for him and for us? How can we, young
or old, have a fruitful life?
Five meetings in March. To join a group just talk to
David Gasson Tel: 023 8076 8909
or contact the Parish Office.
Tel: 023 8098 2836
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Coffee Call-in
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Parish Notice Board Do you know about…
Community Coffee Mornings Every Wednesday
Parish Hall - Rear of St Michaels
10.00am. to 11:30am.
All Saints Afternoon Club All Saints Church Centre, Winchester
Road
Meetings held at 2.30pm. 6th Feb. - WW1 Postcards & Songs.
20th Feb. - Painted Faces in the Desert Sand
with Brian Sparkes. 6th Mar. - Landscapes with John Smith (Raffle)
20th Mar. - Lent talk by The Revd. Erica Roberts
Parish Office
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27th Feb. - At home with Sheila Dixey
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13th Mar. - Lent Talk by University
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27th Mar. - At Home with Sylvia Bayley
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News from All Saints’ Wives Group Our AGM was held in September, including a sales table in support of
our Charity for 2016, Southampton General Hospital, hoping in
particular to raise money for more wheelchairs for patient use.
We welcome all Ladies, meeting twice a month on a Monday at 2.00pm
until April, then at 7.30pm either in members’ homes or in All Saints
Church Centre, until our final meeting at the end of July.
A Drama group called Chapter and Verse gave us a scintillating rendition
of readings on ‘Love and Marriage’ which was very entertaining, and John
Straw gave us a talk on Hinton Ampner where he has volunteered as a
guide for many years.
Our Annual lunch held at Stoneham Golf Club organised by Pam for
members and guests, was excellent as always, and our thanks must go to
Margaret, Anna and Debbie for opening their homes for meetings.
The Wives Group were asked to run the Festive Fair at All Saints in
November last year, which was a great success, thanks to the hard work
of all the stallholders. Our Carol Service was also well attended and the
unusual readings much enjoyed by everyone.
We subsequently looked forward to our New Year party kindly hosted
by Frances with a raffle and small present, and always a delicious lunch with everyone contributing. This was followed later in January by a visit
to the Nuffield Theatre, featuring a delightful French farce, ‘An Italian
Straw Hat’, performed by the Maskers Theatre Group.
Sheila Dixey (Wives Group Secretary)
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The gift of tongues
Fifty five years ago1, the Second Vatican Council allowed the translation
of the Roman Catholic liturgy into the vernacular for the first time. In
the Church of England, of course, we got there a little earlier, through
the reforms of Cranmer under Edward VI. The language we use,
though, remains a vexed question.
Text is central to everything a singer does - it shapes our
understanding of the music and lifts musical expression from abstract
to concrete. When there’s a mismatch of tone between words and
music, it jars - and when we sing words we don’t understand, the
performance becomes lifeless. I see this frequently as an examiner, for an organisation whose motto Psallam spiritu et mente perfectly
encapsulates the challenge. Yet during my time(s) at St Michael’s
we’ve sung not just in Latin, but Greek, French, Spanish (two distinct
variants, both archaic), German, Icelandic (an obscure 15th century
variant), Swedish, Quechuan, Nahuatl, Xhosa and probably a few more.
And that’s before you get into centuries of different forms of English.
So why not just sing in English?
Semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco describes translation as a
process of negotiation - and when it’s applied to music, a third part is
introduced. A good translation for singing has to convey the full
meaning of the words, using the same number of syllables, with the
strong syllables in the same places. It also has to use the right words in
the right places when the composer uses the music to illustrate a
particular concept, and it has to be singable - no tight, closed vowels
on high notes. It’s a tall order.
Language shapes music, at least in skilled hands, and often music in
translation has the qualities of a well-tailored outfit being worn by
someone else. It’s slack in some places and a little tight in others.
1 The actual anniversary isn’t until December.
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We could, of course, only sing things originally written in English - but
that closes off so many parts of the repertoire, and would impoverish
our choral worship greatly.
One body in Christ
When we sing in other languages it can serve as a reminder that we
join our praise with the whole church; and it’s not just living languages.
In the Taizé community, the myriad languages used reflect the diversity
of pilgrims; but they’re also bound together, even in an ecumenical
community, with Latin. Brother Roger once explained that this provided
a place in which everyone was equal, using a language which was
none of their own: a true lingua franca.
These words don’t just bind us together by geography, but also by time.
Generations have prayed using the same words, and they become a
thread that binds us all together.
So, what can we do?
We’re not going to stop singing in other languages (mainly Latin) any
time soon, but there are things that can help to get the full message of
what we sing across. We’re not going to be introducing opera-style
surtitles either. I put together a music handout every couple of months
that includes all the words we’re singing (foreign or not); but I don’t
know how many people pick that up or refer to it.
So, let’s start a conversation: what’s the best way of putting out the texts of the music we sing so that you can engage with it? Answers on
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even social media!
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SNOWDROP GARDENS
OPEN FOR FEBRUARY
1. The Warnford Snowdrops.
Church of Our Lady, Warnford Park. On the A32.
Andrew and Candi Sellick, the owners of Warnford Park, have very
kindly agreed to allow the Rector and Churchwardens of the Church of
Our Lady, Warnford, to invite our visitors to view the snowdrops.
Please keep to the paths, which will be clearly marked and wardened,
and please do not pick the flowers.
After leaving the Church go through the ruin of
St. John House. William St. John built this some time
in the early 1200’s (possibly about 1220).
It is built of flint and originally had four columns 25
feet high, which supported the roof timbers. At the
West End, nearest the Church, it had a two storey
block, entered by a stairway on the North side - there was a kitchen and a buttery below entered by a
doorway (still seen) and steps down.
Continued on page 24
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Continued...
The Hall was a ruin by 1603 and the Clanricardes turned it into a
romantic ruin with a wishing well. This well is now filled in, and was
situated in the Hall on the South side.
Pass through the door at the East end into the woods where there are
drifts of snowdrops. The path is marked at intervals.
The tour will take you on through the wooded area on a well defined
path until you come to a terrace. Turn right here and proceed along
the grass walk, passing the Dower House on your right hand side.
This delightful little house, once a ruin, but now completely restored
and lived in, is one of the “Strawberry Hill” Gothic architectural type and was possibly built by Lord Clanricarde about 1760. Although called
Dower House, it is not known whether the Dowager Ladies ever lived
here or if it was used by the family as a Summer House on the terrace.
As you reach the end of the terrace you will go down some slate steps
(which, when wet, can be very dangerous and slippery - so please take
care). Turn right here and follow the line of arrows along the East side
of the walled garden. On the left the snowdrops are magnificent and
are massed down to the lake. It is said that the park was designed by
Capability Brown.
If you wished to be refreshed after your journey, there will be a cup of
tea for you in the Bell Tower of the Church.
There is no admission charge to the Park or snowdrops, but if you
have enjoyed your afternoon and feel inclined, a contribution to the
Church Maintenance Fund would be gratefully accepted.
Thank You.
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WELFORD PARK
2. Welford Park, Welford Newbury, Berkshire. RG20 8HU
Wednesday 8 February (11am - 4pm)
One of the finest natural
snowdrop woodlands in the
country approx 4 acres,
along with a wonderful
display of hellebores
throughout the garden and
winter flowering shrubs.
This is an NGS 1927
pioneer garden on the River
Lambourn set around
Queen Anne House (not
open).
Also the stunning setting for
BBC Great British Bake Off
2014, 2015 & 2016
How to find us
6m NW of Newbury. M4 J13,
A34(S). After 3m exit for A4
(W) to Hungerford. At 2nd
r'about take B4000, after 4m
turn R signed Welford.
Entrance on Newbury-
Lambourn road.
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Parish Christmas Fair Christmas trees being carefully decorated.
Proceeds from the Christmas Fair have reached over £800
The organisers give their Thanks to all the support from
contributors, helpers, stall sellers and the
visitors who also kept the Refreshment Team very busy.
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A Gathering of Nativity Scenes
at St Nicolas Church
A selection of
Nativities
from delicately carved
and hand made
to Lego.
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PCC MATTERS
A copy of the full version of the latest PCC Meeting Minutes is
placed on Church noticeboards. This is a summarised version of the
main issues discussed at the most recent meeting
John Dorrington
(PCC Secretary)
A SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING OF THE
PCC ON 19TH JANUARY 2017
Finance
1. Colin McDougall introduced the format of Finance Sub-committee
meetings, a tabled summary of ‘Decisions’ and ‘Actions’, that he
will use to inform future PCC discussions. Council agreed that he
should move to the use of online banking for oversight and
management of PCC finances, using the appropriate security
measures. Approval was given to continued use of the software application “Data Development” to support financial management.
2. The Treasurer introduced a draft budget which he had drawn up
for financial year 2017.
Parish Hall Committee
3. The new committee has been reviewing all aspects of the Parish
Hall situation and is working through the process of correct
management of a hall. Accepting the age of the building, it needs to
be updated to attract future potential users. Some immediate
fabric issues have been addressed. Existing asbestos at the front
and back of the building has been sealed. The garage adjacent to
the hall is being cleared and once cleaned up will be used to store
the scaffolding we own. The next step will be to clear the
individual rooms one at a time. One planned immediate short term
measure is to tidy up the foyer. The Committee want to arrange
cleaning on a daily basis and seek a new cleaner.
4. New rates have been set for hire of the hall in 2017. An invoicing
system has been introduced for every user. This in turn will enable
a budget to be prepared, to better address expenditure issues.
Continued on pages 30 & 31
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Mission and Outreach
5. The group have picked up items from the work of the old pMAP
Group, added other suggestions and considered the effectiveness
of existing schemes. The principal subjects addressed by the Group
were Burma, the Basics Bank and the homeless. Radio Solent had
recently been in touch concerning Homeless Sunday, apparently an
item picked up from our Parish Magazine, underlining the
advertising value of the Magazine. The Group also resolved that a
firmer relationship with the chaplaincy of the University is needed.
The Echo newspaper recently advertised the Wednesday
Community Coffee Morning in the Parish Hall, but unfortunately
January is the one month when it does not function. However,
they are now on the distribution list to regularly receive the Parish
News Sheet.
Lent Study Groups
6. Revd. Rogelio Prieto informed Council that two Lent Study
Groups are planned. Those wishing to take part are encouraged to
join one of the two existing study groups. If numbers necessitate,
a third group will be formed.
Fabric
7. St. Michael’s The Church Warden said that work on St. Michael’s
roof, bell tower and interior redecoration is complete. Some £20K
remains in the Appeal Fund which will now be used to pay for the
outstanding work items in the architect’s quinquennial report. The
Appeal Fund Committee needs a new Chairman, now that
Colin McDougall has taken on the Treasurer’s task.
8. St. Nicolas Mark Patchett (the Diocesan consultant) is continuing
to negotiate on our behalf in the arrangements for administration
of the proposed new Community Centre in the North Stoneham
development.
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9. All Saints There is no one in the offing to replace “Sticky Fingers”,
the pre-school, which closed before Christmas. Interior
decoration of the building is needed. Two quotations for the
`necessary work have been received. It was agreed that the
investment is necessary to maintain the standard of our asset for
the longer term and the Church Warden was authorised to spend
up to £600 with a £50 overspend discretion. A remote control
system (HIVE) for controlling the heating is being installed. This is
being treated as a pilot scheme, with a view to fitting the system in
other Parish buildings.
Safeguarding
10. Alison Ball, Parish Safeguarding Officer, reported that the Parish
Child Protection Policy is available on-line. A copy statement is
available in all our churches. There are currently 23 people in the Parish holding valid certificates of clearance to work with children
and vulnerable adults.
Social Events Update
11. A Burma Evening is being planned for May 13th, along the lines of
that held last year. Also being considered is a celebratory Parish
lunch, organised on the well-tried “bring and share” basis. Supper
is being organised at the Annual Parish Meeting in All Saints,
ordering from one of the several food outlets in the shopping area
beside All Saints.
The legend that is the
Annual Quiz Night
is back 25th February
7.30 pm. at the Parish Hall
All proceeds to Save St Michael’s Appeal. £10.00 per head for fun and pizza. Maximum 6 players per team.
Contact Colin McDougall for details
Tel: 07943878705 or 023 8034 5148
Sign up on the form
at the back
of the church
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Hot Cross (or No Cross) Buns
300ml Milk 500g White Bread Flour 75g Sugar 1 tsp Salt 7g sachet fast-action Dried Yeast 50g softened Butter 1 beaten Egg 150g Sultanas 80g diced Mixed Peel zest of 2 Oranges 2 tsp ground Cinnamon First warm the milk a little, but don't make it hot. In a bowl bring
together the flour, sugar, salt, yeast, butter and egg before gently adding
the warmed milk and stirring to make a sticky dough. Mix in the
sultanas, mixed peel, orange zest and cinnamon before tipping out onto a
floured surface. Knead for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic or let the
dough hook on a food mixer do the job while you watch!
Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave to
rise until doubled in size, about an hour. Knock the air out of the dough
and divide into 12 balls. Place the balls on a greased baking sheet, leaving
space for expansion between each, and loosely cover with cling film.
Leave to rise for another hour.
Now the fancy bits which you can leave out if you wish. To make crosses
mix 70g flour with 70ml water to produce a paste. Use a piping bag to
apply paste crosses to the buns. If you like a sticky, shiny top warm
some apricot jam, pass it through a sieve to remove any lumps and paint
the tops of the buns.
20 – 25 minutes at 220C should see them nicely baked.
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Please continue to hold them all in your thoughts with this prayer.
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Give us the grace to welcome strangers and refugees.
Give us the insight to see where inequality hurts.
Fill us with the courage to do our part.
Save us from being overwhelmed by the scale of the housing crisis, and
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Amen.
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Editor’s Notice
The next issue of the Parish Magazine will cover
April and May
The copy deadline for this issue is
Saturday 4th March 2017
News and event dates may be left at the Parish Office
marked Magazine Copy, or can be sent to:-
The Magazine Team
Please note that:
commercial services advertised in this magazine do not, necessarily, have
the endorsement of the PCC.
views and opinions expressed in this magazine do not represent the
publishers’ or the PCC’s opinions, unless stated.
This magazine, its title and contents are copyright of the PCC.
Material may not be re-used without the formal consent of the PCC.
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Ministry Team
Priest-in-Charge
Revd. Sheena Williams
023 8076 8123
Revd. Canon Rogelio Prieto (Curate) 07723 033 570
Revd. Canon Norman Boakes 023 8076 7735
Revd. Judy Page (NSM) 023 8032 1241
Mr Malcolm Harper (LLM) 023 8076 8306
Mr John Reynolds (LLM) 023 8076 9171
Pastoral Care
Should someone in the Parish require an urgent visit please contact
one of the Ministerial team direct, leave a message at the Parish Office on 023 8098 2836, the Rectory on 023 8076 8123 or a
Churchwarden on 023 8079 0714.
All three numbers are monitored regularly. To report that someone
is ill, or request a less urgent visit, please contact Lorna Mairs or one
of the Licensed Lay Ministers (LLM).
Contact details are above and to the right.
The Parish Office:
Bassett Ave, Southampton, SO16 7FD
023 8098 2836
Opening hours: Tue - Fri. 09.00 – 14.00
If you would like to arrange a baptism, wedding, banns etc. please visit our
website: www.nsab.org.uk
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Priest -in -Charge Revd. Sheena Williams
023 8076 8123
Parish Administrator Kaz Lawton
023 8098 2836
Lay Pastors Lorna Mairs (leader) 023 8076 9116
Lynn Isted 023 8073 3053
Christine Brunnen 023 8032 7378
Hazel Anderson 023 8077 1198
Revd. Judy Page
(Ex Officio)
023 8032 1241
Choirs and Music St Michael’s Colin Davey
07870 518 046
Bell Ringers Johanna Duquenoy
023 8076 7990
The Parish
Magazine
Editor The Magazine Team
023 8032 7378
Churchwardens Alan Logan
023 8032 4595
David Curtis
023 8079 0714
PCC Secretary John Dorrington
023 8079 0854
PCC Treasurer Colin McDougall
023 8034 5148
Stewardship
Secretary
Paddy Paddon-Row
023 8076 0638
Hall Bookings All Saints Kaz Lawton
023 8098 2836
Parish Hall Kaz Lawton
023 8098 2836
NSAB Contacts
