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The King James Bible
This year we celebrate the
400th
anniversary of the
publication in 1611 of the
KJV –King James (or
Authorized) Version of the
Bible. King James I of
England and VI of Scotland
came to the throne on the
death of Queen Elizabeth I in
1603. It is, according to its
title, ‘translated out of the
original tongues: and with the
former translations diligently
compared and revised by His
Majesty’s special command.”
The ‘original tongues’ were
the Hebrew of the Jewish
scriptures - the Old Testament,
and the Greek of the New; and
the ‘former translations’
included Henry VIII’s Great
Bible of 1539, and the Geneva
Bible of 1560 - the one used
by Shakespeare and taken to
America by the Pilgrim
Fathers on the ‘Mayflower’.
These were in turn largely
based on the work of William
Tyndale, martyred in 1536,
parts of whose Bible (he did
not translate the whole of it)
were the first to be printed in
the English language.
The KJV was the work of
committees of scholars and
clerics from the Universities of
Cambridge and Oxford, and
from Westminster and London
(which were then separate
entities). If you’d like to read
more about the history, I
recommend Power and Glory:
Jacobean England and the
Making of the King James
Bible by Adam Nicholson, which is
informative and very
readable.
As often happens with
something new, the KJV
was not immediately
popular, but in due
course it became the
version used almost
everywhere in England,
and remained so until
about the 1950s when
more modern versions
began to appear. We
know many of its
phrases by heart as it is
the version read in the
Christmas Eve service of
Nine Lessons and Carols
both at King’s and here
in St. Andrew’s. Our cultural
debt to it is immeasurable in
literature, art and music; we
can trace its influence from the
poet, John Milton, to the pop
group, Boney M.
Cambridge University Library
has a free exhibition* about
the KJV for the next 6 months.
This includes a copy of the
first folio edition of 1611. Our
new Bishop of Ely, Stephen
Conway, has asked if this can
be carried in procession when
he is installed, and wants to
use it when he takes his oaths.
We wonder if he is aware that
it measures a good 42 x 26 x
12 centimetres and weighs in
the region of 7.7 kg (17 lbs)!
Rosemary Mathew**
*The exhibition is called ‘Great and
Manifold Blessings: The making of
the King James Bible’
**Rosemary was senior assistant in
the Bible Society Library in the
Cambridge University Library.
Feb 2011 – The Newsletter of St Andrew’s Church, Church Street Chesterton – No. 1111
Women’s World Day of Prayer Service
St Andrew’s Church On
Friday 4 March
At
2.30 pm
Prepared by Christian Women of Chile
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News from St Andrew’s Hall:
It’s full steam ahead at St Andrew’s Hall with a mix of old and new initiatives planned for 2011. It may seem a long way off, but June’s Chesterton Festival will soon be upon us, and a Hall/Church team is heavily involved in the thinking and planning behind it. We’d welcome new blood, so do get in touch if you’d like to jump aboard. Earlier in the year, we’ll host our now annual Pancake Party on Shrove Tuesday 8 March from 4-5.30pm, to which anyone and everyone is welcome, regardless of pancake-eating/-tossing/-producing ability; and May Day will see madrigals, molly dancing and croissants, as in 2009. A first for this year will be two First Aid mornings in March, when Ann Selwood, a trained first aid teacher and friend of the Hall will run one-off sessions focusing on problems associated with early and later years of life in particular. We’re putting these on in response to public demand, and all are welcome to come along. Places are limited to allow for individual attention and everyone’s ‘having a go’, so please book now to reserve a place. Alongside this, our main hall and meeting rooms remain open for hire by local businesses, individuals and others. More info. is available on www.standrews-hall.co.uk, and can be obtained from Hall staff on 01223 306150 (email [email protected]). Our postal address is St Andrew’s Hall, St Andrew’s Road, Chesterton, CB4 1DH.
Eleanor
St Andrew’s Hall Programme February and March 2011
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St Andrew’s Flower Group
On December 9th 2010 we all enjoyed an afternoon Tea Party at Ursula Sainsbury’s house in honour of Edna Andrews, our teacher and leader for the last 46 years. Guests at the party were Revd Nick Moir, Eleanor Whalley, Lorna and Derek Dazeley and Molly Dell. Edna has led us through many Flower Festivals and special occasions of the church’s year and we have all enjoyed every minute and worked well together as we are a close social group. We presented Edna with a bouquet of flowers and a voucher to spend at Scotsdale’s Garden Centre. Edna was 91 years old at the end of January and all the members of St Andrew’s Flower Group wish her Good Health and Happiness in the years ahead. ______________________________
Introducing Tricia Troughton
‘I inherited the Fish Kettle’ – that’s the title of my autobiography. I’ve got to the age of six in 1800 words. I doubt if I’ll write any more! These are just a few words to introduce myself to you.
Three years ago I arrived in Chesterton where I have a great view of the amazingly fit and committed rowers, and the wonderfully interesting wild-life of the river. My interests include a love of music; arts and crafts; my dogs and cats;
keeping up with friends; a growing number of small great nieces and nephews; taking holidays and new discoveries. I feel I’ve found a home at St Andrew’s. I am so grateful for the varied, beautifully prepared and deeply thoughtful worship and for the gently caring ministry of the church. My life in Christian ministry began 40 years ago when I discovered that Jesus really is alive and loves me completely. I am a work in progress – He hasn’t finished with me yet! 25 years ago I left occupational therapy to become a pastor of a small church and to train at Spurgeon’s College. I was ordained and called to Saffron Walden Baptist Church. I spent eight full, enjoyable and exhausting years in a town where the churches – one of each ‘flavour’ – were mutually supportive and life-giving. There followed ‘the Sturton Street years’ – a time to reflect with further study, work in Addenbrooke’s chaplaincy, some research, training in spiritual direction, and helping in a number of local Baptist churches. Now my ministry is mainly with individuals or smallish groups. I love helping folk to discover a deeper security in the love of God. I have been given a great welcome as a fellow minister of the gospel at St Andrew’s, now endorsed by Bishop David. Thank you for accepting me among you – if my gifts and experience can be of use that is an added bonus – thanks be to God for his wonderful love. _____________________________
Continuing the ecumenical theme, it has been a delight these past months to welcome a new parish priest at St Laurence’s, our local Roman Church. Father Pat Cleary has moved to us from St Neots, where he has served for eight years.
Born and raised in Ipswich, Father Pat’s ministry has ranged far and wide, with three years in Bolivia and five years in the USA. But he knows Cambridge well, having begun his priestly ministry at the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs on Hills Road.
He enjoys working closely with other Christian denominations and, as a past member of both Middlesex and Kent cricket clubs, has been smiling broadly following our recent successes down under……
Be My Valentine
How to impress that Special Someone this year? With a candlelit dinner, a rose on a pillow, a cosy night in...? Think no further: the Chesterton Festival Steering Group invites you – with or without your nearest and dearest – to join them at 7.30pm on Monday 14 February at Brown’s Field Youth and Community Centre on Green End Road for a social evening to dream dreams for this year’s Chesterton Festival.
As last year, the Festival will take place over the last weekend in June and include a family BBQ with live band on Fri. 24
th, a Fun Day with rides, stalls and
races on Sat. 25th and a ‘History of Chesterton in 100 ish (sites and) objects’
trail on 26th. The aim is to celebrate the richness of our local area and the
diversity of life within it, and we hope that a great many local groups and individuals will get involved. Could you, for example, organise a stall or provide entertainment at the Fun Day? Put on a display to showcase the work of a local group? Open your garden or group venue to visitors over the Festival weekend? The possibilities for participation are endless, and the eventual event will be as good as its contributors make it. We’ll repeat some of last year’s successes: there will be another photo competition (sponsored again by 100 Houses Society and won last year by Peter Robins), for which the theme this year is ‘Recreation and Leisure’. Application forms are available now and can be obtained from St Andrew’s Hall and Brown’s Field YCC.
To find out more and add your ideas, please do join us on Valentine’s Day. ‘Make it a night to remember’!
For more information about the Festival in general, please contact Eleanor on 306150 or email [email protected]
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Chesterton Chimes is published bi-monthly by the PCC of St Andrew’s Church, Chesterton, printed by the Hester Adrian Centre and distributed by volunteers in the parish. The next issue will be for April/May 2011. Any correspondence, or any articles for the next issue should be addressed to: The Editor, Chesterton Chimes,c/o The Vicarage, 10 Lynfield Lane, Cambridge CB4 1DR
Revd Nicholas
306
Services in St Andrew’s Church:
Every Tuesday at 12.30pm in St Andrew’s Hall, there is a Holy Communion (CW) service followed at 1pm by a Bring and Share lunch
February 6th 5th
Sunday before Lent
8am Holy Communion BCP 10am All-Age Communion 6.30pm Evensong BCP 13
th 4
th Sunday before Lent
8am Holy Communion BCP 10am Sung Eucharist 5pm Message in the Movies (Hall) 20
th 3
rd Sunday before Lent
8am Holy Communion BCP 10am Family Service 11.15am Matins BCP 6.30pm Quiet Eucharist 27
th 2
nd Sunday before Lent
8am Holy Communion BCP 10am Parish Communion: Special parish meeting 6.30pm Informal Worship BCP = Book of Common Prayer CW= Common Worship
March
6th
Sunday next before Lent 8am Holy Communion BCP 10am All-Age Communion 6.30pm Evensong BCP 9
th Ash Wednesday
12.30pm Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes 7.30pm Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes 13
th 1
st Sunday of Lent
8am Holy Communion BCP 10am Sung Eucharist 6.30pm Evensong BCP 20
th 2
nd Sunday of Lent
8am Holy Communion BCP 10am Family Service 11.15am Matins 6.30pm Quiet Eucharist 27
th 3
rd Sunday of Lent
8am Holy Communion BCP 10am Parish Communion and Prayers for Healing and Forgiveness 6.30pm Informal Worship
Who’s Who at St Andrew’s:
Vicar Revd Nicholas Moir C 303469 (not Saturday
Pastoral Co-ordinator Revd Dorothy Peyton Jones C 523485
Curate Revd Alasdair Coles 01638 743434
Children and young families’ minister Victoria Goodman C 740791
Sacristan John Reynolds C 249591
Parish Administrator Margaret Partridge C 303469 (not Wednesday)
Churchwardens Geoff Peel C 292538 Margaret Robins C 573511
PCC Secretary Ewa Allen C 367351
PCC Treasurer Simon Peyton Jones C 523485
Music Director Chris Pountain C 311055
Organist John Marsh C 234584
Chimes Editor David Drury C 358592
St Andrew’s Hall Manager Eleanor Whalley C 306150
From the Registers:
Funerals
4th
November Ronald Prime
Weddings
4th
December Daniel Milloy and Michele Lilley
Cambridge Concert Orchestra & Chesterton Choral Society
Present
Some Enchanted
Evening Saturday 19 March 2011
7.30 pm West Road Concert Hall West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP
Tickets £10 (£5 under 16s) Available from Jan Mentha 01223 502090 Limited tickets on the door All profits to
Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund
Coming Events:
February 15th Chesterton Local History Group meet at 2.30pm in St Andrew’s Hall for a talk by Rosemary Matthew on “The Bible Society”. 22
nd East Chesterton W.I. meet at
St Andrew’s Hall for a talk by Jerry Dodd entitled “What’s that Smell in the Kitchen?”
March 15th Chesterton Local History Group meet at 2.30pm in St Andrew’s Hall for a talk by the Revd Nick Moir on “The Bell Family” 22
nd East Chesterton W.I. meet
at St Andrew’s Hall for their Annual Meeting and a talk by Tom Mor on “London Craft Guilds”
Apr/May Chimes Deadlines
Articles to Editor by Tues 8 March Chimes available at the back of church for deliverers Sun 20 March.