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TRINITY ST STEPHEN CHURCH OF ENGLAND FIRST SCHOOL in Windsor only has 108 pupils on the roll but 14 of the children are twins. Headteacher, Penny Wells says that the

teachers can tell the seven sets of twins apart even though six of them identical by their personalities and interests. 'So we treat them all as individuals' she says. Year One teacher, Lynfa Sanders

who has taught in the school for 24 years and has three sets in her class says: 'I have never known anything like it here or in any other school'. Pictured left to right are: Luke and Lewis

Forrester,James and Sam King, Miles and Clark Thorley, Kate and Sophine Hyett, Tiffany and Steffany Taylor-Brown, Hugh and James White and Alexander and Christopher Baldwin.

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Sharing Life - first to the Lord Resurrection in the countryside Faith and fun for all ages David Haylett looks at Christian giving Glyn Evans reports on rural recovery More about the Convention on Saturday

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Churchmead, a community school in Datchet, is changing its status to join the family of Church Schools in the Oxford Diocese. In September the school will become a Church of England Voluntary Aided Secondary School

y CHURCHMEAD, a community secondary school in Datchet, is to become an 11 to 18 Church of England School.

The final decision was made unanimously at the end of January by the Schools Organisation Committee. It was announced by the gover-nors after eight years of consul-tation with Berkshire County Council, the Diocese of Oxford, Windsor and Maidenhead Unitary Authority, the Department of

Education and Skills and the Learning and Skills Council.

From 1 September 2002 the school will be known as Churchmead Church of England Voluntary Aided Secondary School and will become a member of the family of 278 Church schools in the Oxford Diocese but only the sixth Church secondary school. The school will have a new sixth form extending the age range of the school from 16 to 18, new buildings includ-

ing a sixth form computer facilities and a library and new courses including specialist vocational courses with work related and college placements.

Parents are delighted Parents are delighted by the change. In fact it was in response to parental requests that negotiations first began. Mrs Jo Stickland a parent and a Datchet Parish Councillor said: 'As a parent it is pleasing and reassuring that

Churchmead pupils will not lose their friends as they have previously when they move on to further education. As a Councillor I confirm that the Parish Council very much sup-ports the initiative.'

'We are delighted to welcome Churchmead School and its community as part of the family of Church schools in the Oxford Diocese,' said the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Revd Richard Harries. 'This is a significant step for the school

and the Diocese and is entirely within the spirit of the Dearing Report on Church Schools and reflects a sense of true partner-ship between us,' he said. The head, Jim Smart, said that

the move represented an excit-ing stage in the school's history adding 'This is built on the school's success - the School Achievement Award - marking the fact that Churchmead was one of the top SO improving schools in England and Wales.'

Churchmead already has

among its feeder schools a niinber of Church of England primary schools. 'The school will continue its traditional admissions policy of being totally inclusive, drawing chil-dren of all faiths and none from across the whole school catchment area. This approach is consistent with the Oxford Diocese's policy of extending educational opportunities to children of all faiths or none,' said Danny Sullivan, Diocesan Director of Education.

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The death of Princess Margaret THE BISHOP of Oxford issued a statement on the death of Princess Margaret, who died on 9 February, aged 71. The Right Revd Richard Harries said: 'I was, deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Margaret. Our sympathy

and prayers go out to all the members of her family, especially to her children. Besides her valued contri-bution to public life, the Princess was a faithful member of the Church of England and she has loy-ally supported her sister the Queen throughout her reign.'

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To shape _ .p. r be shape.- i IT WAS Winston Churchill who, on the rebuilding of the House of Commons after the last war, warned that we shape our buildings, but once built, they then shape us. Furthermore we are not only shaped by physical buildings. Our past and inheritance, our context and culture also shape and mould us and so often set our agenda and priorities.

As we continue to work with the values and priorities of sharing life perhaps there are some important issues that we need to explore. Certainly we are shaped as a church by the buildings and values that we have inherited from the past, and in many ways we can celebrate this inheritance. Yet we need to beware lest the very power of these things blinds us to the real challenges that face us.

One concern, travelling around the Diocese, is that for many people and congre-gations the focal point of mission is ensuring that there

are more people in the church-building on 'a Sunday; it may well be that God's Spirit is calling us to something deeper and more radical.

CHRIS NEAL WRITES

Churched shaped mission or mission shaped church At the end of last month over 100 people from across the Diocese met to encourage each other to explore new ways of being God's church. One of the important insights of the day came from George Lings, who sug-gested that for hundreds of years the church has deter-mined the shape of mission. This has often left those with a passion for evangelism feeling isolated and unsup-ported. Too frequently they

have worked beyond the Church,: and then have found no appropriate expression of being the Church to those who have come to faith.

This could explain why many who experience Alpha courses and the like, show an interest in Christian disciple-ship, but then find it impossi-ble to make the journey into church life.

George Lings went on to suggest that it is God's mis-sion that should determine and mould the shape of God's community, the Church. We need to recog-nise that the Church is not detached from the mission of God's Spirit, but is called to be an integral part of it.

Life on the frontier Seeing church in this way would radically change the understanding of our calling and purpose. There is not the space here to explain this fully, but suffice it to say that church would emerge and

form in many diverse places and expressions. It would not necessarily be defined by buildings or times, but would be a spontaneous visual aid of those commit-ted to Kingdom living, gath-ering together for worship and mutual encouragement, so that when they were dis-persed they continue to live as people of the Kingdom.

This of course requires much more thinking and dis-cussion, but perhaps we need to dare to explore new possi-bilities and seek to engage with God's Spirit so that he might mould a community beating to his mission heart.

If you want to know more about Sharing Life, please contact: Revd Canon Chris C. Neal, Oxford Diocesan Director of Evangelisation Sharing Life Office, Thame Barns Centre, Church Road Thame, Oxon 0X9 3AJ Tel: 01844-2 16097 Fax: 01844-260827 Email:kat-rina@stmarys.pas-onlime.com

Get fit and DAVE COURTEEN has taken over as Director of 'Fit Lives' (fouerly Ne,. Life Outreach) from the Founder Director Tim Perry. Dave and his wife found out about Fit Lives when they went to Spring Harvest, and realised it was just what they were looking for. Fit Lives

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A SPECIAL service at the University Church, Oxford on Sunday, 10 March at 3pm will bring a message of hope from Northern Ireland. It will celebrate the work of the Corrymeela Community which works for peace and reconciliation and Corrymeela Sunday which this year falls on 17 March, St Patrick's

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Day. The organisers, the new Oxford Corrymeela Support Group, say there is a message for Oxford too because the Community's concerns include refugees and aslyum seekers. The main speaker will be the Revd Fred Vincent whose testimony appears on page S and there will be Irish music and sacred dance.

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From Oxford to Strasbourg with MEMBERS of the Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility (and others from the Diocese) on their recent visit to the European Institutions in Strasbourg. The group left London on 4 February, 2002, for a three-day visit which included briefings by Richard Fischer of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and Mgr Paul Gallagher of the Holy See's Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe, as well as more formal visits to the European Parliament (where they met the Liberal Democrat MEP, Chris Huhne) and the Council of Europe (where they met the head of the Social Policy Unit, John Murray, who is also an NSM

love Anglican priest, working with the Anglican Chaplain in the city). They also found time to be briefed on the chequered history of the city and its sur-rounding region by Tony Dickinson (the European Contact for the Diocese) and to explore something of its archi-tectural and cultural heritage. Pictured outside the new European Parliament (left to right) are: Okon Ironbat Phillip Nixon, Patricia Ironbar, Ruth Conway, Imam Nyazi Khan, Sue Peach, Derek Spears, Liz Cracknell, Yvette Gayford (Director of PACT), Professor Christopher Gayford (Reading University), Cohn Cockshaw, Martin Conway, Ian Cohen (Vicar of Chaigrove), Peter Knatchbu Il-H ugessen.

SATURDAY 16 March marks the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight. The Fairtrade sys-tem gives a helping hand to farmers in the developing world who are already

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sho o Rcharo su 0 oorts cur o on ar ms saes CONTROL of arms sales which under-mine the development of poorer countries by encouraging them to waste precious resources, was the subject of a letter from the Bishop of Oxford in The Times on 4 February 2002. Other signatories were the Archbishops of Canterbury and Wales and 41 other bishops. The letter read:

'Britain's first new arms export law since 1939 is currently going through both houses of Parliament. Once and for all, the Export Control Bill must prevent irre-sponsible arms sales wasting the resources of poor countries.

It is one thing when military equipment is bought by a government which needs it to defend its population according to international law. It is quite another when British companies persuade governments to spend huge amounts on equipment beyond their needs and their means.

In December, the British Government gave the go-ahead to BAE's sale to Tanzania of a military air traffic control

.system at a cost of F-28 million, which in the judgement of defence experts is not necessary for Tanzania's defence needs. This money could have otherwise have been used to educate 3.5 million children.

This is the sort of case that the Bill must control. To do that, it must clearly state that Britain will no longer license arms sales that would undermine the develop-ment of poor countries. The government still has time to accept this through a suit-able amendment to the bill.'

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Church to be real about sex Fat lady on fasting

Bishop raises the roof A MASSIVE BEAM of green oak was guided into place on the roof of the first extension to Dorchester Abbey for 400 years by left to right the Bishop of Dorchester, Peter McCurdy and the Revd John Crowe, Rector of Dorchester. The extension in the form of a cloister on the north side will house a display area for artifacts unearthed during recent archeological excavations at the Abbey, new boiler house and toilet facilities for disabled people. Peter McCurdy's com-pany of craftsmen specialises in working with green oak and was also responsible for the wooden framework of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.The Dorchester Abbey appeal is hovering around the £3million mark with £2 million to find. When completed the Abbey will include a restored ecumenical St Birinus shrine, an improved south west entrance, a reordered chancel and choir area and new facilities in the tower area, 'All this will enable a better min-istry to visitors and pilgrims, a greater use of the Abbey for commu-nity and arts events throughout the year and also make it more suit-able for Diocesan events,' said the Rector, John Crowe.

EASTER DOOR This it to remind you that the April DOOR will be distributed one week early on 22 March. For this reason we shall celebrate Easter in our April issue!

'HAVE you had too many colds this winter? Then get tested, you might be HIV positive.' Shocking words, yes, they came from Stephen Penrose, Chaplain at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals, and to London's HIV community. He was in Oxford at a meeting organised by the Oxfordshire Churches Red Ribbon Group.

In his talk Stephen aimed to dispel any lingering compla-cency that HIV only affects 'other people'. He was pro-moting prevention, and wants 'The Church to be real about sex'. Sex, he said, is still a

A DELEGATION from the Oxford Diocese, led by Bishop Dominic, visited the Diocese of Vaxj.in southern Sweden last spring to exploring the possibili-ty of a partnership between the two dioceses.

Bishop Anders Wejryd of Vaxjö, will be arriving, with five other representatives from his Diocese on 28 February. They will spend a week based with the Community of St Mary the Virgin in Wantage. An extensive programme has been planned for them to give them as broad a picture of the life of the Oxford Diocese as possible. Their stay will include visits to

taboo subject in the Church and we are often judgmental. As a result people in the UK are dying needlessly.

Stephen hopes local com-munities will help those who have been diagnosed as posi-tive. He spoke of those who, like Lazarus, have had a sec-ond chance at living, because of improved treatment. They expected to die, and now have to prepare for their old age. Stephen wants us to help. He believes the world needs a Church whose priorities are prevention and preparation for the future. He hopes we shall be that Church.

Rosemary Peirce

Milton Keynes, Reading, Slough, the Vale of the White Horse and Olney where John Newton and William Cowper wrote so many hymns.

'If the visit to Oxford is as pos-itive as the visit to Växjö, we hope that establishing a dioce-san partnership will enable us to draw on the experience and gifts of our two Churches as we face the challenges of a new mil-lennium in a secularised, tech-nology—based society and share life with the people among whom we live,' says Tony Dickinson, European Contact for the Diocese. More about our Swedish visitors in the April DOOR.

CLARISSA Dickson Wright of the popular 'Two Fat Ladies' cookery series has con-tributed an article on fasting for Lent to the Diocese of Oxford's reflection on the web. The article contains her usual blend of outspoken sense and humour and also refers to her alcoholism. This is a flavour of it:

'I heard an unidentified cleric say on the radio the other day, that it was now old hat to give things up for Lent; and I thought: how people pleasing, how foolish. We live in an age

of plenty in 21st Century Britain; poverty in many cases seems to constitute not being able afford a designer cell-phone or state of the art train-ers. There is no seasonality in food, no shortages caused by climatic conditions. Last year's foot and mouth or this year's wet spring adversely affect our farmers but there is no absence of imported products on the supermarket shelves. Any restraint therefore must be self imposed; we can no longer make a virtue of shortages. This is harder, more demand-ing of self discipline and, per force, more rewarding. We are told the USA spends $50 bil-lion on overseas aid and $500 billion on dieting; our own Government spends a fortune on advertising advising people to give up cigarettes, so I am not sure where my strange cler-ic got his idea that it is old fash-ioned to give things up. What has become unfashionable is to give things up for God.'

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DAVID BELTON, best known for his organisation of the annu-al Oxford Sleep-out, died suddenly on 5 February 2002. 'He has been a faithful member of the Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility, and headed up our work on housing ever since the Churches National Housing Coalition was formed in 1993. He will be greatly missed', said Jo Saunders, the Diocesan Social Responsibility Officer.

The Door is published ten times a year. 40,000 copies are distributed in the Diocese of Oxford with the help of volunteers.

Editor Christine Zwart Telephone: 01865 208227 Assistant Jemimah Wright Telephone: 01865 208226 Photography Frank Blackwell Business and distribution manager Tim Russian Editorial support group Tim Russian (Chairman, Long Crendon), John Crowe (deputy chairman, Aston and Cuddesdon Deanery); Cohn Fletcher (Bishop of Dorchester); Clemency Fox (Marston), Keith Lamdin (Director of Training), Jo Saunders (Social Responsibility Officer), Leighton Thomas (Abingdon Deanery), Richard Thomas (Communications Officer), John Winnington-Ingram (Cottisford). Editorial address Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford, 0X2 ON B. Fax: 01865 790470. e-mail: door@oxford.anglican.org Advertising address David Holden, Unit 7-9 Centech Park, Fringe Meadow Road, Redditch B98 9M R. Telephone 01993 773211 Fax: 01527 588008; e-mail holden@fuftonl.fsneLco.uk The DOOR is published by Oxford Diocesan Publications Ltd (Secretary Mrs Rosemary Pearce). The registered office is Diocesan Church House, North Hinksey, Oxford, 0X2 ONB. Tel: 01865 208200.

Deadlines for April DOOR (one week earlier than usual) Features 10 March, Letters, What's on and advertising 13

March, News 18 March.

While every care is taken to ensure the reliability of our adver-tisements, their inclusion in The DOOR does not guarantee it or mean that they are endorsed by the Diocese of Oxford.

Bishops and Archdeacons

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 0X5 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, Tidmarsil 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, Grimirns Hill, Great Missenden, Bucks HP1b 9131) Tel: 01494 862173. Fax: 01494

E-mail: bishopbucks@oxford.anglican.org Archdeacon The Venerable David Goldie, 60 Wendover Road, Aylesbury,

Bucks HP21 9LW Tel: 01296 423269. Fax: 01296 397324. E-mail: archdbuc@oxford.anglican.org PROVINCIAL EPISCOPAL VISITOR Bishop of Ebbsfleet The Right Revd Andrew Burnham, Bishops House, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, 0X13 6JP Tel: 01865 390746 E-mail: bishop.andrew@ebbsfieet.org.uk

First prize hymn LAST month we published the winner of the under-21 section of the hymn competition. in memory of Alan Christmas, the Oxford Diocese's first industrial chaplain. Entries had to be about the relationship between faith and work. Clare Stainsby from Middlesbrough, who is training to be a Methodist minister, won the over 21 section. 'I feel that it is very important for Christians to recognise the significance of working out and living out their faith at work,' she says. This is her hymn:

As dawn awakes another day, The working sphere rolls into view, And all attention centres on The many tasks we have to do. Distracted by demands of time, And squeezed by pressures, deadlines, needs, There's scarcely any space or thought For You from whom all life proceeds. You challenge some to leave their nets And follow unfamiliar ways, But most are called to live their faith In sundry tasks of working days. The Christian life is to be spent Among events each day unfurled, A presence incarnational Within the structures of the world. Affirm us Lord, as we employ Our hands and minds in every place, Let worship flow through busyness, Responding to your love and grace. Your patience is our endless hope, Your Spirit present to inspire, The freedom to explore Your truth, Your loving service our desire.

The Queen in the Diocese pictures are wanted

HAVE you got any pho-tographs of her Majesty the Queen taken in the Oxford Diocese at any time during her reign? We hope to include a special feature in our June DOOR. Even a snapshot will do but we do need to know a little bit about the picture. Photographs will be returned after use but please write you name and address clearly on a label on the back. The ODOR'S address is on page 3

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His gift of friendship The ten years he spent in Jamaica must have done a lot to shape and deepen his gift of friendship. He once told me that when he first came to Oxford, in 1958, to com-plete his theological studies and to begin his long min-istry at the Church of St Michael at the Northgate, he was shocked by the contrast between Jamaica and Oxford. Hardly anyone lift-ed their head to smile or greet one another in the Cornmarket. He said that if he did not do anything else: he was going to change that and we know how much he did just that.

The Commercial Chaplaincy was a natural outcome of Mac's ability to use for good the connections he was forging in the City as it's Rector . One day might find him sitting in the board room of a City firm of solici-tors discussing some project or other concerning the we!-

fare of the City; the next day he would be sit-ting in the can-teen lunching with the shop-workers of a department store. I'll never forget one Oxford clerical

brother of Mac's telling me I was curate to 'the Bishop of Sainsburys'.

There was also the recogni-tion that there were many in Oxford who, as it were fell between the cracks so there was the founding of the Oxford branch of the Samaritans, a great legacy in itself.

Church doors wide open But Mac never lost sight of his primary charge and responsibility to be a shep-herd to his cure. Prayer and worship formed the. core of his pestly and pastoral min-istry. St Michael's was the worshipping hOthe for peo-ple of all ages, social groups and neighbourhoods, both town and gown: old Oxford and newcomers alike. And the Fair people, leading their peripatetic existence, work-ing from town to town, knew they had a place, a priest, a pastor in Mac.

Now none of this public life could have been half as coherent or blessed if the pri-vate, domestic side of Mac's life was anything other than it was. He had Ruth, his wife and stalwart companion and his children, Selina, Peter and David. Mac loved his family with a passion and they with great forbearance allowed us all to enjoy their family life.

The Lord in heaven has told us He will recognise anyone who has loved - and if that be true, he will not fail to rec9gnise The Revd H.D. Dupree is chaplain of Balliol college, Oxford.This is an edited version of his address at a service of thanksgiving for Mac's life at Christ Church cathedral on 22 January 2002.

THERE are two extraor-dinary things to say about Mac who died on 8 January: the first is Norwyn MacDonald Ramm that he was (Mac) 1925 - 2002 a man with a great capacity for friendship. The Oxford Times did not err in it's obituary for him in giving it the title: 'One of Oxford's most popular clergymen'. He was Oxford's most popular clergyman.

And secondly, there are his extraordinary achievements as a priest: they are all, some-how, interwoven: City Rector, founder of the Oxford Samaiitans, Chaplain of Oxford Prison, founder of the Commercial Chaplaincy in Oxford, and chaplain to any number of civic, military and church organisations.

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Hudson Taylors in Abingdon A GROUP of Christian musi-cians named after J Hudson Taylor, the first missionary to inland China, are performing at Fitzharry's School, Abingdon on Monday 11 March at 7.3Opm. The Hudson Taylors include Noel Richards a regular worship leader at Spring Harvest. Their unique sound mixes Celtic with Country acoustic rock and Blues. Tickets: £7 at the door, in advance £5. 01235 530890.

GLYN EVANS, the Diocesan Rural Officer, joined farmers and other guests from rural support organisations across England at a reception held by the Prince of Wales at St James Palace on 29 January. Similar receptions were also held in Wales and in Scotland. 'His Royal Highness has been

deeply concerned about the issues around Foot and Mouth and the plight of those caught up in the crisis and wanted to do something to lift the spirits of those affected,' said the Revd Glyn Evans.

In his speech the Prince saij. '('cannot tell you how pleased

Marandas comrnission to be our cónècience MARANDA St John Nicolle was commissioned as Co-ordinator of Christian Concern for One World (CCOW) at a service in St Lawrence's Church, North Hinksey on 15 February. The ser-vice was conducted by the Bishop of Dorchester (photographed with

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Maranda who formerly worked with the Bowery Mission for

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In his address Bishop Cohn said that CCOW has an impor-tant and not always comfortable role as a conscience to remind us that religion without a concern for justice is worthless. 'The car-rot' is that a Church filled with a real spirit of generosity will be in a far healthier spiritual state.

CCOW is ecumenical and encourages individuaF churches in our area to question the causes of world poverty, injustice and the destruction of the earth. Maranda will be delighted to speak to church groups. You can reach her on 01865 873361.

I am to see you all here. I was written to by a large number of people during the crisis of last year when so many suf-fered dreadfully from the hor-rors of foot-and-mouth, and I thought it would be an idea to invite people who had written to come to the Palace. The problems are not over. There is still a lot that needs doing. I know that although some of the pain is over, the effects will go on being felt for a long time to come. I hope that farming in the rural community will start to improve. If there is a silver lining to the horror of the last few months it is that it has

Ship's survivors gather at Heythrop FIVE former crew members of the destroyer, HMS Heythrop will be attending a commemorative service in St Ni • las Church, Heythrop at $'Ipm on 20 March, the 60th anniversary of the sink-ing of the ship in 1942 after a torpedo strike. Fifteen hands were lost and among the sur-vivors expected at the service is Jack Bragington who was born in nearby Long Compton. The Bishop of Dorchester will preach and naval representatives and the Mayor of Chipping Norton will be there. Stuart Turner on 01608 645029 can give you more details.

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On leaving the reception, Ian, a farmer in Oxfordshire and the regional outreach offi-cer for the Samaritans, who had been affected by the crisis personally and who had given a huge amount of his time to training people in listening skills and supporting fellow farmers said: 'That was fan-tasticl After the awful year we all had last year I feel as if I can now look forward positively to the future. The Prince showed he really cared about us.'

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ENTERTAINING STRANGERS is the theme of this yeas Corrymocla Sunday on 17th March. For nearly 40 years entertaining and reconciling strangers has been the work of the Corryrnccla

Community. It was at their Centre on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland that Fred Vincent aged 17, first worshipped alongside Roman Catholics. From a strict Protestant background in West Beftast, the experience was Ifte changing. Now he is an ordained Presbyterian minister and Corryrnccla's Programme Director at their office in Beftast where he lives with his wife Catherine, whom he met at Corrynicola, and their four young sons

i n the life of Fred Vincent & Corrymeela MY generation can remember perhaps ten years of peace before the troubles started seri-ously in 1969: On some nights my parents actually slept with us in the car up in the hills."I have a vivid memory of looking down and seeing fires all over the city.

I still have family on the Shankill Road. My background was of a conservative evangeli-cal form which also had a rela-tionship with Protestant Orangism. My grandmother was very committed to the Orange Order and my father, who was English, was a mem-bet. In saying that they would have found it difficult to accept

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the violent side of Loyalism. Like 90 per cent of my gener-

ation Sunday was Bible class from half ten to quarter past eleven. Church from half past eleven to quarter to one. Home for lunch. and out for afternoon Sunday school. Home for tea. Out for evening service from 7 to 8 and the youth fellowship.

The difficulty with that is that it becomes it's own culture with its own rules of inclusion and exclusion but being at the school where I was the mix of people was quite different. I went to a grammar school in the centre of the city with a history that came out of liberal Protestant Home Rule roots. Some Catholics sent their children but they didn't advertise that and my memory tight the way through school would not have pointed out to me, apart from one chijd, any-one who was a Catholic.

When I was 17, I came into

Corrymeela House here in Belfast when they hosted an interschools peace group. For the first time I was involved in a group that was overtly 'mixed'. We also visited the Corrymeela Centre at Ballycastle where

there is informal worship twice a day. One of the things we did was to say the Lord's Prayer together and between the Our Father and the Amen something happened inside me, a moment of change, some experience of integration and peace and hope that I accept as being a touch of God. The dilenurna was that it happened in a context which was interdenominational, of mixed race and which did not involve any kind of ceremony or altar call. At the very minimum it showed me that God does'nt necessarily work within a struc-tural ideological framework.

I played a lot of rugby at school and there is a culture that goes with rugby which is not about going to church. My diffi-culty also was that the experi-

ence I had at Corrymeela went against everything I knew from church and against everything I was experiencing out of church and gave me a touch of some-thing else.

However, about the time I

went to Queen's University in 1980 I rejoined a church which had made a commitment to develop a youth project in an old building on the Shankill Road. 'The Centre' was aimed specifically at young people who otherwise wouldn't come any-where near a church building. Not only did I cut my mission-ary teeth engaging with some of the issues that the young people were dealing with like para-mil-itaries, solvent abuse, crime, school, police, I also saw that the Church had potential to offer something other than what was traditionally seen as 'church'.

Then we took the young peo-ple from The Centre to Corrymeela for a weekend To be honest it was a nightmare.

Some couldn't cope with the fact that there were no city lights and some had brought

alcohol and there was signifi-cant damage done to the build-ing. Yet the Director phoned me on the Tuesday and said 'Of course you are coming back aren't you?'

At this time I was either going into social work or the ministry. Then at the outset of my final year at University a friend was murdered. She was going to church, and there happened to be a drive by. The people in the car realised the people going into that particular church were Protestants and she was shot. The thing I have never forgotten about Karen was just the faith that she had. If there was any-body who was deserving of the best that life could give it was herself. This was the moment that helped me to decide to go towards ordained ministry

I passionately believe that the Church has to be involved in the community. When I left the church where I was working in Waterford in the Republic of Ireland I came to work at the Northern Ireland Hospice in Belfast as a chaplain. Although the context was dying and bereavement there is something about being in any extreme situ-ation that makes us all re-assess our priorities. So in four years I never had Catholics complain because I prayed with them or a Presbyterian complain because the Roman Catholic chaplain offered them a blessing. For me the question is if we reconsider our priorities in difficult situa-tions, what of the times that aren't so difficult? What makes them so important that we have to hang on to our identities of Catholicism or Protestantism, Loyalism or Nationalism when there are points in our life when

all those things are transcended? If we have this belief that God in Christ Jesus reconciled the world to himself then the ques-tion for me is how do we live and work together in a way that reflects what God has already done. I don't think in heaven that there are people fighting over points of belief but there may well be people sitting down talking with each other in a safe space knowing that they are val-ued and allowed to offer their questions and to explore and share their prejudices.

I suppose there is something about God for me that is the hospitable one, one who literal-ly opens the door for us and says 'You are welcome. Have a seat. Tell me how your day has been. Where is the pain in your life? Do you know that I am with you in the pain?' And I suppose for me much of what ministry is about is trying to reflect that openness that God has for us, the love and grace that he has for us, yet at the same time knowing that there is a dimen-sion in the world which wants to live out anger and sectarian-ism by reducing the other per-son rather than trying to meet the other person as an equal.

And I find all of that some-where defined by the Cross and Good Friday. No matter what happens in the world there is a point at which God does know. In the humanity of Jesus, in his suffering and his capacity to cry out in frustration and disbelief and loneliness, in the midst of the awfulness, there is something about God being there too.

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snahng life

10. VaKinc resources for msson avaHa ole through the orinciole of 'First to the Loro' This is the tenth in a series of explorations about Sharing Life. Each month a different person considers

one of the themes of our evangelisation strategy. We offer an explanation, some discussion points and a

focus for contemplation. We suggest cutting these out and keeping them for further study. David Haylett,

Diocesan Stewardship Advisor expands on 'First to the Lord':

Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confes-sion of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others, 2 Corinthians 9 v 13

Prayer

Generous God, whose hand is open to fill all things living with plenteousness: make us ever thank-ful for your goodness, and grant that we, remembering the account that we must one day give, may be faithful stew-ards of your bounty; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9 v 7

Pause for contemplation When I survey the wondrous cross on which the prince of glory died, my richest gain I count as loss, and pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast save in the cross of Christ my God; the very things that charm me most - I sacrifice them to his blood.

Discussion points

• Do I give to God's work from the leftovers once other things have been dealt with, or do I offer Him the first fruits, and trust that He will provide?

• General Synod has offered us the target of 5% of income after tax to and through the Church. What proportion of my income do I give? How does it compare with what I spend on other things?

• The Bishop of Dorchester, in his 2001 Visitation Charge, suggested taking the coin or note closest to our average weekly giving, putting next to it the coin or note next highest in value, and then giving that instead. What would it cost sacrificially to give the sec-ond, rather than the first?

• Does my giving reflect my love for the God who loved me so much that gave his only Son that I might have eternal life?

'they gave themselves first to the Lord and, by the will of God, to us.' (2 Corinthians 8.5)

PAUL is writing to the Church in Corinth to raise funds for the Church in Jerusalem and he holds up, as an example to follow, the response made by the Macedonian Church.

the grace of God that has been granted to the churches of Macedonia; their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have over-flowed in a wealth ofgenerosity on their part. For they voluntarily gave according to their means, and even beyond their means, begging us earnestly for the privilege of shar-ing in this ministry'

Ever tried running a Stewardship Programme in your parish? Are people 'begging for the privilege' of giving their money away? Resources for mission Our mission is to make disci-ples and serve God's world - we are to look outwards, not inwards. Our task is one of: teaching; proclamation; wit-ness; concern and care for all; and, by God's grace, discover-ing the face of Christ in our neighbours and sharing Him with them. The Church is the resource that God has given for this to be accomplished. Our discipleship is the key to unlock those resources for mis-sion and our approach to money - its receiving andgiv-ing - must be part of our life of discipleship.

So our own challenge is, by God's grace, to give ourselves first to the Lord and then to offer ourselves in his service.

Principles of giving There is in Scripture a wide range of explicit and implicit material undergirding a theo-logical basis for stewardship in general and the giving of our money to God's work in par-ticular. Specifically: creation and the origin of all things with God and his purposes; the 'grace-full-ness' of God's dealings with his creation; the gift of his only Son; our being stewards of his bounty; the requirement concerning tithes and offerings and first-fruits; above all the teaching of Jesus that our response will be from the heart and sacrificial.

Christian giving is the responsibility of the household of faith. What right have we to expect others to fund the mis-sion of a God to whom they have no allegiance? Giving is to resource mission, not just to balance books. Retrenchment, savings and cutbacks show our lack of faith: 'Therefore, do not worry about your life... it is the Gentiles who strive for all I these things; but strive first for u the kingdom of God and his i righteousness, and all these things will begivento you aswdL' i

Giving is part of disciple- i ship. Discipleship that excludes graceful giving is not full discipleship. Taught by God's sovereign Holy Spirit, the disciple learns to give in response to God's gracious gift: sacrificially; proportion-ately; cheerfully. Then by our giving - of our new selves includ-nig our money — others may be brought into discipleship.

David Haylett

Explanation and exploration

See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down: when did such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all!

Isaac Watts

Mission and the marriage act

THE Government has just published new proposals that, if adopted, will make sweep-ing changes to the wedding business. Instead of licensing places, they will license people, or 'celebrants' as they

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So the potential move to licensed 'celebrants' pre-

will be called. The 1994 Marriage Act

enabled couples to marry in places licensed by the local authority. The range and choice of such places has rapid-ly expanded, and as a result the number of couples taking advantage of the new law has greatly increased. In 1995, the first year of operation, 2,496 couples were married in licensed premises;rin 1999, that figure had leapt to 37,709. If the trend continues, these weddings could outnumber church weddings before the end of this decade. Yet the 1994 Marriage Act expressly forbids any kind of religious service at these licensed premises.

The ban on religious services at licensed premises has had and, unless removed will con-tinue to have, a serious impact on the amount of teaching that the Church can give on the val-ues of Christian family life. Even if a couple are not regular participants in Church wor-ship, the time they spend with a Christian minister in prepar-ing for their wedding can pro-vide highly valuable teaching, as well as establishing a rela-tionship with the Church that

sents us with a huge opportunity because the Government has said: 'There will be no restriction in registra-tion legislation on where civil or religious celebrants can cele-brate marriages, provided the distinction between civil and religious ceremonies remains.' This means that couples wish-ing to marry at historic sites, Qr any other interesting place, can exercise their right to request a Christian marriage.

This is a great new opportu-nity for mission. The Church of England will still offer wed-dings in church for those who qualify, and it will probably still have the requirement to marry its parishioners if asked. But we will also have the opportunity to extend this ministry for any couple who wants a Christian wedding no matter where they decide to get married, if the Church has the vision and will to grasp this opportunity, we can regain some of the ground lost to the 1994 Act, with teaching about Christian family life for those couples who wish to marry somewhere other than their local church.

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The Rend William Adam, Team Vicar Witney and Anglican Ecumenical Officer for Oxfordshire, to be Priest in Charge, Girton and Ely & Diocesan Ecumenical Officer; the Revd Canon Simon Brown, Team Rector Burnham Team MirSistry, Area Dean of Burnham and Slough and Diocesan Consultant for Deanery Development also to be the Bishop of Buckingham's Senior Executive Assistant; the Revd Andrew Bullock, Curate Sandhurst St Michael to be Priest in Charge of Alfrick w. Lulsley & Leigh & Brannford and Suckley; the Revd Charles Cleverly, Pastor of Eglise Reformde de Belleville, Paris to be Rector of St Aldates, Oxford; the Revd David Cook, Team Rector, Newbury Team Ministry, to be Priest in Charge, Chipping Campden w. Ebrington; the Rend Patricia Douglas, Vicar, All Saints, to be Team Rector, Worley, the Revd Brian Ford, NSM Witney Team Ministry to be Associate Priest, Ramsdvv, Finstock & Fawler; Leafleld w. Wychwood & Wilcote; the Revd Anthony Gann, Team Rector Wolvercote w. Summertown to retire; the Rend Or Robert Hanish, Chaplain, New College Oxford, to

mine to Winchester; the Reed David Heath-Whyte, Curate Great Chesham Team, to be Vicar of Frogmore; the Rend Hugh Lee, Work and Economic Life Mission, NSM (house for duty) Priest in Charge, St Michael at the Northgate, Oxford; the Rend Jane MacLaren, non-parochial (St Augustine's) to be Ecumenical Chaplain Oxford Brookes University; the Rend Canon Piers Nash-Williams, PTO; the Rend Simon Oliver, has become Chaplain at Hertford College, Oxford; the Rend Valerie Rushton, Team Vicar, Loughton All saints to retire; the Revd John Russell, Vicar, Wing w. Grove All Saints, also to be Mursley Area Dean; the Rend Graham Saunders,Team Vicar St Paul's Bedminster ,to be Priest in Charge, United Benefice Farnham Royal w. Hedgerley; the Rend Beryl Stannard, Associate Priest, Ge,i'ards Cross,to retire, PTO; the Rend Matthew Stafford, Assistant Curate, SS Anne and Peter High Wycombe, to be Priest in Charge HolyTrinity Oakengates and Wrockwardine Wood (Lichfield); the Rend Andrew Wingfield Digby, N S to be Vicar St Andrew's, North Oxford. PTO= pe,nrisrinr,to officiate.

MIDNIGHT on 14 January marked the moment when the last county with foot and mouth, Northumberland, was declared free. For just short of 12 months foot and mouth ran riot throughout the farm-ing industry of Great Britain. Millions of animals were slaughtered and an estimated 9,000 farms were affected. Thousands of other farms were affected through live-stock movement restrictions.

In the first half of the year some 8,000 jobs were lost in the industry. The economy of rural areas suffered in other ways too. Tourism was badly hit alongside other rural indus-tries as diverse as rope making and those who relic4, on agri-cultural , shows for their income. Voluntary organisa-tions, charities and churches were all affected with loss of income and loss of personnel.

The day the outbreak was announced on 21 February 2001, clergy were meeting in Diocesan Church House, Oxford in a seminar on the farming crisis led by the Diocesan Rural Officer. Farming had been in crisis for several years before the out-break of foot and mouth. Incomes had plummeted, thousands of jobs lost and farming suicides were running at about four a week national-ly. The historic link between farming and the Church meant the Church was well placed to provide information and support to farming.

Support from churches That task was heightened by the foot and mouth crisis and the response of local clergy and congregations was mag-nificent.Within hours of our issuing the first information release to the churches, local contacts between churches and the farming community were made, and support offered. In addition churches raised money for the ARC-Addington Fund and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution based in Oxford. These two trusts provided much needed grants to those without income during the cri-sis, responding to both domes-

tic and farming needs. Nor must we underempha-

size the prayer support given by churches. Green ribbons, the symbol of the churches prayerful concern for the farming industry were being worn all over the place. I am

gearing up to provide more green ribbons this Rogationtide and we ask all who are praying for the farm-ing community to wear them again this year.

Diocesan consultation The Diocese held a consulta-tion in October for farmers, members of support organisa-tions and clergy to assess the response to the crisis and to make recommendations for future action. It was an oppor-tunity to thank those who had been closely involved in the crisis and to reflect about what further support would be needed in the future. Recommendations from the report of that consultation include the need for the Church to continue to act as a provider of proper information about what is happening in farming. The report also rec-ommended more support for 'front-line' workers including clergy who give time and ener-gy to supporting those who are stressed and church input into tourism recovery. Churches are also encouraged to make more use of local food. And to that end in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire a pro-

gramme to circulate local food directories to churches has begun.

The Curry Commission which reported in late January, one of the three government inquiries into the foot and mouth crisis, recommends the

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development of mechanisms which bring the producer clos-er to the consumer. It also pro-poses the linking of farming support grants to environmen-tal protection. The proposed 'licenses to farm' will no doubt be hotly debated but some have welcomed this proposal as a way of ensuring that both animal and environmental welfare standards will be strengthened. What is clear is that the emotional effects of the crisis will indeed last a very long time and the need for the churches to exercise a pastoral ministry to the local communi-ty will be part of our contribu-tion to what is called the rural recovery programme.

Diocesan Synod debate The Oxford Diocesan Synod on 9 March. will include a debate on rural issues. The debate will centre on the response of the Diocese ta discussion paper produced by the rural journal Country Way in the wake of the govern-ment's Rural White Paper. The Board for Social Responsibility's Rural Issues Group, chaired by the Revd Ian Cohen, Rector of Chalgrove, wrote to Diocesan

Boards and Councils asking them to discuss the issues raised by the Country Way document. 'This is the first major rural debate since the last century when the Synod received the Faith in the Countryside report Our Diocese is a predominantly rural area; in Oxfordshire 94% of settlements have a population of less than 3,000 people' Ian Cohen said.

The motion will, amongst other things, call on Synod to give a clear signal to the farm-ing and rural communities that their concerns really do matter to the Oxford Diocese. The first phase of the rural cri-sis;may be over but the effects will/be felt for years to come.

• Pictured is Julia James, a Didcot vet, who is a meriber of All' Saint's Su'tton Courtenay.

Vour countryside You're welcome To mark 'the relaunching of the rural economy' 11 - 17 March has been designated 'Your countryside. You're wel-come' week. The Bishops of Dorchester and Reading, and the Archdeacon of Buckinghamshire are plan-ning special visits to the coun-tryside to signal the churches commitment to the recovery of the rural economy.

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How you can help The quickest way to restart the rural economy is for visitors to return.You are invited to write to your friends, relatives and other contacts inviting them to take a break or a longer holi-day in our countryside. Assure them that they will receive a vOrill welcome, be ableto eat well and safely, have lots of interesting things to do and see and enjoy themselves.

Rural congregations could invite urban parishes to join them for worship and show them around their village, call at the pub, walk on the foot-paths, visit a special attraction. AND Make sure your Church is open especially during the week 11 to 17 March. For more information visit the Arthur Rank Centre web site www.arthurrankcentre.org,

Our faith in the countryside The foot and mouth outbreak started a year ago. Coming after a string of other rural crises, the effects will be longlasting. So the Church's Commitment to the countryside and to those who live and work there is vital says the Revd Glyn Evans, Diocesan Rural Chaplain

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I AM myself an the liturgy which 'older person' : ' nurtured their (65), but the * 4 J spirituality. Church of Margaret England has j Goodall, in an been prepared JIJJ essay on to risk training 'Spirituality and me for ordina- , Ageing', makes tion to serve in ' clear how old my own small familiar rituals and rural parish. I shall prayers can trigger be 67 before I am a response in those priest. This is not a . who respond to challenge 'I ever by Anne nothing else ver- expected to be fac- Kiggell bal. I have min- ing, but it is a istry colleagues great privilege, who have experi- My brain cells, fortunately, ence of patients who had seem to hold out, although my not spoken for months, join- knee-joints are less reliable. ing in with parts of the

Because we are a village Lord's Prayer. without a school, we have a Although I have a great love largely elderly population. of the Prayer Book, I do not Of the 300 registered voters, think it is appropriate in all cir-one-third are of pensionable cumstances. To reach as many age, and a substantial num- people as possible, we must her of the rest are over 50. accept the fragmented We share a vicar with two approach of Common other villages. Worship. This means, that

Our vicar has allowed me never again will there be a to offer a traditional Book of generation with strong corn-Common Prayer (BCP) mon devotional roots. Matins with sermon. The Fifteen years ago, in a response has been good: London suburban parish, we there are many who, because had a midweek BCP of a non-Anglican back- Communion service at 10.30 ground, or from a modest am. A newish vicar (probably estimate of their own faith aged about 40) confided to me commitment, do not feel that he had grown very fond comfortable with Eucharistic of this service, which he had worship. Elderly men have never come across before! He 'come with tears in their eyes had at least inherited a system to thank me for an experi- designed to suit people who ence they had not known for take a little longer to get up years, and thought never to and dressed than they used to. have again. Many older people love BCP

These are people who have Communion but when do been rather hardly treated by many churches offer it? At liturgical developments. Few 8am, a totally impracticable have complained, and of course time, especially in winter. a great many people of this age group grew used to the Alternative Services Book and have made a real effort to be forward-looking in their church life. However they are often surprised to discover, as they move fur ther into old age, how nos-talgic they have become for

Pictured are Fred and Olive Hodges, aged 102. Fred died on 10 February. They would have celebrated 77 years of marriage in April. For more ideas on worship for older people contact: Christian Council on Aging, do CCOA Publications, Epworth House, Stuart Street, Derby DEl 2EQ.

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to the editor Letters Aralysis,

An Archbishop for the world-wide Communion, our involvement in the Parish Share, some answers are more right than others, blowing the ecumenical trumpet louder

GOd'S man in Lambeth A key matter for prayer over the next months will be the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury. My concern here is to widen the perspective on the appoint-ment, to balance the way the UK media have been talking almost entirely about England. Let me make four brief points.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, not just the Church of England; so the person appointed needs to have a worldwide vision, and the confidence of the senior leaders of the Anglican Communion worldwide.

To help us to think more globally, I suggest we change the name of the Church of England! Whether or not the Church of England separates from the State in the future, it has to recognise that it no longer commands prime place in the Christian scene in England, and is part of a worldwide fellowship. What about ACE 'The Anglican Church in England' as a new title?

There is a serious crisis facing the Christian Church here in UK. The majority of the younger generations are bored with denominations, they want reality, and mean business! The next Archbishop therefore must be a person with radical vision for the mission of the Church in the world, and the courage to sup-port risk-takers. He must be willing to speak out, and be politically incorrect if his con-victions demand it. Otherwise, with a 'safe pair of hands', the present slide into irrelevance will only accelerate.

Whether or not the next gen-eration starts coming back to 'church', the rise in people's desire for God, and meaning to our lives, is very significant. At this time, therefore, we need a

spiritual leader who is trans-parently a man of prayer, who spends time with God and can put people in touch with Him. Others can manage the busi-ness; it is God's word we need to hear, from God's man! Don Brewin (the Revd) National Director, SOMA UK, Leighton Buzzard SOMA assist in the renewal of the Anglican Communion world-wide through the Holy Spirit, by sending teams on short-term mission e-mail: SOMAUK@compuserve.com Website: www.somauk.org

The Parish Share There was much I agreed with in Cameron Butland's letter about the need to give choice to church members in how the Parish Share is spent. There is a definite prospect of change, but I need to express one reservation. The reservation is that the Diocese spends most on employing people. Clergy have freeholds or licences. Costs are not saved until a vacancy occurs. Time is need-ed to persuade parishes to accept changes in clergy deployment. Other staff have contracts of employment, and must be consulted in advance of change. This also takes time. Plans for significant change need to be agreed on a year or more before the bud-get is being approved. We have to become more forward looking in our planning. The prospect of change stems from a Diocesan Strategy Group set up by Bishop's Council and chaired by Bishop Mike Hill. Its purpose is to examine what is really needed to shape the Church of the future. Opportunities will be made widely available for interested church people to consider and influence its thinking on the way the Church is organised in the future. Brian Newey Chairman of Board of Finance.

Only one right answer 'If you are a Christian you do not have to believe that all the other religions are simply wrong all through. If you are atheist you do not have to believe that the main point in all religions of the whole world is simply one huge mistake. If you are a Christian, you are free to think that all these religions, even the queerest ones, con-tain at least some hint of the truth. When I was an atheist I had to try to persuade myself that most of the human race have always been wrong about the ques-tion that mattered to them most; when I became a Christian I was able to take a more liberal view. But, of course, being a Christian does mean thinking that where Christianity differs from other religions, Christianity is right and they are wrong. As in arithmetic there is only one right answer to a sum, and all other answers are wrong: but some of the wrong answers are much nearer being right than others.' So says C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity , book 11, chapter one.

I am prompted to write as a result of your article in The February DOOR, 'Churches must build on relationships with Muslim communities'. I wonder whether, if Christians had spent as much time and effort in promoting Christianity as have been spent on trying to improve relation-ships between Islam and Christianity as well as Christianity and Judaism, whether we would be part of a growth church, rather than a shrinking church. We seem to be prepared to do absolutely anything apart from spreading the word of Christ crucified, and I find that to be very sad, and distressing I know that by raising such a comment I shall be branded a bigot, and even a

racist. I have no objections to anyone following the faith of the prophet Allah, if that is what they want. I do object to the way we have in this coun-try allowed ourselves to be brainwashed into treating all religions as equal, when in fact we should follow C S Lewis's lead and proudly and boldly pronounce that 'Christianity is right and they are wrong'.

I believe that my views are privately held by many, and that we should never shrink from expressing the truth. All I ask is that we promote and practice Christianity, the result of which will be a much more tolerant world than we have experienced for many years. James Wilson Reading

Something to celebrate 'But it's an Anglican paper,' said my wife soothingly as I grumbled over the corn flakes. My problem? Simon Hill's article in the February DOOR, celebrating the forti-eth birthday of Berinsfield church. Mr Hill tells us that both Anglican and Roman Catholic congregations wor-ship in the church: surely a cause for celebration in itself.

No doubt both congrega-tions take part in all the church's many and various activities. But why does Mr Hill not tell us? The Catholic priest is not even listed amongst the church's clergy.

This is just an oversight, isn't it? I would hate to think that the 'good example of Sharing Life', which is quoted as a benefit of involving students from Ripon College Cuddesdon with the congrega-tion, was a life shared with some but not others.Guys, with great respect, you should surely be blowing your ecu-menical trumpet more loudly? Giles Woodforde Kidlington, Oxfordshire

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Women In Mis n 'Prayer - unlock God's resources' Mimi •aker: Jane Holloway of thc ' ngelical Alliance Tuesday 5Ma 7.30-10pm, Rye St Ant y School, Oxford. Contgctt en Mitchell on 011161 13495 Wednesday S M h 7.30-10 pm, Union Rpil Church, High Wycombe, Co t ct: Linda Newton on 0ll44 21065 Thursday 7 Mars r.30 —10pm, St Mary's Ch ch Charlbury, Oxfur4lshI Contact: Jenny Aliden on 01608 659076 Wednesday 13 Rbrlh 9.30-12.30am, St Mary's Chflrch, Eastrop, Basingstoke. Contact: Ruth Guy on 01962 760259

Stewardship, Training, Evangelism and Ministry March 9 'Reading through Romans', Stokenchurth Church Hall 10— 3pm, £7.50 with the Revd Peter Ballantine. All details from Juliet Ralph (01865) 208282

Douai Abbey 22-24 March Taking Responsibility for Ourselves and Others How do we relate to behaviour and responsibility? A chance to examine some ethical issues affecting others: wealth creation, marketing, media advertising, employment policies, redundancy, the unemployed. Details and booking (0118) 971 5333 douiabby@aol.com

God calling? 12 - 14 April A weekend for men to explore vocation to the I AmI

Milton Keynes Training Commission Tues 9 April - 25 June 'My Father's House has many rooms'. An ecumenical course exploring why and how the various denominations have become seperated, what still divides them, and what progress has been made towards reunion. Leader: Mrs Marilyn Lewis. Cost £45 for 10 weeks, or £5 per session. Enquiries (01908) 322533 Email: mkctc@tesco.net

St Michael and All Angels 17 Mar, 21 Apr, 19 May, 16 June The School of Mystical Christianity Explore our spiritual treasure with ways into prayer, and teaching and sharing from our saints and mystics. Led by Revd Philip Roderick, 6pm - 8pm at St Michael's Amersham on the Hill, £5 per session or £12 for 3. Registration: (01494) 726680

12 Mar, 9Apr11, 7 May, 11 Jun., 9 July The Well in Amersham Meditations with a pencil - learning to draw with a difference. Led by Jean Hatton at St Michaels Amersham on the Hill. £25. Details from Parish Office (01494) 726680

WEC May Day 2002 6 May Open Day at the headquarters of WEC (Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ) International Grounds open at 10.15am. Speakers include Patrick Johnstone, author of Operation World, Dr Phyllis Kilbourn, Director of

Annual Gathering of the Living Spirituality Network 20 April At Maria Assumpta Centre, 23 Kensington Square, London. Speaker John Hull. Book via Win Kennedy (0 1908) 200675

Sacred Sights 11 May - 2 June An exhibi-tion of paintings and artefacts resulting from the archaeology around Dorchester Abbey. The above picture is a watercolour by Rebecca Hind. For details contact the Dorchester Abbey Appeal, (01865) 340434

The Transformation of Clergy Roles 10 - 14 June A Working Conference for Clergy and Ministers in Local Churches. The Grubb Institute of Behavioral Studies energises people to transform their behav-iour individually and corporate-ly as they gain insight into their experience of human systems, institutions and personal rela-

r i Come now and dwell with us I Lord Christ Jesus: hear our

prayer and be with us always.

i And when you come in your i glory make us to be one with I you and to share the life of

your kingdom.

Let us pray to God our Father for:-

Fri iSt Claydon Deanery. For the parishes of the Claydon benefice during the vacancy. For those involved in pastoral reor-ganisation in the parishes of Waddesdon and in the Schorne Team Ministry; and that all the churches may continue to seize every opportunity to 'Share Life'. For the area dean - Tom

i Thorp: synod lay chairman - Geoff Strutt.

Sat 2nd The Claydons - East I Claydon, Middle Claydon,

Steeple Claydon: for the churchwardens during the vacancy.

THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

Sun 3rd Those who are lead-ing lenten projects, and all those involved in courses and house groups in our own churches and ecumenically.

Mon 4th Schorne Team Ministry: clergy - Tom

Elizabeth Mason: licensed lay minister - Michael Lambe.

Wed 6th Waddesdon w. Over Winchendon and Fleet Marston, Westcott: clergy - Simon Dickinson.

Thurs 7th Winslow with Great Horwood and Addington: clergy - Tony Whalley, Tracey Doyle.

Fri 8th Religious Communities and Organisations: The Society of St John the Evangelist, Iffley Road; Elmore Abbey, Newbury Order of St Benedict; Society of the Sacred Mission, Milton Keynes; Society of Holy Trinity, Ascot Priory; Community of Reparation to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, Kidlington.

Sat 9th Community of St John the Baptist, Kidlington; Community of St Mary the Virgin, Wantage; Community of the Companions of Jesus the Good Shepherd, Kidlington; Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor, Oxford.

THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT - Mothering Sunday

Sun 10th For our Mother Church and those who mother us. For those who care for people who are elderly at home or in

Freeland; Community of the Sisters of the Love of God, Fairacres; Burford Priory, Order of St Benedict; Third Order of the Society of St Francis.

Tues 12th Henley Deanery. Giving thanks to God for their lay people who are taking on new responsibili-ties as the number of stipendiary clergy declines. For continuing good rela-tions with their ecumenical partners, especially the Methodists. For an increase in numbers and in faithful-ness, and for their mission to young people. For the area dean - Phillip Nixon; synod lay chairman - Graham Kay.

Wed 13th Goring w. South Stoke: clergy - Phillip Nixon, Hilary Campbell, Peter Steddon.

Thurs 14th Harpsden cum Bolney: for the churchwar-dens during the vacancy.

Fri 15th Henley with Remenham: clergy - David Pritchard, John Bone, David Bouskill.

Sat 16th Henley Holy Trinity: clergy - Duncan Carter; licensed lay minister - Trevor Lewis.

THE FIFTH SLJNI)AY OF

sion in remembrance, may take up our cross daily and follow him; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

Mon 18th Kidmore End and Sonning Common: cler-gy - Graham Foulis Brown.

Tues 19th JOSEPH OF NAZARETH. Langtree Team Ministry: clergy - Alan Johnson, Angela Linton, Nelva Moss; LLM - Brian Turner.

Wed 20th Nettlebed w. Bix, Highmoor and Pishill: cler-gy - Brendan Bailey, Elisabeth Lakey; LLM - Jane Suter.

Thurs 21st Nuffield: clergy - John Shearer.

Fri 22nd Rotherfield Peppard: Rotherfield Greys; clergy - Bob Butler-Smith, Hugh Warwick.

Sat 23rd Shiplake w. Dunsden, Lashbrook Mission Room: clergy - Martin Connop Price. Whitchurch Hill; clergy - Peter Jefford. PALM SUNDAY

Sun 24th 'Jesus Saviour of the world come to us in your mercy. By your cross and your life laid down you set your people free. When they were ready to perish you saved your disciples. In the greatness of

Marion Davies: area repre- i sentatives - Veronica I Beaumont (Oxon), Angela Hart (Bucks).

Tues 26th Our church's mission in work and eco-nomic life: Missioner — 1 John Nicholson (Slough):l chaplains - Nicholas Parish: (Bracknell): Stephen Heap, Ian Parker, Graham Skipsey I (Milton Keynes); Bob Penman I (Didcot); Oxford Industrial Chaplaincy - Barbara Hayes. i

Wed 27th All non-stipendi-ary ministers in secular employment, and for the1 churches who support them I with their prayers.

Thurs 28th MAUNDYI THURSDAY Jesus said 'A I new commandment I give unto you: that you love one 1 another as I have lovedi you. By this shall all people I

know that you are my dis-ciples if you have love for, one another.' John 13.34 i

Fri 29th GOOD FRIDAY We adore you 0 Christ and 1 we bless you because by your holy cross you have I redeemed the world.

Sat 30th EASTER EVE I May the light of Christ banish the darkness from our hearts and minds EASTER DAY

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Cook up a Mothering Sunday feast

DIANE LOUISE JORDAN and Irish Heywood, the Worldwide President of the Mothers' Union, who are cooking up a feast to sup-port the MU's Mothering Sunday campaign.The Mothers' Union is calling on its UK members to cook up a special lunch this Mothering Sunday, 10 March, in a bid to raise money for overseas families whose lives have been affected by AIDS. In return for enjoying a special meal at home or in the community, family and friends will be invited to donate £10 to the M U's overseas work. More information on the MU website: www.mothersunion.org.uk

The April issue of

will be ready for collection on

22 March

Women's World Day of Prayer Services in the Diocese

On Friday 1 March 2002 The Christian Women of Romania invite you to join them in a prayer on the theme 'Challenged to Reconcile'

Botley Baptist Church 10.30am - Speaker: Mrs Dinah Reynolds

St Peter's Church, Wolvercote 12.30pm. Speaker: Sue Smith and Ros Ward

St Matthews Church, Oxford 2.30pm. Speaker: Mrs Lyn Booker

St Ebbes Church, Oxford 1.30pm. Speaker: Mrs Deborah Flint

John Bunyan Church, Cowley 2.30pm. Speaker: The Revd Penny Joyee

Headington Baptist Church 10.30am. Speaker: The Revd Linda Wiseheart

Northway Evangelical Church, Marston, 2pm. Speaker: Dr A. Popescu

Trinity Church, Abingdon 10.30am. Speaker: The Revd Tim Hewes

St Giles Church, Standlake 7.30pm. Speaker: Sister Frances Dominica of Helen House

St Oswald's RC Church, Burghfield Common, 2pm. Speaker: Mrs Ciaran Rimmer

Gold Hill Baptist Church, Gerrards Cross, 10.30am. Speaker: The Revd Roberta Rominger.

Stony Stratford Baptist Church, Milton Keynes 10.3Oam

Loughton Baptist Church, Milton Keynes 1030am

Church of Christ the Cornerstone, Milton Keynes 12.3Opm

Cowper Memorial Church URC, Olney, 2.00pm. Speaker: Mrs June Perkins

Simpson Church, Milton Keynes, 7.30pm. Speaker: The Revd Janet Conway

Baptist Church, Princess Risborough, 2pm. Speaker: The Revd Peter Dudeney

Notices Hymn Books, available

St Helen's Church in Benson has some hymn books available, for sale or free to a worthy cause:

100 Hymns for Today (1970) 201 Melody editions 21 Full score edition 5 Full score organ edition

Morning Has Broken Hymn Books 40 Words—only copies 8 Melody editions All enquiries to Pennie Galloway, (01491) 201823

Free tables!

Unwanted tables need a good - home! Several 'flatpack' tables are free to whoever can use them. Approximately 3ft x 6ft x 3ft high. Contact Pat Oliver (07866 586151)

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Enjoy your Sunday Breakfast Sundays 6 - 9am

Local religious views, church news,

favourite hymns

Church of England, speakers to include the Archbishop of York. Details: Father James Wilkinson, 5 Bernards Way, Wantage, 0X12 7EA

Details from WEC International, Bulstrode, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 8SZ. Phone:

ONZ. Tel: (01785) 760233. Cost: £385 Tues 5th Swan Team

Ministry: clergy - David Hiscock,

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Mon 11th Society of the Precious Blood, Taplow: Community of St Clare,

messed Son overcame cleatti for our salvation. Mercifully grant that we, who have his glorious pas-

Mon 25th The Church of England Children's Society: regional representative -

mercy you 12ave given us new birth into a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ I from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 I -I

MARCH I GROVE March Spe al at Cornerstone, Saville Way, Hot Cross Bun with tea o; coffee £1.25. Details: (01235) 123867 I ABINGDON

Thereichards,

udson Taylors Spring Tour. aturing worship leaders Noel Wayne Drain and Brian Houston. Fitz Harry's School Hall. Details Roger Cole: (01235) 530890 I - 17 OXFORD aid READ- ING Christian Aid 'Positive/Negatives' Photography Exhibiii' in. A exhi-bition of personal liiitographs taken by six H V positive women in the cinocratic Republic of Cong. The exhibi-tion coincides w h Oxford's International Wo n's Festival. Borders Cafe. F in 19 to 30 March the exhib on will be at RISC, London rt, Reading. Details: Liz t (01865) 246818. 4 OXFORD Ta Worship and Fellowship Eve g with David Haynes, St C lents Family Centre at 7. pin. Details: (01865) 42783 7 STANTO MY Where in the World? S ng in the work of our world urch and mis-sion agencie Spin arChrist Church. D us: (01908) 695882 8 READIN Stations of the Cross' A Le i .ervice of music, drama, pr. r at St Mark's Church, Cr. ury Rd, 7.30pm. Details: (01 9415015 10 OXF P Corrymeela Service at iversity Church,

3pm. Worship, music. Speakers include Fred Vincent from the Corrymeela Community. 16 READING Reading Bach Choir singing St John Passion (in German) with the City of London Chamber Players. Wesley Methodist Church, Queens Road. Tickets £10, details Richard Canning (0118) 9428238 16 BURNHAM Laurie Holloway, with Marion Montgomery, hosts a Variety Concert at St Peter's Church. Details: Cornerstone (01628) 664338 17 SUTTON COURTENAY Messiah at All Saints Parish Church on The Green, 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 and family £12. Details: (01235) 848205 / 848719 / 848420 23 A$HAMPSTEAD Concert in aid of Church Restoration Fund, 7.30pm in St Clements Church. Tickets £5. Details: (01635) 578651 23 OXFORD Bach St Matthew Passion at the Sheldonian Theatre, 7pm. Oxford Harmonic Society with Orchestra and Soloists. Tickets: (01865) 305305 2$ READING Reading Haydn Choir presents Bach Magnificat' and Haydn 'Nelson Mass' at Christchurch, on Christchurch Road, 7.30pm. Tickets, £8.50 and £4.25. Details: (0118) 986 8207 24 FOREST HILL Daffodil Day at Shotover House, woodland'and lakeside walks, (dogs on leads) teas and produce stall, £1.50, 2 - 5pm. Gate open on A40 west-

bound, opp. B4027. -Details: sel-doncharman@talk21.com 27 TILEHURST St Mary Magdalen, Stainer's 'Crucifixion' 7.30pm, Reading Concert Singers and Church Choirs. 29 READING Stainer's 'Crucifixion' at St Agnes Church, 7.30pm, Reading Concert Singers. 29 OXFORD Bring and Sing

Messiah at St Giles Church. Conducted by Peter Smith. Rehearsal at 4.30pm, perfor-mance at 7.30pm. Details: (01865) 310686

APRIL 13 BURNHAM Quiz Night hosted by the Christian Drinking Club, 7.30pm. Details: Cornerstone (01628) 664338

18 WAVENDON Celebration Service for 50 years of Mothers' Union and Deanery Festival. 7pm at St Mary's Church. Details: (01908) 237774 19 MILTON KEYNES 'Open Day' at the Christian Aid Office between 2pm - 9pm. Details: Sue James (01908) 608135 22 MILTON KEYNES Church and State: the Dissenting Witness. A lecture by the Revd Prof. Alan Sell, at Christ the Cornerstone, 7.30pm. Details: (01908)237777/230192 27 GREAT BRICKHILL Plant Fayre with professional and amateur stalls at the Parish Hall, 12 - 4pm. Admission £1.50. Details: (01525) 261240.

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; I .OSpm Holy Communion on Wednesdays only 6pm Choral Evensong 6pm Sung Eucharist on Thursdays or Saints Days

The DoorPost is a supplement to The Door and is published by Oxford Diocesan Publications Ltd.

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

Providence Row 0

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Building on our long tradition of a Christian and professional response to the homeless and dispossessed.

Providence Row Charity has over 140 years experience of helping homeless people back to a settled way of living. This work continues today in our modern Day centre and in the support and outreach services we provide in co-operation with the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. Will you help us carry on this tradition by making a donation? We have a number of vacancies for volunteers for which full training and support is provided.

Donations and enquiries to: Sister Winef ride, Providence Row Charity, The Dellow Centre, 82 Wentworth Street,

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Families, individuals, church groups all welcome.

Peaceful setting, views to Dartmoor, good food & facilities for all ages. Accommodation for 50 guests.

Reductions for midweek bookings.

Further details from: Centre for Christ, Burstone Manor, Bow, Crediton, Devon EXI76LB

Tel: 01363 82261 E-mail: centreforchrist@burstone.freeserve.co.uk

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Please contact Christine Donaldson, OPUS, 75 Overn Avenue Buckingham. MK 18 1 LU. Tel. 01280 823132

The Oxford Christian Institute for Counselling

Is seeking a new part time

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other times answerphone (01865) 246674

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GEOFFREY CHURCH &CO

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Maybe we can help with a relief or development project which is supported by your church or diocese - or perhaps you are an engineer yourself and would

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THE JOHN YOUNG FOUNDATION

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A Resource Centre for the Christian Healing Ministry, giving opportunities to experience God's healing and peace

The John Young foundation is an ecumenical Christian organisation hosed within the Churches of Stafford & District. It seeks to continue the work of promoting health, healing wholeness in both its individual and corporate aspects.

We seek to encourage the declaration and expression God's love in christ for the healing of the individual, the community, the world and every part of His creation

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• Create opportunities for teaching and training and further growth Christian pastoral care and counselling

• Stimulate discussion between Religion and Medicine

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In the heart of the city, this fine Cathedral has

been a centre of Christian worship and

community life for 900 years and is the site of

the Shrine of St Richard of Chichester. Its

treasures range from Romanesque stone

carvings to 20th century works of art. Treasury

and Information Desk in Cathedral.

* All visitors are welcome to our daily services

* Education Centre

* Light refreshment available in the Bell Rooms

* Guided tours for small groups and children

Facilities for those with disabilities

* Gift shop in the base of the Bell Tower

VISIT ROCHESTER ENGLAND'S SECOND OLDEST CATHEDRAL

There has been a Cathedral here since 604A0, although the present building dates back to the work of the French monk Guriduif, in 1080. Famous for itt Norman nave, fine Norman crypt, 13th century quire and Perpendicular Lady Chapel. On the first real fresco to be painted in an English Cathedral for 800 years. The artist is the leading Russian painter Sergei Fyodorov, and the fresco will reflect the theme of baptism. It should be possible to observe the artist as he works. The Cathedral has an excellent refectory and garden, open between 830am and 430pm. Monday to Saturday. The Cathedral shop has a range of high quality merchandise. Guided tours and the special joint offer of a guided tour of the Cathedral and a river trip on the paddle steamer the Kin9swear Castle should be booked in advance to avoid disappointment.

ALL VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO OUR DAILY SERVICES

Choral Evensong is sung each day except Wednesday and school holidays.

Rochester Cathedral Visits Department (01634) 401301

Information about other attractions in the area the Tourist Information Centre (01634) 843666

COMETO DORCHESTER ABBEY

EXETER CATHEDRAL

Exeter Cathedral provides one of the finest examples of decorated Gothic architecture in England today. Famous for its two Norman towers, West Front statuary, 'Minstrels' Gallery and the longest unbroken stretch of Gothic vaulting in the world. Among its treasures are the tallest Bishops "Throne" in this country and a fifteenth century astronomical clock * Cathedral open daily * Guided tours of Cathedral * Gift shop and Refectory Restaurant * Education Centre * Facilities for the disabled ALL VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO THE SERVICES WHICH TAKE PLACE DAILY For further information, please contact Visitors' Officer (01392) 214219 or visit our website at: http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk

Gloucester Cathedral College Green, Gloucester

Tel. (01452) 528095 Fax: (01452) 300469

There is no admission charge but we do ask all visitors to donate at least £2.50 as a

contribution towards the maintenance of this building - or as follows

Individual £2.50 For a family £5 Concessions Cl Booked groups £2 per person

Guided Tours for Groups For groups and parties please hook your own personal guide

through the Chapter Office who will meet you and ake your party round giving a full history of the Cathedral.

Guided tours with our experienced guides cost £2 per person (inclusive of VAT)

Please ring the Chapter Office (01452) 528095 giving at least a weeks notice and for further details

The Whispering Gallery Hidden away above Gloucester Cathedral's Lady Chapel is a little known mediaeval marvel: "The Whispering Gallery". Admission to the Whispering Gallery: £1.50 adults. SOp children and concessions

(please phone to check availability)

TOWER TOURS at the Cathedral - BEST VIEW FROM GLOUCESTER'S HIGHEST BUILDING

269 STEPS UP AND 269 DOWN! Other facilities o Model and guided tour cassette tape for blind visitors available

Braille guides on request, also large print leaflets * Wheelchairs are available

Disabled toilet. Please ask at the information desk or one of the restaurant staff or verger for the key

* Orchids at the Undercroft Restaurant is situated off the cloisters. Open l0.00hrs - 17.00hrs (Sunday 12.00hrs - 17.00 hrs)

* Cathedral shop opposite the South Porch by the main gate into the Green. Open weekdays 10.00hrs - 5.30. Saturdays 10.00hrs - 16.00

"A MODERN ABBEY IN IDYLLIC

SURROUNDING? - Incorporaling Prinknash Pottery -

Specialising in Classic Contemporary Ceramics

Our recently re-furbished Visitor Centre offers:

• Audio Pottery Tours . Quality Gift Shop • Tea Rooms • Disabled Access

+++++ Telephone (01452) 812066

'ho or visit our websit: www.prinknnshabbey.org.uk Directions: From Junction I la (M5) follow brown signs to

A46 stroud

VISIT TRURO CAThEDRAL The first Anglican Cathedral to be built in -

England after the Reformation, a masterpiece

of the Gothic revival designed by John

Loughborough Pearson

The Cathedral stands in the heart of the City of Truro and welcomes

over 500,000 visitors a year

S Excellent Chapter House Refectory I Bright and cheerful

Cathedral Shop S Guided Tours daily (May-October) at I 130am and

2pm in school holidays or by arrangement with the Visitor Officer.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE ON www.trurocatherdral.org.uk

SUNDAY SERVICES

S 8.00 am Holy Communion S 9.00 ant Morning Prayer (said)

• 10.00 am SUNG EUCHARIST S 6.00 pm CHORAL EVENSONG

• Organ Recitals every Friday lunch time a 110pm 30 March - 12

October free entry with retiring collection.

• Celebrity Organ Recitals Wednesday Evenings 23 May, 20 June, II

July at 730pm- tickets at door

• Daily services: Morning Prayer 7.30 am; Holy Communion 8.00

plus Wednesday 1pm and Fridays 11am; Choral Evensong 5.30 except

Thursday & Saturday when Evening Prayer is said

A very warm welcome awaits you at Truro Catherdral

The Cathedral of Cornwall Contact The Visitor Officer, The Cathedral Office,

14SfMar/s Streel Tim, Cornwall TRI 2AF

Tel: Truro (01872) 276782 Fax (01872) 277788

liandaff Cathedral

The building dates back to the 13th century

Open from 8am to 7pm, Daily services

Book and gift shop Welcomers on duty most days Guided tours by arrangement

Tel: 02920 564554 Fax: 02920 563897

www.11andaffcathedral.org.uk

1 Abbey Close - Sherborne Open Daily 10-4

Tel. 01935 815191

ABBEY SHOP in the Close

* Sacred, Organ & Early Music CD's & Cassettes

* Christian Books * Souvenirs * Book tokens accepted * Cards for all

occasions * Videos * Gifts

TEWKESBURY ABBEY

Church Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 5RZ

Visit our Website: www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk

Once the church of a great Benedictine Monastery with

magnificent Norman tower, the Abbey is larger than many

Cathedrals with superb chantry chapels, 14th century

stained glass and unique roof bosses.

S REGULAR WEEKDAY SERVICES

S GUIDED TOURS S SUMMER MUSICAL EVENTS

S DISABLED FACILITIES S CONFERENCE FACILITIES

ABBEY SHOP AND REFECTORY

For details - Telephone 01684 850959

LINCOLN CATHEDRAL

Tel: 01522 544544 Website: www.lincolncathedral.com

Admission Adults £3.50, Concessions £3.00. Accompanied children free

Receotion - A warm christian welcome and historical information leaflet is afforded to all visitors Guided tours of both floor & roof (booked through the communications office) are available twice a day accompanied by well-informed guides (Photo permission £1) Coffee ShoD provides light refreshments and luncheons Pilgrim tours are organised in the day or evening for the more technical looking at the work of the Glazier, Conservator and Stonemasons,

GUILDFORD CATHEDRAL As the first Anglican Cathedral to be built on a new site in the South of England since the Reformation, it is not surprising that it attracts such interest. Started before World War II, construction was interrupted until 1952, and it was only in 1961 that the Cathedral was finally consecrated.

From road and ran, by day and by night when it is floodlit, it serves as a beacon to bring the knowledge and love of God to all who visit. Inside, there is tranquility andpeace and an overall impression of digntty, beauty, lightness and space, created by the pale Somerset sandstone pillars and white Italian marble floors.

Guildford Cathedral Stag Hill

Guildford GU2 7UP Visiting hours: 830am to 530pm throughout the

year Admission: Admission free but donations

are welcome

The Cathedral is always open for private prayer Refectory, Cafe, Restaurant 9.30am - 4.30pm Gift Shop, book Shop, Brass Rubbing Centre

1000am - 500pm (400pm in winter)

St THOMAS CATHEDRAL

Old Portsmouth

Built in 1185 and completed in 1991 Mediaeval East End. Classical Quire

Romanesque Nave Icon by Sergei Fyodorov

O;an doors by Patrick Cauldfield Bronze 'Tree of Life' Doors by

Prof Bryan Kneale All welcome Bookshop

Tel: 023 9282 3300 www.portsmouthcathedrl.org.uk

Liverpool Cathedral One of the great buildings of the

twentieth Century, Liverpool Cathedral is open to the public dail. from 08.00 to 18.00. No admission

charge - donation invited. -- - .. .e: rectory: Egon Ronay recommended

cen 10.30 pm - 1600. Coffee, Lunches ad Tea with home made dishes and cakes. S.P.C.K. Shop with full

range of cards, souvenirs and books Tower trips (weather permitti

parties Main Services:

Sunday 8.00, 10.30, 15.00 Weekdays: 08.00, 17.30 Saturday 08.00, 15.00 Car parking available

Enquiries 0151 709 6271

St. fDavi& Catfiehat

The building dates back from 12th century and the ceilings are

of special interest

Open 8 .00am to VICES *

* BOOKSHOP * w CONCERTS *

* GUIDED TOURS

* DISABLED ACCESS * www.stdavidscathedral.org

01437 720199

14 THE DOOR MARCH 2002

Open until dusk all year

MUSEUM OPEN: Tuesday - Saturday 10.30am-12.30pm

& 2pm-6pm - Sunday 2pm-6pm

TEA ROOMS

Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday

from 3pm until food gone

PHONE: 01865 340007

PRIiVKiVASH ,4813Ey

Crauham - Gloucester

U1lIG COLLEGE

CHAPEL

Visitors are welcome OPEN:

Monday - Saturday 10.00am-4.00 SundayMon -400pm

ALL SERVICES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Details, informatioh and bookings for parties/ tours

from THE VERGER,

LANCING COLLEGE, LAUQWC_ -

.sww.Iancingcollege.co.uk LOCATION:

Situated midway between Lancing and Shoreham, off A27 north of Shoreham Airport

at sign: 'Sussex Pad and Lancing College'

CORNWALL

Creekside Cottages LOG FIRES

DOGS WELCOME Tel 01326 375972 www.creeksidecnttages.nn.uk Near Falmouth, sleeps 2-8,

COME AND RELAX

MALTA, Msida

GUEST ROOMS IN FAMILY HOUSE All rooms self catering with excellent facilities. En suite. Extremely comfortable, TVs.

Airport transfers. Reasonable mares.

Tel and Fax: 00 356 313797 12 Church Street, Mnida, Malta

Selby Abbey Founded 1089 by Monk

Benedict of Auxerre Norman Arches

Spectacular Stained Glass windows

The Washington Window bears coats of arms which forms model for USA flag. A splendid Monastic Abbey, OPEN ALL YEAR April - September 9am-5pm October - March 90m - 4pm Admission: FREE - donation boxes

SELBY ABBEY, THE CRESCENT, SELBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE Y08 OPU Telephone: 01757 703123

HOLY ROOD HOUSE Centre for Health and Pastoral Care

81

All are welcome here for rest, retreats and professional therapies

2 February The Life and Work of Hildegard of Bingen"

15 - 17 February Creative Lent Retreat 27 March -2 April Easter House Party 30 March Spring quiet Garden Trust Retreat 14 - 16 June 'Music, Healing and Spirituality" 15 June "Women and Healing' 13 - 15 September Centre for the Study of Theology and Health, ANNUAL LECTURE, by the Archbishop of Wales 19 October Autumn Quiet Garden Trust Retreat 6-8 December Creative Advent Retreat 23 - 27 December Christmas House Party 30 December - 2 January 2003 New Year House Party

For further information contact: , 10 Sowerby Road, Thirsk,

North Yorkshire Y07 1HX

01845 522580 wwwholyroodhouse.freeuk.eom

Charity No. 511151

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK The Most Rexti Dr David Hope' Dqxrting 25 April 2(9)2

WINCHESTER DIOCESE The Ro Rese1Jnthan Gledhill - Deposing 8 April 2(9)2

Due to popular demand we have secured an additional boat on each of the above tours.

For further details call 020 8418 0234

Lightlirie Pilgrimages 13 The Asmam, Ken, Ricimunsl, FammyTW9 2AL ATOL 2903

FLORIDA HOMES

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INC

THINKING OF A HOLIDAY

IN FLORIDA? WE RENT & SELL 3. 4 & 5 BEDROOM HOMES

ALL WITH THEIR OWN SWIMMING POOL THROUGHOUT FLORIDA

CONTACT US ON (01628) 62581 e-mail:- donna.whitheld@virgin.net

DISCOVER BRJTAINS HIDDEN WORLD! '-

Relaxing canal holidays in comfortable boats, through beautiful countryside. Driving is easy tuition included

Brochure MIDDLE WICII NARROW BOATS

28 CANAL TERRACE, MiDDLEWICH. CHESHIRE CW15 98D Tei:al eve t32460

Web' www.middlewichbnats.cn.nk

TURKEY JOURNEY with ST PAU I.

The Seven Churches & Istanbul

World in Need Low Cost Winter

Break Offer For Church Groups and

Youth Groups (situated in the Pays Dc

Saiatosge area of France near La Rochelle) All profits to

Needy Children in developing Nations

(IsI October through to 31sf March

From as little as £50/head/week

Choice of: 8 bedroom/ lb person historic chateau or

.2.3,4 bedroom collages Phone 01892 652727 or e-mail:

rrbroughton@aol.com For printed details contact

WORLD IN NEED at e-mail: keith@wininLorg

POLRUAN COAGES By Fowey

Traditional stone cottages, most overlooking Fowey River or sea

* Close to Eden Project *

Pubs, quay, fishing, sailing, walking or just watching, quaint, unspoiled

People say 'Good morning Lovely beaches

Brochure 01726 870882 Bookings and enquiries

01726 870582 www.polruancottages.co.uk

Pond Cottages Vale of York

Enjoy the peace of this farming village within reach of York, the

coast, moors and wolds

Two fully equipped 2 bedroom cottages, over fields.

'Starter pack' ofgroceries and a meal on arrival are offered

Phone Sue Smith 01757 288080 or e-mail g.smith@virgin.net

COLWYN BAY

Enjoy a pleasant holiday I or quiet retreat in a Christian environment at

FAIRWAYS HOTEL Also: available for rent. 2 bed terraced house at the fool of the Berwyn Mountain Range

For both the above, contact Esther Wintringham

Fairways Hotel. 12 Ellesmere Road, Colwyn Bay, LL29 ORP

Tel: 01492 530528; Fax 01492 534558

GATWICK

8 mins

Family run B&B - AA 3 Diamonds Transport & Parking by arrangement

Brochure: Brian & Liz Pedlow Tel. 01293 546222 Fax: 01293 518712

email. aprilcottageguesthouse@tesco.net www.aprilcottageguesthouse.co.uk

NO SMOKING

WALES/ SHROPSHIRE

BORDER • 18th Century Working Watermill

4 comfortable self contained apartments

• Quiet secladed touring caravan and camping path

Tel: 0 IS. 8 620489 Fax: 01See 620105 Email: bacheldremill gh oreret.ret.uk

MUCHAMIEL

ALICANTE Spacious quality flat built for

English over 50's. Pool, garden, laundry, total security.

Bus 150 metres. sleeps 3. £115 per week inclusive of all

bills. Reduced for long lets.

Tel: 07788 817959

LLANDUDNO NTJNEHAM HOUSE

HOTEL Adjacent to beach/pier

Dinner, B&B

No single supplement Car Park

Telephone 01492 877369 Highly recommended

CORNWALL Nr Eden Project

on Roseland Peninsula Bed&B in Victorian farmhouse or self

catering in renovated farmhouse, both on

working farm (01872) 501339

11; 7111

The Poplars Hotel is a small country Hotel of character, situated in the Northamptonshire village of Moulton. The Ml, M6 and A 1 motorway networks are only about 15 minutes away, Ideal for 'Alpha Weekends', Short Breaks or Family weekends

Bernard & Mary Lawes The Poplars Hotel

Cross Street, Moulton Northamptonshire NN3 7RZ

Tel: 01604 643983 Fax: 01604 790233

GREAT YARMOUTH

Clean comfy brick chalets close to

beach and amenities

From £85 pw

Call for free brochure

07774 722113 01493 730238

SNAPDOWN FARM CARAVANS CHI1TLEHAMHOLT, UMBERLEIGH, NORTH DEVON, EX37 9PF TEL: 01 769 540708

www.northdevorm.co.uk/accommodotions/snapdowrchtm e-mail: bowen.snapdown©falk2 1 .com

Twelve only, six-berth caravans with all facilities in beautiful, peaceful countryside down our quiet lane. Family run, each with car parking alongside, wooden

seats and picnic table outside. Field and woodland walks with deer, foxes, badgers, binds and owls, also bluebells in

the wood in May. help feed and milk the goats, within easy reach of Exmoor and the lovely North Devon Coast,

Well-behaved pets welcome.

Special reductions for couples early and late seasons.

12 Caravans -2 types: £90 to £230 and £98 to £250 per caravan per week. Including gas and electricity

Illustrated Brochure from Mrs M Bowen

HOLIDAY COTTAGES On and around the Golf Course near Clovelly,

North Devon

Fresh Water and sea fishing, golf, walking

or just relaxing

Tennis Courts

Cottages fully fitted and central heating

Dogs Welcome

Tel: 01237 451325 enquiries@ t'oxdownmatorcottages.co.uk

TI-Il:

TOWER HOUSE RETREAT * RESTORE 41i RETURN

KOS, GREECE A place of beauty and tranquility set on a hillside

overlooking the Aegean Sea. Ideal for individuals or small

groups seeking rest and refreshment.

Accommodation for up to fourteen people in seven twin

bedded rooms, all en-suite. Full board available.

For more infonnation telephone 01772 715271

or e-mail: info@thetowerhoune.com

Visit our webaite: www.thetowerhouse.com (THE TOWERHOUSE IS A REGISTERED CHARITY)

4 ASVANNA Fair-trade holidays to Sri Lanka Fellowship with local Christians

For more details visit our Websit at

Awanna.co.uk or contact us on

01252 627 777

DOOR TO DOOR HOLIDAYS

From as little as £175 inclusive

THE ROSEGLEN HOTEL, SHANKUN I.O.W.

We will collect you from your front door and bring you to our lovely hotel for a holiday to remember. All trips on the island included, together with half hoard accommodation.

Call Josephine or David for details on

01983 863164 E-mail: david@roseglen.co.uk

www.roseglen.co.uk

Wells! Glastonbury

Self-catering morn ------- Our cottages are comfortable,

coup iad 10VOIL

Sm

Tel. 01749 672 857

WALES - Gower -

Self catering cottage and barns baaa,aifsal sanndy beaches

riding,actinitie5.GOti,.._.

Short breaks

Brochures Tel: 01792 403333

Websise: ,s'wss.ctyn.f.r,nn.conv

DEVON THE MANOR MILL

WATER ROW THE PERFECT Ruturi. RETREAT Cottages/ apartments plus

indoor heated pool, for holidays, weekend breaks. Weddings, shooting parties

catered for. Selfcatering also available

Tel: 01984 623317

BTJRNSALL MANOR HOUSE HOTEL

Grasslion A small private hotel on the bank

of the River Wharfe, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Special Midweek Otter: Bed and

Breakfast or Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Book, 3 nights 4th FREE Ut 01756 720231

e-mail: jae@maoorhouseuk.co.uk

COMFORTABLE COTTAGES IN

CUMBRIA Three interesting houses in the

Lakes and Dales. Good walking,

historical interot and ouch bird life

Phone 01625 586552 for a colour brochure

Whitchester Christian Guest House and

Country Retreat Borrhaugh, Hawick,

Scottish Borders TD9 7N 'A safe place' for holidays. zest.

counselling, prayer ministry and retreats

Warm, welcoming Victorian country house

Good food. Extensive gardens. Beautiful hill views.

Excellent base for exploring Scottish Borders For details tel/fax:

01450 377477

NORMANDY COTTAGE

Trout stream cottages sleeps

two, tranquilly the sea

Log Fires

For brochure

Tel: 0033 233 459 702

GLENTHORNE COUNTRY GUEST HOUSE Easedale Road

Grasmere Cumbria, LA22 9QH

015394 35389 In the heart of the lake District

en-suite, standard nouns. B&B front fOe p.p.p.n.

Full Board triiitih41 p.p.p.n.

CORNWALL

Creekside Cottages LOG FIRES

DOGS WELCOME Tel 01326 375972

Zwww.nreehsideenttages.xn.uh Near Falmouth, sleeps 2-8,

COME AND RELAX

PEMBROKESHIRE

B&B Come and etfllOY a

relaxing break with us in our large country house with extensive grounds.

Ideally placed for the coastal path, beaches,

Haverfordwest and St Davids.

£1950 per person per night.

Vitsit our Websile at www.cuflernmanor.co.uk

Tel: 01431110492

CORNWALL

Malpas, nr Truro Quality luxury

accommodation in picturesque riverside village.

Magnificent views, walks, 4 poster bed and excellent

facilities. Very peaceful.

Tel: 0115 933 4707

Community of

All Hallows Anglican (open for alt)

Oitchingham, Bangay NR35 2DT

Tel: 01986 892749

We run Retreat centres for group

bookings and Retreat Houses for

individual bookings

We over week, weekend and

midweek breaks.

A choice of fall board or self

catering

We also over a programme of

retreats throughout the year

Midweek Reductions

A registered charity

RIlE I°Ia'a ile la Arena

laOS (iflg1uIIlt'5. 1& 2 bedrooms, all

facilitites Tel: 0034 609 50 85 68 or

0034 922 86 13 69 e-mail:

rvgrn,per@cdcanarieas.corn

PEMBROKESHIRE

COUNTRY COTTAGE Treat yourselves to a break in one of our holiday cottages.

Wonderful countryside, close

to sea. Sleeps 2-10

For availability and details

Tel: 01431110492 Visit our Weboite at

www.cuffernmanor.co.uk

SWISS HOLIDAY Wilderswill nr Interlaken

19th to 28th August 2002 A Christian holiday in the beautiful

Berner Oberland

with Michael Ross-Watson. Associate Pastor of Emmanuel Ch.

Marsham St. Westminster and convention speaker

£849- Price includes flights, transfers and full board. Brochures from: John & Margaret AjitilI, 45

Burleigh Avenue, Wigsten, Leics. LE18 IFJ

Tel: 0116 2214115 gndmantill@ntlworld.com

Orgaaised by WEC Inlemational

SELF CATER AND RELAX 55,50 sap,'b of

SNOWDONIA f,'om —d—won

cqa,pped corsage sioepii',g 6/7 as CEFNJ 087H Delighnfxiiy sinoared and cennealrorn',osnrains.

lakes, castles. Wish all facila.eu t,o,'n £ lSpw SAE to,' broehova to Mrs. fl EdWards,

13 Barby R..gby CV2Z 50)

CO 1700) 82086

CORNWALL near EDEN PROJECT

and beautiful beaches, collage,

sleeps 6, available all year from

£250 weekly

No pets or smoking

01189349600

Wells/

Glastonbury Self-catering abort breaks & holidays.

Our cottages are comfortable,

worm, cosy and loved.

See: www.pattingthedholidays.co.ak E-maili civbhholghaoi.com

Tel. 01749 672 857

BEXHILL-ON-SEA Sea front flats, etc

for quietly exhilarating self

catering holidays in glorious Sussex

MIRALEISURE 01424 730298

Bronydd

Cottage

Hay-on-Wye 2 miles

For the discerning visitor, cosy beamed

1stiod cottage furnished with antiques. Private garden, sunny covered patio, stunning views,

shingle beach and fishing on the Wye

Tel: 01497 821211

FRANCE-RIBERAC Le Grand Bost Siorac de

Riberac offers two off-

season 2 bed-gites, calm,

restful, warm welcome, also

farmhouse B&B

www.delightsinthedordogne.com Book a spacious break tauutav

Details Tel/Fan 0704 145022e (UK)

SWANAGE Priestway Holiday Park

iccsd,ctu. u.s i,cnh. tuii mao, casuxass. tedg,. colounl'v. play —

T PERFECt' FAMILY HOLIDAY A,nfremagrent. ieac,anee,irnd

Pr,, ,sCiC,,nu Speciai concession, Sir sounage SicSe Railway

.,,fes.uscndnc,inafa5,j,,d,'e,,o, 01929 422747 01929 424154

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STUDLAND BAY DORSET

Fairfields Hotel situated in picturequn National

Trust Village, overlooking the Buy ETA Highly Commended

Corps d'EFte Wine Award All moms en suite. Large garden

Log Ones. Parent frtendiyi special weekday deals

Fer bremh,re ph,.,/ 01929 450224

Mousebole Cornwall

A two bedroom fishermans collage with

modern extension, magnificent views from

all windows over Mousehole Harbour, Mounts Bay and The Lizard peninsula, log burner with hardwood

logs for cosy off season bookings. On coastal

path to Lamorna Cove, Pothcurno. The Mirmack

Theatre etc. Pcr b'c':"ure ring

01588 680316

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON A warm welcome awaits you at

RED HILL CHRISTIAN CENTRE Nr. Snitterfield, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 0PQ

itt Barn meeting room/chapel seats up to 60

* Guest Rooms: en-suite, 1 single, 3 twin and 1 double

4e Self-catering guests' kitchen

*Adjoining Cottage overlooking fields sleeps 2/3 41' Peaceful rural walks, abundant wildlife

* Charges suggested: guest rooms - Bed and Breakfast: £20pp; room only: £lSpp. Cottage: £160-J,n210 per week

Tel/fax: 01789 731427

email: offlce@redhillcentre.Jbnet.co.uk

LAKE DISTRICI' NATIONAL PARK

LONGLESDDALE VALLEY (Kendal 4 miles) New for 2002 Beautiful period self-contained holiday apartment attached to l7thC Lakeland cottage, sleeps 2. Converted Hayloft retaining many original features. All on one level, no stairs or steps.

Private drive and parking, own patio with furniture and stunning

views of one of Lakeland's hidden valleys. Special rates out of season. Long and short lets.

Brochure: Mrs Liz Coates, Dale End, Lnngtesddale, Nr Kendal, Cumbria LAS 9BA

Tel: 01539 823213

ST Oswald's Pastoral Centre

Woodlands Drive, Sleights, Whilby, Nod Yorkshire

Y021 IRY Tel: 01947 810496 Fax: 01947 810750

E-rnailtf ohpstos@globalnetco.uk The Sisters of the Order of the Holy

Paraclete welcome guests for conducted reheats, private retreats and for times of quiet study or rest

March 23-31 Open Retreat. Journey through

Holy Week to Easier A0 19.21 Open Reveal. A weekend with

St Hilda May 3 Quiet Garden 10atn-4pm 10-12 Open retreat fate 1-7 Holiday Week

Follo'ing in th

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Douai Abbey (Benedictine) Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Berkshire RG7 5TQ

0118 971 5333 Fax: 0118 971 5303 e-mail: douaiabby@aolcom.

Guesthouse 7 ensuite (2 single, 2 twin, 2 double, 1 triple) Monastery 15 single (male only) Cottage Self-catering, for groups (up to 20) Contact Pastoral Programme Director

A selection of Retreat Programmes for 2002

July 5-7 Transitions Retreat. Bernard Kilroy & Pamela Lee 6 Healing Workshop. Nicholas Broadbridge OSB September 13-15 Spirituality in the Workplace Retreat. Dermot Tredget OSB October 4-6 Marian Retreat. Wilfred Sollom OSB November 1-3 Retreat for the Bereaved. Nicholas Broadbridge OSB 2 Christian Meditation, Peter Bowe OSB 16 Healing Workshop. Nicholas Broadbridge OSB 22-24 Healing Retreat. Nicholas Broadbridge OSB November-December 29-1 Advent Retreat. Gervase Holdaway OSB December 6-8 Spirituality in the Workplace Retreat. Dermot Tredget OSB 20-22 Pre-Christmas Retreat., Abbott Geoffrey Scott OSB

April

24 Christian Iconography Oliver Holt OSB

May 3-6 Lectio Divina Retreat, Gervase Holdaway OSB

4 Healing Workshop. Nicholas Broadbridge OSB

6 Christian Meeting Jews Workshop. tba

8 Christian Iconography. Oliver Holt OSB

10-12 Spirituality in the Workplace Retreat. Dermot Tredget OSB

22 Christian Iconography. Oliver Holt OSB

May 24-26 Praying the Prayer of the Church, Gervase Holdaway OSB

May-June

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17-19 Medical Ethics Workshop, Oliver Holt OSB

31-2 Retreat for the 3rd Age. Nicholas Broadbridge OSB

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Bavarian Gateau By cooker writer Ann Way

AT MY local church, St Michai and All Angels, in Hughende Valley, we have just ended a Ion inter-regnum. With much plea sure we have welcomed our nei Vicar, the young Revd Simo Cronk and his delightful famil' The Friday after his joyful indrs tion there was a welcome part at Church House. I was invite to make a gateau and did th traditional Bavarian Chocolat Cake. I hope you enjoy it.

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i cream. - Decorate with cherries.

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A compendium of life, fire and good sense Stephen Bushell, a hospital chaplain, reviews some books for the exploration of the inner landscape

Passive as clay to be moulded

I HAVE often. wondered why the Church has not seen fit to consecrate Michael Green as a bishop at some stage during his SO years of Christian service. It would

have been an exciting and unpredictable appointment, but none the worse for that. Indeed, I am increasingly sure that there is more to church leadership and over-sight than lack of risk, Just as there is more to Christian stewardship than a balanced budget. I suspect the reason lies much more in the fact that the Church, across its traditions and denomina-tions, has never found it easy to handle its prophets and its evangelists, and has always, at least until the recent cre-ation of the Archbishops' College of Evangelists, and other similar happenings, found it easier to banish them to the margins.

Michael's book carries some of the pain of this, as part of a very candid series of reflections on his life. This is not just an autobiographi-cal account, though, because in the book Michael also reflects on crucial issues for today's Church and world and concludes by setting forth his own vision of hope for the future of the world-wide community of God.

The Archbishop of Canterbury in commending the book describes him as **a gifted teacher, erudite schol-ar and passionate evangelist who continues to inspire' and that comes across. Among other things, this book is an excellent read, containing flashes of hubris and loads of humility and

lots of seriously useful mate-rial. It is a compendium of life, fire, controversy and good sense and deserves to stand, among Michael's 48 other books, alongside the magisterial Evangelism in the Early Church and the lean excellence of Baptism, among a number of others. I can commend it thoroughly. I expect there is one part of

the book on which Michael has had cause to reflect since its publication. On page 261 and following he speaks about spiritual gifts and starts with the gift of heal-ing. He touches on his own initial doubts and reserva-tions and then says, 'I know now that I was wrong in my original assumption. God does heal today.' He goes on later to say: 'I met more and more examples of healing by God in answer to prayer alone, and gradually I dared to reach out and pray for others myself.'

Shortly after the book's release Michael found him-self on the receiving end of such prayer, because he was taken into the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with a heart condition. He spoke during that time with typical generosity of the extraordi-nary work of the doctors and nurses. He is now well back on his feet, and into his workload at Wycliffe Hall and in mission. During that time and since prayers have been offered for Michael all around the world. We do continue to pray for this great man of God and for Rosemary that the Lord may bless them and keep them and continue to speak his word into them and through them for healing and salvation.

Martin Cavender

Martin Cavender is the Director of Springboard which is based in Abingdon.

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Coming MARCUS is one of those people with an international reputation whom we are for-tunate to have in the Oxford Diocese. He is currently President of the World Congress of Faiths and a for-mer Vice-President and Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions. He has a long association with the Council of Christians and Jews. In this book he brings to bear his wide expe-rience of meeting and talking to people of many different faiths, and, most important-ly, of praying with them.

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Each reading stands alone and would serve well as a daily reflection.

From prayers of Darkness and Light

The tragically disabling effect of the condition known as ME is all too common these days. In his booklet Prayers of Darkness and Light (New World Publications, 27 Slipshatch Road, Reigate RH2 8HA, £4.95) Brian Frost shares the prayers of his spiritual struggle through his

new and different, seeking to be universal - to speak to members of all faiths and none. Its underlying thesis is that through prayer the agnostic, the searcher, the doubter may come to a sense of Divine. It is a beautifully produced book which will appeal to many and I know at least one self-proclaimed agnostic who has found it a source of inspiration. I am sure there will be many more and that is one of its strengths.

It is also a useful antholo-gy, in its own right, of prayers drawn from different traditions and many Christians will welcome this. Furthermore, it contains 25 practical exercises to help the seeker, and it suggests a

two years of ME. Much of what he writes will surely res-onate with fellow sufferers and carers alike:

Lord, lam lying here in agony: The viru. seems to have over-taken My whole being; it even threat-ens to devour my soul. Such pain is beyond my capac-ity to bear; I can only cower here Passive as clay to be moulded. Where are the days of joy That I once knew?

His prayers are grouped into those of the Night, the Dawn and Day. Night reflects the spiritual darkness of despair; Dawn sees the process of emerging from this darkness where the prayers are gentle and tentative:

Lord, It is not yet daybreak In my heart; There are places where the bareness continues And my faith is slight.

The joy and new hope of one who has endured the night of darkness are the prayers of the third section. Perhaps unin-tentionally, this book also

rigour and seriousness in one's prayer life from which we could all learn.

It is important that this book is judged for what it purports to be and not for what it is not. Given its uni-versalist starting point, the book inevitably concentrates on the imminence of God/the Divine in prayer and the things that the faiths have in - common. It fully acknowl-edges that this implies a lack of a doctrinal standpoint and from this follows that lack of a clear understanding of the origin and ,nature of evil. There are inevitably gaps in those areas where the faiths diverge. However, the author is clear about his Christian commitment and, while to those of other faiths this may

suggests the creative poten-tial of keeping a prayer diary through a time of illness.

In Crossing Mark Barrett, a Benedictine monk, uses the monastic offices each with their own quality to engage with the inner landscape encountered by the seeking soul in prayer. It is refreshing to read a book on spirituality that dares to be critical of recreational spirituality, and replace it with the sheer hard work of becoming who we truly are in God. Drawing upon traditions beyond the Benedictine, upon poetry, film and personal story, Barrett draws the reader into a shared journey: his difficul-ty to get up before the dawn for vigils is our difficulty of facing our reluctance: the gospel is a constant challenge to turn again. But it is a chal-lenge that always meets resis-tance (piS). This book is full of challenges designed to awaken us to the deeper land-scapes of our lives.

The Revd Stephen Bushell is a hospital chaplain and NSM in the Shelswell Benefice, North Oxfordshire.

Divine well seem to colour his selec-tion of prayers and use of words, for those who are true seekers I have no doubt that this 'Teach Yourself' prayer guide can be a great support and encouragement.

Hugh Boulter

Hugh Boulter chairs the Oxford Diocesan Committee for Interfaith Concerns. He is currently conduct-ing research at Bristol and Warwick Universities into a Muslim under-standing of Christian doctrine.

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AMONG those at the table in the Upper Room were two men picked out by the narra-tor. One is 'the disciple Jesus loved' and the other is 'the disciple who betrayed him'. In the drama of that solemn evening, each had his unique part to play, both historically and svmbobcaIly.

' may find the description 'the disciple Jesus loved' com-forting or disturbing. It is, in a sense, comforting to know that Jesus not only had a heart of love for all who

enjoyed the intimacy of particular people - Lazarus, Mary and Martha, for instance, and this anonymous 'beloved disciple'. It tells us that the command to love, in a general sense, does not rule out love for particular indi-viduals - a close friend, a

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marriage partner, a child or grandchild. The disturbing element is the notion that Jesus had 'favourites', but that can be rejected out of hand. To love one person in a special way is not the same as favouritism, which is an ugly and subtle form of discrimi-natioThe Gospels record no hint of the idea that Jesus gave preferential treatment to people he 'liked' - otherwise, why did he tell the rich young man who evoked his 'love' that he would be excluded

Canon David Winter is a former Diocesan Director of Evangelism,a

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from eternal life if he clung to his riches (Mark 10:21-22)? We are all friends of Jesus if we do what he commands, he tells the disciples. Each of us, in that way, can become 'the disciple Jesus loves'. But what of the wretched betrayer? Offered by Jesus the morsel of bread dipped in the dish - a sign of special love and favour - he ate the gift but rejected the Giver. It is useless to try even to guess what was going on in that misguided head, but the awful fact is that one who was a chosen disciple, who had observed the mirac-ulous signs and heard the wonderful teaching, could nevertheless betray him. It is a sobering thought that this could happen to someone so close to Jesus. Just as we can all be 'the disciple Jesus loves', so we may all be 'the disciple who betrays him'. Both were reclining at the same table. An edited extract from David Winter's

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Hope through suffering Caroline Kerslake, Adminstrator for the Barnabas Fund writes about Christians around the word who are suffering for their faith Sorted at The M ish

Where do kids go if they are too old for the usual 'youth clubs' and too young for nightclubs? Two youth projects in the Oxford Diocese have the answer.'The Mish' in St Clements and 'Sorted' in Maidenhead are providing a non-alcoholic cocktail bar and café for young people to hang out after school. Report by Jemimah Wright

FOR MANY Christians in the Islamic world, suffering for their faith is a daily reality. They are a despised minority in their own countries, treated as second-class citizens.

Discrimination in education, jobs and by police and judicia-ry are commonplace for these Christians. Another frequent problem is getting permission to build new churches or, in Egypt - even to,repair existing ones.

Christians in Pakistan are effectively deprived of a politi-cal voice by the separate elec-torate system. They are also vulnerable to the easily abused 'blasphemy law' with its mandatory death sentence.

Saudi Arabia does not allow any form of Christian expres-sion. Many Christians have been arrested and imprisoned simply for meeting together in a private home to pray.

Anti-Christian violence is increasing in many contexts. The Sudanese government is ruthless in attacking the Christians and animists in South Sudan, who refuse to accept its policies of Islamization and Arabization - hence the long-running civil war. Nigeria has seen numer-ous incidents of large-scale rioting in which hundreds of Christians have died. In Indonesia, formerly an exam-

ple of harmonious Christian-Muslim relations, the death toll of Christians in recent years is approaching 10,000. Thousands more have been forcibly converted to Islam. The militants make no secret of their intention to 'cleanse' parts of Indonesia of all Christians.

Since 11 September, many countries have seen increased attacks on Christians and their property. I oral Christians are an easy target for anyone who wants revenge on the 'Christian' West. Fifteen Christians were shot dead at Sunday worship in Pakistan last October. Iraqi Christians no longer dare to wear a cross.

But there is hope. Barnabas Fund seeks to strengthen the suffering Church by providing food, education, emergency aid for refugees, leadership training, Bibles, income gener-ation projects, and other kinds of support. It also encourages Western Christians to pray for their brothers and sisters who pay such a high price for their faithfulness to Christ. The Barnabas Fund brings help and hope to those who feel the world has forgotten them. For further information contact: David Palmer, Barnabas Fund Representative for Oxford, phone 01865 751489 or visit the website http:/Mww.barnabasfund.org

THE MISH is impressive. Opened officially in January 2002, it is housed in the refurbished basement of the old Mission Hall in St Clements, Oxford. Equipped with PlayStation, decks, a non-alcoholic bar, snooker-table, computers and a music room, The Mish is meeting a need for a safe place to hang out for young people, aged between 11 and 18.

The idea came from Chris Trent, one of the overseers of the project and Youth Worker at St Clements Church. He sees The Mish as a resource for youth groups and other churches. They were given a start-up grant from East Oxford Action of £68,000, but The Mish cost around £100,000 altogether.

The environment is not overtly Christian, but all the people who work there (it is run by young people) have a connection with the Church. There are plans for a 24/7 round the clock prayer room, and one of the weekly events is worship and com-

munion on a Sunday evening.

At The Mish, building rela-tionships and trust is a prior-ity. Their vision statement is to help young people in body, mind and spirit. Louise Kirke, a Youth Worker on placement at The Mish from Oxford Brookes says: 'the main objective is to provide a service welcoming all young people from East Oxford and enabling them to be all they can and should be.'

St Peter's Church in Furze Platt, Maidenhead saw the same need in their area as* Chris Trent. John Collins, the church's part-time youth worker and also a student at Oxford Brookes, noticed there was very little evening activity for young people. His answer to this was 'Sorted'.

Although on a smaller scale than The Mish, 'Sorted' (for 10 to 16 year olds) is a café with snooker table, table ten-nis, PlayStation and 'tuck shop', held in one of the church rooms. Anyone is invited, they do not have to be

Christians and there is no obligation for them to join the church. However John says he was surprised at the inter-est in the church from the kids. Around 10 to 15 young people come to 'Sorted', (advertised by leaflet drops in the surrounding community, and by school visits). About two thirds of the young peo-ple at 'Sorted' are unchurched from the new Deansfield Close Estate, opposite St Peter's. Recently they have been asking about the church, and want to look round, and some have been reading the Bible. 'This is more than I expected!' said John.

Both The Mish and 'Sorted' are a success, most impor-tantly acording to the young people. Ross Clark is 11, and attends The Mish. He first came because a friend from school said it was fun. The Mish and 'Sorted' can pro-vide a model for similar venues around the country, they are meeting a need in their communities, but else-where the need is still great.

The Mish is open: From 3.30pm to 8pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday From 7.30 to 11pm on Friday and Saturday at Boulter Street, St Clements, Oxford. Details: Chris Trent (01865) 248276

Sorted is open: From 7pm to 9pm the first three Thursdays of each month. St Peter's Church, Furze Platt, Maidenhead. Details: John Collins (01628) 780139

Youth and Community Studies with Applied Theology Oxford Brookes University, Headington. Details: www.brookes.ac.uk (01865) 741111

Youth worker John Collins (second from left) with 'Sorted' members Youth workers Louise Kirke and Chris Trent at the The Mish bar (I - r) Peter Cronbach, Simone Allsopp (volunteer) and Nicky Stevens which serves non-alcoholic cocktails and coffee (a bargain at 20p!)

Born a refugee, this Indonesian baby was born in the jungle during his mother's ardu-ous ten-day flight from attack by Islamic mili-tants. Several other babies born in similar circumstances did not survive.

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