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Parish Church of All Saints, Lanchester

St. John’s Church, Burnhope

June 2018

READERS Peter Jackson, 23 Humberhill Drive 521156 Doreen Park, 10 West Terrace 438564 Burnhope Ann Sinclair, 16 Deanery View 521029 Stephen Burt, Reader Emeritus SERVICES AT ALL SAINTS’, LANCHESTER Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Parish Eucharist 3.45pm Messy Church (3rd Sunday of month) 6.00pm Evening Service Wednesday 9.45am Holy Communion 7.15pm Contemplative Service & Eucharist (monthly) HOLY BAPTISM & WEDDINGS - by arrangement with the Vicar SERVICES AT ST. JOHN’S, BURNHOPE Every Sunday weekly service 9.15 am Café Church (During Term time) on the first Thursday of the month 6.00pm at Burnhope Pri-mary School CHURCHWARDENS Robert Matthews 7 Prospect Terrace 771044 Sue Smith The Deanery Cottage 520031 Doreen Park 10 West Terrace Burnhope 438564 VICE CHAIRMAN PCC Margaret Matthews, Delves House, Delves Lane 505448 HON. TREASURER Stephen Bailey 40 Briardene 521884 HON. SECRETARY PCC David Baggott, 14 Woodlands 520646 ELECTORAL ROLL OFFICER David Baggott, 14 Woodlands 520646 GIFT AID Miranda Donneky, 29 Bradbury Close 231570 Tanfield Lea, Stanley ORGANISTS Craig Davies, 33 First Street Bradley Cottages Leadgate 07999596274 craig_w_davies@yahoo.co.uk

Valerie Collins, 7 Langley Avenue, 521289 Dr Ian Brunt, The Lodge, Durham Rd 521317

Parish Church of LANCHESTER & BURNHOPE Incumbent Reverend Rupert Kalus

The Vicarage, 1, Lee Hill Court, Lanchester DH7 0QE Tel: 521170 E-mail: r.kalus737@btinternet.com

Curate Ali Miller

TOWER CAPTAIN Olga Walker, 9 Pineridge Avenue 01740 Sedgefield 621865 CHURCH WIVES GROUP Brenda Craddock, 38 Briardene 520749 MOTHERS’ UNION BRANCH LEADER LANCHESTER Margaret Brown, 31 Oakwood 529714 SECRETARY: Jill Finlayson, 21 Harwood Close Templetown, Consett 583967 MOTHERS’ UNION BRANCH LEADER BURNHOPE Elva Hockaday, 6 The Villas, 520019 Burnhope SECRETARY: Muriel Molloy, 1 Whitehouse Avenue 521441 Burnhope SUNDAY SCHOOL Contact the Vicar 521170 MAGAZINE EDITOR: Rob Matthews 7 Prospect Terrace 771044 PARISH ROOM SECRETARY Angela Lee, Fairfield Lodge 520032 Maiden Law CHURCH FLOWERS Barbara Sproat, 37 Greenwell Park 520247 MUSIC GROUP Craig Davies, 33 First Street Bradley Cottages Leadgate 07999596274 MEN’S FORUM See noticeboard or pew sheets for notifications and details

Contributions to the Church Magazine are always welcome.

Copy should be handed personally to Rob, or left in the tray at the back of the church or, preferably, sent by E-mail to:

robmatthews48@hotmail.com

The deadline for copy for the July 2018 issue is Sunday 17th June 2018

Pentecost

Sometimes the easiest way to tell what something

does is to watch what happens when it’s not there.

The prolonged absence of moisture in the soil

leaves the plants and shoots dry and shrivelled.

The absence of sunlight leaves them pale and

blanched.

The absence of love or praise to a child leaves her

timid or defensive. The absence of physical affec-

tion can make it hard for her to form strong rela-

tionships.

In the same way our failure to be open to the Holy

Spirit can leave us joyless and unfulfilled, lacking

spontaneity and above all compassion. Because the

real test of the presence of the spirit is the care we

show one to another. They will know you are my

friends by your love Jesus says. And it is this ra-

ther than any of the more dramatic actions of the

spirit, such as speaking in tongues, which, St Paul

writes, are the real marks of the Holy Spirit in our

lives.

He tells us that the fruits of the spirit are love, joy,

peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness and self-control. Wherever we see these

things we know that the Holy Spirit is at work.

The Acts of the Apostles tells us too that the Holy Spirit is for everyone. Chapter Two tells how it was given to all the believers not just the twelve

disciples. As Christians today we too should ex-pect to experience its presence in our lives. We should pray to the Spirit to give us deeper compas-sion and faith, and trust that our prayers will be

answered. As the Spirit moves in our churches we should expect also to become more united in our mission and community. Acts Chapter Two says

that the believers were gathered together in one place sharing the outpouring of the Spirit as the united people of God. A growth in our own shared

sense of togetherness and discipleship is another

mark that as a church we are open to the Holy Spir-

it.

But becoming more united doesn’t mean we be-

come all the same. Quite the reverse. Those meet-

ing together in the Upper Room were given the gift

to speak in different languages. And the more deep-

ly we abide in the Holy Spirit the more truly we

become the people God has made each one of us to

be. We experience that freedom which comes from

being truly and completely ourselves.

Unity in diversity is the gift and mark of the Holy

Spirit, producing the rainbow people of God in all

their wonderful oneness and difference. In this sea-

son let’s celebrate the marvellous gifts God has

given us to share. And let the principle sign of

these gifts be love.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful

and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth

your Spirit and they shall be created. And you shall

renew the face of the earth. Amen

Rupert

John and Jesus

Isaiah’s words were ringing out As John called out ‘Prepare the way’ For one who would come who was greater than he, How Moses had longed to see His day.

Clad with a garment of camel hair, John’s special ministry had begun, His call to repent and be baptised Announcing the coming of God’s own Son.

Jesus came near and was baptised by John, The Spirit appeared in the form of a dove, As He rose from the water a voice was heard, ‘This is my Son, the one whom I love’.

He came as a servant, God’s own sacrifice, As He filled all scripture in the path that He trod, John the Baptist had opened the way For us to meet the Lamb of God.

Megan Carter

Diary of a Momentous Year: June 1918 An interesting piece from the archives of the Church Times a few weeks ago vividly illustrates the way the war on the western front changed in 1918. For years the Church Army, like the Salva-tion Army, had run what they called ‘huts’, close behind the trenches, where soldiers could find on their free time a meal and hot drinks, comfortable seats and company, offering emotional and spiritu-al support.

These ‘huts’ were very popular with the troops, and for years most of them remained in place, indicat-ing how static the whole conflict was. But in one month, April 1918, the Church Army lost 57 of them, as German advances overtook their positions. In most cases the land was recaptured, but the huts needed rebuilding. The war had changed. It was no longer a static battle of soldiers with rifles and bay-onets charging batteries of machine guns, but an increasingly fluid conflict involving tanks and air-craft.

Although at first the Allied generals were slow to recognise it, the new style of war suited them best. Over the years they had built a formidable war ma-chine, involving thousands of tanks and tens of thousands of aircraft, with tactics to match. Not on-ly that, but the arrival of the Americans in large numbers, added to the vast number of troops from the Empire (now the Commonwealth), meant that casualties could be replaced in the Allied ranks. The Germans and their Austro-Hungarian allies had no such source of fresh manpower, turning instead to younger and older men to fill the depleted ranks.

The German generals were aware of the situation, and desperate to make inroads before it was too late, in the hope of achieving a relatively ‘neutral’ peace agreement in due course. On June 9th the Ger-man General Ludendorff launched a major offen-sive in Flanders. Like so many, it gained several miles, but cost many lives and eventually petered out.

There would be several more such attempts, some

of which threatened to succeed, but in fact the even-

tual outcome was becoming clear. The German

people were disillusioned with the Kaiser. Their

troops were exhausted. The civilian population

were restless. There would be, as we shall see, bat-

tles to come, but there would barely be time to re-

build those huts.

Canon David Winter (Parish Pump)

Bread

It takes a year to produce a loaf of bread, from field to fork. Yet in the UK we throw away 24 million slices of it, every day. The average per-son will throw away more than half a loaf of bread every month. A recent survey by Love Food Hate Waste has also found that among 18 to 34-year-olds, 69 per cent throw bread away every week. The campaign is urging people to slice and freeze their bread when they get it home, so that it can last for several months.

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Seen this best-watched film?

If your recent experiences with social media have left your nerves feeling jangled, then leave it alone this coming weekend. Instead, why not try for an up-building exercise which will boost your mood and leave you feeling calm? TRY A FILM! Send for the DVD of the film that the Guinness Book of Records declares as the most watched film – secu-lar or religious – in the whole of history. Forget The Titanic. It is ‘The Jesus Film’ – watched over 6 billion times and translated into 1,200 lan-guages. Some 200 million people world-wide have declared themselves to have found personal faith and meaning in life, through watching it. Just google www.agape.org.uk

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ON SALE IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE

biscuits coffee tea dried fruit chocolate

honey muesli and much more

Traidcraft

• helps small scale producers in developing

countries

• supports people to trade out of poverty

• works to bring about trade justice

COME AND BUY – PLAY YOUR PART

PARISH REGISTERS

Lanchester and Burnhope

Funerals

20th April Anne Carol Cook aged 70 years

Baptisms

29th April James Henry Sommersett

6th May Lucas Theo Coore

‘May they rest in peace and rise in glory’

“We welcome you into the Lord’s Family”

In praise of knitting

Knitting can be astonishingly good for you. This gentle hobby has been found to lower blood pressure, reduce depression, keep your mind alert, slow the onset of dementia, distracts from chronic pain (such as arthritis), boost wellbeing, and reduce loneliness.

A major study by the organisation Knit for Peace has found that knitting lowers the heart rate by an aver-age of 11 beats per minute and induces ‘an enhanced state of calm.’ The repetitive movement also boosts calming serotonin, which lifts your mood and dulls any pain. Knitting also boosts the reward centres of the brain, because it allows people to feel that they can still make a contribution to society.

In Britain, where the NHS spends more than £2 bil-lion each year on blood pressure treatments, around £300 million on antidepressants, and about £26 bil-lion on dementia, and unknown billions on various chronic pain relief, perhaps more people should take up knitting. As one expert says: ‘Research has shown that there is a growing crisis in primary care. As a skilled and creative occupation, knitting has therapeutic potential. There is an enormous amount of research showing that knitting has physi-cal and mental health benefits.’

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LANCHESTER PARISH CHURCH

Summer Fayre

9.30 –11.30 In the Chapter House

Saturday 23rd June

The Theme is ‘Sunshine

and Strawberries’

Cakes and Savouries, Jams and Preserves, Books, Bric a Brac, Toiletries and Bottle

Tombola , Bags Handmade Items and Scarves.

Grand Summer Draw Coffee, Tea and Strawberry Scones

£1.00

Free drink and treat for Children Do Come and Join us

NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES

Men's Forum

The next meeting of the Mens Forum is on Mon-day 18th June at Sunniside Club and the organiser

is Peter Waterhouse. As usual please make ar-rangements for car sharing and numbers should be telephoned to Peter by Wednesday 13th at the lat-est Telephone- 0191 488 6653.

Forthcoming dates

13/8/18 Lambton Arms Chester Le Street Organiser

Peter Southern

8/10/18 Roseberry Grange Golf Club Organiser Revd.

John Lintern

3/12/18 Burnopfield Golf Club Organiser Roy Beck-

with

Editor

Mothers’ Union Lanchester Our meeting on 13th June is our Musical Evening so we will meet in the Chapter House and

then go into church for 7.30pm, to be entertained by our church Music Group, and the meeting on 11th July is the AGM. When the business is fin-ished, strawberries, cream and "bubbly" will be served. The Coffee Morning on 16th May, includ-ing donations, raised £500 for our funds. We re-cently contributed 36 emergency toilet bags with contents, 50 cot blankets, 40 babies bonnets and 20 matinee coats to our local hospitals, as part of a Mothers' Union diocesan project. No information has come to light as to the whereabouts of our ban-ner carrier and so Margaret King has made us a new one. This one is lovely and is made in royal blue material with our branch's name embroidered on it in gold coloured thread - the Mothers' Union colours and Rupert blessed it at the Communion service on Wednesday 9th May. Congratulations to Brenda & Steve Craddock who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 20th April.

Jill Finlayson

Mothers’ Union St John’s Burnhope

Church Flowers

3rd June J Williams, D Leyland C Hunt, M Garthwaite J Thomas

10th June B Masterman

17th June J Massey, C Rotheram

24th June Barbara Sproat

We held our Meeting on 14th May 2018 at the home of Mrs Hock-aday. We are looking forward to the Musical Evening with Lanchester Mothers' Union. Our Strawberry Supper will be on Monday the 2nd July at Burnhope Primary School, or, if open, the new Burnhope Community Centre. Our discussion this month was Faith - experiences when we were growing up - the differences between then and now, thankfully we have Churches Together.

Muriel Molloy

100 Club The winners of the May draw all £5 were 28, 45, 90, 103, 121,. 171.

Eric and Hazel Gaskill

Thank You

I wish to thank Rupert, friends. and neighbours for their prayers, visits, cards and flowers, and the help I have received during my recent illness. Not forgetting the two nice visitors from the Mothers’ Union. My thanks to all.

Isabel Appleton

Thank You I would like to express my thanks for all the cards and good wishes which I received on the occasion of my recent milestone birthday. I especially want to thank the Bellringers for the surprise party which they gave me after Friday practice in the Kings Head. Thank you Olga for the wonderful Bell shaped cake, Sandy for my song and the love-ly gifts given to me on the night. You are a special bunch of people.

Rob Matthews

Church Wives

Good weather has at last come our way, The sun is shining to welcome each day.

Make the most of each day, enjoy what you do, Let the love of God shine and be seen in You.

On June 14th it is our summer meal, Something we always enjoy a great deal.

Ramside Hall is where we eat out, We enjoy just getting out and about.

The 28th is a talk by Mr Richard Pears, ‘The British Toilet’ the subject he shares.

This year our speakers have been very good in-deed,

On that everyone is agreed. Anyone and everyone is welcome to come along,

We are a friendly group to be among.

Brenda Craddock

Bell ringing dates in June

June 2nd - Peal attempt by visiting band 9.15am-

12noon

June 9th- Central District Ringing Meeting-3pm -

7pm

Olga Walker

Bishops Visitation On a warm sunny spring evening Durham Cathe-dral was packed full of new and returning Church-wardens and their supporters. They were there to be admitted into office for their various churches at the Annual visitation of the Bishop of Durham on Monday 14th May. Sue, Doreen and Rob were officially sworn in for Lanchester and Burnhope at a wonderful uplifting service with joyful sing-ing to a rather over enthusiastic but masterful Ca-thedral Organist. A memorable occasion for all who attended. Bishop Paul gave an interesting address on the many changes faced by the church since he was ordained. He reminded us all of the duties of Churchwardens and gave thanks for all the work that they carry out in their parishes.

The Wardens

Thank You

To the 2 teams, the Belles and the Baileys, who swam in the North Durham Rotary Swimathon on Sunday 13th March. Both teams, which included Steve and Cath Bailey, Eric Gaskill, Janet Jackson and Sheila Trow, swam 72 lengths, making 144 lengths in all. The sponsorship raised in total was £410.60, half of which will be paid into Church Funds, the other half going to the Rotary Clubs' own charities. Thank you very much to everyone who supported us. It is likely that in 2019 the Swimathon will be held in the autumn.

Margaret Walters

Churches Together– Annual Speaker On behalf of Churches Together in Lanchester

and Burnhope, we would like to invite everyone to this year’s event, to be held at the Methodist Church on Thursday 21st June starting at 7.00 pm.

This has been an annual event for some years now. The first one had Bishop Tom Wright as speaker. Bishop Mark Bryant has also been guest speaker.

There have been a good variety of speakers drawn from the wide expertise of all three churches. This year’s speaker is the Revd Canon Rosalind

Brown who is currently Nave Canon and Canon Librarian of Durham Cathedral. Many of you already know her as an excellent

speaker, prayer leader, Spiritual Director and writ-er of Hymns. She has been at the Cathedral for many years and retires in July. Therefore we are

honoured to have her as our guest. Please take this opportunity to come and listen and afterwards over a cuppa be able to thank her and

wish her well in her retirement.

Diane, Ann and Elizabeth W. (Your Reps at Churches Together)

Children’s Society. The collection is still going on, but we thank our supporters for getting the collection off to a good start. We now have well over £1100 as of 21st May. Remember you can bring your box or your cheque to us at 38 Briardene or at Church. Do not worry if you cannot do this because Steve will be coming to collect your contribution.

Steve and Brenda

Open House. In June this year it is 12 years since ‘Open House’ began. We always make the June ‘Open House’ like a little party and everyone is invited to share

the occasion. Come and join us if you can! You will enjoy the fellowship, not to mention the deli-cious sandwiches and cakes.

Brenda Craddock

FUTURE EVENTS

Do come and join us

for lunch

11.30-1pm

Thursday 7th June

Thursday

5th July

Prayers in Church at 12.45pm Church open for Private Prayer

from 11.30 onwards

All Welcome

Julian

Prayer Meetings 2pm in the Chapter House

Everyone is welcome

Do Come and Join us

‘The Eucharist’

‘This is my body broken for you’

Tuesday 5th June 41 Foxhills Crescent

"He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread"

Tuesday 3rd July 23 Humberhill Drive

Do come and join us!

11th June 9th July

Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina

On the first and third Tuesdays of each month,

7.00 – 8.30 p.m. in the Chapter House.

All are welcome.

Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer, based on the most ancient approaches to Christian prayer, and

now adapted for use in the modern world.

Lectio Divina is a traditional way of reading scripture as a source of prayer. The two practices complement each other. For more information, please speak to Howard

Nelson in church, or email

hghn42@gmail.com

3.45pm Sunday 17th June

Sunday 22nd July Messy Church in the Park

Sunday 3rd June In the Chapter House

All Saints Church

Bring your favourite reading on the themes of Creation and the Holy Spirit and snacks /sweet things to

share

6.00pm

Everyone welcome

Lanchester Meditation Group

Come along and join us as we explore

Meditation and Mindfulness

Every Tuesday 7pm in The Chapter House All Saints Parish Church

Durham Road

Weekly Meditation and Mindfulness Drop in.

Every Tuesday 11-15am In The Chapter House

All Welcome

30 Minutes of simple meditation and mindfulness exercises, Coffee and

time to chat

Children

at All Saints

3rd Sunday of the Month

Messy Church

Children’s Play activities at the rear of Church

From The Archives

A slightly different approach to our normal archives article The Claverings of Greencroft We often receive enquiries, in person or by e-mail, from people looking for information to help in their researches into their family history. Recently I have been corresponding with a lady in France who is working on the history of the Clavering family who lived at Greencroft Hall prior to the estate passing into French hands. She particularly wanted pictures of the window, dedicated to the memory of Sir Thomas Clavering, which is situated at the east end of the south aisle. Pictures were duly sent together with pic-tures of the memorial tablet and grave cover from near the north door and the funereal hatchment from the old choir vestry. In return, I was delighted to receive the attached photographs of the interior of the church showing the box pews taken, I think, about 1910. Dating the pictures is difficult but there are a few clues:- The organ pipes indicate that it was after 1907 There are no central heating pipes to be seen along the centre aisle The box pews appear to be in sound condition, which was not the case before they were replaced in 1939 The reading desk at the chancel steps was given in 1901. If anyone has any information or photographs about the Claverings or Greencroft Hall I would love to see them and, perhaps, pass on to my correspondent in France. I am slowly building a collection of items about the church in times past but am always on the lookout for more, if you have anything that you think may be of interest please let me know. Margaret Walters has kindly made hard copies of the photographs and these will be displayed in the lower vestry in the near future.

Peter Smith

Christmas Prayer Father,Thank you for creating us and for loving us so much that you sent Jesus to become one of us and to be our way to you. This Christmas may we know the love, peace, comfort and joy that only you can give, no matter what our circumstances. And may we reflect your light and love in this dark world to bring glory to you. In JesusAmen.

By Daphne Kitching

No need to cut the grass weekly How often should you cut your grass? That depends on how much you want to help the bees. It seems that the ideal ‘gap’ is two weeks. This helps improve the habitat for the pollinating plants that need bees to survive. Cutting the grass more often than every 14 days destroys dandelions and clover and other plants which the insects need for pollen. Two weeks is ideal – it gives time for the grass to attract a greater diversity of insects. The number of bee species and the abundance of lawn flowers were up to 2.5 times higher when home owners mowed lawns every two weeks compared to once a week.

Don’t be a martyr, though – as three-weekly cuts are also not recommended. The high grass then makes it more difficult for bees and other insects to access flowers.

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Before the Suffragettes – the woman who ‘made a majority’ with God

On May 30th the Church of England honoured Jose-phine Butler in its Calendar of great Christians of the past. It seems appropriate in this particular year to recognise the contribution of a woman who came decades before the suffragettes but fought many of the same battles.

Josephine Butler’s was an often-lonely Victorian voice, challenging injustice, prejudice and discrimi-nation. She was a noted champion of victims of child slavery and sexual exploitation. Her opposi-tion to the Dangerous Diseases Act, which ruled that a man who was infected with an STD could sue the woman who was ‘responsible’, eventually won par-liamentary approval – but it took 20 years of cam-

paigning. She fought to get the age of consent raised from 13 to 16, and also brought about an end to the practice of ‘selling’ young girls into the hands of unscrupulous men.

All of this campaigning was motivated by her pro-

found Christian faith. Her best-known quote was

‘God and one woman make a majority’ – her re-

sponse to the continual parliamentary majority

against change, when there were, of course, no votes

for women and no women MPs. Supported by her

husband, a vicar, and by a growing band of women,

this Victorian predecessor of the Women’s Rights

movement fully deserves to be remembered and

honoured this year.

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Remembrance 100 – marking the end of World War 1 On Sunday, 4th August 1918 King George V and Queen Mary joined members of the House of Com-mons and the House of Lords for a special service at the Church of Saint Margaret, Westminster. The King had asked that 4th August 1918, the fourth an-niversary of the declaration of war, should be ob-served as a National Day of Prayer. One hundred days later the war ended. Remembrance100 has been set up by HOPE, a UK Christian mission charity, in partnership with Christian denominations and ministries, including military chaplaincies, to help churches bring com-munities together to mark the centenary of the end of World War 1. On 4th August 2018 churches across the country will start 100 days of prayer, peace and reconcilia-tion. Church leaders, Christian charities, chaplain-cies and ministries from Britain and the Common-wealth are providing prayers and suggestions for peace-making activities to be included in a book called 100 Days of Peace and Hope for Remem-brance100, as this season is being called. The book can be used by individuals, churches and schools. HOPE is also publishing a commemorative booklet called Silence for churches to give away at Remem-brance Services. Here are a few key dates: 4th August: this will be the first day of 100 days of prayer, running until Armistice Day in November. The book 100 Days of Peace and HOPE will be available from Remembrance100, with daily pray-ers and thoughts, plus peace-making ideas for com-munities to use each weekend. 21st September: the United Nations International Day of Peace and the launch of 2018 Peace Awards. 5-9th November: schools will mark a week of peace before the Remembrance weekend. 11th November: there will be Remembrance Ser-vices around the Commonwealth. Many will be fol-lowed by Peace Parties. December: Peace Awards ceremonies will be held.

As details become available, the resources will be available on www.remembrance100.co.uk.

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THINK

FOOD BANK

As a church we are committed to supporting the Food Bank in Consett & Stanley.

(There are now 29 Food Banks operating in the Durham Diocese)

The Windrush Exhibition – a tribute to the migrants

This month (June) marks 70 years since the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks carrying hun-dreds of migrants from the Caribbean. The British Library opens its special Windrush Exhibition this month (1st June to 21st October). Key exhibits in the Windrush Exhibition include ER Braithwaite’s original typescript of To Sir, With Love, the autobi-ographical novel that became a film starring Sid-ney Poitier.

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Christian Aid has been working around the clock to help those who have fled Myanmar to the camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to prepare for the coming cyclone and monsoon season.

Flooding, landslides and cyclones are expected which will destroy many of the temporary shelters set up since the mass movement of people started when violence escalated in Myanmar last August. Since then, about 687,000 people have crossed the border into Bangladesh.

Together with its local partners, Christian Aid is training the communities in Jamtoli camp to up-grade their fragile tents, and has started to distrib-ute 15,500 shelter and tool kits.

Christian Aid has identified areas likely to be af-fected by flooding and landslides so they can relo-cate people to safer ground. An overhaul of exist-ing latrines and water points is underway to help prevent a major outbreak of waterborne diseases.

Ram Kishan, Christian Aid’s Regional Emergency Manager South Asia, said: “People have lived through hell to get to the safety of the camps in Cox’s Bazar. Conditions are cramped and life is already very difficult. Now thousands are going to be hit with further heartache unless we can help them in time.”

Christian Aid has been helping all communities displaced by the fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and displaced Rohingya Muslims and Hin-dus who have crossed the country’s border into Bangladesh. To donate to the Rohingya Crisis Ap-peal, visit www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies

Mash?

Do you mash your own potatoes? Maybe not, if the sales figures are anything to go by: we bought £76million worth of chilled mashed potato last year.

Prepared mashed potato was popular in the Seven-ties and Eighties with the arrival of Smash! pow-der, which lost popularity in the Nineties. Now the purchase of ready-mashed chilled potatoes is soar-ing, as people have become too busy to want to bother preparing their own. The survey was done by the Office for National Statistics.

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Dates for your Diary June 2018

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All Saints

Chapter House Chapter House

Chapter House

41 Foxhills Crescent

Kings Head

Chapter House Chapter House/Church

Burnhope Primary School

All Saints Church /CHse

All Saints

Chapter House Chapter House

Chapter House

All Saints

All Saints

Church /Chapter House

Chapter House

St John’s Church

Methodist Church

All Saints

All Saints

All Saints

Chapter House

All Saints Chapter House

Chapter House

Wedding of Jessica Simpson and James

Alexander Ross.

Café Church. Meditation and Mindfulness Drop in.

Centering Prayer.

Faith Works ‘The Eucharist’ - ‘This is my

Body Broken for You.’

Mainly Men– Christian Conversation

Open the Book meeting. Open House.

Café Church.

Bell Ringers Regional AGM.

Parish Eucharist.

Julian Group. Meditation and Mindfulness Drop in.

Meditation Group.

Memorial Service for John Richardson

(followed by Refreshments in Chapter

House)

Mothers’ Union Musical Evening. Church Wives Summer Eat Out.

Messy Church.

Meditation and Mindfulness Drop in.

Meditation Group.

Churches Together annual Speaker Revd Canon Rosalind Brown.

Summer Fayre.

SMDT Celebratory Service.

SMDT Buffet for all former members.

Meditation and Mindfulness Drop in.

Silent Eucharist. Standing Committee.

Church Wives’. ‘The British Toilet’ speaker

Robert Pears.

Sun 1st

Mon 2nd

Tues 3rd

Thurs 5th

6.00 pm

7.00 pm

7.30 pm

11.30 am

R C Church

Burnhope Primary

School 23 Humberhill Drive

Church/Chapter House

Songs of Praise.

Strawberry Supper. FaithWorks The Eucharist "He was made

known to them in the breaking of the

bread."

Open House

July

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Book Reviews Prayer Tip for the Month

God will hear

you if you pray silently, but

praying aloud helps you to stay

focused.

Long Story Short – Finding Your Place in God’s Unfolding Story

By Andy Frost, SPCK, £7.99

‘The universe is made of stories not of atoms,’ said American poet Muriel Rukeyser. Whether you agree with this sentiment or not, the fact is: your life tells a story. From beginning to end, your life will create a unique narrative, shaped by the wider stories you find yourself living in.

So what story are you living in? Exploring the importance of such stories and how these shape our identity, Share Jesus International’s Andy Frost humbly presents the ultimate narrative of life, the universe and everything: the God Story.

Inside Fatherhood – Today’s fathers tell their stories

By David Atkinson, with reflections by Mark Chester, BRF £6.99

What does fatherhood look like today? As we pre-pare to celebrate Father’s Day later this June, ten fathers tell their moving, real-life stories: from stepdad to absent dad, through widowed, adoptive and midlife dad, to losing-it and stay-at-home dad, they sit in their kitchens and bare their souls to writer David Atkinson, himself the father of two young daughters.

It’s easy to believe that today’s dads are in crisis, weighed down by economic pressures, shifting family dynamics, mental stress and emotional strain. But for all the challenges of modern father-hood, Mark Chester believes we are living in ‘a golden age of fatherhood’.

‘Fathers are expected, and given permission, to get involved with the lives of their kids more than ev-er. It’s a great opportunity for men to seize that moment and be a bigger part of their lives. But,’ he adds, ‘they face an identity crisis. Men were tradi-tionally both the breadwinner and the light relief at the end of the day but, as that role has changed, they must seize the opportunity to change their identity as fathers within society.’

I Am the Great Sun (from a Norman crucifix of 1632) I am the great sun, but you do not see me. I am your husband, but you turn away. I am the captive, but you do not free me, I am the captain you will not obey. I am the truth, but you will not believe me. I am the city where you will not stay, I am your wife, your child, but you will leave me, I am that God to whom you will not pray. I am your counsel, but you do not hear me. I am the lover whom you will betray. I am the victor, but you do not cheer me. I am the holy dove whom you will slay. I am your life, but if you will not name me, Seal up your soul with tears, and never blame me.

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