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St John the Evangelist
Great Stanmore
November 2014
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PARISH ORGANISATIONS
SUNDAY
SERVICES
Children
WEEKDAY
SERVICES
Holy Communion (Order One in traditional language)
Parish Communion (Order One) or All-Age Communion
Coffee is served in Church House after this service
Morning Prayer (BCP)
Evening Service (see Weekly Bulletin for details)
Holy Baptism (after due preparation)
Junior Church (4-12yrs) in Church House
(also crèche for babies)
Holy Communion
Holy and Saints' Days as announced
8am
9.30am
11am
5pm
9.30am
9.30am
Tuesday
10.30am
CHURCH OFFICIALS AND STAFF
Rector
The Reverend Matthew Stone
The Rectory, 14 Chambers Walk
Stanmore, HA7 4FN
020 8954 3876
[email protected]
Readers
Jean Orpwood
Frances Westcott
Lydia McLean
Readers Emeriti
Michael Carmody
Dr Daphne Johnson
Dr John Mair
Pastoral Assistants
Sylvia Daniels
Stuart Webster
020 3645 0491
020 8952 8665
020 8952 5990
01895 831 472
020 8958 7892
020 8952 5044
020 8863 4080
07971 219918
Commissioned Children’s Minister
Beverley McKeon
020 8952 1936
Churchwardens
Graham Denman
Sylvia Daniels
01923 840 675
020 8863 4080
Hon Treasurer
Jennifer Neve
01923 692672 Office
Parish Administrator
Karen Stirrup
020 8954 7064
Parish Office, Church House, Old Church
Lane, Stanmore HA7 2QX
Email Address
[email protected]
Web Address
www.stjohnschurchstanmore.org.uk
Bell ringers
Peter Scott (Master)
01895 835 623
Elizabeth Bowen (Secretary) 020 8954 5360
Music – Director of Music
Philip Rees
020 8951 3893
Leprosy Mission
Frazer Johnson
020 8954 8566
Mission to Seafarers
Valerie Banger
020 8951 4012
Bereavement Visiting
Jean Orpwood
020 3645 0491
Bible Reading Fellowship
Carole White
020 8421 1510
Brownies
Jean Gregson
020 8952 2866
Parish Pastoral Team
Sylvia Daniels
Sheila Oliver
Church Flowers
Peggy Simpson
020 8954 8606
Peace, Justice & Environment
Valerie Banger
020 8951 4012
Crèche
Grace Nicholson
01923 226969
Electoral Roll
Andrea Nicholson
Rainbows
Francesca Brissimatzakis
07743 040 588
(after 7pm )
[email protected]
01923 226969
Girl Guides
Heather Gregson
Sarra Angel
020 8426 0147
[email protected]
[email protected]
020 8863 4080
020 8954 4976
St John's Church of England School
Head Teacher Mrs J Hester
020 8954 3978
Stanmore Hill, Stanmore HA7 3AD
Servers
Ian Walker
07947 070613
[email protected]
Godly Gossip (Ladies Gr oup)
Jane Prentice
020 8952 3906
Social Committee
Marianne Wright
Junior Church
Beverley McKeon
Stewardship – Gift Aid
Jennifer Neve
01923 692 672 Office
020 8952 1936
Magazine – Editorial Team
Elizabeth Bowen
020 8954 5360
Pat Stevens
020 8954 6525
Frances Westcott
020 8952 8665
Magazine – Advertisements
Elizabeth Bowen
020 8954 5360
Magazine – Distribution
Mick and Sheila Oliver
020 8954 4976
Toddler Group
Sylvia Daniels
020 8952 1604
020 8863 4080
Wednesday Friendship Club
Liz Battle
020 8954 0995
Welcome & Café St Jean
Rosemary Mackenzie-Corby
020 8386 1640
Commissioned Lay Preacher
Jeremy Aspinall
020 8954 8475
Cover drawings by Peter Williams
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Deadline Sunday
butions
Monday onwards
Weekend
Tuesday
Friday
Saturday & Sunday
(last in the month)
Desirable last date for contri-
The Rector writes ..............
Late entries considered; magazine compiled
Proof reading
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and available for collection by deliverers
“Remember, remember
The fifth of November
Gun powder, treason and plot”
Deadline dates in 2014 and 2015
16 November — 7 December — 16 January — 14 February — 14
March — 11 April — 15 May — 12 June — 17 July — 14 August
— 11 September
Copy for the magazine — PLEASE submit mater ial in A5 for mat if it uses
clever computer techniques, and let the editors know if it is going to be late.
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Send it by EMAIL to BOTH the following addresses:
[email protected]@live.co.uk
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Place it on the table at the back of the church
Give it to one of the editorial team (see inside back cover)
Send or deliver it to
7 Masefield Avenue, Stanmore, HA7 3LU
19 Culverlands Close, Stanmore, HA7 3AG
To advertise in this magazine,
please contact the Advertising Manager –
Elizabeth Bowen – 020 8954 5360 – [email protected]
7 Masefield Avenue, Stanmore HA7 3LU
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Guy Fawkes’ Night is neither the first, nor the last key date for the
remembering we encounter in the opening days of November. We begin
on 1st November with All Saints’ Day, where we remember the lives and
deaths of all the saints. When we hear the word “saint” we often think of
men and women who lived many years ago, and whom the Church has
formally recognised for their lives and witness. But there are also our own
personal saints; ordinary people who have done extraordinary things to
help and support us during our lives.
On 2nd November we move to All Souls’ Day where the Christian Church
commemorates the faithful departed. Many churches hold annual
Memorial Services where loved ones who have passed away are named in
prayer. Ours is taking place on 9th November this year at 2.30pm: do come
and be part of it.
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and
Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5th November,
primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of
5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot,
was arrested while guarding explosives which the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had
survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and
months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act
enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.
Hard on its heels come Remembrance Sunday (9th November this year),
and Armistice Day on 11th November; further sobering calls on us to
remember the sacrifices made by so many to give us the freedoms we still
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Colloquial conundrums - Answers
enjoy today. In this centenary year it is natural for our focus to be on the
casualties of World War I, but in fact Remembrance Sunday is dedicated
to all those who have fought and died for our country in conflicts past and
present. We shall be holding an Act of Remembrance by the War
Memorial in our churchyard at 11am on Remembrance Sunday. Members
of the local ATC Unit will be playing their part, and wreaths will be laid
as we remember together.
So much remembering in the month of November, mostly of death, could
easily leave us depressed, and I sometimes wonder if it is this, as much as
its reputation for poor weather and the end of the beautiful autumn
colours, which gives November its bleakness in our imaginations. However, acts of remembrance have a beauty of their own, whether on the grand
scale of the 888,246 ceramic poppies now adorning the Tower of London,
or in the simplicity of the recently bereaved visiting a grave, which can
serve to enrich, rather than make bare, our lives.
Furthermore, the impact of remembering depends on our perspective; on
the spirit in which we remember. If we focus on the loss, and the absence,
and all the might-have-beens, bleakness is certainly inevitable. There can
be no doubt that those who went ‘softly in to that good night’ at the end of
a long happy life, fully ready for eternal rest are, sadly, the minority of
those we find ourselves remembering during this season. Whether saints
martyred for their faith, soldiers lost in battle, or loved ones who suffered
illness or accident, most would certainly count as having had their lives
cut short in some way. It is easy to feel that tragedy is uppermost.
Yet there will be much more to remember in the lives that were lived, the
times that were enjoyed, and the things those lives accomplished, however
short the span of years, than just the sorrow of their parting.
If we remember in order to rejoice, we may be able to shift from tragedy
to thanksgiving. If we remember in order to learn, we can turn tragedy to
education. If we remember in order to honour, we can twist tragedy to
triumph.
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postman’s knock (Oxfordshire dialect)
iii a method of sliding on ice (by moving on one foot and tapping
the ice with the other)
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clammed (Derbyshire dialect)
ii very hungry
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rymer (Buckinghamshire dialect)
iii a removable sluice in a floodgate
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daddle (Suffolk dialect)
ii to walk like a young child trying to copy its father
Thanksgiving
An alternative prayer of thanksgiving was mentioned on a
recent radio programme. It consisted of just three words:
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CHRISTMAS IS COMING
If you would like to place a personal Christmas greeting to
readers of St John’s magazine, please leave your copy in church
by 16th November 2014 or send it to Elizabeth Bowen on
[email protected]
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November - Month of Remembrance
Peter’s covers this month reflect our thoughts for the fallen in times of
war.
The front cover depicts a dove of peace in the shape of Phoenix, rising
over No-man’s Land at the Western Front.
You will recognise our War Memorial on the back cover , along with the
57 names of St John’s fallen. There is a dove of peace for each name.
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.”
Laurence Binyon
Calling all Bridge Players
We are a much reduced group of keen bridge players
who would welcome new members.
We play in Church House on Thursday afternoons from 1.30pm,
simple ACOL with no inquests afterwards, just tea and biscuits!
Please come and meet us.
Any questions? Ring Olive Oliver on 8204 6446
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Will you go Catherning in November?
As guests file slowly to their seats in the
darkened banquet hall, a fire juggler begins to twirl his lighted torches. Holding
one in each hand, he makes a circle with
each. Now wheels of fire are on either
side of him. Soon one whirls above his
head, another near his feet. The flaming wheels are Catherine wheels. A
fanfare
sounds.
An
acrobat
wearing silver ankle bands turns cartwheels around the hall.
As each table’s candles are lit, the lights catch more wheels on the ceiling
and walls. The chandelier is a wagon wheel with many candleholders on
the rim, held horizontally above the feasters by three strong chains. Even
the windows are covered with wheel shape designs. Every Catherning
feaster wears a wheel shape pin or a fabric spiked wheel decoration sewn
onto his or her costume. Why all these wheels?
The wheels honoured a woman saint whose feast day falls under the
darkening November skies. She was the noble, intelligent, learned
St Catherine of Alexander. A wheel is a symbol of her martyrdom in the
fourth century AD. The patron saint of lawyers, wheelwrights, ropemakers and carpenters, she is revered as a special guide and guardian for
women, keeping a lookout for lace makers, spinners and female students.
At this time of year Catherine wheels abound, lighting up our Stanmore
shies on Guy Fawkes night, or in celebration of the Hindu festival of
Diwali, when our neighbours rejoice in the victory of good over evil. So
look out for them when the fireworks whizz and explode in a riot of
colour Then, as we celebrate All Saints’ Day, give a thought to the noble,
learned St Catherine, along with all the other saints. Could you even try a
cartwheel?
“For all the Saints, who from their labours rest, who Thee by faith before
the world confessed, Thy name O Jesu be for ever blessed, Alleluia.”
Pat Stevens – Source Medieval Holidays and Festivals, M.P. Cosman
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Junior Church Column
Thirtieth Anniversary of
Harrow Inter Faith Council
Harrow Inter Faith Council was inaugurated in 1984, one of the earliest
British inter faith groups, with membership drawn from the various
denominations and branches of the Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu,
Jain, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities. Through the
years, meetings to inform about religious beliefs and traditions, visits to
places of worship and centres of religious learning and culture, lectures by
distinguished religious leaders and scholars, vigils and prayers for peace
and for victims of war and natural disasters, conferences, exhibitions and
festival celebrations have engendered an ethos of trust and friendship
between the diverse local faith communities. In one of the most
religiously diverse boroughs in he country, Harrow’s faith communities
work together with Harrow Council, the Metropolitan Police and
voluntary organisations, to create an atmosphere of cohesion, well being,
peace, good relationships and security in our area.
St John’s is a corporate member of HIFC, which means that all St John’s
folk are welcome to join in any or all of its activities. Why not study the
flyer and come and join us at the Civic Centre between 2pm and 6pm on
Sunday 16th November 2014 to celebrate, during National Inter Faith
Week, 30 years of local faith and community togetherness. Enjoy a taste
of the rich tapestry of spirituality, tradition, and scholarship in our midst
through an exhibition in the Member’s Lounge and faith presentations in
the Council Chamber from 3.00—4.30pm. It’s a time to rejoice in our local faith communities and share our treasures.
We look forward to seeing you.
Pat Stevens
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Beverley McKeon,
Junior Church Leader
Junior Church continues to flourish with on average 35 children attending each week, which is fantastic. Due to the sustained increase
in our numbers I am looking for extra volunteers to help on one
Sunday each month. If you are interested please speak to me to find
out what it requires.
This month saw us joining you for Harvest Festival which was a real
treat watching all the children take part. Following on from this, the
children have been talking about giving and serving
and we discussed how we can give to God. We
have also looked at the story of the wedding feast
and some of us were lucky enough to even have
cake.
Junior Church Movie Night
I am hoping to arrange a Christmas movie night
for the children in December. We will ask for a
donation of £1.00 to include movie, drink, crisps and a sweet. More
details to follow. Any ideas which movie we should watch?
Our Praise and Worship continue in Church House on a Sunday at
9.30am so bring your children along and see what
exciting things we have planned.
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include an update from Colin Craig, CEO of Corrymeela on current
events in Northern Ireland and at Corrymeela.
The conference runs from 10am to 4.30pm and includes lunch, and costs
£30 or £15 unwaged.
Please see me if you are interested or would like more information.
Mick Oliver
Harrow Philharmonic Choir Concert
Saturday, 15th November 2014
at 7.30pm
at St John’s Church, Greenhill,
Sheepcote Road, Harrow, HA1 2JE
Bach’s ‘Magnificat’ and
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Modelling the New Creation
Mick Oliver
On September 16th Sylvia and I attended this intriguing event at St. Paul’s
Cathedral. First Oliver Caroe (the Surveyor and Cathedral Architect) gave
us a tour of unusual parts of St. Paul’s, which took us through the galleries
above the nave and on to the roof. He showed us how sustainability is an
important part of the cathedral’s strategic plan, which includes a project
for water-harvesting from the cathedral’s extensive roof, which will
supply water to the toilets, once these have been refurbished. He described
the dilemma that allowing free access to the libraries is deleterious to their
contents, and showed us the possibilities for secondary glazing in
concealed locations to reduce heating costs.
Since the Clean Air Act, the visible parts of St. Paul’s have been cleaned.
Our tour showed us the concealed side of the parapet walls, which were
still encrusted with soot from the time London was powered and heated
by coal – showing the improvement on past practice that we have come to
take for granted.
After Evensong we learned more about St. Paul’s, its scope for solar
thermal panels to provide hot water, and its energy-saving lighting
project. Other speakers told us of the need to read meters regularly to
monitor energy consumption, and of the importance of gathering these
data so that we can establish the extent of any savings from any changes
we make. St. Paul’s found it needed to consolidate 50 separate meters –
our humble efforts at St. John’s are much easier.
We heard worked examples of sustainability at St. Mary le Bow and
St. John’s at Hackney.
Brian Cuthbertson, the diocese’s Head of Environment and Sustainability
explained that a heavy masonry or brick structure can be heated
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continuously and economically if it is used at least 50% of the time. He
suggested that church managers needed to be nimble with heating controls
in autumn or spring, and recommended using “decent” controls or even
remote ones. He warned that heat pumps should be used only in properly
insulated buildings, and invited delegates to the next event at
St. Marylebone, which would explore water and waste in churches.
Corrymeela Activities this autumn at St. Ethelburga’s
St. Ethelburga’s hosts Corrymeela’s conference on
Saturday November 29th
on
Building a good society – Embracing Difference.
Tea and Chat—in Church House
Tuesdays 2.15 — 4pm
18th November
A Suburban Garden
Illustrated talk by Ian Jackson
St LUKE’s HOSPICE ANNUAL SALE
The next annual sale and coffee morning will be held on
Saturday 28th February 2015
Coordinator — Elizabeth Bowen
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Northern Ireland is now experiencing an uneasy peace, but conflict between peoples with different backgrounds, sharing the same space, is
widespread elsewhere. This event will explore how peace and harmony
can be made possible in these societies.
Speakers in the morning session will be the Reverend Richard Carter,
Associate Vicar for Mission at St Martin in the Fields. Richard worked for
15 years in the South Pacific as a Priest and member of the Melanesian
Brotherhood, a community which received the United Nations award for
peace in the South Pacific for bringing peace in a time of national violent
conflict, costly peacemaking as 7 members of the community were taken
hostage and murdered. Richard’s work now continues to focus on the
inclusion of marginalised people, with homeless people, refugees and
migrants and with the Helen Bamber Foundation for victims of torture.
At St. John’s we give our support to the Harrow Inter-Faith Council. From
its work we are well aware that Harrow is the most religiously diverse
Borough in the country, with a long history of handling its diversity in
harmony. Councillor Sue Anderson - the Portfolio Holder for Community,
Culture and Resident Engagement in the London Borough of Harrow, and
Councillor for the Greenhill ward of Harrow will speak on Harrow’s
diversity, and how we have come to handle (embrace) it in the way we
have.
The afternoon session will be led by the Reverend Sam McBratney, a
member of Corrymeela, and a former leader of the Olive Tree project, a
City University initiative which brings together Jewish and Arab students
from Israel on undergraduate courses at the University. This session will
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Colloquial conundrums
Adam Jacot de Boinod was a researcher for QI, the BBC television series
hosted by Stephen Fry; he is also the author of The Meaning of Tingo and
Other Extraordinary Words from around the World published by Penguin
Books.
From the options listed below, can you select the correct definitions for
the following four words from our rural dialects?
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postman’s knock (Oxfordshire dialect)
i
a children’s game that involves knocking on a door and then
rushing away as the homeowner answers it
ii to make the first tentative advances towards courting
iii a method of sliding on ice (by moving on one foot and tapping
the ice with the other)
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clammed (Derbyshire dialect)
i Tired from complaining
ii very hungry
iii wild, unmanageable, obstinate, perverse
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rymer (Buckinghamshire dialect)
i
the youngest of a litter of pigs
ii someone who feasts or lives upon the industry of others
iii a removable sluice in a floodgate
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daddle (Suffolk dialect)
i to dig up weeds with a hoe
ii to walk like a young child trying to copy its father
iii too much for a wheelbarrow but not enough for a cart
Answers on page 25
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Ringing Practice – newcomers welcome
Choir rehearsal
Saturday
10am
30
Disciples Club
Friday
8pm
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Friendship Club
Thursday
4pm
Tel: 020 8954 8555 - Fax: 020 8954 4124
[email protected]
Little Fishers Babies & Toddlers Group
Tea and chat
Wednesday
2pm
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Holy Communion
SUNDAY
8am
9.30am
11am
Quiet Day at Edgware Abbey
First Sunday of ADVENT
Holy Communion
Parish Communion
Matins
WARNING!!
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In memory of Alison Carey
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SUNDAY
8am
9.30am
11am
17
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1.15pm
2.15pm
8pm
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Wednesday
Little Fishers Babies & Toddlers Group
Tea and chat
Home Group
St Hilda of Whitby
8pm
Home Group
Thursday
8-9.30pm
Edmund, King of the East Angles
Disciples Club
Prayers preceding
PCC meeting
Ringing Practice – newcomers welcome
Friday
8pm
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Saturday
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SUNDAY
8am
9.30am
11am
16
Holy Communion
Friendship Club
7pm
7.30pm
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Home Group
2pm
4pm
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Holy Communion
All-Age Communion
Matins
Tuesday
10.30am
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Second SUNDAY before ADVENT
Monday
8pm
Elizabeth Bowen
Choir rehearsal
Christ the King
Holy Communion
Parish Communion
Matins
At the end of last summer term I was invited to attend the Leavers’
service at All Saints Primary School, Childs Hill, where Alison taught for
many years.
The congregation was made up of the whole school and as many parents
and well-wishers as were free on a weekday morning. During the service
in All Saints Church, which adjoins the school, the leavers and their
achievements and less brilliant moments were recalled by the teachers
who had taught them at different stages—sometimes more than once.
Then one or two of the leavers gave their own recollections of being
taught by Alison and what they treasured most about their years at the
school.
At the end of the service each child was given a New Testament as a
leaving present and Sylvia Carey, Alison’s mother, had been invited by
the Head Teacher to make the presentations.
From this year the West Hendon Deanery Prize for RE, awarded each year
for excellent work, will be known as the Alison Carey Memorial Prize.
During the term the pupils had been working with an artist to design
another tribute to Alison—a stained glass panel—to be set up in the
entrance hall to the school. We had hoped to see its unveiling but the light
box had arrived damaged and its replacement was still on the way.
Outside the church after the service there was a lively session of taking
photographs before the guests returned to the staffroom for coffee. While
we were there many of the leavers came in and offered us coloured pens
to write a message on their white shirts. I wondered whether the paint
washed off and what the mothers of my generation would have made of
such a custom! What a delightfully anarchic way of marking the end of
primary school.
It was a great pleasure to go back to Childs Hill on such a happy
occasion and see how they are commemorating Alison’s years as a
member of the teaching staff.
Monday
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Church Diary for November 2014
1
Saturday
9.30am-noon
2
SUNDAY
8am
9.30am
11am
3
1.15pm
2.15pm
8pm
6
Saints and Martyrs of England
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SUNDAY
3rd Sunday before ADVENT
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
8am
9.45am
11am
5pm
10
Monday
11
Tuesday
10.30am
1.15pm
2.15pm
Holy Communion
Little Fishers Babies & Toddlers Group
Tea and chat
Home Group
Wednesday
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13
7pm
8pm
Bible Study at Wolstenholme
Home Group
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Holy Communion at Paxfold
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Thursday
4pm
8-9.30pm
No Evening Service
Holy Communion followed by 2 minutes’ silence
Little Fishers Babies & Toddlers Group
Tea and chat
Friendship Club
Thursday
4pm
Friendship Club
Holy Communion
Parish Holy Communion
Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial
Wednesday
2pm
2pm
10am
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Saturday
Tuesday
10.30am
5
Home Group
Choir rehearsal
8
Fourth Sunday before ADVENT All Saints’ Day
Holy Communion
Parish Communion
Matins
Friday
8pm
Churchyard working party
Monday
8pm
4
All Saints’ Day
7
8-9.30pm
Disciples Club
Ringing Practice – newcomers welcome
Friday
8pm
Choir rehearsal
Saturday
Disciples Club
Ringing Practice – newcomers welcome
15