The Signal - St. Clement`s Church Sandwich

October 2016
The Signal
The Churches’ Magazine for Sandwich
www.stclementschurchsandwich.org.uk
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ANCHORS
St Clement’s Children’s Church
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Sunday 9th October
HARVEST FESTIVAL
10.15 - 11.45, at the Church Hall and then joining the main
Church for a blessing at Communion
Ages 3 to 8 years
EVERYONE WELCOME
The Parish Church of St Clement Sandwich
Our Mission Statement – to worship, serve and make known to all the living Jesus Christ
www.stclementschurchsandwich.org.uk
Rector: The Revd Canon Mark Roberts, AKC
Rector of Sandwich and Worth
The Rectory, Knightrider Street, Sandwich, CT13 9ER
Tel: 613138 Email: [email protected]
(The Rector is also a surrogate for the granting of Marriage Licences)
Assistant Priests:
The Revd Howard Pashley, 56 New Street, CT13 9BB 612018
The Revd Robin Bendall, 24 Delfside, CT13 9RL 617458
Deacon:
The Revd Jasmine Roberts, The Rectory, Knightrider Street
613138
Churchwardens:
Mr Hugo Jordan 28 Whitefriars Meadow, CT13 9AS
614513
Mr Bruce Eccles, 87 Sandwich Road, Whitfield, CT16 3LV
826716
Deputy Churchwarden:
Mrs Pam Eccles, 87 Sandwich Road, Whitfield, CT16 3LV
826716
PCC Secretary:
Mrs Susan Pashley, 56 New Street, CT13 9BB 612018
Parish Treasurer and
Gift Aid Secretary:
Mr Richard Palmer, Little Acorns, King’s Avenue, Sandwich Bay, CT13 9PG 614583
Electoral Roll Officer:
Mrs Maggie Kasap, 12 John’s Green, CT13 0DE
615207
Organist & Choirmaster: Mr Julian Sampson, Keymer Cottage, Longmete Road, Preston
01227 721697
Assistant Organist:
Mr Robert Tapsfield, Flat 4, 16 Bridge Close, Sandwich, CT13 9QG
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PARISH MAGAZINE – ‘THE SIGNAL’
Editor:
The Rector
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Advertising:
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Distribution:
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Churchwatch
Toddler Group:
Pastoral Care Group:
Events Group:
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Bellringers:
Servers:
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The Children’s Society:
ST CLEMENT’S HALL
Secretary (Bookings):
Mr David Senior, 3 Mill Close, CT13 9JD
Mrs Carole Brown, 78 New Street, CT13 9BD
Mrs Brenda Turnbull, 3 Gardners Quay, Upper Strand Street, CT13 9DH
Mrs Judith Scollard, 40 Moat Sole, CT13 9AU
Mrs Susan Pashley, 56 New Street, CT13 9BB
Mrs Carole Brown, 78 New Street, CT13 9BD Mr David Robertson Hedges, St George’s Lees, CT13 9JS
The Revd Jasmine Roberts, The Rectory, CT13 9ER
Mrs Tessa Sale, St Clement’s House, 14 Knightrider Street, CT13 9ER
Mrs Gillian Robertson, Hedges, St Georges Lees, CT13 9JS
612782
614120
611389
614349
612018
614120
612876
613138
612288
612876
Mrs Carole Brown, 78 New Street, CT13 9BD
614120
Parish Safeguarding
Coordinator:
Mrs Pam Eccles, 87 Sandwich Road, Whitfield, CT16 3LV
Parish Disclosure Officer: Mr Geoffrey Cornelius, 31 St George’s Road, CT13 9LF
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SERVICES
SUNDAYSWEEKDAYS
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00am
Wednesdays – Holy
9.30am Sir Roger Manwood’s School Service
Communion (BCP)
(in term time)
10.30am The Parish Eucharist (Common Worship)
For other services and events see Church Notices
Enquiries concerning Baptism and Marriage should be made to The Rector.
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Other Churches Contact Details
THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, CATTLE MARKET, SANDWICH
Minister
Revd Dr Alan Spence 01304 768745
Local Contact
Kath Gifford 617834/07790299394
www.sandwich-urc.co.uk
The news letter can be viewed on the web site www.sandwich-urc.co.uk and also be
received by email by contacting Kath on [email protected]
ST ANDREW’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, ST GEORGE’S ROAD, SANDWICH
Priest in Charge
Father Christopher Lindlar, 149 St Richard’s Road Deal
THE CARPENTER’S ARMS, SANDWICH
Anna Upton
374870
01304 614894
e-mail: [email protected]
ST PETER & ST PAUL, WORTH
Rector
The Revd Canon Mark Roberts
Assistant Priests
The Revd Howard Pashley, 56 New Street, CT13 9BB
The Revd Robin Bendall, 24 Delfside, CT13 9RL
612 018
617458
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN SANDWICH
Chairman
The Revd Canon Mark Roberts
Secretary
Mrs Anna Upton
Treasurer
Mr John Cuss
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10th October 2016
This month’s cover
RECTOR FOR 25 YEARS
Celebration at St Clement’s
Sunday 11th September 2016
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The Rector Writes
23:5
25TH ANNIVERSARY
Words cannot adequately express my gratitude for the immense kindness that
you have shown in marking my twenty five years as Rector of Sandwich with
such love and generosity.
The Celebration on Sunday 11th September will live with us for ever.
Thank you to so many of you for coming to St Clement’s for what was I think,
a wonderful service and a fantastic party afterwards. There has clearly been a
great deal going on behind the scenes for a long time in planning what you did
for me. I am truly humbled and can only say thank you so very, very much.
I can only repeat that, it has been, and still is, such a privilege to serve and share
together in this hugely special place.
Jasmine joins me in thanking each and every one of you and giving thanks
to God.
Let the journey continue!
Mark
ANCHORS
‘Anchors’ is the name we have come up with for the new St Clement’s
Children’s Church, which will be launched on Sunday 9th of this month
on the Harvest Festival Sunday morning at St Clement’s. Initially the
children will meet monthly and we will slowly but surely, and with
faith and hope, see how things develop.
I am very delighted, as I know we will all be, by the prospect of
Children’s work and ministry again at St Clement’s. This brings to fruition what we
have been hoping for for a long time. It has been a gap in our life for too long. I am so
grateful to the great group of people and friends who are leading this at this time.
Please pray for the St Clement’s ‘Anchors’ and spread the word. I know you will warmly
welcome the children to St Clement’s.
MR
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RECTOR FOR 25 YEARS
SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2016
Photographs: Bruce Eccles, Philip Scargill
and Christine Darby
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THE PARISH
OF SANDWICH
HARVEST
SUPPER
SATURDAY
8th OCTOBER 2016
6.30 pm
in St Clement’s Hall
Tickets : £10
available in St Clement’s Church and
at Carpenter’s
Bring your own drinks … Wine Bar also available
Musical Entertainment by Robert Tapsfield
St Clement’s Church – Diary of Events
October 2016
Saturday1st 1.00 pm Wedding
SUNDAY2nd
Tuesday4th
Wednesday5th
Thursday6th
THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
8.00 am Holy Communion
9.30 am Sir Roger Manwood’s School Service
10.30 am Parish Eucharist
2.00 pm Children’s Society Committee
10.00 am Holy Communion
7.45 pm Churches Together Committee
2.15 pm Technology School Welcome Service
(rearranged from September)
6.30 pm PCC Supper and Meeting
Friday7th 8.50 am Sir Roger Manwood’s School Harvest Assemblies – School
Saturday8th 6.30 pm HARVEST SUPPER in St Clement’s Hall
SUNDAY9th HARVEST THANKSGIVING
8.00 am Holy Communion
9.30 am Sir Roger Manwood’s School Service
10.15 am LAUNCH OF ‘ANCHORS’ – THE NEW ST CLEMENT’S
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
10.30 am FESTIVAL EUCHARIST
Wednesday12th 10.00 am Holy Communion
Thursday13th
7.00 for 7.30pm Sandwich Deanery Synod at St Clement’s
Friday14 7.30 pm ‘THE GOOD GNUS’ – Flanders and Swann Evening for the
Children’s Society in St Clement’s Hall
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SUNDAY16th THE TWENTY FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
8.00 am Holy Communion
9.30 am Sir Roger Manwood’s School Service
10.30 am Parish Eucharist with THE MINISTRY OF HEALING
Tuesday18thFeast of St Luke
Wednesday19th 10.00 am Holy Communion
Friday21st 2.00 pm Infant School Harvest Festival – St Mary’s
SUNDAY23rd
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THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (CW)
THE TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY (BCP)
8.00 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Parish Eucharist
(6.30 pm Evensong at Worth)
St Clement’s Church – Diary of Events
October 2016
Wednesday26th 10.00 am Holy Communion
Thursday27th 4.00 pm Holy Communion at Wayfarers
Friday28th Feast of St Simon and St Jude
SUNDAY30th COMMEMORATION OF ALL SAINTS
8.00 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Parish Eucharist
CHOIR PRACTICE is held in St Clement’s Church on Friday evening from 7.15pm.
Further details from Julian Sampson – Organist and Choir Master.
BELLRINGERS’ PRACTICE Further details from David Robertson, 01304 612876.
[email protected]
COFFEE POT takes place every Friday in St Clement’s Hall from 10.00 am until
12 Noon. Meet and chat over coffee – Everyone welcome.
The TODDLER GROUP meets every Tuesday afternoon (in term time) from
1.30pm until 3.00pm in St Clement’s Hall. We are delighted to see any parents,
carers and your children.
ST BART’S DAY AND THE BUN RUN 2016
The St Bartholomew’s Hospital Patronal Festival on 24th August, and one of the hottest
days of the year!
Photographs: Georgina Maddox
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United Reformed Church
Sunday Morning Worship is held each Sunday at 10.30 am.
Sunday 2nd Revd Roy Stagg
Sunday 9th Revd Sue Marsh
Sunday 16th Pastor Les Thomas
Sunday 23rd Revd Roy Stagg – Communion
Sunday 30th Miss Primrose Northrup
Following worship tea and coffee will be served
You will be made most welcome at any or all of our Services
The Thursday Coffee Mornings in the church run from 9.45 am to 12 noon.
St Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church
Sunday Mass is Celebrated at 9.00 am
For other Mass times please visit http://www.catholicmass.com/theweekahead.htm
The Carpenter’s Arms
The Phoenix Centre Jubilee Road, Sandwich – Sundays at 4.00 pm
Sunday30th 4.00 pm Messy Church – Christmas Shoe Box Appeal
For details of Messy Church contact:
Anna Upton 01304 614894
e-mail: [email protected]
St Bart’s Chapel
Sunday
2nd
Sunday
9th
Sunday 16th
Sunday23rd
Sunday30th
10.30 am
10.30 am
9.30 am
10.30 am
10.30 am
Morning Worship
Morning Worship
Holy Communion
Morning Worship
Morning Worship
St Peter and St Paul – Worth
Sunday2nd
9.30 am
Sunday9th
9.30 am
Sunday16th
Sunday23rd
6.30 pm
Sunday30th
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Harvest Festival Parish Communion
Morning Service
No Service
Evensong
No Service
The New St Clement’s Lottery
Winners for September
1. Christine Wells £50
2. G. Kullman
£30
3. J. Bragg
£20
If anybody is interested in taking part in the Lottery please contact me on 01304 615081
or 07836 754594 – e-mail: [email protected] and I will happily send an
application form.
Paul Graeme, Lottery Administrator*
*(Licensed with Dover District Council)
A GOOD READ
Some at St Clement’s will remember John Pritchard when he
was Archdeacon of Canterbury and Patron of St Clement’s in the
late 90s. He subsequently became Bishop of Oxford and is now
retired. I met him again recently and the conversation turned to
‘What is the one thing you would take with you if the house was
on fire?’. His answer was ‘My files of stories and quotations’.
Having read and been absorbed by ‘Something More’ I can
well believe his priority because this brief book contains an
abudance of telling stories and 128 relevant quotations! In 18
short chapters it addresses our yearning for something more
beyond the short term goals of everyday life. It does so in
realistic terms, inviting us to make the most of our sense of
wonder, our grief and bewilderment, our love of art and music
and our concerns about justice and poverty.
John Pritchard is not afraid to face the difficult issues which he treats with all seriousness
but a lightness of touch which encourages the reader to explore the questions we hardly
dare to ask. Altogether an entertaining and stimulating book with some useful discussion
material at the end of each chapter. Maybe a book for an Advent group?
Michael Turnbull
SANDWICH LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
The next lecture of the Sandwich Local History Society will be held in the Jury Room,
Sandwich Guildhall, at 7 30 pm on Thursday 13th October, when Jeremy Hodgkinson will
speak on “The Medieval Wealden Iron Industry”. Everyone is very welcome to attend.
For further information on the forthcoming lecture season, please contact Jacqui
Linning on 01304 614866 or email [email protected]
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MAN OF BLOOD OR MARTYR OF THE PEOPLE?
A portrait of Charles II hangs on the wall of the historic court room in the Sandwich
Guildhall. During the summer he observed in silence the re enactment of the trial and
sentencing to death of his father, Charles I. The 1579 courtroom was the venue for the
premiere of a new play, “Man of Blood or Martyr of the People? The trial of Charles I.”
The one act play, using extracts from the actual trial transcripts of January, 1649 with
additional original material, is the work of a local author, Stella Riley. Stella herself has
written that every member of the cast portrays a real person and all the language in the
actual trial sequences is authentic. “My task as a novelist is merely to use history as best
I can in the story I set against it”.
Charles I may have visited Sandwich himself on at least one occasion. On the day after
Whitsunday of June 1625 it was reported by a London correspondent of Reverend Joseph
Mead that “he rode into the Downes and viewed the Castles & Sandwich”. Charles was in
Dover awaiting the arrival of his bride, Princess Henrietta Maria of France. The two had
been married six weeks earlier in a short ceremony outside of Notre Dame with Charles’
distant kinsman Duc de Chevreuse acting as proxy for the King of England.
The play was performed by members of the Sandwich’s own Quayside Players with the
support of the Toll Bridge Fund. The part of Charles was played by Terry Palmer, Stella’s
husband. She took the part of Anne, Lady Fairfax, who at the play’s conclusion reveals
the fates of the regicides at the Restoration. Those already dead were exhumed, hanged,
drawn and quartered: the living suffered the same fate. My husband Richard was John
Bradshaw, Lord President of the High Court of Justice appointed by the Commons in
Parliament to try the King. Shortly after being cast in the role Richard unearthed a Charles
I farthing in his allotment adjacent to St Clement’s – coincidence or fate?
All five performances were sold out well in advance. A theatre critic wrote in the East
Kent Mercury “this was a well written and well-acted piece, and Quayside Players can be
justly proud of the performance.”
The outcome of the trial is well known. Charles was sentenced to be put to death
by the severing of his head from his body. But at the end of each performance the
audience were invited to give their own verdict: not guilty was the vote. How the King
Charles II portrayed in the painting hanging in the Guildhall would have laughed!
Jacqui Linning
A CHURCHWATCH OBSERVATION
During the delightful celebrations after Eucharist yesterday, Sunday 11th September,
to celebrate Mark’s milestone, I noticed something shortly after the speeches had
concluded. A couple came tentatively into church, unnoticed I suspect by most of us,
considering everything else that was going on. Unsurprisingly they looked a little startled
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A CHURCHWATCH OBSERVATION
by what they saw. They will be familiar to Churchwatch helpers: shorts, boots, sun hats
and small rucksacks, clutching maps and guidebooks. I vaguely considered making my
way over there but was distracted by being given another glass of wine! The next time I
observed them they had clearly decided to look around anyway and were on the other
side of church. I think perhaps this will be a visit to a beautiful medieval church they will
remember and talk about for some time. As they were tentatively making their way down
the central isle they were politely handed a glass of champagne each. It did occur to me
that if this is their first visit to an English Church, they may possibly spend a few minutes in
the next one they visit looking around to see where their glass of champagne might be.
Changing the subject completely, I have been asked to repeat this – true – story. It
concerns a Metropolitan Police promotion board. Candidates for promotion presenting
themselves before the interview board are given a scenario to which they are expected
to respond immediately. One young man was asked: “You are ordered to arrest your
own mother. What would you do?” The young man promptly responded; “I would call
for armed back up sir.” They should make that chap the Chief Constable.
Radley Gorringe
ERIC RAVILLIOUS, WATERCOLOURIST, WAR ARTIST,
LITHOGRAPHER AND DESIGNER
Whitstable dangers at low tide 1940
Wilmington Giant
Ravillious painted in East Sussex and is world renowned for his watercolours of the
South Downs. However his sadly short life as a war artist is equally distinguished.
James Russell of the Dulwich Art Gallery is giving an illustrated talk about Ravillious and
his work on Monday 3rd October at 7.30 for 8.00pm at the Guildhall.
All are welcome as guests of Sandwich Evening Decorative and Fine Arts Society.
Michael Turnbull
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I DIDN’T FIND NOAH’S ARK, BUT...
REMINISCENCES ON EASTER IN ARMENIA 2016
I did see Mount Ararat tentatively poking its snow
covered head out of the clouds, just long enough for us
to know that it did exist and was just across the valley.
We were in Armenia – Ararat was in Turkey – road
closed – no access! A hundred years after the Armenian
genocide by the Turks, who still occupy land that
traditionally belonged to Armenia and was the home
for the million and a half Armenians who were killed or
starved to death in 1915. With the centenary only last year, the thoughts of Armenians
were understandably on their history.
Armenia is a small country in the Caucasus – about the size of Scotland with a
population of less than four million. It is land-locked – surrounded by Turkey, Iran,
Georgia and Azerbaijan. It is mountainous with a broad and fertile valley at the foot of
Mount Ararat. Armenia has its own language, its own alphabet and, unlike three of its
neighbours, it is Christian. It is these three things – language, alphabet and faith – that
have enabled Armenia to retain its individuality through the centuries, despite the best
efforts of its neighbours. In its heyday Armenia stretched from the Black Sea to the
Mediterranean. But by the eighteenth century the country had been divided between
the Russian and Ottoman Empires.
The present country is the successor of that part incorporated into Russia, which gained
its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. This collapse had a
considerable effect on the economy of Armenia as most of its trade was with the rest of
the Soviet Union. It was heavy industry in particular that suffered and evidence of this
was to be seen in the decaying factories and other industrial complexes. But recovery,
although slow, has brought stability.
I had gone to Armenia to spend the most important days of the Christian year with
the Armenian Apostolic Church. Armenia was the first country in the world to adopt
Christianity as its official religion and it has remained Christian ever since, despite
attempts to suppress the Church by the communists or to convert its inhabitants to Islam.
The wonderful days from Maundy Thursday through to Easter Day have always been the
highlight of the year for me. I decided to have a change from the familiar round of Evening
Eucharist with foot washing, the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and the Watch of
Prayer on Maundy Thursday, the solemn reading of the Passion Narrative from Saint John’s
Gospel followed by the Veneration of the Cross, the Solemn Prayers and Communion on
Good Friday, the Ceremony of Light with the new fire and the lighting of the Paschal candle
concluding with the first Eucharist of Easter. All familiar territory for me over the years!
What was the Church in the East going to offer me? The tour company’s brochure
offered “The Foot Washing” and “The Blowing of the Candles” on Thursday, followed
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I DIDN’T FIND NOAH’S ARK, BUT...
by the celebration of Good Friday, the Easter Eve celebrations in the main Cathedral on
Saturday night and an Easter Day Liturgy. It all sounded quite familiar except the “The
Blowing of the Candles”.
The reality was rather different. To start with there was the problem of the language –
Armenian is a language all on its own – to make matters worse it has its own alphabet of
39 letters which was invented in the fourth century and looks like nothing one has seen
before. Armenians are, understandably, extremely proud of both. A few signs appear in
Russian, as the country was part of the Tsarist Empire and then of the Soviet Union, and a
very few signs in English. Fortunately I had down¬loaded some notes from the website
of the Catholicos — the central authority of the Church. These described both the usual
Sunday Liturgy and also – most usefully – the special services for Holy Week.
We spent quite a lot of time in churches either for
services or just to visit them. Armenia was the first
country in the world to accept Christianity as its
official religion in 301 AD. The tradition is that two
of our Lord’s disciples – Bartholomew and Thaddeus
were the first to bring Christianity into the country,
but the real founder of the Armenian Church was
Saint Gregory the Illuminator. He had originally been
imprisoned for his faith by the King Trdat and other
Christians had been persecuted. But in 301 the King
learnt the error of his ways following a vision which
his sister experienced; Gregory was released and
Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the
country. This was before the Edict of Toleration in the
Roman Empire in 311 and the conversion of the Emperor Constantine in 312 – a fact that
Armenians are immensely proud of.
The Armenian Church is one of a group of Churches called ‘Oriental’. Like the Churches
in Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria and further East, the Armenian Church decided not to accept
the teaching of the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD on the two natures of Christ –
that he was human and divine – which was adopted by the Western Church and the
Orthodox Churches. It meant, sadly, that they became isolated from main-stream
Christianity and didn’t receive the support and encouragement they needed when
persecution arrived. In 1984 Pope St John Paul II and the Syriac Patriarch issued a
joint statement agreeing that the differences between them were slight – a matter of
terminology and culture – and that relations should be improved.
Gregory founded the church in Echmiadzin, which is still the Mother Church of Armenia
– just as Canterbury is to England – neither of them being the capital of the country.
Gregory’s design for the first church was the result of a vision, and it is a design that
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I DIDN’T FIND NOAH’S ARK, BUT...
has remained common throughout Armenia’s history. A small church – square on the
outside, but cross shaped internally, as there are rooms in the comers; the altar in one of
the arms raised on a platform with steps at the side and that together with the curtain
that is drawn across in front of the altar at various parts of the service gives the services
the air of a dramatic stage performance.
Several of the churches and monasteries that we visited had
foundations dating from the earliest times, but the great period
of church building was in the early Middle Ages and then with a
further flourishing in the eighteenth century. Even the earliest
churches were built in stone as wood was scarce, unlike the
early churches in Britain where wood was plentiful and was
the usual material for them – hence we have very few remains
of them. War and earthquake and the ravages of time have
meant that much of the original has been replaced. But the general design and the feel
of the churches has remained consistent. Unlike the Orthodox Churches of the East they
have no iconostasis – a screen across the church in front of the altar either in timber or
stone and covered with icons of the lives of Christ and the saints. These had not been
introduced into the Eastern Church until after the Oriental Churches separated from
the orthodox.
Participation by the congregation is rather like that in an English cathedral, where, if
you’re lucky, you may be allowed to sing a hymn and say amen every now and then.
So participation is very much a matter of seeing and hearing, and with the clouds of
incense the sense of smell is not neglected, but the services are sung by the clergy and
choirs. The services we attended were very well sung with a mixture of ancient chants
and harmonisations of which Borodin or Mussorgsky might have been proud.
Anthony Fletcher
To be continued
ST CLEMENT’S CHURCH
PASTORAL CARE GROUP
If you know of anyone just out of hospital, recently bereaved or maybe
housebound and lonely and who would welcome a visit,
please let us know.
Brenda Turnbull 01304 622389 or
Judith Scollard 01304 614349
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MESSY CHURCH
Sunday 30th October
at The Phoenix Centre , Jubilee Road
Starts at 4.00pm
This month’s theme is
The Christmas Shoe Box Appeal
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult
Afternoon Tea!
For more information call Anna on 614894
2016 Shoe Box Appeal
With the end of the year creeping up on us, it is time to
start thinking about the Christmas shoebox appeal! The
Carpenter’s Arms Church is working with the Blythswood
Care charity to make up as many Christmas shoeboxes as
possible. Last year 60 boxes were gratefully received by
the charity and were taken by truck to Eastern Europe in time for Christmas.
If you would like to donate items, or money to send the boxes, please contact
Anna Upton on 01304 614894.Boxes will be made up on Sunday 30th October
at The Phoenix Centre, Jubilee Road, Sandwich, from 4.00-5.30pm, your help
in making up the boxes is really appreciated, tea and cake will be provided!
ITEMS NEEDED INCLUDE…
Shampoo, face cloths, deodorant, comb/brush, shaving foam, razors, socks/tights,
sewing equipment, pens/pencils, notepads, colouring books, rulers/rubbers, sweets
(not chocolate), gloves, hats, toothbrush, toothpaste, scarves, soap, toy, cars, small
dolls.
Anna Upton, 5 Dover Road, Sandwich, Tel: 614894
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The Children’s Society
Presents
An Evening of Entertainment with
Songs from Flanders & Swann
and Richard Stilgoe
The highly accomplished trio of David Flood, Chris Price and Jon Williams
will put their own inimitable slant on a programme of music filled with
humour and dialogue, which will guarantee you an evening to remember.
St Clement’s Church Hall
Friday, 14th October at 7.30pm
Tickets £15 (to include glass of wine & canapés)
From: Jutson’s, King Street; Carpenter’s, Delf Street & Gill Robertson,
Tel: 01304 612876. email: [email protected]
RAFA
A meeting of the Sandwich and Deal Branch of the RAFA was
held on Wednesday 7th September 2016 at the Sandwich Centre
for the Retired. The Chairman opened the meeting by reading
the Official Dedication of the RAF Association. In doing so he
asked members to remember particularly our late President Bill
Chesterfield. He had been a member for very many years and for a long period has been
the Branch Welfare Officer, until changes in Government regulations prevented him from
doing so. This was followed by prayers by the Branch Chaplain the Revd Robin Garden.
Apologies were received from W/CDR Don Tribe.
Arising from the minutes of the previous meeting, the Branch Standard, carried by Dr. Frank
Andrews had attended the Service and Parade at RAF Memorial at Capel le Ferne in July.
The Standard and members attended the Dedication of a Memorial at Denton to cover four
names not included on the main village memorial as reported previously these included
three RAF Air Crew and a soldier. The service was attended by high ranking Officers of both
services including one from Canada as the Airman were Canadians who were killed in a mid
air collision over Denton.
Members had attended the lunch for members of the former East Kent Region Branches
at the Marine Hotel on Dover Seafront. This was very much enjoyed by all present but
unfortunately numbers attending are dwindling.
An invitation from the Old Manwoodian Lodge of Freemasons had been received to attend
a lecture on the Vulcan Bomber which will be given to the members of the Lodge on
Saturday 3rd December by Paddy Langdown who was a Vulcan Pilot from 1963 to 1976. This
will be followed by a meal. Several members present stated they wished to attend and any
other Members and anyone interested in attending should contact the Chairman on 01304
613241 who will give further information. This should be a very interesting talk.
Details of the Battle of Britain Service at the War Memorial on 15th September had been
received and final arrangements on behalf of the Branch were made. Members were asked
to attend if possible and to wear their medals. The Mayor’s Secretary had been advised
accordingly. Arrangements for the Wings Collection on September 17th had been made and
would be held at the Premier Co-op by kind permission of the Manager.
Arrangements were made for the Standard to attend and wreaths to be laid during the
Remembrance period in November. A Badge cross will be laid in the Full Garden of
Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.
Future events were discussed and several ideas put forward. The Branch Christmas Lunch
will take place on Wednesday 14th December 2016 at the Kings Arms Hotel. Members
wishing to attend should contact the Chairman on 01304 613241. Full details will be
available in due course.
The next Branch meeting will be held on Wednesday 8th March 2017 at the Sandwich Centre
for the Retired starting at 2.30 p.m. Any urgent business will be dealt with by the Chairman,
Vice Chairman and Secretary.
Leslie Nower – Chairman
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SANDWICH TOWN DIARY OCTOBER 2016
Monday3rd 2.15 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
Tuesday4th 10.30 am
Saturday8th 6.30 pm Sunday9th 7.00 pm
Tuesday 11th 10.00 am
7.00 pm
Wednesday12th 7.30 pm
Thursday13th 7.30 pm
Friday14th 7.30 pm
Monday17th
Friday21st
Saturday29th
Sunday30th
Monday31st
Singing for Life – United Reformed Church
Town Council – Guildhall
SEDFAS – Guildhall
D&DDFAS – Guildhall
Parish Harvest Supper – St Clement’s Hall
Folk Club – St Mary’s Arts Centre
Police Surgery – Phoenix Centre
Women’s Institute – Centre for the Retired
Library Guild – Guildhall
Local History Society – Guildhall
‘The Good Gnus’ – Flanders and Swann Evening for
The Children’s Society – St Clement’s Hall
2.15 pm Singing For Life – United Reformed Church
1.45 pm Sir Roger Manwood’s School Speech Day
2.00 pm Infant School Harvest Festival – St Mary’s
8.00 am Community Craft Fair – Guildhall
10.30am-4.00pm Let’s do Vintage in Autumn – St Mary’s Arts Centre
7.00 pm Town Council – Guildhall
Note: If organisations would like their events announced on this page of The Signal each
month, please forward details of your programme to The Editor at The Rectory.
FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS
BAPTISM
We welcome into God’s family
JOSHUA JACK PERRY of 87 Campbell Road, Walmer
September4th
MARRIAGE
August
20 September3rd
10th
th
FUNERAL
September6th
18
We share in their joy
NICHOLAS LOUIS MALCOLM WAITE and ELOUISA JANE HOLTON
MARK JOHN KEMP and ELAINE SUSAN GAME
LUKE DAVID WILLIAM HEDGES and DONNA LOUISE FAGG
JOSEPH JAMES SMILOVITCH and REBECCA JANE HARRIS
We commend to God
JESSIE WHITEHOUSE of Temple Ewell Nursing Home,
Temple Ewell aged 86 years
We offer our sympathy to their family at this time
Craig Mackinlay
Member of Parliament for South Thanet
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01843 603242
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circa 1480
s A n dw i c H
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and standards often sought, but rarely found.
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Tel: 01304 613113
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Roofing
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Sheds erected
Garden decking
Pipes boxed in
Windows repaired/replaced
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Outside taps
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Please call for a quote
Put me in your phone book
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07727 687538
Lady painter & decorator
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HOROLOGY REPAIRS
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CLOCKMAKER
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Mobile: 07860 498963
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web: www.sandwichcars.co.uk
email: [email protected]
Your local optician providing a friendly, professional service where
the individual still counts.
• Designer frames
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USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Sandwich Town Council
Dover District Council
Kent County Council
Tourist Information Office
Member of Parliament
Electricity
Gas
Water
Telephone
British Rail
Bus Services (Local and National)
Cross Channel Services
Doctors
Hospitals
Schools
Chemist
Sandwich Harbourmaster
Sandwich Library
Sandwich Sports Centre
Sandwich Chamber of Commerce
Sandwich Centre for the Retired
617 197
821 199
Maidstone
01622 671 411
613 565
Craig Mackinlay
01843 603 242
Seeboard
0800 056 8888
British Gas
08456 080 227
Emergencies
0800 111 999
Southern Water
0845 278 0845
British Telecom (Enquiries)
118 500
Enquiries
08457 48 49 50
0871 200 22 33
Eurotunnel
08705 35 35 35
P&O Ferries
08705 20 20 20
Market Place Surgery
619 790
The Surgery, The Butchery
612 138
Eastry Surgery
611 608
Kent & Canterbury
01227 766 877
Deal
865 400
Dover
201 624
QEQM, Margate
01843 22 55 44
Sandwich Infants
612 228
Sandwich Junior
612 227
Sandwich Technology School
613 071
Sir Roger Manwood’s School
613 286
Boots
612 047
Eastry Pharmacy
611 362
Colin Carr
619 083 or 07984 939 435
613 819
614 947
612 057
614 237
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