August 2015

St.John’s Newsletter
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August 2015
From the Vicar
It may take only a small thing for the sun to shine
through: a smile across a room, a hand on the
shoulder when you are feeling sad, a thoughtful card
when life is low. Or perhaps that annoying neighbour
suddenly does something, or says something, which
reveals that they are human after all, as vulnerable as
you are. Moments of recognition can be life changing.
For some, a new world can be born, as suddenly a
whole new perspective is revealed. Sometimes such a
radical change is referred to as a Copernican
revolution, after Copernicus who realised that the sun
does not travel around the earth, but the earth
around the sun. One such a revolution came as Albert
Einstein suddenly saw that e=mc2. Did he work that
out? Well he certainly did not invent it. It is simply
how the world is. One person claims that Einstein had
the capacity to imagine that he was a ray of light and
he just perceived the physics of how such a lightbeam would behave. There may be many moments in
our lives when light breaks through and our world is
thereby changed. For many, falling in love is like that.
Also for many, becoming a Christian is like that too.
There are those who, having had no Christian
background, suddenly discover Christ, like Saul did on
the road to Damascus. Others grow into the faith
from childhood onwards. Even so, a change of gear is
needed at some point. What is taught us as a child,
that there is a God out there, needs to be
internalised. An inner connection needs to be made.
We need to see for ourselves that we are loved by
God and that Christ gave his life for us. The Christian
story suddenly shifts from belief to experience. We
move from knowing about God to knowing God and
life is profoundly changed.
Linda's First Mass
Suggestions have been made that potential leaders
should be called out early in their ministry and trained,
even to the extent of doing a min-MBA course. On one
level, this is to be welcomed. We need to take
leadership seriously and equip our future leaders for
the ministry they will need to exercise. We need a
more focused and strategic approach to leadership
and a planned approach to church growth. Yet I am
left with a nagging question. Has this person seen the
face of God in Christ? And does this person reveal
something of the face of Christ in the way that he or
she lives out their life? We need to order the life of
our church in a business-like way, but is what forms us
into a body of Christians the shared experience of
transfiguration? Such transfiguration starts with the
glory that is revealed in Christ. Can we see it? Does
seeing it transform our lives? But transfiguration must
also be a quality of our church life together. In
experiencing the life of our church community, others
ought to be able to discover something of the light of
Christ in our midst. Well managed churches are
important, but they count for little unless there is
something in our shared life together that helps
others to ‘see it’. How we live as Christians, and how
we allow the risen Christ to shape our Christian
community, is the very key to what it means to be
Christ for a broken world. That must challenge us all.
As we consider how we might reach out to the wider
community, the starting point needs to be the quality
of our relationships with one another. That is
something for which each of us must take
responsibility. Then our outreach will start to engage
whenever we have a friendly smile, a word of comfort
for the distressed or the gift of time for another, as we
listen to their story without judgement. We are the
The 6th August is that strange feast day when we
remember the transfiguration of Jesus on a mountain.
He goes up the mountain, with a handful of his
closest disciples, as was his regular practice. Suddenly
they see him in a different light. He is still their friend
Jesus, but they see in him the very face of God. The
experience is described in terms of the brightest light
– the light dawns on them. The whole point of Jesus’
ministry is fulfilled in that moment. He must still go to
the cross, and rise from the dead, but those three
disciples suddenly see the truth that God himself is
here in their midst.
At this moment in time a lot is being discussed about
the future leadership of the Church of England.
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disciples Jesus has called to witness his glory and we
must let that change us so that others too might see
that glory.
returning to our car park.
Please aim to arrive 15 minutes before the walk start
time of 2.00 pm to allow time to get to the car park.
Gillian & Barry Lovett:
Baptism and Communion
01258 840062 or 07816 875036
At the recent meeting of General Synod, new
(alternative) texts for the baptism service were
agreed. They will come into use in September and we
are taking this opportunity to redesign our service of
baptism so as to make it more accessible. The Church
of England has done a lot of work on how we conduct
Christenings and it is clear that the words alone do
not make up the act of baptizing. There needs to be
proper preparation, a warmth of welcome from more
Evening Ramble on Thursday 27th August
This month's evening ramble starts at the Cross Keys
pub at 6.30pm. The walk is about 3 miles long on
paths and tracks across Holt Heath. Further details will
be available on the slips on the walker's notice board
in the Church Hall.
Roger and Jackie Williams
than just the clergy and appropriate follow-up with
01202 691114 or 07580 120493 on the day.
invitations to join in services and events suitable for
small children. We would value more members of the
congregation to help when we have baptisms. It
makes all the difference to have several regular
members present to exercise both a welcome and
care of those who attend.
At the same time Synod approved new regulations
which will allow children to administer Communion,
provided they are regular communicant members of
our congregation. It should be noted that any
baptized child, who regularly attends on a Sunday
morning, may apply to be admitted to Holy
Communion and so become a communicant member
of the Church of England.
Fellowship members at The Vyne
Mothers’ Union
St John's Fellowship
5th August, Wednesday 10.30am – Corporate
Communion in Church
There is no fellowship meeting this month. Our next
evening together is on Thursday, 10th September, when
Kathy McNally is coming to give us a talk entitled 'Ian
Fleming, the man who made James Bond'. We hope you all
enjoy the summer break.
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18 August, Tuesday 2.30pm – Prayer and Fellowship
meeting. We do not normally have a meeting in
August but Jackie Williams has very kindly offered to
host an informal ‘tea and chat’ meeting in her garden
at 20 Caesars Way, BH18 9DP. Lifts can be arranged.
Magazine
Thank you for comments about the Magazine. We
plan to run with the present format up to and
including the December 2015 issue. At the same time,
all the copy material in the magazine will be added to
the website each month in the form of a newsletter. It
is likely that in the New Year this newsletter will take
over from the magazine. The full edition (with colour
pictures) will only be available on the website. We
plan to also have a printed version (without pictures)
which can be delivered to those who do not have
internet access.
On the same afternoon there is a Deanery garden
party in Parkstone in aid of the Sudan Medical link.
Charming Charminster - Sunday 9th August 2015
The walk will start from a car park on the outskirts of
Dorchester. Take the right hand exit from the
roundabout at the end of the Dorchester by-pass,
towards town centre (B3150). After crossing Grey's
Bridge, gather in the Topps Tiles car park a few
hundred yards beyond on the right, just before the
Shell petrol station. We will then convoy you to a
nearby public car park where the walk will
commence.
Safeguarding
New regulations about safeguarding were approved
by General Synod. It will now be a statutory duty for
there to be a safeguarding report at every Annual
Meeting at which it must be demonstrated that the
parish has had due regard to the Church of England
From the car park, we soon leave the built-up area
behind and approach Charminster from a riverside
path.
Using mainly
footpaths,
we
then explore parts of this lovely old village before
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safeguarding requirements. Any who hold office in
the parish, including PCC members, must have had a
DBS safety check and the PCC has corporate
responsibility
for
safeguarding
in
the
parish
Dates for Your Diary – August 2015
4th
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Projector
Praying Together, 6.30pm, Lady Chapel
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MU Corporate Communion, 10.30am
9th
We are very grateful to Joyce Hall for the generous
gift of a high quality projector for the church hall. She
has given this in memory of her husband Dudley Hall.
We plan to use it for Breakfast Church each month,
but we are also going to develop other events which
can use it. On Sunday 13th September at 6.30pm there
will be a Service of Praise in the hall, on the theme of
the Holy Spirit, to which all are most welcome. We will
use music, images on the new screen, times of silence
and readings in what promises to be a wonderful
occasion.
St John's Ramble
10th-15th Holiday Club
15th
Charlotte’s Nepal Experience, 7.30pm
18th
MU Tea and Chat
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Magazine
20
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Messy Church, 4.30pm
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Evening Ramble, 6.30pm
Advance dates September 2015
2nd
It is worth saying that the new projector will not be
available for general use unless someone from the
congregation, trained in its use, is present to
supervise. We are happy for it to be used as much as
possible, but we shall ensure that it is used with care
and by those who know how to operate it.
MU Corporate Communion, 10.30am
BAPTISMS
12th July – Scarlett Molly Barnard
We welcome her into the Lord’s family
The new projector will be linked into the existing
sound system. We are appealing for donations to
modernise the sound system and add new speakers
which will match the quality of the projector. We have
already received a donation of £1,000 towards this,
but if you can help, please speak to Nigel or one of the
Churchwardens. A new sound system would retain the
existing microphones and loop system, but we want
to add a Blue-Ray player and also a keyboard (for use
at Breakfast Church and other occasions).
WEDDINGS
18th July – Will Corsie and Holly Laycock
30th July Alan Hannay and Phuong Mai Nguyen
Those whom God has joined together,
let no-one put asunder
CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
17th July – Phyllis Seabright
21st July – Leon Sant
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22 July – Julia Postlethwaite
23rd July – Doreen (Pam) Constance Horlock
27th July—Judy Blunt
May they rest in peace and rise in glory
Climate Change
An important debate in General Synod was on Climate
Change. Our own Bishop Nicholas is the national lead
bishop in this matter. Together the churches are
taking a lead in seeking a response to the demand
that we limit climate change to 20C and take every
step to shrink our carbon footprint.
Giving figures for June
2015
Waterloo
By the beginning of August we should have some idea
as to whether the Waterloo site has been sold. Bids
were due in by the end of July. We will report back to
the parish as soon as we have any further
information.
Cumulative 2014
Cumulative
Receipts
3,537.00 21,598.00 3,017.00
20,559.00
FWO
Services
Totals
1,455.00 7,764.40
936.98 3,895.91
5,928.98 33,258.31
7,657.70
4,504.26
32,720.96
1,365.20
762.90
5,145.10
prizes and those who dressed up in medieval costume
which helped make it a colourful and memorable event.
Most of all, thanks to all of those who came along to
support it. We were down on numbers of people
attending from 284 last year to 199 this year so the
profit was down by about £613 this year, however, we
still had a satisfactory day. The result to date is £3,173
which includes a donation of £1,000 from Barclays
Summer Fete 20th June
Thank you to everyone who helped to make the Fete
such an enjoyable and successful occasion. The
event's committee, the setup and dismantling teams,
the stall holders, the caterers, those who supplied
goods, the Broadstone Traders who donated raffle
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Bank. Well done everybody.
Church Fete 2015
Chris Wilson
Prize Donors Summer Fete 2015
St John’s Church would like to thank the following local
businesses for donating prizes for the Gran d Draw and other
stalls at our recent fete
AH Griffin
Arrowedge Chemist
Barbers Lounge
Blackwater Stream
Boots
Broadstone Cobbler
Broadstone Post Office
Broadstone World Travel
Costa Coffee
Diana’s Bakers
Flower Lounge
Forum Jewellers
Goadsby & Harding
Griffs Butchers
Hillier Wilson
Irene
Johnson Cleaners
Kestrel House
Lloyds Pharmacy
Marsden Flooring
Molly’s
Newton Magnus
NP & GM West Opticians Oakley Village Butchers
Pets & Petals
Tapper’s
Village Veg
Vision Hair
Wilson Thomas
Wrights
Mega Makers Holiday Club
10th to 14th August—9.30am to 12.30pm daily
For children aged 5 to 10
Contact Jackie Williams on 01202 691114
Readings for August 2015
8am: use the NT Reading, Psalm & Gospel
Sunday 2nd Trinity 9: Page 642
Exodus 16.2–4,9–15
Psalm 78.23–29
Ephesians 4.1–16
John 6.24–35
Entry
Bric-a-Brac
Cakes
Plants
Homemade Biscuits & Shortbread
Books
Toiletries
Bottle Stall
Tombola
Grand Prize Draw
Preserves
Jigsaws, Puzzels & Toys
CDs & DVDs
Something Pretty
Cup Cakes
Fishing Game
Coconut Shy
Ping Pong in Jars
Bar Skittles
Bows & Arrows
Tin Cans
Prize Hoopla
Rifle Range
Spin the Wheel
Catering
BBQ
Pre Sale
99.30
75.25
117.50
173.70
73.20
60.35
37.83
136.75
63.40
585.80
98.40
68.10
21.60
99.75
58.56
7.50
24.00
9.60
8.20
3.85
39.40
17.70
21.50
36.85
780.20
252.80
57.50
Expenses
881.00
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Sunday 9 Trinity 10: Page 648
1 Kings 19.4–8
Psalm 34.1–8
Ephesians 4.25—5.2
John 6.35, 41–51
Evensong
Psalm 91
Job 39.1—40.4
Net Profit
2,137.59
Hebrews 12.1–17
Sunday Lunch
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Sunday 16 The Blessed Virgin Mary: Page 1122
Isaiah 61.10–end
Psalm 45.10–end
Galatians 4.4–7
Luke 1.46–55
If you would like to join us for our Sunday Lunch
on the 16th August please sign up on the list
Sunday 23rd Trinity 12: Page 659
at the back of the Church.
8am
Psalm 34.15–end
We meet in the Hall at 12 noon for 12.45pm.
Ephesians 6.10–20
John 6.56–69
Enquiries to Penny Leach on 01202 885866
or Elaine on 01202 604245
10am Family Service TBA
Evensong
Psalm 116
Exodus 4.27—5.1
Hebrews 13.16–21
Deadline for copy for the September 2015 magazine is
Thursday 20th August.
Sunday 30th Trinity 13: Page 664
Deut 4.1–2, 6–9
Psalm 15
17th September for the October edition
James 1.17–end
Mark 7.1–8, 14, 15, 21–23
15th October for the November edition
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