MAGAZINE OF THE PARISH OF ST LEONARD
Sunrise over Hythe
Easter 2016
March 2016
80p
No 847
Church Services
Sundays
ST LEONARD’S PARISH CHURCH, Oak Walk
8.00am
9.30am
6.30pm
Holy Communion BCP (said)
Parish Communion
Sung Evensong
ST MICHAEL’S METHODIST-ANGLICAN CHURCH CENTRE
Rampart Road
11.00am
11.00am
11.00am
Morning Worship – 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays
Holy Communion (Church of England) 2nd Sundays
Methodist Holy Communion Service – 4th Sunday
HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Jubilee Close, Palmarsh
11.15am
Holy Communion – 1st and 3rd Sundays
Morning Worship – 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays
Weekdays
St Leonard’s
St Michael’s
Weekdays
Thursdays
Weekdays
Tuesdays
8.00am
9.15am
5.00pm
11.00am
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion
Evensong
Holy Communion
Baptisms and Marriages: Apply to the Parish Office (Tel 262370)
Parish Office open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9.00am – 12.30pm
Website: www.stleonardschurchhythekent.org
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The Parish is served by three churches: St Leonard’s, Holy Cross and the
St Michael’s Methodist-Anglican Church Centre.
Our mission is summed up in the following statement:
Proclaiming the Good News of God’s love through Jesus Christ and showing that
love to all people.
The whole worshipping congregation in each church in our parish has
responsibility for the delivery of that message, but you may find useful information
in the Parish Directory on the inside of the back cover.
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HYTHE PARISH REVIEW
March
Dear people and parishioners of Hythe,
This year the church’s calendar has plunged us quickly into Lent, and so
the coming month of March takes us through that season into Easter, the
season of new life and hope, matched in the world around us by the signs
of spring. Lou and I are looking forward to our first spring in Hythe, to see
what springs up in our garden to surprise us, and to celebrate Easter for
the first time with you.
Lent has brought its fair share of sadness and shadows for us, and for
some of you, I know. This is the season when we are called to deal with the
realities of life, and death; the time when we are encouraged to examine
our own frailties and vulnerabilities. But all the time, we carry the story of
Easter with us, for that is the reason we are Christians. Without the Easter
story of hope, our church and our community of faith would not exist. In
fact, it is only because of our faith that we can bear to look at ourselves and
the word around us honestly and realistically. Life is a frail thing, but our
faith teaches us that we can be not afraid. In God we can see a vision of
life that extends beyond our own concerns, from the past before we were
born into a future that we cannot imagine, and we can see our own part in
God’s story that gives us a significance more profound than any story that
we could create for ourselves.
When we come to Easter, our worship and the events that go with it will
give us an opportunity to re-create ourselves in community, using the ideas
and themes from the whole story of God’s involvement with the world. The
experiences of our Lenten journey are taken up and carried for us by Jesus
himself through his passion and death, into a glorious eruption of new life,
and we put this in context by telling the whole story of God’s people. The
drama is huge, encompassing the struggles of people through the ages
against the powers of oppression and death, featuring escapes from
slavery into liberation and from death into new life. As individuals, and also
as a community, we are invited into that story once again, and if we have
the courage to let Jesus carry our crosses, we will find that God gives new
life to us all.
Many of you have been praying and thinking and talking about what that
new life might look like for us in Hythe during the coming year, and I thank
you for doing so. We have some challenges ahead of us, so we need to
hear that reminder of God’s promises, and of God’s call to each of us to
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bring good news to the world around us. I hope you will continue to share
your ideas, big and small, for how the church and our parish might
celebrate and share God’s love for the world.
Elsewhere in this issue, you will find details of our Easter services and
events, so please look out for opportunities to come and see, to join in with
our celebrations. In the meantime, I wish you a holy and blessed Lent, and
the joy of Easter when it comes.
Yours in Christ,
Andrew
Readings for March
March 6th (Mothering Sunday)
March 13th (Fifth of Lent)
Exodus 2:1-10
Colossians 3:12 - 17
John 19:25b-27
Isaiah 43:16-21
Philippians 3:4b-14
John 12:1-18
March 20th (Palm Sunday)
March 27th (Easter Sunday)
Please see pew sheets for these readings
Lent Lunches – 2016
Lent Lunches are being held in Holy Cross Church for 4 weeks - each
Wednesday from 17 February to 9th March inclusive. These will be from
12.00 noon until 2.00 p.m. and followed by the Lent Course.
Donations of £3 will be appreciated and everyone is welcome.
Please do come and bring your friends to this special time of fellowship
during our Lent journey.
APCM and PCC
The Annual Parochial Church meeting is on Thursday 17th March at 7.00pm
at StMMACC. We will be looking back over parish life in 2015 and looking
forward to our journey together in 2016. If you are not on the electoral roll,
please do sign up – forms at the back of all our churches. We will be looking
for a number of new PCC members – nomination forms at the back of all
our churches. This is your chance to shape parish life – don’t moan about
what you would like us to do differently – join us!
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DIARY DATES FOR MARCH 2016
Saturday 5th
Canterbury Cathedral Choristers
7.00pm
Conducted by David Flood, St. Leonard’s Church
Monday 7th
Cleaning Day, St. Leonard’s Church
9.00am
Tuesday 8th
Julian Meeting, St. Leonard’s Church
10.30am
Thursday 10th
School Church Day, St. Leonard’s Church
Morning only
Friday 11th
Marina Karagianni (mezzo-soprano)
12 noon
& Eva Thyri Hilmarsdottir (piano),
St. Leonard’s Church (details on page 21)
2.30pm
Meeting Point
Salvation Army Hall, Portland Road, Hythe
Subject: Flower arranging
Thursday 17th
7.00pm
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
St MMACC
Tuesday 22nd
10.00am
Hythe Bay School Easter Service, St. Leonard’s
PARISH REGISTERS: 25TH JANUARY – 25TH FEBRUARY
Rest in Peace
29th January
1st February
1st February
2nd February
5th February
Patricia Baker aged 76
Maurice John Denis White aged 92
Douglas John Brown aged 97
Nigel Hugh de Gorrequer-Griffiths aged 73
Gladys Baker aged 95
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Editorial Jottings
Yet again we have a very full magazine this month and I have struggled,
and failed, to fit everything in. At least two articles and a number of lovely
pictures haven’t been included because of lack of space. Don’t worry – they
will make an appearance next month!
March is particularly busy because of the early Easter. In this issue of the
magazine you will find:  A full list of Easter Services and events, page 15
 Details of the Friends’ concerts, making a welcome return – pages 19
and 23.
 Details of the service for the Women’s World Day of Prayer – page
18
 A note about the APCM - page 4.
There are not just diary events; a range of articles takes us from the Calvary
Chapel to Australia and there are requests for help as we approach another
season of welcoming visitors to Hythe.
With so much going on in the parish you will miss out on all that’s happening
unless you pick up a pew notice sheet on Sundays as well!
May I wish you a truly blessed Easter.
Pat Chipping
Dementia Friendly Community
Hythe Town Council is in the process of working towards becoming a
“Dementia Friendly Community” where its citizens are committed to an
understanding of dementia in all its forms and where those with dementia
and their carers will be encouraged to seek help and support. A local
Dementia Forum, chaired by the Hythe Mayor, Cllr. Michael Lyons, took
place in early February. This was attended by around twenty people from
a variety of organisations who agreed to commit themselves in different
ways to work together to promote Hythe as a “Dementia Friendly
Community”.
Our Churches need to be involved in supporting this work and maybe, now
that traffic flows more freely through Hythe, we should use our recently
released frustration to good effect by helping to make Hythe a more
welcoming place for patients of every kind.
Dudley Shipton
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Prayer Prompts for March
A Prayer for March
1st - The PCC
nd
2 - Local industry
Heavenly Father, who called
your Church to witness that you
were in Christ reconciling the
world to yourself: help us to
bring trust where there is fear,
understanding where there is
prejudice, and hope where
there is despair, that the world
may know the power of your
reconciling love; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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3 – Our Sunday School
4th - Hythe Bay School
5th - The work of KRAN
6th - St Leonard’s
7th - Our Treasurer and Church finances
8th - The Julian Meeting
9th - Andrew and Louise
10th - Palmarsh School
11th - Archdeacon Philip
12th - Archbishop Justin
13th - Holy Cross
14th - The Rainbow Centre
15th - Servers in our churches
16th - Bishop Trevor
17th – The APCM
18th - Our Churchwardens
19th - Our Choirs
20th- St Michael’s Methodist-Anglican Church Centre
21st - Churches Together in Hythe and Saltwood
22nd - Foodstop
23rd - The Methodist ministry team
24th - Holy Cross Fellowship Group
25th – Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN)
26th - Visitors to our Churches
27th - A Vision for our Parish
28th -The Mayor and Town Council
29th- The work of “Porchlight”
30th - Our Lay Reader and ALMs
31st - The work of our local hospitals
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Life Down Under
Alex Creamer is Daphne’s grandson (on the right in the picture
below). He was born with a blood disorder called CGD and became a
very poorly teenager, but ten years later, after a successful Bone
Marrow Transplant he is now living the dream as a Graphic Artist in
Sydney. Thanks again to the church community who have donated
money over the years to the CGD Society to help similarly affected
young people. Alex writes: Another Christmas in Sydney has gone by; my 4th in total. Year on year I
get more accustomed to Santas amongst the sunshine and sea, but it’s
always slightly odd, and probably something I will never quite get used to.
This Christmas I had the added bonus of spending it with my family. Dad
and Linda headed over for a drive down the east coast before ending up in
Sydney with my brother and me over the festive period.
I’ve been in Sydney for 4 years or so and I don’t see me leaving anytime
soon. There are challenges that come with living away from home but
largely I’m happy here. I recently got my Permanent Residency Visa which
means I am one step away from Citizenship and this allows me a little more
freedom to come and go as I choose. RE has been my employer for the
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past 3 years where I work as a Senior Designer with some great
colleagues. We have had a big year with plenty of successes in 2015 and
I hope more in 2016.
I have also met a lady from work whom I’m happy to call my girlfriend. She
is always keeping me on the right track (and making me eat my
vegetables!). Life is a lot easier when you have someone else to talk things
through with so meeting her has been a blessing.
Health- wise I am well. I don’t see any specific doctors now and I maintain
my health as any normal person should. Nothing is ever perfect, of course,
but my quality of life is very good at the moment. This is such a change
from the past and something that I aim to keep up into the new year and
beyond.
Thanks for your continued support and interest. My Grandmother Daphne
always keeps me posted on the church and I’m happy to hear your news
as well.
Alex Creamer
Wanted – Crypt and Church Stewards!
The Crypt will be open for visitors over the Easter weekend (26th -28th
March) and then regularly from 1st May through to 30th September. Regular
Crypt Stewards and any new volunteers are asked to contact Brin Hughes
on 01303 264470 or email [email protected] to let him know
your willingness and availability to be included on this year’s roster.
Stewards are also required to take turns to be present in the Church itself
to welcome visitors and to help to show them around the building. Again, if
you are willing to assist at any time during the main visitor season, or know
of anyone who could be persuaded to help, please let Brin know.
Accommodation Requested for Visiting Musicians
The renowned Trio Martinů (from the Czech Republic) will be performing
a delightful concert of music by Haydn, Martinů and Dvořák in St Leonard’s
Church on Saturday 30th April and have asked if overnight B&B
accommodation could be offered after the concert for four persons. If
anyone can kindly help, please let Brin know on 01303 264470 or
email [email protected]. You will, of course, receive free
admission to the concert itself!
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More on the Calvary Chapel
Canon Newman’s time in Hythe saw the building of the Choir Vestry, Holy
Cross, Vergers, a new Vicarage, and a Church Hall which became his
memorial. Quite a record. Nevertheless, when he died in office after twenty
eight years in post, many were ready for a new man, and the arrival of the
dynamic Malcolm McHaffie in December 1970,
with his enthusiasm and youth, was like lifting
a paper weight in a draughty room.
He came from the very modern Church of St
Barnabus’ in Northolt, where the worship was
(and still is, according to its Website) ‘firmly
rooted in the catholic tradition’. Interestingly (in
view of his work here) that church contains a
depiction of the Crucifixion with a skull
(calvaria, in Latin). This article continues the
story begun in the February Review of the
creation of his Calvary Chapel.
The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time
when many young adults came to faith in Christ
under the influence of the Jesus People Movement and the worldwide
Calvary Association of Churches, evangelical and charismatic. Those who
remember Malcolm as a high churchman believe he had no thought of
linking with these, and took Calvary in its simplest meaning, of sacrifice.
His own sacrifice was a devotion to duty to the last days of his life here,
which were clouded with loss and illness.
He was certainly ‘hands-on’: Anne Marston remembers coming into the
chapel (then a vestry and store) sometime around 1973 or ’74 and finding
him attempting to lift the linoleum. Together they pulled it back and
uncovered the floor with its square red tiles (these are in place still) and
made a SURPRISE discovery underneath – the grave slab for the daughter
and the wife of ‘Robinson Beane of Hythe, gent’ who died in 1679 and 1680
respectively. This grave links, of course, to their splendid stone memorial
now positioned in the wall alongside, carved by one of the renowned
Stanton family of Monumental Masons. (They were good at fireplaces too!)
So it is 17th and not 19th Century as I carelessly wrote last month.
The print shows the former Lady Chapel: the ceiling is not yet vaulted and
the glass is plain. The square tiles look like those still in place – but
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unaccountably there is no sign of the 1680
grave slab. The Font (still without its modern
base of course) was moved from here in
1875, probably because the installation of
the new organ and blowing mechanism in the
South Choir Aisle made access awkward for
Baptism Services.
Our historian Jack Barker says in his Guide
that the inserts showing the instruments of
the Crucifixion in the present glass are from
an earlier window destroyed by the
iconoclasts at the Reformation, and ‘thought
to have been buried, and recovered [with
other items of glass still on show at St
Leonard’s] when the North door of the Crypt
was excavated c1877.’ He doesn’t say where he found this information and
he adds rather unconvincingly ‘A party of English Heritage experts thought
that the glass was old’ – an unscientific verdict which modern tests could
surely verify. If he is right, we simply do not know what happened to those
roundels after 1877: they could have been kept in store, or may have
formed part of a window of which we have no record, for there is no picture
of what was in place when bombs destroyed all the Chancel windows in
1940 and ’44. It seems most likely that they were arranged as we now see
them by Mr Clarke after the War. I promised more information on Mr
Clarke’s work, but we have not found it yet. Brin Hughes has worked with
me in researching these facts, and travelled to the Canterbury Cathedral
Archives to check the Faculty Applications. The relevant one of 1975 says
baldly: ‘To restore the old Lady Chapel to be renamed the Calvary Chapel’
which is somewhat lacking in detail! I have had conversations with others
who were here during those times, especially Berkeley Hill and Brian
Bishop, and Brin is now delving into the Parvise cupboards in the hope of
finding a record of Mr Clarke’s proposals or of payments made to him.
So what now did Malcolm McHaffie need to complete his project? He had
a screen at the entrance, a tiled floor, and an East window focussed on his
Theme of Calvary. (Indeed, one wonders whether that apt window
suggested the project to him, especially if his thoughts were turning in the
direction of his own death, which took place only seven months after its
dedication.) He needed only an altar and a reredos. The altar table is new
limestone and the uprights are 15th Century stone donated by the
Cathedral. For the reredos he turned again to Susan Reilly who had already
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designed the leather frontal in the North Chapel, but whereas that is a local
scene (fishing and White Cliffs), this is Golgotha with Mary as Our Lady of
Sorrows, and the three Crosses. Berkeley remembers that there was quite
a lot of adverse comment on it at the time (there always is of anything new!)
particularly about the poppies along the bottom border, which some people
said looked hideous. I had never even noticed them, I confess, but they are
indeed very scrappy. This is altogether cruder work in execution than the
altar frontal in St Katherine’s Chapel (which may be deliberate in view of
the subject).
Some years later Susan Reilly visited the Church and Norman Woods
chanced to meet her. She commented that there ought to be a statue of
the Madonna on the empty plinth and asked if she could gift one of her
figures to the Church. Norman could give only provisional approval,
knowing it would have to be accepted by the PCC, and when the figure
arrived, he took the members into the Church during a meeting and they
agreed, though not unanimously, to have it permanently in situ. It was
dedicated on 21st February 1996. He adds that Susan Riley did suggest
that she could do another, to stand on the other plinth, if the PCC would
like to commission one, perhaps of St Joseph. (I wonder why St Joseph –
would not St John be more appropriate in this place? Perhaps she had a
St Joseph on her shelf.)
Berkeley records the artist visited again within the last few years, and was
still open to requests for commissioned works. That suggestion has never
been taken forward, and indeed there are very mixed feelings about the
modern style of our Madonna in this so-traditional setting. But meanwhile,
(as in Trafalgar Square) an empty plinth remains.
I normally write ancient history where I can get away with speculation. In
this article, on events well within the memory of many, I have tried to record
facts, and I am still appealing for more about the amazing Mr Clarke. Oh,
and I said I would tell you about the ghost. According to Jack Barker (I
quote from his lecture notes): ‘There is a ghost, not in the Crypt as you
would think, but in the Lady Chapel. Dressed like a medieval abbot or
bishop, he appears regularly at concerts of the Friends, but only in Winter.
He stands aloof, whether in appreciation of the music or disapprobation of
the silly change of name of the Chapel. He has also been to known to have
appeared at Evensong.’
I suspect Jack of getting in a dig here at the Chapel’s change of name. It
wasn’t silly to Malcolm McHaffie nor is it to those whose loved ones are
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remembered there. The space is now special and holy, and I simply don’t
believe in his ghost.
Mike Umbers, with Brin Hughes, Berkeley Hill and others.
PS from Berkeley
‘My dusty archive has yielded copies of Malcolm McHaffie’s funeral service
(nicely printed) at All Saints Margaret Street where he had once been a
member of the Choir and of the Requiem Eucharist held at St Leonards
(scruffy duplicator version). The former took place at 12 noon on Monday
17 November 1975 and the latter was held at 12 noon on Saturday Nov.
22, 1975. The Lord Bishop of Dover preached at both. Both I and Michael
Lewis played the organ at Hythe, and the choir sang the Nunc Dimittis by
Stanford and 'Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace' by S S Wesley. During
the anthem the ashes of Malcolm McHaffie, which had spent the night in
the chancel ( I remember the small wooden box), were placed in their final
resting place in the Calvary Chapel by the Bishop. Readings were by Rev
Geoffrey Wilkinson (curate) and Rev Lionel Owen and prayers by Rev
Michael Kenning (curate). Afterwards I played the first movement of Elgar's
Organ Sonata.’
Parish Life
I hope the editor will find space for me to say “Thank You” to all who
made the Women’s Breakfast such a success on February 20th. It all
happened, as so much of our parish life does, with absolutely no effort
from me, but a huge amount of work from an experienced and capable
team. Arriving at 8:15 on a Saturday morning as instructed, I saw the hall
of Hythe Bay
School
transformed
into a
delightful
setting, and as
the hall filled
up, I was
amazed by the
number of
guests for
whom we
cater.
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On the same weekend, we also welcomed the Scouts and Guides into St
Leonard’s, while maintaining our usual round of worship and other events,
and many of the same people worked to make this event happen, too.
All of you who worked to make these events happen so successfully should
be proud of what you do to help our church reach out to the local
community, and the same goes for those of you who work behind the
scenes day-to-day and week by week to support the parish. Thank you,
Andrew
Easter Services 2016
March 20th - Palm Sunday
9.30am
11.15am
6.00pm
Parish Communion – St Leonard’s
Holy Communion – Holy Cross
Palm Sunday Praise - StMMACC – joint service with Churches
Together Hythe and Saltwood
Monday March 21st
6.00pm
Stations of the Cross and Holy Communion – St Leonard’s
Tuesday March 22nd
6.00pm
Passover Meal at the Tin Tabernacle ALL WELCOME
Wednesday March 23rd
12 noon
Stations of the Cross and Holy Communion
March 24th - Maundy Thursday
9.15am
11.00am
7.30pm
No service at St Leonard’s
Chrism Eucharist – Canterbury Cathedral ALL WELCOME
Sung Eucharist and Vigil – St Leonard’s
March 25th - Good Friday
9.45am
12.00pm
1.00pm
2.00pm
Walk of Witness – starting from Waitrose Car Park
Liturgy of the Cross – Holy Cross
Liturgy of the Cross – St Leonard’s
Address and Holy Communion from Reserved Sacrament – St
Leonard’s
March 27th - Easter Day
5.45am
9.30am
11.15am
6.30pm
Easter Vigil and First Communion of Easter
Parish Communion – St Leonard’s
Holy Communion – Holy Cross
Evensong – St Leonard’s
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Hythe Churches Refugee Response - Update
In the face of the continuing refugee crisis, Hythe Churches Refugee
Response (HCRR):
 Provides a place to meet together to pray - currently Monday
evenings, 8pm-8.30pm at the URC, you’re welcome whether you
come occasionally or regularly.
 Offers suggestions of ways to offer practical support, with a particular
focus on the work of Kent Refugee Action Network;
 Encourages us to reflect on our own attitudes to diversity, and to work
for greater unity between local churches and beyond.
Before Christmas, SKCC and Hythe Salvation Army piloted a bowling trip
with 20-something of the young adult refugees supported by KRAN. Callum
McKenna from the Salvation Army tells us what happened:
“We were a bit nervous on how it would go, as it all felt such a step into the
unknown. But 26 of us went on the trip together, and it was a great
opportunity for all of us to get to know each other - the individuals being
supported by KRAN, the KRAN volunteers, and those who came along
from SKCC and the SA. We had great fun, there were lots of conversations
and we shared a meal together at the end. I think another benefit was that
it seemed to give Wendy and the KRAN staff a bit of breathing space in
their hectic schedule!
The first trip was funded jointly by SKCC and Hythe Salvation Army; the
costs included the bowling and food and drinks for all involved, as well as
minibus transportation and staff costs. We negotiated a significantly
discounted rate with the bowling alley so that it cost just under £10 per
person for the bowling and food element. Having ‘tested the water’, we’re
sufficiently encouraged to be planning a similar outing on Tuesday 22nd
March. We also hope to arrange further outings later in the year, probably
featuring different activities - ice skating, anyone.”
In discussion among church leaders and those who attend the HCRR
Prayer Group, we thought these activities offered a concrete and tangible
project which those in local churches might like to support.
If you would like to be involved with this project, for £10 you can sponsor a
place on one of the next trips. Please forward donations in cash to your
local HCCR champion or to the leader of your local church, and they will
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pass them on to Callum at the Salvation Army who will act as co-ordinator.
Let’s see if together we can fund at least the next trip, and maybe the one
after that!
Revd. Hilary Nabarro, for HCRR
PS If you would like to make a contribution to this project I will act as
champion and pass on cash donations to Callum.
Pat Chipping
Earth Hour
If you see that the floodlights which illuminate St Leonard’s have gone out
at 8.30pm on Saturday March 19th – don’t panic. We will be joining millions
worldwide who are switching off their lights to focus the world’s attention
on the threat posed by climate change. Earth Hour is an annual event
organised by WWF – the Worldwide Fund for Nature.
The list of iconic landmarks switching off their lights to show they care about
our brilliant planet is ever growing; Big Ben, Old Trafford, the Royal Albert
Hall and Brighton Pier will be joining in the big switch off.
The lights will be off for an hour and if you are free and wish to spend time
thinking about climate change and praying for wisdom in tackling this most
important issue then please feel free to join me at St Leonard’s for that
hour.
Pat Chipping
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FRIDAY 4TH MARCH
This years’ theme is entitled
“Receive Children, Receive Me”
It has been prepared by Christian Women of Cuba
Our local service will be at 2pm on March 4th at the
Salvation Army, Portland Road.
EVERYONE WELCOME
Caption Wanted – the replies
“Closer, my God, to Thee”
“Thou shalt not consider yourself above your brethren”
“Recumbent incumbents only!
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The Use and Misuse of Trees – Holy Week
I am writing this during the first few days of Lent but by the time you read
it, we will be half way through Lent with Holy Week fast approaching.
Opinions may vary, but for me Holy Week is the most important week in the
Church’s year. Many readers will certainly treat it as essential to have a
Bible at hand and to use the week as an opportunity to read the Passion
narrative in full starting with St. Mark’s gospel, then St. Matthew’s then St.
Luke’s and finally St. John’s. That is the order which is most likely to be
the sequence in which they were written, starting. They are not identical
accounts, although it is mostly the detail which varies.
You may wonder what trees have to do with the events recorded in the title
to this month’s article, but you will easily discover it. St. John tells of Jesus
making his way to Jerusalem when he was met by a group of pilgrims enroute to the city. They formed a procession, not only shouting “Hosanna”,
but cutting down branches of palm trees to wave and add to their
excitement. We cannot be sure what species of palm is meant here – we
can only use our imagination. St. Luke fails to mention the branches
whereas St. Mark describes the crowds gathering brushwood which they
had cut from the fields; St. Matthew speaks of branches but of what sort of
tree we know not.
Summarising, I treat the wayside trees as having the privilege of making
some offering of welcome, displaying their joy of lining the route for the
Saviour of Mankind. Insignificant? Certainly not – a small show of loyalty
has not gone unnoticed – even yours and mine.
As for loyalty, one purely innocent tree has been disgraced and saddled
with an undeserved title – the JUDAS TREE (Cercis siliquastrum). It was
towards the end of the criminal proceedings that Jesus was condemned to
death, even though he was innocent. And it was Judas Iscariot who
accepted 30 pieces of silver in return for betraying Jesus. His remorse was
so intense in as much as he had brought an innocent man to his death
(Matthew 27: 3-4) that he threw his reward down and went away and
hanged himself.
What a terrible disaster which could have been averted. If only Judas had
confessed to Jesus and asked for forgiveness, it would have been given
him. No wicked deed is beyond the absolution from a loving Saviour – a
lesson for all of us, no matter how much we have denied or deserted him
even in our thoughts.
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Meanwhile when you see a Cercis tree, and they are not rare, think of the
reason for its name and enjoy the beauty it has to offer the onlookers. Tell
me of any in Hythe – I know one! Another tree next month.
Desmond Sampson
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For the highest standard of professional care
Hythe Nursing Home
91 North Road
Hythe
CT21 5ET
01303 265441
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46, Bartholomew Lane
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Hythe
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CT21 4BX
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01303 266782
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STADE
STREET
GARAGE LTD
EST 1964
Diesel Specialist
Hythe’s longest established family garage.
We provide a friendly & professional service.
We supply nearly new Fords and other guaranteed used cars.
All sales vehicles are fully serviced and come with a minimum of 1-year
warranty.
Batteries – Bodyshop
Courtesy car available by
Appointment
Monday to Friday 8am-6pm
Stade Street, Hythe, Kent CT21 6BD
Phone 01303 267726 www.stadestreetgarage.co.uk
Under the personal supervision of Mr Phil Chittenden –
Prepaid funeral plans
24hour personal service
Hythe 01303 262762
851456
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1-3 Windmill Street
1 Ingoldsby Road
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Parish Directory
Priest-in-Charge
Revd Andrew
Sweeney
266217
[email protected]
Reader
Mr Mike Cox
260144 [email protected]
Churchwardens
Dr Pat Chipping
Mrs Jane
Spencer
267857 [email protected]
260524 [email protected]
ALM
Mr Geoff
German
237056 [email protected]
Treasurer & Freewill
Offering
Mr Brian Bishop
269871 [email protected]
PCC Secretary
269179 [email protected]
Director of Music
Mrs Christine
Blackman
Dr Berkeley Hill
Bell Ringers
Mr Mike Swan
265212 [email protected]
265312 [email protected]
Friends of St Leonard’s Mr Brinley
Church
Hughes
264470 [email protected]
Hythe Parish Review
Editor
Dr Pat Chipping
267857 12, Coastguard Cottages, CT21 6HN
[email protected]
Advertising manager
Mr Sean
McNally
263883 8, Summer Close, CT21 4DR
[email protected]
Proof reader
Mrs Joy
Robertson
Revd Kevin
Taylor
266186 “Haytor”, 85 St Leonards Rd, CT21 6HE
Local Preacher
Dudley Shipton
260291 [email protected]
Secretary
Rosemary
Walls
279196 [email protected]
Treasurer
Alan EwartJames
265316 [email protected]
Methodist Minister
261500 [email protected]
PCC members: A list of all PCC members is posted in each of the Churches, or a list may be obtained from
the PCC Secretary on request.
Deanery Synod Representatives: Mr Brian Bishop, Mr Geoff German, Mr David Owen
We are also extremely fortunate to have the help of the following Ministers to whom we express our thanks:
Sister Christine Morris, Church Army; Rev Desmond Sampson; Rev Canon John Wright.
PCC Registered Charity No 1144695
Parish mobile phone 07984 388963
Parish Secretary: Mrs Pat Henley
The Parish Office is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9.00am – 12.30pm.
Telephone: 01303 262370
E-mail: [email protected]
All post to: The Parish Office, c/o The Vicarage, Oak Walk, Hythe, Kent CT21 5DN
Website: www.stleonardschurchhythekent.org
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Phone for details on 01797 361744
Registered with National Care Standards Commission
GOODWIN & CO
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
NICEIC Approved Contractor
For all aspects of electrical work
John Goodwin
3, Harpswood Lane, Hythe. CT21 4BJ
Tel: (01303) 260251
Mobile: 07768 297249
ELDRIDGES
(est. 1741)
HYTHE’S LEADING STORE
BLINDS + CURTAINS + NETS
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Stockist of the largest range of household
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87-89 High Street, Hythe
01303 266248
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Established for Over 70 years!
GARDEN CONSRUCTION AND
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For all your garden and landscaping needs, including
*Tree work
*Fencing
*Stone work
*Driveways
*Paving
*Garden clearance
*Turfing
*Licensed waste carrier
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Tel: 01303 266962 /
07899025865
E-Mail: [email protected]
PHILIP WANSTALL
Roofing - Welding General Maintenance
All aspects of roofing undertaken
with over 25 years’ experience.
Free estimates
Tel: 01303 265473
Mob: 07751737264