Dec 2005 - Jan 2006
Cross Talk
From the Rector…
Dear Friends,
www.templepatrick.connor.anglican.org
United Parishes of Templepatrick & Donegore
Vol 9.1
Advent brings with it a time of preparation not just for the
remembrance of the nativity of our Lord but for reflection on that
slightly less comfortable event, the second coming of Christ in
judgement on the Last Day. The four great themes of Advent are often
sidelined in favour of a sentimental and tinsel-dressed preparation for
the wonder-ful season of Christmas. Those great themes of heaven,
hell, death and judgement do not sit easily alongside our urge to
insulate and pamper ourselves and our homes, as we who claim to be a
religious people put so much importance on expending much of our
surplus income all be it on gifts for others. The sacred and the secular
do not always mix well.
Yet Advent and Christmas are multi-layered in their meaning. Gift
giving is a sign of God’s gift to us in His Son. It’s also a symbol of our
love towards others and indicates our willingness to share what we
have with others. However, Advent, like Lent, is a solemn season of
reflection (though you’re not required to fast anymore! – just as well
with all those office parties etc…) and I venture to suggest that during
December which more or less equates with the Advent period, it is
becoming more difficult to achieve the essential quiet time to say our
prayers and reflect on our place in eternity when so much of our time
and efforts are directed towards doing things above and beyond
ourselves. It’s up to us to make and to take that time for the sake of
our own spiritual well being and indeed health. Have you ever
wondered what ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ may really be saying?
A well known and respected psychologist recently remarked that the
answer to this question was ‘the best kept secret in the Christian
church’. What do you think?(Answers on a postcard!)
Confirmation
Please pray for all those preparing for confirmation at this time, especially those from
this parish who will be confirmed by the Bishop of Connor on Sunday 11th December
at 11.30am. By being present that day parishioners are supporting and encouraging
the young people in the commitment they undertake by making their own the
baptismal vows made on their behalf by others as babies.
Christmas Cards
Christmas cards depicting either St John’s or St Patrick’s in a watercolour print are
available for sale. These are available from the churchwardens in St Patrick’s. Please
consider purchasing some as proceeds go to parish funds.
Home Communion
If you know of anyone who is housebound and would like Holy Communion for
Christmas please let me know as soon as possible.
Rural Deanery
Following the successful Rural Deanery ‘Songs of Praise’ in All Saints’, Antrim on
November 13th the next rural deanery event will be the Marriage Preparation
Course. It runs over four evenings and is now in its fifth year. The course spanning
over four evenings begins on Tuesday 7th February in Clotworthy Arts Centre at
8.00pm and meets on consecutive Tuesday evenings in February. All couples I
presently know of who are intending to be married in the parish in 2006 will be
informed of the details in the new year and are expected to make every effort to
attend these valuable evenings. A new system of marriage licensing is in place and is
administered through the local Antrim Borough Council offices. Banns are no longer
read for marriages in Northern Ireland. Applications to the Borough Council can be
made up to one year in advance. Enquiries about prospective dates should be made
initially to myself before booking facilities in order to avoid disappointment. Thank
you.
Sunday School
I’d like to thank the leaders, the children and young people in the Sunday Schools and
their parents of course for all the hard work they put into preparing for the Christmas
activities in church. The Gift Service and Play is on the first Sunday, December 4th at
11.30am. Gifts brought to the service will be donated to NSPCC. The Sunday School
Advent project this year is entitled ‘Little Donkey’ and is in aid of caring for injured
and hard worked donkeys and horses in the two-thirds world thereby supporting their
owners to make a living.
Safeguarding Trust
Under new legislation brought in effect earlier this year, all new potential workers with
children in parish organizations or groups must now undergo a P.O.C. check before
taking up a position. This is now mandatory but a fairly painless paper exercise which
keeps us all right so to speak and safeguards both our children and leaders. Your cooperation is as always much appreciated in this matter.
Service for the New Year & Christingle
The service on Sunday 1st January 2006 in St Patrick’s at 11.30am will be a Holy
Eucharist marking the Naming of Jesus and the first day of the new year. Thus there
will be no All Age Worship that day. A.A.W. will take place on 8th January when we
will have our Christingle celebration.
I hope you will be able to join us at many if not all of our festive worship services
including the Carol Service on Sunday 18th December at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s.
Friends and extended family are most welcome as we worship as a parish family.
Didn’t someone once say, ‘the family that prays together stays together’? Let us
remember the reason for the season with thanksgiving, in prayer, bible reading and
song this Advent and Christmastide.
As we anticipate our celebration of the wonderful mystery of the incarnation may I
wish you a happy and a holy Christmas and a peaceful new year.
Yours in Christ,
Stephen +
The United Parishes of Templepatrick and Donegore
Diocese of Connor
www.templepatrick.connor.anglican.org
Hall Secretary: Mrs I McCollam Tel:94432734
Sacristan: Mrs R Barnes Tel:94432183
Church of Ireland Gazette Secretary: Mrs M McConnell Tel:94432560
Bible Study Notes Secretary: Mrs D Lucas Tel:90825737
Christian Aid Secretary: Mrs L Lynas Tel:94433363
Parish Webmaster: Mr A Walbridge Tel:94432795 [email protected]
Magazine Producer: Mrs Gail McCoy Tel:94432782 [email protected]
THE PARISH DIRECTORY
WHO'S WHO AND WHO TO CONTACT
Rector
The Rev. Stephen A Fielding B.Sc.,B.Th., M.A.
The Vicarage,926 Antrim Road,Templepatrick,Co.Antrim,BT39 0AT
028 94432300
E-mail: [email protected]
CHURCH OFFICE BEARERS
Rector's Churchwarden:(St.Patrick's) Mrs M Walbridge 4 Broadacres,
Templepatrick. Tel:94432795
People's Churchwarden:(St.Patrick's) Mrs A Millar 35 Ballyclare Road,
Templepatrick Tel:94432066
Rector's Churchwarden:(St.John's) Miss Y Hutchinson 74 Ballymena Road, Doagh
Tel:93340613
People's Churchwarden:(St.John's) Mrs M Bell 2 Mossgrove Park, Newtownabbey
Tel:90833300
Rector's Glebewarden: Mr R Barnes 47 Clady Road, Dunadry Tel:94432183
People's Glebewarden: Mr M Cooke 44 Rathmore Road, Dunadry Tel:94433183
Supplemental Glebewarden: Mr S Clendinning Tel:94432523
Select Vestry: (Meets 2nd Monday in month at 8pm)
Mr R.Barnes, Mrs M Bell, Mr H.Cinnamon, Mr S.Clendinning, Mrs M.Coe, Mr
M.Cooke, Miss Y.Hutchinson, Mr J.Jones, Mr C.Lundy, Mr D.Mawhinney, Mr
T.Michael, Mrs A.Millar, Mr S.McCollam, Mrs I.McCollam, Mr R.Montgomery, Mr
N.Shirley, Mr A.Walbridge, Mrs M.Walbridge.
Honorary Secretary: Mrs M Bell 2 Mossgrove Park, Newtownabbey Tel:90833300
Honorary Treasurer: Mr N Shirley 23 Kingscourt, Templepatrick Tel:94432597
Honorary F.W.O. Recorder and Envelope Secretary: Mrs I McCollam 7 Lylehill
Road Tel:94432734
Covenant Secretary: Mrs P MacKean 50 Cherryhill Road, Antrim Tel:94432205
Parish Diocesan Synodsmen: Mr E.Cinnamon, Mr J Sheldon
Diocesan Synodsmen: Mrs M Bell, Mr R Montgomery
PARISH PANEL:- The Rector; Mrs M Bell; Mr S Clendinning; Mr M Cooke
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Parish organisations and their leaders:Choir: Practices on Thursdays at 8.00pm
St Patrick’s, Templepatrick Organist and Choirmistress: Mrs D Martin, 22 The
Chase, Parkgate Tel:94433943
St John’s, Donegore Organist and Choirmaster: Mr R Thompson,
Tel: 25631505
Sunday School: Co-ordinators:Mrs G McCoy Tel:94432782; Mr B McMeekin
Tel:94464483. Leaders:Mrs V Brady, Mrs D Gaffney, Miss C Lucas,
Miss S McCollam
Creche: (Sundays) Mrs Judith Collister Tel:93341644, Mrs Julie-Ann Logan
Tel:94439451
Youth Group: Mrs Valerie Brady Tel:94433003
Youth Organisations
Choir: Practices on Thursdays at 8.00pm Mrs D.Martin Tel:94433943
Rainbow Guides (4-7 years): Tuesdays 2.15-3.15pm Mrs D Reid Tel:94433712
Brownies (7-10 years): Wednesdays 6.00-7.30pm Mrs Elaine Lamont
Tel:93341204, Mrs A Millar Tel:94439370
Guides (10-14 years): Wednesdays 7.30-9.00pm Mrs Ann Forsythe Tel:93340709
Squirrels (4-6 years): Thursdays 4.00-5.00pm Mrs C Michael Tel:94433123
Beavers (6-8 years): Mondays 6.30-7.30pm Miss K Shirley Tel: 94432597
Cub Scouts (8-10years): Tuesdays 6.45-8.00pm Mr Alan Martin Tel:94433943
Scouts (10+ years): Tuesdays 8.00-9.30pm Mrs Kim Gleave
Parents and Toddlers Group: Wednesdays 10.30am-12noon Mrs H Cunningham
Tel: 93323034
Adult Organisations
Choir: Practices on Thursdays at 8.00pm Mrs D Martin Tel:94433943
Indoor Bowling Club: Fridays 7.30pm Secretary: Mrs I McCollam Tel:94432734
Ladies Fellowship: 3rd Tuesday in the month at 8.00pm Secretary: Miss A Kerr
Tel:94433459
Parish Ramblers: meet occasionally
Bridge Club: Wednesdays 7.00-9.30pm Church Rooms
Junior Sunday School
It has been a busy few months for the Children, especially in the run
up to Christmas and the Christmas play. We have lots of new
activities planned for the new year so make sure you don’t miss them!
After the success of last years Advent project, we decided to run a similar one for
this year called “Little Donkey”, which is a very worthwhile cause. So what is the
project about? - Everyday, hundreds of little donkeys, in India and Pakistan, struggle
to transport load after heavy load of bricks without rest, shade or water. Many of the
donkeys are so malnourished their ribs are clearly visible, covered in sores, limping on
cracked and infected hooves and suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration.
Without their donkeys the owners would be poverty-stricken as they are paid by the
weight of bricks delivered, so it is very tempting to overload them. The Brooke is
committed to preventing the suffering of donkeys like these. They build shade
shelters and water troughs and provide comfortable saddles. Their vets work
tirelessly all year, giving free treatment to sick animals and helping their owners to
care for them better. However, for every life saved, another donkey gives up the
struggle to survive. Brooke desperately need regular support to help meet the ongoing
cost of caring for these loyal creatures.
We would ask the children to return their collection boxes on Sunday 15 January
2006.
A big thank you to the Mums and Dads for their help, assistance and support with the
Christmas play, it is much appreciated.
May we take this opportunity of wishing the Children and their Families a Merry
Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year.
LADIES FELLOWSHIP
The new season’s programme commenced with a service of Holy
Communion in St Patrick’s Church, followed by supper and Business meeting in
the Church Rooms on Tuesday, 20 September.
On Thursday, 13 October, The Old Ballyclarians’ Association Choir and
accompanying artistes, including our own Adam Martin on the bagpipes,
entertained an audience of between 140-150 to a most enjoyable evening of song
and instrumental music. Thank you to all who supported this fund raising event.
The November meeting will be a demonstration of crafting skills (hand made cards
and other items) by Mrs Sheena Mairs. Do come along to see how easy it can be to
prepare your own cards and gift ties for Christmas.
As this short update is prepared, the December activity is still being planned and
members will hear more about this at the next meeting.
As always new members and visitors will be given a warm welcome. We usually
meet in the Minor Hall, third Tuesday of each month from September through to
April.
Ann Kerr
(Hon Secretary)
Tel: 9443 3459
Some useful dates for your diary:4 Dec
11 Dec
All Age Worship, Christmas Play & Collection of Gifts
Confirmation with the Bishop
We would encourage all children to try to attend this service.
There will be Christmas Activities for the younger children in the church rooms at the normal
time of Sunday school.
18 Dec
-
No Sunday School
Lessons & Carols for Christmas – 7.30 pm
25 Dec
1 Jan 2006
-
Christmas Morning Service – 11.30 am
No Sunday School
8 Jan 2006 15 Jan 2006 -
Gail
All Age Worship and Christingle Service
Sunday School Resumes
Return “Little Donkey” collection boxes
Kitchen Fund - Parish Hall
The Kitchen fund account is now on going. All contributions
would be most welcome.
Anyone wishing to contribute please contact Isobel McCollam
or the Hon Treasurer Norman Shirley.
The Fund now stands at £7,260.00
The Christmas tree around the world
The Christmas tree is often explained as a Christianization
of the ancient pagan idea that the evergreen tree represents
a celebration of the renewal of life. In Roman mosaics from
what is today Tunisia, showing the mythic triumphant
return from India of the Greek god of wine and male
fertility, Dionysus (dubbed by some modern scholars as a
life-death-rebirth deity), the god carries a tapering
coniferous tree. Medieval legends, nevertheless, tended to
concentrate more on the miraculous "flowering" of trees at
Christmastime. A branch of flowering Glastonbury thorn
is still sent annually for the Queen's Christmas table in the
United Kingdom.
Taiwanese aboriginals, tutored by Christian missionaries,
celebrate with trees (Cunninghamia lanceolata) outside their homes. Among early
Germanic tribes the Yule tradition was celebrated by sacrificing male animals, and
slaves, by suspending them on the branches of trees. According to Adam of Bremen, in
Scandinavia the pagan kings sacrificed nine males of each species at the sacred groves
every ninth year. According to one legend, Saint Boniface attempted to introduce the
idea of trinity to the pagan tribes using the cone-shaped evergreen trees because of
their triangular appearance.
The modern custom, however, cannot be shown to be descended from pagan tradition
directly. Its origins can be traced to 16th century Germany: Ingeborg Weber-Keller
(Marburg professor of European ethnology) identified as the earliest reference a
Bremen guild chronicle of 1570 which reports how a small fir was decorated with
apples, nuts, dates, pretzels and paper flowers, and erected in the guild-house, for the
benefit of the guild members' children, who collected the dainties on Christmas day.
Another early reference is from Basel, where the taylor apprentices carried around
town a tree decorated with apples and cheese in 1597. During the 17th century, the
custom entered family homes. One Strasbourg priest, Johann Konrad Dannerhauer,
complains about the custom as distracting from the word of God. By the early 18th
century, the custom had become common in towns of the upper Rhineland, but it had
not yet spread to rural areas. Wax candles are attested from the late 18th century. The
Christmas tree remained confined to the upper Rhineland for a relatively long time. It
was regarded as a Protestant custom by the Catholic majority along the lower Rhine,
and was spread there only by Prussian officials who were moved there in the wake of
the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In the early 19th century, the custom became popular
among the nobility and spread to royal courts as far as Russia. Princess Henrietta von
Nassau-Weilburg introduced the Christmas tree to Vienna in 1816, and the custom
spread across Austria in the following years. In France, the first Christmas tree was
introduced in 1840 by the duchess of Orleans.
In Britain, the Christmas tree was introduced by King George III's German Queen
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, but did not spread much beyond the royal family
until the royal family Christmas centered round Prince Albert at Osborne House was
illustrated in English magazines, and copied in the United States at Christmas 1850
(illustration, left). Such patriotic prints of the British royal family at Christmas
celebrations helped popularise the Christmas tree in Britain and among the anglophile
American upper class.
Traditionally, Christmas trees were not brought in and decorated until Christmas Eve
(24 December), and then removed the day after twelfth night (i.e., 6 January); to have a
tree up before or after these dates was even considered bad luck. Modern crass
commercialisation of Christmas has however resulted in trees being put up much
earlier; in shops often as early as late October (which every year attracts adverse
comment from much of the shopping public). The most common tradition in U.S.
homes is to put the tree up right after Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in
November) and to take it down right after the New Year. In more northern climates
and into Canada, the tree (if not too dry) and other decorations are left up well into
January. In Europe, private Christmas trees are not usually put up until at least the
middle of December and are always taken down by the 6th of January.
Article from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree
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Rotas
St Patrick’s
Safeguarding Trust
In accordance with the recommendations in ‘Safeguarding Trust - The Church of
Ireland Code of Good Practice for Ministry with Children’, a Parish Panel has been
appointed (operating since June 1998) to implement some of the responsibilities
identified in the Code.
The Panels responsibilities include:
- interviewing persons willing to serve as workers in the parish
- advising workers on their responsibilities in respect of the Code
- advising the Select Vestry in respect of its responsibilities
- being an immediate contact point for workers when a suspicion, complaint or
allegation of child abuse is made about a worker or on parish premises in accord
with the procedures set out in these guidelines.
The Parish Panel Members are:The Rev. S A Fielding, 926 Antrim Road, Templepatrick Tel:028 94432300
Mrs M Bell, 2 Mossgrove Park, Glengormley Tel:028 90833300
Mr S Clendinning, 14 Kilmakee Road, Templepatrick Tel:028 94432523
Mr M Cooke, 44 Rathmore Road, Dunadry Tel:028 94433183
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Intercessor Rota for Parish
Eucharist
December
P MacKean
January
The Rector
Communion Rota
December
Church Wardens
January
Mr J & Mrs M Templeton
Cleaning Rota
December
B McMeekin, J Jones, J Sheldon,
H Sheldon
January
A Cinnamon, H Cinnamon, V Brady
Flower Rota
December
4th F Blackbourne, 11th M McConnell,
18th & 25th Ladies Fellowship
January
1st, 8th & 15th I McCollam,
22nd M McConnell, 29th S White
St John’s
Communion Rota
Notes for next issue of the Parish Magazine are due on:Wednesday 11 January 2006
Contributions from all parish organisations would be very welcome.
December
Mr & Mrs McCausland
January
Mr & Mrs Mehaffey
Captain Charles Adair
Several plaques inside the porch at St. John’s Church remind us of the
Adair family, who were main benefactors of the church since they
came to Loughanmore in 1665 until the 1920’s.
With the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar celebrated last month it
seems appropriate to learn a little of the role of one of the family,
Captain Charles Adair, at this battle.
The muster roll for HMS Victory shows she had a crew of 820 men
commanded by Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. There were 9
Commissioned Officers, 21 Midshipmen and 77 Non-commissioned
Warrant and Petty Officers, the rest of the crew comprised of Able and
Ordinary Seamen, Landsmen, supernumeries and 31 boys.
Also within this complement was a detachment of 146 Royal Marines
from the Chatham Division, commanded by Captain Charles Adair.
The Royal Marines were a regiment of men trained to work alongside
the Royal Navy. These men had their own officers and senior ratings and worked as a
group within the ships company.
The marines would provide the ceremonial guard when required, stand sentry outside
the Admiral or Captain's cabin and would provide guards for the ships powder
magazines and spirit room.
They were a fighting force ashore and would be assisted by seamen from the ship. The
Royal Marines and sailors were a close knit working force at sea and ashore in much
the same way as we see them today.
Charles William Adair joined the Royal Marines as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1776. He was
appointed to the Victory on her commissioning at Chatham in April 1803, in command
of a detachment of 144 Royal Marines nearly all from the Chatham and Plymouth
divisions. He was also at the same time Inspecting Officer for Recruiting in the
Mediterranean.
The Adair family was a family of distinguished Royal Marine officers. Charles’ father
was Colonel Benjamin Adair, Royal Marines and his uncle was Captain William
Prowse, Royal Navy, who commanded the Sirius at Trafalgar.
But what about the battle?
As the Victory closed on the enemy line, Captain Hardy decided to take his ship past
the rear of the Bucentaure. Some moments later, eight marines in close formation on the
poop were killed by a double-headed shot, and Nelson ordered Adair to disperse the
rest of his men round the ship under cover of the hammock settings, so that they
should not suffer so much from being crowded together.
Shortly afterwards, Victory closed the French ship Redoubtable and that is when Charles
Adair was killed. (Aged 29 at his death he received a Government grant of £161-0-0
and prize money of £65-11-0.)
With a small party of Marines, he was driving back the French boarders, and while he
was standing on the poop of the gangway, a musket ball struck him in the back of the
head and killed him. Thus it is possible that his own men killed him!
It is recorded that Nelson’s last words before being hit himself were, “There goes poor
Adair, I may be next to follow him”. Since Charles Adair had joined Victory in 1803
Nelson would have known him well.
One account states that one of the Marine corporals, who had his arm shot off by a
cannon ball, picked up Charles Adair’s sash, bound it round the stump, collected a
party to board the ship and was the first on the enemy’s deck.
Although Charles was married he had no children that survived to adulthood. He did
have a brother who became a General in the Marines and who fathered a dynasty of
distinguished Royal Marine and Naval Officers. There are five family portraits that
hang in the Royal Marine’s museum at Eastney, which also has a pistol belonging to
Charles Adair. There was a great-grandson who fought at the Battle of Jutland and
who died in the late ’80s. Perhaps the most infamous was a grandson who managed to
run the new battleship, HMS Montagu, ashore on the island of Lundy in thick fog
during radio trials in May 1906. The ship was a total loss, he was court martialled, but
still retired an Admiral and subsequently became an MP!
Charles Adair is recorded in many different ways.
He appears in several famous paintings of the battle of Trafalgar. (More details and
links to three of these paintings are in the Internet version of this current parish
magazine.)
But paintings are not the only form in which Captain Adair is remembered.
He appears in a children’s musical, Trafalgar, which, although it is a fictional story, is
accurately based on the historical facts known about this famous sea battle. It is
reported to make a lively and entertaining way to learn history.
Captain Adair is also in a book by Thomas Hardy, better known for works such as Far
from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. He wrote a gigantic panorama
of the Napoleonic Wars, The Dynasts, which features Captain Adair.
Such was his standing that Charles Adair has also been cast as a 1:32 model, but there
is no stock remaining.
So next time you are at St. John’s take some time to look about you in the porch.
History is literally on the doorstep.
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Contributed by A.Walbridge
EDINBURGH – CONNOR DIOCESAN LINK
Templepatrick & Donegore with Dalmahoy Parish, Edinburgh
The exploratory process towards forming a link with a parish in the diocese of
Edinburgh is progressing in its early stages and in order to make a more informed
choice as to the suitability of twinning with Dalmahoy a small delegation i.e. the
Edinburgh Link Committee comprising of the Rector, Miss A Kerr, Mrs N
Clendinning, and Mr R Barnes will be reciprocating the visit of our Scottish friends
to us at Harvest time, with a trip on 1st February, St Brigid’s day to Dalmahoy
parish.
Irrespective of the outcome we feel we have already learned from our encounters
and have been mutually enriched through these. Our contacts with the good folk
of Dalmahoy thus far have been very promising and we are hopeful of a fruitful
visit in February.
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St Patrick’s & St John’s Bowling Club
The Bowling Club re-opened on Friday 2nd September 2005, at 7.30 pm. With a
good turn out of members, bowling until 10.30 pm, also on Monday evenings from
8.00 pm until 9.30 pm.
In September 20 members and friends enjoyed a four day bowling break to
Westport, a favourite haunt of some members, this was thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone.
On Saturday 5th November 2005, 30 members and friends attended a dinner and
gala evening in Ballyclare Golf Club, this was our “Annual Outing”.
At the time of going to print we are looking forward to our first outing of the
season to the Baker Stadium.
On Friday 16th December we will have our Christmas party night with a visit from
‘Santa’.
Finally – Happy New Year to everyone.
Thanks to all who organise and distribute our parish
magazines throughout the year!
Isobel McCollam
(Hon Secretary)
Organising your Wedding
St Patrick’s Church – Cleaning Rota
Weddings are very special occasions in the life of any family and in the life of
the church. When considering getting married please check possible dates with
the Rector before confirming arrangements.
We are looking for male/female Church members to add to our
cleaning rota in St Patrick’s church.
It is expected that couples will make a regular commitment to the life of the
church in preparation for marriage.
An annual Rural Deanery marriage preparation course takes place every year in
February which ‘intending’ couples are asked to attend.
This commitment is only 4 hours in any given month in the year.
Anyone who can give this commitment, please contact the Rector or
Isobel McCollam.
CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER 2005 - JANUARY 2006
Lectionary Year B (R.C.L.)
2nd Sunday of Advent 4.12.05
8.30am Holy Communion; 11.30am Pre-Christmas All Age Worship, Play and Gift Service
Old Testament Isa 40:1-11
Psalm
85:1-2, 8-13
Epistle
2 Pet 3:8-15a
Gospel
Mark1:1-8
3rd Sunday of Advent 11.12.05
N.B. 10am Parish Eucharist; 11.30am Confirmation with the Bishop - St Patrick’s
Old Testament Isa 61:1-4,8-11
Psalm
126
Epistle
1Thess 5:16-24
Gospel
John 1:6-8,19-28
4th Sunday of Advent 18.12.05
8.30am Holy Communion; 11.30am Parish Eucharist;
7.30pm A Service of lessons and Carols for Christmas
Old Testament 2 Sam7:1-11,16
Psalm
‘Magnificat’
Epistle
Rom 16:25-27
Gospel
Luke 1:26-38
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Christmas Eve - Sat. 24.12.04
11.30pm First Eucharist of Christmas
Christmas Day - Sun 25.12.04
8.30am Holy Communion (Order 1) – St Patrick’s
10am Holy Eucharist (Order 2) - St John’s
11.30am A Christmas Morning Service – St Patrick’s
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Proper 1 of Christmas Day Years A,B,C
Old Testament Isa 9: 2-7
Psalm
96
Epistle
Titus 2:11-14
Gospel
Luke 2:1-14, 15-20
Proper 2 of Christmas Years A,B,C
Old Testament Isa 62:6-12
Psalm
97
Epistle
Titus 3:4-7
Gospel
Luke 2:(1-7), 8-20
Proper 3 of Christmas Years A,B,C
Old Testament Isa 52:7-10
Psalm
98
Epistle
Heb 1:1-4,(5-12)
Gospel
John 1:1-14,(15-18)
The Naming & Circumcision of Jesus
1.1.06 New Year’s Day (Sunday)
8.30am Holy Communion; 11.30am Holy Eucharist
Old Testament Numbers 6:22-27
Psalm
8
Epistle
Galatians 4:4-7
Gospel
Luke 2:15-21
The Epiphany (tr) (Wednesday) 4.1.06
10am Holy Communion
Old Testament
Is 60:1-6
Psalm
72:1-7, 10-15
Epistle
3:1-12
Gospel
Mt 2:1-12
The Baptism of Christ (1st Sunday after Epiphany) 8.1.06
10am Parish Eucharist; 11.30am All Age Worship & Christingle
Old Testament Gen 1:1-5
Psalm
29
Epistle
Acts 19:1-7
Gospel
Mark1:4-11
2nd Sunday after Epiphany 15.1.06
8.30am Holy Communion; 11.30am Parish Eucharist
Old Testament 1Sam 3:1-10,(11-20)
Psalm
139:1-6,13-18
Epistle
Rev 5:1-10
Gospel
John 1:43-51
3rd Sunday after Epiphany 22.1.06
10am & 11.30am Matins
Old Testament Jonah 3:1-5,10
Psalm
62:5-12
Epistle
1 Cor 7:29-31
Gospel
Mark1:14-20
4th Sunday after Epiphany 29.1.06
11.30am United Parish Eucharist
Old Testament Deut 18:15-20
Psalm
111
Epistle
1 Cor 8:1-13
Gospel
Mark 1:21-28
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Technology
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Christmas should be a time of happiness. Toys without batteries are known to cause tears,
but nothing like the feeling if the hard drive on your computer decides to stop working
forever. It will happen; it is just a matter of when. Hopefully it will not be this Christmas.
Perhaps a note to Santa could help alleviate the consequences.
When it happens for the first time, you realise the error of your ways in not keeping
backups. But where were your backups?
If they were also on your hard drive then they also have gone forever. Perhaps you had
stored them on floppies or CDs – better, but not good enough. When you put a new hard
drive in your computer, as you must, it is blank. There is no Windows to read your discs
and no applications to use your data. Do you have the installation discs for all the programs
you were using and their registration codes? Did you back up everything because it is
everything that has gone!
In case you have already seen ‘The Wizard of
Oz’ and ‘High Noon’, you may prefer to try a
puzzle instead of sitting in front of the
television at Christmas. Suduko (Soduko)
puzzles seem very popular at the moment and
there are many programs on the web that can
give you a different interactive puzzle each
day
If you have no idea what this game is then
have a look at http://www.su-doku.net/ where
also each day you can play a different game
on line. If one game a day is not enough then
go to http://www.websudoku.com/.
If you are just looking for a solution to a
difficult problem, such as the one I have
given here for your entertainment, then
http://www.suduko.org.uk/ will help.
5
2
1
7
5
9
3
3
6
8
1
2
2
4
5
7
8
So how can a note to Santa help?
The first thing it would be nice to see in your stocking on Christmas morning would be an
external hard drive. This simply plugs into your computer and is the hard drive where you
can now back everything up. When disaster strikes you simply replace the broken hard
drive and copy everything back to it. In under half an hour your machine is identical to as it
was before the failure. It really is as simple as that.
The second thing you hope to find in your stocking is a program to copy everything from
your computer to your backup and vice versa. Just copying all your files within Windows
will not work. One reason being that you will have no Windows on the replacement disc to
read them back, but it is more complicated than that. Programs that do this are said to
create an image of your disc and the best-known one is GHOST. Nothing to do with
Halloween but an acronym for General Hardware Oriented System Transfer.
Once you have these two presents your computing life changes. Apart from the fact that
when the hard disc eventually packs up you will recover within a short time, you can
become much more adventurous in your computing. Downloading programs that may crash
or infect your machine is not a concern. If a problem occurs simply restore your machine to
an earlier healthy state. Just today I had to do that very thing, it was so much quicker than
trying to find out what had gone wrong and how to correct it.
However do not become paranoid about backing up everything. Personally I back up the
complete system once a month and changes to all of My Documents and Emails
automatically every night.
Perhaps you should leave the Magazine, open at this page, in an appropriate place where it
will be found.
Suduko (Soduko) puzzles seem very popular at the moment and there are many
programs on the web that can give you a different interactive puzzle each day.
If you really want to impress then move up from two dimensions to three. Yes 3D Suduko
exists with the Dion cube, explained at http://www.sudoku.org.uk/PDF/Dion_Cube.pdf. I
think however that the puzzle above will do for now.
Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
Alan
[email protected]
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No Room In The Inn?
A boy wanted to be Joseph in the Sunday School
pageant. He was cast as the landlord and objected
loudly, but to no avail. When the pageant was
presented, Mary and Joseph knocked on the door and
asked him if he had a room for them. The boy smiled
and said, “Yes, sure. Lots of room. Come on in!”
Saints of the Church
land. These were God's 'innocent' ones, paralleling the story of Pharaoh slaughtering the
Hebrew children in Egypt.
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
6 December -- Lesser Festival -- Bishop -- White
Nicholas was a fourth-century bishop of Myra in Asia Minor (southern Turkey). His
reputation as a worker of wonders was enhanced by a ninth-century author of his
hagiography and he is now best known through these stories. Many of them concern his
love and care for children, how he fed the hungry, healed the sick and cared for the
oppressed. He saved three girls from a life of prostitution by providing them with dowries
and so developed the tradition of bearing gifts to children on his feast day, a practice
appropriated by the Christmas celebrations. Nicholas is also one of the patron saints of
Russia.
The Naming & Circumcision of Jesus
1 January -- Festival -- White
The celebration of this scriptural festival marks three events: firstly, the naming of the
infant; secondly, the sign of the covenant between God and Abraham 'and his children for
ever', thus Christ's keeping of the Law; and thirdly, traditionally the first shedding of the
Christ's blood. The most significant of these in the gospels is the name itself, which means
'Yahweh saves' and so is linked to the question asked by Moses of God: "What is your
name?" "I am who I am," was the reply, thus the significance of Jesus's words: "Before
Abraham was, I am." This feast has been observed in the church since at least the sixth
century.
Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr
26 December -- Festival -- Martyr -- Red
In the book of the Acts of the Apostles, Stephen is described as one of the seven deacons
whose job it is to care for the widows in the early Church in Jerusalem. His eloquent speech
before the Sanhedrin, in which he shows the great sweep of Jewish history as leading to the
birth of Jesus, the long-expected Messiah, and his impassioned plea that all might hear the
good news of Jesus, leads to his inevitable martyrdom by being stoned to death. As the
author of Acts, Luke's description of Stephen bears direct parallels to that of Christ: for
example, the passion; being filled with the Holy Spirit; seeing the Son of God as the right
hand of God, as Jesus promised he would be; commending his spirit to Jesus, as Jesus
commended his to the Father; kneeling as Jesus did in Gethsemane and asking forgiveness
for his persecutors. Witnessing to Jesus by acting like Jesus in every way is thus seen by
Luke as of the essence of the Christian life.
The Epiphany
6 January -- Principal Feast -- Gold or White
The subtitle n the Book of Common Prayer of this, one of the principal feasts of the Church,
is 'The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles'. This emphasises that, from the moment of
the Incarnation, the good news of Jesus Christ is for all: Jew and Gentile, the wise and the
simple, male and female. Nothing in the Greek text of the gospels indicates that the Magi
were all male and even the number three and making them Kings is a much later, nonscriptural tradition. The date chosen to celebrate this feast goes back to the placing of the
feast of the Nativity of Christ in the winter solstice: the north European pre-Christian
tradition of celebrating the birth of Sun on 25 December differed from the Mediterranean
and eastern tradition of having 6 January as the Solstice. As often happens, the two dates
merged into a beginning and an end of the same celebration. The western church adopted
'the twelve days of Christmas' climaxing on the eve of Epiphany, or 'Twelfth Night'. The
implication by the fifth century was that this was the night on which the Magi arrived. The
complications of dating became even more confused with the changing in the West from the
Julian to the Gregorian Calendar, the eastern church refusing to play any part in such a
radical change. So this day remains the chief day of celebrating the Incarnation in Orthodox
Churches.
John, Apostle & Evangelist
27 December -- Festival -- Apostle -- White
Whether or not John the Apostle and John the Evangelist are one and the same, the Church
honours on this day the one who proclaims Jesus as the Word made flesh and who is 'the
disciple whom Jesus loved'. John was one of the sons of Zebedee, along with James and
Peter, who followed Jesus. John was there at the of Jesus on the holy mountain; he was there
with Jesus at the last supper; he was there with Jesus in his agony in the garden; he was
there with Jesus and his mother, standing at the foot of the cross; he was there with Jesus as
a witness of his resurrection and 'he saw and believed'. John was a witness to the Word, he
proclaimed the Word and he lived and died witnessing to the Word made flesh, Jesus
Christ, who loved him and whom he loved.
The Holy Innocents
28 December -- Festival -- Red
Herod 'the Great' was appointed King of the Jews by the Roman authorities in Palestine and
he proved to be ruthlessly efficient in his thirty-three years of dealing with his subjects. In
Matthew's gospel, he tried to persuade the Magi, to whom he played the host on their
journey seeking the one 'who has been born king of the Jews', to bring word of where they
had found him. His desire was to eliminate Jesus and, when he realised that the Magi had
tricked him and left the country, Herod poured out his wrath on all the male infants in the
The Conversion of Paul
25 January -- Festival -- Apostle -- White
The conversion of the anti-Christian zealot, Saul, to the apostle of Christ, Paul, is clearly
related in the reading from the Acts of the Apostles, but it has to be remembered that this
was a beginning: Saul took some time to become Paul and some time to begin to understand
that his call to preach -- to Jew and to Gentile -- the saving power of Jesus, the Son of God,
was something that was a whole life's journey for him. Paul says in his Letter to the Church
in Galatia, "God set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace ... Three
years after (the Damascus Road conversion), I went up to Jerusalem." The preparation for
this moment of his conversion was his whole life. This feast has been celebrated in the
Church since the sixth century but became universal in the twelfth century.
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