From the Vicar:
The parish had a party on
July 7 to celebrate my
10th anniversary as vicar and my imminent 60th birthday. I kept well out of the organisation of the party, so it was a wonderful surprise when
I went over to Church
House at midday on that Sunday. There were party balloons everywhere; a giant birthday card with an oil painting of me on its front (painted by Angus Cooper, I discovered); an elaborate, special birthday cake; a great spread of food down the centre of the room (with tiny 60s
'tastefully' scattered between the plates and all the tables); and a number of posters wishing me a happy birthday and a happy anniversary - although they looked a bit like 'wanted' posters to me!
The whole event was highly enjoyable, in fact probably the most enjoyable of many parish parties. The food was delicious and everyone had a great time. Just before we all went home,
Phillip Dawson took a stunning photograph of everyone present (reproduced here).
I would like to thank everyone who was at all involved in organising the party and I would also like to thank everyone who contributed to the present which I was given. Some very careful research had been done about what might interest me. I expect many of you are aware that I enjoy cooking but very few would have known of my interest in a particular kind of slow cooking which involves using a sous vide machine (sous vide simply means under
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vacuum). We are all familiar with the way in which a casserole can make quite tough cuts of meat very tender; and quite a few people use slow cookers. However, these methods involve direct contact between meat and liquid, which can dilute the meat's intrinsic flavour - although often the overall effect is excellent. Sous vide involves vacuum packing whatever is to be cooked and placing it in a water bath, where it can be cooked at a precisely controlled temperature. This enables slow cooking at exact low temperatures for what would seem very long cooking times using conventional means, e.g. you might sous vide a tough cut of meat like brisket for a day or two. The end result is very tender meat which has retained all its flavour. If you think that it looks a bit insipid when it emerges from its vacuum pack, you simply add a bit of colour by browning it quickly.
I soon got round to using the present. In fact, I think almost all meals at the vicarage were sous vide for about two weeks. I tried it on fish and all kinds of meat. The meals were largely wellreceived but I did notice a Facebook entry which seemed to express a little sous vide fatigue, so I reverted to conventional cookery until we went on holiday!
Since the parish party was almost a month before my actual birthday, I feel I have had a season of celebration and also of reflection about what the past ten years have meant to me
(and also of what the landmark birthday might signify). The overwhelming feeling I have is of gratitude for all that Christ Church has meant to me and done to me in the past decade - I am truly grateful to all of you.
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Unfortunately events in the wider world have not been remotely as happy as those in my private life. August, the month of my birthday, was also the month in which the Syrian crisis deepened. Bashar al-Assad seems to have been responsible for a gas attack which killed about
1,500 of his own people. In this, he seems to have emulated his father Hafez al-Assad, who was accused of using hydrogen cyanide gas in
Hama in 1982, killing members of the Muslim
Brotherhood besieged there (casualty figures varied between 10,000 and 40,000).
The 1925 Geneva Convention bans the use of chemical weapons; their use constitutes a crime against humanity. So, there were immediate calls for action - no one seeing YouTube videos of dead and dying children, as well as adults, could be unmoved. However, the problem remains of what action might be appropriate or constructive; and, for Christians, there is the question of whether the use of force can be justified in accordance with just war principles.
Moreover, although the killing of 1,500 people by gassing them was appalling, we should not forget that about 100,000 people have been killed by conventional weapons, often the victims of indiscriminate massacres of women and children in civilian areas; and about 2 million people have been displaced as refugees into neighbouring countries.
Before any action is taken, establishing whether
Assad was responsible for the use of gas is essential but damage to the site of the massacre may make it impossible to find incontrovertible evidence. Some may even claim that the opposition to Assad faked or provoked a chemical weapons attack to make the West intervene militarily. Certainly, Russia, which has supported Assad's regime, will be reluctant to concede that Assad used the weapons, which will lead to a continuing impasse at the UN
Security Council.
The only legal way of using force against Assad would be to secure a Security Council resolution. If that is not obtained, the US would only have the option of unilateral action, possibly aided by other Western powers. Such illegal action is not without precedent - remember Iraq - but the experience of Iraq and
Afghanistan will make US politicians, mindful of a war-weary public, reluctant to commit ground troops. Action will be confined to limited airstrikes and no-fly zones.
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It is hard to see what such a strategy would achieve. Bombing people to the conference table has been tried before - remember
Vietnam - but with discouraging results.
Moreover, there is no sign that either side in
Syria is interested in negotiation and the 'sides' are not simple groupings anymore: foreign jihadists have joined the rebels' side and
Hezbollah has come to the aid of Assad.
So what would be the point of limited military action? President Obama has spoken of
'sending a shot across their bows' (rather related to his 'crossing the red line' rhetoric), i.e. sending a warning, by inflicting punishment now, that there will be further retribution if there is any repetition of the gassing. However, this would fail to meet the criteria of the Just
War: such use of force would not be proportional and it would not satisfy the criteria of 'probability of success' or 'last resort'. The main problem with airstrikes is that they could cause more harm (yet more casualties and suffering) than has already been inflicted; they might well fail; and it is doubtful that all other means have been exhausted (but if the Russians could be persudaed to pressure the Assad regime, the situation might change).
Another possible political reason for using force might be to bring about regime change
(as happened in Libya). The pursuit of such a policy only makes sense if a coherent alternative government might succeed Assad.
This is very unlikely: there appears to be a civil war among opposition forces, with conflict between secularists and Islamists, with the latter having the upper hand. There simply are not any moderate groups capable of taking over if
Assad falls.
Western politicians and their advisers have been well aware of these factors for a long time, which is the principal reason why they have been reluctant to be involved except diplomatically. They are also aware that the national frontiers drawn up at the time of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire are artificial.
The two allied diplomats, Mark Sykes and
François George-Picot, acting almost a century ago wanted to divide the area into French and
British zones of influence. This means Syria's identity is more clan based than national in character and the population comprises a remarkable religious/ethnic diversity: Sunni,
Shia (Alawites), Kurds, Christians, Druze,

Armenians and Turks. During the conflict, minorities have been under particular pressure and the exodus of 2 million refugees has destabilised the whole region, particularly
Jordan, Turkey and Iraq.
What began as a popular uprising has turned into a conflict between Sunni and Shia, affecting not only the people of Syria but drawing in Sunni and Shia states in the region.
This makes the survival of Syria as a state questionable; and Iraq is barely more stable.
Lebanon could also ultimately be affected and a reversion to the three Ottoman provinces is not inconceivable.
Unfortunately, our politicians have been caught in a rhetoric that calls for 'something must be done'. If they do not respond to the crossing of the 'red line', they will be seen as weak and indecisive – their greatest fear. However, a bombing campaign – especially one that only involved the Western powers – could have unpredictable and escalating serious consequences. Iran and Hezbollah could become fully engaged in the conflict; Israel might launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities; and Russia might even be drawn in.
Of course, none of this might happen and the miserable civil war may just continue until the energies of both sides are exhausted. However, as we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, which came about as a result of miscalculations and poor judgement, our politicians are right to be wary. Moreover, as people of faith – Christians who subscribe to just war principles – we should recognise that the situation in Syria is far too complex to permit us to arrive at simple moral conclusions: while we might in a reflexive way seek retribution, we should realise that it is far easier to do harm in Syria than to do good; the most we might achieve is to offer effective humanitarian aid.
SPECIAL SEPTEMBER SUNDAYS
Birth of the BVM: September 8 th
Harvest Festival: September 22 nd
Back to Church Sunday: September 29 th
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Editor: For 2013, the Rev Michael Burgess surveys works of sacred art that can be found in various museums...you can see the image by googling the title of
the painting and the artist.
‘He gave us eyes to see them’: William
Holman Hunt’s Scapegoat
14th September in the Jewish calendar is Yom
Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is a time of fasting and prayer, and its observance is regulated by Leviticus 16. The Old Testament ritual involved cleansing the priesthood and the people when a scapegoat bearing the sins of the faithful was sent into the wilderness. Much of that ritual has lapsed, but the heart of Yom
Kippur is prayer that the relationship of love and service between God and his people would be renewed and restored. The goat that was sent by relays into the desert had a scarlet cord
– a reminder that ‘though our sins be scarlet, yet they shall be as white as snow.’
It is the subject of William Holman Hunt’s famous painting that is in the Lady Lever Art
Gallery at Port Sunlight. This village was founded by Lord Leverhulme in 1889 for the workers in his soap factory. It consists of gabled houses and Elizabethan style cottages which nestle side by side around the impressive domed art gallery containing a wealth of paintings and sculptures.
Work on ‘The Scapegoat’ began in 1854 and was completed two years later. Holman Hunt went to the Dead Sea to paint the goat in situ, following the Pre-Raphaelite principles of art embodying exact detail and accuracy in its subject matter. There is a photograph of the artist by his easel, a paintbrush in one hand and a rifle in the other. It was a time of political tension between Syria, Palestine and Turkey, which combined with the constant danger of hostile tribesmen in the area. Undaunted,
Holman Hunt sketched by the sea and then finished the details off in his rooms in
Jerusalem. He described the scene as a
‘beautifully arranged horrible wilderness.’ In the distance are the hills of Edom against the sky, and in the foreground the solitary goat with the scarlet cord over its head. It is a bleak landscape, and on the frame surrounding the picture are the words from Leviticus: ‘The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a barren

region, and the goat shall be set free in the wilderness.’
At the time critics were not sure what to make of the painting, as there was no recognisable story or moral so beloved of the Victorians.
Elegant ladies inquired if the artist was going to put in the rest of the flock, and one critic said it was an excellent portrait of Lord Stratford. We look at the painting with the eyes of faith and realise that the scapegoat was sent over the river Kidron into the wilderness, the very same river our Lord and his disciples crossed to the garden of Gethsemane which heralded the passion of Jesus. We can see this sad creature, isolated and alone, bearing the sins of God’s ancient people, and think of Isaiah word’s ‘He was despised and rejected by others.’ A scapegoat in the Old Testament bearing the sins of the people: the Lamb of God in the new covenant who takes away the sin of the world.
‘We plough the fields and scatter’ NEH No.262
I expect we will sing this very well-known hymn at our Harvest Festival celebrations. I really don’t think a year goes by when we don’t sing it.
Although it seems to come from the depths of the English countryside, it is in fact translated from an original German hymn written by
Matthias Claudius (1740- 1815). Claudius was born in Reinfeld near Lubeck and was the son of a Lutheran pastor and did originally intend to be a pastor himself. Because of ill health he decided to become a journalist. He edited several newspapers, wrote poetry and a number of hymns.
It was translated into English by Jane
Montgomery Campbell (1817-78) who was the daughter of the vicar of St. James Paddington.
She translated many German hymns and compiled two hymn books for children.
The whole hymn reminds us of Jesus’ parables, which very largely have a rural setting.
Verse one links into the parable of the sower:
‘And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun
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And also with the passage in Isaiah 55: ‘ For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.’
The line in verse two, ‘ the winds and waves obey him’ is a reference to the miracle of the stilling of the storm on Lake Galilee: ‘Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. They were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”’ (Mt. 8)
‘By him the birds are fed’ is clearly a reference to: ‘ Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?’ (Mt. 6) and ‘Much more to us his children, he gives our daily bread’ is reference to the petition in the Lord’s prayer.
I think verse three relates to a passage I was praying when on Retreat recently: ‘ John said,
“No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven‘.(Jn. 3.27).
I think our thankfulness for harvest should extend to all God’s gifts all year.
Cathy Dallman
On the absurdity of a vicar ever retiring
The Rectory
St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
Beware of being invited by bishops to drop round for a chat. My first mistake was to answer the phone when he rang; what are answerphones for, but to avoid having to talk to anyone – ever. My second mistake was not to be able to think of a meeting I had to attend
– preferably on another planet – on the day he suggested. I therefore found myself in his

study, waiting for the point of the meeting while we negotiated the obligatory five minutes discussing the weather and his summer holiday in France. I made it quite clear that I had been far too busy to swan off to foreign parts – although I suspect the implication of what I said passed him by.
We then got to the point. He was toying with the thought of my retirement and linking us with the adjoining parish of St. Agatha’s. I patiently explained, using simple words and speaking slowly for his benefit, that at 85 and with 40 years at St. James the Least, I was just getting into my stride and that the vicar of St.
Agatha’s, a stripling at 63, had nowhere near enough experience to organise the hymn list, let alone two parishes. This, too, seemed to drift somewhere above his head.
He had clearly done his homework. There were already plans for my Queen Anne rectory to be sold and the 5 acres of garden be turned into a housing estate. This news would be received by our parishioners with as much equanimity as if they were told that Buckingham Palace was to be converted into a sports centre.
The matter, I was told, was confidential – which meant that I only relayed the news to one parishioner at a time. By the end of the day everyone in the village knew and a counter attack was being planned. Inevitably, the most outraged were those who never attend church.
People do so love having a church not to go to.
Congregations have soared, gardeners are being brought in to tidy the rectory grounds and the church council is now well attended. The latter is a mixed blessing, as I always think that the time to get worried is when people start to turn up to meetings.
It may surprise our bishop, but the threat of a merger has been the greatest impetus to mission we’ve had in years. Retirement indeed;
I’m sure Zadok was never asked about his pension plans.
Your loving uncle,
Dear all at Christ Church,
Earlier in the summer Kristy and I were fortunate enough to get married at Christ
Church. We had an amazing day and are
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We would like to thank all those who helped with the logistics of the day; thanks to Steve and Frances for looking after the bubbly, John and Philip for all their help, especially making sure that everything was tidy after the service and thanks to the small army of people who helped make the post-service canapés - they were delicious.
We would also like to thank the bell ringers. As well as playing beautifully at our wedding ceremony, we are honoured that a quarter peal was played before Evensong in celebration of our marriage. Thank you for your lovely letter and certificate.
The 6 th Southgate scouts, linked with Christ
Church, have always been close to my heart.
They did a fabulous job cooking bacon butties before the service (which everybody loved!)
Thank you to all who helped out.
I have been going to Christ Church all my life, having been christened by Brian Mountford back in 1980. I started singing in the choir in
1987, where I was a regular singer for almost 20 years before moving to west London. It is

always a pleasure singing with the choir and therefore it was wonderful to have them involved in our service. It was also great to include members from my new choir, St
Michael and All Angels in Bedford Park, in the singing of Handel’s Hallelujah chorus. We want to pass on a huge thank you to all for singing so beautifully on our wedding day.
Finally, I have to thank my mum. Not only did
I get married in the church that I grew up in but I also had the service conducted by my mother, The Revd Hazel Miall. Mum, supported by Peter, was a great help to both of us throughout the day and the buildup. She even made her own vestments for the day!
21 st July 2013 was the best day of my life and it was an absolute pleasure to share it with so many friends at Christ Church.
Thank you to all who shared a part of our special day.
Tim & Kristy Miall
Thank you to Chris Howell who gave a guided tour of Christ Church to members of the
Southgate Historic Society on Sunday 4 th
August as part of their walk around Southgate
Green. Next year we are hoping to apply to register as part of ‘Open House London’ when buildings of interest to the public are open for a weekend each September. The organisers say they visit each new building to assess whether they are of sufficient interest and importance to form part of the programme. Fingers crossed for Christ Church! We will be open all day on
Thursday 5 th September to coincide with the
Church Times Cricket Cup Final at the Walker
Ground – this year the Diocese of London take on Litchfield.
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I found out about the Tottenham Hale Church and Community Centre Open Day from one of the Archdeacon’s tweets (@ArchdeaconLuke) and thought I would go along to visit – you might remember that we have been supporting the project through our fundraising.
Perhaps it wasn’t coincidence that the open day took place on 20 th July – the anniversary of the Moon
Landing? The project is very much unchartered territory – creating a new church (not ‘planting’ one using an offshoot of another church) – the idea is that it will grow and gain its identity as new residents move in.
I arrived towards the end of the Open Day and at first I wasn’t sure if I was in the right place. I saw lots of people coming in and out of a door and went inside. I knew I had found the new church when I saw the altar against one of the walls.
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The new building is still under construction (it gained planning permission in July 2012) and so for now, the church and community centre are located in two flats on the ground floor of one of the residential blocks, which have been converted to form a community space. There was no priest when I visited (one is due to arrive in the Autumn), but I was greeted by

Andy, from the London City Mission and his wife Martina, who works for the Diocese of
London. They have been working as youth and community workers – speaking to the new residents (of all ages), undertaking
‘detached’ youth work in neighbouring estates and holding “pop up cafes” to encourage people to meet and talk to each other (not a regular occurrence in new housing estates, which can often be devoid of life). In the courtyard next to the centre, there were lots of gazebos with food stalls and activities for children. I asked Martina if she felt she was building a church or a community centre. She said that the space will run as a community centre during the week and as a church on
Sundays. For many people this will be the first contact with the Church of England they will have had. Things are likely to evolve when the new Priest arrives to lead services – there have already been expressions of interest from a number of new residents for different ‘styles’ of worship – at the start it is likely to be a very ecumenical church. Andy and Martina have been provided with funding for their work for two years, to see if they can help the new priest
‘pump prime’ a new congregation! It will be interesting to visit again next July to see how things have developed! Good luck all!
Phillip Daswon
Last year, all the curates in the Edmonton Area received an invitation to join Bishop Peter on a
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land as part of the post
Ordination training. Spouses were also invited, at a non-subsidised rate and Philip decided he would come too. Despite our concerns about being the second and third oldest people there we were always included as fellow pilgrims.
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This pilgrimage was organised by McCabe, a travel agency specialising in such tours. We visited many sites of significant religious interest, the idea being that we would get an overview of the area. They sowed the seeds of the idea of our going on further trips and perhaps staying a little longer and taking others.
We met at the chapel of St George at Heathrow
Airport which was in the middle of a building site; strangely a chapel that is virtually impossible to find. The service there, led by
Bishop Peter, put us in the mood for our forthcoming adventure, our pilgrimage. It felt a bit like my first day at college. There we were, with all the others who were starting out on their new vocation. Some had been ordained with me, others one or two years before me.
We curates were from all over the Edmonton area and we represented a variety of styles of worshipping, dressing, and ages, but we seemed to get on alright.
For the whole week I didn’t have to organise anything. I just had to be in the right place, at the right time, with the right equipment for the day. Philip did most of the activities with us, but it was fine for him to do his own thing if he wanted to.
Our first hotel, The Golden Walls, in
Jerusalem, overlooks the Damascus gate of the old city and our visit coincided with a week of illuminations over the city including the
Damascus gate, which we could see from the balcony of our room.
Our first full day in Jerusalem was designed to give us an overview of the city that is so important to Jews, Christians and Muslims. We started high up on the Mount of Olives by looking across the Kidron Valley to see the
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world famous Dome of the Rock, which in
Jesus’s time was the site of the Temple.
Each day we celebrated the Eucharist. On my previous visit to Jerusalem in 1999 I was left with the distinct feeling that as Anglicans we were not the right sort of Christians to be able to celebrate the Eucharist in some of the most
Holy places. This time however it was totally different. I don’t know whether it was McCabe or Bishop Peter’s influence or a bit of each, but what I do know is that those Eucharist services were very meaningful for me. We took it in turns to read the Gospel, and I was very pleased that my turn was second. My High
Church curate colleague reminded me by his example, that it would be the Bishop, rather than me, who would reverence the Gospel after reading it. I had printed out my reading in big print on a piece of paper, and had taken my smallest, lightest, Bible with me. I then had a dilemma. The reading was from the New
Revised Standard version, which is the one we use, but my small bible uses modern language. I didn’t feel it appropriate to ask the Bishop to reverence a piece of paper. I went to him with my dilemma, and we soon got it sorted, with little fuss.
The setting for my Gospel reading was perfect.
It was in the Dominus Flevit Chapel. Dominus
Flevit translates as “The Lord Wept” and the reading was from Luke 22. Jesus went to the
Mount of Olives and prayed, and ‘his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the
ground’. Jesus was later to be betrayed by Judas.
The view from this chapel, above the altar is iconic. I was humbled and honoured by being given the opportunity to read here. Each of the services was special, and having done my one
Gospel reading for the week I could just join in the services as a member of the congregation and not as a deacon, which I found refreshing.
On our pilgrimage we met Christians from all denominations, but sometimes we just felt like tourists, which of course we were. During my last visit to the Holy Land in 1999 it seemed that everywhere, but Bethlehem in particular, was preparing for the millennium and the forthcoming visit of the Pope. The atmosphere was very different in Bethlehem this time.
Although I had read in the papers and seen on the news about the political problems in the
Holy Land I felt I was only beginning to understand when I actually arrived in
Bethlehem.
We left Jerusalem in our luxury coach and headed towards Bethlehem through the open countryside. Much of the landscape would have remained unchanged since Jesus’ time. The real eye opener to all of us was the presence of the wall around the Palestinian areas. We had to go through check points, but fortunately for us the entry was uneventful.
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During our visit to the hospital run by the
Bethlehem Rehabilitation Society we learnt of the some of the difficulties experienced by the patients and their families at what to us seemed like a small, almost cottage, hospital. Whereas we would expect to be referred to a centre of excellence for a second opinion or further specialist treatment the people of Bethlehem do not have that luxury. Our guide explained to us that for the Palestinians to get the necessary papers to leave, even for medical reasons, is difficult. No Palestinian born since the Oslo 1
Accord of 1993 has been allowed to obtain papers to pass into Israel. Most Palestinian school children have never left the Palestinian areas. We were all very saddened by the restrictions
8 imposed on them. From the roof of the hospital we had a clear view of the dividing wall which came very close to the hospital boundary as it traversed the countryside like a huge steel snake. One piece of good news was that the
Vatican will finance a children’s wing. This is what Christians have been doing for centuries all over the world, providing medical care for those in need, regardless of their religion.
During our visit to the children’s home supported by the McCabe Educational Trust we met a team of dedicated workers who were caring for the small group of boys who had to stay at the home the whole year round because

they had no friends or relatives able to take them in, even during the holiday period.
We take state support of children’s welfare for granted, but most of the world does not have such care. However the regime of this particular home obviously works in the care it is able to give. The headmaster himself grew up there and returned with his wife and family to manage the home after his university education.
The boys we saw now know no other life, and despite their lack of material things their western counterparts might have, the boys and staff seemed happy. The artists, redecorating the corridors with murals featuring familiar TV characters, added to the general sense of wellbeing and hope.
We were however saddened by the drastic reduction in the number of Christians living around Bethlehem. We have no idea how fortunate we are to be able to live in a country where we are able to worship God in the way we choose without fear of persecution.
The visit to Manger Square and the grotto of the Nativity was much more moving than I had found it on my first visit. The last time I felt uncomfortable going into a very dingy church guarded by a grumpy monk. This time, although it was still full of tourists the lighting had been much improved so we could see. As in any enclosed religious space of historic interest there were a lot of people. I presume that many people’s grasp of Christianity is based on the Nativity stories (and Christmas plays), so Bethlehem becomes a ‘must see’ for them. We somehow managed to get permission to go right to the grotto and pay our respects there.
One of the places I had not been to be fore was the Herodion. Herod built both his Palace and the hill on which it stands, and the archaeologists have recently got to the stage in
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We were able to go through the areas of the palace, which had been built into the hill.
Personally I found this excavated palace more evocative than some of the shrines, which may, or may not have been built over a place where
Jesus did something. Our guide this time realised how distracting the buildings can be when so many generations have added their own decorations. The Herodion was not like that. It was back to basics. The only additions seemed to me to be electric lights and handrails and new steps so that we might be able to explore safely.
Perhaps one of the most moving places I visited was the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
We actually went twice. The first time on the
Saturday it was crowded. Outside in the square the muezzin was calling the faithful to prayer and it didn’t seem much quieter when we had gone inside. I was hot and tired and it seemed like any other dusty, noisy, sacred place. I wasn’t sure what I was in the queue for and didn’t feel inclined to kiss the holy stone. We visited the many chapels and our guide told us of the different denominations that used them for prayer. We had our group photo taken at the obligatory photo point and left.
The next day, Sunday was an optional visit back to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It was very early. There was a suggestion that as it was
Sunday we might like to wear our clerical collars. It wasn’t exactly an instruction to wear uniform but we all did. This second visit was so different. The walled city was just waking up, and as we entered the Church we could hear the organ playing. The mood was so very different from the previous day. At each of the chapels we had seen the previous day, people from different denominations were saying their prayers. We had no wish to intrude but one look at our group by anyone would indicate that we were Christian clergy and we were accepted as pilgrims, not as tourists as we had

been the day before. We wandered quietly round until we reached the Shrine of Christ’s
Tomb. The Greek Orthodox Bishop and attendant clergy, robed in their glorious vestments, would emerge and process to the
Crusader Church within the Sepulchre, now used for Greek Orthodox services. Being short in stature I was pushed to the front. It wasn’t the time or occasion to take photos so I will try my best using words. In the past I have found at such occasions that smiles are very useful. So that’s what I did. I felt I was intruding on an important religious procession as I was so close. I couldn’t retreat, so I just enjoyed the close up view of the priests wearing their luxurious fabrics, and embroideries on their robes, and the grandness of the occasion.
When the procession had passed there was a
Holy scramble to get into the Shrine that the priests had just left. To my amazement one of the robed young men looked at me, smiled, and said “madam” in a very deferential way and indicated for me to go in. This was no grumpy monk on tourist guard duty. I suppose a woman in a clerical collar seems odd to many people in England, let alone in a Church in
Jerusalem. I am prepared, as a woman in a dog collar, to be spat at and insulted, but I was not ready for this deference. I suppose in his eyes I must seem a bit like a nun, and no one would want to upset a nun, so I just acknowledged the very pleasant greeting.
That Sunday became one of those days I will long remember. We went to the Anglican cathedral of St. George for Holy Communion.
It seemed the more lively service was the family one before the Eucharist, but none the less we experienced an Anglican Cathedral service, not very different from any other Anglican service.
If ever I were to return to Jerusalem by myself I would choose to stay at the Cathedral. It seemed a haven of quiet in the bustling city.
The afternoon’s visit was one I was not looking forward to, but I knew I had to go. It was to the Holocaust Museum. Each of us chose to go round it alone and in silence. There was no quick way out, you just had to go on to the end.
, which was symbolic in itself. I, like so many others, have heard about the holocaust, but the museum makes it seem so real and recent.
Ordinary people like you and me were tortured and killed because of the whim of a powerful
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Pilgrimage to be continued….
Hazel Miall
When I visited Walsingham last year I attended a special service of anointing with water from the well in Shrine House. Subsequently, this set me thinking about our relationship with Christ not only as ‘the bread of life’ but also as the living water of our spiritual life: “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within..”
(Jn 7.38 Jesus Calling, Sarah Young)
As I write it’s pouring with rain & thunder is booming – taking me back to a cold and damp
Tuesday last November when I visited Wells
Next Sea (just a few miles away from
Walsingham) during an interlude between church services.
My umbrella had been blown inside out by the wind by the time I came across a local gem of a restaurant. I felt a little damp around the edges but tucking into a really fresh crab salad and a glass of sauvignon blanc quickly comforted my senses.
As I walked back to get the bus the light was dull, the rain became a gentle drizzle, the tide had gone out and there was an expanse of labyrinth-like sand dunes, grassy wetlands and small tributaries of sea water. I reflected on the bounty of the sea (my crab lunch!) and how beautiful the slightly barren landscape looked.
This encouraged more watery mindful connections: for example, ‘only 2.5% of the
Earth’s water is freshwater and 98.8% of that water is in ice and groundwater’. (Wikipedia)
‘In the human body water can account for around 60% of an adult’s body weight’. (The
Human Body, Dr. Tony Smith). Within the

sphere of my work as an holistic therapist I often think that health/energy is like a tide ebbing and flowing to different degrees.
Returning to the village of Walsingham, I purchased a booklet entitled Celtic Reflections
(Martin Wallace) in which it states: “Allow the love of God to flow over you but then allow it to flow out again for others like the sea”.
The theme of water continued with the evening’s service of Reconciliation: inviting us to dwell upon Christ, our present needs and the needs of others. The service drew to a close with laying on of hands, an anointing with oil and a ‘sprinkling’ of the Holy water from the
Shrine well. It was positive and affirming.
On leaving the Shrine House building, one passes a pond with a medium sized water fountain which tunefully and consistently bubbles away. This energetic sound reminded me in a light-hearted way of my acupressure work - there is a special kidney meridian point called ‘bubbling spring’. Its resonance is associated with water, cleansing and the vitality of health and wellbeing!
In the evening darkness, lights shimmered upon this ‘bowl’ of water and delicately highlighted a large figure of Christ on the cross close by and through the window-scape of Shrine House, candle light (red, blue, white) glistened. Very pretty; encouraging one to linger; inviting spiritual reflection.
As ever, I find visiting Walsingham nourishing at different personal levels - it’s refreshing and inspiring to take time out of my frequently hectic schedule to focus on Christ, the influence and meaning of his life, death and resurrection and to be thankful for so many blessings. For me, this time, the theme of vitality and sustenance, strongly presented itself through the rejuvenating metaphor of Christ
Jesus as the living water of life.
It seems apt to include here the following quotation (which I came upon quite by chance) from My Dear Child, Listening to God’s Heart by
Colin Urquhart: “Have you noticed that water keeps falling over a water fall? It never goes upwards. My love keeps falling on you. It is just like that waterfall. I cannot stop it falling on you. It cannot go upwards and leave you. It can only descend on you. Stand under the waterfall of my love and receive.”
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On a physical level many people imbibe or bathe in nourishing Spa waters to improve their health and for Christians, Baptismal water represents an important spiritual connection with Jesus.
The sounds and sight of water can soothe mentally and emotionally and there’s nothing like a holiday by a lake, river or ocean to clear our ‘personal clutter’.
The gift of water sustains, refreshes and cleanses all life. It is a most valuable substance for the entire planet and we can’t live without it. Coincidentally, somewhat appropriately,
Handel’s Water Music has just started playing in the background! (David Starkey’s Music &
Monarchy)…
… I hope my personal recollections might invite you to reflect upon the significance of
‘Water’ in your life and I close with this lovely prayer which was displayed in the All Souls
Chapel at Walsingham: “May we who declare our faith in this fountain of love and mercy, drink from the water of everlasting life. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord and God.”
Louise Exeter
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Singing in mufti, the choir opened the Summer
Concert on 14 th July with Stanford’s Te Deum in B Flat at the start of a packed programme of individual and group performances, including readings by Mabel Geeson and Bob Hagon-
Torkington, a toe-tapping “Sax Duet” on piano and saxophone by Tom Hill and Mitchell Lloyd
(who swapped instruments half way through), a brilliant ‘James Bond Medley’ sung by the
Senior Choristers and performances on piano, clarinet, cello and violin. We are lucky to have such talented musicians in our midst! I was Glad

sung by the full choir was a fitting conclusion to the gala performance!
Christ
Church is the party capital of
Southgate!
As well as our annual awards ceremony, this year our end of term party provided a chance to say goodbye to John
Hagon Torkington and Stephanie Wake
Edwards who are off to university in the autumn and to Nicola Carver, who is moving to
South London. Everyone got into the party spirit; the younger members of the choir decided to pose especially nicely to give Steph a special send off picture! Thank you to all who
“brought and shared” at our choir party and to
Henry and Dave for running the BBQ.
We have all enjoyed our break but have missed singing for you! We will return on 8 th
September for our first choral services and are looking forward to the weeks ahead, including a
Choral Eucharist on Sunday 29 th September, to mark Back to Church Sunday.
We are delighted to announce that Katie Allen,
Florence Butterfield, Rhiannon Humphreys,
Tom Hill, Ming Xiu and John Hagon-
Torkington have all been selected to receive a special “100 hours of Volunteering” award from Enfield Council and will be presented with a special certificate and badge at a ceremony on 17 th
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October. The award recognises the achievement of volunteers who have completed in excess of 100 hours of volunteering in the past twelve months.
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While all members of the choir contribute a huge amount of time to rehearsal and performance, we wanted to recognise in particular the efforts of our Senior Choristers, who not only rehearse and sing in services, but also help to play hymns on the organ, perform instrumental works in our regular concerts and even write original compositions for the choir to perform – all whilst juggling a busy school life. Their enthusiasm and commitment is highly valued by us all. We are proud that Katie,
Florence, Rhiannon, Tom, Ming and John will be recognised as being among “Enfield’s
Finest” volunteers at the ceremony in October.
Phillip Daswon
A meditation
Now I am happy. Jesus is Lord over all the world.
How blissful I am.
The I am in the Bible:
There were
I am – the good shepherd;
I am – the Bread of Life;
I am – the True Vine;
I am – the Way (the Path), the Truth
(What is) the Life (the Existence).
No man cometh to the Father but by Me.
We know that Jesus is the only way to heaven.
By his sacrifice on the cross.
By taking – at his Father’s command – the sins of the all mankind on himself.
That Beautiful God, who did this for me because I believe it.

I am born again
April 1984.
Baptised 1991 – confirmed in the same year.
2009 – in the Holy Land on my Pilgrimage – I had re-dedication of my baptism – in the River
Jordan. This was in the Footsteps of my
Saviour, Jesus Christ. A momentous occasion.
When Jesus was baptised in the Jordan by his cousin, John. The I ams meant he was reaffirming what God said to Moses at the burning bush miracle – when Moses asked God
– who shall I say sent me? He said,
I am sent you.
This was God’s name
Jaweh – I am.
Hallelujah
How brilliant is I am.
The Holy God.
Omnipotent God – all powerful God;
Omniscient God – all knowing God;
Omnipresent God – always present God.
How happy were His Christians.
How we can experience the love of God in our lives, by believing this and leading Christian lives.
Now I give myself to you,
O Jahweh – Christ as he is equal to God.
My Jesus. Mary’s son, God – the Father’s Son.
My life is complete in you: my husband: a bride of Christ.
The bride of Christ – the nun;
The bride of Christ – His Church;
The bride of Christ – Lynda.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, the Son and the
Holy Ghost. Amen.
Lynda Corcoran.
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The bride was over the moon when we opened ‘fore noon
With five hundred guests to be seated.
In the queue for the loo, which ran to the back pew,
I learnt how a gele was pleated.
The choir practised for long, the new worship song;
The service could not have been cheerier;
And who would have bet
The first bishop I met
As Churchwarden would come from Nigeria?
Our summer night prayers
Caught some unawares
Without our fine choir of singers.
But we held our own
– congregation alone
With the help of two novice bellringers
No cupboard was free
From my cleaning spree
The noticeboard looking like new.
Candles stowed away, out of harms way
Successfully cleansed of mouse poo!
Phillip Dawson

FROM THE REGISTERS:
Baptisms: Harry Joseph Newby, Morgan Durisia
Beverly Moseley and Freya Buxton.
Weddings: Timothy Miall & Kristy Shaw, Olufemi
Ishola & Catherine Emeka
Deaths: Betty Heath & John Greenhalgh
BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY
Since 2004, more than a quarter of 1 million people have responded to the invitation to go to church with a friend or neighbour. This is not really a new idea. Jesus invited the disciples to follow him: fishermen, tax collectors and all the rest. Unless you are invited, you are very unlikely to attend.
Of course, you could do this on any Sunday of the year but having a particular Sunday means that you can explain to friends and neighbours that this is a day when churches all over the country are making the effort to be friendly and welcoming and ensuring that what you come to is something they will enjoy and find fulfilling.
Back To Church Sunday this year is on
September 29 th . Invitation cards to offer to a friend or neighbour are available to collect in the Church. I hope that you will be sympathetic to the idea, not anxious about talking to a friend or neighbour, and enthusiastic about being able to share what we have at Christ
Church with them.
Fr Peter
GROUND FORCE DAY!
SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2013
The Southgate Green Association holds its annual ‘Ground Force Day’ on 21 st September when members will be helping to tidy up the conservation area – tree pruning, litter picking and leaf sweeping. This coincides with our regular monthly cleaning session, led by Sandra and Teresa, which will kick off at 9.30am. The
Churchwardens will be leading a ‘groundforce’ session in the churchyard, to support our brilliant gardening team. We will be helping with those big ‘one off’ jobs. Many hands make light work! Please speak to Phillip Dawson if you can spare an hour or so or put your name on the list on the noticeboard at the back of the church.
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
You may think it is much too early to start thinking about Christmas, but not so. If we are to have our shoebox presents ready in early
November we need to make a start.
If you are buying shoes, or just in a shoe shop, please ask for a box (one with a loose lid). If you have some left over Christmas paper you could cover the box so that the lid can be removed. When you are out shopping if you could just buy something for in a box, we will get off to a great start: crayons, pens, notebooks, toy car or doll, skipping rope, ball, toothpaste or brush, tablet of soap, flannel, etc.
I already have a collection of covered boxes and some contents. In September we will begin our publicity in earnest.
Thank you for your continuing help and support and thank you to everyone who donated wool or is knitting for this year’s shoeboxes.
Hilary Meur for SRC
CHRIST CHURCH ASSOCIATION
Membership
New members are always welcome, just come and visit the Bar. The Bar staff will be able to help.
The Bar is open every week:
Sundays: 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Wednesdays: 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Fridays: 8:00pm – 11:00pm
All are most welcome to visit and become members. We always stock a good range of soft drinks as well as good beers and other alcoholic drinks. Please note that it is a legal requirement that all who purchase drinks from the Top Step
Bar are Christ Church Association members.
YOUTH GROUP
The Christ Church Youth Groups meet every
Thursday in the Reception Room of Church
House. Ages 10-14 from 6.45 p.m. – 7.45 p.m.; ages 14-18 from 7.45 p.m. – 9.15 p.m.
Activities include snooker, table-tennis, board games, discussions and trips to the cinema, bowling and ice-skating. For further information, please contact Kathy Dickson
(Youth Worker) on kathleendickson17@gmail.com.

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ACROSS
1 ‘Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders — in vain’ (Psalm 127:1) (6)
4 Season of the year (Psalm 84:6) (6)
7 ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. — here and keep watch with me’ (Matthew 26:38) (4)
8 It came over the whole land from the sixth to the ninth hour on the first Good Friday
(Luke 23:44) (8)
9 Paul invariably did this in the synagogues he visited on his missionary journeys (Acts 17:2)
(8)
13 ‘It is God who works in you to will and to
— according to his good purpose’ (Philippians
2:13) (3)
16 Members of the Church of Scotland (13)
17 ‘Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountain side and — down’ (Matthew
5:1) (3)
19 Mock(Luke14:29)(8)
24 Disgrace(Psalm44:13)(8)
25 First month of the Hebrew calendar
(Exodus13:4)(4)
26 Christianity of the Britons before Augustine arrived from Rome(6)
27 Mean (Numbers 35:23)(6)
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DOWN
1 ‘Whoever finds his life will — it’ (Matthew
10:39) (4)
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2 ‘My lord the king, let the — — on me and on my father’s family, and let the king and his throne be without guilt’ (2 Samuel 14:9) (5,4)
3 O raid (anag.) (5)
4 ‘If two of you on earth — about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my
Father in heaven’ (Matthew 18:19) (5)
5 Take care of (1 Samuel 17:15) (4)
6 What the older son heard as he came near the house the day his prodigal brother came home (Luke 15:25) (5)
10 ‘Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,but rather think of yourself with — judgment’ (Romans 12:3) (5)
11 Do ten(anag.)(5)
12 Architectural style first used in Greek temples in the sixth century BC (5)
13 Capable of being used(1Kings7:36)(9)
14 ‘Each one should — his own actions’(Galatians6:4)(4)
15 Among the items imported by Solomon’s fleet of trading ships (1 Kings 10:22) (4)
18 ‘But I am afraid that just —— was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray’ (2 Corinthians 11:3)
(2,3)
20 Outstanding 18th-century hymn writer, —
Watts(5)
21 One of the four sons of
Asher(Genesis46:17)(5)
22 Be distressed(Proverbs24:19)(4)
23 He was the father of Gaal, who threatened rebellion against Abimelech (Judges 9:28) (4)
This crossword reproduced by kind permission of BRF and John Capon, was originally published in Three
Down, Nine Across, by John Capon (£6.99 BRF).
JULY & AUGUST SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1, Wife. 3, To battle. 8, Obal. 9,
Disciple. 11, Bitterness. 14, Niacin. 15, Attain.
17, Passionate. 20, Tertiary. 21, Meet. 22,
Weakness. 23, Deer.
DOWN: 1, Woodbine. 2, Feast day. 4, Orient.
5, Accusation. 6, Type. 7, Eyes. 10, Dedication.
12, Gadarene. 13, Ancestor. 16, Esdras. 18,
Stew. 19, Area.

Parish Office
PARISH DIRECTORY
Open on Wednesdays 10 a.m.—1 p.m.; 2.30—5.30 p.m. and Fridays 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
Please phone beforehand if you have any special requests or needs.
N.B. Notices for the Sunday pew sheets should reach the Office no later than 10 a.m. on a
Friday. If possible, please e-mail them.
1 The Green, London N14 7EG
8886 0384
When the office is not staffed, please call the Vicarage
020 7190 5880 office@christchurch-southgate.org www.christchurch-southgate.org
The Reverend Peter Jackson M.A.
1 The Green, N14 7EG
8882 0917 peter.jackson@london.anglican.org
Monday
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Mail
Phone
Fax
Email
Website
Clergy
Vicar
Address
Phone
Email
Day Off
Curate
Address
Phone
Email
Lay Readers
Churchwardens
PCC
Secretary
Treasurer
Stewardship
The Reverend Hazel Miall B.Sc., B.A.
85 Conway Road
Southgate
LONDON N14 7BD
07980 740 587 hazelhmiall@btinternet.com
Mrs Cathy Dallman, 4 Greenacre Walk Southgate N14 7DB 8886 5918
Mr Malcolm D'Aubney, 6 Arnos Grove, N14 7AS 8886 1964
Ms Jackie Anderson 8245 0305
Mr John Marriott
Mr Phillip Dawson
07917 184185
07843 445963
Mr Gavin Newby
Mr Ray Harris, 91 Minchenden Crescent, N14 7EP
Mr Michael Meur, 136 Green Dragon Lane, N21 1ET
07717 801770
8882 6149
8360 2362
Youth
Sunday School & Youth Worker
Mrs Kathy Dickson
Bereavement Counsellor
Mrs Pamela Davison, 48 Burleigh Gardens, N14 5AG
Choir
Director of Music & Organist
Mr Richard Brain, B.A.
Assistant Organist
Treasurer music@christchurch-southgate.org
Mr David Hinitt, Flat 7, The Green, N14 7EG davejh@onetell.com
Mr Ian Winton, 7 Foxgrove, N14 7EA
Sacristan
Sidesmen
Mrs Pamela Davison, 48 Burleigh Gardens, N14 5AG
Mrs Jean Thomas, 55 Arlington Road, N14 5BB
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07757 757 657
8368 3006
07979 850 546
07734 209 662
8882 3680
8368 3006
8368 6638

Sub-committee Chairs/contacts
Communications Parish Office – Parish Administrator, Mr Adam Dickson 8886 0384
Social Responsibility
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Resources
Pastoral
Anniversary
Ms Jackie Anderson
Dr Ronald Lo
8245 0305
8882 3335
Mrs Cathy Dallman, 4 Greenacre Walk Southgate N14 7DB 8886 5918
Fr Peter Jackson 8882 0917
Electoral Roll Officer
Dr Patricia Ashby
Parish Magazine "The Spire"
Editors Parish Office, see above
Distribution Mrs Hilary Meur, 136 Green Dragon Lane, N21 1ET
Acting Treasurer Mrs Lynda Rigg, 124 Waterfall Road, N14 7JN
Flower Arrangers
Mrs Lynda Rigg, 124 Waterfall Road, N14 7JN
8360 2362
8886 4811
8886 4811
Parish Centre/Church Halls
Chairman
Secretary
Lettings
Mr Philip Miall, 85 Conway Road, N14 7BD
Miss Clare Boulton, 321 Gladbeck Way, EN2 7EN
Ms Nicole Cross
Treasurer Mr Michael Meur, 136 Green Dragon Lane, N21 1ET
Christ Church Association
Bar open as advertised
Contact Mr Clive Woodhouse, 41b Osborne Rd, N13 5BT
8882 6738
8367 5961
07908 805 738
8360 2362
8882 0014
Friday Coffee Morning
Every Friday morning 10.30 am - 12.15 pm
Mrs Yvonne Woodthorpe, 88 Waterfall Road, N14 7JT 8368 9467
Lunch Fellowship
Usually on 2 nd Wednesday in the month at noon.
Mrs Hilary Meur, 136 Green Dragon Lane, N21 1ET
Mrs Lynda Rigg, 124 Waterfall Road, N14 7JN
Waterfall Group
1st Tuesday 8.30 p.m. - informal women's meeting
Mrs Frances Wyatt
Mrs Glenys Rodway, 14 Dawlish Avenue, N13 4HP
8360 2362
8886 4811
8361 5379
8882 5970
07980 740 587
8882 0991
Scout Group The Revd. Hazel Miall, Cubs
Bellringers
Mr Stephen Smith, Group Scout Leader
Practice held Wednesdays 7.30 p.m.
Captain Mr Martin Sutcliffe, 46 Brookdale, N11 1BN
Bridge Club
Thursdays 8 p.m.
Secretary Mrs Shirley Poulter, 48 Arnos Grove N14 7AR
8368 1974
8886 2863
Young Fogeys
For the active and retired, though you needn't be either!
Contact Mrs Jean Thomas, 55 Arlington Road, N14 5BB 8368 6638
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Date –
SEPTEMBER
Sunday
Day
1 Trinity XIV
SEPTEMBER 2013 CALENDAR
Eucharists
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Other Sung
Services
8am (said); 10am (sung) 6.30 pm Choral
Evensong
Liturgical
Colour
Green
Monday 2 Feria Green
Tuesday 3 S Gregory the Great
Wednesday 4 S Cuthbert
Thursday 5 Bl Teresa of Calcutta
11am (said)
12.30pm (said)
White
White
White
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
6 Feria
7 Feria
8 Birth of the BVM
Monday
Tuesday
9 S Peter Claver
10 Feria
Wednesday 11 Feria
Thursday 12 Feria
Friday 13 S John Chrysostom
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Green
8am (said); 10am (sung) 6.30 pm Choral
Evensong
11am (said)
12.30pm (said)
Green
White
White
Green
Green
Green
White
14 Holy Cross
15 Trinity XVI
16 Ss Cornelius & Cyprian
8am (said); 10am (sung) 6.30 pm Choral
Evensong
Red
Green
Red
Tuesday 17 Hildegard of Bingen
Wednesday 18 Feria
Thursday 19 Feria
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
20 Feria
21 S Matthew
11am (said)
12.30pm (said)
White
Green
Green
Green
Red
22 Trinity XVII (Harvest) 8am (said); 10am (sung) 6.30 pm Choral
Evensong
23 S Pius of Pietrelcina
24 Our Lady of Walsingham
Green
White
White
Wednesday 25
Thursday
Friday
Feria
26 Feria
27 S Vincent de Paul
11am (said)
12.30pm (said)
Green
Green
White
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
29 Michaelmas
30 S Jerome
Green
8am (said); 10am (sung) 6.30 pm Choral
Evensong
White
White
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