Victorians, here there and everywhere from “The Victorian, 1979”
Collated by “Dixie” Landick
The Reverend Philip Beuzeval, who was at V.C.J. from 1948—1956, paid a most welcome visit to the old school in the summer. He has now written to say that he has moved to the Cullercoats Group Ministry of the Methodist Church near North Shields. Tyne and Wear. We look forward to his next letter, which he has promised will give us more news of his present work.
Tony’s Supplement
I’ve done some extra work on finding out more on this, and here, with links, are extracts which tell us more about the Reverend Philip Beuzeval, and his Jersey connections.
https://www.wesleymem.org.uk/lib/F623981.pdf
Obituary — Philip McRoberts Beuzeval: 1937 — 2021
Philip was born in Jersey on 23rd June 1937, of Celtic forebears — French, Irish and Cornish —and parents who were Jersey Methodists and owners of a tobacconist and toyshop in St Helier.
A few days after his third birthday, the family hurriedly left Jersey for Newport, South Wales, just in time to escape the German invasion and occupation of the island. They were to remain in Wales for five years. During the air-raids, his grandfather taught Philip to play chess, and also shared with him some French songs, which Philip later discovered, to his amusement, had some quite risqué content!
In 1945 they returned to liberated Jersey and life went back to normal, with preaching for dad, Sunday-school teaching for mum, and the shop during the week. Philip finished his schooling and in due course went up to University College, London to study Law. In London, alongside his studies, he played a lot of hockey, and attended London University’s large MethSoc at Hinde Street Church, becoming President in his third year.
During the vacations, he would fill in preaching for his father, who by this time was very ill. Listeners and friends told him he ought to offer for the Ministry; and in time there followed three years of ministerial training at Wesley House, Cambridge.
Always a good linguist, his first ministerial appointment was teaching New Testament Greek as an Assistant Tutor at Richmond College, in London. He helped the less academic students through their exams, and gave them pastoral support.
During the vacation of April 1966, he met a young woman working in the Methodist Biarritz Hotel in Jersey. Their friendship flourished over games of tennis and cups of tea, and in March 1967 Sue and Philip were married. By now Philip was in Circuit in Leicester, first at Bishop Street, and then churches in Oadby and Wigston Magna; and it was during this time that they developed their wonderful partnership offering open house, fellowship, food and fun, especially to young people in the churches. It was in Leicester too that Philip’s love of gardening began.
In 1979 Philip had a call from the Methodist Church that he wasn’t seeking, to go to the North East as minister of Cullercoats, at the time one of the largest churches in the Connexion.
There had been unrest in church and circuit; and it was hoped Philip’s wide experience and wisdom would bring a calming influence.
Ten years later, Philip and Sue were invited to the Oxford Circuit, and so begin our own memories of Philip, the beloved pastor, preacher and friend; the encourager and enabler of others’ gifts; the mentor and lifelong friend of many Methodist students in the John Wesley Society.
When he retired in 2002, after thirteen years as Circuit Superintendent, and minister of Wesley Memorial, he and Sue enjoyed their new home, garden and the fellowship of Woodstock Church. There Philip enjoyed being a Sunday door steward! He continued to preach, and serve on the Queen’s Foundation Oversight Committee and the Westminster College Oxford Trust.
We shall miss his wisdom, his deep faith and his thoughtfulness. We thank God for his life, his ministry and his friendship.
Kate Dobson
https://www.wesleysoxford.org.uk/topics/john-wesley-society/michael-stewart-looks-back
Collated by “Dixie” Landick
The Reverend Philip Beuzeval, who was at V.C.J. from 1948—1956, paid a most welcome visit to the old school in the summer. He has now written to say that he has moved to the Cullercoats Group Ministry of the Methodist Church near North Shields. Tyne and Wear. We look forward to his next letter, which he has promised will give us more news of his present work.
Tony’s Supplement
I’ve done some extra work on finding out more on this, and here, with links, are extracts which tell us more about the Reverend Philip Beuzeval, and his Jersey connections.
https://www.wesleymem.org.uk/lib/F623981.pdf
Obituary — Philip McRoberts Beuzeval: 1937 — 2021
Philip was born in Jersey on 23rd June 1937, of Celtic forebears — French, Irish and Cornish —and parents who were Jersey Methodists and owners of a tobacconist and toyshop in St Helier.
A few days after his third birthday, the family hurriedly left Jersey for Newport, South Wales, just in time to escape the German invasion and occupation of the island. They were to remain in Wales for five years. During the air-raids, his grandfather taught Philip to play chess, and also shared with him some French songs, which Philip later discovered, to his amusement, had some quite risqué content!
In 1945 they returned to liberated Jersey and life went back to normal, with preaching for dad, Sunday-school teaching for mum, and the shop during the week. Philip finished his schooling and in due course went up to University College, London to study Law. In London, alongside his studies, he played a lot of hockey, and attended London University’s large MethSoc at Hinde Street Church, becoming President in his third year.
During the vacations, he would fill in preaching for his father, who by this time was very ill. Listeners and friends told him he ought to offer for the Ministry; and in time there followed three years of ministerial training at Wesley House, Cambridge.
Always a good linguist, his first ministerial appointment was teaching New Testament Greek as an Assistant Tutor at Richmond College, in London. He helped the less academic students through their exams, and gave them pastoral support.
During the vacation of April 1966, he met a young woman working in the Methodist Biarritz Hotel in Jersey. Their friendship flourished over games of tennis and cups of tea, and in March 1967 Sue and Philip were married. By now Philip was in Circuit in Leicester, first at Bishop Street, and then churches in Oadby and Wigston Magna; and it was during this time that they developed their wonderful partnership offering open house, fellowship, food and fun, especially to young people in the churches. It was in Leicester too that Philip’s love of gardening began.
In 1979 Philip had a call from the Methodist Church that he wasn’t seeking, to go to the North East as minister of Cullercoats, at the time one of the largest churches in the Connexion.
There had been unrest in church and circuit; and it was hoped Philip’s wide experience and wisdom would bring a calming influence.
Ten years later, Philip and Sue were invited to the Oxford Circuit, and so begin our own memories of Philip, the beloved pastor, preacher and friend; the encourager and enabler of others’ gifts; the mentor and lifelong friend of many Methodist students in the John Wesley Society.
When he retired in 2002, after thirteen years as Circuit Superintendent, and minister of Wesley Memorial, he and Sue enjoyed their new home, garden and the fellowship of Woodstock Church. There Philip enjoyed being a Sunday door steward! He continued to preach, and serve on the Queen’s Foundation Oversight Committee and the Westminster College Oxford Trust.
We shall miss his wisdom, his deep faith and his thoughtfulness. We thank God for his life, his ministry and his friendship.
Kate Dobson
https://www.wesleysoxford.org.uk/topics/john-wesley-society/michael-stewart-looks-back
Michael Stewart remembers:
“I came to Oxford as a student towards the end of the 1990s, and having been a member of my local Methodist Church made contact with Wesley Memorial and the John Wesley Society.... At this point Philip Beuzeval was the Minister, who was the first person to introduce me to the Methodist preaching tradition of ‘sixthly – and more briefly’ in his sermons. I have very fond memories of cycling out to the manse on a Sunday evening, being plied with home cooking by Sue, and occasionally noticing Philip sitting back, watching a group of noisy students and young people, and simply smiling. They opened their home to us, and gave many people a sense of belonging to the city, as well as the university.”
https://www.wesleymem.org.uk/lib/F623981.pdf
Words and Silence: for Philip
I remember our first meeting.
‘We must talk,’ you said.
How many words have I heard you speak since then?
Expressing the inexpressible in sermons,
chairing meetings, walking with the dogs.
Yet it’s not for your words that I will be most grateful.
It’s more for the open spaces in between.
It’s for the listening and the creative silence,
nurturing friendship, holding pain and faith.
Do you talk to your plants, I wonder,
or simply observe the miracle of growth?
Thank you, my friend, you’ve shown me the gentle Gardener
who held out His hand and invited me to grace.
Joanna Tulloch
https://www.familynotices.je/moreinfo/78565/beuzeval-philip-mcroberts-revd
Family Notice: BEUZEVAL, Philip McRoberts (Revd). Died Wednesday, 20 October, 2021, in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Devoted and much-loved husband, father, brother to David of St Helier, grandfather and uncle. If desired, donations welcome for Cancer Research or All We Can, or given Philip's love of gardening, plant a shrub. Thanksgiving service at 3 pm on Friday, 12 November at Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford, OX1 2DH.
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