The Sunday Archive: The Pilot, October 1997 - Part 5
St Luke and St James
DAVID JONES Priest-in-Charge
TIDES AND SEASONS
I OFTEN stand and watch the sea and ponder at its many moods, its beauty and its anger. As you travel along that ever changing seaward scene of Havre des Pas and the St Clement's Coast Road, it’s always different in colours, and mood and the state of the tide. Most beautiful to behold but not a thing to do if you are driving!
The Christian people of our Island in years past knew much about the ebb and flow of life, just as they knew the intricacies of tide and channel, wind and wave. For as they knew, everything in this life is visited by its tides and seasons. As we enter the season of autumn the more alive and alert we are, the more we will be alert to change and challenge. For like the seasons and the tide, life never stands still, but with God is always moving. All of us are caught up in the ebb and flow of the whole creation. We are a very small and frail craft in a mighty ocean. Yet we may be privileged to discover, in the ebb and flow, that nothing is lost, only changed. The end of one thing always heralds the beginning of something new and all is secure in He who is the Maker and Redeemer, in Jesus.
Autumn in our churches is often the time of new things, new opportunities as well as the yearly rhythms with which we are accustomed
We at St Luke's have begun a regular Monday night time of prayer at 8 pm, open to everyone, of course. To pray and to practise, to learn new ways of prayer, and together to grow closer to our God.
With the ebbing of the year we are looking forward to the future of new tides and seasons. Part of our preparation comes from making sure that the faith we claim, is a faith we know! See the list at the back of church for our seven week look at the creed we profess, in our `Credo' course.
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Thank you to everyone who supported the Romanian shoe box appeal and the Harvest gift envelopes for the work of Save the Children. It's good to report that our "Pip & Jim's" nursery is being well supported and thank you for shutting all our new gates! I know they are a nuisance, but they do help.
We welcome to St Luke's the brilliant young English violinist, Anakay Koshka this month. She will be giving three recitals in the church on 1st, 2nd & 3rd October at 7.30 pm in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Do please come and support this good cause, and hear a world class performance. Anakay made her debut in 1996 at Carnegie Hall, New York, and is giving her services free in support of this worthy cause.
Finally, our congratulations to Ted and Barbara Dobson on their Golden Wedding celebrations. May you have many more happy years together.
HOLY BAPTISM. 17th August, Emily Aubert; 31st August, Tyler Paull.
St Martin
By Lawrence Turner, Rector
DAVID JONES Priest-in-Charge
TIDES AND SEASONS
I OFTEN stand and watch the sea and ponder at its many moods, its beauty and its anger. As you travel along that ever changing seaward scene of Havre des Pas and the St Clement's Coast Road, it’s always different in colours, and mood and the state of the tide. Most beautiful to behold but not a thing to do if you are driving!
The Christian people of our Island in years past knew much about the ebb and flow of life, just as they knew the intricacies of tide and channel, wind and wave. For as they knew, everything in this life is visited by its tides and seasons. As we enter the season of autumn the more alive and alert we are, the more we will be alert to change and challenge. For like the seasons and the tide, life never stands still, but with God is always moving. All of us are caught up in the ebb and flow of the whole creation. We are a very small and frail craft in a mighty ocean. Yet we may be privileged to discover, in the ebb and flow, that nothing is lost, only changed. The end of one thing always heralds the beginning of something new and all is secure in He who is the Maker and Redeemer, in Jesus.
Autumn in our churches is often the time of new things, new opportunities as well as the yearly rhythms with which we are accustomed
We at St Luke's have begun a regular Monday night time of prayer at 8 pm, open to everyone, of course. To pray and to practise, to learn new ways of prayer, and together to grow closer to our God.
With the ebbing of the year we are looking forward to the future of new tides and seasons. Part of our preparation comes from making sure that the faith we claim, is a faith we know! See the list at the back of church for our seven week look at the creed we profess, in our `Credo' course.
* * *
Thank you to everyone who supported the Romanian shoe box appeal and the Harvest gift envelopes for the work of Save the Children. It's good to report that our "Pip & Jim's" nursery is being well supported and thank you for shutting all our new gates! I know they are a nuisance, but they do help.
We welcome to St Luke's the brilliant young English violinist, Anakay Koshka this month. She will be giving three recitals in the church on 1st, 2nd & 3rd October at 7.30 pm in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Do please come and support this good cause, and hear a world class performance. Anakay made her debut in 1996 at Carnegie Hall, New York, and is giving her services free in support of this worthy cause.
Finally, our congratulations to Ted and Barbara Dobson on their Golden Wedding celebrations. May you have many more happy years together.
HOLY BAPTISM. 17th August, Emily Aubert; 31st August, Tyler Paull.
St Martin
By Lawrence Turner, Rector
From
LAWRENCE TURNER Rector
IT can't be that time of year already! Oh, but it is! YES! — it's time to start thinking about the Christmas Market again! This year the Market returns to its usual venue back in St Martin's Public Hall and the date is the last Saturday in November (29th).
As you well know, the Market is our major annual fund-raiser. As in previous years we need to make sure that it is a MAJOR success! And for the market to be successful everyone must play their part. So, as ever, WE NEED YOUR HELP — we need things to sell and customers to buy them. Your help will be required to do both of these. It really is a case of every-one mucking in and doing something! Not all the jobs are big ones and we well recognise that we all have different talents and capacities. Let's not leave it to the "faithful few" — let's make it the "faithful all," working together to produce the best result ever.
NOW is the time to start thinking about doing something for the Market and making it successful. You'll find the date and venue of the first meeting to make preliminary preparations below. Please come and offer your services. If you cannot come then please find someone who can and tell them what you can do and they can pass it on. We can then note your offer and do something about it. If everyone does their bit then it will save the "few" doing the lot again!
The date of the Market should be in your diary (Saturday 7th December, just in case) so you can now start dropping hints to friends and relatives for their support. It's also a good time to start thinking, if you haven't done already, about the stalls we usually have at the Market and decide what you can contribute to any of them. That done please tell the stallholders (a list of whose names and stalls will be displayed in the porch by the time you read this) how you will help them.
The Christmas Market has always been a success in the past; let's make sure that this year is not the exception to the rule!
CHRISTMAS MARKET MEETING. The preliminary meeting to get things moving on this front will be held in church on Tuesday 21st October at 8 pm. Everyone is more than welcome to come along and offer their help, suggestions and what have you, so please make every effort to be there; we need you.
HOLY DAYS. Two dates in October demand our attention each year. The first is Saturday 18th, when we remember with thanksgiving the life and work of St Luke, Evangelist and Doctor. The second is a double feast, that of St Simon and St Jude, Apostles, on Tuesday 28th. And now the usual October reminder that you should note that Saturday 1st November is the Feast of All Saints. On all of these days there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at 7.30 pm. The Commemoration of All Souls falls on Sunday 2nd November.
MOTHERS' UNION. This is our annual joint meeting when we welcome members from other Island branches and any other people who would like to come along. Our speaker at 2.30 pm on Wednesday 8th October in the Public Hall will be Dr M Marks telling us of his visits overseas. Please note that there will also be a Bring and Buy Stall to raise money for the work of Mothers' Union Overseas.
CONGREGATIONAL MEET¬ING. We finally managed to hold this important meeting which was rather well attended. Changes were made to various committees etc and many things were fully discussed. The "Who's Who" notice in the porch box has been updated to reflect those changes, amongst which was the retirement of the Brigadier as chairman of the Finance Committee and I would like to record our debt of gratitude for all his sterling work since the Trust Fund was begun. The decision was also made to use the newly published Lectionary and Collects from this coming Advent Sunday for all our ASB Communion Services. Any services from the Prayer Book will be unchanged and use the usual Lectionary.
JUMBLE SALE. This is scheduled for Saturday 18th October at 2 pm in the Public Hall. So NOW is the time to seek out all those unwanted items, both yours and other people's, and let us have them ready for sale. This sale is the one we use to help defray the preparation expenses of the Christmas Market and its stall-holders so that they are not out of pocket as they get their stalls ready for the big day.
RESULT. By common consent our summer event "Farm Fair" was an enormous success and the result was £2,528 clear which is marvellous (£1,000 up on last year's effort!). Everyone enjoyed themselves, all seemed to buy lots of things at the car boot, many compliments were passed about the fantastic meals and loads of favourable comments were passed. So, a good day was had by all and we must say a very big thank you to everyone who contributed to its success in any way, particularly to the Perchard family for their hospitality!
IRENE'S EFFORT. Irene Barnard is going to Spain in November, not to holiday as you might imagine, but to run a marathon! She would like to be sponsored for her efforts in the race and give to the church the money she makes. Sponsorship forms will be available in church this month to allow you to get the sponsorship organised for Irene's and the church's benefit. Please do your best — you did a splendid job when Rosemary did her parachute jump; let's see what we can do this time.
CONFIRMATION 1998. May next year does seem an awfully long way off but it has to be faced that before anyone can be Confirmed some preparation has to take place. This means that classes have to be arranged. NOW is therefore the time to get things underway and find out if there is anyone out there who wants to be Confirmed next year. It may be you, it may be someone else, who has thought about getting Confirmed but, either way, give yourself, or them, the necessary shove and see me before long so we can get rolling. Don't forget, it is never too old to be Confirmed! You may be too young but never too old to confirm before a Bishop that promise made on your behalf at your Baptism, however many years ago.
FROM THE REGISTER
WEDDINGS 1996: 3rd August, Jeremy Thomas and Imogen Cox; 24th August, Paul McEvoy and Yvette Bisson; 14th September, Darren Fryer and Rachel Da Silva; 9th November, Denis Therezien and Julia Rowland. 1997: 19th April, Cristin Bouchet and Elizabeth Thorn; 24th May, Jonathan Overland and Sophie Biisel; 4th July, Steven Blampied and Anita Sampson; 16th August, Paul Vane and Celia Gaudin; 6th September, Alastair Syvret and Katherine Blanchet.
LAWRENCE TURNER Rector
IT can't be that time of year already! Oh, but it is! YES! — it's time to start thinking about the Christmas Market again! This year the Market returns to its usual venue back in St Martin's Public Hall and the date is the last Saturday in November (29th).
As you well know, the Market is our major annual fund-raiser. As in previous years we need to make sure that it is a MAJOR success! And for the market to be successful everyone must play their part. So, as ever, WE NEED YOUR HELP — we need things to sell and customers to buy them. Your help will be required to do both of these. It really is a case of every-one mucking in and doing something! Not all the jobs are big ones and we well recognise that we all have different talents and capacities. Let's not leave it to the "faithful few" — let's make it the "faithful all," working together to produce the best result ever.
NOW is the time to start thinking about doing something for the Market and making it successful. You'll find the date and venue of the first meeting to make preliminary preparations below. Please come and offer your services. If you cannot come then please find someone who can and tell them what you can do and they can pass it on. We can then note your offer and do something about it. If everyone does their bit then it will save the "few" doing the lot again!
The date of the Market should be in your diary (Saturday 7th December, just in case) so you can now start dropping hints to friends and relatives for their support. It's also a good time to start thinking, if you haven't done already, about the stalls we usually have at the Market and decide what you can contribute to any of them. That done please tell the stallholders (a list of whose names and stalls will be displayed in the porch by the time you read this) how you will help them.
The Christmas Market has always been a success in the past; let's make sure that this year is not the exception to the rule!
CHRISTMAS MARKET MEETING. The preliminary meeting to get things moving on this front will be held in church on Tuesday 21st October at 8 pm. Everyone is more than welcome to come along and offer their help, suggestions and what have you, so please make every effort to be there; we need you.
HOLY DAYS. Two dates in October demand our attention each year. The first is Saturday 18th, when we remember with thanksgiving the life and work of St Luke, Evangelist and Doctor. The second is a double feast, that of St Simon and St Jude, Apostles, on Tuesday 28th. And now the usual October reminder that you should note that Saturday 1st November is the Feast of All Saints. On all of these days there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion at 7.30 pm. The Commemoration of All Souls falls on Sunday 2nd November.
MOTHERS' UNION. This is our annual joint meeting when we welcome members from other Island branches and any other people who would like to come along. Our speaker at 2.30 pm on Wednesday 8th October in the Public Hall will be Dr M Marks telling us of his visits overseas. Please note that there will also be a Bring and Buy Stall to raise money for the work of Mothers' Union Overseas.
CONGREGATIONAL MEET¬ING. We finally managed to hold this important meeting which was rather well attended. Changes were made to various committees etc and many things were fully discussed. The "Who's Who" notice in the porch box has been updated to reflect those changes, amongst which was the retirement of the Brigadier as chairman of the Finance Committee and I would like to record our debt of gratitude for all his sterling work since the Trust Fund was begun. The decision was also made to use the newly published Lectionary and Collects from this coming Advent Sunday for all our ASB Communion Services. Any services from the Prayer Book will be unchanged and use the usual Lectionary.
JUMBLE SALE. This is scheduled for Saturday 18th October at 2 pm in the Public Hall. So NOW is the time to seek out all those unwanted items, both yours and other people's, and let us have them ready for sale. This sale is the one we use to help defray the preparation expenses of the Christmas Market and its stall-holders so that they are not out of pocket as they get their stalls ready for the big day.
RESULT. By common consent our summer event "Farm Fair" was an enormous success and the result was £2,528 clear which is marvellous (£1,000 up on last year's effort!). Everyone enjoyed themselves, all seemed to buy lots of things at the car boot, many compliments were passed about the fantastic meals and loads of favourable comments were passed. So, a good day was had by all and we must say a very big thank you to everyone who contributed to its success in any way, particularly to the Perchard family for their hospitality!
IRENE'S EFFORT. Irene Barnard is going to Spain in November, not to holiday as you might imagine, but to run a marathon! She would like to be sponsored for her efforts in the race and give to the church the money she makes. Sponsorship forms will be available in church this month to allow you to get the sponsorship organised for Irene's and the church's benefit. Please do your best — you did a splendid job when Rosemary did her parachute jump; let's see what we can do this time.
CONFIRMATION 1998. May next year does seem an awfully long way off but it has to be faced that before anyone can be Confirmed some preparation has to take place. This means that classes have to be arranged. NOW is therefore the time to get things underway and find out if there is anyone out there who wants to be Confirmed next year. It may be you, it may be someone else, who has thought about getting Confirmed but, either way, give yourself, or them, the necessary shove and see me before long so we can get rolling. Don't forget, it is never too old to be Confirmed! You may be too young but never too old to confirm before a Bishop that promise made on your behalf at your Baptism, however many years ago.
FROM THE REGISTER
WEDDINGS 1996: 3rd August, Jeremy Thomas and Imogen Cox; 24th August, Paul McEvoy and Yvette Bisson; 14th September, Darren Fryer and Rachel Da Silva; 9th November, Denis Therezien and Julia Rowland. 1997: 19th April, Cristin Bouchet and Elizabeth Thorn; 24th May, Jonathan Overland and Sophie Biisel; 4th July, Steven Blampied and Anita Sampson; 16th August, Paul Vane and Celia Gaudin; 6th September, Alastair Syvret and Katherine Blanchet.
St Saviour
From
ANTHONY SWINDELL Rector
THE current debate about a reduction by two in the number of stipendiary Anglican clergy on the Island ought to prompt some reflection on the aims and objectives of ministry. For example, are we primarily trying to serve geo-graphical areas or gathered congregations? Or if it is both, what is the relationship between the two? And what of the super-abundant staffing compared with the mainland?
It would probably have sharpened every-body's thinking if the Diocese had proposed to reduce clergy numbers by a half. We might then have had a more purposeful debate on priorities. As it is, the general atmosphere is that all we need is a small adjustment — and preferably not "here" in the speaker's parish or district church.
We need to decide whether we are to have a "bedrock" policy, keeping the twelve historic parishes staffed each with their own Rectors, no matter what may be added on to them. Or, at the other extreme, if the sort of teams proposed by David Wastie were favoured, we would need to know what sort of needs they would address. Such alternatives are not simply better or worse ways of arranging staffing, but imply contrasting ways of conducting ministry.
BAPTISM. 10th August, Lani Summer Tappenden; 7th September, Sarah Emma Queree, Hannah Louise Queree.
MARRIAGES. 7th August, Dean Alun Whitcombe and Dawn Romeril; 30th August, Shane Roger Sweeney and Alison Claire Walker.
FUNERALS. 19th August, Margaret Marion Breuilly; 29th August, Leonard Hinton.
From
ANTHONY SWINDELL Rector
THE current debate about a reduction by two in the number of stipendiary Anglican clergy on the Island ought to prompt some reflection on the aims and objectives of ministry. For example, are we primarily trying to serve geo-graphical areas or gathered congregations? Or if it is both, what is the relationship between the two? And what of the super-abundant staffing compared with the mainland?
It would probably have sharpened every-body's thinking if the Diocese had proposed to reduce clergy numbers by a half. We might then have had a more purposeful debate on priorities. As it is, the general atmosphere is that all we need is a small adjustment — and preferably not "here" in the speaker's parish or district church.
We need to decide whether we are to have a "bedrock" policy, keeping the twelve historic parishes staffed each with their own Rectors, no matter what may be added on to them. Or, at the other extreme, if the sort of teams proposed by David Wastie were favoured, we would need to know what sort of needs they would address. Such alternatives are not simply better or worse ways of arranging staffing, but imply contrasting ways of conducting ministry.
BAPTISM. 10th August, Lani Summer Tappenden; 7th September, Sarah Emma Queree, Hannah Louise Queree.
MARRIAGES. 7th August, Dean Alun Whitcombe and Dawn Romeril; 30th August, Shane Roger Sweeney and Alison Claire Walker.
FUNERALS. 19th August, Margaret Marion Breuilly; 29th August, Leonard Hinton.
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