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Holy Trinity Church Opening times
Sunday 27 May 1.00pm-4pm
(afternoon tea)
Monday 28 May 9.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 29 May 9.00am – 5.00pm
Wed 30 May 9.00am – 5.00pm
Thursday 31 May 9.00am – 5.00pm
Fri 1 June 9.00am – 4.30pm
POP UP CAFE
Hopefully you will have read all about this in last month's
Net: it runs from Sunday afternoon 27 May, until Friday 1
June next. Let's hope that by then Holy Trinity will be full
of paintings, sculptures, and countless other items!
What ever happens, one thing IS happening for sure- and
that is the 'POP UP CAFE! Either upstairs or down,
depending on numbers, we shall be serving teas, coffees,
cakes, scones, and at lunch time, soup.
As last year, unfortunately this displaces our usual Bank
Holiday Bonanza, but please do still come to support
us. Just upstairs instead of down, but still as welcoming as
usual, we trust.
The Radiance Art trail is sadly not an official part of the
Exmouth Festival, which is why we have to rely
on you please, to spread the word about it.
Diana Cosslett and Bob Soutter
THE NEW BISHOP OF LONDON
Bishop Sarah with the Very Reverend Dr David Ison,
Dean of St Pauls, formerly in the Exeter Diocese.
‘You must let me come in, I’m your new Bishop!’
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MISSION COMMUNITY INFORMATION
Holy Trinity, Exmouth
Sunday
8.00 am Holy Communion (Prayer Book)
10.00 am Sung Eucharist
4.00 pm Sunday@4 (informal family service,
refreshments from 4pm, songs, story & prayer -
(Child Friendly) during Term time
6.30pm Choral Evensong (3rd in the Lady Chapel)
Weekdays
Monday 7.30pm Hard Question Café - HT Hall
(3rd - check posters Net & Link)
Wednesday 8.00 am Eucharist & 11.30 am (Prayer Book)
Thursday 6.00 pm Eucharist-(Wholeness & Healing - 1st)
Friday 8.00 am Holy Communion
St Margaret & St Andrew, Littleham
Sunday
10.00 am Sung Eucharist
Eucharist with Wholeness & Healing (5th)
Breakfast Praise – (4th) at
Littleham School or Leisure Centre
(Child Friendly) (non Eucharistic)
5.30 pm Open to God (every Sunday )
(Bring and Share Tea - 5.30pm contemporary
informal worship from 6.00pm with praise songs,
bible teaching, prayer, film and guest speakers)
Weekdays Thursday 10.30 am Holy Communion (Prayer Book)
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lympstone
Sunday
8.00 am Lay Led Morning Prayer (all except 3rd))
Said Eucharist – 3rd
10.00 am Sung Eucharist - Every, except 1st and 3rd
Family Holy Communion (Child Friendly) 1st
Morning Praise – non-Eucharistic 3rd
Weekdays
Monday 9.30am Quiet Prayer - (Every 2nd)
Wednesday 11.00 am Holy Communion (Said)
MORNING PRAYER is said
Monday to Friday 8.30 am at Holy Trinity
9.00 am at Littleham
PRAYERS FOR THE MISSION COMMUNITY are said in
Littleham Chantry Chapel Wednesdays—9.00am
Sacred Space—Holy Trinity
every Monday 9.00 am in Term Time
CLERGY— READERS—STAFF
Licensed Readers
Mrs Elizabeth Burren 264010
Mrs Demelza Henderson 272243
Youth and Family Worker
Mr Nigel Candelent, 274344 (Sat. & Thur - Days off)
Readers and Clergy who also play an active role in the Mission Community Readers: Ann Hurley, Michael Lewis, Pauline Mortimer (PCC rep.) Clergy: Revds. Margaret Cameron, John Courtie, Maureen Douglas, Derek Hooper, Canon Trevor Jones, Tony Mortimer, Peter Nickols Rawle, Canon John Philpott, Canon Ian Pusey & Geoffrey Wrayford. .....can be contacted through M C Office
Clergy
The Revd James Hutchings Team Rector 263681 225212 at other times (Friday Day off)
The Revd Benedict Cambridge Team Vicar 263681 office 07535480077 “ (Thursday “ )
The Rev Huw Ryden Assistant Curate 263681 hours 07549284038 “ (Tuesday “ )
The Revd Lesley Holman Associate minister 263681 (working days Tuesday & Wednesday)
CHURCH SERVICES
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Team Vicars
views.....
I don’t know if you ever listen to “Thought for the
Day” on Radio 4. Like many dyslexics, I don’t take
a newspaper and so the ‘Today’ programme is part
of my morning routine and the way I catch up on
world events and find out what to pray for! And, of
course, they’re a bit hit and miss, and I do have my
favourites – Professor David Wilkinson who taught
me at Vicar factory; has PhDs in theoretical
astrophysics and systematic theology and so was
absolutely fascinating on science and religion.
But I was struck today by something that Professor
Tina Beattie said. She was reflecting on that
moment in Israel’s history when the people of Israel
asked the prophet Samuel for a king in 1 Samuel 8.
Samuel had become an old man and his sons, who
were supposed to have taken over his leadership,
were rubbish and corrupt. So the people came and
said,
“now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the
other nations have.” 1 Samuel 8:5
And, of course, the point is that the people of Israel
are not the same as all the other nations! They have
God himself as their king. And Samuel points out
what having a king that is not God will be like – he
will take the best of everything for himself and they
will be little better than his servants, but they are not
deterred.
“No!” they said. “We want a king over us. 20Then
we will be like all the other nations, with a king to
lead us and to go out before us and fight our
battles.” 1 Samuel 8:19b, 20.
What they wanted was to stop having to trust in a
God that they couldn’t see and to be able to
relinquish responsibility; to be able to let someone
else take care of the decision making and let them
take the blame when things went wrong.
And with human kings, you get a mixed bunch. For
every Hezekiah or Josiah who were ideal kings who
followed the ways of God and taught the people to
follow Him, you get a Manasseh who built altars to
pagan idols in God’s Temple and who practiced
child sacrifice and the occult!
Professor Beattie reflected on that human desire to
devolve decision making and leadership to a human
leader rather than to God, particularly within the
context of the current global crisis of leadership,
which was very interesting; and it got me to thinking
about how much we do this in our own lives.
How much do we seek to be like the other people in
the world rather than have God at the very centre of
everything? It is a very human desire either for us to
be on the throne of our lives or to invest everything
in someone else’s leadership – either way it seems
safer or easier than having God at the centre.
God at the centre of our lives means letting God into
every aspect of our heart and mind and soul, even
those places we don’t like to admit even to
ourselves. It means acknowledging God as
sovereign over every aspect of our lives … even our
bodies … even our money. It means, in the words of
Timothy Dudley-Smith’s Hymn ‘Lord of the Years’,
“Lord for ourselves; in living power remake us -
self on the cross and Christ upon the throne,
past put behind us, for the future take us:
Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.”
Benedict Cambridge
THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY
TRINITY, EXMOUTH
On
St Peter’s Day
Friday 29th June at 4pm
PETER NICKOLS - RAWLE
will Celebrate a Sung Eucharist
To mark his 40th anniversary
as a priest
Cream tea will be served at about 5pm
All most welcome
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Mission Community News
NEW ADMINISTRATOR
After advertising for a new Administrator to succeed
Kathy when she retires, a panel comprising two
churchwardens: Sue Stock and Jeff Russell plus Benedict
and I interviewed a number of very good candidates.
As a result we offered the position to Angela Jones and
she has accepted. At the time of writing this is subject to
references and safer recruiting procedures. There will be
more about Angela in the July Net, but she comes with
very considerable experience and expertise in
administration, particularly from an academic
environment.
She lives near Crediton and is a Christian who is actively
involved with her local parish church. She will begin a
handover period alongside Kathy in the week beginning
11 June before Kathy retires at the end of June. A date to
mark Kathy’s retirement is currently being arranged, so
please keep an eye out in the Link and Lympstone
pewsheet when a date is decided.
REMEMBERED BY CLAIRE
We have been delighted to receive recently, a legacy from
the late Claire Airzee for general purposes. What was
very touching was the sentiment expressed with it.
‘In thanks for the number of years Claire shared the
‘Fellowship of Christ’ in the Church’.
We receive it with our very grateful thanks.
Bob Soutter, Treasurer to the PCC
DATA PROTECTION
The law is changing and it affects every
Church member!
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will
take effect in the UK from 25 May 2018. It replaces the
existing law on data protection (the Data Protection Act
1998) and gives individuals more rights and protection in
how their personal data is used by organisations. Parishes
must comply with its requirements, just like any other
charity or organisation.
Our PCCs are of course aware of these changes in the law
and the effects it will have on the administration of our
churches. Data Privacy notices will be displayed in all of
our churches, These will spell out the way in which our
personal data will be collected, stored and used.
Since 16 May forms have been given out in each church
and response has been good. However if you have
missed one and wish to be included in any mailing from
the Mission Community in the future please contact the
MC office so that one can be sent to you.
PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE IT!
It is most important that we receive as many completed
forms as possible since it will be both time consuming
and probably expensive to ‘chase up’ uncompleted forms.
And we do want to keep in touch with all our readers.
MISSION COMMUMITY RETREAT
Our Mission Community Retreat
will take place at Sheldon from
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 October
2018
The Retreat will be led by the Rector, Revd James
Hutchings. We will look at Peter’s encounters with Jesus
in the gospels, but with plenty of space to do your own
thing. Some of the time will be in silence, but not at
mealtimes. The retreat starts with an evening meal on the
Friday and will end with lunch on Sunday.
Single and twin rooms are available all are en-suite.
The cost inclusive of all meals will be £207 per person for
a single room and £135 per person for a twin room. A
limited number of day places for the Saturday only are
available at £50. Bursaries to help with the cost are
available on request to the Rector.
The location which is easily accessible is at the Society of
Martha & Mary at Sheldon, Dunsford, Exeter.EX6 7LE in
a beautiful and peaceful setting. The facilities are
excellent as is the catering and hospitality.
For further detail on Sheldon visit www.sheldon.uk.com,
and for an application form please ask the Church Office
either in person or on 01395 263681, or
MAY CROSSWORD ANSWERS
ACROSS: 1, Overwhelmed. 9, Valleys. 10, Strap.
11, Top. 13, Reel. 16, To do. 17, Incite. 18, Load.
20, West. 21, Notice. 22, Wash. 23, Thin. 25, Ash.
28, Noah’s. 29, Ever not. 30, Onesiphorus.
DOWN: 2, Value. 3, Reed. 4, Host. 5, Lisp. 6, Ear lobe.
7, Overflowing. 8, Opportunity. 12, Obtain. 14, Lid.
15, Across. 19, Abstain. 20, Wet. 24, Hindu. 25, Asks. 26,
Help. 27, Hero.
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Mission Community News
THANKSGIVING SUNDAY AT LITTLEHAM AND HOLY TRINITY CHURCHES
SUNDAY 29 APRIL 2018 By far the most important purpose of Thanksgiving Sunday is to give us all a chance to make a conscious decision as to how to respond to God’s unbelievable goodness to us all. We have so very much to be thankful for, in terms of our standard of living and our comparative wealth, when compared with others in other parts of the world. But of course, how can we properly thank God for His ‘inestimable love’ in giving His Son to actually die for us, in order that we might have the chance of eternal life? We can never fully do that, but one way is to reflect on how we use what He has given us - and then give back to Him, through the work of His Church, as much as we can. As I say, Thanksgiving Sunday is an annual challenge to us all - when all the members of the Church family do it at the same time, at the same Service. There is a second reason for asking everyone to complete a pledge form: a purely practical one. As Treasurer it is vital that I know what sort of income the PCC might receive in the next 12 months. Will we be able to undertake all that we have hoped to do? Is there a sufficient increase to enable new projects to be undertaken? That is why I am so grateful for all the forms which have been returned - thank you so much. There are still quite a few to come in, but I have been able to crunch the numbers and to see the trend. It is inevitable in two active, pretty large churches, that there will be years when the income goes up, and those when it might well go down. Sadly it looks as though in 2018 our income may at best be only the same as last year – not we had hoped for. This is because some generous regular donors have either died or left; others for circumstances beyond their control, have had to reduce their contributions. On the other hand, some pledges have been increased well beyond the rate of inflation - thank you for that. We are grateful to every single person for every single penny they give. The effect of just ‘staying the same’ is of course, in real terms, a decline in income, because of inflation. That is because most our expenses – including inflation based pay rises for our staff - have gone up in 2018. But we know that the Lord will provide – but perhaps is His way, not ours. Lastly an assurance! Next year I promise that the pledge form/card will be far, far simpler!
Bob Soutter – Treasurer, Littleham cum Exmouth PCC
CHILDREN’S SOCIETY
BANK HOLIDAY BONANZA
Thank you, thank you, thank you! We raised the
incredible sum of £300 for the Children's Society - and
hopefully we all had a fun morning.
Our thanks are due to three groups of people:
a. the talented cooks who produced such delicious
food - it was all really, really scrummy...
b. those of you who came and gave such generous
donations..
c. Betty, Sybil and Gwen, who did 99% of the
washing up...
Diana and Marie (with a little help from Bob)
Holy Trinity Flower Guild
invite you to an
Afternoon Tea Party on
Saturday 23 June 2018
2.30 to 5pm at
1 Redcliffe, 10 Douglas Avenue,
Exmouth, EX8 2BT
Tickets £5.00
available from members of the Flower Guild
(This is to help us raise much needed funds
for our Flower Festival in September)
SEA BAPTISMS
Again this year we are having our baptisms in the sea and
picnic on the Maer afterwards. This will take place at
12:00 on Sunday 15 July on Exmouth beach, gathering at
the new Lifeboat station. Please put the date in the diary
and come and support the candidates! If you would like
to be baptised or if you would like to reaffirm your
baptismal vows by full immersion, just let me know.
Benedict
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CLYST VALLEY CHORAL SOCIETY NEWS
Review of our latest Concerts
Paul Stock has completed twenty years as Musical
Director of Clyst Valley Choral Society.
In celebration, he chose two of his favourite works for
their recent concerts on 28 April 2018 at St Margaret’s,
Topsham, and on 29 April at Holy Trinity, Exmouth. The
opening work was Mass in G by Schubert, followed by
Schubert solos from Carolyn Harries (mezzo-soprano)
and Sue Stock on her cello. The second half was filled by
Stabat Mater by Rossini.
The choir rose magnificently to the occasion and Paul
was rightly delighted by both performances. A talented
orchestral ensemble enhanced the singing; Paul arranges
the parts for each instrument to support the vocal parts.
The soloists were Janet Macdonald (soprano), Carolyn
Harries, Gordon Pike (tenor) and Jason Bomford (bass),
who had leading roles in the Rossini and contributed with
flair and professionalism to the whole programme;
Gordon Pike had taken on the tenor part only two days
before.
Paul Stock was thanked for his consistently sensitive and
encouraging direction of the choir and he paid tribute to
the ‘family ethos’ of the choir and the regular support
from instrumentalists, soloists and the loyal audience.
This autumn the society will be celebrating its fiftieth
year with performances of Handel’s Messiah on 17 and
18 November and Haydn’s Creation in spring 2019.
These were the first works performed by the society and
it is hoped that former members will return to sing in
them.
Carolyn Keep
THANK YOU ALL
I would like to thank everyone in all 3 Churches
(Littleham, Holy Trinity and Lympstone) who have been
praying for me since my diagnosis of Cancer of the
Oesophagus in March. I really do appreciate all the
thoughts, prayers, phone calls, visits, flowers and cards
that everyone has sent me.
The clergy have also been lovely. I’ve had the sacrament
of the Sick and healing from Benedict, Lesley and
Elizabeth and so far things are progressing well. My test
results at the hospital are good and recently I have been
able to swallow normally again. As I’m on
chemotherapy, I am unable to come to church to thank
you all personally until September but please keep
praying for my healing from this dreadful disease.
I miss being able to come to church and seeing everyone
but I look forward to the day that I will be able to come
again!
Thank you
Nicola Clapp
WALKIE TALKIES FOR JUNE
Usually meet at 11.00am
7 Newton Pop to Tipton St.John Back Lane
14 Starcross to Powderham Docks for ferry
21 Squabmoor quarry Bystock Car Pk **
28 Sidmouth Connaught Gardens Sidmouth triangle
** = Car share
HARD QUESTIONS CAFE
PLEASE NOTE THIS CHANGE
The Hard Questions Cafe due in June
will now be on Monday 16 July.
SUMMER CHANGES
Please note that during the summer Sunday@4 will be
monthly: 24 June, 22 July and 19 August, resuming weekly
in the autumn term.
Dave Walker from Church Times
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MISSION COMMUNITY OFFICIALS & CONTACT DETAILS
Mission Community Administrator Kathy Whitehead, Mission Community Office, Holy Trinity Church, Rolle Road, Exmouth EX8 2AB Tel.263681
Churchwardens
Holy Trinity Sue Carrahar 222904 Sue Stock Deputies Diana Cosslett 266428 Biddy Lagus 276910 Littleham Deputy Janet King 269274 Lympstone Philip White 264469 Jeff Russell 07498 714870
Deputies Jean Young 271788 Demelza Henderson 272243 Hon. Treasurers: Holy Trinity & Littleham—Bob Soutter 273400 Lympstone—John Lupton 275014
Office email address: [email protected] Website: http://exmouthcoastalchurches.org.uk
Facebook page: exmouth coastal churches
Mission Community News LYMPSTONE NEWS
LYMPSTONE
MONTHLY COFFEE MORNINGS.
The next Coffee Morning will be on Tuesday 29 May,
10:15am - 12 noon, in the Church hosted by Jan and
Geoffrey.
Any expert assistance (how to boil water, etc) would be
welcomed. If fine bring a chair and sit outside!
Geoffrey Wrayford
LYMPSTONE ROAD CLOSURES
Longmeadow Road will be closed at Pretty Corner for
culvert works from 21 May to 8 June. Road access to
church via Strawberry Hill / Burgmanns Hill.
Church Road, from School Lane to Burgmanns Hill, will
be now be closed to through traffic from Monday 18
June to 16 July for Boundary Wall Works opposite the
Redwing. Road access to church via Strawberry Hill /
QUIET PRAYER TIME
The next quiet time will be held at 9.30am on Monday11
June, and, as usual, will last for half an hour.
It is open to everyone. Please join us for
prayer, readings and contemplative
reflection. We meet regularly on the
second Monday of each month, and always
welcome newcomers. For more
information, or just a chat, please ring
Demelza on 272243.
LYMPSTONE UNLOCKED.
Jeff Russell is using bugs and beasties which he found to
explain prayer! He must be a natural or a seasoned youth
worker because he held their attention all the way
through!
Fiona Upchurch is leading Lympstone Unlocked, it
happens once a month in the church between 5-6pm and
is for primary aged children.
Jeff, one of the wardens at Lympstone helping out.
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Exmouth Community Larder update
May 2018 To Love one another is one of the great Christian commandments, and love has certainly figured in church Bible readings for the last few
weeks.
All our human DNA has caring for others buried within it, as evidenced by the heroism of emergency services in a crisis and the regular and boring hours put in by support agencies trying to help and guide people
out of troubles - and of course the Health Service treating people.
In the Community Larder we are geared to provide supplies to people in a food emergency - no money to buy food, no food in the cupboard. Some people seem to have chronic problems and we take care that their situation is evaluated by support workers to guide them out of their underlying crisis - and we expect them to come with a referral from
whomever is helping them.
More worrying are those we don't see, who are struggling without support but perhaps pointed towards us by a church or health visitor. It is tempting to describe particular cases, but that would reveal
recognisable detail.
Anyone can come into the Community Larder without a referral voucher for review by our welcome desk, and that is the main message of this update. Anyone in a food emergency will get provisions and probably signposting to support workers who can help. A major issue has become the filling of forms for the welfare system; skilled workers with
problems can still be baffled by bureaucracy!!
Demand has been a little higher than previous years, though 2014 still has the record for the first four months. The graphs of usage can be
seen full sized on the website.
Love for others is sometimes complicated. In English we have many words for rain, but only one for "love", whether we mean "tough love" or deep
emotions.
The point is caring positively for other people, and we continue to be amazed and grateful for the donations and support of the community towards those less fortunate in our own
midst.
Exmouth Community Larder www.exmouthlarder.co.uk
LARDER INFORMATION
Dear Churches and supporters,
We have people coming to The
Larder unsure how to obtain a
voucher, or "ticket". If in doubt -
send people to us without a voucher.
We will discuss the situation with them, give them food if there is a t r u e " f o o d e m e r g e n c y " and probably signpost them to a suitable agency to help with any underlying crisis. Our May bulletin highlights this issue. An email to "[email protected]" will alert us to someone coming, and also act as a referral when it comes from an organisation. Blessings on all you do.
Anthony
Exmouth Community Larder
LITTLEHAM
CHURCHYARD -
RESERVED GRAVE PLOTS
It must be about 10 years ago that I
wrote on this subject in this publica-
tion, but unfortunately the problems
have not gone away! Now, thanks
to the appointment of Dr Rosemary
Longhurst to our Committee, we are
trying once again to sort things out.
According to the paper work, there
are still a great number of plots re-
served, and Rosemary has confirmed
that these plots are apparently
empty. They certainly have no head
stone on them. But these plots were
reserved many years ago, so we are
sure that many of the folk for whom
they were reserved have long since
died, and been buried or cremated
somewhere else.
Please, please, if you have a reserved
plot yourself, or know of any one
who has one, please do contact either
Rosemary on 01395 274959, or me
on 01395 273400.
Bob Soutter
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FAMILY MATTERS
GOLDEN WEDDING
In thanksgiving for their 50 years of marriage
IAN AND ROS PUSEY
invite all friends in the Mission Community to
DROP IN
for a cream tea with celebration cake at Trinity Hall on
SATURDAY 30 JUNE
ANY TIME BETWEEN 2.30 AND 5.00pm.
[Please do not bring anything – just yourselves!]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WELL DONE NICOLA
BANK HOLIDAY BONANZA - A GREAT TEAM EFFORT
Well done team (Gwen, Betty, Diana and Bob). Thanks to your
hard work and a lot of support the incredible sum of £300 was
raised for the Children's Society -
Many Happy returns
to Louise Prideaux
who recently
celebrated her
birthday in the time
honoured fashion at
Littleham.
Congratulations to
Nicola Clapp who as
well as celebrating her
birthday in May has
also passed her Level
3 Counselling Course.
She is pictured with
her certificate.
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Mission Focus for June is on
BARNABAS FUND
Barnabas Fund. Bringing Hope to Suffering
Christians
Littleham cum Exmouth has regularly contributed to the
Barnabas Fund for many years and continues to do
so. Their bimonthly magazine barnabasaid will be
found in the churches and many in the congregation
contribute directly.
They work as an aid agency for the persecuted church
bringing hope for suffering Christians by channelling
money from Christians through Christians to
Christians seeking to meet both practical and spiritual
needs by encouraging the existing local Christian
communities and churches but also tackling persecution
at its roots by making known the aspects of the Islamic
faith and other ideologies that result in injustice and
oppression of Christians and others. Also they safeguard
their volunteers, staff, partners and beneficiaries and keep
their overheads low!
In the May/June issue they cover all aspects of their work
and give another part of their History of Christian
Persecution. As usual they include a prayer diary and
details of further reading. We have heard from our CMS
mission partners David and Heather Sharland of the
plight of Christians in Southern Sudan and there are more
details here.
Please continue to pray for the work of the Barnabas
Fund and use their literature to help that prayer.
As well as their vital work in many countries around the world Barnabas Fund is committed to highlighting areas of
risk much nearer home. We print below some snippets that point to topics that should be of concern to all of us. There
is much more on the website https://barnabasfund.org/en/news/christian-action/for-the-church-in-the-west where you
will find more about barnabasfund and how to help their work.
Chris t ian s t reet preachers
acquitted: CPS must now answer
questions over attempt to censor
public Bible reading
Barnabas welcomes UK
Government plan to protect
free speech in universities
93% of UK Christians feel they
are marginalised; 70% of young
Christians have experienced
prejudice because of their faith
C of E says UK churches are
inadequately protected from
terrorism
We need to tackle BOTH
M u s l i m o p h o b i a A N D
Christianophobia
Our Religious Freedom: Sunday
Schools could still be hit by new
inspection plans for out-of-school
settings
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HUW’S VIEW
OF
CHILL
Chill is missing Nigel, who sadly is having to cope with
the death of his father, please pray for him and the family.
We are grateful to Huw who, camera at the ready has
provided us with his particular slant on Chill and its
members.
The leaders meet at 6.00pm every Friday during term time
in Littleham Leisure Centre.
The first half hour is spent setting up and then we stop for
food, either bring and share or pizza is ordered. We then
talk, do some practical planning
and then discuss the word for the
day, we have been working
through the fruits of the Spirit,
Friday's word was 'goodness'.
The club members arrive and the
doors are opened at 7:30pm,
Abi Bryson gave her talk which
went down really well, as all the
talks have been doing, and then the youngsters play pool,
table tennis or when the weather is fine play games
outside.
John Elms from
the Littleham
congregation (as
in the photo
a t t a c h e d
pointing) is an
amazing youth
leader. He has a
never ending
supply of games and fun to keep the youngsters
entertained right up to 9.00pm when they gather for a
quick talk, celebrate any birthdays and talk about future
events.
Chill is a great place where bullying is completely
stamped out and the young members can play in a lively
but hassle free environment.
Aaron, one of the leaders
looking thoughtful
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Be genuine
A holiday brochure featured a picturesque village with an
ancient church surrounded by beautiful flowers and trees.
Tourists were encouraged to visit it and enjoy the
welcome of the church and garden.
Unfortunately, the advertisers hadn’t visited the place for
themselves. While the outside of this church looked
lovely, the interior of the building was dark, damp and
dirty. All furnishings had been removed and the only
visitors now were pigeons and mice. No one had
worshipped in this place for many years. This historic
building, once used for the glory of God, was like a
desolate grave-yard.
This story reminds us of some words Jesus directed at the
religious leaders of His day. He said they were like white-
washed tombs, which looked fine on the outside, but were
full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside! Jesus
accused the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees of
merely appearing to be good to everybody, while inside
they were full of hypocrisy and sins
.
It would be nice to think that this accusation had nothing
to do with us; a criticism that only applied to those
religious leaders. But doesn’t it touch a nerve in all of us?
Are there times when we say we agree to something in
principle, but actually don’t put it into practice?
Jesus accused those who gave the outward impression
that they were devoted and obedient to God, while their
attention was actually on themselves. Outwardly they
looked good, but God could see within, and their hearts
were deceitful and bad. They neglected the really
important teachings of the Law such as justice, mercy and
humility.
That countryside church looked lovely, but it was void
and empty and did nothing to show the love of Jesus to
the community.
Here is a challenge for us. When people look at our
church meeting together, do they see a friendly, caring
and welcoming fellowship or are they met with
indifference? When people look at us do they see a true
picture that reflects the loving qualities of Christ?
We each of us need God’s
help to remove any
contradiction between our
inner and outer lives, so we
can be true examples of
Christ’s love.
Let’s be genuine.
FROM THE PARISH PUMP....
Go germ, go
You may be wasting your money on antibacterial wipes
and sprays because common germs can replicate
themselves in just 20 minutes, recolonising to their
original mass. And so it is that Dr Clare Lanyon, a
biomedical scientist from Northumbria University, says
that using wipes on kitchen surfaces is in fact ‘an
absolutely redundant’ exercise.
Following a programme for the BBC, Dr Lanyon said:
‘The point of the show is that you don’t need to be so
fastidious in cleaning your home because you can’t
actually remove all bacteria, and nor would we want to –
exposing ourselves to everyday pathogens is good in
keeping the immune system healthy and strong.’
She goes on, ‘Personally, I don’t waste my time
purchasing antibacterial products for the home… our
research found that a lot of antibacterial cleaning products
were not as effective as good old-fashioned soap and
water.’
Cat Prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray this cushy life to keep.
I pray for toys that look like mice,
And sofa cushions, soft and nice.
I pray for gourmet kitty snacks,
And someone nice to scratch my back,
For windowsills all warm and bright,
For shadows to explore at night.
I pray I'll always stay real cool
And keep the secret feline rule
To NEVER tell a human that
The world is really ruled by CATS!
Author Unknown
Hush
Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother Joel
were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and
talked out loud.
Finally, his big sister had had enough. ‘You're not sup-
posed to talk out loud in church,’ she said.
‘Why? Who's going to stop me?’ Joel asked.
Angie pointed to the back of the church and said, ‘See
those two men standing by the door? They're hushers.’
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Life is Precious
Christians believe that there is
something special about human beings.
Being human is not the same as being
anything else in the cosmos - different
in nature from being a rock, a tree, a
spider or a chimpanzee. Humans are 'in
the image of God'. That means we
share something of the nature of God -
we know the difference between good
and evil, we have the ability to be
creative, we have a capacity to love and
seek justice, and we have a nature
which is in some way eternal (some people call this a
soul) .
Everything Christians believe about the sanctity of life
follows on from this. And the most wonderful of those
facts is a belief that God knows every human individually
- from the baby that lives only a few tragic minutes to the
great-grandfather who celebrates his hundredth birthday.
Christians also believe that God has a total and
unconditional love for every human. (This is exhilarating
but also challenging, because it means he must have
loved Hitler as much as he loved Saint Francis of Assisi).
It means that God loves you, wherever in the world you
are reading this right now .
Several things follow logically from this:
Human life is very precious. In Christian ethics all
humans should treat all humans with total respect.
Admittedly we are not very good at this, but that is what
God has asked of us .
Humans need to respect themselves. That means
Christians try to do something worthwhile with their
lives. For almost all Christians it means they try not to
throw their one beautiful life away by viciously abusing
drugs, alcohol, tobacco and so on.
Humans need to respect others. Out of this has come
the laws that have made the UK civilised - about murder,
the death penalty, abortion, euthanasia, contraception,
embryo experimentation and so on. All these are
controversial and Christians don't agree. However, they
try to have their debates about it in the context of seeking
God's best for humankind.
Human life has absolute dignity. Perhaps the most
important belief of all is that God himself has inhabited a
human body and so he has conferred utter dignity on
human flesh. Christians believe that in Jesus God himself
was walking and talking on this planet.
FROM THE PARISH PUMP....
People nowadays....
‘Everyone seems to be against something’, someone said
to me the other day, and I had to agree. ‘What I can’t
stand is . . .’ can be followed by almost anything, from
babies screaming in the coffee shop to people who will
say ‘Take care!’, junk mail, careless parkers or even
someone’s accent or hair style on television.
Identifying ourselves by what we are against is an ancient
but ultimately soul-destroying attitude. Older people like
me have our own version of it: ‘People nowadays . . .’
followed by our particular dislike about modern ways.
‘People’ are us, actually, and I dare say our little foibles
equally irritate some younger citizens.
The answer, someone suggested to me, is to replace
‘What I can’t stand is. . .’ with ‘What cheers me up is . . .’
I worked out my own list, including children laughing, a
dog’s devotion, ‘Hiya David’ from a neighbour, a
favourite hymn in church, and the supermarket check-out
person who has just beeped their five hundredth item of
the day but still smiles and says hello as though she
means it.
Come to think of it, I quite like the dismissal, ‘Take care!’
I need to.
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‘History has thrust on our generation an
indescribably important destiny – to complete a
process of democratization which our nation has
for too long developed too slowly’.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Travelling with his wife, Coretta, they arrived at
Bombay (now Mumbai) where they were appalled at
the desperate poverty they saw around them. In New
Delhi he met Prime Minister Nehru to talk with for
about four hours who spoke of developing India into
a more modern technological society. Although
Nehru could not entirely agree with Ghandi, King
paid tribute to the non-violence which had freed
India without leaving bitterness between India and
Britain. As he toured the country King made many
speeches extolling non-violence. Back in America he
reminded people ‘of their great surplus of grain and
the cost of storing it which might have been better
stored in the wrinkled stomachs of starving people
in Asia and Africa.’
During the writing of ‘Stride for Freedom’ King in
1958 was concentrating on a Crusade for
Citizenship, designed to double the number of Negro
voters by 1960. He also discussed plans for a prayer
pilgrimage in Washington which would draw
Negroes from across the land to meet before the
Lincoln Memorial. He hoped for 75,000 people on
the day but the actual crowd was estimated at
between 15,000 and 37,000. His audience responded
to his oratory with gusto. ‘Give us the ballot’, King
called. The crowd echoed, ‘give us the ballot’. ‘Civil
Rights,’ he said, ‘is not an ephemeral, evanescent
domestic issue….it is rather an eternal moral issue
which may well determine the destiny of our
nation.’ A nation which was for Negroes as much as
for whites, a return to Africa would not solve the
problem. Because of southern intransigence change
could only come from the President and Congress.
His address was praised in the newspapers which
speculated that he had, probably, achieved the
leadership of 16 million Negroes.
Though President Eisenhower supported the
Movement for Emancipation, he could not express it.
Perhaps as a General he knew too much about
violence. Senator John F. Kennedy who also served
in the 2nd World War and his brother Robert, were
prepared to give Negroes more active support. It
strengthened Kennedy’s bid for the Pre-sidency.
King likened the movement to a special army ‘with
no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its
determination and no arsenal but its conscience.’
In 1962 the SCLC had proposed a joint campaign
with Montgomery for desegregation in Birmingham.
A day was agreed to begin early 1963. Birmingham,
like its namesake, was a great manufacturing centre
where white people were adamant that no
desegregation would ever take place.
President in 1960, John F.
Kennedy and the Attorney General
Robert Kennedy invited King and
associates to the White House for
a discussion. King urged Civil
Rights in 1963. Kennedy said he
had important domestic bills to
propose; Civil Rights would
endanger their passage through Congress. He
informed Kennedy that confrontation in Birmingham
would therefore take place. Lunch counter sit-ins
started on April 3rd 1963 when 35 people were
arrested. Next there was an orderly march to the City
hall. ‘If enough were willing to go to jail’ King said,
‘it would force the city officials or the federal
government to act’. The march was halted by police
and 45 people arrested for lack of permits which had
been denied them.
Demonstrations increased in
strength from day to day, and
cheered by Negroes from the
pavements. King had dressed in
anticipation of jail for the next
march which was planned for
Good Friday. Arrests soon began with King and
Abernathy among the first. It was his 13th arrest. As
Coretta could not contact her husband she was
advised to ring the President but he could not be
contacted either. She then tried Vice President
Lyndon Johnson; he was away. Eventually Attorney
General Robert Kennedy rang and Coretta told him
that it was her husband’s safety she was concerned
with, not his release. The next day the President
himself rang to say that her husband was alright,
explaining that Birmingham officials were difficult
to deal with but assured Coretta that everything
possible was being done. President Kennedy’s
intervention did help the Birmingham Movement
John Hill
Martin Luther King Jr. A Black Minister among Americans
Part 4
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1 Evil (Genesis 6:5) (10)
7 Musician called for by Elisha
when he met the kings of Israel,
Judah and Edom (2 Kings 3:15) (7)
8 The request that led to the institu-
tion of the Lord’s Prayer: ‘Lord, —
us to pray’ (Luke 11:1) (5)
10 ‘We are hard pressed on every—
’(2Corinthians4:8)(4)
11 Fraud (2Corinthians6:8)(8)
13 ‘His troops advance in force;they
build a siege ramp against me and —
around my tent’ (Job 19:12) (6)
15 Where Rachel hid Laban’s house-
hold gods when he searched his
daughter’s tent (Genesis 31:34) (6)
17 ‘Now about spiritual
gifts,brothers,I do not want you to
be—’ (1 Corinthians 12:1) (8)
18 Nomadic dwelling(Genesis26:25)(4)
21 ‘As for man, his days are like—
,he flourishes like a flower of the
field’ (Psalm 103:15) (5)
22 Or I live (anag.)(7)
23 Those guilty of 1 Across
(Romans13:4)(10)
Down
1 ‘God so loved the — that he gave
his one and only Son’ (John 3:16)
(5)
2 ‘Away in a manger, no — for a
bed’ (4)
3 Mob ten (anag.) (6)
4 ‘Each — group made its own gods
in several towns where they set-
tled’ (2 Kings 17:29) (8)
5 Began (Luke 9:46) (7)
6 Speaking very softly (John 7:32)
(10)
9 Workers Ruth joined when she
arrived in Bethlehem with her
mother-in-law Naomi (Ruth 2:3)
(10) 12 Put in jail(Acts22:19)(8)
14 Aceturn(anag.)(7)
16 Discharge(Acts21:3)(6)
19 ‘All these—come from inside and
make a man “unclean”’ (Mark 7:23)
(5)
20 ‘Let us rejoice and be glad and —
him glory!’(Revelation19:7)(4)
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY IN JUNE Items marked* in this month’s NET
HT = Holy Trinity LLC = Littleham Leisure Centre
Sa 2 New ComersTea Party, Rectory 6pm - 8pm
W 6 Mission Comm Committee HT 10.00am
Stepping Stones Cafe HT Hall 11.00am
Th 7 Walkie Talkies Newton Pop/Tipton*
M 11 Quiet Prayer - Lympstone 9.30am*
Happy Hour Lympstone Church 3.00pm*
T 12 Pastoral Link visitors HT Hall 2.00pm
W 13 Littleham Flower Guild NND 7.00pm
Th 14 Walkie Talkies - Starcross/Powderham*
Mission Focas - HT Coffee Bar 2.00pm
F 15 Memory Cafe - HT Hall 10.00- 12noon*
Copy date for July NET
Sa 16 Beacon School Fete HT 12noon - 2.00pm
Th 21 Julian Group HT Lady Chapel 11.00am
Walkie Talkies - Squabmoor
Sa 23 HT Flower Guild Tea 2.30- 5.00pm*
Budleigh Ladies Choir HT 7.30pm
W 27 Outing to Dartmouth *
Th 28 Walkie Talkies-Sidmouth Connaught Gdns*
F 29 Peter NIckols-Rawle 40th Jubillee Eucharist 4.0pm
Sa 30 Ros & Ian Pusey Golden Wedding HT 2.30pm*
Bible Society “Godspell” Glenorchy 7.00pm*
TO HELP YOU PRAY IN JUNE F 1 Visitation of BVM to Elizabeth Maternity units
Sa 2 The Queen
S 3 Trinity 1 Mission Community
M 4 Those sitting A Levels
T 5 S Boniface A New Bishop of Crediton
W 6 Stepping Stones
Th 7 Walkie Talkies
F 8 Youth camp
Sa 9 S Columba The Iona community
S 10 Trinity 2 Aylesbeare Deanery
M 11 S Barnabas Travelling preachers
T 12 Local Medical centres
W 13 Community nurses
Th 14 Diplomats
F 15 Those with memory loss
Sa 16 The Beacon School
S 17 Trinity 3 All fathers
M 18 Sailors
T 19 Local Tradesmen and women
W 20 Home helps
Th 21 Racial harmony
F 22 S Alban Courageous faith
Sa 23 Our Bishops
S 24 Trinity 4 Birth of John the Baptist Retaders
M 25 Excluded children
T 26 Special needs teachers
W 27 S Cyril Parish outing
Th 28 S Iranius Christ’s humanity
F 29 S Peter & S Paul Long serving priests
S 30 Ember Day Vocations
Deadline for the
JULY NET
Is Friday 15 June
It will be published on Sunday 26 June
Articles and pictures to Tony Mortimer
Email: [email protected]
FUTURE EVENTS:
July 6-8 Spree weekend camp for young people
11 Deanery Eucharist, 7.30pm
15 Littleham church patronal festival.
Baptisms in the sea
29 Benedict starts his sabbatical (August-October inclu)
August 6 Transfiguration
15 Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 9 Lympstone patronal festival
12 Littleham cum Exmouth PCC
19 Lympstone PCC
28 Holy Trinity flower festival begins (ends 1st October)
29 Huw ordination as priest at Exeter Cathedral, 4pm
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On Sunday 20 May (Pentecost) Rev'd Benedict led the
party from Littleham congregation to the train station
where they all headed up to Exeter Cathedral. There
Rev'd Barry Dugmore led the service and the Dean
opened and closed the service.
Benedict writing on
the river of prayers.
THY KINGDOM COME
