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The Church Magazine of the Parish of Pangbourne with Tidmarsh & Sulham

Holy Communion 10am Wednesday May 1st Evensong 6pm Sunday May 5th

St James the Less Patronal Festival

Editorial page 03 Reverend Heather page 04 Revd Tony in Ghana page 05 The Easter Feast page 07 LYCIG page 08 Christian Aid page 09 Mother's Union page 10 Mission Partner page 11

Contents

Kids' Page Crossword Easter in Sorento Prayer Requests News Worship in April Parish Directory

page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 19 Back Cover

There were only 2 entries received by the closing date, which is a shame given the amount of work Cantor puts into the crosswords, and his generosity in providing the prizes. We are therefore extending the deadline until 12th May. Please make Cantor's efforts and generosity worthwhile by entering the competition.

April's Prize Crossword

In March as part of the Revd Tony's elog from Ghana, we set a competition based upon the 3 meanings of the word 'ephod' in the Old Testament. with a 'Real Easter Egg' as the prize. There were no entries. The 'vision' deadline is 15th of the month. Copy received after that date will be held over to the following month. Please leave hand written or printed copy in the 'v' pigeon hole in St. James, or send to: Mickey Haynes 28 Cleeve Down Goring on Thames Reading RG8 0HA Digital copy can be emailed to: ptsvision@btinternet.com twitter you can now follow us @ptsvision

March's 'Ephod' Competition

Digital versions of 'vision' are available at http://www.scribd.com/collections/4188452/Visionmagazines2013 vision May 2013 page 2

The Future of 'vision'

Editorial

We seem to be approaching a bit of a crossroads for 'vision', both in terms of 'audience participation', and in our production capabilities. We inherited a very good publication from Len & Jill, but they also had to regularly cope with these same problems. So what is to be done? We are trying to build a magazine that not only tries to inform and entertain, but also becomes an effective witness to our faith. Another way of reaching into our communities with the Christian message and way of life, expanding our presence into every strand of community. But to do this, we need good content, well presented. Content. We will always need a wide selection of interesting articles, and I am encouraged that these are beginning to come through. But we need more! Don't worry about, spelling, grammar, or format, we can take care of that, just send us some text. We will always endeavour to show you how yout article will look in the magazine before we publish it. We also need feedback. What do or don't you like in the magazine? What issues, local, national, or international, are bothering you? What have you been watching, reading, or listening to? We want to include a 'Letters' page in next month's issue, that will hopefully become a barometer of our Christian vibrancy, and help to shape our magazine. Production. We are somewhat constrained by our equipment, and really do not have the capabilty to include anything but the most basic black and white graphics, despite the best efforts of our printer Len. This makes it difficult to produce an attractive magazine that is easy to read, and encourages the casual reader to pick it up. The most effective ways of doing this are having it printed professionally, or investing in better technology, but this of course costs money. Eventually we would like 'vision' to become selfsufficient via advertising, but first we need a magazine of sufficient quality to attract that advertising. So what should we do? Our churches run at a loss each year, and we don't want to add any more 'vision' costs to that. Could we encourage annual subscriptions (preferably gift aided) and if so what should we charge? In the interests of witnessing to our faith, could we ask for sponsors, individuals or families? Please let us know what you think, and please give us the benefit of any other ideas that you may have. Mickey Haynes Editor vision May 2013 page 3

Reverend Heather Dear Friends, I think we can safely say Spring has Sprung now! As I write the Green Gym folk are hard at work taking care of St James Churchyard in the sunshine, the primroses are blooming all around, and the magnolia by the church door has begun to burst its buds. The Easter Festival was early this year, but the Easter feeling of New Life in Springtime continues to become more and more evident physically each day. This week I have been particularly reminded of the Good News that the Easter life is more than simply physical. In our Christian funeral service we often use verses from 1 Corinthians 15 where Paul expresses his understanding of eternal life life after death. The image is of a seemingly lifeless seed buried in the ground which develops into a plant with a blossoming, fruitful body, and a living individuality that can only be imagined when we at first, look at the seed. This is Pauls metaphor for the spiritual life offered us in Christ Jesus through the Easter experience. The Good News of the Christian gospel is that we dont have to wait for the end of our earthly life for this new life to germinate and develop. Our response of YES! to Jesus invitation to follow takes us on that journey from death to life. New beginnings and fresh starts are ours as soon as we recognise the need for them before God, and claim the promise Jesus has given. The well known path is confession and repentance of all in our life that destroys a good relationship with God and our neighbours (death), followed by forgiveness, blessing and spiritual renewal (life). Our Christian Faith There will be an opportunity to meet, think and talk about personal faith and Christian beliefs in May and June. If you would like to join the group please call Reverend Heather or Mickey Haynes. You do not have to qualify for this group by any of the following Know all about Jesus Be already Baptised or Confirmed Regularly worship on a Sunday Have been on an Alpha course Know how to pray (but if you do you can still come!) If you have questions about any of these you definitely qualify for the group! Patronal Festival St James the Less Saints Day is May 1st, shared with St Philip. This year we will give thanks for our Patron Saint in St James the Less on May 1st 10am Wednesday Morning Holy Communion, and also at the Evensong on Sunday May 5th. Our friends from Houdan, France, twinned with Pangbourne, will be with us that weekend and we shall welcome members of their Chorale to sing with and for us on the Sunday evening. vision May 2013 page 4

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We hope as many Church members as possible will come to the evening service and stay for a glass of wine and to hear the French choir. If you would like to sing Evensong with us please come at 4pm for a rehearsal with Graham Davies. This includes a cream tea complete with English scones so you wont need to go home in between. All voices are very welcome. Please come and give a warm, hospitable, Pangbourne welcome to our visitors and invite your neighbours to the service and concert. May 5th is also Rogation Sunday. Due to our excitingly full programme that day we will not be worshipping as we walk far this year. Those who would like to join in our Rogation worship asking for blessing on our land in the parish and those who work with it, please come to St Laurence 11am Family Worship. Rogation days are Monday Tuesday and Wednesday that week, and Rogation collects will be used in Morning Prayer in St James. We shall then be back in St Laurence for Ascension Day at 8pm Thursday May 9th. with love, Reverend Heather

Ministry Team

The Revd Tony in Ghana

Monday March 4th. A good days work, Exodus 1626:15 checked (I did 115 with them last year). Bogged down in whether metres/centimetres, yards or feet would give the readers the best idea of sizes of things, and converting from cubits into the chosen units who would have thought a Bibletranslator had to be a mathematician? Answer, anyone who had spent 4 weeks working with Lelemi which counts in fifties (776 = fifteen fifties and twenty and six), and Gikyode and Vagla, which work in twenties (776 = seven hundreds and three twenties and six). Cooler morning with cloud and breeze. Rain around but not here. Wednesday March 6th. More celebrations Ghanas Independence Day (57 years). Monks have a holiday. I gave the Bible translators 5 mins. holiday we finished Exodus just before close of work time. The gaudy consisted of the monks watching a movie along with a buffet supper, plus beer and Coke. Saturday March 9th. Katy has brought her 25year old Nkonya fosterson to take a retreat while we work. I took him at 1100 to see the Hermit but he wasnt in the chap who takes him his meals thinks the ecstatic worship from the Pentecostal group in the rockarch near his hermitage has driven the 89y.o. to go for a long walk in the opposite direction! vision May 2013 page 5

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The Revd Tony in Ghana (continued)

Sunday March 10th. Quiet Sunday. Had halfhour talks with the Superior, Fr. Ambrose, and Fr. Kofi Lang, who is an American priest we have been friends with for a long time. He has been here on retreat, and I sought advice on deepening my spiritual and prayer life. After 1100 we went back to see the hermit and talked with him (listened to him) for an hour. Every few minutes he kept digging out from his store in my old computer bag!, rosaries and other religious gewgaws to press on us. He first felt called to some sort of ministry a few weeks after I was born, but without education and family support didnt get anywhere until he was 40 49 years ago. Thursday March 14th. Got through Psalms 4649. ** 1630 I am now officially retired! (Its just a long commute home from the office.) ** Friday March 15th. Packed before 0445 Vigils. After Vigils we made our breakfast and set off in Katys truck ... and got to the Accra ringroad by 1330 ... took another hour for the last few miles through city traffic ... 22.30 up after a couple of hours sleep, on the upstairs balcony ... A pleasant day for Accra dry and bright with a sea breeze in the day and a land breeze at night I am starting the trip as I began, with great difficulties with the internet. I have a password for the Guesthouse as well as the modems for two mobile networks, but can only get a usable connection with Vodafone, and it is as weak slow here as at the monastery. I have to get onto the B.A. site at 22.40, 24 hrs. before takeoff, to choose my seat and get my boardingpass. 22.54 well, that was a lot easier than I expected from my dry run earlier in the evening. I have my secondpreference seat and a boardingpass ready to print in the morning. I had already booked the taxi for 1500 tomorrow. I will be packing the computer so no more emails We are very grateful that Tony is back amongst us, and wish him well in his retirement! It is amazing that as well as the demands of his translation work, the climate, the culture, the rigours of monastic life (where I suspect he observed all of the offices), and the temperamental internet service he encountered, he still found the time and energy to keep in touch with his many friends in Pangbourne. Thank you Tony, we are blessed to know you.

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Ministry Team
Let us celebrate the Easter Feast (Pascha) continued The fortieth day of the Easter feast is the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, which takes the victory of Our Lord to even greater heights. Having risen from the grave triumphant over death, he now ascends to reign for ever at the right hand of the Father. This should be marked with continuing joy and liturgical expression. The feast of Ascension Day always falls on the Thursday of the sixth week of the Easter season, and ideally should be observed on that day. Some years ago the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales decided to transfer the feast to the following Sunday, and many Anglican churches have followed suit. This is a pity since we lose something of the significance of the next ten days that lead to Pentecost. We are fortunate in this parish that it has become customary to hold a celebration of the Ascension at St. Laurence Tidmarsh, which has a window depicting the Ascension, and this year is at 8 p.m. on 9th May. According to the Gospel of Matthew our Lord issued the great commission to his disciples, To go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:19end.) Mark and Luke give slightly different accounts of the Ascension. In Luke before they went out to a hill near Bethany to witness the Ascension, Jesus said to the disciples, I am going to send you what my Father promised (the Holy Spirit); but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. (Luke 53:43) It became common practice in churches to use the days between the Ascension and Pentecost to pray for a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit on the Church. Somewhat quaintly described by some people as, tarrying for the Spirit. The fiftieth day is Pentecost, a Principle Feast marking the culmination of the celebration of the resurrection, and the fulfilment of Christs promise to empower the Church through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Common Worship : Times and Seasons provides The Liturgy of the Feast of Pentecost (pp 491502) which includes a place for Prayer for Personal Renewal (in some churches this may allow for an anointing with the Oil of Chrism as used in some places for Baptism, Confirmation and Ordination). The Liturgy concludes with a special Dismissal starting at the Easter (Paschal) Candle with a Blessing of Light, a Commission to carry the light of Christ into the worlds dark places. The Candle is extinguished in silence followed by a special Blessing and concluding; "Filled with the Spirits power, go in the light of Christ. Alleluia! Alleluia! Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!"
Canon Norman Brown

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Mission

LYCIG Leading Your Church Into Growth

Sponsored by your PCC, the Revd Heather and Mickey Haynes attended the inspirational but exhausting LYCIG conference at High Leigh in Hertfordshire. Days that began with Holy Communion at 8am, and ended with Night Prayers at 9 15pm, were filled with a total of 10 training sessions designed to empower churches to move from maintenance or decline into growth. The training was about recognising and strengthening our evangelism and mission to our communities, and thereby growing and nurturing our church family. Scary? You bet! Daunting? Of course! Achieveable? It has to be! But don't worry, this is not about 'manic street preachers' on Reading Road, but we do need to be prepared to talk about Jesus to those who are willing to listen. There was much food for thought on the LYCIG course, and it will take some time to assess and share what we learnt there, but just as a bit of early warning, there is a follow up day in Oxford on 12th October from 9 30 until 4pm. More details to follow in next month's vision. The LYCIG strategy has many strands, but one approach to church growth it recommends, is to invite those on the fringes of our churches, those we meet through our many activities in and around our communities, to join a series of 6 informal discussion groups. These groups are facilitated by 2 leaders from within our churches, and supported by dvd's, structured activities, and discussions. For those wanting to know more there is also a follow up course. We also need to think about how we can make what we do more attractive to modern society. Not discarding the comfortable and familiar, but adding to it and making it more flexible. We need to nurture those joining our church family, helping them to develop their faith and commitment to Jesus, which in turn strengthens us. This will almost certainly require support on a onetoone basis, via small group activities, and by enhancing our hospitality capabilities. There are many roles to fill! "When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required" Luke 12:48(b) "You Lord, have given so much to me; give me one thing more, a grateful heart. Amen" George Herbert (15931633) vision May 2013 page 8

So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. (James 2:17 NRSV) Prayer is a powerful tool. However, prayer without action can sometimes be like eating a sandwich without the bread it leaves you feeling dissatisfied. In the book of James we are asked: If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? (James 2:1516) This is a challenging question that should cause us to reflect. In the same way I would speak to a friend about a problem, reflect on our conversation, and then act according to what we discussed, similarly prayer should move us to action. This is one of the reasons why the work Christian Aid does is so important. Christian Aid helps in practical ways, to root poverty out from the world. With other Christian Aid interns, I visited Zimbabwe to meet the communities that Christian Aids partners are working with. One of these partners, Dabane Trust, has helped local people start up nutrition gardens. These gardens are a bit like an allotment. Each member has a specific number of beds on which they can grow vegetables. This method, although a simple one, has proved successful. We spoke to members of the gardens who told us that when they were separately tending their own gardens, they had no crop, and things were very hard for them.
Quality of life Practical help

Christian Aid Week 1218 May 2013

Faith in action

Bite Back at Hunger

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Since coming together as a community, they are able to manage the gardens and it has greatly improved their quality of life. They are now able to feed themselves and their families. Jonah, a member of one of the gardens we visited, is 84 years old, yet works on his plant beds each day. He said: 'I will never stop working. Not until I fail to walk on my own.' It can be easy to pray for those in poverty, and then leave it to someone else to help them out of it. Faith should be tangible, active. It should be like that of Jonah, who knows his faith is no excuse for him to sit back and do nothing. He works tirelessly under the baking hot sun to feed himself. Like Christian Aid, he knows that 'faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.'
To pray "Lord God, help me to pray as if everything depended on God; but work as if everything depended on me.' Amen" (from the words of St Augustine). To act Today, why not give a donation, help fundraise or change your consumer habits to help improve the lives of others? Even doing something as simple as telling others about the plight of those living in poverty around the world can make a big difference.

This reflection was written by intern Syntiche Dedji.

Janice Proud vision May 2013 page 9

On April 8th this year, the Feast of the Annuciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary, known throughout the Church as Lady Day, Bishop Andrew became a member of the Mothers Union, and the MU Diocesan Trustees were commissioned in a service in Christ Church Cathedral Oxford. This year the MU theme is Help us Grow. Our prayers, readings, and Bishop Johns gentle and thought provoking sermon about Marys readiness to serve her God, all helped us to reflect on our Christian commitment and faithfulness. We have a marvellous connection with Christian sisters and brothers throughout the world in the Anglican Communion, and much of the hands on mission of the church is carried out by members of the Mothers Union worldwide. The MU in this country is a prayer and support network for many projects both here and overseas. The daily prayer diary that members use, connects us and helps us to experience the reality of belonging to the same worldwide family of faith. You may be interested to know that the literacy work in places like Burundi, featured in Comic Relief, is organised and run by members of the MU. The Mothers Union aim is transformational. Our worldwide fellowship, of over 4 million members, delivers Christian care for families right at the heart of communities. Seeking to nurture individuals, families and whole communities we : Pray for relationships to be flourishing and loving campaign for social justice for those on the margins and for greater recognition of the value of stable family life. Enable developments of all kinds: economic, relational and personal so that family life is strengthened. The seeds we sow are seeds of hope, support and opportunity. from The Seeds we Sow published by the Mothers Union Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1 3 RB registered charity no: 240531 See for yourself at www.themothersunion.org

Mission

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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Genuine Church Notices

Sharon Wilcox, Our CMS Mission Partner

Mission

Anne Bolam and Susan Worthington represented our churches at our Mission Partner's Commissioning Service in Thatcham. Sharon, who is now in Ecuador working with adults and children with severe physical and / or learning disabilities, asked for the following poem to used at her Commissioning, and to be included in our prayers for her work.

The Beatitudes for Friends of Someone with a Disability

Blessed are you who take time to listen to difficult speech, for you help us to know that if we persevere, we can be understood. Blessed are you who walk with us in public places and ignore the stares of strangers, for in your companionship we find havens of relaxation. Blessed are you who never bid us to Hurry up, and more blessed you who do not snatch our tasks from our hands to do them for us, for often we need time rather than help. Blessed are you who stand behind us as we enter new and untried ventures, For our failures will be outweighed by the times when we surprise ourselves and you. Blessed are you who ask for our help, for our greatest need is to be needed. Blessed are you who help us with the graciousness of Christ, who do not bruise the reed or quench the flax, for often we need the help we cannot ask for. Blessed are you when by all these things you ensure that the thing that makes us individuals is not our peculiar muscles, nor our wounded nervous system, nor our difficulties in learning, but in the Godgiven self which no infirmity can confine. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad and know that you have given us reassurance that could never be spoken in words, for you deal with us as Christ dealt with His own children.

Author unknown

chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.

Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a

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Puzzles

Childrens Puzzle Page

Secret Code a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, d = 4, e = 5, f = 6, g = 7, h = 8, i = 9, j = 10, k = 11, l = 12, m = 13, n = 14, 0 = 15, p = 16, q = 17, r = 18, s = 19, t = 20, u = 21, v = 22, w = 23, x = 24, y = 25, z = 26 The early Christians had to meet in secret. Can you use the code to read what Jesus told his disciples to do? 12,15,22,5 7,15,4, 1,14,4, 12,15,22,5,

25,15,21,18, 14,5,9,7,8,2,15,21,18.

Can you write your name in code ?

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(3) 13. Eden's forename (7) 15. Stray (3) 17. Lacteal container (5) 18. Former Euro (3) 19. Draw interest (7)

1. Grape pressing residue (4) 2. Child's nurse (5) 3. Within the site (latin) (5,5) 4. Old expression of dismay (3) 6. Instalment in series (7) 7. U.S. term of affection (5,3) 11. Wok cookery (4,6) 13. Check accounts (5) 14. Detail stickling (8) 16. Cutlery pattern (34) 21. Hunting Godess (5) 23. Swiss abstract painter (4) 26. Objective (3) Answers on page 19

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EASTER in The Bay of Naples

I thought it might be might be nice to share my recent Easter Festival experiences in Italy with the readers of 'vision'. Having worshipped in the midmorning Palm Sunday service at St. James the Less, in the early hours of Good Friday I found myself outside a church on the edge of Sorrento as the crowds assembled. Just after 3am, with the wax candles from nearby buildings burning strongly, a mixture of tourists and local residents watched in silence, and then followed behind as the procession moved off through the mediaeval streets towards the central square. Led by a brass band, the torchlit processions route wound its way to the cathedral and back, with many of us following alongside whilst others watching from windows above. The procession was very impressive whilst also presenting a picture of humility with its illustration of key aspects of our Christian faith and the suffering of Jesus. Despite its size, the flow of people moved very smoothly, carrying many different objects including; banners of the brotherhood from the church where the procession had started, a variety of crosses, representations of Mary and Jesus, the sacraments borne on trays, instruments of torture (a flail or cat of 9 tails), incense burners, material representing Jesus garments on a larger cross and the dice cast for them by the soldiers, crooked nails from the cross, and a crown of thorns. The simple creamwhite robes with their pointed hoods were very effective, and at the end of the procession some young boys carried bunches of cream and white roses. Towards the end of the trip we were on an early evening bus on Low Sunday, after a long walk up Monte Solarno which forms the backbone of the island of Ischia, and is the highest peak of the islands in the Bay of Napes. The bus stopped in Panza, a large village above Sant dAngelo on the south coast, and by complete chance we were in time for another procession. This one was celebrating Mother Mary, and the locals gathered in the main square and the nearby bar as the procession wound its way around the main streets, complete with a small band, priest and parishioners praying, and a lead policeman also doubling as the paparazzi! The procession ended at the church whose main doors and interior were framed with beautiful pink, silk curtains. Both these processions were a very visual reminder of the origins of Easter and the Christian calendar. So were the smaller gatherings we also witnessed, and the wonderfully decorated churches, especially the tiled floor of one in Anacapri which illustrated the fall of Adam and Eve and their explusion from a beautifully depicted Paradise. Fiona Hope vision May 2013 page 14

Ask our Christian family in Pangbourne, Tidmarsh, Sulham, and beyond, to pray for you, a loved one, or anyone or anything else needing our prayers (contact details on page 1) Please pray for our CMS Mission Partner, Sharon Wilcox, who recently flew out to Ecuador to begin 3 years of work with children and adults with severe learning and/or physical disabilities.
Please pray that we are able to continue our support of Sharon, and that our contact with her remains strong. Susan Worthington

Prayer Requests

Prayer

Weddings 'Congratulations to' 13.04.13 Sarah Jones and Richard Harper (St James the Less)
Funerals
'We

From the Registers

commend and entrust you' 11.04.13 Fay Wesley (St James the Less) 17.04.13 Anne Neame (Reading Crematorium) 19.04.13 John Mick Pasmore (West Berkshire Crematorium)

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You will have seen the Watch this space poster for the Jazz Night coming in June. At the time of going to print we can tell you that, weather permitting, this will take place in the Rectory Garden, although we do have the use of the village hall. Music will be provided by EMC Jazz again and your ticket will include a welcome drink and three course meal. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase.

Jazz Night Saturday 22/06/2013 7.30 for 8.00 pm

News

Two years ago tickets sold like the proverbial hot cakes! Watch out for the next poster telling you that tickets are on sale first come, first served. Further details from Jill Palfrey.

Once again we are running the tea tent at the Pangbourne Village Fete on the river meadow. This is usually very popular, particularly because we provide delicious homemade cakes with the welcome cup of tea. It has been profitable for the parish as well as good to be sharing in a community event. Cherry East is organising this fund raiser this year and will be keen to receive offers of cakes and help on the day. Please contact Cherry if you can assist in any way.

Saturday 08/06/2013 usually 12 noon to 5 pm

Teas at Pangbourne Village Fete

Jennifer Nutt
Mrs Jennifer Nutt is retiring from the post of Church Warden in Pangbourne, Tidmarsh and Sulham this year. Please join us to say Thank You, to God for her, and to her for her many years of service. Please join us to enjoy tea together, beginning at 4pm in St Laurence, Tidmarsh on June 9th. More details will follow. To offer help on the day please speak to a member of the St Laurence Committee. vision May 2013 page 16

Friends of St James

News

Friends of St James is a charitable organisation whose purpose is to support the continuing presence of the historic church building of St James the Less in Pangbourne; as a village landmark, as place in which whole life events can be celebrated (Baptisms, Weddings, etc.), as a focus for village events (Easter, Harvest Festival, Remembrance, Christmas, etc.), and as a place of peace and worship. The Friends of St James are intending to become more active in their support of the church building as a village facility as well as a place of worship, and if you would like to get involved, please contact Dennis Jones.

In support of our churches funds, you and your friends and families are cordially invited to visit up to 6 beautiful gardens, followed by a scrumptious cream tea in St James the Less. Tickets, which cost 5 with under 12's free, will have a map of the garden locations on the back, all of which are within easy walking distance of the church and car park. Volunteers are needed to bake scones (batches of 1 dozen) and to provide the strawberry jam. If you can help please contact Denis Jones. The Friends of St James are intending to become more active in their support of the church building as a village facility as well as a place of worship, and if you would like to get involved, again Dennis is your contact. Please support this day as well as praying for good weather for it.

Sunday 19/05/2013

Open Gardens

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ACROSS: 1. Mandible 5. Mesh 8. Nature 9. Mien 10. Con 12. Yea 13. Anthony 15. Err 17. Udder 18. Ecu 19. Attract 20. Rod 22. Irk 24. Tear 25. Patina 27, Colt 28. Emigrate DOWN: 1. Marc 2. Nanny 3. Intra mural 4. Lor 6. Episode 7. Honey bun 11. Stir frying 13. Audit 14. Pedantic 16. Rattail 21. Diana 23. Klee 26
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Crossword Solution

Bradfield Deanery Spiritual Development Group

News

What can we believe about heaven and hell?

Revd Canon David Winter Former BBC head of religious broadcasting explores the biblical background. Thursday 16th May 2013 8.00 pm At Bradfield College Reading RG7 6AU To be held in the Wardens Room
Please park in the Visitors Car Park

Invites you to a talk:

Newbury Rotary Club Annual Sponsored Walk

Sunday 12th May to Walbury Hill
*The highest point in S.E. England"

Are you up to the challenge? Starts from Inkpen Village Hall from 11 12 30. 5 or 8 mile route. Raise money for your own good cause, charity, or church. or email
More details at

walk@newburyrotary.org

www.newburyrotary.org

Water.' The sermon tonight :'Searching for Jesus.'

The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the

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Services & Events in May and June 2013

Every week in St James the Less Pangbourne Monthly in the villages at 11am
7:45am Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion 10am Sunday at Ten Worship for all the family with childrens church

Worship

Evening Worship

1st Sunday Family Worship St Laurence Tidmarsh 2nd Sunday BCP Matins St James Pangbourne 2nd Sunday Holy Communion St Laurence Tidmarsh 3rd Sunday Family Worship St Nicholas Sulham 5th Sunday Parish Worship for Pangbourne, Tidmarsh and Sulham (see special services) 1st Sunday 6pm St James, Pangbourne 2nd Sunday 6pm Quiet Service St James Pangbourne 4th Sunday 6pm St Nicholas Sulham MAY Sunday 5th 6pm St James the Less Festival Choral Evensong Afterwards join us for a glass of wine and enjoy an impromptu concert with our friends from Houdan, France. Thursday 9th 8pm St Laurence Tidmarsh Ascension Day Service of Holy Communion. Sunday 12th CHRISTIAN AID WEEK Sunday 19th OPEN GARDENS. Visit up to 6 gardens within easy walking distance of St James, followed by a Cream Tea. Tickets 5 (Under12's free)

Special Services in PTS this Summer

JUNE Sunday 2nd 6pm Environment Sunday Service in St James the Less Sunday 9th 10am Noahs Ark Tenth Anniversary All members of Noahs Ark Mums and Tots in the last 10 years are welcome to this celebratory service and picnic lunch. Saturday 22nd 4pm Ordination to the Priesthood in Reading Minister Come and support our curate Andrew Bond. Sunday 23rd 10am Reverend Andrew Bond celebrates First Communion Parish Barbecue Lunch and Picnic in the Rectory Garden Sunday 30th 11am 5th Sunday service in St Laurence Tidmarsh

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