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Malvern Priory Magazine

The Parish Church of St. Mary & St. Michael Picture: Christopher J Turner

In this issue…

A Hidden Ministry of Welcome Living on the Edge

The Myth of the Undeserving Poor Recycler’s Marmalade

Growing Christians – Priory Lent Course All for Jesus

Impressions of Alpha Letter from Archdeacon Robert

Cairo Calling

February 2015 50p

Regular weekly events: Priory Home Groups: To confirm times and venues of House Groups please contact

Ted Crofton on 01886 833376

Monday –Saturday 9.00 am Daily Prayer in the Priory. Tuesdays 6-7 pm Praise Group in the Lyttelton Rooms Wednesdays 6.30 pm Sketch Club Youth drama group in the Lyttelton Rooms

(term time) Thursdays 11.30 am Holy Communion 6–7 pm Table Tennis in the Lyttelton Rooms Fridays 4.15 pm Adult Handbells practice

5.15 pm Junior Handbells practice 6.00 pm Junior choir practice 7.00 pm Adult choir practice 7.45 pm FEATv! at the vicarage (NOT 20th February to 13th March)

Sundays 10.30 am Youth and Children’s Groups in the Lyttelton Rooms (except when it is Altogether Worship)

7.30 pm Youth Badminton hour in the Lyttelton Rooms

Contact details for Priory Church Officers and Organisations inside back cover

Magazine Contributions

Please send all contributions for the magazine by email whenever possible (to [email protected]), with the deadline of the 10th of the previous month at the latest. Written articles should be clearly marked "Magazine", and placed in the

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From the Vicarage A Hidden Ministry of Welcome ...

Dear Friends,

What a difference a good welcome makes! I'm sure that, like me, you can think of times when you have visited somewhere - whether a stately home or shop, hotel or hostelry, church or cathedral - and have been made to feel anything but welcome. And how that negative experience has completely overshadowed your visit - perhaps even meriting some negative feedback you posted later on TripAdvisor!

Welcome certainly lies at the heart of our life together at the Priory. As one of our three W's (together with Worship and Witness), we seek ‘to welcome all in the name of Jesus Christ’. In the Rule of Benedict - an important part of the Priory’s ‘spiritual DNA’ - Chapter 53 on ‘Reception of Guests’ begins with these challenging words: “All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me’ ”. Now that is quite a welcome!

Each day of the week, many different guests present themselves in the Priory. It may be a woman who bursts into the middle of Morning Prayer who wants prayer for herself and those she is concerned about. It may be a man who finds a pew on which to lie, and whose loud snoring soon reverberates around the building. It may be someone who reeks of alcohol and is in a state of agitation, or a young parent with his or her little one who is pleased to find a welcoming Children's Space. Custos Peter and his Deputy Rob, together with those who assist on the Custos team and those who serve on the Shop or Welcome team, will have many stories of the wide variety of guests who come to spend time in the Priory. Yet without the Priory being open seven days a week, and being resourced by a caring team of staff and volunteers, this hidden but vital welcome ministry would simply not be possible. And many would be denied the safe and welcoming space that the Priory offers in the heart of Malvern, and in the name of Jesus.

This month, two of the Church's ‘Red Letter days’ remind us of our call to be the Lord’s welcoming people. On Candlemas (2nd February), we recall how Simeon and Anna welcomed the infant Christ as He was presented in the Temple. And on Ash Wednesday (18th February), the Prayer Book Gospel reminds us how it is “in secret” that we are to make welcoming space for the Lord to meet us and to bless us. Wishing you every blessing in Jesus Christ, the One whose love bids us welcome,

John Barr, Vicar

FEBRUARY 1 Sun, 4th Sunday of Epiphany (Septuagesima, BCP) 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Parish Communion 6.30 pm Evening Worship 2 Mon Whitechapel Foundry begins work on Bells Project 10.00 am Mothers’ Union prayers 5 Thurs 10.00 am Priory Tots in Church

1.00 pm Lunch Box: “Making Good Connections” - talk by Rosemary Nixon

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8 Sun, 2nd Sunday before Lent (Sexuagesima, BCP) 8.00 am Holy Communion

10.30 am Altogether Worship 12.30 pm Holy Communion 6.30 pm Holy Communion 9 Mon 12 – 1 pm Prayers for Peace, Lyttelton Prayer Room

2.30 pm Pastoral Care Training event - Spiritual Care at the End of Life – Guesten Room

7.30 pm Priory Bell Ringers’ AGM, Guesten Room 14 Sat Marriage Preparation Day, Lyttelton Main Hall

15 Sun, Sunday next before Lent (Quinquagesima, BCP) 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Parish Communion, with Prayer Ministry 2.30 pm Messy Church in the Lyttelton Rooms 6.30 pm Evensong 16 Mon Lent Course in the Guesten Room 18 Wed, Ash Wednesday 11.30 am Holy Communion 7.30 pm Holy Communion 19 Thurs 1.00 pm Lunch Box: “Fighting AIDS in Malawi” – talk by Sally Taylor 21 Sat 12 noon Organ Recital by Graham Davies, St. Mary’s, Hayes

22 Sun, 1st Sunday of Lent 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Morning Prayer, with Baptism of Conrad Cole Arnold 12.30 pm Holy Communion 6.30 pm Choral Evensong 23 Mon 12–1 pm Prayers for Peace, Lyttelton Prayer Room Lent Course, Guesten Room 28 Sat 6 – 8 pm YOMP Murder Mystery in the Priory

MARCH 1 Sun, 2nd Sunday of Lent 8.00 am Holy Communion 10.30 am Parish Communion

6.30 pm Engaging Issues

Thought for the Month

Living on the Edge

Jesus was born on the edge of society – not in a maternity unit, or at home, or even at an inn, but in a cowshed. He lived on the edge of society – mingling with simple fishermen, hated tax collectors, despised prostitutes, isolated lepers. He died on the edge of society – on a hill outside the city walls, not far from the town rubbish dump, condemned to a criminal’s execution. This is how God chose to spend His time among us. It is a rough, often brutal, story.

But, over 2,000 years, there has been a tendency to sanitise the story; to make the Christian faith respectable and comfortable and cultural. And the consequence is that it has sometimes lost its cutting edge and its challenge to be countercultural, and radical, and transformative. Perhaps it is no wonder that in many churches in Britain today a glance around the sparse, white-haired congregation tells its own story – that in another 10 or 15 years there will be nobody left. Yet another church will close. It needn’t be like that. It mustn’t be like that. Christians in Britain need to shake off the cosy club mentality, and get out to where Jesus was born and lived and died – the edge of society. That’s where so often needy people are. We need to reach out to people where they are, not expect them to come to where we are.

In the Priory we are seeking to do just this – through Messy Church and Café Church and Alpha; through our involvement with the Food Bank and the Lyttelton Well; through Police and traders’ chaplaincy; through “Pray one for me”; through Welcome days and Lunchbox, and in other ways. Let’s encourage and support all these endeavours, and always be looking outwards.

But, of course, “the edge” is not geographical – it’s not necessarily “out there”. Many Priory members experience their own “edge” – whether spiritual, or emotional, or relational, or financial, or due to ill-health, or bereavement, or loneliness, or any other kind of edge. Edges are painful places to be. And these places, again, are where Jesus longs to be, and where He may want us to be His body to those in need. We must constantly reach out, but also reach in, to those among us who need support.

And let’s never forget those who are living on an extreme edge – the hundreds of thousands of Christians from Syria, Iraq, Northern Nigeria, Pakistan etc. who have lost everything in their lives that bore any resemblance to security and peace. But isn’t it significant that it is often in countries where Christians are most on the edge that the church is not shrinking but growing – sometimes explosively? It is on the edge of society that we shall find Jesus most at work.

David Webster

Conservation Management Plan – Update

The PCC has refined parts of the Conservation Management Plan which will review the present life of the Priory and make proposals on how the Priory should develop in the future. When the current problems and the opportunities are clearly understood the review will be used to develop plans to re-order the Priory and parts of the Priory churchyard, creating space and facilities for the use of the congregation and the wider community.

As a Christian community Great Malvern Priory’s vision is to serve Malvern more effectively by:

RESOURCING the Priory as a worshipping and educational presence;

RECONNECTING the Priory as a visible and accessible presence in the town;

REFRESHING the Priory as a welcoming and hospitable presence for the community.

Initial ideas for the sympathetic development of the building and churchyard as part of the new vision for the Priory include the following aims:

1) To make the Priory building more flexible to support a variety of styles of Christian worship.

2) To provide a quiet space for prayer and contemplation.

3) To re-connect the Priory visually to Church Street and develop the Priory drive as a community open space.

4) To develop the use of the Priory building as a town centre community venue.

5) To provide appropriate facilities and establish an education programme, including both spiritual and cultural subjects for all age groups.

6) To provide appropriate facilities for both performers and audiences at the various art, drama and music events held in the Priory.

7) To enhance the visitor experience of the Priory building and its surroundings.

8) To explore the development of a heritage or visitor centre.

9) To provide good access, and safe, comfortable, modern amenities for all users of the Priory in an environmentally sustainable building.

It is anticipated that the draft Conservation Management Plan will be available for a further round of consultation with the Priory congregation during February.

Michael Angling

Bellframe Project News

Whitechapel Bell Foundry will start preparing to dismantle the bells and their frames and fittings on Monday 2nd February. Their first task will be to construct a ramp at the North Porch and lay a protective floor cover, over which the bells, etc. will be moved from the Nave Transept and out through the North Porch.

At the same time Malvern Scaffolding will use the East Door to construct a temporary scaffolding access to cover the organ to protect it from dust whilst the bells trapdoor is open.

When the bells are removed from the tower, they will be temporarily stored along the South Aisle for a short while until they are removed and transported to Whitechapel’s works in London.

Whitechapel have estimated that their work at the Priory will last about four weeks, after which the bells trapdoor will be closed. The organ covering will then be removed and the scaffolding dismantled. Whitechapel will return the bells in July.

Although most of the funds for the Bellframe Project have been raised in cash or pledges, we are finding that new unexpected costs are incurred. We therefore still need to raise about £6,000 to complete all the necessary work. If you would like to help by making a donation please contact me or go to the Priory’s website, www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk/bells.

Trevor Still (Chairman Bellframe Funding Group)

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Priory People

Obituaries

Barbara Spencer

Barbara died on 25th October 2014 aged 88 after an active life lived in several different parts of the country. She was born in Pershore, daughter of a local doctor, who sadly died when she was a child. Her mother brought the family to Malvern where Barbara grew up, although going to boarding school at Christ's Hospital. Her love of sport was undiminished even by contracting polio in her teens and despite the handicap that left her with, she went on to a College of Physical Education and to teach games. Her second post was at the newly opened Chase school in Malvern, where she had the foresight to introduce ballroom dancing for those not keen on gym (oh, that I had been taught by her …). Manor Park tennis club and Colwall Ladies' cricket team were among her interests. In 1959 she married Graham Spencer, member of the Priory choir and alumnus of the Lyttelton School.

Barbara then took on advisory roles in the PE world and became an Inspector of schools. This led to homes in London, Cornwall and Birmingham before returning to Malvern in retirement. She worshipped regularly in the Priory. She and Graham lived in Hardwicke House and Barbara became Secretary of the Management Committee there, with a good fund of knowledge on matters legal and practical to draw on. As Graham's health deteriorated, she cared for him devotedly until his death just short of their golden wedding. After that, she became more frail and lonely without Graham, albeit supported by local friends and neighbours. Eventually after a spell in hospital she went to live in Davenham, supported by visits from her nephews and niece in whom, and their families, she always took a keen interest. Hers was a life of quiet service, never seeking the limelight, but always there for anyone in need. We give thanks that she is now at peace.

Elizabeth Dunnett

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John Bonny 1934 - 2014

The quiet and unassuming John Bonny might have been surprised by the number of people who joined with his family to give thanks for his life of 80 years which ended on 21st December. Canon Bill Richards led us in remembering John's achievements and, above all, all that he gave throughout his life.

Born into a family with a strong naval tradition, John grew up in Devon and Cornwall while his father was serving in World War II. His brother died young and his mother when John was 14, leaving him and his sister to benefit from the love of their wider family. He attended Clifton College from where he took the engineering route to serve on HMS Devonshire. National Service completed, he embarked on an engineering degree at Bristol, where he met Isabel, a medical student, and found

digs in her parents' home. His adventurous love of travelling manifested itself during student days. Having completed his MSc, and Isabel having qualified, they married in 1960 and moved to Malvern for John to work at RRE and Isabel to become a GP. Their 2 daughters and son grew up in a happy family group, enjoying more travels abroad. John played a key part in Ground Radar and Air Traffic Control work and was a valued team-member. Sadly, Isabel developed cancer. Travel did not cease immediately - their last holiday together being to Vancouver. John took early retirement to support Isabel through the last months of their very happy marriage.

John's family recognised how much he was missing being a partner, and rejoiced when he was introduced to Sylvia and found someone who shared his love of music, the theatre and travelling. They had 15 happy years of mutual benefit, John always supportive of Sylvia and her family, while at the same time proving an expert baby- and farm-sitter as his 6 grandchildren arrived. Some of this “sitting” was in Canada where Peter, John's son and family, had settled.

John's role in the Priory covered a long span. He was a Sidesman at the 8.00am Holy Communion service, welcoming all attendees courteously and warmly. He attended several different House Groups over the years, putting in thoughtful and succinct contributions to discussions. He also served for some time on the Council of the Friends of Malvern Priory, where again his remarks were carefully thought out and his practical help welcomed.

We all remember a man of quiet dignity, thoughtful, reflective, conscientious and gentle. We are grateful that he did not have to endure long and painful treatment once his final illness had been diagnosed. Instead he is resting with his Lord and has left us with the smile that invariably ended our conversations with him.

Elizabeth Dunnett

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Spring Visit of Wolmirstedt Partners - 14th to the 18th May

This May we shall continue our association with the Priory’s partner church of St Katharina’s in Wolmirstedt, Germany, when we shall be hosting 11 friends in Malvern. Our link with St Katharina’s community dates back to the mid-1990s, soon after Wolmirstedt, together with the rest of the GDR, joined the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Church regained its freedom to worship.

The visit schedule will include a day tour and a social function; we would love as many Priory members as possible to be involved. If you would like to take part in providing hospitality to our friends, or would like more information, please contact Chris Little, Chris Wells, Jill Crofton, or myself.

Terry Shepherd

The Myth of the Undeserving Poor - Book Review

by Martin Charlesworth and Natalie Williams (Jubilee+ Ltd, 2014 Cost £7)

The book is subtitled “A Christian response to poverty in Britain today”. Dr Dave Landrum, Director of Advocacy at the Evangelical Alliance writes (back cover), “This book sets out the Church’s responsibility to walk with, as well as to serve, the poor among us. Along the way, it powerfully challenges stereotypes, and encourages a deeper, constructive and longer-lasting engagement with issues that cause and sustain poverty, as well as the way our attitude and actions need to change. This is an important and helpfully provocative book”.

It begins historically by describing the complexity of care for the poor over recent centuries. The era of the Welfare State is then examined. The term “welfare state” was popularised by William Temple, as Archbishop of Canterbury but the idea grew that the overall responsibility for the welfare of citizens should be with the state. As a result the Church lost much of its social vision. The book comments that “many evangelicals deliberately withdrew from social involvement” - for some, social action became synonymous with a watered-down gospel.

Following Margaret Thatcher’s “rolling back the State”, attitudes hardened towards the poor. People became less supportive of Government welfare spending. There is now a widespread perception that many who are receiving help from the State are spending tax-payers’ money on luxuries. A dominant narrative of “strivers” versus “skivers” - in which the strivers are the deserving poor and the skivers are the undeserving poor - is increasingly ingrained in public consciousness.

Charlesworth and Williams report that “the Church has re-engaged in tackling poverty in a very public way”. “Notable renewal of the evangelical Church in recent years has gradually led to a redevelopment of its social vision”. Among strong advocates of the Church’s social engagement, Rowan Williams, John Sentamu and Justin Welby are mentioned. There are emerging grass-root initiatives empowering local churches in a strategic and cost-effective way. Prominent examples include Street Pastors, Christians Against Poverty, Community Money Advice and the Trussel Trust (foodbanks).

A study of media reporting was carried out via articles from 10 outlets, 7 of them newspapers. A lack of neutrality was found in the articles with no contribution from those in poverty. A survey of Christian’s beliefs about people in poverty found that they are strongly influenced by their individual political preferences and media source (i.e. which newspaper they read).

The chapter on “a biblical case for radical mercy” covers Old Testament background, the teaching and example of Jesus and two cautions from the Apostle Paul. No-one is undeserving of God’s love. Our approach should always reflect mercy and sacrifice but our concern is for the whole person. We will be concerned with poverty at several levels, material needs, relational needs and spiritual needs.

In a “call to action”, six directions are suggested: SIMPLICITY is described as a prophetic lifestyle choice, GENEROSITY involves sacrificial giving on behalf of the poor, PROXIMITY to people who are poor is essential to avoid prejudice. COMMUNITY means involvement in charities and projects organised by local churches, STRATEGY is contributing to the big picture and finally EXPECTANCY, if God is involved, “faith and miracles must play a part in our care for the poor and needy”.

John Maycock

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Priory Lent Course 2015

GROWING Christians

ALL - individuals, home groups, those who have done recent Alpha courses – in fact everyone! – are invited to join a Priory Lent course, to be run on 6 successive Monday evenings, starting (with pancakes!) on 16th February, and ending (with chocolate cake!) on 23rd March (and who knows what in between!). Each session will last from 7.30pm until 9pm, and will be held in the Guesten Room. The aim of the course, which uses adapted CPAS material, is to help us to explore our faith, to grow in that faith, and to consider how God wants to use us, and where He might be leading us.

The weekly sessions will include PowerPoint presentations, with Bible study and times for reflection. There will be some (not too much!) homework, as we reflect on our own spiritual journeys. We will each be encouraged to pair up with someone we know and trust to share what we are learning (this may well be someone else doing the course, but it needn’t be). Past experience has shown that these partnerships of sharing are so beneficial that they often continue after the course.

The topics of the 6 sessions will be as follows:

1. February 16th Why grow?

2. February 23rd Establishing our identity

3. March 2nd Clarifying our call

4. March 9th Developing our character

5. March 16th Spiritual gifts

6. March 23rd Discerning direction and making the journey

The course will be led by Chris Oliver and David Webster.

From The Friends

Recent Deaths December proved to be an extremely sad month for The Friends because of the death of a number of members. Early in the month I was informed that Charles Compton, one of our overseas members, had died in Florida following a brief illness. He became a member of The Friends during the time he spent in Malvern during 1965/66 whilst helping to develop the Nuffield method of teaching science at Malvern

College. Just before Christmas I was advised that Norman Savage and John Bonny had died following periods of deteriorating health. Both had been active members of the Priory and The Friends Council over many years. Finally I was informed that Betty Wheeler had died; one of those many people who willingly help keep the Priory wheels turning without drawing attention to themselves. I have written to the families of all of them and conveyed our condolences. Outing 2015 As we have not been able to find a volunteer to replace Anne Savage as organiser, there will unfortunately not be a Friends’ Outing in 2015. Friends Officers and Council As you may have already heard, I will be standing down as Chairman of The Friends at the AGM after nearly 5 years. In addition Elizabeth Dunnett will also be retiring as our Honorary Secretary. As a result we will be looking for volunteers/nominations for both of these appointments in June at our next AGM. Please note that our Constitution requires nominations for these appointments to be made to the Honorary Secretary at least 14 days before the AGM. As there are other retirements there will also be vacancies for new Council members. If you are interested or would like to explore what is involved, please let me or one of the other current officers know. Dates for your 2015 Diary: Coffee Morning – Saturday 21st March 2015 at 12 College Road, Malvern; Friends' Day/AGM – Sunday 28th June 2015. Canon Robert Jones who was

installed as the Archdeacon of Worcester last year will be the preacher. The talk prior to the Cream Tea will be given by Colonel David Axson, until recently the Honorary Secretary of The Friends and Descendants of St George's Chapel, Windsor and a Military Knight of Windsor.

AGM – Sunday 28th June 2015. The AGM will be held at 3.00pm before the talk

on Friends’ Day. [We will be needing volunteers to become members of the Friends’ Council as well as a new Chairman and Honorary Secretary. Please let one of the officers know if you are interested.]

Mike Selby

Recycler’s Marmalade (Normal conditions and precautions apply!)

Having a war/post-war childhood in a family increasing to nine, “making do” by recycling was essential and has remained to the despair of my family. This method, general opinion A1, makes up to 20lbs of marmalade from 10lbs citrus peels. 15lbs can be made from 10 (ten) Seville Oranges but I think the taste is inferior.

In November 2013 I wrote of collecting, and using citrus pips as a basic source of pectin. The other need is to assemble in the freezer every piece of citrus peel - orange, lemon, grapefruit, satsuma, etc. 5 or 6lbs is a usable starter quantity for average Maslin pans. Mine accommodates a calibrated 15 pints. Other ingredients are standard - sugar and water- but cartons of orange juice are used as a part of the total liquid for obvious reasons. (Lidl at 65p is fine!! - ‘juicy bits’ don’t make much difference). If you have any doubt about pip/pectin levels add two lemons in Stages 1 and 2.

Procedure: (This is a three-day process, but is not onerous). NB UNIT measurement is 16oz = 1 pint = 1 pound OR convert to 1Kg = 1litre

DAY 1: (always the worst regardless of method!) 1 Put the pips in a bowl with 1 pint COLD water. Cover and set aside. 2 Defrost and prepare the peel. Finely chop, slice, or lightly whizz as you prefer. 3 Place peel in pan and add its weight in orange juice (16oz=1pint), PLUS its

weight in water in pints minus one. 4 Set aside to soak for 24 hours.

DAY 2: 5 Drain pips (1 above) adding the liquid to the pan. 6 Place the pips in a secured muslin bag and place in pan. 7 Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer until peel is very soft (+/- 1½ hrs).

Note: some experts recommend reducing the liquid to half but I am not convinced.

8 LEAVE for another 24 hours.

DAY 3: 9 Place ordinary sugar (calculated at 1lb per pint of cooled pulp) in the oven to

heat through. 10 Meanwhile bring the pan of pulp to the boil. 11 In batches, add the warmed sugar stirring until absorbed. Bring back to the

boil. 12 Leave to boil until setting point is reached (30-40 mins). I have found it is

ready at 219/220ºF.

Allow Marmalade to cool slightly and pour into warm, sterilised jars. Cover, seal and label.

This could keep for 2/3 years - ours never lasts that long! Sue Appleby

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GROWING Christians

Great Malvern Priory

Lent Course 2015

On six consecutive Monday evenings from 16th February to 23rd March

7.30 to 9pm in the Guesten Room, Lyttelton Rooms

A course in Christian discipleship and

growth

ALL WELCOME

Alpha

The recent Alpha course, which ended just before Christmas, was attended by 10 participants. We were as diverse a group as we have ever had. The meal each time set the tone of warmth and welcome and fellowship, and we all want to thank again those who contributed delicious food. Special thanks to Ruth Pole who oversaw the catering superbly, aided by her happy band of helpers.

Comments by those who took part on the course include the following: “A safe, warm, and loving group.” “A very diverse group which gelled amazingly.” “The message came through in a well-argued and fresh style.” “I needed a kick, a boost, to my faith – and it worked!” “A God-given confirmation that, in the Priory, we are in the right place.” “I was surprised to find myself really looking forward to the post-Alpha meetings.” “It has been such a good preparation for my confirmation.”

We have, as always, really enjoyed leading it, and have been enriched and blessed by everyone in the group.

Chris and David

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Retired?

Retirement now is bad for you! Official. On the News. By all means have a few weeks off, a holiday, a cruise.

But after that it’s back to work. The benefits are fine: A social network, exercise, a way to pass the time.

‘There are no jobs’, I hear you cry. No problem. Volunteer! Lyttelton Well will welcome you with open arms, no fear.

Whether the Bookshop, office work, café or pastoral care, Maintenance of buildings, kitchen help, washing tea towels, or prayer.

WE NEED YOU!

Joan Copeland

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Priory Plan

The PCC is in the process of developing the ‘Priory Plan’ as a means to enhance the mission and sustainability of the Priory. There will be a meeting in church on Saturday 7th February from 10.30am to 12 noon, with coffee served from 10am, to introduce the Priory Plan to the congregation and to pray together for guidance about future possibilities. Do come!

Christine Wells

All for Jesus

Brother Andrew was an ordinary man, called by an extraordinary God. He stepped out in faith, equipped with a God-given passion to serve the Persecuted Church. That was 60 years ago in July. He was then a young man. Now 86, he continues his work, inspiring others. He had no idea where his original step of faith would lead him, but he said “Yes” to God. Now the ministry that he founded, Open Doors, does more to help persecuted Christians than he could have imagined. Brother Andrew has always believed in seizing opportunities as they arise. His response was “Whenever, wherever, however You want me, I’ll go” – the “Step of Yes”.

The ministry that Andrew founded has seen many walls fall – not just the walls of communism. He believes that North Korea will open up to the Gospel in the next 5 years. Enabling this to take place prayer is critical. Can we join in saying “Yes” to praying for the persecuted church? A North Korean refugee says: “Please tell the people who pray for me and for other North Korean Christians to keep pleading with God. He is answering your prayers.” The courage of our suffering brothers and sisters in Christ is inspirational. Further details as to how you can say “Yes”, and support the persecuted church through prayer and giving can be found on the website www.opendoorsuk.org/stepofyes. This can include a 6-week devotional Bible study for an individual or small group.

Rosemary Webster

http://www.opendoorsuk.org/stepofyes

Malvern Priory Lunch Box

A feast of Baroque music introduced the 2015 season of Malvern Priory Lunch Box on Thursday 8th January and eighty members of the group brought their sandwiches to listen. The concert featured Jane Field and Elaine Fleming accompanied by Philip Holland.

The works performed included ‘Paratum Cor Meum’ by John Blow who was born in 1649, was organist at Westminster Abbey from 1669, and whose pupils included Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II and he died in 1708.

They performed three pieces by Henry Purcell (born 1658). Purcell's legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest English composers; no other native-born English composer approached his fame until Edward Elgar. He died in 1695. The pieces were ‘Sound the Trumpet’, ‘What can we poor females do’ and ‘We the spirits of the air’.

One piece – ‘My dearest, my fairest’ - was by Daniel Purcell who was born in 1685. Like Henry Purcell, his elder brother, before him, he joined the choir of the Chapel Royal at about the age of 14. In his mid-twenties he was appointed organist of Magdalen College, Oxford where he began to compose.

Three pieces were by George Frideric Handel – ‘If God be for Us’, ‘Dove Sei’ and O Loveley Peace’. Born in the same year (1685) as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti, Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era.

Listening to eight pieces all written in the last years of the seventeenth century gave us all a closer insight into Baroque music.

For future Priory Lunchbox meetings please come at 12.30 with your sandwiches – the concert starts at 13.00. All welcome – no charge – tea/coffee available.

Roger Sutton

Thank You

The Maxim Family would like to thank everyone for the lovely Christmas wishes. Anon-y-mouse might like to know that we all went to London Zoo and met Jemima's adopted giraffe, Ellish.

Coffee Morning

Please come and join us for coffee at the home of Basil and Clare Dewing, 20, Priory Road on Saturday 7th March at 10.30am. An ideal way to meet members

of the Priory congregation. Sue Pain

John Blow

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Cartoons

Smile Lines

Miscellaneous observations on life…

It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.

Families are often like fudge - mostly sweet, with a few nuts.

Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others, whenever they go.

You can't have everything - where would you put it? If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

Love is grand. Divorce is a hundred grand.

Advert in newspaper: Home computer, as new. Never been figured out.

The trouble with referees is that they just don’t care which side wins.

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Seen in a church pewsheet:

For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a crèche downstairs.

Next Friday the church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility. Do come along!

Letter from Archdeacon Robert

Who do we go to church for? I guess, if we’re honest, we mainly go for ourselves: we say things like ‘re-charging my batteries’ or ‘setting myself up for the week’. There’s a real sense we can only go for ourselves: we cannot and should not judge other people’s faithfulness or sinfulness. But engaging with Jesus was never just about self. In some ways he said quite explicitly it was about letting go of self – more about selflessness. ‘If any want to follow

me, they must first deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me’. There is a sense that we are called to live the Christian life, and to go to church, for the sake of others. As William Temple, that great archbishop, said, ‘The Church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members’. Attractive churches are those which live up to this calling, interested in the well-being and salvation of the communities of which they are a part (not apart!). Attractive Christians are those whose lives reflect the generous love of Jesus. Lent begins this month. It is a time to ponder and reflect on our Christian calling in the light of God’s sacrificial love for his world. This prayer of Cardinal Newman has helped me do that: ‘Stay with me, and then I shall begin to shine as thou shinest: so to shine as to be a light to others. The light, O Jesus, will be all from thee…Make me preach thee without preaching – not by words, but by my example and by the catching force, the sympathetic influence, of what I do – by my visible resemblance to thy saints, and the evident fullness of the love which my heart bears to thee.’

Robert Jones

http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/people-and-places/archdeacons/worcester/

Valentine’s Day Vow Renewal in Worcester Cathedral

On Saturday 14 February, couples will be gathering at Worcester Cathedral to renew their vows together in a special service

This will be the third year the service has been held at the Cathedral, with around 50 couples attending each year. The service is held in the early evening, enabling couples to re-commit their relationship to God before they go out and enjoy the rest of their evening together.

Mr and Mrs Peters were just one couple who decided to come to the service on the first year it took place. Mrs Peters said: “The service was lovely – in a format recognisable to all who were married in church and with hymns that everyone knew. It’s our 40th wedding anniversary this year and we wanted to come and renew our vows because we value our relationship and want it to keep getting stronger.”

All are welcome to come and renew their vows at the Cathedral at 7pm. The service will last around 30 minutes.

Sam Setchell (Communications Officer)

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Cairo Calling

Since their visit to the Priory in the summer Chris and Angela Chorlton, Anna, Isaac and Noah, have returned to Cairo, and resumed their life there. There are changes. While Chris continues as Manager of the ETC (Episcopal Training Centre) he is also increasingly involved as interim priest at their local Arabic-speaking church in Maadi (the district of Cairo where they live). Chris has had to wrestle with Arabic liturgy. The congregation is small but very friendly. As a family they attend the English-speaking services.

The political situation remains relatively quiet under the current authoritarian military regime. But any protest or opposition is forbidden. Egypt needs prayer for both stability and tolerance. The children all thrive in the Maadi Community School, and Angela continues to work with the preschool children. She asks for prayer for energy.

In October the Chorlton family climbed Mt Sinai – quite a physical and mental challenge, especially the last bit. They see the way ahead as a bit like that – although they love Egypt, and their life there, they are wondering if they are into the final push before returning to Britain. They ask for prayer for the ETC – especially for full-time English teachers. And prayer for guidance about their own future.

The latest Chorlton prayer letter is available at the back of church.

P.S. There is currently no CMS rep in the Priory. Does anyone feel called to take on, from Tracey Olden, this vital link role with the Chorltons?

David Webster

http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/people-and-places/diocesan-office/communications-dept/sam-setchell/

Medical Aid for Palestinians

Malvern Churches Justice & Peace Group will be holding an afternoon event, open to all, on Sunday 22nd February at 3pm in Lansdowne Crescent Methodist Church, Malvern, WR14 2AW. The speaker will be Dr Jean Bowyer who will be speaking of her experiences working for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).

Jean is a paediatrician with a particular interest in Global Child Health. She retired after a happy career in the NHS, in order to work more in the Middle East and in East Africa. For many years she has been Senior Tutor for a Palestinian project, helping to run first a Diploma course and now a Master’s Programme in Child Health at Al Quds University, for nurses and doctors working in primary care clinics. She has worked with MAP, of which she is a trustee, in Gaza and in Lebanon, especially with nurses and midwives visiting homes in the Palestinian refugee camps. She worked for two years in Kenya with children with HIV in clinics in the slums of Nairobi. During 2013 she was in western Uganda in a regional hospital serving a large population of subsistence farmers.

Tea and cake will be served following the talk. There will be a collection for Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Mary Weatherall

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Spiritual care at the end of life

On Monday 9th February in the Guesten Room, from 2.30 - 4.00pm, there will be an opportunity to explore how we can care spiritually for those approaching the end of life, and also for those who are bereaved. This session will be led by the Revd David Knight, Chaplain of St Richard's Hospice, and is open to anyone at the Priory who may be interested.

As we are currently exploring the possibility of setting up a bereavement support group at the Priory, this meeting (and any follow-up session with David Knight) is timely, but please don't feel that you have to come only if you want to be part of that group! Refreshments will be available from about 2.15pm, and it would be most helpful if you could let me know if you are planning to attend.

John Barr

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Host Families Urgently Required

Have you ever thought about hosting 'Chernobyl Children'? Early every year we ask for new people to come forward to host two ten-year-old boys or two girls for two weeks in June/July. The children are part of the group of ten children who come to Malvern for a health-giving holiday from Belarus from June 10th for 4 weeks. They come with a teacher and for three days each week we do group activities. There will be plenty of support from people who have helped since the project started more than twelve years ago. Please ask us for more details. You are invited to the hosts’ (and enquirers’) social evening on Friday 6th February.

Dorothy and Jim Knights (01684 561358)

Women’s World Day of Prayer

The Women’s World Day of Prayer is an international ecumenical event which enables us to hear the voices of women from a different part of the world each year as they express their hopes, fears and concerns.

On Friday, 6th March an estimated three million people in over 170 countries will gather to observe this day of prayer, using an order of service written by Christian women from the Bahamas and translated into over 1,000 languages. In the British Isles alone over 5,000 services will be held.

The theme of this year’s service is taken from St John’s Gospel Chapter 13 verse 12: “Jesus said to them, ‘Do you understand what I have done to you?’ ” It challenges us to demonstrate the same unconditional love for others which Jesus showed when he washed his disciples’ feet.

The Bahamas consist of over 700 islands, scattered over 100,000 square miles of The Atlantic Ocean. The country refers to itself as a ‘family of islands’ and in the service the needs of the smallest islands are given as much prominence as those of the larger ones.

In Malvern two services will be held - at the United Reformed Church in Malvern Link at 2.00pm and at the Quaker Meeting House in Orchard Road at 7.30pm - Everyone would be most welcome at either service.

Jill Crofton

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Quotes of the month (Courtesy of “Parish Pump”)

With Lent in mind…

Still water and still religion freeze the quickest. – Anon

Some Christians are not only like salt that has lost its savour, but like pepper that has lost its pep. - Albert George Butzer

Christianity is the total commitment of all I know of me to all I know of Jesus Christ. - William Temple

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. - E H Chapin

God would not rub so hard, were it not to fetch out the dirt and spots that be in his people. - Thomas Brooks

God denies a Christian nothing but with a design to give him something better. - Richard Cecil

It is not great talents that God blesses, so much as great likeness to Jesus. - Robert Murray M’Cheyne

I am so busy at this present time I cannot do with less than four hours each day in the presence of God. - Martin Luther

Quotes of the month… Great eagles fly alone; great lions hunt alone; great souls walk alone – alone with God. - Leonard Ravenhill

No man ever said, at the end of his days, ‘I have read my Bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul.’ - J C Ryle

A guilty conscience is a hell on earth, and points to one beyond. - Anon

Nature forms us; sin deforms us; school informs us; Christ transforms us. - Anon

That faith which is never assaulted with doubting is but a fancy. Assuredly that assurance which is ever secure is but a dream. - Robert Bolton

It costs to follow Jesus Christ, but it costs more not to. – Anon

If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. - Anon

Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, thank God. - Anon

The heart of man is like a creeping plant, which withers unless it has something around which it can entwine. - Charles James Apperley

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Finally, miscellaneous observations on our life and faith…

The ‘heart’ in the biblical sense is not the inward life, but the whole man in relation to God. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Hatred and bitterness can never cure the disease of fear; only love can do that. Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonises it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it. - Martin Luther King

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. - Erich Fromm

We are always glad when a great man reassures us of his humanity by possessing a few peculiarities. - Andre Maurois

The grave itself is but a covered bridge, leading from light to light, through a brief darkness. – Longfellow

Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church… Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, without church discipline, communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Whenever you read the Gospel, Christ himself is speaking to you. And while you read you are praying and talking to him. - St Tikhon of Zadonsk

God is as present as the air. - Michael Hollings

We are, because God is. - Emmanuel Swedenborg

There is a net of love by which you can catch souls. Mother Teresa

February Crossword

Solution for December/January

Across

8 Interrogated (Acts 12:19) (5-8) 9 ‘Burn it in a wood fire on the — heap’ (Leviticus 4:12) (3) 10 Tobit, Judith, Baruch and the books of Esdras and the Maccabees are part of it (9) 11 Science fiction (abbrev.) (3-2) 13 Clay pit (anag.) (7) 16 Went to (John 4:46) (7) 19 ‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to — your bodies as living sacrifices’ (Romans 12:1) (5) 22 David’s plea to God concerning those referred to in 14 Down: ‘On — — let them escape’ (Psalm 56:7) (2,7) 24 Royal Automobile Club (1,1,1) 25 How the book of Ezekiel refers to God more than 200 times (Ezekiel 2:4) (9,4)

Down

1 Seas (Proverbs 8:24) (6) 2 One of the sons of Eli the priest, killed in battle by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:11) (6) 3 Specialist in the study of the Muslim religion (8) 4 ‘Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but — him as if he were your father’ (1 Timothy 5:1) (6) 5 One of Esau’s grandsons (Genesis 36:11) (4) 6 Taking a chance (colloq.) (2,4) 7 God’s instructions to the Israelites concerning grain offerings: ‘ — salt to — your offerings’ (Leviticus 2:13) (3,3) 12 Confederation of British Industry (1,1,1) 14 ‘All day long they twist my words; they are always — to harm me’ (Psalm 56:5) (8) 15 The crowd’s reaction to Jesus bringing back to life a widow’s son in Nain (Luke 7:16) (3) 16 Disappear (Psalm 104:35) (6) 17 How Jeremiah was likely to die if he wasn’t rescued from the cistern where he was imprisoned (Jeremiah 38:9) (6) 18 What the prophets do to a wall, with whitewash (Ezekiel 13:10, RSV) (4,2) 20 Made by a plough (Job 39:10) (6) 21 Noah was relieved when the flood waters continued to — (Genesis 8:5) (6) 23 Jesus gave the Twelve the power and authority to do this to diseases (Luke 9:1) (4)

Malvern Priory Church Contact Tel E-mail Vicar The Rev’d John Barr 563707

[email protected]

Associate Minister for Children, Youth and Families The Rev’d Dr Mary Barr 563707 [email protected] Minister in Secular Employment The Rev'd Dr Alison Gray [email protected]

Readers David Webster

833239

Chris Shepherd 575884 Reader Emeritus Tony Waters

540068

Custos & Head Verger Peter Young Priory Vestry

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Deputy Custos Robert Payne

Director of Music Piers Maxim

560564

[email protected]

Church Officers Churchwardens Rosamund Ponting

572165

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Peter Babb 568342 [email protected]

PCC Vice-Chairman Robin La Fontaine

592416

Hon. Secretary PCC Christine Wells

564909

Hon. Treasurer PCC Roy Boyer 572414 [email protected] Planned Giving Administrator

[email protected] Mike Eglington 567640 Legacies Administrator

[email protected] Stuart Wollaston 568483 Electoral Roll Officer

Mike Eglington 567640

LYTTELTON WELL (Christian Centre at entrance to Priory) Tel 573702 E-mail [email protected]

Enquiries about Priory bookings of the Lyttelton Rooms should be made to the Priory Parish Office (see contact details opposite)

Lyttelton Well Counselling & Listening Service Tel: 563456

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Church Organisations

Contact Tel

Bellringers John Clements 561010 Care Scheme Co-ordinators Jane Poels 573960 Jen Boyer 572414 Children’s and Youth Ministry Co-ordinator The Rev’d Dr Mary Barr 563707 Choirs Association Richard Weatherill 899329 Flower Arrangers Co-ordinator Ann Oldfield 564500 Friends of Malvern Priory Mike Selby 564953 Home Group Co-ordinator Ted Crofton 01886 833376 Magazine Editor David Webster 833239 Magazine Adverts/Distribution Roger Sutton 565273 Mothers’ Union Dorothy Knights 561358 Newcomers Co-ordinator Sue Pain 564998 Pastoral Counsellor Tim Marks 07817 465213 Prayer Ministry Co-ordinator Elizabeth Dunnett 563272 Priory Area Links Scheme (PALS) Anne Eglington 567640 Priory Handbell Teams Joan Willis 594570 Shop Administrator Huw Foxall 892455 [email protected] Sunday Transport Co-ordinator Edwina Hawker 567491 Visits and Events Coordinators Ann Oldfield / Peter Young 561020

Great Malvern Priory Website http://www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk

Information on services, events, outreach, people, history and much more……

Webmaster [email protected]

Priory Parish Office, Church Street, Malvern WR14 2AY

Tel: (01684) 561020 (answerphone)

Open to public Monday 11:00 – 12:00, Tuesday 10:00 – 12:00 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:30 – 1:00

Church Secretary Mary Weatherill [email protected]

Articles for the Parish Magazine

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Christingle Service at Great Malvern Priory 24/12/2014. Photograph by David Guy

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