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the Number 190 September 2019 50p

Website: www.bromleyparishchurch.org

News of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

BROMLEY PARISH CHURCH

Church Road Bromley BR2 OEG

"Proclaiming the Word and Work of God"

Member of Churches Together in Central Bromley

the Contacts & Editorial September 2019

Vicar

Reverend James Harratt

[email protected]

Churchwardens

Martin Cleveland

Anne Horner-Tree

[email protected]

Parish Office Hours: 9:30am to 12 noon

020 8464 5244 – please use this number for all enquiries

Contact: Lynn Hedges, Parish Administrator

[email protected]

For contributions to the Key, or if you would prefer to receive the Key by email, please contact [email protected]

Dear Reader,

Thank you for picking up this edition of the Key. The first issue I edited was Oc-

tober 2018, so I am pleased to say this issue completes a year of editing for me!

I’d like to thank you all for your support, comments and contributions. So many

people work so hard in the parish and it’s a pleasure to be able to help offer a

platform for people to communicate what they are doing.

This issue has a number of important articles from parishioners—an account

from Matt of his sponsored cycle, a message from Ed regarding Harare in Zim-

babwe who need our prayers and support at this time, and an article from Rev.

Dr. Anne who as you know has written many articles for the Key over the past

year, and now writes a message to us regarding her recent experiences.

I would like to introduce a recipe section for the coming editions so to all cooks,

bakers and general foodies, please check out the noticeboard and get involved!

I hope you are having a fantastic summer and best of luck to anyone returning

to or starting school or university this coming month.

With love, Lisa.

the Sermon September 2019

When I was a curate, one of the things I had to do was a placement for a few

months to broaden my experience of ministry and life. So I chose to get a

taste of hospital chaplaincy, which I had contrived to avoid during my ordina-

tion training.

It was a largely good a good experience, seeing how hard and with how few

resources hospital chaplains work to bring human warmth and dignity to clini-

cal environments to open conversations with people at their darker times and

bring comfort when it is needed most.

It is fair to say that I am not one of life’s natural chaplains, I tend to live far too

much in my head than in the moment being with people. This was amply illus-

trated during one of my early experiences when I accompanied the chaplain

to the bedside of a woman she had seen before, who had been placed on the

end of life pathway. She had been suffering from delusions which had been

frightening her and wanted some comfort. Her request was specifically for

some Holy Water, to ward off the delusions. After offering to get a small con-

tainer, it became clear she wanted her water jug blessed, so she could then

drink it as well as have it present. The chaplain was happy to do this and then

anointed her.

And my first thought was, ‘Are you sure this is allowed?’ Within a strict Angli-

can ecclesiological framework, should the chaplain, who was a Methodist, be

considered authorised to pronounce God’s blessing as part of the church

catholic, and if so should is blessing a water jug the right and proper use of

holy things or was it profaning them?

Judge me how you like, I wrote a 3000 word essay to work out how I felt

about it.

But those feelings and concerns were there, and they mirror well what we see

in our gospel reading today. A women with a spirit of weakness, which is left

undefined as to what exactly it is, though it has plagued her for 18 years,

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leaving her unable straighten her self out, a disability that would have stopped

her partaking of the usual social roles for women, including marital, parental

and household roles, having been excluded form the norms of society, she

comes to Jesus to seek healing, which he grants.

The reaction of the leader of the synagogue is far from pleased, and so in ra-

ther a passive aggressive manner, he talks to the crowds and not Jesus to

vent his frustration. There are six days on which work ought to be done; come

on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.’ The sabbath, the

day of rest should not be used for such works when there are more appropri-

ate times. Is it permissible seems to be the key question – the same as I

asked myself in that hospital room.

The crux of this matter is not really one around healing or not, but something

deeper, who has the right to define and say how the law should be interpreted

and understood.

Luke is clear in his answer to this by describing Jesus here as ‘the Lord’, not

just the Lord of the Sabbath but also the Lord, in the way that Jesus is re-

ferred to post resurrection, meaning that this is the authoritative and complete

interpretation given.

The interpretation given here follows the pattern Jesus has elsewhere (think

Matthew 5-7 and the antithesis), in that he takes the Jewish traditions and

radicalises or intensifies them towards their ultimate aims, hence in Matthew

5 he can speak of not abolishing but fulfilling the law. It is not about surface

readings of the text or the following ways that its understanding had been

safeguarded. Rather he reads the provisions of Deuteronomy 5:

On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor

your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals,

nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female serv-

ants may rest, as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that

the Sermon September 2019

the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an out-

stretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to ob-

serve the Sabbath day. (Deut 5.14–15)

Sabbath means rest and liberation, not only for God’s people but also for the

‘ox and the donkey’ that Jesus mentions. He argues here from the lesser to

the greater; if you are prepared to offer Sabbath rest to your animals, surely

you cannot withhold this from a person? It cuts through the fluster of his oppo-

nents, what is the purpose of this law, what is the right thing to do. The sab-

bath of today reflects the great sabbath rest promised at the end.

This is something reflected by our epistle reading today, but the imagery is

much more potent and powerful. Talks of “blazing fire” and “darkness”, the

“tempest and gloom”, and the “voice” refer back to the giving of the Law on

Sinai, but it then goes beyond that towards saying how through Jesus we

come to “Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusa-

lem”. The sacrifice of Calvary enables sinful human beings to offer the all-holy

God “an acceptable worship with reverence and awe”.

Our epistle reminds us that, even as we struggle in the current age, the

Church’s worship raises us to the heavenly Jerusalem. Verse 22 says that

“You have” — rather than “you will” — “come to Mount Zion.”

The sabbath is therefore about rest in the here and now, but also points for-

ward to the rest that awaits at the end of time. It is about seeing how the

world will be and what needs to change.

Key for how we understand the world and our part in it, coming to church

week by week should give us a greater sense of that great story of God, it

should show us what is good, what is not in our lives and the world and how

we should change things, it should shape our desires for more of that vision

we encounter here. That vision of sabbath rest as it will be shapes the 6 days

the Sermon September 2019

of work beyond here. If we don’t have those expectations, look for those

signs, then the accoutrements of a service begin to take over – when do we

stand and sit, has the vicar polished his shoes enough etc. Instead, like Jesus

teaches here, we need to remember the fundamental reasons why, why do

we do this – rest, balm for ourselves, but also to be rested to work for the

kingdom, the vision and values we see here week by week. If we do less than

that, then something has gone wrong somewhere.

Jesus’s healings pointed forward to the freedom of the eternal sabbath. We,

too, receive a foretaste of that sabbath through his presence, by the Spirit, in

our midst week by week, we are healed for a purpose to go and proclaim to

the world that rest we anticipate so much.

Amen

the Matt’s Fundraising September 2019

Matt took part in a long-distance cycle for charity in August, and has kindly written about his experience for The Key. Congratulations Matt on a fantastic achievement and a lot of money raised! In 2018 I persuaded Donya to ride the Prudential Ride London 46 – a 46 mile loop through central London to Hampton Court finishing on The Mall. Donya raised money for the Parkinson’s Disease Society. Despite the rain I thor-oughly enjoyed escorting Donya and was jealous of those cyclists who were speeding back when we rejoined the main route at Esher. So I decided to en-ter the Prudential Ride London 100 this year. I do ride regularly and usually do 40 to 50 miles. The most I have done in a day was 79 miles so 100 miles was a step up. To make it worthwhile I felt that I should raise money for charity and chose the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. They are based in Bromley and do good work for what remains an incurable condition. My cousin’s daughter died from cystic fibrosis at about the age of 20. She bore her illness with fortitude and developed a strong faith in her short life. The weather for this year’s ride was much better. I set off at 8.32am precisely in my ‘wave’ about 300 cyclists. There were 25,000 riders starting the 100 mile sportive and another 4,500 doing the 46 mile course. After saying never again Donya decided that she would do the 46 again with Gill Thompson. The first part from the Olympic Park, down the embankment and out through Hyde Park Corner is fairly flat. You cross the Thames at Chiswick Bridge and then climb a short hill in Richmond Park before crossing the Thames again at King-ston and at Hampton Court. Time for a refuelling and toilet break before leav-ing the ‘46ers’ by turning right and heading out to Weybridge and West Byfleet. These were names on a map to me. After Pyrford we hit our first traffic jam. A long tailback of about a 1000 cyclists waiting to cross a narrow bridge. After picking up speed we came to a halt again outside of East Clandon, we think for an accident but there were a lot of rumours in the peloton about fallen trees. In all the delays lasted about an hour which gave me itchy feet because we still had about 10 miles to before the Leith Hill ‘cut off’. There are three cut offs on the route to shorten it which become mandatory after a certain time. There is a professional race following after the 100 so the roads have to be clear before they reach specific points. Before Newlands Corner there are two steep climbs and for better or worse I reached the Leith Hill cut off with about 10 minutes to spare. Leith Hill is at 58 miles and is one of the top 10 climbs in Surrey Hills. It is long and steep, and hurts. It is followed by a fast descent where I clocked 36mph – quite scary when you are in a group of cyclists all going a similar speed.

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We were slowed going through Dorking town centre where there were quite a lot of spectators. There had been small groups in the villages but numbers in-creased as the day went on, including children shouting ‘Oggy Oggy Oggy’ or holding their hands out for ‘high fives’. We reached the Box Hill cut off in plen-ty of time but frustratingly were stopped at the second hairpin by a crash. This was quickly cleared fortunately. Box hill is an iconic climb mainly because of its length and views. I love cycling up it. When you reach the top you come to the view point and several of the cyclists around me were impressed by the panorama. After a refuelling break at the top, there was another fast, hair rais-ing downhill before we were heading back through Leatherhead. But at Ox-shott (I think) we had another hold up and a walk of about a quarter of a mile until we cleared a sharp right handed bend. I could not see what had caused the hold up, possibly just sheer numbers again, but for a cyclist in cleats this was very frustrating. After Esher we joined up with the 46 route but this was now empty with most of the 46ers having reached the finish. We also joined a 19 mile route for younger riders but we were on a roll and raring to get home, through Kingston again, Raynes Park and then Wimbledon. At Wimbledon your turn right onto Wimbledon Hill. Usually this is a short ‘punchy’ hill which you can climb with pace. After 90 miles my legs almost seized up. I kept going and gradually my legs loosened up again, partially helped by a series of short breaks, I think because the organisers were trying to break the peloton up. After Putney bridge we passed through Chelsea and then joined the Em-bankment – straight into a head wind. Just what you wanted. I also realised that for the first time I had begun to count the miles down. But then sud-denly we were in Parliament Square surrounded by hoards of sightseers. The route was then thronged all the way up Horseguards and down The Mall, lifting you and making me reluc-tant to finish.

the Matt’s Fundraising September 2019

the May 2019

Then it was done. Seven and half hours, with about one and half off the bike in traffic jams. I then heard my name being called and looked up to see Donya and Gill, and my daughter and her boyfriend just beyond the finish line. They started after me at 9am and had taken 3 hours 10 minutes to do the 46 miles which was 30 minutes quicker than last year. There was time for some photographs and to feel proud. I was also slightly sad that it was all over. De-spite some pain I enjoyed the whole experience.

So far I have raised £1815 for the Cystic Fibro-sis Trust and my page will remain open for a while longer on Virgin Money Giving. I have had a lot of generous donors including a daughter of a patient who raised £30 by selling ‘scrunchies’ and ‘key holders’ which she had made to sell to her school friends. I was very touched by that. All in all a job well done. But Prudential Ride London have sent me an e-mail saying that the ballot has opened for the 2020 ride………….

the Matt’s Fundraising September 2019

the A note from Anne September 2019

Many of you will know that Rev Dr Anne Townsend has been diagnosed with can-

cer. She would like to share her reflections with us in the Key.

ROUGH BUT SMOOTH

Special thanks to one of you who sent me a card expressing your rage that God should allow me to have ovarian cancer. I warmed to your outburst. My response is, “Why not me?” I’m not St Anne and I’ve never, ever been im-mune to landing in life’s dark, hard places.

But this time round, at this moment in time, the smooth far outweighs the rough. There’s so much to share with you.

There are moments when I’m completely overwhelmed by the tidal wave of love and support flooding towards me. So many people have been thinking of me and praying for me in the last few weeks. I’m used to being the giver not the recipient! I’m used to Chairing the Pastoral Group and teaching pas-toral support – being on the other end of a see-saw is new for me. For weeks, I’ve carried in my mind’s eye the picture of a huge, beautifully-stitched, soft, comfortable patchwork quilt. It’s as if so many friends from church and other places, relatives, the Collegians who are my neighbours, and work and ministry colleagues have each lovingly, thoughtfully and crea-tively designed and worked their individual patches in their own particular styles to blend and fit perfectly into this quilt.

It’s as if God then collected up all the patchwork pieces and patiently stitched them together into a totally amazing quilt. Some patch-es are pale blue – I see them as all your holding, supporting, containing and cherishing prayers.

Other patches are worked

in deep strong navy blues.

These are the “practical

help patches”. Unexpected-

ly, people helped me sort

out the chaos of my books

so I can now find and read

what I want to, others

the A note from Anne September 2019

Gardened, cleaned, cooked, did laundry, shopped, made sure the freezer is

fully stocked (not only with food for John and me, but also with enough to

feed grandchildren - allowing us possible final quality time together). You’ve

found me gentle baby shampoos, body lotions, soft toothbrushes and all the

comforts the hospital says I’ll need. And two of you even helped me choose

a wig ready for the inevitable “baldness time”. And there’s the bonus of a

kind, gentle supportive husband who knows me inside out after 59 years of

marriage. He forms the barely noticed, backing to the quilt, making sure

everything is in place..

Then there are yellows and pinks of the extra special delicious little things that you’ve found for me to eat and drink, red patches signify all those amaz-ing displays of flowers brightening the living room so wonderfully, along with the many cards I’ve received.

Threads of silver and gold speak of those who’ve driven me to hospital vis-its, been there for Specialist consultations, and sat with me during chemo-therapy, and then negotiated hospital transport home. A grey organza patch is for the visits to see me and the especially for the cancelled visits because I’m tired. When I’m feeling tired, very giddy, afraid or in pain, I can snuggle down in the centre of my imaginary God-quilt, and wrap it safely round me - knowing that God through each person, in each patch, is holding me safe through this new uncharted life experience.

There’s a “God-quilt” ready for you to snuggle into when you need it. God’s loving arms are always there to hold you safe through life’s tough experienc-es. Your quilt is different from mine but it’s there for you.

Remember the Bible promise, “Underneath are the everlasting arms”. Our quilts will differ but there’s one for you one as well as me. Don’t discard it – you may need it.

Anne Townsend Revd Dr

4 August 2019

the Regular Events September 2019

Lychgate Lunches

Alternate Wednesdays at 12 noon,

£4 including coffee held at

Bromley Parish Church

To book or cancel, call Sue on 020 8460 5242

the Parish Profile September 2019

Ed has kindly written an article for the Key to explain the challenges faced by our partner church in Harare, Zimbabwe, and to explain how we can help over the next few months. Thank you Ed for this contribution.

Harare, Zimbabwe As you all know, Bromley Parish Church Outreach Committee selects a new

charity every 4 months that the church will support. Money donated in the

yellow envelopes goes to that charity. Other donations go towards general

church needs.

On August 25th we stopped collecting for Bromley Relief in Need, our last 4

month charity. Bromley Relief in Need has it’s roots back to 1631 to when

the Bishop of Rochester left money for the poor of our parish. Our vicar,

James, is the chair of this charity, which provides support for the poorest in

our community.

On September 1st we begin to collect for the Diocese of Harare until the end

of the year. As you probably know, our partner church St Pauls, Highfield, is

part of this Diocese. The country has changed dramatically from when I

knew it in the 1970s. It was peaceful, affluent and the breadbasket of south-

ern Africa. The people were kind and friendly. There was little racial preju-

dice. My late wife was part African and part Indian and we never experi-

enced prejudice.

In 2012, Anne and I visited Zimbabwe and all had changed. We stayed with

local people and met with amaz-

ing kindness and hospitality. We

experienced a little of the hard-

ship that they endured, though I

am sure that we were invited to

stay with the better off church

members and didn’t experience

the worst. Kitchens and bath-

rooms were full of water butts be-

cause the supply was so unrelia-

ble; the water itself was unsafe to

drink. Many had a battery so

that they could turn on a light Worshipping at Home Group

when the electricity had failed as it often did. We worshipped with them in

home groups and their church, which at that time was a tent as the govern-

ment had taken over their church building.

Since then the situation has deteriorated further. Half the population need

food aid and it is expected that by next year the figure will be two thirds of

the population. Electricity is only available 6 hours a day. This means that

business is seriously affected with crops unable to be irrigated; factories not

able to produce goods; bakeries not able to bake bread etc but it is seriously

affecting morale. It means that in the home, washing of clothes and watering

the garden has to be done in the middle of the night when the electricity

comes on and thus the water. Infrastructure breakdown has seriously affect-

ed the water supply in towns with many homes going for weeks at a time

without any water at all and some areas in town have now been years with-

out water!

Inflation means that the Zimbabwean dollar is now worth one tenth of its val-

ue a year ago. Corruption is endemic with the country ranked as low as 160

out of 180. Churches are having difficulty paying their vicars. Any protest by

the population is met with extreme violence and rape from the police and ar-

my.

On the evening of Sunday, September 22nd

, you can learn more about the

situation when Bromley Parish Church hosts the Harare Link Service.

Please join us then and also fill the yellow envelopes so that we can help our

brothers and sisters in Harare.

Ed Tree

the Parish Profile September 2019

the Advertisements September 2019

Church Rooms for hire.

Available for hire for your Meetings, Parties, Receptions, Study and Exercise Classes, etc.

We have varied, comfortable, no smoking accommodation with kitchen facilities and disabled access and toilet facilities to the

rooms.

Rooms can be viewed on:

www.bromleyparishchurch.org

the Advertisements September 2019

the Saint’s Day September 2019

14th

September: Holy Cross Day

On Holy Cross Day the Church celebrates the Cross as a symbol of triumph, as the sign of Christ’s victory over death. Holy Cross Day goes right back to 14 Septem-ber 335, and we have the mother of a Roman Emperor to thank for it.

Helena was a devout Christian, and after her son, Constantine, was converted, they agreed that she should travel from Rome to Israel, and seek out the places of special significance to Christians.

Of course, much of Jerusalem had been destroyed by the Romans around 135 AD. But even so, Helena finally located what she believed to be the sites of the Crucifix-ion and of the Burial (and modern archaeologists think she may well be correct). The sites were so close together that she built one large church over them - the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

That church, built in honour of the Cross, was dedicated on 14 September 335.

The sign of the Cross has been used by Christians since early times. Tertullian, writing his De Corona (3:2) around AD 211, noted that Christians seldom did any-thing significant without making the sign of the cross.

What is its significance? Well, people often put their initials or some sort of person-al mark on something to show that it belongs to them. The Cross is the personal mark of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we mark it on ourselves as a sign that we be-long to him. Even in the book of Revelation, we read that the servants of God are ‘sealed’ or ‘marked’ on their foreheads as a sign that they are His.

A preacher once put it this way: if you were explaining to someone how to make a cross, you would say: "Draw an I.” That is you standing before the Lord, saying, ‘here I am’. Then cancel that vertical stroke with a horizontal stroke – as if to say: “Lord, I abandon my self-will and make you the centre of my life instead. I abandon myself to your love and service.”

On Holy Cross Day, we recall Jesus’ wonderful promise: “And when I am lifted up, I will draw all men unto me.” (John 12:32)

Saint’s Day plus Bible Bites, Puzzle, Mouse Makes and Prayers are

courtesy of Parish Pump.

the Puzzle September 2019

Find the following words in the wordsearch, all linked to Holy Cross Day:

Holy

Cross

Day

Celebrate

Symbol

Triumph

Victory

Death

Helena

Roman

Emperor

Constantine

Rome

Israel

Site

Crucifixion

Burial

Sepulchre

Church

sign

the Noticeboard September 2019

Please use this space to pass messages on to the Church community – whether it is a prayer request, a thank you, a craft idea, a recipe...

A NEW FEATURE!!!

ALPHABETTI RECIPES

I know there are some excellent cooks in the parish, and as someone who

loves food, I would like to introduce a recipe section in the Key.

Each edition, I will suggest an ingredient beginning with the next letter of the

alphabet, A-Z. Please then send me any recipes you like to use that incor-

porate that ingredient or any other beginning with that month’s letter —

whether it’s something totally unusual and imaginative, or a version of a

classic!

The ingredient for the October edition will be…

APPLES!

Or another A… Avocado? Apricot? Anchovies? Aniseed? The choice is

yours.

I look forward to seeing your wonderful suggestions!

Lisa

the Noticeboard September 2019

the Mouse Makes September 2019

the Bible Bite September 2019

the Prayers and Poems September

Veni Vidi Vici (He came, He saw, He conquered)

He CAME from the Glory, the Holy One

Down Heaven’s stairway to a bed of straw,

From the realms of splendour and blazing light

He left riches behind and for us became poor.

He SAW His creation now spoilt and marred,

But it was for this reason He came to earth,

His great love for the world had caused Him to act

That man now lost be redeemed through new birth.

He CONQUERED and ruined the Devil’s plan

By an awesome battle He knew He would win,

Through His death on the cross – and a mighty shout!

With His blood now covering all of man’s sin.

By Megan Carter

Presence

Expecting Him, my door was open wide:

Then I looked round

If any lack of service might be found,

And saw Him at my side:

How entered, by what secret stair,

I know not, knowing only He was there.

By TE Brown (1830 -97)

the Prayers and Poems September

O How Lovely

O how lovely, Lord Almighty

Is the place where thou dost dwell;

How my yearning soul is fainting

For the courts I love so well!

How my heart and flesh are crying

Living God thy grace to tell!

Lo – the sparrows have found somewhere

Where they go for nightly rest

See – the swallow feeds her fledglings

In the safety of her nest.

Those who dwell beside thy altar

Those, O Lord, are truly blest!

Blessed are those whose strength is in you

Those whose hearts are ever true,

Those whose songs of praise, cascading

Rising as the morning dew.

They, from strength to strength proceeding

Till in Zion they meet you!

Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty

I would rather keep your door

For one day within your presence

Better than a thousand more

Spent with those whose ways are wicked

Spent with those who spurn your law!

For you are our sun and shelter

Honour on our paths you strew

Nothing good are you withholding

From the ones whose ways are true;

O most holy Lord Almighty

Blessed is he who trusts in You! By Nigel Beeton

Nigel Beeton writes: Psalm 84 is perhaps more familiar to us than we think, as it gives rise to many famil-iar sayings: "I would rather be a doorkeeper in thy House", "The sparrows have their nests", and so on. But it is far more than a source of biblical cliches, it is a truly won-derful and uplifting psalm in its own right.

the Diary Dates September 2019

Sunday 1 September

8.30am Holy Communion

9.00am Family Breakfast Club

10.30am Choral Eucharist

Tuesday 3 September

No Toddler Praise

7.30pm Bell ringing practice

Wednesday 4 September

10.30am Holy Communion followed

by coffee

12noon Lychgate Lunch

Thursday 5 September

10.00am Healing Prayer meeting

11.00am Holy Communion at Ever-

sleigh Residential Home

6.00pm Junior choir practice

7.30pm Adult choir practice

Saturday 7 September

10.00am- 12.30pm Starter Packs do-

nations collection morning

10.15am Saturday Coffee & Traidcraft

Sunday 8 September

8.30am Morning Prayer

10.30am Parish Communion with Lit-

tle Fishes

6.30pm Choral Evensong

Tuesday 10 September

10.00am Toddler Praise

7.30pm Bell ringing practice

Wednesday 11 September

10.30am Holy Communion followed

by coffee

Thursday 12 September

6.00pm Junior choir practice

7.30pm Adult choir practice

Saturday 14 September

9.00am Decorating the church for

Harvest

10.15am Saturday Coffee & Traidcraft

11.30am Saturday Morning Recital

Sunday 15 September

Harvest

8.30am Holy Communion

10.30am All-age Worship with Com-

munion followed by Bring & Share

lunch

Tuesday 17 September

10.00am Toddler Praise

7.30pm Bell ringing practice

Wednesday 18 September

10.30am Holy Communion followed

by coffee

Thursday 19 September

6.00pm Junior choir practice

7.30pm Adult choir practice

Saturday 21 September

10.15am Saturday Coffee & Traidcraft

3.00pm London Welsh Male Voice

Choir rehearsal

7.00pm London Welsh Male Voice

Choir concert

Sunday 22 September

8.30am Morning Prayer

10.30am Parish Communion with Little Fishes

6.00pm Celebration Service for the Diocesan & Link Partnership followed by

refreshments

Tuesday 24 September

10.00am Toddler Praise

7.30pm Bell ringing practice

Wednesday 25 September

10.30am Holy Communion followed by coffee

12noon Lychgate Lunch

Thursday 26 September

2.15pm Fellowship

6.00pm Junior choir practice

7.30pm Adult choir practice

Saturday 28 September

10.15am Saturday Coffee & Traidraft

Sunday 29 September

8.30am Morning Prayer

10.30am Parish communion with Little Fishes

5.00pm Choral Evensong at Bromley & Sheppards’ Colleges

the Diary Dates September 2019