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Didsbury and learning to love the Prayer Book 4

Discovering the wonders of Morning Prayer 7

Prayers known to soldiers on the Somme 9The answer to our prayer is a former stable in a rural idyll 10

1662 and the gardener 12Co-ordinator’s column 14Hail and Farewell: Changes on the Board of Trustees 15

Annual Conference 2016 16Correspondence 19Cranmer Awards 2017 20News from the Branches 22Retreating with the Prayer Book 26Forthcoming Events 28Branch Contacts 30

CONTENTS

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General Enquiriesabout the Book ofCommon Prayer

From time to time, the Society receives requestsfor information relating to the Book ofCommon Prayer from members of the public.Recent requests have included enquiries aboutposture during Prayer Book services; the Table ofMoveable Feasts; availability of translations ofthe Book of Common Prayer into foreignlanguages; and references to ‘unicorns’ in thePrayer Book Psalms.

Those with such general enquiries—whether or not they are members of the PrayerBook Society—are encouraged to direct them inthe first instance to the PBS office at CopyholdFarm (details inside front cover), from wherethey will be forwarded to the most appropriate‘expert’ for a reply. We cannot promise that wewill know the answer to every question; but wewill always do our best to identify someonewho is able to provide a response.

Prayer Book parishesand the search for a

vicarThe growing popularity of e-mail bulletinslisting current clergy job vacancies in churchesusing the Book of Common Prayer for servicesmeans that 100 subscribers now are receivingdetails of around 40 vacancies every week.

The free service launched four years ago bythe Prayer Book Society details the nature ofeach vacancy as well as the church and thediocese in which it is located. It also provides anindication of the extent to which the Book ofCommon Prayer is used currently. Online linksto individual advertisements are provided, andthe closing date for applications is stated whereknown. The names and details of clergy who usethe e-bulletin to review or apply for vacanciesare kept strictly confidential by the Society,which does not disclose them to parishes or anyother third parties.

Save the date!Ash Wednesday, 1st March 2017 in CambridgeDay Conference on the penitential theology of

the Book of Common Prayer

Confirmed speakers:The Rt Revd the Lord Williams of

Oystermouth (keynote address); Dr Bridget Nichols;

the Revd Robert Mackley;Dr Fraser Watts;

the Revd Margaret Widdess

The speakers will consider:• Penitence in the Prayer Book structures and

liturgies of Divine Worship• The Commination (appointed for Ash Wednesday)• Penitence in the Prayer Book as a basis for mission• Penitence in the Prayer Book as a basis for

personal piety• Resonance with the individual and society

Further details to include venue, bookingarrangements, directions etc. in due course; butplease save the date now.

The event is organised by the Ely Branch; but all arewarmly encouraged to attend. To express an interestfor the receipt of further details (when known),please contact Mr P. K. C. White, Hon. BranchSecretary (see Branch contact details on p. 30).

This morning I want to talk to you about StJames, Didsbury, in the most southerly cornerof the diocese of Manchester. The parish is the

last before reaching Chester diocese, and the upperreaches of the river Mersey form the boundarybetween the two episcopal sees. St James is part ofthe united parish of St James and Emmanuel. Many ofyou will have heard of St James’ more famous sister,Emmanuel, which has been home of the DailyService on Radio 4 since the early 1990s. But todaywe bring the great aunt, the forgotten church, outfrom behind her famous sibling—today is St James’moment in the sun.

My story this morning is one of rediscovery. It’s also the flourishing of joy and the discovery ofthe ancient, the enduring and the unexpected. It’s also quite an ordinary tale. I don’t come withstories of the miraculous, just the quiet and veryordinary life of a small Church of England parish asit winds along its God-given pathway.

The parish I serve reminds me in many ways ofthe Anglican Church beloved by the formerarchbishop Michael Ramsey, who in 1936 wrote:

The Anglican Church’s credentials are itsincompleteness, with the tension and travail inits soul. It is clumsy and untidy, it baffles neatnessand logic. For it is sent not to commend itself as

‘the best type of Christianity’, but by its verybrokenness to point to the universal Churchwherein all have died.

This is very much the soul of St James andEmmanuel, Didsbury. A church which, as I will showyou, has a curious limp born of greatness andprofound weakness all at the same time.

On 30th November 1585, some 300 years afterSt James’ Church was founded, a baby called EdwardBarlow was baptised, who in 1607 converted toRoman Catholicism and became a priest. Some 35years later Barlow was hanged, drawn, quartered andthen boiled in oil. His head was then placed on aspike. Ambrose Barlow was canonised in 1929 and isone of the so-called Forty Martyrs of England andWales.

I mention this fact in order to illustrate that noteveryone at St James, Didsbury has had an easyrelationship with Cranmer’s Prayer Book, but I canalso reassure you that our current observance is farmore peaceable.

It has not gone without remark that Didsburyand Dibley sound alike—our PCC is in many ways asidiosyncratic and humorous as the one in Dibley andI’m strangely flattered when such comparisons aremade.

Didsbury is a media-saturated corner ofManchester. We have a permanentBBC studio in Emmanuel. TheChief Executive Producer ofCoronation Street is a regularmember of St James, as are two ofthe actors. St James is also theCoronation Street church of choicefor occasional offices and a fewyears ago was host to an ITVChristmas Eve Special featuringAled Jones as presenter. Fans ofLast Tango in Halifax won’tremember, but St James acted as aset for an episode.

But what of the regularcongregations? We have twocongregations at St James. Thelarger of the two is at 10.30 a.m.and very mixed in ages and

Didsbury and learning to lovethe Prayer Book

Nick Bundock

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The Prayer Book congregation says hello!

backgrounds. They use Common Worship Order 1and have always seen themselves as the ‘main’congregation. That was certainly the case until thesmaller of the two congregations, the 9.00 a.m.,rediscovered the Book of Common Prayer. They havebeen terribly excited that I’m coming to speak to youthis morning. I was asked how they might send theirgreetings to you today. We came up with the idea ofa photograph. And here they are waving to you. This was taken on the Sunday of the August BankHoliday weekend this year. Sadly, most of thechildren are missing owing to holidays, but thisgroup has grown steadily since we rediscovered theancient book and dusted down its covers.

I can’t tell you when the Prayer Book wasdiscarded by the people of St James and Emmanuel,although I imagine it was in the 1980s—no booksremained in church when I arrived in 2005. The 9.00 a.m. service bumbled along with acongregation of mainly older members and thosewho preferred to worship early and get on with theday. The service was, and still is, choral twice amonth, but it was one of those services that felt as

though it was being slowly pastoredinto oblivion. On many occasions it feltas though the congregation was just toothin to justify seating the congregationin the nave and I would bring thepeople up into the choir stalls in thechancel.

The prophet Isaiah wrote: ‘A bruised reed shall he not break, andthe smoking flax shall he not quench:he shall bring forth judgment untotruth.’ Most of us love the underdog. I do. St James was always the underdognext to Emmanuel and I loved her allthe more for it. The 9.00 a.m. wasalways the underdog to the 10.30 a.m.and I couldn’t bear to see the smokingflax snuffed out.

So back in 2012 a small group of usmet together to pray and discern thenext step for the 9.00 a.m. There was nogrand revelation, no grandiose vision.But out of that meeting at the local pubcame a decision. We would ask thecongregation if they would welcomethe return of the Book of CommonPrayer.

The process was fairly simple but itdid rely upon the generosity ofstrangers. The first of those was JohnService here at the Prayer Book Society.

John kindly answered my questions, put me in touchwith local Prayer Book churches and gave me spaceto ask all the silly questions that a priest who’d neverused the Prayer Book as part of regular worshipmight ask.

The second kind stranger was one N. J. Inkley ofthe Edith Matthias Prayer Book Trust Fund. I explained our situation to the Trust and wasdelighted when we were awarded a generous grantthat enabled us to purchase a set of regular and large-print Prayer Books. During this time, we alsocanvassed the opinion of the congregation, whowere more than happy to give it a go. We set a datefor our first Prayer Book Communion, invited a guestpreacher and commissioned the choir to sing acommunion setting and anthems for the occasion,which they duly set about fulfilling.

The other decision we made as a steering groupwas to make the experience as authentic as possible.We were play-acting, really, having fun more thananything. But we decided to re-introduce, along withthe liturgy, such things as: sticking to the rubrics atthe start of the service with only the priest reciting

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St James’ Church Tower

the Lord’s Prayer and Collect for Purity; beginningthe service at the north end of the altar table; andreciting the Ten Commandments each week.

We did, however, produce a small card to slipinto each Prayer Book to help congregants lost by thepage jumps. We did this to avoid making numerouspage announcements, of which I am personally not afan.

Everything was set for the big launch. The servicewas a tremendous success, and the first ChoralCommunion was followed by something else thathad been dispensed with at some point in the mistsof time: coffee. But this time we stepped up andserved fresh coffee and, with it, homemadechocolate brownies. This has become a regularfeature of our worship since, and we now use aspecial blend of fresh coffee and secret brownierecipe known only to two people.

It’s been some years since we launched our firstPrayer Book Communion. Since that time, I’ve beenasked to conduct a Prayer Book wedding, achurching of women service and a Prayer Bookfuneral. Something of a renaissance, you might say.As a priest my role is to bring God closer to thepeople and the people closer to God, and if thePrayer Book can achieve this end then I feel I havefulfilled my call.

When I found out I was going to be speaking toyou this morning I did some research with mycongregation. We took the opportunity of this talk toreview our progress and our feelings about the re-introduction.

I commissioned a short questionnaire. My firstquestion asked the respondents how frequently theyattended the 9.00 a.m. Prayer Book service. 55%attend weekly, which is much higher than for anyother service across the four Sunday congregations.20% attend monthly and a similar number attendoccasionally. For my second question I asked therespondents if reverting to the Prayer Book was agood idea. 8% said that they were unsure, 2% didn’tcare either way and 5% said no. But anoverwhelming 85% agreed that it was a good idea.

My third question was the most interesting tome. I asked the respondents to rank the mostimportant aspects of the 9.00 a.m. in order ofpreference from 1-7. The choices were: the ancientsetting, the music, the liturgy, the congregation, thequiet atmosphere, the sermon and, finally, the timeof the service.

Much to my surprise the top answer was thequiet atmosphere, closely followed by the liturgy. The quiet and the liturgy—the word and the absenceof words. What is it in that presence and absence that

speaks to people? I’m not sure I know the answer, butI wonder if this insight is significant?

The sermon was the third most important,followed by the music. The congregation, buildingand time of day were the least important aspects ofthe service. Which suggests, and this is perhapsimportant, that the BCP does not need to reside onlyin ancient churches or at the early service, becauseword and silence can be experienced in countrysideand council estate alike.

My next question again fills me with hope. I asked respondents if they had shared theirattendance at this service with family and friends.Over 90% had. Clearly there was no embarrassmentat sharing their worshipping habits, and share it theydo. Since the Prayer Book reappeared we have gainednew families, new children, an Argentinian, a Swissman, an American and part of the Manchester CitySupporters Club. Not to mention the celebrity StuartHall, who, upon his release from prison, madestraight for St James and has, over the months sincehe joined us, found friendship, a home andrehabilitation.

My penultimate question asked if people thoughtit was not important, nice but not essential or vitalthat the Church of England continue to providePrayer Book worship. The consensus was that it was,if not vital, highly desirable that Prayer Book worshipbe offered as widely as possible. A church withoutroots is hardly a church, after all.

Finally, I asked the congregation to tell me intheir own words what they most loved about thePrayer Book. I’ve placed their responses in a wordmap. Four words really stand out again and again. The first is familiarity. This word speaks of closeacquaintance and, ironically, the absence of formality.‘Words’ and ‘language’ were the other features on theword map. This is hardly surprising but reminds usthat there is something profound and special in thislittle book, and we mustn’t forget it when we returnto our parishes this afternoon.

The final big feature on the word map was aword I didn’t expect, and that was ‘love’. In the shorttime we have been rediscovering the Book ofCommon Prayer, over brownies and a hot cup ofcoffee, we’ve rediscovered love. For each other, yes,for God, certainly, but all rooted in the living andastounding liturgy that embodies the very essence oflove—God’s love for us…

The Revd Nick Bundock is Vicar of St James and Emmanuel,Didsbury and contributes to Radio 4’s Prayer for the Day.

This is part of an address given at the 2016 Annual Conference.

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Discovering the wonders ofMorning PrayerOur excellent parish incumbent holds the

benefice in addition to being a full-time chaplain of a neighbouring educational

facility.Wholly understandably, he took holiday acrossJuly and August such that our usual Wednesday 1662BCP Holy Communion (regular congregation two)had to be cancelled for two months; however, ratherthan abandon Divine Service completely, my co-parishioner and I agreed to continue to meet at thesame time each week and say Morning Prayertogether. My co-parishioner is a long-standingmember of the PBS so was keen to use the BCP ratherthan Common Worship, and I agreed that, if we weregoing to do it, we had to do it correctly.

Week One was dedicated to Morning Prayer (withthe full morning’s psalter read ‘in course’ plus theappropriate BCP Lectionary entries from the KingJames Version), then the Litany and the Ante-Communion all run straight through as one epicservice. It took 50 minutes. More senior PBS membersmay remember this as the ‘Morning Marathon’but both my co-parishioner and I found the wholething to be rather shapeless and strangelyunsatisfactory.

Week Two was Morning Prayer & Litany, followedseparately by the Ante-Communion. Morning Prayer& Litany was successful but, again, the Ante-Communion was rather unconvincing; it didn’t gainany momentum and didn’t seem to achieve anything.It took nearly an hour. I would be interested to knowif other PBS members have had experiences of BCPAnte-Communion which they could share.

Weeks Three to Eight were dedicated to astraightforward Morning Prayer and Litany. The wholething took 35 minutes and the experience wastransformative. It has caused me to look again at myprivate devotions and consider re-structuring them. I know that my co-parishioner and I will both behaving a meeting with the incumbent to discuss howwe can take forward our learning points:

• Routinely running the morning’s psalter in courseintroduced us to psalms which neither of us knew.Common Worship tends to focus onindividual psalms in order to illustrate a specificpoint, with the unfortunate side-effect that otherpsalms can be neglected.• Having read BCP Morning Prayer together inchurch, we were more inclined to finish the day

reading BCP Evening Prayer at the same time buton our own, matching the two together in apleasing and prayerful harmony.• St Barnabas’s Day brought us to the AthanasianCreed, which I had not read aloud in thirty years.I wouldn’t choose to read it every day, but it isgood to be reminded formally that ‘we worshipone God’ and that I should occasionally attempt toarticulate the Homoousion!• The BCP Lectionary was something new to me. I have tended to use a Bible study programme,rather than a Bible reading plan which starts atGenesis 1 and ends at Revelation 22, and I thinkthat I may have been omitting somethingimportant. I’m now trying to add the BCPmorning psalms and readings back into myexisting arrangements (currently John Stott’sThrough the Bible: Through the Year and Clay Roundtree’sThe Daily Prayer Rosary). I hope to embed thesechanges in the coming weeks, and I can then addthe evening readings in after Christmas. An alternative could be to use Common Worship’sRevised Common Lectionary to keep in step withthe wider Church, but I’m reluctant to includeanother reference table in addition to a BCP, KJVand Daily Prayer Rosary; an abundance of cross-references may interrupt the serenity of themoment and will add to the inconvenience.• The Litany is a masterpiece of consolidated prayerand doctrine and I have not been appreciating itsufficiently. People may be put off by its length butwe folded it into Morning Prayer immediatelyafter the Third Collect, and Divine Service wasgreatly enriched by it. The images and teachinglink backwards into the Lessons, the Creeds andthe Psalms, and pull it all together. The Litany is atreasure and it’s shorter than it looks: everyoneshould use it!• We read Morning Prayer exactly as the rubricscommanded (Sentences, Introduction, GeneralConfession, Trinity XXI Collect, Lord’s Prayer,Preces ...). I strangely felt that the Lord’s Prayer hadtwo different emphases in the two differentlocations even though it was the same set ofwords. I think I have been missing somethingvaluable here which Common Worship does notcapture.• We had the freedom to alternate between andlearn all of the canticles, especially the Venite,

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Benedicite and Benedictus which may not getmuch exposure on Sunday mornings. It was lovelyto pray the Benedicite on a bright summer’smorning and link it to the Litany suffrage aboutLightning & Tempests, and then on to theThanksgiving for Plenty.• As there were just two of us, we read DivineService antiphonally, alternating throughout andnot just for the psalms. We felt that to keep strictlyto the printed roles of the Minister vs thePeople would have involved the Minister in a greatdeal of talking. By dividing the load equally butalternating the start, we both learnt the servicefrom the inside out and noticed connectionswhich had been hitherto hidden fromus: Morning Prayer & Litany is a service permittedto the laity, so we made the most of it and made itour own.• We started to look at the Prayers & Thanksgivings,occasionally incorporating as seemed expedient(e.g. Fair Weather, Rain, General Thanksgiving).Again, this took us to corners of the BCP of whichwe both had only a hazy understanding.• We both had to be more organised. We both had aBCP and KJV, each laden with a bouquet ofbookmarks (Morning Prayer, Trinity XXI Collect,Psalms, Collect of the Day, Athanasian Creed (as required), Litany, Thanksgivings, OT and twoNT readings). This was a more compact approachto worship but, without any extra service sheets, itseemed to make the experience more intimate,personalised, intense and rooted.• Saying the service together as a pair, as opposed toindividually reading the service privately, openedup unrealised links between us, prayer, thereadings and the wider Church. On the morningswhen we met, I deliberately did not start the daywith my own version of Morning Prayer,preferring to focus on the joint exercise later thatday. Furthermore, our weekday Morning Prayer &Litany was a different experience to the normalSunday morning Mattins, where the flow of theservice can be interrupted by hymns, notices,offertory collections, sermons and intercessions.All have their important places in the life of theChurch but this experiment was specifically aboutpraying the stripped-down weekday publicMorning Prayer as an addition or amendment tothe routine of private prayer we are all doing everyday.• I am a keen individual member of the RoyalSchool of Church Music and my default position isusually worship via song, but as much as musiccan lift and elevate, it can also sometimes distract.Reading the whole service aloud from end to end

without the sometimes-welcome distraction ofcrochet and quaver forced me to grapple withsome details which I can occasionally overlook.

My co-parishioner and I hope that we can continuethese arrangements into the future, perhaps to beginan element of public weekday daily prayer or to use itas our liturgical preparation for HolyCommunion. Using the BCP as Cranmer wrote it(almost!), has strengthened my understanding of theFaith, re-introduced me to old classics, re-groundedme in the ‘nuts and bolts’ of my religion andprompted me to go off and read around the subject(I’m just starting Tom Wright’s How God Became King).

I would be interested in knowing more about PBSmembers’ experiences in this area:

• Have any PBS members had similar experiencesstarting a regular weekday incumbent-less service? • What do PBS members think of the Ante-Communion and/or the ‘Morning Marathon’?• What do they think of Morning Prayer & Litany asa regular combined routine service? The more wedid it, the more the communal monastic nature ofthe office became clear to us, and the more webegan to appreciate what it can give us as distinctfrom the Holy Communion.• How have members found using the daily BCPprayer offices as part of their own regular routine?Do they routinely use Morning Prayer & Litany aspreparation for Holy Communion? How do theyuse the Lectionaries and why do they prefer oneover another?• The Orders for the Visitation and Communion ofthe Sick could have a rough equivalent inCommon Worship’s Services of Healing andWholeness and for the Reconciliation of aPenitent. When I next come to use the latterservices, I might ask to use the former instead.Do PBS members have experience and preferencesin these choices?

I have found the last eight weeks to be a refreshment,and I am only sorry that it has taken me so long tolearn that which other PBS members have known foran age; I am also grateful to my co-parishioner forsteadying my nerve while our experiment found itsfeet.

I’d welcome replies from any experienced PBSerson some of these questions, views, problems andideas. Correspondence can be forwarded to me via theEditor.

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Assistance for churches, military organisationsand others starting preparations for this year’sacts of remembrance at cenotaphs and war

memorials on Armistice Day (November 11) andRemembrance Sunday (November 13) is announcedby the Prayer Book Society, which has identifiedprayers from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer thatwould have been familiar to Church of England andother Anglican troops in both World Wars.

Coinciding with the hundredth anniversary ofthe Battle of the Somme, the Society has provided aselection of prayers suitable for use at Remembrance-tide. Armistice Day this year occurs just a week beforethe hundredth anniversary of the end of the Battle ofthe Somme on 18th November.

The prayers range from one written for use ‘inthe time of War and Tumults’ to the Third Collect forAid against all Perils. Used during the service ofEvensong, it opens with the words ‘Lighten ourdarkness, we beseech thee, O Lord.’

The Revd Richard Hoyal, until recently a trusteeof the Prayer Book Society, who compiled theselection, said:

Some of these prayers—particularly those usedfrequently by Army padres—would have been

familiar to large numbers of troops. Mattins andEvensong were widely attended at the time ofboth World Wars. Some of the prayers used everySunday were familiar to many and also very aptin situations of danger.

Many of the troops will have experienced the use ofpsalms in Prayer Book worship, according toRichard, who says that Psalm 23 in particular, ‘The Lord is my shepherd’, will have been knownand loved. It was, and still is, often used in times ofanxiety, injury or death. He adds:

I am sure that, at nightfall in dangeroussituations, soldiers with a church backgroundoften would have recalled from Evensong the‘Lighten our darkness’ prayer and the much-loved words of the Nunc Dimittis. It opens:‘Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart inpeace: according to thy word.’

For a copy of Prayers for use at Remembrance-tide e-mailthe Prayer Book Society at pbs.admin@pbs.org.uk orcall 0118 984 2582. Alternatively write to the officeat Copyhold Farm.

Prayers known to soldiers on theSomme to feature in this year’scenotaph services

ERRATUM: PBS Annual Report and Accounts

Those members who attended the Society’s AGM at Cambridge on 9th September will be aware thatthere was an unfortunate error in the accounts caused as a result of expenditure incurred by boththe Edith Matthias Prayer Book Trust Fund and the Eileen Freeman Bequest being debited to

‘unrestricted funds’ rather than these ‘restricted funds’. As a result, several amendments had to be madeto the accounts as published. Fortunately, none of these affected the bottom line of either the Statementof Financial Activities or the Balance Sheet. The corrections were issued in an amendment given to thoseattending the AGM and the accounts were then approved unanimously. Any member unable to attendwho wishes to receive a copy of the amendment, please contact the Society Office.

Both the Honorary Treasurer and our accountants regret the oversight prior to publication of theoriginal document.

Aformer stable surrounded by fields wheresheep safely graze in ancient pastures wouldseem to have all the right connotations for the

location of the office of the Prayer Book Society. And for a decade that has indeed been the registeredcharity’s home. Hitherto located in the back roomoffice of a volunteer supporter’s home, the Societynow has five office-based staff who occupy theformer farm shop—previously a stable—on the120-acre Copyhold Farm in Goring Heath,Oxfordshire, around four miles north ofPangbourne.

‘It really was the answer to a prayer when westarted looking for somewhere affordable to baseourselves,’ says John Service, who co-ordinates theSociety’s links with churches and clergy across thecountry.

Despite being located in a rural idyll, the PrayerBook Society’s office is well placed for easy access tothe motorway network, Reading station (less thanthirty minutes from London) and Oxford, whosethree theological colleges are among the mostpopular for the training of clergy.

Established to encourage rediscovery and use ofthe majesty and spiritual depth of the Book ofCommon Prayer at the heart of the Church ofEngland’s worship, the Society has 3,750 membersacross the country and 65 churches have joined asCorporate Members. They include the nearby Grade IListed St Bartholomew’s Chapel in Goring Heath. It forms part of a fine eighteenth-century group ofalmshouses built in 1724 by Henry Allnutt, a Londonlawyer.

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The answer to our prayer is aformer stable in a rural idyll

Tim Stanley

From left to right: Adrienne Syrett, Office Manager, John Service, Churches and Clergy Co-ordinator, Kaz French(and Bertie), PBS Trading, Geri Brooksbank (and Gally), Financial & Administration, and Belinda Clarke, Financial

The original farmhouse at Copyhold Farm

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The Society was founded in 1972 amidstliturgical reform in the Church of England when itwas feared that Archbishop Thomas Cranmer’s Bookof Common Prayer—despite its continued status asthe Church of England’s official standard ofteaching—would fall into disuse, being replaced bycontemporary forms of worship.

Now its work is bearing fruit as it reportsgrowing numbers of young worshippers beingattracted to Prayer Book services. Furthermore, thenumber of theological college students currently is atone of the highest levels for years, and many of thenew ordinands in their twenties are embracing theBook of Common Prayer enthusiastically.

To compile the Prayer Book, Cranmer drewextensively on his personal library of 600 printedbooks and more than 60 manuscripts. Althoughrevisions were made in four subsequent editionspublished in 1552, 1559, 1604 and 1662, thecontent of the 1662 Prayer Book in use todayremains significantly as he wrote it.

Copyhold Farm—which takes its name from amediaeval form of feudal tenure—was one of threeon the former 800-acre estate owned by the Palmerfamily of Reading-based Huntley & Palmers, ofbiscuit-making fame. They sold it in 1952 and,having changed hands over the years, it is now hometo Dr Richard Berman and his family.

In addition to raising sheep, he has hosted theGoring Heath Horse Trials, with the cross-country

course making use of the farm’s natural woodland,hedges and undulations. Seventy years ago the localwoodland provided valuable cover for a secret RAFsupply base serving Oxfordshire’s numerous WorldWar II airfields.

When visiting the spacious farmhouse atCopyhold it is hard to imagine that it started life as atwo-up, two-down worker’s cottage, probably builtin the 1670s. Since then Georgian, Victorian andtwentieth-century additions have transformed it intothe pretty home it is today.

Former occupiers include William Barefield-Hutt, who was born in the farmhouse in April 1910.Bill, as he was known, celebrated his hundredthbirthday in 2010, receiving a congratulations cardfrom The Queen. He started writing at the age ofeighteen and became well known as the author ofdozens of books about local history.

Previously, having worked as a milk boy,blacksmith and lorry driver, he set up a successfulbuilding maintenance business. During the SecondWorld War he became an engineer and assisted thearmed services in secret experimental work.

Now a new chapter in Copyhold’s history isabout to be written as the Prayer Book Society hasjust acquired new neighbours. Following Richard’sdecision to let more outbuildings, one is occupied bya saddlery maker and another is home to a furnituremaker.

Tim Stanley is the Prayer Book Society’s Press Officer.

Goring Heath Almshouses are adjacent to Copyhold Farm

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Save Our Parsonages (SOP) is devoted to thecause of supporting parishioners up and downthe country in their battle to keep their

traditional parsonage, for the benefit of both churchand community. The importance of the traditionalparsonage lies not just in the house itself, but in thegarden, as a place of sanctuary and recreation, wherethe parish priest may welcome the local communityfor so many gatherings and events, such as thegarden fetes which the hard-pressed ParochialChurch Council needs for fundraising and which areso good for community relations.

SOP itself has its AGM at a fine traditionalparsonage every year, and also an annual eventconsisting of a visit to two or three traditionalparsonages in different parts of the country whichare still at the hub of the local community. A featureof these events is always the garden. Vicarage gardensare a delight in themselves. But is there any affinitybetween the 1662 Prayer Book and gardening? Is there some deep, perhaps difficult-to-analysesympathy between gardeners and the content andstyle of the Prayer Book?

There are historical lines of enquiry. In thenineteenth century and before, there were manynotable clerical gardeners. Mervyn Wilson, a long-standing member of our committee and a founder of

the Rural Theology Association, happens to bedescended from one, Christopher Alderson, who diddesigns for Queen Charlotte at Frogmore. His clericalgrandfather also took pride in his four-acre garden inWorcestershire, with its lake, lawns, water garden,trees, hedges, vegetables and fruit. But he had twogardeners to look after it. The English Vicarage Garden (published 1988, ed.

Piers Dudgeon) describes thirty parsonage gardens:ten from the past, chiefly Victorian, among themCharles Kingsley’s, Canon Ellacombe’s and DeanHole’s; ten gardens of parsonages which had beensold off by the Church, including Jeffrey Archer’s atGrantchester; and ten created and cared for by clergystill in post, including Bulwick, where Mervyn wasrector at the time. Most of the gardens described arein rural villages, where it is likely that incumbentswould still be using the 1662 book. There are alsotwo in cities, where it is more likely that newer formsof service will have been used. Clearly up to the1970s, clerical gardeners will have used 1662. It istrue that the newer services sometimes gave morefreedom to adapt worship to the locality: inBermondsey where Mervyn was then rector, andalready a keen gardener, the congregation found pure1662 more difficult and preferred the ASB.

There is some affinity between gardeners and

1662 and the gardenerAnthony Jennings

Potterne Vicarage Garden, Devises

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1662 in the lectionary. The Old Testament HolyCommunion reading for Septuagesima is Genesis 1.At the end of January, root growth is stirring and thequeen bee will soon be laying. This is the time of newgrowth in the plant and animal world. There are nosuch affinities to be found with the new lectionary.Rather the opposite, most noticeably at the end of theChurch’s year. Under the old lectionary the yearmight come to a climax with All Saints, but there wasno mention of the new till the Sunday next beforeAdvent. To those aware of the natural seasons,November is the deadest month, not only because ofRemembrance Sunday, but because this is the timeleaves finally fall, and there are no signs of newgrowth, and few flowers, while the fruit has mostlybeen picked. True, this dead season for the gardenergoes on into December, but then the Church directsus to the hope beyond hope that lifts the world fromdespair and first hears the distant chimes ofChristmas. Now too, hens begin to lay.

Such affinities are lost in the new lectionary,which decides to call the first Sunday in November aSunday before Advent. It seems open rather to acommercial than a natural affinity, and loses thesense of all things ending that will enhance the newdawn when it comes.

Then gardeners and growers will most probablyprefer BCP Evensong for Harvest. Psalm 65 and thegreat Victorian hymns strike chords hard to hear inCommon Worship. They will also see Harvest as athanksgiving for what they have grown, and anappreciation of the Creator. Many may be inspired toshare their plenty in just the way that one of the‘occasional’ prayers exhorts: ‘O God, merciful Father… grant that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality,may use the same to thy glory, the relief of those that

are needy, and our own comfort; through JesusChrist our Lord.’

‘Relief of those that are needy’ with producefrom their large and fruitful gardens was somethingthat past generations of clergy often saw as animportant part of their calling; nowadays only a feware able to follow suit. It is likely that many gardenersdo prefer 1662, at least for evening. The cadences ofthe older language are more in accord with thegardener’s appreciation of balance in design andharmony, in beauty of form, in bright spots ofcolour, in an underlying order that echoes the divinecreation. There may be something of this in themodern Communion service, as well as in BCPMattins and Evensong, but not in the Morning andEvening Prayer of Common Worship.

Do older people see this affinity because ofassociations built up over the years? Will a younggardener see it, one who comes new to 1662, in achurch where Common Worship prevails? Is theresomething in the projects of the gardener whoseconcern it is to maintain harmony among the greedyplants and to look after the ones less good at lookingafter themselves, who dreams of Eden, where all isvibrant peace? Does this something find an echo inthe 1662 book, published soon after the Restoration,concerned with the recovery of peace and order andconcord after all the argumentations of the earlyReformation, and the recent Civil War?

Many are the examples of busy and embattledmen and women who have found peace andrestoration in their gardens. And many have foundand still find the same in the worship of the Church,with the Book of Common Prayer.

Anthony Jennings is Director of Save Our Parsonages.

SAVE OUR PARSONAGESSales of old rectories and vicarages have continued unabated for more than 60 years, with the result thatthe historic parsonage still in church use is now a seriously endangered species.

SAVE OUR PARSONAGES supports these remaining houses and encourages and advises those in theparishes who strive to preserve them. There is a feeling among laity and clergy alike that it is high time toacknowledge the importance of the historic parsonage in the life of the community.

Rectories and vicarages are part of our ecclesiastical heritage, just as much as churches and the Book ofCommon Prayer, and like them they are major resources for parishes. Their heritage significance is matchedby their practical value. They are focal points for parish life in a way that newer houses cannot be.

If you can support us in our efforts please become a member. Our annual membership subscription is£15. Group memberships from parochial church councils or dioceses are welcome (additional £10suggested). Members automatically receive our annual newsletter and an invitation to join us for our toursof traditional parsonages in different parts of the country. Donations are also much appreciated.

We would like to hear from you even if you are unable to contribute. Contact Anthony Jennings at FlatZ, 12-18 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QA. E-mail: ajsjennings@hotmail.com

Website: www.saveourparsonarges.co.uk

BCP GlossaryA version specifically designed for the purpose hasbeen placed in each copy of the BCP given to newordinands who started training in September. Otherversions can be created for different purposes, e.g. fordistribution to PBS members etc.

New Membership WalletsMembers are urged to request from the office a standfull of membership leaflets if they have permission toplace them in a church. I have put in hand a majorroll-out programme designed to place a supply ofthe wallets in every Corporate Member church and asmany sympathetic churches (and potential newCorporate Members) as I can. To this end a databasehas been set up in the PBS office so that regularcontact can be kept with these churches to facilitatereplenishment of the acrylic stands and maintaincontact with those who are existing Corporate

Members, as well as with those who are potentialCorporate Members. Each acrylic stand (with asticker attached with my contact details to orderfurther supplies of wallets) contains ten membershipwallets, the contents of which are as follows:

• the personal membership application form• the ‘Why the Book of Common Prayer’ leaflet• YouTube BCP services videos promotion sheet• a photostat of the Co-ordinator’s column from The Prayer Book Today to show potential membersand Corporate Members the pro-active nature ofthe Society’s work, especially with ordinands,clergy and readers etc.

Co-ordinator’scolumn

John Service

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Hail and Farewell: Changes onthe Board of TrusteesThe Annual General Meeting of the Prayer Book

Society, at which the Chairman and Trusteesare elected each year, took place at Girton

College, Cambridge in September during the AnnualConference.

There were two retirements from the Board: the Revd Paul Thomas, until recently the Society’sDeputy Chairman and a long-standing Trustee; andthe Revd Richard Hoyal. Both have made significantcontributions to the work of the Society, mostrecently in the online ‘how-to’ videos on conductingPrayer Book services, and will be greatly missed.

They are succeeded by the Revd Dr StephenEdmonds and the Revd Dr Daniel Newman.

Stephen Edmonds (33) is from London, andbegan his calling as a Methodist Preacher whilst astudent at the University of Kent at Canterbury, but

was drawn to theChurch of Englandthrough study of theChurch Fathers andtraditional worship atthe cathedral. Hefurther tested hisvocation whilst work-ing in London, andtook an MA inTheology at HeythropCollege, University ofLondon. He read forHoly Orders inCambridge, and took

a PhD in Church History at Selwyn College, where heserved as Gosden Scholar, enjoying Choral Evensongthrice weekly. He is Curate at St Bartholomew’s,Sydenham in Southwark diocese and serves on theLondon & Southwark Branch of the Prayer BookSociety. He enjoys visits to the West Country, opera,loose-leaf tea, good coffee, The Spectator and Radio 4.He is engaged to be married to Rosie in May nextyear.

Daniel Newman (31) grew up in Dorset and readMedicine at Brasenose College, Oxford, before beingrecommended for ordained ministry. Whilst trainingfor ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, he read forthe Theological Tripos at Fitzwilliam College andtook an MA in Christian Theology through theCambridge Theological Federation and Anglia RuskinUniversity. He wrote his dissertation on the

affections in Calvin’sCommentary on thePsalms. He served histitle at St John’s,Weymouth, and willshortly take up thepost of AssociateMinister at St John’s,Woking. Daniel firstdiscovered the Bookof Common Prayerwhen he tuned intoRadio 3 after Gamesat school and heardthe Psalms being sung on Choral Evensong, and hegrew to love it through services at Brasenose Chapel.Daniel is married to Brooke and they currently havefour children, Cædmon, Jerome, Reuben, andAnastasia, whom he is trying to introduce the Bookof Common Prayer.

Daniel NewmanPhotography: Gerry Lynch

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Stephen EdmondsPhotography: Gerry Lynch

September saw a return toGirton College, Cambridgefor a varied and lively

Annual Conference. There was amoment of anxiety when it wasdiscovered that Rowan Williamswas expecting to be with us on adifferent day from thatscheduled; but goodwill andflexibility all round meant thatthe planned speakers were allable to be fitted into theprogramme, albeit not in theplanned order!

This was the first year whenthe Conference took place from aThursday evening to Saturdaylunchtime rather than Friday toSunday: the purpose of this wasto make it easier for clergy andordinands to attend, and the newtiming appears to have been verysuccessful. Overall attendancewas well up this year, standing at115 at the busiest time—anincrease of almost 40% on theprevious norm—and, while this was almost certainlydue in part to the presence of the former Archbishop,this does not seem to have been the only factor.

The opening speaker of theConference on the Thursdayevening was the Revd DrMalcolm Guite, Chaplain ofGirton College, who is also asinger-songwriter and apublished poet specialising insonnets. His talk, intriguinglyentitled ‘Between the “Mag” and“Nunc”: Evensong as aninvitation to imaginative roleplay’ was based on his annualintroduction to Evensong fornew students, and wasimpressive in its combination ofclarity and depth.

On Friday morning, theRevd Dr Lee Gatiss, Director ofthe conservative evangelicalChurch Society, addressed theConference on ‘Cranmer on theLord’s Supper: Evangelising aLiturgical People’, andemphasised the importance ofthe Prayer Book’s scripturalbasis. He was followed by the

Revd Dr Nick Bundock, Vicar of St James andEmmanuel, Didsbury in Manchester, speaking on‘Books, brownies and bonhomie: Didsbury

rediscovers the BCP’. Hedescribed how—having hadno Prayer Book worship at allfor several decades—the parishhad succeeded in reviving theflagging 9.00 a.m. service at St James and attracting youngfamilies through the use of theBCP, along with providingcoffee after the service(accompanied by brownies,which turned out to be bakedgoods rather than 7-to-10-year-old girls). He displayed aphotograph of members of thecongregation waving to theConference, to which of courseConference-goers respondedby waving back for a reciprocalphoto.

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Annual Conference 2016

A question from the audience

Some of the younger Conference-goers

The Annual General Meetingfollowed on the Fridayafternoon. In the evening, theafter-dinner speaker was the RtRevd Graeme Knowles, formerlyDean of St Paul’s, prior to thatBishop of Sodor and Man, whoremarked on the Prayer BookSociety’s spirit of optimism.

The Revd Dr CallyHammond, Dean of Gonville &Caius College, Cambridge, spokeon the Saturday morning on ‘TheSound of the Liturgy’,highlighting the ways in whichthe phrasing of the Book ofCommon Prayer contributes toits effectiveness as a means of communication. The proceedings were rounded off by the Rt Revd DrRowan Williams, Lord Williams of Oystermouth,Master of Magdalene College,Cambridge and formerlyArchbishop of Canterbury. DrWilliams’ topic was ‘“Prevent us,O Lord…”: What the Prayer Booksays about going where God hasgone’, and he reminded thosepresent that mission is not ahuman endeavour which cansucceed or fail, but an action ofGod in which we participate.

Each day of the Conferencewas framed by worship withhymns; but, since the Conferencewas not taking place on a Sunday, it had been decidedto reduce the number of fully sung services to makeway for an additional speaker. Compline was sungafter dinner on the Thursday.On the Friday, a choir madeup of people attending theConference supported thecongregational singing of theresponses and canticles atEvensong, while a smallergroup of singers con-tributedan anthem. The preacher wasthe Revd Jim Robinson,Curate of St Wulfram’s,Grantham, whose baby son,Aubrey, provided occasionaladditional congregationalparticipation, to the delight ofthose present.

The Conference was greatlyenhanced by the presence of arecord total of over twentybursary candidates, most ofwhom were young, including anumber of clergy, ordinands, andyoung people discerning apossible future vocation toordained ministry. They spoke ofhow the Conference had greatlyencouraged them, and how muchthey had appreciated theopportunity provided by thebursary scheme. These bursarieshave been funded by generousdonations from members of thePrayer Book Society, to whom we

are most grateful.Thanks, as ever, go to the Conference organiser,

Mrs Rosemary Hall, for her unfailing thoughtfulnessand attention to detail. Alsodeserving a special mention areHilary Rudge and the RevdRichard Hoyal, who organisedthe Conference services;Benjamin Tyler, who took chargeof the music; and Kaz Frenchfrom the PBS office at CopyholdFarm, who set up and mannedthe ever-popular PBS Tradingbookstall.

Next year’s Conferencewill run from Thursday, 7th toSaturday, 9th September 2017,

again at Girton: please put the date in your diarynow! Prudence Dailey

Conference photography: George Redgrave

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Cally Hammond addresses theConference

The Conference waves back to Didsbury

Practising the organ before the service

The following letter was received from Fergus Butler-Gallie, an ordinand at Westcott House who receiveda bursary to attend the Conference:

Madam ChairmanI am writing on behalf of those of us who received bursary places to this year’s Prayer Book SocietyConference. I was wondering whether you would be so kind as to pass on our most sincere thanks tothose who so generously contributed to the fund that made our attendance possible. I genuinely believewe are on the cusp of a change in attitude and use of the Book of Common Prayer. Younger people inthe Church, both laity and ordinands such as myself, are discovering the Prayer Book, its elucidation ofdoctrine, and the beauty and depths of its liturgy for the first time and with new enthusiasm. Being ableto attend the Conference was an opportunity to grow in knowledge, experience, and fellowship. I haveno doubt that as each of us returns to our respective preparations for ministry and engagement with thelife of the Church, we will take lessons learnt, friendships made, and, above all, a rejuvenated zeal forthe cause of the Prayer Book with us. Such an opportunity and the benefits reaped would have beenimpossible without the generosity of those who gave towards the bursary fund. Just as we are gratefulto previous generations for their safeguarding of the Prayer Book tradition, so too we now offer ourgratitude for their financial aid, which has enabled a new generation to bring the wonders of the Bookof Common Prayer to generations to come. Please pass this most hearty thanks to those who gave sogenerously.

Yours sincerelyFergus Butler-Gallie

We will, of course, also be repeating next year the bursary scheme, which is open to clergy, ordinandsand anyone under thirty, and entitles recipients to attend the full residential Conference for only £50.Donations to the scheme will also be very gratefully received.

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SirOn Saturday, 10th June, a Thanksgiving Service washeld in St Paul’s Cathedral in London to celebrate The Queen’s ninetieth birthday. While the pageantrywas, as ever, of a tremendously high standard (albeitThe Queen did arrive ten minutes late) and the musicwas, as expected, of exemplary quality, the content ofthe service left, in my humble opinion, much to bedesired. Why, oh why, must the liturgists who designthese national services insist that every visiting cleric,of whatever faith, must be somehow involved? Why must they include what I can only call‘entertainment’, in the form, in this case, of a ratherboring piano recital and a long diatribe from thenonagenarian author of the Paddington Bear stories?

The Queen is Supreme Governor of the Church ofEngland. Why can she not have had the simplicity ofan offering of Choral Mattins from the Book ofCommon Prayer? The hymns could have been thesame; the Jubilate Deo was already included; Psalm139 could have been sung by the combined choirs; the same anthems could have been included; the samesermon preached and the same blessing given(although Mattins should end with the Grace).The Old Testament lesson could have been Joshua 1: 1-10, or Proverbs 8: 1-17, those suggested in thePrayer Book for the Accession Service for the reigningmonarch. The intercessions could have included thePrayer for The Queen’s Majesty, the Prayer for the RoyalFamily and the Prayer for the Clergy and People, allrounded up with the General Thanksgiving. Instead, it suffered from the unedifying spectacle ofrepresentatives of Christian denominations and worldfaiths gathering around the navealtar to repeat the mantra, ‘We give thanks and praise.’

A service of Choral Mattinswould have been a most fittingact of worship for such anauspicious occasion. I am surethat The Prince of Wales, RoyalPatron of the Prayer Book Society,would have happily concurredwith this sentiment.

Yours faithfullyDavid Fuller

Patteson’s Cross MemorialIn the geographical heart of EastDevon, Patteson’s Cross is thelocation of a unique memorial to

Bishop John Coleridge Patteson. Bishop JohnColeridge Patteson was an assistant to Bishop Selwynin his missions to the Pacific Islands and was martyredon 20th September 1871. The cross is adjacent to theold A30 London to Penzance road where it crosses theOttery St Mary to Feniton road. Originally known asSpence Cross, its name changed to Patteson’s Crossafter the erection of the monument in 1873. The appellation is used nowadays for both crossroadsand monument. With its prominent location it hasbecome very useful when giving directions to drivers,but its value in historical terms is far greater. I shouldlike to make your readers aware of the current projectto refurbish the monument and restore it to a state inwhich we can take pride.

The memorial has received no attention during thepast twenty-five years, and its condition showsincreasing signs of deterioration. A local residentbrought this to the attention of the Ottery St MaryHeritage Society, one of whose objectives is thepreservation of structures of historical interest withinour parish.

Whilst trying to identify ownership, or responsibility for maintenance, of the monument(with no success!), a gratifying level of interest in theventure was expressed, so the Society undertook toorganise a self-funding refurbishment programme. It is planned to cleanse the monument thoroughly, do minor repairs to brick and stonework, replace asection where the inscription has been eroded,highlight all inscriptions in black paint and re-paintthe protective railings. It must be stated that thisproject is a one-off initiative by the Society, and does

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not imply ownership or responsibility for futuremaintenance.

As the monument is Grade II Listed, theappropriate Listed Building Consent has beenobtained. The minimum funding required is £5,500,of which two thirds has been received or pledged.Further fundraising included a social event at FenitonParish Church on 23rd September. A short film wasshown, made by the Blue Peter producer Alex Legerduring the visit this year to the Solomon Islands withmembers of the Melanesian Mission UK. This is thereal legacy of Bishop Patteson, and the memorialprovides a tangible reminder of his life—a place thatall visitors from the Pacific Islands in particular wantto see. I should be delighted to assist any of yourreaders who would like: further information on theproject; to visit the memorial sometime; or to make acontribution towards the cost of this project.

Thank you,Chris Saunders, Hon. Secretary, Ottery St Mary Heritage Society

Tel: 01404 812962E-mail: c.saunders41@btinternet.com

A note of sincere thanks to you for including news ofour Restoration Appeal in the last issue of themagazine; it resulted in a number of most kinddonations for which we are extremely grateful. As with most projects of this kind, costs have increasedas extra work has been discovered once the scaffoldingwas erected and the craftsmen began their work.

We would welcome your continued prayerfulsupport as we seek to restore this ancient building,believed to have been built at the direct orders ofArchbishop Thomas Becket, so that it remains our bestmission tool to promote the Kingdom of God in the

county town of East Sussex. www.st-thomas-lewes.org.uk

With blessings,Trevor Butler, Churchwarden,

St Thomas à Becket Church, Lewes

In the next two or three months I will be moving outof London, so have been sorting out my possessions.One of the most cherished items is the Book ofCommon Prayer given to me by my godmother inMarch 1944 when I was fourteen. Slipped into it is asmall, yellowing cutting from the letter page of The Independent. It reads as follows:

Olivier’s Prayer BookDear Sir

When in 1979 I was looking for signatures to apetition asking for the continued use of the Book ofCommon Prayer, I wrote to Laurence Olivierreminding him of his early years as an acolyte at AllSaints, Margaret Street, W.1. I received a reply whichlooked as if devised maybe by a protective secretary,pointing out that it was impossible to put a signatureto all the good causes soliciting his support. This letter was then crossed out in a couple ofexuberant strokes with the words: ‘I’ll sign!’

It was the Book of Common Prayer which restedon his coffin last Friday.

Yours sincerelyDavid Martin

Woking, Surrey 15 July (1989)

From Barbara Cooper, a long-standing member of thePBS

Schoolchildren across the country are choosingprayers and readings from church services in the1662 Book of Common Prayer as they prepare to

take part in the annual Cranmer Awards competition.The contest—held annually since 1989—encouragesawareness and understanding of the Prayer Bookcreated by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterburyduring the Reformation.

Last year more than 300 pupils aged between 11and 18 took part in regional heats before twenty-eightfinalists competed to share £1,000 in prize money.Each winner also received a certificate and a copy ofthe Book of Common Prayer.

The venue for the national finals and awardsceremony on Saturday, 25th February 2017 will be TheOld Palace in Worcester. Prior to the event the finalists

will have memorised their chosen passages so that theycan speak them by heart in front of an audience ofmore than 100, comprising parents, teachers, clergyand members of the Prayer Book Society.

The competition attracts huge interest every year,reports Prudence Dailey, Chairman of the Prayer BookSociety: ‘Many young people are struck by the beautyand relevance of the Prayer Book’s language and theway it has influenced writers like William Shakespearewhose plays contain numerous Prayer Book-inspiredlines.’

Schools and churches wishing to nominatechildren to compete in regional heats are asked tocontact the office at Copyhold Farm, call 0118 9842582, e-mail pbs.admin@pbs.org.uk or visitwww.pbs.org.uk.

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BlackburnThe Blackburn Branch Festival: On 14th May 2016 we marked theend of an era. At the AGM thatafternoon Mr Neil Inkley stooddown as Hon. Secretary andTreasurer after exactly thirty yearsin office. Increasing immobility,rather than age itself, dictated thisdecision. This was the Branch’s31st festival, going back to 1986,and Neil had arranged the lastthirty.

The Eucharist in BlackburnCathedral was celebrated by CanonDr Ian Stockton (CanonChancellor), the Epistle was readby the Ven. Michael Everitt(Archdeacon of Lancaster) and theGospel was read by the Revd DrMike Kirby (Cathedral Curate).

The preacher was CanonSteven Harvey, preciously a Branchmember when he was Headmaster

of Bury Grammar School and nowa Residentiary Canon of NewcastleCathedral.

The service was sung byOctavius and began with Parry’s ‘I was glad’, without the Vivats asThe Queen was not present.

After lunch and the AGM NeilInkley marked his retirement bygiving the customary afternoonpaper. He looked back over thesethirty years, during which he hadalso been a Vice-Chairman of theSociety, editor of its Newsletterand Chairman of the BranchesRepresentative Council.

He observed what hadhappened to our Liturgy over theseyears (and a little longer), soughtout some of the reasons andsuggested what our memberscould do to make things a littlebetter.

Emphasising that individuals,

who might consider themselvespowerless, could make adifference, he ended with thewords ‘Many a large door swingson very little hinges.’

Lord Clitheroe presented Neilwith a book token to which themembers working with him hadsubscribed. As well as theBlackburn members present therewere old members from Carlisle,Liverpool, Chester, Newcastle andYork. The Bishop of Blackburn wasin attendance and he paid his owntribute to Neil. The day ended withChoral Evensong led by CanonAndrew Hindley (Canon Sacrist).The carefully chosen last hymnwas ‘Lord for tomorrow and itsneeds I do not pray…just fortoday’.

The next Branch Secretary inBlackburn is Christopher Norton,previously Minutes Secretary.

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CoventryThe Branch’s summer Evensongwas held at Sherbourne on 7thMay, where we were grateful to theRevd Neil Patterson who bothofficiated and preached. The OkenSingers in their last outing sang forus as beautifully as ever.

There was a crowdedattendance at Aston Cantlow forthe AGM and annual supper, thelatter the glorious result of thework of many members, and—aninnovation—members crossed theroad to the parish church at theend of proceedings and saidCompline.

In June the Society wasprivileged to visit the much-timbered Lord Leycester Hospital,Warwick’s Tudor showpiece, thehome for eight fortunate retiredservicemen. The tour was madesparkling by our guide, the Master,Lt Col Gerald Lesinski. Afterwardswe said Evensong in its chapelwhich sits over the town’s westgate.

There was another goodturnout at the Chairman’s teakindly held at her house in August.Afterwards members went to theadjacent parish church whereEvensong was said. The Revd DavidPym kindly officiated at the lastthree services.

ExeterWe report the death on 7th Augustof Mrs Joan Urwin, who wasBranch Secretary from May 1992to July 2007 and Branch Presidentfor nine years until her death. We give thanks for all herdedicated work and support bothfor the Branch and the Society. Joanwill be remembered by manylong-standing members of thePBS. She was involved in itsformative period and sheidentified with all the orthodoxiesof the Church of England. She wasalways firm but had a mannerwhich did not require her to be

strident. She was an intrepidtraveller and some said that shewas ‘Patron Saint of NationalExpress’. Widow of the late RevdPreb. F. O. Urwin, she was interredin the churchyard of St Thomas ofCanterbury, Dodbrooke, a formerparish of her husband. R.I.P.

On Wednesday, 18th May aService of Mattins was held at StJames’ Church, Avonwick, SouthBrent by kind invitation of MrsMarigold Seager-Berry. The BranchChairman, the Revd Preb. PaulHancock, officiated and preached.Fr Antony Woodason read the FirstLesson. Everyone then met up atthe Avon Inn for lunch afterwards.

Saturday, 18th June at theWickham Hall, Bovey Tracey, sawthe Branch AGM where memberswelcomed South West Regional

Trustee, Mr Dick Wilkinson, asspeaker. His address was on ‘ThePrayer Book Society Today’, andamongst other points he talkedabout the revival of interest in theBCP with students and ordinands,reflecting an increase in supportfor Choral Evensong. He was dulythanked by the Chairman.

Tea was served, followed byEvensong conducted by Mr PaulColman (Reader) at St John’sChurch, Bovey Tracey by kindpermission of Fr Gregory Stanton.

LincolnOn Saturday, 24th Septembermembers joined the congregationof St Augustine’s Grimsby for aservice of Choral Evensong.Afterwards there was anopportunity to view the collection

of Bibles and Prayer Booksbelonging to the vicar, Fr EdwardMartin. Among the treasures werea Prayer Book from 1629 and onefrom 1728 bound up with a Biblewhich was pocket size.

London & SouthwarkThe Revd Dr Stephen Edmonds(Curate, St Bartholomew,Sydenham, Southwark), whopreached at the 2015 SocietyConference, was ordained to thepriesthood this July. He requestedto offer his first celebration of theHoly Communion for the Feast ofSt Thomas the Apostle accordingto the Book of Common Prayer.Another member of the Society,and former attendee of theConference, was the Revd DrThomas Plant (Vicar, St Michael,Old St Pancras, London) whoassisted as deacon of the rite (tothe left).

NorwichAGM and Visit to St Mary’sAttleborough, 16th June 2016:The Branch struck gold for thesecond time this year with ourvisit to this beautiful church,officially The Church of theAssumption of the Blessed VirginMary, standing in the centre of themarket town of Attleborough, aposition it has occupied forworship for a considerable time,Saxon foundations having beendiscovered.

The available church leafletstates ‘You are warmly welcomedto our church’ but this proved tobe an understatement in our case.The June edition of the ParishMagazine ‘The Link’ devoted awhole page to the Prayer BookSociety, its history and imminentarrival in Attleborough. Membersattending included our PBSRegional Trustee, Nicholas Hurst,always a popular visitor. We weregiven the use of the ChurchRooms for our AGM, which was

followed by a tour of the church,tea and the most magnificentweekday Sung Evensong. Ourhosts were even so kind as to saythat it was a treat for them as wellto have this special weekdayservice.

The church itself has so muchof interest that space only allowsthe mention of a few items. TheRood Screen catches the eyeimmediately, dated around 1500and stretching across the nave andboth side aisles, a width of 52feet. Above the screen is part of awall painting, also dated around1500, and a pair of ancientwindows. There is a pulpit withcarving attributed to GrinlingGibbons, stained-glass windowsof interest, an alms box that wouldhave given trouble even to theHatton Garden raiders and anancient coffin lid set in the floorwith a cross design in the form ofa pair of battle-axes.

The Branch is indebted to somany people for our visit—among them our host, the RevdMatthew Jackson, who conductedthe service, and the Revd RichardStanton, his curate. The organistand choir were excellent. Ourguide to the church gave us muchvaluable information and a

smiling lady helper handed outpiping hot cups of tea withbiscuits. Many thanks to allinvolved and—for anyone readingthis who can visit Attleborough—do look round this lovely churchand attend a service if possible.

OxfordParish Visits:Several times a year committeemembers visit local churchesusing the BCP to give them oursupport. Sometimes these visitsare unannounced but on Sunday,1st May Branch ChairmanGeoffrey Horne and SecretaryJohn Dearing attended Evensongat a church which had requestedsuch a visit. This was the church ofSt Lawrence, Tubney, near Oxford.We received a warm welcomefrom the vicar, David Pickering,and the small congregation, andleft some PBS literature. Followingthe service, rather than a sermonwe heard a lecture on Ecology andthe Bible by parishioner Prof. JeffBurley from Oxford, who alsoplayed the organ. The folk atTubney would welcomeworshippers in the locality whoshare their love of the BCP, whichis used exclusively at StLawrence’s. The church also has

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another claim to fame. It is theonly Anglican church designed bythe great Roman Catholic architectAugustus Welby Pugin.

AGM:Our AGM was held at St Mary’s,Winkfield, near Bracknell,Berkshire, on 3rd June. Officersand committee members were re-elected with the exception of theRevd Jason St John Nicolle and MrStan Hope who retired from thecommittee, with the Revd AndrewMontgomerie and Mr John Servicevolunteering to join it. Followingthe formalities, a paper entitled‘Theological Amnesia’ by the RevdDavid Harris, Deputy Chairman ofPBS, was read by Branch SecretaryJohn Dearing, as the author hadbeen prevented from attending.The afternoon concluded with teaprovided by the Church, andEvensong conducted by the newlyappointed vicar, the Revd HuwMordecai.

Royal Birthday:During the weekend of HM TheQueen’s official birthday localmembers attended a royalcelebration at St Bartholomew’sChapel, Goring Heath. This is thechapel of Allnutt’s Almshouses andit is a corporate member of the

PBS. The day commenced withsaid Holy Communion at 11.00a.m., continued with a concertand afternoon tea, and concludedwith sung Evensong where thepreacher was the Ven. MartinGorick, Archdeacon of Oxford.The lessons were read by PBSmembers, and before the serviceBranch Chairman Geoffrey Hornepresented a superior copy of thePrayer Book to Stan Hope whohad retired after nearly ten yearsorganising the Branch heats in theannual Cranmer Awards. Theweather was pleasantly warm andmembers appreciated ourcontinuing association with StBartholomew’s and its chaplain,the Revd Peter Dewey.

Presentation of Prayer Books:On Wednesday, 29th June BranchPresident the Revd Dr RogerBeckwith and Chairman GeoffreyHorne attended Ripon TheologicalCollege, Cuddesdon, near Oxford,to present Prayer Books to twenty-four ordinands to be ordaineddeacons. In addition, eachcandidate received the PBS specialeraser which the Chairmansuggested would be useful tothose who wrote their sermons inpencil! This is an annual event forthe Branch and much appreciated

by the diocesan authorities. Geoffrey Horne made a brief

speech about the Society, pointingout the immense value of thePrayer Book in Anglican churchlife and expressing the hope that itmight be used more regularly atmain services.

Summer Outing:The Oxford Branch’s annualsummer outing took place onSaturday, 9th July with a visit toPinewood Film Studios at IverHeath in Buckinghamshire. Wehad a very interesting tour of theextensive site, with buggytransport provided for those whoneeded it. For security reasons itwas not possible to visit any of thecurrent film sets but we saw onebuilding where the set hadrecently been dismantled and atelevision studio set up for theNational Lottery draw. We werealso shown the enormous watertank with backing screen used forsea-going shots. There was even apit into which stricken shipscould sink! Also of interest was theadmin building where ‘Oscar’statuettes and other memorabiliafrom the film world were ondisplay. Following the tour weenjoyed tea and Choral Evensongat St Margaret’s, Iver Heath hostedby the vicar, the Revd AndrewMontgomerie, our regionaltrustee and recently electedcommittee member, who alsodevised the afternoon with ourlong-serving bulletin editor andlay minister at St Margaret’s, JohnMitchell.

Winchester & PortsmouthAnnual Parish Gathering of theEast Winchester benefice:

At 3.00 p.m. on Sunday, 26thJune our rector, the Revd CanonPaul Kennedy, took the service ofBCP Evensong at St Andrew’sChurch, Chilcomb, Hamp-shire. The Bishop of Basingstoke,

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During summer in the Yorkshire DalesFor many years the Anglican Association hasorganised a retreat at Parcevall Hall in the YorkshireDales. The Association was established in 1969 to bean advocate for Anglican Theology, Liturgy andSpirituality, and the retreat, which enjoys the use ofthe Prayer Book and the Authorised Version in all itsworship, is one expression of its work. The retreat is

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the Rt Revd David Williams,preached a moving and thought-ful sermon; our parish organistand small choir provided ananthem and led the singing ofthree traditional and much-lovedhymns.

Seventy-three people crammedinto our little Saxon-Normanchurch, set on a hill in deepcountryside. They came from the

village of Chilcomb, from otherchurches in the benefice, andfrom Winchester City. Therewere people on holiday broughtby friends. The flowers werebeautifully arranged by localladies.

After the service we all went tothe Gathering, held in the gardenof the Manor House, Chilcomb bykind invitation of the Chairman of

the Friends of St Andrew’s, Lt ColMark Dillon, and his wife Lucy.There was a traditional tea, withhomemade cakes and a raffle, andas many young people as old tookpart.

It was all very English, andsomehow healing after the bitterdivisions of the referendum a fewdays earlier. And the rain held offuntil it was time to go home!

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CoventrySaturday, 26th November: Branch Advent servicebased round the Advent collects with Advent hymns.Warwick School Chapel, 2.30 p.m.

OxfordSaturday, 10th December 2016, Advent Carol Servicewith Advent Collects and suitable lessons, 3.30 p.m.at St Michael at the North Gate, Cornmarket, Oxford,followed by refreshments.

Tuesday, 21st March, 2017, AnnualCommemoration of the Martyrdom of ArchbishopThomas Cranmer.

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Branch Contacts• BATH & WELLS:

Mr Ian Girvan, 59 Kempthorne Lane,Bath BA2 5DX Tel: 01225 830663 iangirvan@me.com

• BIRMINGHAM:Please contact the office, CopyholdFarm

• BLACKBURN:Mr Neil Inkley, 6 Knot Lane, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancashire PR5 4BQTel: 01772 821676Fax: 01772 259340

• BRISTOL:Mr Roger Tucker, 18 SpringfieldGrove, Westbury Park, Bristol BS67XQ Tel: 0117 9248629 email: rogertucker@live.co.ukMembership Secretary: Mrs JoyceMorris, 29 St John’s Road, Clifton,Bristol BS8 2HD

• CANTERBURY:Mr Derek Tee, 111 Rough CommonRoad, Canterbury CT2 9DATel: 01227 463903 derektee@canterbury50.fsnet.co.uk

• CARLISLE:Membership Secretary: Mrs KateEast, 10 Fernwood Drive, KendalLA9 5BUTel: 01539 725055

• CHELMSFORD:Please contact the office, CopyholdFarm

• CHESTER:Mr J. Baldwin, Rosalie Farm, ChurchMinshull, Nantwich, Cheshire CW56EFTel: 01270 528487mdsc187@aol.com

• CHICHESTER:CHICHESTER EASTMr Benjamin Tyler, Browning Manor,Blackboys, East Sussex TN22 5HGTel: 07505 650754benjamin.tyler@yahoo.co.ukCHICHESTER WESTMrs Valerie Dane, 225 ChichesterRoad, Bognor Regis PO21 5AQTel: 01243 827330valerie.225@btinternet.com

• COVENTRY:Mr Peter Bolton, 19 Kineton Road,Wellesbourne, Warwickshire CV359NETel: 01789 840814peterandrosalindbolton@hotmail.com

• DERBY:Please contact the office, CopyholdFarm

• DURHAM:Mrs Rosemary Hall, 23 BeattyAvenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE23QNTel: 0191 285 7534hallrosyhall@aol.com

• ELY:Mr P. K. C. White, The OrchardHouse, 12 Thrift’s Walk, OldChesterton, Cambridge CB4 1NRTel: 01223 324176pkcwhite@waitrose.com

• EXETER:Mrs Esme Heath, Brookfield,Stokenham, Kingsbridge, DevonTQ7 2SLTel: 01548 580615esme.heath@sky.com

• GLOUCESTER:Miss S.M. Emson, 38 GloucesterRoad, Stratton, Cirencester GL7 2JYTel: 01285 654591susanemson@gmail.com

• GUILDFORD:Dr John Verity, 65 Chart Lane,Reigate RH2 7EATel: 01737 210792 hjverity@doctors.org.uk

• HEREFORD:Mr Stephen Evans, 14 Raven Lane,Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1BWTel: 01584 873436Mobile: 07920 200619

• LEICESTER:Mrs S. Packe-Drury-Lowe, 35 GreenLane, Seagrave, Loughborough LE127LUTel: 01509 815262ritaphillips@gmail.com

• LICHFIELD:Mr D. Doggett, Grassendale, 5 ParkDrive, Oswestry, Shropshire SY111BNTel: 01691 652902

• LINCOLN:Mrs Clio Perraton-Williams, PyrusHouse, 12 Spital Terrace,Gainsborough DN21 2HETel: 01673 818109clio@perraton-williams.com

• LIVERPOOL:Please contact the office, CopyholdFarm

• LONDON & SOUTHWARK: Mr Paul Meitner, c/o the PBS office,Copyhold FarmTel: 020 7212 6394paul.meitner@uk.pwc.com

• MANCHESTER:Please contact the office, CopyholdFarm

• NEWCASTLE:Mrs Rosemary Hall, 23 BeattyAvenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE23QNTel: 0191 285 7534hallrosyhall@aol.com

• NORWICH:Mrs A. Wilson, The Old Rectory,Burston Road, Dickleburgh, Diss,Norfolk IP21 4NNTel: 01379 740561

• OXFORD:Mr J. B. Dearing, 27 Sherman Road,Reading, Berkshire RG1 2PJTel: 0118 958 0377gpwild@btconnect.com

• PETERBOROUGH:Mrs M. Stewart, The Sycamores, 3Oakham Road, Whissendine, RutlandLE15 7HATel: 01664 474353mary.stewart@decomplexity.com

• PORTSMOUTH: Please seeWinchester & Portsmouth

• ROCHESTER:Mr G. Comer, 102 MarlboroughCrescent, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2HRTel: 01732 461462joannacomer@btinternet.com

• ST ALBANS:Dr Matthew A Clarke, 12 Kilby Road,Stevenage SG1 2LTTel: 07866 430604austin81clarke@gmail.com

• ST EDMUNDSBURY & IPSWICH:Mr Anthony C. Desch, 4 Byfield Way,Bury St Edmunds IP33 2SNTel: 01284 755355anthonycdesch@gmail.com

• SALISBURY:Mrs Lucy Pearson, 10 Briar Close,Wyke, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4SSTel: 01747 825392lucypearson@waitrose.com

• SHEFFIELD:Miss Rosemary Littlewood, RailwayHouse, Hazlehead, Sheffield S36 4HJTel: 01226 764092rowood@waitrose.com

• SODOR & MAN:Mrs Clare Faulds, The Lynague,German, Isle of Man IM5 2AQTel: 01624 842045faulds.clare@gmail.com

• SOUTHWARK:Please see London & Southwark

• SOUTHWELL & NOTTINGHAM: Mr A.F. Sunman, 1 Lunn Lane, SouthCollingham, Newark NG23 7LPTel: 01636 893975adriansunman@lineone.net

• TRURO:Mr J. St Brioc Hooper, 1 TregarneTerrace, St Austell PL25 4BETel: 01726 76382j.stbrioc@btinternet.com

• WEST YORKSHIRE & THE DALES(BRADFORD)Please contact the office, CopyholdFarm

• WEST YORKSHIRE & THE DALES(RIPON & LEEDS)Mr J. R. Wimpress, Bishopton GroveHouse, Bishopton, Ripon HG4 2QLTel: 01765 600888bgh@ripon.org

• WEST YORKSHIRE & THE DALES(WAKEFIELD)

The Revd Philip Reynolds, St Aidan’sVicarage, Radcliffe Street,Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield HD89AFTel: 01484 863232life.draw@virgin.net

• WINCHESTER & PORTSMOUTH:Mrs Nikki Sales, 19 Heath RoadSouth, Locks Heath, SouthamptonSO31 6SJTel: 01489 570899

• WORCESTER:Mr Stephen Evans, 14 Raven Lane,Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1BWTel: 01584 873436Mobile: 07920 200619

• YORK:Mrs Margaret Hammersley, 5 Maplehurst Avenue, York YO31 8JATel: 01904 636512ajmeh@btinternet.com

• NORTH WALES:The Revd Neil Fairlamb, 5 Tros-yr-afon, Beaumaris, Anglesey LL58 8BNTel: 01248 811402rheithor@spamarrest.com

• SOUTH WALES:Dr J. H. E. Baker, 56 Bridge Street,Llandaff CF5 2YNTel: 0292 057 8091

• CHANNEL ISLANDS: Please seeWinchester & Portsmouth

• OVERSEAS MEMBERS:Mrs Sally Tipping, Woodland CrossCottage, Woodland Head, Yeoford,Crediton, Devon EX17 5HEtippingsc@gmail.com

AFFILIATED BRANCHES• IRELAND: Please contact the office,

Copyhold Farm• SOUTH AFRICA: Please contact the

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SISTER SOCIETIES• AUSTRALIA:

Miss Margaret Steel, 9/63 O'SullivanRoad, Rose Bay, NSW 2029mste8801@bigpond.net.auMr F. Ford, PO Box 2, Heidelberg,Victoria, 3084, AustraliaMrs Joan Blanchard, 96 DevereuxRoad, Beaumont, South Australia,5066, Australia

• CANADA:The Prayer Book Society of Canada,P.O. Box 38060, 1430 Prince ofWales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C3Y7, Canada www.prayerbook.ca

• SCOTLAND:Mr J. C. Lord, 11 Melrose Gardens,Glasgow G20 6RBTel: 0141 946 5045jcl30@btinternet.com

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:The Prayer Book Society, P.O. Box 137Jenkintown, PA 19046-0137, USA www.pbsusa.org

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