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Here’s a ‘saint’ that the Church of England remembers from

the 1st World War - the Revd. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy MC, or ‘Woodbine Willie’, as everyone knew this popular, much-loved army chaplain on the Western Front.Studdert Kennedy (27th June 1883 – 8th March 1929) had been born in Leeds as the seventh of nine children. After reading divinity and classics at Trinity College Dub-lin, he’d studied for ordination at Ripon Clergy College, and served his curacy at Rugby. By the time war broke out in 1914, Studdert Kennedy was vicar of St Paul’s Worcester. He soon volun-teered to go to the Western Front as a chaplain to the army. Life on the front line in the trenches was a desperate affair, but soon Stud-dert Kennedy had hit on a way of bringing a few moments of relief

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to the stressed out soldiers: as well as good cheer he gave out copious amounts of ‘Woodbines’, the most popular cheap cigarette of the time.One colleague remembered Ken-nedy: “he’d come down into the trenches and say prayers with the men, have a cuppa out of a dirty tin mug and tell a joke as good as any of us. He was a chain smoker and always carried a packet of Woodbine cigarettes that he would give out in handfuls to us lads. That’s how he got his nickname. He came down the trench one day to cheer us up. Had his Bible with him as usual. Well, I’d been there for weeks, unable to write home, of course, we were going over the top later that day. I asked him if he would write to my sweetheart at home, tell her I was still alive and, so far, in one piece… years later, after the war, she showed me the

letter he’d sent, very nice it was. A lovely letter. My wife kept it until she died.”Kennedy was devoted to his men, so much so that in 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross at Messines Ridge, after running into no man’s land in order to help the wounded during an attack on the German frontline.sAfter the war, he turned to Chris-tian socialism and pacifism. He was given charge of St Edmunds in Lombard St, London, and took to writing a number of poems about his war experiences: Rough Rhymes of a Padre (1918) and More Rough Rhymes (1919). He went on to work for the Industrial Christian Fellowship, for whom he did speaking tours. It was on one of these tours that he was taken ill, and died in Liverpool in 1929. He was only 46.

A saint in the trenches

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A move to end the “historic in-justice” of excluding mothers’

names from marriage certificates has passed its first parliamentary stage in a Private Members’ Bill brought by the Bishop of St Al-bans, Dr Alan Smith.The bill, which also includes pro-vision to modernise registration with electronic registers, received its Second Reading in the House of Lords.In his speech, the Bishop de-scribed the origin of the present practice of naming only the father on marriage certificates as “archa-ic and unchanged since Victorian times, where children were seen as the father’s property, and little consideration was given to moth-ers' roles in raising children.”Dr Smith continued: “As we pproach the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, it is only right that we consider how existing legislation excludes or does not recognise the con-tributions made by women. This Bill allows for this important and symbolic change to be made.It’s important to note that this Bill would allow mothers’ names to be included when registering all marriages, not just those that take place in Church of England Churches.”Dr Smith said there was popular

support for the change in Parlia-ment and across society. Many who were getting married themselves or whose children are to marry will, he said, have been "shocked" to discover the continuing exclusion of mothers’ names.Dr Smith also made clear that the Bill covered other matters relating to marriage registration, namely the modernisation of the system for recording marriages, moving away from a paper-based to a dig-ital system for record keeping.It does not, he said, “…alter who can get married, or where they can get married, or who can perform that marriage. The bill does not propose any changes to marriage ceremonies, or the Church of En-gland’s doctrine of marriage. These are all far greater questions, which fall beyond the scope of this Bill.”After passing Second Reading, the Bill now proceeds towards its Committee Stage in the House of Lords.

Church welcomes plans for plastic and wildlife

The Church of England has welcomed the Government’s

recent plans to protect the envi-ronment by tackling the problem of too much plastic, and helping wildlife.The new environmental plans have

been hailed as ‘terrific’ and as ‘car-ing for God’s creation’, according to the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Revd Nick Holtam, who is the Church’s lead bishop on environ-mental issues. The Government recently an-nounced that it is going to bring in measures designed to eliminate all avoidable plastic by 2042. This 25-year environmental plan, said Theresa May, was because plastic has become ‘one of the great envi-ronmental scourges of our time. In years to come, I think people will be shocked at how today we allow so much plastic to be produced needlessly.’ Bishop Holtam said that while a 25-year time scale ‘does look slow’, at least it was a start. The Government has also an-nounced plans to help wildlife, by introducing 500,000 new hectares of habitat for endangered species, and has promised to provide £5.7 million to kick-start a new North-ern Forest project, where 50 mil-lion trees will be planted between Liverpool and Hull.The head of global policy at Chris-tian Aid, Dr Alison Doig, has also welcomed the Government’s plans. ‘God’s creation is not something for us to simply use and abuse, but to cherish, protect and pass on. Unfortunately, we have not taken good care of it.’

The Church in Parliamentt

The Church's involvement in recent legislation marriage and the environment

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Recently Mr Gary McPheat wrote to one of our parishes requesting help in finding the one to whom he could express his gratitude: “A couple I know were faced with a horrendous situation concerning their four week old baby. In August 1954, their son was admitted to hospital in Luton, Bedfordshire, 30 miles north of London. It was soon diagnosed that their son was seriously ill with septicemia. The decision was made to transfer the little boy to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for specialist treatment. As the little one was so gravely ill the decision was taken to baptise the baby on the ward in Luton as it was looking likely that he would die within the next 24 hours. A police escort was arranged and under blue light the transfer to London was made,The immedi-ate assessment by the specialist at Great Ormond Street was not good. They told the parents there was no more the medical staff could do for the baby. The advice

to the parents was to go and pray for a miracle! The parents left the hospital in the early hours of the morning to find a church in which they could pray. They did not know the area so asked the first person they saw if they knew of a nearby church. A man told them he did know of a church, in fact he was a steward at the church and just happened to have a key to the church on him. The three of them prayed at the church, then after thanking the man, the parents rushed back to the hospital. The consultants were standing over the baby’s cot and as the parents approached, the top man turned to them and said ‘You

Grace and Gratitudehave obviously prayed because it appears that your baby is making a recovery’.The baby stayed at GOSH for six weeks. Every day of those six weeks the man from the church visited the special baby care unit and asked how the baby was getting on. After the stay in London the baby returned home to Luton.The baby recovered, thanks to the prayers and the marvellous care provided by Great Ormond Street Hospital. The little boy led a nor-mal life in a happy family home and that baby is now 63 years old.This story is about me. I was that baby.”We will probably not be able to find the identity of the warden in question who showed such grace in 1954 but of course the one who inspired that grace is none other than Jesus Christ and he is certain-ly with us today and made known wherever there is gratitude.”

Fr. John Hawkins, Archdeacon of Hampstead,shares a moving letter

Via Edmonton Eye

“Dear Friends....”From the Editor’s Desk

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As well as being the Third Sun-day of Lent, March 4th will

be notable as the day the appoint-ment of our next Vicar will be an-nounced, the ninth in our parish’s 143 year history. The appointment was decided on February 23rd after a day of interviews. I am told that it was not an easy decision to come to, and I am not surprised as, like many of you, I met the four priests shortlisted at the reception held in Church the evening before. I know several people wish that all four could be appointed on a job share basis. Sadly, even with our large Vicarage this is not possible.

Michael Conlon was laid to rest last month on February 15th, three months to the day he died. In the eulogies Fr. Guy paid tribute to Michael’s voluntary work in the Churchyard which was widely appreciated across the community, and Mark Williams raised laughter with his memories of Michael. The congregation which included Michael’s friends from the inter-net cafe on Fortess Road, and his neighbours joined in singing Let It Be because of Michael’s great enthusiasm for The Beatles, and Chris Ruoco, the tailor, and a for-mer sidesman with Chris Barber, played the Last Post. There was a get together in the Boston Arms afterwards. In his later years Mi-chael did not drink but he always enjoyed the conviviality of the pub.

The Feast of the Annunciation (March 25th) tends to be buried in Lent, and this year buried deeper than usual, as it falls on Palm Sun-day (it will be translated to April 9th). Once it had great significance in the everyday world, when, as Lady Day, it was one of the Quar-ter Days when debts were settled, wages paid, and work contracts began and ended. How important should it be in the Church’s year? We do, after all, cover Gabriel’s visit to Mary at Christmas, and on one Sunday in Advent as well. T he Feast of the Annunciation encour-ages us to reflect on Mary herself and her acceptance, and her Faith. Unlike Sarah, Hannah and her cousin Elizabeth she was a young woman with a promising life before yet she gave that life to God when he was asked to.The next time we reflect on her, will be during the Stations of the Cross.

Another gem in the liturgy that tends to be overlooked is the

Easter Vigil held on the Saturday evening between Good Friday. It marks the beginning of Easter with a ceremony of bringing new light into the Church. The new light is kindled in a brazier (sometimes a battle with wind and rain) and car-ried in on the new Paschal Candle. With the light the Church building is renewed and the congregation together renew their baptism vows beside the font. It is solemn service but a joyful one. This year it with be taken by the Archdeacon, Fr John Hawkins who is taking all our major Holy Week service. Easter Day will be celebrated by Bishop Robert.

On the First Sunday of Lent Fr. Simon Walsh spoke of the

importance of the Old Testament, in particular its importance for a full understanding the New. Jesus, his friends and his enemies all knew the Scriptures very well and referred back to them constantly. Even the Devil quotes from the Old Testament in the Gospel accounts of the temptations in the wilder-ness. This month Raymond Evans looks at the extraordinary life of David, a life which sometimes perplexes Christians because it is very different from the lives of the Saints. Meanwhile Nicky looks at the history of Mothering Sunday.

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The Israelites came to Canaan, their Promised Land, not

later than about 1200 BC. After the death of Moses, his apprentice Joshua led the Israelites to capture the land from the resident city-states. He then divided the land up amongst the 12 tribes of the Israelites. The 3 tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Joseph became the core tribes of Israel throughout its history.However the people mainly squab-bled amongst themselves or were constantly at war against neigh-bouring tribes. The Israelites had become unfaithful to God and, at that time, had no king to unite them in a common cause.The 7th book of the Old Testa-ment, JUDGES, reveals the stories of these powerful local leaders, sent by God, to bring order out of chaos and anarchy. Their work brought peace but only for limit-ed periods. Time and time again God had to intervene to punish His people for their wrongdoings e.g in Judges 13, “Once more the Israelites did what was wrong in the eyes of the LORD and he de-livered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.”The Philistines were an aggressive warmongering people who occu-pied land south of Canaan between the Jordan River and the Mediter-ranean Sea. Since the Greek word for the Philistine is ‘palaistinei’, it gives us the modern-day word of Palestine, for the same region.

The scene is now set amongst the bickering and brawling and failed social structure of the Israelites for a king to emerge.

Samuel was Israel’s last judge and its first prophet. He had served

the Lord since childhood under the charge of Eli the high priest. During his later years Samuel was told by God to meet a man at the town of Zuph in Ephraim. Here he was to follow God’s instructions and anoint the man as the first King of Israel. The man, from the tribe of Benjamin, was called Saul.Unfortunately Saul failed misera-bly because he lacked confidence in himself and in God. Saul was a complex character who really should have carried out the wish-es of the people and fight great battles to recover what had been lost previously. He stood head and shoulders above everyone else and had an air of authority about him If it hadn’t been for the support from his son Jonathan and from Samuel his reign would have been an ignominious disaster.

The young shepherd boy, David, had entered Saul’s service as a musician. He wrote and sang songs, later known as psalms, that soothed Saul’s tormented soul. He remained faithfully in Saul’s ser-vice, even accompanying him to the battlefield. He was the cham-pion of the God of Israel over the Philistine giant warrior, Goliath (1 Samuel 17, v 31 - 51). He was

great friends with Jonathan, Saul’s eldest son.David became God’s choice as the second King of Israel. He instruct-ed Samuel to anoint David and declare him King. As David was clearly a great soldier he was loved and revered by the Israelites who had always wanted a strong leader. This upset Saul who became deeply suspicious of him and David had to flee to avoid serious confrontation. David stayed in many places in Israel and Judah, always shifting his allegiances in order to outrun and outwit the pursuits of Saul and his army. In 1 Samuel 26, a version tells of David’s chance to kill Saul as he lay sleeping in his campsite. His companion Abishai urges him to let him strike him dead but David refuses, saying that nobody should slay the Lord’s anointed one and hope to get away with it. Instead he takes Saul’s spear and water-jug. There is a conversation later be-tween the two kings and Saul begs David to return in peace as Saul states he has been a misguided fool. However the Lord had lost patience with Saul and he was killed in bat-tle with the Philistines at Mount Gilboa south of the Sea of Galilee.

David’s first task as King was to capture Jerusalem from the Jeb-usites, drive out all Philistines, and bring the Ark of the Covenant into his capital city of Jerusalem. God would not let David build a temple in Jerusalem to replace the Tabernacle but instead showed His love to David by making a covenant with him that established his de-scendants as a dynasty. In 2 Samuel, 7, v 16. The Lord says to David, “Your family and your kingdom will be established for ever in my sight; your throne will endure for all time”.

David for beginners

Raymond Evans introduces Israel's poet, warrior king

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David’s extraordinary life has been a gift to artists because it presents so many vivid episodes. This work, painted by Jan De Bray, around the year 1670, stands out not just for its exceptional skill but for its approach, This David is not the wiry shepherd, boy, the inspired musician, or the warrior. He is well into a comfortable middle age, obviously a man with a good barber and a splendid tailor, with a rubicund complexion which sug-gests an all round enjoyment of life. Yet as sings before the Ark of the

David reigned for 40 years tak-ing eight wives and producing

19 sons and 1 daughter, Tamar. Per-haps his best-known wife, and his last, is Bathsheba, already married to Uriah the Hittite. In a treacher-ous move David had Uriah killed in battle as he was unable to hide his adultery. The prophet Nathan was sent by God to confront David who eventually repented but it was too late. In 2 Samuel 12 v 11 it says, “This is the word of the Lord; I shall bring trouble on you from within your family…”After that David’s family fell apart. There are stories of rape and in-cest, murder and treason. David declared his son Solomon to be his successor. David died aged about 70 years, in Jerusalem and was buried there at a spot near Mount Zion, it is believed.

David's extraordinary life has been a gift to artists because it presents so many vivid episodes. This work, by Jan De Bray, around the year 1670, stands out not just for its skill but for its approach, This David is not the wiry shepherd boy, the inspired musician, or the warrior. He is well into a comfortable middle age: a man with a good barber and a splendid tailor, with a rubicund com-plexion which suggests an all round enjoyment of life. Yet as he sings before the Ark of the Covenant there is some-thing other worldly in his expression. De Bray was born in Haar-lem in 1627 into an artistic

family. His father was an architect and a poet, and among his maternal uncles there was a painter and a poet. Two of his brothers became painters alongside him. His was a difficult life. Most of his immediate family died in the plague which came to Haarlem in 1664. He married and was left a widower three times. In 1689 he was declared bankrupt which cost him his citizenship of Haarlem and he moved to Amsterdam where he died in 1697. De Bray achieved his realism by using family and friends as models. He himself is the candle-bearer standing be-hind David.

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Billy Graham, the renowned American evangelist, was

remembered with great fond-ness by Christians the world over when news of his death was announced on Wednesday 21st February. He died peacefully in his sleep, aged 99.Billy Graham leaves a unique leg-acy: he preached to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history - nearly 215 million of them, in 185 countries and terri-tories. Hundreds of millions more were reached through television, video, film and webcasts.Born William Franklin Graham on 7th November 1918, four days before the Armistice ended World War I, Billy Graham was reared on a dairy farm in Charlotte, N.C. He

grew up during the Depression, working hard on the family farm.In late 1934, when he was 15, Billy Graham was converted to Christi-anity through the ministry of Mor-decai Ham, a travelling evangelist, who visited Charlotte for a series of revival meetings. He was ordained in 1939 by Peniel Baptist Church in Palatka, Fla. (a church in the Southern Baptist Convention) and studied at Florida Bible Institute (now Trinity College of Florida) and Wheaton College Illinois, before going into the ministry. He also married a fellow student, Ruth McCue Bell, daughter of a mission-ary surgeon to China.Billy Graham’s gift of evangelistic preaching was evident early on, but it was the 1949 Los Angeles

Crusade which vaulted him into the public eye. He astonished the churches and people of Los Ange-les by drawing 350,000 people over eight weeks, and leading 3,000 of them to make decisions for Christ. In the nearly 60 years of minis-try that followed, Billy Graham preached the gospel in nearly every corner of the world. Many Christians in the UK can trace their own faith in God back to Billy Graham’s crusade to Harrin-gay in 1954, or Earls Court in 1966 or 1967, or to Mission England, in 1984, as well as other, shorter visits. Hundreds of men went for ordina-tion because of his preaching.Billy Graham’s son, Franklin, writes: ‘My father’s journey of faith on earth has ended. He has been reunited with my mother and has stepped into the eternal joy of Heaven in the presence of his Sav-iour, in whom he placed his hope.’

A fisher of men

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The fourth Sunday in Lent is known as “Mothering Sunday”.

It is also known as Laetare Sunday – “rejoicing Sunday” – after the first Latin word of the entrance antiphon which used to be said on this Sunday: “Rejoice, Jerusalem, be glad for her, all you who love her”. Rose pink vestments and altar frontals may replace the pur-ple we see in the rest of Lent. In the Roman Catholic church, this Sunday used to be the only Sunday for which Lenten discipline was relaxed, before 1969, when all Sun-days were decreed to be festivals.

It is not wholly clear when this Sunday first became known as Mothering Sunday. One sugges-tion is that it came from the prac-tice of visiting the local cathedral, or mother-church of the diocese, on this Sunday. This was described as “going ‘a-mothering’ . This could get out of hand: Robert Grossetes-te, bishop of Lincoln (1170-1253) wrote “In each and every church you should strictly prohibit one parish from fighting with another over whose banners should come first in processions at the time of the annual visitation and venera-tion of the mother church.”

More recently, in England, it be-came the practice for apprentices and servants to be given a holiday to visit their families on this Sun-day, to attend the church where they were baptized. By custom they also presented their mothers with a cake made of eggs, butter and finest flour, or simnel flour, all ingredients which were other-wise forbidden in Lent. However, observance of Mothering Sunday seems to have fallen out of use during the 19th Century.

The mo der n recognit ion of Mothering Sunday was

brought about by Constance Ad-elaide Smith (1878 – 1938), who published “the revival of Mother-ing Sunday” in 1921 (revised 1932), which explored various aspects of motherhood (and the Mother of Jesus) and collected evidence for the traditions surrounding mid-Lent Sunday, including the practice of daughters visiting their

mothers with gifts. In the words of medievalist Andrew Dunning, “she … found that the medieval conception of motherhood and the celebration of it as both rugged and diverse.”

Constance Smith aimed to show that there was already an inter-

national tradition of honouring all mothers on the 4th Sunday of Lent. She was inspired by the American “Mother’s Day movement”, which led President Wilson to proclaim Mother’s Day in 1914, on the second Sunday in May. which only needed official recognition. which has extended to the practice of the origin of the tradition of giv-ing mothers cards, gifts and flowers on this Sunday.

Above: Rugged motherhood,as Our Lady thumps the Devil

(The De Braile Hours, British Library. C. 1240)

Mothering Sunday

Nicky Pittam looks at celebrationsancient and modern.

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A degree in Dance and Theolo-gy may not seem very practi-

cal, but Helen Burningham, who read both at university, and went on to take an MA choreography, has found her studies very useful in her work for the Church Mis-sion Society in Uganda. Last year she founded SPLASH DC, a dance company which in-cludes wheelchair users and people who have lost limbs, as well as dancers with no disability what-ever. “Starting an inclusive dance company has been on my mind,”

she says. “ Everyday I see young people on the streets of Kampala sitting in wheelchairs or on the floor looking up and reaching their hand for any penny that someone may drop. The sight of so much need inspired me to form SPLASH DC, a place where I hope our per-formers can find dignity and others may see the talent and worth they each possess.“Each person adds their own con-tribution to the group, bringing a collective statement of equality regardless of difference. Together,

we are more than the sum of our individual talents and with just one person missing the splash would not be as impactful. Our perfor-mances act as a role model for the integration and inclusion of people with disabilities, leaving Uganda with a refreshing ‘Splash’.”Helen, a daughter of missionaries, was born in Uganda where she lived the first six years of her life, and she found her own vocation when she returned there on her gap year after university. She has been working in Uganda for six years now. Another of her projects is the introduction of dance into the school curriculum. She is the au-thor of a dance teachers’ handbook. “I studied dance because it has been personally a place for me to connect with others and express issues of importance in an effective way. I have found dance to be a continual way of building bridges where words sometimes break them,” she says.

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Hymns and Readings

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4th March 3rd Sunday in LentExodus 20.1-17 Psalm 19*1 Corinthians 1.18-25John 2.13-22 Hymns: 437 Praise the Lord! Ye heavens adore him 234 Christ whose glory fills the skies 360 Firmly I believe and truly 333 All my hope on God is foundedSidesperson: Monica SarpongReaders: Oliver Butt, Ray EvansIntercessions: Ian MacGregor

11th March Mothering SundayExodus 2.1-10 or 1 Samuel 1.20-28Psalm 34.11-20 or Psalm 127.1-42 Corinthians 1.3-7 or Colossians 3.12-17Luke 2.33-35 or John 19.25-27Hymns 186 Tell out my soul God of Eve and God of Mary 185 Sing we of the Blessed Mother 413 Now thank we all our Go Sidesperson: Irada Fracassi Readers: Denise Sealy, Rob NesbittIntercessions: Nicky Pittam

18th March 5th Sunday in LentJeremiah 31.31-34Psalm 51.1-13 orPsalm 119.9-16 Hebrews 5.5-10John 12.20-33Hymns 445 Rock of ages, cleft for me 358 Father of heaven, whose love profound 83 Glory be to Jesus 294 Just as I am, without one pleaSidesperson: Nick BethuneReaders: Nicky Pittam, Lucy BoydIntercessions: Carol Kenning

25th March Palm Sunday Isaiah 50.4-9aPsalm 31.9-16*Philippians 2.5-11Mark 14.1 - 15.47Hymns 509 All glory, laud and honour 511 Ride on, ride on in majesty! 86 My song is love unknown 425 O love, how deep, how broad, 465 Thou didst leave thy throne Sidesperson: Rob NesbittReaders: Joe McKenzie, Carol Kenning Intercessions: Bill Saunders

29th March Maundy ThursdayExodus 12.1-4[5-10], 11-14 Psalm 116.1,10-17*1 Corinthians 11.23-26John 13.1-17,31b-35March 29th Maundy ThursdayHymns 137 Come down, O Love divine 302 O thou, who at thy Eucharist 268 Of the glorious body telling 296 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendourSidesperson: Bill SaundersReaders: Jenny Kauntze, Nicky PittamIntercessions: Ian MacGregor

30th March Good FridayIsaiah 52.13 - 53.12Psalm 22*Hebrews 10.16-25 orHebrews 4.14-16; 5.7-9John 18.1 - 19.42Hymns 90 O sacred head, sore wounded 82 Drop, drop, slow tears 92 There is a green hill far away 95 When I survey the wondrous cross

Sidesperson: Mark WillamsReaders: Ruth Godwin, Nick BethuneIntercessions: Nicky Pittam

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