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Pentecost
The Newspaper of East Barnet Parish 3200 FREE copies delivered each month June 2014
Pilgrims making progress
ON A BEAUTIFUL
Easter Monday,
these doughty
pilgrims from St
Mary’s hiked from
East Barnet to St
Albans for a service
at the cathedral.
They left at 7.30am
and arrived at their
destination at 1pm
after two stops for
refreshments.
“With more than a
thousand people
from all over the
county joining in, it
was a wonderful
experience,” said
Rector James
Mustard (centre in
the picture).
TODAY’S THE DAY (June 1) when the 2014 East Barnet
Festival is heralded by a season of Theatre in the Park, begin-
ning on Sundays at 3pm.
This starts with ‘Macbeth’ brought to Oak Hill Park by Festival
Touring Theatre, one of the country’s leading companies, who
tour to many National Trust and other prestigious locations.
Admission is £12 (£10 conc), £6 for 6-16s, under-sixes free. Eve-
ryone should bring a rug and cushion or a low-back chair and a
picnic, and light refreshments are available.
The gate at Oak Hill Park opens at 2.30pm. Blue badge holders
should come to the car park off Parkside Gardens by 2pm and
their cars will be escorted in.
Stewards are needed for the Theatre season, which continues from
July 13 with ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’, and for the main
Music and Dance Festival on July 4-6. More information
on www.eastbarnetfestival.org.uk or call 07071 781 745.
Bard bounces back
to Oak Hill stage
and the
Holy
Spirit: Pages 4 & 5
Bettina jumps
up and down in
the world: p7
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FOR THE
YOUNGER
GENERATION
TODDLER PRAISE St Mary’s Church 10.30 to 11.45am,
MONDAYS May 12 & 19
Info: Claire Driscoll, 07957 584516
SUNDAY’S COOL Church Hill School, at 10am
Check dates with Parish Office, 8441 4401 All children from 5 to 11 welcome.
Mothers, Others
and Tots (MOT) Pre-school Playgroup, every Friday
1.30-3pm in term time.
Brookside Methodist Church hall,
East Barnet Village.
Contact Mike Pearce for info: 8361 5823
Services in June and July
2—Church Hill Herald June 2014
Baptisms
...may be held on the first
Sunday of the month
during the 10am service
or at 12 noon.
Inquirie to the parish
office, tel 8441 4401
(Mon-Fri mornings).
Sunday June 1 EASTER 6
10am Sung Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong
Sunday June 8 PENTECOST
10am Messy Mass
6.30pm Broken (Alt.
Service)
Sunday June 15 TRINITY
10am Festal Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong
Sunday June 22 TRINITY 1
10am Sung Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong
Sunday June 29 ST PETER
10am Holy Communion
(BCP)
6.30pm Festal Eucharist
and party to welcome the
Revd Sam Korn
Sunday July 6 TRINITY 3
9.30am Festival Eucharist
11.30am Songs of Praise
in Oak Hill Park (East
Barnet Festival)
No evening service
Sunday July 13 TRINITY 4
10am All Age Eucharist
6.30pm Evening Prayer
Sunday July 20 TRINITY 5
10am Sung Eucharist and
Healing
6.30pm Evensong
Sunday July 27 TRINITY 6
10am Sung Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong
St.Mary's School, Littlegrove,
East Barnet
Summer Fayre
Saturday June 28 12-3pm
*Boys’ and Girls’ Tombolas *Beat The Goalie
*Face Painting *Arts and Crafts
*Home Produce *BBQ
*Beer Tent *Bottle Tombola
*Raffle
Plus lots of other fun!
Church Hill Herald June 2014—3
From the
Rectory JAMES MUSTARD, PARISH PRIEST
THERE is much in this
month’s Herald about
Pentecost and the Holy
Spirit. The Holy Spirit can be under-
stood as the “breath” of God
(one possible translation of the
Hebrew “Ruach” and the Greek
“Pneuma” which describe the
Spirit in the Hebrew Bible and
the New Testament), but it is
also understood to be more fo-
cussed and conscious than
“breath”.
The older English translation
“Holy Ghost”, related to the
Germanic “Geist”, makes this
much more clear. If the
“Zeitgeist” is the mind-spirit of
the age, the Holy “Geist” is the
eternal mind-spirit of God.
God the Holy Spirit, as an
e x p r e s s i o n o f G o d ’ s
“consciousness,” doesn’t just
drift around aimlessly or change
with the times. Rather, it is
every bit as intentional and un-
changing as its co-equal per-
sons, God the Father and God
the Son.
F o r t h e C h u r c h , t h i s
“consciousness” of God is
evoked at particular moments,
especially when people are com-
missioned to serve it in minis-
try.
Later this month, our new Assis-
tant Curate, Sam Korn, will be
ordained Deacon (from the
Greek “diakonos”, “servant”) to
serve this community and to be
a focal point for the work of
God in this place.
The Bishop will say to him
“Deacons are called to work
with the Bishop and the priests
with whom they serve as heralds
of Christ's kingdom. They are to
proclaim the gospel in word and
deed, as agents of God's pur-
poses of love. They are to serve
the community in which they
are set, bringing to the Church
the needs and hopes of all the
people…that the love of God
may be made visible.”
To be ordained is an extraordi-
nary privilege: one is commis-
sioned to make God and God’s
purposes through Christ and the
Holy Spirit more visible. It is a
ministry where one not only
proclaims the Good News, but
where one makes the Good
News known, felt and experi-
enced: in ministry, the “Geist”
of God meets the “Zeitgeist” of
one’s setting.
To encourage the meeting of
“Geist” and “Zeitgeist” is re-
warding, but is not an easy
task.
Our task as Sam’s training par-
ish will be to show him the im-
mense diversity of this place, to
enable him to read the
“zeitgeist” of East Barnet and
encourage the “Geist” of God to
be made known through his
many gifts, skills and talents.
I look forward very much to
welcoming Sam and his fiancée
Donna to this parish and minis-
tering with him in this place.
DEADLINE DAY Copy for the next edition
of the Church Hill Herald
should be submitted to
the editor by June 7.
Welcome Sam with true spirit
MARTIN HORTON
R.I.P.
It is with great sadness
that I announce the death
of Martin Horton, Reader
of this parish. He died on
May 9 as a result of com-
plications following sur-
gery. A full obituary will
follow in the next edition
of the Herald, but at this
time we hold his wife and
family in our prayers.
Our new deacon will
be called to serve
the community
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IT IS a lot more than just another
jolly spring Sunday with barbe-
cues and garden parties.
In the Christian liturgical year, it is a
feast commemorating the descent of
the Holy Spirit upon the Apos-
tles and other followers of Jesus
Christ (120 in all), as described in
the Acts of the Apostles 2:1–31. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Pentecost is celebrated seven weeks
(50 days) after Easter Sunday, hence
its name.
For some Protestants, the nine days
between Ascension Day and
Pentecost are set aside as a time
of fasting, and world-wide prayer in
honour of the disciples’ time of
prayer and unity awaiting the Holy
Spirit.
While the Eve of Pentecost was
traditionally a day of fasting for
Catholics, today's canon law no
longer requires it.
Both Catholics and Protestants may
hold spiritual retreats,
prayer vigils and litanies in the days
leading up to Pentecost. In some
cases vigils on the Eve of Pentecost
may last all night. Pentecost is also
one of theoccasions specially ap-
pointed for the Lutheran Litany to
be sung.
The typical image of Pentecost in
the West is that of the Virgin
Mary seated centrally and
prominently among the disciples,
with flames resting on the crowns of
their heads. Occasionally parting
clouds suggesting the action of the
‘mighty wind’, rays of light, and/or
the Dove, are also depicted.
Paul notes the importance of this
festival to the early Chris-
tian communities. (See: Acts
20:16 &1 Corinthians 16:8).
Since the lifetime of some who may
have been eye-witnesses, annual
celebrations of the descent of the
Holy Spirit have been observed.
Pentecost is a happy festival.
Ministers in church often wear robes
with red in the design as a symbol of
the flames in which the Holy Spirit
came to earth.
Hymns sung at Pentecost include:
*Come down O Love Divine
*Come Holy Ghost our souls inspire
*Breathe on me breath of God
*O Breath of Life, come sweeping
through us
*There's a spirit in the air
*Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh
on me
Messy Mass On Pentecost Sunday at St
Mary’s we will be celebrating a
‘Messy Mass’, when children will
be able to take part in various ac-
tivities in church. We like to de-
scribe it thus: “We pray and we
play”. So all youngsters are wel-
come to take part and enjoy good-
ies afterwards.
What is Pentecost?
Descent of the Holy Spirit
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Then who is the Holy Spirit? FOR THE LARGE majority
of Christians, the Holy
Spirit (or Holy Ghost) is the
third divine person of the Holy
Trinity, manifested
as Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit; each person itself being
God.
The New Testament includes
more than 90 references to the
Holy Spirit, and
the sacredness of the Holy Spirit
is affirmed in all three Synoptic
Gospels, which
proclaim blasphemy against the
Holy Spirit as the unforgivable
sin.
The Holy Spirit plays a key role
in the epistles of St Paul. In
the writings of St John, three
separate terms, Holy Spirit,
Spirit of Truth and Paraclete are
used. The Holy Spirit descended
on Jesus as a dove during his
Baptism, and at the Last
Supper Jesus promised to send
the Holy Spirit to
his disciples after his departure.
In the Acts of the Apostles, this
is how the coming of the Holy
Spirit on the followers of Jesus
is described in more modern
language than on the previous
page:
“When the day of
Pentecost came, they were all
together in one place. Suddenly
a sound like the blowing of a
violent wind came from heaven
and filled the whole house
where they were sitting.
“They saw what seemed to be
tongues of fire that separated
and came to rest on each of
them. All of them were filled
with the Holy Spirit and began
to speak in other tongues as the
Spirit enabled them.”
Modern religious thinkers see
the work of the Holy Spirit in
everyday happenings, some of
which are familiar to members
of St Mary’s Church.
These include the coming to
Christ of a bereaved family and
the revealing of a young
woman’s vocation for the
priesthood.
Any Christian witnessing or
being involved in these events
will testify that in their opinion
the Holy Spirit was at work.
Recently a parishioner of St
Mary’s experienced such a
happening.
A couple of friends of his were
bitterly atheistic after many
years of heartache with a terribly
handicapped daughter.
In the girl’s later years they had
been befriended by an Anglican
priest who counselled them.
Shortly after their daughter died
they told our parishioner:
“We’re going to church every
Sunday now.”
“Don’t tell me,” said the St
Mary’s man, “that this wasn’t
the action of the Holy Spirit,
working through that priest.”
His work is to be
seen every day
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6—Church Hill Herald June 2014
HERE are clues to some
famous and others not so well
known Biblical figures named
in the Old and New
Testaments. See how many
you can name.
1: A grandson of Adam and
Eve, son of Seth. It is written
that he lived 912 years.
2: Seagoing father of Ham,
Shem and Japheth.
3: Nephew of Abram, he
became a widower when his
wife could not resist a peep at a
burning town.
4: A son of Jacob, he and his
colourful coat were featured in
a modern musical.
5: He fled in fear after killing
an Egyptian who had murdered
a Hebrew slave.
6: A bandleader whose trum-
pets played so loud they made a
city’s wall fall down.
7: This strongman boasted that
he had killed a thousand Philis-
tines using only the jaw bone of
a donkey.
8: A beautiful princess who
tricked her lover into getting a
haircut.
9: This king had one of his sol-
diers killed after seducing his
wife.
10: King of Judaea at the time
Jesus Christ was born.
11: Wife of the above, who
persuaded her daughter to ask
for the head of John the Baptist.
12: A rich man who placed the
body of Jesus in a tomb he had
carved from rock..
13: The Roman governor who
asked Jesus “Are you the king
of the Jews?”
14: There was a case of mis-
taken identity when this woman
saw the risen Jesus.
15: The disciples brought on a
sub after Judas went off. What
was his name?
16: Stoned to death, this
outspoken disciple became
Christianity’s first martyr.
17: As the victim was stoned in
the previous question, this man
looked after the killers’ cloaks.
But later he became one of the
most prominent figures in the
New Testament.
18: This greedy man told a lie
to Peter and the Apostles and it
cost him his life.
19: A missionary with a Jewish
mother and Greek father, who
in a letter was warned against
false teaching.
20: A writer on poverty,
wisdom, pride, humility and
prejudice, whose name is
familiar to today’s
congregation at St Mary’s.
Answers: page 18
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YOU’D NEVER believe
it, but this is Herald
columnist Bettina von
Cossel flying through the
air — not with the
greatest of ease — and
abseiling down a gigantic
water tower in Harlow.
“I’m afraid of heights and
was absolutely terrified,
despite two hunky experts
helping me over the
edge,” said Bettina as she
came to the bottom of a
110ft drop feeling rather
sick.
The escapade was in aid
of the Finchley Literary
Festival, which ended on
May 31. At the time of
going to press Bettina,
who writes crime novels
and short stories in
German and English, had
raised a total of £315 in
sponsorship. See also p9.
TOWERING FEAT!
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8—Church Hill Herald June 2014
I TAKE the M25 at least twice
a week, driving my son from
New Barnet to his boarding
school in Bishops Stortford,
and back.
Needless to say, I was much re-
lieved to see that the building
works between Potters Bar and
Enfield are finally over. For
about five minutes I was even
very pleased about the fact that
the motorway now sports im-
pressive four lanes instead of the
previous three. Then I realised that the hard shoul-
der was missing. Crikey, who on
earth had the idea to do that? There
are now emergency bays after every
two or three miles where you’re
supposed to park your car in case of
a breakdown but quite frankly, has
your car ever given up right next to
an emergency bay?
I know from sad experience that life
doesn’t work like this. If you have
the mishap to break down on the
motorway, it will be exactly at the
furthest possible point from the next
bay.
Vulnerable Normally this is not such a tragedy
because you and your car should be
relatively safe on the hard shoulder.
Unfortunately, without the hard
shoulder you are in a most vulner-
able position. Even if you try your
best to park as much off the motor-
way as possible, two thirds of your
car will still be standing bang in the
middle of the lane. A car could
crash into yours at any moment, so
you and your passengers need to
leave straight away. Too bad there’s
a safety railing bordering the motor-
way, so you can’t even open the
doors leading out to the left. Every
passenger needs to leave the car via
the motorway side, open the doors
on to the motorway, and step right
on to the lane.
Not even lit On top of it all, this particular
stretch of motorway between Pot-
ters Bar and Enfield is not even lit.
How is a driver racing along the
motorway at a speed of 70mph sup-
posed to see that a broken down car
is standing in his way when it’s dark
or rainy?
Even if it’s not dark and rainy, it’s
often too late until you realise that
the car in front is STANDING in-
stead of driving.
To me this newly improved motor-
way looks like an accident waiting
to happen, and I sincerely hope no
driver has the misfortune to break
down on that particular stretch of
the road.
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WHATEVER
HAPPENED
TO THE
HARD
SHOULDER?
Church Hill Herald June 2014—9
A FEW DAYS ago I came
across an example of true
chivalry. I lost two tiny hair-
pins with a glittery flower on
top in Victoria Park, and
later told a dog walker about
it; a friendly postman with a
cute white dog called Harry.
Guess what? When I bumped
into him and his wife the same
evening, he said, ‘I’ve got
something for you’, and pulled
the two hairpins out of his
pocket. They’d sparkled in the
sunshine, so that he virtually
fell over them in the park. Still,
sunshine sparkle or not, the
park is huge and this is like
finding a needle in a haystack.
Or, in this case, even two nee-
dles. There must have been a
very kind and hairpin-minded
guardian angel watching over
me that day.
***
I’D LIKE to thank all those
who graciously sponsored my
abseiling in aid of the
Finchley Literary Festival
(see page 7).
I’m really pleased about the
outcome because all in all I
raised over £300. I found the
event extremely stressful be-
cause I’m very scared of
heights, and the moment when I
had to climb over the edge of
that tower and let go, was one
of the worst in my life. I was so
terrified I felt sick.
I can’t even tell you how re-
lieved I was when I arrived
back on firm ground. The secu-
rity men helped me out of the
abseiling gear, all ogling my
bottom, strangely enough. It
turned out that my husband had
involved them into a vivid dis-
cussion whether my bum
looked big seen from below, or
not, while I was abseiling. Of
all the topics in the world…
Quite frankly, I guess a man’s
soul will always stay a mystery
to me.
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THERE ARE exceptional
women who are inspirational
or have some real talent, and
somehow they’re quickly ele-
vated to deity status.
Just google and you’ll find god-
desses galore. The domestic
goddess, the gluten-free god-
dess, the knitting goddess…
Of course everybody knows
that these are not real goddesses
and that a diva, although the
word stands for a female deity,
is no goddess either.
Not so some extreme fans of
singer Beyoncé Knowles, as it
seems. The National Church of
Bey, founded by Atlanta native
and self-proclaimed ‘Minister
Diva’ Pauline John Andrews,
has brought Beyoncé and spiri-
tuality together in a new relig-
ion based on the star’s lyrics.
The lyrics are bound together in
a book known as the Beyble,
which is used to help followers
get in touch with their inner
‘Divine Divas’. The church
started out with 12 members,
but now the National Church of
Bey boasts more than 200.
Personally I find this very dis-
turbing. Why on earth doesn’t
Beyoncé pay that church a visit
to put an end to this? As for my
inner divine diva, there’s a
fabulous beauty salon in East
Barnet Road where I can get in
touch with her any time.
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One monk and his dog
ALTHOUGH not a parishioner
of St Mary’s, (we are parishion-
ers of Christ the King Cockfos-
ters) we live locally and enjoy
receiving your parish magazine.
Your article in the May edition
about the Benedictine monk and
his dog is interesting and (almost!)
accurate. The monk was Dom Ed-
mund Jones who was Prior of the
Benedictine monastery of Christ
the King Cockfosters (and Parish
Priest) and his dog (a rescue stray)
was an alsatian called Shadow. As
you say, he was very close to
Shadow, although it would proba-
bly be more accurate to say that
Shadow would not leave Dom Ed-
mund’s side. Although the dog did
sometimes go on to the sanctuary,
his normal place during a service
(when he would accompany Ed-
mund down the aisle) was at the
base of the steps leading up to the
altar (totally in the way of those
going to receive communion!).
Dom Edmund eventually decided
he wanted to revert to being a
“simple monk” rather than running
a parish so looked for a site and
discovered premises at Turvey, in
Bedfordshire (not Herts: Ed.), to
where he moved, as Prior, with (I
think) three other monks, leaving
two more to continue running the
Cockfosters parish.
The Benedictine Nuns also moved
from Cockfosters with him (the
ones who produce beautiful vest-
ments, icons and religious ban-
ners). The building he found was a
large manor house called
(coincidentally) Turvey Abbey
which was ideal for the Nuns and
so became the convent. There
were also converted stables and
outbuildings which (with a little
tarting-up) became the monastery
and guest house. After a few years
they had raised enough funds to
build a very lovely church/chapel.
Shadow however died before Ed-
mund moved. He continued to
develop the order in Turvey and it
still exists, many years after his
death, although with only one or
two monks/priests – but still a
large number of nuns. As I have
been connected with Christ the
King since around the age of four-
teen (I’m now seventy-two), I
knew Edmund and the other
monks very well.
If anyone wanted to visit Turvey -
a lovely peaceful, prayerful place
– I’m sure they would be happy to
see you (simply telephone and
ask).
Gregory Brown
Avondale Avenue, EN4 8NA
Christ the King Church,
Cockfosters READER’S LETTER
Church Hill Herald June 2014—11
THE GOOD DOCTOR was
gobsmacked. “Wow!” she ex-
claimed as I prepared to leave
her surgery. “Could you put
that in writing?”
She was referring to the fact
that as I put my coat on I sim-
ply thanked her for the excel-
lent treatment I had always re-
ceived when needing the atten-
tion of herself or one of her
colleagues. This was a rare hap-
pening, said the friendly GP. So
much so that she’d like to put it
into the practice’s records.
Naturally, I agreed to the re-
quest. And when I got home I
penned a short letter to the
health centre putting my appre-
ciation in black and white.
Encounter The pleasant little episode led
to my thinking of how the doc-
tor was in good company — as
illustrated in the familiar story
of Jesus and his encounter with
ten lepers (Luke 17: 11-19).
If you remember, the historic
account tells of how Jesus was
on his way to Jerusalem and
passing through a village when
he saw these ten guys who were
all suffering from the dreaded
skin disease.
They stood at a distance, as was
normal behaviour because their
affliction was not only highly
contagious but extremely wide-
spread in biblical times.
“Jesus! Master!” they cried,
“Take pity on us!” Obviously
they had heard of the amazing
acts of healing attributed to the
popular rabbi from Nazareth.
Jesus didn’t fail them. All he
said was: “Go and let the priests
examine you.” They did so, and
on the way to seek a clean bill
of health miraculously became
clean. That was not the end of
the episode. For one of the ten,
an immigrant from Samaria, ran
back to Jesus, threw himself to
the ground, praising God and
uttering thanks.
But where were the other nine?
Luke doesn’t tell us, but it’s a
fair bet they were celebrating or
at least rushing off with joy to
be reunited with their wives and
families. Whatever the case
may have been, it wouldn’t
have taken them long, would it,
just to spare a few minutes to
mumble some words of thanks?
Sidelined Jesus was clearly upset. “There
were ten men who were
healed,” he said. “Where are
the other nine? Why is this for-
eigner the only one who came
back to give thanks to God?”
Why indeed. But sadly it was
just another example of Jesus
being sidelined by his own peo-
ple. Selfish, unthinking people
who would betray him, deny
him and eventually abandon
him to the cruel Romans who
hung him on a cross to die.
I wonder where those cured
lepers were as Jesus breathed
his last on Golgotha. It doesn’t
bear thinking about.
Thank you for reading this
column, and blessings galore
on you all!
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AS I SEE IT by Mike Pearce
Two little
words
that mean
so much
One of the ten threw
himself on the
ground, praising God
and uttering thanks.
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10th Commandment A SUNDAY school class was studying
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The teacher asked if anyone could tell
her what it was. Susie raised her hand,
stood up and quoted, “Thou shall not
take the covers off thy neighbour's
wife.”
Not welcome A POOR old man applied for
membership of a wealthy church. The
pastor tried to put him off with all kinds
of evasive remarks.
The old man became aware that he was
not welcome there and finally told the
pastor that he would go away and
pray about it. After several days he
returned. “Well,” asked the pastor,
“Did the Lord give you a message?"
“Yes sir, he did,” was the old man's
answer. “He told me it wasn't any use.
He said, ‘I've been trying to get in that
same church myself for ten years and
they won't let me in either’.”
Lord help me DEAR Heavenly Father,
So far, today, I've done all right. I
haven't gossiped or lost my temper. I
haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty,
or self centred. I'm really happy about
that so far.
But in a few minutes I'm going to be
getting out of bed and then I'm going
to need a lot of help. Thank you!
Amen
The pallbearers AN ELDERLY spinster requested that
no male pallbearers be used at her
funeral. In her handwritten instructions
she wrote, “They wouldn't take me out
while I was alive so I don't want them to
take me out when I'm dead.”
Watch your diet?
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heart attacks than Brits, while Italians
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fewer heart attacks than Brits.
The Germans drink a lot of beer and
wine and eat lots of fatty sausages and
suffer fewer heart attacks than Brits.
Conclusion: Eat and drink what you
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Forget me not? Bob: “Will you remember me
tomorrow?”
Bill: “Yes. ”
Bob: “Will you remember me next
week?”
Bill: “Yes.”
Bob: “Will you remember me next
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Bill: "Yes"
Bob: “Will you remember me next
year?”
Bill: “Yeah.”
Bob: “Knock knock.”
Bill: “Who's there?”
Bob: “See, you forgot me already!”
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HOLY AND UNHOLY HUMOUR
The
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congregation decided to give
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He was so touched by the gift
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announced, “Next week I will be
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THE GROWERS’ CLUB
have a plot on the allotments
at Bells Hill.
It was an activity group which
grew from the High Barnet
Green Home Zone. This was a
community organisation formed
in 2009 and operates on a not
for profit basis. Its primary
work was in the community
helping to give householders
advice as to how to lower their
carbon footprint both at home
and in their life in general.
The issues that we were inter-
ested in drew our attention to
matters such as recycling, less
waste both in food and packag-
ing and led us to want to grow
our own, naturally and locally.
This brought us to inquire about
obtaining a plot in the local
community. The Plot at the
Bells Hill Allotment was avail-
able and with hard work both
from members of the HBGHZ
and friends’ support we man-
aged to transform a patch of
land that was overgrown, cov-
ered in brambles and mud into
an organised plot with a shed
and raised beds that have
seen sunflowers, sprouts, pota-
toes, strawberries, pumpkins
and courgettes flourish.
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total five regular members and
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knowledge of growing and we
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WE LEARN AS WE DIG
Church Hill Herald June 2014—19
Not quite right... WELL, that was an action packed
season in the Skrill Premier Con-
ference, wasn’t it?
At the Player of the Year Awards,
defender David Stephens received
this accolade for the second
season running, and also an award
for the Goal of the Season for his
fantastic volley against Grimsby in
November. Mauro Vilhete, who
came to the club via the
community Kickz programme,
won Young Player of the Year and
Most Improved Player of the
Season – both of which were well
deserved. Andy Yiadom won the
Players’ Player of the Season
award.
George Sykes, who has been on
loan to St Albans City, was named
Player of the Month there in April.
An excellent end of season boost
to the club was the announcement
that
Stephens, Yiadom and Luisma
Villa are all staying with us and
have signed for another
season. We look forward to
continuing to see them play. Also
under contract are Graham Stack,
Eliot Johnson, Luke Gambin, Iffy
Allen and George Sykes. Manager
Martin Allen (no relation!) , as our
playoff hopes faded, has admitted
that “something isn’t right” with
the club, as teams with part-timers
finished above us in the
league. Assistant Uli Landvgreud
has left, and Allen has started a
clear-out of players. Loanees
Dani Lopez, Alex Peterson, Sam
Muggleton, Conor Dymond, and
Charlie Adams have returned to
their parent clubs. Jordan Brown,
Kieran Cadogan, Roberto
Casabella,Marciano Mengerink,
Nick Jupp, Freddie Warren,
Ahmed Abdullah and Harry
Crawford have also left, and we
wish them well in their
careers. James Harper, Jack
Saville, and Jon Nurse have not
been awarded new contracts, but
have been invited back to train
with the Bees in pre-season and
review the situation. Keanu
Marsh-Brown, Jake Hyde and Ja-
mal Lowe have been placed on the
transfer list.
So, now for some vital statistics...
At the end of the season, Barnet
were eighth in the table with 70
points. The champions, Luton
Town (who deserve huge
congratulations), had 101 points
and the bottom team had ten. We
scored 58 goals and had 53 scored
against us, in the course of 19
wins, 13 draws and 14 losses. Top
goal-scorers were Jake Hyde and
Keanu Marsh-Brown with 12
apiece.
Next season’s fixtures should be
out in early July, and the season
starts on August 9, so keep an eye
on the club site for more up to date
news.
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ASSOCIATE MINISTERS
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PARISH ADMINISTRATOR
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