The Parish Magazine of St Stephen’s Church

Guernsey

January 2018

From the Editor A new year is upon us, fresh beginnings, new projects (the undertaking of the conservation of the Tree of Jesse window, as pictured on the front cover), a new vision for family ministry, so many plans for the future. It is wonderful to start the new year full of hope, enthusiastic about what will happen this year, ready to invest anew in what God has in store for us. What God has in store for us, and what is unfailing, unconditional, never-ending and marvellous, is his great love and compassion that are new every morning (Lam 3. 22-23). Fresh mercies and reinvigoration, to accompany us as we venture forth in 2018. Claudia Moore

God is in the Business of Restoration

According to a recent poll, the most common New Year’s resolutions include: 1) Exercise more 2) Lose weight 3) Eat healthily 4) Take a more active approach to health 5) Learn a new skill or hobby 6) Spend more time on personal well-being 7) Spend more time with family or friends 8) Drink less alcohol 9) Stop smoking 10) Other. As an old saying observes, ‘A New Year’s resolution goes in one year and out the other’. We often begin a new year with the best intentions, making resolutions to change this or stop that. But no matter how hard we try, even the best choices may fall by the wayside, ready to be picked up again the following January. As 2018 begins, our God invites us to remember that He is always faithful to His resolutions and promises. In Isaiah 43. 19 we read, ‘I am about to do a new thing: now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert’. And in Revelation 21. 5: ‘See, I am making all things new’. In this issue of the Parish Magazine, we will be speaking of the project to restore the very valuable William Morris stained glass windows at St Stephen’s Church. Exciting times are ahead! As we embark on this initiative, we may be encouraged, because God is also in the business of restoration. He understands, and is perfectly aware of our circumstances, our weaknesses and failings; and He is also keen to help us with our aspirations and the deep desires of our hearts. When something is in need of restoration, generally there has been some breakdown or problem. A house in need of restoration may be damaged due to a storm, or perhaps by years of neglect. A car that needs to be restored may have been driven for years with no maintenance, or perhaps has suffered the effects of weather. A person who needs to be restored is one who is experiencing issues that may be directly due to his/her own actions or the actions of others. The good news is that God desires to restore us. He is in the business of changing His people.

Fr John Moore

Church Diary – January 2018 Monday 1 The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

Tuesday 2 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers, 379 and 389 Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Spiritual Guide, 1833

11.00am Mass Lady Chapel

Wednesday 3 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel

Thursday 4

Friday 5 7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel

Saturday 6

Sunday 7 Feast of the Epiphany (transferred from 6 January) and The First Sunday of Epiphany

9.30am Said Mass (Fam Min) Fr John 11.00am Sung Mass with Procession Fr John followed by 12.30pm lunch for children and their parents

Monday 8 The Baptism of Christ

Tuesday 9 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel

Wednesday 10 William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel

Thursday 11 Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915

Friday 12 Aelred, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Benedict Bishop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689

7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel

Saturday 13 Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603

Sunday 14 The Second Sunday of Epiphany 9.30am Said Mass (Fam Min) Fr John 11.00am Sung Mass Fr John

Monday 15

Tuesday 16 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel

Wednesday 17 Antony of Egypt, Hermit, Abbot, 356 Charles Gore, Bishop, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932

7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel

Thursday 18 Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, Spiritual Writer, 1951

Friday 19 Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095 7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel

Saturday 20 Richard Rolle of Hampole, Spiritual Writer, 1349

Sunday 21 The Third Sunday of Epiphany 9.30am Said Mass (Fam Min) Fr John 11.00am Sung Mass Fr John 2.30pm Messy Church in Community Centre

Monday 22 Vincent of Saragossa, Deacon, first Martyr of Spain, 304

Tuesday 23 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel

Wednesday 24 Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622 7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel

Thursday 25 The Conversion of Paul

Friday 26 Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul 7.00pm Mass Resurrection Chapel

Saturday 27

Sunday 28 Candelmass—The Presentation of Christ in the Temple and The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany

9.30am Family Service—Fr John 11.00am Sung Mass Fr John 12.30pm Baptism of Rafferty Bett

Monday 29

Tuesday 30 Charles, King and Martyr, 1649 11.00am Mass Lady Chapel

Wednesday 31 John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888

7.00pm Mass Lady Chapel

Looking Further Ahead

Feb 4 Sunday 12.30pm Baptism of Harry Kevin Le Page Feb 7 Wednesday tbc Renewal of wedding vows— Paula Exall Feb 10 Saturday 4.00pm Taizé Service Feb 14 Wednesday 7.00pm Ash Wednesday Mass Feb 18 Sunday 12.30pm Baptism of Alivia Mai Cindy De Ornelas Feb 22 Thursday 2.00pm Lent Course Week 1—‘On the Way’ Mar 1 Thursday 2.00pm Lent Course Week 2— ‘On the Way’ Mar 8 Thursday 2.00pm Lent Course Week 3—’On the Way’ Mar 15 Thursday 2.00pm Lent Course Week 4—’On the Way’ Mar 18 Sunday 12.30pm Baptism of Ian Paul Hudson Mar 22 Thursday 2.00pm Lent Course Week 5—’On the Way’ Mar 25 Sunday Palm Sunday Mar 29 Thursday 7.00pm Maundy Thursday Mass and Watch Mar 30 Friday 9.30am Good Friday Passion Narrative and Reproaches 2.00pm Stations of the Cross

Mar 31 Saturday 2.00pm Messy Church and Easter Egg Hunt 8.00pm Easter Vigil Apr 1 Sunday Easter Sunday

The Tree of Jesse

The ‘Tree of Jesse’ is a depiction in art of the ancestors of Christ, shown in a tree which rises from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David. It is also the original use of the family tree as a schematic representation of a genealogy.

The Jesse Tree has been depicted in almost every medium of Christian art. In particular, it is the subject of many stained glass windows and illuminated manuscripts. It is also found in wall paintings, architectural carvings, funerary monuments, floor tiles and embroidery. Generally only a few of the most well-known individuals, like Kings David and Solomon, are represented on Jesse Trees, rather than an attempt to display the entire lineage.

The Tree of Jesse in Chartres Cathedral

Depictions of the Jesse Tree are based on a passage from the Book of Isaiah, chapter 11, verse 1: ‘And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots’ (KJV). In the Latin Vulgate Bible used in the Middle Ages, this verse was translated as follows: et egredietur virga de radice Iesse et flos de radice eius ascendet.

Flos is the Latin word for flower. Virga is a ‘green twig’, ‘rod’ or ‘broom’, as well as a convenient near-pun with Virgo or Virgin, which undoubtedly influenced the development of the image. Thus Jesus is the ‘Virga Jesse’ or the ‘stem of Jesse’.

In the New Testament, the lineage of our Lord is traced by two of the gospel writers, St Matthew (in descending order, following the lineage of Joseph) and St Luke (in ascending order, following the genealogy of Mary). Luke's description in chapter 3 of his gospel begins with Christ himself and is traced all the way back, via Nathan to David and then on to ‘Adam, son of God’ (Luke 3. 23-38). Matthew's gospel opens with the words, ‘The account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham’ (Matthew 1. 1). With this beginning, Matthew shows the Abrahamic and royal descent, passing through David, but then through Solomon.

The first representations of the passage in Isaiah, from about 1000 AD in the West, show a ‘shoot’ in the form of a straight stem or a flowering branch held in the hand most often by the Virgin, or by our Lord when held by Mary, by the prophet Isaiah or by an ancestor figure. In the Byzantine world, the Tree figures only as a normal-looking tree in the background of some Nativity scenes, also a reminder to the viewer. Indeed, the Tree was always far more common in Northern Europe (where it may have originated) than in Italy. Canterbury Cathedral

York Minster

The most typical form which the Jesse Tree takes is to show the figure of Jesse, often larger than all the rest, reclining or sleeping at the foot of the pictorial space. From his side or his navel springs the trunk of a tree or vine which ascends, branching to either side. On the branches, usually surrounded by formally scrolling tendrils of foliage, are figures representing the ancestors of Christ. The trunk generally ascends vertically to Mary and then to Jesus at the top.

The number of figures depicted varies greatly, depending on the amount of room available for the design. As a maximum, if the longer ancestry from Luke is used, there are 43 generations between Jesse and our Lord. The identity of the figures also varies, and may not be specified, but Solomon and David are usually included, and often all who are shown wear crowns. Most Jesse Trees include Mary immediately beneath the figure of Christ (or, in the Gothic period, show a Virgin and Child), emphasising that she was the means by which the shoot of Jesse was born. St Joseph is rarely shown, although unlike Mary he is a link in the Gospel genealogies. Sometimes Jesus and other figures are shown in the cups of flowers, as the fruit or blossom of the Tree.

Medieval renderings of The Jesse Tree in stained glass may be found at Chartres, Le Mans and Evreux Cathedrals in France; at Sainte-Chapelle in Paris; and at York Minster, Canterbury and Wells Cathedrals. Wells Cathedral

Renaissance and classical examples of the theme are located at Dorchester Abbey (Oxfordshire), St Leonard’s Church (Cambridgeshire), Saint-Etienne church (Beauvais, France) and the Notre Dame Cathedral in Moulins, France. Nineteenth-century stained glass renderings of The Jesse Tree may be found

at St Bartholomew’s Church, Rogate, West Sussex; Pusey House Chapel,

Oxford; St Mary of the Assumption Church, Froyle, Hampshire; St Matthew’s

Church, Newcastle; and St Stephen’s Church, Guernsey.

The William Morris Windows at St Stephen’s Church

William Morris (1834-1896), the English textile designer, artist and writer, is considered to be one of the most significant cultural figures of Victorian Britain. He was a major contributor to the far-reaching Arts and Crafts Movement; and through the creation of his decorative arts firm, Morris profoundly influenced interior decoration throughout the Victorian period.

One of the firm’s earliest commissions was to produce designs for the stained glass windows of St Stephen’s Church in Guernsey. St Stephen’s, designed by George Frederick Bodley, is a superb example of a Victorian interpretation of Gothic architecture of the early 13th century, with long narrow windows and tall arches. The William Morris-designed stained glass windows at St Stephen’s are judged by art historians to be masterpieces of Pre-Raphaelite design; and the church’s magnificent Tree of Jesse stained glass window is unique in the world due to its size.

In 2018, St Stephen’s Church will seek to raise funds to repair, preserve, conserve and protect its William Morris-designed windows for future generations to enjoy. As well as the Tree of Jesse windows, the windows to be repaired include the three-light East windows above the High Altar, which feature medieval style roundel-glazing, based on 15th and 16th-century Dutch paintings. They also include the magnificent windows in the Lady Chapel and other windows in the north aisle.

The restoration of the windows will be undertaken using the latest conservation practices and techniques. All original stained glass will be cleaned and preserved, along with any possible leadwork. Faded detail will be scanned, and a replacement fitted so that the detail is sharp; the original glass will, however, remain for future inspection.

Cracks in the stained glass are to be repaired, where possible; and missing pieces of glass will be remade to match the originals and replaced. The internal ferrous tie bars are to be replaced with phosphor bronze bars, to avoid a continuation of the rust-jacking damage to the masonry. The external protective glazing, which is necessary given the importance of the William Morris windows, is also to be replaced.

A total of £85,000 is required for this ambitious initiative, which will be carried out by Holy Wells Glass, a firm that has conducted similar prestigious restoration projects at Winchester, Exeter, Wells and Worcester Cathedrals.

Donations towards the restoration may be made by cheque (sent to St Stephen’s Church, c/o St Stephen’s Vicarage, Les Gravées, St Peter Port GY1 1RN) or on-line via the church’s website: http://st-stephens-guernsey-org.

We hope that many will support this restoration campaign, which will enable the William Morris windows of St Stephen’s to continue to receive the worldwide appreciation that they deserve!

As from January 2018, St Stephen’s will be placing a new emphasis on its ministry to families.

Our Said Mass at 9.30am on Sunday mornings will now be the focus of that ministry. Every week, children and youth of all ages are invited to join us for activities that will take place during the service. Fun and learning are guaranteed!

And on the last Sunday of each month, a Family Service will be held at 9.30am. Adults and young people alike will participate in the service, which will have an adapted liturgy, special worship songs and teaching.

After the 9.30am Mass each week, all are invited to share refreshments at the St Stephen’s Community Centre, located behind the church.

We are excited about this ministry and hope that you will join us!

If you have any questions or would like to become involved, please contact Andrea Bateman (Telephone: 235920; E-mail: andrea.bateman@yahoo.co.uk).

An Article from Fr Leslie on Temples Sunday, 28th January, we celebrate Candlemass or the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. There were three temples. (a) Solomon's Temple, completed in seven and a half years, was a royal chapel rather than a national sanctuary, a St George's, Windsor, rather than a Westminster Abbey. It held little affection for the mass of the Hebrew population. It was constructed by architects of Hiram, King of Tyre, and had various features which were characteristically Phoenician and by later standards considered heathen. It was destroyed in 586 BC by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. (b) The Second Temple begun in 526 BC was finished in four years by an impoverished little community, who rebuilding after the destruction and the driving in a forced march to Babylon of much of the able-bodied population, could afford little in the way of splendour: nevertheless old men wept for joy when its foundations were laid (Ezra 3. 12). Haggai, whose enthusiasm inspired the enterprise, promised that the glory of the later house should be greater than that of the former house (2. 9). Its worship is exemplified by prayers found in the Book of Chronicles and the 119th Psalm. This temple was plundered by Antiochus Epiphanes, who defiled it with idolatrous worship (1Macc 1. 21sq). Later it became a patriot stronghold in the campaign against the occupying forces of the Roman general Pompey who, after a three-month siege, entered it on the day of the Atonement, and left little remaining. (c) Herod's Temple, the scene of the Presentation, was a magnificent building 'Forty and three years was this temple in building' (John 2. 29). The disciples, though they knew of it so well, were taken aback on their seeing it for the first time: 'See what manner of stones and what buildings', to which Christ replied, 'There shall not be left one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down’ (Matt 8. 1, 2). Though he will have loved it from the time of his Presentation when as a child he first entered its great doors, this wonderful building, a bank, a fortress, a market, as well as the centre of the nation's sacrificial system of worship, was doomed to destruction ('My house shall be called the house of Prayer…’). Its short life was ended in AD 70 when it was destroyed by Titus the son of the Roman Emperor, Vespasian. The Triumphal Arch of Titus, the booty from the Temple depicted on reliefs, still stands in Rome.

‘My New Year’s Resolution is to lose 38,000 pounds.’

New Year’s Resolutions: 1. Lose weight. 2. Marry Leonardo Di Caprio. 3. Discover the lost city of Atlantis. If I have to fail, I’m gonna fail big.

Anglo-Catholic’….matters St Stephen’s Church has a long and rich Anglo-Catholic tradition. Each month, the Parish Magazine will feature an article about one aspect of this tradition, which contributes so much to our corporate worship and the life of our church community.

The Altar

(Part 1 of 2)

Anglo-Catholics have traditionally placed an important emphasis on the altar.

A long-standing theological maxim states that Christ is the priest, the victim and the altar of His own self-sacrificial offering. He is the priest because He is the One who offers; and He is the victim because he is simultaneously the One offered. But His body is also the very ‘place’ of this sacrificial offering, and so follows another traditional saying: ‘the Altar is Christ’. This high theology of the altar comes directly from our Lord’s fulfilment of the biblical types that foreshadowed him. He fulfilled every previous priesthood and every previous sacrifice by becoming the True High Priest and the True Victim. So too, His body fulfilled and replaced every previous altar erected to the worship of God. Christ, then, took up and recapitulated every previous sign of His own action in the world and returned them to the Father in heaven.

But in the sacramental system of the Church, the things of heaven come to us as sacramental revelations. Priest and people symbolise the mystical Body of Christ; Scripture makes known the word of God; and, supremely, the Eucharist renders present Christ’s very reality. The things of heaven come to us through signs, but nonetheless provide a real and sacramental encounter.

In art and architecture, a similar sacramental process occurs. In other words, the material ‘stuff’ of the world can serve not only to memorialise things past, but provide a sacramental anticipation of things to come. Simply put, the altar symbolises Christ Himself: as the fulfilment of the Old Testament arrangements; as God present with His people on earth; and as the forerunner of the eternal, glorious banquet of heaven which will be both communion and feast.

This intensely theological description of the altar may at first sound daunting! Yet the questions about the nature of an altar prove central not only to decision-making in the design of new altars, but also in entering into the mysteries celebrated there. A simple wooden altar, for instance, by its nature indicates the idea of a table. A marble altar properly ornamented with fine stonework and glittering mosaic, however, indicates not only a table, but also a table transformed to heavenly glory.

Similarly, a ‘mensa’, the top slab of an altar, can be left plain; or it can be incised with five crosses to represent the five wounds of Christ and the five marks of its anointing. In the first case, the viewer is given a bare minimum of sign value. In the latter, something more of the deep, interior meaning of the altar is given. The architect’s choices, then, either help or hinder the process of being led from the external signs to the deep sacramental meaning that the altar is meant to convey. Christians are meant to encounter the realities of God by seeing earthly ‘signs’ and to be led through them to encounter the heavenly realties which break through them.

Fr John Moore

The Guild of Intercession

De Vic Tupper, 12/1/1892; Henry Bingham De Vic Tupper, 11/1/1903; Emily Fisher, 9/1/1913; Rosalie Marie Corbin, 12/1/1922; Georgina Maud Lowe, 24/1/1929; Alice Rose King, 1/1/1936; Amelia Esther Ann Bassett, 17/1/1939; Stamford Raffles, 24/1/1942; George Alexander Mauger, 29/1/1944; Urie Enid Le Page, 16/1/1945; Grace Eaton Andrews, 2/1/1948; Arthur Edward Vizard, 18/1/1949; Frederick Henry Burnell, 4/1/1950; Charles Henry Manson, 5/1/1950; Walter Robert James Pinchemain, 17/1/1950; William John Dorey, 25/1/1950; Mary Leah Elizabeth Hillier, 27/1/1950; Emily Mahy Jory, 8/1/1951; Mary Judith Mauger, 8/1/1951; Stephen Alfred Carré, 13/1/1951; Ernest Wyatt, 13/1/1951; Hannah Mary Board, 16/1/1951; Lily Edwards Knight, 18/1/1951; Nathanial William Loaring, 11/1/1952; Edward Charles Chutter, 20/1/1952; Frank Zilwood Adams, 3/1/1953; Albert Henry Marquand, 5/1/1953; Florence Marion McCrea, 12/1/1953; Lewis Cyril Reginald Smith (Priest), 14/1/1953; Rhoda May Ingram, 17/1/1953; Eliza Ann Naftel, 20/1/1953; Edward Valentine Davis, 20/1/1954; Osmond Le Lacheur, 3/1/1955; Issac George Marshall, 4/1/1955; Sophia Lovell, 18/1/1955; Ethel Isabel Foster, 23/1/1955; Walter Colin Wheatley, 5/1/1956; Walter Gulson, 6/1/1956; Ellen Mary Ann Parkyn, 28/1/1956; Kathleen Mary Driskell, 5/1/1958; Annie Brown Warren, 7/1/1958; Horace Knight, 8/1/1958; Texina Beach Davis, 15/1/1958; Ethel Symons, 18/1/1958; Philip Hastings Irwin, 18/1/1958; Indiana Dimanche, 29/1/1958; Frank Sarre, 9/1/1959; Muriel Scott, 11/1/1960; Patrick James Meredith Mantell, 22/1/1960; Violet Frederica Vizard, 23/1/1960; Edith Ferris Scott, 28/1/1961; Daisy Mignot, 4/1/1962; Herbert George Black, 6/1/1962; John Brodie, 20/1/1962; Amy Edith Hunton, 31/1/1962; Emily Augusta Ross, 8/1/1963; Sidney Stanley Bullock, 23/1/1963; Walter Guilbert Grut, 24/1/1963; Horace Henry Carrington, 25/1/1963; Hilda Dorothy Alice Good, 26/1/1963; Herbert William John Sharman, 29/1/1963; William Henry Machon, 29/1/1963; Winifred Le Bargy, 18/1/1964; Ethel Mary Hayes, 29/1/1964; Hilda Gertrude Priest, 5/1/1966; Peter Louis Louvet, 20/1/1966; Vera Hamon, 11/1/1967; Florence Ogier, 15/1/1967; William Edgar Smith, 26/1/1968; Kathleen White, 17/1/1969; Mary Jane Udle, 17/1/1970; Kathleen Clare Greenhow, 30/1/1970; Dorothy Amy Cordwent, 10/1/1978; John Albert Dorey, 28/1/1981; Arthur Ashford Hurrell, 23/1/1983; Walter Butt, 6/1/1984; Agnes Martel, 28/1/1984; John Derek Higgins, 1/1/1988; Freda Elizabeth Robilliard, 5/1/1989; Freda Elizabeth Robilliard, 9/1/1989; John Cecil Brache, 6/1/1990; Kathleen Mary Anderson 26/1/1991; Reginald Board 15/1/1993; Dawn Marlene Sauvarin, 13/1/1994; Nelson Henry de la Mare, 29/1/1995; Eunice Alice Fallaize, 28/1/1996; David Clarkson, 24/1/1997; Eunice Emma Falla, 25/1/1997; William Baker, 12/1/1998; Geoffrey Ernest Le Page 13/1/1998; Albert Ernest Croucher, 4/1/1999; Joan Isobel Waddams, 9/1/2000; William James West 18/1/2000; Jean Elizabeth Dorau 5/1/2003; Frederick William Lohmeir, 19/1/2003; Ruth Olliver, 20/1/2004; Donald Eric Hampson, 5/1/2005; Elsie May Butt, 16/1/2005; Paul John Machon, 21/1/2005; Edwin James Thoume, 23/1/2005; Kathleen Dorothy Mallett, 30/1/2005; Lloyd Herbert George Renouf, 22/1/2006; Lena Dowdney, 5/1/2007; Margaret Winifred Chambers, 5/1/2007; Ian Byrne Yeaman 5/1/2007; Dennis Robert

Carré, 21/1/2007; Lilian Ann Kaines, 25/1/2007; Michael Ronald Day, 28/1/2008; Brian Edward Renouf, 9/1/2009; Phyllis Georgina Haines, 12/1/2009; Derek Reginald Machon, 21/1/2009; Muriel Joan Rust , 13/1/2010; David William Lower, 14/1/2010; Noreen Gladys Ethel Le Poidevin, 15/1/2010; Jeffrey Michael Zabiela, 14/1/2012; Derek Percival Crisell, 18/1/2012; David Nicholas Leale, 21/1/2013; David George Yabsley, 26/1/2013; Rosamond Clara Swann, 13/1/2015; Heather Verena Anne Le Gallez, 2/1/2017; Hugh Barnabas Jefferson Bygott-Webb, 16/1/2017; Jayne Amanda Downes, 22/1/2017; Georgina Short, 24/1/2017. Year unknown: Elizabeth Mary Shuff, 6/1.

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND RISE IN GLORY

Parish Registers Baptisms

None

Weddings None

Funerals None

January Bible Readings

Sunday

7th January

Epiphany Isaiah Ch60 v1-6 Ephesians Ch3 v1-12 Matthew Ch2 v1-12

Sunday

14th January

The Second Sunday of Epiphany

1 Samuel Ch3 v1-10 Revelation Ch 5 v1-10 John Ch1 v43-51

Sunday

21st January

The Third Sunday of Epiphany

Genesis Ch14 v17-20 Revelation Ch19 v6-10 John Ch2 v1-11

Sunday

28th January

Candelmass Malachi Ch3 v1-5 Hebrews Ch2 v14-18 Luke Ch2 v22-40

Hymns and Liturgical Music

January

SUNDAY 11.00am

Sung Mass

7th

Epiphany

14th

The Second

Sunday of Epiphany

21st

The

Third Sunday of Epiphany

28th

Candelmass

HYMN

Procession 50

52 48 Procession

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OFFERTORY

52 55 56 338

COMMUNION

51 341 57 44

POST- COMMUNION

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SAID MASS

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Copy deadline for the February Parish Magazine will be Monday 22nd January 2018

Contributions are gratefully accepted and can be sent to

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Guilds, Clubs & Activities

at St Stephen’s

RAINBOWS Lesley Le Huray

Tel: 254333 Wednesday

4.00pm – 5.00pm Community Centre

5—7 years old

BROWNIES Tamara Beach

Tel: 07911 711052 Wednesday

5.00pm - 6.30pm Community Centre

7 – 10 years old

GUIDES

Debbie Robillard Tel: 714850 + 07911

132440 beans975@gmail.com

Friday 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Community Centre 10 – 14 years old

1st VICTORIA SEA SCOUT

GROUP

Group Scout Leader

Rosalyne Le Huray

Tel: 257939

Pierre Woodland Tel: 722210

Beavers Monday

5.30pm - 6.45pm

Community Centre 6 – 8 years old

Paula Woodland Tel: 722210

Cubs Monday

7.00pm – 8.30pm

Community Centre 8 – 10 years old

Julie Hutchins Mob: 07781 430700

Sea Scouts Wednesday

7.00pm – 9.00pm

Community Centre 10 – 14 years old

SUNDAY CLUB Andrea Bateman

Tel: 235920 Sunday 11.00am Church Vestry

YOUTH ALIVE! Fr John Moore

Tel: 720268 As arranged Various venues

ST STEPHEN’S GUILD

Marg Kaines Tel: 254858

As arranged Church

‘housekeeping’

SERVERS Guild of the

Servants of the Sanctuary

Tony Kaines Tel: 254858

Monthly See notice board

Info: www.GSSonline.org

.uk

SOCIAL EVENTS

COMMITTEE

Tony Goss Tel: 266214

As arranged St Stephen’s Vestry

ST STEPHEN’S PLAYERS

Steph Dragun Tel: 255654

steph.dragun@cwgsy.net As arranged Community Centre

WEEKDAY MASSES

Tuesday 11.00am The Book of Common Prayer Wednesday 7.00pm Common Worship Friday 7.00pm Common Worship

SUNDAY MASSES

9.30am Said Mass with Family Ministry 11.00am Sung Mass with Sermon

ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH

Vicar

The Reverend Fr John Moore BA, MBA, MA, DHECT

St Stephen’s Vicarage ▪ Les Gravées ▪ St Peter Port ▪ Guernsey ▪ GY1 1RN Tel: 01481 720268

E-mail: frjohnbishopmoore@gmail.com Website: http.st-stephens-guernsey.org

Honorary Assistant Priests

The Very Reverend Canon F Marc Trickey The Reverend Fr Leslie Craske

Vicar’s Warden David Le Lièvre Tel: 255492

People’s Warden Tony Kaines Tel: 254858 Secretary (APCC) Mary-Carol Gales Tel: 712434

Treasurer Alan Bougourd Tel: 722334

Stewardship Officer Katherine Lau Tel: 233207

Safeguarding Officer Steph Dragun Tel: 255654

Director of Music Felicity Millard Tel: 725660

Community Centre Tony & Diana Renouf Tel: 711701

Flower Contacts Iris Dhanji Tel: 256528

Ann Goss Tel: 266214

Helping Hands David & Annie Peatfield Tel: 730688

Magazine Editor Claudia Moore Tel: 720268