The magazine for the parish of Ss Peter & Paul, with St ...

The magazine for the parish of
Ss Peter & Paul, with
St Michael and All Angels, Kettering

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From Your Ministry Team

Dear friends

As I write this, we are half way through our Lenten journey with our faces turned
towards Holy Week.

Through this period of Lent, St. Luke has taken us out into the wilderness with Jesus,
causing us to reflect on the nature of temptation and the temptations that constantly
pull at us to follow the ways of the world rather than that which enables us to play
our part in building God’s Kingdom in Kettering, or Chelveston or wherever we find
ourselves.

We have been challenged to think about ‘power’, the power of self-seeking
individualism that builds walls and divides, or the self-giving power of God that breaks
down walls, unites, restores and heals. In a few weeks time, each of us will have to
make our decision about whether or not we wish to remain a part of the European
Union and as we do our best to listen to the arguments on all sides in order that we
may come to a conclusion, we need to earnestly reflect on the nature of God’s
Kingdom and how that should inform our ultimate decision.

Last week, St. Luke took us into the realms of suffering challenging us to think about
how we might make sense of it and where God is – for the people who suffer their
loved ones and all of us.As we continue our Lent Course ‘Migration and Movement’
we reflect of the suffering of so many of God’s children across the world and the
challenge of seeking a compassionate and just solution so that this world – God’s
world – can truly be a home for all. It is a challenge that we cannot, must not, shy
away from, difficult and painful though it may be; we MUST continue to struggle to
find a way that truly contributes to the building of His Kingdom.

And so we continue our journey towards Holy Week, a week when we relieve the
last few days of Jesus life. It is a time when once again we reflect on the nature of
God’s kingdom, of power and suffering. It is a time when we are faced with the
fickleness of human nature when cries of ‘Hosanna’ so quickly become cries of
‘Crucify ’. It is a time when we are reminded, through our liturgy and worship, of the
nature of true humility, love, service and sacrifice. It is a time when we are drawn in
to the long, dark silent hours of the night and recall the anguished prayers of Jesus in
the Garden of Gethsemane. It is a time when we will gather at the foot of the cross,
a profoundly powerful and moving moment, when we recall darkness falling across
the land and Jesus final breath.

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But this is not the final word for we will gather in the darkness again and discover
anew the power of a single light to penetrate the darkness with the light, love, joy and
healing of the resurrection.

This is the great story at the heart of our Christian Faith, the story of God’s amazing
grace and incomprehensible love. But if we think that this is just a wonderful story of
something that happened a very long time ago, then we have missed the point. For
the point is that this is also our story, this is our song.

And so we, your Ministry Team, pray that as together we relive this story through our
Lenten discipline of study, worship and prayer, through the liturgies of Holy Week, we
will all rediscover anew the amazing grace and power of this story in our own
pilgrimages of faith and life, and proclaim it aloud in whatever we say and do,
wherever we are.

Your priest and friend
Lesley – on behalf of the Ministry Team

Please pray for those to be
baptised and confirmed

during Holy Week this year

At the Easter Vigil
To be baptised and confirmed: Leanne Freeland

To be confirmed: Lewis Kightley

To be baptised at St. Michael’s on Easter Sunday:
Thomas Schlosser,Toby Schlosser

To be baptised at Ss Peter & Paul on Easter Sunday
George Peter Dearden

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The Bishop of Peterborough writes:

My dear friends -

As a boy I was taught that 21 March was The First Day of Spring, a day to be
noted and celebrated. Nobody told me why spring began then, and until I got
into amateur astronomy in my teens that remained a mystery.When I learnt
about the Spring Equinox, that 21 March was the day when sunrise and sunset
were 12 hours apart, the hinge between winter and summer, it began to make
sense.

Of course that day wasn't and isn't the first day of spring by any sensible
reckoning; these days the Met Office defines spring as the months of March,
April and May, which makes good sense. But 21 March has, since the earliest
days of humans looking at the sky and thinking about the seasons, been a
significant date in the calendar. Sadly, with industrialisation, the mass
movement into towns and cities, and the proliferation of light pollution at
night, most of us have stopped looking at the night sky.And, even though we
are seeing more extreme weather, we continue to regulate our lives more by
the clock than by the sun and moon and stars.

God has made, and placed us in, a wonderful world.And the seasons, caused
by the tilt and movement of the earth relative to the sun, are key to much of
the wonder. No seasons would mean no harvest. No autumn and winter
would mean no pattern of slowing down and speeding up. No winter and
summer would mean no alternation of hibernation or rest with vigorous full-
on living.These patterns and rhythms of Iife matter.They are part of how we
were made, who we are.And they picture for us how God works in the world
and in our lives.This spring look for the renewal of life which God gives to the
world. Look for his renewal in your life.Ask him for green shoots, new hope,
dreams of a brighter future. May this hinge in the year be a hinge in our lives.
May we move from sleep to wakefulness, from darkness into light.

With best wishes

Bishop of Peterborough

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Our President and Preacher for Holy
Saturday, and preacher on Easter Sunday
will be the Rt. Revd Richard Llewellin.
Born in September 1938, Richard Llewellin
was educated at Clifton College, Bristol
and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Ordained in 1964, he served his title at
Radlett in Hertfordshire before moving on
to become Vicar of Waltham Cross,
Rector of Harpenden and a Canon of
Truro Cathedral before being ordained to
the Episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of
St. Germans 1985-92.

He later became the Suffragan Bishop of Dover(1992-99) and was
subsequently appointed Bishop at Lambeth and Chief of Staff to the
Archbishop by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he held
until 2004.

In retirement, Bishop Richard was appointed an honorary fellow of
Canterbury Christchurch University and Chairman of the Anglican
Society for the Welfare of Animals, an organisation that challenges all of us
to think more carefully about our relationship with all in God’s glorious
creation (and particularly farm animals) remembering that creation is
‘God’s not ours, to be treated with respect and compassion’.

information from Wikipedia and the Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals

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Holy Week 2016

Palm Sunday, March 20th
7.45am Said Eucharist with distribution and blessing of palms
9.00am Eucharist with hymns at St. Michael’s, with

distribution and blessing of palms, and procession from
the Scout Hut to the Church.
10.30am Sung Eucharist with distribution and blessing of palms,
and procession from the Market Place to the Church.
6.00pm Choral Evensong

Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week
March 21st - 23rd
8.30am Morning Prayer
12.15pm Said Eucharist and homily (Wednesday only)
5.00pm Evening Prayer
7.30pm Said Eucharist and homily
8.00pm Stations of the Cross

Maundy Thursday, March 24th
8.30am Morning Prayer
5.00pm Evening Prayer
7.30pm Sung Eucharist of the Lord’s Supper, with the

Washing of Feet, Stripping of the Altars,
and Watch of the Passion until Midnight.

Good Friday, March 25th
12 Noon The Three Hours Devotion

including
1.30pm The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion

Holy Saturday, March 26th
8.00pm The Paschal Vigil, Lighting of the New Fire, Baptism,

Confirmation, and first Eucharist of Easter.
10.00pm or thereabouts Parish Party in the Parish Hall to

celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
President & Preacher:The Rt. Revd Richard Llewellin

Easter Day, March 27th
7.45am Said Eucharist
9.00am Eucharist & Holy Baptism with hymns

Preacher: The Rt. Revd Richard Llewellin
10.30am Festal Sung Eucharist and Holy Baptism

Preacher: The Rt. Revd Richard Llewellin

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A book to consider………

“Fun Ways to Fundraise” by Penny Hallett

This book was a very fun and engaging “how-to” written by
someone ‘on the ground’ in fundraising. It came about as a
bit of an accident, Penny Hallett started writing notes on
fundraising for someone who had asked for guidance– and
this morphed into a very interesting and practical book. She
was the right one to write it as well.

Penny has more than 40 years experience in journalism,
public relations and marketing.As it says in the book,“she
started fundraising when she was 10, writing a magazine and
selling to friends and classmates to raise money for
disadvantaged children.The free sweet in each copy boosted
sales enormously!” Her look at interesting ways to approach the money-raising
problem that many charities and churches face is both refreshing and inspiring.

My favourite thing about this book is its utterly practical and thought provoking entry
into the book itself, the chapter entitled,“Twelve steps to successful fundraising”. Not
only does this make you stop and think about audience, plans, and what you are
trying to achieve, it teases out the focus: your audience. It doesn’t stop there; each
step solidifies what you need to know to get the most out of your fundraising event
– i.e. money. It starts with the big idea – and if you don’t have one, it helps you to find
one.The book talks about the nitty-gritty details that are often overlooked, not just
when it should happen or where it should be; but also health and safety implications,
risk assessments and whether or not insurance is needed.The Kindle version has an
added plus, hyperlinks to all of the organisations you need to get forms and
information from are handily clickable.

Then the rest of the book is filled with fun and brilliantly innovative ideas. Some you
might have heard of, but others come with a twist.There are ideas for holidays and
special dates, and ideas for when you have no idea at all.All and all, if you are new to
fundraising, or even if you aren’t, this book will be very helpful.

All of the royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to the St Michael’s
Heart of the Community project.They aim to raise £5.5 million to build a new
church and community centre, restore the 14th century church, and refurbish the Old
School Rooms at Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire.

Review by Shelly Stevenson - from the Peterborough diocesan website

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Prayer to accompany our Lenten focus on migration and movement

Our Lent giving this year will be for the work of The Leprosy
Mission. Please be generous in supporting their work.

Choral Evensong
March 20th

6.00pm at Ss Peter & Paul

Evensong for Holy Week

Come and enjoy the traditional words of the Book of Common Prayer
in a wonderful sung setting

ALL WELCOME

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Hymn of the Season - Lent

We’re continuing to use our February Lenten hymn into March

Praise to you O Christ our Saviour

Bernadette Farrell

One of Britain's leading liturgical composers since the 1970's, Bernadette Farrell is
known throughout the world for her challenging texts and memorable melodies.Yet
she says, "Writing wasn't my intention or plan. It was a practical response to the
needs around me." In addition to her part in the groundbreaking St.Thomas More
Group collections, Bernadette's long and fruitful association with OCP Publishers has
produced five recordings.

As part of her strong commitment to justice and peace, Bernadette eagerly works
with people of all denominations.At a Baptist assembly in Cardiff in May 2003, an
observer wrote: "Worship at this year's assembly was slightly different from the last
few years.With Bernadette Farrell leading us and using many of her own songs that
come out of a Catholic tradition, she helped us focus on the theme of social justice
and social action as we seek to work out the implications of the Gospel and its
message of resurrection hope. It was refreshing to be reminded of the mission
dimension of worship and the strong biblical connection between worship and
justice as found in the preaching of Jesus, as well as the Old Testament prophets and
the New Testament teachings of Peter and James."

Bernadette, who was born in West Yorkshire in the north of England, has lived in
London for many years.While a music advisor for the Roman Catholic Westminster
Diocese, she was responsible for music and liturgy, "but our ministry naturally flowed
into social action." Her work as a community organiser for LONDON CITIZENS is
a reflection of her commitment to be involved, to work shoulder to shoulder with
those struggling for adequate housing, a living wage, proper community policing,
access to quality health services, and so on.

Another of Bernadette's songs, "Alleluia, Raise The Gospel", epitomises the spirit of
her music and the challenges she has laid down for herself in order to make the
world a better place: (1) engage creatively with the decision makers in one's
neighbourhood, town and country; (2) embrace and promote a theology that inspires
people to imagine a new future; and (3) work to create new economic institutions
for our new global situation.As Bernadette says, "If we do nothing, we will not have a
planet fit to hand on to our children."

Adapted from the website www.viewpoint24.co.uk

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Tenebrae – A Service for Good Friday

The service of Tenebrae, meaning ‘darkness’ or ‘shadows’, has been practiced by the church
since medieval times. Once a service for the monastic community,Tenebrae later became
an important part of the worship of all people during Holy Week.This year we will have a
service of Tenebrae as the first hour on Good Friday and in so doing, we will join
Christians of many generations throughout the world.
Tenebrae is a meditation on Christ’s suffering. Readings from the gospels lead us in to the
story of Christ’s passion; music speaks to us of His pathos; the power of silence and
diminished light draws us into the drama of this momentous day. As candles are gradually
extinguished, we ponder the enormity of our Lord’s suffering and death, the cataclysmic
nature of his sacrifice.
Yet there remains the small but persistent flame of the Christ Light at the conclusion of
the service, enabling us to anticipate the joy of ultimate victory that awaits. In addition to
readings from scripture, we will hear through this service monologues from the people
caught up in the drama enabling us to reflect in a very human way upon the enormity of
the cost of sacrifice, but also upon the incomprehensible love of the One who gives His all
for us.
I do hope that you will be able to come and experience this service as a whole, but if this
is not possible, please do come and experience as much or as little of it as you can. I
believe you will find it profoundly moving.

Lesley McCormack

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Around the diocese…
Prayers for HM The Queen’s 90th Birthday published

Her Majesty The Queen has approved
prayers written for the celebration of
her 90th Birthday later this year.Two
prayers (or Collects) have been
published in traditional and modern
forms.The prayers are primarily
intended for use in services marking
the national celebrations in April and
June. In addition two graces have been
published for use as thanksgivings at
the start of other celebrations such as
street parties.

The Bishop of Exeter, Robert Atwell,
who chairs the Liturgical Commission which prepares liturgy for the Church
said:“The Queen has steered Britain through some challenging and difficult
times over the past seven decades, providing the country with stability and
wisdom. She is an inspiration to many people, young and old.The Queen’s
90th birthday gives an opportunity not only to thank God for her service, but
to celebrate the gifts of all older people in our society.”

Dr Matthew Salisbury, National Liturgy and Worship Adviser for the Church
of England said,‘The prayers offer thanksgiving and praise for the long service
of the Queen.They ask that through God’s grace and inspired by her example
of faith and service for others we may all receive strength and wisdom in our
own lives.’ One of the graces reflects the words used in The Queen’s first
Christmas broadcast in 1952, a year in which her father, George VI died and at
the end of which she was looking forward to her Coronation, the following
year. Churches are being encouraged to share their plans to mark Her
Majesty’s birthday through the Church Care website www.churchcare.co.uk/
about-us/campaigns/our-campaigns/queen-s-90th-birthday—which also offers
tips and advice on planning events and services and will promote initiatives on
a dedicated celebration map and on Twitter through @CofE_ChurchCare
using #HMQ90.

The prayers are available at http:// crosskeysmag.org.uk/?p=766

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Kei Taniguchi was a mountaineer, one of the top alpinists of her generation.What
really mattered to her was her relationship with the mountain. She did not conquer
the mountains nor they her, even though she died on one. It was as if the mountain
lived as much as she did.There was more than a mutual respect, more a sense of
beauty and wonder.The beauty and wonder of the mountains matching the beauty
and artistry of the climb.

In 2008 she made the first ascent of the S.E. face of Kamet, in the Himalayas and one
of India’s highest peaks. More difficult than she thought it took more than 7 days to
reach the summit and 3 days to descend. On the 4th day she climbed only 100 metres
on a face that was 180 metres high.Arduous to say the least. But the slow pace
allowed Taniguchi to immerse herself in the landscape.

“I don’t like rushing to a destination, reaching the base of a peak in the shortest
possible time and starting to climb right away.To me, that approach would be like
walking into someone’s house with dirty shoes. Instead I’d prefer to knock on the
door of the mountain and say hello, to speak with it until we understand each other
better, and only then to enter more deeply into its heart.”

Exploration and new routes were where her heart lay, there were failures and
retreats, and successes too.There were moments of intense insight, standing near the
peak of the holy mountains of Kailas she caught a glimpse of Kamet far in the
distance:“In that moment they appeared linked together, as though we’d found
ourselves back on the same line of an elegant, old story.”

Taniguchi loved the mountains. She longed to cross range after range, to ‘venture ever
deeper into the “cradle of the wild.”

Now where might Taniguchi’s life be leading me? Her life and experiences are beyond
me. I never knew her, her faith was so, so different to mine. But was it? While she
immersed herself in the landscape, savoured the moment, slowed herself isn’t that
what I am trying to do in my life too. Discovering God and God’s actions in every
moment, in every person that I meet. Isn’t this what Lent is all about too? Slowing,
sensing, seeing God.Taniguchi was a very special kind of adventurer.We can be too.
Slow, sense, see.

John Smith

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Deanery Prayer Group

At the recent Deanery Synod meeting the Chairman
mentioned the Prayer Group that meets every month at a
particular church in the Deanery to share about an hour of
very free and open prayer between us. I do a lot of the
Common Worship Evening Prayer, at Peter and Paul, which
is very organised and pre-planned based on a yearly
Lectionary or timetable. This type of pre-planned prayer, I
find, is beautiful because it is in an experience of the poetic words of Psalms and a
daily reminder of the sometimes very harsh human reality of the Bible readings and
every day human emotions and failings expressed in the Psalms.

But the Deanery Prayer Group offers a very different experience of relaxed prayer,
based on what each individual in the group wants to express from within at any time
during the very short formal start and finish. The group are from any church in the
Deanery and so there can be a range of styles and issues that express the range of
worship in the Church of England and concerns of each individual person or
worshipping community. So, obviously St Marys, Kettering would not now pray about
an interregnum, whereas I and others concerned for us would do so for our Parish.
This sharing in prayer binds individuals together in an amazing way that I can’t find
words to express, but it does create a deep sense of trust and mutual sharing of our
faith in God and joy in informal prayer.The nearest I can describe is like inviting Jesus
to sit with us and have a relaxed conversation with us as group, either listening to
our worries as a friend or prompting us to remember others outside our Deanery
and country who need us to remember them in their difficulties, such as Christians
facing ultimate martyrdom in places like China and North Korea.

The way we sit is often in a circle, even when a member of clergy joins us so that we
are all equal in the group and we take it in turns to pray so that no one person
dominates the prayer. Sometimes I follow on from a prayer that someone else has
said feeling strongly that I need to pray something related to that topic or I say very
little for the whole hour but am fairly silent but present spiritually with the rest of
the group. Often, towards the end of the time we all fall into a shared deep silence –
I find I have stopped thinking or having a sense of wanting to pray ….it’s as if there is
a silent deepness of beyond prayer that binds us not only with each other spiritually,
but with Jesus as if we just sitting in his presence soaking up that special atmosphere.

The different churches are interesting to visit too for various reasons– I enjoy
learning about their long history, there different ways of worship, of children’s work
or re-ordering…or admiring their modern facilities cleverly tucked in to early
Medieval or even Saxon age buildings!

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The different ideas about the formal prayers at start and finish keep my prayer
experience renewed and vitalised, as each person has a new idea each time.There is
a chance to chat afterwards with tea, coffee and biscuits and this allows a time to
share personal or church information, which keeps the Deanery feeling like a wider
Church of England community than just within our own small Parishes. Good
friendships are built from this special way of sharing with one another and I didn’t
realise until this last Synod meeting that this is not a typical arrangement in other
Deaneries or Dioceses. It was an idea created by a previous female curate in the
Deanery and has continued from her initial concept to become an important part
for us to regularly meet in a very informal way and come to understand our
motivations without the business feeling of meeting Agendas. So, our Deanery is
more than meetings where there are talks and votes, but is an extended Christian
Fellowship and church-based family.

Sarah Pelling

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Services

Sunday

7.45am. Said Eucharist (BCP)
9.00am. Said Eucharist with hymns (St. Michael’s)

10.30am. (Sunday School in Scout Hut)
6.00pm. Sung Eucharist (Sunday Club in Hall)
Evensong (on the last Sunday of each
month or as advertised)

Weekdays

Wednesday 12.15pm. Said Eucharist
Thursday 9.30am. Said Eucharist (St. Michael’s)
Friday 9.15am. Said Eucharist

Daily Offices: 8.30 am Morning Prayer & 5.00 pm Evening Prayer, Monday —Friday
See Diary/Newsletter for other services on Saints’ days.

Clergy

Parish Priest
Vacanxy

Assistant Priest
The Revd Dr John Smith
34 Poplars Farm Road,
Barton Seagrave, NN15 5AG
Tel: 513786 email: [email protected]

Assistant Priest
The Revd Canon Lesley McCormack
Barnbrook,Water Lane,
Chelveston,Wellingborough, NN9 6AP
Tel: 01933 626636 email: [email protected]

For full details of church officials & organisations
see the information brochure available in church, or visit our

Parish Web site: www.peterandpaul.org.uk

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