October 2014 edition (PDF 1.68MB)

About
St John’s
The parish
magazine of
St John’s,
Sevenoaks
October 2014
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BIBLE STUDY GROUP
The Bible Study Group resumes on Tuesday 14 October
and would welcome new members.
We are a group of
parishioners from St John’s who meet for an hour or so each month
from October to June to read and discuss passages from the Bible.
This year we will be considering St Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. We
are not scholars or theologians, but ordinary lay people trying to get
to know the Bible and to relate it to how we live as Christians. Members are welcome to contribute as much or as little as they wish.
There are no exams or homework! Last year Father Robin joined us
for two sessions and we hope he will do the same this year.
We normally meet in Sevenoaks on the second Tuesday of the month
at 8pm and we always end our meetings with tea or coffee and biscuits. If you would like to know more or are interested in joining us,
please have a word with me or with another member of the group.
David Bonner
Advance Tickets will be available to purchase from the week beginning
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13th October from any of the regular meetings
at the Scout Hut in Mill Lane.
Services:
Sundays:
8.00am
Said Mass
10.00am
6.00pm
Sung Mass, with Sunday
School
Benediction
Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays
9.30am
Mass
Wednesdays
7.00pm
Mass
Fridays
10.00am
Mass
Please refer to the weekly Sunday Pew Sheet for confirmation and
timings of weekday services.
Vicar
Fr Robin Jones
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Parish Contacts
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Churchwarden
David Bonner
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Churchwarden
Jacqueline Dungay
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833415
Hon. Assistant Priest
Fr Barry Compton
Reader
John Robinson
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Pastoral Assistant
Jackie Hendry
453010
01883 371543
Organist & Choirmaster John Hendry
453010
Treasurer
Douglas Seal
456124
Hall Bookings
Jacqueline Dungay
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Head Server
Anne-Marie Eames
Mothers’ Union
Valerie Chaili
Walsingham Cell
Oliver Bunting
Parish Administrator
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“Are we nearly there yet?”
Anyone who has had the joy of
being a parent will be overfamiliar with this phrase!
Last
week my son asked this very
question for the first time from
the back of the car. The normal
response is somewhere in the
As answers
teach the faith. One such draw-
go, it is fairly meaningless and
ing contains the very simple cap-
normally keeps the question at
tion underneath: ‘I come from
bay for another five minutes (at
God, I belong to God, I go to
least one hopes).
God’.
region of ‘almost’.
and
Another shows the earth
heaven
with
a
broken
Of course to know whether we
bridge.
are nearly there, requires one to
drawing,
know
bridge filled in with the initials
and
understand
both
a
Next to it is the same
this
time
reminder
with
that
the
where, and what the destination
IHS,
it
is
is.
through the Cross that we are
reconnected to heaven. The aim
Fr. H.A Wilson, sometime Vicar of
was to very simply teach chil-
St Augustine’s, Haggerston, pro-
dren that there ultimate destina-
duced
children’s
tion should be Heaven and, I
catechism in the 1920s and 30s,
have no doubt, that many chil-
that was later published in a re-
dren remembered the simple il-
vised form in the 1940s. These,
lustrations in later life.
a
wonderful
through simple illustrations, copOur lives are that journey to
ied by children, attempted to
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heaven.
We begin the journey
a stunning view, a piece of mu-
at the font in Baptism and, with
sic, the love of a child or friend.
the grace of God and by living
We can find ourselves almost, or
out his will, we hope that we will
literally, in tears.
arrive in heaven.
others, are moments when we
Like a small
These, and
child in the back of their parents
are being moved by God.
car we should continually be ask-
are points where we are con-
ing ourselves, “Are we nearly
scious of more than simply our-
there yet?”
selves,
and
prayer.
It does not need to be
we
can
They
turn
in
To ask this is not to wish our-
long and complicated, but it is an
selves to be at the end of our
invitation for us to come before
lives but rather to make sure we
God and give thanks.
are constantly assessing our progress on the journey. The more
The more we work at finding God
we pay attention, the more we
in our daily lives, the more we
will know how it is going. If we
are able to measure how near
completely lose focus then we
we are to arriving at our destina-
can
tion.
find
ourselves
spiritually
asleep!
I hope the coming weeks and
Fundamental to the Christian life
months provide you with an op-
is the discerning of God’s pres-
portunity to ask yourself, “Am I
ence in our lives.
nearly there?” and respond when
To do this we
need to be open to his calling.
you find out the answer.
We can find and see his pattern
in
a
whole
variety
of
Fr Robin
ways.
Some come to knowledge of him
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Messy Church
&
Family Mass
When
the
PCC
approved
the
at the School.
During the Fam-
‘Mission Action Plan’ last year it
ily Mass there is a sermon spe-
set out a number of goals, par-
cifically aimed at children and
ticularly in relation to our mis-
they help with the prayers and in
sion with families and children.
other ways.
It has taken a little time to get
ristic Prayer they are invited to
this point but we are now mov-
sit at the front and so get the
ing forward in thinking and de-
best view!
veloping this part of our Church
become a Mass where families
life.
feel comfortable and are able to
During the Eucha-
Hopefully this will
worship together, rather than
For the last twelve months we
separating adults and children
have been experimenting with
during the Mass.
the first Sunday of the Month
being a dedicated ‘Family Mass’.
We will also be introducing a
This has been useful and impor-
regular
tant. It has given us the oppor-
Church’. Messy Church is de-
tunity to experiment and try and
signed for those who do not cur-
determine what works.
rently attend Church as a low
programme
of
key of being involved.
‘Messy
In other
We are now moving on to the
parishes it has proved very ef-
next
new
fective as a means of making
stage
and
families along.
inviting
In particular we
contact with families who have,
will be inviting families of those
thus far, had no or little contact
who have recently had children
with the Church. We ran a trial
baptised and those who attend
session last year, which was suc6
cessful, and have decided to run
six sessions this year. Do invite
All of this goes hand in hand with
families along if you know of
the
someone who might be inter-
months ago to improve and de-
ested.
velop the crèche room. The new
money
raised
eighteen
books and toys have reinvigoWe have also been looking at
rated this space and it looks at-
developing our existing provision
tractive.
for children and families on other
who have not been in before
Sundays. We are experimenting
comment how good it is.
I often hear people
with asking children to come to
the front after the introduction at
One only has to look round to
Mass and be given a copy of
see how many young families
scripture and a candle.
This is
and children live in St john’s Par-
an attempt to try and link our
ish. We have been fortunate to
what we are doing in Church
find this part of our Church
with what the children are doing
growing and we must do all we
in the hall.
can to bring families into our
We are trying to
make the provision appropriate
Church.
for the growing number of toddlers
and
young
children
we
Fr Robin
have.
Family Mass at St John’s
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The MU Worldwide President Lynne Tembey is the guest speaker at
the MU Autumn Council on Saturday 18 October at St Andrew's,
Paddock Wood. Please ask Valerie for details if you are interested in
attending.
St John’s Branch meetings:
Tuesday 14th October, 10.15am: Prayer Group
Tuesday 11th November, 10.15am: Prayer Group
(both meetings held at 12 Holmesdale Road)
All welcome!
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Money Matters
Our Gift Day is being held on Saturday 15th November (10am to
12noon) and donations will also be accepted on the following Sundays. If you wish to make a tax efficient gift, and you have already
completed a gift aid declaration, please place your identified donation
in an envelope.
If you have not yet completed a declaration you may do so now and
this will cover all your identified giving and increase your gift by 25%.
If you wish to make a ‘one-off’ gift aid donation, please place this in
one of the special gift aid envelopes and complete your name, address
and postcode.
However, you do not need to be a taxpayer to make a gift and in this
case please enclose your donation in any non gift aid envelope.
Last year £4,710 (including tax reclaimed) was raised from the Gift
Day and a similar amount this year will help to reduce our projected
deficit for the year.
Our average weekly costs exceed our average weekly income by
about £140, even though there is a substantial contribution of investment income from our bequest funds and rental income from our
property.
If we are to break even in 2015 our regular Stewardship income
needs to increase by at least 30%. This provides an opportunity for
church members to review their giving against the suggested target of
5% of after-tax income.
One of the advantages of the Gift Aid system is that no advance notice is
required of a variation in donations. If you have already completed a Gift
Aid declaration any identified donations that you make to St. John’s
will be tax effective – this includes:
Banker’s orders (the most efficient means of giving)
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Stewardship envelopes (the 2015 envelope sets will be available
on Gift Day)
Any identifiable cash or cheque(payable to St John’s P C C ) in an
envelope marked “Gift Aid”
To increase your giving by
1. Banker’s order - please notify your bank accordingly.
2. Stewardship envelope - please adjust the amount in your weekly
envelope.
If you wish to commence giving by means of a banker’s order, stewardship envelopes or complete a gift aid form, please collect the appropriate form from the back of the church. It is not necessary to be a
taxpayer to be a regular giver to the church.
It would be very helpful if everyone who completed a Gift Aid form
many years ago would complete one of the new forms which are on
the church table.
Please speak to me if you have any queries.
Douglas Seal (01732 456124)
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William Herbert Cecil Dunkerley
Vicar of St. John’s 1913-1920
1913, the year the Venerable William Herbert Cecil Dunkerley was
appointed Vicar of St. John’s was the same year that the patronage of
the church changed. The patron had been the Rev. Thomas Samuel
Curteis, but after his death the avowdson passed from the hands of
his widow Emma to the Guild of All Souls, which has remained patron
until the present day.
William H. C. Dunkerley had
The Archdeacon and Mary re-
been born in 1860 in Shrews-
turned to England for five years
bury. He was the son of William
and
Dunkerley,
where
a
Methodist
New
then
he
moved
passed
to
Cannes,
the
years
Connexion Minister, although it
1910-1913 as Chaplain of St.
is interesting to note that by
Paul’s before returning to Eng-
1882 William senior was Vicar of
land to become the incumbent at
St. Thomas, Toxteth.
St. John the Baptist, Sevenoaks.
On April
th
29 . 1886 William H. C. married
Mary Beatrice Taylor at Bakewell
John Palliser David, the previ-
Parish Church. Mary was the
ous Vicar of St. John’s, took the
daughter of George Taylor, a
Archdeacon’s post in Cannes, as
mercer. Eighteen months later a
Archdeacon Dunkerley took up
son, Evelyn George, was born.
his new post in Sevenoaks.
After two curacies William H. C.
Despite ill-health he worked for
and his wife moved to Malacca in
seven years as Vicar.
1891.
He worked in the Malay
nately, no records are available
states for fourteen years and
in the parish archive about his
was made Archdeacon in St. An-
time at St. John’s.
Unfortu-
drew’s Cathedral, Singapore, in
1902.
In 1920 he left the parish and
moved to Leybourne as Rector
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and died two years later.
a faithful and earnest Priest, and
often when strongly moved in his
The following obituary appeared
inspiring sermons “his face was
in the parish magazine in Octo-
as the face of an angel.”
ber 1922:
He literally laid down his life for
The Ven. W. H. C. Dunkerley,
the sake of others.
Vicar of St. John’s 1913-1920
single-handed
During the
struggle
here
(which ought never to be forgotOne has passed from this earth
ten) without curate, lay reader,
to the Life beyond who could ill
organist,
be spared, who often trod a
Sunday he conducted four ser-
thorny path not always made
vices entirely alone, even presid-
easier for him by those about
ing at the harmonium.
on
one
memorable
him, who was for ever struggling
to do the work of many men in
Warned over and over again by
one,
often
his doctors, he still pressed on in
crushed with disappointment and
the path of duty, as he would not
discouragement, but who glori-
leave the sheep without a shep-
fied his Master through it all.
herd. The Sunday School teach-
whose
spirit
was
ers will never forget the wonderOur hearts go out in deep and
ful meetings for them (at which
tender sympathy to his family
they learned so much) carried on
and especially to the devoted
whenever possible.
and brave wife who stood by his
sick, the sorrowing, and the chil-
side through all his difficulties.
dren, found in him an unfailing
And
the
friend.
But we do not grieve for the
gentle and beautiful spirit gone
All through the war he had the
before. May we, in the mercy of
additional burden of work among
God, meet him on the other side!
the
Through the trying years of war
town.
we felt thankful to God for such
great, and many a time he was
soldiers
stationed
in
the
Their love for him was
(Continued on page 14)
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(Continued from page 13)
Now he has entered into his rest,
out in the streets walking with a
there to await the reward of the
man in deep anxiety about his
Master who will surely greet him
soul, until late at night, and
with that loving word “Well done,
more than one will remember
good and faithful servant.” –
the helping hand of a real friend
R.I.P.
and faithful Priest. His heart was
full of the love of God.
Marigold Seal
The Heroes of Cobden Road
The First World War brought terrible losses to families across the
whole country. 1916 was an appalling year for the residents of Cobden Road. Within two weeks in July four of its young men, (two of
them from the same family) had been killed in the Battle of the
Somme. Two others died within months.
They were obviously all friends, in their twenties, who had probably
joined up together and were members of the Queen’s Own Royal West
Kent Regiment. They are all remembered on the War Memorial on the
Vine Jack Lewis, aged 21, from number 5 and Leonard Bowles, aged
28, from number 45 were killed on 1st July.
Frederick Gilks, aged 22, from number 18 and Laurence Alfred
Bowles, aged 23, were killed on 13th July.
Oliver Older, aged 28, from number 42, also died, as did Harry
Stevens, aged 25, from number 2, on 7th October.
Tragedy had come to Cobden Road in the previous year when Albert
Seal, aged 25, from number 47, of the East Lancashire Regiment, had
been killed on 15th March 1915.
More sadness came to that small area of the parish when father of
two daughters, John Batchelor, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, aged
41, who lived in Quakers Hall Lane, was killed on 31st March 1917.
Marigold Seal
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Riviera Travel to West Turkey
Day 3. Pergamon (Pergamum).
A two and a half hour drive to
Pergamon, seeing the remains of
the Temple of Emperor Trajan,
the altar of Zeus, and the steepest amphitheatre in Turkey. Pergamon is the city where parchment was discovered and has
one of the churches of the revelation of St John. Unfortunately,
Emperor Anthony had gifted the
enormous parchment contents of
the Pergamon Library to Cleopatra, for them to be placed in
(the Turkish) Alexandria’s Library (subsequently all lost in a
fire). On to Asclepion (cf Aesclepius, a son of Apollo), the Pergamon Sanctuary, a healing centre.
The triage department sorted the
A & E patients into those who
had a chance of surviving medicine or surgery and those who
didn’t; those who were assessed
without a chance were rejected
for medicine or surgery, to avoid
getting the healing centre a bad
name! The healing centre was
accessed through a 100m tunnel, which had inlets of running
water (to tranquillise the patients!) before reaching the underground hospital. (Sadly for
Day 1. After coping with the airports of Heathrow, Istanbul
(meeting our Riviera Travel
guide, Noel Holman) and Izmir
(meeting our Turkish guide, Ahmet Hurbas) a coach took 42
holidaymakers to Kusadasi, and
the very welcome Korumar Hotel. Ahmet started our ‘holiday’
on the coach by announcing we
were not on a holiday, but a cultural tour, and so it proved to
be, with early starts each day.
Day 2. Ephesus. A guided tour
of the entrance to Ephesus, seeing the Street of Curetes
(priests) leading to the famous
Library, passing the (one time)
houses of the rich, the fountain
of Emperor Trajan and the gate
of Emperor Hadrian. The enormous theatre was where Paul
preached to 25000 Ephesians,
upsetting those who worshipped
the goddess Artemis; so the
Ephesians locked Paul away for 2
years. Then on to the remains
of St John’s Basilica, built by
Emperor Justinian. This was followed by a visit to the small hillside site of the House of the Virgin Mary, a delightful sanctuary.
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and carried the badly wounded
officer to the allied lines, before
returning to his own, to carry on
fighting.
Next we visited the
Lone Pine Memorial and other
cemeteries. Part of the Gallipoli
peninsular was created a national park in 1934, and
Ataturk’s moving speech is commemorated on a memorial tablet. Finally, we had another long
drive through the scenic countryside to Istanbul and the Titanic
hotel for the last 3 nights.
this account, I took only videos
of the ‘surgeries’) And then, further to the ‘high point’, the Pergamon Akropolis, naturally.
Day 4. Troy and Gallipoli. This
day we visited Troy, famous for
the Trojan War. There are actually nine cities, all built on top of
one another – the result of
earthquakes and other natural
causes. Apart from the Wooden
Horse (probably a Walt Disney
construction) and the city’s 5m
high walls – one inside the other,
with the space filled with sand there was little worth seeing at
this site. Returning to Chanakkale, we caught the ferry across
the Straits of Dardanelles to Gallipoli. The afternoon was spent
visiting Anzac Cove where, after
landing, the Allied forces
(Australian, New Zealand, Indian
and British) lost 35,000 during
the 9 month campaign, until Major General Hamilton defied
Churchill (then the First Sea
Lord) and made a strategic withdrawal.
One act of particular
heroism was when a lieutenant
led a (failed) charge against the
Turks. The officer was badly
wounded, but his troops would
not recover him. A Turkish soldier bravely left his own lines
Day 5. Today (Easter Sunday)
began with a visit to the Topkapi
Palace, entering through the
Gate of Felicity. The palace, now
a museum, had been the Sultans’ residence for 4 centuries,
before the Sultans built palaces
on the sides of the Bosphorus
strait, which links the Sea of
Marmara to the Black Sea. The
museum comprises 4 courtyards
and dozens of rooms, housing a
huge collection of (largely Muslim and probably priceless) antiques, among which are Mohammed’s cloak and sword, and
the Spoonmaker 86 carat diamond (the size of a dessert
spoon, and surrounded by 49
brilliant cut diamonds).
It is
called the Spoonmaker diamond
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liers, ostrich eggs are found that
were meant to avoid cobwebs
inside the mosque by repelling
spiders.
because it was originally bought,
presumably from a spoonmaker,
for two spoonsful of rice! No one
seemed to want to visit the
Harem.
Light relief? We asked the Titanic hotel’s receptionist for a
restaurant with entertainment,
and she offered the Orient Bosphorus, with taxi collection and
return.
So 3 of us took the
plunge – almost literally – finding that her choice was a boat on
which we cruised the Bosphorus,
dined and watched a whole evening’s cabaret. A very good evening.
On to the Haghia Sophia, arguably the greatest church ever
built.
From the date of its
(second) construction in 537 until 1453, it served as an Eastern
Orthodox cathedral and seat of
the Patriarchate of Constantinople, except between 1204 and
1261, when it was converted to
a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire. The building was a mosque during the Ottoman period from 29 May 1453
until 1931. It was then secularized and opened as a museum
on 1 February 1935.
Day 6. A morning for most of
the ladies, with firstly a visit to
the Istanbul Spice Market, once
the largest spice trading venue
of the medieval world. With its
abundant stalls featuring piles of
edible exotica it is a favourite
stop during an Istanbul food
tour. Secondly, on to the Grand
Bazaar, with its 4000 shops and
stalls mostly grouped into sections for Turkish ceramics, furniture, carpets, textiles, furnishings, jewellery and fashion, and
others too numerous to remember.
Next came the Blue Mosque. At
its lower levels and at every pier,
the interior of the mosque is
lined with more than 20,000
handmade ceramic blue tiles, in
more than fifty different tulip designs (tulips’ fame began in Anatolia before gifts to the Dutch
brought them much more fame).
More than 200 stained glass windows with intricate designs admit natural light, today assisted
by chandeliers. On the chande-
After lunch it was a visit to the
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Basilica Cistern, a mammoth undertaking 1700 years ago. An
underground reservoir capable of
holding 75000 tons of water; the
size of it was 143m by 65m, with
the roof supported by 336 pillars
brought in from all over Anatolia; one pillar was brought from
Tarsus, where Paul was born.
The whole venture was breathtaking!
history leading to the sites at
present, the further archaeological developments that are ongoing, and the political intrigues
still manifested in Turkey’s perennially failing application to join
the EU. With each application,
the EU requests – demands! that Turkey makes another compromise.
Thus far, the many
unresolved problems include the
fishing boundaries dispute with
Greece, the question of arranged
marriages, the size of Turkey’s
population (75 million (cf Germany 80 million), Turkey and
Greece’s continual disagreement
over Cyprus (ironically, Greek
Cyprus is in the EU, but Turkish
Cyprus
isn’t!),
and
the
unmentioned religious divide.
And finally, a relaxing 2 hour
cruise along the Bosphorus
strait, giving us time to reflect
on our busy week and start
thinking about tomorrow, and
home.
Ahmet Hurbas was excellent. As
well as giving us considerable
information about the sites we
visited, Ahmet also gave us the
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It is amazing how much plants and shrubs will have grown
whilst you were enjoying your holidays. The last three months
have produced some wonderful bumper crops of soft fruit. The rain came
just in time for the runner bean crop; I’ve had reports of huge crops. I hope
you were among the lucky ones. We have just had one of the most rewarding months of the year, with apples, plums, pears fruiting abundantly and
now an abundance of wild blackberries all for free!
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When harvesting your crops remove all debris. If left it harbours
pests and diseases.
Apply grease bands to your apple trees this month if you have not already done so.
Continue to lift and store root vegetables.
Leave parsnips in the ground. They need a frost to give them that extra flavour.
Lift your potatoes on a nice dry, sunny day, leave them on the ground
for a couple of hours to dry before storing. Store in paper or hessian
sacks, NOT PLASTIC, in a frost-free place.
Clear away all dead summer plants; prepare your ground for spring
planting.
Finish pruning rambler roses. Untie them from their supports, lay
them on the ground and cut out at ground level all stems that have
borne flowers. Retain shoots made during the current year and tie
them to the supports.
Leave tulips until end of October or early November before planting.
Give your lawn an autumn feed.
Keep on top of the weeding.
Cut seed heads from honesty, Chinese lanterns and poppies for indoor
winter decoration.
Yes, there’s still lots to do. Now for my usual!
Enjoy your garden.
David Edmeads
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The AGM of CTSD is being held on Thursday 20
November at the St John’s Hill United Reformed
Church, starting at 8pm after refreshments at 7.30pm.
After reports on all the activities and groups of CTSD
there will be a talk on the Sevenoaks Area Youth
Trust. All welcome. Any questions please ask.
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'About St John's - our parish magazine
As we are very conscious of the demands of time taken to contribute to
and to produce ten editions of our parish magazine each year, it has
been decided that it will now be published five times a year:
Month
Reports
Future events
publicity
October
Any events since July/August
edition
Advent programme
December
Harvest
Christmas/New Year
programme
March
Christmas, Parish Panto & Party
Lent/Holy Week/
Easter
May
Lent/Holy Week/Easter
Patronal Festival
July
Patronal Festival
Autumn events, eg
Ride & Stride, Harvest
As well as our regular items, we also hope to include news from
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St John's School and other schools in the parish
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Residents' Associations - Greatness/Hollybush/Holmesdale
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Local businesses - new shops, established businesses
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Hall users
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Scouts
If you have news of any of the above, please consider writing it down!
Articles on local history, local personalities and events in the parish may
be included too.
Further ideas, comments and articles are always welcome. Look out for
a new contributor this month: Keith Monk’s report of his recent visit to
Turkey begins on page 15.
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ST JOHN’S & ST BARNABAS
FILM CLUB
Irving Berlin’s songs: ‘No Strings’, ‘Top Hat, White Tie &
Tails’, ‘Isn’t this a lovely day’, ‘Cheek to Cheek’,
‘The Piccolino’
SUNDAY, 5th OCTOBER, 2014.
2.30 pm, at THE CANDLINs
MEADOWBROOK, VINES CORNER, HILDENBOROUGH,
TN11 9LT
TEA IN THE INTERVAL
BOOKINGS:
ANNIE O’DONOGHUE (01732-453503)
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THE HARRISON SISTERS’ PLAYERS
SONG & PIANO RECITAL
Deborah Miles-Johnson
Leanne Singh-Levett
mezzo-soprano
piano
BBC SINGERS
ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC
St John’s Church, Sevenoaks
Quaker’s Hall Lane, TN13 3TX
SATURDAY, 29th November, 2014, at
7.30pm
La Courte Paille - Poulenc A Shropshire Lad - Butterworth
Trois Melodies - Messiaen & Songs: Strauss, Bridge, Britten,
Rachmaninov, Chausson, Warlock,... plus lighter numbers
Requested Donation: - £12 (concessions for Students & OAPs)
Cheques for advance bookings payable to:David Candlin, Meadowbrook, Vines Corner, Hildenborough. TN11 9LT;
tel: 01732-832203 – We check all payments on entry (no tickets).
Interval Drinks
SUPPORT for St John’s Food Bank
and other Charity works
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