ST JOHN THE DIVINE KENNINGTON th Friday 7 February 2014 NEWS st th We will be hosting the Robes Project on Friday evenings from 21 February to 11 April, providing dinner, a bed and breakfast for 20 homeless guests. Thanks to all who have volunteered so far! Please contact Jez ([email protected]), Fr. David, Isobel or Steffan if you’d like to help. Come to a tea party fundraiser for the Children’s Society (one of our parish charities) on Saturday 15 February in the Community Centre. Drop in anytime from 3-6pm. There will be music, a raffle and fun! Offers of cakes of any description will be gratefully received. th Through our Open Church initiative, St. John the Divine church is now providing a ‘Safe Haven’, as we have joined the London Citizens CitySafe campaign. The church is open from 3 – 6pm on weekdays in school term times. Parishioners have volunteered to be on hand to welcome anyone who visits the church, be that to pray, to seek some peace and quiet, to find someone to talk to, or to use us as a ‘safe haven’. Please drop in and say hello! We are looking for more volunteers – please contact Fr David if you can help ([email protected]). Please pray for the Bishop of Busan in South Korea, who is currently in Britain. Bishop Onesimus is th attending training for new bishops in Canterbury, and will be coming to Mass at St. John’s on Sunday 9 February. Fr. Mark is his commissary (representative) in Britain. Please pray for our neighbours at St. Michael’s Wyndham Road and their parish priest Mother Liz Oglesby, as they prepare for the dedication of their new church building next Sunday at 3pm. SPECIAL EVENTS th Robes volunteers’ dinner and training session (Friday 7 February, from 7pm, in the Community Centre). th Tea Party to raise funds for the Children’s Society (Saturday 15 February, 3-6pm, in the Community Centre). Drop in anytime. The Revd Professor Mark Chapman, Vice-Principal of Ripon College Cuddensdon will preach at Mass on th Sunday 16 February (10am). th Simply Divine supper at the Vicarage (Monday 17 February): all teenagers are welcome. th Choral Evensong with the Boys’ Choir (Thursday 27 February, 5.15pm). th Eagles Pancake Party (Tuesday 4 March: Mass at 7pm in the church, followed by a party at 7.30pm in the Community Centre). Our young adults group will be hosting the Southwark Cathedral young adults group for a party. Please contact [email protected] for further details. REGULAR EVENTS Open church: Every weekday during school term, 3-6pm. The church will be open as part of the London Citizens CitySafe campaign. Please drop in and say hello! Coffee morning (Mondays, 10am – 12.15pm, in the Church). Following a break for Christmas, the coffee th morning will restart on 20 January. Cake will be available as well as tea and coffee, and will be followed by Mass at 12.15. Simply Divine (Every Monday, 6.30pm, in the Community Centre). This is our teenagers’ group, and all are th welcome. On Monday 17 February, Simply Divine will be having supper in the Vicarage. For more information please email [email protected] speak to Venessa Denny or Timi Lijadu. Christian Meditation Group (Tuesdays, 7.30pm, in the Deedes Chapel). Please ask Sister Lucia if you would like more details (020 7720 0268, [email protected]). Girls’ choir practice (Wednesdays, 3.45pm, during term time, in the Community Centre). Boys’ choir practice (Thursdays, 3.45pm, during term time, in the Community Centre). Compline (first and second Thursday of every month, 9pm). Eagles (young adults group). Usually on the first Thursday of every month, 7.30pm, in the vicarage. But th this month we will be having a pancake party on Tuesday 4 March instead. Please email [email protected] for more information. GodTalk@SJDK: This is a group where we seek to learn with each other about what God is saying to us through the events of our time. We normally meet on the second Thursday of the month. The next session th will be on 13 February, starting at 7.30pm (with tea and coffee from 7.15pm) in the St. James’ room of the community centre, when Bishop Peter will lead a discussion on Crime and Punishment. Among other things, we shall explore the connection between the issues of race and law and order. Why do we end up locking up so many more from the minority ethnic communities? All are welcome. The meeting is followed by Compline in the church at 9pm. Dominoes Club (Every Friday, 7.00 - 11.00pm, Community Centre). For further information please contact Lynda Phillips on 07946 646883. MASS TIMES Sunday 10.00am, Monday 12.15am, Tuesday 7.00pm, Wednesday 12.15pm, Thursday 7.30am, Friday 10.00am, Saturday 9.30am. PRAYERS For Fr Mark, Fr David, Mother Ellen, Bishop Peter, Fr Robert, Lionel, Ben Clark, Bett, the Churchwardens and the PCC. For the pupils and staff of our parish schools St. John the Divine Primary School and St. Gabriel’s College. For Archbishop Justin, Pope Francis and the leaders of the Eastern Churches. For all those who are sick: Brian Sibley, Sarah Illingworth, Edna West, Margaret Odamo, Frank Savoury, Jackie McLeod, Thomas Kyabosingo, Santa Akula, Dennis Clarke, Isabella O’Malley, Elva Beaton, Marjorie Johnson, Joyce Bruce, Arinola Ajiroba, Ana Namakula, Genieva Owen, Beatrice Amadi-Ali, Enrico Zamore, Mrs Ayoub, Mounty Ayoub, John Andrews, Olufunmilayo Bankole-Oki, Brian Woodeson, Eliphaz Odeke, Orlando Estwick, Paul Herbert, Laurraine Osbourne, Joan Dawson, Crispin Nondo, Jason Mitchell, Daisy Cruikshank, Taslin Jackson, Nicola Copping, Charles Storey, Gunter Helft (priest), Maureen Baylis, (Miss) Olubunmi Adesioye, Harry Cowd, Denise Inge, Anthony Williams, Dorothy Musoke, Maureen Bowman, Nathan Oyeleye, Maurice Barnes, Abigail Moise, Laura Jennings, Marie Therese, Etheline Jarrett, Shauna Scott, John Thompson, Sashon Wardally, Sarah Beynon, Walter Pons, Jeanne Porsin, Patrick Wasawo, Tabaijah Wasawo, Glynis Llewelyn, Simon, Marcia Ming, David Garlick (priest), Caroline Hinton, Gill Cooper, Basil Newby, Liz Whitaker, Oluyemisi Oshisanya, Teruko Iwanaga, Merlene Keyes, Gloria McLeod, Courtney Schofield, Howard Erskine-Hill, Julia Chessun, Ann Bevis, Mary Peter-Udo, Anthony Kershaw and Geoff Mason (priest). For the recently departed including Helen Morrison, Olusola Odesanya, Keketso Sebotsa, Tony AnaneAsamoah, Robin Crawford (priest), Enid Denny, Georgie Wise, Dunstan Hogarth, Annette Weston, Tilewa Johnson (bishop) and Ana Namakula. CONTACTS Parish Priest: Fr Mark Williams – 92 Vassall Road, 020 7735 9340, [email protected] Assistant Curate: Fr David Pennells – 96 Vassall Road, 020 78 400 100, [email protected] Chaplain to Saint Gabriel’s College: Mthr Ellen Wakeham – Saint Gabriel’s College, Langton Road, SW9 6UL, 020 7793 3914, [email protected] Director of music: Lionel Bourne – [email protected] Children’s choirs: Ben Clark - 020 7735 9340, [email protected] Parish Office: Bett Llewelyn, 020 7735 9340, [email protected] Churchwardens: Harry Cowd and Alexzina Haffner, ([email protected] and [email protected]) Children’s ministry: Flora Nicholson ([email protected]) and Matt Gibbs ([email protected]) Youth: Venessa Denny ([email protected]) Community Centre bookings: Samson Ogunbanjo, 07984 999184, [email protected] Parish website: www.sjdk.org If you would like to be removed from this email list, please email [email protected]