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Magazine of
The United Church
Winchester
MARCH 2021
The United Church 01962 849559
Jewry Street
Winchester
SO23 8RZ Website: ucw.org.uk
Minister Revd Tim Searle
New email address: minister@ucw.org.uk
Fellowship, Worship and Education
Co-ordinator Tim Clifford
Asst Co-ordinator Juli Wills
Pastoral
Co-ordinator Helen McTiffin
Bereavement Sandy Foster
Flowers Distribution Lesley Worrall
Cradle Roll Ann Coleman
Students Steve Lawson
sjkslawson@btinternet.com
Finance
Co-ordinator Christine Cook 01962 884510
Payments and Expenses Ralph Jessop 01962 843114
Donations and Gift Aid David Worrall 01962 882269
Administration
Co-ordinator vacancy
Asst Co-ordinator Dorothy Lusmore
Office Administrator Naomi Honey 01962 849559
office@ucw.org.uk
Mission
Co-ordinators Jo Crocker
Jo Pellatt
Youth Worker Sam Barnes
sambarnesyouthworker@gmail.com
MHA Communities Anna Miles 01962 890995
Winchester (formerly LAH)
Magazine Editor Barbara Dunton
yours@ucw.org.uk
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Opening Letter
‘God in Love Unites Us’
The Methodist Church has not fully reflected on
the theology of marriage and relationships since
1992, almost 30 years ago, although work has
been carried out by several Task Groups since then. Therefore in
2018, Conference directed the current Marriage and
Relationships Task Group to bring a report to the Conference in
2019 setting out a number of theological arguments and
recommendations concerning the most pressing issues in the
Church’s understanding of relationships and marriage.
The Conference also adopted a Notice of Motion which
directed the Task Group to ensure that the recommendations to
be brought to the Conference include options for ‘a way
forward that is consistent with the existing commitment to live
with contradictory convictions’ and enable, amongst other
things, ‘those who feel called by God to solemnize same sex
marriages to do so’ and ‘protection for ministers, probationers,
members and churches prevented by conscience from
participation in such services’.
The Task Group got to work on this report and presented it to the
2019 Conference with the title ‘God in Love Unites Us’. The report
contained recommendations about various issues to do with
relationships in general and marriage in particular. After further
work by Conference in 2020 on this report, resolutions regarding
these matters were presented to Synods for study and prayerful
discussion.
As a result, some of you will be aware of the ‘God in Love Unites
Us’ conversations that have been happening in the Circuit; some
of you have attended, for which I am deeply grateful to you. The
principle behind these conversations has not been to make
decisions either way about how the Methodist Church views
marriage and relationships moving forward, but to allow people
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the chance, in safety, to voice their views and hear different
perspectives.
It is important that we as a local church play our part in this
conversation too. Understandably, discussions about human
relationships and sexuality are often very emotive. At either end
of the theological spectrum are passionately held views by
deeply prayerful people approaching this sensitive subject with
care and integrity. Yet consensus in these matters is rarely
possible. Difference must be accepted and cherished, not
merely tolerated.
Imagine a rainbow with its complex shades and hues of colour
arching from one point of the sky to another. On this subject you
may place yourself at one end of the rainbow and be tempted
to see those at the other end as diametrically opposed, or those
in the middle as indifferent fence-sitters. Friends, we must resist
this temptation with every fibre of our being. In God’s Kingdom,
which is the whole rainbow, everyone has a voice. We’re not
expected to agree on everything, but we are called to listen,
and to give voice to the voiceless. I commend these
conversations to you knowing that we, as a local church, will
welcome the chance to discuss such important matters with
grace, integrity and above all, compassion.
In Christ, Tim
News of the United Church Family
We rejoice with Pauline Hughes and Richard Costard on the
occasion of their wedding. This was celebrated in church on
Saturday 13 February and Tim officiated. Congratulations! We
wish them every blessing in their married life together.
Several people have been in hospital recently and some are
receiving continuing treatment. We wish them all well. We also
send greetings to those friends living, or temporarily staying, in
various Winchester care homes.
Helen McTiffin
Pastoral Co-ordinator
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WEDDING BLESSINGS
Pauline and Richard wanted to thank all those who have helped
to make their day on13 February possible, in particular Tony
Wood for providing the music which gave the service its
dimension, Lesley Worrall for the beautiful flowers and the display
on the registry table, Graham Rolfe for reading ‘and the greatest
of these is love’ and for making sure we signed the register
aright, Robin Cook and team for all the tech support and Tim
Searle for conducting the service and shepherding us with love
through our great day. Because of lockdown there were only
four guests, but it will always be a very special day in our hearts,
not least because of the church family who have been so very
supportive in so many ways. Our piano is two deep with cards on
the top and the lid is firmly closed with its burden. Thank you for
the love, for the prayers, for the flowers and fellowship which you
have all given us in our time of need. One further lovely present
was to be told the day before that Richard can have
immunotherapy for his lung cancer.
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A Call to Compassion
The following is shared by the CEO of a charity (CASCAIDr)1
which aims to give free advice to support upholding adults’
Health and Care Act rights. She came across it posted on her
‘local neighbours’ site.
DOESN’T IT MAKE YOU CROSS!!
That boy is playing out during lockdown again, where are his
irresponsible parents? Well, he’s got learning difficulties and
many other problems one can’t see; he can’t be kept indoors for
his own safety and for the mental wellbeing of his mother and
himself, he needs that time outside.
See that man who drove an hour for a pit stop coffee. Not
essential? Disgusting rule breaker! He just lost his mother to
Covid-19 and needed to take an hour out when he cannot see
a single friend or family member in his darkest hour.
That woman who’s taken her kids into the supermarket – 4
squealing kids she can’t control – all under 5! Is she trying to risk
her kids’ health? What is she thinking?! That woman is a single
mother and has no other choice, as able people have taken all
the home delivery slots and her husband left them for dust for his
secretary, six months ago.
That car is parked again at the neighbour’s! They’re not from the
same household! The woman in the house tried to take her own
life and the one parked outside is the only face she’s seen who is
stopping her trying again to leave this earth.
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CASCAIDr stands for the Centre for Adults’ Social Care – Advice, Information and
Dispute Resolution.
https://www.cascaidr.org.uk/
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He’s out working, he’s not an essential worker! Surely he should
be home? That man is a newly self-employed single dad. He
can’t claim, he doesn’t qualify for the government help
schemes. He has no choice but to continue his work to keep his
roof and feed his kids.
‘That woman’s out all the time, never in the house, I’m going to
report her.’ That woman finds every excuse to leave the house to
escape her abusive boyfriend who has started beating her
senseless, sinking into a vicious circle of drinking after losing his
job due to lockdown.
Just a few examples of many that could be anyone.
Everybody’s story is different, everybody’s circumstances are
different. Nobody knows what battle someone is facing on a
daily basis, the struggles people face behind closed doors.
So, I’m trying hard not to judge what I see, and not to assume I
know or understand why. ‘Be kind,’ I’m learning to say to myself,
and be humble and mind your own business! Look after your
own affairs, I’m learning – and be safe.
I’m trying to remember to reach out to friends and family and
check in on my loved ones.
We may all be in the same storm, but we are not all in the same
boat; we are all fighting the same war, but everyone’s battle is
different. And what tough battles they are!
Shared by Jane Lawson
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Link to Hope Shoeboxes
The Shoeboxes that we sent at Christmas were very much
appreciated, especially this year. The Charity were delighted
that they managed to collect over 20,000 boxes in difficult
circumstances. (Last year they sent 37,000.)
We will be supporting this Charity again and hopefully even more
of us can get involved. This is a wonderful way to show love to
the poorest people in Eastern Europe.
The Charity has a calendar listing items we can collect each
month which helps to spread the cost. Many of us are still knitting
and sewing in readiness for next Christmas. They really
appreciate that we care enough to make items for them.
Each month in Yours I will let you know the items required. Please
collect and keep safely as it helps spread the cost.
• January: warm items hats/gloves/scarves/ knee blankets.
• February: Heat and light – candles and holders/hot water
bottles.
• March: crafts, aprons/bags/sewing kits/pencil and glass
cases.
It is hard to believe that they live in temperatures as low as -25°c.
Their houses are not heated and are poorly built huts/sheds. We
have felt the cold over the last month, but we live in insulated
warm houses! They really appreciate knee blankets
approximately 3x3 feet (these are collected with the boxes). If
you have a fleece this can be cut up.
The shoeboxes do far more than just provide gifts. Often when
boxes are delivered, they discover the real needs of a family.
One year a young baby had died of the cold. Another dwelling
found an elderly lady sleeping on a cold stone floor. The charity
was able to help with getting a bed and bedding.
8If anyone has spare wool or material please let us know.
We are delighted to welcome Yvonne North onto the
committee.
Ann Coleman
World Mission Group
World Mission: Our New Project for Link to Hope
We are excited that Link to Hope is our new project over the next
few years. The Project that we will be involved in is Future
Change – based in Romania.
They are setting up a Kindergarten providing education and
social care. There is so much help needed to educate and
support families. They provide medical advice, help with birth
certificates, and property. They run homework clubs which help
with basic life skills and developing behaviour.
Do look at their website as it is very informative and gives you a
real idea of the need. https://linktohope.co.uk
Fundraising at the moment is going to be difficult but the charity
is struggling to provide the usual support. Regular donations
would be greatly appreciated.
• If you would like to set up a standing order please contact
David Worrall.
• If paying by cheque, please make it payable to' The
United Church CFL account' to be sent direct to him.
Please write Link to Hope on the back.
• If you are paying by online bank transfer, details are 'The
United Church Winchester CFL 'account sort code 40-46-39
Account No 91386808.
Many thanks in anticipation for your support. We are a small
committee and welcome any fundraising ideas.
Ann Coleman
World Mission group
9Abiding in Christ
For the first time in many years, I worked
through the material prepared for daily
devotions during the week of prayer for
Christian Unity. This year it was prepared by
a monastic community, the Sisters of
Grandchamps in Switzerland. Much of the
material was drawn from Taizé. I found it an
illuminating experience. By the time you read this, several weeks
will have passed, but its message is just as appropriate in Lent.
Here are some extracts that stood out for me. (Italicised where I
have summarised)
Prayer on Day 1
‘Jesus Christ,
You seek us, you wish to offer us your friendship and lead us to a
life that is ever more complete.
Grant us the confidence to answer your call so that we may be
transformed and become witnesses of your tenderness for the
world.’
On growing in faith
‘We need a long period of time – it takes an entire lifetime in
order to plumb the depths of Christ’s love, to let Him abide in us
and for us to abide in Him.’
Of different Christian denominations
‘Each tradition seeks to lead us to the heart of our faith:
Communion with God through Christ, in the Spirit.’
On division in a church community
‘It is not easy to live together. We are faced with our own
limitations. The recognition that we are loved by God moves us
to welcome each other with our strengths and our weaknesses.’
On the unity of all Christians
(As Christians we are linked to the one Vine, its sap flowing
10through each of us) ‘…we are called to see the beauty of each
person.’
On welcome
(God can use our seemingly insignificant gifts) ‘Sometimes a kind
look, an open ear, our presence, is enough to make a person
feel welcome’
‘Will the people we welcome find in us men and women radiant
with Christ our peace?’
Concluding prayer
‘Thrice Holy God,
We thank you for having created us, and loved us.
May we learn to look upon the world as you look upon it,
with love.
In the hope of this vision may we be able to work for a world
where justice and peace flourish
for the glory of your name. Amen’
Pat Fry
Book Review Corner
Wisdom of the Ancients:
Life Lessons From our Distant Past
by Neil Oliver
(Published 2020 by Penguin Random House)
For all we have gained in the modern
world – better living conditions, the
boundless potential of technology – simple peace of mind is hard
to find. In a time that is increasingly fraught with complexity and
conflict, we are often told that our well-being relies on remaining
as present as possible. But what if the key to be being present lies
in the past?
11Our hunter ancestors sought the answers to what it means to be
human and alive, and crafted their understanding into stories,
handed from one generation to the next. These stories – about
family, home, loss – are the distillation of millions of years of living,
suffering, happiness and sadness.
In this book Neil Oliver takes us back in time to grab hold of the
ideas buried in forgotten cultures and early civilisations. He is a
master storyteller, drawing on immense knowledge of our ancient
past, and provides a powerful and inspirational book which is well
worth reading.
Barbara Dunton
Guild Holidays
Highcliffe 1964
Reading the February Yours online I was shocked and so sorry to
read that Methodist Guild Holidays had gone into Administration.
I was immediately taken back to memories of my first Guild
Holiday.
In the Easter Holiday of 1964 (I was in the Lower Sixth at school) I
went with my boyfriend Peter to Highcliffe at Swanage for a
week. I was booked into what was called a ‘multiple room’
sharing with others – and I was sharing with Lesley, who I had
never met before, but she was there with her family. Peter was in
a multiple room too sharing with John, Lesley’s brother. We had
a wonderful week of arranged outings and social events in the
evenings, including Hymn Singing! Looking back, it sounds like
another world, but it gave us so much.
Jump forward to 1970 when we moved to Winchester, and one
of the first people I met at St Peter Street Methodist Church was
Lesley. That week of sharing a room at Highcliffe had given us
the basis of what has become a lasting friendship.
12You probably know Lesley too – she’s Lesley Worrall now and
some of you will probably remember Peter Alderson who took
me to Swanage in his Mini in 1964.
I’m sure you have your own memories of Guild Holidays – weren’t
we fortunate?
Yvonne Alderson
Memories of Guild Holidays
Following on from Yvonne Alderson's article I will recount some of
the wonderful times spent at various locations. It is amazing how
you meet people and then later see them again in quite a
different setting.
I had a great holiday with my family on a Guild Holiday in
Whitby. As I recall, it was called Moorlands. This I believe was
either in 1961 or1962. Consequently, I corresponded with a lad
called Tony.
Fast forward to Autumn 1966 when I was in Shropshire doing my
Midwifery Part 2 when I had a phone call one evening whilst I
was on duty. It was Tony who wanted me to meet his fiancée, so
we met in town for tea. The result was I was invited to their
wedding in October 1967. It was there that I met David who was
a friend of the bride and, as they say, the rest is history!
David and I ventured forth in the Summer of 1968 and went to
Highcliffe, Swanage. We did have separate rooms where we
shared with others. There again we met some lovely people.
I can also recall Church weekends, some at Highcliffe many
years ago now. The last one I went to was at Sidholme where I
shared a room with Barbara Dunton. What wonderful memories
we share, so the Guild Holidays will be sadly missed.
Lesley Worrall
13The Press in the Pandemic
Everything in life has been changed by the pandemic, and this
obviously includes the main news media – television, radio and
the press. There are lots of articles and information about the
coronavirus, but otherwise news has been in short supply.
While the United Church Coffee Bar was in operation, we kept
copies of the Methodist Recorder, the Church Times, and Reform
in the rack for anyone to read. In recent years I was responsible
for providing these, a job I took on from Alan and Brenda
Rickman who had been faithfully supplying them for many years.
The denominational weekly papers continue to publish and
seem to find plenty to write about. The Methodist Recorder and
the Church Times (Anglican) both include reports of their own
and other churches, in this country and more widely. They also
feature book reviews, comment, letters, obituaries and some
really good cartoons. The Recorder also has an act of worship
and is currently running a short story competition. The Church
Times has many pages of job advertisements for vacancies in
parishes all around the country.
The monthly URC magazine Reform is, not surprisingly, rather
different, but also includes news, letters, reviews and articles,
together with a Bible study and a crossword.
If you might be interested in reading any of these publications,
here are price details; contact details are on their websites.
Methodist Recorder: £3.75 from a newsagent, or 45 pence a
week cheaper through the post by annual direct debit.
Church Times: £2.95 from a newsagent, or £115 annually by
direct debit.
Reform: 10 monthly issues by post £29.50, or digitally £18; to
receive both by post and digitally £35.50.
Graham Rolfe
14Puzzled by Lockdown
I have been interested to find a number of others who are doing
jigsaws as part of their 'keep your brain alive' routine during
lockdown – especially the cold dark winter period! These puzzles
might be traditional or on the computer – I do both.
Recently I have been involved in a few 'swaps', and very grateful
for the variety. Not wishing for another job, but if you are
interested, why not let me know and I will draw up a list of those
willing/wishing to do swops.
Please put subject ref: Jigsaws, and include your contact email.
In the meantime, I recommend for
seemingly unlimited free jigsaws on a wide variety of subjects +
number and style of pieces.
Roger Brooks
roger.brooks.riba@gmail.com
Offertory envelopes
I will attempt to deliver the new set of envelopes through
people's letterboxes, otherwise they will be found at the church
office, once this is open.
Tim Peshall
15What Broderers Did
Many of you will have read the Tracy Chevalier novel, A Single
Thread, about Violet, a single lady in 1932 who has lost her fiancé
and brother in the First World War and who finds a new life by
moving to Winchester. She joined the broderers at Winchester
Cathedral, a disparate group of women who embroidered
kneelers (and which before lockdown many of Tracy’s readers
wanted to see). Broderers date from the 14th century and are
one of the City of London Livery Companies.
When the Cathedral reopens visitors will be able to see the latest
amazing work of today’s seven broderers, which is a new Altar
Front in the Epiphany Chapel. Altars and Altar Fronts don’t
feature in our church as much as they do in a large Anglican
Church where they form a major part of the visual Christian
message. The Epiphany Chapel is on the north side of
Winchester Cathedral and already has a number of world-class
16artworks. It was created in the early 20th century and there are
four Burne-Jones pre-Raphaelite windows which tell the Nativity
story. One of these shows the visit by the Magi to the baby Jesus,
which is seen to be the manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles
represented by the Magi. There is also an 18th century Russian
Icon which shows the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan, seen to be
a manifestation of his divinity. Both of these are themes of
Epiphany.
Now a third item has been created to show how Jesus revealed
his glory at the beginning of his ministry by turning water into wine
at the wedding feast in Cana. This is an Altar Frontal which was
given by Betty Crowther in memory of her husband, who died
four years ago. The talented Winchester Cathedral artistic
consultant, Sophie Hacker, did the design which is a symbolic
representation of the six jars of water that Jesus turned into the
finest of wines. The vessels are based on a 1 st century shape that
works best on the frontal. The full outline of one is at the centre,
and the other five move left to right with the third one being
tipped forward to pour out the wine. The miracle can be seen to
be taking place with the blue-green water changing to red wine
as it rushes towards us, assuring us of God’s generosity and
abundance.
All this had to be created in textile with colours complementing
the red, blue, green and gold of the other artwork in the chapel.
Sophie printed her original painting on silk and made six copies.
The broderers cut these into sections that could be worked on.
Nearly a kilometre of silk was used with organzas and beads
creating movement. A blessing of Covid was that the broderers
took only a year for their part of the work rather than five years.
The result is a spectacular picture of this first of Christ’s miracles
readily visible without even going into the chapel, but which
deserves the closest inspection to appreciate the skill, expertise
and patience of these loyal Winchester Cathedral ladies. Put a
visit on your post-Covid to do list.
Ralph Jessop
(Winchester Cathedral guide)
17A Son’s Story
by Rosemary MacMullen
Midnight in Auckland, New Zealand.
Bright stars in the dark sky. It’s
morning, back home in Budleigh, UK.
Rain falling out of a grey sky,
plopping onto the shoulders of the
pallbearers as they carry my father
on his last journey up the path, to the
old church he has attended most of
his ninety years. I should be there.
Their face masks, black to match the suits, seem sinister to his
small grandson who has jumped out of bed ‘to see Grandad on
the telly’. We have tried to explain, without scaring a six year
old, that Grandad was just too old to fight this illness, and now he
is being laid to rest. The fact that we are watching the service
on our computer screen makes it surreal and it seems wrong to
see my mother, not surrounded by the members of our family but
only a chosen few. Aunt Mabel, Uncle Patrick and my cousin,
James, plus a scattering of the people who had cared for him. It
is difficult to see my mother’s face clearly, but her shoulders are
shaking, and Aunt Mabel stretches out a hand over the
intervening empty chairs in a comforting gesture. I should be
there.
I turn up the sound to hear my father’s favourite hymn. I have
sung it countless times in my youth standing shoulder to shoulder
with him, my tenor voice harmonising with his fine baritone. He
sang with the church choir until his eighties and they would have
been filling the church with glorious sound. I join in with the
valiant souls rendering ‘The Lord’s My Shepherd I Shall Not Want’
and smile as I remember when small asking, ‘I MIGHT want a
Shepherd so why do I have to say I shall not want one?’. Dad
laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks. My own cheeks are
suddenly wet now. I feel sorrow, regret and rage. As the minister
speaks of new life for him, I wonder how I will cope with my new
life without him. I should have been there.
18Abbots Barton House Group
We recently had a session on prayer, led by Lisa Ball, and we
thought you may like to share in a few of them:
The first three prayers are taken from a book by Pat Robson
entitled Celtic Praise, Prayers of Praise from Cornwall.
My Father,
I come to you
at the beginning of this day
to ask you to guide and help me.
Give me courage
to face the problems that lie ahead,
and give me a heart
wide open to the joys
that you have prepared for me.
Forgive my many sins,
that I may start this day anew.
And as you forgive me,
may I learn to be forgiving
and compassionate
to others in return.
My Father,
I long to serve you aright.
May all that I do and all that I say
be pleasing in your sight.
Amen.
Eternal God, creator and Father of us all,
we thank you for this wonderful world,
for the ever-changing skies, the blessed winds,
and the earth beneath our feet.
And we thank you that your Son gave up all of
this life’s loveliness in sacrifice for us.
In our turn, and in great humility, we offer you
our lives.
19All that we do and all that we say we give in joyful and willing
service to you, our Lord and heavenly king.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit.
May the rainbow of many colours bind you to God
himself.
May the soft winds of heaven refresh your spirit and
may sunshine brighten your heart.
May the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you.
May God enfold you in love.
And may the blessing of God the Holy Trinity, bringing
peace beyond all understanding, be with you and
remain with you, and all the love, now and forever.
Amen.
The Nunc Dimittis (chosen largely because it is often sung as
part of Evensong):
‘Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all
peoples,
To be a light to lighten the gentiles and the glory of
thy people Israel.’
The Levitical Blessing
God cheer you and look after you.
God convince you that life is good.
God assure you that love is the lasting reality.
May God satisfy your deepest needs, and God
give you peace now and forever.
20Quiz Corner
Hymnformation: A Quiz
This quiz is in two parts, 10 challenging questions here, and then
easier questions leading to the same answers following. Why not
try the challenging ones, and then go to the multichoice, that
gives you a one in three chance?
Part 1:
1. Which hymn writer was born while his father was in prison in
Southampton because he regularly attended an illegal
gathering for worship?
2. Which seventeenth-century hymn writer had been a tinker,
and wrote most of his books while in prison in Bedford?
3. Which twentieth-century English writer wrote ‘Morning Has
Broken’?
4. Which seventeenth-century English poet was a parish priest in
a village near Salisbury?
5. Which hymn which includes the words ‘we are not divided, all
one body we’ was originally written for a Whit Sunday
children’s procession, and who wrote it?
6. Which hymn writer founded the first school for deaf children in
Ireland?
7. Which hymn we often sing was written for the Jamaican
Methodist Church Year of Renewal by the author of the
Jamaican National Anthem, and who wrote it?
8. Which American hymn writer, blind from the age of 6 weeks,
claimed to have written more than 8,000 hymns, published
under more than one name?
9. Which two songwriters collaborated to write ‘We cannot
measure how you heal’?
10. Who wrote ‘The Servant King’ and ‘Meekness and Majesty’?
21Part 2:
1. Which hymn writer wrote ‘When I survey the wondrous cross’?
a) Charles Wesley b) Isaac Watts c) John Newton
2. Which hymn writer wrote Pilgrim’s Progress, and the hymn
‘Who would true valour see’?
a) Richard Baxter b) Isaac Watts c) John Bunyan
3. Who wrote ‘Morning has broken’?
a) Christina Rosetti b) Enid Blyton c) Eleanor Farjeon
4. Which hymn writer wrote ‘Let all the world in every corner
sing’ and ‘Teach me my God and King’ ?
a) George Herbert b) John Donne c) John Keble
5. Which hymn ends ‘with the Cross of Jesus going on before’
and who wrote it?
a) ‘Soldiers of Christ arise’ b)’We are marching’ c) ‘Onward
Christian Soldiers’
a )William Booth b) Sabine Baring Gould c) Charles Wesley
6. Who wrote ‘Once in royal David’s city’ and ‘All things bright
and beautiful’?
a) Cecil Frances Alexander b) Fanny Crosby c) Judith O’Neill
7. Which hymn from Jamaica includes the words ‘In the streets
of every city, where the bruised and lonely dwell’, and who
wrote it?
a) ‘Heaven shall not wait’ b) ‘Beauty for Brokenness’
c) ‘Lord your church on earth is seeking’
a)Patrick Appleford b) Hugh Sherlock c)Fred Pratt Green
8. Was the prolific blind American hymn writer
a) Fanny Crosby b) Frances Ridley Havergal
c) Frances van Alstyne d) Charlotte Elliott
9. Which 2 members of the Iona Community wrote ‘Will you
come and follow me’
a) Kathy Galloway b) Graham Maule c) George MacLeod
d) John Bell
10. Who wrote Shine Jesus Shine?
a) Sydney Carter b) Stuart Townend c) Graham Kendrick
22What flowers do these phrases represent?
1 Please remember me
2 Cunning animal’s hand warmer
3 Bovine error
4 Richly Wed
5 Sad ringer
6 Vehicle state
7 Bill sounds like a nice fellow
8 Industrial Queen
9 Receptacle for Dairy
10 One in the eye
11 Large reptile in America
12 Metal container in open water
13 White cooking powder
14 Got up
15 Christmas girl with German wine
Answers to all quizzes in April Yours.
Yours Magazine
Publication date for the next issue of Yours is
Sunday 28 March. The deadline for articles
and notices is Tuesday 16 March.
All contributions gratefully received.
The Yours Team is: Barbara Dunton and Sophie Armstrong
Email: yours@ucw.org.uk
23Services for March 2021
7 MARCH - LENT 3
10.30 am Morning Worship Revd Tim Searle
(HC, DS & L)
14 MARCH - MOTHERING SUNDAY
10.30 am Morning Worship (L) Revd Tim Searle
21 MARCH - PASSION SUNDAY
10.30 am Morning Worship (DS, L) Mr Tom Belshaw &
Mrs Pat Fry
28 MARCH - PALM SUNDAY
10.30 am Morning Worship (L) Revd Tim Searle
This Preaching Plan is subject to change in response to changes
in Covid-19 Restrictions.
HC Holy Communion (provisional)
L Livestreamed Service from the church
DS ‘Discipleship - Know it; Nourish it; Live it’ Series
MARCH 2021 LECTIONARY:
7 February Exodus 20: 1-17. 1 Corinthians 1: 18-25.
John 2: 13-22.
14 February Numbers 21: 4-9. Ephesians 2: 1-10. John 3: 14-21
21 February Jeremiah 31: 31-34. Hebrews 5: 5-10.
John 12: 20-33
28 February Isaiah 50: 4-9a. Philippians 2: 5-11. Mark 11:1-11
FOR UNITED CHURCH’S LIVESTREAMED SERVICES:
UCW website: https://ucw.org.uk/streamed-services/
YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ucw-services
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