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NOVEMBER
Sunday 2 ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY
(Revelation 7.9-17; 1 John 3.1-3; Matthew 5.1-12)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer
Mon. 3 ALL SOULS’ DAY
(Commemoration of the Faithful Departed)
7.30p.m. SUNG REQUIEM EUCHARIST
Tues. 4 8.00p.m. Hall Management Committee
Thurs. 6 10.00a.m. Eucharist
10.45a.m. Holy Communion - Shotley Park
Sat. 8 10a.m.-1.00p.m. Book & Toy Sale - Church Hall
Sunday 9 3rd SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
(Amos 5.18-24; 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18; Matthew 25.1-13)
8.00a.m. Eucharist
10.00a.m. SUNG EUCHARIST
& ACT OF REMEMBRANCE
& SUNDAY SCHOOL
6.00p.m. Evening Prayer
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I realise that two pages of this month‟s magazine are simply copied
from the last - and there‟s a familiar refrain often from one year to the
next. Should we be more original?
Well… the copied pages are those which refer to Harvest Festival. The
refrain is in the needs which we identify at this time of year amongst the
world‟s poor, the homeless nearer to hand and the children who may
receive gifts that make all the difference in the shape of a shoe-box we
pack for them. There‟s the reminder too - year-on-year - of All Souls‟
Day, when we confront our grief and bring departed loved ones before
God.
But what does poverty really mean in the UK today? Is it about starvation
and slums? The official line is that poverty is a relative concept. The UK
poverty line is set at 60% of the national median income. Since the current
median income is £377 per week, the poverty line is £226 per week. The
Labour government did take action to reduce poverty when it first came to
power but now the number of people officially in poverty in the UK is
increasing. About 1 in 5 of the population live in poverty. That‟s 13.2 million
people. Of these, two or three million are living in extreme poverty on
incomes of £150 per week or less. Most of these are pensioners, people
with disabilities, and children living in single parent families.
Joanne, 27, is a single mother of two children aged 2 and 4 years. She
receives Income Support of £60 per week and £90 in benefits for her
children. After she has paid her rent, gas and electric and other essential
bills, she has just £13 per week left. They struggle to eat well and have no
money for clothing or extras like Christmas and birthday celebrations.
Christine is a widow living on state pension plus pension credit, giving her
an income of £124 per week. However hard she tries to economise on
heating, food and clothing, she is barely coping with day-to-day life.
More than fifty UK charities, including faith and community groups, have
recently got together to launch the „Get Fair‟ campaign to urge the
government to take action on poverty and the growing inequality gap
between Britain‟s rich and poor. They are inviting others to get involved.
They say that the government could invest £4 billion immediately to halve
child poverty by 2010. They also propose that the government should
improve existing benefits to take half a million pensioners out of poverty,
review benefits for job seekers and asylum seekers, do more to encourage
people into work, and improve access to social housing and essential
services.
While we are „feeling the pinch‟, there‟s likely to be someone else worse off
than we are. As Christians we have a responsibility to care for the poor and
to alleviate poverty wherever we encounter it. You can, of course, support
the „Get Fair‟ by donating money to it or any of its member groups. Or you
can join the „Keep the Promise‟ rally which will take place in London on the
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4 October 2008 or support Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, 1-8
February 2009. Or you can pray for those in need in these troubled times.
www.getfair.org.uk
Church of England
www.cofe.anglican.org
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Every member of our coach party felt apprehensive about this part of the
tour. The film Schindler’s List had been shown earlier - and a BBC
documentary on the Holocaust - but nothing could really prepare us for the
real thing. No one really wanted to go but felt it had to be done in respect
for the millions who were systematically murdered.
Individual Barracks rooms had been divided into four sections each
showing harrowing displays of aspects of camp life. There were many
graphic pictures of transportation and the haunting faces of Jews on their
way to the Gas Chambers. One of the most poignant displays was of tons
of human hair rescued from a warehouse. There was also a roll of material
made of human hair. Huge piles of shoes, sorted into men‟s, women‟s and
children‟s, prosthesis and even glasses and kitchen utensils had also been
kept as a reminder. There was one case full of suitcases many neatly
marked and labelled, combs, soap, brushes, combs and even shoe polish.
All of these items had been removed from prisoners as soon as they
entered the camp for “processing”. All would be reissued to Germans as
everyday supplies. Gold teeth were also removed after death and sent with
other gold and jewellery to be melted down before being despatched
directly to help with funding the Nazi War Effort. Considering that the
Germans had blown up the main warehouses on their evacuation of the
site there was still an amazing amount of material left despite their efforts to
destroy it. This, for me, was one of the most moving parts of the tour.
We then went on to visit the prison where non-Jews were held. These
included political prisoners or so-called criminals. Trials, often by one SS
officer lasted about two minutes and the sentence was inevitably death.
The cells were dreadful and indescribable suffering must have taken place.
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The punishment cells were little bigger than 2 telephone kiosks yet up to
four people were held here. No room to sit or lie down yet these men had
still to work eleven-hour shifts. Few survived for very long. Outside the
prison, between the two blocks was an enclosed yard which contained the
wall of death, where the condemned were shot naked and through the back
of the head. The adjoining hut was where experimentation took place.
The Commandant Rudolph Hoess had his house only yards from the
barbed wire fence surrounding the camp. The garden where his children
played was next to the gas chamber. The gallows, where he was later
hanged now stand on what was once his lawn. We went into the gas
chamber, which is now a memorial to the Jews who died there. Then we
passed the ovens where the bodies were disposed of. Auschwitz 1 was not
designed as an extermination camp, so this gas chamber was not big
enough. Only 800 people could be gassed here in two days. At Auschwitz 2
- Birkenau the figure was 8,000 people, who could be disposed of in the
same time span.
Liz Whiting
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Art at
St. Cuthbert’s
An Exhibition by Local Artists
SING TOGETHER!
Looking ahead to the season of Remembrance
GROWING TOGETHER!
St Cuthbert’s Gardening Club
The Derwentdale Court Eucharist… has had to move out of its usual
meeting place due to building work. Meanwhile, Margaret Vernon is kindly
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hosting us at 65 Woodlands Road - this month on Monday 27 October:
Rosie Junemann officiates at Holy Communion by Extension.
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Congratulations…
to Hannah and David Cleugh, who have just
been able to announce that they will serve
their title as Curates in the Dorchester Team
Ministry in Oxford Diocese.
Hannah (formerly Rudge) grew up as a
member of St. Cuthbert‟s, before going off to
read Theology at Oxford - sadly she hasn‟t
managed to get away, continuing with a
D.Phil., and now working on a M.Th. (Master
of Theology) at Ripon College, Cuddesdon
with husband David. Our best wishes to them.
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Fashion at St Cuthbert’s
7.30p.m. Tuesday 21st October
Ladies’ Fashion Show
- in St. Cuthbert’s Church Hall.
Lanchester Deanery
What is it?
Contemplative Prayer in the Christian tradition.
Items to avoid!
There‟s currently a surplus of tinned tomatoes, pasta and rice
Fresh green vegetables and other perishable items - it‟s not always
possible to use or freeze these quickly enough.
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So pack up your produce, bring it to church on 5 October, and we‟ll make
sure it gets to the Kitchen.
The music of
Ralph Vaughan Williams
“The only „correct‟ music is that which is beautiful and noble.”
At the turn of the century Vaughan Williams was among the first collectors
of folk songs and carols, travelling about the countryside to seek out singers
and notating the songs. His music is quintessentially English and often
incorporates some of those traditional melodies. His musical works include
nine symphonies, five operas, music for film, ballet and stage, song cycles,
choral and church music. No less than four of his works appear in the top
100 of the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2008: The Lark Ascending (no.1),
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (no. 3), Five Variants of Dives and
Lazarus (no. 74), and the English Folksongs Suite (no. 76). His music is
notable for its power, nobility and expressiveness and represents, perhaps,
the essence of „Englishness‟.
Marriages
20 September Adrian Toutoungi & Elizabeth Ashby
Let their love for each other be a seal upon their hearts
and a crown upon their heads.
Funerals
8 September Margaret Yager aged 88 years
Alston Terrace, Bridgehill
16 September John George Neil aged 92 years
Derwent Care Nursing Home
May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace