June 2010
VICAR: The Revd. Martin Fredriksen Tel: 694109
PARISH OFFICE (Mondays to Fridays 9.30am - Noon) Tel: 697641
FROM THE VICAR : People from different kinds of backgrounds worship in different ways. I often wonder though, what those outside of the church think of us when they see so many different buildings in our communities, with their particular denominational labels. There are at least five in Broadstone – or more, if we include places like the Waterloo Christian Centre. And how we all grumble about the running costs of each and struggle to maintain them! My personal feeling has always been, that our disunity is both a scandal and a sin.
It is very clear from what is sometimes called 'The High-Priestly Prayer' in John chapter 17, that it is a profound wish of our Lord Jesus that we should all be one – just like he and his Father are one. The functions are different, but the purpose one.
For my forty years of ministry and long before that, we have been praying that our Lord's will should be a reality – and great progress has been made, but sometimes only as far as we let it happen.
I find it ironic that, after a somewhat unusual General Election recently, those now in Government have chosen to set aside some of their differences and work together in coalition for the common good of our nation. Perhaps the secular rulers have something to tell the ‘lords spiritual’ how to run things properly! – we shall see.
Martin Fredriksen.
On Sunday 27th June, we shall be celebrating the Birth of St.John the Baptist - our Patron Saint.
HOLY BAPTISM
| wnd May | Lloyd Michael Walpole, Thomas Matthew Leach |
| 9th May | Leo Bethany Louise Elliott, Frederick James Johnstone |
| 16th May | Daisy Alexandra and Freya Gabriella De Marco (twins), Emma Charlotte Heckford |
| 23rd May | Lucy Matilda Whittle |
| 25th May | Sarah Louise Saunders |
We welcome them into the Lord's Family
WEDDING
| 8th May | Sarah Jane Dunford and Robert William Gould |
| 22nd May | Alexandra Dawn Williams and Christopher Hugh Thomas |
| 29th May | Rebecca Elizabeth Foulger and Duncan James Legge |
Those whom God has joined together, let no one put asunder.
CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
| 12th May | Mary Alma (Molly) Lawrence | 17th May | Gloria Irene James |
| William Herbert (Jack) Limburn | 19th May | Michael Edward Anthony Jones | |
| 13th May | Bernard Laurence Luscombe | 27th May | Jean Mary Flower |
| Brian Raymond Morris | 28th May | Harry James Palmer |
May they rest in peace and rise in glory
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