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Malvern Priory Magazine
The Parish Church of St. Mary & St. Michael
In this issue…
All creatures of our God and King…
Roots and Marram Grass
God’s Word in Action
An Exciting Autumn
Farewell to Peter Edwards
Who’s Who – Meet the Babbs
“You lift me up when I fall down”
Two Remarkable Lives
Lifepath 2014 – Notions of a Novice Monk
October 2014
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Regular weekly events:
Priory Home Groups: To confirm times and venues of Home Groups please
contact Ted Crofton on 01886 833376
Monday –Saturday
9.00 am Daily Prayer in the Priory.
Tuesdays
6-7 pm Praise Group in the Lyttelton Rooms
Wednesdays 6.00 pm Sketch Club Youth drama group in the Lyttelton Rooms
Thursdays 11.30 am Holy Communion
6 – 7 pm Table Tennis in Lyttelton Hall
7.30 pm Bell Ringers’ Practice – meet at East door
Fridays
4.15 pm Adult handbells practice
5.15 pm Junior handbells practice
6.00 pm Junior choir practice
7.00 pm Adult choir practice
7.45 pm FEATv! at the Vicarage
Sundays
10.30 am Youth and Children’s Groups in the Lyttelton Rooms
(except when it is Altogether Worship)
7.30 pm Youth Badminton Hour in the Lyttelton Rooms
Contact details for Priory Church Officers and Organisations inside back cover
Magazine Contributions
Please send all contributions for the magazine by email whenever possible (to
mag@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk), with the deadline of the 10th of the previous month
at the latest. Written articles should be clearly marked "Magazine", and placed in the
"M" pigeonhole at the back of the Priory. The deadline for these is the 8th of the
previous month.
Contributions should be limited to a maximum of five hundred words, and where
accompanied by relevant photographs, reduced accordingly.
Where photographs of young people are provided, please confirm that parental
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From the Vicarage
All creatures of our God and King...
Dear Friends,
For nearly fifteen years, until her death at the end of June, Tara - our beloved
black Labrador - shared life with us at the Vicarage. Tara had her own special
ministry of welcome, and she loved meeting visitors to the Vicarage - except, that
is, men working on ladders! She was such a joy and blessing to the Barr family, as
well as to so many others who got to know her over the years. Tara also enjoyed
her visits to the Priory, and especially to the annual Pets Service at the beginning
of October. During this service, she added her own unique contribution to the
hymn All things bright and beautiful! At this year's Pets Service - on Sunday 5th
October at 3.00pm - as we thank God for the gift of companion animals, Mary
and I shall be thanking God for the gift of Tara, who will always have a special
place in our hearts.
As we remember Tara with fondness and gratitude, so we also hope to introduce
our new puppy Benji to his first Pets Service. Benji is a chocolate brown
Cockerpoo - a beautiful, affectionate, small furry bundle who loves playing and
meeting people - that's just as well, as he's living at the Vicarage! Benji has
already brought much joy and delight, and Mary and I are now relearning what it is
to train a puppy!
There is so much we can learn from other sentient beings, including our
companion animals. Animals share so much of our lives, don't they? For example,
as we remember the Centenary of the start of the First World War, let us not
forget how much animals had to play a part in that horrendous conflict. As
productions like War Horse can powerfully remind us, animals share with us in the
suffering and struggle of this beautiful but broken world. They too are affected by
the destructive fall-out of human sin.
Yet, as the Apostle Paul points out in his Letter to the Romans, the bigger picture
is also one of hope for them - as well as for us - in the midst of the shared
struggle, hope that "creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and
will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God" (Romans 8. 21). This
hope is rooted and grounded in what God has done for us, and for the whole of
creation, in Jesus Christ.
In the light of Jesus Christ, we are called to live as those who care for creation,
and who speak up for those who are vulnerable. Safeguarding animal welfare
should have a much higher profile in our society, since the moral litmus test for
any culture is, surely, how it treats animals, as well as children and vulnerable
adults.
Wishing you every blessing in Jesus Christ, the Lord of 'all creatures great and
small',
John Barr, Vicar
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OCTOBER 2014
1 Wed
2 Thurs
4 Sat
10.00 am
10.00 am
4.00 pm
6 – 8 pm
Mothers’ Union Prayers
Priory Tots in Church
Choral Evensong sung by the Priory Junior Choir
YOMP Team Challenge, Lyttelton Rooms
5 Sun, 16th Sunday after Trinity, Dedication Festival
8.00 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Parish Communion: Preacher Archdeacon Nikki Groarke
3.00 pm Pets Service
4.00 pm Silver Sunday Tea in church
6.30 pm Choral Evensong
9 Thurs
1.00 pm Lunch Box – talk by Sue Adeney - “Going for Gold and
the 2012 Olympic Legacy”
2.30 pm Meet Bishop Graham in the Priory
11 Sat
10.00 am Peal of Bells to celebrate the Diamond Wedding of John
and Gladys Clements
4.00 pm Evening Prayer
7.30 pm Science and Faith Walcher Lecture: “Who is to blame?
Disasters, Nature and Acts of God” – Professor Robert
(Bob) White FRS
12 Sun, 17th Sunday after Trinity
8.00 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Morning Worship
Preacher: Professor Bob White – “The Beginning and End
of All Things”
12.30 pm Holy Communion
6.30 pm Holy Communion
17 Fri
7.30 pm Shakespeare in the Priory: “Julius Caesar”
18 Sat
2.00 pm Shakespeare in the Priory: “Julius Caesar”
7.30 pm Shakespeare in the Priory: “Julius Caesar”
19 Sun, 18th Sunday after Trinity, St Luke the Evangelist
Priory Visit to St. Luke’s, Wolverhampton
8.00 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Parish Communion
6.00 pm Café Church at Costa Coffee
6.30 pm Evensong
20 Mon
Alpha Course in the Guesten Room
21 Tues
7.30 pm Concert by the Boyan Ensemble of Kiev
23 Thurs
1.00 pm Lunch Box: Indian Update – talk by Robert Radley
25 Sat
4.00 pm Evening Prayer
26 Sun, Last Sunday after Trinity (Trinity 19, BCP), Bible Sunday
8.00 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Altogether Worship
12.30 pm Holy Communion
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27 Mon
29 Wed
31 Fri
6.30 pm Choral Evensong
Alpha Course in the Guesten Room
7.30 pm “The It’s Not Fair” – Rhema Theatre
4.30 pm Messy Church Light Party
NOVEMBER 2014
1 Sat
12 noon Organ Recital by David Dewar (Chippenham)
2 Sun, 4th Sunday before Advent (Trinity 20, BCP), All Saints Sunday
8.00 am Holy Communion
10.30 am Parish Communion
6.30 pm Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance
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Open Tuesday 21st October to Saturday 13th December Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm and Saturdays 10am to 1pm.
In Loving Memory - A Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance
on All Saints’ Sunday, 2nd November, at 6.30pm
All of us remember loved ones who have gone before us through the gateway of
death. Many Christians have found it helpful to focus on this, both at anniversaries
and also around the time of All Saints’ Day (2nd November). This is a day when we
can remember all the lives and examples of what the Letter to the Hebrews
describes as the ‘cloud of witnesses’ (Hebrews 12.1).
This year, we are holding our special Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance
on All Saints’ Sunday at 6.30pm in the Priory. The service is open to everyone
who would like to attend, and it will include music, readings, a short reflection, and
prayers. There will also be an act of thanksgiving and remembrance, during which
there will be an opportunity to light a candle in memory of loved ones.
John Barr
Please come and join us for Coffee at 10.30am on Saturday 25th October at the
home of Eileen and Michael Angling, 27, Geraldine Road. An ideal opportunity to
meet new members of the congregation and Priory friends.
Sue Pain
NOVEMBER QUIZ NIGHT
The Welcome Group are planning another of our successful Quiz Nights on St
Cecilia's day, Saturday 22nd November. There will be a hot supper of Chips and
Something to cost around £5 a head, and plenty of questions from our efficient
quizmaster, Mary Weatherill. We sit at small tables so teams are made up of 4
people. Put this date in your diaries now!
Chris Shepherd
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Thought for the Month
ROOTS AND MARRAM GRASS
The first time I saw the girl who was to become my wife was from a pulpit in a
small Baptist church in Liverpool. Her effect on me was paralysing. She says I
gave a compelling talk on Amos. My memory is of a decreasing focus on my train
of thoughts and increasing blather every time I looked at her.
What I remember about that first summer are long conversations, emotional
drunkenness and journeys to places we loved. I wittered on about God and poetry
and theology. She was a surprise. She took me off to the Ainsdale nature reserve,
north of Liverpool, and delivered impassioned speeches about sand dune
development. I can see her now – brown cord jeans, yellow anorak and waistlength hair caught into a braid. Amazing. Beautiful and mad about sand dune
accretion, for goodness sake. I had no idea there was such a thing.
Ollie gave me a memorable one-on-one lecture on marram grass, which had an
interesting effect. It clarified my calling to Christian ministry. I guess up to that
point I had felt caught up in a compelling story of God loving the world and people
and things, filling them with light and loveliness, finding the lost, healing the hurt
and I wanted to tell the story. But there was something else. Ollie told me about
how the sands blow around, restless, washed out and back by the sea, sterile until
the marram grass begins to grow. We dug into the big dunes and found that below
the soft sand was a tough, fibrous mat of roots. Home. Home to birds and animals
and beetles and all manner of things. And the sand became stable. Marram grass
is extremely tough. It has immense strength from many tiny rootlets which cling to
the sand, allow it to retain moisture from the rain and thus begins diversification,
as they (the environmental scientists) say. Marram grass is where solid land starts
forming fresh from sterile, loose sand. Stability starts here. The sandcastle you
make on the shore from warm golden sand will be gone tomorrow. Not so the
dunes. They change, adapt, grow, decline and move about even. But this is where
life begins on the shore. Dunes form a hospitable place in an inhospitable
environment.
I refined my calling. This is what Christian faith community does. It is the marram
grass of a restless, spiritually sterile, unsettling social environment. People ache
for a safe community. The focus I had on my calling panned back from just the
delivery of a message to the creation of community, where hospitality was given
and received, where diversities of all kinds were welcomed, where strangers
found a home and where we travelled together deeply and with awe into the
healing love of God. A community that was good news.
God is about two things – diversity and communion. Those fingerprints are on
everything we see and experience. A diverse world can only survive if it can learn
how to be in community. The Christian’s God is more like a community than an
individual, more like a family than a person and more welcoming than we could
imagine to our confusions, uncertainties and self-exclusions.
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A community of Christian faith, working to stabilise the sands of our rootless
society in communities where there is commitment to stay, commitment to provide
shelter and a place to grow is what we are about at the Priory. A safe place to
learn God and each other.
Tim Marks
Invite you to a
Quiet Day
‘In God’s goodness’:
Benedictine practice for our daily lives
Led by Rev Ian Mead*
10am – 3.30pm
Saturday 8th November 2014
Droitwich Methodist Church, WR9 8AN
ALL WELCOME
This event is free, but donations of £5 invited to cover expenses. Please
bring a packed lunch.
*Ian is an ordained Methodist minister who has lived for the past 6 years in a
Benedictine community now based at Mucknell Abbey in Worcestershire.
TO BOOK YOUR PLACE Please contact Max Jourdier on
mandcjourdier@gmail.com or 01886 812259
Meet the Bishop?
On Thursday 9th October, as part of an introductory day visit to Malvern Deanery,
Bishop Graham Usher will be calling in to meet us in the Priory at around 2.30pm
for about an hour. It will be an informal opportunity to get to know Bishop Graham
over a cup of tea, and for him to find out more about us. If you are able to come
along, you would be most welcome.
Later that day, Bishop Graham will preside at a Deanery Eucharist in St Matthias
Church at 7.30pm. Again, all are welcome to attend.
John Barr
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God’s Word in Action
‘...extend hospitality to strangers’ (Romans 12 v.13 NRSV)
Ever stood having a cup of tea at church and not known a soul? Ian and I were in
that position fourteen months ago having moved to Malvern from London. I would
consider myself reasonably outgoing but, standing in a strange church, with a cup
of tea in hand and everyone around me seemingly laughing and joking with their
neighbour can be pretty uncomfortable.
I had attended my London church for over 27 years and, quite frankly, there had
been lots of new people pass through to whom I had nodded, asked a couple of
polite questions and moved on. Now the boot was on the other foot. Before
leaving London I had commented how stressful moving can be - coping with a
new home, lots of paperwork, fresh surroundings - yet several friends had
remarked about our move, ‘well you’re lucky, you have the church’. Here I was in
the new church and I didn’t feel very lucky.
All of a sudden someone came up and started to talk to us. What relief! We
chatted for a few minutes and when she heard we had only been around a week
or two said she would email us with a date to come for a meal. And she did. And
we went and she invited another couple to that meal and they, in turn, also invited
us to their house!
What a fantastic job the Newcomers’ Coordinator does. Three weeks after our
arrival my husband had to go away with work – Sue learned this from someone
else, rang to make sure I was OK and invited me for coffee. I felt cared for.
A different church member started a conversation a couple of weeks later at
coffee – another invitation and at that meal we were introduced to home group
leaders who invited us to join their home group. We’ve been participants for the
past year. Since then we have been invited to several people’s homes and folk
have shown a real interest in us.
So – we are about to move back to London and what do I take with me from the
Priory? Those invitations were lifesavers. When I was at my most vulnerable and
away from all that is familiar, my wider church family stepped in. I felt I belonged, I
felt valued. I am very grateful to you – you know who you are.
And when I return to my old church I will now look out for that new face, approach
for a chat and offer a couple of hours in my home - I won’t leave it to someone
else to think about. It really did make all the difference to our fantastic time here in
Malvern. A big thank you, Priory Church.
Julie Thomson
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An Exciting Autumn
There is a feast of exciting events, for all ages, this autumn. Here is just a sample
menu:
ALPHA A Priory Alpha course is due to start on Monday October 20th. Come and
explore the faith in good company – and with a hot meal thrown in! Alpha is for
everyone – those with no faith, who want to know what this Christianity thing is all
about; those with doubts and many questions; those Christians who just want to
do a refresher. If at all interested, and you want to know more, ring David on
01684 833239 or Chris on 01886 880330.
SCIENCE AND FAITH On Saturday October 11th, at 7.30pm in the Priory, and at
our morning service the next day, we shall be privileged to have Professor Bob
White, Professor of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University, as our speaker. Prof
White is a world expert on volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and all such “acts of
God”. His subject is “Who is to blame? Disasters, Nature and Acts of God.” They
are sure to be fascinating talks, and perhaps help us to think through why God
allows such things.
CAFÉ CHURCH meets in Costa Coffee, in Church Street, at 6.00pm on the 3rd
Sunday of every month. It is church, but not as you know it, and it is designed, not
for curious Christians, but for those who want to explore a bit what this Christianity
thing is about, and how it relates to everyday issues. Why not bring an enquiring
friend or neighbour?
MESSY CHURCH LIGHT PARTY Halloween so often focuses on dark and evil
things. The Light Party, on Friday October 31st, 4.30 – 6.30pm, in the Priory, offers
an alternative - good and wholesome fun, focusing on the Light of the World. It is
– as Messy Church always is - not just for children, but for families. All families are
welcome – non-church families as well as church families. Why not bring a family,
and have fun?
THE “IT’S NOT FAIR” A powerful production by the Rhema Theatre Company
about human trafficking – a largely hidden scandal that is prevalent in our society
and our world. Wednesday October 29th, 7.30pm, in the Priory. Tickets on the
door. It’s a one-off chance. Don’t miss it!
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Priory People
Goodbye to Peter Edwards
Some occasions combine happiness and sadness in equal measure. So it was on
29th June when we said our formal (and not so formal) goodbyes to Peter Edwards
after nearly four years as the Priory’s curate. In that time we have come to know,
appreciate and love a very talented man, who will surely be a great asset to
wherever he goes next.
When Peter arrived at the Priory, fresh from theological college, we may not have
immediately recognised the strengths that gradually emerged. Certainly we
quickly learned that he had a great love of liturgy, especially the Book of Common
Prayer, and traditional church music. With his smart clerical dress of light summer
jacket, black shirt and dog collar – brilliantly recreated by Dylan Farrier as a
celebratory cake for Peter’s last day at the Priory – he seemed to be the epitome
of a traditional clergyman. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Peter soon showed himself to be far more than the traditional image that he at first
portrayed. He has an easy rapport with all ages, with a real concern for people at
every stage of life. He is equally at home taking children’s groups or visiting
residents in retirement homes. His sermons were innovative and fun. Who will
forget his 2012 slow-motion run down the Priory’s centre aisle to the theme from
Chariots of Fire or the occasion when he had many of the congregation tied
together with string? But there was always a serious point behind these antics,
which would be made so much more memorable than it would otherwise have
been. By turns both exuberant and thoughtfully reflective, Peter is very much a
man of many parts. He is also a very able musician and his piano repertoire
ranges from classical works, beautifully played on Priory Welcome Days, to
brilliant improvisation of jaunty TV themes.
As Peter, by his own admission, enjoys his food, it was only fitting that we marked
his moving on with a splendid “Bring and Share” lunch, ably organised by the
Welcome Group. The sun shone and it was a thoroughly enjoyable occasion, with
a large number of the Priory family sharing the time together.
Peter came to us as a trainee, but we have all learnt a great deal from him. At the
end of Peter’s last morning service at the Priory, four members of the choir (in
splendid headgear) sang a song recalling many of his varied attributes. If I could
quote just a couple of lines from that song:
“While we have pondered how to help and guide him
He has been busy winning hearts and minds.”
That seems to sum up Peter. We wish him well as he seeks to find out where God
wants to use him next, but wherever that is, we know that he will be busy winning
hearts and minds and using his many talents to serve God and his people.
Peter Babb
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Priory People
Two Remarkable Lives
GWEN ANTHONY, died 31 July
Born in March 1927 in Islington, Gwen was an only child. When World War II broke
out she was evacuated to a family farm in Bridgewater, where she loved working
with the animals. It also meant that she was well fed and nourished. Her parents
moved to Worthing after the war, and it was then that Gwen left school to pursue a
career in banking. She had reached the highest grade open to women at that time
before she met and married Gerald Anthony. As was the practice of the day, she
relinquished her career for a long and fulfilling role as Gerald's wife. Her banking
experience proved invaluable in parish life. Gerald was appointed Vicar of Bulmer,
near Castle Howard. Wherever he served in his priesthood Gwen gave him wholehearted support and practical help, and made many friends among former
parishioners with whom she kept in touch. When they moved to Broughton, with 5
parishes to look after, Gwen not only struggled with a 22-bedroom vicarage, but
also felt called to train as a Lay Reader, in order to give extra support to Gerald's
ministry. Being a pianist as well, morning and evening prayer was a dash between
pulpit and piano. Gwen had a great gift for remembering people’s practical needs,
such as baby vests and cough syrup.
On Gerald's retirement, in 1983, they came to Malvern. They chose to worship at
the Priory, and, until the beginning of this year, Gwen hardly missed a Sunday. As
Gerald's health declined, Gwen cared for him devotedly, at the same time taking on
the compilation and circulation of the Priory monthly Prayer Letter, and playing her
part in the weekly Shoppers' Services at URC in Malvern Link. She also edited
Gerald’s West Runton Prayer Fellowship letters. She appreciated the support she
was given by retired clergy and their wives in Malvern. After Gerald's death in 2006
she carried on resolutely until failing eyesight meant relinquishing the Prayer Letter,
and then, sadly, her ability to drive herself. But, with the aid of taxis, she was
regularly in church on Sundays, and sometimes at the Thursday Communion. She
was grateful for the help her Priory friends and neighbours gave her during this time.
Eventually she became more frail, spending a period in hospital before her life on
earth ended on 31st July.
Testimony to Gwen's life was the large number of people who joined her few
remaining relations at her funeral. We gave thanks for Gwen's steadfast life of
service to her Lord, knowing she had played her part in building His church on earth
as described in the words from Ephesians Chapter 4, read during the service.
M S-H, ED and DW
MONICA PUSEY, died 8 August
Monica was born in Leicester in 1924. At Grammar School she displayed an
aptitude for French, and became one of a small number of women to graduate from
Leicester University with a degree in French. She then spent a period of study in
France – surely one of the first students to be able to do so after the end of the
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Second World War. There followed a period of teaching in Yorkshire, during which
she felt called to the mission field, and was able to go to Madagascar with USPG,
to teach French there. This was a very happy and fulfilling time for her, deepening
her interest in the natural world. Her service there was brought to its end by her
conviction that she should return to this country to care for ailing parents.
Monica took a post at Lawnside School in Malvern and her parents moved nearer.
After their death, she was worshipping at Cowleigh church, whose incumbent was
the widowed Revd Guy Pusey. Their friendship became closer, but was developed
with such discretion that the congregation was completely taken aback when they
announced their plan to marry.
From this point, Monica devoted her life to supporting Guy and his son. Retirement
saw them worshipping at the Priory. Guy did not share Monica's adventurous spirit,
so short breaks were enjoyed in this country, even when he became more frail; on
one such break, Guy died. Monica continued resolutely, now able to let her love of
travel re-surface, and she and her stepson visited Madagascar and other countries
nearer home. She also gave time and energy to supporting Oxfam, as a volunteer
behind the till, Amnesty, and Christian Aid, as an annual collector. She supported
the National Trust and enjoyed their holidays. During one of these, her French came
in handy, when it was discovered that Cartmel Priory had run out of welcome leaflets
in English. Nothing daunted, Monica translated the French version for us. Her love
of Nature also widened our knowledge. We became aware of her passion for
crosswords which she indulged as the coach travelled along, seeking help from
those around her when stumped. This went with her love of Scrabble which she
kept up to the end of her life.
In failing health, Monica was supported by church and Oxfam friends so that she
was able to fulfil her desire to die in her own home. Her funeral brought together
people who had known and respected her in her different roles throughout her life.
We gave thanks for a lady of determined, but carefully thought out, views, who
served her Lord quietly and who was now resting with Him.
Elizabeth Dunnett
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Quotations of the Month
Exercise daily - walk with the Lord.
We don't change God's message - His message changes us.
One thing all nations have in common is the ability to see each other’s faults.
The human race seems to have improved everything except people.
Whatever we part with for God’s sake shall be made up to us in kind or kindness.
Matthew Henry
In giving until it hurts, some people are extremely sensitive to pain.
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Who’s Who in the Priory
Meet Hilary and Peter Babb
When and why did you come to Malvern?
Hilary: I first came in 1954 because my parents moved here when I was three.
We lived in Christchurch Road. We left in 1959. My parents moved back to
Malvern and I came in 1984 with my one-year old son after the breakup of my first
marriage. I taught peripatetically until 1987. I then taught at Great Malvern Primary
School for thirteen years, then in 2001 in Hereford for nine years where I was
head of a large unit for children with speech & language disorders and autism.
Peter: I came to the area in 1978 for a one-year teacher-training course in
Worcester. In 1979 I got a job at Dyson Perrins where I taught for fifteen years. In
1994 I moved to work for the Local Education Authority until 2009.
Why did you come to the Priory?
We came in 2003 to the Easter morning service and felt that this was the place for
us. Mary’s sermon, music, the choir, and the hymn choices drew us.
How would you describe your relationship with God?
Peter: I could sum it up in three words ”Work in progress”. I am continually
learning and deepening the relationship. It’s not always easy, one goes through
dry patches. On my way to work I used to go past a poster outside Somers Park
Methodist church that said, “If God seems far away, guess who moved?” –
something I sometimes reflect on.
Hilary: I have a visual image of my relationship with God. There is a huge
sculpture of God’s hand at the war memorial in Barnards Green. I think of myself
as being in the palm of that hand. I can’t go over the edge of it, I feel safe there.
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What is your favourite hymn?
Hilary: Tell out my soul, because I walked up the aisle to it at my wedding to
Peter. I especially like the words:
Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice.
Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight. (mine!),
Firm is His promise and His mercy sure.
I like a lot of music by Margaret Rizza that we sing in Praise Group.
Peter: I shall choose a Charles Wesley hymn:
Forth in thy name, O Lord I go,
My daily labour to pursue;
Thee, only Thee resolved to know,
In all I think or speak or do.
I first got to know this at school. Our new headmaster used it in school assembly
at the beginning and end of every term. The words have always seemed
appropriate to any situation you are moving into. I was brought up in Methodism in
Cornwall, so the fact that Wesley wrote it has some resonance for me.
What are your favourite scriptures?
Hilary: I particularly like the gospels, especially John’s gospel. I like the Psalms
because you get nuggets of truth. In Ps103 verses 11 and 12: For as the heavens
are high above the earth, so great is His steadfast love towards those who fear
Him: As far as the east is from the west, so far He removes our transgressions
from us. His love and mercy are without limit to those who acknowledge Him.
Peter: I have no particular favourite verse because All scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness so
that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Tim 3:1617. Recently in our home group study in Galatians I have been particularly
reminded of the importance of our freedom in Christ. It is for freedom that Christ
has set us free. Gal 5:1.
What are your hobbies and interests?
Hilary: We both enjoy cycling, especially on canal towpaths and former railway
tracks. I love reading, especially keeping up with what is going on in the world, but
novels too. I enjoy growing vegetables, even though we only have a small plot. I
love the abundance in a garden.
Peter: I enjoy planning the cycle trips. I enjoy DIY and like designing and making
things.
What are your roles in the Priory?
Peter: I have been Church Warden for three years, which has brought me into all
sorts of areas, like looking ahead to the development of the church and the church
building. I have recently been involved with the heating and the bell frame
projects. We attend Miller’s Field home group and are both in Praise Group.
Hilary: I am the administrator for the children and youth groups work. I am also an
Explorer leader. I am the safeguarding rep doing the DBS (Disclosure and Barring
Service) checks for people working with children and vulnerable adults in the
church.
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What part of the Priory services do you like most, and what would you like
to see?
Hilary: I have found that in all the varied services there is always something (and
often many things) that speaks to me spiritually.
Peter: I appreciate the variety of services and hope we can maintain and expand
that.
Sylviane Outram
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Bellframe Project News
The Bellframe Project is now beginning to happen. We have produced a display of
the history of the Priory bells and an outline of the Bellframe Project on public
display boards which are now on display in the Priory. Part of the agreement of
receiving a £90,200 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund was that we would provide
a public display of the history of the bells and Bellframe Project. We are also
required to display the Heritage Lottery Logo. On the display boards we have also
shown some of the other charitable donors. A full list of donors will be produced and
displayed when the project is completed.
Asbestos beneath the Priory’s Nave Transept bells access trapdoor will be removed
by a specialist contractor starting on the 29th September. This will take up to ten
working days during which no one will be allowed up the tower. Asbestos has also
been found in the redundant heating fan housing in the ringing chamber and will be
removed by the specialist contractors.
A final peal attempt will be made on the eight bells will made on Saturday 11th
October by a visiting band of very experienced ringers. This will be the last time the
existing eight bells will be rung in peal which has not happened for about thirty
years.
The Bellframe Funding Appeal has now approximately £6,000 still to raise to meet
the target of £220,000. If you would like to help by sponsoring a quarter peal or
making a donation please contact me or go to the Priory’s website,
www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk/bells.
Trevor Still (Chairman Bellframe Funding Group )
Lyttelton Well Prayer Request
The heating boiler for the complex is broken beyond repair. A modern
replacement is essential before it gets cold, but requires a small vent through
the wall of the Lyttelton Rooms. As this is a listed building, official consent is
required.
Please pray (and get all your church praying) that the conservation officer will
recognise the urgency and respond favourably.
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From Revd Canon Robert Jones
Nearly venerable?
There are many, shall we say, eccentricities about the Church of England, and not
a few surprises, not least that archdeacons are known in their title as Venerable.
Why venerability is seen to apply to archdeacons alone, I do not know. As my dad
said when I told him this about my new appointment, ‘I don’t think I can take that
seriously.’ And I agree with him; ‘hardly venerable’ seems nearer the truth. But
maybe that’s a good thing: taking ourselves too seriously is always dangerous!
It has been a humorous conversation point, along with the comments about drains
and gutters. Archdeacons are closely involved in the care of church buildings,
which might seem tedious to some. Certainly it involves business and planning
meetings. But it is a practical care, alongside the pastoral care of clergy and lay
people in the parishes. I take it to mean that I will be more intimately involved in
encouraging local Christian presence, in both people and buildings, and I’m
looking forward to that.
This new ministry begins for me on Sunday 16th November with a service in the
cathedral at 4pm. Please pray for me, and come if you can! I have been
overwhelmed by messages of support and good wishes since the announcement.
Hearing from people in parishes where I’ve worked, I have realised something
else: When you move on from one post to another in the Church you think that
you leave much behind, but in fact you take much with you. In these past few
weeks I have had a sense of gathering up so many experiences and relationships,
of belonging to the extended family of the diocese.
There’s been much made of the ‘Ice Bucket’ challenge in the media recently. I’m
thinking my ice bucket challenge begins on 17th November. But there’s also a
‘thankfulness’ challenge doing the rounds of Facebook, where you have to list
three things you’re thankful for each day. So I thank God for
• the community of the Church in this diocese, expressed in all your kind
greetings;
• the committed presence and engagement of Christians locally in the parishes;
• and the gift of humour, taking God seriously enough, but not ourselves!
Robert Jones
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A Welcome Awaits at the 2014 Diocese of Worcester Festival of Healing
Sat 4th October 2014 at Worcester Cathedral
We are delighted to welcome as our special guest speaker
The Rt Revd Dominic Walker
Bishop Dominic was until recently Bishop of Monmouth. He has a long held
interest in the ministries of healing and deliverance, and was a member of the
group that produced the “A Time to Heal” report in 2000.
Programme: (you are encouraged to come to the whole programme, but if you
are only able to come for part of the day, please do!)
10.00 – 12.45: A session with The Rt Revd Dominic Walker – this session will
comprise a talk based on the text “By His wounds you have been healed”,
followed by coffee and a time for discussion, questions and answers.
12.45 – 2pm: Lunch (please bring a packed lunch), and opportunity to visit
stands manned by representatives of healing organisations.
2 - 3.30pm: Healing Eucharist in the Cathedral. We anticipate that Bishop John
will preside, and Bishop Dominic will preach.
Minimum donation of £5.00 for the morning session, to cover expenses only,
payable on the day
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Lavender and Lady Grey
I noticed two black bananas in my fruit bowl. I shall throw those in the compost, I
thought. But no, that would be a waste. So I ‘googled’ recipes with two bananas.
Up came a lovely recipe for healthy banana and blueberry muffins. Aha! I have
some blueberries in my garden. So out I trotted to my blueberry pots and returned
with a handful of berries. This recipe called for two egg whites, so in they went. But
alas! This left me with two egg yolks. So I ‘googled’ recipes with two egg yolks. Up
came a recipe for lavender shortbread biscuits. Aha! I have just harvested my first
ever crop of lavender. So upstairs I trotted to get two teaspoons of lavender from
the laundry room where my tidy bunches of lavender are drying. The resulting
biscuits were amazing! I really needed to share them. So when Jill arrived to bring
back my cutting board, which she had borrowed for Lifepath, I invited her to tea and
biscuits. Would she like Lady Grey? And so we sat in the lovely garden in the
sunshine while I told her the tale of the two bananas and the two eggs. “Oh!” she
said, “You must write that up for the Parish Mag!” Today, on my way to tea with a
friend in Worcester, I shared my tale with Susan who immediately said, “You must
write that up for the Parish Mag!”
So there you have it, folks! Do not ‘despise the day of small things.’ (Zech 4:10a).
Sylviane Outram
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The Priory’s Director of Music, Piers Maxim, is now available to
give private singing, piano and organ lessons.
Competitive rates; unparalleled experience in all styles of music
making; all standards, from beginners to international
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Contact on: music@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Or 07776 337 558 (mobile)
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“You lift me up when I fall down”
In my diary for 24th March 2014 I have written the words “The Fall”. On that
afternoon I was walking up Church Street with my granddaughter Anastasia, when
I caught my foot in the pavement just by the Priory gates and fell on my elbow. I
was reminded of this in the Altogether Worship service on 10th August 2014 as
Rosemary Webster sang “Faithful God, so unchanging” and explained why the
song meant so much to her. The song contains the line “You lift me up when I fall
down”.
Earlier in the service we had sung Timothy Dudley-Smith’s lovely hymn based on
Psalm 91: “Safe in the Shadow of the Lord”, which has a verse stating “His holy
angels keep my feet secure from every stone”. It didn’t feel like that on 24th March
when I found myself flat on the ground, unable to get up on wondering why my
right elbow wasn’t responding as it should! However, God did keep his promise to
lift me up. Alerted by Ana’s screams (and probably mine as well!) within seconds
Michael Angling appeared from the Priory grounds, and was extremely calm and
kind as he helped me to my feet, assisted by the lovely lady pharmacist from
across the road. Michael was also able to take Ana home, after fetching Roy to
take me to hospital. I am sure that Michael will be very embarrassed to read this,
but I do believe that God was there in my time of need.
Now many months later, after an operation to pin my elbow, lots of physiotherapy
and osteopathy, I am almost back to normal. It has been a great lesson in
patience, and the frustrations of being unable to do many simple everyday tasks
have at times been very depressing. My incapacity has hopefully been temporary,
but it has made me more considerate to people who endure permanent and
increasing immobility and dependence on others. I was very comforted by Ted
Crofton’s comment at the end of his sermon on the Feeding of the 5,000 (Sunday
3rd August) that however little we have to offer, the Lord can take it and do great
things for Him. We are all special and He has never written us off, even when we
fall and feel useless!
“His holy angels keep my feet
Secure from every stone.
I trust in Him, I trust in Him,
And unafraid go on.”
Jen Boyer
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The ‘B’ Team
On behalf of the Priory family we would like to thank all those who led services
and preached during John and Mary’s absence. They called themselves the ‘BTeam’, but we thought they gave an A* performance. Congratulations and thank
you again.
A Priory member
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Lyttelton Well
To all Church Representatives, Volunteers and Supporters
You are invited to an open meeting
Thursday 30th October at 7.30pm
Lyttelton Rooms, Main Hall (upstairs)
An opportunity to find out what we do, how you can help & how you can
encourage others to join us
This is an informal meeting, with questions, comments and feedback
welcomed.
7.30
7.40
7.50
8.00
8.15
8.30
8.45
Welcome. Why we exist and how we fulfil our purpose.
Focus on focused prayer
How the money comes in and how we use it
Counselling – how it works and what it costs
Refreshments (tea, coffee, biscuits) and chat time
The new web site and how your church can use it
People we need (who do you know and could approach?)
(In particular we need a secretary and a treasurer – details will be given
out on the night, but are available from The Well from early September)
9.30 Latest close of meeting!
A set of notes will be given out, but if you can’t make the meeting and would like
the notes (paper version or email) please ask.
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More Quotations of the Month
God’s biggest problem with labourers in his vineyard is absenteeism.
God works in us and with us, not against us or without us.
John Owen
We are saved not by our deeds but by Christ’s sacrifice for our misdeeds.
Fred Catherwood.
Necessary evil: one we like so much we refuse to do away with it.
The need of the world is to listen to God.
If Christians praised God more, the world would doubt him less.
A clear conscience makes a soft pillow.
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Albert Einstein
C E Jefferson
Notions of a Novice Monk
Lifepath 2014
On the second day of my novitiate, whilst diligently tending others’ requirements
as a Welcomer cum Refresher, I was accosted by a formidable duo in the form of
Church Warden Rosamund (pure rose) and Custos Petrus (the rock) and informed
of their agreed sanction for my verbosity and vain glory during the course of my
duties. Suggested penance was fifty lines or five hundred words, whichever came
first. My chagrin was real until I realised they could well have insisted I wrote in
Latin, which was well outside my compass due to the fact I attended Grammar
School in war-time – Latin was rationed to ‘Lux et Robur’, the school motto, or ‘Ut
heri sic hodie’, the Old Boys’ motto. How apt such words for one’s Path of Life.
‘Light and Strength’, and the very essence of Lifepath at the Priory ‘as yesterday,
so today’ bringing the mode of life and spirituality of the Benedictine Monks to the
minds of young children through experience and example.
Suitably garbed in habit XXL, and well instructed in my role as a tea/coffee caddie,
I accompanied my guide Easterly via Cantoris – tray loaded to the gunwales to
visit many varied activity stations, to slake the thirst of my noble elders.
The peripatetic nature of my job enabled me to encounter and observe waves of
cherubic countenances wreathed in innocent expectancy, interest and incredulity,
absorbed in the words and actions of their group mentor.
How wonderfully adaptable this Primary age group is in ways of acceptance of the
changing ethos of each group and activity. Role playing of the highest order –
exemplified by and when the sessional tintinnabulary call to obedience was
observed by every child with due reverence, as, in response to the words ‘Be still
and wait for the Lord’, they chanted ‘I will wait patiently for Him’. They would then
process to their next activity place.
Was ever hallowed space better used to bring God’s word to the minds and lives
of the young?
Superb logistical management, caring ambience, strong helper esprit de corps,
good humour prevailing. Two ‘out of the mouths of babes’ moments. During
morning assembly, viewing big screen pictures of the Priory windows, the
question was put ‘Why was the Bishop, St Wulstan, depicted so large as
compared to the diminutive figure of Aldwyn the Monk?’ Small voice from the
throng: ‘Because he was fat’. As a little girl, after the Day in the Life of a Monk
activity, was struggling to escape the clinging folds of her habit, she exclaimed
“You’d have thought they’d put zips in them!”
Thus, as I cogitate on the cogency of Lifepath through the vast variety of
meaningful activities and experiences for young and old, my aim - and earnest
hope - is to gain an invitation to be involved on the next occasion, Deo volente,
and again to rub shoulders with my fellow novices, appreciate the lambent touch
of Sister Mary, be guided and goaded by Sister Susie (such poise over steaming
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water) and, above all, be witness to children being pointed and led in the direction
of a Lifepath of Faith, Hope and Humility.
Accordingly, to enhance my chances of inclusion, I have recently made an
addition to my curriculum vitae, i.e. a course in behaviour modification at Mirfield
Monastery, Yorkshire.
Thine,
Bro John Frederick
PS I think action songs should be optional.
One World Week: 19 – 26 October 2014
Living Differently: Breaking Chains – Making Change!
The 2014 theme "Living Differently" recognises that we all need to make
changes now to secure a fairer, more satisfying, life for everyone whilst protecting
the planet's resources for future generations.
This year, One World Week invites YOU to support activities in local
communities that promote and involve active citizenship through:
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Sourcing food differently
Reducing wastefulness
Using money ethically to support the changes we want to see.
These simple steps can help to break the chains of the current food supply
systems, consumer habits and money markets that damage the environment and
communities worldwide. Together we can make the change.
The Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths will be the preacher at a United Service at Lansdowne
Crescent Methodist Church on Sunday 26th October at 6.30pm. Dr Griffiths is one
of the patrons of One World Week and has 40 years’ experience in development
issues: in Haiti, where he lived from 1970-80, he worked in education and led
initiatives in: community development, the provision of basic needs, reforestation
and spiritual development; later work took him to countries throughout Africa.
Currently he is Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cambodia in
the House of Lords. He has wide experience in education at all levels and
involvement in many social projects in the UK. He is known to many as a regular
columnist for the Methodist Recorder, a contributor to Thought for the Day and for
the inspiring international and culturally inclusive services broadcast from
Wesley’s Chapel in City Road, London.
Malvern Churches Justice & Peace Group
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Malvern Priory Lunch Box - Great Witley Church
That start of the Lunch Box autumn programme
saw ninety members come to the Priory on
Thursday 11th September to listen to Howard
Robinson talk about Great Witley Church.
Situated close to and connected to Great Witley
Court by a corridor, the Church is not part of the
estate and is independent of English Heritage.
The Church was designed by Samuel Daukes and
was completed in 1735; Daukes was a pupil of
Christopher Wren and the result of his work is one
of the finest Baroque Churches in the country. It is
a brick building which was faced with limestone in
the 1850s. Originally the interior was unadorned
but a large quantity of paintings and decorations were purchased from the Duke of
Chandos’ estate at Cannons House in Edgware.
It incorporates a richly gilded ceiling with a number of paintings by Antonio Bellucci,
a funerary monument to Thomas Lord Foley and his family by John Michael
Rysbrack and ten large painted glass windows by Joshua Price dated 1719-1721.
In 2014 the crypt was reopened to the public. On display is the restored Samuel
Thorp clock. The clock was first commissioned by a later Baron Foley in 1804 and
served the Court and the Church until 1877 until it was replaced by the present
clock.
As the parish church for the villages of Great Witley and Little Witley it is used
regularly for services, concerts and other events.
The church is the only one of its kind in the country. Its late Baroque style is more
usually found in southern Germany and Italy.
In recent years, this church has become part of a larger united benefice which
includes the neighbouring parishes of Shrawley, Astley and Abberley.
Whilst Witley Court was inhabited, the church was used regularly, but after the fire
at the Court in 1937 most services were held in the chapel in the village.
The church suffered a period of neglect until the dedicated efforts of parishioners in
recent years helped restore the building to its former glory.
The October Lunch Box will be held on Thursday 9th at 1.00pm. It will feature Sue
Adeney presenting her talk - “Going for Gold and the 2012 Olympic Legacy”.
Refreshments will be served from 12.30 – bring your own sandwiches; all welcome.
Roger Sutton
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October Crossword
Solution for September
Across
Down
1 ‘Those who were standing near Paul
said, “You — to insult God’s high priest?”’
(Acts 23:4) (4)
3 They were assigned to guard the tree
of life (Genesis 3:24) (8)
9 ‘Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of
Elihu, the — of — , the son of Zuph, an
Ephraimite’ (1 Samuel 1:1) (3,4)
10 Surrender (Joshua 24:23) (5)
11 Where American livestock can be
reared (5)
12 Listen (anag.) (6)
14 Alternative name for Kiriath Jearim (2
Samuel 6:2) (6,2,5)
17 He founded Westminster Abbey, —
the Confessor (6)
19 Hebrew word for the place of the dead
(5)
22 Allies of Persia in the fifth century BC
(Esther 1:3) (5)
23 Where John Wesley was forced to
preach a lot (4,3)
24 Rebellion against God; abandonment
of religious belief (8)
25 Note (anag.) (4)
1 Give an account of (Mark 4:30) (8)
2 ‘I — — the path of your commands, for you
have set my heart free’ (Psalm 119:32) (3,2)
4 ‘He took the ephod, the other — — and the
carved image’ (Judges 18:20) (9,4)
5 ‘You are a chosen people, a — priesthood’ (1
Peter 2:9) (5)
6 The meek, the merciful and the mourners are
all this (Matthew 5:4–5, 7) (7)
7 Musical Instrument Digital Interface (1,1,1,1)
8 He was the son of Nun (Deuteronomy 34:9)
(6)
13 ‘Let the little — come to me’ (Matthew 19:14)
(8)
15 ‘About three thousand were — — their
number that day’ (Acts 2:41) (5,2)
16 In John’s vision, the wall of the new
Jerusalem was made of this (Revelation 21:18)
(6)
18 ‘Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly
— a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ’
(Philippians 3:20) (5)
20 ‘Glorify the Lord with me: let us — his name
together’ (Psalm 34:3) (5)
21 Young Men’s Christian Association (1,1,1,1)
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Malvern Priory Church
Contact
Tel
E-mail
Vicar
The Rev’d John Barr
563707 vicarage@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Associate Minister for Children, Youth and Families
The Rev’d Dr Mary Barr
563707 vicarage@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Minister in Secular Employment
The Rev'd Dr Alison Gray
dr.a.j.gray@gmail.com
Readers
David Webster
833239
Chris Shepherd
575884
Reader Emeritus
Tony Waters
540068
Custos & Head Verger
Peter Young Priory Vestry
custos@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Deputy Custos
Robert Payne
Director of Music
Piers Maxim
560564 music@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Church Officers
Churchwardens
Rosamund Ponting
572165 churchwarden1@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Peter Babb
568342 churchwarden2@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
PCC Vice-Chairman
Robin La Fontaine
592416
Hon. Secretary PCC
Christine Wells
564909
Hon. Treasurer PCC
Roy Boyer
572414 treasurer@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Planned Giving Administrator
Mike Eglington
567640 plannedgiving@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Legacies Administrator
Stuart Wollaston
568483 legacies@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Electoral Roll Officer
Mike Eglington
567640
LYTTELTON WELL (Christian Centre at entrance to Priory)
Tel 573702
E-mail office.info@lytteltonwell.co.uk
Enquiries about Priory bookings of the Lyttelton Rooms should be made to the
Priory Parish Office (see contact details opposite)
Lyttelton Well Counselling & Listening Service
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Tel: 563456
Church Organisations
Contact
Bellringers
Care Scheme Co-ordinators
Tel
561010
573960
572414
John Clements
Jane Poels
Jen Boyer
Children’s and Youth Ministry Co-ordinator
The Rev’d Dr Mary Barr
563707
Choirs Association
Richard Weatherill
899329
Flower Arrangers Co-ordinator Ann Oldfield
564500
Friends of Malvern Priory
Mike Selby
564953
Home Group Co-ordinator
Ted Crofton
01886 833376
Magazine Editor
David Webster
833239
Magazine Adverts/Distribution Roger Sutton
565273
Mothers’ Union
Dorothy Knights
561358
Newcomers Co-ordinator
Sue Pain
564998
Pastoral Counsellor
Tim Marks
07817 465213
Prayer Ministry Co-ordinator
Elizabeth Dunnett
563272
Priory Area Links Scheme (PALS) Anne Eglington
567640
Priory Handbell Teams
Joan Willis
594570
Shop Administrator
Huw Foxall
892455
shop@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Sunday Transport Co-ordinator Edwina Hawker
567491
Visits and Events Coordinators Ann Oldfield / Peter Young
561020
Great Malvern Priory Website
http://www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Information on services, events, outreach, people, history and much more……
Webmaster
webmaster@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Priory Parish Office, Church Street, Malvern WR14 2AY
Tel: (01684) 561020 (answerphone)
Open to public Monday 11:00 – 12:00, Tuesday 10:00 – 12:00
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:30 – 1:00
Church Secretary
Mary Weatherill office@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Articles for the Parish Magazine
Copy via email by the 10th of the preceding month at the latest please to
mag@greatmalvernpriory.org.uk
Written articles marked "Magazine" should be placed in the "M" pigeonhole
in the Priory by the 8th of the previous month
Communications about advertising, and payments of invoices, can be left at the
Parish Office
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