Please remember in your prayers
The
sick Andrew Crabbe,
Doris Farmour, Barbara Hook, Barbara Ivings, Sue Kiff, Betty Lacey, Keiran
Pease, Harry Price, Sophia Steinsberg, Melvin Summersbee, Morgan Thomas,
Shirley White, Peter Wooldridge and Bob Yeates;
and, in our year’s mind: George Barson, Gordon Henry,
Beatrice Rowland, Richard Thacker, Dorothy Rawlinson, Douglas Bowler and Stella
Small
Please Pray for our Mission
Organisation - Tearfund
Please pray for the safety of all
Christians in Nepal
following the recent bombing of a Christian church by Hindu extremists.We pray
that religious intolerance does not take hold and that Faith and Government
leaders show unity in condemning anti Christian violence. Amen.
SATURDAY MORNING
PRAYERS
Saturday morning prayers 8.45-9.15am. Church room ALL
WELCOME - you don't need to commit to every week, and you don't need to pray out
loud; you can just sit quietly if you prefer. Please come and enhance the
prayer life of our church!! Contact for more information: Yvonne 01865 557829.
Future date – 12th July, Charity.
Meeting
Point
Tuesday 7th July, 10.30am, Tony
Rogerson will talk about minibusinesses in Eastern Europe after the break-up of
the USSR
in the Church Room.
All welcome.
@ YS Cafe
Sunday 12th July at 6 pm. – Love.
Come to this informal service with worship through songs, readings and prayer
over coffee and cakes.
CRECHE
If you
would like to use the crèche during the 11 am service contact Sally Rickett on 01235 535954 or sally.rickett@btinternet.com
THE OXFORDSHIRE BEFRIENDING NETWORK
Volunteers supporting people with
life threatening or terminal illness. Would you like to make a difference in
2009? If you can offer 2-3 hours a week to befriend someone living in your
area, please contact us. We offer full free training, expenses and ongoing
support. For further information and an application form, please contact; The
Oxfordshire Befriending Network East Oxford Community Centre Princes Street, Oxford OX4 1DD tel:
01865-791781 enquiries@ oxonbefriending.net.
RADLEY FETE
Congratulations to the Women's Fellowship
who won the best decorated stall competition at the Village Fete last weekend.
ARMY SHOEBOXES
Thank you to all who contributed such
a variety of excellent items for the shoeboxes for the Army - they are very
grateful.
Kids Club
Wednesday 26th - Friday 28th August:
Flyers are available for you to give to any children of primary school age who might
be interested and application forms can be obtained from the Church or Pam during
the week. Anyone interested in helping in any way would be most welcome. Please
let Pam
know if you would like to be involved.
LONDON MARATHON
Julian Moore would like to say a big
thank you to everyone who sponsored him for running the London Marathon, and
has raised £859 for the Radley Beetle Fund, £1428 for the Diving Disease
Research Centre (DDRC) and £1248 for Leukaemia Research. This includes Gift
Aid.
MARRIAGE
Pippa
Caldicott and Glyn Hill are
getting married in Church on Saturday 18th July 2009 at 2pm. All are welcome to
come to the service to celebrate with them.
KEYS
Our list of key holders needs to be updated. If you hold any keys for the Church, the
church room or even the vicarage, please will you write a list of which ones
you have and give to Katie (or Pam).Thank you.
I am a Christian
We are asking....are there 100,000
people who are prepared to publicly stand up and declare that they are Christians?Make
your declaration today and join together with thousands of other Christians
around the world. Declare your faith at;
http://www.premier.org.uk/getinvolved/campaigns/iamachristian/
Prayer Board and Prayer Chain
Please see
the cards at the back of the church about the Prayer boards and the prayer
chain..
NEWSLETTERS
If you have
an item of news for the Newsheet, please make sure that you get information to
Clive Rickett (clive.rickett@ict.ox.ac.uk or 01235
535954) and Emma Moore (e31 moore@dsl.pipex.com
or 01235 550885) by Wednesday for the following Sunday.
CHOOSE A HYMN
Please tell
David Beckett (01235 520520) if you would like to choose a hymn for a church service. A donation of £1 (or more!!) to the Choir
Funds for each hymn chosen would be welcomed.
RADLEY CHURCH AND
PARISH – A BRIEF HISTORY
Copies of
this booklet published by the Radley History Club are available at the back of
the Church. Please put your donation of
£1 (or more) in the wall safe.
RADLEY VILLAGE WEBSITE.
Radley’s own
website is now live, giving you instant information about what’s happening in
Radley. It covers the various clubs and amenities in Radley and includes a calendar
of future events and a photographic tour of the parish. It also gives practical
information about dustbin days, buses, etc. and tells you about the work of the
Parish Council.
FUTURE
SERVICES
Information not yet available.
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Parish Telephone Numbers (Code 01235 except where
otherwise stated)
Vicar Revd
Pam McKellen. 554739
Licensed Lay Minister Martha
Young 01865
423382
Retired Minister Revd Tony Rogerson
532860
Churchwarden Margaret Norgett 527557
Churchwarden Charlie Milward
Organist and Choirmaster David
Beckett 520520
Treasurer David
Handscomb 523732
Secretary to the PCC Linda
Caldicott 527728
e-mail linda.caldicott@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Organiser of Sunday Club Jackie
Walker 550213
Organiser of Lunch Club Dot Hewlett 531082
Organisers of Friday Club Joanna
Birkett 01865
739744 e-mail joanna@birkett.fsworld.co.uk
Lucy
Mullins 543190
Women’s Fellowship Heather
Rogerson 550214
Meeting Point Martha
Young 01865
423382
Weekly Newsletter Clive
Rickett (clive.rickett@ict.ox.ac.uk or 01235 535954 and Emma Moore (e31moore@dsl,pipex.com) or 01235 550885
Website Stanley
Baker 530402 e-mail SBaker9785@aol.com
The Parochial Church
Council for 2009/10
Incumbent Revd Pam
McKellen
Licensed Lay Minister Martha Young.
Wardens Margaret
Norgett and Charlie Milward.
Lay Representatives to the Deanery Synod Joanna
Birkett, and Rosemary Hardwick.
Elected
Members David
Beckett, Ruth Wagner, David Handscomb
(Treasurer), Paul Gamble, David Price,
Liz Turner, Linda Caldicott, Katie North, Revd Tony Rogerson, Denis Standen,
Rosemary Hardwick, Clive Rickett, Christine Usherwood, Martha Young, Joanna
Birkett.
TIMES OF SERVICES AND WEEKLY MEETINGS
SUNDAY
8 am Holy Communion (BCP)
11 am Family
Worship (usually Holy Communion (NEW SERVICE) though 1st
Sunday of the month an All Age service). (Sunday Club meets at the same time at
11 am).
(Every
Sunday morning after the 11 am Service many of the congregation go round to the
Church Room for a chat over a cup of coffee. Everyone is very welcome and it is
hoped that any visitors and newcomers would find the twenty minutes or so well
spent).
5 pm
Evensong (BCP) (On
every third Sunday, Sung Evensong will be replaced by Choral Evensong,
supported by the Choir, and on every fifth Sunday by Songs of Praise).
THURSDAY EVENING
Bellringing Practice
FRIDAY
Choir Practice: 7.10 to 8.30 pm - Junior Choir.
7.30 to 8.30 pm - Full Choir
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Radley Church, dedicated to the apostle St. James the Great,
stands on the site of an earlier Norman
building, which is said to have burnt down in about 1290. The consecration
cross, which is now set in the sill of one of the west windows but was
originally near the chancel arch, carries the inscription N.S.M. It is
assumed that these initials refer to the bishop who performed the consecration
ceremony, N. Sarum, who would then be
Nicolas Longspee, Bishop of Salisbury (Sarum) from 1292 to 1297. The
restoration of 1902 uncovered a Norman corbel on the north-east side of the
chancel arch, which suggests that some features of the original building were
retained in the later one. The earliest part of the present structure was
thought to be the south transept, considered to be “untouched work of the
beginning of the fourteenth century”. In this transept are the remains of the
original piscina. The massive timber columns and the arcade along the south
aisle are thought to be original. The north aisle and transept were destroyed
by Cromwellian troops in 1643. A positive relic of the Civil War is the pulpit
canopy, given in 1653 by William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons, and
believed to be the canopy over the chair at Westminster from which Lenthall was dragged
by Cromwell’s troops at the end of the Long Parliament. The altar is said to be
ancient and may even be the original Norman
one, but it was refaced in about 1790. The font, on the other hand, is Norman. It lay buried for
many years in a shed at the farm opposite the church and was discovered and
restored in 1840. Near the altar, on the south side of the sanctuary, is the
marble and alabaster monument, sculpted by Nicholas Stone, to Sir William
Stonhouse, the first baronet, and his son John, both of whom died in 1632.
Several officers and troopers were killed during the Civil War skirmish of 1643
(see above) and the panelled altar tomb in the churchyard is said to be of this
date.
The heraldic stained glass
was presented by Sir George Bowyer in or about 1840 and was either made or
restored by Thomas Willement (1786-1871), noted heraldic artrist and stained
glass maker. The subjects represented are:-
East window:
arms of Henry VII. The side lights are apparently fragments of biblical or
ecclesiastical scenes.
South chancel: east light, Henry
VII; centre light, Henry VI; west light, Henry VIII.
North
chancel: royal arms encircled by the Garter, with Tudor roses crowned and gartered
in the side lights.
South aisle:
east light, Henry VIII; centre light, royal arms encircled by the Garter,
with a jewelled mitre above; west light, Richard III.
North side
of nave: west light, Henry VI; centre light, angel holding a shield with the arms of
the Bowyers ; east light, Henry VIII.
Tower: believed to
be a portrait of Henry VII.
(The above information has
been supplied by Mr. Patrick Drysdale)
Please contact the Director
of Music, David Beckett, 51 Selwyn Crescent, Radley, Abingdon, Oxon. OX14 3AL,
Tel. (01235) 520520, if you would like to be considered for the Choir.
Practices are every Friday at 7.10 pm for juniors and 7.30 pm for the whole Choir.
The 11 am Sunday Service is sung and there are also other occasions during the
year such as weddings, Choral Evensongs, the Carol Service and concerts for
performances.
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THE
BELLS AND BELLRINGERS
There are six bells, five of
which were cast in 1754 and have the following inscriptions:
Tenor: “Abel Rudhall of Gloucester cast me, 1754”
Second: “Prosperity to the parish, A.R. 1754”.
Third: “Peace and good neighbourhood, A.R. 1754”.
Fourth: “When you us ring, we’ll sweetly sing, A.R. 1754”.
Fifth: “Hark to our melody, A.R. 1754”.
The Treble was cast in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee. It was recast in
1954.
In addition there is also a ting-tang inscribed “Henry Wright made
me, 1617”.
Bellringing practice is on Thursday evenings.
The Sunday Club is held
during the 11 am Sunday morning service (Term time only). The Family Service on
the first Sunday of the month is usually led by the Sunday Club and we do not
hold a Club meeting on that day. We seek to make God relevant to children of
all ages through singing, Bible stories, games and crafts. As well as the Club
meeting on a Sunday morning we have events throughout the year, such as
parties, craft mornings, and fund raising events, all of which enable the
children to build friendships with one another. All children will be welcome.
The Organiser is Jackie Walker, Tel (01235) 550213.
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THE FRIDAY
CLUB
The Friday Club, for all
children from 8 to 12 years old, meets from 5.30pm to 7 pm. Activities include
games, arts and crafts, sports, swimming, outings and a short session on an
aspect of the Christian faith. See the Church notice board for our detailed
programme each term. More details from Joanna Birkett; Tel (01865) 739744 or
Lucy Mullins, Tel (01235) 543190.
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THE LUNCH
CLUB
This takes place in the
Church Room usually on the third Wednesday in each month, starting at 12 noon
and is much enjoyed by people who like friendship and company. The Organiser is
Dot Hewlett, Tel. (01235) 531082.
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HOME GROUPS
In these meetings
(fortnightly on selected dates on Tuesday evenings and Thursday mornings) we
seek to learn more about God as we look at passages or books from the Bible,
deepen our faith, develop friendships and enjoy Christian fellowship. Further
information from Revd. Tony Rogerson (01235 532860).
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WOMEN’S
FELLOWSHIP GROUP
The Women’s Fellowship
Group meets on the 3rd Monday in each month in the Church
Room at 7.30 pm. There is often a speaker, followed by the chance to chat over
a cup of coffee. The Organiser is Heather Rogerson Tel. (01235) 550214.
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THE CHURCH
ROOM
The Church Room, Church Road, is
available for meetings, social events, etc. at a hire charge of £9 an hour. To
make a booking please contact Mr Doug. Rawlinson, Tel. (01235) 523821.
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PUBLICATIONS
The church sponsors a weekly
Newsletter which is distributed in church at the Sunday services. A copy is
pinned up in the church porch. This gives details of all church services and
other activities for (usually) a four-week period.
The church also sponsors a
monthly publication Radley
News, which costs 40 pence and in which reports are printed of the
activities of most of the village clubs and organisations and other matters of
interest to Radley. Its editor is Mr. Brian Mott (Tel.01235 520916) to whom
contributions should be sent or left at the Post Office. The deadline for
receipt of material is the 17th of the month preceding the
publication day, which is the 1st of each month. Copies are
available from Ann Blake or Margaret Lovell (01235 524894.
Radley Church and Parish – A Brief History, a 20-page
booklet published by the Radley
History Club in April 2007, is on sale in the Church for £1 a copy.
Much information about Radley Church
is also contained in The History of Radley, also published by the Radley History Club. This costs
£8.50 and copies may be ordered from Joyce Huddleston (01235 524866) or bought
at Radley Post Office or local bookshops.
The Club’s website is at www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/radleyhistoryclub.
Radley College - www.radley.org.uk
Radley History Club - www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/radleyhistoryclub
Radley Retirement Group - www.communigate.co.uk/oxford/radleyretirementgroup
Radley Village - www.radleyvillage.org.uk
Peach Croft Farm - http://www.peachcroft.co.uk/
Radley Primary
School - http://www.radley-pri.oxon.sch.uk
HOMEPAGE
Stanley Baker, 79 Foxborough Road, Radley, Abingdon.
OX14 3AE. Tel. (01235) 530402. E-mail SBaker9785@aol.com.
These pages were last updated on 3rd July 2009.
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