The Beacon March 2012 - Beacon Parish of Ditchling, Streat ...

DIRECTORY
Vicar:
Churchwardens:
Readers:
The Revd David Wallis
The Vicarage, 2 Charlton Gardens,
Lewes Road, Ditchling, BN6 8WA
Geoffrey Heath
Andrew Martin
St Margaret’s
(01273) 843165
(01273) 845134
(01273) 846123
Mike Sewell Streat Church (01273) 890366
Mark Moody-Stuart
Doreen Kallman
Richard Allen
Colyeen Blanchard
St Martin’s
(01273) 846525
(01273) 844743
(01273) 842919
01444 246186
Hon Treasurer: Mark Moody-Stuart (01273) 846525
Bookkeeper: Sue Sewell (01273) 890366
Hon Secretary: Margaret Bovill (01273) 845319
Stewardship Officer: Rodney Dodds 01444 250753
Organists and
Choirmasters:
Hon Organists:
Nick Hancock
John Sandford
Lynette Walker
Lynn Bond
St Margaret’s
Streat Church
St Martin’s
(01273) 841815
07855 957644
(01273) 891005
(01273) 842387
Parish office Email: admin@beaconparishes.org Phone: 01273 843165
The Beacon
Editor: Graham Sharpless (01273) 845368
Advertising
Managers:
Sue & George Hancock (01273) 890298
Distribution
Managers:
Jenny Bell
Margaret Moore
Ditchling
(01273) 843194
(01273) 843805
Paul Charman Streat & Westmeston (01273) 844743
Full membership of the PCC can be found on the website at:
www.BeaconParishes.org
The Revd David Wallis’s day off is Friday
The Beacon Parish is a registered charity, number 1132488
Front cover: View from Ditchling Beacon

The Beacon Churches Calendar March 2012
Morning Prayer at Ditchling:
Monday to Friday at 9.00 am
4 Sun SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
Eucharist (BCP) Ditchling 8.00am
All Age Sung Eucharist Ditchling 9.45am
Morning Prayer Westmeston 9.45am
7 Wed Eucharist Ditchling 9.30am
11 Sun THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
Sung Eucharist Ditchling 9.45am
Morning Prayer Streat 9.45am
14 Wed Eucharist Ditchling 9.30am
18 Sun MOTHERING SUNDAY
Eucharist (BCP) Ditchling 8.00am
All Age Mothering Sunday Eucharist Ditchling 9.45am
Bishop John’s Farewell Service Henfield 6.30pm
21 Wed Eucharist Ditchling 9.30am
25 Sun FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
THE BEACON EUCHARIST Ditchling 9.45am
28 Wed Eucharist Ditchling 9.30am
The Beacon Parish Office
Open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings
9.30 am to 12 noon
the place to direct any enquiries
01273 843165
email: admin@beaconparishes.org
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Fr David writes
Dear Friends
In need of some encouragement?
Bishop Fulton Sheen once went to a ‘greasy spoon’ for
breakfast. The waitress, looking totally disinterested, asked
him ‘What d’you want?’ The Bishop answered ‘May I have
some bacon and eggs and a few kind words’. The waitress
returned fifteen minutes later with the Bishop’s food and
placed it in front of him unceremoniously saying ‘There.’
‘What about the kind words?’ said the Bishop. The waitress
looked at him and answered ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t eat
them eggs!’
“Lent is an opportunity for us to be affirmed and
encouraged in our belief”
We all need some words of encouragement from time to time and hopefully
better than those offered by the waitress. Even Jesus needed to be encouraged
before setting off along the road to Jerusalem to face the Cross. So he took his
closest friends to the top of a mountain and there his Father spoke to him ‘You
are my Son, my Beloved’. It feels as if the Church could also do with some
encouraging words of affirmation at the moment. The news has been full of the
court case banning public prayers at council meetings, and calls from the Secular
Society for disestablishment. So the refreshment of Lent has arrived at just the
right time. Lent is an opportunity for us to be affirmed and encouraged in our
belief. By using these forty days to prepare for the events of Good Friday and
Easter, our faith can be renewed and deepened. We are getting ready to
celebrate what really matters;
that Jesus died on the Cross, so giving us an image of God’s love and
mercy,
and then conquered death so giving us the great hope that God has
opened the way to eternal life.
So let us use this time meaningfully and wisely to refocus on what really matters.
Once again I encourage you to join in as much of the Lent Course as you can (the
details are below). Also, make a commitment to coming to Church regularly,
every Sunday, and to a midweek Lenten Morning Prayer at 9.00 am.
There is often a good reason as why you can’t, but there is an even better reason
why you should.
May God bless you this Lent
Fr David
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Our Lent Course this year is
‘The Time has
Come’
a Lenten journey with St Mark
written by Canon Peter Sills
Study sessions on
29 th February, 7 th , 14 th & 21 st March
Fr Peter will give a concluding talk on
28 th March, all at St Margaret’s at 7 pm
Copies of his book are available priced
£6.50
Beacon Parish News
St Margaret's Church Flower Guild - 13 th March 2012
Our annual meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 th March at 10 am at the home of
Helen Court. At this meeting plans for the year will be discussed, so if you are
interested in helping with the flowers in St Margaret’s Church please get in touch
as you would be very welcome.
We volunteer to do the flowers at the main altar and in the Abergavenny Chapel
for each week throughout the year including Festivals, except for the weeks
when there are weddings. If you enjoy flower arranging do come along.
Jenny Bell 01273-843194
The Beacon Churches “100 Club”
The winners of the January Draw were Myrtle Skelton and Pat & Keith Dennis
receiving prizes of £20. The 2012 contributions have now been collected. Thank
you for your support.
Pam Gaskin
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Bible Notes
It is well known that most people who come to a personal faith in the Lord Jesus,
do so before the age of 25 years; so Christian Unions in Schools and Universities
are of great value telling the Gospel message. Bible Society encourages young
people to read the Bible together over coffee with the help of “Lyfe” booklets
and Costa Coffee allows Christian meetings in their shops.
In Minsk, Belarus Bible Society helps students to meet together and study the
Bible over a shared meal, with the extra help of their materials and a new
Belarusian Bible which is their first complete Bible for 80 years. Christina a
Belarusian student in Minsk explains “In every project we use God’s word as a
revelation and inspiration” for that is how she came to faith in a similar group.
When Jesus was speaking to the Jews in John 5, he said “These are the Scriptures
that testify about me”
“If you hold me teaching….. you will know the truth and the truth will set you
free” John 8:32
“How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word”
Psalm 119:9
“Teach me knowledge and good judgement for I believe in your commands”
Psalm 119:66
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” Psalm 119:105.
Jill Veness
News from Chichester Diocese
Please see www.diochi.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.index for more
details on these and other news items.
All Party Group to highlight importance of RE in schools
The Church of England, the Catholic Church, the Buddhist, Jewish, Sikh and
Muslim faiths, the British Humanist Association and professional RE teaching
associations are joining forces to support a new All Party Parliamentary Group
(APPG). When it is set up, the new APPG will focus on safeguarding the provision
of RE in our schools and explore how the subject can continue to deliver a
valuable dimension to the education of all children and young people.
Eastbourne and Willingdon MP Stephen Lloyd has agreed to chair the group with
its secretariat provided by the Religious Education Council of England and Wales
(REC).
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HOLY LAND? Challenging Questions
from the Biblical Landscape
Diocesan Church House
211 New Church Road, Hove
Saturday, 17 March 2012
10 am – 4 pm Cost £10
Led by the Reverend Canon Andrew Mayes
Andrew Mayes is our Diocesan Spirituality
Adviser. This Study Day will take you on an exhilarating journey across the
terrain of the Bible, based on his recent book Holy Land? Challenging Questions
from the Biblical Landscape. This was written in Jerusalem, where Dr Mayes
served for two years as Course Director of St George's College, leading study
programmes around Israel/Palestine. Together we will explore the Land, its
mountains, rivers, lakes and roads, and discover its questions, ancient and
contemporary. Copies of Dr Mayes' book will be available on the day.
Deadline for applications: 9 March 2012. For more information and enrolment
please contact: Wendy Greenan, Diocesan Church House, 211 New Church Road,
Hove, BN3 4ED. Tel: (01273) 421021 or email: wendy.greenan@diochi.org.uk.
Ruling on prayers in Council meetings
A test case bid to outlaw prayers before local council meetings has been won by
the National Secular Society and an atheist councillor. They challenged the
practice of Bideford town council, Devon, of having religious prayers on meeting
agendas.
Prayers before council meetings are a way of setting the important decisions of
elected councillors within the wider moral context that acknowledges the past,
present and future role of Christianity in this country. They echo the prayers that
take place daily in Parliament. Members are not obliged to take part, but many
choose to and most greatly value the opportunity. Prayers are a sign of the
importance of Christianity in the fabric of our national life - something that is
also represented by Establishment.
New website to aid school worship
A new interactive web resource www.worshipworkshop.org.uk, encouraging
pupils to “play with liturgy” as part of collective worship and RE, has been
launched at General Synod. Pilot workshops held in schools showed how the
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website can help pupils from Reception to Sixth Form write collects, prayers and
patterns for acts of school worship.
Mary Hawes, the Church of England’s national children’s adviser, said: “I’m
excited that this simple to use site will help children and young people learn
about and become more engaged with worship.”
Diamond Jubilee Prayer
A prayer written at The Queen’s Direction by the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral
for Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee has been released. It will be used in the
Jubilee Thanksgiving Service in St Paul’s Cathedral on Tuesday, June 5 th . The
Archbishops of Canterbury and York have commended it for use throughout the
Church of England and other Churches are also welcome to use it.
The Diamond Jubilee Prayer reads:
God of time and eternity,
whose Son reigns as servant, not master;
we give you thanks and praise
that you have blessed this Nation, the Realms and Territories
with ELIZABETH,
our beloved and glorious Queen.
In this year of Jubilee,
grant her your gifts of love and joy and peace
as she continues in faithful obedience to you, her Lord and God
and in devoted service to her lands and peoples,
and those of the Commonwealth,
now and all the days of her life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Boat
The Boat Project is a living archive of people's stories and lives, a 30ft seafaring
vessel made from donated wooden items. Lone Twin's Boat Project is using the
latest yacht building methods to turn wooden objects donated by people from
across the South East into a seaworthy archive of stories and memories.
The remarkable boat will be launched on 7 th May at Thornham Marina,
Emsworth for its maiden two-week voyage, which will include a visit to Brighton
Marina from the 20 th to 27 th May.
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Chichester Cathedral Choir at Henfield
Those of us who were in St Peter’s Church, Henfield on the afternoon of 12 th
February were given a treat when the Choir of Chichester Cathedral, led by Sarah
Baldock, was there to sing Evensong. The congregation was allowed to sing the
two hymns, but the rest of the music was sung by the choir alone.
It was a delight to hear the psalm (65: ‘Thou, O God, art praised in Sion’) sung to
a traditional chant. The settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Charles
Wood were also excellently sung as was the Anthem ‘O sing unto the Lord a new
song’, set to music by Andrew Simpson.
We learnt that the choristers were keen to start their half-term as soon as
possible, so the sermon, given by the Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, Dean of
Chichester, was short but to the point.
It was a privilege and a delight to hear our Cathedral Choir in a parish church in
our own deanery and to know that traditional church music is still very much
alive.
Homeless in Brighton
A big thank you for the generous help for the homeless in Brighton. There are
seven churches involved in providing shelter for eight weeks during February and
March. Our contributions are going via St Andrew’s, Old Church, Hove. St
Andrew’s has taken responsibility for Fridays and they are providing volunteers
to staff the shelter, supper, hot drinks and snacks and breakfast, as well as
companionship and friendship. If you want to contact them directly, the phone
number is 01273 738785 and the office is open Tuesday to Friday 9.00 - 1.00.
We will be going down again in a couple of week’s time – and contributions of
cereal and other non perishable food are very welcome.
Off The Fence
One of the Christian organisations helping the homeless in Brighton is Off The
Fence in Portland Road Hove (offthefence.org.uk). On the 24 th March there is an
Art Exhibition to celebrate the first anniversary of their Gateway Women’s
Centre at 52 Station Rd, Portslade, Hove, BN41 1DF (01273 417597) This will
showcase work done in their workshops and also by local artists. Tea and cake
will be served throughout the morning.
Nicki Upton 844970
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Building Trust International
Westmeston resident David Cole and his partner Louise McKillop have set up an
international charity to support migrant and orphaned children persecuted for
no fault of their own. Local fund raising events are to be held during March and
we welcome your involvement.
Last year, on a visit to Mae Sot in Thailand, David and Louise visited several
schools for migrant Burmese children who had escaped the atrocities in their
country and were very much in need of a new school building and a shelter from
the terrible conditions they had endured. Anxious to use their particular skills to
help – David is an architect - they agreed with the headmaster of a school which
was no more than an agricultural shed to come back and build a new school in
2012. They set up Building Trust International and called this first project
Moving Schools.
An international design competition
followed, to both design the school and
raise the funds to build it. It needed to be
a modular structure which could be easily
moved should the Thai landlords raise the
rent or if further conflict meant they had
to move.
A successful exhibition showcasing the
winning and shortlisted designs from the
competition was held in London in
February, and will be touring the country.
As a Building Trust International trustee, I
will be co-ordinating a number of local
fund raising events. The first is to be a
Jumble/Table Top Sale at Westmeston
Village Hall, commencing at 10.30am on
Saturday 3 rd March 2012. Do contact us if
you would like a Table @ £10/table (this
fee will go towards the charity) and/or if
you would like any items/jumble collected. Contact Jude Cole 01273
845560/07738876048.
To find out more please see www.buidlingtrustinternational.org.
Jude Cole, Building Trust International trustee, 01273 845560
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Women's World Day
of Prayer
Friday 2 March, 10.30 am
Emmanuel Chapel Ditchling
The theme is "Let Justice Prevail"
which is a very pertinent title in
our current days. The service has
been prepared by the women of
Malaysia and all are welcome.
Maralyn Hine
The Friends of
St Margaret’s Church
Annual General
Meeting
Saturday 3 rd March 2012
The Village Hall, Ditchling
Coffee and Biscuits will be served
from 10.15am
Presentation of the Report at
10.30am.
Catharine Robinson
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Beacon Parish Church Duties March 2012
Time Church Service Lessons Readers Sidesmen
4 Second Sunday of Lent
8am Ditchling Eucharist BCP
9.45am
9.45am
Ditchling
Westmeston
11 Third Sunday of Lent
9.45am Ditchling
9.45am
Streat
18 Mothering Sunday
All-Age
Eucharist
Morning
Prayer
Eucharist
Morning
Prayer
8am Ditchling Eucharist BCP
9.45am Ditchling
25 Fifth Sunday of Lent
9.45am Ditchling
All Age Beacon
Eucharist
Beacon
Eucharist
Romans 4: 13 - 25
Mark 8: 31 - 38
Romans 4: 13 - 25
Mark 8: 31 - 38
Genesis 17: 1 - 7, 15 -
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Mark 8: 31 - 38
Exodus 20: 1 - 17
1 Corinthians 1: 18 - 25
John 2: 13 - 22
Acts 3: 1 - 10
Mark 1: 29 - 39
Ephesians 2: 1- 10
John 3: 14 - 21
Ephesians 2: 1- 10
John 3: 14 - 21
Jeremiah 31: 31 - 34
Hebrews 5: 5 - 10
John 12: 20 - 33
Colin French
tba
George
Hancock
Doreen Kallman
Judy Essex
Mike Sewell
Sue Sewell
Margaret
Houston
TBA
Mike Sewell
Colin French
Carl Belfield
Penny Tyas
Brenda Hall
Di Martin
Judy Essex
Sue Sewell
Margaret
Houston
Joan Styles
Jane Roberts
Tony
Blanchard
Ian Berrill
In Memoriam
In March we remember:
2 nd Arthur Mott 7 th Marybud Chignell
11 th Michael Hoare 11 th Dorothy Parker
13 th Florence Lillie Taylor 16 th Neil Robinson
17 th Margaret Lynch 22 nd Tony Best
23 rd Harry James Booth 28 th Jill Holmes
29 th James Ager 29 th Albert Morrow
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Prayer Diary – March 2012
Feast Days
1 David, Bp of Menevia, Patron of
Wales, c601
2 Chad, Bp of Lichfield, Missionary,
672
3 St Cunegund of Bavaria,
Foundress of Bamberg 1039
Prayer for the world church
& Prayer for this diocese
Bangor (Wales)
Lindfield, All Saints
Bari (Nigeria)
Scaynes Hill, St Augustine
Barrackpore (North India)
Slaugham & Staplefield Common
4 2 nd Sunday of Lent Rowan Williams ABp of Canterbury
Diocesan Safeguarding Officer
5 Bath & Wells
Wivelsfield, St Peter & St John the Baptist
6 Bathurst (Australia)
Haywards Heath, Ascension
7 Perpetua, Felicity, and their
Companions, Martyrs at
Carthage, 203
Bauchi (Nigeria)
Rural Deanery of East Grinstead
8 Edward King, Bp of Lincoln, 1910 Belize
Copthorne, St John the Evangelist
9 Bendigo (Australia)
Crawley
10 Benin
Crawley Down, All Saints
11 3 rd Sunday of Lent Hong Kong
12 Bethlehem
Southgate, St Mary
13 Bhopal (North India)
East Grinstead, St Swithun
14 Bida (Nigeria)
East Grinstead, St Mary the Virgin
15 Seffrid II 1204 Birmingham
Forest Row. Holy Trinity
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Feast Days
Prayer for the world church
& Prayer for this diocese
16 Edward Storey 1503 Blackburn
Cowden with Hammerwood
17 Patrick, Bp, Missionary, Patron
of Ireland, c460
18 4 th Sunday of Lent (Mothering
Sunday)
Bo (Sierra Leone)
Ifield
Indian Ocean
Workplace Chaplains
19 Joseph of Nazareth Boga (Congo)
Turners Hill, St Leonard
20 Cuthbert, Bp of Lindisfarne,
Missionary, 687
21 Thomas Cranmer, Abp of
Canterbury, Reformation
Martyr, 1556
Bolivia
Worth, Pound Hill & Maidenbower
Bondo (Kenya)
Rural Deanery of Horsham
22 John Kempe 1454 Bor (Sudan)
Billingshurst, St Mary
23 Botswana
Horsham
24 Oscar Romero, Abp of San
Salvador, Martyr, 1980
Bradford
Itchingfield with Slinfold
25 5 th Sunday of Lent The Church of Ireland
26 Annunciation of Our Lord to the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Brandon (Canada)
Lower Beeding, Holy Trinity
27 Brechin (Scotland)
Nuthurst & Mannings Heath
28 Brisbane
Roffey, All Saints
29 Bristol
Rudgwick, Holy Trinity
30 British Columbia
Rusper with Colgate
31 John Donne, 1631 Bujumbura (Burundi)
Shipley, St Mary
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Time Out in Tournay 17 – 24 July 2012
Led by Canon Peter Sills
I am planning a week at the Benedictine Abbey at Tournay in the summer of
2012. Tournay is a pleasant village situated in the glorious foothills of the
Pyrenees; and the surrounding area has many churches and other places of
interest. The week will be a combination of time for reflection and experiencing
the life of the community, and visits to some of the pilgrim places nearby,
including L’Escaladieu, L’Abbaye St-Savin, St-Bertrand de Comminges, Lourdes
and a day at the Cirque de Garvarnie.
The monastery is delightfully situated within a bend in the river Arros on the
edge of the village; it has a large, shady garden, and the monks have a small
sweet factory that makes a local delicacy! Tournay offers space for the spirit; the
liturgy is timeless, and the ambience is warm and welcoming. We will stay in the
monastery guest house which is situated around the cloister, mostly in single
rooms. The accommodation is basic but comfortable. The cost will be £360 per
person (there is no single supplement), and this includes full board at the
monastery, transport to and from Toulouse airport or railway station, coaching
for the visits and admission charges. It does not include your journey to and
from Toulouse or travel insurance.
Time Out in Tournay promises to be a relaxing, stimulating and enjoyable
experience, and I hope it will interest you. If you’d like to receive the full details
please send me an email or give me a call.
Canon Peter Sills 01273 842760 - sills824@btinternet.com
WHIST DRIVE
Tuesday 27 th March
Westmeston Parish Hall
starting at 7.15pm
Everyone is welcome to join
the friendly team of players.
The next whist drive will be on
Tuesday 24 th April at 7.15pm
For more details contact
Doreen Kallman on 844743
HOLY LAND? Challenging
Questions from the Biblical
Landscape
Diocesan Church House
211 New Church Road, Hove
Saturday, 17 March 2012
10 am – 4 pm Cost £10
Led by the Reverend
Canon Andrew Mayes
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1 Thu
2 Fri
3 Sat
What’s On in March 2012
Ditchling WI meeting and talk Farming in the 50s,
Ditchling Village Hall
Ditchling Downs WI meeting and talk, Friends
Meeting House, East Gardens, Ditchling
Ditchling Film Society film A Serious Man,
Ditchling Village Hall
Women's World Day of Prayer, Emmanuel Chapel,
Ditchling
The Friends of St Margaret’s Church Annual
General Meeting, The Village Hall, Ditchling
p 21 2 .30 pm
p 21
p 27
7.30pm
8 pm
p 11 10.30 am
p 11 10.15am
Jumble/Table Top Sale for Building Trust p 10 10.30 am
International, Westmeston Village Hall
7 Wed Lent study session, St Margaret’s, Ditchling p 3 7 pm
8 Thu Choir Practice, St Margaret’s, Ditchling 6.15 pm
Ditchling Horticultural Society Annual Spring Bulb
Show, Ditchling Village Hall
p 28 2 pm
10 Sat
13 Tue
Burgess Hill Fair Trade Festival Handel Come and
Sing Messiah, St Andrew’s Church, Burgess Hill
St Margaret's Church Flower Guild Annual Meeting,
home of Helen Court
Newick Decorative and Fine Art Society lecture
Leonardo and Michelangelo,Plumpton Village Hall
p 30
p 3
p 30
7.30 pm
10 am
2.15 pm
Frugal Lunch, St Margaret’s, Ditchling 12.30 pm
14 Wed
Lent study session, St Margaret’s, Ditchling p 3 7 pm
15 Thu Choir Practice, St Margaret’s, Ditchling 6.15 pm
17 Sat
HOLY LAND? Challenging Questions from the
Biblical Landscape, Diocesan Church House, 211 p 6 10.00 am
New Church Road, Hove
18 Sun Bishop John's Farewell Service, St Peter’s, Henfield 6.30 pm
Ditchling Village Association Coffee morning, p 23 10 am
20 Tue
Ditchling Village Hall
Women’s Fellowship annual Corporate
p 22 7.30pm
Communion, Quaker Meeting House, Ditchling
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What’s On in March 2012
21 Wed Lent study session, St Margaret’s, Ditchling p 3 7 pm
22 Thu PCC Meeting, St Margaret's Vestry 6.30 pm
23 Fri
Ditchling Village Association Newcomers’ Party, p 22 8 pm
Ditchling Village Hall
24 Sat
Off The Fence Art Exhibition, 52 Station Rd,
Portslade, Hove, BN41 1DF
Ditchling History Project Ditchling Characters talk,
26 Mon
p 23 7.30 pm
Old Meeting House
27 Tue Whist Drive, Westmeston Parish Hall p 16 7.15pm
Concluding Lenten talk by Canon Peter Sills, St
28 Wed
p 3 7 pm
Margaret’s, Ditchling
29 Thu Choir Practice, St Margaret’s, Ditchling 6.15 pm
The Royal British Legion Women’s Section, Table p 22
Top sale, Ditchling Village Hall
31 Sat
5 Thu
11 Wed
17 Tue
Sussex Chorus Choral Music by Russian
composers, All Saints Church, Hove
What’s On in April 2012
Ditchling Film Society film Chico and Rita,
Ditchling Village Hall
Ditchling Village Hall Annual General Meeting,
upper hall
Ditchling Village Association Coffee morning,
Ditchling Village Hall
p 9
p 30
p 27
p 28
p 23
7:30 pm
8 pm
8 pm
10 am
The Royal British Legion Women’s Section, St
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George’s Day Lunch, Ditchling Village Hall
p 22
24 Tue Whist Drive, Westmeston Parish Hall p 16 7.15 pm
29 Sun
Open Day in aid of Malawi, Fourfields Farm,
Dumbrells Court Rd, Ditchling, BN6 8GT
Annual Parish Meetings, St Margaret’s Church
p 25
10 am
11 am
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Ditchling Women’s Groups
Ditchling Downs WI
For our February meeting we welcomed David Porter who spoke about Clayton
Tunnel Cottage which has been his home since 2002. He divided his talk into
sections and started with the history of the tunnel and the cottage. The tunnel
was built in 1841 and the cottage, which is now Grade 11 listed, in 1849. In 1861
the tunnel was the scene of an horrific accident that left 200 people either
injured or dead and David has felt a presence in one of his bedrooms where he
knew bodies from the accident had been laid out. Apparently a visit from the
Brighton Psychic Society has helped to lay these ghosts to rest, but as David said
it could all be 'in the mind', who knows. A few years after the crash, Charles
Dickens published a ghost story called The Signal Man which was inspired by the
events. Amazingly noise from the trains is fairly low. David recorded sounds
from outside the cottage where as you would expect it was pretty loud but then
we heard recordings from inside and it was surprisingly quiet. The garden
around the cottage is home to a rich variety of plants, birds and wild animals -
birds of prey, foxes, deer, badgers, lizards, slow worms, and lots and lots of
rabbits. David ended his talk by saying when we are next on a train approaching
the tunnel give him a wave as he will probably be in his kitchen (the right hand
turret going north). It was a most entertaining and thoroughly absorbing talk.
For our March meeting we have Dr Janet Pennington whose talk is entitled 'From
Lancing to Samarkand'. It will be held on Tuesday 1 st March at the Friends
Meeting House, East Gardens, Ditchling, 7.30pm for 8pm.
Barbara Dollings 01273 843892
Ditchling WI
Our monthly meeting was held on Thursday 2 nd February; our speaker was Neil
Sadler who gave us a very interesting talk with slides on “A Policemans Lot.”
Neil started in the force at Bognor and talked about his time at Gatwick looking
for bombs, among other duties. He was also at the Grand hotel when it was
bombed. His other duties included Brighton football matches. We then had our
usual “Flower of the Month”, Raffle and Tea and Biscuits.
Our next Meeting will be on Thursday March 1 st in Ditchling Village Hall at 2 .30
pm when our speaker will be Ian Everest who will talk about farming in the 50s.
Visitors will be welcome.
Joan Sayer, Tel 01273845255
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Women’s Fellowship
The next meeting of the Women’s Fellowship will be our annual Corporate
Communion with Father David. It will be on Tuesday, 20 th March at 7.30pm at
the Quaker Meeting House in East Gardens. If you need additional information,
please Contact Belinda Brittain (843238) or Pam Burr (842133)’.
Pam Burr
Village News
Ditchling Village Association Newcomers’ Party
TO ALL NEWCOMERS to Ditchling since March last year – we look forward to
meeting you at our annual Newcomers’ Party on Friday 23 rd March at 8 pm in
Ditchling Village Hall. You will soon be receiving an invitation from your Good
Neighbour but if you don’t, please get in touch with us so that we can send you
one. This is a lovely evening and a great way to meet other newcomers to the
village and representatives of the many clubs and societies that exist here
making Ditchling the village it is.
Please contact Pam Gaskin on 01273 843182 or pamandalec@care4free.net.
The Royal British Legion Women’s Section, Ditchling and
District Branch
On Saturday 31 st March we will be holding a Table Top sale in Ditchling Village
Hall. Tables are for sale at £10 (large) or £6 (small). Entrance will be 50p to
include coffee/tea and biscuits. The Women's Section, will have a homemade
cakes and produce table (eggs, jams, chutneys etc), a good as new clothes table
and a bric-a-brac table. Please phone Pauline Lee on 01273 844019 if you would
like to book a table or for any further information on this event or Margaret
Bovill on 01273 845319 if you have any Bric-a-Brac, which I am happy to collect
from you.
The St George’s Day lunch will be held on Saturday 21 st April in the Village Hall.
On Sunday 22 nd April, 2012, Fr David has invited the Main Branch and Women's
Section to help and participate with the 9.45 am Service at St Margaret’s.
Margaret Bovill, Hon Sec.
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Ditchling Village Association Coffee mornings
The Coffee Morning on Tuesday March 20 th in Ditchling Village Hall will be run
by the PTA, from 10am to 11.30 as we have to ensure that we vacate the village
hall by 12noon.
Dates for subsequent coffee mornings during 2012 are shown below:
Date
April 17 th
May 15 th
June 19 th
July 17 th
August 21 st
September 18 th
October 16 th
November 20 th
December 18 th
Society
Ditchling Players
Horticultural Society
Ditchling Morris Dancers
Ditchling WI
Friends of Village Green
Ditchling Film Society
Friends of St Margaret’s
DVA
Ditchling History Project
Our programme of talks and events this year begins with a repeat of the popular
Ditchling Characters series on Monday March 26 th at 7.30pm in the Old
Meeting House.
Ann Bacon will talk on Peter Parsons, 19 th century shoemaker and choirmaster,
Penney Pepler on Helen Knowles, headmistress of North End House (Dumbrell’s)
School, and Tom Dufty on Dr Frederick Linton Bogle, well-loved village GP.
Tickets are available from the Post Office, Parkers, the Village Hair Studio or
telephone 01273 845383.
A new set of village characters will be introduced in the autumn. During the
summer we will be offering ‘Ditchling for Beginners’ walks, an introductory
history of the village aimed at but not exclusively for newcomers to Ditchling.
Tickets will be available from DHP representatives at the Newcomers party. In
June, during the week before the Fair, two guided walks will look for places and
people connected with 700 years of Ditchling Fair. We would also like to hear
your own memories of the Fair which can either be posted on our web site or
you can contact me on the above number or Roma on 01273 843113. Details of
our talks, walks and other events and of current and past research projects can
all be found at www.ditchlinghistoryproject.org.
Janet Cragg
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The Turner-Dumbrell Foundation
During the year two new Trustees, Max Bolton and Matthew Searle were
appointed. They join Janet Cragg, Roma Leon, Dr Richard Turner, Tom Turner
and Rev D Wallis.
At their meeting in January the Trustees made grants totalling some £18,900 to
the following:
• St Margaret’s Church for churchyard upkeep
• Ditchling History Project for a laptop and software
• Ditchling Pre-School towards play equipment
• Ditchling Village Hall for emergency roof work
• Ditchling Fair Committee towards signage
• The Old Meeting House for a fire wall
• Oldland Mill for materials for a flour dresser
You can read more about the Foundation and the Workshops on our website at
www.turner-dumbrell.org.
Roma Leon
1 st Ditchling Scout Group
Beavers - Health and Fitness Activity Badges were completed one night. Among
the activities included was a demonstration about how germs are passed on.
The Leader, covering her hand in blue paint, passed the paint on by hand contact
to everyone else. They also had to draw a healthy meal on a paper plate and talk
about the sports they enjoy taking part in. Another week they had a “How things
work” night, when they learnt about simple electrical circuits, how a compass
works and making a CD hovercraft. The following week they completed the IT
Activity Badge with the help of David Salem and the construction of posters
telling others what sort of things they enjoy at Beavers.
Cubs - The highlight of the month was the sleepover at the Natural History
Museum in London where the accent was upon dinosaurs. The Cubs had a talk
by a fish expert, made prints of fossils, had a talk by an animal man and a
torchlight “Dinosnore Search” in the evening.
Other activities during the month concentrated on the World We Live In, looking
at living conditions and depravation in other countries and life expectancy.
World Flags were also studied. Another evening was devoted to making “spoon
puppets” and inventing a story which each Six presented to the meeting. Our
Cubs also took part in the District Swimming Gala at the Triangle.
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Cubs enjoying themselves at the Dinosaurs visit in London.
Scouts - The big achievement was our Scout Troop’s winning the Mid Sussex
District Swimming Gala at the Triangle in competition with eleven other teams,
giving us a nice new trophy to display. We congratulate our team which
consisted of Sam Chard, Evan Diamond, Alex Eastman, Oliver Mayhew, Andrew
Porter, Wilf Spencer and Harrison Stocker.
The Inter-Patrol Annual Cooking Competition took place this month and Pam and
I were delighted to be invited to judge the meals again. The quality of cooking
and presentation was superb again this year and it was very difficult to choose
between the two patrols. We had music, we had candlelight, attentive waiters
and Jasmine Tea as well as truly tasty food. The winners, by just two points,
were The Wolves led by Wilf Spencer and Harry Sandercock.
Other evenings were spent on Miniature Pioneering, building medieval catapults,
and a discussion on World Health Issues.
Alec Gaskin, Group Chairman
Open Day in aid of Malawi
The Mac’s Farm & One Good Egg are holding an Open day on Sunday April 29 th
from 10 am to 4 pm, at Fourfields Farm, Dumbrells Court Rd, Ditchling, BN6
8GT. They hope to raise enough money in just ONE day to fund small egg farm
projects in Malawi. All they ask is for a donation of a £1 a person which will go
towards raising money to fund new farm projects in Malawi.
For more information please go to our websites www.themacsfarm.co.uk and
www.onedifference.org.
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Ditchling Film Society
On Thursday, 1 March 2012 we will be showing a Coen Brothers film called A
Serious Man. Set in Minnesota in 1967, Larry Gopnik, a Jewish physics lecturer,
is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save
up for a nose job, his drug-addicted son (who gets stoned at his own Barmitzvah)
only wants him round to fix his TV aerial. In addition, his useless brother, Arthur,
is an unwelcome house guest. To add to Larry’s angst, both he and his brother
get thrown out into a motel when Larry’s wife, Judy, who wants a divorce, moves
her lover, Sy, into the house. Even after Sy’s death in a car crash, the brothers
are still resident in the motel. With legal fees mounting for his divorce, Arthur’s
criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour, Larry is tempted to
take the bribe offered to him by a student to give him an illegal exam pass mark.
Although not a religious man, Larry becomes convinced that only the rabbi can
help him. He has a vision of how he has erred, how he has lived and what the
essence of his life should be as a good Jew and a serious man.
Directors: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. US 2009. 106 mins.
On Thursday, 5 April 2012 our film will be Chico and Rita. Set in Cuba in 1948,
Chico is a young, talented piano player with big dreams and Rita is a beautiful,
sexy singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them
but their journey, in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero, brings them
both heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and
Las Vegas the two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in their
music and love. Wonderful Cuban music and American jazz accompany Chico
and Rita’s tragi-comic love story bringing back to life the vibrancy of early 1950’s
Havana.
Directors: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal. Spain 2010. 94 mins.
The films will be shown in Ditchling Village Hall. Films start at 8.00pm. Doors
open at 7.30 pm. Free coffee and biscuits beforehand and ample free parking
behind the hall. Guests and temporary members are welcome for a small charge
payable at the door.
Rowena Cager and Melanie Samuel
Ditchling Village Hall
Whether a Ditchling resident or not, or a current user of Ditchling Village Hall or
not, you are invited to attend the Hall’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday
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April 11 th 2012, at 8.00pm in the upper hall. We can tell you about the things
that have taken place over the last year, during which I am pleased to report we
have sustained a very high level of utilisation.
It is now used for a record average 43 hours per week, the majority being by
village organisations or residents. Most of the 'outside' organisations using it
involve village residents. The hall is at the centre of the community. It is used for
an incredibly diverse range of regular activities, including weddings, wakes,
plays, dances, arts and crafts exhibitions, martial arts, yoga, talks, films, concerts
and quizzes.
We’d like to hear whether you think we are meeting our charitable objectives
and, just as important, you can give us your ideas on how we can develop,
despite limited financial resources, the service we give. So please come along.
We will also offer you a glass of wine or soft drink. There are no tickets – just
come!
Tom Dufty, Chairman of the Hall Trustees
Ditchling Horticultural Society
Annual Spring Bulb Show, 10 th March 2pm – 4pm,
Ditchling Village Hall
This year, will be the 190 th year since the founding in 1882 of Ditchling
Horticultural Society which currently holds pride of place nationally as the oldest
Horticultural Society in the United Kingdom.
As 2012 is such a special year for the Society there will be some new innovations
and a modern approach for the three Annual Shows during this year. Beginning
with the first show of the gardening season the “Bulb Show” on March 10th will
be breaking new ground for all garden enthusiasts from the youngest to the
mature gardener with many years of experience.
Gardeners Corner, Seed Exchange and Suggestion Box
First up there will be an innovative “Seed Exchange” section. Exchanging seeds
is one of the time-honoured ways in which gardeners share the bounty of their
gardens and experience with others. Some people have a wealth of plant seeds
left over at the end of the gardening season and others can never find a seed to
a particular garden plant they want at the beginning of the season so it's a match
made in heaven.
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Another new and additional feature at the shows will be an “Advice Table”
where you can discuss problems with a panel of experts including our President
Peter Eastwood who will give practical down-to-earth gardening and allotment
advice for the amateur grower and newcomer to gardening.
Meanwhile, along with our usual schedule for the show we will have Muriel’s
Bumper Raffle, the usual mid-afternoon tea and cakes and free car parking. We
are also introducing a Suggestion Box Scheme which we invite you to contribute
to with any ideas or innovations that you would like to see.
We are look forward to introducing you to the new dynamic for the Horticulture
show of the future.
Mercedes Madden, Public Relations, Ditchling Horticulture Society 2012
Your Village Needs You
Volunteer Helpers for Ditchling Fair 2012
For the Ditchling Fair of June 16 2012 the committee is recruiting groups of
people who would be willing and able to be at the centre of all the planned
activities on Fair day. We need people to pump prime the marketing of this
historical event in the Ditchling, selling advertising space in the programme,
collecting raffle prizes, all within the local confines of Ditchling Parish and in the
main means visiting village retailers etc. Could this be you?
If you are young, not-so-young, a newcomer, born & bred villager, or a
commuter, do get in contact with us if you would like to be involved in the
preparation, for couple of hours minimum every couple of weeks until Fair Day.
Also required are volunteers, who on the day itself will be needed for various
duties such as stewards, road closures, judges, the selling raffle tickets, health
and safety. This will allow you access to all the events taking place. Your offer to
help out either in the morning, afternoon, or evening, will be welcome and at
which ever time suits you. Please be assured you will enjoy having as much fun
as the visitors to the fair.
Contact Chair of the Ditchling Fair Jolan at Jolanvh@gmail.com where your
name and contact details will be listed, arrangements will be put in place to
meet you, and fill you in on the details of any duties which might like to help
with.
Mercedes Madden
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Newick Decorative and Fine Art Society
Plumpton Village Hall, 2.15 pm March 13 th
Our lecture this month is on the rivalry between those two great geniuses of the
Italian Renaissance, Leonardo and Michelangelo. Our speaker, Dr James Lindow
will explore the relationship between these two artists and in particular the
bitter painting contest over the frescoes for the Council Chamber in Florence.
Both were commissioned to paint the same wall in the Chamber with scenes
from the Battle of Anghiari. Leonardo in the end won but, unbelievably now,
this work was painted over in 1565 and only a few cartoons remain to show the
power and splendour of the original. This will be a digital presentation and
through the many pictures you will come to understand the animosity but
ultimately the respect these two men held for each other. Tickets £5 on the
door for non-members with tea and biscuits afterwards. If you need any further
information regarding membership please contact Carole Burgon 01273 890301
or Marjorie Blunden 01825 723250
Annette Shelford
Sussex Chorus Concerts in March
Sussex Chorus will be singing in two concerts in March:
Burgess Hill Fair Trade Festival Handel 'Come and Sing' Messiah
Saturday 10 th March, 7.30 pm,
St Andrew’s Church, Cants Lane, Burgess Hill
This concert is part of the Burgess Hill Fair Trade Festival with Sussex Chorus.
Soloists will be Katherine Nicholas – soprano; Hannah Summers – mezzo
soprano; John Grave – tenor; Douglas Rice-Bowen – baritone with John Walker –
piano. The conductor will be Neil Jenkins.
Tickets: £10 from the Sussex Chorus Ticket Manager, 01444 412579 or 01273
273333.
Choral Music by Russian composers
Saturday 31 March 2012, 7:30 pm
All Saints Church, Hove
The concert will include the Rachmaninov Vespers; Tchaikovsky Five Sacred
Choruses; Tchaikovsky Dance of the Peasants from Eugene Onegin; Glinka The
Cherubic Hymn; Stravinsky Ave Maria and the traditional Contakion of the Dead.
Tickets: £15 (concessions £12 Children free) from Sussex Chorus Ticket Manager
01444 412579/01273 273333 or Brighton Dome Box Office 01273 709709.
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Nature Notes
The few days prior to the very cold weather we had in February were classic in
the signs wildlife gave us as a warning of its advance. Credit must go to the
Weather Forecasters who usually get a bit of stick but in this instance not only
warned us in good time but gave explanations as to the sequence of the
approaching systems and temperatures. The very cold conditions started over
Eastern Europe and moved westwards. The Bird Observatories on the East Coast
of Britain received many unexpected species arriving overnight escaping from
the cold and the lack of food availability that always goes with it.
It was good to see several Song Thrushes in the garden. Before the snow came I
managed to ring three of them and by the extra wing length and greyish colour I
think that two were of Continental origin escaping the extreme cold. The other
was a typical local sandy coloured bird with an average wing. Blackbirds also
came. As soon as a thaw began they were finding food beneath the shrubs,
turning leaves over seeking worms and insects. The weights of all birds I handled
were well in excess of those one would expect during the breeding season such
is their need to carry body fat to withstand the freeze and the value of our
sustained feeding greatly helps the survival of many.
There was almost frantic feeding on the feeders in the gardens, Blue and Great
tits as usual abundant with Goldfinches mainly on the Nyger seed but also on the
ground below. Disappointing was the lack of Siskins. They are irregular visitors
but do usually appear this month when the many seeds of the Alder trees by the
stream are ready. I have had yet another Goldfinch recovery proving their north
to south movement in autumn. This one I caught in the garden in November
wearing a ring that had not been issued to me. The information arrived this week
showing that it had been ringed ninety-two days ago in August by Merseyside
Ringing Group and had travelled three hundred and twenty-five kilometres
south-south-east. What was satisfying for me was that both the ringer and I
agreed exactly as to its age, sex and measurements.
Weather permitting, the firsts birds will build their nests and have eggs before
the end of this month. It is always Blackbirds, Song and Mistle thrushes, Robins
and Dunnocks be first among the garden birds. All feed on insects and worms
and the success from these earliest broods will be according to the availability of
them. As the leaves have yet to appear at this early time, evergreen plants such
as Ivy give them protection and a hiding place. Unless any Ivy is causing a
problem on a wall or weighing a tree down, it is best left as it is a lifeline for
those early breeders. Should any nesting attempts fail due to the weather or
predation, repeat nests will be quickly built and with these common species up
to five attempts may be made to get a successful brood reared during the year.
Reg Lanaway
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The Bees’ Knees
Bee populations are plummeting. Whilst scientists conduct their research into
reversing the decline, gardeners can really help by providing a regular supply of
food to these hard working and essential insect pollinators.
By happy coincidence, bees and gardeners want exactly the same thing: a
continuous flowering display from spring right through to autumn, with
particular emphasis in July and August. Sequential flowering can be achieved
very effectively with bulbs, fruit blossom and self-seeders: all of them reliable
plants that make few demands on gardeners.
Bulbs - a once-only purchase, will happily multiply for you. Snowdrops, narcissus
and crocus start the season and if you are a bulb-aholic like me, you can have
them going off like fireworks right through until autumn. Blossom heralds the
start of the fruiting process – if you have space for apple, pear and cherry trees,
the reward will be 6 weeks or more of the most exquisite flowers with delicious
fruit later in the year. The self-seeders beloved by bees that last the whole
season are: forget-me-nots, foxgloves, calendulas, fennel, cow parsley &
Verbena bonariensis. If you don’t have them already in your garden, your friends
or neighbours probably do, so grab a handful of seeds and scatter! Cirsium
atropurpureum is a real favourite. I see bees actually rolling on the soft petals
first thing in the morning. They look drugged! Sedums are great drawcards in the
autumn.
Make a bee-line (sorry, couldn’t resist it!) for plants with simple single flowers.
The more petals, the harder it is for the poor old pollinators to find the nectar
and pollen. Just these few plants could make a big difference. It feels good to
know we can help our precious bees, when they do so much for us.
Haut Talk by Karoline Baird
07742 731967 haughty.culture@virgin.net
The Beacon in the Past
Below are excerpts from previous issues of the Ditchling Beacon.
40 years ago
“ A Royal Foundation” was the title of the Rev Way’s letter in the March 1972
Beacon. “Situated in the heart of London’s East End and on the edge of dockland
the Royal Foundation of St. Katherine is a fascinating place. … It’s [sic]
foundation goes back to Queen Matilda’s time, and Queen Eleanor, Henry VIII’s
Consort, (their heads are supposed to be carved on our East Window) also gave
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it great support, and it has been under the special care of the reigning queen
ever since. The Reformation saw the virtual disappearance of it’s buildings
although it was never completely suppressed, but during the 19th century the
Foundation was transferred … to a house in Regents Park. It’s present location,
not so very far from the original one, now built over by docks and warehouses,
dates from just after the 1939-45 war when the Queen Mother, then of course
Queen, was largely responsible for it’s return”.
St Katherine’s is still there just minutes away from Canary Wharf and ‘has
established itself as a facility for both practical and pastoral care in the East End
of London’. For more information see www.rfsk.org.uk.
The Vicar, in his letter, also announced that “it was with very great regret that
the P.C.C. at its last meeting accepted Mr Day’s resignation from this important
office [as Honorary Treasurer] which he has held for the past twelve years”. He
was, of course, Audrey Day’s Father.
20 years ago
In 1992, Ash Wednesday was on the 4 th March, Easter being nearly as late as in
2011. Holy Communion was celebrated at 7.30 am on Tuesday and 9.30 am on
Wednesday mornings and at 8 am and 10 am on Sundays. In addition on Ash
Wednesday there was a communion service with imposition of ashes. The Vicar
said that “Lent is a time when we can take spiritual stock of ourselves – a time
when we can take the opportunity to examine ourselves as thoroughly as
possible for sings of those faults which we may have grown too complacent
about properly to notice”.
The Turner-Dumbrell Foundation “donated £3,300 to St. Margaret’s Church,
£550 to the Old Meeting House and £150 to help with School funds at the
Ditchling Primary School”.
“Nearly £1,200 was raised last year for the Children’s Society by the Ditchling
Parish. Over half the total sum was raised through Jerry Manser running the
London Marathon in April.”
“1992 is the year when this parish marks the 900 th anniversary of the foundation
of St. Margaret’s Church in Ditchling. To make our celebration special, a Festival
week is being planned by the Parochial Church Council, from the 12th to the
19th of July, to finish with a special service for St. Margaret’s Day.”
Graham Sharpless
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