Movement 105

SCM Summer Retreat
16rH - 18rH Jurur 2000
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TIME TO de-stress from
exams and treat yourself to a
relaxing weekend in the
countryside.
Join us for the SCM
Summer Retreat in
Bainesbury House, a selfcontained
cotta$e with beds
and showers (hurrah!) in the
grounds of Downside AbbeY,
near Bath. A relaxed
programme will be on offer
but the idea is to rest, natter
and eat $ood nosh to$ether.
Bookin$ forms are
available are available from
central office.
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The volunteer student:
a declining sPecies?
CATACOMBS
John Field writes; Anxieties about college
funding have put pressure on most students
to spend a larger part of their vacations
working for pay. Voluntary organisations
have suffered a loss of suPPort in
consequence.
For examPle, ARC, a EuroPe-wide
organisation which provides 3-4 week
residential courses linked with cathedrals,
had almost no applicants in 1998' but
began to recover slowly in 1999. lts
communities, for those of student age (20-
26) are ecumenical, and offer the
opportunity for people from many nations to
live together in Christian commitment, to
learn the history of their host cathedral, and
to take small groups of summer visitors on
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NEWS
from
scM
in
Britain
and
beyond
guided tours in their native languages. Rev
Lucy Winkett, Chaplain at St.Paul's
Cathedral, who provides pastoral support for
the community there, is a great enthusiast.
"ARC is a tonic," she comments. "The
presence of these young people is good for
us all, for it leads us to re-examine our
relations with one another."
ARC communities are usually held at
Florence, Siena, Cologne, Trier, Speyer'
Reims, Tours, Troyes, Bordeaux, Antwerp,
Utrecht, CanterburY, SalisburY and
Westminster Abbey, as well as at St'Paul's.
Accommodation, food and pocket money are
provided, so the only cost to a participant is
the return fare.
{ tt you are interested contact the director
of ARC England John Field at Callaly Mill'
Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 4SZ or
CallalyField@hotmail.com.
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and lead fundraising strategies, to manage the distribution of
Movement, and devise ingenious methods of convincing greater
numbers of individuals to join the SCM family'
The burning question is, however, who is Mark Depew?
Since finishing my first degree in Politics/Economics at
Assumption College in the United States back in 1987, I have had a
whirlwind of exPeriences'
I have been married for thirteen years and have two daughters'
My wife and l, worked together in Northern lndia for just over a year
in 1989-90, where I taught English and researched human rights
abuses against the Sikhs. Upon our return, life took a strange
changeoringingmeintoseniorRetailManagementforthenextfive
rn po,t and at mv desk
y""r"l Ftot 1S9S-SZ, I returned to full-time education at Birmingham
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University to read for a Masters Degree in lnternational Studies'
Following my studies, I went to work for Christian Aid and the
Jubilee 2000 Coalition, bringing to Birmingham the world's first
Human Chain. Principally, over three years I have researched,
spoken and advocated debt and development issues to a broad
range of groups. As a fund+aiser, I have increased Christian Aid
Week giving by 62% in my local church.
t proOuceO 'Taking Stock', a report identifying progress made by
Britain's leading supermarkets in producing and implementing
ethical codes of conduct for suppliers in the developing world'
ln my personal life I strongly link my commitmentto serving God
withsocial,peaceandjusticeaction'Whichhasbeenmanifestedin
my recent work as well as my voluntary work and commitment to
social issues in my local community'
Over the next two years I look forward to meeting, with and
working on behalf of all of You.
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