ICS News Issue 59 November 2014

SOCIETY

One generation will commend your works toanother . . . . They will celebrate your abundantgoodness.

This edition celebrates God’s goodness throughthe distinctive vigour and mission brought by theAfrican members to many of our chaplaincies; inthe vitality of young people and the challengesthey—and their leaders—face in a cross-culturalcontext; and in the ongoing ministry of severalchaplaincies, especially as the baton is handed onto new chaplains. Seasonal chaplains tell of manymeaningful encounters during this summer’snew partnership with the local chaplaincy ofSouth Tenerife, as well as the long-establishedwinter and summer ministry in Zermatt.

The Society is refreshing the way in which newsand matters for prayer are conveyed to you, thesupporters: the website has been redesigned togive up-to-the-minute information and ICS News,with other publications, is being reorganised.

African Sunday at St. Marc’s, Grenoble

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of the Scriptures to people of any nationality who speak English,

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Features

3 For such a time as this?

4 Third culture church

6 Vive la difference!

9 South Tenerife mission

12 Kingdom opportunities in Zermatt

14 Alpinists and an army of migrants

16 Chile: the land on the edge

18 Madge Olby: travelling for ICS

19 Talking Turkish

22 Loss or reward?

24 Cannes: can you imagine it?

26 Strategy and direction

28 ICS News is changing

30 New Frontiers (AGM and Annual Public Meeting 2014)

33 Christmas cards and notelets

35 ICS family news

37 Cheltenham ICS Prayer Group

News & Prayer Diary

38 ICS prayer and support groups

39 November–December events for prayer

41 News and Prayer Diary, November and December

Information

64 Contacting ICS

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3ICS News and Prayer Diary | November 2014

Missio Africanus was a great day to be with brothers andsisters from various denominations and backgrounds; I wasone of the few white people in the room. The conversationmoved to what it means for the church in Europe and the UK

to have this explosion of life and mission from the blackmajority churches. One African brother commenting on thisquoted: ‘And who knows but that you have come to yourroyal position for such a time as this?’ (Esther 4: 14).

Perhaps just as the church is being written off as dying,ageing or no longer relevant, it is going to be enthused,renewed and revitalised by the blessing which is the major-ity black church. Already the statistics of church growth inLondon are turning around, predominantly due to majorityblack churches.

As sub-Saharan migration spills over into Europe, thereis not a city chaplaincy that is not blessed with Africanbrothers and sisters, bringing life and vitality. Bob Hurley,the chaplain in Grenoble, has sent me some pictures of aSunday when he asked the African members to lead theservice. They are amazing! They remind me that the colourof our chaplaincies is changing, for the better.

Perhaps the migration we are seeing across Europe carrieswith it a blessing for ‘such a time as this’. Like Mordecai weare to see where God is at work and join in. Could we bewatching the deliverance of God in Europe and witnessingthe rebirth of a vibrant Christianity? The black majoritychurch’s evangelistic zeal, their faith and expectation,presents us with an opportunity unique in our times. �

Richard Bromley attended the inaugural Missio Africanusthink tank day focusing on the big questions around Africanmissionary engagement in the twenty-first century.

Photos: African Sunday,St. Marc’s, Grenoble

For such a time as this?

Third culture church

‘I don’t want to go back to school.’ ‘I don’t feel like I belongthere.’ ‘It’s not that they’re unpleasant, it’s just they’re sodifferent, and no one understands me.’ And then, the killer:‘I’m just living my life waiting for high school to end, be-cause it’s got to get better afterwards, right?’

These are all things that young people have said to meover the last year. Many of them were reflections during anincredible week away in Croatia where these teenagers gotto hang out with a big group of people their own age who,like them, were international kids. On the last night, one girlhad us all in floods as she told us how, wherever she was, itfelt like she was an outsider and how, for that week, she hadfor the first time felt like she was at home; like she belonged;like she wasn’t ‘foreign’.

Such problems are not unusual. This is part of the realityof life for third culture kids: young people who grow up inthe confusing dislocation of a surrounding culture that isnot the same as that inside the four walls of their house.

These are the young people we have here in Vevey; almostwithout exception the youth of our church have complex,rich backstories. Parents who speak a different language.Cross-cultural families. A history of moves across countriesand even continents. A feeling, wherever they go, that some-how they aren’t quite at home.

And into this maelstrom of emotions and complexity, wetry to bring the reality of Jesus’ love, the concrete com-munity of church and the hope and purpose of the gospelinto these lives. I’ve been doing this for a year now, and havealmost more questions than answers, but there are a coupleof trends I have noticed.

Firstly, building community with these guys is actuallypretty easy. Despite enormous cultural differences and oftenridiculously busy schedules, it is incredible how much theyoung people I have met crave, and invest in, genuinecommunity with each other. As I’ve said, many of theseyouths feel lonely, or dislocated in their schools, and just theprovision of a space where they can be themselves, and

Jonny Torrance, Youth Worker at All Saints, Vevey sharessome of the rich challenges at the heart of chaplaincy youthministry which is international in reality.

Jonny Torrance


hang out with people who ‘get’ them, is vital. Maybe wehave extra-especially wonderful kids here in Vevey (what doI mean, ‘maybe’? I know we do) but the way they love eachother, the time and energy they spend in laughing togetherand in caring for each other, and the way they interact isremarkable.

Secondly, the challenge of compartmentalised lives is par-ticularly hard in this context. This is a problem everywhere,for all ages of believers: we have our ‘Christian’ lives—Sundays, midweek Bible studies, maybe a festival in thesummer—and our ‘normal’ lives, which include family,work, play, holidays. The interaction of the two is limited atbest. But for kids here, especially if they go to a French-speaking school, this is really tough. God, for most of them,is English-speaking; he is great and powerful and good inthe English-speaking world, but has little to say in thestrongly secular context of school. Not only that, but even ifthey do speak to their friends about him, where do they takethem? They cannot come to church, because they would notunderstand our language. And so we effectively create thirdculture believers: people who ‘grow up’ in faith in a verydifferent culture to what is around them.

The challenge, then, is to build community that is strongenough for these kids to feel at home, but that is not sealedoff from the outside world. A community where there is somuch love between the ‘insiders’ that they naturally wel-come ‘outsiders’ in. A community of love that is strongenough not only to engage outside culture, but to have aprophetic voice that infects surroundings with its ownvalues of love and kindness. And in the midst of all of this, tofind ways to live out the reality that God does not only speakEnglish; that he is just as much the God of Switzerland as heis of English culture. �

Photos: Vevey young people


Prayer points: page 60


There is something about ‘once a youth worker, always ayouth worker’. Eighteen months after leaving Youth forChrist, and now with Intercontinental Church Society, I con-tinue to look with enthusiasm and interest at the way youthculture is different in the various places I go. While I amnever there long enough to get under the skin of what isgoing on, the superficial and perhaps most obvious differ-ences really interest me.

Friends of mine walking down a back street in Brusselsinadvertently found themselves in an unknown area andsaw in the distance a bunch of rowdy young people loiteringand looking menacing. Being British and used to a some-what negative view of young people, they steeled them-selves to walk past and perhaps endure a little abuse. Whatactually happened was that, as they got closer, the youngpeople all stood back, smiled and said with enthusiasm‘Bonjour’. They live in a culture that does not assume ahostility between young people and the rest; where themedia would not consider vilifying young people, or usingthem as an easy scapegoat; where they are seen as a valuablepart of society. Now I know this is a naive simplification, butthe atmosphere just feels different with young people there.I meet energised young people: young people who areindifferent to age boundaries and who are far more tactilewith each other. It is different.

In another context I found myself amongst what aretermed ‘third culture kids’, the children of business people,the military or missionaries who create a third, artificialculture, an expatriate world. Able to make friends reallyquickly, but also to drop them just as quickly, in this worldwhere everyone is coming or going—used to moving andbeing on an airplane. Spend time chatting to them and youfind they have really interesting stories. I was talking to a girlrecently and I asked her why she moved so often in heryounger years and she said without missing a beat her dad(now deceased) was a spy! She would come home fromschool and find that something had happened and they

Vive la difference!

Lazy, antisocial and selfish? Richard Bromley reflects on thedifference between our perception of young people in the UKand mainland Europe.


were going to go and live somewhere else. No chance ofsaying goodbye, just moving on again.

Another amazing group of young people I have en-countered are from sub-Saharan Africa. I have had mostcontact with them in Middle Eastern countries. What Ifound was a huge passion for Jesus and an enormousamount of energy. I turned up at one church, a dark shack ina Middle Eastern country, hardly anyone there. Then overthe next thirty minutes various cars pulled up and soundequipment was pulled out of the boot, until we had a full rigset up in a church that could only just seat one hundredpeople. What I found were people who have a huge know-ledge of Scripture, a good understanding of theology, a deepdesire to follow Christ and reach out to their friends, and alove of worshipping together. But I also found young peoplewho were deeply affected by western culture, dressing thesame as many would in my own country, struggling with thesame pressures and unsure how to respond.

Elsewhere I met a group of young people who have cometo faith since the Arab Spring and are first generationChristians. The challenge for them and their families isworking out what it means to be nineteen or twenty and tohave made a decision that cuts you off from your heritage. Ihave met a handful of brave young people who have madethis step. Their courage, their passion and their willingnessto stand up for the name of Christ was inspiring.

Lastly, in a conversation I had with a few young people inthe Netherlands I asked them what they thought of youngpeople in the UK. There were some humorous comments.The one that got universal disapproval was school uniform.They were just horrified by the idea that some overbearingschool would make you all wear the same clothes. Where isthe self-expression, where is the individualism? It looks


almost militaristic, it looks stuffy, and so British! They couldnot understand how young people in Britain put up with it!

What I am coming to learn is that young people aredifferent. People who say that young people are the samethe world over do not know young people the world over.Young people are different and they are formed by a hugenumber of different social, religious and peer pressures. Ofcourse this is true of young people in the UK as well. I think ifI had my time again in youth work I would try to enableyoung people to see this. I would also want to speak outagainst the way our media talk about young people. Godbless Frontier Youth Trust for doing this from time to time.

While working with Youth With A Mission I learned an in-valuable principle: to come in the opposite spirit. This reallymattered when I worked in Hull. You could have written abanner to place over the city that read, ‘We have tried thatand it does not work here’. When I ministered there it wasmy calling to come in the opposite spirit and try again, beenthusiastic and believe that God had not given up on thesepeople. I come in the opposite spirit with young people.They are amazing, a treasure that we cherish and a gift wecelebrate.

I want ICS to proclaim long and loud to a new generationthat God loves them; that Christ died to wash away their sinsand they are incredible in the hands of God. �

South Tenerife mission

We went in faith with the intention to share God’s love fromthe heart of San Blas. We took the great commission of Jesusin Matthew 28: 19–20 as our foundational text: ‘Therefore goand make disciples of all nations, baptising them in thename of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit . . . andsurely I am with you always, to the very end of the age’. Thisgave us all the confidence, drive, and assurance of God’spresence with us which we needed for the mission. We arepleased to say that we were not disappointed but satisfiedthat God worked mightily in the mission. The hymn ‘Countyour blessings, name them one by one’ became a reality forus. Space will not allow us to recount every single blessingover our twenty days there, but I must mention one or two.

We discovered that on 10 August, the final Sunday of ourstay, the chaplain serving in the north of the island would behaving a farewell service. He was well known to the south-ern congregations and most of the people would, under-standably, be going to support this service and his farewellpicnic lunch. This included the warden who normallyorganised and played the recorded music for the service atSan Blas and the lay reader who supported the service. Wejokingly said to Roy Taylor (the resident chaplain of theAnglican Church of St. Francis, South Tenerife) that it maybe only me and my wife at San Blas church that Sunday.Little did we know or realise at the time that God had hisown plan for us, reminding us of Paul’s words, ‘Do not beanxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayerand petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests toGod.’ (Philippians 4: 6). Judy and I continued our prayer.

One morning, a few days before that service, we were atthe church as usual and a family visited. They were on holi-day from Coventry—mum, dad and four young peoplebetween the ages of 14 and 20—and were attracted into thechurch by the music being played. They were deeplyinvolved in their home church and mum, a music teacher,offered to play the electric piano, while the son agreed toplay the guitar. With support from the rest of the family we

Herrick and Judy Daniel, and Rod and Josey Fereday, happilyaccepted the invitation to go on the new seven-week missionin San Blas, South Tenerife, although unsure what to expect.

Herrick and Judy Daniel


were assured of a congregation! Even then our faith had tobe stretched: on the morning of the service we welcomedour family in and resigned ourselves to a cosy service ofeight. However in the final five minutes before the startpeople began to arrive and we had to get out more hymnbooks and service sheets. We ended up with over twenty,mostly holidaymakers, in the service that morning! We wereso thankful to God and hailed it as such a blessing.

Among those we met and ministered to over the weekswere a lady from Birmingham who came during the firstweek for prayer for help to see if God was calling her to thelay ministry back home. We were delighted to pray with herand she attended church each Sunday we were there.

During the second week a couple from Lancashireattended the service. The husband, a teacher, was testing hiscalling to full-time ministry. Again we were able to pray withthem. We prayed for and comforted a lady whose friend haddied back in England and who was unable to attend thefuneral, and prayed for another lady in a similar situation.We also prayed for a family whose granddaughter had hadan accident back in England.

These are just a few of the stories we have to tell from ourtwenty days of the mission.

Marisha (the Reader) met Josey and me at South Tenerifeairport on 9 August and took us to our accommodation inSan Blas where we were to continue the mission. We over-lapped with Canon Herrick Daniel and his wife Judy andenjoyed the most wonderful fellowship: they were kindredspirits and we felt we had known them for a lifetime.

Next day Josey and I set off early for the Holy Communionservice at another church, San Eugenio (about half an houraway at Playa de las Americas). The bulk of this congre-gation had also ‘decamped’ to the north of the island for thedeparting chaplain’s farewell service. The music came viamy trusty IPad and the service went well, with twenty-sevenresidents and holidaymakers in the congregation.

After Herrick and Judy returned home, we continued thework, opening the church in San Blas from 10 am until 2 pmeach day; out of season it is normally locked up. Taizé musicgave soothing and sacred background throughout. The first

Rod and Josey Fereday


week saw about eighty people through church, mostlyholidaymakers who came to look around and take photo-graphs. Both residents and holidaymakers appreciated thechurch being open. We also went networking in the hotels,bars and cafés, putting up posters, giving people details ofchurch services, and handing out flyers to the public inmarkets and other venues.

Also everyone contacted was given a personal invitationto services and activities, and encouraged to join in theeffort to keep the church open all year. Fifteen kilogrammesof Christian booklets (kindly supplied by Lifewords) weretaken out by us as excess baggage; these booklets lasted untilthe third week and were appreciated. On Thursday in thesecond week I was invited to be the guest preacher atEspírito Santo Church in Los Gigantes, an hour’s drivesouth, where we shared a lunch with the congregation andvisited leaders of Bible studies and home groups.

The main change in the second week was the introductionof a Christian Labyrinth during church opening times. Thisproved a great success: numbers were not much greater butthe difference in ministry opportunities was huge. Abouthalf of the eighty-odd people we saw through the Labyrinthhad some kind of experience of God, and opened up toprayer ministry. All who passed through were blessed andthankful for the experience: there were many tears as peoplewere put in touch with their deeper feelings. The effect of theLabyrinth was to change people from sightseeing, photo-graphing tourists and give them a spiritual experience.Some wrote in feedback forms and the visitors’ book that ithad been the ‘highlight of their holidays’ (praise the Lord).Labyrinth caused such a stir that Roy Taylor decided to putit on the church’s website for more people to experience.

Tuesday evenings saw the introduction of Taizé worship.This initially drew about fifteen worshippers and went ex-tremely well, with Taizé chants, three silences each of fiveminutes, a reading from Scripture and a very powerfulSpirit-filled prayer ministry session for reconciliation,wholeness and peace.

The opportunities at San Blas church are really good,mainly because there is an independent base from which towork, and as a resource venue this was invaluable. �

Photos on this page:progression through the

Labyrinth



As we were the first out for the summer season, part of ourtask was to visit the hundred or so hotels with posters andleaflets advertising the church and service times. We werealways well received. We also spent an hour or two at thechurch each day to welcome visitors from many differentnationalities. St. Peter’s is very beautiful and well cared for,and its 144-year history and connection with mountain-eering makes it a popular destination for tourists. Thechurch has a small regular congregation and is well servedby its charming and gifted young local ICS rep Andreas.

This proved to be a very special time for us, with ampleopportunity for relaxation, walking some of the 250 miles offootpaths and enjoying the beautiful alpine flowers andawesome snow-capped peaks, including the iconicMatterhorn. We were able not only to offer ministry andpastoral care to numerous people, but also to grow in ourown faith and understanding and dependence upon God.Thrown back on our own very limited resources, perhapswe were more open to the leading of God? But we were con-stantly struck by the way opportunities for ministry arose. Afew examples follow (the names have been changed).

Kingdom opportunities in Zermatt

John and Caroline Kitchin-Smith

John Kitchin-Smith and his wife Caroline write of their firstexperience of overseas chaplaincy, in Zermatt where he waschaplain at the English Church for the month of June.


Enjoying coffee after service

Richard and Janey, an older retired couple, came to churchon Sunday. Chatting over coffee afterwards, they gave littlesign of the immense strain and distress they were under. Thefollowing Thursday, they came to the 5.30 pm ‘social’ at thechurch but arrived an hour late because they had got the timewrong. Had they come at the correct time, four other coupleswould have been present. As it was, Caroline and I werealone. Richard and Janey had come desperately seekingministry and prayer which we were able to offer them one-to-one, ending the time by saying Evening Prayer together.

Caroline, hearing by chance an American voice in thelocal supermarket (by the peanuts!), greeted the speakerand told him about the English Church. Five Americans inhis tour group came to church the next Sunday as a result.

Finally, Charles was a young man on holiday with his wifeand parents-in-law who had come to church one Sundayevening. A committed Christian, he appeared confident andself-assured. The following evening when I came to lock thechurch, Charles was inside praying and asked if he couldspeak with me. His ten-year marriage was in serious crisisand we talked and prayed for about an hour. He made thecomment, ‘There was only one person in the whole ofSwitzerland who could help me and you were there!’ Towhich I replied ‘That’s how it works!’

These are just a few examples of many ‘God-instances’ weexperienced during our time in Zermatt. What we learnedfrom these, I hope, is that God always goes before us andprepares kingdom opportunities if we are open, ready andwilling and looking for them—opportunities that will belife-changing, transforming and faith-building for ourselvesand for others. Of course, what we experienced was notunique and special to us: ‘That’s how it works!’ �


John and Caroline withAndreas Wildenhain


The village of Zermatt lies at an altitude of over five thou-sand feet at the top of the Mattertal valley in the Swiss Alpsand it is breathtaking in every sense of the word. The villagestands surrounded by some of the highest peaks in Europe,and is overlooked by the most iconic of mountains, theMatterhorn.

Famous for its long tradition of Alpinism and wintersports, Zermatt attracts hundreds of thousands of visitorsevery year. It is a fixture on the grand tour of Europe, andtrainloads of tourists arrive every day to see the Matterhorn.The wonderful traditional main street is lined with designerlabel boutiques and expensive restaurants. And it is a worldclass ski resort with prices to match.

There is another side to Zermatt however. The town issupported by an army of migrant and seasonal labourworking in the service industry, and for them the magic ofthe place is not always so apparent. Seasonal workers areoften paid very little, and despite the obvious attractions ofliving in such a place, the reality can be quite hard andisolating. The transience of the town means that long termresidents find that it can be a lonely place and the extremesof wealth are often very apparent.

Just off the high street at the heart of the village is a littlechurch called St. Peter’s, quite literally built on the rock. Thechurch has served the English-speakers of the town since1870, offering hospitality and English language Christianworship.

This was my fourth visit to Zermatt as an ICS chaplain and,as ever, it is a privilege to serve there. Much of the ministry isto visitors and seasonal workers, but this year one of thethings I really appreciated was the importance of long termrelationships, both with the small community of residentChristians, and the regular visitors whom I had the chanceto meet again.

Apart from the chaplaincy work there is the opportunityto ski most days in the winter. Travelling up the mountain onthe wonderful nineteenth century Gornergrat railway is a

Earlier this year Mark Fletcher took a small team for hisfortnight of chaplaincy at Zermatt, during ICS’s winterprogramme of seasonal mission in Switzerland.

Mark Fletcher

Alpinists and an army of migrants

Team members Ellie Welsh,Mark Fletcher, John Lewis


lovely start to the day, and a chance to chat to fellowpassengers. We made friends with a young Belgian medicalstudent; we heard his story and spoke of the Fatherhood ofGod, and we have kept in touch.

Chairlifts also offer brief chances to chat. People are oftenfascinated by the idea of an English-speaking chaplain therefor them, and that brief window often offers a chance for agospel conversation.

The church itself attracts many visitors, and the chance totell the story of the church is a good opportunity to share thegospel. One especially memorable encounter was with ayoung Lebanese couple, intrigued that religion could be aforce for good in the world.

And of course Sunday services attract a lovely blend ofregular visitors and tourists They include many Christianswho love the idea of a little church proclaiming the gospel inthe mountains, and also non-Christians who might be en-countering living faith for the first time.

Next year will be the one hundred and fiftieth anniversaryof the tragedy on the Matterhorn in 1865 which led directlyto the founding of ‘The English Church’. So St. Peter’s, alsoknown as the parish church of the Alpine Club, will onceagain share the limelight with those bold Swiss and Englishpioneers of Alpinism. �



How do you sum up Chile? The joke about it being chilly inChile has run its course, and anyway the Spanish pronun-ciation is closer to ‘Chee-lay’. It is a land of extremes, notleast because of its great length matched by its narrowwidth; there is a wide variation in climate—and there is agulf between rich and poor. However, there are beautifulplaces in Chile, the land on the edge of the world: sealed offby the snow-capped Andes on the east and the Pacific Oceanon the west. In the north is the Atacama Desert; in themiddle, the vineyards; in the south the Lake District, and inthe far south the fiords and glaciers—and more mountains.One thing does unite all, and that is frequent earth tremors.

Like other South American countries Chile is mainlyRoman Catholic, but the British, who came in large numbersin the nineteenth century, set up their own English-speakingProtestant churches. Now, several generations later, theAnglo-Chileans all speak Spanish and, for some, English istheir second language. Not surprisingly a number attendSpanish-speaking churches, including those of the ChileanAnglican Church.

The two churches of St. Paul’s, Valparaíso and St. Peter’s,Viña del Mar predate the current Anglican diocese by morethan a century and have to this day remained independentof it. Moreover, the liturgy is in English in St. Peter’s, theonly one of the two which has regular services. It is generallythe older people who still prefer the English service. Theyounger people prefer Spanish, move away to Santiago ormarry Catholics—sometimes all three—so our congre-gation continues to get older, and smaller.

As chaplain I am well into my third year. During my firstyear the average Sunday attendance was twenty-four; sincethen there has been a gradual decline. Christmas and Easterdo not produce much larger congregations as Christmasfalls in the summer holidays, and Easter usually on a drizzlyautumn day. Harvest Festival is unknown. If we had one itwould probably come somewhere between Ash Wednesdayand Good Friday.

Chile: the land on the edge

David Greenwood

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David Greenwood has been Chaplain of St. Peter’s, Viña delMar and St. Paul’s, Valparaíso in Chile since May 2012. Hecomments on the changing scene for these congregations.

Remembrance Sunday brings a larger congregation dueto British connections: in the First World War many menreturned to Europe to fight, and to die. On that day I preachin Spanish because of the many for whom it is their firstlanguage. We have a midweek Bible study, sometimes two.These are attended by a small but enthusiastic group. Thereis a Ladies´ Group which meets twice a month, and we haveoccasional social activities. We have a choir once a year, forthe Christmas Carol Service. In all this we minister mostly toour ‘regulars’ since there are few visitors.

Personally, I have been to weekly meetings with the localAnglican ministers, and have taught some of them NewTestament Greek. I have also attended the annual retreat forthe Bishop and clergy. On the ecumenical front I have beeninvolved at Valparaíso’s Catholic University and Cathedral.My moment of fame came when I was asked to read thelesson at the annual Te Deum, attended by all and sundry, in-cluding the high and mighty.

In conclusion, the future of the chaplaincy is uncertain,although the current congregation would like it to continue.It is in God’s hands, and for the time being there is a group ofpeople who care, and welcome the church’s ministry. �

The photo opposite shows David giving a recital on the organ atSt. Paul’s, Valparaíso on 4 August 2014.


Carol Service, Viña del Mar



This song encapsulates our response as God calls each of usto make him known, even though it is hard to live up to.

In 2009 I was appointed an Honorary Travelling Secretaryfor ICS, along with several others, and had to make some-thing of a job that was not there before. The ICS office fur-nished me with a big banner to use at events, a list ofsupporting churches in my area, a supply of current maga-zines, and visiting cards, without which no modern ‘sales-man’ can function.

I decided from the first to keep a log of all my activities,along with responses to letters and speeches at meetings soas to gauge how the work was progressing. Every year I havealso made lots of jams and jellies, putting out a notice inchurches—both in the UK and France—that says, ‘Helpyourself and give a donation to ICS’. Magazines and otherpromotional material are taken, with conversations andconnections made, all in an unthreatening environment.

When I speak at synods or churches by invitation, I nevermention money; I just give an update of what we do andhow we do it, and because of my regular times in Aquitaineand keeping up with various chaplains, the news I give canbe very up to date. I am a member of Rochester DiocesanSynod and I use this position as an opportunity to raise theprofile of ICS whenever and wherever I can. We have a dio-cesan World Mission Forum (WMF) where several missionagencies are represented, and this is a point of great mutualencouragement as we discuss and pray with one another.

On 19 July the WMF hosted a diocesan mission conferencewith speaker Bishop Michael Nazir Ali who teaches at theo-logical colleges in Pakistan, Egypt, Ethiopia and the UK. Herecognised that people are entering ministry in difficult cir-cumstances, with many obstacles to spreading the gospel.

I too have found many obstacles and frustrations alongthe way in this job. One of the main ones is getting invita-tions to speak to congregations and meetings; overseasmission is not important to many churches. At ICS our task isnow to engage a new generation of people in mission. �

‘Here I am Lord, it is I Lord, I have heard you calling in thenight. I will go Lord, if you lead me. I will hold Your people inmy heart.’

Madge Olby with banner

Madge Olby: travelling for ICS

See also page 64

In November 2007, I attended a conference while serving inKorea. The day before I attended that conference I hadreceived a call from the province office asking me totranslate a lecture manuscript. That lecture happened to beabout the ‘Cyprus Problem’ and had been given by theVenerable Steve Collis, then Archdeacon of Cyprus. As I hadlived in Turkey and knew about the ‘Cyprus Problem’, Icried while I was translating that article and I decided tointroduce myself to Steve Collis when I got to the confer-ence. When I met him, he mentioned that there was a priestin Famagusta who would be interested in having a Turkish-speaking priest in his church. The next thing I knew was thatI had an invitation from the Revd Robin Brookes to workwith him in Famagusta. Ten months later my family and Imoved there.

Starting a new life in Famagusta was not easy. Soon welearned that getting a residence permit in Cyprus was diffi-cult. Complicating the matter was the delicate political situ-ation in Northern Cyprus. With the help of the diocese, wewere able to get the residence permit, but it also meant thatour children had to attend a school far away. The children’s

Talking Turkish

Zinkoo Han has recently left Famagusta for Australia. Herehe recounts how his six-year ministry in Northern Cyprusstarted somewhat unexpectedly.

Zinkoo’s licensing toSt. Mark’s, Famagusta,

October 2008


Zinkoo and HyeonShil Hanwith Ogun and Gaye

education since then has been a challenge for us and isbehind our decision to leave Cyprus.

The ministry in Famagusta, on the other hand, wasexciting. My main ministry there was to develop the Turkishservice. Soon after I arrived, I met with Turkish-speakingChristians from various backgrounds. By April 2009 we hadstarted a Turkish service with just a handful of believers.Finding a suitable time for worship was a challenge though.Some believers worked on Sundays, so they could not comeregularly. Furthermore, St. Mark’s shared the church build-ing in Famagusta with other churches and it was hard tofind a time when the church was available on Sunday. Wechanged the service time three times until we finally settledfor early Sunday morning.

While my main ministry was in Turkish, I also had a dutyto the English-speaking congregation. With the early retire-ment of Robin Brookes in 2010, the English-speaking con-gregation became my main ministry when the Bishopappointed me as Chaplain of St. Mark’s. The congregationthere is a wonderful group, mainly composed of inter-national students from Nigeria. As Famagusta is a mostlyMuslim city, international students tend to be the onlyChristian population. They are a truly remarkable group ofpeople who generally show great devotion to Christ. We alsohave some people from other countries or areas where

International studentslistening to music


Muslims are the majority. Some of them have chosen tofollow Christ while in Cyprus.

While most of our members exhibit commitment to JesusChrist, they also show a need to grow in many areas. Manyof them have grown up with wrong theologies—prosperityteaching leading the list. As international students, theyneed to learn to live cross-culturally while coping with thestresses of academic work. Being away from home, they arealso exposed to temptations—especially in the areas of sexand money. I have tried to help with this but I am alsograteful that they help one another as well.

As our children’s education became more and more diffi-cult, we took the decision about a year ago to look for a newpost. Since then, we have been able to feel God’s handleading us. Our biggest concern was the Turkish service.While I was sure there were other people who could minis-ter to the English-speaking congregation effectively, I alsoknew that it would not be easy to find a Turkish-speakingminister for the handful of Turkish-speaking believers.While they are few in number, it is still a significant part ofour ministry as Turkish is the local language of the area.

God had his own plan in this area. Soon after we madethat decision, a Turkish-speaking preacher moved intoFamagusta without knowing that we were hoping to leave.With his arrival, the nature of the Turkish service changed aswell. Now it is an ecumenical service which is supported byall of the churches in Famagusta (including the RomanCatholic Church).

We will certainly miss Famagusta and our ministry there.We are also thankful that God has led us through these sixyears and allowed us to have a good closure. We certainlylook forward to God’s continued leading in the future. �


Service on the beach

See also page 46

The conclusion of a seven-year period of Christian ministryand pastoral responsibility inevitably provides pause forreflection. For us both, these reflections are that much moreprofound, because our recent departure from the AnglicanParish of the Falkland Islands coincided with the start ofretirement—a deliberately chosen change of pace andpersonal circumstance to mark the end of thirty-five years ofvaried work together.

Life in the service of the gospel in the South Atlanticproved every bit as interesting, demanding and rewardingas it did in earlier settings: in the wild and severe Chacoregion of Northern Argentina, on a Norwich housing estate,whilst teaching at a theological college in London, and whenserving seven rural seaside parishes for ten years out on thewindy north-east coast of Norfolk. But there are manyunique features associated with ministry in the FalklandIslands. There is something noticeably ‘British’ about life inthe small and remote 3,000-person community situated justoff the south-east coast of South America—but much that isdistinctively ‘Falklands’ in style and content. It took severalyears to discern the daily, weekly, and annual rhythms tocommunity, commercial, school and farming life, both inStanley (‘town’) and everywhere else beyond (‘Camp’). Ittook all of our seven years to appreciate the longer-termeffects on individuals of the trauma and distress associatedwith the invasion and occupation by Argentine troops in1982. It took time to grow in admiration for theresourcefulness, resilience and can-do attitude of many

Loss or reward?


Richard and Jen Hines leave the Falkland Islands knowingthat the outcome of their ministry there is in God’s hands:‘The Day will bring it to light.’ (1 Corinthians 3: 10–13)

Richard and Jen Hines at Surf Bay

Islanders in the snow


Islanders; but also to grow in compassion and concern forthose ensnared by the scourge of alcoholism, and for thosewho give every indication of soon joining their ranks. Itwould take another seven years at least to discern the mosteffective ways to live and speak of the kingdom of God, andto commend the gospel of Jesus, so as to speak more help-fully into the real-life situations of Islanders—spiritually to‘scratch’ where they ‘itch’.

It has become something of a cliché to speak of the rapidchanges to which Falkland Islanders are subject at present, apace of change which is bound to accelerate as large oilcompanies move from the exploration to the exploitationphase of their campaign on behalf of the Falkland Islands’government. There will soon be huge gains in wealth on thepart of many in the Islands, unimagined increases indisposable income, and yet further temptation to abandonthe traditional patterns of mutual care and support and ofgenerous and open hospitality which have hithertocharacterised Falklands’ community life.

In recent decades, whilst all this has been brewing,Christians in the Falkland Islands have sought in theirdifferent ways to be faithful to the vision of the kingdom ofGod as inaugurated, lived and proclaimed by Jesus. Theevangelistic ‘planting’ and seed-sowing has continued, thesteady ‘watering’ ministry of preaching and teaching hasbeen maintained, and God has granted encouraging signs of‘increase’ and growth. It is particularly good to acknow-ledge with gratitude the witness and contribution of threenative Falkland Islanders currently at the heart of Cathedrallife: a licensed Reader (who now also serves as the first PortMissioner of the Islands) and two Wardens. It is also likewisegood to acknowledge the presence of a popular ecumenicalMessy Church group, a faithful children’s Sunday Club, andthe precious kernel of a Cathedral youth group.

As the new Anglican Rector and his wife arrive thismonth and begin themselves to build for the kingdom ofGod here in the Falkland Islands, those of us who now stepaside are very conscious that ‘the Day’ of testing at the end ofthis age will alone disclose how we have built on the foun-dation of Jesus Christ. And, of course, the Lord himself willdetermine who suffers loss and who will receive reward. �

Welcoming children in ChristChurch Cathedral

HRH The Duke of Kent,Remembrance Sunday 2012


ICS News and Prayer Diary | July 2011

Can you imagine it? The members of Holy Trinity Cannes,giving up their sumptuous homes and luxurious beds, tostay on a campsite? Swapping their posh French restaurantsfor cassoulet-out-of-a-tin in a mobile home kitchenette?

To be fair, most of us are not that posh, or as wealthy asyou might expect of expats on the French Riviera. We have afew homeless people, asylum-seekers, and a number ofelderly folk on modest pensions. Most of the millionaires inCannes have yet to spot us over the tops of their piles ofcash! But even so, in September we headed for the hills.Every year we get away for a weekend of relaxation andBible teaching in the forests of the Var. It is not so far away,but it is a long way from the bling and hassle of the Croisette.

We stay at a campsite (in chalets), and with a bit ofimagination you could think it is rather like the Israelites atthe Feast of Tabernacles. Every year, they were supposed toget away from their homes and their usual routines, andcamp out with their fellow-believers under the branches.Tabernacles was a time to stop and remember the wilder-ness wanderings of the Exodus. It was a time to reflect onwhere they had come from, and to remember that they werejust pilgrims through the wilderness, journeying on. And tostudy the Bible. And which bit of the Bible did they read atTabernacles? Ecclesiastes. Since there is nothing new underthe sun (or under the branches), we looked at Ecclesiastes aswe camped out this year. It is a famously tricky book, but it isone that has some important messages for anyone who livesalong the Côte d’Azur—or anywhere else for that matter.

Cannes is notorious for conspicuous wealth and glamor-ous luxury, and for an array of cultural and commercialactivities. But Ecclesiastes reminds us that riches, learning,music, family, home, gardening, sex—and life itself—areactually gifts from a gracious God. Ecclesiastes uses the word‘enjoy’ more than any other book of the Bible. Our congre-gation may have more modest means than one wouldexpect, but we enjoy living in such a lovely part of the world.We mainly know how fortunate we are.

At the beginning of September Giles Williams, Chaplain ofHoly Trinity, Cannes, led the annual chaplaincy weekend ata mobile home park in the Var.

Home group

Cannes: can you imagine it?

In the forests of the Var

Giles Williams teaching on Ecclesiastes


Ecclesiastes insists that our gracious God wants us to enjoythese blessings, value them and use them well. And whatdoes ‘well’ mean? It means to enjoy them in the fear of theLord, and in accordance with his commandments.

But if we do not use them well, those heart-warmingblessings have the potential to leave us cold. People inCannes sometimes try to use them as a substitute for faith;they can fill their lives with luxuries and pleasures andclever-clog wisdom, and leave no space for God. Pray for usas we try to reach them with the gospel! It is the Creator Godwho gives shape and meaning to our lives.

Sometimes when we are stripped of our usual routinesand comforts, we can get this world in a better perspective.When we look up past the branches and glimpse the stars,we remember how small we are, and how majestic is ourCreator. Ecclesiastes refuses to give us simple answers to life’sbig questions but it does remind us to let God be God.

So it is good for us to get away from our comforts andremember that we are on a journey with God. Ecclesiastesreminds us that we are just passing through. Is your caravantoo firmly cemented to the ground? Of course, that is not justa message for Cannes! We love it when ICS supporters cometo worship with us. And we pray that your visits to ourchurches, and your prayers for our work, will help you onyour journey with God. Can you imagine it? �


Children ready to run the racewith ‘eyes fixed on Jesus’

(Hebrews 12: 1,2)


French campsite

Over the last six months ICS has spent much time in prayerand talking about the strategy and development of ICS. Thishas been a fruitful time as we engage with some majorthemes but also sense what God might be saying. The out-come of this has been a clarified strategy that is starting toform our work: a renewed focus on mission and the re-claiming of our heritage as a frontier mission agency. Adesire to foster healthy outward looking chaplaincies andtaking every opportunity to reach out with the good news ofJesus Christ. To identify new places, new ways or newpeople to reach out to. This is an exciting strategy; for atwenty-first century mission agency, the mission field isdifferent and our opportunities perhaps more complex. Forus identifying these new opportunities and then seeking theresources to move in faith into them is crucial.

We continue to develop our seasonal ministry. It is withthis in mind that this year we have taken the decision tocease the French campsite ministry and allow this pruningto give us the opportunity to grow new work in differentplaces. We are hugely grateful for the commitment and hardwork of the people who have been involved in the Frenchcampsite ministry over the years. There is a long and glori-ous history here. As times change and opportunities moveelsewhere we want to remain the type of organisation thatcan celebrate the past but move into the future.

One of the blessings we have is patronage of a number ofchurches around Europe. Our desire is to be strategic withthis and to act as responsible patrons presenting strongcandidates and supporting them in the missional ministry.

Strategy and direction

ICS has always been an agency to identify frontiers andthen move ministry towards them, writes Richard Bromley;at our best we pioneer and plant in places as yet unreached.


Our desire is to echo the prayer of Jesus, ‘Lord of the harvest,send the workers’. Where we are patrons we wish to be ablessing to those we work and serve alongside.

Our operational objectives are probably not the sort ofthing that would interest people in this magazine but thebullet points are that we want to be a robust, lean organ-isation fit for purpose in the twenty-first century, well-resourced in both prayer and finance, wisely using theassets God has given us.

Finally, our strategy talks about our relational objectives.We are well aware that we are only one small cog in God’spurposes for mission in Europe and beyond. Our desire is towork constructively and creatively with our partners, thedioceses we are engaged with and our members andsupporters, to make sure that the Society is understood andwelcomed, and adds value to the partnerships in which it isinvolved.

There is nothing quite like ICS. As I look around at mycolleagues who run other Anglican agencies, we have aunique role to play at this time. The essence of our strategy isthat we know where we are going and under God seek tofaithfully serve and to honour his calling on us. We can onlydo that with your generous support and prayer. I never tireof saying ‘thank you’: your faithfulness allows us to step outin ministry and advance to new frontiers. �

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Firstly, each edition of the magazine will contain prayerpoints for four months. This will mean that there will be alittle less information to guide you in your prayers, but it willallow us to stop publishing the ICS Prayer Diary Supplementwhich has proved to be unpopular. However, we arechanging the layout of the magazine, which we hope willbetter inform our prayer for the Society and its work.

Secondly, we will re-introduce the monthly ICS News andPrayer Update. This news-sheet has the advantage of beingvery immediate and it will give you prayer and news infor-mation that is current and accurate: something that willallow you to pray more intelligently and with focus. Thiswill be sent out as an email ideally, but for people who prefera paper copy, we will happily post one. Obviously, in thelight of postage costs our preference is always going to beemail, but we want people to pray and not be hindered bynot being able to access information.

Thirdly, immediate news and prayer points are now avail-able on our all-new website. This is updated on a daily basisand offers so much more by way of instant communication.

I realise that change is not easy for some and I would valueyour comments and feedback. These changes have beendriven partly by the increased costs of postage and thedesire of some of our members and friends to receive moreup-to-date information. This can now be provided with thewebsite and the News and Prayer Update. We hope that, bymaking these changes, we get the combination right andmeet people’s needs to be able to pray and be informedabout what God is doing in ICS.

More about the websiteNow, if you have Internet access, please put down thismagazine and go to www.ics-uk.org. Like the old site it hasall the information about ICS but much more.

Under ‘News and Prayer’ not only can you get stories andnews as we receive them in the office but also the specificprayer points for each day; a blog with ideas and resources

ICS News and website changes

Richard Bromley is keen to tell readers about some majorchanges in the magazine, ICS News & Prayer Diary, otherpublications and the website.


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for ministry written by Richard; a Twitter feed with shortupdates with what is happening right now from whereverRichard is, including news, comments and prayer needs.You can subscribe to ICS Twitter @interchsoc.

If you prefer to get information through Facebook, go towww.facebook.com/intercontinentalchurchsociety for theICS Facebook. Here we post videos, photographs and newsupdates as well as interact with our friends on Facebook.

Returning to the website, you can also find out about‘Supporting ICS’, ‘Your Church and ICS’ and the highlysuccessful ‘Used Stamps Scheme’. There are details aboutvacancies, how to volunteer, and seasonal chaplaincies inwhich we are involved, as well as the resources that we haveto offer.

One part of the website I am particularly pleased with isthe church finder www.ics-uk.org/churches. Here you canexplore by clicking on the map or the links on the right handside and zoom right down to street level and see where ICS

supported chaplaincies and associates are: a great resourcewhen you are looking for a church.

The new website, Facebook and Twitter all mean that thisisn’t about us talking at you, but rather talking with you.Come on line, post a comment, interact with us and engagewith us in our mission to reach people with the good news of

Jesus Christ. �

Welcome to the new website


Our history has always been one of looking for the nextfrontier: a sense of opportunity and excitement about beingfaithful to this call focuses us as we minister in the twenty-first century.

We were pleased to welcome a large number of membersand supporters and also some new faces wanting to find outabout ICS. The meeting was opened and everyone welcomedby Bishop Julian Henderson, Chairman of ICS Council. Heintroduced Richard Bromley who gave an update on thework ICS is engaged in at the moment.

Richard shared something of the opportunity and chal-lenge of living in such a time of change as ours. Yet withinthis change our calling remains the same, to seek out thefrontiers and proclaim Christ afresh to this generation. ‘Thisgeneration have not rejected Jesus,’ he said, ‘they have justnot heard. This is the harvest field we face’. Richard used themetaphor of his allotment to explain that there has been aneed to clear the ground for new things to grow and tonurture some tender new growth. Like his allotment, it ishard work but we are seeing fruit.

Richard then introduced an insightful video interviewwith Chris Maclay, chaplain at St. Mark’s, Versailles, madewhile he was visiting the chaplaincy last July.

Nick Clarke, chaplain at St. Peter’s, Chantilly—also in theParis area—followed Chris. He updated us with what washappening at the chaplaincy and he told us how the workstarted there with Mr Tucker, who in 1840 was commis-sioned by the Colonial Church Society (now ICS) to be amissioner (a lay catechist) to Chantilly and the surroundingtowns and villages. He worked so effectively that a churchwith a full-time chaplain were established after two years.Nick went on to affirm the message that Richard com-municated earlier: that through the chaplaincies the Societyis still taking the gospel message to the frontiers. Of course,back in the 1840s, what Mr Tucker was doing was fulfillingthat vocation and vision, as a pioneer minister plantingchurches on the frontiers of his day.

The theme of the Society’s 2014 AGM and Annual PublicMeeting, held on Saturday 20 September at St. Michael’s,Chester Square, was indeed ‘New Frontiers’.

New Frontiers

ICS President and Chairman

Nick Clarke


Our keynote speaker was Bishop Sandy Millar, formerlyVicar of Holy Trinity, Brompton—and thirty years ago anICS seasonal chaplain at St. Peter’s, Zermatt. Bishop Sandyspoke about the urgency of evangelisation, and of how hefirst started Alpha, in order to answer the question, ‘Howcan we evangelise?’ He was inspired, and brought a word inseason to ICS. His wisdom, wit and insight spoke powerfullyto many of us present. A summary would not do justice towhat was said but the full talk may be heard on the ICS

website (www.ics-uk.org).The importance of prayer was a key thread running

through the Public Meeting and AGM. Bishop Sandy spokeabout it during his talk—’the house of faith that God isbuilding today, and some of it through ICS, is built onintercession’—and he encouraged us all to enrol as manypeople as possible to pray. The President of ICS, ViscountBrentford, opened the AGM by reading from Colossians andwe had a long time of intercession when we prayed togetherfor the work of ICS.

Life Membership was awarded to the following members:Maggie Gerber: ICS Local Church Representative (previouslyknown as churchwarden) at St. Bernard’s, Wengen since1999. She is invaluable to the work in Wengen in lookingafter the church building, the practicalities and the seasonalchaplains.

New Life Members Hazel Perrin, Maggie Gerber,

Mary Sims and Madge Olby

Bishop Sandy Millar

Viscount Brentford presentingLife Membership certificates


Hazel Perrin: first a deputy churchwarden at St. Peter’s,Zermatt (2002–04) then becoming churchwarden until shemoved to nearby Sigriswil in 2011. Now she will be takingon the role of Local Church Representative for the comingseason while we have a vacancy. Again her work at St. Peter’shas been and is invaluable to ICS’s seasonal ministry.

Madge Olby: ICS Honorary Travelling Secretary since 2009.She promotes the work of ICS in Rochester Diocese andbeyond. She was an ICS Council member (1999–2008) and asa Council link person kept in contact with the chaplainciesof Basel, Freiburg and Aquitaine (see page 18).

Mary Sims: ICS Secretary at Holy Trinity, Worthing, Mary hasbeen an ICS prayer group leader in Worthing for many yearsand together with her mother, Daphne, contributed greatlytowards the work of the ICS Young-at-Heart ministry.

At the AGM we were delighted to welcome Revd MichaelSanders to ICS Council and pleased that Mrs Valerie Thomasand Rt Revd Henry Scriven were re-elected to remain onCouncil for another term.

At the end of the meeting people were in no rush to depart,and the fellowship and catching up after the presentationswas a valuable part of the day. The family of ICS is wide andvaried but it is a joy and privilege to be together! �

All talks are available to listen to or read on the ICS website (www.ics-uk.org).

The supportive gathering atSt. Michael’s in London

Julian Henderson, Chairman

Keith Robbins, Treasurer


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Chaplaincy news now generally appears in the Prayer Diarybut here are further details of changes. The lives of those whohave served in the chaplaincies are also celebrated.

Ben Harding, LyonKeith Burrell writes: on Sunday 14 September, in a truly joyfulcelebration including the church’s African Praise Groupand attended by representatives of other denominationspresent in Lyon, Revd Ben Harding was instituted andlicensed as the new chaplain of Lyon Anglican Church bythe Venerable Ian Naylor, Archdeacon of France. AngelaMarshall presented Ben on behalf of ICS. Ben served in theDiocese of Derby and was also the National Director for theNorth of England with Christian Vision for Men (CVM).

John Chapman, BarcelonaRevd John Chapman was licensed to St. George’s, Barcelonaon 3 October. He joins St. George’s from St. Martin’s, Sharjah(United Arab Emirates). John is married to Deborah, who isalso ordained, and they have two married children. John, aScot, has come from a strong Christian background andbefore Theology studied Pharmacy.

David Roper, Falkland IslandsThe new Rector to Christ Church Cathedral in the FalklandIslands, to be licensed later this year, is Canon David Roper.He is married to Chris. Ordained in 1995 after a career in theRAF, David served in Norwich Diocese then in two beneficesin Canterbury; also as Area Dean, mentor to new incum-bents and a training incumbent. In 2008 he was appointedHonorary Canon of Canterbury where he also enjoyedsinging in the cathedral as Hon. Minor Canon.

ICS is supporting the following two appointments in Cairorecently announced by the Diocese of Egypt.

Michael DobsonRevd Dr Michael Dobson is now Priest-in-Charge of St. Johnthe Baptist Church, Maadi in Cairo. Michael is married toJanet with two children: Gordon (17) and Emily (15). Theycome from having served in various churches in Vancouver,Canada, with a particular focus on refugees and interfaithactivities. Michael is excited to start working at St. John’s

ICS family news


and coordinating the ministry amongst all of the congre-gations there (Egyptian, Sudanese and English), in additionto helping within the wider Diocese.

Drew SchmotzerRevd Drew Schmotzer is to be Priest-in-Charge of theEnglish-speaking congregations at All Saints Cathedral,Cairo where he has served in an assisting capacity since2008. He has been Chaplain to the Bishop since 2008 andserved in various capacities within the Diocese of Egypt,including teaching at the Alexandria School of Theology,serving as the English-speaking Secretary of the Synod andthe Executive Board, and assisting with the AnglicanCommunion-Al Azhar Dialogue.

John WatsonPreb. John Watson died at the end of June, in his mid-eighties; a memorial service was held in Ivybridge, Devonon 4 August. John’s interest in ICS (then Com and Con) beganwhen he was sent to a sanatorium in Davos in about 1953 fora year as part of his recovery from tuberculosis. He becameinvolved with the English-speaking church there, sup-porting the chaplain and occasionally preaching. Afterretiring as Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Plymouth he served as ICS

Chaplain at St. Peter’s, Zermatt (1997–2004), enjoying theskiing. John was the eldest of three brothers: Tim is a formerGeneral Secretary of the Society and Robert has also servedon several seasonal chaplaincies. Their parents met inZermatt at a Christian house party in 1924.

Extra news from AmsterdamChrist Church, Amsterdam and Heiloo congregations arerunning an outreach stand at the Expatica i am not a touristfair on 2 November. ‘This event helps those who are new tothe Amsterdam area find out how to integrate into life here.We want them to consider Christ and his Church too!’

Mark Collinson writes: The visit to Rwanda was very suc-cessful: thirteen people went, including five children, and itwas a real eye opener to see the lives of other Christians, withwhom we have a relationship. It was an excellent way ofstrengthening the relationship with our mission partner,Second Chance. We look to continuing the relationship.


Bishop Pat Harris, AudreyMartin-Doyle, Lesley and

Michael Sanders

But, of course, ‘small’ or just a few people is not a problemfor God and after all Jesus mentioned ‘two or three gatheredin my name’ and we can usually manage that.

We may be small in numbers but we are committed andenthusiastic. We have so many personal links with areas ofICS life. Mike Sanders, with Lesley, was the chaplain in TheHague; they have also done some locums, and Lesley was onICS Council for a while; Bishop Pat Harris always has up-to-date ICS news; Patti (Schmiegelow) Price, in The Hague thenICS General Secretary in the 1990s, remains in touch withmany folk; Marianne Kelly experienced ICS ministry whenshe and her husband were abroad; and I visited the FalklandIslands just after Richard and Jen Hines went to serve thereand we have kept in monthly contact ever since. We havelinks with the Lyon chaplaincy through Keith and ElspethBurrell by email and I sometimes meet them when they visittheir son in Cheltenham. We occasionally see the Robinsonswho were in The Hague but now divide their time betweenTewkesbury and the huge Aquitaine chaplaincy in France.

As you can imagine, these are all very busy people so weare grateful when they are able to come and join us, even ifsome have to be bribed with special biscuits!

Of course, there is always much to share about the latestnews, there is also a great deal of laughter, and then we pray.Bringing everything to the Lord is such a privilege. I amalways aware that he has had his hand on this Society for somany years. We praise him for what he has done, committhe chaplaincies to his care and protection now, and trust hisenvisioning for the future. �

Cheltenham ICS Prayer Group

When Jeannette Skuse asked Audrey Martin-Doyle to writeabout the Cheltenham ICS prayer group, her immediatereaction was ‘Oh, but we’re so small!’


See also page 38

ICS prayer and support groups

Contact: Sheila Brown (0117 – 962 8067)

Wednesday 26 November, 8 pm at Impington Church HallContact: Dennis Sadler (01223 – 232 194)

At 39 Moorend Street, GL53 0EHContact: Audrey Martin-Doyle (01242 – 510 352)

At 2 Portland Court, 1 Portland Avenue, Exmouth EX8 2DJContact: John Philpott (01395 – 225 044)

At 42 Hollins Lane, Utley, BD20 6LTContact: Michael Savage (01535 – 606 790)

At 65 Tennyson Avenue, PE30 2QJContact: Michael Rees (01553 – 691 982) or John Wallis (01485 – 600 336)

Contact: Albert Lawless (01565 – 653 803)

Thursday 4 December, 7.30 pm at 52 Millbrook Drive, Shenstone WS14 0JBContact: Jacqueline Relph ([email protected])

Contact: John Dinnen (028 – 44 811 148)

At Holy Trinity, 110 Trinity Street, NR2 2BJContact: Peter Carroll (01603 – 664 864)

At St. James’s Vicarage, 24 Lower Bedfords Road, RM1 4DGContact: Angela Marshall (01708 – 746 614)

At The Rectory, Gorsey Mount Street, SK1 4DUContact: Roger Scoones (0161 – 429 6564)

At 11 Verden Avenue, Chase Meadow, CV34 6RXContact: Anna Hopkins (07745 – 223 580)

Monday 15 December, 7.30 pm at 11 Stanford Avenue, Wallasey, CH45 5APContact: Peter Jordan (0151 – 639 7860)

At Fosters, Pyrford Heath, GU22 8SSContact: Paul Bond (01932 – 351 137)

Tuesdays 10 February, 12 May, 8 September, 10 November 2015, 2.30 pmat Ramsay Hall, BN11 3HNContact: ICS Office (024 – 7646 3940)

Bristol

Cambridge

Cheltenham

Keighley

Exeter

King’s Lynn

Knutsford

North Birmingham

Northern Ireland

Norwich

Romford

Stockport

Warwick

Worthing

The Wirral

Woking


Some members ofCambridge area

ICS prayer group at AGM


November events for prayer

Rotterdam British bazaarBruges Anglican-RC remembrance service in KoolkerkeGrenoble apéro after service; Bob Hurley preaching in LondonAmsterdam/Heiloo outreach at Expatica 'i am not a tourist' fairBasel bazaarBrussels council meeting preparing chaplaincy profilesSeasonal mission: winter chaplains’ preparation day, CoventryFontainebleau women’s retreat dayParis seekers’ teaching day on the Holy Spirit, Maisons-LaffitteLeipzig training day for children’s ministryTervuren Invitation SundayCannes Remembrance Sunday service with local British LegionGrenoble Café Church, led by youth groupCorfu Remembrance Sunday serviceRio Remembrance Service and Poppy BallHeiloo Christianity Explored course endsFalkland Islands licensing of David Roper as Rector,Canterbury CathedralVoorschoten church weekend, Mennorode, NetherlandsCannes Teaching morning on Romans (second half)Maisons-Laffitte Emmanuel Gospel Choir, Holy TrinityVersailles/Chevry weekend visit by Bishop RobertAmsterdam ICS Mission Director’s visit for weekendVersailles Paris area Confirmation Service, Bishop RobertFreiburg joint service with Old Catholic CommunityFalkland Islands David and Chris Roper arriveHeiloo ‘Network serving with your gifts of grace’ course endsBrussels Installation of Bishop Robert in Holy TrinityTervuren church weekend, La ForestaGrenoble film night: A leap of faithIbiza licensing of Peter Pimentel as chaplainFreiburg Advent LabyrinthICS Council 24-hour meeting, CoventryCannes Holy Communion in retirement homeChantilly St. Peter’s Christmas KermessePoitou-Charentes Christmas fairFreiburg opening service, Petrus GemeindeCorfu Christmas fairThe Hague Christmas marketBarcelona St. George’s Christmas fairLugano Christmas marketVevey Core Jr weekend awayBruges Anglican and Protestant celebration: sharing buildingGrenoble Thanksgiving and Advent mealAmsterdam Zuidoost Thanksgiving Service: harvest, bazaar

Saturday 1Sunday 2

Monday 3Tuesday 4Saturday 8

Sunday 9

Wednesday 12Thursday 13

Friday 14Saturday 15

Sunday 16

Monday 17Wednesday 19

Saturday 22

Sunday 23Thursday 27

Friday 28Saturday 29

Advent Sunday 30

December events for prayer

BCAS volunteers’ thank-you Christmas lunchRio school Carol ServiceTervuren St. Paul’s Christmas BallCannes church council meetingMaisons-Laffitte Christmas FairRio Christmas bazaarBrussels Jazz Carols; Tervuren Nativity ServicePrague Lessons and Carols, BrnoFontainebleau Nativity playArnhem/Nijmegen ICS Mission Director’s visitVoorschoten all-age Carol ServiceBasel Nativity ServiceFalkland Islands 1914 sea battle commemorationsGrenoble Christmas partyVoorschoten Service of Lessons and CarolsBrussels Service of Lessons and CarolsTervuren Christmas Carol ServicePrague Lessons and Carols, St. Clement’sChantilly Family Carol Service; Fontainebleau Carol ServiceGrenoble Carol ServiceParis Carol Service, Alpha course launchHeiloo Christingle ServiceBarcelona all-age Nativity presentation; Carol Service (pm)Basel Carol Service; Rio Carol Service, Christ ChurchPoitou-Charentes Carol Service, CivraySeasonal mission: Liz and David Leaver to Wengen; Herrick andJudy Daniel to ZermattPoitou-Charentes Carol Service, ParthenayICS Council Standing Committee, LondonFreiburg Carol ServicePoitou-Charentes Carol Services: Ambernac, St. Dizant du GuaCannes Christmas Carol ServiceChantilly Service of Lessons and CarolsRio Carol Service, All Saints, Niteroí; Heiloo Carol ServiceCannes Holy Communion in retirement homeICS office closes (reopening 2 January)Tervuren Crib ServiceCannes Children’s Carol Service; Midnight CommunionPoitou-Charentes Carol Service, AlloueHeiloo Holy Communion; Barcelona midnight CommunionChristmas Day services in most chaplainciesSeasonal mission: Andrew and Lindsey Attwood to Wengen;John and Jill Currin to Zermatt

Tuesday 2Thursday 4

Friday 5

Saturday 6

Sunday 7

Monday 8Saturday 13

Sunday 14

Monday 15Tuesday 16

Wednesday 17Thursday 18

Friday 19

Sunday 21

Tuesday 23

Wednesday 24

Christmas DayTuesday 30


We pray for our ministry partners, mainly serving aspermanent chaplains of international Anglican churches(alphabetically by continent/region, country and location).Chaplaincy profiles, news items and daily prayer points areinterspersed with prayer for ICS’s seasonal mission andother aspects of the work.

ICS News & Prayer Diary is published three times a year,with interim updates in ICS News and Prayer Update to givefresh prayer points between magazines.

News and Prayer Diary

For God waspleased to have allhis fulness dwell inhim, and throughhim to reconcile tohimself all things,whether things onearth or things inheaven.

Colossians 1: 19, 20

DAY 1ICS Council

The President, Laurence Biggs, Jim Duxbury, Julian Henderson(Chairman), Sylvia Leyton, Angela Marshall (Vice-chair),Dominic Newstead, John Philpott, Thea Price, Keith Robbins(Treasurer), Dennis Sadler, Michael Sanders, Henry Scriven,Valerie Thomas, David White, Steve WookeyObservers: John Dinnen (Ireland), Nick Clarke (Chaplains)

November Council will be meeting for an overnight meeting(28/29): pray for wisdom for the new Council.

December Remember the Standing Committee meeting (18).

The true ‘closed season’ for seasonal mission is November andthe first half of December. This is a time of planning andpreparation when the focus is much more on the office than onthe mission field; so we value your prayers for this vital back-ground work which underpins and equips the front line missionof our fantastic team of volunteer seasonal chaplains.

November Pray for the Preparation Day for the Swiss winterchaplains (4) and the task of recruiting, during this month, theteam for the 2015 summer chaplaincies.

December Give thanks for Andreas Wildenhain’s faithful workas our Local Representative in Zermatt for the past few years; heleft to return to Germany at the end of September. Pray that thisvital practical role will be covered in Zermatt as the winterseason begins just before Christmas. Give thanks for MaggieGerber who continues to serve in this way in Wengen.


Seasonal mission

Jim Perryman

See also pages 12, 14

Information in the events calendar on pages 39 and 40 may be amplified byreference to the chaplaincy entry in the News and Prayer Diary.

Photos are captioned as follows: chaplain, spouse, and then any dependantchildren by age (which is not necessarily the order they appear in the photo).

*Asterisks denote ICS associate ministry partners (clergy licensed by thebishop of the Anglican diocese in which they serve and who choose to link to ICS,with their chaplaincy’s support); also a chaplaincy in interregnum where theprevious chaplain was such a partner.

NOTES TO EVENTSAND PRAYER DIARY

Algeria, Egypt

November Pray for Revd Hamdy’s pastoral support for themany sub-Saharan students who attend church, plus his in-volvement with the worlds of business and diplomacy, and hisengagement with Algerians.

December Pray for progress with agreement over the owner-ship, renovating and making available of the superb building onthe church site. This will give an apartment for the minister-in-charge and rentable apartments for others, plus a base for thelocal ministry of church members.

We give thanks to God for our hospitality ministry; the oven hasbeen emptied of wellington boots and the gardening toolsreplaced with coffee cups and tea pots. Our fellowship hour isdramatically transformed. We thank God for his grace in ourleaders without which worship and discipleship in so manylanguages and nationalities at St. John the Baptist, Cairo wouldbe so much more difficult.

November We need hymn books: pray that a church in the UKmay have an unused set (we can cover transport from London toCairo).

December Pray for those preparing for confirmation. May thefruit of ministry be enjoyed and celebrated by all the nations.

Jesus was a refugee in Egypt, and so All Saints Cathedral is arefuge where people of all nations can gather to worship God,for fellowship and to be empowered for mission. At All Saints weare looking at how God calls us to depend fully on him. This isalso my own prayer as I begin this new ministry here.

November Pray as the church council discusses and discerns itsvision and mission for the next three to five years: how everymember can be involved in the church and her ministries.December As we enter Advent and Christmas, may the Lordreveal himself more and more to us, as well as to our majorityneighbours.

www.dioceseofegypt.org/english


DAY 2 Algiers*

Hamdy Sedky

Holy Trinity, Algiers

Cairo: Maadi*

Michael Dobson, Janet,Emily and Gordon

Cairo: Cathedral*

Drew Schmotzer

See also pages 35, 36

Egypt, Tunisia/Libya

St. Michael’s and All Angels’ still offers a ‘sanctuary for a while’for anyone who needs a break from his or her hectic life. Ourchurch and its compound offers that quiet place, but ultimatelythe sanctuary is our Lord Jesus Christ himself; St. Michael’scommunity is a pointer to him who said: ‘Come to me, all wholabour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest’.

November Our N. T. Wright reading group of about ten peoplehas been meeting as a theological study group every Wednesdaysince September at church. Pray for our group as we use Paul andthe Faithfulness of God (1700 pages) by former bishop N. T. Wright,as the stepping stone for our theological discussions.

December East of Cairo, more than five hundred Sudanesechildren have no opportunity to attend school. Our church aimsto open and manage a school in September 2015 for two hundredchildren of Sudanese refugees in Cairo. The goal is to offerSudanese-curriculum education (in Arabic) to ten classes oftwenty children from 5–9 years old. The school will not onlyserve the needs of children of our church (which has grown toover 860 members, with hundreds of kids not in school) but alsochildren of other churches and Muslim children from Sudanwill be welcome. Pray for this new project and for the provisionof funds. Pray for peace in Egypt during the Christmas season,often a time of increased tension in the country. May our congre-gations experience the peace of the Lord.

www.heliopolischurch.com

November Pray for the handling of change in the English-speaking congregation with the departure of 65 per cent of thecongregation to the Ivory Coast, including Pastor Kwame; forthe welcoming of newcomers to Tunis, including Revd Dr PeterKnight and his wife Christine; also for fresh vision and energyfor future ministry at St. George’s.

December Pray for the handling of change in the Arabic-speaking congregation with the sudden departure in Septemberof Revd Emil, and for the search for a new pastor to lead thisincipient indigenous congregation.

www.stgeorgetunis.com

November Revd Vasihar and Mrs Malini with Revd Ayo haveremained in Tripoli to minister to and support Indian andAfrican members of the congregation: pray for their protection.Egyptians have mostly left Libya; Revd Samuel and Mrs Honyare at present spending time in Egypt.

Tripoli*


Cairo: Heliopolis

Jos Strengholt* and Adrienne

DAY 3Tunis

Bill Musk and Hilary

Day 3 continued on next page

December Pray for miracles of grace and protection for themembers of Christ the King plus some political solution to theimpossible and incredibly dangerous general situation in anation collapsing in on itself.

www.dioceseofegypt.org/english/

Holy Trinity, Brussels continues to rejoice at Bishop Robert’sappointment and is now in the early stages of the recruitmentprocess for a new Senior Chaplain, which will involve all fourcongregations in our church family. In the meantime we seek tomaintain our community life by meeting and praying together.

November Pray for the follow-up by the council to a week ofconversations about the profile for a new chaplain.

December Pray for our Jazz Carols (7), Lessons and Carols (14):for the musicians, choirs and readers, and for all who attend.

www.holytrinity.be

The new Mandate has begun! And with it, new young pro-fessionals and returning ones have flocked to Brussels. I amspending more of my Fridays in the EU Parliament, talking andmeeting with these wonderful and curious people. In order toexpand the network and conversations, I have also taken to theinternet in my new blog: parliclete.wordpress.com.

November Please be in prayer for the programmatic events thatare scheduled to take place. In the midst of the busyness, maythose seeking find the God of peace.

December Pray for the young professionals over the Christmasseason, as many are returning home for the first time in a longwhile: may they be met with welcome and hospitality. Pray alsothat when they return they may be met with the same welcome.

Belgium


DAY 4Brussels

Senior Chaplain: vacant

Associate Chaplain:John Wilkinson, Susie

(Jo, Michael and Thomas)

ICS Intern: Naomi Brown

Church House (architect’s impression)

EU Institutions

Outreach Worker, EU Institutions:

Jeremy Heuslein andNatalie

The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit offaith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace.

Mother Teresa

November Pray for the preparations currently under way fornext year’s budget. This year, we are again taking orders for ICSChristmas cards and notelets (please see pages 33–34 and ourwebsite for more details): pray for an efficient processing of theorders. Remember Richard visiting Christ Church, Amsterdam(15/16) to lead a council and leadership away day.

December Pray for Andrew who will be preparing the year-end accounts, and for Richard meeting the council of theArnhem and Nijmegen Chaplaincy this weekend (7). The ICSoffice will close on 23 December (reopening 2 January) when welook forward to an enjoyable Christmas break with our families.

Jack’s work has been extended as he begins additional duties asPresident of the Central Committee of the Anglican Church inBelgium (a post occupied by Bishop Robert while he was at HolyTrinity, Brussels), with certain legal responsibilities for theAnglican and Episcopal parishes in the country. Pray for balancein this mix of pastoral, academic and administrative ministries.

November Pray for the growing closeness between M&Ms andthe International Church of Evangelicals in Leuven, as ideas andenergies are pooled for the growth of the kingdom of God.

December Pray for the annual Advent Carol Service with theRC chaplaincy: a time of witness and tradition for many English-speaking students who do not normally come to church.

www.anglicanchurchleuven.be

The English Church Oostende is yet to have its building reno-vated. The work and budget for this extensive work has receivedapproval from the city and regional governments, but it can onlystart once the necessary funds are released. The architect isready and waiting, and our congregation is praying. The state ofthe building gets worse day by day, and we are currently negoti-ating with the local Roman Catholic church for an alternativeplace of worship until the renovation project is done.

Our congregation in Brugge is holding a joint service with theProtestant Church in Brugge on 30 November to celebrate thirtyyears since the Anglican community in Brugge began to sharetheir present place of worship (‘t Keerske or Sint Pieters Kapel)with the Verenigde Protestantse Kerk in Brugge in 1984, withSunday services for the Protestants at 10 am, and the Anglicansat 6 pm. Pray for Augustine Nwaekwe and Pastor Frans van derSar of the Protestant Church as they continue to minister to theirdifferent congregations in this historic building and city, andplan this joint service together.



Belgium

DAY 5ICS office

staff team

DAY 6Ostend/Bruges

Augustine Nwaekwe,Uchechi, Ozioma, Karen,

Charlotte (and Sorochi)

See back cover for photo

Leuven

Jack McDonald*

November Give thanks for all who were recently baptised andconfirmed by Bishop Robert in Oostende, and for all new mem-bers and families who have recently joined our church family.

December Pray for our children’s and youth ministry to con-tinue to develop, and for the work of the chaplaincy council inleading the mission of the church in both cities with commitmentand clear vision.

www.echob.be

Our Assistant Chaplain moved on during the summer and weare reflecting and praying about the way forward. We wouldlike to appoint a new full-time colleague but need to be clear onthe role and purpose for the appointment, and how it wouldenhance the ministry of the whole church. It is also importantthat, going forward, we are confident that we will be able toafford this role and minister.

November Pray for our plans for our parish weekend to be heldat La Foresta near Leuven (22–23) and led by Andrew andMarion Gready from The Hague. We are taking the theme of‘Belonging’ and we are praying that many would come alongand find their place within the community of our church life.May the Holy Spirit shape and bless our time together.

December As with many churches we are holding a number ofevents during the Christmas period to reach out and encouragepeople to discover for themselves ‘the reason for the season—Jesus’! Pray that we would invite, welcome and celebrate, and bea witness for Jesus in Tervuren and the surrounding area.

www.stpaulstervuren.be

Now that associate ministry partners Simon Holloway and ZinkooHan have left South-East Cyprus and Famagusta, Northern Cyprusrespectively, continue to pray for these chaplaincies (see page 19).

Almost every Sunday morning throughout the year, we enjoyhaving visitors to Prague from around the world, joining theSt. Clement’s congregation for worship. Many express great joyin finding an English-language service and share their appre-ciation of the welcome that they receive. This past summer, wealso welcomed two visiting choirs from the UK who greatlyenhanced our worship.

November Give thanks for two grants received in recentmonths which have eased our difficult finances. Pray for thechurch council as it seeks ways toward greater financial self-sufficiency.


Belgium, Czech Republic

Tervuren

Simon Tyndall and Ann

Prague

Ricky Yates* and Sybille

DAY 7SE CyprusFamagusta

December Pray that both the Prague and Brno congregationswill use our Services of Lessons and Carols (7,14) to invite non-worshipping friends to hear the good news of the Incarnation.

www.anglican.cz

We give thanks for our recent Confirmation Service, led byBishop David; also our small groups conference with AmandaAllchorn on ‘Missional Communities’, and our third annualWorshipFest on ‘Harvest!’.

A new project is our ‘Eymet Experiment’, a new outreach initi-ative in the town of Eymet where many English-speakers live.Pray for Allan and Julia Petchey who run this initiative, in con-junction with local French Protestants.

November Pray for all who were recently confirmed; all candi-dates received an ESV Gospel Transformation Bible as did all ourwedding couples. Pray for the next phase in their discipleshipjourney. Preparations for our Advent courses and various carolservices are in full swing.

December At the time of writing, we have not yet decided onthe number of carol services, but quite likely we will have asimilar number to last year (14!). Pray for the Lord to breakthrough the superficiality of this season and touch people inthese services, and for congregations and small groups in theirplanned follow-up. In some places we hope to run Alpha inJanuary.

www.churchinaquitaine.org


France

Gill Strachan and Ian

Bramwell Bearcroft and Jennifer(Bordeaux)

Brian Davies and Pam

DAY 8Aquitaine

Paul Vrolijk, Janine, Hannah,Davita, Boaz and Lydia

Assistants:Lis Morris and Richard

France

Our Sunday sermons will be on ‘Hope for when I’m hurting’,dealing with issues like doubt, bereavement, discouragement,parenting. During Advent we will be looking at 2 Thessalonians.

November We are running an Alpha course on Thursday even-ings over the autumn: pray that people will come to know Christ.Pray also for David Sinclair’s teaching morning on Romans (15).

December Pray for our Christmas Fair, that many will bedrawn in (and for money to be raised!). Pray for light to shine inthe darkness at our Christmas services (see also page 24).

www.holytrinitycannes.org

This autumn there have been many poignant historical mem-ories. St. Peter’s, Chantilly stands on the frontier of some of themilitary engagements that took place both seventy years ago andone hundred years ago. Alongside living relatives of thoseinvolved, members of St. Peter’s community attended two localcommemorations in which Nick Clarke participated. St. Peter’scommunity organised a picnic and walk starting and finishing atThiepval on 28 September: an opportunity to walk and talk, andalso to reflect and pray, all on a family-style outing.

November St. Peter’s will be preparing for a major outreachthrough its Christmas Kermesse (29): stalls, puppet shows tellingthe Christmas story, music and carol singing. Pray for theorganisers and team, and for good conversations with membersof the anglophone and French communities.

December At our Family Carol Service this coming Sunday (14)and the Service of Lessons and Carols (21), pray that we com-municate the message of God’s love through the birth of Jesus,both clearly and creatively.

www.stpeters.fr

St. Luke’s, Fontainebleau continues to serve Jesus Christ throughwelcome, worship and witness in an international community. Inthis period of interregnum, we continue to enjoy the fellowshipand spirituality of our visiting locums and their wives.

November Pray for the locums who are coming to visit us: thatwe may be able to cover most Sunday services and that theyenjoy their time with us. Pray for the work being done to offer asolid programme of teaching for our children and young people:may more helpers come forward to lead the various groups, andmay we attract more children each Sunday morning.

December As we seek to offer a strong musical content to eachservice, pray for the musicians on Sunday mornings and their


DAY 9Cannes

Giles Williams and Chris

DAY 10 Chantilly

Nick Clarke, Cherry (Rebecca, Alastair) and

Patrick

Fontainebleau*Vacant

See also page 30

France

fellowship, especially as we prepare for the Christmas period.May our Carol Service attract many locals and spread the joyfulmessage during the Christmas season.

St. Marc’s has a new website (see below): please have a look andsee what is happening. More and more children are coming tochurch—which is fantastic—but we don’t have enough peopleto look after them in the Sunday club and crèche, so we need theLord to send us more workers to help with this growing ministry.

November Now is the time when students are decidingwhether to be involved in church during their time in Grenoble:pray that they would find their way to us and that we would bean oasis for them. Pray for our student fellowship each Tuesday,meeting for food, fun and fellowship in the chaplain’s flat; prayfor continued growth in numbers and good times of fellowship.

December Continue to pray for our finances: we need theresources to put people in place to help with the Sunday schooland crèche. May we also attract new people and students to joinour congregation and replace those who left during the summermonths. We also have many asylum seekers in our congregationwho are having trouble with both accommodation and visas:may we be able to give them the help and support that they need.

www.grenoblechurch.org

We are a small congregation with a big heart and spirit. We singjoyfully, we worship prayerfully, we eagerly seek to learn moreabout God and to deepen our relationship with the Holy One,and we gratefully serve the world in Jesus’ name.

November Continue to pray for the new families and studentsjoining our congregation: may they feel welcomed in our churchand feel part of our church family.

December Pray for the many Christmas and carol servicesplanned during this month; may the Holy Spirit work in thehearts of those who only step into church during this season.

www.christchurchlille.com


DAY 11Grenoble

Bob Hurley and Jane

Assistant:Alan Golton and Valerie

Debbie Flach, Jérôme,Christopher, Gregory, Edward

Lille

See also pages 1, 3

It is hard to believe a year has passed since we became a chap-laincy: the Anglican Church of Lorgues with Fayence in the Var.There is much for which to be thankful: the Institution inDecember, our celebration on Ascension Day for the RivieraChaplaincies; then the Installation of Bishop Robert in Gibraltarin which I was fortunate to participate, and our Quiet GardenDay here with Fr Ian Naylor asking us to reflect on ‘Walking inthe Way that leads to God’.

November Pray for our CONNECT home groups, exploring theYork Course ‘Jesus re-visited’ this autumn: may this be both atime of reflection and renewal.

December Pray for our Christmas outreach carol services andas we celebrate the birth of our Saviour with all who know himand, more importantly, those who don’t!

www.lorgueswithfayence.org

Jo, Roman, Tobias and Ben arrived in July and have since thenbeen settling into the rhythm of life in Lyon. Lyon chaplaincy hasbeen described in the past as being similar to a ‘filling station’:people call in on their journey through life, finding nourish-ment, equipping and direction as they join the believers here.

November Pray for us as we prayerfully explore vision anddirection for the chaplaincy: new leadership, new people, newchallenges—but timeless calling. Pray for us as we muster andrespond afresh.

December Pray for our leaders of various ministries: a livelyworship team, a number of youth and children’s groups andvarious other prayer, interest, charity and social action groups.Pray for those in positions of leadership, and pray the Luke 10: 2prayer, for the harvest is plentiful!

www.lyonchurch.org

Holy Trinity, Maisons-Laffitte is an ecumenical Anglican churchon the north-west side of Paris, with plenty of room for people ofvarious backgrounds, sizes and shapes. We have started newSunday groups for the children to attend on Sunday mornings.This is a fun and spiritually enriching time for our smallest mem-bers, where they can come together over a snack, a Bible lessonand a craft.

November Pray for the benefit concert (15) by the EmmanuelGospel Choir from Rueil-Malmaison, a wonderful programmefrom the vast repertoire of gospel music; the proceeds will begiven to Holy Trinity’s charities fund. Also pray for families oldand new, in a new academic year and a busy autumn.

France


Peter Massey* and Shirley

DAY 12 Lorgues/Fayence

DAY 13Maisons-Laffitte

Olaf Eriksson and Marie-Claire

Lyon

Ben Harding, Jo (Romanand Tobias)

See also page 35

France

December Pray for wisdom, as we seek to renew and refashionour church council and our administrative set-up.

www.htcml.com

Saint Michael’s is an international Anglican church at the heartof Paris. Each Sunday people of up to thirty different nation-alities worship at three English-speaking services. During theweek many members meet in small groups to share a meal, studythe Bible and pray. We also host a number of pastorates (mid-sizegroups), including groups for young adults and for Tamil andFrench-speaking members.

November Pray for the launch of a new format evening serviceof contemporary worship, designed to strengthen young adultsin their discipleship.

December Pray for our preparations for the Alpha course, tostart in January 2015.

www.saintmichaelsparis.org

We have a large area to cover in this chaplaincy with constantlychanging congregations, mostly comprising retired folk. Thisautumn several couples who have been very involved with thechaplaincy are returning to the UK. Please pray that others willgive of their time, talents and treasure to fill the gap that theywill leave.

November As part of our planning for the future we arelooking to purchase a property that will serve both as a house forfuture chaplains and a church office. Pray for guidance andwisdom for those involved in making the final choice, and forthe necessary funds to make the right purchase.

December Pray that we will make good use of the opportu-nities for outreach to the many English-speaking people wholive in Poitou-Charentes and who come to our carol services butoften do not otherwise come to church.

www.church-in-france.com


Paris

Alyson Lamb

Assistant:John Moore and Claudia

DAY 14 Poitou-Charentes

Hazel Door* and Martin

France, Germany

At St. Mark’s we are studying Ephesians this term, hoping toimprove our understanding of the Church and our particularparts in it. We have seen an encouraging growth in our youthgroup in the last year, and hope to consolidate on that growth.

November Give thanks as Bishop Robert celebrates at least twohundred years of St. Mark’s with us this weekend and conducts aConfirmation Service.

December Pray that we would learn from Ephesians anddemonstrate God both in the physical and the heavenly realms.

www.stmarksversailles.org

The Anglican Church Freiburg is a multinational congregationin a lively university city, known as the ‘Green capital ofGermany’, with a constant flow of students and visiting aca-demics from all over the world. This makes for a colourful andinteresting life together! We have recently submitted our papersfor the appointment procedure and are trusting in God’s grace toprovide us with a new minister for March 2015.

November Pray for our move back to the Petrus Gemeinde,now a new Intercultural Ecumenical Centre, with a specialopening service (29). Pray for our stewardship training withArea Dean Ken Dimmick and Archdeacon Peter Potter; also forour Advent Labyrinth (27)—a contemplative afternoon.

December Pray for our Carol Service (18) and our efforts toimprove our financial situation.

www.freiburganglicanchurch.wordpress.com


DAY 15 Versailles/Chevry

Chris Maclay and Louise

Assistant:Elaine Labourel (Hervé,Alexandra and Victoria)

St. Mark’s, Versailles

DAY 16Freiburg*

Vacant

Jesus, our companion,when we are driven to despair,help us, through the friends and strangerswe encounter on our path,to know you as our refuge,our way, our truth and our life.

A collect(Common Worship)

A diverse church committed to Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour,worshipping him primarily in the English language, we seek tolove God in all of our lives, with all that we are: ‘all our heart,soul, mind and strength’.

November Pray for the council as they work through a processof organising and structuring our church better; for Martincoping with the added workload after Rob Horne’s departure.

December Pray for those involved in the German languageministry to be encouraged as they see the Lord at work in oneanother’s lives.

www.leipzig-english-church.de

We praise the Lord for the successful appointment of our newpermanent chaplain, who will begin next year; we thank every-one for their prayers and support. We are also grateful for therecognition of the Anglican Church in Greece after so manyyears. The church room is very cold in winter and hot in summer:we are therefore looking to install a new air conditioning unit.We held a mezzes, drinks and music evening in July which raiseda large amount of money and we have received a very generousdonation from the Rotary Club. We are looking forward toraising the rest of the money through other fundraising events.

November Give thanks for the amazing provision of locumsduring our interregnum. Remember Frank Sawyer and hisfamily as they minister here in Corfu for the next few months.Pray for our preparations to welcome our new chaplain. Prayalso for our Christmas fair (29) and for our winter outreach pro-grammes, that people will be drawn to the church and into acloser relationship with the Lord.

December Pray for those working in the tourist industry thatafter the busy summer season they may find a time of relativerest in the winter months. May our church be refreshing tonewcomers and a beacon of light in our community.

www.holytrinitycorfu.net

Germany, Greece


DAY 17 Corfu*

Vacant

Martin Reakes-Williams*

Lay assistant:Klaus Hickel, Judith

(Oliver, Lucas) and Max

Leipzig congregation

Leipzig

We continue to welcome people from all walks of life as well astourists and people who are looking for a church to call home.We’re grateful for all the new infants in the crèche but are feelingthe squeeze in our limited space. Christ Church is becomingmore their own church. We currently have seven small groupswhich meet regularly.

November Pray for all who attended our parenting course,now completed. Pray for the life of our small groups, that theywould continue to grow.

December Pray for all visiting here over the Christmas period,especially the friends of children who are not in church yet.

This autumn we are launching two discipleship courses for theAmsterdam South congregation—‘Fruitfulness on the Frontline’and ‘Smartbuilder’—as well as the Parenting Children course,and the ‘Reason for God’ discussion group. May people at alllevels of faith grow to be Spirit-filled followers of Jesus.

November Pray for the council and leadership following theirteam day away facilitated by Richard Bromley (15/16). Pray forunity across the four congregations.

December The communications team is looking for a newchair: pray for the right person to organise our communicationsin the coming year so we can more effectively reach non-Christians with the gospel, and build up our community life.

We are grateful to God that this year’s holiday season has passedwith our dreams and outdoor mission events fulfilled.

November Pray for new accommodation to conduct our wor-ship within the same area of South-East Amsterdam. The plan tohave new accommodation is not urgent but necessary for ourgrowth.

December It is our desire that God enrich us spiritually, directmusic instrumentalists to our opened door, and help us in all ourplanned activities for this quarter. May we bear the gospel morefruitfully into the coming year and for the years thereafter.

www.christchurch.nl


The Netherlands

Amsterdam South

City Centre

DAY 18Amsterdam

Senior Chaplain, and South:Mark Collinson, Sue, Isobel

and Samuel

City Centre: James Hill, Anna,Jonathan and Lucy (below)

Zuidoost: Dan Eze, Ben Crabbe

Zuidoost

The Netherlands


See also page 29

Heiloo: Francis Blight,Georgina, Tom, Sam and Zoë

Heiloo

DAY 19Arnhem-Nijmegen

Vacant

Developing out of our five-year planning, the new purpose andmission aims for Christ Church, Heiloo are to:Worship and glorify God when we meet and in our daily lives;Invite and help friends, family, neighbours and colleagues todiscover a living faith in Jesus Christ;Care for one another and the wider international community;Learn to become disciples of Jesus Christ by knowing andobeying God’s word, the Bible;Equip disciples of Jesus Christ to serve in the growth of hiskingdom.

November Pray that our new purpose and mission aims (seeabove) will help us to grow and build up Christ’s body here aseach person serves with their gifts.

December Pray for new guests and occasional visitors at ourChristmas outreach services, remembering all who heard thegospel at last Sunday’s Christingle Service (14) and all who cometo the Carol Service (21) and the Christmas Eve CommunionService (24).

www.christchurch-heiloo.nl

Our first two months as an independent chaplaincy have beeninteresting and encouraging. Attendance at services has in-creased and we have welcomed some new people who appear tobe very happy with us and have every intention of staying. Onthe whole there is a good atmosphere of hope and joy at services.Now we have to begin to think more about longer term plan-ning; we look forward to ICS Mission Director Richard Bromley’svisit, especially at the council meeting (7 December).

November Pray for a solution to the problem of helping theelderly get to services: the distance from one another and darkwinter days increase the difficulties.

December Ask a blessing on our carol services, and also on ourmain fundraising effort at a Christmas market.

http://arnhemnijmegenchaplaincy.nlDay 19 continued on next page

The Netherlands

St. Mary’s and the Mission to Seafarers continue to be a jointchaplaincy under the pastoral care of Stephen Hazlett. GradaSchadee, our lay reader, has been off ill for some time and is stillin hospital where she is slowly recuperating. She is sorelymissed, not only in taking services but as a skilled pastoralvisitor. Church attendance was lower over the summer monthsbut numbers are picking up again. There are new faces mostSundays, or old friends returning. In contrast the summer was abumper month for ship visiting, with over ninety vessels beingvisited in June alone. Parties organised by the Flying Angel Cluband Seafarers’ Centre in Schiedam are invaluable, along with thehuge help from St. Mary’s church members. The chaplaincyplayed a key role in organising a huge public service in the SintLaurens Kerk, attended by some seven hundred people, for thelocal victims of the tragic Malaysian Airways Flight MH17.

November St. Mary’s hosts the annual British Bazaar (1). This ismuch more than just an essential fundraiser; it has been formany years an opportunity to both put the church clergy on theRotterdam map and promote the work of MtS in this huge port.Remembrance Sunday (9) especially emphasises the centenaryof the Great War. Although the Netherlands was neutral, manyof our parishioners of various nationalities had loved ones whoserved in the conflict, many of whom died. Their individualnames and regimental or ship details, will be recalled in prayerin the service, thus making everything more personal. Thisservice attracts many people from the English-speaking com-munity. A piper, trumpeter and the presence of the Hollandbranch of the Royal British Legion add solemnity to the occasion.

December Once again, we appeal for woollen clothing for oursailors as they sail in some of the world’s coldest weather. Prayfor sailors who are so often exploited and grossly underpaid. InRotterdam, one cook recently was summarily dismissed for nogood reason and supposed to find his own way back to Manila.We took up his case and he was reinstated. Sadly his circum-stances are common. We also deliver Christmas boxes to sailorsstuck in port over the season which means so much to them. Ourmany volunteers from St. Mary’s assist in the parties we host formariners far from home.

www.stmarys.nl


Rotterdam

Stephen Hazlett

A prayer by theMission toSeafarers

God, you give us so much. Give us one thing more, a heart filled withlove for you and for those we meet today. May we be ready to listen toothers as you listen to us. May we be happy to laugh with those wholaugh, and weep with those who hurt. May we share what we havewith those who have less. For Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.

We are in good heart in The Hague in a busy autumn withgroups restarting. We continue to look at staffing levels: we needextra people on board if we are to make the most of the manyopportunities available to us. We enjoy our diversity, whilerealising the importance of community and identity.

November We have major events like Remembrance Sundayand Advent Sunday, along with the usual opportunities to reachout. Pray particularly for our Christmas Market (29).

December As with other chaplaincies around Europe, we face avery busy Christmas period: highlights include a Service of NineLessons and Carols, a family Carol Service, and the services overChristmas itself. Pray that we would welcome people to these,and share something of the joy and light of Christmas with them.Pray also for our plans in the New Year: to hold an Alpha courseand to have extra staff on board too.

www.stjohn-stphilip.org

On Saturday 20 September we celebrated the precise centenaryof the inauguration of the organ at Holy Trinity, Utrecht with aspecial Choral Evensong. The organ, built by Utrecht organbuilder J. de Koff, was given by Mr and Mrs C. M. van Hulst inmemory of their daughter Constance May who drowned in theLoosdrechtse Plassen on 15 August 1913 at the age of twenty-five.

November In September we re-advertised for a full-time assist-ant priest to join our ministry team at Holy Trinity, and theAnglican Church in Zwolle. Council has also approved fundingto hire a part-time administrative assistant. Continue to pray thatGod would lead the right people for our ministry to flourish.

December Pray for our Christmas services, for new guests andoccasional visitors attending these services, and for good oppor-tunities of outreach.

www.holytrinityutrecht.nl

On the first Sunday in our new worship location we wereblessed with twice as many worshippers as before: may thistrend continue! We seek God’s guidance as we put necessarystructures in place to grow as an Anglican pioneer church here.

November Pray that the lectures and courses Sam is offeringthis month through the University pastorate will raise the profileof our Anglican community here.

December Pray that our carol services and fellowship eventsthis month will bring light and life to all, especially to those herewho are far from their home countries and families.


DAY 20 The Hague

Andrew Gready and Marion

DAY 21Utrecht

David Phillips

Groningen

Sam Van Leer, Coretta,Francisca, Nicolas and

Stephanie

The Netherlands

At the start of 2014 we recommitted ourselves to reaching outwith the gospel amongst the international communities in theLeiden area. This autumn over seventy of our own church familyhave engaged with the Alpha course, with a view to invitingothers on to future courses. Thank God for this time of renewaland for spiritual fruit both inside the church and beyond.

November Pray for those key moments of contact with theinternational community during the coming season of Adventand Christmas.

December Give thanks with us for God’s rich blessings in 2014;and pray for safe journeys for those of us travelling over theChristmas season.

www.stjames.nl

We ask for prayers for our new chaplain John Chapman and hiswife Deborah, following John’s licensing on 3 October. We arevery thankful for our locum priest Gabriel Amat and his wifeAnna Maria who steered us so well during the interregnum.Kelly Malefyt Kulp from Philadelphia has taken up the role ofYouth Outreach Worker, following on from Joanna Wilkinsonwho left at the end of July. Kelly has extensive experience inyouth ministry, outreach and running after-school programmes,and has previously worked in Malawi. Her husband Chris isstarting a master’s degree and will assist her in his free time.

November Pray for John and Deborah, and Kelly and Chris tosettle in happily and be well supported by the congregation.

December Pray for the many events taking place in the run-upto Christmas.

www.st-georges-church.com

Exciting news as we give thanks that we have a new permanentchaplain, Peter Pimentel who with his wife Susan takes up thereins at the beginning of November. We give thanks for church-wardens Art and Solveig, our PCC and all the locum chaplainswho have kept us going during the interregnum. We pray for asmooth start to this new era and that our chaplaincy will growand flourish under new guidance.

November Pray for a smooth start for our chaplain Peter, andSusan, as he is officially installed by our Archdeacon, GeoffreyJohnston (23, today!).

December Pray for all the services over Advent and Christmas:may there be a touching of hearts and may many people want toknow more about Jesus.

www.theibizachurch.com


DAY 22Voorschoten

Ruan Crew, Lisette, Emily,Hannah, Tim

Ibiza andFormentera*

Peter Pimentel and Susan

The Netherlands, Spain

DAY 23Barcelona

John Chapman and Deborah

See also page 85


Our community is very active: if you would like to read aboutour recent and forthcoming activities, please visit our website.The key thing for us is that, in all that we do and are, we seek tolive out our motto: ‘Living and working in the Christian faith’.

November Give thanks for the Summer Mission in San Blas, avery busy and fruitful time. Herrick and Judy Daniel, and Rodand Josey Fereday worked tirelessly, meeting hundreds ofholidaymakers. We are thankful to all involved in making thishappen, particularly Marisha Carter, and Jenny and Barry Bott.

December Our winter ‘Swallows’ from the UK have been great-ly missed and we look forward to welcoming them to ourworship again, this season at three centres: Las Americas, LosGigantes and San Blas. Pray for all of us leading worship.

www.sfacst.com

We are a growing church made up of people from all walks of lifeand from different backgrounds and cultures. We enjoy being adiverse community, all sharing in a common goal of makingJesus Christ known in our community.

November Pray for the follow-up from the annual Christmasbazaar (2): for good outreach and for the profile of the church tobe raised amongst the English-speaking community of Basel.

December Pray for all the ongoing preparations for the arrivalof our new chaplain, Sam Randall, and all the Christmas services.

www.anglicanbasel.ch

In mid-September we launched our church-wide consultationwhich we undertook in the form of a comprehensive question-naire. From this we will formulate an action plan for the comingyears and take some important decisions regarding the directionand financing of ministry and use of our buildings. We hope toencourage the greater involvement of our present congregationand to help people realise and develop their gifts, as well as toincrease our focus on outreach.

DAY 24Basel

Assistants:Anne Lowen, John

(Elanor and Alexander)

Russell Hilliard and Vreni

Hilary Jones and Byron

Lugano

Andy Horlock* and Annie

South Tenerife

Roy Taylor,* Monika, Danieland Dominic

Spain, Switzerland


See also page 9

November Pray that there still may be a good ‘buzz’ about thequestionnaire and as we feedback to the community there will bea sense of church-wide ‘ownership’.

December Our Christmas, All-age and carol services are animportant outreach for us: pray that people would experience anew dawning of the meaning of Christmas.

www.stedwards.ch

Our priest, Christine has been required to take an enforced leaveof absence due to ill health. Please join us in in praying for herswift recovery to health. We are grateful and delighted that theRevd Leighton Thomas and his wife Viv will help us out in themeantime. They arrived in Neuchâtel on 9 September.

November We had a discernment meeting in October, lookingat the framework of the seven signs of a healthy church todetermine together our vision/mission/purpose: pray about ouragreement on how we can achieve that at Neuchâtel Church.

December The Neuchâtel English Choir now exists: the OpenEvening in August attracted twenty-two prospective singers,including four men! Pray for their preparations for the CarolService, with a piece by John Rutter in two parts, and theTéléthon carol singing in town with some harmonised carols.

www.neuchatel-church.ch

November Pray for the planning under way for the January–March 2015 period, including preparations for a new Alphacourse in January.

December Christmas is a great opportunity to reach out to thewider English-speaking community: pray that our services,including carol singing in town, Christingle and carol services,will appeal to all age groups.


Neuchâtel*

Christine Bloomfield and Lionel

Switzerland

DAY 25 Vevey/

Château d’Oex

Clive Atkinson (Yvonne,Jacob and Rebekah)

Children’s and YouthMinistry: Jonny Torrance

All Saints’, Vevey

See also page 4

Christmas Day By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break uponus to give light . . . . Luke 1: 78, 79 (NRSV)

The chaplaincy council met at the end of October to make longterm decisions about the future shape of ministry at St. Peter’s.

November Pray for stamina for Elizabeth Bussmann, and herhusband, continuing to serve in a locum capacity. This is often aseason when there are fewer visitors as winter begins to bite.

December On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services willbe held in Gstaad as well as at St. Peter’s, Château d’Oex; also,this year, on the Sunday before Christmas. Pray that this wouldhelp us to establish more contacts in the Gstaad region especiallyamong those who are more long term residents.

www.allsaints.ch

Lebanon is caught up in unprecedented times as a million Syrianrefugees have poured over the border seeking relief and shelterfrom the atrocities of civil war. And yet, in the midst of this crisis,Lebanon and Syria are seeing an incredible and unique move ofthe Spirit of God with large numbers coming to faith in Christ,many baptisms and a need for large-scale children’s work.

November Mission partners Amy and David Roche havearrived to join the team at All Saints and to work with a localChristian development agency. Pray that the seven months ofoverlap that they have with the Shehadis will be a time oflearning, sharing experiences and fruitful ministry together.

December After ten years of leading All Saints, Nabil will betaking a sabbatical from Easter 2015: pray for All Saints as,with the Bishop of Jerusalem, they search for a new vicar. TheShehadis are exploring the possibility of helping share the Alphacourse more widely in Lebanon post-sabbatical: give thanks thatrecent progress with Alpha has been most encouraging.

www.allsaintsbeirut.com

Christ Church, Rio is a lively and growing family church. Wepull together a huge range of different nationalities and churchbackgrounds to worship God in English. Our goal is to share thelove of Christ with people from all over the city.

November Remembrance is a big event for pulling the Britishcommunity together in Rio: pray that the glory will go to Godand that people will be drawn to worship as they remember.

December The Christmas season is a big opportunity to evan-gelise at the secular school here and to bring in disparate mem-bers of our English-speaking community: pray that we will beeffective in preaching the gospel and in showing the love andtruth of Christ to all who visit during the season.

www.christchurchrio.org.br


Elizabeth Bussmann and Eduard

Château d’Oex

DAY 26 Beirut

Nabil Shehadi,* Sarah(and Sebastian)

DAY 27Rio de Janeiro

Ben Phillips, Jo, Jack, Kateand Tom

Assistant: Mark Simpsonand Jess

Switzerland, Lebanon, Brazil

November The chaplain regularly meets with local Anglicanclergy and two ecumenical groups: pray for good use of theseopportunities to join with the Spanish-speaking community.

December At the start of the summer holidays pray for times ofrelaxation and renewal, and for safety in travel (see also page 16).

The Parish of the Falkland Islands is going through a period ofchange. Our Rector (Richard Hines and his wife Jen) for the lastseven years left us in August. We are very pleased to have alocum duo, Canon Paul Kerr and his wife Canon Jean Kerr,looking after us during the interregnum. Our new Rector DavidRoper has been appointed and will be licensed in CanterburyCathedral on 13 November.

November Pray for the Parish in this time of change, with themove of our new Rector, Canon David Roper and his wife Christo the Falkland Islands (17). Pray that they may settle in quicklyand be well supported by the congregation.

December Pray for this month’s commemoration of the Battleof Coronel (1 November 1914) and the Battle of the Falklands (8December 1914) with all who were lost at sea in these battles.

www.anglicanparishfalklands.co.uk

Egypt and North Africa: Mouneer Hanna Anis; Assistants:Grant LeMarquand, Bill Musk

Cyprus and the Gulf: Michael Lewis

Europe: Robert Innes; Suffragan: David Hamid; all the arch-deacons

Jerusalem: Suheil Dawani

South America: Filadelfo Oliveira Neto (Rio de Janeiro), HéctorZavala Muñoz (Chile)

The Falkland Islands: Nigel Stock

November Since 2000 the Anglican Church in Ethiopia in theDiocese of Egypt has grown from eight churches to over eighty:a great example of what God is doing throughout Africa. Now,however, the greatest need is theological education, spiritualformation and leadership. In 2012, God sent the Revd Dr GrantLeMarquand to become the new Area Bishop for the Horn ofAfrica with a vision to meet the need by starting a school oftheology. It was decided to start two new campuses in Africa:St. Cyprian’s College in Tunisia and St. Frumentius’ College inEthiopia. The main goal of these campuses is to form localleaders for the church through providing theological trainingand spiritual formation. Pray for these projects.

Chaplain: David Greenwood

DAY 28Viña del Mar

DAY 30Diocesan Bishops

and Staff

Chile, Falkland Islands


DAY 29 Stanley

David Roper and Chris

See also page 35

Advent Sunday

December Continue to pray for Bishop Robert Innes as headapts to a heavy travel schedule visiting the many dispersedchaplaincies that are part of the Diocese in Europe.

In July 2014 Ran and Jenny Mitchell began providing pastoralcare to farmers in rural communities where there is prolongeddrought. They travel in Northern New South Wales as trainedcounsellors, offering mental health and other support services: ajoint venture between BCA and Anglicare Northern Inland. Prayfor them, particularly going into summer, that they will be able tohelp the most needy in the communities they visit. The BCAVolunteers’ Thank-you Christmas lunch is on 2 December: theseawesome people regularly come into the National Office to helpwith office work and are greatly appreciated!

December Pray for wisdom and discernment over the BCACouncil’s approval of the budget for 2015. Pray for pre-adventpreparations by the Field Staff, for the carol services being heldaround Australia; that those who are lost and in darkness willsee the light of Christ at this time and be saved. Pray for safety intravel as many will visit relatives and friends in other parts ofAustralia.

http://bushchurchaid.com.au

President: The Viscount Brentford

Patron: His Royal Highness the Duke of York, KG, KCVO, ADC(P)

Vice-Patrons: The Archbishops of Canterbury, York andArmagh, and the Bishops of London and Lichfield.

December As we reach the end of the year, we give thanks forthe ICS President and Patrons, and for the support they havegiven over the year.

Pray for ICS’s partner agencies: BCA, Mission to Seafarers,Church Mission Society/South American Mission Society. ICS is amember of Partnership for World Mission (PWM) and GlobalConnections; the Evangelical Patrons Consultative Council; andthe cross-tradition Patrons’ Consultative Group.

Bush Church AidSociety (BCA)

DAY 31

Mark Short, Monica, Andrew and Matthew

ICS President and Patrons

Partner missionagencies

Australia


We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expectthat He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are trueintercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf ofthe people for whom we pray.

Corrie ten Boom

For the New Year

Contacting ICS

ICS office staff team

Richard Bromley (The Revd): [email protected]

Maggie Winham (Miss): [email protected], mailings, supporter records and address changes

Andrew Rice (Mr): [email protected]

Jim Perryman (The Revd): [email protected] [part-time]

Jeannette Skuse (Mrs): [email protected] [part-time]

Yelena Williams (Mrs): [email protected]

Mission Director

Supporter ServicesManager

Accountant

Seasonal Mission

CommunicationsCoordinator

Administrative Assistant

Bradford

Chelmsford

Chester

Coventry

Ely

Exeter

Manchester

Rochester

Southwell

Northern Ireland

Southern Ireland

Honorary Travelling Secretaries and Diocesan Representatives

Michael Savage (The Revd): 01535 – 606 790, [email protected]

Angela Marshall (The Revd): 01708 – 746 614, [email protected]

Peter Jordan (The Revd): 0151 – 639 7860, [email protected]

Jim Perryman (The Revd): 01926 – 850 610, [email protected]

Dennis Sadler (Mr): 01223 – 232 194, [email protected]

John Philpott (The Revd Canon): 01395 – 225 044, [email protected]

Brian Johnson (The Revd): 0161 – 485 3787, [email protected]

Madge Olby (Mrs): 020 – 86 503 844, [email protected]

Glyn Jones (The Revd): 0115 – 846 9947, [email protected]

John Dinnen (The Very Revd): 028 – 44 811 148, [email protected]

Michael (The Revd) and Rhodanne (Mrs) Heaney:

01 – 493 1167, [email protected]

All are available to speak at church services or other meetings. Alternatively call the

Hon. Deputation Secretary, Dennis Sadler: 01223 – 232 194

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Left to right: Jeannette Skuse,

Andrew Rice,Jim Perryman

Richard Bromley, Maggie Winham,

Yelena Williams

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