Diary for the w/c Sunday 29th July 2007

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

No Mums'n'Toddlers, Bible, Prayer or Folk Groups during the summer holidays.

Churchish

If you are going abroad for your holiday you learn a few foreign words and phrases to help you to understand and get along more easily. Perhaps you learn a language at school? All this helps to make it easier to understand things during your visit to a strange place.

So what about all those strange sound words used by people who go to church? Words like chancel, liturgical, episcopal, hocktide, cantoris, litany and so on Are they speaking Churchish? Probably - and that's not a good idea because no one bothers to translate for visitors

What Is . . ?

Do you know what these Churchish words mean? Answers at the bottom of the page.

BELFRY - is it part of a church tower or a type of window?

COPE - is it a piece of music of a cloak?

GARGOYLE - is it a fancy door way or a decorative rainwater spout?

SUFFRAGAN - is it a type of bishop or a flag pole?

PEW - is it something to wear or something to sit on?

LECTERN - is it a book rest or a type of candlestick?

What's French for 'I am an Australian'?
Moi Aussi

Summer Frisson 2007

Humourous Gleanings From Various Sources

Famous Last Words

1. I've done this before
2. Pull the pin and count to what?
3. You look just like Charles Manson
4. I wonder where the mother bear is?
5. I've seen this done on TV
6. These are the good kind of mushrooms
7. I'll hold it and you light the fuse
8. I can do that with my eyes closed
9. Let it down slowly
10. That's odd
11. I'll get your toast out
12. It's strong enough for both of us
13. This doesn't taste right
14. Nice doggie
15. Which wire was I supposed to cut?
16. Well, we've made it this far
17. Rate poison only kills rats
18. Hey, that's not a violin
19. Give me liberty or give me death
20. Just take whatever you want, this is a ghost town

Musical Wisdom?

[Times Global Village]

Test answers accumulated by music teachers in the state of Missouri

1. The plural form of musical instrument is known as 'orchestra.'
2. The most dangerous part about playing cymbals is near the nose.
3. Anyone who can read all the instrument notes at the same time gets to be the conductor.
4. My favourite composer is Opus
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Your Prayers Are Asked For

Our Sick

Fathers Barry Angus and Chris Cutler. Also Brian Ward, Leonard Moore, Bunny Moret, Joan & Byron Carlton, Grace Wylie, Shirley Scott, Irene Clifford, Raymond Sweeney, Alphonse Silva, Bill Jones, Maureen Hall, John Harrington, Mary Buckley, Jan Barwis, Barabara Fernandez, John Meade, Linda Benett, Mary Kerrigan, Wanda Juchniewicz, Mary Geraghty and Michael Manning, as well as for Bishop Michael Evans

Last Sunday

The attendance was 271 and the Offertory came to £437.38 compared with £542.75 on the same Sunday last year. Last Sunday's Offertory, omitted from last week's Newsletter, came to £454.21. Many thanks.

Congratulations To

Harriet Emily Peters of Park Hill, who was baptized a sister of Jesus Christ at Saint Margaret's last Sunday, and Ryan Thomas Cannon of Gordon Road, who was baptized a brother of Jesus Christ at the same ceremony. Congratulations also to their parents and godparents.

Sporting Quotes for our times

If that had gone in it would have been a goal.

Fiona May lost out on the gold medal only because the Spanish athlete jumped further than she did.

It would have been a birdie if the ball hadn't stopped before it reached the hole.

David Coleman