The Church of King Charles the Martyr
Saturday July 5th
Forecourt
at the
Church from
many
stalls and raffles
Items from the Parish Magazine-
The KCM Messenger
July 2008
Celebrating Sea Sunday 2008
Dear
All,
Here
at KCM church we celebrate Sea Sunday on the 20th July at 1100: at this service
we focus on seafarers and pray for their needs and give thanks for their work.
Our guest preacher for the Sea Sunday service will be the Ven
Roger Bush, Archdeacon of Cornwall.
Seafarers
often operate in hazardous conditions and they are away from home and loved
ones for long periods of time. This is why the friendly welcome and hospitality
from chaplains and members of the various seafarers
missions is much appreciated. We welcome the appointment of the Rev’d Father Mark Mesley who will
be the new chaplain of the
The
following prayer from the Canadian mission to seafarers is appreciated and
understood by seafarers on their journeys and can be used on Sea Sunday:
Sailor’s
paraphrase of the 23rd Psalm:
The
Lord is my pilot, I shall not drift.
He lighteth me across the dark waters.
He steereth me in the deep channels.
He keepeth my log.
He guideth me beneath stars of his holiness for his name’s
sake.
Yea,
though I sail ‘mid the thunders and tempest of life,
I
shall dread no anger, for thou art with me;
Thy
love and thy care , they shelter me.
Thou preparest a harbour for me in the homeland of eternity.
Thou anointest the waves with oil
My
ship ridest calmly.
Surely
sunlight and starlight shall favour me on the voyage I take,
And I
will rest in the
Amen.
Yours
sincerely,
Revd
Stephen Tudgey.
‘Party Piece’
As is my wont I arrived in
good time to find my seat, settle, inspect the rest of the audience and peruse
the programme before the start of the Mummer’s latest production, ‘Party
Piece’. Looking at the curtain and stage
I noticed one or two items on the apron: amongst other things, a rotary washing
line and a garden fork
- intriguing. Had there been a risk assessment for Health
& Safety?
For once I am going to say
little about the play other than I saw it on the first night and thought that,
although the first act was a little pedestrian, the cast were well into their
stride by the end and everything augured well for the remaining performances.
I have already mentioned
props. This is a play which would be
nigh on impossible to get off the ground without a huge number of props on and
off stage. I would very much like to
know just how many were used. There was
even a proper gas mask! This is proof
again that the backstage staff are indispensable and I
think the Mummer’s team should be particularly congratulated on their efforts
for this production.
And still on props, when Act
II started there was a box on a table on the apron in which there appeared to
be a dozen bottles of wine. For a few
dizzy moments your Drama Critic, who won the Lucky Programme Competition,
thought said wine, which was strategically placed where it could be easily
reached from the audience was first prize.
Don’t be silly. First prize was
an application to become a friend of the Mummers.
Hey ho, for what more could
the jobbing Drama Critic ask?
KCM Messenger’s Drama Critic
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