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Blue Scarf

The "Blue Scarf" is a Quarterly Periodical of the College of Readers.

Copies of "Blue Scarf" (including back copies) can be obtained from the Editor, at £1 each plus 2nd class postage.

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Blue Scarf No.42
No.42
Christmas
2011
NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012 - LAY MINISTRY - THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE CoR NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2012 Friday-Saturday 15th-16th June 2012 In Derby, East Midlands includes CoR AGM 2012; FIF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 2011 - A FIRST TIMER’S VIEW (Barry Barnes CoR); WALSINGHAM CoR PILGRIMAGE 2011 (Peter Arnold CoR); EVANGELISM - FORGOTTEN ALLIES OF OUR CHURCH (Rev’d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR); SEASONAL 1 - A DONKEY’S EYE VIEW Homily for a Christmass Carol Service); ART - RICHARD TWENTYMAN AT WORK (Peter Arnold CoR); SEASONAL 2 - THE WORD IS THE BEGINNING A homily for Christmastide [Readings: Isaiah 63.7-end; 1 Thessalonians 1]; INTERCESSION - Some short intercessions, suitable for Evening Prayer; WORSHIP - THE MASS - NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION (Peter Arnold CoR); REVIEW - “MAGNIFICAT” [periodical]; SEASONAL 3 - Rosary meditations for the Conversion of St Paul (25th January).

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Blue Scarf No.41
No.41
Michaelmasstide
2011
Fr Roger writes: INVOLVED IN AN INTERREGNUM? CHANGE OF INCUMBENT? NO RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY PCC?; From COMMITTEE - Your Committee met on Saturday 24th September; LETTERS - MEETING UP (Malcolm D’Aubney CoR), MONEY MATTERS (Mary Snape, CoR Treasurer); MINISTRY - The Editor was in Pennsylvania USA for six weeks June-August this year. The article describes aspects of ministry he was involved with there; TEACHING - Teaching prepared for a Parish Study Group; EVANGELISM - A HARD NUT TO CRACK (Rev’d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR); SEASONAL 1 - DEATH AND LOVE A short homily; ART - ARCHITECTURE (Peter Arnold CoR); SEASONAL 2 - ANTI-TERRORIST PRECAUTIONS Sermon for Advent 1, Year B [Readings: Isaiah 64: 1-9; 1 Cor. 1:3-9; Mark 13: 24-37] (Rosemary King, CoR); WORSHIP 1 - The article is reproduced,with due acknowledgement, from the Sunday Bulletin of St Anthony of Padua RC Church, Dunmore, Pennsylvania, USA. The writer was Rev’d David P Capelloni, Parish Priest; WORSHIP 2 - The Editor records some of his worship experiences whilst in the USA this summer; REVIEWS - A MANUAL FOR MINISTRY TO THE SICK by Martin Dudley (SPCK 1997 ISBN 028049033), HISTORIC CHURCHES Publishers: Cathedral Communications; 2011 (ISBN 978-190091541-8. £5.95); PRAYER - The Editor compiled the Rosary Mysteries, Readings and Meditations for the Celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

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Blue Scarf No.40
No.40
Petertide
2011
CoR NATIONAL MEETING 2011 (The Editor), SOME RANDOM REFLECTIONS ON NEWSHAM (Edwyn Gilmour, Vice-Chairman, CoR), DRAFT MINUTES; From COMMITTEE - Your Committee met on 18th June at St Gabriel’s Walsall; TRAVEL - YOUR EDITOR’S TRAVELS, MAY 2011 (Peter Arnold, CoR); TEACHING - Teaching prepared for a Parish Study Group; SCRIPTURE - REVISITING THE NEW TESTAMENT (Rev’d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR); SEASONAL 1 - ST MARTHA OF BETHANY; MINISTRY - JESSICA SMITH COR was one of several Readers (and CoR members) to robe for the consecration of the new Bishops of Ebbsfleet and Richborough at Southwark Cathedral on Thursday 16th June. Here are some of her reflections, embodied in a Trinity Sunday homily at All Hallows,Easton, Bristol.; SEASONAL 2 - THE CANAANITE WOMAN A Homily for Sunday 14th August 2011 (Rosemary King CoR) [Readings: Isaiah 56:1,6-8 & Matthew 15:21-28].

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Blue Scarf No.39
No.39
Easter
2011
CoR EVENTS 2011 - FESTIVAL OF READER MINISTRY 2011 Saturday 14th May 2011(including CoR AGM); WALSINGHAM 2011 - COR WALSINGHAM PILGRIMAGE 7th - 10th November 2011; MINISTRY - From the forthcoming CoR Occasional Paper FUNERALS AND THEIR EFFECT (Author: Edwyn Gilmour CoR); TEACHING - THE SECOND DEADLY SIN Teaching prepared for a Parish Study Group; SCRIPTURE - THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST (Maurice De Silva, Reader); SEASONAL 1 - MY LORD AND MY GOD! An Eastertide Homily; OPINION - A MISSION TO OURSELVES (Rev’d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR); SEASONAL 2 - BOILING WATER A Homily for Pentecost (Rosemary King CoR); LIFESTYLE - CAR-FREE LIVING (Peter Arnold CoR); INTERCESSION - some short, pithy Intercession prayer sequences that incorporate themes from Scripture Readings.

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Blue Scarf No.38
No.38
Candlemass
2011
FESTIVAL OF READER MINISTRY 2011 - ARRANGEMENTS (Roland Robbins CoR); FROM COMMITTEE - Meeting on Saturday 15th January 2011; MINISTRY - FIFTY YEARS A READER Sermon preached by James Snowdon CoR on his 50th anniversary as a Reader; WALSINGHAM PILGRIMAGE 2010 - CoR PILGRIMAGE BALLAD (Jessica Smith, CoR); WALSINGHAM – BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT (Barry Barnes CoR>; MORALITY - SEVEN DEADLY SINS - LUST & GLUTTONY; SCRIPTURE - THE GALILEE BACKGROUND TO OUR LORD’S LIFE (Rev’d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR) SEASONAL 1 - THE CONSUMER CHRIST Sermon for Lent 2, second service. (Rosemary King CoR) [Numbers 21: 1-14 - Bronze serpents Luke 14: 27-33 - take up your cross. Also refers to Gospel of the Day, John 3:1-17] SEASONAL 2 - FOOD OF LOVE A short homily for Sunday, Lent 1; THEOLOGY - TOWARDS THE END OF AN UNHAPPY CHAPTER (Rev’d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR) TRAVEL - FROM THE NEW WORLD (Peter Arnold CoR).

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Blue Scarf No.37
No.37
Autumn
2010
FROM OUR PATRON - Rt Rev’d Martyn Jarrett, Bishop of Beverley and Patron, CoR; FESTIVAL OF READER MINISTRY 2010 - GOD OWNS US Address by Rev’d Richard Hoyal, Parish Priest, All Saints Clifton; PREACHING - GREED AND GENEROSITY A Homily for Sunday August 1st 2010 (Rosemary King, CoR); ETHICS - MORALITY (Paul Griffin CoR); ECUMENICAL - J’Y SUIS, J’Y RESTE: OR: HERE I STAND: I CAN DO NO OTHER: GOD HELP ME (Rosemary King CoR); THEOLOGY - DEBATING IN A TIME OF EXTREME LIBERALISM (Rev&rsquo:d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR) SEASONAL 1 - AN ORDERLY ACCOUNT OF THE TRUTH A Homily for Feast of St Luke on 18th October: SEASONAL 2 - ADVENT WITH THE ROSARY; DEVOTIONAL - INTRODUCING THE ROSARY Presentation to a Parish Study Group; METAPHYSIC - THE PLEASURES OF STAN (Peter Arnold, CoR).

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Blue Scarf No.36
No.37
Lent
2010
WALSINGHAM 2010 - WALSINGHAM CALLING(Michael Lovatt, CoR - On Mothering Sunday) BISHOP’S BRIEFING - SPEECH FOR GENERAL SYNOD DEBATE Wednesday 11 February 2009 Rt Rev’d Martyn Jarrett, Patron, CoR; SEASONAL - TOUCH TO THE HEART A homily for Eastertide; ART - THE ARTILLERY MEMORIAL (The Editor, CoR); MORALITY A session from a Parish Study Group; DEVOTIONAL - MYSTERIES OF THE RESURRECTION; SCRIPTURE - SIMPLY MARK Part VI (Rev’d Ivan Clutterbuck, Honorary Moderator, CoR); OPINION - AN ANGLE ON ANGLICANORUM COETIBUS (Peter Arnold, CoR); TRAVEL - WINTER, NORTH AMERICA (The Editor);

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