This month's Gander is a reminder of the abundant life we find around the community of St John's. We were pleased to welcome the Revd Guy Hewitt, the Church of England's first Director of Racial Justice, in March. In conversation afterwards, Guy drew out the connections between racism and other forms of discrimination.
Revd Gemma describes her participation in the Hymn Society of Great Britain's conference at Union Chapel, giving two talks on music and singing in worship. Dorothy Oxley describes attending one of the recent 'Vital 5' NHS sessions in the Goose Green Centre, and Roger Nicholls gives us a brief history of Dulwich resident, Gustav Holst. Laura and Maya Corbin are interviewed about their life here at St John's, and we look forward to the upcoming Café for Christian Aid. After a successful book group reading Clare Keegan's, "Small things like these', you are invited to join in and read 'A Children's Bible: a novel' by American writer, Lydia Millet.
We also look back in thanksgiving for the life of Jenny Gammon: John Webber and Jenny's husband Phil describe Jenny's life as an actress, singer and performer. We keep a painting by Jenny, of St John the Evangelist, receiving the revelation at Patmos, in the sacristy, a reminder of Jenny's generosity and creativity.
With some APCM thoughts, there is much to read in this edition of The Gander, thanks once again to the editorial team. May this Eastertide be a time of blessing.
Gill
Easter: Thank you to everyone who supported the Holy Week and Easter services, including the choir and musicians, servers, readers and intercessors and everyone who helped provide refreshments.Robes Project: Thank you to everyone who supported the Robes Project at St John’s, which finished at the end of March. Robes had 49 placements this year, 19 more than last year. You can read more about the season and about Robes' plans for next year in their recent newsletter, available here.
100th birthday: Congratulations to Winnie (pictured) who celebrated her 100th birthday in March! Win is a regular member of the Thursday Lunch Club.
Annual Meetings: The annual meetings were held on 28 April, where the annual report and accounts were approved. We also elected new churchwardens and members of PCC and Diocesan Synod. Tayo Olatunde and Julie Whitney were given warm thanks for their work as churchwardens.
Address at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting
By Revd Gill O'Neill
An APCM is an opportunity to look back at the year gone with the eyes of faith, and give thanks for all that has been. This time last year you might remember I was unable to be with you, and I’m thankful that I am able to be with you today. It’s a chance to thank you and the many people who make the life and the flourishing of this church possible, there are so many of you, who give freely of your time, your effort, your skill and creativity, and your friendship and support. I will never be able to express how grateful I am that you do that. You, the people of this community, are a continual blessing to me and to each other. Let’s express our appreciation for those who made this meeting go so smoothly, and also for one another and all you bring to the life of our church.
Today is also a chance to think about the future and what we might like to see, in teaching we used to call this ‘areas for development’! I’d love to hear your thoughts, and I’d like to share a couple of my own.
I remember my Sunday school, and the people who made my faith joyful, and understandable and welcoming when I was a child, in a way that made me who I am now. I’m sure you have your own stories of those who passed on their faith to you, and felt it was important to do that.
I’d like us as a church to make this a priority for us all.
I mentioned recently in a sermon that the average age of a Christian in this country is 51, about double that of the next largest faith group. Young people have it more difficult now than you and I had it in the past in many ways, economically, environmentally, mentally, socially and in hope. It is harder now for a young person to look to the future with hope. It has been said that this is the first generation to leave the world in a less good place for the next, when it has always been an ethical imperative to leave it in a better condition. I’d like us all as a church to care about that, to care for our children and young people, not only those who turn up at church, but all the children and young people of this parish. I’m glad we are developing new partnership with the Youth Justice Service as an aspect of that care.
Secondly, I rejoice in the fact that we are a parish church. Whether you actually live in the parish or not is irrelevant, our primary calling is to this parish, to be the church in this place. As parish priest I was given the cure of souls of this parish. There are eleven and a half thousand of them. I can’t do that alone, and I need your help. How can we do that? By first of all, knowing and caring about the people, the organisations, the charities, schools, businesses, all our neighbours. There is much talk of decline in the church. I think churches survive if their communities care about them. Our community will care about us if we can show that we care about our community. Our PCC has started to explore how we might better do that with an approach called Reconciling Mission, and I’m eager to share that with all of you in due course.
Finally, on Thursday, I attended the funeral of a friend. Father David Standley was a Roman Catholic priest and colleague I knew through the L’Arche community. He was here eight years ago when I was installed as the incumbent. He was great at the ‘off the cuff’ homily. One such homily I remembered this week. It was about the word ‘lovely’. ‘Lovely’ is a biblical word. We find it in the New Testament, notably in Philippians chapter 4, verse 8:
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
It can be easy to be negative, to focus on what we might lack, or to get pulled down by what is going wrong, by bad news, by failure. As a church community we are called to see the good. To notice what is good, what is lovely, in our church, and most especially in one another.
So it is my prayer that our minds be enabled by Gods Holy Spirit to notice whatever is lovely, full of love. Two days before he died Fr David said to a friend, ‘it really is all about love you know. It really is all about God’s love.’ As we meet here today, and whatever we do as the church in this place, let us remember that it really is all about love.
Christian Aid Week: 12 May to 18 May
By Mary Dawson
Christian Aid is the official relief and development agency for churches in the UK. It works to support sustainable development, eradicate poverty, support civil society, promote services such as healthcare and education, and provide disaster relief in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.
A special collection will be held in church on Sunday 19 May.
For more information visit the Christian Aid website www.christianaid.org.uk
St John’s is holding a Christian Aid Café on Sunday 19 May, directly after church, until 3pm. As well as raising much needed funds for Christian Aid this is always an enjoyable social event for the whole community.
Volunteers are needed to help with a variety of tasks, including:
- Setting up chairs and tables
- Assembling gazebos
- Making cakes, biscuits or scones
- Selling teas, coffees, cakes, Prosecco, soft drinks, etc,
- Leafleting people in the locality
- Tidying up and putting everything away at the end
By Revd Gill O’Neill
Following the success of our recent Lent reading of Clare Keegan's 'Small Things Like These", you are invited to join us in reading Lydia Millet's 'A Children's Bible: a novel'. 'A Children's Bible' explores a dystopic ecological future, and the legacy of climate change denial. A group of eerily mature children on vacation with their hedonistic parents are forced to leave after a devastating storm. Reality begins to resemble scenes from a children's bible.
This short but powerful novel gives us an apocalyptic vision of what might await us, with searching questions for us all. We will meet to discuss the novel in early June, do join us if you can.
"Did you hear the people sing?" - reflections on singing in church post-Covid
By Revd Gemma Birt
H
ave you ever wondered why we sing in church? It is such a “normal” part of what we do when we are gather together each Sunday that I certainly did not really stop to think much about it until, during Covid, we were unable to sing. Like many people, I really missed singing, as Joni Mitchell tells us in her song “Yellow Taxi”: “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”!This led me to conduct some research through the University of Oxford that investigated just this question – the results were fascinating. Of the 732 people who completed my survey, the one thing about church the majority missed most during the Covid pandemic was being able to sing together. My research asks why this might be the case and what it tells up about our participation and time together in church on Sundays.
This was one of the topics that I spoke about on when, thanks to the very kind invitation of our Director of Music, John Webber, I attended the Hymn Society of Great Britain Regional conference day, which was held at the Union Chapel in Islington on 20 April. It was a really interesting day of talks, worship and conversation.There were two particular highlights for me. First, our act of worship which was led by members of the St John’s choir, we sang 10 hymns back to back, each chosen by the different speakers of the day. Secondly, when I realised that I had been given the opportunity to speak about the importance of music and singing in our lives in the same space in which Ed Sheeran and Natalie Imbruglia had recently perfomed!
Here is a link to the website of the Hymn society https://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/ and if you would like to receive copy of a summary of either of my talks, please email me curate@stjohnseastdulwich.org or come and have a chat after church one Sunday!
The photos show members of St John's choir singing and Revd Gemma with James Dickinson and Ken Walker.
By Dorothy Oxley
Blood pressure (featured in a recent Gander, so not covered again here); healthy eating, mental wellbeing, safe drinking and help to stop smoking.My original idea had been to feed back my personal experience of having my blood pressure tested, my weight taken, being asked questions and then advised about what I could do to improve my health. However, I quickly realised that wouldn’t work, because advice given to me, for me, might not be of much benefit to anyone else. Improving your health is very much an individual thing.
As Rebecca from Guy’s told me, any advice has to start with what matters most to the individual concerned – their needs, their priorities, the problems that they face. This was echoed by others I spoke to at the event. Each person has to find something that will work for them, in their situation, their community.
So instead I had some really good, more general, conversations with the knowledgeable and caring people there about a range of subjects which kicked off from the ‘Vital 5’ but took in wider aspects of self care, such as breast cancer screening, Covid jabs, the role of Healthwatch and its volunteer Community Health Ambassadors and Social Prescribing. Here's just a taster of what I learned from the event.
Healthy eating
Rebecca explained that her first focus is on helping people to understand the key food
groups, what each does for our
bodies, and what a ‘balanced’
diet looks like.This provides the basic framework to help individuals create their own healthy eating plan which takes in both their tastes and also other factors like their income, available time, or the pressures of family or working life.
If someone really does need to lose – or gain! – some weight, there are quite a few sources of support in Southwark, via the Council, Healthwatch, or indeed your own GP.
Mental wellbeing
This wasn’t so much the ‘big’ mental health issues, like schizophrenia, where input from a trained psychiatrist may be necessary. But stress affects so many of us, and, in Rebecca’s experience, is often at the heart of other ‘Vital 5’ issues.
When we’re stressed, we may turn to comfort eating, or a glass of something alcoholic to dull our anxiety and cheer us up, or a sneaky puff at a cigarette. Also, for some people, the traditional, informal safety nets that help defuse stress – such as supportive family members and trusted friends you can share your problems with, good neighbours, and communities where people look out for each other – may not be available.
There are some ‘talking therapy’ services in Southwark, to which you can self-refer, and also some befriending services, especially for lonely older people. I was also impressed by Southwark Healthwatch’s ‘Community Health Ambassadors’ scheme, where knowledgeable and caring volunteers like Margaret (the volunteer who talked to me at the event) offer a listening ear, share information on health initiatives, and generally support people in their local community. Hopefully we at St John’s provide a bit of support too, for example, through our Coffee Mornings and Lunch Club.
Safe drinking
I’m sorry to say that I didn’t get round to talking to anyone about this, but I got the impression that while the advisors there could doubtless point someone already struggling with full-blown alcoholism in the right direction for help, the key aim was to encourage people to look at their drinking habits and be aware of safe limits. Perhaps this is something for a future Gander.
Smoking
The first question for both Rebecca and me was why people still take up smoking! We’ve know for a long time that it’s a big health risk. The Royal College of Physicians formally linked smoking and heart disease in 1962, advertising cigarettes was banned in 1965, and health warnings appeared on cigarette packets in 1971!
Whatever the reasons for lighting up that first fag, once started, the smoking habit is hard to give up, so advice and support is still needed. I’m afraid we didn’t get round to talking about the help that can be offered, but I see from their website that Southwark Council, through their partnership with Everyone Health, offer a ‘stop smoking’ service which includes replacement therapies – including vapes.
However, I’m now concerned that vapes themselves could become the new problem! They may not contain carcinogens, but they certainly contain nicotine (which is addictive), and it seems that younger and younger children are getting hold of them, albeit illegally. So, watch this space!
To get more information on support available in respect of any of the Vital 5
My word count limit meant I couldn’t give links and contact details in this article, but I’m preparing an information sheet which will be available in church, or can be obtained by email from the church office (office@stjohnseastdulwich.org).
5 May: Patronal Festival
Processional: 205 Christ is made the sure foundation
Psalm: 117 The Lord spoke to him face to face
Gradual: Rejoice in God’s saints today and all days
Offertory: For all the saints who from their labours rest
Communion: Anthem – “Blesséd are the pure in heart,” by Henry Walford Davies (CAB no.6); Let saints on earth in concert sing
Recessional: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation
Voluntary: Entreé Pontificale – Arthur Vanden Plas
Thursday 9 May: Ascension Day
Introit: Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluya!
Psalm: 93 The Lord is King and has girded himself with strength
Gradual: Eternal Monarch, King most high
Offertory: Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem
Communion: Anthem - “Come, let us all this day” – J S Bach
After Blessing: The head that once was crowned with thorns
Setting: Coventry Gloria, by Peter Jones, with Sanctus, Benedictus & Agnus Dei by Harold Darke in F major
Voluntary: Prelude in D minor – Théodore Dubois
12 May: Seventh Sunday of Easter
Processional: Crown him with many crowns
Psalm: 1
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia from Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols”
Offertory: All hail the power of Jesu’s name
Communion: Anthem - “From all that dwell below the skies,” by TA Walmisley; He walked by the river where the crowds had gone
Recessional: Rejoice, The Lord is King
Voluntary: Chorale Prelude – “Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn” (BWV 630) – J S Bach
19 May: Pentecost
Processional: Come down, O Love divine
Psalm: Send forth your Spirit O Lord, and renew the face of the earth
Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia – “Come Holy Spirit fill the hearts of your faithful people, and kindle in them the fire of your love”
Offertory: Sing to him in whom creation
Agnus Dei: from setting in C by John Ireland)
Communion: plainsong proper
Anthem: “Litany to the Holy Spirit,” by Peter Hurford; O thou who camest from above
Recessional: Eternal ruler of the ceaseless round
Voluntary: Festival Fanfare by Noel Rawsthorne
26 May: Trinity Sunday
Processional: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty
Psalm: The Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace
Gradual: Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Offertory: The God of Abraham praise
Communion: Anthem – “Holy, holy, holy,” by Franz Schubert; Love Divine, all loves excelling
Recessional: Bright the vision that delighted
Voluntary: “St. Anne” Fugue in E flat (BWV 552) – J S Bach
Processional: O worship the King all glorious above
Psalm: I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia at Taize chant 13 “I give you a new commandment says the Lord: Love one another as I have loved you.”
Offertory: Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
Communion: Anthem: “Ave verum corpus,” by W A Mozart (NCAB pg.48); Bread of the world in mercy broken
Recessional: Alleluya, sing to Jesus
Setting: Congress Mass, by Alan Rees
9 June: Second Sunday after Trinity
Processional: When morning gilds the skies
Psalm: With the Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia at Taize chant 37 – “The word of the Lord endures for ever. The word of the Lord is the good news announced to you”
Offertory: Praise to the holiest in the height
Agnus Dei: from setting in A flat by Basil Harwood
Communion: Anthem – “All things bright and beautiful,” by John Rutter; Just as I am, without one plea
Recessional: Go forth for God: go forth to the world in peace
Voluntary: Fugue in G Major (BWV 576) – J S Bach
16 June: Third Sunday after Trinity
Processional: All creatures of our God and King
Psalm: It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord
Gradual: God of mercy, God of grace
Offertory: O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Communion: Anthem – “I will magnify thee, O Lord,” by Joseph Corfe; 341 Blest are the pure in heart
Recessional: Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
Voluntary: Trumpet Tune in D major – Henry Purcell
16 June: Choral Evensong
Introit: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus – R R Terry
Responses: William Byrd
Psalm: Anglican chant in A flat by C V Stanford
Office hymn: God, that madest earth and heaven
Canticles: Stanford in C major
Antiphon to Magnificat: “You have done great things O God, and holy is your name”
Anthem: “O taste and see,” by John Goss
Hymn: King of glory, King of peace
Voluntary: Epithalamium (Op.182, No.5) – Stanford
23 June: Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Processional: All for Jesus! all for Jesus!*
Psalm: 107 Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his mercy endures for ever
Gospel Acclamation: Celtic Alleluia – “Speak Lord for your servant is listening. You have the words of eternal life”
Offertory: Who is this, so weak and helpless?
Agnus Dei: from setting in F major by Harold Darke
Communion: Anthem – “Day by day,” by Martin How; 282 Faithful Shepherd, feed me
Recessional: Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore him
Voluntary: Vesper Voluntary Op.14, No.3 – Edward Elgar*
30 June: Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Processional: O Jesus, I have promised
Psalm: To you O Lord my heart shall sing without ceasing
Gospel Acclamation: plainsong Alleluia – “I am the light of the world, says the Lord. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life”
Offertory: Jesu, Lover of my soul
Communion: Anthem – “Lead me, Lord,” by S S Wesley; Bread of heaven, on thee we feed
Recessional: Be thou my vision
Voluntary: Short Prelude in D minor (BWV 554) – J S Bach
We had already been considering starting to go to church on a more regular basis, encouraged by visits over the years to my partner's family, who had given him a Christian upbringing and were still active in their faith.
I remember at our wedding, Father Charles saying that it was unusual for a couple to join for their wedding and then continue attending; I'm so glad that we did, I feel so at home here.
As the years have passed and the children got a bit older, I've been able to be more involved with the choir. I thank John Webber (Director of Music) so much for his great, and ongoing, patience with my availability. It has enabled me to feel confident enough to join in with so many joyful, musical and fellowship opportunities. At the end of each rehearsal we always say 'The Grace' and it was in this context that I first felt that this is a personal prayer, actually speaking to me.
For about 2 1/2 years Messy Church has been happening monthly here atSt John's and I am on the team of helpers. I think that Messy Church is an opportunity to be part of a church family without needing to sit still and quiet for an hour. Just like at the 10am service; we study God's word, pray to God, celebrate God's goodness and join together in companionship. There are discussions, mindful colouring, thoughtful movement and sharing food together; to name but a few.
I really enjoy living in such a friendly neighbourhood; I'm forever bumping into people I know (from Church or otherwise) as I walk to my various jobs and activities in the area and feel so lucky to be part of this loving community.
Maya: I have been coming to St. John’s for 15 years since I was born.I like coming to St. John’s because they make worship interesting by having singing to join in with and interesting sermons. I also like that everyone in the church community is very kind and inclusive.
I have been singing in choir for 9 years. I enjoy going to choir at St John’s because I get to sing a variety of different songs which means that singing is always interesting and enjoyable and I get to improve my singing voice through the experience. Everyone is very nice so it is a friendly environment. We practice once a week and also before church services and we also sing sometimes in other places like Southwark Cathedral and Derby Cathedral, often with other singers who John knows.
I also help to file the music after each service so we can hopefully find it next time. I also occasionally have played the flute in church with my mum.
Messy Church is very fun because we get to participate in hands-on activities like arts and crafts and science experiments. It is a good environment where both adults and children can join in and there is often a meal to share afterwards. I also sometimes like to help set up the activities. We have Messy Church sessions once a month in general.
By John Webber
Jenny joined St John’s Choir between 1997 and 2003, in the period when I was not based at St John’s. She was a reliable alto and had previously attended St Mary Magdalene’s Church in Peckham.Jenny last sang a solo in a service last summer and continued to sing in the Choir a little after that time, before her illness became too severe. I am pleased that I was able to visit her at home a couple of times in December and January.
She was a quiet, unassuming member of the group, so it was interesting to attend an event on 14 March (with five other members of St John’s) in which almost 100 friends and colleagues remembered Jenny. This was at the South London Theatre in West Norwood. Many friends of Jenny and her husband Phil were able to reveal a personality of many facets; she was especially encouraging of the newer and less experienced actors.
Jenny produced a couple of plays at St John’s and they are often talked about now, many years later.
The following is a tribute by Jenny's husband Phil and son Richard:
Jenny was a big personality. On the stage, at home, among friends or strangers she drew attention. Everything she did she put her heart and soul into, whether it was an acting role, directing, writing, sourcing and making props and costumes, her painting, or singing in the choir at St John’s.The theatre was her passion. She was immensely proud to have made it as a professional actress. When she told her head of department she was giving up teaching to go into acting he said “You must be mad!” She went on to work in touring, educational and repertory theatre and later in a myriad of productions for local amateur groups.
The Boy Scouts’ motto “Be Prepared” could have been written for her. No sooner were the holiday flights booked than she would be upstairs packing. The minute she learned she had landed a part in a play, she would throw herself into learning her lines. She was invariably the first to put her book down in rehearsals.
It was Jenny’s doing that we ended up with a second home in the Spanish coastal town of Salobreña, south from Granada. She fell in love with the place and the house we found at first sight, and we have had many memorable holidays there over the last 20 years and made many friends.
She loved us both unreservedly and backed us to the hilt in whatever we did. When told her husband was going to throw up a decently paid full-time job to try and make a living as a freelance photographer she offered only encouragement and support, even though it meant giving up business plans of her own.
Jenny was our cornerstone and anchor. She leaves a massive hole which we will do our best to fill by focussing on all the good times we shared, and remembering how blessed we are to have had her in our lives.
Phil adds:
When meeting people for the first time Jenny would always respond to the inevitable question: “What do you do then” with “I’m an actress and a singer”. She excelled in a lot of other things besides – painting, costume making, directing and writing to name a few - but these were the two activities that she felt defined her. She was justifiably proud of her voice which she had cultivated and trained at drama school and throughout her acting career.
She loved being part of the Choir at St John’s. It gave her the opportunity to express her religious conviction through song and she valued it very highly. Losing her voice was one of the first symptoms of her approaching illness and it was a bitter disappointment to her when she was forced to withdraw from the Choir. She spoke with great fondness of all the good times she had shared and the friends she made there.
The local music teacher who became world famous
By Roger Nicholls
What have the planet Jupiter, the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana and the Rugby World Cup in common? The answer lies in the work of a local music teacher.
Despite his Germanic-sounding name, Gustavus von Holst (1874- 1934) was born in Cheltenham but taught for more than a decade in East Dulwich at James Allen’s Girls’ School. 2024 marks the 150th anniversary of his birth. He was recommended to JAGS in 1904 by his predecessor and lifelong friend Ralph Vaughan Williams and taught there until 1920.
Gustav Holst (he anglicised his name for obvious reasons as World War I loomed) did not achieve international fame as a composer until middle-age. His best-known work is The Planets, an orchestral suite, from which the central theme of the Jupiter movement was later adapted as the hymn tune Thaxted, which, as I Vow to Thee, my Country, was chosen by Lady Diana Spencer to be sung at her wedding. In recent decades the tune was appropriated by World Rugby to accompany their theme song The World in Union. His setting of Christina Rossetti’s In the Bleak Midwinter is often voted the nation’s favourite Christmas Carol.
I have tried to find out if Holst might ever have performed at or even visited St John’s. Having consulted our Archivist, Clare Brown, and our local historian, Christine Camplin, no evidence has emerged, though in 1926 he did attend a service at Emmanuel Church in Camberwell and organised a Dulwich-wide Whitsun Music Festival over three days. This involved representatives from St. Paul’s Girls’ School and Morley College where he also taught. Holst would have clearly seen St John’s spire from the JAGS staffroom and he did compose a ballet called the Golden (but not Green!) Goose, so one likes to think that a connection did exist.
Another part of Holst’s legacy resulted from his (and Vaughan Williams’) involvement in the first British Folk Revival, the impetus for which owes much to the folk-song-collecting efforts of Cecil Sharp (1859-1924), the son of a slate merchant from Denmark Hill, Camberwell. Holst arranged a good number of these folk songs for his choirs and the anthem at St John’s on 3 March, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, was one he published exactly 100 years ago in 1924, the year of Sharp’s death.
If you would like to hear more of these folk-song choral arrangements by Holst, RVW and their contemporaries then I would love to see St John’s represented at a “Seeds of Love” Concert on 15 June at Cecil Sharp House, near Regent’s Park, given by my men’s choir, Imperial MVC, which itself has performed at St. John’s three times over the years.
Who's who
Vicar Revd Gill O’Neill vicar@stjohnseastdulwich.org
Curate Revd Gemma Birt curate@stjohnseastdulwich.org
Assistant Priests Revd Anne Clarke anne@oakhurstgrove.com , Revd Alistair McCulloch mccullocha95@gmail.com and Revd Rosemary Shaw rshaw1983@icloud.com
Parish Administrator office@stjohnseastdulwich.org
Churchwardens Tayo Olatunde 07908 679 407 and Julie Whitney 07786 686 385
Parish Safeguarding Officer Mary Dawson (contact via Parish Administrator)
PCC Secretary Christine Camplin
PCC Treasurer Claire Nylander
Stewardship Martin Howell
Director of Music John Webber
Editors of The Gander Christine Camplin, Jim Nurton, Tayo Olatunde and Dorothy Oxley
(Contact each of the above via Parish Administrator)
Website: www.stjohnseastdulwich.org
Twitter: @StJohnsEDulwich
St John's & St Clement's C of E Primary School, Adys Road, London SE15 4DY
www.stjohnsandstclements.org, 020 7525 9210
Disclaimer
The views expressed in The Gander are not necessarily those of the Editors, Vicar or PCC.
Magazine Deadline
Notices and items or articles for possible inclusion in the next issue of The Gander must be with the Editors by the 15th of the preceding month. Please contact the team in person or by email to the Parish Administrator with any questions.
