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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
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Originally posted by Cryptic:
At my previous parish, another city church, Hayley Mills turned up before Evensong one Sunday night, she was in Sydney doing a play and dropped in for a look.
At last, a way in for me on this thread: I used to deliver milk to her door when helping our local milkman during school holidays ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Swooooon. I had such a girl crush on her.
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Jack the Lass
Ship's airhead
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At my former London church the actress Mary Millar (RIP) who played Rose in 'Keeping Up Appearances' often attended. She was lovely.
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Yerevan
Shipmate
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Irish Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor belongs to St. Mark's, the massive Dublin Pentecostal church I used to live opposite.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Originally posted by Jack the Lass:
At my former London church the actress Mary Millar (RIP) who played Rose in 'Keeping Up Appearances' often attended. She was lovely.
She was probably there to flirt with the Vicar.
![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Percy B
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Originally posted by daisymay:
Last Sunday we had Horseman's Sunday, and St John's has pictures of that and all sorts of happenings. But no picture of the Bishop of London who will be there this week (next Sunday) for confirmation for adults and youngsters.
Small tangent if I may, pleaase,
I have never heard is Horseman's Sunday.
What is it?
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Mary, a priest??
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Originally posted by Percy B:
I have never heard is Horseman's Sunday.
What is it?
Google is your friend!
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daisymay
St Elmo's Fire
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Originally posted by Percy B:
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Originally posted by daisymay:
Last Sunday we had Horseman's Sunday, and St John's has pictures of that and all sorts of happenings. But no picture of the Bishop of London who will be there this week (next Sunday) for confirmation for adults and youngsters.
Small tangent if I may, pleaase,
I have never heard is Horseman's Sunday.
What is it?
It comes every year, once a year, and we have the service outside the church, with food and all sorts of things, just before we have the service, hymns, Bible, prayer, and blessing of each one of the horses.
We always have the Leader of the Westminster in her special clothes and also many others, council ones, who also wear their formal clothes. We have a usual service inside before the outside one, and the front of the church service is reserved for the leaders.
We'll have the Bishop of London this Sunday, also as he dresses normally.
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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Originally posted by churchgeek:
Back home I remember seeing a local celebrity in church, one of the news anchors in town.
We also have a local newsreader in our parish. He is semi-retired but very active at my parish: he is an adult acolyte and lector as well as attending meetings of the men's group. I think he is studying to be a deacon.
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OhSimone
Shipmate
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Not sure if an 80th birthday thanksgiving party/service counts? If so, notch two up for David and Carrie Grant (not that one), who I think go to a big church somewhere in Finchley normally.
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Kaplan Corday
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Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
In 1992 William Carey turned up at the Baptist church of which I was then a member.
At least, that's whom he claimed to be, and he was dressed appropriately.
Perhaps I should have posted this on the recent Ghosts thread.
1992 incidentally was the bicentenary of the founding by Carey of the Baptist Missionary Society,seen by some as the origin of the modern Protestant missionary movement.
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L'organist
Shipmate
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We had a very starry wedding some years ago: the groom's mother was a famous theatrical Dame, his father a leading character actor. The bride's aunt is an older actress who, in her time, has been nominated for an academy award as Best Actress. One reading (Corinthians, I think) was given by the Earl of Downton, the other by a regular from Have I got news for you. Oh, and the ushers were all - ALL EIGHT OF THEM - people who'd been featured actors either in various episodes of Sharpe or in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
I have to say they all sang the hymns with gusto and the ushers even made sure all the hassocks were put back at the end of the service. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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LeRoc
Famous Dutch pirate
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My church has been visited by Kathleen Ferrier a couple of times. No, not the English contralto singer, but the Dutch politician who has the same name (in fact, they are related).
In fact, I know the politician Ferrier also personally outside of church or politics, because we did some work together related to Latin America. She became quite famous two years ago when she was one of the two Christian-Democratic parliament members who were against forming a government with Wilders (good on her!)
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Uriel
Shipmate
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My church is next door to a county cricket ground, and from time to time we have had county and even international cricketers come to a service. Including links through our toddler group (which has had some of the wives of county players coming along with their kids), we could probably get over 200 international Test caps. If only we could persuade them to come along and play for the church cricket team...
The line up would include Marcus Trescothick, Sanath Jayasuriya, Zander de Bruyn, Graham Rose, Vic Marks, David Capel, John Barclay and Andrew Wingfield-Digby. I would play them against the local baptist church who once brought Peter Bowler (former Somerst captain) along to open against us in a friendly match.
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Sioni Sais
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Uriel:
My church is next door to a county cricket ground, and from time to time we have had county and even international cricketers come to a service. Including links through our toddler group (which has had some of the wives of county players coming along with their kids), we could probably get over 200 international Test caps. If only we could persuade them to come along and play for the church cricket team...
The line up would include Marcus Trescothick, Sanath Jayasuriya, Zander de Bruyn, Graham Rose, Vic Marks, David Capel, John Barclay and Andrew Wingfield-Digby. I would play them against the local baptist church who once brought Peter Bowler (former Somerst captain) along to open against us in a friendly match.
Did Rev. Andrew Wingfield-Digby preach? He's vicar of St.Andrew's, Oxford now.
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Angloid
Shipmate
# 159
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My former parish numbered a well-known TV actor (female, now sadly deceased) and an as-yet-unknown but now powerful politician as regular worshippers.
And Jimmy Saville was a regular mass attender at Leeds RC Cathedral. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
# 1984
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Doesn't seem to have done him much good.
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Angloid
Shipmate
# 159
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Originally posted by Doublethink:
Doesn't seem to have done him much good.
More a topic for Purgatory (in the theological as well as the Ship sense) I suppose. But religion isn't really about 'doing us good' but recognising the flawed mixed-up creatures that we are. God rest his soul.
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