The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

Keble College: The Record 2009
The Chapel Choir have continued to thrive this year under
the direction of Chapel Music Director, Mr Simon Whalley,
and the organ scholars, Dan Cottee (senior organ scholar), Ed
Symington (junior organ scholar) and Alex Hodgkinson (finalist
organ scholar). The Choir were invited to sing a special concert
on St Mark’s Day in Hursley Parish where John Keble served
for thirty years and was buried. They also gave a concert at All
Saints Church in Thorpe Malsor, one of many Keble parishes.
The Choir also sang the annual Evensong at St Michael and All
Angels Church in Eastleach Martin (Bouthrop) in May. The
Keble Chapel Choir and the Hertford Chapel Choir joined their
voices to sing in the College Corporate Communion Service
in Hilary Term in Keble and in the service for the Feast of the
Visitation in Trinity Term in Hertford College Chapel.
Keble College has had a long and strong tradition of supporting
candidates for ordained ministry in the church. In order to
better nurture and help the students aspiring for vocation in the
church in their discernment, the Summer Vocations Internship
Programme has been set up in conjunction with the Contextual
Theology Centre at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine.
Last summer Simon Cuff and Jewell Thomas completed their
internship and this year four students will participate — Simon
Cuff, James Holden, Hannah Martin, and Robert Dix. They
will be connected to different local parishes and be involved
in community organizing projects at London Citizens based in
Limehouse in East London.
The Chapel community continues to thrive with deep
commitment in faith and worship and with many fellowship
and spiritual activities. Many thanks are expressed to the
finalist Chapel wardens, Simon Cuff ( JCR) and Susannah
Fleming (MCR) for their diligent service and commitment
for the last three years, and to Kelly McMullon, second-year
Law student for her part in the last two years. Huw Pryce and
Gregory Tucker are the two new Chapel wardens. Special
thanks go to Dominic Keech who has been an active member of
the Chapel serving in various roles as Chapel Warden, Chapel
Clerk and President of the Hursley Society over the past seven
years. I could not have got through the transition period of
the beginning of my Chaplaincy without him. Special thanks
are also expressed to Suzie Merchant and Mary Marshall
who have held the Chapel Choir together for the past seven
years. Dominic, Suzie and Mary have been in Keble from their
undergraduate through their postgraduate studies. Special
gratitude also to the Revd Canon Dr Charlotte Methuen,
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