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CRUX Issue 49 Church for a different world July 2019

DEVELOPING OUR GIFTS, VOCATION AND CALLING Church for a different world CRUX July 2019 REMEMBERING PETERLOO BURNSIDE AWARD Mike Leigh’s film, Peterloo, We commemorate the 200th anniversary The Burnside Community Centre Manager, Kerry Edwards, said brought back memories of my of Peterloo with a service at the Cathedral has recently achieved the Trusted “It has been a worthwhile, but challenging school history lessons. We were at 2pm on Sunday 7 July. Join us if you Charity Mark award in recognition two year journey with lots of lessons taught about its significance in can, or support the memory of Peterloo of the effectiveness of its work and learned. I would like to thank all staff and leading to the prominence of through prayers in your own church. meeting standards in governance, volunteers for their continued dedication Manchester and surrounding towns leadership and management. and the Diocese of Manchester for funding in the Industrial Revolution. The anniversary is a chance to look back my post for the last three years.” at a key date in our heritage, and an Trusted Charity is part of the National The massacre of men and women in opportunity to pledge ourselves to sustain Council for Voluntary Organisations the city centre by a drunken rampaging a society in which all are given the rights (NCVO) and is the only UK quality standard militia, supported by prominent clergy and dignity for which the speakers in St designed to help third sector organisations magistrates, changed everything. A Peter’s field were calling that day in 1819. operate more effectively and efficiently. society obsessed by fears (or hopes) of a French-style revolution engulfing Britain, Chair of Burnside Centre, Revd Philip Miller, began to realise that violent suppression said “This process has involved hard work was no more the answer than violent and a dedicated commitment to raising uprising. Instead, reform and renewal in and maintaining high standards across our democracy and religion proved the way whole organisation. It is certainly a time forward. Within a generation Manchester for celebrating all that we do well together, had both its own Members of Parliament David Walker as we now turn our attention to the future.” and diocese. Soon it was at the leading edge of the Trades Union movement Burnside Centre will be celebrating its and the campaign for women’s rights. fiftieth anniversary in September. Burnside A FIRM OPEN FOUNDATION CHURCH On Pentecost Sunday, 25 people who had Churches on the Trans Pennine Trail completed the Foundations for Ministry course are opening their doors on Saturday celebrated their achievement at St Nicholas 17 August to offer a fun family day Church, Burnage. They were joined by Bishop out - all accessible by bike! David, course leaders, friends and family. Climb our soaring bell towers, relive Everyone had a chance to be involved in Peterloo history, relax and listen to some the service which included a wide array of uplifting music, take some time out in CHURCH FOR A DIFFERENT cultures, languages and backgrounds. There our beautiful churchyards - discover the was even a special blessing from Bishop Bertin hidden secrets of the churches on the Trans WORLD AWARDS 2019 of Katanga who was visiting the diocese. Pennine Trail! Visit all six churches, or just stop in at one that takes your interest. Foundations for Ministry is an exciting course What excites you about your church? open to anyone active in church life who feels Applications are invited for the Church some sense of vocation or calling to Christian for a Different World awards 2019. ministry, and needs some time and space to unpack what this might mean or look like. The The deadline is 31 July and course runs over three terms, and includes 23 further details and an application evening sessions and four Saturday course days. form can be found at www. manchester.anglican.org/awards/ STARTING SEPTEMBER! The next course, starting in September, will run in Oldham, Bolton and South Manchester. Check the diocesan Cover picture: Bishop David celebrates with people who completed the diocesan Foundations for Ministry course. website for more information.

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Our final day was in the city of Tampere So, after an uplifting and energising itself, with its 200-year industrial time when we enjoyed the incredible heritage, brick mills, water power and hospitality of our Finnish friends, what modern commercial districts. Here the are we bringing back home that is useful sights and sounds were of construction for Manchester Diocese? Ideas that we projects, traffic, people going to work are eager to explore further include: and children going to school. • Offering similar silent retreats in As we thought about heading back to nature for parishes and clergy, Manchester, we listened for the prophetic either in England or in Finland, to voice of God in creation, calling us to develop our own spirituality repentance and action. We asked, “What is Jesus saying to us about our mission • Strengthening parish links between in Manchester with Him?” There was a churches in Manchester and Tampere desire to build bridges to connect different factions of our communities (the young • Developing spiritual pilgrimages for and old, rich and poor) and to create a people to enjoy, including young movement that others want to join. people and uniformed organisations, FINDING GOD IN NATURE around different parts of Greater Manchester and Rossendale Listening to birdsong, watching the sun glint off fresh green leaves, feeling the crumbly bark of trees and seeing • An urgency in caring for God’s creation: a yellow butterfly flutter over a lake. These were some of continuing our journey to becoming the delights of spending time in the forests of Finland on Eco Churches, supporting Eco days organised by the wider community silent pilgrimage, under the guidance of Jussi Holopainen, and introducing a ‘cycle to church’ day a spiritual director from our link Diocese of Tampere. • Creating prayer cards and art guides to help people in church feel A small group from Manchester was After our silent time we shared with an what they experience in nature. privileged to spend time with Finnish Emmaus partner what we had learnt about hosts, who opened our senses to ourselves through the nature, including For more information on the nature, and through that experience a spring of fresh water, an old wall, a Tampere link, please contact Revd opened our hearts to God. tunnel and a beautiful ‘fluttering elm Jo Farnworth, 0161 330 4925. tree’. At the end of the day, after a time For Eco Church please call Revd On day one we took one of the 23 of prayer, we each shared our favourite John Hughes, 0161 872 0500. pilgrimage paths that have been moment before extinguishing a candle. devised by the diocese for people to enjoy around the city of Tampere. The silent pilgrimage continued for two Designed for individuals, families more days, led by Mari Leijo and Jussi. We or work teams to do together, each heard a cuckoo and a woodpecker, foraged ‘well-being’ pilgrimage invites people for mushrooms, saw deer and touched to listen to themselves in nature. trees. We heard God speaking to us about ourselves, our work and our worship, and How often do we slow down, feel free we shared a Eucharist at the Church Rock to explore the space around us, breathe in the forest. There, we laid down an item deeply and ask ourselves “How am we had gathered from the forest floor I today?” The rewards can be rich: that reflected something in our lives that “When you listen to yourself in nature, was unhelpful to our wellbeing that we no you can hear God”, says Jussi. longer needed to carry around with us.

PAGE 4 PAGE 5 Church for a different world CRUX July 2019 ADDING TO THE FLOCK BRIEF When Revd Aaron Jackman and his wife Gemma moved to Dobcross a couple of years ago to begin his curacy ENCOUNTER: in the Saddleworth Team, they had some unconventional JASON LAWTON ideas for getting to know the community. Inspired by Gemma and her passion I dragged Aaron along with me and for animals, the couple asked a local he’s come round to the idea!” “I hope individual change landowner for permission to graze sheep will translate into something on the fields next door to vicarage. They Aaron said, “Because we’re right in bigger that benefits the city” now have 13 ewes, a ram and celebrated the middle of the village, local people the addition of 14 new lambs this season. get to experience some life and God’s creation right here. It draws them Jason Lawton has responded to a strong Now in Gorton, he says, As well as looking after the flock, Gemma in. School and Sunday schools are sense of call from God by moving keeps ducks, chickens and geese on coming to visit, and get the chance to with his family from High Wycombe the 9 acre small holding, and makes a hold the animals and celebrate life! in Buckinghamshire to Gorton, where modest living by selling poultry and lamb. he is tasked with planting a new She is getting used to people wanting “Having the animals widens the scope church as part of the Antioch Network I feel a sense of relief that to take a peek at the farm and runs of what it means to be a Christian. It’s Manchester that was set up last year. the move is behind me, but tours for Sunday school children where not just about going to church on a they can pet and feed the animals. Sunday – there’s a bigger picture of what Jason became a Christian aged 18 and also a little scared about the immediately felt that he was called challenges that lie ahead. it means to share in the love of God. Gemma said, “I worked on a farm in to be a missionary. He worked and I will be starting with lots saved money to study Arabic, and Cambridge while Aaron was studying “Caring for creation is part of what it has spent over 20 years working with of prayer and inviting team theology. When we moved here I liked means for me to be a Christian. Living a mission agency in West Africa. members to join me in the idea of continuing to work with your life in a way that is community setting up the new church. animals. It’s enriching and earthing focused and sharing what you have He said, “I am passionate about seeing to be around livestock and I wanted with others is part of following Jesus.” the lives of people improved. I ran a my children to have that experience. number of development projects in Africa, including a feeding programme “I feel very honoured and happy to for malnourished children and a project with working with Bishop Mark (Bolton) that improves the livelihoods of farmers and the Antioch Network leaders, John living in poverty. I found the Muslim Brett and Ben Woodfield, on this new people I worked alongside were very project, which will be quite different open to talking about God, and saw from what I have done before. some people come to faith in Jesus.” “I feel a strong sense of calling and I hope On returning to the UK four years our work will lead to positive change, and ago with his wife and four children, that individual change will translate into Jason worked for ‘Frontiers’ at its something bigger that benefits the city.” international headquarters in High Wycombe. He enjoyed overseeing A project to plant 16 new churches the work of teams operating in Sub- in the diocese in six years has Saharan Africa, but began to miss begun under a Bishop’s Mission the hands-on side of ministry. Order. A network of small churches will be called the Antioch Network Manchester. For further information, contact [email protected] or [email protected]

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A year of discipleship A year of discipleship

YEAR OF DISCIPLESHIP Join us for a Year THEMES of Discipleship, #MoreThanSunday, Every month #MoreThanSunday which launches will suggest a different on 1 July. theme for you to think about and act upon.

Through #MoreThanSunday, we We hope that #MoreThanSunday will When you sign up to #MoreThanSunday July - Doubt will grow our faith and increase our not only deepen our faith and increase you will receive a monthly email outlining August - Worship discipleship. What does it mean to be a our engagement with our communities, a theme and suggested actions for that disciple and how does our faith impact but also connect us with otherA Christiansyear of discipleshipmonth, along with a podcast featuring SeptemberA year of - Creationdiscipleship on our everyday life? What do we feel who share our discipleship journey. local people from our churches who October - Forgiveness called to do because of our faith? have particular insight to share. November - Friendship #MoreThanSunday has something You can join our online community, for everyone to help grow their faith. sharing your journey on Twitter and December - Waiting We invite you to sign up to join in Through podcasts, videos and reflections, Instagram, using the hashtag January - Justice we will hear from local people across the our year of discipleship by visiting #MoreThanSunday and meeting region - young and old, lay and ordained www.manchester.anglican.org/ fellow disciples in our diocese- February - Generations more-than-Sunday/ and - about a different theme each month. wide Facebook group. March - Generosity entering your email address. If technology is not your thing, then why April - Witness not discuss how you are getting on over May - Community a coffee after your Sunday service? There will be lots to think about and share. June – Invitation

During the year we will meet some fellow disciples from across the diocese.

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SHINING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST

Bishop Mark Ashcroft

WE ARE Every confirmation service ends of someone who felt prompted to pay HERE with the bishop leading the newly for the groceries of the person behind confirmed candidates holding their them in the supermarket queue. candles out of the doors of the church. It is a powerful symbol of Over recent months, I have heard the people being commissioned to live inspiring stories of many Readers, who are out their discipleship by shining as doing just that, living out their Christian lights in the world. Sometimes the faith not just amongst church people, symbolism is slightly lost when the but also in their places of work and their wind or rain snuffs out the candles communities. Readers have the additional as soon as they get out the door! advantage of receiving a bit more training and being under the Bishop’s licence. One or two people may see their OUR CHANGING CITY Christian faith as simply a habit – we Some churches are also intentionally go to church because we always have taking out the light of Christ on to our The plethora of new housing For churches in and around the city done so; or a hobby that sits alongside streets, offering prayer and healing, developments going up in our city centre there is a huge challenge in how a season ticket at Bolton Wanderers; or blessing and comfort, with prayer tents centre was clear to me from the 43rd we connect with this new demographic. a lifestyle choice that we stick on with at fetes and fun days, and all sorts floor of a new block called Anaconda At Sacred Trinity we are working on the sellotape to see if it fits. But the majority of creative and imaginative ways of Cut in my parish of Sacred Trinity. basics such as a good website, attractive of us are seeking to live out our faith expressing faith and bringing hope. notice boards, effective social media in the place where God has put us. A staggering 3,455 apartments and 83 presence, a warm welcome, quality However we do it, all of us are called houses are being built in the parish, and coffee, smart welcome bags, etc. All of us have connections through our to follow Jesus and shine with the it’s likely our population will more than families, friends, neighbourhoods, schools, light of Christ in the world. Church double to over 12,000 people. The city We are also giving a lot of thought to what places of work, keep fit clubs, shops, services and meetings then become centre is expanding and the population activities and services might attract our as we go about our daily routines. The something rather different. They are growth is also affecting parishes new residents. We recently started a quiet thing about shining as a light is that we not the sum total of our expression of such as Brunswick, Hulme, Ancoats, meditative service that might be helpful to see these connections as the context faith, but rather the place and the time Collyhurst, Ordsall, and Longsight. some. We have other ideas that we want to live out our Christian faith. It means where we encourage one another in to try and we are trying to make sure noticing people, perhaps those going our discipleship and come to Christ to So who is moving into these new that we get out into the community rather through a tough time, it means praying relight the candle, especially when the developments? Primarily young adults than just expecting them to come to us. for friends that you meet up with, asking wind is cold and the rain comes down! in their twenties, usually with a degree, God to bless them; it means listening sometimes with a ‘good job’. They The challenge is huge but also very to the Holy Spirit prompting us to say come from all over the world , almost exciting. Cities and communities change a word or offer support. Like the story all rent, and the rent is expensive. but God is with us in the change. We just have to prayerfully discern what God is calling us to now.

Canon Andy Salmon

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We are familiar with Readers playing an important Please pray for our new Readers to be licensed on role in leading worship and preaching in our Sunday 14 July at . churches. A group of three Readers from St Andrew’s, Radcliffe recently branched out to deliver a Angela Lilian Bilbruck Benefice of Oldham (Moorside), St Thomas teaching programme for pastors overseas. Jane Cawsey On a visit to Cambodia with the church’s “We each used our skills to deliver Parish of Christ with All Saints, Heaton partner, Mission Direct, the trio delivered training on the books of Nehemiah and Norris in the Benefice of Heatons training on the Old and New Testament Acts. Mike has an MA in Theology and David Cieszynski for house church pastors who had not had was the subject expert and I used my access to proper theological training. experience of training and learning skills Benefice of Halliwell, St Peter to ensure the teaching was accessible. Jeanette Howe Bob May, Mike Vine and David Roberts Dave took a lead on the pastoral side Benefice of Walshaw, Christ Church found the visit a great way to build - leading prayers and being mindful of Stephen Mawhinney teamwork. Taking them out of their how the training was being received.” comfort zone, they faced challenges of Benefice of Halliwell, St Peter long-distance travel, hot weather and Through delivering the teaching having to speak through interpreters. programme, raising money for social Bob said, “The experience brought us action and spending time together closer together and made us realise that working and socialising, the team we are more capable than we thought! grew in friendship and confidence. APPOINTMENTS RESIGNATIONS Let’s celebrate our Readers in their important ministry! The Revd Jane Walker, currently The Revd Dr Stephen SSM at Gorton and Abbey Edwards, currently Team Hey, has been appointed SSM Curate of Wythenshawe, has been (to be known as Associate ) appointed Residentiary at Holy Innocents Fallowfield. of Worcester Cathedral.

The Revd Joanna Watson, The Revd Daniel Walters, currently SSM Curate of St currently Curate at High Crompton Bartholomew Whitworth and St and Thornham, has been appointed John the Evangelist Facit, has Associate Priest of Oxford St Giles, been appointed to the three year St Philip and St James with St post of 0.5 Interim Minister of Margaret in the Diocese of Oxford. St Bartholomew Whitworth and St John the Evangelist Facit. RETIREMENT The Revd Jackie Brandreth is to retire as OLM of St John the Evangelist, Pendlebury and St James, Hope on 31 July 2019.

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