Boulton St Marys Church All Contributions Greatly Received
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Boulton St Marys Church All Contributions greatly received 1 Welcome to the editors piece, We would like to use this space to ask for future submissions, whether it be a funny antidote, a colour page or a serious letter; we want to hear from you. Teresa and myself are putting together some ideas for a new format and re- structure of our quarterly magazine. We want to make it more readable, more informative and more of what you want to see. The last few additions have begun to see some changes with Spotlight, Pet corner and the artist corner. Would you like your birthday putting into our birthday page? Do you have activity ideas that we can put in for both adults and children? Come next edition we will have a new email address but please continue to email me on [email protected] until then Thank you Lisa W and Teresa 2 Adapting and Keeping Faith When the lockdown began, at first I thought, ok more time to do my crafts. Then the realisation of this enforced solitary hit me. I couldn’t seek advice, show and tell with others. Being shielded, who can help with shopping, who can I talk my worries with? Through endless prayer and faith in God, eventually there became solutions. The greatest loss for me is being embraced. Unable to embrace family, loved ones and friends. Then in quiet meditation, I felt our Heavenly Father’s em- brace and heard His words of comfort. Through prayer, I ask Him to embrace everyone lovingly in this extremely troubled time. God conquers all, so in time, He will conquer this new evil. Eventually, my problems were dispersed. I was pointed to government food and medication delivery schemes. A message informing me of allocated pastoral members available to chat to by text and phone conversations. These people are living angels of mercy empowered by Jesus Christ. Despite their tribulations and trials, they put others in need first. Marie Hall is my main link and I can’t sing out my praise for her enough, doing weekly excursions to stores for my- self, Alan and many others. Lisa W, Lisa O, Cheryl and Sue also have helped. Lisa O delivered the Word for Today and parish magazine, thus, keeping us in contact with our loving church family. This social distancing, we must adhere to, is now the way to love one another and to protect all of us. Through God’s love, the hugs of gratitude, comfort and joy are now given Spir- itually. There is no greater love than this. Thursday nights at 8 p.m., along with the NHS and emergency workers, I ap- plaud my church warden and pastoral team, as they participate in this battle. God Bless you all Elaine Hicklin 3 YOUR TREASURER This time last year I was determined to step down as Treasurer as I really feel I have done my service and our once messy accounts are now in fine order. However when it was announced that we would be moving into an indefinite period of vacancy I knew I couldn’t just walk away as the Archdeacon had suggested to me (apparently that’s the only way you ever get to give it up!!) and I vowed to stay for at least a further year. Just walking away isn’t really my way of doing things. As it has turned out this year has become an interesting year as Treasurer. The job is slightly easier be- cause there has been less happening, so we haven’t needed to bank weekly and input all the associat- ed data. There has also been some reduction in the expenses as none of the groups are meeting and we have not needed to replenish supplies for services, cleaning and refreshments as frequently. There has however been some juggling taking place to keep our main account in the black and I have not been able to pay our share of the Common Fund every month simply because we have not had the money available. I am not sure how the rest of the year is going to be as part of our balanced budget is down to fund raising and at present all the wonderful events we had planned (afternoon tea, fish and chips quiz night, visiting choir) have fallen by the wayside. However I am hopeful that we will be able to do at least something towards the end of the year to ease the situation. It is also sad that we have not been able to help charities as we would normally as Saturday Coffee Mornings have also been off the calen- dar. I do not despair though as somehow money did arrive in time to meet the £4000.00 insurance pay- ment and my grateful thanks go to all those who did manage to get their envelopes in during “lockdown” and even more so to those who set up direct payments to the bank account. If you would like to make an online donation or set up your own regular giving this way then the church account de- tails are printed below: Account Name: PCC Boulton St Marys Sort Code: 40-19-37 Account Number: 31383779 Corinthians 9 verse 7 says “Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” I hope the idea of giving generously to the work of this church fills your heart with cheer as it does mine. I also pray that God will stir someone’s heart to take on the role of Treasurer with equal cheerfulness as just walking away really isn’t my thing. Cheryl Baxter 4 5 Hi my name is Kez, I’m a 13 year old Jack Russell/Terrier cross, I’ve been with my humans Skye and Amber for 6 Years. I enjoy chasing after pigeons in the garden, eating guinea pig poo and playing fetch and trips to the seaside. My favourite food is Pancakes (I am always very excited for pancake day!) and I’m particularly fond of cheese! I am getting a little old and creaky now and enjoy snug- gling up on the sofa. Do you have a Parish Pet? Would you like him/her to feature in a future edition? Let us know via the email address at the back of the magazine. 6 7 Remembering our Sister in Heaven. It would simply not be right for this magazine to come out without some mention of our beloved Celia. She was such a big part of the ministry here for so many years and a good friend to all of us. She was a fountain of sound Christian advice over- flowing with the love of Jesus; she made us all smile with her funny antics and stories; she brought light to any gathering with her beautiful smile. There will definitely be a time (not too far away I hope) when we will all gather together in the church to remember her by singing the songs she loved the most and sharing our own memories. For now though, I include the words put together by her family, that were shared at her funeral by her son-in-law, David Hoskins. Celia Mansey was born 18th September 1934 to Walter Ernest Mansey and Emma Mansey (nee Pickering) on Harvey Road in Alvaston Derby before later moving to Mackworth. She was from a large family and was 7th of 9 children. She was quite academic and passed her 11+ but the family could not afford for her to go to grammar school, so she went to Reginald Street School for Girls in the Rose Hill area of Derby. From school and throughout her adult life, Celia had various jobs, and at times circumstances dictated she worked more than one job for the benefit of her family. This included working as a cleaner, a lollipop lady (with her donated police wel- lies) and working for the NHS, recording medical statistics which she did up until her retirement. She met and later married Francis William Walters, otherwise known as Bill in 1957 at Mackworth Congregational Church in Derby. They found that they were not able to have children and so they adopted two babies, namely Hayley Georgina Em- ma and Richard David. These two meant the world to Celia. She loved them dearly and was immensely proud of them both, from them coming into her life and up to her end. She was full of love for her three grandchildren, Robert, Rebecca and Amelia that she adored and fussed over. Celia also loved her many siblings and was always keen for any opportunity to have big family get togethers. Celia was a trail blazer and passed her driving test on the 12th July 1974. On that heroic day of getting her driving licence, she knocked over the neighbour’s fence separating their two drives and a week later she got her mini to kiss the garage doors damaging the head lights. On another occasion the car rolled backwards and hit the opposite neighbours garden wall. Parking was not her strong suit. On many occasions, she would take Hayley, Richard, Auntie Margaret, Michael, Michelle and Darren in the mini to Dovedale. On one occasion, actually stalling the engine in the middle of a ford. Celia was a regional secretary of the bereavement charity Cruise. She was invited to meet the Queen at a royal garden par- ty. She was overjoyed at this as she was a devout royalist.