Parish Magazine October & November, 2020
Parish Church of St. Matthew the Apostle with Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves, Burnley
WEEKLY SERVICES AT ST. MATTHEW’S
Provided there are no further lockdowns, etc.
ONE SUNDAY SERVICE: 10.30am PARISH EUCHARIST
EXCEPT on the FIRST SUNDAY of the month when we hope to have THREE SERVICES
8.30 * Modern Language Eucharist, St. Paul’s Chapel * earlier time, to allow cleaning between services
10.30 Family Service & Uniformed Organisations’ Parade - a short (about 45-minute) Service aimed at helping younger members of our church to get involved and worship. But everyone is welcome!
and 6.30pm Evensong
MID-WEEK SERVICES Tuesdays 10.30am Said Eucharist St. Paul’s Chapel
Thursdays 7.00pm Said Eucharist High Altar
(we are not able to reintroduce a Friday Eucharist at this time)
We look forward to seeing you!
FROM THE VICAR Hello Everyone,
Well goodness me, at the time of writing this for the magazine the future remains uncertain and as clear a mud. The good news of course is that at present church worship is unaffected and long may that continue. Spiritual wellbeing is essential as it helps to keep things in perspective and maintain a sensible and considered response to this dreadful virus that doesn’t want to go away.
Church life at the moment is a real roller coaster of emotions and full of ups and downs as we approach the colder months. On the positive side of things, Mother Enid is now recovering from a successful operation and values your continued prayers, Rev Kat is about to be priested (finally) and although Covid restrictions make these big occasions tricky I prayerfully hope it still proves to be a wonderful occasion. Please keep Rev Kat in your prayers as she settles into this next stage of ordained life. She is a real blessing to our church and works extremely hard.
Also, September was of course the month we celebrate St Matthew’s day and it is a huge privilege that +Jill the Bishop of Lancaster agreed to lead our service for this special occasion. It was a lovely occasion especially as our choir were able to sing for us for the first time since March. Bishop Jill really enjoyed the service on her first visit to St Matthew’s. Also, another positive is the generosity of people who continue to support our foodbank but of course this is tinged with sadness that we even must provide such a service. On the downside of things, we have numerous people from our congregation unwell as well as not being able to visit those who are unable to leave home. This makes for challenges and frustrations, but I do want to assure everyone that Rev Kat and I meet regularly to pray together for people who are suffering from illness, bereavement or anything else for that matter.
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If you have any prayer requests do drop me a line and we will be very happy to pray for you.
I’d like to ask you to keep Holy Trinity School in your prayers along with the other places of education in the Parishes of St Matthew’s and St Mark’s. The beginning of term has been tough for our headteacher Sally, and her team and I know the school would really value your prayers at this time. Finally, sincere thanks to everyone who supports church, through prayer, volunteering, supporting our uniformed organisations, flowers, cleaning, singing, and financially. On behalf of the clergy and the wardens we really do value your contribution.
Till next time, love and prayers Fr Alex
COAL CLOUGH LANE SLIMMING POST OFFICE WORLD For all your usual Every Tuesday Post Office Services at 6.30pm including Lottery, Passports, Car Tax, St. Matthew’s Parish Hall Albion Street Foreign Currency & 24-hour Cash withdrawals Tel: Vicky 07943-509-766 Also Greeting Cards, Fancy Goods,
Stationery & Confectionery
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Not everyone is able to come (back) to Sunday morning Church.
If you have internet access you can keep in touch through these channels:
Church Website - www.stmatthewsburnley.com
Church Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/stmatthewsburnley/
Church YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWe4A5swcv0u7e9F41r8fQ
If you would like to receive regular email updates from St. Matthew’s please sign up on this website - http://eepurl.com/gWAAFn
If you do not have internet access but would like to receive information and worship resources, please get in touch using the phone numbers on the back of the magazine.
If you can ‘get out’, but not to our Sunday services, see our midweek services on the inner front cover.
And do keep your eye on the big noticeboard 5 in the church grounds.
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St Matthew’s PCC have made the decision that it is necessary to CANCEL this year’s CHRISTMAS MARKET due to the risk of spreading Covid19.
If possible we’ll look to run a 2021 Spring Fair instead. Thank you to everyone who‘s supported our Christmas Market in previous years: we’ll miss seeing you all at this enjoyable community event but hope to be back next year.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
A big ‘thank you’ to all who have continued to give great financial support to St Matthew’s Church during these Covid-19 times, and welcome to those new subscribers who have joined us. It is particularly helpful to have more people using the standing order monthly giving scheme and we are also thankful for some anonymous donations, gratefully received by the Treasurer.
We are managing to keep our Church just about solvent but like many charities our income has dropped, with few weddings, reduced letting of the Parish Hall, plus no Christmas Market due to Covid-19 regulations. The loss of income from hire of the hall and the Christmas Market will be approximately £3000+ for 2020.
To try and make up some of the deficit, the PCC are intending to have a GIFT DAY on SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2020 which would have been the day of the Christmas Market. An envelope for that purpose is enclosed with this magazine and the Church will be open on that day between 11am and 4pm. We shall open and close with short prayers.
If you could make a donation using the envelope (perhaps some of what you would have spent or donated to the Christmas Market) it would be so helpful.
If you can’t attend the Gift Day please bring your gift to Church on the following day. If you need the envelope collecting from your home, please ring the Clergy, wardens or treasurer, who will arrange for someone to collect it. If you are able to complete the Gift Aid declaration on the envelope, that will allow us to claim some additional tax income as well. 7 Many thanks in anticipation of your generous support.
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FROM THE CURATE
Quite often people I meet don’t know what a ‘curate’ is. The simplest explanation I tend to offer is that I’m a ‘trainee vicar’ or ‘a vicar with L plates on’! Although a full explanation is more complicated, being trained and learning are key to my time here in South West Burnley.
In order to be ordained (to become a deacon or priest) in the Church of England you have to begin ‘Initial Ministerial Education’. For me the first phase of this was to study at a college in Durham.
Once you are ordained you begin a curacy and continue Initial Ministerial Education with a second phase (referred to as IME2). The primary way that curates are trained in this phase is by what’s known as their ‘Training Incumbent’ - for me that’s Fr. Alex. Fr. Alex is a great Training Incumbent, he’s very encouraging and gives me lots of opportunities to gain experience. As well as demonstrating different aspects of ministry and helping me to do them myself, he also provides me with feedback and answers my endless questions! I also of course learn from many others in our church family, including (but certainly not limited to) Mother Enid and our Licensed Lay Minister, Jackie.
In addition to the learning that takes place locally I go on IME2 training days and trips. These are times when curates from across the Diocese of Blackburn (from Church of England churches all over Lancashire) get together to hear speakers and enter into discussions. In each academic year of my curacy these days and short stays away have a different theme. All the themes are connected to the Diocesan Vision 2026 - ‘Healthy Churches, Transforming Communities’. Last year the theme was ‘Leadership’ so we had sessions such as Bishop Stephen Cottrell (who is now the Archbishop of York) coming to speak with us about prayerful leadership and experienced church leaders coming to speak with us about leadership in urban contexts and leadership in rural contexts. This year the theme is ‘Discipleship’ and an example of one of the sessions is ‘Discipling Children’. (it’s important to spell that correctly so that you don’t think it’s a session about ‘disciplining children’!) I find these
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recently but I was pleased that we were able to have our day ‘Preparing for Priesthood’ face to face (but socially distanced) in Blackburn Cathedral in mid- September.
So if you ever wonder where I am when I’m not around but not on holiday I may well be on a training day or preparing a piece of work for my training portfolio. Please feel free to ask what I’ve been learning about recently or to offer me feedback on your experience of my ministry - it will all help me to develop and grow so that I can be the best priest I can be. Kat.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vision Champion Nicola Rides writes:
On 13th July, I took park in a Zoom meeting for Vision Champions, hosted by Carolyn Barton from the Diocese of Blackburn. The focus of this was to share ideas about how our parishes have coped during the lockdown period. We discussed the challenges, what new ideas emerged and how we all move forward coming out of the current lockdown.
I felt very proud that, at St Matthew’s, we had been very active during this difficult period. Our clergy and parishioners have worked tirelessly to continue our strong community through prayer, reflection and a wide variety of activities. Like ourselves, a lot of churches had embraced using the internet to support parishioners, but it was agreed that it was equally as important to consider how we connect with everyone, including people who do not use the internet.
The resounding sentiment of this meeting was that this current pandemic has provided an ‘opportunity’ to consider how church is more than just the building. It provided the chance to reach out in new,
innovative ways to reach existing members of the congregation and perhaps connect with new people who may consider trying our church
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THANK YOU
As your new Treasurer, I would like to thank everyone for their regular offerings despite the difficulties which we have faced, and continue to face, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Some parishioners have made special efforts to make sure that we receive their offerings and many have also started to use Standing Orders.
Understandably, our income has fallen so we are extremely grateful to everyone for their generous contributions and their continued commitment and devotion to St Matthew’s. Thank you!
May I also thank Nigel for his help during the handover.
Howard Mitchell
Do you enjoy flower arranging?
Would you like to be involved in creating various types of flower displays for the Church?
If you think that you would like to help out, or would like to know more about what needs doing, please contact:
ANDREA RODGER
Tel: 01282 425420
Or speak to Audrey at Church 11 and she will pass your details on to Andrea.
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7th Burnley with St Matthews Guide Company
Rainbows Unfortunately as I type this there is still no definite news on when we can return to Face to Face Guiding. We have a Facebook and also WhatsApp group so please keep checking for the latest information. Well done to Evie, Aimee, Florence, Martha and Ruby for completing their Rainbow Challenge badge work, we look forward to awarding you your badges when we get back to having meetings again. We also have 8 Rainbows who will have completed their first year at Rainbows and we will be pleased to award them with their 1st Year badges. Congratulations to one of our leaders Vicky Stanworth who got a first in her bachelor’s degree and is now moving onto her Masters. Brownies It’s been back to school in September for most of our Brownies so we don’t have as much free time to be completing badges! Our leaders also work in demanding jobs. We were very pleased to see that Emily F and Heidi have completed their ‘Keep Guiding Challenge’ which was designed to keep the girls connected to Guiding during lockdown with lots of activities they needed to complete. Heidi has also been busy completing interest badges including ‘Grow your own’ and ‘Painting’ with help from her family at home. We still aren’t sure when we can return to the meeting place but we will have lots of fun activities planned for our return and badges to hand out! When we return we have a couple of Brownies who will be ready to move to Guides as well as Rainbows who will be ready to join us, but we will make sure everyone gets to say their goodbyes to their unit before moving up. Guides By now, everyone should be back in school after 22 weeks of home schooling. We hope the Guides who have changed schools have settled in nicely, and the other Guides are enjoying their new classes. We would like to congratulate Abigail Harvey on her excellent GCSE results. Abigail, along with nine other pupils received their results
personally from the headmaster. Abigail achieved eight 9's and two 8's and is going to study Eng. Language, Eng. Literature, History and Politics at
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We would also like to congratulate one of our ex-Guides, Anna Cormack on being accepted to study Veterinary science at the Royal Veterinary college in London. Well done Anna! At present, we are still awaiting guidelines regarding face to face Guide meetings and as soon as we find out, we will let you know. Finally, Happy Birthday to all the Guides/Leaders who celebrated their birthdays during August and September:- Lila Castro, Vicky Stanworth and Sarah Vickers (Leaders) and Indie Barton. Forthcoming birthdays during October and November are as follows:- 6th Oct: Louise Harvey(13) and Harmony Hadiz(12), and 26th Oct: Joan Simpson (Leader) We wish them all a Happy Birthday. Keep safe and keep smiling! From all the Guide Leaders ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most accidents happen at home—maybe we should move.
Weekly Envelopes
Many thanks to everyone who managed to keep up their donations while church was closed. Our finances are in a slightly healthier position than was feared at one time!
It will soon be time to re-order envelopes for the new church year. If you used to have these but signed up to online donations for easier payment during lockdown please could you let me or Howard know if you wish to go on receiving them. Some people prefer to be seen to be 'putting something on the plate' even if it's an empty envelope.
Or, of course, if you've never had envelopes of your own before but would like to start using them now, please also get in touch. If you are an Income Tax payer we'd be very grateful if you'd be willing to Gift Aid your donations. A form is available from me for this.
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Holy Trinity CE Primary School
Life at Holy Trinity School continues to be very different than in any other year. The children all returned to School in September but we are following strict measures to keep safe including: staggered start and end times of the day, one-way systems, no large gathering such as Collective Worship or lunches in the hall, no singing and no before- and after- School clubs. Children and staff are also grouped in ‘bubbles’ and are not allowed to mix beyond these ‘bubbles’ to try to prevent further spreading of Covid – 19.
We are looking forward to coming to Church is a few weeks for our Harvest festival services. This year, the children will come up to Church in their ‘bubbles’ on different days to allow for cleaning in between. We are very busy making Harvest baskets and pictures in our art lessons, which will be decorating the Church shortly – we hope you enjoy them!
We are still hopeful that Bishop Philip will make his annual visit to School at the beginning of October to talk to Year 6 about Pilgrimage. The children in Year 6 learn about places that people of different faiths visit, why people go on a pilgrimage and how our lives can be seen as a journey. We always enjoy Bishop Philip telling us about the shrine at Walsingham and his visit to The Holy Land.
We have thirty new Reception class children in School and they all look really smart in their School uniforms. They have settled well in to our School family but as they are not having contact with children from other ‘bubbles’ think that they are the only children in the
School!
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Nigel Baldwin is Looking Back
At this time of year I tend to get out the record of my 3838 mile, 41 day cycle ride across Canada, from Vancouver to Halifax in 2007. My journal was in the form of daily letters home to Barbara, here are a few excerpts from the letters to give a flavour of the ride, characterised by the kindness of everyone I met.
2nd August: the outer casing on the tyre was coming apart - presumably from the same impact that caused the front tube to blow (I'd hit a major crack in the road doing about 40 mph downhill the day before) ... I was just stuffing all 3 tubes into the tyre in a desperate effort to get to Kamloops before heat stroke when a guardian angel in the shape of a guy called Mark stopped....He gave me and the bike a lift all the way to the bike shop.. He even gave me his phone number should I have any problems.
5th August: I'm now in a campsite protected by an electric fence to keep out the local grizzlies.
10th August: There was no shelter, no gas stations, no nothing....It has taken me all day to do a lousy 95k.. the rain was very cold...feeling sorry for myself in tent with the rain pouring down.
11th August: Sat in a very cheap hotel room in Nokomis feeling tired but a bit euphoric having done 237k during the day.
12th August: the only cooked food I've had all day was 2 huge pieces of pizza which the owner of a restaurant gave me out of pity as there was no place going to be open for at least 80k.
18th August: (I'd had a spoke break the day before and found out that the spares had been cut too short.) The situation has been sorted due to the extraordinary kindness of several people, a couple in the restaurant heard me asking the owner about distances - 70k minimum - and immediately offered
me and the bike a lift..... then when I took the bike into the shop the 2 mechanics fixed and fully serviced the bike, and after spending about 1 and a half hours on the bike would only take payment for parts. 17
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28th August: I'd picked up another puncture and this one was terminal for the 3 day old tyre. Tried patching the inside of the tyre and fitting a new tube but that lasted all of 3k. Was pushing the bike back towards Val-d'Or with over 20k to go. A couple kindly stopped and gave me a lift ...He showed me where the bike shop was and dropped me off at the closest hotel.. he was trilingual - English, French and Cree, she bilingual - French and Cree.
9th Sept : Just happening to be passing St Matthew's United Church of Canada (in Halifax) ... went in, was made to feel welcome, went down to the hall for coffee after service and was treated almost like royalty.
One question I was frequently asked was "weren't you scared on your own" But I was never alone, I could always feel God with me, especially in the really remote areas.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to Linda Sharples for this issue’s Quiz! These are not trick questions!
1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the end.
2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?
3 Of all vegetables, only two can live on to produce for several growing seasons: all other vegetables must be replanted yearly. What are these two perennial vegetables?
4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
5.What are the three words in standard English beginning with the letters ‘dw’?
6. Name the only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked,
or in any other form except fresh.
18 7. Name 6 or more things beginning with ‘S’ that you can wear on your feet.
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Jonathan Pye writes –
It was a surprise when a message from Mother Enid wound its way into my inbox, asking if I would like to write an article for the magazine. For those of you who are wondering how the aforementioned title has ended up here, of all places – I spent seven years worshipping in St, Matthew’s whilst living in East Lancashire and I remember it always with great fondness. About fourteen months ago, I moved to The Isle of Jura to become the principal teacher at the primary school here. The island is relatively large in terms of size but small in terms of population; there are a little over 200 permanent residents here and nineteen children in the school. It was with a bit of nervousness with which I started typing.
So, to begin, it seemed logical to look for a link between the Inner Hebrides and Burnley. What I always loved about Burnley was the ability one had, in all directions, to escape into the countryside – be it Clowbridge, Worsthorne, Pendle or even further afield. Here, island life means you are surrounded by miles upon miles of wilderness, with the infamous “Paps of Jura” dominating the skyline. This yearning to be in the wild (partly what drew me here in the first place) has been with us since even biblical times. It has saddened me, as we have tentatively begun to step out of lockdown, to see certain custodians of nature seek to deprive people of the opportunity for escapism. I saw one picture of banners on Pendle warning people off and here there is a suspicion of holidaymakers venturing out onto the fells. Of course, there will be those who spoil our freedom of the outdoors; people who litter, leave gates open and ruin the landscape through fires (problems common to both Burnley and Jura). Yet, I think this shouldn’t detract from the responsible people who love wide open spaces and the silence and solitude (perhaps missing in the absence of a church building being open) that it gives you.
We are constantly reminded of the need to protect and cherish nature in equal measure. I feel very lucky and blessed to live here and would welcome any of my fellow St. Matthew’s friends to this beautiful island – assuming of course,
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Church Wardens’ Notes
First of all, we hope that everyone is staying safe and keeping well. Covid-19 does not appear to be in any hurry to leave us all alone yet, so we need to continue to be vigilant.
We are still able to attend Church for a service on Sunday mornings at 10.30am. Our grateful thanks go to Fr Alex, Rev. Kat and Mtr Enid for the all the hard work that they have done to provide the Church service on a Sunday along with all the online services, prayers, information and paper copies of services, to ensure that everyone at St Matthew’s can take part in some form of worship during this difficult time. We also thank Nigel and Barbara Baldwin, Matthew and Jonathan Rides, Mike Seymour, Howard Mitchell and Tina Wolstenholme for their online prayers and Jackie Mackrell and Tom Kinsman for their contributions of sermons and prayers as well. Thanks also to Kat, Esther and others who have taken part in ‘Make or Bake’ online. Lots of lovely things have been made for people to copy. We are so lucky to have such a dedicated group of people at St Matthew’s.
We also want to thank the people who have been cleaning the Church thoroughly in order that the service can take place each week. Your help is really appreciated.
It was nice to see Fr David Stephenson back at St Matthew’s, when he conducted a Sunday morning service while Fr Alex was on holiday.
Rev. Kat will soon be preparing for her ordination, which is now scheduled towards the end of September. Keep her in your prayers at this special time.
During lockdown Father Alex working along with Pastor Mick Fleming of the Church on the Street Ministries, set up a food bank to ensure that families in the Parish and others were able to access some food supplies. The food bank we had previously used had unfortunately closed due to the pandemic, so there was an urgent need to be able to
help those in need in and around our Parish. It has been absolutely amazing to see the support and generosity that has been received, to
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food, money, time to help sort out parcels, delivery and no end of other things that has helped to make this succeed. The need for this venture is still very much there, so please continue to support it in whatever way that you can. It is very much appreciated.
As always, no matter what is thrown at us all, we still have to keep going, paying bills etc. The same applies to our Church and as you can imagine, the weekly income of St Matthew’s has reduced rather a lot since March. Please remember to bring your weekly collection with you when you come to Church and if you are unable to attend, please keep it on one side and bring it the next time. There are collecting plates out each Sunday, one as you walk into the main body of the Church and the other by the exit door as you leave. We understand that these are difficult times for everyone, but please don’t forget about your Church.
We send our best wishes to you all.
Take care and stay safe. Audrey, Ernie, Stuart, Walter
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Could you identify the word or phrase in the last magazine?
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overboard split level overseas aid tricycle J ECNALG STAND DEATH; LIFE I U glance U S ME T backwards I understand life after just between death you and me CHAIR |r|e|a|d| GROUND YET feet feet feet feet feet feet
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St Matthew with Holy Trinity Scout Group
Beavers, Cubs and Scouts are back!
At the time of writing, we are determined to resume weekly meetings for our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts from the middle of September. Here are the details which are subject to a relaxation in the current Coronavirus restrictions. If we cannot meet face to face in the Church Hall or outdoors, we will still meet on-line by Zoom!
Beavers: We wish to thank Joanne and Alan for standing in as temporary Beaver Leaders for the virtual Colony Meetings on Zoom. We are very pleased to announce that Joanne has very kindly taken on the role of Beaver Scout Leader, assisted by Alan plus Paul, Abigail and Liam! Beavers now meet on Wednesdays from 1800 to 1900 hrs for indoors face to face meetings and outdoors. Zoom meetings will be from 1815 to 1900 hrs. We are looking forward to a joint Space Camp Weekend with Cubs plus plenty of nights away adventures, a visit to the Fire Station, a trip to the amazing Science and Industry Museum in Manchester and a brilliant Bat Walk!!
Cubs: Cubs have changed their meeting night from Fridays to Wednesdays and meet from 1910 to 2015 hrs for indoors face to face meetings and outdoors. Zoom meetings will be from 1915 to 2000 hrs. Our exciting plans for Cubs include a joint Space Camp Weekend with Beavers, various walks and hikes plus a trip to Manchester Airport Visitors Park and an evening at the Planetarium near Todmorden!!
Scouts: Scouts will now start 45 minutes earlier on Fridays from 1930 to 2030 hrs for indoors face to face meetings and outdoors. Zoom meetings will be from 1930 to 2000 hrs. We are planning some Torchlight Troop Nights at Towneley plus a challenging Winter Adventure Weekend and we will focus on the Chief Scout’s Gold Award for older Scouts!
As a Scout Group, we have had to postpone the Group Camp for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts originally planned for 25 September 2020 at Bispham Hall to
22 September 2021 as residential experiences are not permitted at the present time.
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We hope to arrange an Outdoor Adventure Day for everyone as soon as it is practical to do so!! We also hope to have an Open Night fairly soon and may include some Bingo too!
WORLD CHALLENGE AWARD Even though we have been closed for the Summer Holidays, Jonathan has excelled himself by trying to contact a Scout Troop in a foreign country for his World Challenge Award. He chose Mudgee in Australia where his uncle Lewie used to live and asked them all about Scouts in Australia and what they enjoyed doing. Here is what they said: "Good Afternoon from 1st Mudgee Scouts, Australia Our scouts are putting together a box of goodies for you and will be sending it to you by the end of the week. We have been in lockdown too and have managed to complete weekly challenges via email, phone and messenger. Scouting in Australia is very similar to what you do in the UK. We love to hike and most of our scout hikes are around the 20km mark. We have not hiked since March due to our bushfires and national parks being in lock down. One of our favourites is to Newnes. It has old Chinese rail tunnels that were built to remove shale (stone) from the area. The tunnels are now occupied with glow worms which are a spectacular sight. Like being in space and surrounded by stars. We try to camp at least once a term, our favourite spots are Camp Cudgegong, Burrendong Dam, Big River and Newnes. All are very different to each other even though they are within 50km of our hall. Your pioneering is what we call construction. We have not done a lot of that his year.
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The games are very similar to yours and we have got inventive with COVID and changed some of our games to non-touch, eg TAG using a pool noodle so we can social distance. Our organisation has just recently changed our program and we are all learning a new system and using new badges. We have included some of our new badges in our box of goodies along with our record book. We will be going digital very soon. Our group has turned 100 years old in March, we have included a badge from this occasion for you also. Hope you enjoy the box of goodies Tickera (Aboriginal word for marshmallow) Scout Leader, 1st Mudgee Group.
Howard Mitchell, Group Scout Leader. M: 07743 850350 E: [email protected]
Do you have some spare time and would you like to help to keep our beautiful Church neat, clean and tidy?
There are all sorts of jobs that need doing, so if you can give some time perhaps weekly or monthly and would like to help out in some way, please speak to Audrey. Your
help would be very much appreciated.
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Company of Servers Blackburn & Liverpool Chapter
Visit to the Bowland Benefice on 26 September 2020.
The Rector of the Bowland Benefice, Revd Mark Williams has kindly invited us to celebrate Mass at the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Bolton by Bowland at 1030 hrs.
A church has been on the site since at least 1190, and the present church contains some 13th-century fabric. Almost all the church dates from the middle of the 15th century, when it was built by Sir Ralph Pudsay, the Lord of the Manor of Bolton, and completed in about 1466. The Pudsay Chapel was added in the early 16th century. In 1885–86 the church was restored by the Lancaster architects Paley & Austin who added a new roof and parapets. The tower was restored in 1994.
After the service, we will enjoy a convivial pub lunch and a leisurely 3 to 4 mile stroll in the beautiful Ribble Valley led by our Chairperson, Belinda, weather permitting.
Howard Mitchell Secretary
GAWTHORPE HALL
Mike Seymour sends Notes from a Room Steward
Well, we finally re-opened on the 3rd September 2020 with all the covid-19 rules in place, all visitors must pre-book and will have to sign our ‘track and trace’ form prior to admission to the hall, face coverings must be worn at all times, hand sanitizer stations must also be used, there is a one way system in place, the room stewards will be there to guide you. Our new opening hours are Wednesday – Saturday 13.00 – 16.30 last entry 15.45. Gawthorpe Hall is a beautiful Hall set in its own woodlands and gardens in Padiham, owned by the National Trust but run by Lancashire County Council. The Hall was built 1599-
1605 around the original peel tower to a design by Robert Smythson and was
home to the Shuttleworth family. The house was redesigned by Sir Charles 25 Barry and Augustus Pugin in the mid 1600; our records show that the
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family had owned land in the area since 1380. We have many works of art - my favourite piece is the tea pot designed by Augustus Pugin as a wedding present for Janet Kay-Shuttleworth. The family used to have links with the Bronte sisters, in fact Charlotte stayed at the Hall The family also had links with St Matthew’s Church, donating money for the building of the church. The house and grounds are well worth a visit. It is surprising how many people do not realize that the Hall exists in Padiham, hope you find this interesting and pay us a visit. I must admit I can talk about Gawthorpe Hall all day.
Stay safe. Blessings, Mike Seymour. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mtr. Enid continues her series about SAINTS
PAULINUS, Bishop of York and his Companion, JAMES the Deacon (FEAST DAYS 10th & 11th OCTOBER)
MISSIONARIES TO THE NORTH OF ENGLAND!
Way back in the 7th century, we were part of the vast, pagan Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which extended from the Forth to the Humber. In 616, Edwin, a Yorkshire prince, became king, and proposed marriage to a Christian princess of Kent, Ethelburga. Her brother refused to allow her to marry a pagan, but Edwin persisted, and it was agreed that Ethelburga would be free to practice her religion, and Edwin would seriously consider converting.
The monk Paulinus was one of the second group of missionaries sent to England by Pope Gregory, to assist Augustine of Canterbury. Consecrated bishop, he travelled north with Ethelburga, as her chaplain. It took years of persuasion, but, on Easter Day 628, Paulinus baptised Edwin in a wooden church in York, probably on the site of St. Michael-le-Belfrey which now adjoins the Minster. Many nobles, and then ordinary people, followed the king’s example, and Paulinus and his Deacon, James,
travelled throughout the north, baptising in the local rivers.
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It is suggested that the oldest parish in Lancashire, Whalley, owes its foundation to Paulinus, and that he baptised new believers in our River Calder there: a church is recorded on the site in 628, and Celtic crosses in the churchyard may be of his era.
When Edwin was killed in battle in 633, Paulinus returned to Kent with Ethelburga and her children. He became Bishop of Rochester, where he died on 10th October, 644. Much of our information comes from Bede, who describes Paulinus as a tall man with a slight stoop, who had black hair, a thin face and a narrow, aquiline nose, his presence being venerable and awe-inspiring. He was probably Italian - I wonder how he liked our weather!
James - probably also Italian - remained in the north, around Catterick, risking his life to continue making disciples and baptising in very violent times. He was still alive in 664, but the date of his death is unknown. Not being a monk, there was no community to preserve his memory, but he was much loved and remembered by the ordinary people.
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