Mottram Parish Magazine
We aim to be ~ a growing fellowship of believers ~ warm in welcome ~ reverent in worship ~ gracious in witness and joyfully serving God and our community ~
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April 2021 or download or read online at (Contents - see back cover) www.mottramparish.org.uk
Vicar: Revd Cait Walker Mottram The Vicarage, 30a Broadbottom Rd. Mottram, Hyde, Cheshire Parish 01457 762268 [email protected] www.mottramparish.org.uk the Church of England in Mottram Parish, serving the communities of Mottram, Broadbottom and Hattersley East
together “seeking to know Christ and to make Christ known” OUR MAIN SUNDAY WORSHIP IS AT 10.30am (Important - see P 14) St. Michael & All Angels, Warhill, via Church Brow, Mottram, SK14 6JL
USEFUL CHURCH CONTACTS IN MOTTRAM PARISH
Churchwardens Wedding Administrator David Russell 01457 765165 Jackie Kneen 07949874165
Dejan Melovic 07763962477 Pastoral Visiting Coordinators Readers Christine Brandreth 01457 238268 Allen Standeven (Emeritus) Kath Higgins 01457 765690 01457 857331 Christine Kershaw 01457 765350 PCC Secretary email [email protected]
Kate Best 01457 857248 Safeguarding Coordinator PCC Treasurer Claire Bibby 01457 763758 Brian Seaborn 0161 336 8089 secure email: [email protected] Parish Administrator
Juliet Edwards 07935 498208 Organists Prayer Group Contact John Brandreth 01457 238268 Tony Kershaw 01457 765350 Nigel Crookall 0161 338 6790 email [email protected] Friends of Mottram Parish Church Children’s Work Coordinator Ian Roebuck 01457 763179 Pat Hall 01457 861827 Bellringers Captain Baptism Coordinator Christine Broadley 07810 560796 Cathy Laycock 07971 479903
email: use the person’s name - eg: [email protected]
Community Groups & Charities - advertise free on our notice boards Email: [email protected]
MAGAZINE CONTACTS Editor: Polly Brown 01457 865278 [email protected] or [email protected] Distribution: Adrian Davis 01457 764727 Advertising: Chris Poyser 0161 3660931 Subscriptions [email protected] [email protected]
A Letter from the Booking Secretary
How many can you fit in???
Musings from the
Booking Secretary!
It's been lovely to be able to chat to people when they've rung me to book their seats for Sunday Worship - but one question I am often asked is "how many can you fit in?" Well... you might well ask!
To ensure social distancing it depends on just who books in.
The pews in the nave can take 2 single people, a couple or a family. But we have large stone pillars abutting some of these pews so where that occurs it’s better for people who can sit close together - although some couples tell me they still sit as far apart as possible but I won't comment on that!
Then there is the South Aisle - much smaller pews so just 1 single person, a couple (and here I hope they do get on!) or a couple with a small child.
So it's roughly around 65 for the 10.30am - give or take a person or two!
The 8.30am is easier as fewer people like to get up early!
But please don't think this is an onerous task - it's a joy and a privilege to be able to squeeze you all in - even with all the crossings out and moving people around on the seating plan! and my thanks to those of you who willingly give up your seats when asked to let someone else attend worship.
Stay safe everyone! Kate Best
(Further information about booking for services is on pages 13 and 14)
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NOTICE BOARD
Community Groups and Charities You can make use of our notice boards - it’s free! Contact the magazine editor - details inside the front cover. Deadline for the May issue is Tuesday 27 April. The magazine will be in church and online on Sunday 2 May.
[email protected] or ring 01457 680 023 Reuben’s Retreat
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Head Office;- The Lodge at Reuben's, Reuben's Retreat, Park Crescent, Glossop, SK13 7BQ (Formerly Woods Hospital)
Registered office;- Suite 4, St Michael's court, St Michael's Sq, Stamford St Central, Ashton-u-Lyne, OL6 6XN
Please let us know before you are calling so that we can make sure there is somebody available to see you, but also that you are making your way to the correct address. This enables us to en- sure privacy for our families too.
The Snowdon Challenge - see next page.
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NOTICES (CONTINUED)
St Michael’s on YouTube Remember Since lockdown, we've put a You can help huge amount of video care for the material on-line, including environment and raise money for special services, information about the parish and school Mottram Primary School by material. recycling your clean unwanted clothes. shoes, bags etc. We have our own YouTube Channel and playlists. Please put them in the box on the
You can view all the material car park at Mottram CE Primary by visiting YouTube and School. searching for To find out more visit Mottram Parish Church. www.recycle4school.org.uk
Tameside South & Longdendale Foodbank
The Foodbank operates under the Trussell Trust banner.
Foodbank Centres opening times
Hattersley Baptist Church Melandra Crescent, Hattersley SK14 3RB Fridays 2 - 3pm
St Mary's Church Market St, Hollingworth SK14 8NE Mondays 11:00 - 12:00 (or call 07709 098068)
Central Methodist Church Crook St, Hyde SK14 1NQ Wednesdays 2 - 3pm
There is a box for donations of groceries in Tesco, Hattersley. Donations of money can be made at https://www.givey.com/ tamesidesouthlongdendalefoodbankltd
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MORE NOTICES
CALLING MR(S) MOPS....
As we re-open St. Michael's for worship, could you join our cleaning team?
Can you spare an hour a week to help keep our church building clean and presentable? Perhaps you can't make it every week, or you can only make certain days? Don't worry, we can be flexible.
We need to add a few more members to our small team - dusting, vaccing, sanitising, cobweb chasing. Many hands make light work
If you are able to help with this important work, please contact Chris Kershaw on 01457 765350 or [email protected].
Calling all Musicians and Singers! Do you play a musical instrument? Can you sing?
Cait is hoping to start a band in Church. If you are interested please get in touch [email protected] or 07859 982757
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Church News (1)
St Michael’s will be open again for Holy Week
Full details of services for Easter and the following weeks can be found on pages 13 and 14.
John Brandreth is retiring after forty-one years as organist and choir master at Mottram Parish Church.
John’s last service last service as organist will be on Easter Sunday.
John and Christine Brandreth
Since the first lockdown began in 2020, hundreds of thousands of people have died. Too many lives have been cut short and millions have been bereaved. Behind the statistics and whatever the cause, every death has been devastat- ing for the people left behind.
The Church of England partnered with Marie Curie on 23rd March 2021 to mark the first anniversary of the first lock- down in the UK with a national day of reflection to reflect on our collective loss due to Covid-19, support those who have been bereaved, and hope for a brighter future.
There are still tough times ahead, as the death toll continues to rise. This annual day will give us all time to pause and think about the loss we're facing, and support each other through grief in the years to come.
A minute’s silence at 12 noon was followed by church bells all over the country ringing out in memory of those who had died. The number 6 bell at Mottram was tolled for 100 strokes at one minute past twelve.
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Church News (2)
Under Construction constructed these highly professional Victoria sponges at the end of February.
Congratulations to Head Chef Alice and her trainee cooks.
Youth Group
(Information - contact Alice on 07790765985 or email [email protected])
No meetings at present. We hope that when lockdown is eased, we will be able to meet in person again - possibly outdoors.
Under Construction is hoping to take a group to the Greenbelt Festival in August. Have a look at the link https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/ and let Alice know if you think you might be interested.
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Church News (3)
Spotlight Meals As some of you are aware our ‘Meals Ministry’ has been discontinued due to a lack of demand. However, at the end of every three months we had to re- stock the freezer and all the food left was donated to Spotlight, the charity that helps the homeless in Manchester.
At Christmas some of you generously helped Spotlight to provide a Christ- mas dinner for the homeless. As we still have the ‘church freezer’ we started to think about using it in a wider ‘Meals Ministry’ i.e. providing meals once a month for Spotlight to give to the homeless.
We would be asking anyone who would like to help to provide individual meals of your own choice. This can be done either by cooking a batch or when cooking for yourself just making one or two extra portions. The meals would be put into a foil container (which can be provided) and frozen. We will make arrangements in due course for the meals to be all put into the ‘church freezer’ ready for that month’s delivery to Spotlight. The number of meals provided by each person would be entirely up to them but we would require a consistency in numbers.
I feel that God is telling us there is a need for a ‘Meals Ministry’ - we were just doing it in the wrong place!
If you are interested in helping please contact Christine Brandreth 01457 238268.
St Michael’s online quiz in March was hosted by Kate Best, who did a great job.
The Food & Drink round went particularly well - ”Let’s have more of those” quizzers could be heard to shout. Also, the absence of Sport and Pop Music was a huge relief to some of us.
Polly and Mike saw fit to argue with the quizmaster, although they were already ahead on points. They were also wrong. Kate should really have sent them off for arguing with the ref, but she was too kind and they ended up as the (undeserving) winners.
Thanks to Kate for a very entertaining quiz, and to Rev Cait who battled with the tech. side of things through an awful headache.
(If you can access the internet, watch out for details of the next fun quiz in the Mottram Parish e-news bulletin. You can sign up for e-news on the parish website www.mottramparish.org.uk )
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High Days and Holy Days My memory of the Passover in Jerusalem by David Winter (first published in ‘Parish Pump’)
Passover celebrates and recalls the Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt. Led by Moses they crossed the Red Sea and 40 days later entered the ‘Promised Land.’ They shared the Passover meal on their last night in Egypt and have kept it up for nearly the past three thousand years or so that have followed.
Many years ago, when I was in Jerusalem to produce a radio programme, I was invited to join a Jewish family for their Passover meal. It was a great occasion, very like our Christmas, a family event with deep religious significance for those who seek it.
At the meal in Jerusalem, we ate modest lentils and unleavened bread – Matzos as we now call it. We also drank plenty of wine but not from the cup at the end of the table. That is ‘Elijah’s cup’, only to be drunk from when the prophet comes to announce the arrival of the Messiah.
At the last supper Jesus instructed His disciples to drink from that cup after supper, which might have shocked them at the time.
The Messiah had come.
Domenice Ghirlandaio The Last Supper (detail) c. 1486 San Marco Florence
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God and the Arts ‘The Supper at Emmaus’ by Caravaggio Rev Michael Burgess writes -
I like the story of the vestry notice board of a church in Hampshire: after a Holy Week performance of Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’, the choir- master wrote: ‘“The Crucifixion” – well done, everyone!’ Later on that day, someone added, ‘The Resurrection – well done, God!’
For the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, there was no sense of celebration. Their minds and hearts were numb with the sense of failure. They had seen their Lord tried and crucified. As Luke recounts that walk he shows how it began with absence, but journeyed to presence. It was a road that took the disciples from blindness and despair to sight and insight. They talked over past events with a stranger who joined them, and Luke uses ten different Greek words to describe that conversa- tion – all stages in their understanding. When they share a meal with the stranger, who becomes the host, taking the bread and giving thanks; then the understanding becomes vision and insight.
That meal is the theme of Caravaggio’s painting of 1601 - ‘The Supper at Emmaus.’ Caravaggio had a reputation for being a violent, irrational artist, given to bouts of anger and forced to spend time in exile. His paintings and his lifestyle both provoked comment. This portrayal of Jesus with a plump, youthful face and his depiction of the apostles as ordinary labourers shocked church authorities. But Caravaggio was trying to show Jesus in the new likeness of Resurrection – an Easter image of our Lord. The light from that Easter Jesus fills the scene as the two disciples look on, astonished and finally understanding.
When we read the Gospel, we are drawn into the scene. For Caravaggio the movement is the other way: the scene reaches out to us from the canvas. Look at the outstretched hand of Jesus, the elbow of one disciple and the left hand of the other: they are being projected into our world. And that basket of fruit, full of apples and figs and grapes, is about to topple off the table and into our laps. It is an Easter encounter two thousand years ago, reaching out to us through light and shade and the skill of the artist.
In many ways the Gospel story in Luke is of an ordinary encounter between travellers and a stranger. It is made extraordinary by the transforming power of the risen Lord, talking with the disciples in the open air and then going inside for a meal. Nor are the doors shut to us. Caravaggio shows how that special moment of encounter for the two disciples can reach out to enter our world. And he shows the hand of the risen Lord beckoning us to step into that Easter world of sacrament and new life.
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From Chester Diocesan Newsletter
The Rt. Revd. Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead retired in March. Here are some extracts from his farewell letter to Chester diocese.
As I now take my leave and thank God for every moment of serving with you here, I ask you to remember both the covenant and the king- dom, the rainbow and the baptism, the reasons for our rejoicing and the reasons for our repenting. The wonder of our Lord and God is that he gives us both, and it is in the giving of both that we have reason to trust and not be afraid. He is committed to us, and we are included in the promise to Noah, along with every living creature, and have the blessing of life. We do not face another flood because though the pos- sibility of judgement remains, the judgement has been taken by Jesus on the cross where another speaks these words over him “This is God’s Son”. The shielding and protecting by our wonderful Lord comes because sin, death and their judgement are taken from us, and the invitation to lie down in peace has eternity for its horizon. Who knows what 2021 will bring, who knows what will happen to the Church of England, our diocese or even our local parish community? But whatever happens, God’s promise remains, God’s signs remain; his covenant and kingdom remain; we come in re- pentance and faith, we receive that promise and we enter fully that joy. Nothing that has happened in 2020 takes away from that promise of God to Noah, or that proclamation of the kingdom by Jesus. I would say to the little children, God has not taken away either the colours of the rainbow or the waters of baptism; they are not undone, but they go to- gether, and our generation does not need one of the signs, but both; both are God’s before they are ours, and he intends both for us to know the life he gives us to live.
I cannot summarise what God has done over these last 14 years. As you have been kind enough to remind me of moments I had forgotten, I have been calling to mind those mo- ments of God’s promise and blessing, the parish visits; the confirmations and ordinations; the school assemblies; the visits to prisons and hospitals and hospices; the one-to-one’s with clergy at different stages of their ministry; the new appointments and helping people find the next step; the unexpected questions and encounters, the involvement with the civic authorities, the building of networks across the churches and communities; the sup- port of Christian ministries in schools, with young people and those in special need; the missions in deaneries and other dioceses; the encounters with those from other faiths; the funerals of those dearly loved and the baptism of those coming to faith in the Lord Jesus; the entering of controversy and the taking of risks; the experience of the faithfulness of God and his daily sustaining; the privilege of working closely with colleagues whose extra miles and labours of love have blessed me more than I can say. In all of this, the Lord’s keeping of us as a family; Rosie in her work in the University, and our three children, nur- tured here in their teens, willing to come to confirmation, seeing God bring us through some testing times, and still singing Wonderful Lord.
Four of us were able to join the link to the Congo and visit in 2012; three of us have been on the diocesan pilgrimages to the Holy Land. The covenant and the kingdom are for the world and participating in the worldwide Anglican Communion at the Lambeth, GAFCON and Global South conferences have been a time of both blessing and anguish.
Thank you, sisters and brothers, for all your prayer and service, for every expression of faith, hope and love. May you go on in the fullness of his covenant and kingdom, repenting and rejoicing, seeing the rainbow and the baptism together.
With love in Christ +Keith
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Not To Be Taken Seriously
Ron forgot how many people were allowed in one cartoon.
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Church Services
During Holy Week, we'll have a mixture of services in church, in the churchyard and via Zoom. We will still be following all the usual covid-safe rules, including social distancing. Masks must be worn if entering the church building. You will still need to book with Kate Best, but not before Monday 22nd March. You can contact Kate on 01457 857248 or prefera- bly, email her at [email protected]. Please do not send texts to her landline, and leave only one message - she will get back to you!
These are our Passiontide services (in church unless otherwise stated):
Palm Sunday 28th March 8:30am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week 7pm A short service of reflection via Zoom
Maundy Thursday 1st April 7:30pm Holy Communion service to commemorate the Last Supper
Good Friday 2nd April 10:30am A service of reflection starting outside the church door, and finishing at the foot of the cross in the Memorial Garden.
Easter Sunday 4th April 6:30am Dawn service in the Memorial Garden 8:30am Holy Communion 10:30am Holy Communion
Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
See the next page for the pattern of worship after Easter.
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Church Services (continued)
Sundays 8.30am every week - Early Communion in the Staveley Chapel. 10.30am - First Sunday of the month - Worship for All. Second Sunday of the month - Worship for All with Communion. Third Sunday of the month - Worship for All. Fourth Sunday of the month - Worship for All with Communion.
Fifth Sunday of the month - Worship for All with Communion.
You will still need to book for all services. Please contact Kate Best between Monday and Thursday only. You will be able to book for the following Sunday's service only.
Revd Cait's Stories and Assemblies for Schoolchildren
You can get these by clicking the ‘Stories and Assemblies for Schoolchildren’ button on the church website at www.mottramparish.org.uk
Sunday School
Go to the parish website at https://www.mottramparish.org.uk and click on the On-line Sunday School link.
Services at St Barnabas, Hattersley
Chairs are all set 2 metres apart, masks have to be worn, social distancing is a must, and there is hand sanitiser at the door and at different parts of the church. Names are taken for test and trace.
Sundays 10.30am ...... Holy Communion (one kind)
Wednesdays 10.30am ...... Joint Holy Communion with St Michael’s Mottram (one kind)
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Registers and Records
Funerals Flying The Flag
Wednesday Thursday 11 March 2021 24 March 2021 Tenth birthday of Bill Sheila Renshaw
Radford’s grandson Milo Penn
Thursday 25 March 2021 Sunday 4 April 2021 Terence Flynn 60th Anniversary of the wedding of David and Gill
Woolstencroft at Mottram
Contacts for arranging Church baptisms, thanksgivings, weddings, wedding blessings Sunday 4 April 2021 and funerals can be found Christ is risen. inside the front cover. He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Tuesday 13 April If you would like the flag flying for a special occasion or anni- Birthday memories of versary please contact Tony Kathleen Sandra Gee Kershaw on 01457 765350 or [email protected] or https:www.mottramparish.org. uk/occasions/flag
We will fly the flag and put the dedication on the flag page Family History (Registers and Records). We have a list of all the surviving in- The cost is £15, which goes scriptions, and can help you with your towards the upkeep of the building family history enquiries if you have an and the work of the church. ancestor buried here. You can see who it is flying for by To contact our family history expert visiting the flag page on the parish Bill Jubb, send an email to website [email protected] www.mottramparish.org.uk
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Let’s Pray
Parish Prayer Rota A collect for April 2021 Easter Day Month by month, we invite you to pray with us for all the residents of the parish, God of glory, asking for God’s blessing or by the raising of healing touch wherever it is your Son needed. you have broken the chains of
Winslow Avenue death and hell: fill your Church with faith and Broadbottom Road hope; Woodlands Close for a new day has dawned Bucklow Close and the way to life stands open Gorsey Brow in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Bank Gate Amen Bank Street
Cross Street Prayer Requests
The Hague Our regular prayer group is now holding fortnightly 'virtual' meetings. Hague Road Let us know what's on your mind - ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’ for yourself, those you love, or for the world. Simply reply to our regu- The Way lar Facebook post or eNews Come, still your hearts, let troubles go bulletins, and we'll include it in our For you believe in Me, prayers.
And I am with you, I will show If you would like to send in a The way ahead of thee. personal prayer - in complete My Father’s house has many rooms confidence - send it to Tony Kershaw You know my words are so! by email, Whatsapp, phone, text or My Spirit and my Word illumes Messenger. The way that you shall go. [email protected] 01457 765350 I am the Way, the Truth, the Life Believe and you shall see We don't always get the answer we The way through tempest and through strife expect or want, but it's always good To My eternity. to share with God. He shared with us on the cross. By Nigel Beeton
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COMMUNITY CONTACTS IN MOTTRAM PARISH
Mottram Primary School Longdendale Neighbourhood Police 01457 763368 0161 856 9484 admin@mottram.tameside.sch.uk Tameside Police (non emergency) Broadbottom Primary School 0161 872 5050 01457 762382 Tameside Council [email protected] www.tameside.gov.uk Arundale Primary School Councillor Janet Cooper 01457 762328 01457 763319 [email protected] Longdendale Town Council 0161 342 2346 Longdendale Pre-school in Mottram Member of Parliament 07594 640487 Jonathan Reynolds MP, 0161 367 8077 Broadbottom Pre-school [email protected] 01457 764423 Tameside Local Studies & Archives
0161 342 4242 Mottram Brownies
07928 575865 Hattersley Library, in the Hub Mottram Guides & Rainbows 0161 342 2552 07884 183129, 07921266168
Broadbottom Brownies
07884 006484 Friends of Mottram Parish Church Broadbottom & Mottram Ian Roebuck 01457 763179 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts 07912 387358 The Magdalene Centre
Broadbottom Longdendale Women’s Institute - see back cover. 01457 763319, 01457 766517
ETHEROW CENTRE Still open during the BROADBOTTOM Coronavrus Providing sport and leisure activities crisis. for people with disabilities. See page 4 Hire our large indoor arena. of this magazine for more Contact Claire Bibby information and contact details. 01457 763758
MOTTRAM COMMUNITY CENTRE BROADBOTTOM COMMUNITY CENTRE Church Brow, Mottram Need to find a venue for an • Two large halls and stage • kitchen event, a party or a regular • soft outdoor play area group activity?
children’s parties, Contact Mandy Pluck on 07967567420 meetings, etc. Email [email protected]
Contact Janis Bond on 01457 763504 Website: www.broadbottomvillage.com
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Contents
Inside front cover Page 6 Page 12 Church Contacts Church News (1) Cartoon Page 1 Page 7 Page 13 Letter from the Church News (2) Easter Services Booking Secretary Page 8 Page 14 Page 2 Church News (3) Regular Services Notice Board Page 9 Page 15 Page 3 High Days and Registers & Reuben’s Retreat Holy Days Records Page 4 Page 10 Page 16 Notices Continued God and the Arts Let’s Pray Page 5 Page 11 Page 17 More Notices From Chester Community Diocesan News Contacts
THE MAGDALENE CENTRE
After studying the government guidance, the PCC felt that the Magdalene Centre could be re-opened - for regular groups only - once Stage Three of the Roadmap had commenced. However, to avoid disappointment, we want to be sure that the roadmap is going according to plan before making any decision.
The PCC meets next on Thursday 20 May, and we will hopefully be in a position at that meeting to set a re-opening date, and decide what precautions need to be put in place to comply with government advice at that time.
Contact Adam on 07984446074 Email [email protected]
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