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Parish Magazine June & July, 2021 Parish Church of St. Matthew the Apostle with Holy Trinity, Habergham Eaves, Burnley REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICES AT ST. MATTHEW’S SUNDAYS (except the First Sunday of the month) 9.00am...…………………….……Said Eucharist in St. Paul’s Chapel (modern language) 10.30am……………………………………..………PARISH EUCHARIST (our main service of the week, including hymns as soon as congregational singing is allowed) On the FIRST SUNDAY of the month, services are usually 9.00……Eucharist with Hymns at the High Altar 10.30……Family Service - a short (about 45-minute) service helping younger members of our church to get involved and worship. But everyone is welcome! also on the First Sunday: 6.30pm……………………..Evensong Sunday Activities for Primary-aged Children will be restarting soon, alongside the 10.30 service, EVERY Sunday except the First Sunday (and Sundays in August). Look out for more details. MID-WEEK SERVICES Tuesdays 10.00am Said Eucharist St. Paul’s Chapel Thursdays 7.00pm Said Eucharist High Altar Fridays 10.00am Said Eucharist St. Paul’s Chapel (Lady Chapel as soon as this is possible) For the time being, please leave the church and grounds quickly once the service has ended. See page 5 for details of livestreamed services. FROM THE VICAR Hi Everyone, Somehow, and maybe unsurprisingly, there is a sense of irony as we begin 'Ordinary Time' in the church calendar and approach the warmer months. Church worship is under restrictions, and whilst it is positive that things have improved, I look forward to the day when we celebrate the Mass in all its fullness once again. I am delighted that church is fully re-opened and all our midweek services have returned. It was an extremely difficult decision to close church during lockdown but I and the PCC felt it was the wisest course of action, due to the high levels of Covid 19 that were around in Burnley at the time. Our decision to safeguard our congregation was the correct one. Behind the scenes we have been rather busy, and I am delighted that Broadband will be coming into church very soon which will allow us to use the church space to be more creative in our worship and activities with schools and the community. I want to express my thanks to Nicola Rides and Walter Jackson for their patience and hard work in making this happen. I think Broadband is going to be a huge success as we move forward. The study sessions focusing on prayer, which have started in May, are another great opportunity for learning and self-development. Prayer should be at the heart of any Christian’s life, and these sessions will hopefully challenge and motivate you to refresh your thinking and possibly your prayer commitments. Besides the study sessions, there are lots of ‘stand-alone’ talks and events to join in, so do look out for these. 3 Page I'm delighted that the Breakfast Club can recommence soon: this will allow us to build closer relationships with our community, offering breakfast in the hall, and also offering some fellowship and prayerful support to those who might need it. The Foodbank will continue until such time as the planned ‘Pantry’ opens in Lower Stoops Estate, hopefully in the next few months. Early in June, we will be joined at St. Matthew's by Joseph Barnes. Joseph is currently studying for ordained ministry at Mirfield in Yorkshire and introduces himself elsewhere in this magazine. He will be with us until mid-July, so do expect to see him in church and in and around the parish. Maybe you might like to invite him for coffee or even a spot of lunch. Rev Kat has been working very hard on numerous community matters. I am delighted by St. Matthew’s refusal to give up on Sunday School and look forward to a bit of a ‘relaunch’ offering children’s activities on a weekly basis in the run up to the summer. Please help to spread the word among children and grandchildren - it should be lots of fun. And finally Sally, our head teacher, announced that she is to retire from Holy Trinity School. Sally will be a huge loss to them and to me personally. We formed an excellent working relationship and the clergy have always been made very welcome. A highlight of Sally’s time with us will always be that our School was the first ever in the Diocese to host an in-school Confirmation service, which was led by Bishop Philip; and we were, of course, awarded ‘Excellent School’ by school inspectors. Well that's all for now! Till next time, much love, Fr Alex. 4 Page IF YOU CAN’T GET TO CHURCH … Wherever possible we will livestream our Sunday morning church services to our Facebook Group and YouTube channels. This means that you can watch videos of services online by going to www.facebook.com/groups/stmatthewsburnley or www.youtube.com/c/StMatthewsBurnley Other short services can be found on our facebook page. If you have internet access you can keep in touch via our Church Website - www.stmatthewsburnley.com 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 inside cover. And do keep your eye on the big noticeboard in the church grounds. 5 Page ALDERSON D. 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Some of my favourites are International Talk Like A Pirate Day (19th Sep) and International Buy a Priest a Beer Day (9th Sep)! You might think it’s all got a bit out of hand but generally I think special holidays, commemorative days and focus times can be fun and/or deeply significant. We joined in Earth Hour this year and found sitting in candlelight for 60 minutes made us stop and reflect. I think Black History Month (October in the UK) and Time to Talk Day (4th Feb) especially have had a positive impact in recent years. As such events and initiatives have proliferated it can seem a bit overwhelming though, as it would be impossible to observe, remember and respond in the ways that all these hours, days, weeks and months call us to. However, on balance, I think the majority of them are still helpful, we just need to consider which to focus on, when. In May as a church we encouraged people to engage with Christian Aid Week and #ThyKingdomCome. As we head into June we’re joining in with the Great British Spring Clean (28th May - 13th June) and we’re hosting a special Memorial Service, just after the conclusion of Dying Matters Awareness Week, on Saturday 19th June at 10.30am. This will also (hopefully) be the final weekend before the last stage of the government’s plan to lift lockdown and is therefore an important moment to look back as we also eagerly look to the future. In the church we, of course, also have seasons that shape the year and feast days when we celebrate particular events or people. As we enter June we begin what is known as ‘ordinary time’, a time ordered by learning about Jesus’ life. It’s traditionally a time of growth when, by learning more about Jesus, Christians become more like Jesus. 8 Page As lockdown is lifted there’s a lot of talk of ‘getting back to normal’ and also of figuring out the ‘new normal’.