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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Halsall St Cuthbert Hub website A new website for Halsall’s St Cuthbert Church community has been launched and can be viewed at: http://www.halsallstcuthberthub.co.uk The aim of the site is to: • Raise funds for the repair of St Cuthbert’s Church spire – through volunteering and fundraising events • Showcase archive church documents, school reports and the Halsall Parish Magazine/Halsall News which date back to 1800s and up to the present day • Church service times and other news For more information please contact Colin Throp01704 841281 on or email:[email protected] WHY NOT ADVERTISE IN HALSALL NEWS ? FULL PAGE £32 per month (£234 per annum) HALF PAGE £20 per month (£127 per annum) QUARTER PAGE £14 per month (£65 per annum) There are 10 issues of Halsall News a year To advertise please contact Mrs Diane Marsh 74 New Street Halsall Tel 01704 841079 Email; [email protected] Please enquire if you wish to reserve the back or centre pages for your advert. FEBRUARY 2016 MAGAZINE Closing date for Articles: Monday 18th January Contributions by Email only to the editor Chris Birks at [email protected] Closing date for Adverts: Friday 15th January Halsall News can now be viewed online at www.halsall-parish.com 2 HALSALL PARISH COUNCIL WE MEET 2ND WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH AT ST AIDANS & THE MEMORIAL HALLS ALTERNATELY PLEASE SEE NOTICE BOARDS FOR DETAILS PARISH COUNCILLORS Brian Young 01704 840091 Chairman David Corfield 01704 840705 Vice Chairman Sylvia Corfield 01704 840705 Ray Brookfield 07771 798167 Barry Critchley 01704 840141 David Bridge 01704 840504 James Edward Park 01704 841148 Neil Campbell 01704 566354 Lynn Campbell 01704 566354 Elizabeth Wright 01704 562847 Dave Bond 07837787525 Parish Clerk THE CHURCH OF ST CUTHBERT, HALSALL Rector The Rev Paul Robinson 0151 526 0512 Parish mobile 07518 926086 Church Warden Stephen Henders 01704 841085 P.C.C. Secretary Edward Carr 01695 423817 P.C.C. Treasurer Colin Throp 01704 841281 Organist Edward Carr 01695 423817 USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Gas Emergencies 0800 111 999 Electricity NW 08001954141 United Utilities (water) 0345 6723723 Police Contact (non urgent) 101 OR 08451253545 Local Police Officers or PCSO’s 01695 566444 Street Lighting Fault Reporting Line 0300 1236701 Fire Safety Helpline 0800 169 1125 3 THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST.CUTHBERT, HALSALL Rector The Revd Paul Robinson The Rectory Church Lane Lydiate L31 4HL Phone: 0151 526 0512 Parish Mobile: 07518 926086 Email: [email protected] Parish Surgery: Anyone wishing to arrange a Baptism or Wedding should ring the Rector’s Secretary to make an appointment. The phone number of the office is 0151 526 2292 and the office is staffed Monday-Wednesday 9.00am—1.00pm or you can email at: [email protected] The Sick: This parish is committed to the care of the sick. Names of those in need of this ministry, either at home or in hospital, should be given to Paul. The Blessed Sacrament (Holy Communion) is reserved in church and can be taken to the housebound or ill. Holy Oil is also kept for the anointing of the sick. The Dying: Paul can be contacted at any time of the day or night in order to minister to the dying. Date For Your Diary Fundraiser for the Spire Fund Cheese & Wine Evening Saturday 27th February 2016 4 SANCTUARY LIGHTS DECEMBER 2nd Joyce May Core (In Memoriam) 2nd Jennifer Kitching (Birthday) 6th James Hilton (Wedding Anniversary) 6th Albert Pilkington (Birthday) 7th Margaret Stopforth 8th Jane Grimshaw 9th Nellie Sutton (Birthday) 13th Kenneth Alan Bailey 14th William Maxwell Boardman 15th Cecil Rhodes 16th Jessie Grimshaw (Anniversary) 17th Lily Gaskell 20th Harold Gaskell 25th Harold Dean 25th Joseph Balmer 28th Barbara Brookfield 29th Doreen Porter (Birthday) 31st James William Bailey (Birthday) JANUARY 1st Elizabeth Rhodes 3rd R J Critchley 7th Joan Aindow (Birthday) 7th John Marshall (Birthday) 8th Edward Shacklady 9th Gladys May Core (Remembrance) 11th Margaret Haldane (Anniversary) 12th Marjorie Dunbavand (Birthday) 14th The Mercer Family 15th Jack Huyton (Birthday) 20th Henry Serjeant 25th Tom Dennett (Birthday) 26th Jack Huyton (Anniversary) 27th Albert Pilkington 27th George Gaskell 27th Rose Mary Bailey Anniversary) 28th John Johnson (Birthday) 29th Richard Bolton Ainscough (Anniversary) 5 The Rector Writes:- Christmas comes but once a year, but Oh! My word it seems to have come round very quickly this time. Where! Oh where! Has the year gone? No doubt, by now, many of you are in the middle of Christmas shopping, planning what to buy, planning what to eat and trying to remember who you have invited for that special meal. Christmas is certainly in the air (and has been if you shop at Tesco or Asda since early October). From this week on many of us will begin the round of Carol Services, Nativity Plays and Social Gatherings (meals, works parties etc) that are all part and parcel of the modern day run up to Christmas. Christmas is of course a special time when we feel, amidst all that is happening, a certain warmth and friendship, cheerfulness and forgiveness towards one another. Charles Dickens wrote, ‘How many old recollections, how many dormant sympathies does Christmas time awake?’ How true! It is the season of re-unions. It is the time we remember all those who we love and care for, and have loved and cared for in the past. Somehow, in some way their spirits seem closer to us at Christmas, their words and smiles and ‘little ways’ are remembered with fondness and love. Christmas is also a time, as Christians, we will recall the timeless truth of a boy born to be King. We shall be told the story of the Shepherd’s in their fields; of the wise men and their star and of the angels proclaiming the news that changed the world, the news that a baby had been born in Bethlehem. What a story! But for us, and for millions of people, it is more than a story, it is a reality, a truth, that the baby born in the stable is actually God’s own Son. But how do we approach this truth, this reality? Has the story of Jesus’ birth become so familiar that it is something we give no more than a nodding glance to? In this day and age when so much of Christmas, of Jesus’ Birth, seems to have been taken over by the ‘commercial Christmas’ it is so much more important for all Christians to recapture the truth and the reality of this amazing event. And the truth and reality is simple, ‘God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life’. 6 God’s love for the world; God’s love for you and me was so great, so immense that he sent from heaven his only Son so that we may have hope for the future. For me that is the meaning of Christmas, through the birth of God’s own Son we are given a hope and the promise of eternal life. And this truth, this reality is, I think, worth more than a nodding glance to. So as you prepare for Christmas I would urge you to take some time to think about Jesus’ Birth, revisit the old familiar stories and see if you can get anything new from them and please come and say thank you to God for all that he does for you. (You will find our Christmas Services listed elsewhere in this magazine) Above all I wish each and every one of you a very peaceful, happy and joyful Christmas and New Year. With Love Paul Chalice Rota December 2015 th 6 December Gwyn Williams Ann Throp th 13 December Mike Hilton Lynda Bramwell th 20 December Diane Comfort Malcolm Sergeant th 27 December Beryl Sephton David Jessop January 2016 rd 3 January Sarah Mitchell Elaine Ayre th 10 January Ann Cushion Malcolm Sergeant th 17 January Tara Kenyon Stephanie Hilton th 24 January Colin Throp Lisa Sinclair st 31 January Gwyn Williams Ann Throp 7 Sunday Services in the United Benefice for December/January Sunday 6th December—Advent 2 8.00am BCP Holy Communion St Thomas’ 9.30am BCP Holy Communion St Cuthbert’s 11.15am CW Sung Eucharist St Thomas’ Sunday 13th December – Advent 3 8.00am BCP Holy Communion St Thomas’ 9.30am Sung Eucharist St Cuthbert’s 11.15am CW Sung Eucharist St Thomas’ Sunday 20th December – Advent 4 8.00am BCP – Holy Communion St Thomas’ 9.30am Eucharist and Nativity St Cuthbert’s 11.15am Eucharist and Nativity St Thomas’ 4.00pm Carols around the Tree With Marshside Brass Band St Cuthbert’s 6.00pm Carol Service St Thomas’ For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services please see separate advert Sunday 27th December – St John/Christmas 1 8.00am BCP Holy Communion St Thomas’ 10.30am CW Eucharist with Carols St Cuthbert’s Sunday 3rd January – The Epiphany 8.00am BCP Holy Communion St Thomas’ 9.30am Eucharist with Hymns St Cuthbert’s 11.15am CW Sung Eucharist St Thomas’ 8 Sunday 10th January – The Baptism of Christ 8.00am BCP Holy Communion St Thomas’ 9.30am Eucharist (& Baptism) St Cuthbert’s 11.15am CW – Sung Eucharist St Thomas’ Sunday 17th January – Epiphany 2 8.00am BCP Holy Communion St Thomas’ 9.30am BCP Communion with Hymns St Cuthbert’s 11.15am CW Sung Eucharist St Thomas’ Sunday 24th January – Epiphany 3 8.00am BCP Holy Communion St Thomas’ 9.30am Sung Eucharist St Cuthbert’s 11.15am CW Sung Eucharist St Thomas’ Sunday 31st January – Candlemas 10.30am United Benefice Sung Eucharist St Cuthbert’s Mid-Week Communion Services for December and January Wednesday 2nd December – St Thomas’s Church – 10.00am Wednesday 9th December – St Thomas’ School – 9.00am Wednesday 9th December – Haskayne School – 11.00am Thursday 10th December – St Cuthbert’s School – 9.15am Wednesday 16th December – St Thomas’ Church – 10.00am Wednesday 23rd December – St Thomas’ Church – 10.00am Wednesday 30th December – NO SERVICE Wednesday 6TH January – St Thomas’ Church – 10.00am Wednesday 13th January – St Thomas’ Church – 10.00am Wednesday 20th January – NO SERVICE Wednesday 27th January – St Thomas’ Church – 10.00am Halsall From the Registers FUNERALS 12th October 2015 Inez Marjorie Sumner 9 VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR CAROL SINGING St Cuthbert’s have been allocated 2 one hour slots to sing Carols at Tesco in Southport on Thursday 10th December from 7.00pm to 8.00pm, and Morrisons in Ormskirk on Thursday 17th December from 7.00pm to 8.00pm.