CHURCH SERVICES with the Easing of Restrictions (At the Time of Writing!) Our Churches Are Opening up to More Regular Service Patterns
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June 2021 THE MAGAZINE OF THE HORWICH & RIVINGTON TEAM CHURCHES NEXT EDITION: JULY/AUGUST 2021 DEADLINE: June 14th PUBLICATION DATE: June 28th CHURCH SERVICES With the easing of restrictions (at the time of writing!) our churches are opening up to more regular service patterns. However, there will still be restrictions on numbers; booking; wearing face masks, no singing etc for the time-being. Holy Trinity Services will be 9.15am and 10.45am each week.* (we are hoping to be able to offer at least two services of Holy Communion each month at the 10.45am service—though this will not be choral communion until the whole congregation are able to sing ) St Elizabeth’s Services at 10.00am each week* and on the first Sunday of the month will be 8.45am BCP Holy Communion St Catherine’s Services at 10.30am each week Rivington Services at 10.45am each week* We are continuing to aim to offer at least two services of Holy Communion in each church during the month. *As numbers are limited at Holy Trinity, St. Elizabeth’s and Rivington churches, please book your place in advance as follows: for Holy Trinity: please book on Eventbrite (if stuck email Marlene Pritchard or phone Susan Kerr on 01204 692760). For Rivington please phone 07710 563678 or 07751 348344. For St. Elizabeth’s please phone 01204 692265 (from the Monday before the Sunday) . Alive and Free is beginning on the first Sunday of the month at 7.00pm - at the moment the service will be happening at Holy Trinity - a temporary move until we can gather without the need for as much social distancing. Wednesday services at 9.30 am will alternate between Holy Trinity and St Elizabeth’s, no booking required Please check with a member of the team which church it will be the following Wednesday. For those unable to attend church an 11.30am Team Zoom Service each Sunday The Zoom code will be emailed to those on our weekly newsletter mailing lists. Or contact Michael or Nicola for the Zoom code. (contact details page 2) To ensure you have the correct up to date information please check with the weekly Team Newsletter or look at the A Church Near You website (see page 2) pages for details. IN THIS ISSUE - Page 2: Contact details Page 3: Monthly Musing; Admissions to Communion Page 4: The Hiding Place; Chennai update; Welcome Luca Page 5: For our Youth and families Page 6: From the Registers; Forest Church; Meet Simon Page 7: A Star is Born!; FFF; Willow Project Page 8: Congratulations!; Kelvin Delivers!; Salt Page 9: BMRT Then and Now Page 10: Christian Aid Week; St Cath’s Centenary Page 11: Bolton Unity Walks Page 12: Food Hubs; Funnies/Wise Words; BtP details Page 13: Steve Jobs’ Last Words Page 14: Serenity; Extreme Prayer Page 15: Children’s Letters to God; Retirement Page 16: Cleaning by Numbers ;Maths If you have any concerns for yourself or anyone else please contact: Holy Trinity and Rivington: Nicola Butterworth on 07706 979393 St Catherine’s: Rev Michael Behrend on 01204 697162 St Elizabeth’s: Rev. Gill Smart on 01204 468271 Important Notice: To access our weekly Team Newsletter to find information on what is happening with our churches, online and Zoom services, our readings and the Collect, giving and fellowship opportunities, contact details etc go to www.achurchnearyou.com/16052 for Holy Trinity; 16053 for St Elizabeth’s; 16054 for St Catherine’s and 16056 for Rivington Church. CONTACT DETAILS Team Ministers: Revd Michael Behrend (Acting Team Rector), 01204 697162, [email protected] Revd Nicola Butterworth (Team Curate), 07706 979393, [email protected] Revd Nicola Gillard (Team Curate) 01204 227648 [email protected] Revd Peter Harley (Associate Minister), 01204 694611, [email protected] Revd Gill Smart (Associate Minister), 07967 585670, [email protected] Revd Caroline Tracey (Associate Minister), 01204 692303, [email protected] Kristen Allen (Team Youth Minister – maternity cover) 07503 168411 [email protected] Honorary Ministers: Revd Glenda Bush 01204 691539; Revd Brenda Craston 01204 699972 [email protected]; Revd David Griffiths 01204 469621 [email protected]; Revd Michael Williams 01204 667162 [email protected]; Revd Tony Woodward 07827 917209 [email protected] Prayer List Contacts: Our team churches want to keep our prayer lists up to date & available during this time of crisis, so please send prayer requests (having checked that those being prayed for are happy to have their names on these lists online, please!) to: Holy Trinity: Mike Foster ([email protected]) & Susan Kerr ([email protected]).; St. Catherine’s: Michael Behrend ([email protected]) & Ian Winnard ([email protected]); St. Elizabeth’s: Gill Smart ([email protected]) & Jill Harley ([email protected]); Rivington: Eunice Hawkins ([email protected]) & Vicky Holden ([email protected]) Churchwardens: Holy Trinity: Chris Knowles 07833 290498, [email protected]; Grenville Hartley 01204 279365, [email protected]; Margaret Broadfoot (Deputy), 01204 690283, [email protected]; St. Catherine’s: Ian Winnard (01204 694005, [email protected]; Kath Jackson 01204 770598, [email protected]; St Elizabeth’s: Graham Smith 01204 699875, [email protected]; Sharon Sharrocks 07854 130010 [email protected]; Rivington: Peter Holden 01257 482451, [email protected]; David Hawkins 07710 563678, [email protected]; Sandra Leatherbarrow (Deputy), 01204 843631, [email protected] For Baptisms: [email protected] For Weddings: [email protected] THE GRATITUDE ATTITUDE JUNE MUSING from UCB Word for Today Gratitude comes with a host of benefits. It improves your heart rhythm, reduces stress, and helps to heal physically and think more clearly under pressure. It floods your brain and body with endorphins that strengthen and rejuvenate you. And, like any muscle, the more you use it the stronger it grows! It doesn't have to be complicated, just take a walk and think about your blessings and it will set the tone for your day. The psalmist said ’Praise the Lord and do not forget all his kindnesses’ (Psalm 103:2). God’s blessings operate 24 hours a day , 365 days a year. Try this: when you sit down to eat, have everyone name something they are thankful for. There is always something—an elderly lady in a nursing home said ‘I thank you Lord for my two teeth, one upper and one lower. And I thank you that they meet!’. People who say thank you are measurably happier and less depressed. The CEO of Campbell’s Soups wrote over 16,000 thank you notes to his employees, and energised the entire company in the process. Go ahead, encourage friends, colleagues, co volunteers by letting them know you appreciate what they do. The Bible says ‘God’s people should be bighearted and courteous’. (Titus 3: 2 Message Bible) One author observes: ‘You have it in your power to increase the sum total of the world’s happiness by giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who’s lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you’ll forget the kind words you said today but the recipient may cherish them for a lifetime’. Pastor Jim Penner says “I’ll never forget as an eight year old sitting on the step when two men came to the house and handed my mother some papers, tears rolled down her cheeks and it didn’t take long for me to figure out what was happening. Money was tight, the bank hadn’t been paid and our car was being repossessed. But I also carry another image I cherish to this day and that is of my mother that same night on her knees and praying “Thank you, Thank you !” I asked myself what had she to be thankful for? No car, no money what’s going to happen to us? Her prayer continued “Thank you God for what you have provided and that we have something to eat tonight” and so she prayed on for at least 15 minutes, maybe more. Looking back I gained a lifetime of wisdom in those precious minutes, my mother taught me an attitude of gratefulness in the midst of adversity that I’ll never forget. In the years to come God rewarded my mother for her steadfast faith.” © UCB. UCB's Vision Statement: United Christian Broadcasters is a Christian media charity that exists to offer every person, in every place, every moment of the day, the opportunity to hear, watch or read the Word of God in a relevant and engaging way. Lily, Samuel and Star on their admission to Communion St Elizabeth’s April 2021 3 THE HIDING PLACE At the beginning of May Holy Trinity Church received a message via Facebook messenger from a lady called Eve who has kindly given us permission to share this story with you all. “Years and years ago I found a book on a train to Manchester - it came at a really pivotal time in my Christian faith and it was pre social media, so I read the book and then totally forgot about it. I’ve found the book again recently and discovered that your church is on Facebook! Anyway, here are two pictures of the book.”(Ed’s note: the inscription isn’t very clear but the book was presented to Edith Bentley on her confirmation at Holy Trinity Horwich on Sunday 20th May, the year date is very indistinct but the book was first published in November 1971 so it must be after that, and the book presented by the Reverend in Charge at St Bede’s Morris Green, Bolton.) Eve went on to say how the story told in the book had a huge impact on her life and faith story, even down to saying that for the first time she preached in her own church, she referenced Corrie Ten Boom in her sermon.