October 2013
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October 2013 News from Bolton-le-Sands, Nether Kellet and Christ Church (United Reformed) Parish Magazine | £1 www.bolton-le-sands.co.ukChristmas Fair Fireworks Display He’s comingmessenger to town | 1 Saturday 30th November 2013, 1pm -3pm Bolton-le-Sands Primary School Entrance £1 children free Father Christmas Grotto Stalls Games Refreshments Organised by Holy Trinity Church - money raised for church funds Community Services Christ Church United Reformed Church Worship at Holy Trinity Rev’d Y Burns - Minister 822747 Sunday 8.00am Holy Eucharist Mr G Shaw - Treasurer 67644 10.30am Holy Eucharist Mrs M Park - Secretary 823096 3.00pm Liturgy of Healing Old Boys’ Free Grammar School (every 2nd Sunday in the month) Mrs Joan Baker 824384 Wednesday 10.00am Holy Eucharist Trefoil Guild First Friday Worship Judith Spotswood 736929 The first Friday of each month at Holy Trinity at Thwaite Brow Woods 7.30pm – followed by refreshments and fellowship. Consevation Project Mrs L. Belcher 824191 Details of services are displayed on the outside notice board, and are given in The Link each Sunday. Women’s Institute Mrs Hazel Short 822614 Worship at St Mark’s Nether Kellet Lune Valley Keep Fit Organisation Sundays 9.00am Sheila Stockdale 823632 First Sunday Holy Eucharist - Common Worship Second Sunday Morning Prayer Men’s Group Mr Keith Budden 824247 Third Sunday Holy Eucharist - Book of Common Prayer Fourth Sunday Morning Prayer Bowling Club Fifth Sunday Morning Prayer Mr Geoff Forrest - Secretary 824346 Worship at Christ Church United Reformed Church Cricket Club Mr Mike Clarkson - Secretary 824059 6th Oct 10.00am Rev G Lear Flowers from - K and J Walton Tennis Club 13th Oct 10.00am Rev Y Burns Mrs Pam Holding - President 733805 Flowers from - B and J Morris 20th Oct 10.00am Rev Rod Evans Community Centre Sharman Robinson 10am - 4pm Mon - Fri 812143 Flowers from - F and E Towers [email protected] 27nd Oct 10.00am Workshop Group Flowers from - Flower Fund Bolton-le-Sands & District Floral 3rd Nov 10.00am Rev G Lear and Horticultural Society Flowers from - Flower Fund Mrs Amanda Kerr 720730 Petsearch Mrs Margaret Carter 823013 Mass times at St. Mary of The Angels Sundays 9.00am 2nd Bolton-le-Sands Scout Group Monday and Friday 10.00am Debra Thackrah - Cub Leader 07900 803139 [email protected] Dave Squirrell - Scout Leader See Parish Bulletin on notice board by the Church 07811 274452 [email protected] gate for variations Bolton-le-Sands Guides Catherine Spreckley - Guide Leader 07708 275582 [email protected] Bolton- le-Sands Brownies Rachel Shaw - Brownie Leader 01524732726 [email protected] 2 | messenger www.bolton-le-sands.org.uk Dear All What is our rock, our anchor, our security in life? So much of the time it is money, and when we find ourselves short and unable to meet our needs we can feel insecure in destructive ways, so many marriages and relationships hit the rocks over different attitudes to money. Yes, the best things in life are free; but the second-best things in life are usually unaffordable. Having enough money can become our goal and our bench mark; it can become the thing that grounds us in life. It gives the illusion that all would be well in life if we just had a bit more, but no one looks back on their life thinking, “I wish I’d spent more time at the office.” If our security in life is financial and our insecurity also financial, then maybe money has become a false idol, a thing that replaces God at our centre and is destructive to our lives. The Bible warns us against this, over and over again, “The love of money is the root of all evil”, “no one can serve two masters, God and money” and “all things come from you and of your own do we give you.” It is very good advice for the age of austerity. The main reason that Jesus asks us to give generously is because it is good for our souls – give away an amount that if it were given back to us then it would make a material difference to our lives; this was his challenge to both the worried, young, rich man and the poor widow. Quite simply, generous giving protects us from money becoming too powerful and allows our own place of security to move from things earthly to things eternal. And we receive even more benefits from giving when our giving is in response to God’s generosity; only stop giving when Jesus stops giving to us. He doesn’t, ever. Harvest is about asking God to inspire us with his generosity. Giving away so much that it makes a difference to us, that it releases space in us, grace in us, so we can receive God’s generous gifts and have our lives transformed. Holy Trinity has a £22,000 hole that is filled with prayer, not money, not yet, which makes it the proper recipient of giving done in grace, but the need of the church is not the main reason to give to it. Give because God gives to us in abundance. Happy Harvest. Nancy Canon Peter Goodrich On Sunday 23rd September we welcomed Canon Peter Goodrich to preside at our 10.30am service in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his ordination. He served in Walton, Prescot, Anfield, Crosby, where he was also Rural Dean, then in Upholland and Halsall, all in Liverpool Diocese. He was made a Canon in 1989, and was Diocesan director for Ordained Local DIOCESE OF Ministry for eight years until he retired in 2002. Canon Goodrich is married to BLACKBURN Margaret and has two sons ,Nigel and Julian, and two grandchildren, Florence and Lily. Julian’s wife Michelle is a reader in the Chesire Dioscese and she is about to start her training for ordantion as a priest. This means that both of Canon Goodrich’s sons will be married to vicars! www.bolton-le-sands.org.uk messenger | 3 Holy Trinity and St. Mark’s Harvest Appeal 2013 Due to the fact that our bishop will not be licensed until the 19th October we have decided to support The Morecambe Foodbank for our Parish Harvest Appeal. This year, with the current financial climate, we would like a big push for a local cause and therefore we are challenging ourselves as a Parish to see - how many CRATES we can fill in the month of October at the back of each church. The Morecambe Bay Foodbank are in particular need to cater for those who may only have a kettle!!! Cup a soup, Mug Pasta, Pot Noodles, Cous cous, Instant mash, Instant custard, Tinned meats and Hotdogs Urgently needed are: Sugar , Long life UHT Fruit juice, Tinned fruit/vegetables, Pasta sauces/ Stir in sauces, Soap, Shampoo, Toothbrushes/toothpaste Christmas items needed are: Sweets, Biscuits, Cakes Tasty treats & family favourites wanted for our new recipe book Holy Trinity Social Group would love to have some of your favourite recipes for a recipe book, which they are in the process of putting together. If you have a recipe which you would like to share, please could you give it to Karen Hillis, or send it by email to : [email protected] by November 1st. The recipe book will be on sale at the Christmas Fair on Saturday November 30th, and all proceeds will go to church funds. 4 | messenger www.bolton-le-sands.co.uk The Parochial Church Council Our most recent PCC meeting was held on Tuesday 10th September. Whilst there were a number of absent members due to other commitments, we had a lively meeting and covered a lot of ground, so here are some of the key areas covered : Brian James presented an update on the Heritage Lottery Fund application and confirmed that initial submission was due to take place by the end of August. The application, if successful, will enable Holy Trinity to proceed with reroofing including the tower leadwork repairs, and also renovation work to the porch. There has been significant delays with the application so far which is predominantly due to the emergency repair work required following the substantial theft of lead from the roof in May this year. The small team responsible for the application has been very thorough in the background work required for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and the time afforded so far has been very extensive, for which we are all very grateful. Simon Wilson, our Treasurer, had prepared an update of the rather worrying financial situation as it highlighted a shortfall in church income of approximately £12,000 which will be needed before the end of December in order to pay our Parish Share. The PCC now has a group dedicated to Financial Communication and there will be activities to report to the community in the coming weeks to identify areas in which we can all help. It will not just be directed at the congregation in church though as we are the Parish church, the whole community should be invited to become involved. Meanwhile, if anybody reading this wishes to set up a regular standing order to Holy Trinity, the Sort Code is 01 01 60 and the Bank Account number is 94801703, in the name of Parochial Church Council of Bolton-le-Sands, Holy Trinity Church. It only has be done once and you don’t need to worry about having to find cash for the collection plate each week ! Please don’t forget to complete a Gift Aid form too so that an extra 25% can be claimed from the Government as we are a registered charity.