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CRUX Issue 48 Church for a different world September 2018

CREATING A BUZZ Church for a different world CRUX September 2018

A LEARNING CHURCH? OUR ECO CHURCH JOURNEY In five months since first hearing the Diocesan Environmental For many, September marks a And that’s the challenge I want to set for Officer, John Hughes, talk passionately about the potential time of fresh beginnings. Some us all this autumn. Can you think and for Manchester to become an Eco Diocese, Christ Church 60,000 children will be settling pray about one area of our faith or life in Friezland has achieved an Eco Church bronze award! into new classes in our Church that you want to know more about, or to Schools this month, and even engage with more deeply? It may involve more students will be starting nothing more strenuous than reading a Church members Matt, Yvonne and in future plans and involve them in or returning to universities in book or two, or finding resources on the Niamh Carson were invited to become decision making. They want to carefully Manchester, Salford and Bolton. internet. If you’re not sure, ask your local the church’s Eco Champions back consider their future purchasing habits, clergy for help. Let’s make the Diocese of in February. They see the role as efficient use of the building and land, The process of education doesn’t end Manchester a learning church for all ages. “encouraging the church in its duty and might even consider having cycle with leaving school or graduation. In of care to the environment, setting racks, keeping bees and installing solar a typical year we have around 50 men a good example to the community panels on the church roof. Their plans will and women training for , while and pointing to a better future.” be made more visible through policies others are training as Readers and ALMs, and regular involvement of church or doing the diocesan Foundations for When Matt registered the church on the A members and the wider community. Ministry course. For every one person Rocha website and started completing the who is starting a formal accredited online questionnaire, he was surprised at The Revd Mike Donmall, Associate course there should be many who are how many things the church was already , is fully behind the move. He simply seeking to deepen and broaden David Walker doing that qualified for Eco Church says “Our Christian faith is not church- their knowledge and understanding points. These included regular prayers bound. It’s what we do in our lives is of different aspects of our faith. and support of international charities, what really matters. By becoming an sharing lifts to church, recycling and Eco Church we can see opportunities encouraging wildlife on church land. to involve the local primary school in our efforts to care for the environment “But we know we can do a lot better”, and share our journey with the whole says Matt. “We’re just at the start of the Saddleworth team of churches.” of a lifelong journey for the church. Eco Church has got its hooks into me!” The target for the diocese is to AT THE HEART ON THE EDGE have 32 churches registered for Eco Encouraged by the bronze award and Church by Easter next year. Register wanting to go for silver, Matt and the at https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk Congregation – resources for liturgy, PCC are keen to involve the whole church worship and day-to-day – gathered and local Commerce – being entrepreneurial, sustaining enterprise and generating finance for church Compassion – how to grow participation and volunteering to address social need Exploring mission, sharing ideas, Culture – art, music and ideas to uncovering solutions and finding reimagine the Christian narrative for support. A day with Revd Dr Sam your context Wells and guests on 31 October at St Peter’s House, Oxford Road M13 9GH. With refreshments, lunch, panel discussion and networking. Cost £10. For more information and to book, please visit tinyurl.com/ybrtnd93

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BAN THE WASTE BAN THE WASTE HARVEST SUPPERS GREEN HARVEST SUPPERS Delicious, fresh vegetarian meals made with food saved from waste by FareShare. Prepared for you by our chef. A good night out with a side order of Eco Church. HEROES

Whether or not you have decided to share Manchester’s journey Pupils grow their own lunch to become an Eco Diocese by registering as an Eco Church, we and tend the gardens at are all involved in the care of God’s creation. You may have Newchurch Primary School, signed up at home or church with a green energy supplier, winning themselves a reduced your purchase of single use plastic and remembered Green Heroes Award. to put your rubbish in the correct recycling bins. But how Headteacher, Jane Thistlethwaite, much is our care of God’s creation woven into our lives? said, “We have been doing lots of work over the past couple of years to develop the pupil’s environmental We are following up the Eco Church awareness. We have a very active workshops held at the recent Gardening Group who have planted archdeaconry events, with an invitation food which has been harvested and to a ‘Ban the Waste’ Harvest Supper this eaten at lunchtimes. They have month, where all five Marks of Mission also been responsible for improving will be served up with an eco twist. 8 September: St Bride’s, Old Trafford M16 9NW / 6pm the school outdoor environment 16 September: St Barnabas, Clarksfield OL4 1NL/ 6pm by planting flowers, bulbs and 23 September: Holy Rood, Swinton M27 0EZ/ 6pm trees in the school grounds. The Food will be vegetarian, not 29 September: St Stephen and All Martyrs, Lever Bridge BL2 1NZ / 6pm least because the global livestock industry produces more greenhouse For further information and to book your place, visit: “Some of the year 4 and 5 children https://tinyurl.com/y9xo2kza also attended the North West Eco gas emissions than all cars, planes, Conference at Blackburn Rovers and trains and ships combined. are looking forward to establishing an Eco group next year. We are Most of the food will be sourced from only on the start of our journey FareShare, an organization that tries but we are very excited about it!” to distribute some of the 1.9 million tonnes of food that would otherwise Are the opportunities for your be destined for landfill. Qualified chef church to work together with the and Church Community Worker, Duane local school to promote awareness Kenneally, will make the food delicious. CREATIONTIDE and action on environmental issues? Creationtide (1 September to 4 October) offers an ideal opportunity to reflect on how we can enrich our care through worship, bible study, practical action and celebration. A helpful calendar is available to guide us each day of the season.

Further information at https://creationtide.com/ Twitter: @DioManchester will be tweeting prayers, actions and reflections every day throughout Creationtide. Follow and join the conversation using #Creationtide and #EcoDiocese

PAGE 4 Church for a different world CRUX September 2018 BRIEF ENCOUNTER Brenda Hamlin “When I pray I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit and it helps me to feel calm and put everything in God’s hands.”

“It’s lovely that St Matthew’s think of the deaf people, I don’t have to ask or explain what I need; they already know and are very deaf aware.”

Brenda recently took part in the Growing Deaf Church Leaders (CPAS) course which she really enjoyed. “At first I thought, ‘I’m not a church PROVIDING 1800 FREE leader!’”, she said, “but I learnt that I can do anything and it’s important to be LUNCHES EVERY DAY! open to what God is calling me to do. “I learnt so much about the Bible An army of volunteers in Bolton has been working hard as the course was in BSL - in my over the summer, providing free packed lunches for own language. Because the leaders children who might otherwise go hungry over the holidays. were deaf themselves, I felt I could Brenda Hamlin first went to church ask any question I wanted to. Mobilised by Christian charity Urban Sam’s father, Dave Bagley, who set as a child when her parents moved Outreach, hundreds of volunteers up Urban Outreach, was inspired by to Northenden. “I was the only Brenda also feels welcome at her local have been up at the crack of dawn the Biblical story of the feeding of the deaf child at Sunday school and the church of St John’s Brooklands. “Two preparing 1800 sandwiches a day and 5000. When people were complaining Sunday school teacher included me, different people have sat with me and filling bags with a snack, a drink and that there was nothing to eat, which is how my faith developed. showed me where I am in the service. a piece of fruit. The lunches are for Jesus said to James “You give them children and young people who would something to eat.” Dave explains, I’m still in touch with her.” One also wrote notes on the sermon normally receive a free school meal. for me during the service so that I As an adult it was important for could understand it. Another said how Churches play an important part in the Brenda to find a church community lovely it was that I was with them. massive project by providing some of that was deaf-friendly and inclusive. the work force. Church buildings also She is happily settled at St act as collection centres in Bolton, Matthew’s Church in Stretford. Horwich, Deane and Blackrod. We took the step of faith to feed any child that needed “We have an interpreter on the fourth Sam Bagley, Project Coordinator for it. Money came in and it’s Sunday of the month and four times a Bolton Lunches which is now in its fifth year we have a deaf/hearing service. For year, said, “Children can come and grown from there. We are I feel God’s love and that helps me, it’s the social side that is important. collect their lunches and then have a supported by 300 volunteers, me to help and love others. I like A group of deaf people are involved bit of fun together as friends. I really businesses, the council and going to church as I feel close to enjoy this project, it’s great to be part whenever there is a special social event. God when I am in His house. of the community here and to be able to churches. It’s incredible! Some people at St Matthew’s can use transform some people’s lives throughout British Sign Language (BSL) and so the summer holidays. I’m privileged there are several people I can sign with. to be a part of it and passionate about sharing this Good News that we have!”

For more information, visit www.UrbanOutreach.co.uk

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TRY OUT TWITTER! LET’S GET SOCIAL! The diocese is busy on Twitter every day and you can follow us @DioManchester. As the world becomes ever more digital, churches have We tweet a daily prayer and announce a responsibility and an opportunity to communicate our news, events and appointments. with their biggest audience ever! The power of We also share updates from Church Facebook, Twitter and Instagram offers us new ways House officers who are out and about to connect with people and share our message. visiting parishes. Check out @mancmapper @HeritageHeathr @Community_Col @GT_Manchester, GET SKILLED UP not forgetting bishops The diocese has busy social media @BishManchester and @BishMiddleton A new series of digital workshops channels and has recently appointed starts this month, developed in a Digital Communications Officer to #PrayforManchester response to our digital survey. lead on the work and help get churches Share your prayers on Twitter or All the courses take place at Church up to speed. Meet Eve Langford. Instagram and add the hashtag House, Manchester. For details of dates Eve #PrayforManchester so others and to book your place, please visit Langford can join you in prayer. www.manchester.anglican.org/social DIGITAL IS HERE #CofEAdventures Social media for beginners Keep up with the adventures of A workshop to help churches get started TO HELP YOU Youth Officer @ManchesterDYO and with social media, including getting the young people in the diocese by started on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you would like to get your I’m Eve, your new Digital Communications Officer! Bishop David has following the hashtag #CofeAdventures church on social media but don’t know called me the ‘Digital Evangelist’, which is exactly what I’m here to – maybe it will inspire a young person you know to join one of the where to start, this course is for you! do: tell you the great news that social media is here to help you! great activities available to them. Social Media for improvers I have spent my first few months in The next phase of my work will #MAPMonday If your church has a basic presence the new digital post assessing the be to deliver workshops to help Share your MAP experiences, good on social media but you think you standard of digital communications you find your feet and develop a and bad every Monday on Twitter. We could do better and reach more across the diocese. I have been flourishing online presence. pose a question about Mission Action people, this course will help you. really impressed to see how many Planning so that we can share good of our churches are embracing the Church for a Different World for me practice and ‘borrow’ ideas to try in power of the online world to enhance means church for a digital one! As our own churches! Follow @MAP_ their reach and church growth. we look to grow our congregations in Manchester for more MAP support. younger and more diverse communities, we must acknowledge that we need to diversify how we communicate in order to speak the language of every person in our diocese. COMING

I know that the digital world can SOON! appear intimidating, but I want to reassure you that I can help you and Courses on Church Find us your community navigate it safely websites for beginners, and successfully and that the rewards Church websites for improvers, Facebook of being online can far outweigh the and photography and video @ManchesterDiocese negatives – it can even be quite fun! using mobile phones. Keep an and on I hope to meet many of you at the eye on the diocesan website for Instagram workshops in the coming months details of forthcoming training. @manc_diocese – please come along, and do get in touch in the meantime if you have any queries or concerns about social media and I will do my best to help you.

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APPOINTMENTS The Revd Marcia Wall, Canon Pastor at Manchester The Revd Gill Barnett, Cathedral, has become Canon currently in the Benefice Precentor at Manchester Cathedral. of Walmersley Road, has been appointed 0.5 Priest-in-Charge of The Revd Canon Steve Healey and Hamer and 0.5 Priest- Williams, currently 0.5 Priest-in- in-Charge of St Ann Belfield. Charge of St Gabriel Prestwich, has been appointed in addition The Revd Sandra Kearney 0.5 Incumbent of St Gabriel currently Priest-in-Charge of Prestwich. He will remain Bishop’s Ordsall and Salford Quays, has Advisor on Interfaith issues. been appointed Incumbent of Ordsall and Salford Quays. The Revd Lyn Woodall, currently Incumbent of St John the Baptist The Revd Luke Maguire, Hey, has been appointed in addition currently Priest-in-Charge of All Area Dean of Oldham East Deanery. AN EXTRAORDINARY Saints Stretford, has been appointed Incumbent of All Saints Stretford. CHAPLAINCY RESIGNATION The Revd Jules Mambu, “Salford University Chaplaincy is a fabulous place to be!”, currently Curate at The Good The Revd Andrew Heslop writes chaplain Dr Kim Wasey as she leaves her post to Shepherd Ashton-under-Lyne, has has resigned as OLM in the become Principal of Open College at Luther King House. been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Turton Moorland Team. He The Faith team works alongside ablution facilities, a Kosher kitchen and St Lawrence Denton and Assistant remains Chaplain at Salford colleagues who provide a huge quiet room, as well as shared kitchen, Curate at St Anne Haughton. Royal NHS Foundation Trust. range of tailored student support, social spaces and meeting facilities. as well as promoting faith, race, The Revd Peter Matthews, gender and LBTQI+ equality. It The centre is truly a missional place: currently 0.5 Priest-in-Charge received the ‘Outstanding Team God’s love is proclaimed; faith is of St Bride Old Trafford, has of the Year 2017/18’ award as nurtured; the presence of Christ is known been appointed 0.5 Incumbent part of the Inclusion & Diversity in the love and care offered to those in of St Bride Old Trafford. This is Cross University Team. need; all are welcomed, and peace and in addition to his existing role reconciliation become living realities. as Young Adult Missioner. No two days are ever the same and I find myself moving from time with The Anglican Chaplaincy is blessed a bereaved student, to a meeting with an ever growing congregation with senior staff; from a lecture for who welcome newcomers, and those nursing students about the faith needs in special need. It is extraordinary of patients, to leading worship. to stand at the altar praying during our Communion Service and hear the My six wonderful years here have seen Call to Prayer ring out to Muslim staff Heritage Open Days will run on immense change and development. and students in another part of the two weekends this year, 6-9 and In the first 18 months we formed a building, while knowing the Rosary is 13-16 September. The theme is new multi-faith team, with our first being prayed by a group of Catholic ‘Extraordinary Women’, aiming paid Muslim chaplaincy post, as well students further down the corridor. to uncover and acknowledge the as a Rabbi, Roman Catholic Priest women who have touched people’s and Sister. That Summer we won the I have seen confidence grow in our lives, made a difference and Vice Chancellor’s prize for Significant Christian staff and students, as well brought about change. Who are Improvement. This was a great as vocations increase, through the the workers, pioneers, mothers, encouragement and catalyst to plans witness of this place of prayer and daughters and friends that you can for a new Faith Centre on campus. ministry at the heart of a community. celebrate in your local community? Three years later that new centre was The chaplaincy post is currently being Find out more at complete, with a new chapel, alongside advertised on the diocesan website. www.heritageopendays.org.uk purpose built Muslim prayer and The closing date is 6 September.

PAGE 10 PAGE 11 Church for a different world CRUX September 2018 SMALL IS CANON GO GREEN BEAUTIFUL! JOHN AT NO GUNSTONE EXTRA Bishop RIP COST! John Gunstone, who has died One of the notable features of the to faith and been baptised, lives have aged 91, will be remembered New Testament parables and stories been changed and transformed and the for many outstanding qualities is how God uses something small local community has been blessed! and perhaps particularly for to be transformational. A small boy the 17 years he served as brings five barley loaves and two little The small church plants seek to build Greater Manchester County fish to feed 5000 people; the mustard on these models where the numbers Ecumenical Officer. He fulfilled seed grows into a tree that provides stay small, where the church is highly the post with great distinction shelter for all the birds of the air; a attuned to issues of poverty and where and with the self-effacing humility and spiritual wisdom 40 little leaven raises the whole loaf. relationships are strong. When they grow that characterised his ministry. to about 50 people, the idea is to plant out That principle of small things making a another church, rather than grow bigger. John’s holiness was fashioned by Did you know that 40 of our big difference is our prayer for the small teenage years as a server in his church plants that we want to see in A NEW NETWORK churches use 100% green local parish church. After national energy at no extra cost by the diocese. In last month’s CRUX we The funding to plant 16 new churches service, he studied at Durham purchasing their energy through announced the investment of £2 million in the next six years will begin under a and Mirfield, was ordained in the Parish Buying Energy by the Church Commissioners’ Strategic Bishop’s Mission Order. A network of small the , and Basket? Parish Buying was set Development Fund to support this work. churches will be called the Antioch Network as a ‘priest scholar’ published up by the to Manchester. The location of the churches books which found a ready appeal. save churches money by using CHURCH PLANTING will be based on existing relationships in the power of bulk buying. MANCHESTER STYLE the current churches, and opportunities John’s Anglo-Catholic background This is not about buildings - a church that arise in suitable locations elsewhere. became greatly influenced The Parish Buying team buys when is a community of people centred by the charismatic renewal, the energy price is low, saving upon Jesus Christ. We will begin (or If you are interested in receiving such and a fresh experience of you money and it’s great news for plant) new churches in areas where a church plant, or planting one in your the Holy Spirit shaped all his the environment too! The energy later ministry and writing. comes from UK-based renewable the diocese is finding it hard to connect own area, please contact the leaders sources, mostly from solar panels. with the local community - typically in of the Antioch Network (below). With Margaret, whom he married some of our most deprived areas. in 1974, he moved to Manchester, Save time, money and the Planning to get under way this autumn, where with wisdom, sensitivity environment at That seems really strange when Jesus’ we will be recruiting people to be pioneer and his capacity for reconciliation www.parishbuying.org.uk mission was about bringing good news lay church planters. We value your support he brought together the leaders to the poor. It is not saying that our and prayers that these mustard seeds will of the different traditions and parish churches and clergy are doing have a positive impact on the life of the helped strengthen the ecumenical a bad job, rather that we need to do diocese and the communities we serve. bonds between the churches. GENERAL something extra, something new. To express an interest in a church Retiring in 1992, John continued SYNOD In August’s CRUX we featured two church plant, please contact Revd Ben to be in great demand as a plants where we have seen God bless Woodfield revbenwoodfield@ speaker and author. His holiness The Revd Jeremy Sheehy has ‘something new’: the Oldhams Church gmail.com or Revd John Brett and prayerfulness, and his deep been elected to serve on General love of God endeared him to in Bolton, which meets in a community [email protected] Synod until 2020. Jeremy was so many people that he will be elected to fill a casual vacancy centre, and the Trinity Community Church greatly missed. He leaves a arising from the resignation of the in Rusholme. What has been exciting is widow Margaret and a son Peter. Revd Nicholas McKee in July. that in both churches, people have come

PAGE 12 PAGE 13 CRUX September 2018 We want to hear your thoughts What will we do with your comments? SMALL ADVERTS We will collate all the responses we WHAT NEW receive and consider them as we develop TASTE & SEE CHRISTIAN BOOKSHOP & THING WOULD our plans and priorities for the diocese. WHAT’S ON Coffee Shop: books, cards, gifts, CDs, drinks, home-made cakes & snacks. Discount YOU LIKE TO DO We will not be able to provide individual THIS MONTH AT for church leaders and bookstalls. Open Mon, responses, but we will provide updates Tue, Thurs, Fri: 10:00am-1:30pm. Staffed by OR LEARN ABOUT in CRUX on how your feedback is MANCHESTER volunteers from the Maranatha Community. shaping Church for a different world. CATHEDRAL? Tel: 0161 747 5672. tinyurl.com/y8x9rgkn THIS AUTUMN? BOUDOIR GRAND PIANO FOR SALE. Any offers considered. For details THURSDAY 13 [email protected]

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VOTE 100 BANNER PROCESSION Boggart Hole Clough Saturday 17 November : 11.30am—1.00pm

Join the Diocese of Manchester in celebrating the last 100 years and the women who have fought for us. We will march in honour of the Suffragettes, who met in secret in the park, living out their manifesto – Deeds not Words. Please join us by creating a banner to honour the life of a woman who had a significant impact on your local area – whether she was a suffragette or modern day pillar of the community! For more information, visit: https://tinyurl.com/y9ol9426