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Heart eat Holy Ascension Church and Community Magazine November 2018 L P I E V A E C E I N Peace Cross at The University Of Chester 3 Welcome to Heartbeat … Thisat… month , special services will For many, different battles take place across the UK to mark continued long after the signing the end of the Great War. of the Armistice in 1918. Sadly Local events on 11th November this still continues today as include an ensemble performance armed forces and civilians adjust in Chester’s town square led by to coping with injury and mental musician Matt Baker, a walk along health issues caused by conflicts. the new Poppy Trail in Upton and Custom encourages us to wish the annual service at the Peace for a decedent to rest in peace, Cross on the Chester University but in this broken world we need Parkgate Road Campus. a new mantra...to Live in Peace. This cross was designed by Fred Copy for the magazine is always Starkey. A former member of the welcome. Contributions for the teaching staff at Chester College December/January issue should in the 1960s, Fred campaigned for be received by 12 November via world peace following his active the Parish Office or email service in World War 2, taking the [email protected] cross to a peace rally in the 1980s. The magazine can also be viewed online at www.holyascension.org.uk/HeartBeat Or if you prefer we can email you a copy each month – just let us know at the above email address. Editorial Team The Church’s logo was designed for the 160th anniversary of the Church in Sharon Forsdyke - Editor 2014. It illustrates the church’s Margaret Adams commitment to be at the heart of the Colin Attwood whole community of Upton by Sue Burgess Chester. The name for the magazine, Dave O’Brien Heartbeat, reflects that commitment. For the Christmas Fayre we would like donations of: - Bottles for the tombola stall - Books - Good quality toys and complete jigsaws - Gift bags and unwanted gifts to fill them suitable for both adults and children - Jewellery Donated items can be left in the cupboard at the back of church or contact Sue Burgess (380340), Barbara Capstick (380299), or Mary Foden (381094) - Cakes and preserves–please speak to Jane Curtis (313152) to arrange collection or bring the cakes to church on the morning of the fayre Thank you Letter from Paul If you cross your fingers for luck The end of October and the start of you're really making the sign of the November are marked by two very cross and warding off the evil eye. different festivals. On 31st October And it was once believed that we have Halloween (or all Hallows when you sneezed your soul would Eve) and 1st November brings us All shoot out of your mouth and the Saints Day (or All Hallows.) devil would grab it. A quick 'Bless There was the belief that because you' takes care of that. Yawning is All Saints Day was such an similar. The devil causes yawns so important commemoration of the he can reach in to your mouth and many Christians who had faithfully steal your soul. So, we cover our served God, the devil and all his mouths with our hand (and you works would try and get in first and thought you were just being get up to as much mischief as he polite!) could. Walking under ladders is a bit It's a time when many people focus different. Obviously if there's on the dark and superstitious side someone up the ladder with a pot of things. Some will argue that it's of paint or a bucket of water you evil and destructive, others that it's should be very careful, but the idea just a bit of fun. Whatever our that walking under a ladder brings opinion, it's estimated we spend bad luck comes from the idea of about 160 million pounds on the Holy Trinity - God the Father, Halloween and we see shops full of God the Son and God the Holy spooky plastic rubbish and bags of Spirit - and if you walk under the 'spooky sweets' to help us ladder, it breaks that Godly triangle 'celebrate.' and leaves you open to all sorts of Halloween aside, the most rational terrible things. people will cross their fingers for Superstition feeds on the fear that good luck, and avoid walking under there are dark forces all around us ladders. that somehow can be controlled or we can somehow keep ourselves Jesus’ death and resurrection safe from them. Like a lucky charm, speaks volumes to us about the we try to find a way of controlling future and our security. Even events that are really out of our death, our greatest fear and our control and ensure that the future greatest enemy, is no match for goes well for us. God. For Christians, whatever we think The greatest powers we can about the world around us, imagine are nothing to the one whatever our hopes or fears, we who created us and has promised know that the only power in the us life even when our life here on universe that can give us any earth is over. security is God himself. Whatever fears we might have, We read in Psalm 27:1 ‘The LORD is now or for the future, are put into my light and my salvation, whom perspective by the knowledge that shall I fear? God's love and power never The LORD is the stronghold of my changes. We can deal with those life, of whom shall I be afraid?’ problems with a little help from our friend. God has each one of us in the palm God is telling us, "Don't worry. Put of his hand. That's not to say life your trust in me." will always be easy or that we get wrapped up in cotton wool, but it And you don't have to touch wood does mean that no power in the or even cross your fingers. Paul universe can separate us from Advent Readings Looking at Luke God's love and that his care for us At 7.30pm Tuesday 20th November will see us through the best of (Iona Chapel St Columba’s Church) times and the worst of times. Tuesday 27th November (Holy Ascension) As Jesus said, "Don't let your Tuesday 4th December hearts be troubled, keep trusting in (Holy Ascension) th th God and keep trusting me." Tuesday 11 & 18 December (Iona Chapel St Columba’s Church) Upton Poppy Trail (Copyright: Friends of the Countess of Chester Hospital Fallen for the Fallen Project) Sunday 11th November Smile Line After one Sunday school a little boy asked his 12 noon mum: “Is it true that before you're born WW1 Event you're just dust and after you die you go back Chester Town Square to being dust?" Led by Matt Baker "That's right son. Now run upstairs and wash 12.30 – 3.30pm your hands, lunch is nearly ready.” WW1 Event Ten minutes later she called for him to come down. "I'll be there in a minute," he replied. Hadlow Road Station As they were about to eat he asked again Reading of letters and about being dust before being born and after poems from the era you die. Again his mum replied “That’s right.” WW1 Songs performed by The little boy looked at her and said, “Then Hadlow Green Singers you better get up to my room pretty quick, Riversign Choir because something under my bed is either Theatre in the Quarter coming or going!!” Out and About… the service man or woman or their family members may have. Hello, We, the riders, attend ride outs, Welcome to the month of rallies and events publicising the November. At the successful Fun Branch and the Poppy Appeal Day in September many local throughout the year. 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