Heart eat Holy Ascension Church and Community Magazine November 2018
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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
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The Church’s logo was designed for Editorial Team th the 160 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. Over the community groups took part and early part of November we will be had stalls. One such group was the attending many thanksgiving Royal British Legion Riders. memorial services and wreath I caught up with Barbara, who is laying ceremonies throughout the local Cheshire Rep for this Cheshire and even further afield National Branch of the Royal into Wales.” British Legion. She told me, “We May we wish this group of people are a group of individuals who all the very best in their work. If combine the love of motorcycle you would like to know more riding with the desire to support about the group email Barbara our Service personnel both past at [email protected]. and present. Our main aim is to bring awareness of the Poppy Till the next time. Every Blessing, Appeal and the RBL to the general Dave O’Brien (Curate) public. We educate people that the Poppy Appeal is a charity that collects donations all year round to help fund the care and support that many of our Service troops need, whether it is due to injury (both physical and mental) or financial as a result of family breakdown, lack of work, bereavement, or just any issues (Photo courtesy of Louise Rivett)
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November Crossword DOWN 1. Saw robin displaying colourful arches (8) 2. Where Mozart was born to ‘the sound of music’ (8) 4. TV controller is hard to reach (6) 5. Twenty on plank – it shows results (10) 6. Nothing is securing a tack (4) 7. Regretted sounding impolite (4) 10. Coarse salt sprinkled on moving staircases (10) 12. Stirs up an American soldier over troubled state (8) 13. What Billy Graham did ACROSS cures dad, strangely (8) 1. Outbreak of spots – that’s reckless! (4) 16. Show-off rose up 3. Captive rips Nero to shreds (8) awkwardly (6) 8. Not doing anything but tick over (4) 18. A cleaner sort of TV drama series? (4) 9. I’m on the move – or maybe not! (8) 19. Collude regularly for a 11. Testy Rabbi upset child-carer (10) hint (4) 14. Conflict witnessed in capital city (6) Answers to October 15. Endless courage needed for training Crossword mountain lion (6) ACROSS: 1. Puppet 4. Divers 17. They’re odds-on to win at the Roodee (10) 7. Apex 8. Innocent 20. Lone rook fluttering by spectator (8) 9. Admitted 13. Sea 16. Winnie The Pooh 17. Gym 21. Stallion’s the boss (4) 19. Test tube 24. Fanlight 22. Earnest request certain to bring delight (8) 25. Blue 26. Answer 27. Reason 23. Get accustomed to not being new (4) DOWN: 1. Pram 2. Pseudonym 3. Twist 4. Dense 5. Vice 6. Range 10. Idiot 11. Titus Thank you to Graham Barley for creating this 12. Dwelt 13. Snowballs cryptic crossword for us. 14 Ache 15. Twig 18. Yearn 20. Elgar 21. Tutor 22. Flaw Answers next month. 23. Keen
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Churches Together From the Parish Register Songs of Praise
Funerals 2nd October Ernie Bolton 8th October Clive Woodcock
48 people attended the Churches Thank you to everyone for Together Songs of Praise on Sunday their support and prayers th 30 September to hear prayers during the last few months written by members of the parish and following Clive’s death. and sing favourite hymns chosen by It has been a great comfort the community at the September to us all. Hilary, Susan, Fun Day. The service ended with Andrew and Emma. fellowship and tea and cake.
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Update on Upton Heath At the end of September we held a Welcome Barbecue for all our new and ‘old’ families! It was a great evening, made possible by our fantastic PTA who donated the food and Upton Baptist Church who In addition, some of our Year 5 and provided the barbecues and Year 6 girls sold homemade cakes cooked the food. and loom bands. Many families donated cakes for The grand total came to an amazing sale in aid of Macmillan. We raised £473.49! A wonderful effort all just over £400 – fantastic! round from the generous Upton After a series of NSPCC Keeping Heath community! Ourselves Safe assemblies we held Year 2 also led the Harvest Worship a non-uniform day to raise money at Holy Ascension on 19th October. for the work of the NSPCC. Sue Hughes Interim Vice Principal
Thank you to all who donated items for the Shoeboxes and to all who helped to fill them at Messy Church. We made up over 50 boxes! There is still time if you wish to make up a box or donate money to the shipping cost (£5 per box). Please contact Margaret Adams.
We thank Blakemore Foundation and Spar, Long Lane for their continued support for Messy Church and in the distribution of this magazine. Thank you to Wesley Church Centre, Oasis of Miracles, The Russian Pancake House, Upton Pavilion and library who also help to distribute Heartbeat.
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Children having fun, learning about God, Jesus and the bible. Sunday 18th and 25th November Bible themed crafts and activities for children during 10.45am Service.
The next Messy Church will be on Sunday 11th November at 4.30pm in Holy Ascension Church. The theme will be ‘Messy Church remembers 100’ .
Harvest At Holy Ascension
Thank you to all those who helped set up the hall and prepare the food for the Harvest Supper on Saturday 6th October.
Over 70 people enjoyed an evening of lovely food and friendship.
The evening included a quiz and finished with everyone joining in to sing a couple of Harvest hymns.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 21st September. Thanks to your generosity we raised £256.
Chester’s Lego Cathedral & Remembrance Poppies Have you been into Chester Cathedral recently to check on the progress of the Lego model? At the time of writing (early October) over 155,000 of the 350,000 bricks have been sold and added to the model by the visitors. On the run up to Remembrance You can help keep the model Day and to commemorate the growing, and for a good cause… centenary of the end of the First Every £1 donation, which buys one World War, Lego poppies are on brick to add to the model, goes sale for £2, which you can then add towards the Chester Cathedral to the Lego war memorial. £1 will Education Trust Fund, enabling the go to the Lego project and £1 to Cathedral Education team to the Royal British Legion. Please do continue their fantastic work with go in to look at the development of schools across Cheshire and the model and buy a poppy. beyond. For those of you who don’t know The success of the project is about the project, the Cathedral is dependent on volunteers. If you being recreated, brick by brick, are interested in supporting the using Lego pieces in one of the work of the Cathedral and have a most ambitious Lego build projects few hours to spare please get in of the last few years. Since our touch with Helen Barber on 01244 launch day Lego volunteers have 699044 or email been working most days using an [email protected] or ‘encyclopaedic’ set of instructions pop into the Cathedral and chat to to facilitate building the cathedral – one of the existing volunteers. Sara and you can help by buying bricks. Ruks Chester Cathedral Lego Volunteer For many years the late Brenda Swift Hands writing up the epilogue was responsible for distributing our To read at ACF, church magazine. This is my tribute Will be missed with all your humour to her. Sharon Now you've left us all bereft. Now our hands reach out for comfort Hand squeezing ours so tightly And clasp in silent prayer, As we moved into our seat, And now it's we that honour you Is missing at communion And mark our sad despair. Now your journey is complete. Yet wonder at your strength in God Hand waving from the window At the final curtain call, As the taxi drove Church Lane, Hands lift in praise, imploring Is missing from the parish That gift he'd give us all Now you're free from all the pain. To be as strong, tenacious Hands baking, making lovely scones Determined in our midst, For all the fairs and teas, With hands reaching out in love to us Are missing from the Church events Our dear one, Brenda Swift. Now God's freed you from disease. Christmas Bags for the Elderly Hands chalking on the blackboard We are going to make Christmas Bags Teaching 60 in the class, for the residents of Wealstone Lane Will never be forgotten Care home who do not have any Now new role for North East lass. family and for the Dementia Household Department. Hands holding up the hymn book If anyone can donate any of the At the monthly Wednesday sing, following it would be greatly Honoured with Hills of the North appreciated: Hats, Scarves, Gloves, Bed Socks Now you're sat beside your King. Shower Gel, Bubble Bath, nail Hands making up the goody bags varnish, deodorant And handing out the change, Sweets, chocolate, Christmas
Will be missing from the Christmas Pudding, chocolate Santa, Reindeer Word search Book, Crossword / stall Sudoku Book/Jigsaw Puzzle Now our plans are rearranged. Thank you Please leave at the back of Church
Upton by Chester Zip Wired Again! Horticultural On 28th September my husband Society Autumn Ralph celebrated his 87th birthday Show by taking on the zipwire velocity challenge at Bethesda, North Wales. This was the fourth time he has taken on this challenge. On this occasion he raised £373 for the Memory Lane Appeal at The Countess of Chester for the benefit of dementia patients. Previously he raised funds for the breast cancer scanner appeal and Babygrow, both at the Countess. We as a family are very proud of his achievements and thank those who sponsored him. Pat Jones
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Thank you to all who attended the Churches Together Quiz on Friday 12th October. The £168 raised will be split between Christian Aid & Cafod.
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A very big thank you to everybody who has a Children’s Society box. This year at Holy Ascension we have raised £2,121.33p for the work of the Society. Right now in Britain there are children and young people who feel scared, unloved and unable to cope. The Children’s Society works with these young people, step by step, for as long as it takes. Last year almost 120,000 Box Holders came together to help thousands of children in this country. Thanks to you £1.6 million was raised. The money you’ve raised has helped the project workers be there to give vulnerable children the one-to-one support they so urgently need. Thank you for your fantastic support. If you do not already have a collection box for The Children’s Society and would like to have one, please contact me Margaret Brizell on telephone number 381404.
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HOLY ASCENSION BACKFORD, MOLLINGTON & CHURCH DISTRICT FELLOWSHIP GROUP LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. th Upton Community Hall Wednesday 7 November Monday 19th November 7.30pm At 7.30pm Talk by Jill Burton ‘From Armistice to Remembrance: 'The Servants of Erddig' Marking the End of the Great War 1918 – 1920’ Backford & Mollington Village Hall Talk by Prof. Graeme White All are welcome to attend, Everyone is welcome to join us non-members £3.00. £2.00 including Tea & Biscuits
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Wednesday COFFEE AND 14th After service Caring & Sharing Lunch CHAT! 28th 3.00pm Wednesday Singers Every Monday Thursday 10.00am –Noon Sewing Group 10.00am – Noon Saturday 9.30am Parish Prayers The Pavilion Wealstone Lane An open Monday Holy Ascension Musical Tots invitation is extended to all. 10.15-10.45am Gentle Music for Babies 11.15-11.45am Toddlers Music Time Churches Together in Upton Tuesday 9.15- 11.00am Holy Ascension Sunshine Tots Term Time (Upton Community Hall)
The food bank provides 3 days of emergency food for local people in Upton Community Hall, crisis. Demage Lane, Upton, CH2 1EL There is a box in Opening hours church for non- The parish office will be open perishable food Monday to Friday 9.30 – 11.30am donations. Parish Administrator Urgently needed Karen Evans 383518 items: Email [email protected] UHT Fruit juice Parish Safeguarding Coordinator Instant Mash Please contact the coordinator via the parish Instant Custard office or email: Toiletries [email protected]
Vicar Sunday 4th 8.00am Holy Communion Paul Newman 743325 9.00am Choral Eucharist [email protected] 10.45am All Age Worship Curate th Wednesday 7 10.15am Holy Communion Dave O’Brien 375782 Sunday 11th 8.00am Holy Communion Remembrance 10.00am Remembrance Church Wardens Mike Curtis 313152 Sunday Service Colin Foden 381094 4.30pm Messy Church [email protected] Wednesday 14th 10.15am Holy Communion Reader Emeritus/ Churches
Together in Upton th Sunday 18 8.00am Holy Communion Barbara Capstick 380299 9.00am Choral Eucharist 10.45am Morning Praise PCC Secretary Margaret Whaley st Wednesday 21 10.15am Holy Communion [email protected] Sunday 25th 8.00am Holy Communion PCC Treasurer 9.00am Choral Eucharist Sue Burgess 380340 10.45am Morning Praise [email protected] Wednesday 28th 10.15am Holy Communion Electoral Roll Secretary Views expressed in this magazine are not Mark Burgess 380340 necessarily those of the Editorial Team, the Family Worker/Sunshine Tots Clergy, the Parochial Church Council, or of any Margaret Adams 07707 030020 authoritative body of the Church of England. [email protected] Guides District Commissioner Gill Goynes 310000 Church Fellowship Leaders Barbara Capstick 380299 Margaret Brizell 381404 Director of The Samara Trust Graeme White 312758
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