PARISH of MOSSLEY February 2020

Growing, Nurturing, Serving 50p www.mossleyparishchurch.org.uk Rose Queen Shannon & Brownie Queen Tamsin

Invite you to their

“At Home”

to be held on Saturday 14th March 2020 at St George’s Church At 2pm

We look forward to seeing you there!

Did you know Bank’s are advising their Customers to make sure they quote the year 2020 in full on cheques as 20 can be altered very easily – sound advice!

27 Parish Information

St John’s Vicarage, Carrhill Vicar of Mossley Fr David Warner Road, Mossley OL5 0SA Phone: 01457 237667 or 07506 723946 Email: [email protected] www.mossleyparishchurch.org.uk @mossleyparish @mossleyparish

For all enquiries (eg baptisms, weddings and funerals), and in an emergency at ANY time, please contact the Vicar

Ian McConnell Veterinary Practice Limited Associate Priest 07742 558236 Mr T I McConnell BSc (Hons), BVM&S, MRCVS (Sunday, Tuesday – Fr Ian Brocklehurst [email protected] Thursday only) The Old Mossley Library, Wyre Street, Mossley OL5 0EU Telephone 01457 837900

also at 5 Saddleworth House, Tame Street, Uppermill, Oldham OL3 6BD “Local, independent, value for money, common-sense approach to pet care”

From our modern premises in either Mossley or Uppermill, we offer the complete A-Z fear-free small animal veterinary service. Our fully qualified and trained team of veterinary surgeons use the most advanced in-house diagnostic facilities in the area and combine them with a personal client/pet-centred attention second to none. www.mcconnellvets.co.uk or follow us on social media: www.facebook.com/imcvets Twitter@imcvets

3 Mossley Cancer Committee Events 2020

Saturday 15th Feb Coffee Morning at Mossley Band Club 10.30am to 12.30pm

Saturday 14th Mar Coffee Morning at Mossley Band Club 10.30am to 12.30pm

Monday 16th Mar Trip – further details to follow

Kathryn & Debbie would like to thank everyone who attended the Murder Mystery, Murder on the Dance Floor on 25th January, especially our chef Jimmy and our wonderful actors who gave sterling performances. It was great to see so many people there and thank you for your patience as we served around 50 people from that tiny kitchen. It was a wonderful social event and at the time of going to print £450.50p was raised for Church funds.

Important News – the current £20 note is to be

We are committed to the nurturing, protection and safeguarding of all: especially withdrawn at the end of February. children, young people and all who are vulnerable. Any safeguarding concerns should be raised immediately with the Vicar or with the relevant Parish Safeguarding Officer listed above. 25 From Fr David Rose Queen Shannon is appealing for donations of clothing for her New 2 You Fashion Show in April (see The new year is well under way, and this year, with another late(ish) Easter, we can enjoy a few weeks of Ordinary Time during February. Thank you to all who have below for details. Please pass any donations to Heather offered such kind words and prayers as Penny and Buddy finally moved into the or Shannon. Many thanks. Vicarage, and to all who supported Penny at her licensing at St George’s Stalybridge on 26th January.

This isn't an article about giving something up for Lent - if you want to do that, and if it’s a helpful spiritual discipline then good, and if that helps you focus your prayers, even better. This is an article, and I hope for us as a community will be a Lent, about taking new things up - some of those things for the period of fasting before Easter, and hopefully spilling over into a longer lasting cycle and discipline.

This Lent, we shall hold another study course on Wednesday evenings, beginning on 4th March, using another film as our conversation starter - this time, The Greatest Showman. I’d like to also remind you of the availability of spiritual MOTs - an opportunity to meet with Fr Ian or I for a conversation, in confidence, about whatever you like - to talk about where you are in your journey with God. It is a privilege to meet with people and talk about where they are, and where God may be calling. If you would like to have such a meeting, do please be in touch with us directly.

There are lots of opportunities for worship in Lent, and you may like to think about coming to a different service, or making a particular time for prayer each day at home, or wherever you happen to find yourself. Details of our worship for Holy Week and Easter will be available in the March magazine.

On Ash Wednesday (26th February) at St George’s, there will be school Eucharist at 2.30pm (to which all are welcome) and a United Eucharist with the imposition of ashes at 7pm. This powerful day with its special observances form a moment to stop and think as we join in the wilderness before the long journey to the cross, the tomb and the joy of Easter day.

If you possibly can, do join us on Ash Wednesday and perhaps one of the things we could all take up for Lent, and take on from Lent, is pushing beyond the comfortable limits we set ourselves, and opening ourselves to the unexpected and limitless love and opportunity found in God.

With my prayers and good wishes. Fr David

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Donations

In Memory of Audrey Nield Wife, Mum & Gran from Terry, Michael, Helen, Robert Matthew, George & Stephen £40.00

From The Duchy of Lancaster Fund for our Archive Project £600.00

Carol Winterbottom Treasurer

Please pass any items for inclusion in the Parish Magazine to Kathryn Malkin at St George’s Church or via email at [email protected] 23 This year’s Lent course will use the film ’The greatest showman’ and the booklet written by the Revd Dr Rachel Mann (Rector of St Nicholas’ Burnage in this diocese).

The course will run on Wednesday evenings: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th March, 1st April, 7.30-9pm, at St George’s. Fr David, Fr Ian, our Churchwardens and PCCs. All are welcome to any and all of the sessions - if you’d like to buy the accompanying book for £6.50, Amy, our Curate in training. look out for the sign-up sheets in both churches (you can still come along and take part, with or without a St George, Milton St John and All Saints Micklehurst booklet!) primary schools, their children, staff and governors. Junior Church, our Uniformed Organisations and their leaders. The Revd Penny Warner in her new ministry in the parish of St. George Stalybridge.

All undergoing or awaiting hospital treatment and investigations.

The sick, frail and housebound.

For Margaret Holroyd, Madge Woodhouse, Margaret Smith, Aileen Mather, Norman Mills, Joan Brogan and Margaret Kinder recently departed.

Please forward any requests for this Prayer Page each month to Fr Ian

7 From Fr Ian Holy Two of the Sunday gospel readings this There are many Holy Relics associated with the life of Jesus. Many were discovered centuries ago and are on display. Some are not on display but month come from the Sermon on the are still well known. I hope you enjoy this new series and if you want me to include any specifically in the coming months, do let me know. Mount. The full ‘sermon’ takes up three chapters of Matthew’s gospel, and is the longest of five of Jesus’ teaching discourses in that gospel. It is packed with guidance about how to live our lives, and much of it will be very familiar, even if you didn’t realise it is part of the Sermon The Seamless Robe of Jesus on the Mount. Also known as the Holy Robe, Holy Tunic, Holy Coat, Honourable Robe, and Chiton of the Lord, it is the robe said to have been worn by Jesus The opening section is often called the during or shortly before his crucifixion. Competing traditions claim that the robe has been preserved to the present day. One tradition places it in the Beatitudes, with its repeated ‘Blessed are Cathedral of , another places it in Argenteuil's Basilique Saint-Denys and several traditions claim that it is now in various Eastern Orthodox the…’ statements. These statements churches, notably in Mtskheta, Georgia. were, and are, radical. They turn ordinary According to the , the soldiers who crucified Jesus did not divide his tunic after crucifying him, but cast lots to determine who would human ideas about happiness upside keep it because it was woven in one piece, without seam. down. One legend states that Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, discovered the seamless robe in the in the year 327 or 328 along with several other relics. According to different versions of the story, she either bequeathed it, or sent it, to the city of Trier where Constantine The next section tells us that WE are the had once lived for some time before becoming Emperor. The history of the Trier robe is certain only from the 12th Century. On 1 May 1196, salt of the earth and light of the world. Johann I of Trier consecrated an altar in which the seamless robe was Salt is not just something to enhance contained. A scientific examination of the robe has not been conducted. flavour. In Jesus’ time it was vital as a preservative, and all our bodies are 21 totally dependent on the right salts in the Parish Photos

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Comedy Corner

11 Recipe of the Month Useless Trivia Quiz Easy Spaghetti Vongole 1. In which country do you have to start digging if you want a straight Ingredients hole through the centre of the Earth to China? 2. Who was the famous editor of Michael Jackson's 1988 500g/1lb very autobiography Moonwalk? 3. Which country has been the world’s largest exporter of coffee for small fresh clams, 150 years?

or a small jar of 4. The collective noun for which animal is often known as an clams in brine 'embarrassment'? 5. Which date in May is celebrated by many science fiction fans as Star 3 tbsp olive oil Wars Day?

2 garlic cloves, 6. Which animal is responsible for most deaths in the world each year?

Method – Serves 4 finely chopped 7. What unfortunately do Catherine the Great, Elvis Presley and the 1 tsp anchovy fictional character Tywin Lannister all have in common? Scrub the clams, discarding any that stay 8. The iconic Concrete Cows created in 1978 by Canadian artist Liz open when tapped sharply.paste Leyh, can be found in which English town? Place the clams into a pan2 tbsp over finely a high heat. Add two tablespoonschopped of water, parsley cover with a lid and cook400g/14oz for 3-4 minutes, canned or until all the shells havechopped opened. tomatoes Discard any clams whichsalt have and not freshly ground black Christmas Quiz opened after five minutes. There were 19 Remove the clam flesh frompepper the shells 450g/1lb dried and dip them quickly into their cooking In the December/January magazine spaghetti water toFree rinse to view atoff https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes any sand. Strain the clam juices from the pan through a sieve 17 lined with muslin or kitchen paper and G & A Doubleday Ltd Upper Mossley Post Office, Newsagents & Off Licence Tel/Fax 01457 832597 Open Mon-Thurs 5.15am-6pm Fri & Sat 5.15am-7.30pm Sun 5.15am-1pm

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