The Messenger

Parish Magazine of St Michael and All Angels, Middlewich with St John the Evangelist, Byley

June 2014 50p

Service plan for June 2014

1st June– 7th of Easter

8.00 am Middlewich Communion 9.15 am Middlewich Communion 11.00 am Middlewich All Age Worship + Baptism 11.00 am Byley Adult Baptism 6.30 pm Middlewich No Evening Service

8th June– Pentecost 9.15 am Middlewich Communion 11.00 am Middlewich Morning Praise 11.00 am Byley Rose Fete Service 2.30 pm Middlewich Baptism 6.30 pm Middlewich Evensong 15th June– Trinity 9.15 am Middlewich Communion 10.30 am Middlewich Service at Festival Stage 11.00 am Byley Morning Praise

6.30 pm Middlewich Evening Communion 22nd June– 1st after Trinity 9.15 am Middlewich Communion 11.00 am Middlewich Morning Praise 11.00 am Byley Communion

2.30 pm Middlewich Baptism 6.30 pm Middlewich Church @ 28

Healing Service each Tuesday at 9.30 am Communion Service each Thursday at 9.30 am 2

29th June– 2nd after Trinity

9.15 am Middlewich Communion

11.00 am Middlewich Morning Praise 11.00 am Byley Morning Praise

6.30 pm Middlewich– MCC Churches Together Service

St Michael’s Church Office

28 Hightown, Middlewich, CW10 9AN 01606 738005 Office hours 10am-2pm Monday-Friday Office Manager : Beth Deakin [email protected]

For further contact details please see p20 …

A snippet from Vi…………………………

‘My parents taught me religion-

You’d better pray that will come out of the carpet!’

The cost of heating and lighting St Michael's for a whole year is nearly £6,650:

Heating alone costs about £38 per day. So please turn the lights off and shut the door after you!

Letter from the Rector

Dear Friends,

I heard this story a few years ago and although I certainly don’t wish to endorse the gambling culture I think it makes a very pertinent point about prayer;

A young Christian man prayed day after day that God would enable him to win the lottery. Week by week nothing happened. The young man’s prayer became more fervent and frantic until the Lord could bear the agony not longer. That night as the man knelt and prayed God spoke; ‘Alright, alright, I hear you’ God said, ‘but please meet me halfway and at least go and buy a lottery ticket this time!’

Many people complain that God doesn’t answer prayer. There are many issues linked with this but I think if we’re honest the fundamental problem is this – did you actually ask God? The man in the story above will never win the lottery unless he first buys a ticket. Similarly if we never actually bother to pray how can God answer our prayer.

There is of course a fundamental difference between the lottery and prayer. Even when you buy a lottery ticket your chances of winning are virtually nil! When you pray however, we are told that God will answer. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer (Isaiah 58:9) says Isaiah to the Jewish exiles in Babylon. Jesus himself encouraged the disciples to pray with these words; Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. (Luke 11:9).

A few weeks ago a group from the staff team attended a two day conference at Foxhill Retreat Centre, called ‘Lead Academy Chester’. It is the start of a two year programme of events & training. One outcome from our time together was a challenge to encourage more mission focused prayer within our church family. With this in mind we will be introducing a new prayer initiative during the next few weeks. Whilst prayer is already part of people’s lives, we felt that the establishment of a new mission focused initiative would give a much needed boost to our spiritual life.

Why? Because when we pray in a co-ordinated way things will happen. Jesus said to his disciples: I tell you that if two of you agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there I am with them (Matthew 18:19-20).

I’ll leave you for now with some words of George Carey which I believe are true: Prayer is the heartbeat of faith. Nothing is ever done or accomplished without prayer. No great Christian work ever begins or ends without prayer, or is successful without prayer. Prayer is the beginning, the middle and the end of any Christian venture.

Yours in Christ Simon Drew

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

A trip has been arranged to the production of this musical at the Regent Theatre, Hanley on Thursday 18th September 2014. The cost is £28.00 including coach travel (this will leave Tesco’s at 1pm)

A portion of the cost will be donated to Save the Family.

If you are interested, please put your name on them list on the table by the church door, or contact Janet Chishholm on 01606 836263

FUNCTIONS AT NUMBER 28

All the rooms at Number 28, which is opposite St Michael’s Church, are available for rent when not being used by the Church.

The rooms seat between 8 and 60 people, are well appointed and would suit private functions or business meetings.

A full commercial standard kitchen is also available.

Go to the Number 28 Website www.at28.org/roomhire

to see details, or phone the office on 01606 738005.

Flowers for Easter

A special thanks to Mrs Sylvia Bailey for her donation for Easter flowers in memory of George Bailey and Andrew and Elsie Wise.

Also apologies to Mrs Bailey for this entry being chopped from the printed copy of the previous issue.

Unless the Lord Builds the house, its Builders labour in Vain. (Psalm 127:1) So don’t forget to Pray!

Parish Weekend Away

Following the success of our weekend at Cloverley Hall in October 2012 we have booked another parish weekend in October 2014, at Cloverley Hall (nr Whitchurch, Shropshire). Cloverley Hall is a Christian conference & retreat centre and we have booked the house for our sole use over the weekend of 3rd – 5th October 2014.

This weekend will provide an opportunity to spend time together with periods of Christian fellowship and teaching, and also some fun and relaxation. There will be groups and activities for both adults and children. Our speaker this time will be Bishop John Hayden, who has a wealth of experience as a church leader, both in England and also in Africa.

Those of us who went last year had a really great time and I would really like us all to be able to share in this next weekend away together.

Visit www.cloverleyhall.org for more information.

At this stage costs for 2014 have not been finalised but an indicative cost for the weekend, which will include full board from Friday evening meal to Sunday lunch inclusive is: Adults: £100.00 & Children: 0-4 years £10.00; 5-9 years £40.00; 10-12 years £70.00; 13-17 years £90.00 Additional supplements may apply for ensuite rooms and single occupancy rooms.

Please do come along and join us. To book a place we require a deposit of £10 per person (including all children). Booking forms available via the church office. 7

CONGO LINK

Our charity for April-June 2014

During this second quarter of 2014 St Michael’s Church is supporting the work of the Chester Diocesan link with Aru & Boga Dioceses in the Congo. This is know as the ANC Link. A specific area of work we are supporting is the sponsoring of two student health workers (through IPASC which works in partnership with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine).

STUDENT DETAILS: (As supplied by IPASC)

Name: Mrs AKOMOKO MAKIDHU Marie Age: 44 years old Course: Diploma course in Community Midwife Start Date: September 2012 Class: 2nd year in Community Midwife Home Village: Todro (Faradje, in the Haut - Uélé region).

Family background: 5th daughter in a family with 10 children, AKOMOKO is living at TODRO Village with her old mother and her young sister among a very poor community whose essential activity is farming. By the way, that community has a low knowledge of how to improve its own heath. Score in college in the first term: 75.25 %.

Plan for future: AKOMOKO hopes after her studies, to initiate to the best of her ability, health awareness and education to involve the population in understanding that health is first about personal hygiene and cleaning up the environment and following this, especially the youngest and mothers by small initiatives for taking care of them, their pregnancies, babies and children.

Report for March 2014: Marie is one of the best students studying community midwifery at ITPASC Diploma course level. The student comes from a region (where there is a high rate of children and mothers’ death and a very low rate of girls sent to school) in an area called TODRO. She hopes to go back and raise awareness in order to change people’s behaviour on reproductive health issues as the majority of mothers have low interest to give birth in the maternity hospital and many of mothers gave birth to babies on an almost

8 annual basis. Moreover, she is interested to raise parents’ awareness to send young girls to school. Her interest in field practical assessment is identifying mothers with low knowledge about reproductive health issues. Her favourite courses in school this year are Gynaecology and Family Plan- ning. She thanks the sponsors who accepted to financially support her studies at IPASC. She has huge hopes to get to the 3rd form classroom next year. She occupied the first place in her class and succeeded to the half part of this school year with 76.8 %.

Name: Mr AMULA Innocent Age: 22 years old Course: Diploma course in Community Health Start Date: September 2012 Class: 2nd year in Community Health Home Village: Simbi (Mahagi, in the Ituri region)

Family background: AMULA is the 5th of 18 children. He lives in Simbi village with his father who is a local carpenter. His community is composed essentially of traditional farmers with lack of knowledge about health. Score in college in the first term: 72.62%

Plan for future: After his studies AMULA says that he will consider initialising small local projects to help the population to come out of ignorance in matters related to health in all its diversity: I will make the population personally responsible by the creation of a villagers’ association for awareness to help people practising good habit to improve their health . After this, I will create villagers’ groups to support this.

Report for 2013: AMULA Innocent is interested to study Community Health. He works well in school. He is accustomed to the academic activities as students to his last year. The most enjoyable activity for him this year is the methodology field practical assessment with the community which make the learning activity very vivid. The student continues to express gratitude to all those who generously accepted to support his studies. The student’s total grades will be sent by the middle of July 2014. As a future project, he thinks to create a structure which will be for help to take away the community members’ ignorance about their health and to improve it. He got 65.7 % at the first half yearly exams.

Parish Registers for 2014

Funerals 22nd April Robert Berrington, Newton Court Nursing Home

2nd May Joan Walker, Clarendon Court Nursing Home

6th May Kenneth Cookson, Bosley Close

7th May Fanny Estcourt, St Stephen’s Nursing Home

13th May Harry Garlick, Belgrave Road, Northwich

14th May Dorothy Threadgold, Newton Court Nursing Home

29th May Wilfrid Edward Illidge, Booth Lane

Crematorium only Funerals

15th May Derek Wheeler, Mill Lane

Weddings

3rd May Peter Buckley and Michelle Parsons

4th May James Madeley and Beverley Stevens

9th May Daniel Kay and Sarah-Jayne Lloyd-Moss

30th May Ryan Jones and Kirsty Blease

Baptisms

13th April Jessica Samantha Carson

George Arthur Yearsley

27th April George Thomas Wright

4th May Sophia Caitlin Mottershaw

11th May Lillia May Cookson

Future events

Tuesday, 10 June Two speakers from Phoenix Domestic Abuse Services, (previously the Winsford Women’s Refuge), will be our visitors at this meeting. Any donations of toiletries would be very much appreciated. They particularly need sanitary products, deodorants and shower products, or nearly new children’s and women’s nighties, dressing gowns, slippers etc. Please bring any donations to the meeting. Families usually arrive with no personal possessions whatsoever.

Wednesday, 25 June The Castle Branch of MU will be celebrating their Centenary and we have received an invitation to their event. There will be a 7.00pm service at which the Diocesan Chaplain James Ambrose will preach, followed by a celebration supper. Please put your name on the list available at the meeting.

Saturday, 28 June AGM and Diocesan Council meeting will be held at Hartford Parish Centre from 10.00am to 1.00pm. This is a good opportunity to meet members from other Deaneries. The speaker will be Barbara Taylor, Provincial President, who was previously Diocesan President for the Manchester Diocese. A list is available for anyone requiring transport.

Tuesday, 8 July Holy Communion at 2.00pm followed by a Strawberry Tea.

Saturday, 12 July From 11.30am to 3.30pm a Family Fun Day will be held in Chester Cathedral Gardens. This is organised by the Mothers’ Union and there is no admittance charge to the event but you may like to take a picnic and enjoy a full day out in Chester. There will be lots of games for the whole family. Jo Hulse

Mothers’ Union Sunday Rota

Duty June July Intercessions Miriam Sant MU Member

Banner Chris Overton Thelma Ashley

Escorts Pauline Davies Pam Dunning & & Janet Chisholm Miriam Sant

Offertory Thelma Ashley Edna Rose & & Pam Jackson Angela Tempest

There is always someone available to pray with you after services. Just ask. It’s good to pray! Equally, if you would like someone to come and pray with you at any time speak to :

Sylvia, Elaine or Sue Ikin.

The Normal week at St Michael’s Monday 9.15am Staff Meeting at Number 28 with prayers 1.15 pm SMILERS at church (not during school holidays) 7.00 pm Rehearsals for the Festival Choir in Church 7.30 pm SMAART St Michael’s handbell ringers Tuesday 9.30 am Healing service and coffee at Number 28 7.30 pm Tower ringing practice in church Wednesday 7.00 am Prayer in church 9.30 am Prayer @ 28 6.00 pm Worship group 7.30 pm Choir practice Thursday 9.30 am Communion 7.30 pm Card Group at Number 28 Friday 6.00 pm BLOG (Club for Years 4, 5 and 6) not during school holidays 7.30 pm DYN@MIC (Club for Years 7, 8, 9) not during school holidays 8.00 pm AFTER DARK (Club for years 10 and above) not during school holidays

Time Well Spent

I don’t come for coffee, I don’t come for tea.

I come for the service, As it should be.

I look and I listen and I sit feeling content.

I think to myself, ‘That’s a morning well spent.’

Mary Moran

Don’t forget to check out the 28 website...www.at28.org

A little humour for June

Reasons for marriage Studying our wedding photos, my six-year-old asked, “Did you marry Dad because he was a vicar?” “Not really,” I replied. “Did you marry him because he was good-looking?” “No, not that either,” I replied. “Did you marry him for his money?” “Definitely not,” I laughed. “He didn’t have any.” “So,” he concluded sadly, “you just felt sorry for him.”

Laundry I often do the ‘laundry’ for our church, and one day I decided to do the altar cloth with a lavender-scented detergent. When our vicar next walked past the altar, he sniffed in bewilderment. "What’s this?" he asked. "Guess," I said coyly. "I have no idea," he said. "It smells like the stuff my daughter uses to line the hamster’s cage."

DIY Our churchwarden has the courage, but not always the skills, to tackle any DIY job that needs doing around the church. For example, in the church shed are still pieces of the church lawn mower she once tried to fix. So our vicar wasn’t surprised the day he found her in the vestry, attacking the vacuum cleaner with a screwdriver. "This thing won’t cooperate," she complained.

The vicar thought for a moment: "Why don’t you drag it out to the shed and show it what you did to the lawn mower?"

Plant During our priest’s very lengthy sermon, a large plant suddenly fell over right behind the pulpit, crashing to the floor. He smiled sheepishly and said, "Well, that’s the first time I actually put a plant to sleep."

Gardening Overheard at my gardening club meeting: “I never knew what compost was until I met my husband.”

Byley Parish Church Rose Fete Saturday 7th June Procession at 1.00pm From Shanty Farm to Church Field Byley Rose Queen and Her Retinue Visiting Queens

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Vintage Vehicles Including Traction Engines : Steam Rollers : Tractors Rolls-Royce and Bentley Cars and More * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * *

FUN DOG SHOW AND LATER DOG RACING Bring your dog along to join in the fun.

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Grand Draw Refreshments : BBQ Tombola : Hoopla : Games : Competitions

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Admission £1.00 by Programme Accompanied Children under 12 years Admitted Free * * * * * * * Evening Events:- Tractor Run : Tug ‘o’ War and BBQ Bring Your Own Drinks

. Flower Rota

June 1st / 8th Brenda Jervis

June 15th / 22nd Sheila Fitton

June 29th – July 6th Paddy Bennion

July 13th – July 20th Christine Hankey

Cleaning Rota

June 1st - June 8th Anne Nichol

June 15th - June 22nd Glenys Richardson

June 29th – July 6th Christine Hankey

July 13th – July 20th Celia Wilkinson

PCC Meeting

The next PCC Meeting is on Monday 23rd June at 7.30pm in the Village Hall

Easter Flowers

Donations for Easter Flowers were given in Memory of :-

Leonard Garnett and The Dodd Family Hilda and Reg Harter May Hankey Alan Hankey Sam Knutsford John Bennion Thomas and Evelyn Percival Millfred and Leanard Elliot William Bickerton George and Pattie Leech Clary Leech 18

Byley This Month

June 1st Adult Baptism Tony Woode Readers Anne Nichol Christine Hankey Sidesman Alan Percival June 8th Rose Fete Service Liz Woode Readers Rose Fete Retinue

Sidesman Caroline Oakes June 15th Morning Praise Jacqui Briscoe Readers Organist Frank Walton Sidesman Eleanor Winnett

June 22nd Communion Simon Drew Readers Celia Wilkinson Alan Boyle Sidesman Glenys Richardson

June 29th Morning Praise Jacqui Briscoe Readers James Bennion Jean Percival Sidesman Anita Halman

Byley Readers

For those who like to prepare well in advance:

July 6th is Rector’s Sunday in the Village Hall

And

the readers for July 13th are:

Anita Halman and Organist

Rev Simon Drew, Rector– Middlewich and Byley The Rectory, Poplar Fell, Nantwich Road, Middlewich 01606 833440 CW10 9HG [email protected] Jeremy Coles, Director of Music & Family Work 6 Shilton Close, Middlewich CW10 0RN office: 01606 738005 [email protected] mobile:07981 051776

Rev Liz Woode, Curate & Tony Woode, Reader 6 The Grange, Hartford, CW8 1QH 01606 75030 [email protected] Rev Thia Hughes, Curate The Vicarage, 50 Norley Road, Sandiway, CW8 2JU 01606 883286 mobile 07970 734507 [email protected] Rev. Lorraine Reed, Curate 1 Douglas Close, Hartford, CW8 1SH 01606 781071 [email protected] (Lorraine) Rev Simon Hamill-Stewart, Assistant Priest & Christine Hamill-Stewart, Reader 87 Warmingham Lane, Middlewich CW10 0DJ 01606 737329 [email protected] Steve Broadfoot, Reader Ruth Broadfoot, Electoral Roll 22 Angus Grove, Middlewich CW10 9GR 01606 738373 [email protected] Jacqui Briscoe, Reader and Alpha leader & Bob Briscoe, Health and Safety Officer

Middlewich and Byley Church Staff Byley Middlewich and 53 Lewin Street, Middlewich CW10 9BG 01606 836460 [email protected] Sylvia Bosomworth, Pastoral Care Worker 98 Sutton Lane, Middlewich, CW10 0BY 01606 737338 [email protected] Elaine Reynolds, Pastoral Care Worker 01606 832596 28 Westlands Road, Middlewich, CW10 9HN

e,[email protected]

Sue Ikin, Pastoral Care Worker 110 West Ave., Rudheath, Northwich CW9 7ET 01606 42258 [email protected] Beth Deakin, Office Manager (Mon-Fri 10am-2pm) Church Office, 28 Hightown, Middlewich 01606 738005 CW10 9AN [email protected] Steve Bailey, Middlewich Church Warden 4 Ladies Walk, Middlewich CW10 0BH 01606 834264 [email protected] Graham Ikin, Middlewich Church Warden 110 West Avenue, Rudheath, Northwich 01606 42258 CW9 7ET [email protected] Elaine Reynolds, Church Warden 28 Westlands Road, Middlewich, CW10 9HN 01606 832596 [email protected] Christine Malkin, Middlewich PCC Secretary 5 Lindisfarne 01606 833023 Close, Middlewich, CW10 9HS [email protected] Stuart Barber, Middlewich PCC Treasurer 24 Waterside Way, Middlewich CW10 9HP 01606 833161 [email protected] Jo Hulse, Middlewich Mothers Union 56 Nantwich Road, Middlewich, CW10 9HG 01606 832198

Other Middlewich Contacts Other Middlewich [email protected] John Briggs, Pledges Officer 85 Rolt Crescent, Middlewich CW10 0BE 01606 832810 Janet Chisholm, Middlewich Flower Guild 37 Brooks Lane, Middlewich CW10 0JG 01606 836263 [email protected] Anne Hardy, Organist 54 Westlands Road, Middlewich, CW10 9HN 01606 832121 [email protected]

Ian Taylor, Middlewich Bellringers 78 Long Lane, Middlewich CW10 0EN 01606 834095 [email protected] David & Miriam Sant, Children’s Society local representatives 29 King Street, Middlewich CW10 9EJ 01606 832583 [email protected] Glenys Richardson, Byley The Gables, Byley Lane, Byley, CW10 9NL 01606 834343 [email protected]/uk Anne Nicol, Byley PCC Secretary The Round House, Byley Lane, Cranage, 01606 836314 CW10 9LW annenicol@btinternet .com Frank Walton, Byley Church Warden

Middlewich / Byley Contacts Byley Middlewich / Woodside Farm, Goostrey Lane, Cranage, Holmes 01477 533284 Chapel, CW4 8HD [email protected] Alan and Jean Percival, Byley Church Warden and treasurer [email protected] The Green,Yatehouse Lane, Byley, CW10 9NS 01606 833808 Christine Hankey, Byley Village Hall Chestnut Farm, Byley 01606 832938 If you have any articles or photographs for the next magazine, please would you e-mail them by 15th June 2014 to the Church Office- [email protected] . You can also place articles in the pigeon hole for the Church Office Alternatively, you can e-mail direct to Margaret English at: [email protected].

The church website address is

www.middlewichparishchurch.org.uk/ St Michael’s is a registered charity, number 1127335 22

Middlewich Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic Ltd CHARTERED AND HEALTH PROFESSION COUNCIL REGISTERED PHYSIOTHERAPIST “For all your aches and pains” Tel: 01606 832457 No G.P. referral required www.middlewich-physio.co.uk 1a ST MICHAELS WAY, TOWNBRIDGE, MIDDLEWICH, CHESHIRE, CW10 9DX

Alternative to Kennels Going away on holiday? Just for the Weekend? “Your dog can come and stay in my home, with adjoining fields, plenty of walks, care and attention CALL BELINDA on 01260 224722 (Somerford Booths)

Middlewich Community Centre (off the Civic Hall Car Park, Middlewich)

Ideal for parties, meetings etc

For further information call Reg Jackson on 01606 832118

Peter Forshaw Ltd Funeral Services An Independent Family Business 24 Hour Personal and Dignified Service 23 Wheelock Street, Middlewich 01606 836708

CATS (Opticians) Optometrists and Contact Lens Centre Senior Citizens special package 30-32 Wheelock Street, Middlewich CW10 9AG 01606 836582

HPC registered Chiropodist/ Podiatrist

Cheshire Lasers Medical Clinic, 75a Webbs Lane, Middlewich, CW10 9DS Tel: 01606 841255 Mobile: 07748712399

Neil Hopley, Electrical Contractors Ltd NICEIC Approved Agricultural, Industrial, Domestic Installations and Repairs Brooks Lane, Middlewich, Cheshire 01606 833993 or 07976 661061 (mobile)

Byley Village Hall Bookings for family parties, receptions, meetings and groups 01606 832938

Paul Hassall Contractors (Middlewich) Electrical, Plumbing, Central Heating, Building & Joinery All new installations, alterations and repairs – No job too small NICEIC Approved for Electrical Work, Gas Safe Registered Engineers for Gas Work All aspects of building maintenance covered, Bathrooms and Kitchens fitted Freephone : 0800 9558680 or Mobile 07831 503385 e mail : [email protected]