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Alpha Course on Wednesday 18Th July at 7.30Pm News & Views From St Mary’s Church Ecclesfield Church Magazine July 2018 www.stmarysecclesfield.com Price 60p First Words July is looking like quite a busy month, a burst of activity before a quiet August! On Monday 9th July at 7.30pm we will be hosting the second Ecclesfield Community Forum. It is good to be part of a community with so many groups working for the good of all; it is also good to know that members of the Church are involved in all these groups. On Saturday 14th July at 7.30pm we welcome the Grenoside Singers into Church for a ‘Top of the Pops’ Concert. For tickets or more information see Andrew Robinson. We will be holding the last of the Alpha Course on Wednesday 18th July at 7.30pm. Alpha will be back in the Autumn on Tuesday Lunchtimes - more information to follow. On Wednesday 25th July at 7.30pm in Church we are going to hold an open consultation on funeral and bereavement ministry. It will be an opportunity to engage with important research commissioned by the Church of England nationally and to review our practices here at St Mary’s. Finally, Sunday 29th July is a fifth Sunday, so we will have an informal celebration Eucharist at 10am. A time to come along and celebrate the love of God for us seen in Jesus; a time to remind ourselves that we are the people of the risen Christ and our song is always ‘Alleluia!” God bless you, Tim Front Cover – The Water Lily is the national flower of Bangladesh and state flower for Andhra Pradesh, India. The seal of Bangladesh contains a lily floating on water. The blue waterlily is the national flower of Sri Lanka. It is also the birth flower for July. Back Cover – Grenoside Singers Poster 1 Thought for the Month At the Alpha course a couple of weeks ago we heard Nicky Gumbel, the vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton and the author of Alpha, speaking about the Holy Spirit, God’s gift to all who want His presence in our lives. After the teaching we laid hands on each other and prayed for one another. I know that I was not the only person present to be deeply touched by God as I was ministered to by God working through my brothers and sisters. I left that evening with a sense of deep peace and also a sense that we need to focus more on the Holy Spirit present in each member of our Church community, working in and through every member of our Church community. As we prayed for each other, I was reminded that the Holy Spirit is given not to be kept, but to be given away; given not for our sake but for those people that Jesus sends us to minister to. As I prayed I was reminded that at Pentecost, the day on which we celebrate the outpouring of the Spirit, the reading from Acts chapter 2 is often matched with an Old Testament Reading, from Genesis chapter 11, the story of Babel. At Babel the desire of the builders of the great tower is ‘to make a name for ourselves’ (Gen 11:4). At Pentecost the desire is to glorify, not ourselves, not even the Church, but God. Those who gathered in Jerusalem on the morning of Pentecost heard the disciples proclaiming in their own languages ‘God’s deeds of power.” (Acts 2:11) Our calling as Christians and as the Church of Jesus, the body of Christ, is to be Christlike. And Jesus, though he is the only One who is in the form and dignity of God, for our sake emptied Himself (Philippians 2:6-11). As Christians we pray for the gift and power of the Holy Spirit, to help us to worship the Father, to make us more like Jesus and to empower us to minister to others in Jesus’ name with a new confidence. In the Autumn I hope that we can set aside some time, perhaps one Saturday morning, to reflect on the Holy Spirit, to worship the Father and, above all to pray for each other and for our Church. We will pray that we may be renewed by the Holy Spirit, individually and as a Church family. We will pray that our vision of God’s call may be refreshed, and that we may see more clearly God at work in and through every member of our Church, with His transforming love and healing and mercy. More details to follow… God bless, Tim 2 God and The Arts Editor: For 2018, the Rev Michael Burgess is exploring symbols of the Christian faith as found in works of art. ‘He gave us eyes to see them’: Ludolph Bakhuizen’s ‘Christ in the storm on the sea of Galilee’ When we enter a church and sit in a pew, we can look up and see the roof of the nave: a reminder that the church is a ship sailing through the ocean of life. Boats and ships abound in scripture from Noah’s ark and the psalmist singing of seafarers to the New Testament with Jesus calling fishermen from their boats and Paul shipwrecked off the coast of Malta. The ship, like the anchor, is a powerful nautical symbol of the Christian journey. We all know how the sea can be calm and serene one moment, but stormy and tempestuous the next. This month’s painting captures the terror of that primal element: ‘Christ in the storm on the sea of Galilee’ by Ludolph Bakhuizen. He was a leading Dutch painter of maritime subjects in the 17th century with powerful studies of the drama of sea battles and whaling scenes. Here in this painting of 1695 a boat carrying the anxious disciples is trying to make its way through an angry sea. The waves are high, rain and dark clouds threaten overhead, and the wind is tearing the rigging. Storms like that quickly sprang up on the sea of Galilee. But Jesus is there among the disciples, ready to allay their fear and ready to tame the elements around. We can see the rays of sunlight on the left of the canvas that will soon break through to bring peace again beneath a blue sky. And we on land sitting in that pew can think of those times when life is stormy and the way ahead unsure. We can take heart from the assurance that Jesus is our captain on the voyage, the sails of our ship are hoisted on the mast of His cross, and the destination is certain. Just as Jesus protected His followers then, we pray that He will be with us on our journeys through calm waters and storms, so that we can raise ‘glad hymns of praise from land and sea.’ Image: Courtesy of Parish Pump 3 Ecclesfield Church Playgroup The Gatty Memorial Hall - Priory Road - Ecclesfield A traditional playgroup good fun for Babies to 5 years with their Mums, Dads and Carers - Refreshments for everyone Everyone welcome, come along and join the fun Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings 9.30 am to 11.30 am £2.20 per session For more information please telephone - Mrs Ann Hackett (0114) 246 7159 The Gatty Memorial Hall Priory Road, Ecclesfield, Sheffield S35 9XY Phone: 0114 246 3993 Accommodation now available for booking Groups • Meetings • Activities • Functions 4 St James the Least of All On the perils of the Ladies’ Guild annual outing… The Rectory, My dear Nephew Darren. St. James the Least And so once again we start the annual round of parish treats. While the bell-ringers prefer public houses, and the choirboys want fast food outlets, the Ladies’ Guild are centred on lavatories. The itinerary is unchangeable: Coach drive to coffee stop and lavatory. Coach drive to luncheon stop and lavatory. Coach drive to some arbitrary attraction – provided it has a tea shop and lavatory. Coach trip home with a lavatory (stop en-route). A sub-committee will have been hard at work for the previous six months deciding where to visit. The most disastrous course of action is to present the group with a choice; if two options are provided, they will attract almost equal numbers in favour, thus ensuring that half of the group will rejoice in saying throughout the day that the other option would have been preferable. When it comes to decision-making, Stalin had a lot going for him. My predecessor in this parish left me a terrible legacy; he always accompanied the Guild on their day out, thus obliging me to do the same. I do, however, travel equipped with armaments. “The Times” crossword rules out any possibility of conversation for at least the first two hours. Three years ago, Mrs Phillips had the audacity to look over my shoulder and give me 12 across; she will not make that mistake again. A brief nap after these intellectual exertions, assuring those around me that I am meditating on the theme for next Sunday’s sermon, ensures a morning almost free from having to comment on the weather, other members of the party, or why I so rarely drop in on the Pram Service. The ideal destination is one where I have a clerical colleague, so while the ladies wander about, shop and analyse why I still wear the same suit I arrived in 30 years ago, we have an agreeable afternoon assassinating the characters of bishops and archdeacons and bemoaning the standards of a new generation of curates.
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