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St James the Great Wrightington with Heskin PARISH MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 18 ISSUE 1 Useful Numbers www.achurchnearyou.com/church/11498 ] https://www.facebook.com/StJamesWrightington CHURCHWARDENS Anne Sharples 01257 424105 07900633905 email [email protected] Geoff Barlow 01257 452186 07796169671 email [email protected] VERGER ASST. VERGER Syd Johnson 01257 450310 PCC SECRETARY Sue Crawford 01257 453171 ORGANIST Mike Wellby 01695 724358 HALL BOOKINGS Sue Crawford 01257 453171 Anne Sharples SUNDAY SCHOOL Rachael Baron 07921 854810 ST. JAMES PLAYERS Roger Rowlandson 07703 529393 MOTHERS’ UNION Marie Taylor 01257 424919 GIFT AID Colin Moulton 01257 453073 STEWARDSHIP Margaret Morris 01257 452569 RAINBOWS Sarah O’Neill 07480 350850 BAPTISM SECRETARY Marie Taylor 01257 424919 HESKIN SCHOOL Jayne Carrier 01257 451365 SAFE FROM HARM Sue Crawford 01257 453171 Material for inclusion in the magazine should be emailed to Sue Crawford at: [email protected] by the 16th of the month to ensure inclusion in the next month’s issue. For Hall Bookings telephone either Anne Sharples (01257 424105) or Sue Crawford (01257 453171) COVER SHOT: Harvest at St James 2 ST JAMES THE GREAT WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN Churchwarden’s Notes Dear Friends, I hope you have all enjoyed the Summer sunshine and holidays, at home or away. I’m sure you have all heard the good news by now!! We have appointed a new Vicar !!! He will be half-time, living in the Vicarage, he is married with a grown-up family, he is moving from All Saint’s Anchorsholme, Cleveleys. His name is….wait for it….. Revd Stefan Dnistrianskyj, and his wife is Ann. To pronounce their name say Denis-tree- ann-ski. He will be Instituted by the Bishop of Blackburn(Julian), and Inducted by the Archdeacon of Blackburn(Mark) on Wednesday the 31st October 2018 at 7.30pm at St James’ Church Wrightington with Heskin, followed by refreshments in the Church Hall. Revd Stef’s first services will be on Sunday 4th November. All Parishioners are welcome to attend these services. There are still many jobs, especially now we will be having lots of visitors for the Induction service, we would like to make a good impression and have everything looking ship-shape. If you can help with anything, sweeping leaves, mowing, strimming, cleaning inside the church, cleaning brasses. Any day or evening, if you can help, contact one of the wardens or Sue Wild. During the Summer a few of our congregation have been busy, moving the church oil tank, clearing the gravediggers area, emptying the two cabins from the back of the hall, and moving them to new positions. Skimming the weeds from the surrounds of the car park and replacing with road planings, which has now extended the car park. We are at present waiting for prices for the lining of the car park, also the draining of the field. For all this Summer labour I have to give a big Thank You, to Alan Carr for his labours and the use of his machines, we are most grateful, but not forgetting his loyal helpers, Sue and Gerry, assisted by the wardens, and even little Zac was handy with the rake. Please keep supporting our fundraising, to help to pay for our Church improvements. Our next event is our Harvest Dance, the date has been changed to Saturday 20th October, in the form of a 60’s/70’s night, starting with Hot Pot supper at 7pm. Tickets £8. Then of course our Annual bonfire on Monday 5th November, then the Murder Mystery evenings, and the Christmas Fair, see details elsewhere in the magazine. We have again taken the liberty of enclosing 2 books of tickets for our Grand Christmas Draw, which will be drawn at the Christmas Fair on Saturday 17th November. If you wish to help us by supporting this, please return your counterfoils and payment to church or to the Vicarage before the 17th November. Thank you and God Bless Anne and Geoff 3 ST JAMES THE GREAT WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN Mothers’ Union Well, here we are again. I hope you all had a lovely summer break. Our meeting in September was a free and easy affair including our usual Bring & Buy Sale, which raised approximately £45.00. We started with our short service followed by a chat, a drink and a quiz as there were quite a few members missing because of holidays etc. We have been invited to join Shevington Mother’s Union for their 70th Birthday Service on Wednesday 10th October at 1.30pm. I need names of those wanting to go by the end of September. The October meeting starts with the Annual Wave of Prayer Service. We then have Mr & Mrs Oliver giving their talk on Guide Dogs for the Blind. Also October sees the arrival of our new Vicar. His Institution and Induction takes place on Wednesday 31st October and his first service will be on Sunday 4th November. I hope all Mother’s Union members will be there for at least one of these services to welcome him to our Parish. In November we welcome the return of Heather Cameron who will tell us about the work of the Chorley Street Pastors. Some of you will remember Heather for her talk about Malawi; some of you still donate items to the Torch Trust Collections to send to Malawi. God Bless Marie Rainbows Rainbows started back on 12th September after a long summer break. We have lots of things planned for this term leading up to Christmas. We will be making firework pictures and celebrating Diwali. We have a new girl who will be making her promise and a few who will leave us at the end of this term as they will be ready for Brownies. We do have spaces if you know of anyone aged 5 or 6 who would like to join our unit. Our term dates are 12th September to 17th October and 7th November to 12th December Sarah OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 18 ISSUE 4 WRIGHTINGTON ART GROUP Welcome you to our ArExhibitiont +Crafts at St James the Great Church Hall, Church Lane, Wrightington WN6 9SL SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER & SUNDAY 11th NOVEMBER 2018 10am - 4pm Original paintings and crafts by local artists offered for sale An ideal present for Christmas REFRESHMENTS £1.00 FREE ADMISSION INCLUDES: HOME BAKED CAKES - TEA OR COFFEE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT JOSEPHINE EDGE TEL: 01257 792822 Cathy’s Cancer Research Stall to be hed in the Church Hall on Saturday 6th October from 12-3pm Sun 21st Oct from 9:45am -10:15, then after the 10:30 service Sun 18th Nov from 9:45am - 10:15 then after the 10:30 service ITEMS FOR SALE WILL INCLUDE reduced priced packs of seasonal cards and new gifts. Please come for a browse and find a bargain. 5 ST JAMES THE GREAT WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN From our Remembrance Book for October In Loving Memory of 1st Mary Norris 1st Janie Halliwell 3rd James Chadwick 4th Walter Richardson 4th Edith Emily Blades 4th David Woodman 8th Ena Mitchell 8th Gemma Douglas 12th Margaret Somers 13th Frank Bennett 13th Joe Stringfellow 14th Ellen Ormesher 14th Dorothy Percival 15th William Andrews 15th Elsie Barton 16th Heather Sutton 19th Robert Gill 20th Albert Christie 20th Elizabeth Norris 20th Joseph Johnson 20th James Houghton 22nd Cyril Dunsby 28th Ethel Green 28th Dorothy O’Rourke If you would like a name added to the 30th Annie Dean Remembrance Book, please contact the Vicar or Churchwarden OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 18 ISSUE 6 From our Remembrance Book for November In Loving Memory of 2nd Thomas Macdonald 6th Mary Ann Jackson 8th Marion Abram 14th Doreen Jackson 16th Derek Herterich 17th Susanna Halsall 17th Brenda Manchester 18th Eric Ingham 18th Harry Abram 19th James Walsh 21st Michael Hunter 20th Marion Abram 22nd Clifford Cook 23rd Bill Rofe 24th Jack Tate 25th Margaret Kershaw 25th Claire Hodgson 26th James Gaskell 27th Tom Chapman 28th Abigail Sharrock 28th Helen McCrone 28th William Dean 29th Elizabeth Ashurst 29th Michael Wilding If you would like a name added to the 29th Joseph Mather Remembrance Book, please contact the 30th Margaret Lowe Vicar or Churchwarden 30th Ann Watson 7 ST JAMES THE GREAT WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN From the Registers Holy Baptism We welcome you into the Lord’s Family 9th Sept Sophia Rose Wilkinson Holy Matrimony “Those whom God hath joined together” 28th July Thomas Clarke and Sara Glover 4th August Adam Lingard and Edith Rhead We would like to say a huge thank you to you all at St James Church for coming to share our birthday celebration on 5 August We all had a lovely time and the weather was glorious Thank you to you all for your generosity . As a result of your kind donations we raised £1000 for the Anthony Nolan charity which was so crucial in finding a bone marrow donor for our grandson Jackson . They saved his life and your generous donations will be able to save many more . We are very touched God bless, Audrey and Eric France Acknowledgements The PCC would like to thank all those who have kindly made donations to St James Church. £102.30 Donations at the Marriage of Tom & Sara £205.80 Donations at the Marriage of Adam & Edith £ 97.54 Donations at the Baptism of Sophia Rose £ 55.00 Donation from the sale of book of Poems by Eunice Berry, from Sheila Grime Omission from previous Acknowledgements – with apologies The PCC would like to thank the family of the late Alice Marion Tattersall, for the Bequest from her Estate, of a very generous £5,000.