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St James the Great Wrightington with Heskin PARISH MAGAZINE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 19 ISSUE 1 Useful Numbers https://www.stjamesthegreat.net ] https://www.facebook.com/StJamesWrightington VICAR Stef Dnistrianskyj 01257 451332 email: stjamesthegreatwhgmail.com CHURCHWARDENS Anne Sharples 01257 424105 email [email protected] Geoff Barlow 01257 367765 email [email protected] ASST. VERGER Syd Johnson 01257 450310 PCC SECRETARY Sue Crawford 01257 453171 ORGANISTS Pauline Chapman 01257 453087 Mike Wellby 01695 724358 HALL BOOKINGS Anne Sharples 01257 424105 SUNDAY SCHOOL Rachael Green 07921 854810 ST. JAMES PLAYERS Roger Rowlandson 07703 529392 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. COVER SHOT: Heskin School Children Singing at the Fun Day 2 ST JAMES THE GREAT WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN ST JAMES THE GREAT, WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN MISSION STATEMENT We, God’s people in the parish of St James The Great, Wrightington with Heskin, seek to proclaim the good news of God’s love by enriching the quality of our worship, by endeavouring to draw more families into the life of our church, and by meeting the pastoral needs of the community. VISION 2026 PRAYER Heavenly Father, we embrace Your call for us to make disciples, to be witnesses and to grow leaders. Give us the eyes to see Your vision, ears to hear the prompting of Your Spirit and courage to follow in the footsteps of Your Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 19 ISSUE 3 Vicars Message GOING AwaY Summer is the time when some of us abandon our cosy homes and go and live in a shed on wheels, carefully balanced in a remote field, for a week or two. We meet strangers who are similarly spending time as refugees, and exploring remote environments. Or, we may choose to board a long steel tube, with chairs to which we are strapped in, trusting a couple of people to transport us through the air to a foreign place, where we go equipped to protect ourselves from the stronger and more frequent sunshine we have gone to expose ourselves to. A colleague of mine recently chose to spend a week or so acquiring blisters walking to a church, a Portuguese St James the Great, acquiring blisters and a certificate! He could have driven, caught a bus, or simply gone straight there and pottered around for a week. But no, he followed the pilgrim path, the ‘Camino.’ There are, of course, other variations of this self-imposed temporary exile. For the people of Israel it was compulsory. Rather like the industrial holidays of the Lancashire mill towns in the past, the whole population cleared out to live in tents – to mark the Festival of Booths, for example. Like Glastonbury, it featured music and being together as a community, creating new memories, and celebrating past achievements. It was all-age, all-generation. A family event. Holidays are something we look forward to, they are an escape from everyday and working lives, and they are times of leisure and recreation, which, we hope, ‘recharge our batteries.’ For the people of Israel they were a reminder of their vulnerability, that they were a rescued people who had been homeless. A time to realise, in spite of their failings, that they were loved and cherished, and had wholesome lives to discover and lead, walking with a God who had been, and would remain, faithful. I guess they were a kind of adventure holiday. You didn’t know quite what to expect, there were surprises and challenges, and you return with renewed hope and a fresh sense of purpose and identity. In a smaller, but significant, way, worship should be like that. A journey within our week. A time or reflection and recreation. A regular rhythm of gathering to travel together. We are open all year! Hope you are having good long, and short, significant adventures this summer. Love from Stef 4 ST JAMES THE GREAT WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN Mothers’ Union In June, we had our annual outing. This year we had a very full day in the Skipton area. We left our Church car park at 9.15am on a very cool and overcast day which looked as though it may turn out to be showery at the least and torrential rain at the worst. Our first stop was Bolton Abbey Station where we had time for a drink in the station café before getting on the steam train to Embsay station. We were met by our coach and were then taken into Skipton. We had two hours to spend in Skipton to look round, shop, have lunch, whatever anyone wanted to do. Some of us headed straight for the best chip shop in Skipton for a very nice fish and chip lunch, pudding and a pot of tea. Very nice too! Then for a look round the shops before making our way down to the canal to join our boat for our trip along the canal and enjoying another very nice cup of tea and a biscuit . On the boat we had a very amusing welcome from our “captain” with the safety regulations whilst cruising. A little confusing to some (in an amusing way) as the instructions got a little mixed up with the ones for being on an airplane!! We all had a good laugh anyway. The rest of the journey did have some commentary on the history of the canal. The crew on the boat were very friendly and made the journey very pleasant indeed. We also had a very comfortable coach and a very friendly driver. Did it rain? It did on the way there but apart from a few spots of rain on and off it didn’t start to rain properly until most of us had got back on the coach to come home. Having found out when we got home that there had been torrential rain here during the day, I would say that we did very well for weather. I would like to say a big thank you to Dorothy for her excellent organisation of a day out that was enjoyed by all. July, of course, was Strawberry Fair month. Again we welcomed Pauline and Sue, “Senior Moments”, to entertain us. Again they had us laughing with their renditions of songs and poetry. Everyone enjoyed their talent in entertaining and we are, of course, sorry that this year is their final year, but glad that we got to see them once again. They have raised an awful lot of money for their Charities doing something they loved doing, but like a lot of these things that start off being a good idea doing one or two shows a month, it started to take over their lives and the bookings grew and grew. Well done to them however, and we wish them well as they can hopefully take life a little easier, but knowing them I am sure they will come up with some other form of fund raising. AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 19 ISSUE 5 Thanks also go to all who provided cakes for our cake stall, all those who gave up their time to set up the hall, serve the strawberries and cups of tea, bought raffle tickets, provided raffle prizes, cleared up afterwards and washed up. A big thank you also goes to those of you who bought tickets and turned up on the night to make the evening a success. We have no meeting in August, so to those of you going away - have a good holiday. To those of you who are staying at home – have a good rest. Our meeting on September 10th will this year start with Communion in Church at 7.30pm Afterwards in the Church Hall we have our Baby Photo Quiz and Pauline is doing some card making with us. Please don’t forget to bring the photograph of yourself as a baby and they will be placed on a display board and then we can all try to guess who you are. There will be a box, with a lid, as you come in to put your photograph in so that no one will see them until they appear on the display. They will be numbered and paper will be available for you to write your identifications on. Advance notice for the October meeting. We welcome Paul Moores from The Leprosy Mission Have a good summer everyone, see you in September. God Bless. Marie Community Room Camino Camp Out The Vicar is going to go on a pilgrim- age from the vicarage to the church hall, taking the long route walking the whole boundary of the parish, then camping out overnight behind the hall. Come rain or shine, this will happen on Friday 30th August. Why? He is hoping as many people as possible will sponsor him to raise funds for the exciting new room we are building, and get excited about new things that will take place there. Fellow pilgrims welcome, for all or part of the walk, or camp out. Feel free to get your own sponsors, or support Stef. There are sponsor sheets in church, or you can use the website Just Giving at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/stefscamino 6 ST JAMES THE GREAT WRIGHTINGTON WITH HESKIN From our Remembrance Book for August In Loving Memory of 1st Hector Mc Kinnon 2nd William Davenport 6th Robert Mitchell 7th Edward Hailwood 7th Karen Herterich 8th Maureen Phillips 8th Beryl Schofield 10th Dorothy Ball 12th Harold Coles 13th James Green 13th Thomas Jackson 13th Graham Pomfret 21st Jean Ingham 21st Jesse Halton 24th Evan Halliwell 25th James Bibby 25th Margaret Chadwick 26th Annie Welch 27th Dr.