Church Officers Rector: Position vacant. Churchwardens Mr Robert Hawthornthwaite – Tel: 612952 Mr Jock Davidson – Tel: 617918; E: [email protected] Licensed Occasional Preacher Mrs Margaret Kirkman – Tel: 01772 379219. Mob: 07786543581. E: [email protected] Churchwarden Emeritus Mr William G Carr. Tel: 01772 615321. E: [email protected] PCC Secretary Mrs Andrea Susnik – Tel: 615336. E: [email protected] PCC Treasurer Mrs Barbara Wood – Tel: 617679. E: [email protected] Deanery Synod Representative: Mrs Jane Elphick Stewardship Recorder/Gift Aid Secretary Post vacant – volunteer required Magazine Editor Mrs Erika Penrose – Tel: 613816. E: [email protected] Magazine Secretary Mrs Elsie Kirkham – Tel: 615832. Magazine Advert Co-ordinator Mrs Margaret Clark – Tel: 616990. E: [email protected] Flower Secretaries Mrs Lisa Redshaw – Tel 614428 and Mrs Pearl Read – Tel: 614367. Electoral Roll Officers Mrs Jean Dewhurst, Tel: 616106 and Mrs Jane Elphick, Tel: 601495. Verger: Mrs Irene Pickles – Tel: 615708 Asst Verger: Mr Stuart Tighe – Tel: 612963 Weekly Giving Envelopes: Please contact the Churchwardens. Organisations Sunday School – meets 10.15 in School, first 3 Sundays of the month. Leader: Mrs Kathleen Leigh – Tel: 612196. E:[email protected] Messy Church - Co-ordinator: Mrs Beryl Blakeley. Tel: 01704 507608. Email: [email protected]. Treasurer: Mrs Jean Dewhurst. Tel: 616106. Email: [email protected] (Continued on Page 2) 1

Hoole Church Ladies’ Group – meets 7.30pm, 3rd Tuesday, in School. Leader: Mrs Erika Penrose. Tel: 613816. E: [email protected] St Michael’s Men’s Fellowship – meets 7.30pm, 2nd Tuesday, in Hoole Village Memorial Hall. Secretary: Mr Stuart Tighe – Tel: 612963. Friends of St Michael – Caring for the fabric of our ancient church. Chair: Mrs Jane Elphick, Tel: 601495. Secretary: Mr David Turner, Tel: 617485. Social Committee – Contact: Mrs Sheila Taylor, Tel: 616850 Hoole St Michael C E Primary School Head Teacher: Mrs Juliet Price – Tel: 613219. 1st St. Michael’s Hoole Scout and Guide Groups – Group Scout Leader: Mandy Clark – Tel: 01772 305452; E:[email protected]. Church Websites: www.hoolevillage.com and www.hooleparishchurch.com

Services for April Please note that there will only be one 3.00pm Evening Prayer Service each month during the vacancy: this will be on the third Sunday of the month unless otherwise advertised. Other Sunday Services may have to change dependent upon clergy availability. Notice will be given by the Church Wardens. Sunday 1st April – Easter Day 9.00 BCP Holy Communion 10.30 FAMILY Communion 3.00 BCP Evening Prayer 4.00 CW Holy Communion at Old Mill Court

Sunday 8th April – Easter 2 9.00 BCP Holy Communion: the Reverend John Scott 10.30 Morning Prayer: the Reverend John Scott 2

Sunday 15th April – Easter 3 9.00 BCP Holy Communion; the Reverend Frank Kendall 10.30 CW Holy Communion; the Reverend Frank Kendall 3.00 BCP Evening Prayer; Mrs Margaret Kirkman to lead.

Sunday 22nd April – Easter 4 9.00 BCP Holy Communion: No clergy cover at present so BCP Morning Prayer with Alan Johnson and Margaret Kirkman. 10.30 Family Praise with parade, No clergy cover at present: Alan Johnson and Margaret Kirkman.

Sunday 29th April – Easter 5 9.00 BCP Holy Communion: the Reverend Richard Plant 10.30 CW Family Communion: the Reverend Richard Plant 12.30 Baptism of Thea Barbara Bannister: the Reverend Richard Plant

Sunday 6th May – Easter 6 9.00 BCP Holy Communion; the Reverend John Scott 10.30 CW Confirmation with Holy Communion; the Right Reverend Julian Henderson, the Bishop of Blackburn. Followed by a Parish lunch in school 4.00 CW Holy Communion at Old Mill Court; the Reverend John Scott

1st, 2nd and 4th (Also 5th of the month) Sundays of the month Michael’s Club, our junior church for children from toddlers to teenagers, opens at 10.15am in school and we finish the session in church with the congregation.

Every Monday (unless advertised otherwise) 7.00 Evening Prayer

3 Every Thursday (unless advertised otherwise) 10.15 Said Communion service

Every month on the 3rd Saturday (unless advertised otherwise) 3.30pm Messy Church (in school). Next Messy Church will be on Saturday 21st April (see page …)

Church Flower Arrangers Date Arranger Sponsor Apr 1st Saturday 31st March – all arrangers for Easter please. 8th Lisa & Julie 15th Jean & Sue Mrs J Maxfield 22nd Heather Mrs E Houghton 29th Julie & Janet Mr Cleese May 6th Averil & Betty Mrs J Maxfield ~~~~ Tea/Coffee Rota following our 10.30 Service Apr 1st Easter Sunday – team effort please! 8th Beryl & Rona 15th Pauline & Barbara 22nd Janet & Eva 29th Erika May 6th Carole & Gill If you’re not available on the date allocated or wish to change the date assigned to you, please find a replacement or arrange a swap. We could do with another couple of ladies to volunteer for this rota – have a word with Erika or call 613816 if you feel you could help.

4 Sidespersons’ Rota April 1st 9.00 Jeremy Leigh 10.30 Jean Aughton & Paul Johnson 3.00 Clifford Orritt 8th 9.00 Mike Redshaw 10.30 Ted Hopkins & Marie Johnson 15th 9.00 Ken Bishop 10.30 Norman Skellorn, Tom Wignall & Geoff Demack 3.00 Sylvia Douglas 22nd 9.00 Rob McMurray 10.30 Bill Carr, Scott Eckersley & Beryl Blakeley Apr 29th 9.00 John Simpson 10.30 Ted Hopkins & Marie Johnson May 6th 9.00 Jeremy Leigh 10.30 Jean Aughton & Paul Johnson 3.00 Peter Smallwood

~~~~ Readers’ Rota If you cannot read as specified on this rota, please find a substitute and inform a churchwarden of any changes. 9.00 10.30 3.00 April 1st – Easter Day Mike Redshaw Scott Eckersley Acts 10: 34-43 --- Margaret Kirkman 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 Reader Ezekiel 37:1-14 Luke 24: 13-35 Gospel St John 20: 1-18

April 8th Kathleen Leigh Alan Johnson Acts 4: 32-35 --- Jean Dewhurst 1 John 1: 1 to 2: 2 Gospel St John 20: 19-end

5 April 15th Joan Wilson Marie Johnson Acts 3: 12-19 --- Jim Ashcroft 1 John 3: 1-7 Reader Deuteronomy 7:7-13 Revelation 2: 1-11 Gospel St Luke 24: 36b-48

April 22nd Stuart Tighe Emma Cairns Acts 4: 5-12 --- Alice Rigby 1 John 3: 16-end Gospel St John 10: 11-18

April 29th Kathleen Leigh Barbara Wood Acts 8: 26-end --- Ted Hopkins 1 John4: 7-end Gospel St John 15:1-8

May 6th Mike Redshaw Carole Bamber Acts 10: 44-end --- Jane Elphick 1 John 5:1-6 Reader Song of Sol 4: 15-5:2 Revelation 3: 14-end Gospel St John 15: 9-17

6 The Rector’s Ramblings Goodbye from Derek. We have had an interesting 6½ years haven’t we? It is safe to say: Christ is alive in this community – Halleluiah! All of this possible because members of the congregation and church community were prepared to work hard for the people of St Michael’s and the local community and all have embraced change. So as I ride off into the sunset we all have a lot to be proud of and I pray that you use quiet moments to reflect on the fact that God is everywhere and we use church for the recognition of that fact, whether sitting quietly in church, “making a joyful noise unto the Lord” or bringing Christ’s love to others is social activity – let’s face it we have a large fringe congregation who visit once or twice a year but help out with many things in church or enjoy a good night out with church friends. The important thing is that the people of the villages recognise St Michael’s as their church which will be there for whatever is needed and therefore with God’s guidance, prayer and study, it will flourish. You are well known as a welcoming church community – don’t lose that sense of peace and harmony that exists. I wish you all God’s blessing – I use the words St Francis said “Pax et Bonum” (Peace and all good) to you all. Signing off with affection; Your brother pilgrim, Derek

7 Looking back, with a glance forward! March has been a busy old month with the Ministry Team meeting, Safeguarding Training for PCC members, Choir Members and those involved with children, two weddings to get the season going and the Annual Parochial Church meeting. The month ended with Holy Week with all of its associated liturgy. April sees the beginning of a new era for the church and its community. May 6th Confirmation service at St Michael’s: pray for our candidates. Thursday 10th May is Ascension Day and the church will once again celebrate “Thy Kingdom Come” with open doors for the ten days to Pentecost. As you welcome visiting clergy please note the following practical arrangements: Wedding enquiries will be made to Mr Jock Davidson or Mrs Marie Johnson Baptism enquiries will be made to Mrs Margaret Kirkman Funeral enquiries will be made to Mr Davidson via the Funeral Directors. No other person is authorised to make arrangements for any of the above Derek ~~~~

8 From the Parish Registers Holy Baptism “We welcome into the Lord’s Family” 25th February MINNIE ROSE McMURRAY, daughter of Patrick and Rachel McMurray of Penwortham 11th March AMY JO QUAYLE, daughter of Philip and Kate Quayle of Farington Moss 25th March ISABELLE ZARA LEIGH, daughter of Joseph and Aimee Leigh of Hesketh Bank Holy Matrimony “Those whom God hath joined together” 18th March DAVID IAIN STEWART of Preston and HANNAH KATHRYN FALKINGHAM, of Much Hoole The Departed “Rest eternal grant unto them” 21st March ROBERT GEORGE CROOKHAM, aged 85 years, of Much Hoole. Cremation followed at Burscough. 23rd March WILLIAM (BILL) HEWITT, aged 74 years, of Much Hoole. Interment followed in the churchyard.

From the Register of Services Date Attendance Communicants Amount Feb 18th 88 80 £349.70 25th 113 51 £480.50 Mar 4th 94 76 £351.50 11th 130 35 £403.55 18th 77 74 £294.90 Other donations: £247.88

9 GDPR – DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS? IF NOT AND YOU ARE A CHAIR, SECRETARY OR TREASURER OF ONE OF OUR CHURCH GROUPS – THEN YOU NEED TO FIND OUT! GDPR stand for General Data Protection Regulation and this update to the Data Protection Act of 1998 comes into effect on the 25th May 2018. We as a church, a PCC and all our church affiliated groups are affected. It will be the law and we are obliged to implement its rules. Myself and Jane Elphick (Chair of The Friends) have taken on the responsibility of sorting it out and setting in motion the investigation, consultation and processes that will be necessary in order to implement the regulations. If we cannot meet the deadline of when GDPR becomes law then we must be in a strong position to prove we are taking positive action in the right direction. To this end myself, Jane and Honey Penrose (Chair of the Ladies’ Group) have attended a GDPR Awareness Day provided by the Diocese. The next one that I am aware of is at St Paul’s, Scotforth, Lancaster on the 16th April starting at 7.00pm. You can book yourself on this course via the Eventbrite website – this is the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gdpr-awareness-session-for- parishes-evening-tickets-43710221449 If you do not have access to this please contact me and I will book you on the course. Alternatively, please search for Parish Resources website and look for information relating to GDPR. - www.parishresources.org.uk/gdpr The PCC requests all the church groups to make every effort to send a representative to the awareness evening if you can and let me know who attends. 10 This will provide you with enough information to understand what it is all about and what to expect when Jane and I contact you in the near future to set the wheels in motion. Many thanks Barbara Wood - Treasurer ~~~~ THY KINGDOM COME 2018 Once again we shall have the Church open from 10.00am to 4.00pm every day from 10th to 20th May.

~~~~ WATER AID JARS 2018 The cut off for handing in your jar was Easter Sunday. However, don’t panic! You still have time to fill one if you haven’t already done so because I won’t get around to sorting this out until later in the month of April. So, if you still have a jar gathering dust or only half filled, keep filling… Slight change of process though… Due to illness, I am afraid Peter and Jean Smallwood are unable to carry on with the counting of the content of the jars. So – if you do still have any to fill, or even feel the irresistible urge to fill a new one, please pass them to me, Jock or Bob or leave on the window ledge at the back of church near the font. And remember, if you are a tax payer, please gift aid it by completing the Water Aid Gift Aid form found in your jar provided at church. There are plenty of empty ones in the porch – please feel free to pick one up on your way out after a service or even if just passing by…

11 The total as at 18th March was: £539.29 The total last year was: £665.00 Can we beat it?? I think we can!!! Many thanks Barbara Wood - Treasurer

~~~~ Ladies’ Group Many thanks to the Men’s Fellowship for their kind invitation last month. This month we have Ian Black coming along to talk about “Hairdressing through the Ages” which should be well worthwhile attending. We look forward to seeing members and if anyone would like to come along and “try” us, we would make you very welcome. The meeting starts at 7.30pm at St Michael’s School on Tuesday 17th April. Erika. ~~~~ Social Committee Event – Parish Amble The Social Committee is organising the annual Parish Amble, which is to take place on Wednesday 11th April. We will meet at the Fox Cub Ego at 4.45pm to start walking at 5.00pm. If you do not wish to walk but would like to eat at Ego, please let Sheila Taylor know on 616850. £5.00 deposit required and the cost is £13.00 for two courses and £16.00 for three. The menu is available from Sheila.

12 Messy Church 17th March – all enjoying tea after a hard session of “messy work”

Read us a Bible Story! Do you have any spare time in which you might visit your local primary school? Bible Society is looking for volunteers to help run their Open the Book scheme in schools across the country. In the UK, two out of five children have never had the Bible read to them. You could change that for your local children! More than 15,000 volunteer storytellers have already signed up, but many more are needed. To put it simply, if your local school does not yet have an Open the Book group, then you are needed. Details at: https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/get- involved/open-the-book/

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The next Messy Church is at 3.30pm in St Michael’s School on Saturday 21st April We will begin with a story; then work with puppets; Messy Activities and finally, worship and food.

Future dates to note: Family Praise on 28th April at 10.30 in church

14 Hoole St Michael CE Primary School Church Newsletter Prayer spaces This half term Hoole St. Michael’s had a prayer space day. On that day we had seven different areas showing us ways to pray, for example:  forgiveness,  other people (charities)  calmness when praying In the background we had calm, soothing music whilst we did all the activities to do with praying. We were very thankful for the people who came in and spoke about their faiths and their backgrounds. In the different areas around the room we had different activities such as:  placing different charities on the Globe and where they focus on helping people,  placing flowers in a bath of water and watching the flowers bloom,  we wrote on paper and put what we were worried about and rolled them up and put them on a cross where they were kept a secret,  We wrote on a stone for what we are sorry for and put them in a bowl and watched our sins wash away.

Every single class went through their journey of prayer and thoroughly enjoyed it. We all went in at different times and all started at different places. They were set out like canopies, huts, open and closed spaces.

By Kate Malone and Freya Aitchison

15 Hymn No: 379 Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us – “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are–yet was without sin”. Hebrews 4:15 Words: James Edmeston (1791-1867) James Edmeston was born in 1791 in in east , an area that was to become part of the London docklands as the city grew and trade expanded. From an evangelical family, Edmeston was baptised at Bull Lane Independent Chapel in Stepney where his mother’s father served as pastor for some fifty years. Educated in Hackney, where his family had moved, Edmeston trained as an architect and surveyor, starting out on his professional career in 1816, when he was 25. Everything known about James Edmeston seems to have been condensed into a single paragraph, leaving us to try to make deductions about his thoughts as he wrote this hymn. Perhaps, putting what we know of his life, together with the words he wrote, we can form some impression of what his faith meant to him. Edmeston valued his church membership, becoming churchwarden of his local parish of Saint Barnabas at in London, a prominent position in times when the Established Church dominated the life of the country. Edmeston must also have devoted a great deal of time to his writing, for he wrote the extraordinary total of two thousand hymns; it was said that he wrote a hymn every Sunday. He wrote many hymns marked by their simplicity and the directness of their message in his attempts to communicate the Christian faith to young people.

16 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us o'er the world's tempestuous sea; guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, for we have no help but thee; yet possessing every blessing, if our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us: all our weakness thou dost know; thou didst tread this earth before us, thou didst feel its keenest woe; lone and dreary, faint and weary, through the desert thou didst go.

Spirit of our God, descending, fill our hearts with heavenly joy, love with every passion blending, pleasure that can never cloy: thus provided, pardoned, guided, nothing can our peace destroy.

Enjoy the lovely words and lyrics of “Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us,” A traditional, classic hymn which Beryl and I sang at our wedding in this church 57 years ago. Bill Carr – Church Warden Emeritus

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Prayer intentions Over to you now folks. Don’t forget to use the Prayer Circle.

17 Our Prayer Circle As Christians we know that one of the main things that Jesus taught us was the words of The Lord’s Prayer and very often in the Bible we are told that He went to a quiet place and prayed. Our hymns tell us to “Take it to the Lord in prayer” and that “the voice of prayer is never silent”. There is no doubt of the need for prayer for our own spiritual needs as well as the knowledge of the comfort and support that it gives to both the person praying and the people being prayed for. To that end we have set up a Prayer Circle at St Michael’s.... ‘What’s one of those then?’ you may ask. It is simply a group of people who when called upon will pray at home separately and quietly for whatever you ask. If you have a concern of any sort that you want us to pray for all you need to do is to ring any of the numbers and simply say what or who is in need of prayer, and whilst a minimum of explanation might be an advantage for us to focus the prayer, you don’t even have to say who you are! The person taking the call will pass it round the circle and you will know that we, on behalf of the church, are taking your worry to the Lord. If you would like your particular concern added into the intercessions on a Sunday morning then we can do that too. We are happy to welcome others into the circle, just let us know and you will be added on. Prayer is an essential part of our Christian life to keep us walking in the footsteps of our Saviour... so... the lines are open right now, we are waiting to take your call which is very important to us because it matters to you... just ring and your prayer will be increased seven-fold (at least).

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Our circle consists of Ted (01772 617002), Margaret (01772 379219), Janet Coxhead (01772 617323), Carole Bamber (01772 610670 or mobile 07989 145963), Gill Slinger (07729 121248), Barbara Wood (07745 208617) and Bill Carr (01772 615321). Ted, Margaret, Janet, Carole, Gill, Barbara and Bill

Easter - the most joyful day of the year Easter is the most joyful day of the year for Christians. Christ has died for our sins. We are forgiven. Christ has risen! We are redeemed! We can look forward to an eternity in His joy! Hallelujah! The Good News of Jesus Christ is a message so simple that you can explain it to someone in a few minutes. It is so profound that for the rest of their lives they will still be 'growing' in their Christian walk with God. Why does the date move around so much? Because the date of Passover moves around, and according to the biblical account, Easter is tied to the Passover. Passover celebrates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt and it lasts for seven days, from the middle of the Hebrew month of Nisan, which equates to late March or early April. Sir Isaac Newton was one of the first to use the Hebrew lunar calendar to come up with firm dates for Good Friday: Friday 7 April 30 AD or Friday 3 April, 33 AD, with Easter Day falling two days later. Modern scholars continue to think these the most likely. Most people will tell you that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, which is broadly true. But the precise calculations are complicated and involve something called an 'ecclesiastical full moon', which is not the same as the moon in the sky. The earliest possible date for Easter in the West is 22 March, which last fell in 1818. The latest is 25 April, which last happened in 1943. Why the name, 'Easter'? In almost every European language, the festival's name comes from 'Pesach', the Hebrew word for Passover. The Germanic word 'Easter', however, seems to come from Eostre, a Saxon fertility goddess mentioned by the Venerable Bede. He 19 thought that the Saxons worshipped her in 'Eostur month', but may have confused her with the classical dawn goddesses like Eos and Aurora, whose names mean 'shining in the east'. So, Easter might have meant simply 'beginning month' - a good time for starting up again after a long winter. Finally, why Easter eggs? On one hand, they are an ancient symbol of birth in most European cultures. On the other hand, hens start laying regularly again each Spring. Since eggs were forbidden during Lent, it's easy to see how decorating and eating them became a practical way to celebrate Easter.

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This is me ‘No-one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.’ This is a great line in the powerful film The Greatest Showman, which calls us to reconsider our attitudes to difference. It tells something of the real story of Phineas T Barnum, who never actually said the phrase infamously attributed to him: ‘there’s a sucker born every minute’. But he did say (in a speech to the Connecticut

20 State Legislature in 1865): ‘A human soul, that God has created and Christ died for, is not to be trifled with… amid all assumptions of caste, it will in due time vindicate the great fact that, without regard to colour or condition, all men are equally children of the common Father.’ This vision is conveyed in This is Me, one of the most powerful songs in the film (amazingly written during an overnight flight on the way to pitch the movie to a studio). The lyrics describe someone previously hiding in the dark: ‘I’ve learned to be ashamed of all my scars. Run away, they say. No one will love you as you are.’, but now emerging into the light: ‘I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I’m meant to be… I’m not scared to be seen, I make no apologies, this is me.’ These are inspirational words. And they inevitably raise the question why all people should have worth. Does our significance derive from being valued subjectively by the society in which we live? Or is there an objective basis for the value of all people? As we seek to answer those questions, perhaps we should consider the real Barnum’s statement that all of us are equally children of the common Father.

21 Letter from St James the Least of All – Happily, the Church of still retains some singular parish clergy. Take the parish of St James-the-Least in the county of C- for example. Here the elderly Anglo-Catholic vicar, Eustace, continues his correspondence to Darren, his nephew, a low-church curate recently ordained… When guitars meet Matins The Rectory St James the Least My dear Nephew Darren It was kind of you to send your music group to us last Sunday morning while our choir had a Sunday off for its celebratory lunch. Miss Timmins’ ninety-fourth birthday brought the combined choir’s age to 1,000; which is quite a distinction for twelve people. Clearly, a Sunday commitment to ‘Hymns Ancient & Modern’, consumption of industrial quantities of peppermints and pleasant naps during sermons has a positive effect on longevity. I had rather looked forward to hearing some Bach motets from your group, but now have learned that guitars, drums and choral Matins is not a marriage made in heaven. All your group lacked was a drum majorette leading the procession up the aisle. It was quite obvious the music was going to be a little different when I arrived to see that the lectern, Lady Tadcaster’s flower arrangement and the verger had all disappeared behind an amplifier. The only person not disconcerted by this was the verger, who realised it presented an excellent opportunity to do the crossword unobserved during Divine Worship. Your display of the hymns on a screen was well intended, but did the screen have to be in front of the pulpit? I had to balance on several kneelers to be seen over it, and throughout the sermon could only think of how to look dignified should the whole pile collapse mid-sentence. The lack of hymn books also terrified

22 the congregation – they had nothing to hold, and so resorted to clutching Kleenex or the pew in front of them. But the worst moment was when the group gave its ‘solo number’ (Couldn’t it have been called an ‘anthem’?) Half way through, dear Mrs Ffitch, who has always been somewhat excitable, felt called to do a spontaneous religious dance down the aisle. The congregation froze in horror. We all avoided catching her eye after the Service, but what do we say when we see her in the village tomorrow morning? Best to simply stay indoors for a few days. Perhaps your music group could visit us again for our choir’s 2000th anniversary – which I suspect it will consist of the same people, as they are all tenacious of note, opinion and age. Your loving uncle, Eustace ~~~~ How passion flowers got their name Why is the passion flower known as the passion flower? This beautiful climbing plant that grows in many of our gardens is not native to the UK, but comes from South America. It was first discovered by Spanish missionaries working there, centuries ago. Drawings were sent back to Europe, and in 1609 an Italian priest interpreted the flower to represent the crucifixion, otherwise known as the Passion. He decided that the five petals and five sepals could represent the ten disciples who remained steadfast (Judas and Peter both abandoned Jesus). The corona could be seen as Jesus' crown of thorns. The stigma could be seen as the cross or nails, and the five stamens could be seen as the number of wounds Jesus received. 23 BIBLE BITES WORDSEARCH - CLUES

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