Painting the Gods Thursday 10th November from 6.30pm This is a special, 2- centre event new to Tattenhall which combines stunning Indian artistry with a delicious supper. To set the mood, your evening starts at our local Indian restaurant “Tattenhall Spice” where we have arranged for a tasty buffet supper to be available from 6.30pm. Then on to the Barbour Institute at 8.00pm for a show which combines the skills of 3 dancers, 2 musicians, a storyteller and a visual artist painting live on stage. Together they are the Balbir Singh Dance Company and create a feast for the senses which depicts a rich panoply of Indian gods – their stories, representations and incarnations – some already known to you and some perhaps less familiar. The performance is suitable for all ages. Tickets are £16 each* (all ages) and available from Pam in Complement (High St), Jill at The Studio (Worley Court), by email from [email protected] or book online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/280396. *To enquire about show-only tickets please ring Linda on 01829 771374. Inside this month: Harvest Appeal; Tips on How to Relax The Great Household Bonanza; 200 Club in Tattenhall [email protected] 22 1 Cheshire Rural Touring Arts (CRTA) in Tattenhall Autumn Programme Your Tattenhall team have secured two fascinating professional shows for you to enjoy this Autumn. My Big Fat Cowpat Wedding is on Thursday 29th September and Painting the Gods is on Thursday 10th November - both performed in the Barbour Institute. Read on for details …. My Big Fat Cowpat Wedding Thursday 29th September 7.30pm The Kali Theatre Company invites you to Clare and Arjun's wedding reception so dig out your best hat (or 'fascinator' or your own creation – gents, this includes you too) and wear it with pride to their big event. All their friends and family will be there to celebrate the marriage between this country girl and city boy. The roots of this new play draw their vitality from the author's interviews with a wide range of people whose experiences inform this light-hearted view of relationships across the divides of rural/urban, race and gender. The result is fast and funny with plenty of neat twists, all rounded off with the toe-tapping rhythms of a Bhangra disco dance for all of us to enjoy. The performance is suitable for all ages, although young children may find it a bit hard to follow. Tickets are £9.00 each (all ages) and are available from Pam in Complement (High St), Jill at The Studio (Worley Court), Linda on 01829 771374/ email [email protected] or book online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/280390. [email protected] 2 21 FROM THE RECTOR It is summertime: five relaxation tips... St Augustine says; “Summer is a time Recapture the passion in your life of open road - a time for exploration - Spend quality time with your family. for winding down some small road you have never visited before. You want to Restful solitude poses as one of the go there just because you are curious and it seems to call. God is down the hardest spiritual disciplines for many of us. If you want a balanced approach road. God is to be found in exploration. and wish to leverage the two months of God is met by the curious. "Our hearts are restless until they find God” summer break, you might also want to get creative in spending some time Summer is a time for the experience of alone – just listening! Jesus showed us God through rest. God is the God of the Sabbath. God Himself rests. In one of the importance of spending time alone, often separating Himself from the the lovely Genesis creation stories, God crowds after intense times of ministry works and then rests. God is down the road. God is to be found in exploration. so He could spend time recalibrating. God is met by the curious. "Our hearts I want to leave you with a famous are restless until they find their rest in passage of Scripture. It helps me as I God." - spend time this summer enjoying the St. Augustine. "Thus the heaven and calling He has placed on my life to serve His people! earth were completed with all their mighty throng. On the sixth day God completed all the work he had been doing and on the seventh day he The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not ceased from all his work. God blessed be in want. the seventh day and made it holy He makes me lie down in green because on that day he ceased from all pastures, the work he had set himself to do." He leads me beside quiet waters, In summer's rest we meet the God of the seventh day - the God of rest. In He restores my soul. rest - "in returning and rest you shall be He guides me in paths of righteousness saved. "Be still and know that I am for His name’s sake. God," says the Lord, Summer is a time Even though I walk for the soul to experience the God of through the valley of the shadow of Play. Summer reveals the playfulness of death, God who creates such an awesome variety of plants, and flowers, and hills I will fear no evil, and valleys, and bugs and dogs and for You are with me; trout... sandy beaches and wooded Your rod and Your staff, mountains, rippling brooks and frothy they comfort me. oceans. Details You prepare a table before me Summer is the perfect time to start in the presence of my enemies. building a plan that will help you You anoint my head with oil; balance the busy life in winter. Here are five simple things to add to your my cup overflows. schedule this summer that can help you Surely goodness and love will follow me relax: all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD Enjoy the outdoors. [email protected] 20 Read a novel. forever. 3 Have friends over. - Psalm 23 The Churches of Tattenhall, Handley and Burwardsley Churches without Walls Rector: Rev. Canon Lameck Mutete, The Rectory, Tattenhall 770245 Churchwardens Tattenhall Georgina Blackhurst 770377, Dee Mason 770553 Handley Alex Park 771277 Christine Walley Burwardsley Jean Dutton 770379, Barbara Clare 770418 DIOCESEAN NEWS Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 2017 There is going to be a Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2017. The dates will be from Tuesday 28 March to Thursday 6 April 2017, in the latter part of Lent, but before Holy Week. If there is anyone who would like to be part of this Pilgrimage, please get in touch with the Rector. MALPAS DEANERY NEWS Deanery Clergy Chapter Meeting Monday 5th September at St. Oswald’s, Malpas ST ALBAN’S CHURCH, TATTENHALL SERVICES Sunday mornings 8am and 10.30am Last Sunday of the month 6pm Wednesday 10am (Quiet Prayer Time) TATTENHALL YOUTH GROUP (TYG) Official Launch Sunday 25th September 2016 Friday August 26th Venue- The Community Room (The Vault) As Church and Community working together, we are proud to inform all our young persons who live in Tattenhall or the surrounding that the we are going to have some Youth activities every last Sunday of the month in the new Community Room (The Vault). The leaders are very much waiting to hear some exciting ideas from you on how we can make the best out of our one hour session. Please come and be the pioneers of our TYG 2016. Please note that Sunday 25th September is the official launch of our Tattenhall Youth Group. There will be some refreshments during our sessions and we need is you and your friends. Please contact the Rector for more information on 01829 770245, Churchwardens Dee and Georgina or Ministry team member Andy Morris on 770323 Wednesday Tea and Coffee Good News For All Our Parishioners In The Community Have you not heard!!! The Tattenhall Church is now offering tea and coffee soon after the 10.00am service in the Community Room (The Vault). Do you live alone and just want someone to talk to? This is the opportunity for you to come and share and [email protected] 4 19 TATTENHALL’S fellowship with other members of our community. If you do not wish to take part in the communion service, and would simply like to come for the refreshments, J O I N VILLAGE HALL please just walk straight to the ‘Vault’ at 10.45am and enjoy the refreshments. Our Hospitality Team is always ready to serve you whilst in your comfort zone fellowshipping with other members of our community. NOW! 200 CLUB ALPHA COURSE IS BACK!!! November, and on the 5th of each An opportunity to explore the meaning of life. Alpha - Autumn 2016. The Barbour Institute is run subsequent month. The next Alpha course begins on Wednesday 28th September. by a charity called Tattenhall Community In the event of there being less than 200 It will run for 13 weeks until December 2016. Association, managed by a group of To register for the course, please fill in the form that will be sent in our parish participants, prizes will be awarded on a magazine during the month of August and return it to our Alpha Administrator, volunteer Trustees who rent the building pro rata basis of the actual number of Andy Morris on 770323, the Rector or the Churchwardens. from Bolesworth Estate.