April 2017 News from the churches and community of Bolton-le-Sands and Nether Kellet Parish Magazine | £1 Unique NEW Dementia Care Service A new business which aims to carry out pioneering work in dementia and end of life care has launched in Bolton-le-Sands. Set up by managing director Michelle Thompson with commercial director Debbie Clayton, Unique Homecare is hoping to fill a gap in the market by offering extended services as well as supporting vital research into dementia. Unique Homecare will be working with the dementia research team at Lancaster University, looking at the idea of holistic care including diet and exercise Unique Dementia Building Inspection Beating the bounds Care Service www.bolton-le-sands.co.uk messenger | 1 Michelle Thompson I have worked in dementia care for more than 20 years, since leaving school, and I love it, but it just seems so wrong sometimes, there can be a lack of understanding. I thought there must be a better way to do it rather than things like a standard 10 minute home visit. “We will be doing visits of at least an hour and will be sending in the same people each time to build up a relationship with the client. While you can’t stop dementia, you can help to slow it down and give a better quality of life. We will also be offering support for the family. We are also looking to set up community projects such as dementia cafes and giving talks about supporting someone with dementia. We will be looking at the emotional and social side of the client, things like helping them to go out and get their own shopping rather than getting it for them, to stop them getting isolated. We will also teach scam awareness. It’s about the whole package, offering a bigger package to support clients and their families. There’s a huge problem with people in hospitals who can’t get home because there’s no help for them, so we will be working with the hospital discharge team to make that happen and ensure their house is ready for them and then support them in their home. The business plans came about through hearing a lot of personal experiences. I think there was a huge gap in the market, a lot of people I have spoken to haven’t had a positive experience. Unique Homecare is hoping to take on at least 50 staff in the next year, and will cover the Lancaster and Morecambe area, taking on up to 40 clients in the first year. We want to give people the chance to have a career in care. If people just want to make a difference and have a passion, we will nurture them through the company. Unique Homecare Office 4, Hawthorne House, By Pass Road, Bolton-Le-Sands, Carnforth LA5 8JD Tel: 01524 823205 Email: [email protected] www.unique-homecare.co.uk Community Services Old Boys’ Free Grammar School Worship at Holy Trinity Mrs Joan Baker 824384 One Sunday in each month will be ‘Morning Praise’ which is not a communion service. Trefoil Guild Judith Spotswood 736929 Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion Thwaite Brow Woods Consevation Project 10.30am Holy Communion Mrs L. Belcher 824191 Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion Women’s Institute First Friday Worship Mrs Hazel Short 822614 The first Friday of each month at Holy Trinity at Lune Valley Keep Fit Organisation 7.00pm – followed by refreshments and fellowship. Sheila Stockdale 823632 Details of services are displayed on the outside notice Men’s Group board, and are given in The Link each Sunday. Mr Keith Budden 824247 Bowling Club Worship at St Mark’s Nether Kellet Mr Geoff Forrest - Secretary 824346 Sundays 9.00am First Sunday Holy Communion - Common Worship Cricket Club Second Sunday Morning Prayer Mr Mike Clarkson - Secretary 824059 Third Sunday Holy Communion - Book of Common Prayer Fourth Sunday Morning Prayer Fifth Sunday Morning Prayer Tennis Club Mrs Pam Holding - President 733805 Worship at Christ Church United Reformed Church Community Centre 2nd Apr 10.00 am Rev G Lear Sharman Robinson 10am - 4pm Mon - Fri 812143 Flowers from Flower Fund [email protected] 9th Apr 10.00am Rev G Harris Flowers from D Vellor Dancing School 16th Apr 10.00 am Rev T Widess Alysia Gilda School of Dance 822207 Flowers from K Staveley 23rd Apr 10.00am Debbie Green Bolton-le-Sands & District Floral Flowers from Flower Fund and Horticultural Society 30th Apr 10.00 am Rev G Barton Mrs Brenda Muir 824018 Flowers from Flower Fund 7th May 10.00 am Rev G Lear Petsearch Flowers from Flower Fund Mrs Margaret Carter 823013 Christ Church United Reformed Church 2nd Bolton-le-Sands Scout Group Mr G Shaw - Treasurer 67644 Debra Thackrah - GSL Miss A Shaw - Secretary 67644 07900 803139 [email protected] Joyme Morgane - SL During the vacancy the Revd David Greenwood 07794 991354 [email protected] Rosemary Smyth - CL will be our pastoral link person. If anyone needs 07778 396015 [email protected] a minister please contact the Church Secretary Joanne Brown - Beavers 07821 253351 [email protected] Mass times at St. Mary of The Angels Sundays 9.00am Bolton-le-Sands Guides Monday and Friday 10.00am Emma Lentell - Guide Leader 07765 362324 [email protected] See notice board by the Church gate for variations Bolton- le-Sands Brownies Rachel Shaw - Brownie Leader 01524 732726 [email protected] 2 | messenger www.bolton-le-sands.org.uk Ministry Message Dear All, When in life the worst happens, fears are realised, and a gaping chasm opens before us, we are closer to Christ than we could ever know. The physical emptiness and pain that we experience comes from joining Christ in agony on the cross and going with him into the depths of the tomb. ‘If only….’ crushes us with the weight of the stone of our regrets for what might have been. However bad it gets, however low we go, if we look even lower then the crucified Christ is there in it with us. We can see from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingling down. Love for us, sorrow for us, compassion for us, going through it with us, alongside us. For us. The cross and the tomb are not the final word, are not the end. Christ’s victory shows us that there is life, hope and joy beyond suffering. Not from getting back the old life that was, but by allowing a new, different life to open up for us. Resurrection. We carry the scars, we are changed, we are changed eternally. We share in his suffering, we share in his resurrection and we are set free. Our richest gains we count but loss, we let go of our former pride. Love so amazing, so divine, demands our souls, our life, our all. DIOCESE OF Wishing you every joy and hope this Easter. BLACKBURN With love, Nancy “The parish of Bolton-le-Sands in Lancashire” or follow the link www.facebook.com/parishbls. www.bolton-le-sands.org.uk messenger | 3 Our Vision The Healthy Church audit which we carried out last autumn helped to show the things we believe we do well, as a church, and, perhaps more importantly, some of the things which we need to develop. One of the things people were unsure about was our vision - a sense of where we wanted to be as a church in a few years’ time, and how we were going to get there. It was a number of years since we drew up the previous Mission Action Plan, so that needed to be revisited and reviewed. A number of people who responded thought that we did have a vision, but that it was perhaps rather vague and not very well articulated, so many people were not familiar with it. As a result of the Healthy Church audit, we set up the 5 week Vision Course during January and February. We had a special meeting to summarise and analyse the results, and on 14th March Revd Canon David Banbury, the Diocesan Missioner, came to help us work on developing an updated Mission Action Plan. It was a really helpful meeting, and David helped us to focus on priorities. After much discussion, we established three main elements for our MAP, which are : The way forward......The next step will be to set our tasks and targets within each element, which means considering what is realistic, practical and achieveable with the resources we have. We would welcome any suggestions which might help us to achieve our vision - whether you are a regular member of the congregation or not, everyone in the parish is part of our church community. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting is on Sunday 30th April at 12 noon, following the usual Holy Communion service, and is open to everyone on the electoral roll of Holy Trinity and St Mark’s. That will give everyone an early opportunity to hear about our progress, to ask questions and offer suggestions. The Annual Parochial Meeting - reminder The APCM will be held at Holy Trinity on Sunday 30th April at 12 noon. The meeting is open to anyone on the electoral roll, so it is important to make sure that the electoral roll is up-to-date. If you are not on the electoral roll, and would like to be, or if you wish to check whether you are, please contact one of the Wardens, or Mrs Sue Daunt, who is the Electoral Roll Officer.