Parish Church ofSaint Cuthbert Lytham

May 2018Parish Magazine £1

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The Leadership Team

Vicar: The Revd Nick Wells 01253 279676

Hon. Assistant Priests: The Revd David HirstThe Revd Helen Houston

Readers: Mr David Matthews Mr David Chapman

Mr Barrie StaceyMrs Bev Wells

Mrs Nicola WhiteheadServicesSunday Services8.30am Holy Communion (BCP)10.00am Holy Communion (CW) 10.00am Sunday @10 - All Age Worship6.00 pm Evening Prayer

Weekday ServicesFriday 11.00am Holy Communion

Bi-monthly Services on Sunday4.00pm Taize - 20th May7.00pm Contemporary Worship – 17th June

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Dear FriendsIn my letter last month, I wrote about our Giving in Grace campaign which we are running this month. Letters to many people connected to St Cuthbert’s will be sent out shortly and we look forward to a positive response. Giving to God through our church as a thank you for all He has given us is foundational to the Christian faith and of course provides the financial where-with-all for the church to offer the ministry expected and to plan for the future. Please be prayerful in your response regarding the giving of your time, expertise and finances.Also, during the month, we are taking part in the global initiative ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ and there is more about this further in the magazine. We are especially asked to pray for 5 people to come to faith, to come to a point where they recognise Jesus as their Saviour and Lord. The church will be open for a time each day, so you and others can call in to pray. We need volunteers to help us have the church open, please do sign up for a couple of hours if you can.[Ecclesiastes 3 1-3 - There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build.] With our Children’s Worker leaving the post last year for a new job and the Pastoral Care Team coming to an end, we are at a point of having to review a few things which form the foundations of a church. Through the next few months the PCC will be considering how our ministry to the young, the

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vulnerable and the elderly should be offered in the future and strengthening our Vision 2026 profile.During the quietness of the last few months I have thought through and explored some ideas, but I recognise that it is important that we work these things through together and take ownership of the decisions made. With prayerful, united discussions and decisions, future plans are much stronger. At the end of the day we need to be in touch with God’s plan, without Him what’s the point. [Psalm 127:1 - Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.]

I believe we are at a significant moment in the life of St Cuthbert’s, with a lot to look forward to. I also believe, from the paperwork produced during the last interregnum by the PCC and adopted by the church when looking for a new Vicar, there was an inner recognition that St Cuthbert’s was looking for a new ethos. That is what so inspired me, and I believe God called me, to return to Lytham to help you, the church in this community, to follow God’s directive.I look forward to the conversations we must have and decisions we must make in order to truly be Christ’s church in north Lytham. My earnest request is that you pray about this church and for those leading our considerations about the future – that we will be open to hear God’s voice and do His will.Yours in ChristNick

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Lady Day Service held on Mon. 9th April was taken by Rev. David Hirst and we wish to thank him for what was a lovely service in commemoration of the Feast of the Annunciation.After the service we had a very enjoyable meal at Tiggis, St. Annes.At our meeting on Thursday 12th April we welcomed once again Mrs Pat Ascroft who described to us her recent adventure 'Trek Croatia' and who brought along some lovely photographs and interesting items. This inspirational eighty-years young lady is amazing and has recently attended Buckingham Palace to be presented with an award for raising once again the highest funds in the UK for Mencap.Our next meeting is on Thursday 10th May at 2.30pm when Mrs Heather Slater will talk to us about 'Life in Indonesia'. The MU Deanery Festival is on Tuesday 5th June at 7.30pm at St. Michael's Church, Kirkham.On Thursday 12th July we have booked Afternoon Tea again at Lytham Hall, following on from the success of last year. A list for names will be at the May meeting, do hope you can join us.

Margaret Fisher

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May’s DiaryTuesday 1st 10.30pm TKC Volunteer MeetingWednesday 2nd 9 am Morning Prayer

9.45 am Bertie Bear Club7 pm Bell Ringers Practice

Thursday 3rd 10.30 am Community Craft GroupFriday 4th 11 am CommunionSunday 6th 8.30 am Communion

10 am Communion 10 am Sunday @106pm Evening Prayer

Wednesday 9th 9 am Morning Prayer9.45 am Bertie Bear Club7 pm Bell Ringers Practice

Thursday 10th 10.30 am Community Craft GroupAscension Day 10.30am Stepping Stones

2.30 pm Mothers’ Union7 pm Launch of Thy Kingdom

Come - CommunionFriday 11th 11 am CommunionSunday 13th 8.30 am Communion

10 am Communion 10 am Sunday @1012 noon Baptism6 pm Evening Prayer

Monday 14th 12noon Midday Service, Soup and Sandwiches

7 pm Choir PracticeTuesday 15th 12noon Midday Service, Soup and

SandwichesWednesday 16th 9 am Morning Prayer

9.45 am Bertie Bear ClubWednesday 16th 12noon Midday Service, Soup and

Sandwiches7 pm Bell Ringers Practice

Thursday 17th 10.30 am Community Craft GroupPage 6 of 18

12noon Midday Service, Soup and Sandwiches

7pm PCC meetingFriday 18th 11 am Communion

12noon Midday Service, Soup and Sandwiches

Saturday 12noon Midday Service, Soup and Sandwiches

Sunday 20th 8.30 am Communion Pentecost 10 am Communion

10 am Sunday @1012 noon Baptism6pm Evening Prayer7pm Pentecost Praise Service

Monday 21st 7 pm Choir PracticeWednesday 23rd 9 am Morning Prayer

9.45 am Bertie Bear Club7 pm Bell Ringers Practice

Thursday 24th 10.30 am Community Craft GroupFriday 25th 11 am CommunionSunday 27th 8.30 am Communion

10 am Communion 10 am Sunday @106pm Evening Prayer

Monday 28th 7 pm Choir PracticeWednesday 30th 9 am Morning Prayer

9.45 am Bertie Bear Club7 pm Bell Ringers Practice

Thursday 31st 10.30 am Community Craft Group

Pledge2Pray 2018 - Thy Kingdom ComeBetween 10th - 20th May, communities and churches around the world are gathering together to

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pray that their friends, families and neighbours come to know Jesus Christ. Prayer events of all shapes and sizes will take place across the 10 days, including 24-7 prayer rooms, prayer days, prayer walks and half nights of prayer. Cathedrals, churches and other venues will host Beacon Events, gathering people across towns and cities to worship and to pray for the empowering of the Holy Spirit for effective witness.As we pray 'Thy Kingdom Come' we should expect that God will use us to help answer our prayer. He will give us opportunities to witness to Him with the people we have been praying for. He will use us to invite people to know and experience the goodness of His Kingdom and to join His family. But we also know that most of us find speaking of our faith daunting. We feel ill equipped. We assume someone else, maybe anyone else, is better suited, or we think that sharing faith is someone else’s job. All Christians are appointed as God’s witnesses. It is not a choice. The only choice is whether we are good witnesses or bad ones. Come and join us any day between the 14th and 19th May at 12noon in church for a short service followed by soup and sandwiches..If you prefer to pray on your own, the church will be open for some of the time during the 10th and 20th May for personal prayer. Times to be confirmed – please keep you eye on the weekly news sheet or our website. In order for us to have our church open for prayer we need a team of volunteers to welcome people and offer refreshments. If you can commit to doing a couple of hours on one or more days, please sign up on the sheet at the back of church or speak to one of the Vision Champions.If you can’t get to church, please pray anyway. Pray for five people you know to experience the love of God in their lives

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and to encounter Jesus, not just during the 10 days of Thy Kingdom Come but keep them in your prayers.It would be fantastic to see new disciples, and older Christians. coming to join us for worship on a regular basis.You can find out more about the global wave of prayer through the website https: // www.thykingdomcome.global / and we look forward to another exciting challenge.

Adam’s OrdinationOur curate, Adam, is to be ordained on Saturday 30th June at 10:30am in Blackburn Cathedral. He will be introduced to everyone at St Cuthbert’s the following day and will be preaching at our 8:30am and 10am Communion services.Adam and his family will be moving to Lytham in June in preparation for his ministry here. Please remember Adam in your prayers at this significant time in his life and be ready to welcome him into our fellowship.

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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit - May 2018Trinity Sunday, which this year falls on 27 May, was a surprisingly late addition to the liturgical calendar. We celebrate it on the Sunday after Pentecost (Whitsunday) and so, like Pentecost, the date on which it is celebrated changes from year to year because it stands in a fixed relationship to Easter, which varies annually. The high points of the first part of the year celebrate events in the life of Christ, the Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension, and the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles (the Feast of Pentecost). But after Trinity Sunday we enter a period known as Ordinary Time, when the Sundays are counted by number: such-and-such a Sunday in Ordinary Time, or such-and-such a Sunday after Trinity. If Easter is as early as it can possibly be (March 22), then there are twenty-five Sundays ‘after Trinity’ before we get to Advent, which begins the new church year, but the later Easter is (and the latest possible date is 25 April), the number of Sundays ‘after Trinity’ is correspondingly reduced. The counter-balance is provided by the Sundays after Epiphany (6 January): there are more of these if Easter is late, and fewer if Easter is early. Before Trinity Sunday was established, the Sundays in the second half of the year were numbered from Pentecost or, as a common alternative, from the Octave of Pentecost – that is, the Sunday after Pentecost, which became known as Trinity Sunday when this was established in the fourteenth century.Of course, the doctrine of the Trinity was central to Christianity long before this. Tertullian (died c. 240) wrote an extensive treatise on the ‘three persons’ of God, and although the subsequent development of Trinitarian theology diverged in some important ways from Tertullian’s ideas, his work was crucial in establishing the concept of the three-in-one and one-in-three of Christian doctrine, later confirmed in the great fourth century Councils of the Church, where it became a test of orthodoxy. Belief in the Triune God is, of course, declared in

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the Creeds, and it was always central to teaching and preaching. So important was it that, from the tenth century onwards, services were held in honour of the Trinity, although such services were a matter of local practice, not associated with an agreed and special day. In the eleventh century, Pope Alexander II was asked if a designated feast-day could be established, but he refused, on the grounds that the Trinity was honoured daily every time we use the phrase ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’ — hence the title of this month’s article.For the institution of a special day, universally recognised in the Western Church, we have to wait until 1334 and the papacy of John XXII. He was much involved in political and ecclesiastical intrigues, in the course of which his enemies had accused him of heresy — a very damaging accusation for someone in his position! His decision to introduce an agreed day when the Western Church would honour the Trinity was his counter-attack: a feast-day celebrating a tenet of belief that had long been the supreme test of orthodoxy. No doubt, in the midst of his intrigues, he was also aware that this liturgical innovation had what was for him the beneficial side-effect of winning over the still relatively new but already highly influential Order of Franciscans, who were very Trinitarian and keen to reflect this in liturgical practice.

Joyce Hill

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QUIZ for May: A truly mixed bagEntrants who achieve 100% are an anathema to the question setter. There were three such in the April quiz, so I shall be raising the bar in May. The subjects are ‘In an English Country Garden’ and ‘Famous People’ but the questions, twenty of each, are in mixed random order. Do your best!Please write your answers on a separate sheet, adding your name and contact details. 1. This duck plays a higher suit at cards. [6,5] 2. This guy Bloggs with a kind of vegetable – a swede, perhaps. [3,4] 3. Quick slurp. [4] 4. Policeman at this athletic football club. [5,8] 5. Branching out for aerial accommodation. [4,5] 6. This tracked heavy vehicle could be hungry. [11] 7. What’s it all about at the Bank of England? [5,3] 8. Golf ball support with mat or throw. [4] 9. New curate’s garden is a risk. [4,6]10. Two former USA presidents. [6]11. Duchess of Cambridge succeeds if allowed. [4,7]12. This Schiffer changes an ‘arf page. [7,9]13. Fan of nuts. [8]14. A Labour voter may not wish to do this. [12]15. It must be clean to hang out here. [7,4] 16. Nickel anvil reformed. [6,5]17. First man is like an Irish bog. [4,6]18. You may sometimes be led up this. [6,4]19. Nutty slabs. [5,6]20. Change our abode for this dancer. [3,5]21. He told on you. [5]22. Wilma’s friend or hot body massaged. [5,9]23. Rush a goal scorer to the indoor taxi queue. [3,6]24. On which a judge can place himself. [5]25. A long line of plastic dolls. [8] 26. Type of sharp knife may prompt an actor to lay one of these. [7,7] 27. Northern Irish Pepsi with producer of caviar. [6,8]28. You may do this to your bets. [5]

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29. There can be a lot of these on election nights. [6]30. Solar phone call? [7]31. Scottish mountain fuels the fire. [3,6] 32. Not the type with foils. [7] 33. Choo man mourns, by the sound of it. [5,7]34. Santa quoth this thrice, we hear. [3]35. Field Marshal and university teacher: gardener. [5,3]36. Pirate captain found in Caribbean waters. [7]37. A tidier black one in Lords joins Private Eye. [5,7]38. Mobile carry-all. [11]39. May you go in this direction. [5,4]40. Methodist founder shoots under cover. [6,6]

Entries to David Matthews by 13 th May.

QUIZ for April: Nothing foolishThree entrants – Dorothy Jones, Betty McMaster and John Webb – all tied for first place with maximum marks! Note to self: Must make questions harder.Answers: 1. Ruby Wax, 2. Brenda Blethyn, 3. Susanna Reid, 4. Sarah Lancashire, 5. Cath Kidston, 6. Hattie Jacques, 7. Kirsty Wark, 8. Hilary Mantel, 9. Mary Beard, 10. Anne Boleyn, 11. Ladder, 12. Sandpaper, 13. WD40, 14. Washer, 15. Screwdriver, 16. Jigsaw, 17. Nuts and bolts, 18. Spanner, 19. Vice, 20. Pincers, 21. Jamaica, 22. Brent Cross, 23. 2009, 24. St Louis, 25. 2003, 26. The Bourne Identity, 27. Milk Marketing Board, 28. Brooklands, 29. First British Cabinet Minister [Secretary of State for Work and Pensions], 30. 2007, 31. Ruth Rendell, 32. ‘Sugar, Sugar’, 33. Joe Johnson, 34. Frankie Fredericks, 35. Hubert Humphrey, 36. Alan Ayckbourn, 37. ‘Freaky Friday’, 38. Stuart Sutcliffe, 39. Ricky Ross, 40. Anthony Asquith.

100 Club

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Take part in the monthly draw and you could win £100! All profit goes directly towards the upkeep of the church! All you need to do is pay £5 per month by standing order. This buys you a number between 1 and 100. Each month a number is drawn, rather like a raffle, and the owner of that number receives a cheque for £100. There are standing order forms at the back of the church. Or please have a word with me, Debbie Rogerson. I am usually singing in the choir at the 10am Communion service so catch me afterwards or ring 01253 422500 / 07540284517.Congratulations to Deana Whilley this month’s winner with number 39.

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St Cuthbert’s Uniformed Organisations

MondayCubs meet at 6.45 – 8.15pm

for more details email catherinehughes0@btinternet.com

TuesdayBeavers meet at 6 - 7pm

for more details contact Sarah Johnson 01253 739457

Sea Scouts meet at 7.15 -9 pm for more details contact

Graham Igoe 01253 734861

WednesdayRainbows meet at 6 - 7pm

for more details contact Muriel Ward 01253 738729

ThursdayBrownies meet at 6.15 - 7.30pm

for more details contact Jeannette 01253 738443

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Useful Church Contacts and Phone Numbers

Alpha Course Bev Wells01253 279 676

07742 709 994

Community Craft Group

Paula Chapman 07891371358

Churchwarden

Beryl Matthews

01253 725 552

07788 683 706

Churchwarden

Fairtrade Julie Webb07914 926 422

Mothers’ Union

Margaret Fisher 01253 737310

Parish Coordinator

Fiona Newbold 01253 736488

Vicar Nick Wells 01253 279676Vision Champion Julie Webb

07914 926 422

Vision Champion

Marion Smyllie 01253 738099

Webpage Facebook & Twitter Bev Wells 01253 279676

07742 709 994

100 ClubDebbie Rogerson 01253 422500

07540 284 517

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Parish OfficeSt Cuthbert’s Parish OfficeSt Cuthbert’s Church Hall

Church RoadLythamFY8 5QL

Tel : 01253 736488Email: parishoffice@stcuthbertslytham.org

Usual office hours: Monday – Friday 9.30am – 12.30pm

Website http://stcuthbertslytham.orgFacebook St Cuthbert Lytham

Twitter @cuthbertslytham

Lytham St Cuthbert is a charity registered in England and Wales | Charity Registration No. 1143673

Registered Office: - St Cuthberts Church, Church Road, Lytham St. Annes, FY8 5QL

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