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Bolton Parish Church
St Peter, Bolton-le-Moors
Parish News
February 2017
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Oh that the whole Church might be forever one
Last month, members of Christians Together in Bolton Town
Centre (CTBTC) observed the annual Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity at a joint service in the Victoria Halls (the Methodist
Mission.) Part of the address from that service is included in this
magazine, and it went on to list some of the many examples of
Christian Unity with which our town is blessed, co-operations
(many of them represented at CTBTC) which work across, and
oblivious of, denominational bounds.
Christian Unity that seeks to break down walls and to reach out in
love to reconcile fragile communities. Chaplaincies, notably the
very visible presence of the Town Centre Chaplains, and more
enclosed Chaplaincies to our Hospital, University, Hospice,
schools and Emergency services. The practical operations of
Urban Outreach, including Winterwatch and the Storehouse
Pantry, the work of YMCA and Third Space promoting positive
health and well-being among adolescents and young adults, Street
Angels, the Destitution Project and the new initiative called City of
Sanctuary.
Sadly, recent discussions at CTBTC have included a much less-to-
be-celebrated situation which has united at least the main-stream
Christian denominations in this country. The Roman Catholic
Church is the latest to have been exercised by the process of
considering all its resources, including buildings, Ministers and
congregation size and potential, and is now in the painful process
of reducing the number of parishes and closing a number of
churches.
The Church of England, (as well as Methodist and URC) has been
through a similar stream-lining process, with dwindling (and
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Church Services at a glance
Sundays 08.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Parish Communion
18.30 Evening Prayer
Tuesdays 12.15 Holy Communion
Thursdays 12.15 Holy Communion
ageing) congregations and the spiralling costs of maintaining our
buildings forcing us to step back and take a long, hard look at
ourselves. Now the diocese is moving into a new phase,
encouraging every parish and deanery to look to the future and to
produce our own Mission Action Plans (MAPs.)
Despite what you might read in the newspapers, I don’t believe for
a moment that ‘the Church’ is in terminal decline. Christian Faith is
alive and well, and some churches are seeing their numbers
increase week-by-week. But perhaps the way ‘church’ is presented
to a changing society has to evolve in order to make herself Fit for
Mission.
Though we are many, we are all one body. The body of Christ on
Earth that is, though still we wait longingly for the day when we can
all eat of one Bread. Christians are united by Christ’s great
commission, to “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptising and
teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you.” (Matt
28.19,20) It’s down to all of us, whatever our place in the great
congregation of faith. Will you be part of that conversation?
In the love of the living Christ, Moira
2 Thursday THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
12.15 Holy Communion
5 Sunday Fourth Sunday before Lent
8.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Parish Communion (BCP)
7 Tuesday 12.15 Holy Communion
14.00 Mother’s Union, Lower Hall
9 Thursday 12.15 Holy Communion
12 Sunday Third Sunday before Lent
8.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Parish Communion (CW)
18.30 Evening Prayer (with hymns)
14 Tuesday Cyril and Methodius , Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885
Valentine, Martyr of Rome, c. 269
12.15 Holy Communion
16 Thursday 12.15 Holy Communion
19 Sunday Second Sunday before Lent
8.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Parish Communion (BCP)
18.30 Evening Prayer
21 Tuesday 12.15 Holy Communion
23 Thursday Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c. 155
12.15 Holy Communion
26 Sunday Sunday Next before Lent
8.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Parish Communion (CW)
18.30 Choral Evensong
28 Tuesday 12.15 Holy Communion
Calendar February 2017
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News of Judie Horrocks
Following her retirement, our previous Lecturer Judie Horrocks has moved to the island of Fuerteventura in the Canaries. Virtually as soon as
she stepped onto the tarmac, she was involved in a presentation for the
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service, during which the Anglican Chaplaincy at St James was joined by its Roman Catholic brothers and
sisters from its host church of Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Corralejo.
The Fuerteventura Chaplaincy holds a main service at the church of Nuestra Senora del Carmen every Sunday evening at 6.30pm. This is a
family Communion service followed by refreshments
The Church has a website, https://fuertechurch.wordpress.com, which
describes the arrival of Bob and Judie:
“From January 2017 we will have our first ever chaplain. The Revd Bob Horrocks has just moved here from being the Team Rector in the Seven
Saints Team in Bolton in the Diocese of Manchester, and will be officially
licensed as our chaplain at a service on Friday 10 February 2017 at 12 noon.
Some of us know Bob from the time he spent here during his sabbatical
two years. His role as Chaplain will be a pioneering one, so he will have responsibility for growing our church as well as planting others across the
island.
His wife Judie is also a priest and will be
given permission to officiate so she will be able to work alongside him.
Bob will officially begin his ministry here
next January although he will be with us
over the Christmas period. Judie will join him later on in January when her current
job ends.”
Left: Bob and Judie Horrocks
Billy, the Blind Fiddler
The following recollections are from the book Memorials of the Bolton Parish
Church Organs, published by Jas. C. Scholes in 1882.
An interesting story is told of Mr. W. Lonsdale, which has been summarised as
follows:
The Overseers of Breightmet, nearly a hundred years ago [1784], paid £1.1s.0d.
to Robert Lonsdale on account of a violin for his blind son, William. This
William, who was better known as “Billy Lonsdale, the blind fiddler”, was born
in 1773 in Breightmet. In after years, he removed to no. 8, Churchgate, Bolton,
a house formerly standing on a site opposite the Vicarage. As early as 1809 he
was styled “organist” on an old theatrical bill, and was advertised to perform on
a complete set of Harmonious Musical Glasses, several favourite airs, duets,
songs, &c.; and also, without any assistance whatever, on four instruments of
music at once, in an astounding manner peculiar to himself, viz., the violin,
double drum, French horn, and triangle; and also gave his imitations of the
French horn and bassoon. Mr. Wm. Lonsdale is said to have been the
“regularly appointed” organist of the Church, but in consequence of a little
indiscretion on a particular Saturday evening, and which he manifested on the
following Sabbath morn, when, at the suggestion of one of his convivial friends,
he played a “jig” instead of solemn music, for which unseemly proceeding he
was dismissed by the Rev. Canon Slade.
He one time is said to have participated in a concert performance by blind
fiddlers in Liverpool, when his fiddling attracted the attention of Lord Derby,
who afterwards secured his services at Knowsley Hall, on the occasion of a
private entertainment.
Mr. Lonsdale died in September 1833 and was interred on the 26th of that
month in the Bolton Parish Churchyard.
During the time he was organist of Bolton Parish Church, Mr. Wm. Lonsdale
published twenty-five psalm or hymn tunes, in different metres, adapted for
public or private worship, which he had composed and arranged for four
voices, with the chords added in full for the accompaniment of the organ or
pianoforte. This collection he “dedicated by permission of the Rev. James
Slade, M.A., Vicar of Bolton-le-Moors, and Prebendary of Chester”.
A line at the foot of the title page states that the work was printed for the
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Bell Foundry visit – Thursday 23rd February 2017
There are still a small number of coach places available for our visit to the
John Taylor Bell Foundry in Loughborough.
The coach will leave the Parish Church at 9.15am (prompt) and we
anticipate being back in Bolton around 7.15pm.
All inclusive cost is £26 (Coach transport, tour of Foundry and entrance to
the Museum)
Please see Alan Forrester or Anthony Slack asap if you wish to join this visit
– a leaflet giving more details is available at the back of church.
author and sold by him, and that J. Pigot of Manchester was the engraver and
printer. The book, which was sold at 15s., included the tunes Ararat, Gibeon,
Solemnity, Ark, Gilgal, Egypt, Babel, Haran, Zion, Gilead, Samson, Hebran,
Midian, Babylon, Jerusalem, Sheba, Bethlehem, Judah, Edom and Damascus.
A well-preserved copy of the book has been presented to the Chadwick
Museum by Mr. W. W. Kay of Bolton.
Harrogate and Ripon Trip
During summer, I booked the Choir’s annual Cathedral visit for 2017, and I
am delighted to tell you that we shall be singing Choral Evensong in Ripon
Cathedral on Saturday 13th May. We last went to Ripon in August 2011, so it
is certainly time we went back!
As Ripon is a good deal closer to us than some of the cathedrals we have
recently visited, and the visit is on a Saturday, I hope this will prove to be a
popular choice – as last time, it is likely that we shall stop in Harrogate for
lunch, and still have plenty of time for sightseeing and shopping in Ripon
before Evensong.
We are also very fortunate to have obtained the services of my predecessor
Stephen Carleston as our accompanist.
Further details will be provided in due course.
MICHAEL PAIN.
Hand-bell Group
New members are very welcome to join us – we meet in church (access via
the south side door) on a Wednesday evening between 7 and 8.30pm.
Choir
If you (or someone you know) enjoy singing and are interested in helping to
maintain the tradition of Anglican Choral music, you may like to consider
joining the choir. Some ability to read music is essential.
For 6th-form pupils considering a future application as a Choral Scholar at
University, the experience of singing in a choir like this could be invaluable,
and, even if you do not have such high aspirations, could still prove very
rewarding.
We are always on the look-out for new singers. If you think you might be
interested, contact the Director of Music, Michael Pain, on 07540 834 001 or
[email protected], and he will be happy to discuss this with you.
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Address from the CTBTC service of Prayer for Christian Unity
Filling any vacancy is a complicated process these days – preparing a
job description, listing required attributes, taking references, short-
listing, interviewing, induction, probationary period… It was different
when Jesus recruited his band of followers. Walking along the sea-
shore, he called brothers mending fishing nets; catching sight of a
man in the shade of an olive grove, passing a tax-collector sitting at his
booth in the Market-place, “Come, follow me…” he called.
Impetuous Simon, given the name Peter, “the rock,” so keen to please
and yet so ready to open his mouth and put his foot right in it, steady
Andrew offering a brotherly arm to calm him; James and John, sons
of Zebedee and devoted brothers; cautious Thomas always needing to
check the facts, Philip who disappointed the Teacher on at least one
occasion. James, son of Alpheus, the Lord’s brother. Bartholomew,
Thaddeus, Simon – of whom we know nothing apart from their
names. And Judas Iscariot who was to fall at the last hurdle. Perhaps
Jesus had little idea himself, and those who answered His call could
have had no idea, what they were signing up for.
The chosen Twelve became a close band as they followed their Teacher
on his travels, yet it is clear from the Gospel accounts that they were a
mixed bunch, and not unnaturally, disagreements and disputes often
arose between them. Who was the greatest among them, who was the
Rabbi’s favourite, who would sit beside him in Heaven?
We might say there has never been Christian Unity. The Church
began, as we can read in the Book of Acts, with Christians meeting
first in small groups, in each other’s houses; then as the faith spread,
communities formed in towns and cities – in Galatia and Philippi, in
Thessaloniki and Ephesus and Corinth and so many other scattered
places, separated and unregulated.
As the Week of Prayer has been kept annually since 1908, it could be
said to have been a distinct failure. Despite many attempts to heal
differences which divide the denominations, we still exist separately,
as Methodists, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Baptists, United
Reformists, Unitarians and Orthodox, and increasingly we see new
and independent churches appearing around the Town.
I wonder what Christian Unity means? In the United States there are
more than a thousand so-called Mega Churches which each regularly
attract weekly congregations of several thousand members. There is a
joy, a real exhilaration of worshipping God sometimes as part of a
huge gathering – but it’s much harder to make friends, to not feel just
a very small cog in a great big machine. It’s a joy to be Christians
Together today, strangers meeting as friends. But it’ll be good to get
back home again next week and catch up with all that’s familiar. For
there is another kind of joy in meeting and communicating and
sharing with members of our individual communities; and yet
another when we meet more intimately; for when even two or three
gather in Christ’s name, Christ is there.
Today friends, I bring Good News; those decades of Prayer for
Christian Unity have not been in vain. Unity does not, has never
implied Uniformity, and Thank God for the richness of Christian
diversity. The traditions and practices which define each of our
communities and congregations are precious to us and cannot simply
be dismissed; but in all our various Christian manifestations, we are
united, in one purpose, by Christ’s commandment:-
From the Gospel according to Matthew, “Teacher, which
commandment is the greatest?” “Love God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind,” he answered, “and love
your neighbour as yourself.” And, from that according to John: A
new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another as I
have loved you.
Almighty God, we thank you for all that unites us as Christian
brothers and sisters, here in Bolton and around the world. Bless,
strengthen and encourage all who strive to break down barriers which
separate, and to bring about peace and reconciliation in your world.
Amen.
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Flower News
January is a quiet month for the flower team after the decoration of church for
Christmas. At the beginning of the month, a busy two days saw the removal of
the Christmas splendour – and as at home, there is always one piece of gold or
sparkle which remains hidden or unseen until the following Sunday.
The pedestal arrangement by the war memorial was created using winter
foliage and silk poppies. In the west porch, the pillar candle arrangement was
refreshed using garden foliage and red dogwood. In the south porch, the
arrangements remained, with extra greenery added, and our friendly robin
stayed until the end of the month.
At the beginning of January two members of the team embarked upon a six
month flower arranging course organised through NAFAS, and delivered by
Julie Pearson. This is both challenging and most enjoyable.
Plans for our two charity flower days for the coming year are now well under
way, with more information available soon.
In the coming months we are looking forward to continued partnership with
members of the Sunday school, in decorating the church for Easter.
Flower team
Taken down in January—one of the flower team’s innovative Christmas displays
The Church is normally
open on Tuesday and
Thursdays 11.30am-1.30pm.
For Baptisms and Weddings
please contact the Parish
Office on 01204 522226.
For Funerals please contact
the Vicar on 01204 845332.
Meditation Group Meetings
Mondays 7.30 p.m. and
Thursdays 2 p.m.
Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House.
Tea & coffee and biscuits served after
each session.
Please consult the pew sheet for any
changes.
The Second Sunday before Lent
The Gospel
St. Luke 8.4-15
WHEN much people were gathered together, and were come to him out
of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed; and
as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and it was trodden down, and the
fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock, and as soon as it
was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some
fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And
other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold.
And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable
be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see,
and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed
is the word of God. Those by the way-side are they that hear; then cometh
the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should
believe, and be saved. They on the rock are they which, when they hear,
receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while
believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among
thorns are they which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked
with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to
perfection. But that on the good ground are they which in an honest and
good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with
patience.
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Choral Music in February
Sunday 5th February: View me Lord – Richard Lloyd
View me, Lord, a work of Thine:
Shall I then lie drown'd in night?
Might Thy grace in me but shine,
I should seem made all of light.
Cleanse me, Lord, that I may kneel
At Thine altar pure and white: They that once Thy mercies feel,
Gaze no more on earth's delight.
Worldly joys, like shadows, fade
When the heav'nly light appears,
But the cov'nants Thou hast made,
Endless, know nor days nor years.
In Thy Word, Lord, is my trust,
To Thy mercies fast I fly;
Though I am but clay and dust,
Yet Thy grace can lift me high.
The words were written by Thomas Campion (1567–1620) and come
from The First Booke of Ayres, Contayning Divine and Morall Songs (about
1613), in which sublime sacred pieces rub shoulders with dubious items such as ‘Jack and Joan they think no ill’.
Born on 12 February 1567, Thomas Campion was
the second child of John and Lucy Campion;
When John died in 1576, Lucy remarried, but
died in 1580. Thomas’s stepfather sent him away to Cambridge, and he apparently did not even
return home in the holidays. Thomas went on to
study at Gray’s Inn, where he also performed in plays and masques. He made a career change
later on, embarking on studies in medicine at the
University of Caen in 1602, and taking up a medical practice in London at the age of 39.
Campion’s first published works were five songs,
which appeared in 1591. His other works include collections of poems, elegies, epigrams and songs.
Campion died on 1 March 1620, in London, probably of the plague, and was
buried at St. Dunstan’s-in-the-West, Fleet Street. He never married and died
with only twenty-three pounds to his name.
Centuries later, a young man by the name of Richard Lloyd decided to set the
words of Campion’s poem as an anthem.
Richard Lloyd was born near Stockport in 1933.
He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar (1952–55). From 1957 to
1966 he was assistant organist of Salisbury
Cathedral. In 1966 he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers of Hereford
Cathedral. In 1974 he moved to Durham on his
appointment as Organist and Master of the Choristers of Durham Cathedral. In 1985 he
became the deputy headmaster of Salisbury Cathedral School. Richard Lloyd is still alive, and resides in Herefordshire.
Lloyd’s View Me Lord was published by Novello in 1933, and remains a
much-loved item in the choral repertoire. Our choir always give this anthem
the sensitivity it calls for.
Sunday 12th February: Beati Quorum Via – Charles Villiers Stanford
Beati quorum via integra est, qui ambulant in lege Domini.
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Beati quorum via, a motet for unaccompanied choir, is a setting of the first
verse of Psalm 119. It is the last of Stanford’s Three Latin Motets, published
in 1905. We also sing the other two: Justorum Animae and Coelos Ascendit
Hodie. Our repertoire also includes a number of other Stanford compositions, such as O For a Closer Walk with God, How Beauteous are
their feet, Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem and the evening canticle settings in
A, B flat, C and G. Stanford composed Beati at
the end of the 19th century when he was a
teacher at the Royal College of Music in London. The motet is in six parts, with divided
sopranos and basses, and is meditative in
character. Effective use is made of contrasting the three upper and three lower voices, and
the piece is rightly regarded as one of
Stanford’s most exquisite unaccompanied compositions.
Following the death of Purcell in 1695, English
music went into a long period of decline that
was not reversed until the late 19th century.
Many musicians helped to bring about the English musical renaissance, but Charles
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Stanford, Hubert Parry and Charles Grove were the most influential and it
was largely thanks to their untiring work as composers, teachers, performers
and administrators that musical standards gradually improved and a firm
foundation was established for a new tradition of English music.
Sunday 19th February: The Heavens are Telling – Joseph Haydn
The Heavens are telling the glory of God,
The wonder of his work displays the firmament. Today that is coming speaks it the day,
The night that is gone to following night.
The Heavens are telling the glory of God, The wonder of his work displays the firmament.
In all the lands resounds the word, Never unperceived, ever understood.
The Heavens are telling the glory of God,
The wonder of his work displays the firmament.
The Heavens are Telling is from Haydn’s
Creation. Haydn was inspired to write the
oratorio after attending the 1791 Handel
Festival in Westminster Abbey where he was
particularly impressed by performances of Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt.
Haydn’s Creation is based on Genesis, the
book of Psalms, and Milton’s Paradise Lost.
The Heavens are Telling comes at the end of
the Fourth Day of creation and Haydn’s text
is based on Psalm 19, verses 1-3. Throughout
Haydn’s Creation, three archangels (Raphael, Uriel and Gabriel) narrate and comment on
the six successive days of creation. These archangels are heard as a trio in the Heavens are Telling, and the parts will
be sung as follows: Gabriel: Joyce Baxter, Uriel: Peter Pemrick and Raphael:
Leslie Iddon.
Replying to a letter expressing admiration for The Creation, Haydn wrote in
1802 that ‘Often, when I was struggling with all kinds of obstacles, a secret voice whispered to me: “There are so few happy and contented people in this
world; sorrow and grief follow them everywhere; perhaps your labour will
become a source from which the careworn will for a while derive peace and refreshment.”’ Haydn’s hope was fulfilled in his lifetime and this life-
affirming music is still providing inspiration today.
Sunday 26th February: O Nata Lux – Thomas Tallis
Tallis is enjoying quite a high profile position in our
magazine at the moment. As we learned in last month’s magazine, Tallis’s career spanned the reigns
of four monarchs and he had to adapt to the current
religious climate. This motet was written in the reign of Elizabeth, who showed a high degree of tolerance
as far as her composers Byrd and Tallis were
concerned.
O nata lux de lumine,
Jesu redemptor saeculi, Dignare clemens supplicum
Laudes precesque sumere.
Qui carne quondam contegi Dignatus es pro perditis,
Nos membra confer effici
Tui beati corporis.
O Light born of Light,
Jesus, redeemer of the world, with loving-kindness deign to receive
suppliant praise and prayer.
Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh
for the sake of the lost,
grant us to be members of thy blessed body.
O nata lux is a motet for 5 voices (soprano, alto, tenor 1, tenor 2 and bass).
The text is from the 10th century hymn for Lauds at The Feast of the
Transfiguration. Tallis decided to set only the first two verses of the seven-
verse hymn, but still retained the mystical fervour of the feast. The Transfiguration recalls the moment in the Gospels when the disciples
suddenly receive a vision of Jesus, shimmering with light and robed in angelic
garb, conversing with the similarly radiant figures of Moses and Elijah. O Nata Lux opens with in a mood of invocation, and closes with a prayer to be
one with Christ’s blessed body, as seen in that vision. True to the text's
mystical intensity, Tallis creates a passionate and harmonically vibrant setting. He also set the rhythm of the melodic lines to match an accent pattern
in the Latin hymn in which every fourth syllable is long, lending the piece a
slight lilt. This is juxtaposed with harmonies and false relations* that give the motet a particularly solemn feel.
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*false relation: a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part
sounds simultaneously with, or immediately before or after, its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in
another part.
Evensong 26th February:
How Lovely are Thy Dwellings – Johannes Brahms
The Choral Evensong anthem comes from Brahms’s ‘A German Requiem, to
Words of the Holy Scriptures’ (Ein Deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der
Heiligen Schrift), which is a large-scale work comprising seven movements.
Brahms immersed himself in the task of writing his German Requiem after his mother’s death in 1865, which hit him hard, although the idea of writing
a requiem had begun to germinate in his mind a decade earlier, in response to the death of his close friend Robert Schumann.
Brahms deals with the consoling of the
bereaved and the peaceful deposition of the
souls of the departed, rather than seeking
to terrify the living with the horrors of the
last judgement. How Lovely are Thy
Dwellings, which comprises the entire
Fourth Movement, provides a chorus of
tranquillity in the middle part of the Requiem. Its source is Psalm 84 (O how
amiable are Thy dwellings), which (by no
coincidence!) is the psalm set for Choral Evensong.
Choral Evensong will also include Stanford’s Evening Canticles in G. This is
a difficult setting, normally only handled by cathedral choirs. The Magnificat has a soprano solo, sometimes alone and sometimes soaring above the other
parts. The gently rippling organ accompaniment (feared by organists up and
down the land!) is designed to suggest the movement of a spinning wheel as Mary sits quietly at her work. The Nunc Dimittis begins with a haunting bass
solo, representing the aged Simeon.
All in all, a month of stunning music!
JP
Left: Brahms in 1866, when he would have been
writing his German Requiem
Family History Day
The Central Library’s History Centre is holding a family history day in
partnership with Bolton Family History Society on Saturday 11 February.
The session runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will give people the chance to
trace their family tree and learn more about genealogy.
Archives staff and members of Bolton Family History Society will be on
hand to give advice throughout the day.
Event programme:
10 a.m. to 11.20 a.m. - Talks for beginners and advanced family historians.
11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Explore the Strong Room with our Archivist.
You can book your free place on one of the Strong Room tours (11.30 a.m.,
12 p.m., 1.30 p.m. and 2 p.m.) by calling 01204 332185.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Bolton Family History Society will be in the library
foyer to help with genealogy supplies, stationery and maps for sale.
ADMISSION FREE
Left:
the Bishop of Bolton
after preaching at
Bolton Parish Church
in November.
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Easter and other variable dates
Year Ash Wednesday
Easter Day
Ascension Day
Whit Sunday
Advent Sunday
2016 10 February 27 March 5 May 15 May 27 November
2017 1 March 16 April 25 May 4 June 3 December
2018 14 February 1 April 10 May 20 May 2 December
2019 6 March 21 April 30 May 9 June 1 December
2020 26 February 12 April 21 May 31 May 29 November
2021 17 February 4 April 13 May 23 May 28 November
2022 2 March 17 April 26 May 5 June 27 November
2023 22 February 9 April 18 May 28 May 3 December
2024 14 February 31 March 9 May 19 May 1 December
2025 5 March 20 April 29 May 8 June 30 November
2026 18 February 5 April 14 May 24 May 29 November
2027 10 February 28 March 6 May 16 May 28 November
2028 1 March 16 April 25 May 4 June 3 December
2029 14 February 1 April 10 May 20 May 2 December
2030 6 March 21 April 30 May 9 June 1 December
From the Registers
Baptisms
6th January Hossein Sardari
8th January Oliver James Fogg
22nd January Ethan Thomas Philburn
29th January Jack Anthony Richard Clare
BOLTON PARISH CHURCH
SATURDAY MORNING ORGAN RECITALS 2017
Saturday 6th May at 11.00 a.m.
TIM HARPER
(Assistant Director of Music, Ripon Cathedral)
Including music by Bach, Buxtehude and Vierne
Admission £6 (concessions £4)
Saturday 10th June at 11.00 a.m.
DAVID LEIGH
(Assistant Organist, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin)
Including music by Bonnet, Walton and Reger (Chorale Fantasia
“Ein Feste Burg”)
Admission £6 (concessions £4)
Saturday 8th July at 11.00 a.m.
MICHAEL PAIN
(Director of Music, Bolton Parish Church)
Including music by Bach, Franck and Liszt
(Fantasia and Fugue on B.A.CH.)
Admission £6 (concessions £4)
Tea and coffee served from 10.30.
Parking is available on the Church car park
(Saturday morning concerts only)
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We support Royal School for the Blind, Church Road, Wavertree, LIVERPOOL L15 6TQ
HEIR Ministry - Christian Women in Business would like to invite you to our upcoming network.
Last year we had a great start with over Christian 80 ladies attending our network events from across the North West.
We are pleased to announce that we have a new venue for the network meetings:
The Barn, ‘At the 'Cowshed', address: 46 Winter Hey Lane, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7NX
The Barn is on the first floor and the stairs are in the Courtyard at the rear of the shop. There is lots of free parking at the rear of the building.
The dates for the next two network meetings are as follows:
Friday 24 h February 9.30 am - 11.30 am Thursday 30 h March 6.30 pm - 9 pm
Cost: £10 including refreshments. If you have any questions or wish to book, please feel free to get in touch with Liz on 07595 44 88 56. Leave us a message or email us on [email protected]
The March issue will be published on Sunday 26 February 2017.
Deadline for submissions: Friday 24 February.
Material may be sent to:
or
Winterwatch Café
Having engaged with Urban Outreach (Bolton) during the summer
making packed lunches for needy children – and then helping assemble
Christmas Hampers – I decided to also volunteer to go on the rota for
“Winterwatch”.
This well-established initiative provides homeless and vulnerable
people of our town with a warm environment, hot food and drinks, spare
clothing and shower facilities - plus the opportunity to chat, read or play
dominos - every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening during January to
the end of March.
The number of guests (for that is what they are!) visiting the café each
evening vary – partly influenced by the weather and their own personal
situation – but all are welcomed, accepted and respected within the love
of a friendly, caring Christian environment.
The café is staffed by volunteers (mainly drawn from churches across
Bolton and beyond) under the guidance/supervision of experienced
Leaders from Urban Outreach.
I will provide more details of what volunteering for Winterwatch
involves for next month’s magazine. In the meantime, please pray for
me, for all involved in ensuring the Winterwatch project continues to
support the needy and vulnerable of this town and, most importantly,
for the guests whom we seek to support .
Anthony Slack
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Halloumi Burgers
· FOR THE BURGERS: · 2 carrots, peeled and grated · 2 courgettes, grated · 250g halloumi cheese, grated · 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped · 1 tbsp. red chilli flakes · 3 eggs, lightly beaten · 4 tbsp. breadcrumbs · 1 tbsp. Lucy Bee Coconut Oil · A pinch of salt and ground black pepper
· FOR THE DRESSING: · 1 tbsp. coconut aminos or soy sauce · 1 tbsp. sesame oil · 2 tbsp. rice wine vinegar · 1 green/red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped · 2cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and finely diced · Handful of coriander, to serve
Put the carrots and courgettes into a clean tea towel and squeeze out all of the excess water. In a large mixing bowl add the carrot, courgette, halloumi, spring onions, red chilli flakes, eggs and breadcrumbs. Season to taste and stir well so that all ingredients are combined. Make into 6-8 burgers and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up. To make the dressing, add all ingredients to a jug and mix/shake together. Fry the burgers in a frying pan, using coconut oil (Lucy Bee organic coconut oil is a good make). Fry each side for 5 minutes or until hot all the way through and crispy on the outside. Serve with a salad or fried egg and drizzle with the dressing.
For more coconut oil recipes, visit www.lucybee.co
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Lunchtime Concerts 2017
April 25th Paul Greenhalgh (Piano)
May 2nd “Champain” Tudor and Baroque trio
May 9th Jon Gjylaci (Guitar)
May 16th Gary Hulme, St. Mary's, Prestwich (Organ)
May 23rd Young Organists from Bolton School
May 3oth “Quintessence” vocal group
June 6th Adrian van der Schans, Haslingden Parish Church (Organ)
June 13th Students from the Junior Royal Northern College of Music
June 20th Adam Taylor (Piano)
June 27th Vivien Chasey (Violin) with Robin and Claire Bowman
July 4th Stephanie Ives (Soprano) with Catherine Hall-Smith (Piano)
July 11th Music from the Movies – Judy and Michael Pain
July 18th Liam Cartwright, High Wycombe Parish Church (Organ)
July 25th Sounds of the 60s & 70s –Judy and Michael Pain
August 1st Peter Morrison, St. Mary’s, Chorley (Organ)
Left:
Depiction of
Acts 2, 15.
From a
previous
magazine, but
worth seeing
again!
Canon Slade School, Bradshaw Brow BL2 3BP
Headteacher: Mr Alan Mottershead
Tel: 01204 333343
Bishop Bridgeman Primary School, Rupert Street BL3 6PY
Headteacher: Mrs Jill Pilling
Tel: 01204 333466
Bolton Parish Church Primary School, Kestor Street BL2 2AN
Headteacher: Miss D. Meeking
Tel: 01204 333433
Parish Church Schools
Vicar:
Revd Canon Matt Thompson
01204 845332
Lecturer:
Revd Moira Slack
01204 841865
Associate Priest:
Revd Prof. Kenneth Newport 0161 764 4361
Assistant Curate:
Authorised Lay
Minister:
Revd Barrie Gaskell
Evelyn F Weston
01942 818797
01204 594123
Young Adults
Missioner:
Revd Mark Cowling 07701 089420
Church Wardens:
Mr John Walsh OBE
Evelyn F Weston
01204 840188
01204 594123
Deputy Wardens:
Mr Graham C Burrows Mr David Eckersley
Mr Alan Forrester Mr Ken G Jones
Mr Andrew J Mitchell Mr David F Morlidge
Mr Trevor J Whillas
PCC Secretary:
Mr Graham C Burrows 01942 550404
Treasurer:
Mr Andrew J Mitchell
01204 840633
Director of Music:
Mr Michael Pain
01204 491827
Administration [email protected]
01204 522226