Dear All, I am writing to you during the start of the Governments ‘Delay’ phase for Coronavirus. We have put measures in place in our Team Ministry to try and stop, or at least delay, the spread of Coronavirus. At the present time we have asked if people would refrain from intincting, that is, dipping the wafer into the chalice at communion. Also, we have asked if people will refrain from physical contact during the exchange of peace during our services. These are both temporary measures and I am sure that things will be back to normal as soon as possible. These measures are in line with national guidelines from the Church of England and also in compliance with the Bishop of Liverpool’s office. During April we celebrate Easter. Easter Day this year falls on 12th April. This time of the year is special to us as we remember the triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the first Holy Communion as we commemorate the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday, the agony of the cross on Good Friday and the promise of eternal life through the resurrection of our Lord on Easter Day. Jesus began his journey to the cross when he entered Jerusalem, when the crowds welcomed him with open hearts and minds and waved palm branches and cloaks in greeting. The final journey to the cross begins at the Last Supper. Maundy Thursday is very important to us but its significance is sometimes lost amongst the tumultuous events of the crucifixion and resurrection. This year we meet at St Thomas’ to commemorate the last Supper and to sit with the sacrament in the garden in remembrance of Jesus’ agonising wait for his arrest. In the upper room, Jesus sits down with his friends and they share a meal together. A meal so significant that the remembrance of it has become the

Revd. Jonathan’s Letter Letter

central act of Christian worship. All main Christian denominations see Holy Communion as being their principle service, and the Anglican tradition is no exception. When we meet to share bread and wine together it is more than just a simple remembrance of a past event. It is a re-membering of that event, a putting together again that one-off sacrifice which Jesus makes for us. We may not believe in our tradition, as some Christians do, that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus, but we do believe that there is a spiritual change at the point of consecration. When the priest prays the Eucharistic prayer everyone present enters into the mystery of faith. The priest’s words are prayed for everyone, and for me, to lead people in this particular prayer is an indescribable privilege. It’s something that should not be prayed half heartedly or in a distracted way. It’s a prayer that should take up our concentration and it’s a prayer that enables us to draw closer to our saviour. I hope as many people as possible will be able to join us at St Thomas’ for our Maundy Thursday service. Jesus spent the night before his crucifixion with his friends, so let’s spend Maundy Thursday together and contemplate the sacrifice Jesus makes for us as we break the bread and pour out the wine. On Good Friday we will be again walking together from St Mary’s to St Thomas’ via St Luke’s as a witness to our community on the day of Christ’s crucifixion. This will be the third year we have done this and I am encouraging as many people as possible to join us. You don’t have to do any walking if you don’t wish to, and you don’t need to come to all of the short services which will be taking place in our churches at the beginning, middle and end of the walk. Again, I hope as many people as possible will join the procession between the churches. As we carry a large wooden cross, it gives people in our community the chance to know that Jesus died not just for us, but for them also and indeed for all humanity. Over the past couple of years we have had some people joining with us who are not members of our churches, or people along the route asking questions about what we are doing. That is the sign of a witness, the ability to be seen and to demonstrate to people what we are about is an extremely valuable mission tool. This then brings us to Easter Day. I know that our churches will be full of light, love and flowers at Easter. I am so grateful to everyone who helps in preparing

our churches for Easter so that they are so beautiful and full of the hope of the resurrection. All our Easter services will be listed later on in this magazine. Please do try and join us at some, if not all our celebrations. It’s people who make the church, lets pray that our churches will be full of people this Eastertide and that we may continue to praise the Risen Lord together. I hope you have a very Happy Easter and be able to say Alleluia, Christ is risen, when the time comes. Your friend and Team Rector

Rev’d Jonathan

We are introducing a service of Compline at St Mary’s.

This will take place on the second Sunday of the month at

6.30pm commencing on Sunday 10th May. This will alternate

each month with our Taize service.

Compline is a spiritual experience which allows space for

prayer and contemplation.

Please join us if you feel you can to experience this very

special service from 10 th May.

Diary for April Wednesday 1st 10.00 am Holy Communion

Sunday 5th Palm Sunday

8.30 am Holy Communion at St. Thomas’

10.00 am Holy Communion

12 noon Holy Baptism

6.30 pm Evensong

Wednesday 8th 10.00 am Holy Communion (said)

Thursday 9th Maundy Thursday 7.30 pm Team Holy Communion

at St. Thomas’

Friday 10th Good Friday 11.00 am Walk of Witness from

St. Mary’s to St. Thomas via St. Luke’s

Sunday 12th Easter Day

8.30 am Holy Communion (said)

Please note earlier time >> 9.30 am Holy Communion

6.30 pm No Service

Wednesday 15th 10.00 am Holy Communion

7 for 7.30 pm Annual Dinner at the

General Elliot

Sunday 19th Easter 2 8.30 am Holy Communion at St. Thomas’

10.00 am Holy Communion

6.30 pm Evensong

Tuesday 21st 7.30 Annual General Meeting in church

Wednesday 22nd 10.00 am Holy Communion

Saturday 25th 1.30 pm Wedding of Ronald Robert

Coleman and Fiona Louise Curry Sunday 26th Easter 3

8.30 am Holy Communion (said)

Please note later time >> 10.30 am Praise Service

6.30 pm No service

Wednesday 29th 10.00 am Holy Communion

Church Cleaning Rota

1st – Joan Sherlock, Marion Maines, Elaine Appleton

8th – Dorothy Vincent, Alan Baldwin, John Naughton, Kath Pennington

15th – Howard and Judith Llewellyn

22nd – Olwen Williams and team

29th – CLEANERS STILL NEEDED FOR 5TH WEDNESDAY IN MONTH

Church Funds - acknowledged with thanks

Donation in memory of John Boardman (total) £300

Flower Fund for Easter flowers

In loving memory of a special Mother on her Anniversary (1963)

and Birthday memories of a dear Aunty Lizzie (1998),

from Anne Rimmer £25

From the Registers

Holy Baptism – 1st March “Our welcome and prayers” Ella Audrey Miller, of Lowton

Burial of Ashes “Our sympathy and prayers”

15th February – Derek Eaven aged 81 of Stubshaw Cross.

24th February – William Southworth aged 81 of Lowton.

29th February – Mary Pitchford aged 85 of Golborne.

ST LUKE’S VISITING GROUP

Would you, or someone you know, appreciate a visit

from our small group at Church?

Yes? – then give me a call on 01942 729685.

Pat Parkinson – Co-ordinator

.

Knitters and Natterers

Dates for April

10th

24th

Once again, I would like to thank everyone for the kindness shown to me by visits, cards and prayers during my recent illness, especially family and friends, M.U. , Jonathan and Trevor and a very big thank you to Eileen Groves. At the time of writing this, I am not yet out and about but would hope to see some improvement soon. Anne Rimmer

LENT MEETINGS 2020 ~ ALL SAINTS MEETING ROOM (thanks to Fr. Gordon and his team)

7.45 for 8.00 pm

EXPLORING LENT THROUGH ART April 1st Rev. Jonathan April 8th ~ Hindley Choir “Barnabus” Independent Methodist Church 7.30 pm (This replaces for this year the Stations of the Cross which Rev. Jonathan

usually celebrates at Lowton St. Mary’s)

Please come along and be challenged and encouraged as always. All our Ecumenical meetings and services are designed to help

and encourage you to consider your faith in a deeper spiritual way.

IN GOLBORNE & LOWTON

I must begin by saying a huge Thank You for the many toiletries donated at our February meeting. I went along to The Hub in Leigh on a very windy and wet afternoon with a huge bag full of shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste etc, etc. (See picture below). There were a couple of young people outside and one young lady was ready to dive into the bag, desperate for shower gel, we had to persuade her to come inside into the warm where she could have first ‘dip’! The Hub is based in the old Magistrates Court building in Leigh, opened in 2018 as a partnership between Wigan council, charities and other agencies. It provides overnight accommodation allowing referred rough sleepers emergency beds and other support services 7 days and nights a week. Procedures are in place so that sleepers cannot just turn up at any time of the night compromising the safety of staff and users. The manager was delighted with our goodies and they are also in need of large bath towels or bath sheets, they don’t have to be new but obviously must be clean and fit for purpose. We will have another collection of toiletries and towels at our May meeting, so keep up the good work. ( My misunderstanding that the night shelter only operates on Friday, it is available 7 nights a week.) I think everyone enjoyed our AFIA worship and caravan games in February. Marlene had prepared the accounts for 2019 for all to see and there was a short resumé of the past year. Diary Dates: Wednesday 15th April. Annual meal at The General Elliot 7 for 7.30 Wednesday 13th May Church Treasure Hunt. An indoor activity in church at 8pm, all welcome to come along and discover some hidden - and not so hidden secrets! Pam

MU News

News from school

It’s been a rather wet winter! Despite the extensive work we’ve had

done on the drains at school, we are still battling the floods and leaks.

At least we are coming out of the worst of it and the weather seems to

be improving.

The biggest event of March has got to be World Book Day. As a parent

myself I know how difficult it can be to find a costume for your child.

However, it is worth it when you see all the children together dressed

in all kinds of weird and wonderful costumes. This year each class chose

a different theme and the children were encouraged to create a book

related costume based upon the theme. We had some truly wonderful

creations! In Year Two their theme was ‘under the sea.’ Jaya’s

homemade costume was inspired by scuba diving. She said, “I liked my

costume because it was funny and everyone said it was great. The ‘under

the sea’ theme is great.”

Whereas Year Six pupils were challenged under the theme of

‘aspirations.’ We had children dressed up as all kinds of inspirational

people. Sophie in Year Six was dressed as Amelia Earhart. She said, “I

think it’s so inspiring that Amelia was the first female aviator to fly

solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was so brave because she opposed

those who thought a woman couldn’t do it and actually achieve the flight.

My costume was really good because it made people ask me about

Amelia. I like how each class had a theme this year. It is a good idea

for us to express what we think about books through our costumes.”

Although we take part in World Book Day at St Luke’s, I must point out

that we promote the love of reading every single day of the year.

Reading books is encouraged all the time and World Book Day is there

to remind us to celebrate the magic of reading a good book. No costume

should cost more than a book!

My vision at St Luke’s is ‘Learning Without Limits.’ This means that

there are no barriers to learning and independence is promoted all the

time. I am really pleased to announce that the school was re-awarded

the British Dyslexia Friendly Award. This award demonstrates that the

school supports and caters for the needs of all learners. It allows

children who have dyslexia or dyslexic tendencies to easily access the

curriculum and learning resources. This demonstrates how we create an

environment of ‘Learning Without Limits.’

Year Six took part in ‘Aspirations Days’ on the 5th and 6th March. It was

a chance for the children to start thinking about what they might like

to be when they are older. This, very aptly, coincided with World Book

Day on the Thursday, where the children were invited to come into

school dressed as their aspiration or inspiration! They all certainly

looked the part!

The days were designed to inspire and motivate the children to ‘think

big’ about their futures and help them understand that all their hard

work in school is leading somewhere. During the two days we welcomed

a range of visitors into our classroom including a Physiotherapist, a Vet,

Engineers and a Musician, to name a few! They were able to listen to

and question our visitors about their chosen careers and consider other

roles within their field.

The Aspirations Days were wonderful because so many people visited to

tell the children about their work and hobbies. They explained how

important education has been to them and inspired children to think

about their hopes for the future. The main themes were self-belief and

determination and we were reminded about our ‘Learning Without

Limits’ approach to school life.

The Year Sixes certainly had plenty to say about it:

“I enjoyed it because we got to find out about jobs that we hadn’t even

heard of before – it’s been great!”

Riley, “It was good to see how other people have followed paths to get

to their careers. It’s helped me think about the different options that

are available to me”.

Chloe, “I enjoyed learning about the jobs, it has helped me to think

about other options rather than just the job I thought I wanted to do.”

Freya and Aimee, “We really enjoyed listening to other people’s jobs

and it has made us think about the subjects that might help us achieve

our dream jobs in the future.”

Alex, “The Musician was great – he explained how he composes music

for films and adverts alongside teaching music to others – I would love

to do that in the future!”

God Bless

Steve Hardaker

Headteacher

What count your blessings really means

Count your blessings instead of your crosses

Count your gains instead of your losses

Count your joys instead of your woes

Count your friends instead of your foes

Count your smiles instead of your tears

Count your hopes instead of your fears

Count your health instead of your wealth

Count on God instead of yourself

APRIL - AGAIN? ALREADY?

I am always amazed at the speed these months are passing by! Got loads of

things to do, first of which is our Coffee Morning on Saturday. I decided to knit

some Easter Chicks for sale, but as I am still working on the sweater for

Lorraine’s friend, I was lucky to have a volunteer in Mamie. She usually knits

squares for blankets for the Dogs Home north of Warrington, but said she would

knit chickens for a change. I asked her on Saturday how many she had made,

and she guessed about 50. I counted them Saturday afternoon and with the two

dozen I had made there are 94 altogether. Quite a flock! Last night I stuffed

their heads with a cotton wool ball each. Now for the beaks and eyes when I

have finished this article. I just hope a lot of them sell.

Yesterday I actually went out into the garden and picked up loads of loose

branches etc., brought down by the awful weather. I also managed to clean the

drains of moss, leaves etc. Then, no surprise, I was rained off.

A couple of weeks ago I watched as the lathe was dismantled and taken away. I

was surprised at how much space it had taken up. I have managed to tidy up the

garage to give the two men room to carry the lathe out. Hopefully some of it will

be sold on Saturday and will not be put back in the garage. It is a very dry space

so there is a lot of stuff stored. Now if we could just have some more dry days, I

could take what I don’t need to the tip. I have still not managed to find a buyer

for my Old Charm dresser in the dining room. I am sad about that but as I

cannot move it on my own even though it is currently empty, it will have to go.

I have still not had the results of the scan I had in February, but did ring last week

and they told me another 7-10 days! So by this Thursday, 12th, I should have

them but will not be holding my breath.

I told you last month that my granddaughter, Eleigh-mae, is now competing as a

pair. They competed in London on 23rd February against another 22 teams and

won Gold!! Seriously impressive as they had only been together for six weeks.

The team who won Silver was also from their Club, The Wigan Seagulls.

As Tyler had been left in charge of the dogs and the house, we went out for tea

on Saturday night. I chose The Robin Hood as the food is always good. It was

really good but there were two parties in and the noise was deafening!! The

staff worked hard and were always polite.

Last Monday I decided to telephone Maryalice. It is ages since we spoke

together. She is still working and is very busy, for those who don’t know she is a

Minister in the Episcopalian Church in America. Sadly they were out and I left a

message. I was sat up in bed at 22.15 when she rang me back! We spent the

next hour and a half on the phone and she said they were hoping to come over

in September. I can’t wait. It seems so far away, still the weather may be better

then!

Last week was our blue wheelie bin collection. I shred a lot of paperwork with

names and addresses on and empty it into a large plastic bag before taking out

to the bin. This time I managed to empty half of it onto the office floor – what a

mess. I swept up as much as I could and yesterday vacuumed up the bits that

would not brush up. It is like knocking over a glass of water. Always amazes me

how much water it holds.

The virus that is spreading around is having a strange effect on some people.

Shopping in Sainsbury’s, Culcheth on Saturday I went to purchase some

paracetamol which I take for arthritis. Not particularly effective but better than

nothing. There were absolutely no packets of paracetamol at all!! An almost

empty shelf greeted me. However I purchased some in Lidl yesterday when I

went to get more eggs for the chickens. Not at all sure why people are stock

piling toilet rolls! Don’t they have newspapers anymore! Sorry couldn’t resist.

Hope you all stay healthy and keep washing your hands.

Liz Wood.

Thank you for advertising our fund raiser concert in the parish magazine and to those who attended.

Following the Concert given by Wigan Ukulele Club, in the Independent Methodist Chapel, I am pleased to report we raised £363.00.

This has enabled us to make the final payment to the Community Heartbeat Trust who put up the money to purchase the defibrillator and security cabinet and let us pay them back "on the drip" as we raised the funds.

The Slag Lane Defibrillator post in the old K6 telephone box is now registered with North West Ambulance and is up and running. We do however hope it never needs to be used as I am sure you think the same about the defibrillator in Church.

We have yet to replace the missing windows and paint the kiosk, but it seems every time we intend to do this the weather has other ideas.

The total amount raised was just short of £3000 and so an amount has been deposited with the Unify Credit Union so that there will be funds to pay for pads if the unit is used and for batteries when they are required.

We hope to have an official opening once the renovation and painting is completed

A SPECIAL INVITATION FOR YOU AND YOUR

FAMILY

To come and join us at our next

'Fun Filled' 'Spirit Filled' 'Children Filled'

Family Praise Service.

ON SUNDAY 26th April, 2020, AT 10.30 A.M. At

Lowton St. Luke's Church

The Praise Service is very much family orientated

and less formal than a normal church service.

Welcome people at the door,

Give out the service sheets,

Help with the offertory collection,

Get involved with activities,

Sing their hearts out to modern

church music (led by our Praise

Group on keyboard and guitars)

Learn about Jesus and the Gospel

while having fun.

If you have not been

to the service before,

please come along

and

support your children

in what has become

a vital link between

your church, your school

and your Uniformed

Organisation.

YOUR

CHILDREN

Family Treasure Hunt Saturday 16th May

The treasure hunt will be approximately a one hour walk starting and finishing at St.

Luke’s Church looking for clues and answering questions. There will be a prize for the

winning team. Children at primary school must be accompanied by an adult. The walk

involves crossing Church Lane at the pelican crossing, walking along main and minor

roads and crossing some minor roads.

Teams can enter at a cost of £2 per person.

There will be a prize for the winning team.

Start times from 1pm.

With refreshments and plant sale

To book a team contact Gill Gaskell on 07910 078365 or

gill.gaskell67@gmail.com

All proceeds for church funds

The Friends of St. Luke’s 100 Club

The February draw of the 100 Club took place on Saturday 29 February 2020. On this occasion there were 84 paid-up members. The prize winners were as follows;- 1st Prize: £84.00, Ann Chantler 2nd Prize: £42.00, Maurice Kennedy 3rd Prize: £21.00, Sheila Cockram On this occasion the proceeds amounting to £273.00 were paid into the church's funds. The monthly prize draw takes place on the last Saturday in the month at midday in church, everyone is welcome to come and witness the event. There are still tickets available for purchase. Contact Grant Barr Tel: 01942 711361

I wish to join The Friends of St. Luke's 100 Club

Name______________________________________ Address___________________________________________________ Post code_______________________ Telephone no._________________________________________ Signed______________________________Date__________________ Subscription: £5.00. monthly, payable by standing order on the 1st of each month. Terms & conditions and bank details provided on receipt of completed application. Further information available from: Grant Barr (Promoter) Telephone 01942 711361

AUTUMN FAYRE

7TH NOVEMBER 2020

Plans are being put in place to hold the next autumn

fayre in church.

Following on from the very successful event last

November, willing volunteers are needed who are able

to help raise much needed funds for church.

If you are interested and have items that could be sold

and would like to be a stall holder then please fill out

your details on the STALL HOLDER form at the back

of church as soon as possible.

Tombola and beauty products would be most

appreciated. Ideas and suggestions are most welcome.

THANK YOU.

Alan, Gill, Pat & Kath

Annual Meeting Tuesday 21st April at 7.30 in Church.

The Annual Parochial Church Meeting this year has moved to a Tuesday

evening. Everyone is welcome to come and hear what has been happening

at St Luke’s and to view the accounts for last year. It is a good opportunity

to show support for our Clergy and Church officers and also to ask any

questions about St Luke’s. Church wardens, Deanery Synod members and

some PCC members will be elected. Please look out for nomination forms

at the back of Church.

Sides persons

We are becoming very short of people to do the rewarding job of

welcoming people into church and giving out books at the beginning of the

service. Please consider giving it a try for three months. There is a rota so

the more volunteers mean the fewer times you would be asked to do the

job. You would be shown what to do and helped the first few times. Sides

persons no longer need to be voted in at the Annual meeting but are asked

to attend the Visitation service.

Please speak to Grant Barr who will be able to answer your questions.

Those people who are currently sides persons please let Grant know if you

will be staying on the rota.

Reminder: Children Society Collection house boxes

are due in Sunday April 26th, 2020

Spare collection boxes are available, located at the

back of St Luke’s Church, if you would like to

continue in your support of the Children’s Society

work.

News from St Mary’s

Spring Concert at St Mary’s Church

I am pleased to announce that there will be a concert at St Mary’s Church

on Saturday 18th April at 7.00 pm. Like all the other concerts I have

arranged, this will include a variety of popular keyboard and vocal music

and, though I will be performing the bulk of it, some of my friends and

pupils will be taking part, too.

Caroline Davidson, who is not unfamiliar to you, will be singing some

delightful songs, Imogen Inegbeje and Marissa Hollingsworth, two of my

pupils, will be playing the piano.

My concerts have always been successful in past years and have raised

goodly sums for the church and various charities. I hope you will be

interested to support me and my friends. The tickets (£7.00) are available

from me or at the door. We look forward to seeing you there!

Peter J. Stirzaker

(organist - St Mary’s Church)

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

Changes for the well-loved Gideons

Gideons UK have lost a fight to keep their name after their acceptance of women as

members angered the International branch. The charity which donates Bibles to hotel

rooms and school pupils will have to change their name and the logo on the covers. The

organisation started in America in 1899 but had a UK branch. In 2018, the UK branch

accepted women after the Charity Commission asked whether or not it was complying with

the Equality Act 2010 and then suggested women should be allowed to join for them to

remain compliant. In July 2018, the International Cabinet refused to accept financial

support from Gideons UK for worldwide ministry and removed its 'National Association'

status because it was decided the UK association did not accept the 'Core Values'. The UK

branch also changed its logo online to an open Bible in July.

In a letter to Gideon members in September, President Andrew Knight said the UK branch

decided it would be better to submit to this decision rather than to challenge the Charity

Commission. In a letter to members, Andrew Knight and the Executive Director Iain Mair

said: "We were notified of the decision of the Hearing Officer, which is in favour of The

Gideons International. This means our application to register Gideons UK has been

refused." They add that they take this as "God's will" for the organisation. Because a

change in emblem will be necessary, it recommends keeping stocks of Bibles low and not

ordering in more. “Together, we must make every effort to avoid a situation where we

might have to pulp and pay for Scriptures we are unable to use due to the Trademark

ruling."

A Gideons UK member said, "I'm ambivalent in one sense because the Gideons have got

a history and a good reputation, but they have become a little bit out of touch with

reality; out of touch with the social media side of communications. They're perceived as

being an old men's club and really that's not what we want to be, so I am really quite

excited about the fact that Gideons are going to get a really fresh start. Things are going to

get exciting and we will be able to move forward. Yes, there will be some people who have

been Gideons for many years who will be very sad to lose the name but that's not the main

point. The main point is that we want to get the Word of God where we can get it out and if

a different name helps that then that's good not bad.”

Our donations to Compassion in Action are now going to

The Brick in Wigan, which offers services to people who are

homeless, in poverty or facing debt.

Don’t forget the tinned food collection box in church.

One tin per week from each of us can really make a

difference

Deadline for May magazine – 12th April

Communicants

Week beginning:

9th February – 32

16th February – 61

23rd February – 94

1st March - 74

Seen in a North Yorkshire church

WELCOME TO

BEWERLEY GRANGE CHAPEL.

WE WELCOME YOU IF YOU GOT LOST IN

TRAFFIC AND WOUND UP HERE BY MISTAKE.

WE WELCOME TOURISTS, SEEKERS,

DOUBTERS AND BLEEDING HEARTS.

WE WELCOME ANYONE NEEDING A BIT OF

PEACE AND QUIET

AND

WE OFFER A SPECIAL WELCOME

TO THOSE WHO COULD USE A PRAYER RIGHT NOW.

Four bishops decided to keep in touch with each other in their retirement.

They thought it would be good to play golf occasionally, so they met one

morning as arranged, wearing various styles of golfing dress. They hired a

caddy to drive the cart holding them and their clubs. After one particularly bad

hole, the caddy asked, "Do you guys happen to be churchmen by any

chance.” The bishops were puzzled by the questions and one replied, “Yes

we are, but why do you ask?” The caddy said, “Oh, that’s easy; it’s the first

time I have come across such bad golf and such clean language."

The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centred.

Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.

Do good anyway.

If you are successful you will win false friends and true enemies.

Succeed anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.

Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas, can be shot down by the

smallest men and women with the smallest minds.

Think big anyway.

People favour underdogs but follow only top dogs.

Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.

Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.

Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you may get kicked in the teeth.

Give the world the best you have anyway.

Book of Remembrance

Names entered in the Book of Remembrance for April

Florence Ward 1911 - 1997

Ralph Hill Talbot 1915 - 1995

William Arthur Bull 1889 - 1962

Frank Mercer 1932 - 2006

Elizabeth Ryder 1901 - 1978

Alice Yates 1906 - 1993

Michael Charles Ashall 1958 - 1976

Sheila Watson 1954 - 1968

Richard Malley 1891 - 1966

Nellie Williams 1917 – 2000

Jean Riley (nee Parkinson) 1952 - 2006

May Kay 1914 - 2005

Ethel Rigby 1904 - 1968

David Thomson 1932 - 1996

Mary Brown 1914 – 2006

John Jackson 1907 - 1965

Kenneth Thomas Parkinson 1922 - 1999

Arthur Fairhurst 1935 - 2000

May Ayres 1937 - 1965

Ethel Ingle 1924 - 2002

Hilda Pendlebury Smith 1912 – 1993

Book of Remembrance

Names entered in the Book of Remembrance for April (contd)

Arthur Samuel Green 1928 – 2012

Rhoda Croft 1918 – 2012

Norman Atherton Whiteside 1938 – 2012

Michael Paul Culshaw 1957 – 1984

Elizabeth Lloyd 1920 – 2015

Thomas Curless 1939 – 2015

Gwynfryn Curbishley 1925 – 2013

David Roberts 1925 – 2016

Joyce Hartwell 1932 - 2018

"For God so loved the world that He gave

His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish

but have eternal life." John 3:16, NIV