Dear All, I am writing this letter just after the Bishop’s in Mission event which culminated with the visit of the Archbishop of York, the Most Rev’d John Sentamu, to a mission event at Bent’s Garden Centre. The event took place from Thursday 7th until Sunday 10th March. The point of the mission was to promote the Bishop of Liverpool’s initiative ‘The Rule of Life’. The Bishop has asked us to promote a sense of Praying, Reading and Learning so that we can Tell people about Jesus, Serve the Lord and Give to the mission of the church. So, Pray, Read, Learn is a pre-cursor to Tell, Serve, Give. This is part of the Bishop of Liverpool’s message to build a bigger church to make a bigger difference. We were joined by a Missionary team from the Diocese of York. They experienced all sorts of events across our Deanery. We were complimented for what we are doing in our Team Ministry; especially the Messy Church which takes place at St Mary’s every month. The Missionary team were also impressed by our schools ministry and by our emerging mission to our communities. It was impossible for the team to see everything that we do, but they had a snapshot of common mission. Bishop +Bev Mason, the new Bishop of Warrington, came to St Luke’s on the Sunday morning and enjoyed her time with us. It’s always good to have someone coming in with fresh eyes to see what we are doing. We can always do more in the service of our God, but at present we are doing lots of things to re-connect with our community and to proclaim the Gospel. If you would like to know more about the Bishop of Liverpool’s Rule of Life there are leaflets available at the back of all three of our churches and there is information of the Diocesan website: www.liverpool.anglican.org.

Revd. Jonathan’s

Letter

Letter

Later this month we celebrate Easter. This greatest of Christian festivals is integral to our very being as Christians. We celebrate every year the glorious resurrection of Jesus, the event which gives us true life for eternity when we believe in Him. We have all sorts of things happening in our team as we look forward to our Lord’s resurrection. I’d like to draw your attention to a few of them. At St Mary’s on the Wednesday of Holy Week we are hosting Churches Together in Lowton and Golborne as we follow the Stations of the Cross, the following evening, Maundy Thursday, we will be holding our annual commemoration of the Last Supper at St Mary’s and on Good Friday we will be engaging in our Walk of Witness through the streets of our community. The Walk of Witness is an opportunity for us to show the suffering of Jesus to our community. We begin at St Mary’s, walking via St Luke’s to St Thomas’. I hope as many people as possible will be able to come to these events. 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

A picture of the Archbishop of York at Bent’s Garden Centre:

Diary for April

Wednesday 3rd 10.00 am Holy Communion (said)

Friday 5th 2.15 pm Easter Worship in School

Saturday 6th 1.00 pm Wedding of Andrew Craig Higham

and Susan Marie Pilling

Sunday 7th 5th Sunday of Lent 8.30 am Holy Communion at St. Thomas’

10.00 am Family Communion (sung)

12 noon Holy Baptism

6.30 pm Evensong

Wednesday 10th 10.00 am Holy Communion (said)

8.00 pm Mothers’ Union Meal

Sunday 14th Palm Sunday 8.30 am Holy Communion (said)

10.00 am Family Communion (sung)

6.30 pm Evensong

Wednesday 17th 10.00 am Holy Communion (said)

7.45 pm Stations of the Cross

at St. Mary’s

Thursday 18th Maundy Thursday 7.30 pm Service at St. Mary’s

Friday 19th Good Friday 11.00 am – Walk of Witness from St.

Mary’s to St. Thomas’ via St. Luke’s

(followed by lunch at St. Thomas’) Sunday 21st Easter Day

8.30 am Holy Communion at St. Thomas’

Please note earlier time -- 9.30 am Family Communion (sung)

6.30 pm No service

Wednesday 24th 10.00 am Holy Communion (said)

Sunday 28th 2nd Sunday of Easter 8.30 am Holy Communion (said)

Please note change of -- 10.30 am Family Praise in St. Luke’s

time and venue School Hall

6.30 pm No service

Monday 29th 7.30 pm AGM in church. All welcome

Church Cleaning Rota

3rd– Joan Sherlock, Marion Maines, Elaine Appleton

10th – Dorothy Vincent, Alan Baldwin, John Naughton, Kath Pennington

17th – Howard and Judith Llewellyn

24th– Olwen Williams

Church Funds - acknowledged with thanks

Donation in memory of parent’s birthday

(2nd March) and anniversary (22nd Feb),

from Paul & Margaret and Marilyn & Ken £20

Donation from Scrabble Group £30

Donation from Candle Fund £100

Donation from Knit & Natter Group £80

From the Registers

Holy Baptism – 3rd March “Our welcome and prayers”

Elsie Mia Sinclair, of Golborne

Josey May Hadden, of Lowton

Amelie May Johnson, of Lowton

Holy Matrimony “Our congratulations and prayers”

16th March Daniel Nathan Withington to Caitlin Anna Dutton

Burial of Ashes “Our sympathy and prayers”

16th February - Jennifer Halton aged 65 of Lowton

Ecumenical Lent Meetings

Theme: Responding to Jesus

All Saints ‘Francis’ Room - 7.45 for 8 pm

April 3rd – Fr. Gordon Abbs: The Woman Caught in

Adultery

April 10th – Rev’d Trevor Hodson: Zacchaeus

April 17th – Holy Week – Rev’d Jonathan Stott at St.

Mary’s

Annual Meeting - Monday 29th April 2019

The Annual Meeting of Parishioners to elect 4 Church Wardens is on

Monday 29th April at 7.30 in Church. Everyone who lives in the Parish is

invited. Unless there are Church Wardens appointed at this meeting the

Church cannot remain open so it is vital that people step forward to take on

these roles if St Luke's is to continue. Please consider if you would be able

to become part of the team of Wardens and speak to Revd. Stott, Revd.

Hodson or the PCC Secretary (Ann Chantler) for information.

This meeting will be followed immediately by the Annual Parochial

Church Meeting which is open to everyone on the Electoral Role (a new

electoral role is being completed this year so please fill in a form at the

back of Church to make sure you are included). PCC members, Deanery

Synod representatives and Sides-people will be elected at this meeting and

the Annual Report and Accounts for 2019 will be presented. Forms for

nominations for Church Warden, PCC members, Deanery Synod

Representatives and Sides-people will be on the table at the back of Church

so have a look and speak to a sides-person who will be able to help.

Volunteers (1)

The number of people who are willing to act as Sidespersons at the various services is slowly diminishing. Those people who are still prepared to undertake this essential task are doing so with increasing frequency. Over the past 12 months, in the absence of any churchwardens, this post has become much more important. Sidespeople help with the smooth running of the services by;-

• Unlocking/locking the back door and the South Transept door, before and

after the service.

• Putting up the Hymn numbers.

• Greeting the congregation as they arrive and directing anyone who is

unfamiliar with the church to their seat.

• Distributing the Hymn books and service sheets before the service, and

collecting them afterwards.

• Counting and recording the overall number of people present at the

service.

• Taking the offertory.

• Directing the congregation towards the altar rail at the appropriate time

during the service.

• Counting the offertory cash and recording the number of envelopes

before placing it all in the safe.

• Supervising/directing anyone who needs to visit the toilet during the

service.

You wouldn't necessarily have to attend church every Sunday as you would be part of a duty rota.

If you think you can help, you will need to complete a nomination form prior to the Annual General Meeting. (The forms usually appear on the desk at the back of church in the few weeks before the AGM). Please give this request some serious consideration - the duty will become less onerous if more people were to come forward. Grant Barr Sidesperson Volunteers (2) WARDENS NEEDED!! St. Luke's Church is currently without a Warden. We were granted the privilege

to have four Church Wardens many years ago and this is the longest time we

have been without any.

The main areas of responsibility for a Warden are:-

1) Maintenance of the Church Property.

2) A Bishop's Officer - being the representative of the Bishop in the Parish.

3) Governing the Parish.

4) Support Worship.

The actual duties are not onerous and are backed up by various members of the

Church and the various Committees. They are supported by our Sides-people

and the Sacristan. Details of the Role of Church Wardens are written down at

the back of the Church but a discussion with our Clergy , Readers , Sides-people

or Treasurer would give more information.

Please give some thought to joining the group of people working hard to keep

our Church open and running smoothly. You would be made so welcome and all

help needed would be given.

Liz Wood Sidesperson

Church Electoral Roll - 2019

The Church Electoral Roll for 2019 is a renewal of the

completion of the form ‘Application for Enrolment on the

Church Electoral Roll of the Parish of .............’

(St Luke’s Lowton).

These forms will be in a green folder at the back of Church from

Sunday 24 March (for 3 weeks) until Sunday 14 April. These

"forms" will be taken away (on Sunday 14 April) and be

prepared for the new Electoral roll to be presented at the AGM

on Monday 29 April. Please complete and return your

completed "form" to the green folder. Any "forms" not in the

green folder by the 14 April will not be accepted.

Thank you.

Pat Parkinson

The Bowling Season Starts Soon (Hopefully!)

St Luke's bowling group usually meets every Tuesday evening from April

to early September at Golborne Sports and Social Club, Stonecross Lane.

We are a small friendly group and play among ourselves each week for

two trophies. We do not play outdoors in any league.

Unfortunately, the bowling green is unplayable at the moment, but we

hope to start soon.

For updates on the situation, please contact Brian Parkinson on 729685.

Coffee and Danish on Saturday 18th May

from 10.30 am at 3 Broadley Avenue

£3 (in aid of Church Funds)

There will be a “Kitchen” Bring & Buy, plus a raffle.

Hope you can all come!

Corise Ducker and Family

Flipping through our children's Bible, I pointed to a picture of Jesus surrounded by his disciples and asked my daughter to explain the story in her own words. Looking at it, she said, "Mommy, this is a story about Jesus. And here are all his disciples—Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, and Romans!"

The Friends of St. Luke’s 100 Club

The February draw of the 100 Club took place on Saturday 23 February 2019. On this occasion, there were 75 paid-up members. The prize winners were as follows;- 1st Prize: £75.00 Corise Ducker 2nd Prize: £37.50 Tony Addison 3rd Prize: £18.75 Pam Keegan The proceeds amounting to £243.75 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. If you would like to join the 100 Club - there are still some unsold tickets available! 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

Are there any scrabble fans out there who would like

to play occasionally to keep their hand in?

Why not come and join our scrabble Group ? We

meet in the Choir Vestry every other Thursday at 2 p.m. For

50p you get two games of scrabble, a drink and a

biscuit, and if you are the overall winner, a small prize.

You don’t have to be an expert (we all use dictionaries!), just

someone who enjoys a game of scrabble in pleasant

company. You don’t have to be a member of this church, as

everybody is welcome. Tell your friends!

Our dates for April are 11th and 25th.

For any further information please contact

Elsie Richardson

Tel: 01942 725672

e-mail: elsie.richardson@blueyonder.co.uk

we look forward to seeing

you

SATURDAY CLUB AT ST. LUKE`S

6th APRIL 2019

10.30am - 11.30 am.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT HILDA

07591 718467

All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Prayer List

Is anyone wondering what has happened to the prayer list? To explain: because some people have been on the list for a very long time, it has been decided to just have people on a short-term list for three months. If they feel they need to be in our prayers for longer, they will be transferred to a long-term list which will be displayed on the prayer board. It will be taken down on the first Sunday of each month and presented at the altar, where a prayer will be said over it, after which it will be returned to the prayer board. I hope this explains the situation to everyone’s satisfaction.

If you are a child between the ages of 5 - 11 years old

and you wish to come along we would love to see you in

church on the day.

Come along and join in the fun!

Dear Friends The world is changing; most of us are not paid weekly in cash and most (but not all) have banks accounts, internet banking and debit or credit cards. The Diocese of Liverpool has introduced a better way for people to support our church financially. It is called The Parish Giving Scheme (or PGS for short). We would like to ask that you consider joining this new scheme. I am sure you are well aware of the financial pressures on the church, (we pay £4557 per month to the Diocese) and how your gift helps towards our mission and ministry. The Parish Giving Scheme is an answer to our prayers, because it addresses static levels of giving and reduces our administration work. Basically, joining the PGS involves just setting up a direct debit. Regular donations from supporters help us plan much more effectively for what we will and what we won’t be able to afford in the future. Anyone can give to St Luke’s Church by joining the Parish Giving Scheme. If you are a UK tax-payer then ticking the Gift Aid box means that the PGS can reclaim the tax

on your donation within just a few days and get it back to us at St Luke’s. This greatly helps our cash–flow situation. This new scheme has been rolled out in a number of Dioceses across the Church of England and it is proving very popular. I have signed up, and so have most of the PCC and many people in the congregation. I hope that you will be willing to do the same. Quite simply your gift is given on the 1st of the month and by the 10th of the month the gift is sent directly to our church bank account with the tax reclaim, if applicable, following a few days later. Gifts can be monthly, quarterly or annually if preferred. You can leave the scheme at any point or change the size of your gift just by phoning the PGS team. With your permission your gift can be automatically increased annually in line with inflation. This helps with our cash flow as the Gift Aid is received monthly whereas with the envelope scheme we only claim Gift Aid yearly.

Some up to date Liverpool Parish Giving Scheme ( PGS) statistics

• 24,545 donations made by givers in Liverpool Diocese via the PGS scheme in 2018

• £1,960,443 including Gift Aid credited to church accounts via PGS scheme in 2018

• 113 churches in Liverpool Diocese have now joined the PGS scheme

This modern, tax efficient way of managing giving to our church is tried and tested by several dioceses.

The good news is everyone benefits

The church benefits: • Stable and often increased planned giving - offsetting

‘static’ giving. • Efficiently reclaiming Gift Aid. • Protection against inflation by church members choosing

to increase their gift annually by inflation rate. Please will you think and pray about how much you can give to our church. Then return the confidential PGS form to me or send it off directly. Please also optimise your gift by choosing the inflationary increase and if you pay tax please also sign the Gift Aid box. Thank you for considering this new scheme. We are so grateful for all the support you give us, and we wouldn’t be asking you to join this scheme if we didn’t think it would be a great help in supporting our church to keep its doors open. If you have any questions, would like a form or require more information about the scheme please speak to me at church or on 01942 672060. Many thanks Peter Hudson Planned Giving/Gift Aid Officer

M U News

Last month we caravanned instead of beetling and in the process reminded ourselves of the fabulous work the ‘Away From It All Project ‘makes possible and learned a few things at the same time. Described as one of the most successful snipers in the British Army Neil had experienced some horrendous things. Shot at more times than he could remember, been blown up and set on fire. He says that by 2005 he was a broken man suffering from PTSD, exposure to violent events had changed his character. He went on an organised AFIA holiday with his family and attended an evening reflection where he heard the words - “ Come ye who are heavily laden and I will give you rest”. It was then he felt God’s presence. On his return he started to attend church regularly and he eventually became a committed Christian. Neil has since joined Mother’s Union and serves as an AFIA team volunteer. Now some diary dates: Tuesday 9th April Diocesan Council Meeting, St Mary’s Prescot 7.30pm All welcome. Wednesday 10th April Annual meal, Queen Anne Golborne £21.95. 7 for 7.30pm (Please ensure you have paid Marlene by now) Wednesday 8th May Guided tour of St Oswald’s Winwick 7.30 pm by Revd June Steventon Find out about the history of this place of worship and see and hear about the recent restoration work. Transport will be arranged , EVERYONE welcome to join us. At Sheran Harper’s recent Commissioning as Worldwide President Archbishop Justin Welby said; “There is one Mother’s Union. It is unique, it is the world’s oldest and largest women’s movement. It is a gift of God to the Anglicans and one of the Anglican Communion’s greatest gifts in the worldwide church. And the best kept secret! “ Well let’s be less secretive! Pam Keegan Branch Leader

News from school

As Headteacher of St Luke’s Church of England Primary School, I am

always proud of the efforts and achievements of all our children and

staff. Therefore, I am delighted to share with you a letter I received

from the Secretary of State for Education congratulating the school

for our fantastic SATs results in 2018.

God bless,

Steve Hardaker

Headteacher

Well done, School!

Tea and coffee are served in church

after the 10 am services on

Sunday and Wednesday.

Why not stay for a drink and a chat?

Knitters and Natterers

Dates for April

12th

26th

AND AGAIN IT IS APRIL!!

Well, March came in like a lamb and appears to be going out like a lion!! Not

sure about other suffers but the constant damp weather is playing havoc with

my arthritis. If I am sat still doing nothing I am great - moving is more

challenging!

Is anyone else finding tiny black beetles dead on their windowsills? They are

only about 2-3 mm long and are on their backs. I have found five in different

rooms this last week. I was wondering what they were and why they were in the

house.

Not sure if I owned up to getting a speeding ticket last November. However I

was given the choice of a fine and points or a Speed Awareness Course. I

accepted this but paid as much as the fine for the privilege. I chose to go to a

centre at Carrington and it was very interesting. I didn't feel too bad as I must

have been the oldest there and some were on their third course!! One young

woman seemed to have dressed in a hurry, thrown her clothes on and almost

missed. She really didn't get why the speed limit applied to her! It was really

interesting hearing other people's views on road safety. Mostly I picked up that

the majority of the drivers there assumed everyone else was at fault. How do

they get through their test?

Tyler sadly failed his driving test but actually takes it again tomorrow! Here's

hoping.

Our Craft table is still doing well. I have put £80 aside for our new Treasurer at

the weekend. Please check the table out when you are in church or if you call

into church for a quiet break on a Saturday morning. Yesterday we were

delighted to host the Rt. Revd. Bev Mason who is the new Bishop of Warrington.

She was amazing and celebrated Communion with Jonathan. Afterwards she

stayed and chatted to anyone who wished to talk to her.

The lady who cuts and styles my hair has gone mobile. She came last week for

my six week trim. It was lovely as she had time for a cup of tea afterwards so we

actually had time to catch up.

Another call from my Doctor's resulted in my having to do another fasting blood

test. This wasn't too bad as it was 9.15 am, the last time I did this the only time

was 10.40!! As you can imagine I was starving. Now I have to make an

appointment to find out why they wanted me to do this!! Before I went home I

popped into Lidl as they were advertising shelf baskets. These are extra storage

with arms that slide onto a shelf giving extra space underneath. I bought a pack

of two and they are brilliant.

I was contacted last week by our last December bride. It was a lovely wedding

and they had only arranged their honeymoon for April. Apparently she had

applied to the Passport Office for her new passport and the office had lost her

new Marriage Certificate!! Could she get a new one? Jonathan arranged it for

her and I told her to reclaim the cost from the Passport Office - £10. She replied

that she didn't think they did that!! What? They lost her original one, luckily she

wasn't going this week. I hope she does get the money back - it is the principle -

the Passport Office is a disgrace.

Have you ever gone to sleep and when you have woken up feel like you have

been asleep for hours? I did that one night last week. Put my torch on to check

the time (less traumatic than the main light) only to discover I had been asleep

for 20 minutes!!! Of course, then I couldn't get back to sleep. Eventually made a

drink and read for an hour, next morning I felt like a zombie!! It always reminds

me of the light in the 'fridge' You hardly notice it during the day but at night it is

so bright. I think my brain works like that. It idles during the day and when I try

and sleep it wakes up and expects me to join it.

I was shocked in Sainsbury's, Wigan the week before. I walked past a small boy

who looked very cute and said hello to him. He looked back and said 'get out of

my way' - the couple behind me looked just as appalled. His mum just ignored

him. How sad.

Miniature Daffodils are out and gorgeous, new leaves appearing - Spring!! Yes!

Liz Wood

THE GARDEN IN APRIL

April is when the garden really begins to flourish, with the days lengthening and

the days and nights getting warmer (remember February...very warm days, but

very cold nights?). And it’s not only our garden trees, shrubs, flowers and

vegetables that get growing. So do the weeds. I get asked especially about two

weeds, the Japanese knotweed and the mare’s tail (or horsetail).

Japanese knotweed is a foreign and invasive species and the law says that it may

not be transported anywhere and should be rigidly controlled, for it can easily

damage property and can spread rapidly. In contrast, mare’s tail is a native

species and does not cause serious damage (on our Lowton estate it grows

through the tarmac pavements). The problem with both is that their

underground stems go very deep and it is not easy to wipe a colony out with a

single spray of Roundup. It is especially tricky with mare’s tail, for its shoots are

covered with a fine impervious layer so that herbicides run off. There is a

herbicide – Kurtail – that kills these, but it is expensive, is not recommended for

amateurs, and is going, I believe, to be banned. You could do what many

gardeners do: put washing up liquid in with your Roundup spray, and this washes

away the mare’s tail protective layer.

However, the real answer to all weeds is to get them out as much as you can and

prevent those like knotweed and mare’s tail building up their underground

stores by cutting out any green shoots as soon as they appear, and preventing

annual weeds like bittercress from producing seeds. So keep beds weeded as

much as you can by using a hoe, and if you have a mare’s tail or knotweed

problem, examine daily and cut away any shoots as they appear. A hard and long

task, but it works. And whatever you do, don’t put knotweed in the compost bin:

burn it.

* * *

April may be the middle month of spring, but early morning frosts are quite

common. Such frosts will kill half-hardy annual bedding and hanging basket

plants, such as begonias, petunias and geraniums so wait until the middle of May

to put those out. Similarly, those who enjoy growing vegetables look forward to

those first early potatoes and the tomatoes that we grow ourselves as distinct

from the Spanish red ball bearings we suffer in winter.

Plant new potatoes at the beginning of April (main crop at the end of the

month), but if a frost is forecast after the first shoots appear cover them with

sheets of newspaper or fleece, weighted down to stop them from blowing away.

And you are fine to put tomatoes in the greenhouse by the end of April provided

you have a heater ‘just in case’.

A tip: the best F1 tomato plants are expensive. If you need more than one, buy

just one or two and, when the first sideshoots grow (and we usually cut them off

and bin them), take them and pot them up as cuttings. F1s for free! And when

your tomatoes are producing well in summer, let another side shoot grow and

when it is 6” long pot that up. It will give you tomatoes in autumn when your old

plants have gone.

The spring bulb season is coming to an end, the flowers gone but the leaves still

nice and green. If they are in pots, give them a half strength feed of a high

potash fertiliser such as rose fertiliser and, when the leaves eventually dry up,

plant them out in the garden. Similarly, give those in the garden a little feed and

you will get better flowers next year.

Malcolm Greenhalgh

Newton-le-Willows Gardeners’ Association’s Advice & Sales Hut, on Rob Lane, is

open Saturday and Sunday mornings, 10.30- noon. All welcome.

Church-related diseases

Frontophobia A morbid fear of the front few rows in church. The patient is struck by an attack at the church door and collapses into the nearest back seat.

Sermonic throat A dreaded choking caused by the start of a sermon. The patient unwraps a sweet slowly and noisily which often results in a complete cure.

Double auricular clearance A condition due to the simultaneous opening of both ear ducts, which allows sound to enter one ear and exit the other without any intermediate absorption. The condition is particularly acute during the preaching of a sermon.

Accelerated/retarded vocal response An unusual condition which causes a person to sing faster or slower than the musical accompaniment.

Exitisis A condition which makes a person rush to the church’s exit area so that they can leave without speaking to the preacher.

Response paralysis An infliction which causes a person to remain completely silent when it is announced that a key position in the church needs to be filled.

Q. Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs?

A. Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of

a dense orange clay called “pygg”. When people saved coins in jars made of clay, the jars became known as “pygg

banks”. When an English potter misunderstood the word,

he made a container shaped like a pig, and it caught on!

Q. Why are zero scores in tennis called “love”?

A. In France, where tennis became popular, a round zero

on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called “l’oeuf”, which is French for “the egg”. When tennis was

introduced into the UK, it was (mis)pronounced “love”.

New and nearly new outreach shop now on Oaklands Road.

Clothing and household; adults and children.

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 – 14th April

Communicants

Week beginning

10th February - 33

17h February – 72

24th February – 31

3rd March - 80

Scrabble Dates

for April

11th

25th

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

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