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St Annes Parish Church Magazine

Influence March 2019

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Fr David writes ……. Lent Lent is the season of the Church‟s year

when we are encouraged to deepen our

faith, and every year opportunities are

provided for the faithful to do this, and

2019 is no exception.

WORSHIP

It is a good thing to increase attendance

at Church worship during Lent; there are

services every day which last about half

an hour; the times vary, so please have a

look at the weeksheet for details.

The said Eucharists on Tuesday at 10.30

am and Saturday at 9.30 am are the most

popular, possibly because we have a brew

and a chat afterwards; a short homily is

also preached at the Tuesday Mass.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

On Tuesday evenings during Lent at 7.00

pm you have the opportunity to follow

Jesus devotionally on the „Way of the

Cross‟. Many people find this a great

help, especially in preparing for the

momentous events of Holy Week.

LENT COURSE

Immediately after Stations of the Cross

we shall have our Lent Course. This year

we will be using part of the Church of

England „Pilgrim‟ course to explore the

Creeds. We use the Nicene Creed every

Sunday, the Apostles‟ Creed at Baptisms

and Evening Prayer and the Athanasian

Creed on Trinity Sunday, but where did

they come from? Why do we use them?

And what truth do they contain about

our Faith?

These are some of the questions we will

be asking. There is a booklet which

accompanies the course which is available

from Amazon; please see Fr David for

details.

BIBLE READING AT HOME

The Church of England has also produced

a booklet for use at home containing 40

days of reflection on the Beatitudes;

these will be for sale in Church, price

£2.50. There is an app that can be found

at: www.churchofengland.org/lent for

those who prefer to access this sort of

thing online.

(There is also a sequel for the season of

Easter, 40 days of reflection on the

Lord‟s Prayer, which can be used in April).

ALMSGIVING

It is customary for Christians to show

their penitence during Lent by supporting

the wider work of the Church, and this

year Lent Boxes will be available to raise

money to aid the work of the Additional

Curates Society (ACS). We receive a

grant from ACS towards the cost of Fr

Aiden, so to repay them in this way seems

appropriate.

LENT LUNCHES

In recent years we have had a „Lent

Lunch‟ in the Parish Rooms Hall at 12 noon

on Tuesdays (people have found it really

convenient to come to the 10.30 am

service and then pop across for their

lunch afterwards). It is simple: soup,

... continued on page 9

http://www.churchofengland.org/lent

Worship & Prayer Diary - March 2019

Date Day Worship Times Intention

Friday 1st S. David 9.05 am Eucharist Wales

Saturday 2nd S. Chad 9.30 am Eucharist Anniversaries of death

+ Sunday 3rd Sunday before Lent

8.00 am Eucharist

10.30 am Eucharist

6.30 pm Evensong

Transfiguration

Monday 4th 12 noon Eucharist Prisoners

Tuesday 5th 10.30 am Eucharist Being Shriven

Wednesday 6th ASH WEDNESDAY 9.00 am Eucharist

7.30 pm Eucharist Penitence

Thursday 7th Ss. Perpetua, Felicity et

al. 6.45 pm Eucharist Persecuted Christians

Friday 8th Edward King 9.05 am Eucharist Theological education

Saturday 9th 9.30 am Eucharist Healing

+ Sunday 10th Lent One

8.00 am Eucharist

10.30 am Eucharist

6.30 pm Evening

Prayer

Temptation

Monday 11th 12 noon Eucharist Musicians

Tuesday 12th 10.30 am Eucharist Mothers

Wednesday 13th Ember Day 9.00 am Eucharist Ordinands in training

Thursday 14th 6.45 pm Eucharist Singers

Friday 15th Ember Day 9.05 am Eucharist Lay vocations

Saturday 16th Ember Day 9.30 am Eucharist Vocations

Worship & Prayer Diary - March 2019

Date Day Worship Times Intention

+ Sunday 17th Lent Two

8.00 am Eucharist

10.30 am Eucharist

6.30 pm Evensong &

Benediction

Courage

Monday 18th S. Cyril 12 noon Eucharist Teaching the Faith

Tuesday 19th S. Joseph 10.30 am Eucharist Workers

Wednesday 20th S. Cuthbert 9.00 am Eucharist Conversion of England

Thursday 21st Thomas Cranmer 6.45 pm Eucharist Liturgy & Worship

Friday 22nd 9.05 am Eucharist Counsellors

Saturday 23rd 9.30 am Eucharist Peace

+ Sunday 24th Lent Three

8.00 am Eucharist

10.30 am Eucharist

6.30 pm Evening

Prayer

Repentance

Monday 25th The Annunciation 12 noon Eucharist Blessed Virgin Mary

Tuesday 26th 10.30 am Eucharist Confirmation candidates

Wednesday 27th 9.00 am Eucharist Little children

Thursday 28th 6.45 pm Eucharist Cleanliness

Friday 29th 9.05 am Eucharist Emergency services

Saturday 30th 9.30 am Eucharist Our Lady of Walsingham

+ Sunday 31st Mothering Sunday

8.00 am Eucharist

10.30 am Eucharist

6.30 pm Evening

Prayer

Mother Church

Events Diary - March 2019

Date Event Venue Time

Friday 1st World Day of Prayer White Church 2.00 pm

Saturday 2nd

Baptism Preparation Church 10.45 am

Adult Confirmation class Choir Vestry 11.00 am

Pre-Lent Fish & Chip party Parish Rooms 6.30 pm

Monday 4th Pilgrims Coffee Stop Parish Rooms 10.00 am

Tuesday 5th Nicodemus Group Meeting Room 7.30 pm

Wednesday 6th

Wednesday Men Church 9.30 am

Babies & Toddlers Group Parish Rooms 2.00 pm

Ash Wednesday Services Church 9.00 am & 7.30 pm

Thursday 7th Cleaning Team Church 9.00 am

Saturday 9th Healing Eucharist Church 9.30 am

Adult Confirmation class Choir Vestry 11.00 am


Lent Lunch P. Rooms, Rm 1 12 noon

Tuesday 12th Lent Course Parish Rooms 7.30 pm

Mothers‟ Union - Quiet Evening Christ Church,

Treales 7.30 pm

Wednesday 13th


Handbell ringers Choir Vestry 10.45 am


Land & Buildings Committee meeting Meeting Room 3.00 pm


Friday 15th Fr. Aiden‟s Drop-in Meeting Room 10.00 am

Saturday 16th Adult Confirmation Course Choir Vestry 11.00 am

Events Diary - March 2019

Date Event Venue Time


Mass & PCC Meeting Church 7.00 pm

Tuesday 19th

Lent Lunch P. Rooms, Rm 1 12 noon

Nursery Praise Church 1.45 pm

Lent Course Parish Rooms 7.30 pm

Wednesday 20th




Thursday 21st Cleaning Team Church 9.00 am

Friday 22nd Fr. Aiden‟s Drop-in Meeting Room 10.00 am

Monday 25th

Pilgrims Coffee Stop Parish Rooms 10.00 am

Men‟s Fellowship Parish Rooms 7.30 pm

Lent Lunch P. Rooms, Rm 1 12 noon Tuesday 26th

Lent Course Parish Rooms 7.30 pm

Wednesday 27th





Saturday 30th

Prepare posies for Mothering Sunday Choir vestry 10.30 am

Quiet Day with Bishop Glyn Webster Preston, S. George 10.30 am

Adult Confirmation Course Meeting Room 11.00 am

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which our Lord fasted in the wilderness for forty days and nights. Any money raised

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Kahlil Gibran wrote in his wonderful little book „The Prophet‟, „the deeper that

sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain‟. During Lent we have

the chance to enter into the pain and sorrow of our Lord‟s passion and death, so that

our joy at Easter may be all the more profound.

Fr David continues …………………….

On 1st March Wales celebrates its patron saint, David - or, in Welsh, Dewi or Dafydd. He is indisputably British, and is revered wherever Welsh people have settled. As with most figures from the so-called ’Dark Ages’ (he lived in the sixth century), reliable details about his life are scarce, but there are enough for us to form a picture of a formidably austere, disciplined and charismatic leader, who led the Church in Wales through turbulent years and fought tenaciously for the faith.

It’s likely that he was strengthened in his ministry by time spent in Ireland, where the Church was stronger and more confident. Early records tell of a meeting of Irish church leaders with three ‘Britons’, as they were described, among them ‘bishop David’. His mother, Non, is also celebrated as a saint in Wales, where a number of churches are dedicated in her name.

That he founded a monastery at Menevia, in Pembrokeshire, seems beyond doubt. It later became the site of St David’s cathedral and the settlement which is now the smallest city in the United Kingdom. From Menevia David embarked on preaching and teaching missions across Wales, and probably beyond. His eloquence was legendary.

At a famous Synod of the Church, held at a Carmarthenshire village called Brefi, he preached passionately against the Arian heresy - indeed, so passionately that he was (according to some accounts) immediately named as archbishop of Wales. The village is now known as LlandewiBrefi - brefi in Welsh is a hillock, and legend claims that it appeared miraculously in order to provide the eloquent bishop with a pulpit.

His monks avoided wine and beer, drinking only water. Indeed, he and they lived lives of rigorous austerity and constant prayer, in the manner of the Desert Fathers of the Eastern Church. The date of David’s death is disputed - either 589 or 601. It wasn’t until the twelfth century that he was generally accepted as the patron saint of Wales, and pilgrimages to St David’s were highly regarded in the following centuries - including two made by English kings, William I and Henry II.

It’s traditional for Welsh people to wear daffodils on St David’s Day (GwylDewi Sant in Welsh) - but there seems no particular reason for it, beyond the fact that they tend to make their early Spring appearance round about his day - oh, and they look nice!

St David’s Day - 1st March

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Note from the Editor:

Apologies for the delay this month, the half term holiday was a bit busy to say the

least, still we have made it in the end.

Please be sure to let us have any articles of interest, advance notice of events, it is

good to let people know in good time so they book it in their diaries. Please email any

dates, articles of interest and/or photographs to:

[email protected]

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Quote for March "To have peace in one’s soul is the

greatest happiness”

Holy Confirmation If you are interested in being confirmed this year please collect a form from the back of church or have a word with Fr David or Fr

Aiden

We meet every

SUNDAY at 10.15 am in the

Parish Rooms

EVERYONE is welcome!

Children enjoy activities in the

Parish Rooms then we go over to church

around 11.15 am to be part of the service

with the rest of the congregation.

At the end of the service the

children are given the opportunity to

talk about what they have been doing

and show us their „work‟.

Monthly „Family Services‟ also take place

where Children‟s Church is involved.

Men’s Fellowship See weeksheet for details

Moses and IT When you think about it, Moses was the first one to

download files from the cloud, using a tablet.

What 2 things are essential to our Faith?

The Word of God, and

The Power of the Holy Spirit.

The Bible, can you rely on it? Is it a fairy story?

A renowned archaeologist called Nelson Glueck has said that nothing ever found archeologically has overturned anything in the Bible to do with actual historical facts.

Apparently, the vast majority of adults don’t believe that Jesus was a real person. This is despite the fact that FOUR Gospels plus other non-religious historical writings document Jesus’ life and reported the Resurrection. There are over 30 sources apart from the Bible which confirm Jesus’ life. No-one can deny Jesus was a real person.

The Bible, despite its diversity in terms of authorship, carries the same message, it is woven all the way through with one story, the writings of which span thousands of years.

You can’t fabricate or engineer that through all those years. There is only one who could, God. His hand guided it.

The Bible is the only Prophetic book in any religion. The Bible speaks of and knows the future.

Isaiah 11. 10-12 describes the Jews ‘being scattered all over the world and the remnant being gathered together’.

Forty years after Jesus’ death Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans brick by brick. The nation fragmented and the Jews scattered all over the world.

It remained that way until after WWII, when in 1948 Israel was rebirthed as a nation, Ben Gurion its first Prime Minister, spoke Isaiah’s words

“Shall a land be born in one day, shall a nation be delivered in one moment. Yet as soon as Zion was in labour she delivered her children” 66.8

The nation was formed in one day the Jews returned to Israel as prophesied. Jesus fulfilled over 60 messiah prophesies, which were written 1,500 years before he was born.

How do we know the New Testament is true? It could have been made to fit the prophesies of the Old Testament.

Most people can’t keep a secret for 3 weeks, yet the apostles did not waiver from their accounts for over 40 years despite torture and death. Why would they do that it if it wasn’t true?

We CAN trust the Bible, as the true Word of God.

You can read the whole Bible, you can study commentaries which explain and expound it. But without the Power of the Holy Spirit to give you insight and inspiration into what that really means for you and your life, the Bible is just words, like dust, dry as bones.

Anyone who preaches hopes and prays they will be led to insight and understanding through the power of the Holy Spirit, because they quickly realise that they can’t do it alone.

When bread making the addition of fluid and yeast to the dry flour, and the kneading process, brings it to life, it swells up, the heat of the oven hardens and sets it, making it digestible, then we can use it for food, to nourish us.

The Word, and the Holy Spirit together work in the same way. There is nothing mystical or

The Word of God & The Holy Spirit

magical about it, it's like a chemical reaction, you mix the two together and you get something transformed and life-giving.

Like the bread which requires kneading, resting and baking we need to spend time and effort reading the word, listening to others’ views on it, reading more about it, looking for the Holy Spirit’s guidance.

Jesus had to study to know and understand the scriptures, to grow in the power of the Holy Spirit. By the age of 12 he knew more than His elders and had insights that astounded them, but he still went to the synagogue, studied the scriptures, prayed, was tempted, had doubts, suffered mentally and physically.

Luke says that Jesus’ ministry was launched by the Power of the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit came down as a dove at his Baptism, it helped Him to defeat Satan in the wilderness, he entered Nazareth to start His preaching ministry led there by the Holy Spirit.

Today, just as to his own congregation in Nazareth, Jesus is speaking to you. He was invited to read from the scroll of Isaiah, He unrolls it and finds what He wants, Jesus knows the scriptures better than anyone else in the synagogue. He reads the passage (Isaiah 61.1-2) then, as was the custom, he sits down to preach. All eyes are on Him, fascinated. He announces that this prophesy is fulfilled that day, in him, in their hearing.

Can you imagine? What a moment! Here is The Word being read by The Word Incarnate! They were charmed, at the start. They thought he’d come to save them from the oppression of the Romans. Jesus was saying, I'm here to save the poor, the broken hearted, the prisoner, the cap-tive, the blind and the deaf, but they are cynical and they mutter, its only Jesus the son of a local carpenter, him! The Messiah? How can that be?

Jesus, aware of this and that prophets are rarely accepted in their home town, says he will go where people’s hearts may be more open to him. When they hear this, they become angry and decide to force him over a cliff to be dashed on the rocks below. Somehow, He simply walks away unmolested and unscathed. The Holy Spirit also leads Jesus out of, as well as towards trouble.

He did not come just to feed the poor, cure the sick, raise the dead, turn water to wine. He did do all of this to reinforce the power of the Holy Spirit. His preaching ministry, teaching us about The Kingdom of God was His Mission Statement, to suffer and die for our sakes was His fate. Any good leader can help people economically, socially, medically. Jesus came to help the spiritually poor, the sinners, all of us, rich, poor and in-between because we all sin, even the clergy!

People who have no hope, people who lie, cheat, dishonour and hurt others, who have unquiet souls, addictive behaviours, people searching for a future, a better life, but in the wrong places. These are the poor, the captive, the blind, the oppressed that Jesus wants to reach, those who have deep seated spiritual needs but have not found a way of meeting them.

Why can’t God make everything and everyone perfect? (He did try it in the Garden of Eden)

Free-will and human nature means we have to learn how to live by trial and error, coming to God in penitence, with humility and the full understanding of the price His son paid for our sins.

Jesus came to show us how the power of the Holy Spirit can transform our lives.

In Baptism we are given this gift of the Holy Spirit, it is given without condition, freely to all, it makes no distinction between weak or strong, rich or poor, racial origin, male or female it makes us level with each other. We remain Diverse but become Equal in the Power of the Holy Spirit.

May we use the gifts of The Word and the Holy Spirit to Love God and others in the way Christ taught us.

Here we are in the mad month of March and looking forward to a lovely and very late

Easter. The Easter Eggs have been on sale in the shops since January so we should

have had plenty of time to buy them.

We held our AGM in February and thanked Sylvia Horner who has retired from the

committee, latterly acting as our Treasurer. Sylvia can now relax and enjoy our

meetings without a care in the world, but we do thank her most sincerely for all that

she has done.

I am very pleased that Maureen Green will be our new Treasurer and we really

welcome Maureen, Mildred and Muriel to our Committee and look forward to all our

events programmed for this year.

There are a number of additional events happening in March:

Friday 1st March - The [Women‟s] World Day of Prayer, 2 pm at the White

Church at Fairhaven.

Tuesday 12th March we meet at the 10-30 am Service in church as there is no

afternoon meeting. That evening the Deanery MU Quiet Evening is to be held at

Treales Church, at 7-30 pm.

Saturday 30th March - We will be preparing the Mothering Sunday posies in the

Choir Vestry at 10-30 am.

Sunday 31st March Mothering Sunday Service at 10-30 am.

Looking ahead to next month. Karen Kay will be telling us all about her travels on the

9th April and showing us slides, which will be really interesting and guests are

welcome to come. On Tuesday, May 14th we are planning to have a day in the lovely

city of Ripon. We will be travelling with G Line and there will be a list in church for

people to sign and more information about the trip. We have a number of members

who cannot attend meetings for various reasons, work or ill health and they are

always in our thoughts and prayers.

Mothers’ Union from Christine Buckley

Every Monday (excluding Bank Holidays), from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

we will be serving delicious coffee, tea and biscuits in the Parish Rooms

in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

Come along and join us for a weekly social get-together and chat.

Everyone is welcome!

Join our regular fundraiser for the church. Each week you pay £1 per entry. Each week prizes will total £60

Every Week : 1st Prize: £30, 2nd Prize: £15, 3rd Prize: £10, 4th Prize: £5 Payments to be made in advance: weekly, monthly or quarterly. The draw will take place each

Sunday, at Coffee. Each month we publish the names of the winners in this fundraising venture, the 50-50 Club. The winners since the last magazine was published, are:

50-50 Club

New members are welcome to join our church fundraising scheme, please see one of the collectors: (Margaret Wincott, Suzanne

Newton and Josie Wilkinson) if you require any information. If you are housebound we would be more than willing to arrange

collection of payments. Thank you to all those who have supported and continue to support this fundraising effort. Detailed

rules are available in the Parish Office.

DATE 1ST PRIZE 2ND PRIZE 3RD PRIZE 4TH PRIZE

20th January 67:

Patricia Ward

137: Chris

Bell-Smith

57: George

Coulter

142:

Gareth Wilson

27th January 95:

Sylvia Horner

71: Suzanne

Newton

122: Margaret

Rimmer

91:

Roy Finden

3rd February 138:

Eric Roberts

72:

Pam Kinghorn

137: Chris

Bell-Smith

18:

Stella Devine

10th February 61:

Sam Johnson

22: Joyce

Partington

32:

Denise Brown

30:

Iris Orrell

Fr Aiden is available for one-to one meetings between

10 am & 12 noon on FRIDAYS in The Meeting Room at the Parish Rooms (See the Events Diary for actual dates)

This is a time for quiet prayer, discussion, for pastoral support or if you have anything you would like to discuss with Fr Aiden about our Faith

Brexit

This month sees the UK’s proposed withdrawal from the EU and the anniversary of the martyrdom of Cranmer who also faced the challenges of a 16th century Brexit. Despite Brexit’s potential for controversy, the historic experiences of our church should give it expertise in reconciling the irreconcilable!! In the 1970’s the UK debated the question of joining the EEC and many centuries earlier the English church faced a similar situation at the synod of Whitby (664) when it had to decide if it would join the European Church led by Rome. The issues debated were varied; some, such as the date of Easter were serious, whilst others in respect of monks’ hair styles were less so! When the shouting was all done St Wilfrid’s view that it was ‘foolish to argue against the whole world’ won the day and The English Church was annexed to Rome. As with The EU, England’s relations with Rome could be strained. In the 1530’s things came to a head when Henry VIII wanted to trade in his (so called) wife for a younger model and get a male heir. Rome refused to co-operate and so the English Church pursued its own 16th century BREXIT or CHEXIT (Church Exit). Then as now CHEXIT resulted in a wide range of opinions stretching from ‘Remainers’ who wanted to stay close to Rome, to those who demanded a Hard CHEXIT and a Protestant Church! How could CHEXIT be achieved when so many parties wanted different outcomes? Sounds familiar doesn’t it! In 1529 an accidental meeting in Essex between the king’s advisors and a scholar fleeing the sweating sickness resulted in the rise of Cranmer. As Archbishop this cautious man’s nature, faith and academic ability helped to guide the nation through the Reformation and the publication of his 1549 Prayer Book went some way to heal the divisions caused by CHEXIT. Reformers may have been encouraged by the Book's Biblical grounding, its use of English and a set of rules and articles that could be interpreted as supporting Reform. On the other hand Catholics could also be reassured by the inclusion of the Catholic creeds, the retaining of some ceremonies, the revision of old Roman offices, the opportunity for confession and an apostolic structure of church leadership. Cranmer’s Prayer book also helped to draw together churchman of differing views and as a consequence it served the diverse needs of the people. The requirement to kneel to receive the sacrament and the words of administration reflected both reverence and reference to the real presence. At the same time however phrases that addressed the worshiper as ‘dearly beloved 'and urged them to ‘draw near with faith’ to the ‘Lord’s Table’ provided an intimacy that gave comfort to the people. Cranmer however was no softie. He urged the faithful to be ‘in love and charity with their neighbours’ and those who refused to come to ‘Mass’ or dared to do so without repentance or with grievances against others were to be in serious trouble! Sadly the intolerance of the 16th and 17th centuries often resulted in the sin of one Christian persecuting another. When caution, moderation and ‘a respect for those of differing views’ were cast aside, faith and love suffered. The Marian Tyranny sent Cranmer and The Reformers to be martyred at the stake and the later dictatorship of Cromwell and

the various Protestant parties of his day resulted in the Martyrdom of the King and the persecution of Anglicans and Roman Catholics. In thanking God that such times are consigned to the history books, we also remember the men and women of faith who worked through them. On the 21st of March, our bells will be rung half muffled before the evening ‘Eucharist’ to remember Cranmer's martyrdom at Oxford in 1556. His desire to ensure that the Prayer Book was suitable to the needs of the people and worship of God may well have made him an ardent supporter of our modern revisions. Nevertheless, the 1662 version (which is close to the original) is still used for some services and remains the official Prayer Book of the Church of England. The structure, (if not the beautiful language) and key ideas of his work continue to underpin many aspects of our liturgy. Ref:- The Venerable Bede, Elizabeth II, Books of Common Prayer 1549, 1559, 1662.

Adrian S Page

The Rev Dr Gary Bowness considers the aim of Lent… Many years ago, at the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool, there was a certain ‘ride’ or amuse-ment that was strictly for the physically fit. It consisted of a flat wooden disc about 20 feet in diameter and set at an angle of 45 degrees in the floor. When it began to rotate, the aim was to get to the centre where there was a pole. As the disc rotated faster and faster, eve-ryone who failed to get to the pole got flung off. Nowadays there’s probably a regulation banning it as far too dangerous!

The principle of the game was a basic law of physics. When any wheel rotates, the outer rim moves fastest of all. Halfway to the centre and you are moving a lot more slowly. And, at least theoretically, at the absolute centre will be a point which is totally still. That’s why anyone who reached that pole could stand there quite comfortably.

We have just started the Church’s season of Lent. It’s generally thought of as being a time for giving up chocolate, wine, whatever. But it’s really a time to remind us that in our own rapidly spinning world, God is the still centre.

All around God is motion, sound, change and decay – galaxies circling, seasons and years rotating, life developing and decaying. And at the still centre, where there is no variableness, is God, the same yesterday, today and forever.

At Christmas, we thanked God for entering the ever moving and changing life of the world. But one great characteristic of Jesus was His stillness. Busy, harassed, injured people found someone with neither clever chat nor idle gossip, neither vulgar boasting nor loud opinion.

His life always seemed to rotate round a still central point, which gave Him His balance and authority. PTO

Round like a circle, in a spiral, like a wheel

Smile Lines Grandmas

After church, the mother asked her young son if he had enjoyed Sunday

School. “Oh yes,” he replied. “My new teacher is pretty cool – she is Jesus‟

grandmother.”

Startled, his mother asked what made him think that. “Obvious, she never

stops talking about Jesus," he replied.

Adam & Eve At Sunday School the children were learning how God created everything,

including human beings. Little Josh was especially intent when the teacher

told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.

Later in the week his mother noticed him lying down and looking scared.

“Josh, what is the matter?” Josh whispered “I have pain in my side. I think

I'm going to have a wife."

Happy Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave

them alone in order to do it.

TV The mind is like a television … when it goes blank, it's a good idea to

turn off the sound.

Unique

Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.

Don’t lie If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

“Be still then and know that I am God” wrote the Psalmist. Lent is a time for us to stop and remember that. Lent is a good time to be a little more silent than usual - quicker to listen and slower to speak. And the more silent spaces we give ourselves, the more we’ll give that still, small Voice within.

God’s stillness is still full of energy. That still centre of the spinning disc is also the point which drives the rest of the rotating circle. Equally, when we’re in touch with that still centre, we’ll be able to give strength and support to those who feel they’re spinning at the edges.

Being still does mean that we need to take time to pause, to take stock, to take a critical look at our lives. That’s what Lent is about. On the spinning discs of our own lives, we need to remember that there is a still centre, calm and yet full of energy – which is where God is.

Children’s Corner

Wonderfully Made Your body, Christ's body

You are beautiful. Not because of what you wear, what your selfie looks

like or how big your biceps are. You are beautiful because God has made you, sent his Son to die for you and has promised you the life of heaven with Mary and the Saints. At this year’s pilgrimage we will be thinking about what it means to live in a body. In a culture where so

many get stressed by body image, what does the Gospel tell us about what it means to be physical?

Bishop Philip North and his team will be leading the pilgrimage and this year we will also be joined by Christians in Sport and Ambassadors

Football to explore how sport and faith can go together!

For young people aged between 11-17 years

Cost

With catering: £145 per person (Must be booked by 3rd June 2019)

We are able to offer a catered option for groups attending. This is ideal for those who do not want to shop, cook and wash up on site! As well as

the BBQ on Monday evening, lunch and supper will be available on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. You will however need to provide

your own breakfast.

Self catering:

£80 per person if booked by 3rd June 2019 £90 per person if booked after 3rd June 2019

Please see Fr David, Fr Aiden or Gerald Wilson for more details.

Influence

Articles for inclusion in

the magazine for

APRIL should be handed in at

the Parish Office or

e-mailed to: [email protected]

before 11 am on

FRIDAY 15th MARCH

Thank you

Nursery Praise

We meet again on

Tuesday 19th March

At 1.45 pm

in church.

The worship, prayers

and story time will be

followed by

refreshments.

All 3 - 4 year old

children are welcome,

together with parents

and carers.

Babies & Toddlers

Come and join us

in the Parish Rooms on

Wednesday afternoons

in term time from

2.00 pm - 3.30 pm

Mums, Dads,

Grandparents,

Childminders and Carers

are all welcome for tea

and a chat with plenty of

toys for the toddlers.

Once you have read this magazine the outreach committee would be grateful if you would pass it on to other members of the community, eg a neighbour, friend etc.

Praying for Healing

On the second Saturday of each month at the 9.30 am Eucharist we pray for

those who are in need of God‟s healing.

Laying on of hands and anointing are available.

If you have a particular concern for somebody or for yourself

please do join us.

WE ARE A GIVING CHURCH: We donate 10% of our planned-giving income to charity. This year we are supporting Anglican Eye Clinic, Aspired Futures, Christian Aid, Just Good Friends, individual causes identified by the clergy.

More information on our website: www.stannesparishchurch.org

Diocesan Communications Update Information from the diocese is available to view on our website.

Lots of useful and interesting information with links to photographs, articles

and diocesan initiatives.

CHRIS DANBY MONUMENTAL SCULPTOR

MEMORIALS

OF DISTINCTION

New Memorials

Additional Inscriptions

Cleaned & Renovated

Mr C Danby

Monumental Sculptor

1 Keilder Court

Lytham St Annes

FY8 4TN

Telephone 01253 735547

Mobile 07946 611914

www.chrisdanbymemorials.co.uk

Email:

[email protected]

Cohens Chemist

Caring for the Community

ARE YOU ON REPEAT MEDICATION? Ring or pop into your local

COHENS CHEMIST

FREE prescription collection and delivery Service

38 Highbury Road East St Annes-on-Sea

Lytham FY8 2RW

01253 721933 [email protected]

St Annes Health Centre, Durham Avenue St Annes–on-Sea

FY8 2EP 01253 728135

[email protected]

Ring

01253 789000

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS

*Includes all main Sunday Services, excludes baptisms etc

Please pray for those

who have recently

been baptised:

Lyla-Grace

Ralph

Kaitlyn

Maisie

Please pray for those

who have recently

been married:

Peter and Chelsee

Please pray for those who have

died recently, among them:

John Drake

Doris Ecclestone

David Hempstead

Robert Hughes

Anne Paterson

Doreen Wainwright

„May they rest in peace and rise

in glory‟

Baptisms Marriages Recently Departed

BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

It is possible to have names of departed loved ones placed in the Memorial Book.

Please simply take a form from the back of church and return it to the Parish

Office. Donations given with names for entry will be placed in a special memorial

fund, to be used in memory of loved ones, according to the church‟s needs.

Sunday Week or Feast Sunday

Communions

Sunday

Attendance

Weekday

Communions

20 January Epiphany Three 144 175 111

27 January Epiphany Four 132 194 50

3 February Candlemass 115 168 55

10 February Fourth before Lent 141 154 53

Contacts Church Officers and Organisations Lay Readers:

Mr Bill Hembrow 721872

Mrs Joan Johnson 712674

Director of Music:

Mr Alistair MacKenzie 722366

Deputy Organist: Bill Thomas

Verger: Margaret Hill 729655

Servers: Mr Gerald Wilson 730806

Hon. Secretary of PCC:

Mrs Katy Morgan 07711 736852

Hon. Treasurer of PCC:

Mr Richard Baker 727878

Heyhouses C of E Primary School:

Mrs Elizabeth Hodgson: 722014 Ext 1 - Infant Dept, Ext 3 - Junior Dept

Mrs Denise Brown (Nursery) 640110

Email:[email protected]

Captain of Bellringers:

Stuart Newton 725958

Planned Giving Officer:

Richard Baker 727878

Electoral Roll Secretary:

Gerald Wilson 730806

Press Officer: Lesley Dawson 726589

Parish Rooms: Parish Office

Magazine Editorship: Parish Office

Magazine Adverts: Office 722736

Flower Guild: Mrs Brenda Lyon 722725

Safeguarding Officer:

Denise Duke 789268

Email: [email protected]

Mothers’ Union:

Christine Buckley 728666

Babies and Toddlers:

Contact the Parish Office 722736

Children’s Church:

Contact the Parish Office 722736

Nursery Praise: Jan Hood 720344

Operatic and Dramatic Society:

Alison Thornton 739235

Heritage Mural: Vacant

Handbell Ringers:

Christine Buckley 728666

Men’s Fellowship: Colin Miller 761958

Uniformed Organisations

For details of our uniformed groups

contact: Fr David

Sunday

8.00 am Said Eucharist

10.15 am Children’s Church

(See weeksheet or website for dates)

10.30 am Parish Eucharist

6.30 pm Evening Worship

(see Worship & Prayer Diary for details)

Weekday Services

The Eucharist is usually celebrated at the

following times:

Monday ...................... 12.00 noon

Tuesday ................... 10.30 am

Wednesday .................. 9.00 am

Thursday ................... 6.45 pm

Friday .................... 9.05 am

Saturday ..................... 9.30 am

Usual Services at

St Annes Parish Church

Parish Information

Parish Office

2a Oxford Road, St Annes on Sea

FY8 2EA

01253 722736

[email protected]

Open Monday to Friday 10 am - 11 am

For information regarding Weddings

please contact Fr David - 01253 722725

For information regarding Baptisms

please contact the Parish Office - 01253 722736

Churchwardens

Mr Colin Miller - 01253 761958

Mrs Kathryn Baker - 01253 727878

Deputy Churchwarden

Stuart Newton - 01253 725958

Website Administrator:

Paul McMahon

[email protected]

Registered Charity No: 1155188

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