Services at St George’sCrosby

9.15am Sunday Holy Communion

10.30am Sunday Parish Eucharist

10.30am Third Sundays onlyAll Age Parish Eucharist

6.45pm First Tuesday in the month Holy Communion

9.30am Wednesday Holy Communion

4pm ThursdayEvening Prayer at 17 Chatterton Crescent

For seasonal variations refer to the weekly Newsletter which is issued at both Sunday morning services.

Services at St Lawrence’sFrodingham

Sunday 8 am Eucharist

10.30am Parish Eucharist (3rd Sunday Informal Worship)

10.30am Sunday School in the Church Hall (on second and fourth Sundays)

6.30pm Evening Prayer(except third Sunday)

6.30pm Holy Communion (sung)(third Sunday of the month

only)

Monday-Saturday8 am Morning Prayer5 pm Evening Prayer Monday7 pm Informal Prayer Thursday9.30 am EucharistChurch of the Resurrection

Mirfield Road

Berkeley, Hilton Avenue,Lodge Moor and Skippingdale areas

9.30 am First Sunday of the monthMorning Worship led by

Congregation (not a Communion Service)

9.30 am Second Sunday of the monthService for People of All Ages(an informal service which

normally includes Holy Communion)

9.30 am Other SundaysParish Communion

Wednesday7 pm Holy Communion (said)

The All Age Service is particularly suitable for children, but on the other Sundays, we will try wherever possible to provide special activities for any children to attend.

St. BarnabasGunness with Burringham

11 am

Sung Eucharist each Sunday

Gunness Methodist Church

10:30 am

Service each Sunday

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Contact details forSt George’s Crosby

VicarRev Jonathan ThackerTelephone 843328e-mail: jon@han195.freeserve.co.uk

Parish Office(open Wed 9:30 am to 12 noon)Liz HansonTelephone 07923587023e-mail: lizhanson@hotmail.com

Church WardensMartyn WhitehouseTelephone 346457Mobile 07737582861email: martyn.whitehouse@gmail.com

Eva YoungTelephone 348438young_eva@hotmail.com

PCC SecretaryJennifer Comanjennifer.coman@btopenworld.com

Contact details for St Lawrence’s Frodingham

VicarRev Edward CoreTelephone 842726st.lawrence.frodingham@btinternet.com

Assistant CurateRev Graham ThornalleyTelephone 856401gthornalley@tiscali.co.uk

Parish Office (Tower Room of church)(open Tues 6-7:30 pm)Rachel Dixon

Church WardensJudith Barrow Clarice ColeyTelephone 358053 Telephone

865599

PCC SecretaryJulie DykeTelephone 869036juliedykeintheuk@f2s.com

www.stlawrences.com

Contact details for Church of the Resurrection

VicarRev David BeverleyTelephone 842196davejbev@aol.com

Parish Office n/a

Church WardensMary WestfieldTelephone 855505

Vacancy

PCC SecretaryPeggy BoweTelephone 347165

Contact details for St Barnabas

VicarRev David BeverleyTelephone 842196davejbev@aol.com

Parish Office n/a

Church WardensKathleen WallTelephone 782137

Jeff BarkerTelephone 782204

PCC SecretaryMargaret BarkerTelephone 782204

Contacts for Group Magazine articles

Rev David Beverley, Peggy Bowe, Jennifer Coman, Liz Hanson, and Tina Veall (tina@veall.net)

St George’s

Holy BaptismNovember 30th Jayden Charlie CARR

Niamh Sayannah BOTFIELDJack Michael MacDONALD

December 14th Jack Thomas David THORNHAM-ALLISONCharliee Patricia Mae THORNHAM-ALLISONHayley Evelyn MARSHALL

January 11th Ruben Thomas HOLMAN

FuneralsNovember 26th Eric HARRISON December 4th Charles WINFREY

18th Jennifer TIGHE January 3rd Agnes ROBINSON

4th Doreen HOPKINS 7th Mary CRYNE

St Lawrence’sHoly BaptismNovember 16th Philip James Rudkin Kane Jensen Rickell 23rd Keira Hoggarth Keeley Morris-Marshall 30th Jayden David Taylor December 14th Lily May Doncaster Leona-Marie Fitter 21st Harrison Lee Stow

WeddingsNovember 29th George Allen Williams to Charlotte Lian Plumtree December 20th Steven Herbert to Vicky Simmons

FuneralsNovember 18th Joyce Ball

24th Reginald Tindall25th Frances Anne Brennan25th Florence May Winney26th Janetta Hamilton Brooksbank 28th Allen Cottrell

December 11th Robert Guy Ian Thiederman20th Pauline Taylor 23rd George Cecil Walker

January 6th Jean Margaret Watson 9th Maud Gleadell13th Ann Bell16th Marjorie Sowerby

St Barnabas

Funerals Terry Hesseltine.Constance Coggan

Church of the Resurrection

Holy BaptismMitchell William PembletonToni WatkinsJesse Norcup

FuneralsMary Henderson.

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BISHOP’S LETTER FEBRUARY 2009

Back to the Future

Somehow our minds think about the past in terms of centuries, and the future in mere decades. I guess this is a kind of defence mechanism. The further back into the past we can push those events we would rather not remember, then the less we have to concern ourselves with them. After all, as L. P. Hartley put it, “the past is another country, they do things differently there”.

On the other hand, the demands of the present and immediate future are such that it is tempting not to take a long-term view of what lies ahead. A decade or two is about as much as we can handle, so that what is more urgent takes precedence over what is most important.

It is not difficult to find examples of this going on around us at the moment. Our Government’s chosen response to the global economic downturn is to borrow money which might see us through the immediate crisis, but it is money which the future will be required to repay.

Likewise, in spite of protests to the contrary, it is likely that many plans to develop alternative sources of renewable energy supplies will be put on hold until the economy takes a turn for the better. It is our children’s and grandchildren’s futures we are jeopardising when the urgent takes precedence over the important, and it is our short-sightedness in this respect which means that we may leave a toxic legacy for those who come after us.

I am writing this in January named after the two-faced Roman god Janus, who looked to the past and the future at the same time – and you are probably reading this in February which is the month in the Christian year which begins in Epiphany and ends in Lent thereby looking back to Christmas and forward to Eastertide. So it is a good time for Christians to be reflecting on how the past and future impact on our lives.

For example, one response to the present economic situation would be to decide that our immediate and short-term well-being and security requires us to cut back on our commitments to good causes, including our commitment to the ministry and mission of God’s Church. Yet how short-sighted is that! Few of us would want the long-term future of our Church to be put at risk, yet that could be the result of prioritising what is urgent and neglecting what is ultimately far more important.

These are tough times, and there may be tougher times ahead. But let us beware of mortgaging our future when the lessons of the past teach us that this is always long-term folly masquerading as short-term gain.

Frodingham VicarageFebruary 2009

Dear FriendsAs the Chairman of the Group Council may I

welcome you to the first edition of Group Live, the magazine of the North Scunthorpe Group Ministry. This new publication is a brave leap of faith by the parishes of Crosby, Berkeley, Frodingham, Gunness and Burringham and replaces our former parish magazines. On behalf of the Group Council, I would like to extend my thanks to the editorial team who have been working so hard to produce Group Live. I am excited by their plans for the future and have every confidence that it will go from strength to strength.

It is always interesting to consider where we feel we belong as Christians? I feel a very strong emotional connection to the parish church in the village where I was brought up and cannot always escape from the idea that this is my true spiritual home. I suppose most of us feel similar attachments to the churches that we may have attended all our lives. This local expression of the Church is important. This is our spiritual family where we find our place and, in worship, prayer and fellowship, where we encourage each other to grow in faith. As we face the prospect of a reduction in the numbers of clergy across the Group it is important that we view the local church in a different way. We need to see it in wider prospect because, inevitably, the reduction in the numbers of clergy will affect all the parishes in the Group and how their ministry is exercised. Our sense of our spiritual family will need to widen. It is our confident hope that Group Live will help us do this.

Of course, the Church is more than its local expression. As Anglicans we believe that we are part of the Church catholic, the Church universal. We are part of a spiritual family whose arms stretch around the world and which embraces Christians of many different traditions. As we try to evoke a wider vision of our place in the local church we do well, I think, to remember that we are also ‘catholic’ Christians and part of something much wider.

In one of St Paul’s letters we hear that the Christians in Corinth were divided because their sense of where they belonged had become distorted. People, perhaps not surprisingly because it is a very human tendency, were identifying rather too much with particular leaders, some with Paul, some with Cephas, some with Apollos. Paul admonishes them and reminds them that they actually belong to Christ crucified in whom they were baptised. (I Cor 1.10-17) As we consider where we feel we belong as Christians we too must heed Paul’s teaching; ultimately we belong only to Christ.

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Shrove Tuesday SocialSt. Lawrence’s church hall on 24th February. All are welcome to share an enjoyable evening for members of all the group churches.

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Hi, I’m Judith and these are my jottings for our Floral Group. We are an upstanding, serious group with a vast knowledge of flower arranging!! Well now, that’s out of the way, what we are really is a group of friendly, fun people with an interest and love of flowers and foliage who meet monthly (the 4th Monday in each month)

Our meetings cover practice evenings, demonstrations, garden visits, the odd meal or so, gaining hints and tips along the way, plus fellowship and friends always happy to help, so come along to one of our meetings and see for yourselves, and, we have a man in our group so all you men don’t be put off having a go!

Our February meeting will be in church trying out our new pedestals, just foliage as long as possible please but no flowers needed.

I cannot close without mentioning our last meeting of 2008, our Christmas dinner. The Golf Club always make us so welcome, the meal delicious and our own light entertainment plus lots of laughs. A truly special evening.

Well that’s it for this month folks. 2009 is here, we’re ready…. Are you? Judith

St Lawrence's Everywoman Group

As our title suggests we welcome anyone who fits that description on the third Tuesday in every month, in the committee room of the Church Hall, at 7-30 PM.

Our leader is Chris Balderson and we all enjoy a very varied programme, including evenings with religious connections, social events, outings in the summer time, speakers on many subjects, and charity fund raising, especially for our Church charity of the year.

We pay a yearly subscription, plus a monthly donation for refreshments. We aim to be a very friendly group, and always have room for new members to join us.

Our last meeting, in December, was a very enjoyable dinner at the Golf Club, where we are always made very welcome, and who put on a splendid meal for us. We usually make our own entertainment, organised very ably by our Floral Group Committee who invite us every year to join them at their annual event, and we thank them for welcoming us again this year. An excellent night was enjoyed by all, and the laughter was heard ringing out across the golf course.

Our next meeting is a week later than usual, January 27th, when we will have a talk entitled “My Life with Olive”.

We wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you all at our next meeting.

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Focus on the essential - some thoughts for Lent

I once knew a university student who decided to give up church for Lent! I suppose this could be a bit of a variation on the pupils who would like to give up maths, literacy or even school itself for the season of Lent. These light-hearted stories do, however, raise the serious question of what we are doing when we give up things for Lent.

It is so easy for this act to draw attention to ourselves like a heavy drinking friend of mine, who in fact, became the centre of attraction by abstaining from alcohol in Lent! This was not the intention, but it was the result. This is perhaps why Jesus warns against allowing our fasting to be public knowledge. It is easy too for us on one hand to set ourselves little more than an endurance feat, or on the other to choose something not too onerous, to do something we intended to do anyway, or something we want to do for another purpose, e.g. giving up chocolate to help our slimming programme!

It is to avoid these pitfalls that some suggest it is better to do something extra at this time. While avoiding a negative outlook, these additional things can also be superficial, part of a different agenda and indeed again lead to self aggrandisement. If we are giving things up or doing extra, we should be aware of the pitfalls and also be prepared to ask why we should give up our Lenten practice at Easter!

It seems to me this discussion so far has failed to address the central question, and this happens so frequently. We need to ask the first question which is: why fast or do something extra in the first place? If we can answer this, the rest tends to fall into place.

I was helped in this by a Taizé brother who explained fasting as focusing on what is essential. If we do without luxuries or other things, it is really to help us appreciate what is essential. The time of Lent is for us, as the forty days in the wilderness were for Jesus, a time to focus our lives, to confront our blockages and temptations, to define our priorities and to reflect on faith and ministry. This is important to us as individuals and to the churches within our group. This should be our focus and objective, and what we give up or do extra should be seen not as an end in itself but as a way of contributing to discovering the essential.

A final thought, the student who initially in a light hearted moment gave up church for Lent, said doing it deepened his understanding and appreciation of the church. Here we see the focus being sharpened. To do this should be at the heart of whatever we choose to do this Lent. Let us use this season as an opportunity to focus on what is truly essential in our lives: faith, church and world…..and feel free to use whatever methods that help us in this important quest.

David Beverley

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‘Indifference’

When Jesus came to Birmingham they simply passed him by.

They never hurt a hair of him they simply let him die.

For men had grown more tenderand they would not give him pain.

They only just passed down the street and left him in the rain.

Still Jesus cried, ‘Forgive them, for they know not what they do.’

And still it rained the wintry rain that drenched him through and through.

The crowds went home and left the streetswithout a soul to see.

And Jesus crouched against a wall and cried for Calvary.

Studdart Kennedy

Gunness & Burringham Parish News.

As we begin this new venture of a Group Magazine, we express our profound gratitude to Mick and Liz Jones who over the years have so quietly and effectively produced our magazine. Its quality was a tribute to them and I would like to personally thank them for their understanding when I sent material late or in the wrong format! A big thank-you too goes to Joyce Drakes for her diligence as our reporter. She feels now the time has come to put her pencil down, and we are so grateful for her work. I would wish her a well-earned rest, but I think we all know Joyce well enough to know she will still keep herself busy with all the other things she does! Thank-you Joyce, Liz and Mick.

The new magazine will have plenty of space for Gunness and Burringham News, but we can only publish it if you send it in. For the time being, please send your news to David or tell him about it, and if anyone fancies being a village news hound please let David know!

Gunness and Burringham School.

Readers of the magazine in Scunthorpe maynot be awareof our veryspecial ChurchSchool. It issmall and simply feels like a big family. The achievements of the pupils are excellent, but most important it is a loving happy community of which we are so proud.

At Christmas there was a most successful Christmas Fair at the School run by the friends of the School. The Christmas production was first rate with all the children involved, the younger children in telling the story of “Silent Night”, and the older pupils giving a stunning performance in music and dance of the Russian legend of Babouska.

The high standard of music and dance was simply the excellent level we have now come to expect! Well done and thank-you to the pupils and staff. The school choir sang at the residential homes and at other venues in this period. To end the term, we shared a Christingle in Church which was filled to standing room only with pupils, their families and members of the community. This was a happy and moving preparation for Christmas and the school holiday.

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Forthcoming EventsSt. Georges:

5th, 6th & 7th February - Knights of St George Pantomime, Aladdin, at Foxhills Technology College.

7th March, 7.30pm - QUIZ NIGHT IN THE GREESON HALL Cost £3 which includes a buffet supper. Quiz Teams of 4 which can be made up on the night.

St. Lawrence’s:

4th February, 2pm – Mothers Union.

17th February 7.30pm – Everywoman

18th February, 12.30 - Lunch Club.

18th February, 6.30pm – Beetle Drive in the church hall. Adults 50p children 30p

23rd February, 7.30pm – Floral Group

24TH February, - Shrove Tuesday Social in the church hall

Church of the Resurrection:

20th February, 7.30pm - Church of the Resurrection Scunthorpe Male Voice Choir. Tel: 842196 for tickets.

Look out next month for details of talk and slide show by John Foreman on Steam Engines; followed by handbell ringing.

The last date or articles to be included in the group magazine is Sunday, 8th February. Please ensure any articles to be included in the next magazine are handed in / forwarded to your group contact by this date. Thank you.

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Gunness

December 7th was a sad day for the church, as at our morning Eucharist we formally closed the Mothers’ Union Branch. Clearly this was a time of regret and sadness especially for those who had been members over many years.

It was also a time of celebration, an occasion to celebrate over 80 years of service to the church and the village. It was an opportunity to recall all those happy times that the members had spent together and fondly to remember those who are no longer with us. We recalled the links with overseas branches, and saluted the service given by the organisation. There were memories of Diocesan events and the many times members had met for prayer and fellowship together at their meetings.

Ethel Oldridge spoke movingly about the branch at the service. At the end Rhonda Chapman carried the banner as she so often had, and placed in the position where it is now laid up in church. This was a cause for sorrow, yet there was so much for which to be thankful

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everyone reading these notes a very happy, healthy and blessed new year.

The first meeting of 2009 will be on 4th February. This will be our annual A.G.M. followed by a quiz and a discussion on future fund-raising ideas, tea & chat.

March 4th – we have invited Graham Thornalley, our curate, to talk to us; we have left the choice of subject to him. Mothering Sunday is 22nd March and M.U. Headquarters have again made this their main focus on fundraising. I would like to raise enough to purchase a bicycle for an aid worker in Africa (£100). ‘Bring & Buy soup event’. Could you please make some soup to sell at our March meeting, present it in portions, labelled to sell at £1. (Use a jar or plastic bottle). Please think about more fund-raising ideas.

Hostesses for March are: Iris Briggs, Trish Campagna and Pat Cole.

If you are reading our Mothers’ Union notes for the first time and would like to join us just come along; you will be most welcome either as a member or just a visitor. First Wednesday of the month at 2pm. (finish about 3.45pm)

Pat Marshall

New Year Challenge:

Mother Teresa asked us to be “The living expression of God’s kindness – kindness in your face, kindness in your smile, kindness in your greeting. Let no-one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

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However there is something else important to remember. The values and the good things the Mothers’ Union achieved live on. They live on in the members who continue to be concerned about family life, and they live on in the people brought up and nurtured over the years by members and friends of the branch. The Branch my have gone, but its spirit lives on in the life of the church, village and in many individuals and families.

The closure of the branch marks the end of our chapter in our Church’s history, but we give our thanks for the organization, and honour the love, devotion and care of all who served it so faithfully.

SCUNTHORPE TREFOIL GUILD

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We hold most of our meetings in the Committee Room attached to St Lawrence’s Church Hall and meet every alternate month starting in January. For further details contact Helga Bennett on telephone 868297 or speak to Chris Balderson at St Lawrence’s or Jennifer Coman at St George’s.

THANK YOU’S…

A Letter of Appreciation from Gunness Methodist Church

Thanks are expressed to Mr and Mrs Colin Smith and family for decorating the Chapel for Christmas and for providing the lights etc.

Thank-you too to Mrs Valerie Threadgold for kindly donating and delivering the lovely Christmas tree.

A Happy New Year to all.

S M Ward.

The editorial team would like to express their thanks to Will Harrison for taking time out to attend our meeting and advising us on editorial techniques and giving us some useful advice, hints & tips.

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Article from the October 2001 edition of the Crosby Parish Magazine

On Sunday, 2 September at 6:30 pm a service of inauguration of the Group Ministry was held at St Barnabas, Gunness. The service officially commissioned the North Scunthorpe Parishes of Crosby, Berkeley, Frodingham and Gunness with Burringham as a group ministry.

The Right Rev David Rossdale, Bishop of Grimsby, gave the address, during which he stressed the need for the North Scunthorpe Group of Parishes to be forward looking and also the need to become a church that is relevant to modern society and the community it serves, rather than dwelling on the past and trying to be the church that our ancestors were familiar with.

Following the address, he then commissioned the North Scunthorpe Group of Parishes. Representatives of the churches of St Michael’s, St George’s, St Lawrence’s, St Barnabas, and the Church of the Resurrection then signed copies of a commemorative declaration which will be kept in each of the churches.

The group ministry will hopefully allow us to work more closely with our neighbouring parishes and to achieve things together as a group that we are unable to achieve working by ourselves.

Gary Clark, Church Warden

St. Lawrence’s Girls Friendly Society

Girls from 7 upwards are welcome to join (NO WAITING LIST). We meet in Frodingham Parish Hall on Wednesday evenings from 6pm to 7.15pm

We have lots of fun and activities - Crafts, Cooking, Games, swimming in the summer etc.

For further details contact Jane on 01724 843948.

"Declaration of Commitment to the shared life and mission of the Group" which was signed at St Barnabas Gunness by representatives from all the churches on 2nd September 2001.

"We, the undersigned being the clergy and representatives of the churches within the North Scunthorpe Group of Parishes, celebrate the creation of the Group and give thanks for the distinctive contributions our parishes have brought to the life of the Church in our area.

We pledge ourselves to share this heritage for our mutual benefit, and to explore ways of co-operating effectively in the work of the Gospel in a changing situation.

We commit ourselves to discerning the needs of our various communities, and to working together to meet those needs.

We will work for justice, for peace and for the fullness of life for all.

We will endeavour to exercise prudent stewardship in a common ministry to enable us, responding to Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit, to shine as a light in the world and to live and work to God's praise and glory."

The Youth Group is for young people who are Year 7 or older. It is a church supported group but is open to all young people whether they are associated with a church or not. All members are encouraged to bring their friends to share in the activities. The group meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, usually in St. Lawrence's Church Hall, from 7p.m. to 9p.m. For more information please contact Group leader Kevin Dyke on (01724) 869036 or see St. Lawrence's Church website.

Kevin Dyke

St. Lawrence’s Mothers’ Union Meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month at

2pm in Frodingham Church Hall. The meeting lasts about 1½ hours. We try to have a very varied programme encompassing our faith and other interesting topics relevant to our members and life around us. Friendship and fun also rate very highly.

The afternoon culminates with a cup of tea and lots of chat.

Any new members would be most welcome. Contact Pat Marshal on 01724 347286.

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St. Lawrence’s Lunch club is every 3rd

Wednesday of the month, at 12.30pm in the parish hall. Contact Joyce Blacker on 857125 for more details.

St. Lawrence's Youth Group

The Knights of St George

organise an annual pantomime and would welcome new members from any of the Group Churches. All ages are welcome and there is a junior section which runs throughout the year. If anyone is interested please contact either Martyn Whitehouse – telephone 346457 – email martyn.whitehouse@gmail.com or Barbara Scott – telephone 348327.

Street Pastors Scunthorpe

Just keeping everyone who has shown an interest in the Street Pastors Initiativein Scunthorpe up to date on what is happening. The date is set for the Launch of the concept, which will be on Thursday evening, 22nd January 2009. The Launch is intended to be the time when the initiative is given its first real public boost; the Urban Trinity from Lincoln will be coming up to assist in our Launch – that is Lincoln’s head of Street Pastors, their Evening Economy Manager, and their Police Inspector. We will be sending out more details nearer the time, and you should see details in the local Press also.

Training will begin on Saturday 14th February, the first module being led by the Ascension Trust.

We now have a Management Team and intend that before the Launch we will have some kind of Constitution and a bank account so that anyone who is interested in fund raising will have a specific account to fund raise for.

If you know of others who would appreciate being included in an email mailing list regarding Street Pastors in Scunthorpe, please let me know.

Best wishes, Bryan Webster

Becoming a Fairtrade Church

In February 2006, St George’s PCC Secretary received a letter from Terry Miller, Lincolnshire Churches Trade Justice Group, asking if St George’s would be interested in becoming a Fairtrade Church.

To become a Fairtrade Church we had to pledge to:

1. Use Fairtrade tea and coffee for all meetings for which we have responsibility.2. Move forward on using other Fairtrade products such as biscuits, sugar and fruit.3. Promote the FAIRTRADE Mark at events during Fairtrade Fortnight – and through other activities whenever possible.

The PCC agreed to go ahead with this application and we are now one of more than 4,500 churches that have met the goals to become a Fairtrade Church.

In 2009 Fairtrade Fortnight takes place between 23rd February and 8th March and we are organising a Fairtrade Lunch with a Welsh theme on Sunday, 1 March 2009 at 12 noon, after the 10:30 a.m. Parish Eucharist. St George’s would like to extend a warm welcome to anyone who would like to join us for this. If you are interested, please book a place before Wednesday, 25 February, by contacting the Parish Clerk, Liz Hanson. Contact details are on page 2 of the magazine.

Jennifer Coman

Explorer Scouts meet every Monday in the committee room at Frodingham church hall at 7pm. Contact Marion Carrington on 01724 850951

Brownies meet every Thursday in Frodingham church hall at 5.45pm. Contact Heather Verran on 01724 734363

Guides meet every Thursday in Frodingham church hall at 7.15pm. Contact Sara Francis on 01724 336935

New Age KurlingAnyone who remembers the Winter Olympics a

few years ago will recall the surge of delight when the British women (OK the Scottish ladies) won the gold medal for kurling.

It may not be as tense or spine-tingling, but new age kurling at the Berkeley Parish Church hall is a lot more fun and at times even exciting as the Blue team edges ahead of the Reds, or vice-versa.

There’s no ice, of course, and no frantic brushing in front of the stones which are mounted on three large ball-bearings and are propelled along a wooden floor onto a square mat marked out with rings. The bulls-eye is worth 10 points and the surrounding rings four down to two. And if you just manage to reach the mat, you still get one point.

New age kurling is a joint enterprise between the Church of the Resurrection and Lincolnshire House but anyone may take part; two regulars are from St Lawrence’s. The charge of only £1 includes a cup of coffee or tea and biscuits. The sessions are held on alternate Mondays at 7.15pm. The next is on February 2.

QUIZ NIGHTIN THE GREESON HALL

SATURDAY 7th MARCH 2009

COMMENCING AT 7:30 pm

Cost £3 which includes a buffet supper

Quiz Teams of 4 which can be made up on the

night

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Beetle DriveWednesday, 18th February

6.30pm in Frodingham church hall.

Everyone Welcome!

Refreshments will also be served.

Adults 50p, children 30p

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Samaritans is a national charity and the co-ordinating body for 201 Samaritans branches in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, each of which is an independent charitable organisation. This includes 2 “non-brick” branches (Festival and Correspondence). The branches are organised and work together in 13 geographic regions to offer emotional support to callers.

Samaritans provides completely confidential emotional support 24 hours a day by telephone, face to face visits, email, and letter, through its branch network – support that includes outreach activity at festivals and outside our centres in prisons, hospitals, schools, the workplace and with homeless people. Our purpose is to:

• enable persons who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those who may be at risk of suicide, to receive confidential emotional support at any time of the day or night from appropriately trained Samaritans in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide; and

• promote a better understanding in society of suicide, suicidal behavior and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide or impaired emotional health.

Most of the contacts to Samaritans are currently by telephone (96% of all contacts), which are at their peak between 9pm-2am. People contact Samaritans about a wide range of issues including depression, relationship and family issues, loneliness, physical and mental health issues, alcohol, drugs, self-harm, debt, illness and exam pressures as well as suicidal thoughts and feelings.

Information taken from www.samaritans.org

In their letter of acknowledgement the Treasurer pointed out that last year they took over 25,000 calls at Scunthorpe, a large proportion of which were from people who were in such distress that they were actively considering suicide. Our donation has helped to reduce their time spent fundraising. Each individual branch is required to be financially self supporting and Samaritans of Scunthorpe & District have to raise approximately £1,000 a month in order to keep functioning effectively.

Robyn ClarkPress Officer

Samaritans, The Upper Mill, Kingston Road, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 2AF +44 (0) 20 8394 8348 (direct line) or 8300 (main switchboard)

www.samaritans.org

Take part in Stress Down Day 6 February 2009

St George’s, Crosby has a Samaritan in the congregation and has decided to support our local branch of the Samaritans by including them in our Mission Giving for 2008 and we have therefore donated £413:80 to them.

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A Message from the Clergy of Gunness and Burringham.

Better together?

One of the joys of church life in Gunness and Burringham is the closeness of members of St Barnabas and the Methodist Chapel to one another. The functions and fundraising of each church are enthusiastically supported by members of the other, joint services and joint projects such as the Christian Aid Collection are also well supported, and above all this fellowship is underpinned by bonds of strong personal friendship. This unity among us is a great blessing.

We are all aware that we are living in a rapidly changing world and this is having an impact on our churches. We are both conscious of the fragility of our church life and increasingly recognise how much we need each other for our future development. Members of both churches have wondered if there are things we could do better together rather than separately. There have been questions as to whether we could avoid duplication or better use the stretched resources of both churches if we worked more closely together.

Last year the Methodist Church Council formally asked the Church Council of St Barnabas if we might explore the possibilities of a greater sharing of our lives, and in turn the St Barnabas’ PCC agreed to give this serious consideration.

The two clergy met and expressed their strong support of this process, and it was agreed as a first step to have a joint open meeting to consider ways we could work more effectively together. This will be on Monday, February 23rd at 7.30pm in the Methodist Church and will be led by Chris Lilley, the vicar of Scawby. Chris has a wide and long experience in helping congregations discover a shared vision of life and ministry, and we are grateful that he is willing to help us in this way.

Both churches are aware of how their members value their individual traditions of faith and worship, and are conscious of their distinctive history and particular contributions to village life. It is recognised that any proposals for a closer relationship will value and honour the diversity of our distinctive contributions to church life as well as the things we have in common.

This meeting arises from a conviction that there are ways that together we can better serve the community we love and the Gospel we proclaim. It represents the beginning of the process of discovering how in faith and love we can draw closer together in our work and life. Nothing is decided, nothing is proposed at this stage, there is simply an invitation to come together and to consider possibilities for enriching our Christian life, mission and ministry.

Brian BaileyDavid Beverley

Cursillo is a movement of the Church providing a method by which Christians are empowered to grow through prayer, study and action, and are enabled to share God’s love with everyone. For more information contact Cliff Barnard, Scunthorpe & District Convener – telephone 852256 - email acabarnard@tiscali.co.uk.

Several members of St George’s congregation have attended Cursillo week-ends and hold regular group meetings. If you would like to know more, Janice and Barclay Brader would be pleased to give you further information or come to give a talk to any of the Group Churches- telephone 348595 – email barclay.brader@ntlworld.com.

The first article for 2009.A Happy New Year to all the readers and particularly to the new readers, I hope you enjoy the contents of this column.

As I am preparing this article in the first weeks of January, it is cold with frost and grey skies. What a depressing time of the year, on the other hand the days are getting longer and on the odd occasion when the sun honours us with it’s presence you can notice that the garden is waking up. The Witch Hazel is just showing the yellow ragged flowers and the Mahonia with the bracts of yellow flowers that have the lovely scent of Lilly of the Valley Shoots are appearing on the Hellebores for flowers in late February.

The dark evergreen of the Virbinium Tinus shows off the pink budded white clusters of flowers all winter. I have Violas in the borders and the planters bringing a bright show of colours at this drab time of the year, The Clematis Speckles has fresh looking green leaves and soon buds will appear as it flowers early in the year. Another evergreen Clematis is Early Sensation with dark evergreen leaves like curly parsley and flowers at apple blossom time. Crocuses are above ground and the Snowdrops, Aconites to follow.

Yes, there is much to see in the garden if you can be encouraged to go out and look around and it lifts your spirits and prompts you to think of the seasons ahead.

Firstly the sowing of the perennial seeds in February followed by the seeds of the bedding plants.

The extra light and warmth is essential for their growth. Buddleias should be pruned early March. Cut back the stems to two buds to encourage vigorous growth. If the bush is old cut back progressively over three years. If you are severe with pruning, you could damage the bush. What would the Butterflies’ do then?

Look forward to your gardening.

Water conservation tips:

When you run the tap for hot water a great amount of cold water is wasted, in my case two litres. Why not save the two litre size, milk containers fill them and use the water for rinsing etc.

A small brick in the toilet cistern saves water and it will still flush well.

Who fills the kettle full for one cup of coffee? Adopt a system of counting when you fill the kettle. For example five for one cup, eight for two mugs, eleven for a teapot to give two cups and a refill. It really works and saves water and electricity.

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As most readers will be aware we at St George’s are looking at ways in which we can both develop the church in Crosby and also bring much needed resources and facilities to a diverse but in many respects deprived area.

The present St. George’s was built in the mid 1920s and like most human beings also created at that time, is beginning to show its age. Indeed the building is in poor repair, but because it is not an historic building getting grants to repair it is next to impossible. So the Parochial Church Council is examining other possibilities. We have been able to get a grant from the Church Urban Fund which has helped us employ Ann Hindley to prepare a feasibility study. This is now well under way and as part of the process we are looking at what other churches have done in similar circumstances.

And so it came about that on a very cold Saturday in January a group from St George’s under Ann’s supervision ventured to darkest West Yorkshire to look at a new development at Cottingley on the outskirts of Bradford. The Cottingley Cornerstone, as it is known, opened in the autumn of last year and replaces a church built in the 1970s with attendant Church Hall and Vicarage and a variety of buildings owned by Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council.

Part of the site was sold to a developer who has erected 53 dwellings, mostly two bedroom houses and apartments. The sale of the land provided the seed capital for the rest of the project with the bulk of the project funding coming from a variety of public and charitable sources.

After six years in the planning and building, the Cornerstone is now able to offer to the community of Cottingley an up-to-date Community Centre, Church, Surgery, Offices and Child Centre which, because the site is slightly elevated, dominates the whole of Cottingley.

We were met by the admirably open and enthusiastic Zoe Marston, the Centre Manager, who over the space of three hours gave us a guided tour after she firstserved us with home-made vegetable soup. We saw everything from the large hall down to the inside of storage cupboards, were able to test out the seating arrangements in the computer suite, ride up and down in the lift and admire the new church.

For me the church was the highlight of the development. Shaped like a spinning top, it is a light, airy space with modern, coloured glass windows, the colours of which are reflected in the furnishings - a place which calls to worship. But the church also reflected what to my mind is the great defect of the whole development. The architect has chosen to align the buildings with the outline of the oval site so that square or rectangular rooms are very few indeed. Some rooms are downright quirky, for instance an L-shaped drama room which is echoed by a very impractical L-shaped kitchen.

Our visit gave us much to think about; good ideas and things to beware of. All of us I am sure wish the Cottingley Cornerstone every success in these difficult times and would wish to thank Zoe for the time she devoted to us.

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By Jonathan Thacker Gardening Column by Ron Simpson