Heart eat

Holy Ascension Church and Community Magazine August 2017

End of Term Messy Church Party at Upton Community Hall

Sometimes we hear news which is

so intense that the moment stays

with us. Do you remember where

you were in 1977 the day that Elvis

died, or 20 years ago the night that

Diana was killed?

These figures both had a powerful

transforming effect on the people

around them, and still engender

passion and a following. Their love

of life and conviction of purpose

gave them an aura that seems to

permeate beyond death.

If you are lucky enough to witness

someone's 'glow' and zest for life,

it can be an overwhelming and

wonderful sight.

Imagine then, witnessing the

transfiguration of Jesus on Mount

Tabor, his face shining like the sun,

and his garments dazzling white.

What a privilege that must have

been!

Few of us can hope to achieve this

kind of transformation but as we

enter the glorious month of August

and contemplate the motion into

autumn, let’s celebrate endings

and be glad of new beginnings.

As Clare Newbould prepares to go

freelance and William steps down

from the Editorial Team, we thank

them for their contributions to HA

and wish them luck for the future.

Welcome to Heartbeat… at…

The Church’s logo was designed for

the 160th anniversary of the Church in

2014. It illustrates the church’s

commitment to be at the heart of the

whole community of Upton by

Chester. The name for the magazine,

Heartbeat, reflects that commitment.

Editorial Team

Sharon Forsdyke - Editor Margaret Adams Colin Attwood Sue Burgess Ali Ireland Dave O’Brien

Copy for the magazine is always

welcome. Contributions for the

September issue should be

received by 12 August via the

Parish Office or email

heartbeat@holyascension.org.uk

Hello,

Welcome to the month of August.

One of the places I love going to on

a Monday is the Pavilion in Upton.

If you have never been, then you

have missed a treat. You will be

welcomed by Darren or Peter, the

managers, who have brought the

place to life.

Monday morning is coffee morning

run by the Churches Together in

Upton. Margaret and Lesley are

two ladies who will give you a

warm welcome and serve you with

tea or coffee and biscuits. It’s a

place where folks come and catch

up with each other.

I’ve been made so welcome and

even played my guitar there at

Christmas and Easter. Here are

some snaps I took last time I was

there of folks chatting and even

playing dominoes.

One lady plays and even does the

crossword at the same time. I love

listening to what folks have been

up to and how life is treating them.

Can I encourage you to give coffee

morning a visit and maybe meet

some new friends?

We are so lucky to have a place like

the Pavilion in Upton. Hope to see

you there one Monday.

Every Blessing,

Dave O’Brien (Curate)

Out and About

The summer has traditionally been

the time when many people

(especially those with children)

take time off from their busy lives

for a week or two and use the time

to recharge rundown batteries.

It seems that as a society we are

getting busier and busier, with

people having little, to no time to

draw breath and take in what's

happening around them in the

hectic pace of life.

I was reading a story in a magazine

which made me think about my

busyness.

At a metro station in Washington

DC, on a cold January morning, a

man started to play the violin. He

played six Bach pieces for about 45

minutes. During the rush hour

thousands of people went through

the station.

After three minutes a middle-aged

man stopped for a few seconds,

then hurried on. A minute later,

the violinist received his first dollar

tip tossed into the box by a woman

who didn't slow down.

A few moments later someone

leant against the wall to listen, but

after looking at his watch began to

walk quickly on his way.

The one who paid most attention

was a three year old boy. His

mother hurried him along but the

child stopped in front of the

violinist. Reluctantly, the boy was

dragged away looking back all the

time.

During the 45 minutes that the

musician played, only six people

stopped and stayed for a while. He

collected $32.

When he finished playing, silence

took over. No one applauded him

or showed any sign of recognition.

The violinist was Joshua Bell, one

of the world's finest musicians. He

had played some of the most

intricate pieces ever written, with a

violin worth $3.5 million.

The event was organised by The

Washington Post as part of a social

experiment about perception and

priorities of people.

Letter from Paul

I guess that I'm not the only one

who, in our frenetic multi-tasking

world, needs to stop, to look and

to listen, if we are to hear the

beautiful music all around each

one of us. What a gift!

I hope that you enjoy the summer

and manage to take some time

out. Paul

After four years at Holy Ascension

Clare is going freelance.

In her role, she has set up music

sessions for babies and tots,

created the Junior Choir and Upton

Community Choir, led the worship

at Sunday Services and contributed

to Messy Church. She has also

been responsible for the summer

Holiday Clubs at Church.

Dave O’Brien takes over Musical

Tots at Holy Ascension. Clare will

continue with Tots at Dale barracks

and Upton Community Choir. Colin

Attwood will play at the Sunday

10.45 Service. We wish Clare all

the best for the future.

Upton Horticultural Society

71st Annual Summer Show

Upton Village Hall

Saturday 19th August

At 2.15pm

Vegetables, fruit, plants and

flowers, preserves

Admission free

Refreshments available

If you would like to enter the show, please submit your entry

form by Wednesday 16th August

For more information contact

Pete Carman on 01244 379976

Clare with her ‘Especially for you’ Rose

Thank you Clare

From the Parish Registers

Weddings

24th June

Hayley Pinches

& Michael Dennan

We have come to the end of our

A.C.F. 2016/2017 programme and

can look back at the highs and lows

of the last twelve months.

Three long serving A.C.F. members

have died in the last few months;

Walter Boardman, Mervyn Bowley

and Geoffrey Townsend. They will

be sadly missed at our meetings.

We have had a very varied

programme and been blessed with

some excellent speakers.

David Fryer gave the talk at our

September meeting about the

work of the charity ‘Mercy Ships.’

Mercy Ships is an international

Christian charity using hospital

ships partnering with land based

programmes to deliver health care

at no charge to the world’s

forgotten poor. Thanks to

donations given on the night and

A.C.F. fund’s donation we were

delighted to give ‘Mercy Ships’

£100.

In October Meg Parkes gave us a

very moving talk about life in

P.O.W. camps in the Far East.

The history and development of

Roberts Bakery at Northwich was a

total contrast in November and

made us realise what is involved in

producing the lowly loaf. Our

speaker, Keith Birkett asked for a

donation to St. Luke’s Cheshire

Hospice and we raised £55 with a

raffle.

We held a Carol Service in Church

in December and were delighted to

be joined by many members of the

Church congregation and enjoyed

mulled wine and mince pies in the

transept after the service. The

collection at the service raised

£225 for the Babygrow Appeal.

Professor Graeme White returned

to give an excellent talk in January

about ‘Cheshire’s Own Magna

Carta’ and in February Rodger

Burgess, fascinated us with

‘Liverpool, City of Culture and

History.’

David Maidment’s talk about the

Charity ‘Railway Children,’ which

he founded 20 years ago, gave a

history of how it was conceived.

Association of Church Fellowship 2016/2017

We were delighted to give him

£105 donated by the audience.

April found us in Church joining the

Monday Holy Week Service and

then enjoying a Ploughman’s

supper in the Kempe room with

nearly 50 people. The evening

reflected virtually all the principles

of the A.C.F.- Fellowship, Worship,

Service, Study and Giving.

We were treated to the ‘Life and

Times of a Busker’ by Eric Newton

in May. It was an amazing story of

his life with its highs and lows. He

had attended The Royal Northern

School of Music and played his

clarinet during his talk and while

we had our tea and biscuits. It was

a wonderful evening full of music,

laughter and almost tears at times.

On a very hot sunny day in June

about 25 members met at Gordale

Garden Centre for an excellent talk

by Robert Warden about the

history and development of

Gordale over 6

9 years. He talked about many of

the plants and especially those

which attract bees and butterflies.

Upton will certainly be attracting

swarms of bees and butterflies if

we follow his advice! We retired to

the café after the talk to enjoy tea

and cakes.

Last October some members

attended the A.C.F. Diocesan

Fellowship Day at Delamere which

was led by Revd. Tricia Schuler and

in May the Annual Diocesan A.C.F.

Service was held at Christ Church

in Barnton.

In June each year the committee

have the pleasant task of deciding

how much money can be donated

to a charity. This year we chose

two charities which are very close

to the hearts of our members, The

Dystonia Society and Fibromyalgia

Action UK. We were able to donate

£150 to both of these charities.

We look forward to starting our

2017/2018 programme on the 18th

September with a talk by Norma

Walmsley on ‘The King and I.’

Do come along and join us in

Upton Community Hall at 7.30pm

on the third Monday of each

month, where you are assured of a

warm welcome.

Margaret Brizell

Will and I had the privilege of

becoming Rev Paul’s first wedding

at Holy Ascension! We’re not from

the parish (although we are local),

but we were made to feel very

welcome whenever we’ve been to

church here, and in the run up to

the wedding.

It was so important to me that we

were married in this church,

because many of my family are

from Upton. My parents married

here in 1975 and my sister and I

were christened here and my

grandparents lived by the zoo! It

was so lovely to bring my family

(old and new!) together in a place

that’s seen so many of our family

events, and to visit the old haunts

while they were here.

I want to take the opportunity to

thank everyone at Holy Ascension

for their help in the run up to the

wedding, and especially to Paul

and Dave, and to Clare for such a

brilliant rendition of the theme

tune from The Archers when we

left! You let us into your church

family, helped us out, and let us be

ourselves, and for that we will

forever be thankful.

Kathryn Yelland-Chiswick

Kathryn Yelland and William Chiswick’s

Wedding - Saturday 29th April 2017

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Thank you to Graham Barley for creating this cryptic crossword for us.

Answers next month.

August Crossword

Crossword

ACROSS

1. Become dim after turning deaf (4)

3. Migratory birds seen on wall with

sows outside (8)

9. Nice gal unusually cherub-like (7)

10. Shiny material that stood out?

On the contrary! (5)

11. Alert to change but not yet (5)

12. Initially, every Xmas our turkey is chewy –

remarkably strange! (6)

14. Holiest Mike to develop Marilyn Monroe

film (4,4,2,3)

17. Squirm when he follows court order (6)

19. Wild west city to avoid? (5)

22. Expertise kills unfortunately (5)

23. Gin seen to be drunk on locomotives (7)

24. Feeling bashful - as a lamb? (8)

25. Changed hair colour having passed away in

audience (4)

DOWN

1. Unafraid far less around

start of Easter (8)

2. Figure it could be one’s

finger (5)

4. Those behind the stumps

preparing epic week’s

trek (6,7)

5. Capture young girl with

love (5)

6. Bird brought to Chris,

possibly (7)

7. Some transgressions in

society (4)

8. All for becoming flowery (6)

13. Emphasised being

tense (8)

15. Spread you either love or

hate! (7)

16. Rainbow colour of some

kind, I got (7)

18. Bulb that could be

lit up (5)

20. Old comic is a swell (5)

21. Hornets, losing head, turn

into snakes (4)

Answers To July Crossword

ACROSS: 1. Locked 4. Tigers

7. Monk 8. Tenerife 9. Benidorm

13. Pew 16. Les Miserables 17. Dud

19. Analysed 24. Election 25. Stable

27. Nimrod

DOWN: 1. Lamp 2. Confessed

3. Dated 4. Tenor 5. Garb 6. Rifle

10. Ibiza 11. Omega 12. Meaty

13. Polyester 14. Wise 15. Bled

18. Unlit 20. Naïve 21. Linen

22. Scab 23. Shed

An emerging picture is that Christians

cannot live in refugee camps for the

internally displaced in Iraq or Syria

for fear of their lives. Little or no

government aid reaches them

because government aid is

channelled in large sums through the

UN or large agencies, who only have

means to deliver aid in large sums to

camps.

For similar reasons Christians often

can't even try to get visas to escape.

In this picture other minorities are

also suffering in these societies, such

as Yazidis and other people of

minority religions, LGBT people, the

handicapped and disabled, as well as

- most sadly – orphans who also tend

to be excluded.

Where does this picture come from?

In 2014, I wrote to Stephen Mosley,

our MP at the time, asking if enough

was being done to support Christians

and other minorities in Iraq and

Syria. My concern came from my

own experience of living in the

Middle East. He kindly obtained a

letter from the Minister which, on

the face of it seemed re-assuring.

However, I copied the letter to three

charities with experience of bringing

aid to persecuted Christians, who all

said there are various large gaps

between the picture presented by

the Minister and the reality on the

ground, where aid may or may not

be delivered.

The charities I have consulted are

Open Doors, The Barnabas Fund,

and the Foundation for Relief and

Reconciliation in the Middle East

(F.R.R.M.E.) I have periodically been

relaying their comments back to the

Minister through our present MP,

Chris Matheson, who I visited in

Parliament a couple of weeks ago.

He has been very helpful and

continues to write to the new

Minister at the Foreign Office. I have

just sent another set of comments

back to Mr Matheson, including a

request for him to table the

following in Parliament:

"What specific evidence does the

government have that ANY DFID aid

is reaching the Christian minority in

Iraq?" I look forward to relaying

the progress of these enquiries in

the autumn, after parliament

re-opens.

Rod Emberton

Advocacy for the persecuted and marginalised

Messy Church

The next Messy church will

be on

Sunday 10th September

at 4.30pm, in

Holy Ascension Church.

Here's what we are looking for....

TOYS: Include items that children will immediately embrace such as dolls or stuffed toys (with CE label), toy trucks, harmonica, yo-yo, skipping rope, ball, small puzzles etc.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Pens, pencils & sharpeners, crayons or felt pens, stamps & ink pad sets, writing pads or notebooks & paper, solar calculators, colouring books etc.

HYGIENE ITEMS: Toothbrush and toothpaste, bars of wrapped soap, comb or hairbrush, flannel.

OTHER ITEMS: Hat, cap, gloves or scarf, sunglasses, hair accessories, jewellery set, wind up torch, wrapped sweets (best-before-date must be at least March 2018).

DO NOT INCLUDE: used or damaged

items, war related items such as toy

guns, play soldiers or knives;

chocolate or other food items; liquids

or lotions of any type including

bubbles; medicines; hand-made or

knitted stuffed toys; anything of a

political, racial or religious nature;

playing cards (of the 4-suit variety);

sharp objects; glass or fragile items;

clothing other than as listed.

On Sunday 8th October we will be

assembling Shoe Boxes for

Operation Christmas Child. Boxes

will be at the back of church from

the end of August for donations.

Volunteers

If you are interested in helping

with our Messy Church

planning, volunteering to help

on the day or in preparing

crafts, please email

families@holyascension.org.uk.

Any help offered no matter how

large or small will be greatly

appreciated.

We are also looking for more

Young Helpers. Are you 10+

and would like to be involved in

helping others? Maybe you are

looking to earn a volunteering

badge at Guides or Scouts?

Then why not help out once a

month at our Messy Church

Sessions?

Kid’s eat

Wordsearch

There will be no Sunday

Club in August.

Sunday Club will

resume in September

and dates will be

confirmed in the

September issue of

Heartbeat.

Congratulations to Junior Choir

member Charles, who has been

awarded a place at Westminster

Abbey Choir School. We are so

proud of you and look forward to

hearing all about your progress in

the choir. Best wishes for

September from Junior Choir,

Heartbeat and Holy Ascension.

Thank you for your support at the

concert at Rivertown Church in

Shotton on 15th July and for giving

a fantastic performance. I felt so

proud of our choir! I had this

message from Chris: "The concert

made a staggering £1181.80 for

Health Help International from

ticket sales, raffle and donations

(total £1017.80) and craft sales of

£164. A brilliant night with a first

class concert. Very much

appreciated." Clare

Concert at Shotton

Spotlight on Upton Heath

On Wednesday 19th July both Year 6 classes led their final Assembly

before they move to their chosen Secondary Schools. They produced a

fast and effective musical item which had the audience tapping their

feet to the music. Mr. Jones’ class, then Mr. Riley’s class reminisced

about their years at Upton Heath, indicating to their parents how

much they had enjoyed their many experiences. Then the Revd. Paul

Newman and Barbara Capstick presented each pupil with a gift of the

Hands-on Bible from Holy Ascension Church with our good wishes.

Well done Charles

I first discovered Shore Cottage

Studio in the summer of 2014

when friends and I visited

Thurstaston Visitor Centre for an

event organised by Cheshire

Wildlife Trust. We made pebble

mosaic pictures on the beach

and talked to some of the rangers

about the sea life found in the Dee

Estuary.

We then made for a small studio

which nestles into the cliff and was

featured in George Clarke's

Amazing Spaces on Channel 4.

There, we were invited to do some

weaving and other crafts which

were to be displayed during the

weekend.

It is a stunning creative space run

by a dedicated and welcoming

family who live in the attached

cottage. Some amazing items are

created from the flotsam and

jetsam (which is thoroughly

cleaned before use) which they

collect from the beach.

In 2014 they joined the Wirral

Open Studio tour which has been

going since 2009 and takes place in

June. Back then, there were just 10

artists in Hoylake and Meols. This

year was the largest event yet with

60 artists and crafts people taking

part. Shore Cottage received 200

visitors during the weekend.

Sharon Forsdyke

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an Amazing Place

Causes and Consequences

2017 is the 350th anniversary of a

little known piece of legislation

which has assumed horrible

significance this year. In 1667 the

Rebuilding of London Act was

passed to deal with the causes and

consequences of the Great Fire of

1666. One of its provisions dealt

with the materials that could or

could not be used in the

reconstruction of the city with

emphasis on their fireproofing;

terribly ironic in view of the events

in Kensington. Indeed, some press

reports suggested that had the

1667 Act still been in force today

the tragedy could not have

happened.

Sometimes we are tempted to

view ‘health and safety’ as an

inconvenience, something that

gets in the way of progress or what

we want to do, or stifles business

or enterprise. In recent years,

ministers have been competing

with each other to get rid of red

tape that increases costs or makes

business more difficult or has a

slight whiff of state socialism.

One of the pieces of red tape thus

dealt with apparently had

reference to cladding on buildings.

There was genuine disbelief that

something like Grenfell could

happen today. But history is full of

such dangerous assumptions. Was

not Titanic designed to be

unsinkable? Therefore, did it

matter that there were only half as

many lifeboats as were needed, or

that the crew were uncertain what

to do as no proper drills had taken

place?

We can only hope that the

upcoming inquiry finds answers

and apportions responsibility,

although there is not a great track

record here. The Titanic inquiry

looked for a scapegoat and found

one in the unfortunate Captain

Lord, and deflected responsibility

from the government and their

totally inadequate regulations

regarding lifeboats. More recently,

the Hillsborough saga does not

inspire confidence, only dogged

determination by the victims to get

to the truth.

Everyone has a responsibility for

the safety of others, regardless of

the cost.

The Community Hall is widely used

by the people of Upton and further

afield and in recent years we have

spent time and money in making

sure it is safe for people to use.

With the help and advice of

Cheshire Fire and Rescue we have

ensured that we have sufficient

extinguishers, undertaken fire

training, installed new emergency

lighting and smoke detectors and

set up a regime to ensure all are

regularly tested. The hall is fairly

low risk, but we have done what

we can to make it safe. After all,

Titanic wasn’t supposed to sink.

William Wheldon

Prayer in a storm

Faithful Father,

Storms come!

No matter who we are, no

matter what we have done or

not done, storms come.

Please protect us.

Reassure us that you are with

us in any and every storm; that

you will never leave us or

forsake us.

May we know the peace of your

presence whatever our

circumstances today.

Alone we would sink and give

up.

With you we will be

strengthened to stay afloat.

We will be encouraged to face

each day, confident that you

are above all things - and that

we belong to you.

Thank you Father,

In Jesus name.

Amen.

Daphne Kitching

(From Parish Pump)

Christian Aid Collection

Update

A total of £1,482.48 was

collected for Christian Aid at

Geoffrey Townsend’s funeral

on 26th May

August Coffee Morning

In aid of

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On the 28th June, 18 of us from five

Churches, met together for a Study

day led by Revd Dr. Robert Evans

from Chester University.

Matthew’s gospel was chosen as it supported and enhanced our current Bible Study meetings; not an easy task for Robert in one day of three sessions!

Our homework was to read the whole of the gospel in as few sessions as possible and suggest questions to discuss.

After coffee we met in one of the lovely conference rooms which overlook the gardens. Any desire to look at the views was forgotten as Robert introduced his subject using effective visuals and a fascinating commentary.

He posed four questions about the gospel:

1. Who wrote it? 2. When did they write it? 3. For whom did they write it? 4. Why did they write it?

The three sessions were entitled: 1. Matthew’s gospel in time and

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The author of Matthew is held to be an unknown Christian located in a Church in Antioch of Syria writing between 75 and 90 AD.

Accepting that the four gospels were written in the order in which they appear, we considered how to bridge the gap between then and now. Can we put ourselves in the past, can we bring Jesus into the present? What did the text mean then, what does it mean now?

We considered parallels between the gospels, with the assumption that each evangelist had read all the previously produced texts and compared selected passages from each.

Following a delicious lunch we had time to walk in the grounds, talk or enjoy Foxhill on a glorious day.

After looking at the portrait of Jesus, we made our way to the Chapel for the Epilogue with readings and prayers chosen from Matthew. We closed with Jesus’ call to the disciples: ‘Remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’ Ch. 28 v 20

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On 6th August each year, people

who have a concern for peace

meet together at the bandstand on

the Groves by the River Dee in

Chester.

Drawn from various peace groups

and/or faith based groups in and

around the area, they meet in this

way to commemorate and

remember the atomic bombs

dropped on the Japanese cities of

Hiroshima and Nagasaki towards

the end of the Second World War.

White flowers are dropped into the

River Dee to remember the awful

suffering of the inhabitants of

these cities which continues to this

day.

In addition poems, readings and

music are included in this short

commemoration.

Those who take part do so in the

hope that such dreadful weapons

are never used again.

This event is open to all who

oppose the use of such weapons,

for whatever reason.

Lorraine Rycroft

In the Name of Peace

Sunday 6th August 2017

8pm

The Groves

Chester

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A Date for your Diary

Friday 3rd November 7.00pm

Upton Community Hall

Sue Flood will be giving a talk entitled

Cold Places

from the North Pole to the

Antarctic and in between,

Adventures of a Wildlife

Photographer

We will be holding wildlife

photograph competitions on the

evening for adults and children,

so please take lots of wildlife

photos on your holidays!

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

Women’s Section, Heath Road

Tuesday 15th August 8.00pm

‘Life as a Teacher in Dubai’ Shirley

Visitors Welcome

£1.50 including Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

Upton-by-Chester Flower Club No meeting in August

Sunday Lunch Club

Sunday 24th September

Upton Community Hall

Please contact

Sheila Taylor 01244 383481

to reserve your place

Upton Litter Action Group

Helping to keep our community tidy

For details on the next date visit

Uptonbychester.org.uk or contact Cllr Jean

Evans on 01244 377200/07917444534

Millennium Greenway Friends Saturday 19th August 10am

See website for details

www.millenniumgreenwayfriends.org.uk

BACKFORD, MOLLINGTON &

DISTRICT

LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Meetings in Backford & Mollington

Village Hall will resume in

September.

All are welcome to attend,

non-members £3.00.

Upton Community Hall The hall is available to hire for

children’s parties, public and private

meetings, workshops etc.

There is availability for regular

activities to take place.

For more information and to make a

booking please contact the

Parish Office Tel 01244 383518

communityhall@holyascension.org.uk Poppy Meeting at University of Chester

Friday 1st September

12 noon – 2pm

Parkgate Road Campus

Room CSH111

For more information and to confirm

attendance please contact:

Fiona Roberts on 01244 511078

Email: f.roberts@chester.ac.uk

COFFEE AND

CHAT!

Every Monday

10.00am – Noon

The Pavilion

Wealstone Lane

An open

invitation is

extended to all.

Churches Together

in Upton

Wednesday

9th After service Caring & Sharing Lunch

Thursday 10.00am –Noon Sewing Group

Saturday 9.30am Parish Prayers

10.00am- Noon Church open

Monday Holy Ascension Musical Tots

10.15-10.45am Gentle Music for Babies

11.15-11.45am Toddlers Music Time

Restarts Monday 11th September

Tuesday

9.15-11.00am Holy Ascension Sunshine Tots

Term Time (Upton Community Hall)

Restarts Tuesday 12th September

Upton Community Hall,

Demage Lane, Upton, CH2 1EL

Opening hours

The parish office will be open

Monday to Friday 9.30 – 11.30am

Parish Administrator

Karen Evans 383518

Email office@holyascension.org.uk

Parish Safeguarding Coordinator

Please contact the coordinator via the parish

office or email:

safeguardingha@gmail.com

The food bank

provides 3 days of

emergency food

for local people in

crisis.

There is a box in

church for non-

perishable food

donations.

Urgently needed

items:

Fruit juice

Milk UHT

Jam

Wednesday 2nd 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 6th

8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

All Age Worship

Wednesday 9th 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 13th 8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Holy Communion

Wednesday 16th 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 20th 8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Morning Praise

Wednesday23rd 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 27th 8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Morning Praise

Wednesday 30th 10.15am Holy Communion

Views expressed in this magazine are not

necessarily those of the Editorial Team, the

Clergy, the Parochial Church Council, or of

any authoritative body of the Church of

England.

Vicar

Paul Newman 383518

vicar@holyascension.org.uk

Curate

Dave O’Brien 375782

Church Wardens

Mike Curtis 313152

Colin Foden 381094 churchwarden@holyascension.org.uk

Parochial Reader

Barbara Capstick 380299

PCC Secretary/

Churches Together in Upton

Margaret Whaley

pccsecretaryha@gmail.com

PCC Treasurer

Sue Burgess 380340

treasurer@holyascension.org.uk

Electoral Roll Secretary

Mark Burgess 380340

Family Worker/Sunshine Tots

Margaret Adams 07707 030020

families@holyascension.org.uk

Guides District Commissioner

Gill Goynes 310000

Church Fellowship Leaders

Barbara Capstick 380299

Margaret Brizell 381404

Foundation Governor

Upton Heath Cof E School

Graeme White 312758

Afternoon Tea Tea Eric Newton

Upton Community Hall

Thursday 14th September

2.30-4.30pm

Tickets £7.00 Available from

Mary Foden 381094

With Music and Entertainment by

Demage Lane, Upton.

Proceeds to Holy Ascension Church Funds

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