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September 2020 Printed: 55p monthly or download from the website Mottram Parish Magazine We aim to be ~ a growing fellowship of believers ~ warm in welcome ~ reverent in worship ~ gracious in witness and joyfully serving God and our community ~ Inside front cover Church Contacts Page 1 Our Vicar Writes Page 2 Our Vicar Writes (2) Page 3 Community Notice Board Page 4 Notices (continued) Page 5 The Flag. Daily Hope. Shoebox. Page 6 A Letter from the Treasurer Page 7 Thank you Page 8 Chester Diocesan News Page 9 Chester Diocesan News Page 10 High Days & Holy Days - St Michael Page 11 Walking with God Page 12 Cartoon Corner Page 13 Church Services Page 14 Church News Page 15 Registers & Records Page 16 Let’s Pray Page 17 Community Contacts St Michael’s Victory Over The Devil Bronze by Jacob Epstein (1958) - Coventry Cathedral Contents Parish Hall... Worship and Concert Space... School Room... Function Room... Meeting Place... Community Resource… ...all rolled into one! Hire Prices: Hall and Chancel - £12 per hour Chapman Room - £9 per hour The Whole Centre - £20 per hour Discounts available for community organisations, charity fundraisers and regular bookings Printed on 100% recycled paper. Thank you to all our generous page sponsors Magdalene Centre, Broadbottom, SK14 6BB Friday 6.30 - 8.30pm Ages 12-16 |£15 Saturdays 10.00 - 1.00pm Ages 6-11 | £20 Contact Adam on 07984446074 Email [email protected] There will be no public gatherings at The Magdalene Centre for the duration of the corona virus emergency but you may wish to keep a note of our advertisers’ contact details.

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Page 1: Mottram Parish Magazine · 2 days ago · September 2020 Mottram Parish Magazine Printed: 55p monthly or download from the website Inside front cover We aim to be ~ a growing fellowship

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duca

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cal

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me,

muc

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e th

e rh

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so

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abili

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lear

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ultie

s as

an

excu

se for

lazi

ness

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as a

tal

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er.

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ever

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I w

as d

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them

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the

fir

st d

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sho

w o

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ffec

ts o

f m

y gr

owth

spu

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me

it d

id h

appe

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grow

n m

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cite

men

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live

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to p

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ory

in B

iblic

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s, o

ne c

ould

say

tha

t m

y as

pira

tions

wer

e m

uch

like

the

seed

tha

t fe

ll on

roc

ky s

oil,

in t

he

para

ble

of t

he s

ower

. Th

ey n

ever

had

muc

h fo

unda

tion

and

w

ithe

red,

qui

ckly

in t

he w

anin

g Sum

mer

sun

, bu

t in

a r

ecen

t

refle

ctio

n of

thi

s pa

rabl

e, I

rea

lized

tha

t m

y fa

ith jou

rney

, m

uch

like

my

educ

atio

nal j

ourn

ey, ha

s no

t be

en id

entic

al t

o th

e pa

rabl

e.

Jesu

s’ p

arab

olic

sow

er o

nly

give

s ea

ch s

oil t

ype

one

chan

ce t

o

prod

uce

a yi

eld,

but

the

roc

ky s

oil t

hat

I us

ed t

o be

, ha

s be

en t

illed

an

d nu

trie

nts

have

bee

n ad

ded.

God

has

nev

er g

iven

up

on t

he

little

girl w

hose

insp

irat

ion

disa

ppea

red

as fas

t as

the

war

m w

eath

er

in t

he A

utum

n te

rm.

I

know

tha

t I

have

res

pond

ed t

o th

e go

od n

ews

of t

he K

ingd

om o

f G

od in

eve

ry w

ay t

hat

Jesu

s de

scribe

s; I

hav

e he

ard

and

im

med

iate

ly for

gott

en b

ecau

se o

f so

me

dist

ract

ion,

I h

ave

been

bu

rnt

up a

nd w

ither

ed, I

have

had

the

voi

ce o

f m

y fa

ith a

nd m

y

enth

usia

sm c

hoke

d by

the

dem

ands

of ev

eryd

ay li

fe, an

d I

have

ha

d tim

es w

here

I h

ave

gone

out

, pr

ocla

imed

, ta

ught

, w

orsh

ippe

d,

atte

nded

to

thos

e in

nee

d, a

nd c

ared

for

God

’s c

reat

ion.

(c

ontinu

ed o

verl

eaf)

Ou

r V

icar

Wri

tes

Par

ish

Pra

yer

Rot

a M

onth

by

mon

th,

we

invi

te

you

to p

ray

with

us for

all

the

resi

dent

s of

the

par

ish,

ask

ing

for

God

’s b

less

ing

or h

ealin

g

touc

h w

here

ver

it is

nee

ded.

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er 2

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“Love

yo

ur

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r a

s yo

urs

elf”

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lf &

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e W

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son

Let’

s Pr

ay A

rem

inde

r of

our

va

canc

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ayer

God

, who

in g

ener

ous m

ercy

se

nt th

e H

oly

Spiri

t upo

n yo

ur C

hurc

h

in th

e bu

rnin

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e of

you

r lov

e:

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t tha

t you

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ple

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ly.

Guar

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then,

O Ho

ly Sp

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That

I alw

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ay b

e holy

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we

are

to flo

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hel

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to a

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sus

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athe

red

in m

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me,

the

re a

m I

in

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mid

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need

to

ask

one

anot

her

for

pray

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it is

as

impo

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pra

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for

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now

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hat

each

of us

is

str

uggl

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with

and

to

God

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body

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ain

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mal

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in

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ifica

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Mill

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w

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tem

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eeting

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ty G

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me,

and

the

w

eekl

y m

eeting

in c

hurc

h ha

ve

been

am

alga

mat

ed,

and

are

now

ta

king

the

for

m o

f fo

rtni

ghtly

'v

irtu

al' p

raye

r gr

oup

mee

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raye

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tram

Par

ish

Mag

azin

e

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w.m

ottr

ampa

rish.

org.

uk

Sept

embe

r 202

0 pa

ge 5

sp

onso

red

in m

emor

y of

Roy

Fro

st

Flyi

ng th

e Fl

ag

We

norm

ally

fly

the

fla

g fo

r sp

ecia

l occ

asio

ns.

Fo

r th

e du

ration

of

the

coro

navi

rus

emer

genc

y, w

e w

ill k

eep

the

flag

flyin

g as

a v

isib

le s

ign

of h

ope

and

love

for

our

loca

l com

mun

ity.

If

you

wou

ld li

ke t

he c

hurc

h fla

g to

be

dedi

cate

d to

som

eone

you

car

e ab

out,

or

to m

ark

an a

nniv

ersa

ry,

then

ple

ase

cont

act

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ttps

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ons/

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e w

ill fly

the

fla

g an

d pu

t th

e de

dica

tion

on

the

flag

page

(R

egis

ters

and

Rec

ords

).

The

cost

is £

15,

whi

ch g

oes

tow

ards

the

upk

eep

of t

he b

uild

ing

and

the

wor

k of

the

chu

rch.

Yo

u ca

n se

e w

ho it

is f

lyin

g fo

r by

vis

itin

g th

e fla

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ge o

n th

e pa

rish

w

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te a

t w

ww

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r-vi

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una

ble

to e

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ily a

cces

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e in

tern

et.

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ly H

ope

is a

fre

e

natio

nal p

hone

line

,

avai

labl

e 24

hou

rs a

day

and

is

a s

impl

e ne

w w

ay t

o br

ing

wor

ship

and

pra

yer

into

peo

ple’

s ho

mes

whi

le c

hurc

h bu

ildin

gs a

re s

ubje

ct t

o re

strict

ions

be-

caus

e of

the

cor

onav

irus

pan

dem

ic.

It o

ffer

s m

usic

, pr

ayer

s an

d re

flect

ions

as

wel

l as

full

w

orsh

ip s

ervi

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at t

he e

nd o

f a

tele

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r m

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embe

r 202

0 p

age

11

Mot

tram

Par

ish

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azin

e

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w.m

ottr

ampa

rish.

org.

uk

Che

ster

Cat

hedr

al h

as n

ow p

ublis

hed

a di

gita

l ver

sion

of

‘Wal

king

With

God

’, a

colle

ctio

n of

rea

ding

s an

d co

ntri

butio

ns

from

rep

rese

ntat

ives

of lo

cal c

omm

unitie

s an

d th

e ch

urch

co

ngre

gatio

ns.

It h

as b

een

colla

ted

for

Che

ster

Cat

hedr

al’s

ce

lebr

atio

n of

‘Pilg

rim

age’

as

part

of

the

nation

al ‘2

020

Year

of

Pilg

rim

age’

. H

ere,

Cat

hedr

al S

ides

man

, Bed

elia

Bre

tt R

ooks

add

s he

r ow

n co

ntri

bution

: P

salm

139

vv

9 &

10

If I

take

the

win

gs o

f the

mor

ning

, and

dw

ell i

n th

e ut

term

ost p

arts

of

the

sea;

E

ven

ther

e sh

all t

hy h

and

lead

me,

and

thy

righ

t han

d sh

all h

old

me.

Th

e cl

ear

sens

e th

at G

od is

with

us in

eve

ry e

xtre

mity

and

dis

tres

s as

ex

pres

sed

in P

salm

139

has

a s

peci

al s

igni

fican

ce f

or m

e. T

here

hav

e be

en

two

epis

odes

in

my

life

whi

ch h

ave

dem

onst

rate

d th

is s

ense

of

secu

rity

. Th

e fir

st w

as w

hile

I w

as i

n G

hana

, on

a d

ay o

ut i

n th

e ca

r w

ith

my

pare

nts

on a

na

rrow

str

etch

of

road

with

a d

eep

ditc

h on

eith

er s

ide.

In

fron

t of

us

was

an

over

load

ed t

ruck

. I

indi

cate

d m

y in

tent

ion

to o

vert

ake.

The

dri

ver

may

not

ha

ve s

een

us,

and

star

ted

to p

ull o

ver

to t

he s

ide

whe

re I

was

try

ing

to p

ass.

I

coul

d se

e th

e da

nger

but

had

no

optio

n bu

t to

kee

p go

ing.

The

n I

felt a

han

d on

my

shou

lder

, st

eady

ing

me

and,

with

it, a

sen

se o

f ca

lm.

The

dang

er

pass

ed,

as d

id w

e. N

eith

er o

f m

y pa

rent

s ha

d to

uche

d m

y sh

ould

er.

We

knew

th

at w

e ha

d ha

d di

vine

pro

tect

ion.

Th

e se

cond

occ

asio

n w

as d

urin

g a

peri

od o

f gr

eat

pers

onal

diff

icul

ty.

I fo

und

it di

ffic

ult

to b

elie

ve t

hat

the

Lord

was

rea

lly o

n m

y si

de.

Dur

ing

a w

alk,

whe

n I

told

mys

elf

that

I c

ould

not

bel

ieve

any

mor

e, t

he c

lear

rea

lisat

ion

cam

e th

at

ther

e w

as n

o ot

her

optio

n bu

t to

bel

ieve

as

ther

e w

as n

o on

e el

se:

“Whi

ther

sh

all I

go

from

thy

spi

rit?

or

whi

ther

sha

ll I

flee

from

thy

pre

senc

e”.

Ther

e ar

e m

any

expr

essi

ons

in t

he B

ible

of

God

’s r

ock-

like

depe

nden

ce a

nd

faith

fuln

ess.

Dur

ing

this

per

iod

of p

estil

ence

and

pla

gue,

we

who

bel

ieve

are

es

peci

ally

ble

ssed

and

privi

lege

d. A

nd it

has

to

be o

ur p

raye

r th

at “

thos

e w

ho

do n

ot k

now

the

Lor

d Je

sus

or w

ho lo

ve h

im n

ot”

may

com

e to

kno

w H

im a

nd

to h

ave

that

ass

uran

ce.

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se n

ote:

the

pag

e-tu

rnin

g ve

rsio

n of

the

boo

klet

fea

ture

s po

p-up

ad

vert

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scre

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n be

rem

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by

clic

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ith

God

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lso

now

ava

ilabl

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you

or

your

pa

rish

wis

h to

rec

eive

a c

opy,

the

n pl

ease

em

ail C

anon

Jan

e Bro

oke

to a

r-ra

nge

to p

ick

up s

ome

copi

es.

It

is h

oped

tha

t fu

nds

will

be

rais

ed for

the

Alz

heim

er’s

Soc

iety

thr

ough

don

atio

ns.

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can

cont

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rook

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Mot

tram

Par

ish

Mag

azin

e

ww

w.m

ottr

ampa

rish.

org.

uk

Sept

embe

r 202

0

pa

ge 6

sp

onso

red

by J

ack

& S

andr

a Ke

nwor

thy

From

th

e T

reas

ure

r O

ur c

hurc

h bu

ildin

g ha

s no

w r

eope

ned

- th

e fir

st s

tep

back

to

regu

lar

wor

ship

for

us

all.

Dur

ing

the

clos

ure

our

inco

me

has

in

evita

bly

take

n a

tum

ble

as t

here

hav

e be

en n

o ca

sh c

olle

ctio

ns

or e

nvel

ope

dona

tions

. Th

e ne

w b

oxes

of en

velo

pes

wer

e re

ady

at c

hurc

h ju

st b

efor

e th

e "l

ockd

own"

hap

pene

d an

d so

no-

one

has

been

abl

e to

use

the

m.

The

new

set

s ar

e ne

ar t

he e

ntra

nce

to t

he c

hurc

h, s

o if

and

whe

n yo

u at

tend

ple

ase

pick

you

rs u

p an

d, if

saf

e to

do

so,

take

the

one

s fo

r ot

her

peop

le t

hat

you

know

.

Plea

se t

ry a

s be

st y

ou c

an t

o m

ake

up t

he m

issi

ng w

eeks

in y

our

givi

ng.

One

or

two

have

mad

e on

line

dona

tions

- t

hank

s so

m

uch.

And

som

e w

ere

able

to

mak

e ca

sh a

nd e

nvel

ope

dona

tions

la

st S

unda

y -

agai

n, m

any

than

ks.

Ever

yone

's c

ircu

mst

ance

s ar

e af

fect

ed b

y th

e vi

rus

prob

lem

s an

d w

e w

ill o

f co

urse

und

erst

and

if yo

u ca

nnot

mak

e up

the

sho

rtfa

ll.

Whi

le o

ur g

as a

nd e

lect

rici

ty u

se a

t ch

urch

is lo

wer

, th

e Pa

rish

Sha

re (

our

mai

n ex

pend

iture

item

) m

ust

still

be

paid

. Th

at's

ove

r £5

,000

per

mon

th t

his

year

. W

e ar

e us

ing

our

rese

rve

fund

s to

pa

y th

is b

ut t

hat

won

't la

st a

ll th

at m

uch

long

er.

At

pres

ent,

we

are

rely

ing

quite

hea

vily

on

thos

e pa

ying

by

Sta

ndin

g O

rder

. If

you

wis

h to

set

up

a SO

or

perh

aps

mak

e a

do

natio

n di

rect

into

our

acc

ount

(on

line

bank

ing)

our

det

ails

are

: Sor

t co

de:

05-0

5-29

Acc

ount

num

ber:

456

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4 Pl

ease

rem

embe

r to

incl

ude

your

nam

e if

you

set

up a

SO

or

mak

e an

onl

ine

dona

tion

so t

hat

I ca

n ke

ep a

n ac

cura

te r

ecor

d of

ev

eryt

hing

.

If y

ou w

ish

to s

end

a ch

eque

(pa

yabl

e to

Mot

tram

Par

ish

Chu

rch)

to

me

that

's f

ine

too:

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an S

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rn 1

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tram

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ish

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azin

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org.

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Sept

embe

r 202

0 p

age

7

Than

k yo

u

From

Tam

esid

e S

outh

& L

on

gd

end

ale

Food

ban

k H

i, Th

ank-

you

all f

or y

our

supp

ort

duri

ng t

he C

OVID

pan

dem

ic.

An

amaz

ing

5.6

tonn

es o

f fo

od h

as b

een

brou

ght

to t

he d

oor

of

food

bank

as

a co

uple

of

bags

fro

m s

o m

any

peop

le.

O

ur c

orpo

rate

don

ors

have

als

o he

lped

. Te

sco

and

ASD

A,

long

ter

m

supp

orte

rs,

have

giv

en f

ood

as w

ell a

s us

eful

stu

ff li

ke c

rate

s an

d do

l-lie

s. M

orri

sons

hav

e al

so s

tart

ed t

o pr

ovid

e fo

od f

rom

the

ir H

yde

stor

e.

So

we

have

con

tinu

ed t

o be

abl

e to

fee

d pe

ople

in n

eed

thro

ugho

ut

the

epid

emic

. N

ever

bef

ore

have

I r

ealis

ed s

o st

rong

ly t

hat

this

is a

tea

m e

ffor

t.

Onl

y to

geth

er c

an w

e fe

ed p

eopl

e w

ho h

ave

sudd

enly

had

the

ir w

orld

tu

rned

ups

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dow

n by

red

unda

ncy,

lock

dow

n an

d un

cert

aint

y.

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an A

yers

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ojec

t Co-

ordi

nato

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esid

e Sou

th a

nd L

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le F

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us w

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peop

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by

‘ang

els’

. I

susp

ect

quite

a f

ew w

ere

thin

king

of

you

ng c

hild

ren

who

die

, w

ho a

re o

ften

now

sai

d to

be

‘ang

els’

‘up

ther

e’.

They

’re

not,

of

cour

se.

They

are

tra

nsfo

rmed

hum

an b

eing

s.

Be

that

as

it m

ay,

whe

n Chr

istian

s ce

lebr

ate

the

feas

t of

St

Mic

hael

an

d All

Ang

els

late

r th

is m

onth

, th

ere

will

be

man

y of

us,

insi

de a

nd

outs

ide

chur

ches

, w

ho w

ill w

onde

r ex

actly

wha

t or

who

we

are

ce

lebr

atin

g.

Mos

t si

mpl

y, t

he w

ord

in t

he N

ew T

esta

men

t m

eans

‘mes

seng

er.

An

‘ang

el’ i

s a

bein

g w

ho b

ring

s to

us

God

’s m

essa

ge o

r hi

s he

lp.

In t

he

Bib

le a

ngel

s ar

e va

riou

sly

desc

ribe

d. T

he f

amili

ar n

otio

n of

win

gs a

nd

fligh

t co

mes

fro

m a

vis

ion

give

n to

Isa

iah

in t

he T

empl

e w

hen

he w

as

bein

g ca

lled

as a

pro

phet

.

The

ange

l Gab

riel

, w

ho t

old

Mar

y th

at

she

was

cho

sen

to b

e th

e m

othe

r of

the

M

essi

ah,

is n

ot d

escr

ibed

at

all,

but

his

wor

ds a

re r

ecor

ded

in d

etai

l. Ang

els

spea

k to

peo

ple

in d

ream

s (J

osep

h, t

he

husb

and

of M

ary,

for

inst

ance

) an

d

Jesu

s sp

oke

of ‘a

ngel

s’ w

ho p

articu

larl

y ca

re f

or c

hild

ren

(‘gu

ardi

an a

ngel

s’).

M

ost

peop

le,

even

ver

y de

vout

one

s,

have

nev

er k

now

ingl

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coun

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d an

an

gel,

I w

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gue

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How

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, th

e N

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esta

men

t te

lls u

s th

at in

‘sho

win

g ho

spital

ity

to s

tran

gers

’ som

e of

us

have

‘ent

erta

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ang

els

witho

ut

know

ing

it’.

Cle

arly

win

gs a

nd e

yes

of

flam

e ar

e no

t ob

ligat

ory.

Jus

t hu

man

ca

re.

‘Oh,

go

on,

be a

n an

gel a

nd m

ake

me

a cu

p of

tea

!’

St M

icha

el o

verc

omes

the

Dev

il - t

he b

anne

r in

Mot

tram

Par

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Chu

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clus

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icer

wri

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O

n m

y fir

st d

ay a

t U

nive

rsity

as a

stu

dent

soc

ial w

orke

r, t

he

late

Rev

eren

d Pr

ofes

sor

Dr

Ber

nard

Mos

s, (

som

e of

you

may

re

mem

ber

him

) ha

nded

eac

h of

us

two

shee

ts o

f A4

pape

r.

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first

pie

ce o

f pa

per

had

12 p

hoto

grap

hs o

f in

divi

dual

pe

ople

of

vari

ous

ethn

ic b

ackg

roun

ds,

each

wea

ring

diff

eren

t fo

rms

of a

ttir

e. T

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econ

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of p

aper

had

a li

st o

f 12

oc

cupa

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s. Ye

s, o

ur g

iven

tas

k w

as t

o lin

k th

e pe

rson

in t

he p

hoto

grap

h to

th

eir

occu

patio

n. T

his

was

our

fir

st le

sson

in n

ot m

akin

g as

sum

ptio

ns a

bout

an

yone

bas

ed o

n th

e co

lour

of

thei

r sk

in o

r th

eir

choi

ce o

f dr

ess.

Im

agin

e th

e sc

enar

io:

You

are

a w

hite

mem

ber

of c

lerg

y at

tend

ing

an

inte

rvie

w for

the

pos

ition

of

a pa

rish

pries

t w

ithi

n a

pred

omin

antly

Asi

an

com

mun

ity.

Aft

er t

he in

terv

iew

, yo

u’re

tol

d th

at d

espi

te y

our

obvi

ous

skill

s,

your

fac

e w

on’t

fit.

Thin

k ab

out

it for

a few

min

utes

. H

ow w

ould

tha

t m

ake

you

feel

? H

ow w

ould

you

fee

l as

a w

hite

pries

t liv

ing

in a

pre

dom

inan

tly

blac

k

com

mun

ity,

whe

n pa

rent

s br

ingi

ng t

heir

bab

y fo

r ba

ptis

m a

sk for

the

‘pro

per’

vica

r to

com

e an

d ba

ptis

e th

eir

child

– m

eani

ng y

our

blac

k co

lleag

ue?

Whe

n yo

u th

ink

of J

esus

and

his

dis

cipl

es d

o yo

u pi

ctur

e a

grou

p of

you

ng

whi

te m

en?

Wel

l we

can

be p

rett

y ce

rtai

n th

at t

heir

eth

nici

ty w

as n

ot W

hite

Eu

rope

an a

s w

e de

pict

in a

rt,

icon

ogra

phy

and

dram

atis

atio

ns!

Wha

t do

es

this

tho

ught

mea

n fo

r th

e m

essa

ge w

e sh

are

and

for

thos

e w

ith

who

m w

e ar

e ab

le t

o sh

are

it?

Toda

y, I

, m

y da

ught

er a

nd m

y 6-

mon

th-o

ld b

lack

gra

ndda

ught

er w

ent

for

a w

alk

arou

nd o

ur lo

cal m

ere.

We

met

a n

umbe

r of

peo

ple,

all

of w

hom

see

med

fr

iend

ly a

nd h

appy

to

chat

- a

lbei

t fr

om a

dis

tanc

e! “

Are

n’t

peop

le fri

endl

y?”

I sa

id.

“tha

t’s b

ecau

se y

ou lo

ok li

ke t

hem

Mum

” sh

e re

plie

d. I

t br

ough

t m

e up

sh

ort.

Will

the

y be

as

frie

ndly

and

acc

eptin

g of

our

litt

le o

ne a

s sh

e gr

ows

up

base

d up

on n

o ot

her

info

rmat

ion

than

the

app

eara

nce

of h

er s

kin?

H

ow w

elco

min

g ar

e w

e to

tho

se w

ho id

entify

as

bein

g fr

om b

lack

and

m

inor

ity

ethn

ic c

omm

unitie

s? A

s th

e In

clus

ion

Off

icer

for

the

Dio

cese

of

Che

ster

, I

pray

tha

t ea

ch o

f us

will

val

ue a

nd c

eleb

rate

div

ersi

ty.

Th

e m

issi

on o

f th

e Chu

rch

is t

he m

issi

on o

f Chr

ist,

and

I p

ray

that

we

will

live

ou

t ea

ch o

f th

e fiv

e m

arks

of

mis

sion

, tw

o of

whi

ch in

clud

e:

To r

espo

nd t

o hu

man

nee

d by

lovi

ng s

ervi

ce a

nd t

o tr

ansf

orm

unj

ust

st

ruct

ures

of so

ciet

y, t

o ch

alle

nge

viol

ence

of

ever

y ki

nd a

nd p

ursu

e pe

ace

and

reco

ncili

atio

n.

Paul

wri

tes

in h

is le

tter

to

the

Gal

atia

ns 3

:28:

"Th

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is n

eith

er J

ew n

or

Gen

tile

, ne

ithe

r sl

ave

nor

free

, no

r is

the

re m

ale

and

fem

ale,

for

you

are

all

one

in C

hris

t Je

sus.

" va

ness

a.la

yfie

ld@

ches

ter.a

nglic

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rg

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Ch

este

r D

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san

New

s

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r 202

0 p

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8

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tram

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Mag

azin

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la

unch

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podc

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ublic

, an

d w

ill b

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ade

avai

labl

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oth

er p

latf

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s so

on.

You

can

hear

occ

asio

nal

refle

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terv

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s w

ith

a ra

nge

of p

eopl

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om a

cros

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f yo

u ar

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ppea

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new

rec

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in

recr

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fem

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to

take

up

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ro

le o

f ch

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curr

ently

a

cura

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