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The magazine for the
Parish of St. Peter’s Cleethorpes
www.stpeterscleethorpes.org.uk
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Contacts Clergy Rev. Paul Hunter 291156 Rector Email [email protected] Rev. Derek H Webster 693786 Honorary Assistant Priest Church Wardens Andrew Longbottom 501943 Email [email protected] Chris Caroline 699045 Email [email protected] Parish Office Parish Administrator - Tina Dixon 231198 Email [email protected] Verger Chris Caroline 699045 Email [email protected] Mothers’ Union Heather Hammond 695341 Church Flowers Jenny Horsfall 691722
The editors are Kate Esmond and Joan Johnson. Copy can be emailed to
[email protected], [email protected], or
[email protected] or can be left at the Parish Office.
Please note the usual deadline date of 15th of the month for inclusion in the
next issue. Sometimes this has to be brought forward.
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ST PETER(S) OUR MENTORS Dear Friends, Since I was reminded on the 26th April 2016 that FAITH IS FOR NOW THIS MOMENT! NOT FOR YESTERDAY OR WISHFUL THINKING FOR TOMORROW, BUT FAITH IS HERE AND NOW! I will write about today, well actually what happened yesterday on the 26th April ! Instead of sitting down and contemplating what I was going to say in the assembly at St Peter’s School, I decided to walk around the hall praying, and in so doing noticed two large striking displays with advice and encouragement to the children, to change their thinking and pick themselves up. One read: CHANGE YOUR WORDS- CHANGE YOUR MIND SET In response to negative feelings there are different ways of speaking and thinking about problems. For example I MADE A MISTAKE/ changed response MISTAKES HELP ME IMPROVE and I DON'T UNDERSTAND changed response/ WHAT AM I MISSING? This lead me into an assembly continuing the theme of St Peter and his spiritual journey after the resurrection of Jesus. He, and John were at the gate called Beautiful, where a beggar, who was lame from birth was sat. They had received the power from on high and their
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words and mind-sets were being transformed now. No longer were they living in the past failures, now they were living in the present special moment by faith. There was an immediate need, a divine appointment for the lame man and them so they spoke new words of faith over the man, which were to change his life forever and land Peter and John in prison! Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” The lame man was healed and ALL the people saw him walking and praising God. What a moment, but as I was reminded, there is no time with God, since He is outside and beyond time. Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end. The limitations are all with us and our human thinking, which needs transforming into HIS.
The second display was concerned with FINISHING THE RACE, and winning the prize, which reminded me of the wonderful letter to the Hebrews, which encourages us with, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses (INCLUDING OUR OWN PATRON SAINT, ST PETER), let us lay aside every weight (I WOULD INCLUDE OUR LIMITED MIND SETS) and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us ,looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. I was really impressed and inspired with the displays encouraging the children to change their thinking and ultimately change their destiny. As children of God with the example of St Peter, who finished the race, are we prepared to be challenged in our thinking and faith?
Rev Paul
A certain bishop had a fondness for using Bible quotations whenever he visited a
function. When he arrived to open a new Maternity Home the organisers thought:
“Now we have him stumped.” However, after a few well chosen words, the bishop
smiled and said: “I know you are waiting for a quotation, so here it is: ‘We shall
not all sleep, but we shall be changed!’”
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The CARE box, for
donations of food for
the needy, is at the
back of St Peter’s
Church permanently.
Please ensure that any
donations are within
“use by date”. Out of
date gifts
have to
be
thrown away.
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ST PETER’S CHURCH, ST PETER’S AVENUE, CLEETHORPES
Flower Festival - 3rd - 6th June Theme – Church through the Ages 150 years.
Our Anniversary Celebrations begin with a Flower Festival
from 3 - 6 June. Ladies from the Church and some members of the Flower Club will be giving their time to decorate our Church Friday 3rd June - 10:00am – 4:00pm Saturday 4th June -10:00am – 4:00pm Sunday 5th June - 12noon – 4:00pm
Monday 6th June - 10.00am– 4:00pm
Summer Lunchtime Concert Season begins 3rd June 12 noon - 1:00pm
Grimsby Orpheus Male Voice Choir open our concert season.
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5th June 10:15 am United Service
with The Right Rev’d Christopher Lowson Bishop of Lincoln
Celebration of 150 years of St. Peter’s Church
Exhibition - 8th - 17th June
Great Grimsby Family History Group Part of the Lincolnshire Family History Society
(Registered Charity 1000724)
To celebrate the 150 years of St Peter’s Church, the Great Grimsby Family History Group has put an exhibition together using research carried out and information found relating to some family names of Cleethorpes, Birth, Marriages and Deaths that are recorded registers and in the Church. Ministers and Clergy that have served at St Peter’s, local history, and much more. Why don’t you come along and have a browse.
How Cleethorpes became a seaside resort talk by Dr. Alan Dowling
8 June 2:00pm How three farming and fishing hamlets became a bustling Victorian resort
The young visiters (sic) by Daisy Ashford (aged 9)
read by Dr. Alan Dowling 15 June 2:00pm
A humorous account of a Victorian Love Triangle
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Stephen Cripsey
Judith and Matthew would like to thank all their friends here at St
Peter’s for all their help, love, kindness and support over the last
two and a half weeks. Our thanks go to everyone involved in
making Wednesday such a special day for Stephen. It was one of
the most moving experiences of our lives. For many reasons we
shall never forget it.
Carolyn Williams Our sympathies go to Alan, Alison , Natalie and their families after the sudden death of Carolyn, a much respected teacher at several schools in the area and member of our congregation.
Mothers' Union Prison Work
Mothers' Union Diocese of Lincoln runs a supervised play area in Lincoln prison during visiting hours on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and at Stocken
prison on the first Saturday of the month, and the 1st and 5th Wednesdays.
Any children accompanying visitors may choose to spend time in the play area, if they become restless or bored. This means that the adults can spend quality time together during the visit once the child has had time to greet the one they are visiting. The children remain the responsibility of the adult visitors. Volunteers find
they build up good relationships with these children over time.
Mothers' Union Diocese of Lincoln also support work in a local Ladies Prison,
Morton Hall, where volunteers assist with visits and assist where required.
Many Mothers' Union members also undertake to support prisoners and their
families in prayer.
We do not have a prison locally to Cleethorpes but it is interesting to acknowledge
the work of Mothers’ Union members elsewhere in the Diocese.
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WHERE LOVE LODGES by Derek Webster “Write just a few words. Nothing too heavy. Something that only takes a couple of minutes to skip through. Perhaps a fresh story or a good joke?” A friend gave me this advice when I told him that I was joining a team contributing to the Cleethorpes Chronicle’s weekly Pause for Thought. Then he beamed and added, “Ask people to pray for the Mariners.” Certainly his desire for celestial help at Grimsby Town Football Club was understandable. But I declined remembering the time in 1991 when the positions of Chief Rabbi and Archbishop of Canterbury were vacant. The two men who finally filled these posts, Jonathan Sacks and George Carey, were supporters of the Arsenal Football Team. So the manager invited them both to a match at Highbury where they saw the Arsenal trounced 6-2 by Manchester United. The following morning a national newspaper suggested that, if between them the Chief Rabbi and the Archbishop of Canterbury could not engineer a win for the Arsenal, that proved there was no God. The Chief Rabbi immediately wrote to the editor saying that his paper had got it quite wrong. The reverse was actually true. The game proved that God did exist, but He happened to be a supporter of Manchester United. The Chief Rabbi made a simple point: God is on our side. However He is on the other side as well. And this is tough, for that other side includes all the people we don’t like, whom we think of as rivals or opponents, even enemies. But the world’s religions largely agree in teaching that God is on the side of humanity. That is the thread that each of my little Pause for Thought meditations seeks to uncover or develop. Readers, in giving me advice about how to do this, have often urged that these pieces be given a more permanent form. This they now have. Where Love Lodges brings together the most popular and controversial of my reflections. Available for the 150th Anniversary celebrations of St Peter’s Church this summer, copies may be obtained in Church or by contacting Wendy/ Derek Webster on (01472) 693786 during June. Price - £2.50
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June 3rd: Grimsby Orpheus Male Voice Choir. This is the
weekend of the 150th Anniversary Flower Festival and we are
delighted that the Grimsby Orpheus Male Voice Choir is opening
this season’s Summer Concerts. Their eclectic mix of songs will
strike a chord with concert goers ensuring a wonderfully floral,
toe-tapping start to 2016.
June 10th: Young Musicians. At this stage we do not know
what delights the Music Hub has in store. What we do know is
that the audience will be in for a musical treat. Whether there are
90 of just 9 pupils they will have musical talent and enthusiasm
that will thrill us all.
June 17th: James Kirby. We are delighted to welcome back
James in 2016. He brings our lovely piano to life with his
virtuoso playing. He studied at the Moscow Conservatoire
returning to perform in Russia annually. A member of the
Barbican Piano Trio since 1992, he performs regularly at
Wigmore Hall, Europe and America.
June 24th: The Janet Seidel Trio. Janet Seidel - Australia’s
First Lady of Jazz - will perform with her trio as part of the ever
popular Grimsby Jazz Festival. The Lunchtime Concert is a taster
of things to come throughout the weekend and it is always
advisable to arrive early to get a good seat!
Commence Friday 3 June
12 noon - 1:00 pm
in St Peter’s Church
Refreshments on sale
Come early don’t miss out!
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July 1st: The Divas Trio. The Divas is a group of classically
trained singers with many years of performing and teaching
experience. On this occasion, Cathy Hadley, Caroline Maasdam
-Gooch and Andrea Maxson will be performing Divas favourites
plus solos and duets from their extensive repertoire. They are
delighted to be returning to St. Peter’s Cleethorpes.
July 8th: Young Musicians. This concert involves pupils from
Thrunscoe Academy and will include youngsters playing the
cello, singing and samba drumming so a real treat and an
occasion not to be missed
July 15th: Organist Adrian Roberts. Adrian loves the organ
and giving recitals which he has done all over the world. He was
Director of Music at King William's College, IOM before a stint
at Grimsby Minster. Now based in Yorkshire he regularly plays
with The Lincoln Singers in Cathedrals all over the country.
July 22nd: James Gillett. James is bringing friends, Ellie
Robey, (violin and singing) and Matthew Thompson, (piano and
cello) to perform with him today. They will play a mixture of
music to best display their many talents. James is probably the
only pianist to have got over 100 points at the Bradley Musical
Festival!
July 29th: Gentle Jazz. Gentle Jazz has been playing for 40
years in various forms and with various personnel. Joined today
by their singer Beryl Childs they will perform Jazz tunes, Latin
Bossa Novas and Standards from the ‘American Song Book’ -
from which jazz musicians love to improvise.
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August 5th: The Kiosk Group Rejuvenated (Ukulele
Band). The band started at the Kiosk - a small café next to
the Cleethorpes Leisure Centre. Over time the original two
or three players became twelve to thirteen and moved to play
at Lucarly’s in Wilton Road where they still perform every
Wednesday. Today’s band will be all ukuleles plus one Bass
Player
August 12th: James Vaughan - Piano and Caroline
Pether - Violin: both players have performed for us before .
James was at school locally and is now an accomplished
accompanist, and Caroline is a very fine violinist. She is the
leader of the Manchester Camerata orchestra, as well as
often playing in the Hallé.
August 19th: Juliet Haley and friends, supported by her
music teacher Gill Parker, accompanied by David Parker.
Currently studying for A levels at Franklin College Juliet has
been playing the violin for 11 years. This year she received
a scholarship to go on and study violin at Birmingham
Conservatoire in September, something she is very excited
about! She will be joined by David Whitworth who will sing
some pieces by Bach accompanied by Juliet on violin.
August 26th: Brian Clarke and the Footnotes began
playing together with this new line-up earlier in 2016. They
are presently enjoying playing 1930-1940’s jazz at the
successful jazz afternoon at Scartho Community Library on
alternate Mondays. Brian Clarke, cornet, lead and vocalist’
Peter Tabois, piano Malcolm Hammond, saxophone, Graham
Crampin, guitar, Dave Ward, bass guitar, Lenny Dale, drums
and Noel Akaster on reeds
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What a ' Date to Remember'
Thursday 23rd June 1966 dawned, after a night of torrential rain
with skies grey and many streets in Grimsby and Cleethorpes
flooded. Perhaps some of you may well remember the picture in the
Grimsby Telegraph of Wellington Street subway flooded and level
with the road itself. St. Peter's Avenue was flooded too.
Well this was Stuart
and my wedding day
and so I really do not
need to say what
panic went through
us all at the sight of
this teeming rain.
But, the skies did
clear and the Avenue
dried and the sun did
come out and we
were married in the
sunshine and there
was not a dirty mark
on my dress. (The
paths had been
washed clean)
Thursday 23rd June 2016. Referendum Day.
Fifty years later, and I wonder what the weather will be like on this
day this year.
I also wonder how many other people have special days to
remember on this 'Date to Remember'. Heather Hammond
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The next Parish Magazine is the JULY/AUGUST issue. If you have any
articles or news please submit these to the editors either by email or via the
Parish Office by 15 June Thank you.
At the recent Annual Meeting of Parishioners Christine Caroline and
Andrew Longbottom were re elected to serve as our Churchwardens.
The Annual General Meeting followed with the following elected to
serve on the PCC: Kate Esmond, Jayne Dawson and Heather
Hammond.
Ex Officio members of the PCC are: Rev Paul Hunter, David Esmond,
Christine Caroline and Andrew Longbottom.
Prayer of thanks for the Queen
Father,
We thank you for our Queen, for her ninety
years of life – and still counting! Thank you
for her example of commitment and service;
for her perseverance through sunshine and
storm. Most of all thank you for the wisdom
she has to know that her security and significance come from you
alone. You are her Lord and King and Saviour – and you are ours.
May we all, Sovereign or Subject, put our trust in you and walk
more closely with you day by day, in thankfulness for Jesus Christ,
who makes that relationship possible.
Amen.
Daphne Kitching
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Christchurch 5 Years On 12:51 am on 22 February 2016 was the fifth anniversary of the Canterbury Earthquake which claimed 183 lives, destroyed the centre of Christchurch and damaged many residential areas. A symbol of the destruction was the Cathedral building. Readers may recall my account of the 2011 catastrophe. This year David and I returned to Christchurch for the first time since that earthquake. My feelings were a mix of hope and sadness. Hope because many of the “red stickered” buildings in the city centre have been demolished and are being replaced with new steel and glass structures. Yes I know, steel and glass in an earthquake zone? Apparently new building regulations are very strict and result in earthquake safe buildings. The Re:START Container Shopping Mall is the cornerstone of the city's rebuild. The cardboard Transitional Cathedral is really built from cardboard tubes (image giant inners of foil or clingfilm). Sadness? The many vacant lots, used as car parks, which I imagine are reminiscent of post war UK cities especially London. The vast red zoned residential areas which are now no go areas. The Empty Chairs, an art installation comprising 183 white chairs each commemorating a life lost in the quake. These range from baby car seats to wheelchairs. Plus the Cathedral, still standing badly damaged in Cathedral Square. It seems that no one can agree whether to demolish and
Transitional Cathedral
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use the stone to rebuild or repair the damage. Anglicans seem to take ages to find a consensus. And, five years on, the newspapers cover story after story of individuals who have not had a satisfactory resolution of their insurance claim. It seems that the Insurance Companies and the Earthquake Commission are not as efficient as they might be. The Mental Health workers report an enormous increase in mental health difficulties, whilst they claim that funding has been cut. Excepting Maori, most New Zealanders are from immigrant families and carry a “can do” attitude. Who would imagine a tourist attraction called Quake City which retells the 12:51 quake including CCTV footage of the very moment? And selling “after socks”; red and black merino socks with a seismic pattern? Yes I purchased a pair made by Rural Women New Zealand - proceeds to communities in need. Most moving was a documentary film in which earthquake survivors retold their earthquake stories.
However, the city is recovering and Christchurch remains vibrant. New Zealand is earthquake prone and two days after the 2016 anniversary, another serious quake hit the city resulting in more buildings being red stickered and shored up. The shaky isles live up to their name.
Kate Esmond
Cathedral as is - 2016
Cathedral as was - 2008
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The Bishop of Grimsby writes
So by the time that you read this, Ascension will have
gone, Pentecost will have gone, the Archbishops’
initiative of ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, an eight-day call to
prayer for the renewal of the Church and the confidence
to share what we know to be true, placed between those
two great Christian festivals, will be over, and the
Church will have entered into what we unhelpfully call
‘Ordinary Time’
Of course, no such time exists for the Church, unless by ‘ordinary’ we mean
a time when we simply get on with the business of being the Church that we
are called to be: living, proclaiming and growing the kingdom as Jesus told
those who would follow him would be their task.
I recently took part in the annual Christian Aid walk across the Humber,
meeting half-way with the Bishop of Hull, who was coming from the
opposite direction. We stopped and with others we prayed the simple prayer
‘Your kingdom come, Your will be done’. Simple, but profound and what
we’re called to be about as Church – particularly when we also seek to be
the answer to the prayer we’ve prayed.
Eight Days of Prayer was the call of the Archbishops; but what if we
continued and went beyond that? So that ‘Ordinary Time’ became what it
was always intended to be, ‘getting on with the business’, ‘simply growing
and doing the work’ time. What if we each committed to stop, to find a
quiet space, and to pray daily a prayer like the one below. I wonder how
‘ordinary’ that time would then be?
Almighty God, source of our hope and of all good things; you have called
the Diocese of Lincoln to be a healthy, vibrant and
sustainable Church, transforming lives in Greater
Lincolnshire. Lead us through this vision, give leaders
wisdom and direction, equip your disciples to love you
faithfully, others joyfully and to grow confidently through
word and deed. So that through us the world may catch a
glimpse of the love you have for each one of
us, through your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
+ David Grimsby
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MIDSUMMER
Look Out, Look Out there are witches about!! Since Christian times, the church has equated the pagan Midsummer solstice fire rituals with the feast of John the Baptist. Until recently bonfires were lit at Midsummer in many parts of the country. Fires were lit on hill tops to strengthen the sun and were accompanied by flaming tar barrels hoisted on poles, or flaming wheels rolling down hillsides. They were designed to bring fertility and well-being to men, their crops and cattle – in other words their food. Dancing sun wise round the fire, leaping through it and driving their cattle through ashes or smoke protected them against witches. This is the time when witches were said to be about and very busy so the wise person took precautions to keep them at bay. Herbs and plants were used as protection – green birch, fennel, St. John’s Wort and rue were all charms. Rowan would be plaited into cow’s tails and put in the pocket if travelling. Fern seeds gave both protection against witches and the gift of invisibility. Midsummer was also a good time for getting married. If a girl scattered hemp seed round the churchyard, at midnight on Midsummer Eve her future husband would appear raking or mowing the seed. In 1796 a lady heard her servant girl get up at midnight to scatter hemp seed where the boy she fancied would walk and remembered doing so herself. In a Worcestershire town a dinner is held every Midsummer Eve when the Chairman offers to settle any disputes between the inhabitants of a particular street then offers a toast to Peace and Good Neighbourliness. An unknown spinster in the 15
th century left forty shillings
to be put out to interest to provide ‘farthing loaves’ for the people of the street to enable all male inhabitants to be friendly and to settle any differences. This bequest was added to three hundred years later when £150 was left to provide plum cakes, pipes, tobacco and ale for the men at the Midsummer assembly. This custom died out during the war but was revived in 1951.
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PARISH REGISTER
Holy Baptism
8th May Sophie Elizabeth Jeyes
Marley Lenard Dunham
Oscar Thomas Evans
22nd May Hugo James Diable
Ivy Dane Harris
Olivia Clark
29th MAY Toby Spencer-Giles
Funerals in Church
29th April John Albert Jarman
4th May Stephen George Tennent Cripsey
The Parish Church of Saint Peter Parish Office
Saint Peter's Church Hall Saint Peter's Avenue
Cleethorpes DN35 8HP
Open 9.30 – 12 Monday, Tuesday Thursday & Friday Closed Wednesday & Saturday
PLEASE NOTE new email address: [email protected]
01472 231198
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Parish Services
JUNE 2016
Saint Peter’s Church Cleethorpes
Sundays
5 June 10:15 am United Service at St Peter’s
Celebration of 150 years of St.
Peter’s Church with Bishop of
Lincoln Christopher Lowson
NB No 8:00 am Holy Communion
No 5:00 pm Evening Prayer
12 June 8:00 am Holy Communion
9:30 am Holy Communion
11:00 am Informal Service
5:00 pm Evening Prayer
19 June 8:00 am Holy Communion
11:30 am Civic Service 5:00 pm Evening Prayer
26 June 9:30 am Holy Communion
11:00 am Informal Service
5:00 pm Evening Prayer
3 July 10:15 am United Service at Old Clee
5:00 pm Evening Prayer Wednesdays
10:00 am Holy Communion
No communion on 15 & 29th June
Friday Coffee Morning
Every Friday in the Church Hall
9.30 am—11.45 am