February 2020
Pott Shrigley’s Church & Parish Magazine
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David’s Deliberations Dear friends, During the 2000s I was a vicar in central Bradford, just adjacent to the community of Manningham, scene of the 2001 Bradford riots. On the Tuesday after the riots, Rev Angela Tilby on Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’ said:‘… the Bradford riots were not essentially about race or religion. … I think that for years too many people have made the fatal assumption that religion was divisive and not to be trusted. They have assumed that only secular values could mediate between different cultures, that respect would flourish best in a godless vacuum. Yet this is simply untrue. If only material values count, then respect goes by the board, and our inner cities become breeding grounds of envy and resentment – an easy target for drugs. As one commentator said dryly yesterday: "It wasn’t the boys who go to the mosque who were throwing stones at the police."’
tensions appear at first sight to have a religious basis. But the fact is that religion causes trouble when people take on the outward ‘badge’ of faith, without the inward belief and change of heart which should accompany it. Then it becomes something which divides, which says: ‘I belong to this group….and therefore I must be against that group.’
David Swales
‘Divisive religion’? How often people have said to me: ‘Look at all the trouble caused by religion. We’d be better off without it’…! And, indeed, both within our society, and on the international stage, some of the most explosive conflicts and HotPott - February 2020
True religion, true faith, on the other hand, is something we need more of, not less. In my early twenties I spent some time in Tanzania in East Africa. I was working with an old missionary priest and doctor who had, since the 1930s, been sharing his faith in Christ, by both word and deed, in a Muslim area. He believed passionately, as I do, that Jesus is the way to find and know God. Yet he wisely said to me that he was always sorry when he saw Muslim neighbours becoming less devout. He was sure that those who were sincerely seeking after God through Islam were nearer to the kingdom of God than those who were not seeking at all.
‘A godless vacuum’ Yes, these are the troubles, not of a world that has too much of God, but which has too little of Him. He has been pushed out,
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David’s Deliberations
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A blessed Christmas at St Christopher’s…
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100th Birthday Congratulations to Mary…
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Pott Shrigley’s Fencing Champion…
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Paddington goes to the Ball
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Name that brook…
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Choosing the new Bishop of Chester
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The Diocesan Lay Conference 2020
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In-between times
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Church Guild
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A Quiver of Quizzes…
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Whither Assyria – to wither?
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Your Vote Your Council
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Coffee Break
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Missionary Matters
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Flix in the Stix
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Suffering Church
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Electoral Roll
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Recipe: Tomato and orange soup
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Chores & Chains
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Services
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Enjoying the Bible
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Regular Church Activities
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elbowed off the stage by the false gods of hedonism and consumerism, of nationalism and tribalism. And what about those of us who do call ourselves ‘Christian’? Being a Christian in a multi-faith society can be a sensitive matter, and some react by soft-pedalling their Christian faith. But our world needs us to be more Christ-like, not less. People need all the
more to hear the message of hope, joy, peace, and fullness of life in Christ; and to see those things in us. At times like this we need to be closer followers of Him who commanded us to love our neighbour, to forgive those who hurt us, and who said: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’. Your friend and vicar, David
A blessed Christmas at St Christopher’s… Thank you to all those who helped us to prepare for and celebrate the seasons of Advent and Christmas at St Christopher’s; it can be difficult to keep the focus on the arrival of our Lord and Saviour rather than on all the surrounding trappings of presents to buy, food to prepare etc! So many thanks to our vicar David and to Anne Murphy, to the musicians, the singers, the sidesmen, the flower arranger, those who prepared Christingles, the cleaners, the mince pie and mulled wine producers, those who provided and decorated the wonderful Christmas tree, the minibus driver, the bell ringers, candle
lighters and all the rest of you who made the festivities so meaningful and special, both for those who attended services at church and those who joined in with the carol singing at Shrigley Hall. We did indeed have a blessed Christmas season, with so many of the church family helping to bring the good news of Christ our Saviour coming to live among us to everyone who attended church or who was present at Shrigley Hall Hotel. We pray that all those who heard the life giving message would, like Jesus’ mother Mary, ponder it in their hearts and come to faith in our living Lord. Editor.
100th Birthday Congratulations to Mary… No, not Mary Currell but Mary Clayton – the most longstanding subscriber to HotPott and its predecessors. Mary turned 100 years old on January 15th and celebrated with a party at the Turners Arms and by receiving guests (including the Mayor of Bollington) at her home in Bollington Road Page 4
on the day itself. Although Mary was born in Stockport she cycled to Bollington each day to work as a cotton spinner, firstly at Clarence Mill and then at Oliver’s Mill where she became a great friend of Hilda Gratton (Mary Currell’s mum). She also met her husband James at Oliver’s and moved to Bollington in the early 1940s. Mary visits St Christopher’s with her son and daughter to tend the family grave; she thinks, but is not sure, that family members attended Pott Shrigley Church in days gone by and so chose Pott Shrigley churchyard as their final resting place. Many congratulations and best wishes to Mary on reaching this amazing milestone. HotPott - February 2020
Pott Shrigley’s Fencing Champion… Many congratulations to Will Gem on his selection for the eight man England under-14 fencing squad. As HotPott goes to press Will and his parents Jo and Rick will be in Espoo, Finland where Will is representing his country at épée. The épée is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in sport fencing, the others being foil and sabre; it’s a thrusting weapon, similar to a foil, whereas the sabre is also designed for slashing. Will started on foil but moved to épée a year or so ago; in épée the entire body is a valid target, while in foil and sabre the target is limited. Hits can only be made with the point of sword and are recorded electronically. A bout lasts three minutes or five hits but in the direct eliminators 15 hits are needed. Will started fencing at the age of eight, having been introduced to it by a friend from school; he trains twice a week at the Four of Clubs Fencing Club, both in Macclesfield and Wilmslow and has competed in events all over Great Britain. Will enjoys the individual nature of the sport and the need for selfreliance; he has learnt to perform well under pressure, which is a good skill to have! Will enjoys winning, so has needed to listen to his coaches, recognise his faults (he says
remaining focused is a particular difficulty) and then nitpick at them until they are gone. A good level of fitness is required, with stamina rather than strength being important; excellent hand-eye co-ordination is helpful too! Will gets lots of bruises, and his knees have suffered a bit too but the protective clothing means he has not sustained serious injury. Rankings are built up by the number of points won over a series of competitions. Will is currently ranked 8th in England in his age group. The next step up would be to represent GBR where he is ranked 64th. In the past Will has qualified for the National Youth championships on four occasions, once as West Midlands area winner. We wish Will well in his fencing career and, more immediately, hope for success in the Espoo Fencing Challenge in Finland. Apparently Britain has not produced many fencing stars… perhaps that’s set to change!!
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Paddington goes to the Ball One Saturday in November it was all a hustle and a bustle at 32, Windsor Gardens. Paddington went downstairs to find Jonathan and Judy.
Duncan Matheson ‘What’s going on?’ asked Paddington. ‘Haven’t you heard?’ replied Jonathan. ‘It’s the Paddington Bear Ball at Shrigley Hall this evening. Mummy and Daddy are both going.’ Paddington helped himself to some marmalade – just to make sure he had heard correctly. A Paddington Bear Ball! At Shrigley Hall! Fancy having a ball in his honour! Aunt Lucy will be proud. ‘I think I’ll go too,’ he thought. That evening Mr and Mrs Brown, all dressed up to the nines, set off for the ball. Paddington followed them outside. ‘You can’t come to the ball,’ cried Mr Brown. ‘At least not dressed like that!’ Paddington gave him a hard stare. ‘Why not?’ he asked, ‘I’m wearing my best blue duffel coat, I’ve cleaned my red Wellington boots, and I’ve ironed my red hat, my family heirloom from Darkest Peru. Mr Gruber said I looked very smart this afternoon. Even Mrs Bird didn’t disapprove.’
‘It’s not in your honour, silly,’ said Anna.‘It’s in memory of my sister, Moy, who died in the summer.’ Paddington didn’t like being called silly. He gave Anna a hard stare. ‘Why is it called the Paddington Bear Ball, then?’ he asked. ‘My daughter Christina gave Moy a little Paddington Bear when she became ill and Moy took him with her for all her treatments,’ replied Anna. ‘That’s why we decided to have a Paddington Bear Ball.’ Paddington liked the idea of helping someone to feel a little braver when they were poorly. When they went through to eat, Paddington was most surprised to see that all the tables had models of himself sitting on top of wine bottles. He hoped that no one thought he had drunk all that wine; he much preferred a cup of hot cocoa! Paddington was very relieved to see that the bottles had names like ‘Windsor Gardens’ and ‘Darkest Peru’ and were just there to tell people which table they were sitting at. Paddington felt a little sad when he saw everyone had a luggage label at their place setting saying: ‘Please look after Mrs Brown (or whoever).’ They surely couldn’t all be lost like he was when he arrived from Darkest Peru? Then he saw there were
‘Oh, very well then,’ said Mrs Brown. ‘I expect other people will come wearing strange things.’ When they arrived at Shrigley Hall everyone was standing around with drinks, talking to each other. Mr and Mrs Brown took Paddington to meet Anna Howard, who, with her partner Mike, had organized the event. ‘Why have you arranged a ball in honour of me?’ Paddington asked Anna. Page 6
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pretend suitcases just like his on the tables too – it was all just a bit of fun! It was all so grand that Paddington tried to be on his very best behaviour, and produced three marmalade sandwiches from under his hat with as little fuss as possible. Mr and Mrs Brown thought the three course meal was delicious but Paddington was glad he had his sandwiches. During the meal there was a quiz: the first round was all about Moy, which was difficult for Mr and Mrs Brown as they had not known her, but they managed to ask Moy’s kind friends and relations who gave them the right answers. After dinner there was a raffle, and then an auction with Richard Raymond as auctioneer; all this was very exciting even though Paddington didn’t win any of the prizes. The speech that followed wasn’t very exciting, though it was very necessary as it told everyone just what important work the East Cheshire Hospice, who looked after Moy so well, does and how much money it costs. Paddington was very pleased that the people there gave lots of money so that the hospice can help even more people like Moy. After the serious bit Paddington had great fun dancing to the band ‘Space Hoppers’, though he had to be careful not to tread on people’s feet with his Wellington boots. Or, indeed, fall over them himself.
Many thanks to Anna and Mike, and to all those who gave their time to enable us all to enjoy such a wonderful evening to celebrate Moy and to remember her. Thanks too for all the donations given in memory of Moy; a magnificent £2,600 has been raised so far… still time to give though! Donate at eastcheshirehospice.org.uk. Editor. *** Adam and Eve had an ideal marriage. He didn’t have to hear about all the men she could have married, and she didn’t have to hear about the way his mother cooked. ***
Mr and Mrs Brown and Paddington were all exhausted when they got back home to 32, Windsor Gardens that night. They had had a wonderful time. ‘Weren’t Anna and Mike clever to arrange all that?’ said Mr Brown. ‘All so thoughtfully done, with so much attention to detail.’ ‘Yes,’ said Paddington thoughtfully, glad that he had taken his marmalade sandwiches with him. ‘I bet Moy would have loved it too.’ Before he went to bed Paddington wrote it all up in his scrapbook. And then he wrote a postcard to Aunt Lucy. HotPott - February 2020
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Name that brook‌ The parish council is running a competition to name the anonymous (who knew?) brook that flows down Bakestonedale Road and then along Shrigley Road. Please send your naming suggestions to your parish clerk, Joyce Burton pottclerk@ btinternet.com or to any of your councillors before the closing date of 1st March 2020. If anyone prefers, Kath and Duncan Matheson (574983 or see us in church), will be happy to pass on your suggestions.
Process for choosing the new Bishop of Chester Many of you will know that Bishop Peter retired in September as Bishop of Chester; this set in motion the process for appointing his successor.
church. It can also be accessed digitally via the front page of the diocesan website. The statement makes interesting reading and gives a good overview of the different areas covered by the Diocese of Chester.
Ros Johnson
The diocesan committee tasked with putting together the list of desired attributes of the new bishop is called the Vacancy in See Committee; this body has now completed its part in the process. During August and September last year the committee conducted a diocesan-wide consultation: 430 PCCs, church groups and individuals contributed their thoughts and views on who the next bishop should be and the qualities he or she should have. Using the information obtained in the consultation, the Vacancy in See Committee produced a statement of needs: this is a brief document describing the diocese and stating the desired profile of the next Bishop of Chester; a copy of it is available for viewing at the back of Page 8
The Vacancy in See Committee is satisfied that the statement faithfully reflects the diocese as a whole and hopes it will serve the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) well as they discern whom God is calling to be our next bishop. The CNC is the body who will ultimately decide who becomes the next Bishop of Chester; it is led by the archbishops and is meeting on 3 February and then again on 16/17 March, hopefully leading to an announcement in the spring. In this period of transition we are asked to pray for the diocese, the CNC and the person that God is calling to be the next Bishop of Chester. HotPott - February 2020
The Diocesan Lay Conference 2020 What is it? A conference held by the diocese every three years. This year it will have a focus on encouraging and equipping us to live out our faith confidently every day of the week, not just Sunday.
Ros Johnson When is it? Friday, 15th May to Sunday, 17th May 2020 Where is it? The Hayes Conference Centre, Hayes Lane, Swanwick, Derbyshire DE55 1AU Who’s it for? Any lay church members. Those with a formal ministry do attend, but anyone is encouraged to come along so that St Christopher’s is represented. It’s a time to learn, have fun and share with others from all walks of life. What does it cost? Nothing! The diocese has agreed to meet the cost of one room per parish (including full board). What do I need to do? If you would like to attend the conference, please contact the PCC Secretary, Ros Johnson, as soon as possible on 01625 875902 or at pccsecretary@ pottshrigleychurch.org.uk. From 16 February any rooms unallocated will be made available for use by other parishes. About the conference: John Mason, Chair of the House of Laity, writes: ‘Sunday morning is a time to draw closer to God and to reflect on the week gone by and the week to come. Many of us leave church with a spring in our step; the fellowship and joy we can experience at church
often fill us with the hope and encouragement we need to live and share our faith confidently with others. However, harnessing that confidence so that it sustains us and guides our words and actions and identity through the whole week doesn’t come easily to everyone all of the time. At the Lay Conference we will explore how we can encourage each other to live out our faith confidently every day of the week, Not Just Sunday. We hope that everyone who attends will leave feeling encouraged and equipped. The aim is that the delegates will have: • A clearer sense of their Christian identity in everyday life, individually and collectively. • An increased confidence to express their everyday faith. • An idea of how the gathered church can resource everyday faith. For more information see the flyers at the back of church, or go to: www.chester.anglican.org/layconference-2020.
*** I asked my nephew whether he bought his wife anything for Valentine’s Day, and he said he had bought her a belt and a bag. When I commented that I am sure she would appreciate them, he agreed: “Yes, and hopefully the vacuum cleaner will work better now.” *** HotPott - February 2020
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In-between times Christmas is long gone, and Lent is not yet due Traditionally, this is a time when we feel a little blue. The mornings are so dark, the days are all too short This rationing of daylight makes us all feel rather fraught! We're in the in-between time, not deep winter, but not quite spring, The start of a new year, and we wonder what it will bring. But darkness doesn't have to be bad, new beginnings can be full of hope, This is a time of anticipation, not a time to mope. Dark mornings bring the promise of light, as the stars shine in the sky The new year signals new life, new wonders for us to spy The first snowdrops in the hedgerows, young lambs that dance and spring The wonders of creation encourage our hearts to sing. Rebecca Roth-Biester
Christmas lunch and a quiz: St Christopher’s Church Guild On December 4th guild members enjoyed Christmas lunch at the Legh Arms, Adlington.
Eileen Stratford After all the festivities we met in church on January 8th. Mary Currell opened the meeting; Mr Cornes sang Psalm 15 for us, a Page 10
real treat, and Mary led us in prayer. Mary then made us put on our thinking caps by producing a quiz for us, after which we enjoyed a cup of tea and cake. Many thanks Mary. The next meeting will be in church on Wednesday 12th February at 2.30pm when Margaret Pearson will present ‘An Alison’s Eye View’. HotPott - February 2020
A Quiver of Quizzes… Those of us who enjoy a quiz had a bonanza in the last few weeks of 2019. The most magnificent was the Tearfund Big Quiz. 26,384 people took part, though not all in Pott Shrigley Village Hall: 562 quiz nights across the country raised a superb £188,400, which beats last year’s total. The money goes directly to help people like Martha (whom we learnt of at the quiz night) who is desperate to rebuild her life after fleeing conflict in Nigeria. The next two quizzes came to form a sandwich with Christmas as the filling and Pott Shrigley Cricket Club and St Christopher’s being the bread. Both were held at The Poacher’s Inn, Bollington. Always a good night at The Poacher’s and both parties are very grateful to Helen and Rob and their staff for their good beer and excellent organisation of the questions, though it must be said that the St Christopher’s contingent, in the absence of Rev Murphy, were somewhat flummoxed by the cricketers’ specification that all the rounds were to be on music. However, there was some relief when
we learnt that they had fewer than 30 raffle prizes this year – a more manageable three wonderful, enormous hampers containing all sorts of goodies. Pity we didn’t win any of them (or the quiz)! Hard on the heels of the Christmas celebrations came the St Christopher’s quiz – more (but less exotic) raffle prizes and more sensible (in my view) questions (though we still didn’t manage to win). The cricket club made over £600 by being more organised and selling lots more raffle tickets than us, but St Christopher’s benefitted to the tune of £363.50, thanks to the generosity of those who provided raffle prizes, bought tickets and donated to take part.
*** A former bishop of Exeter was renowned for his bad memory. On one occasion he was travelling by train to a certain part of his diocese. Before he reached his destination, the ticket collector appeared demanding to see all tickets. The bishop groped his way through this pocket and that, inside his purple cassock and out, but no ticket could be found. Finally the ticket collector lost patience and said; “Tha’s o’right bishop. We all know you’s an harnest man. It don’t matter.” “Oh but indeed it does!” cried the bishop. “Without that ticket I shan’t know where to get off this train!” *** HotPott - February 2020
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Whither Assyria – to wither?
From the Old Testament we are aware of Assyria as a great world power. Jonah was sent by God to its capital city Nineveh to prophesy about its evil regime. After its defeat by Babylon, Assyria rather falls off the world stage but the descendents of its people are still around today, some living in northeast Syria.
The Mongolian invasions of the Middle East in the 13th century were particularly damaging to the Christian communities that had survived centuries of Islamic rule. By World War I, Assyrian Christians were concentrated largely in southeast Turkey and parts of Iraq. In 1915 the collapsing Ottoman Empire decided to get rid of its Christian population, which helped to pave the way for an ethnic Turkish state. Turkey’s ongoing oppression of its Kurdish population is an attempt to finish what it started when it eliminated the country’s Christians. After the Armenian genocide, which claimed upward of 2 million lives, Christians fled in various directions. Assyrians fled largely to Iraq, but soon encountered problems there too as Britain did not support their dream of an independent Assyrian state. After a massacre of Assyrians in Simele in northern Iraq in 1933, many crossed the Tigris to Frenchcontrolled Syria, where they settled along the Khabur River. The community has lived there since, preserving their dialect of Aramaic, Jesus’s native tongue.
Duncan Matheson
In the West we are well versed in the history of the origins of Christianity as it spread across the Mediterranean and the Roman Empire, as clearly described in the New Testament. However at the same time Christianity was spreading throughout one of Rome’s main rivals: the Persian Empire to the east, where the Christian community largely spoke Aramaic/Syriac and used it as their liturgical language. In 424 AD the Christians of the Persian Empire broke from the rest of the church, forming the Church of the East. They sent missionaries eastward, and today the world’s largest concentration of Christians of the Syriac tradition live in southern India.
Assyrian Christians in Syria are a minority within a minority. Most Christians in Syria, who were less than 10 per cent of the country’s population before the current war, are ethnically Arab. Even the Syriac community (cousins to Assyrians) in northeast Syria has a larger population. The approximately 15,000 Assyrians living along the Khabur River before Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria
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2011 were one of the largest remaining concentrations of Assyrians in the world. In 2015 ISIS fighters swept down from the Abdul Aziz mountains to the southwest, seized control of about half of the Assyrian villages in the area, and kidnapped about 250 residents. ISIS deliberately destroyed churches and painted graffiti on homes extolling the Islamic State. ISIS held the southwest bank of the Khabur River for about three months before being pushed back by Kurdish and local Christian factions who eventually joined to form the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by American airpower. Most Assyrians fled and by 2019 only about 700 or 800 people remained scattered throughout the villages. Those who did remain were determined to rebuild and plant and harvest their wheat and barley crops irrigated from the Khabur. In recent weeks Turkish-backed militants have begun to encroach on the Assyrian villages of the Khabur where residents can see history repeating itself, remembering the genocide of a century ago. It is understandable that the Christians of northeastern Syria refuse to live under Turkish rule. In early 2018, Turkey took over the largely Kurdish area of Afrin in northwestern Syria. A community of former Muslims who had converted to Evangelical Christianity fled to Kobani, a city on Syria’s northern border with Turkey. Turkish-backed militias desecrated Yazidi religious sites and looted archaeological sites — most recently, a historic Maronite church. Christians have already fled the cities of Tel Abyad and Ras al-Ayn. There is no reason to think that the Turkish-backed forces will act differently as they move into the villages of the Khabur. The descendants of the Assyrian Christians who fled Turkey over a hundred years ago are at risk of disappearing. After that, thousands of other Christians in the area could face the same fate. HotPott - February 2020
Turkish military vehicles in Syria
Please pray for members of the Assyrian Church of the East. Information obtained, with thanks, from the National Review website. *** The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, ‘My Mummy looked back once, while she was driving,’ he said, ‘and she turned into a telephone pole!’ ***
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Your Vote Your Council
Competition - to name a brook
The council is running a competition to name the anonymous brook which flows down Bakestonedale Road then along Shrigley Road. Please send your naming suggestions through to your clerk, Joyce Burton pottclerk@btinternet.com or to any of your councillors before the closing date of 1st March 2020. We are really looking forward to your suggestions!
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A large amount of waste dumped at the cinder track on Bakestonedale Road, spotted by Cllr. Basford, reported by the clerk and quickly removed by CEC.
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Request for road sweeping, particularly pavements in Bakestonedale Road. This work has been completed.
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The 25+ bin bags of cannabis waste dumped behind a log on Shrigley Road were removed.
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Potholes just after the aqueduct (travelling towards Pott Shrigley) and those near Mitchelfold – now filled in.
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Donkey bridge Repairs to the bridge are due to start at the beginning of January with an estimated date of completion at the end of January.
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Remedial resurfacing of Shrigley Road from Green Close to the aqueduct. No further update or indication when this might be done.
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Modifications to the ‘Chevron Bend’ very low on CEC’s list of projects pending.
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Stones missing from the base of the wall at the side of the bridge on Bakestonedale ‘…will be assessed as part of our programmed safety inspections.’
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The new proposed gritting routes scheduled for 2020/21 are still being considered. It is difficult to get a response from those concerned.
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Flooding of Poynton Brook by Shrigley Road, particularly near Trickle Brook Cottage. Still waiting for update from the Environment Agency promised to Cllr. Saunders.
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Blocked gully at junction of Green Close and Shrigley Road probably under the tarmac. Status: ‘Enquiry received’.
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Kerbstone at cricket club entrance is raised up. Status: ‘Enquiry received’.
Highways Recent additions •
The clerk reported a tree across part of the road at West Park Gate. It was cleared very promptly even though it was Saturday. Clerk wrote to thank CEC for
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Blocked gully at the junction of Long Lane and Shrigley Road. Status: ‘Works order programmed’.
Enforcement at Nab Quarry Erection of shed on the north side of Nab Quarry and destruction of trees.
Grass Triangle at Normans Hall
Planning
19/5049M 3A Location: Moorside Cottages, SK10 5RZ Demolition of single storey elements of existing dwelling, construction of replacement dwelling, with detached outbuilding and associated works (renewal of planning permission 19/1988M to include permitted development under Certificate of Lawfulness 18/4876M) Decision on these modifications left to the planning officer.
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19/3716M Location: 1 Normans Hall Cottage, SK10 5SE Certificate of existing lawful use of existing building as a residential dwelling. The council has referred the decision on this application to CEC planning department.
NP/CEC/1119/1222 Location: Moorside Quarry, Pott Shrigley. Retention of temporary accommodation (caravan) for a further five years. As the caravan has already been there eight years, the council has left the final decision to Peak Park. Granted temporarily. As there was no officer’s report on the website, the council will await for the written report before asking for a detailed explanation of the above decision, which is ambiguous.
Report and photos sent by Cllr. Boulton of the damage done to the grassy triangle at Norman’s Hall by an articulated lorry struggling to access the bend. There was evidence of an attempt to repair the damage but it was compounded by another vehicle having driven across the grassy triangle. This has now been reinstated.
19/3715M Location: Normans Hall Farm, SK10 5SE (Amendment to application ref. 18/4950M) Repositioning and alterations to approved Units 1 and 2, and increased parking to Unit 3. The council does not support this application but submitted an amended comment omitting the statement that includes ‘unit 1 will inevitably be moved closer to the road ...’. 19/3438M Location: Nab Quarry -MRI Polytech erroneously listed as Stone Products.
Date and time of next meetings The next parish council meeting will be held on Monday 3rd February 2020 at 8pm in the village hall.
*** An older man, not in the best physical condition, went along to his local gym. Carefully dressed in his new exercise clothes, he approached a trainer in the gym. “I want to impress a beautiful young girl as soon as possible. Which machine should I use?” The trainer took one look at him and smiled: “I would highly recommend the ATM machine outside! *** HotPott - February 2020
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Coffee Break
Across 8 Interrogated (Acts 12:19) (5-8) 9 ‘Burn it in a wood fire on the — heap’ (Leviticus 4:12) (3) 10 Tobit, Judith, Baruch and the books of Esdras and the Maccabees are part of it (9) 11 Science fiction (abbrev.) (3-2) 13 Clay pit (anag.) (7) 16 Went to (John 4:46) (7) 19 ‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to — your bodies as living sacrifices’ (Romans 12:1) (5) 22 David’s plea to God concerning those referred to in 14 Down: ‘On — — let them escape’ (Psalm 56:7) (2,7) 24 Royal Automobile Club (1,1,1) 25 How the book of Ezekiel refers to God more than 200 times (Ezekiel 2:4) (9,4)
Down 1 Seas (Proverbs 8:24) (6) 2 One of the sons of Eli the priest, killed in battle by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:11) (6) 3 Specialist in the study of the Muslim religion (8) 4 ‘Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but — him as if he were your father’ (1 Timothy 5:1) (6) 5 One of Esau’s grandsons (Genesis 36:11) (4) 6 Taking a chance (colloq.) (2,4) 7 God’s instructions to the Israelites concerning grain offerings: ‘ — salt to — your HotPott - February 2020
offerings’ (Leviticus 2:13) (3,3) 12 Confederation of British Industry (1,1,1) 14 ‘All day long they twist my words; they are always — to harm me’ (Psalm 56:5) (8) 15 The crowd’s reaction to Jesus bringing back to life a widow’s son in Nain (Luke 7:16) (3) 16 Disappear (Psalm 104:35) (6) 17 How Jeremiah was likely to die if he wasn’t rescued from the cistern where he was imprisoned (Jeremiah 38:9) (6) 18 What the prophets do to a wall, with whitewash (Ezekiel 13:10, RSV) (4,2) 20 Made by a plough (Job 39:10) (6) 21 Noah was relieved when the flood waters continued to — (Genesis 8:5) (6) 23 Jesus gave the Twelve the power and authority to do this to diseases (Luke 9:1) (4) Page 17
Missionary Matters
Megumi and Helen Fazakerley, who work in Malawi, had a good break over the Christmas period, but missed their family who were celebrating in Sydney, Australia and on the Wirral in the UK.
John Ryley Helen is busy with changes of personnel in the SIM missionary team in Malawi: four families have either left recently or are about to and Helen has both helped them prepare for life after Malawi and organised a farewell event for each family to enable ‘goodbyes’ to be said properly. Helen and a colleague have revised the Malawi Field Manual in preparation for the arrival of three new families expected this year; children will have their own special welcome to Malawi too! The first family (from America) arrives next week; Helen will be involved in their orientation and Megumi, as language coach, will also provide input. The Evangelical Bible College of Malawi has re-opened after the Christmas break and is now finishing off the first semester, which ends February 8th. Much of the time will be devoted to exams - and marking them. Many students have grown in their knowledge and understanding of God’s word, in their ministry skills and in personal confidence and maturity - but please pray for some whose growth is not apparent - and for others who have not yet paid their fees to the college! Helen celebrates her 60th birthday next week - which may (or may not!) suggest retirement will be in the not too distant future. However, until that happens they need additional financial support; currently they receive just 70% of what they require, which is not sustainable. Please pray and/or get involved! Page 18
Karen lady
Very little news has been received from Johnny and Ann McClean since before Christmas, which probably means they are extremely busy! A very recent post on their blog asked for prayers for Johnny as he delivers five days’ training in Chiang Mai to Karen tribal pastors; the Karens are a mainly Christian people who live in the remote northern mountains and whose land extends into Myanmar, where they have long been persecuted by the Burmese army. Please continue to pray for Johnny and Ann’s ministry in Bangkok, that they will remain well and have some rest, and particularly that the Christmas outreach activities they were involved with were, and still are, fruitful. Pray too for their children Matthew and Bethan, that their A level and IGCSE mock exams were successful and that Matthew’s search for a place at a UK university to read law (I think) is blessed. *** An elderly single woman died last month. She requested no male pallbearers. In her handwritten instructions for her memorial service, she explained: “They wouldn’t take me out while I was alive, so I don’t want them to take me out when I’m dead.” *** HotPott - February 2020
Winter and Spring 2020
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Winter and Spring 2020
F LIX I N THE STIX
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- Anthea Wilkinson (01625 573538) (and St Oswald’s church, Bollington)
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The Suffering Church Persecuted Christians abroad will have their protection bolstered by the British government following a landmark pledge to adopt a new definition of anti-Christian discrimination and persecution. In 2019 the then foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, commissioned the Bishop of Truro to examine the extent and nature of Christian persecution and the UK government’s response to it. Last week Baroness Goldie, from the Ministry of Defence, indicated that the government intends to implement the recommendations of the Truro report in full. Boris Johnson’s Christmas message stated: ‘Christmas Day is, first and foremost, a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ…Today of all days, I want us to remember those Christians around the world who are facing persecution. For them, Christmas Day will be marked in private, in secret, perhaps even in a prison cell. As Prime Minister, that’s something I want to change. We stand with Christians everywhere, in solidarity, and will defend your right to practise your faith.’ Pray that these promises will result not only in action to help and protect persecuted Christians in their homelands, but also in an increased willingness to give refuge in the UK to displaced Christians. In Sudan a miracle has occurred following continual protests by disaffected young people: Sudan’s new minister for religious affairs, Nasreddine Mufreh, says Christians,
Sudanese Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Page 20
Algerian Christians
who endured ‘very bad practices’ such as forced transportation, closure of Christian schools and demolition of churches under previous president Omar al-Bashir, have the right to practise their faith freely and should no longer be considered a minority group, forced to live as second-class citizens with reduced rights under Islamic sharia law. Mufreh said: ‘They are Sudanese and their religion is heavenly with its values and beliefs.’ He pledged that property stolen from churches and Christians during al-Bashir’s 30 year rule will be returned. In a separate development, Sudan has repealed the strict sharia law that controlled how all women, including Christians, acted and dressed in public. The charity Barnabas Fund is helping to fund a prison ministry in Sudan to aid Christian women who were jailed, often with their children, for infringing the laws on public conduct. Praise the Lord that the Sudanese government is reducing the influence of militant Islamic fundamentalism and give thanks for the awesome wonders that God is doing in Sudan. A similar situation pertains in Algeria: sustained public protest has removed a hardline president who sanctioned the harassment of Christians and the closure of churches, but please pray for the populace to be persistent until a fairer government is in place and discrimination against the Christian minority ceases. HotPott - February 2020
The church in China has grown miraculously over the last century; Christians now outnumber members of the Chinese communist party. The politicians are offended by this and so increase their attempts to make Christianity more Chinese by attempting to focus church teachings on Chinese patriotism and the communist party by such actions as forcing a church to paint over its name and replace it with a communist slogan: ‘Follow the Party, Obey the Party, and Be Grateful to the Party,’ or ordering an officially registered church to replace paintings of Biblical subjects with a portrait of China’s President, surrounded with communist party slogans or by threatening elderly Christians with the loss of their pensions if they continue to gather for worship. Superficially the authorities are supportive: celebrations to mark the printing of the 200 millionth Chinese Union Version of the Bible in China were attended by leaders
of the state-registered church and by civic dignitaries. However, Bible sales are severely restricted and online sales are banned.
200 Million Bibles China
Please pray for our Christian brothers and sisters mentioned above, and for all those others in so many parts of the world whose faith leads to persecution and discrimination, that they will be upheld and enabled to stand steadfast in their faith.
Lent: extra time for prayer
Lent is a time to take stock of ourselves spiritually. This includes setting aside extra time for prayer. If you want to read some beautiful prayers – and answers to them, browse through the Psalms. Again and again the psalmist writes: “the Lord heard my cry.” So – what do you need to bring to prayer? Just the tiniest amount of faith that God is even there…. Jesus assures us that even faith as small as a tiny mustard seed will be effective.
The Bible makes clear that God does not stand on ceremony – in fact, He prefers our personal, spontaneous prayers. Jesus was very matter of fact about it: “When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” (Matthew 6:6) The Bible assures us that prayer will bring us good things: “we may receive mercy and HotPott - February 2020
find grace to help us in our time of need”. (Hebrews 4:16) So, what can be the results of your prayers this Lent? Well, here are seven, for starters…. •
Joy and deep happiness. (John 16:24)
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Relief from your worry, stress and tension (Philippians 4:6,7)
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Wisdom and more mental clarity (James 1:5,6)
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Protection and deliverance from temptations (Matthew 26:41)
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An ability to share the Good News of Jesus with other people (Matthew 9:38)
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Strength to persevere when you feel under spiritual attack (Ephesians 6:18)
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A growing thankfulness to God, who is worthy of all glory (Revelation 4:11) Taken from Parish Pump. Page 21
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Electoral Roll Revision
Each year we are legally required to review our electoral roll – in 2020 we are not obliged to scrap the current one and start again (phew) as in 2019, but it is necessary for the electoral roll officer (me) and David Swales to look through the list of names to make sure it remains appropriate. The criteria for being on the roll are, briefly: •
membership of the Church of England or church subscribing to the same doctrine
•
being baptised and aged 16 years or over and
•
either being resident in the parish or (if not resident in the parish) having habitually attended public worship at St Christopher’s during the preceding six months
•
completion of the application form.
Those who are prevented from attending through illness or other legitimate reason, but who have previously attended St Christopher’s regularly, are still eligible to be on the roll.
The formal notice about the revision of the roll will be put on both the church and parish notice boards in early March with the revision taking place between 31st March and 10th April 2020. Copies of the revised roll, which will have names but no other personal data, will be available for inspection in the 14 days before the annual church meeting on 26th April 2020. If you are not already on the roll, but would like to be and think you are eligible – we’d be delighted to discuss this with you, so please don’t hesitate to ask me or David Swales about it. Application forms are available from the table at the back of church, or from me. Kath Matheson, Electoral Roll Officer 07944 624 832/01625 574893 kmmpott@yahoo.co.uk Church View Cottage, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SA.
*** Two American preachers were visiting in Germany and attended Sunday services. Since they couldn’t speak German, they decided to do as the man sitting in front of them did. A few minutes into the service the preacher from the pulpit said something and the man in front of them stood, and they stood also. The congregation burst into laughter. They then sat down when the man did. At the end of the service, they met the pastor and found that he spoke English. They asked him why everyone laughed so much when they stood? The pastor explained that he had announced that they would have a christening service that evening, and would the father of the child please rise. *** After the Christmas and New Year festivities, the wife gingerly crept onto her bathroom scales to weigh herself. She pulled a sad face. Her husband asked: “What’s the matter? Are you overweight?” “Well, not if I was six inches taller.” HotPott - February 2020
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Recipe of the Month Tomato and orange soup
Audrey found this recipe in ‘Home and Country’ (the magazine of the Women’s Institute) in 1983. It sounds ideal for the weather we’re likely to enjoy in February!
Audrey Meecham
Method: Fry the onion and carrot in the butter until softened (approximately 5 minutes). Add the remaining ingredients (except parsley) to the softened onion and carrot and simmer for 30 minutes. Season as desired.
Ingredients: 1 large onion, chopped 1 large carrot, grated 25g butter 1 small tin of tomatoes 1 orange, peeled and chopped 1 teaspoon mixed herbs 1 teaspoon brown sugar ¾ pint/375ml chicken stock Parsley to garnish.
Liquidise or put through a sieve. Serve piping hot, garnished with parsley. Serves four to six people.
*** The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces and laid it upon the altar. And then, Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times over. “Now,” said the teacher, “can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?” A little girl in the back of the room started waving her hand, “I know! I know!” she said, “To make the gravy! *** HotPott - February 2020
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Chores and Chains Cleaning Rota 7th Feb 14th Feb 21st Feb 28th Feb 6th March
Mr & Mrs Ferguson Mr & Mrs Currell Mrs Plant & Mrs Bowes Miss Bunting & Mr & Mrs Stratford Mrs Foster & Mrs Winstanley
Tea & Coffee
Contact - Carole on 01625 820533 2nd Feb 9th Feb 16th Feb 23rd Feb 1st March
Madeline & Pam Johnstone Elizabeth & Frances Helen & Kim Ros & Sheila Liz & John
Flowers
Contact - Gill: 01625 829819 2nd Feb 9th Feb 16th Feb 23rd Feb 1st March
Rita Barrow, for John’s birthday Vacant Gill Mosley in memory of her mummy Vacant Vacant
Forthcoming weddings
Contact - Pam: weddings@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk 21st March Robert & Dominique We wish them joy in their preparations.
From the Registers Burial of Ashes
our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of: 11th December Anne Geoghegan 21st December Judith Close 19th January James Brabazon Lowther HotPott - February 2020
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Services February 2nd. 8.30am 10.45am
Holy Communion Holy Communion‡
Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40
Holy Communion Family Service
Matthew 4:1-11
Holy Communion Morning Worship
Genesis 1:1-19; Genesis 1:20-2:3
Holy Communion Morning Worship*
2 Peter 1:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9
David Swales
9th 8.30am 10.45am
David Swales Anne Murphy & David Swales
16th. 8.30am 10.45am
David Swales David Swales
23rd. 8.30am 10.45am
David Swales The Archdeacon of Macclesfield
March 1st. Lent 1. 8.30am 10.45am
Holy Communion Holy Communion‡
Ephesians 4:1-16; Revelation 2:1-7
David Swales
All readings will be the same at 8.30 and 10.45 unless otherwise indicated. ‡ Junior Church * Youth and Junior Church
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Sidespeople and Prayers February 2nd. 8.30am 10.45am
Mr. K. Ardern Mr. & Mrs. S. Potts + Mr. I. Malyan ER: Mr. R. Ferguson
Mathesons
Miss G. Mosley Mr. S. Heathcote + Mr. I. Currell + Mr. I. Malyan
Children
Mr. & Mrs. R. Stratford Mr. & Mrs. J. Weston
Sandy Milsom
Miss G.Mosley Mr. & Mrs. M. Akerman
Audrey Bomford
Mr. K. Ardern Mrs. E Harper + Mr. & Mrs. R. Ferguson
Pam Cooke
9th. 8.30am 10.45am
16th. 8.30am 10.45am
23rd. 8.30am 10.45am
March 1st. 8.30am 10.45am
Enjoying the Bible (and getting to know it better!) Lent begins right at the end of this month. Last year in Lent I made available the book: ‘Books of the Bible; my Notes and Reflections’.
David Swales This lovely book introduces you to 12 books of the Bible, has space for your own notes and thoughts, and even some seriously cool colouring! Many people took one and found it both enjoyable and helpful. If you didn’t try it last Lent, there is a copy available for you to try this year. If you did, then this year Volume 2 is available. It is ideal for adults, for families, for younger people: and what better resolution for Lent than to get to know the Bible better? HotPott - February 2020
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Weekly:
Regular Church Activities
JUNIOR CHURCH - Children of three years and older - held during the 10:45am service. Meets in church for the first part of the service and then goes over to the village hall for Bible stories, songs, craft activities, prayers and fun. YOUTH CHURCH - (Year 6 and above) - generally 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. CRECHE - Held during the 10:45am service in the tower vestry. HOME GROUPS - Four groups offering fellowship, worship and Bible study: Daytime - Monday 10.30am, The Vicarage; David Swales, 575846 Rainow - Monday 8:00 - 9:30pm; Sheila Garton, 573492 Pott Shrigley (North) - Tuesday 8:00 - 9:30pm, 3 Green Close; Sally Winstanley, 574545 Bollington - Wednesday 8:00 - 9:30pm, 14 Silver St, Bollington; Anne Murphy, 575768 PRAY TOGETHER - Tuesday 7:00 - 7.45pm in the tower vestry; Yvonne Foster, 576419 PRAISE AND PLAY - Children up to school age. Thursday 09:30 - 11:30am in church for stories and activities; Celia Fraser, 665054 BELL RINGING - Thursday 7:30 - 9:00pm, meet in the bell tower; Duncan Matheson, 574983 Monthly: CHURCH GUILD - Fellowship, speakers, outings and tea. Meets the second Wednesday in the month 2:30 - 4:00pm in church; Georgina Wray, 615547 The list above was last revised on 2nd September, 2019. All telephone numbers are prefixed with 01625. Please give corrections and additions to magazine@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk.
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Directory Priest-in-charge:
Rev. David Swales, The Vicarage, Spuley Lane, SK10 5RS
575846
vicar@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk Readers:
Dr John Ryley (Reader Emeritus), 2 Wych Lane, Adlington, SK10 4NB
829595
Parish Assistant:
Gillian Mosley, 129 St Austell Avenue, Macclesfield, SK10 3NY
829819
Churchwardens:
David Garton, veronagartons@btinternet.com
573492
David Gem, Ridge Hall Farm, Ridge Hill, Sutton, Macclesfield, SK11 0LU
01260 252287
davidgem@gmail.com Verger:
Stan Heathcote, Lilac Cottage, Spuley Lane, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5RR
PCC Secretary:
Ros Johnson, 32 Tapley Avenue, Poynton, Cheshire, SK12 1XX
PCC Treasurer:
Peter Kennedy, kennedyp@tuckerssolicitors.com
Gift Aid & Planned Giving:
Sally Winstanley, 3 Green Close Cottages, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SG
Organists:
Mary Currell, 61 Crossfield Road, Bollington, SK10 5EA
875902
pccsecretary@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk 07850 740335 574545
sjwinstanley.ps@gmail.com 573735
marycurrell61@btinternet.com David Garton, as above
573492
Andy Phillips, 26 Hurst Lane, Bollington, SK10 5LP
07881 358976
andyphillips@totalise.co.uk Weekly Bulletin:
David Gem, as above
Electoral Roll and Safeguarding officer:
Kath Matheson, Church View Cottage, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SA
01260 252287
Tower Captain:
Duncan Matheson, Church View Cottage, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SA
574983
kmmpott@yahoo.co.uk 574983
dmmpott@yahoo.co.uk Pastoral Care Team:
Kim Swales, The Vicarage, Spuley Lane, SK10 5RS
575846
Church Guild:
Georgina Wray, 14 Paladin Place, Bank Close, Macclesfield, SK11 7HE
615547
georginawray@btinternet.com Children’s Ministry:
Anne Murphy, 14 Silver Street, Bollington, SK10 5QL
575768
annemurphy1214@gmail.com Praise and Play:
Celia Fraser, Rose Cottage, Bull Hill Lane, Rainow, SK10 5TQ
665054
celiaxfraser@gmail.com Parish Council Clerk:
Joyce Burton, pottclerk@btinternet.com
Wedding Coordinator:
Pam Cooke, weddings@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk
Head Teacher:
Joanne Bromley, Pott Shrigley Church School, SK10 5RT
573260
head@pottshrigley.cheshire.sch.uk Website:
Tess Phillips, 26 Hurst Lane, Bollington, SK10 5LP
PCC Members:
Dr John Ryley, Duncan Matheson, Sally Winstanley, Peter Kennedy, Ros Johnson, Andy Phillips, Pam Cooke, Eileen Buffey, Ian Clarke, Mary Currell, Mike Akerman, Sheila Garton, Ian Malyan, David Garton, Kim Swales, David Gem, Anne Murphy, Kath Matheson, Chris Day.
info@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk
574768 (please prefix numbers with 01625)
This directory was updated on 2nd September 2019. Please give corrections and additions to magazine@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk
