£1 March 2022
Pott Shrigley’s Church & Parish Magazine
David’s Deliberations On February 20th I made this announcement in St Christopher’s:
I believe that we need to take that step while we still have some energy to give to it.
I want to share with you this morning that Kim and I will be moving on this year. At the end of July we will be leaving Pott Shrigley and moving to our own house in Earby, Lancashire – and I will be retiring from stipendiary ministry.
Despite our excitement about what the Lord may have in store for us, though, we will be immensely sad to leave. But, after much thought and prayer, we do believe it is the right time for us to do so. God who calls is faithful, and if it is the right time for us, then I firmly believe it will turn out to be the right time for St Christopher’s, too.
It will be a huge wrench for us to leave, of course; we have always been, and remain still, ridiculously happy here. I have often described Vicar of Pott Shrigley as ‘the best job in the Church of England’; a lovely place, certainly – but with lovely, and faithful, people. We have never felt anything other than affirmed, appreciated and supported here – not something that all clergy can say – and it is a daily joy to worship and serve alongside you all. So, you may be asking, why move on, why leave?
David Swales
After over 40 years in this role, we have always known that, when the time comes to retire, it will be a challenging transition. We will need to learn what it means to belong and worship, to follow and serve Christ, in a new community – but without being its vicar. An exciting new adventure, of course, but also a challenge and Kim and
There will be time enough for expressions of appreciation and thanks for all you have been to us in days to come. But for now I want us to keep our focus firmly on Christ’s mission here – a mission in which Kim and I will continue to share for another five months. And, of course, that shared ministry is, as always, varied and exciting. To name but a few things which are in the pipeline: On March 6th we will welcome Bishop Sam, who will make his first visit here, and will confirm a number of our members. Lent begins this month, and, alongside our faithful year-round home groups, there will be a Lent Book Group, which I will lead and to which all are welcome (see continued →
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Content
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David’s Deliberations
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Happy Birthday to Stan
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Lent Book Club
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Pott goes to the Planetariums
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So – what can we do?
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The longawaited path
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Margaret’s Garden
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Remembering Roy Stratford
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Roy’s Vice? Surely not…
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Youth church takes over…
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Pancakes or Penance?
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Your vote, Your council
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Coffee Break
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Suffering Church
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Missionary Matters
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Festival Manchester
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Registers
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Recipe: Simnel cake
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Services
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below ). We continue with our preparations for the exciting Festival Manchester (see page 27). And, as always, the many-faceted life – the work, worship and witness – of the people of
God, with all its joys, excitement, challenge and opportunity, continues. More than enough to keep us all working together in the Lord’s service! Your friend and vicar, David
Inside cover: Happy Birthday to Stan On 31st January Stan Heathcote celebrated his 90th birthday. The first of many festivities kicked off the day before with a scrumptious chocolate birthday cake in church. Stan blowing out 90 candles was not considered COVID secure (we’re not politicians), so a spectacular ice fountain candle was lit (thank you Mary for getting the cake and candle, and to David S for eventually managing to light it) and the traditional song was sung by a
congregation delighted to learn that they could have a piece of cake too (outside in the churchyard, obviously). Celebrations continued the next day, the great day itself, when Stan returned to his childhood home for afternoon tea made by Madeline Punch, current resident. Stan was also treated to lunch at the Toby carvery, a voucher for the Farm Made tearoom, beer and sundry other treats. Many happy returns Stan!
Lent Book Club I’m recommending a Lent book this year: that is, a book which provides a daily reading to help you make the most of this season of reflection, prayer and spiritual growth.
David Swales The book I’m suggesting is Lent for Everyone: Luke by Tom Wright. It is available as an electronic book (for Kindle) and as a good old paperback. I am buying a number, in the hope that enough of you will want one! We get it post free in bulk: £5.79. I am also offering three book group style meetings through Lent, where we can share together the insights we have gained, or the questions which have been raised. These will Page 4
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be in the second, fourth and sixth (Holy Week) weeks of Lent and there will be a choice between meeting in person in the vicarage or online (Zoom) for each one. If you would like a copy of the book, please contact me. You are of course welcome to read it without joining the book group meetings, but I do hope that many will sign
up for those: all are welcome, either online or at my home. Please contact me to book your place. Meetings will be on Tuesdays 15th & 29th March and 12th April at 10.30am at the vicarage or 8.00pm on Zoom. You can mix and match between the two if you like.
Pott goes to the Planetarium Pott Shrigley Church School recently enjoyed a planetarium experience from Catalyst Science Discovery Centre to tie in with our current topic of space. We were treated to a one-hour session in a huge inflatable planetarium where we explored the planets and constellations and watched a video as it was projected all around us. We then had a science demonstration about Mars and did a few experiments focussing on what life would be like there and whether other life forms could exist – this provoked some excellent discussions from our Key Stage 2 children. We looked at images of ourselves taken by an infrared camera and compared heat levels in different people and various parts of the body. Our reception and year one children have detailed their accounts of the day, whilst Class 3 held a mini competition to write the best report of the visit. The prize? Publication in Hot Pott, of course...
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We loved seeing all the fascinating drawings and reports of Pott Shrigley School’s visit to the planetarium, and hope to able to bring HotPott readers more of the children’s contributions next month. Editor.
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So – what can we do? We often read in these pages of the intense ethno-religious struggles between Christian farmers and Fulami herders in north and middle-belt Nigeria; throw in Boko Haram and other Islamist terrorist groups and the result is many deaths and injuries, mass abductions for ransom, countless schools and villages burnt down, and thousands of children and their families forced into displacement camps.
David Gem Last year, the United Nations Children’s Fund estimated that more than 1,000,000 children in Nigeria would be deterred from attending school in 2022 due to violence. Scarce economic opportunities and agricultural resources and territorial disputes compound the problems, leading to an increase in poverty and reductions in educational provision, development and opportunities for young people and children. Heart-breaking, seemingly intractable problems like this can make us feel a bit hopeless. So – what can we do? The UK Government currently provides no humanitarian assistance to the middle belt of Nigeria, so no help there. However,
Rev Canon Hassan John distributing supplies Page 6
Mobile education van
the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART), a small UK registered charity, is helping. HART is distinctive as it combines providing aid with advocacy, working for peoples in many places around the world who suffer oppression, exploitation and persecution yet who are generally not served by the major aid organisations and are off the radar of international media. HART was told during one of its annual visits to its Nigerian partners that no foreign or domestic projects existed to help provide displaced children in the north with education amid ongoing conflict. Teenagers’ needs were similarly neglected, with poor opportunities to gain education or skills and, as a result, they were growing increasingly vulnerable to radicalisation. The youth had lost all faith in their own government’s ability to support them or stem the growing tide of violence. HART thought – what can we do? The Diocese of Jos in Nigeria, in close partnership with HART, has found a solution that enables children to continue with at least some schooling: they have created a mobile education van, equipped with teaching aids and volunteer teachers, which travels around displacement camps and host villages and enables educators to hold classes – in the open air or wherever they can. The idea is the brainchild of Rev Canon Hassan John. HART raised the funds for the first mobile education van, which commenced operating in October HotPott - March 2022
An outdoor lesson
2021, and have just reported that they have raised enough for a second! Rev John reports that so far, the mobile school van has reached more than 1,300 children in six villages. Displaced teachers and university graduates work on a voluntary basis, and teach the core subjects of English, mathematics and Bible studies. The van is reaching the most vulnerable children in the remotest villages and often has to struggle down very bad access roads.
a third education van to be purchased and equipped; the operating cost for the first year is also paid for. The background to this is that when St Christopher’s PCC realised it had not followed through on a historic decision to tithe 10% of the value of legacies received, it decided not to tithe retrospectively, but nevertheless to donate a significant amount as a sign of gratitude to God, and in recognition of His blessing us with a desire to see others blessed in turn. This Nigerian education project was selected from among several other worthy causes. Find out more about HART and their founder, Baroness Caroline Cox at https://www.hart-uk.org/. Please remember HART in your personal prayers, together with the people of Nigeria affected by the ongoing violence. Please also pray for this education project and all those who work in it.
The project team plan to reach five additional villages in the coming weeks. However, this is dependent on the security situation as Fulani militia continue to target school children and diocesan staff do not wish to put the children at risk of being kidnapped. So what can we do? It is with joy that I can tell you that last month St Christopher’s were able to donate £16,000 to HART to enable
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Front cover: the long-awaited path
As many will know, the easy-access path, so long in the gestation, was opened by the lovely Margaret Ryley in a ceremony somewhat curtailed by the awful weather on 13th February. Margaret was the ideal person to cut the ribbon as she sustained a significant injury from a fall at the lychgate, a much-lamented event which spurred the PCC to re-visit the idea of a ramp, as it was referred to then, and kept moving along by John’s determination to see the project concluded.
Attempts to amalgamate the project with the building of a church room, archaeological surveys, Church of England processes and concerns about trees all conspired to delay completion of the path, first contemplated over 25 years ago. Never mind, David Garton to the rescue, chasing professionals, applying for consent, meeting workmen etc etc and it’s all done. As Margaret says: ‘A big thank you to David Garton for all the planning and hard work involved to have such an excellent ramp. It is greatly appreciated.’ And lo and behold, no sooner was the resin bound gravel in place than the gardeners
appeared. Margaret appreciated their work too: ‘Thank you also to Audrey and David Bomford for the lovely flower bed, there certainly wasn’t one when I fell.’
Jubilee Memories Occasionally, your editor likes to plan ahead. It can’t have escaped many people’s notice that this year we’ll be celebrating the wonderful Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. It would be lovely if you could share your memories of the coronation – only 69 years ago I realise. Did your family get a TV? Have a party? Please let me know. Memories of King George VI’s death would be interesting too. Other contributions really welcome. Have you met the Queen, or another member of the Royal Family? How did you celebrate previous Royal Jubilees – Queen Elizabeth’s, or even George V’s Silver Jubilee? Any photos, especially of local events, would be eagerly received by your editor! Contact details on the back page. Page 8
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Margaret’s Garden All things green and beautiful, stones, clay and builder’s sand; are part of Earth’s great miracle created by God’s hand. But when a small church flower bed is longing to be made, First job is to remove all these in barrow-loads with spades. Digging, pulling, shovelling, prepared this humble plot – the need for good foundations is often preached at Pott! Then compost filled this triangle and after saying ‘Grace’ – three hundred peat-free litres were poured to fill this space. Last of all came planting, backs bent and kneeling low the gardeners placed each little life and prayed that it would grow. But though their work took skill and strength, their knowledge and their plans, their trust’s in One Head Gardener, for Life’s Soil is in His hands. By Audrey Bomford *** The minister came to see me the other day. He said that at my age I should be thinking of the hereafter. I told him, “Oh, I do it all the time. No matter where I am – in the bedroom, upstairs, in the kitchen, or down in the basement – I ask myself, ‘Now, what am I here after?'” ...I haven't the heart to tell her the bishop went home 20 minutes ago HotPott - March 2022
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Remembering Royston Frederick Stratford… The St Christopher’s family was saddened by the death of our dear friend Roy in November 2021. The following tribute is taken from the eulogy written by his son Robert, and from an article Roy wrote for HotPott about his wartime experiences. Roy was born on 20th July 1933 in Caerphilly, South Wales but moved with his parents and older brother Keith to Cardiff a year later. In January 1940, during an air raid on the docks, their house was hit by an incendiary bomb which ignited in the bathroom; fortunately, the two brothers and their mother were safely in the air raid shelter in the garden and his father was on duty as an ARP (air raid precautions) warden in the street outside: he heard the bomb hit the roof, ran inside (!) to investigate and together with his fellow wardens managed to put out the fire that had started in the bathroom. As the bombing increased over Cardiff, Roy’s parents decided that he and Keith should be in a safer place, so in late January they went to live with distant relatives in Rhigos, a village of about 50 houses set in beautiful countryside near Merthyr Tydfil. Life seems to have been idyllic, except for the reminders of the war: during night-time raids on Swansea the glare of burning buildings was visible from their
Roy & Eileen
bedroom window and in September 1941 an American pilot was killed when his plane hit a nearby mountain. The boys attended the village school, and church on Sunday; fortunately, the services were in English (many in the South Wales Valleys were Welsh speaking). Roy and Keith explored the local countryside but often played on a pathway used by the miners to walk to the coal mines nearby; it was also close to a river and they were regularly told off for getting wet and mucky! There was a dairy farm close by and the boys learned to milk cows by hand; as a treat they were allowed to have rides on horseback around the fields. In 1942, after the bombing of Cardiff had virtually ceased, Roy and Keith returned home to their parents and to their previous schools. Sister Sylvia was born just after the war.
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After school, Roy, like his brother, became an apprentice on the Great Western Railway and, as part of this, also attended night school. Roy worked at various stations and depots over a wide area of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, eventually finishing at the Swindon works. After his apprenticeship, National Service called and Roy went into the RAF. On leaving the services, Roy moved to Hazel Grove. HotPott - March 2022
He met Eileen, his future wife, at a dance in Manchester and promptly told her he was flying out to Australia for several weeks – this didn’t put her off as they married in December 1959 and went to live in Marple. Roy worked at Woodford on the AVRO Blue Steel missile project for several years and flew several times in a Vulcan bomber, passing out once when the pilot forgot to turn on the oxygen in the cabin! After retirement, Roy, along with Bob, had a trip to Woodford Aviation Museum to view the Vulcan cockpit there; the guide was an ex-Woodford man and he and Roy exchanged stories; apparently the guide learnt a few things that day! From the late 1970s Roy moved into electronics, and this eventually led him back to military work and submarine sonar equipment. Roy and Eileen moved to Bollington in 1964; their son Robert (Bob) was born shortly after. Roy enjoyed sharing Bob’s hobby of railways as it took him back to his railway days, as did the rail trips Roy and Eileen enjoyed, including taking Bob to Canada in 1982. In the late 1980s Roy also developed a passion for cars, and took great delight in attending shows with his much-polished Vauxhall Viceroys through to August 2021. Roy loved sharing time with his family, and often spoke with great pride about Bob, his wife Donna and his grandsons Ollie and Dylan. Roy and Eileen were faithful members of St Christopher’s for over 50 years; they rarely missed a Sunday, usually attending early communion as they preferred services using the traditional form of words. They were practical people too, producing the church magazine for many, many years – Eileen typing it all up on her own typewriter – the same one she used thereafter to produce the St Christopher’s Church Guild report each month, always on time and without being reminded, though some of the keys had worn out by the time I started as editor! Roy and Eileen arranged many outings for Guild HotPott - March 2022
Vulcan bomber; Manchester Evening News
members too, and were always willing to provide transport for those who would otherwise have struggled to join in. They cleaned church alongside their very close friend Rita, were sidesmen, helped at Sunday School tea parties and always manned the Granelli’s ice cream stall at Rose Queen. I rarely saw Roy without Eileen, and it was a great blow, after more than 60 years of marriage, when Eileen suffered a catastrophic stroke last year. Roy visited his beloved wife whenever COVID restrictions allowed, often travelling to Stockport on the bus as he didn’t want to put anyone to the trouble of giving him a lift. He was immensely grateful for the support he received from Bob and Donna, and frequently told people how marvellous they were to him. Roy was pleased to be able to spend a week with Eileen in her nursing home shortly before he died. Roy was a kind, gentle, unassuming and unfailingly polite gentleman who always tried to put a positive spin on his situation; he was generous with his time in helping others and would always have time to chat. Roy had huge faith in God’s promises, and in one of the last conversations I had with him, we discussed how wonderful it would be when Roy got to heaven, with a body that God had restored, for eternity, to full working order! He is much missed at St Christopher’s, and our sympathy and prayers are with his family. Thank you to Bob and Donna for allowing us to share their memories of Roy. Page 11
Roy’s Vice? Surely not… Not being a car aficionado, or even vaguely interested in what goes on under the bonnet as long as the car can get me from A to B, I was intrigued to know why Roy was so fond of his Vauxhall Viceroys, and why he would go great distances to show them off. Well, now I know…
Duncan Matheson The Vauxhall Viceroy was produced for just two years, from 1980 to 1982. It was the British version of the Opel Commodore C and filled a rather narrow gap between the popular Vauxhall Carlton, and the company’s flagship car, the Vauxhall Royale. The Viceroy was a large saloon with the sharp bodywork characteristic of the era. Its 2.5 litre six-cylinder engine could develop 114bhp. It had four-speed manual transmission with the option of overdrive, or three-speed automatic. Unfortunately, from the sales perspective, despite being described as ‘a beauty to drive’ and ‘a cracking car’, it was a failure. Only 2,295 were ever sold, so it was a rare sight on the roads even when new. The only individual
brochure produced for it was a rather limp two-page folder, not what the prospective buyer of a prestige car might expect. Its fuel consumption was poor and the only road test comparison, conducted by Motor Magazine, put it in last place. An estate version was never offered for sale, but a one-off was built for the Queen in 1981 to carry her corgi dogs. Today, unusually in times of mass automotive manufacture, the Viceroy is an absolute rarity. According to howmanyleft.co.uk, in 2021 there were only 10 still around, of which just three were licensed to drive on our roads. No wonder Roy Stratford treasured his!
Inside Cover: Youth church takes over… On Sunday, November 21st last year, our 10.45am service was taken by members of our youth church. Apart from a few brief words from the vicar and youth church leader Anne Murphy, the young people did it all. Elanor Malyan, Ethan Davies, Henry Fraser, Hannah Phillips, Toby Fraser, Tom Murphy and Will Gem took it in turns to lead prayers, do readings, give a talk, introduce songs, etc. And what a marvellous service it was! With Page 12
so many leaders it could have felt disjointed or clumsy, but not a bit of it! The young people carried it off with panache and, more importantly, we all learnt something about our Great God. Congratulations to Elanor, Ethan, Henry, Hannah, Toby, Tom and Will, and many thanks to Anne Murphy for encouraging them to do it. HotPott - March 2022
Shrove Tuesday: Pancakes or Penance? So – are you poised with eggs, flour, milk, and a frying pan? Or confessing your sins and reflecting on how to grow spiritually during Lent? Or, more likely, all the above? In 2022, Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Carnival, Mardi Gras, Fastnacht Day, falls on March 1st and its traditions will be celebrated across the world. The many names ascribed to the 47th day before Easter reflect its origins. Shrove is a derivation of shrive, meaning to hear the confession of, assign penance to, and absolve. Ælfric of Eynsham's Ecclesiastical Institutes from around 1000 AD states: ‘In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do [as penance].’ Those absolved were then fully prepared to start the solemn season of Lent, when we remember Christ’s 40 days fasting in the wilderness, and those temptations He resisted. Fasting was, and is, considered a way of becoming closer to Christ and many people decide to deny themselves something they enjoy, to help them focus. So – all those spare ingredients forbidden in Lent (traditionally dairy products, meat and eggs, but often chocolate nowadays!), need to be consumed – hence Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Carnival, as this day is known in Portuguese,
Spanish and Italian speaking countries, is derived from medieval Latin carnelevamen, which translates as the putting away of flesh, i.e. eating no meat. Hawaians celebrate Malasada Day, which dates to the days of the sugar plantations of the 1800s and migrant Portugese workers using up butter and sugar prior to Lent by making large batches of malasada (a type of doughnut). Iceland has Bursting Day, when salted meat and peas are consumed; I’m glad I don’t live there!
Mardi Gras, Marseille, France
Fasnacht, Switzerland
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Shrove Tuesday is still associated with some religious rites: for example, the palm crosses blessed and distributed the previous Palm Sunday are burnt in some churches, and the ashes used during services the next day, Ash Wednesday. In earlier times, the practice of bells being used to call people to confession was widespread, and on Shrove Tuesday it was called the shriving bell – traditionally rung at 11am and with the additional role of marking the start of a half-day holiday. The shriving bell was instrumental in the establishment of a Shrove Tuesday tradition that has continued for 500 years. In 1445, a woman in Olney, Buckinghamshire, heard the bell calling her to confession while she was making pancakes so, not wanting to be late, she ran to the church in her apron, still clutching her frying pan and continued →
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Pancake race
tossing the pancake to prevent it burning; thus started the tradition of running whilst tossing a pancake. Pasquil’s Palin (1619) also mentions pancake tossing: ‘And every man and maide doe take their turne, And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they burne.’ Although many towns (including Macclesfield) and villages hold pancake races, often as charity fundraisers, the 415-yard Olney pancake event is the most famous. It has strict rules: competitors traditionally must be local housewives wearing an apron and a scarf; the frying pan must contain a hot pancake, which should be tossed three times during the race. The first to complete the course, arrive at the church, serve her pancake to, and be kissed by, the bellringer, is the winner. The people of Liberal, Kansas and Olney, Bucks hold an ‘International Pancake Day’ race, with competitors from both towns completing a measured course, but no bellringers involved in Kansas! Competitions involving pancakes feature at Westminster too, with an annual House of Lords v House of Commons race (not considered a party) and, at Westminster School, the annual Pancake Grease is held. A verger from Westminster Abbey leads a procession of boys into the playground where the school cook tosses a huge pancake over a five-metre-high bar. The boys then race to grab a piece of the pancake and the one who ends up with the biggest bit receives a reward from the Dean of Westminster, originally a guinea or sovereign. Page 14
In earlier centuries, the Shrove Tuesday holiday was possibly more important than the pancakes, particularly for apprentices. Thomas Dekker’s play The Shoemakers Holiday, first performed in 1599, is an early mention of this: ‘Every Shrove-Tuesday is our year of jubilee; and when the pancake-bell rings, we are as free as my lord mayor; we may shut up our shops, and make holiday.’ Unruly behaviour was common: Taylor, an Elizabethan poet, noted: ‘Shrove-Tuesday, at whose entrance in the morning all the whole kingdom is unquiet, but by that time the clock strikes eleven, which (by the help of a knavish sexton) is commonly before nine, then there is a bell rung, cal'd pancakebell, the sound whereof makes thousands of people distracted, and forgetful either of manners or humanity.’ In York, apprentices had the right to enter the Minster to ring a bell for this very purpose and, if the above is to be believed, it was rung as early as possible! In 1673, a riotous disturbance took place in the York Minster yard when the Dean and Chapter prohibited the apprentice boys of York playing football in the nave, a disorderly custom which had been practised on Shrove Tuesday for many years. Mob Football games took place in most towns, though they became fewer in number when the 1835 Highways Act banned the playing of football on public
1846 Shrove Tuesday football match, Kingston upon Thames HotPott - March 2022
highways! The tradition has not died out completely though: Alnwick has ‘Scoring the Hales, Ashbourne the ‘Royal Shrovetide Football Pub sign at St Columb Major Match’, Sedgefield the ‘Ball Game’ and St Columb Major ‘Hurling the Silver Ball’. Other traditions continue around Great Britain and Ireland. In Scarborough traffic is banned from the foreshore, schools are closed early and everyone is invited to skip on the promenade, festivities commencing when the town crier rings the pancake bell. Traditionally, long ropes from the harbour were stretched across the road, with 10 or more people skipping on one rope. The origin of this custom is unknown but skipping was once a magical game, associated with the sowing and sprouting of seeds, played on burial mounds during the Middle Ages.
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Shrove Tuesday in Ireland
previously farm workers visited wealthier farm and manor owners to ask for pancakes or pancake fillings. In Ireland, traditionally the eldest unmarried daughter would toss the first pancake; if it fell on the floor, she would remain unmarried for the next 12 months. As marriages were not allowed during Lent, weddings on Shrove Tuesday were popular! Around the world, a masquerade is held in Venice, fancy dress and gathering of treats in Denmark, downhill sledging in Finland, Sweden and Denmark (along with pea soup and jam and cream filled buns!) and, of course, the most famous event worldwide is the Brazilian Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Anything to have a merry time before the sombre season of Lent! Sources acknowledged with thanks: Wikipedia; The Elizabethan People, Henry Thew Stephenson.
In Whitechapel, Lancashire, the children visit neighbours asking ‘please a pancake’, to be rewarded with oranges or sweets; Page 15
Your Vote Your Council Highways New/Updated/Completed • Flooding outside Pott Hall: a jetter was able to remove a blockage of tree roots but not the one caused by a collapsed culvert. 80% of the water is now flowing down the side of nos. 4 and 5 Pott Hall and the culvert is coping with the rest. The holes in the road were filled in until a new pipe can be installed; the clerk will try to find out when this will be.
Poynton Pedals have been awarded a grant; one of their initiatives is to make the Middlewood Way more accessible for disabled people. The partnership is looking to fund suitable initiatives to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
• The clerk will report the pothole between the chevron bend near Shrigley Hall and the entrance to the hall; this was created by a previously poor repair where the grid has sunk. Pending • Chevron bend: two large holes remain in the wall following an accident. • Modifications to the chevron bend: still no response to the clerk’s request for an update. • Stones are missing from the base of the wall at the side of the bridge on Bakestonedale Road. This item will be removed from the agenda. • Fingerpost at junction of Street Lane and London Road. • Traffic lights near Cedar Lodge: work now scheduled to start February 23rd for a period of five weeks. As the road will require surfacing at completion of the work, and the machinery will be in place, the clerk will remind Highways that the resurfacing from Green Close to the aqueduct is still outstanding and could be done at the same time.
Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations As part of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC), an initiative to ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’, the Royal British Legion is selling commemorative plaques made by veterans to help support their work; the cost is £199.99. It was agreed that a tree should be planted and, given the lack of space, a more upright rowan was suggested by the clerk. The clerk will source an appropriately sized tree. Cllr. Chong has agreed to the lighting of a bonfire on her land on The Nab. There will be no need to walk to see the beacon as it will be positioned to be easily visible. A working party will collect wood for the bonfire at some time around the middle of May.
• Double yellow lines on the Pott Hall and Spuley Lane bends: waiting for proposals from the Cheshire East Council (CEC) traffic engineer.
It is envisaged that the jubilee celebrations will take place in the village hall with a bar and perhaps food.
North East Cheshire Community Partnerships (NECCP)
Christmas Tree
Email: nec.community.partnership@gmail.com
As mentioned in last month’s Hot Pott the councillors discussed the possibility of buying a rooted Christmas tree and planting it on the site of the current tree in the church grounds.
Cllr. Boulton attended the meeting in January.
The clerk will source and price a rooted Christmas
(Previously known as Poynton Area Community Partnership (PACP))
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tree.
Planning
Footpaths
Application
Confirmation has been received re the diversion of footpath 13; the new path is around the back of Redacre.
22/0078M: Woodside, Shrigley Road, SK10 5SA Proposal: Two storey rear extension, new photovoltaic array on south facing roof, detached workshop/storage area and works to highway to create a dropped kerb to provide vehicular access to driveway. The council supports this application but would prefer the photovoltaic array to be recessed to make it more aesthetically pleasing in this conservation area. There are also concerns about the visibility of the site access.
Closure of Bonis Hall Lane An update has been received about the closure of Bonis Hall Lane. The clerk pointed out that traffic would use the Mill Lane and Brookledge Lane junction instead, where the traffic lights only let about five cars through. Correspondence from the clerk has led to CEC agreeing to alter the timings of the lights. Peak Park Forum The government has now published its (longawaited) response to the Glover report of 2019 (officially entitled Landscapes Review) into the future of the National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). The landscapes contain swathes of ancient woodland, deep peat and grassland and many of our most threatened species such as the red squirrel, curlew and water vole. Protected landscapes represent our shared heritage and national identity and are home to many of our rural communities and businesses. They also support the nation’s health and wellbeing as unique places to experience natural beauty and tranquillity. A statutory system of protected landscapes was established by Parliament in 1949, but the challenges it faces have changed. Climate change, loss of biodiversity and increasing public health issues such as mental health and obesity must now be addressed. The understanding of the value of the natural environment has vastly improved, particularly the public services it provides, which is why the government commissioned the Landscapes Review. You can find the government response at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ landscapes-review-national-parks-and-aonbsgovernment-response/landscapes-reviewnational-parks-and-aonbs-government-response
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Pending/No change to application (NA: not yet allocated to a case officer) 21/1251M Nab Quarry, Long Lane, SK10 5SD Resubmission for the regularisation of warehouse storage buildings and demolition of existing shed and replacement with two storey office building. 21/1283M Separate application for warehouse for MRI Polytech. 21/4435M Heatherdale Farm, Moorside Lane, SK10 5RZ Proposal: Conversion of an existing agricultural barn to a single dwelling (resubmission of 20/3710M). NP/CEC/0621/0623 Pott Mill Farm, Bakestonedale Road, SK10 5RU Proposal: agricultural building to store fodder and implements. Enforcement Officer is waiting to see outcome of planning application so there is no conflict. 21/6042M 11 Normans Hall Mews, Shrigley Road, SK10 5SE Proposal: Rear extension along the party wall boundary to give a garden room to each property. NA 21/6312M Shrigley View, Shrigley Park Estate, SK10 5SE Proposal: Enclosure of existing external staircase, conversion of garage to living accommodation and single storey extension.NA Next meetings The next meetings will take place at 8pm on 7th March and 4th April 2022 in the village hall.
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Coffee Break Across 1 Arouse (Song of Songs 2:7) (6) 4 Extinguish (Isaiah 1:31) (6) 8 ‘“They — — ,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt!”’ (Proverbs 23:35) (3,2) 9 Unhappiness (Nehemiah 2:2) (7) 10 Jewish (7) 11 Dirge (anag.) (5) 12 ‘A truthful witness gives honest — , but a false witness tells lies’ (Proverbs 12:17) (9) 17 Paul quoted from the second one in his address in the synagogue at Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:33) (5) 19 ‘Do not use your freedom to — the sinful nature’ (Galatians 5:13) (7) 21 ‘As you can see, he has done nothing to — death’ (Luke 23:15) (7) 22 Name applied by Isaiah to Jerusalem (Isaiah 29:1) (5) 23 ‘All the people — — one man, saying, “None of us will go home”’ (Judges 20:8) (4,2) 24 Lazarus, who was carried by angels to Abraham’s side when he died, was one (Luke 16:20) (6) Down 1 Appalled (Job 26:11) (6) 2 ‘In an — to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea’ (Acts 27:30) (7) 3 Expel (Acts 18:16) (5) 5 ‘But I have a baptism to — , and how distressed I am until it is completed!’ (Luke 12:50) (7)
6 ‘Of the increase of his government and peace there will be — — ’ (Isaiah 9:7) (2,3) 7 Hurry (Psalm 119:60) (6) 9 ‘For I desire mercy, not — , and acknowledgement of God rather than burnt offerings’ (Hosea 6:6) (9) 13 One of its towns was Sychar, where Jesus met a woman at Jacob’s well (John 4:5) (7) 14 Shouting (Acts 7:57) (7) 15 Arachnid (Isaiah 59:5) (6) 16 One of Paul’s first converts in Philippi was Lydia, a — in purple cloth (Acts 16:14) (6) 18 Donkeys (5) 20 Raked (anag.) (5)
*** The reporter was interviewing the town’s oldest woman. “And what do you find is the best thing about being 104?” he asked. “That’s easy,” she said. “No peer pressure.” *** HotPott - March 2022
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The Suffering Church Africa is home to 54 nations; its population stands at 1.2 billion and is the youngest (median age of 19.7) of all continents, and the poorest. Some forecast the population will double by 2050 and may triple by 2100. Africa has been blessed spiritually with two periods of huge church growth. In the early Christian centuries, this happened principally in North Africa; the second expansion occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries in sub-Saharan Africa, largely because of the missionaries, many of them Anglican, who followed in the footsteps of explorers and empire builders. A vibrant, joyful church has resulted, but Islam has also spread in Africa, from the time of its advent in the 7th century to modern times: in the 1970s Saudi Arabia funded Islamist education in northern Nigeria and introduced Wahhabism, an extremely strict, intolerant, form of Islam, and in the past few years Africa has replaced the Middle East as the epicentre of Islamist extremism and violence. Other external forces are at work too: Wagner, a Russian paramilitary group, operates in several African nations, creating a further threat to peace and security, and China is seeking influence and control by financing capital projects, often to the detriment of the local populace. We need to pray for an aggressive spread of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ as the best hope for
Church burnt by Boko Haram militants, Nigeria; Barnabas Page 20
the continent! Nigerian Christians continue to suffer attacks from Boko Haram militants: 24 Christians, mainly females, were abducted and four men killed in three separate attacks in Borno State two months ago. Four girls were subsequently released but Umar Ibrahim, a local government official, reported significant damage to property (73 houses, 33 shops and four church buildings were burned, as well as several vehicles). It was from the same region that Boko Haram abducted 276 girls, mostly Christian, from a secondary school in 2014; 160 of the girls subsequently escaped or were rescued or released. Most recently, Ruth Ngladar Pogu was reunited with her parents after seven years in captivity. Girls report being whipped by their captors to force them into marriage, while a group of Christian girls experienced a mock execution for refusing to convert to Islam. In view of the repeated attacks the local population has suffered from militants in recent times, the local governor has promised that his administration will supply security operatives with additional support. Elsewhere in Nigeria, 11 died when gunmen attacked a community in the Christianmajority southern Kaduna State on 30th January; food stores, valuables and more than 30 houses were destroyed too. In August 2021 the president of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union accused suspected Fulani militants of planning the 'systematic extermination’ of ‘nationalities’ in Nigeria’s Middle Belt and the takeover of their ancestral lands. Please pray for all those bereaved, injured and otherwise affected by violence, in all its forms, between communities of different faith and ethnicity and pray that such brutality would cease, and the plans of the militants would be brought to nothing. HotPott - March 2022
Church wrecked by cyclone Batsirai, Madagascar; Barnabas
Africa faces other huge challenges: Oxfam reports that five out of the 10 ‘extreme hunger hotspots’ in the world are there. This stems mainly from years of droughts, but recently the problem has been rainstorms and devastating flooding. In January, Cyclone Ana tore through Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi. Our missionary partner, Megumi, reports their team is safe in Malawi; the devastation was mostly in the low-lying south of the country, where houses and crops were destroyed, bridges came down and hydroelectric plants were badly damaged. In February, Cyclone Batsirai wreaked havoc on Madagascar, particularly in the southeast of this desperately poor country, which was already in a state of emergency due to Cyclone Ana. At least 111 people died and much of the country’s infrastructure has been wrecked, with roads and bridges impassable, and schools, hospitals and at least 6,000 homes destroyed. The Anglican Church alone lost at least 81 church buildings, six schools and 13 pastors’ houses; doubtless other denominations have suffered similar devastation. Ironically, in recent years repeated droughts have caused severe hunger and death from starvation in southern Madagascar; now floods have destroyed the growing rice. The World Food Programme is already feeding the displaced cyclone victims, but who will help the Christians rebuild for HotPott - March 2022
Church in Hyderabad, India; Noah Seelam, AFP
ministry? Who will help them replant their rice? Barnabas Fund are appealing for funds to pass on to Malagasy Christians. Can you help? To end on a positive note, a high court judge in India refused to block the construction of a church in Tamil Nadu and highlighted the importance of religious tolerance. In his verdict, Judge Karthikeyan reminded the petitioner, who had argued that he and his neighbours would be subjected to regular nuisance by the Christians using loudspeakers during prayers, that ‘one of the basic tenants (sic) to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance’. Judge Karthikeyan pointed out that the Indian constitution states that no citizen should be discriminated against on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. He added: ‘It is the duty of every citizen to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities.’ He also asked church leaders to practise tolerance towards their neighbours in relation to the use of loudspeakers. The ruling, which was welcomed by church leaders, comes as attacks against Christians from extremist elements in Indian society are rising. Barnabas Fund are acknowledged and thanked as the source of the above information. Page 21
Missionary Matters and admissions office to grant her UK status.’ Matthew has British student status at Belfast University. Bethan also has an offer from the University of East Anglia, who would accept her as a British student at an affordable fee, but she's not sure it is for a course she wants. She is also waiting to hear from Bath University
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Johnny and Ann McClean, along with their children Bethan and Joshua, have at last got back to Bangkok after their attempt to spend Christmas with family in the UK was wrecked by COVID. They did at least manage to see Ann’s dad and their son Matthew, albeit for a much-curtailed time.
John Ryley There has been no recent news of their activities back in Bangkok, but I assume Ann and the children are back at school. It is an important time for the children as Bethan is due to sit her baccalaureate in summer and Joshua his GCSEs. Bethan would very much like to do a course at Aberystwyth University and was hoping to inspect the campus when they were over; not sure whether she ever made it. Bethan has been offered a place, but there are complications and Ann has asked on Facebook for prayer: ‘We have just heard that Aberystwyth University consider her an international student. She has set her heart on this course and town but we can’t afford international fees. This weekend we will write an appeal and send more documents to prove our links to the UK. Please pray that the Lord would move the hearts of the finance Page 22
Such a difficult time for Bethan and the family; please pray for them to have confidence that the Lord will ensure the best outcome for Bethan. Editor. Megumi and Helen Fazakerley in Malawi write: ‘We are in the frightening season of tropical storms! Over the years these storms are becoming larger and more frequent... a clear sign of climate change! … The first storm this year, Cyclone Ana, hit Malawi on Monday 24th January. We had massive amounts of rain for approximately four days, and very strong winds. Winds that could blow down trees, walls, concrete lampposts, buildings, and major bridges swept away! Since then we have been experiencing daily power cuts that last for six hours and very little internet usage. But that is nothing compared to the extreme devastation in the south of the country, where people New river after the cyclone have lost HotPott - March 2022
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everything, some their loved ones.’ Helen has been delivering meals: in the last month, missionaries have returned to Malawi after a home assignment or visit, and there have been two new arrivals. Each person has to self-isolate for three days, then take a lateral flow test; whilst in isolation, they have the privilege of a cooked meal delivered to them each day by one of the SIM Malawi team. Helen has done that four times in the past month. As COVID restrictions are decreasing now Helen is trying to return, safely, to having their prayer meetings in a warmer fellowship style in someone's home, rather than in a formal meeting room. Megume continues to teach at the Evangelical Bible College of Malawi; He has 35 students in his class. All of them shared their testimony of ministry calling, and most seem wellmotivated in class. He is enjoying reading and discussing God's word with the students; please pray that this study will change minds and reshape thinking. Megume is content to ask questions but finds reading test papers and essays challenging. Although he understands that assessment is an important part of teaching, he knows that the real test is if and how students apply their learning when the time comes in their individual lives. He would rather leave assessment to the Judge of the whole earth to take care of. Only one out if the 35 students is fully vaccinated; none of the others have attended for vaccination and one seems to reject all forms of medicine. Megume says: ‘I try to make good choices in my life. Sometimes people ask me for my opinion: which operating system to use, HotPott - March 2022
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where to take your car for maintenance, what social media platforms to avoid, how to study the Bible profitably, how to run a Bible school, and how to (be saved and) live one's life well. I try to recommend what I do for myself, but I‘ve noticed only a small number of people actually do what I recommend. We explain, recommend, and even try to persuade. Yet, people make their own choices; how to protect ourselves and those around us against COVID seems no different.’ At the time of writing, Cyclone Dumako is likely to hit Malawi very soon. Please pray for “Your magazine needs you.” n’t Do get r fo
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Autumn&Winter 2021
F LIX I N THE STIX
Pott Shrigley Community Cinema
At Pott Shrigley Village Hall SK10 5RT
DOORS OPEN 7.00pm FILM STARTS 7.30 pm
We proudly present :
6th October – The Father (cert 12A) 2nd March The Dig (12A) 3rd November – Nomadland (cert 12A) Biography, Drama, History. 1st December – Dreamhorse (cert PG)
Tickets are limited to 50 as part of the covid precautions So advance booking is recommended.See website for details.
Ticket agents: - Anthea Wilkinson (01625 573538) (and St Oswald’s church, Bollington)
- Peter M Boulton (01625 876646)
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Festival Manchester: an exciting opportunity If you are with us on Sundays, you will know that our church is part of Festival Manchester: described by its organisers as ‘The biggest Christian mission in the northwest for a generation!’ They continue: ‘Imagine this, from 1 – 3 July, tens of thousands of people flocking to Wythenshawe Park with their friends and families for a free day out. Everywhere they look they see funfairs, live music, something for everyone to enjoy.
David Swales
different thousand children performing on the main festival stage. Our own Sheila Garton is leading the initiative at the local (Macclesfield) level, so if you know any Year 5 or 6 children who would like to be involved, have a word with her.
As they have fun and make memories, they hear about Jesus’ love for them and have a chance to respond to it. This is Festival Manchester.’
High Schools: Macclesfield churches (Hope in NE Cheshire) are reaching out to the high schools in our area, offering a variety of programmes from the Festival Manchester team.
Well, at St Christopher’s we did imagine it, and we decided we did indeed want to be part of something which could have such an impact on our region. We currently have a planning group meeting regularly to see how we can best link into the main event. Several key areas have been identified:
Love Where You Live: In this initiative, the church will look for opportunities to serve the community in word and deed. Our planning group is currently looking at what our opportunities might be – including partnership with other neighbouring parishes.
Prayer: During the coming month, we will share some imaginative ways in which you can get involved in praying for Festival Manchester and for all those whose lives it will touch. So look out for more on: ‘Prayer Walking’, ‘Take 5’, and on a major prayer event on Saturday April 2nd. Soul Children's Choir: On each night of the festival, the plan is to have a HotPott - March 2022
Festival Manchester Sunday, April 3rd: We will have a focus in our services on Festival Manchester, including, we hope, a speaker from the central team. If you’d like to know more, or keep up with developments, speak to anyone in our planning team: Yvonne Foster, Sheila Garton, Anne Murphy, David & Kim Swales, Sally Winstanley. Page 27
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From the Registers Wedding Congratulations to: 28th January Tommy Nolan & Camilla Whitehead
Forthcoming Weddings We wish them joy in their preparations: 28th March Daryl Scott Henshaw & Chloe May Thorley
Baptisms We welcome into our church family: 31st January Poppy Hope Whitwood
Burial of Ashes Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of: 4th February Royston Frederick Stratford
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Recipe of the Month Simnel Cake
There are many recipes for simnel cake – Mary Berry, Nigella Lawson, Paul Hollywood all have their favourites – as did my grandmother no doubt, but I don’t have a copy of her recipe so use this one from BBC Good Food. It’s good!
Kath Matheson (and BBC Good Food!)
Ingredients: 250g mixed dried fruit 1 orange, zested and juiced 500g pack marzipan 250g pack butter, softened 200g light brown soft sugar 4 eggs, plus 1 beaten to glaze 175g plain flour 100g ground almonds 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 lemon, zested 2 teaspoons mixed spice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 100g glacé cherries, halved 3 tablespoons apricot jam Method: Put the mixed dried fruit in a bowl with the orange juice and zest and 2 tablespoons of water. Cover and microwave for 2 minutes, then leave to cool completely. Alternatively, heat gently in a pan, stirring now and then until the liquid has been absorbed and leave to cool. Heat oven to 150°C/130°C fan/gas 2. Roll out a third of the marzipan and use the base of a deep 20cm cake tin as a template to cut out a circle. Wrap any offcuts and the rest of marzipan and set aside for later. Butter and line the cake tin with a double layer of parchment. Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy. Add the eggs, flour, almonds, baking powder, lemon zest, mixed spice and vanilla (all in HotPott - March 2022
one go) and mix until well combined. Mix in the cooled soaked dried fruit and fold in the cherries. Put half the cake mixture into the tin, then place the disc of marzipan on top followed by the remaining cake mixture. Level the top with a spatula. Bake for 2 hours. Check the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer to the centre of the cake, if any wet mixture clings to the skewer, return to the oven for another 10 minutes, then check again. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely. Brush the top of the cake with apricot jam. Roll out half of the remaining marzipan and use the base of the cake as a template to cut out another disc. Place it on top of the cake and crimp the edges. Roll the remaining marzipan into 11 equal-sized balls for the apostles. Brush the marzipan with beaten egg and arrange the apostles in a circle on top and brush them with a little egg too. Put under a hot grill for a minute or two until just starting to caramelise – be very careful as the marzipan will burn easily. Alternatively, use a cooking torch to brown the top. Leave to cool and wrap a ribbon around the cake if you wish! Page 33
Services 6th March. 8.30am 10.45am
Morning Prayer Confirmation‡
David Swales Bishop Sam
Luke 4.1–13
13th. 8.30am 10.45am
Holy Communion Jeremiah 22.1–9,13–17 Morning Worship‡**
David Swales
Morning Prayer Morning Worship*
David Swales
20th. 8.30am 10.45am
Isaiah 55.1–9
27th. Mothering Sunday 8.30am 10.45am
Holy Communion Family Service
Isaiah 40.27 – 41.13
David Swales Anne Murphy & David Swales
Morning Prayer Holy Communion
Isaiah 35.1–10
David Swales Festival Manchester Speaker
3rd April. 8.30am 10.45am •
If you would like to attend any of our services in person, please let Duncan Matheson know.
•
All 10:45am services will be streamed live - visit our website for direct links.
•
A recording of each live-streamed service will be available from the services page of the church website: http://www.pottshrigleychurch.org.uk ‡ Junior Church * Youth Church (during 10.45 service) ** Youth Church (at 6pm) Prayers
Readers
Sidesmen at 8.30
Sidesmen at 10.45
6th March
TBC
TBC
Tony Close
Anne Murphy
13th
Audrey Bomford
Carole Taylor
Keith Ardern
Jean Ferguson
20th
Celia Fraser
Jean Ferguson
Gill Mosley & Sue Wardle
David Gem
Kath & Duncan Matheson
Mike Akerman
Tony Close
Anne Murphy
27th 3rd April
Children & Young People Anne Murphy
Mike Akerman
Joy and David Whitehead
11th
Shirley Plant and Christine Bowes
18th
Sally Winstanley and Yvonne Foster
25th
Caroline Booth and Jean Hunt
1st April
Reg and Jean Ferguson
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Church Cleaning 4th March
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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
Parish Assistant:
Gillian Mosley, 129 St Austell Avenue, Macclesfield, SK10 3NY
Churchwardens:
Andy Phillips, 26 Hurst Lane, Bollington, SK10 5LP
829595 829819 07881 358976
andyphillips@totalise.co.uk David Gem, Ridge Hall Farm, Ridge Hill, Sutton, Macclesfield, SK11 0LU
01260 252287
davidgem@gmail.com Verger:
Situation Vacant
PCC Secretary:
Chris Day pccsecretary@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk
PCC Treasurer:
Peter Kennedy, kennedyp@tuckerssolicitors.com
Gift Aid & Planned Giving:
Sally Winstanley, 3 Green Close Cottages, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SG
07850 740335
Organists:
Mary Currell, 61 Crossfield Road, Bollington, SK10 5EA
574545
sjwinstanley.ps@gmail.com 573735
marycurrell61@btinternet.com David Garton, davidgarton2020@gmail.com
573492
Andy Phillips, as above
07881 358976
Weekly Bulletin:
David Gem, as above
01260 252287
Electoral Roll and Safeguarding officer:
Kath Matheson, Church View Cottage, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SA
Tower Captain:
Duncan Matheson, Church View Cottage, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SA
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
Children's Ministry
Situation Vacant
Youth Ministry:
Anne Murphy, 14 Silver Street, Bollington, SK10 5QL
574983
kmmpott@yahoo.co.uk 574983
dmmpott@yahoo.co.uk
georginawray@btinternet.com 575768
annemurphy1214@gmail.com Praise and Play:
Situation Vacant
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
Website:
Tess Phillips, 26 Hurst Lane, Bollington, SK10 5LP
573260
head@pottshrigley.cheshire.sch.uk info@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk PCC Members:
(please prefix numbers with 01625)
Dr John Ryley, Duncan Matheson, Sally Winstanley, Peter Kennedy, Jean Ferguson, Andy Phillips, Pam Cooke, Ian Clarke, Mary Currell, Mike Akerman, Rebecca Roth-Biester Sheila Garton, David Garton, David Gem, Anne Murphy, Kath Matheson, Chris Day, Reg Ferguson.
This directory was updated on 24th August 2021. Please give corrections and additions to magazine@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk