HotPott February 2024

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Pott Shrigley’s Church & Parish Magazine

Lynn's letter

Dear friends, This year, because Easter is early it seems as if we have only just finished with Christmas yet we are now beginning to think of Lent.

Lent is the 40-day period before Easter that marks Christ’s temptation in the wilderness (Luke 4:1-13). It comes at a time when we are still in the grip of winter and when much new life is being nurtured unseen beneath the ground. Traditionally, Christians around the world are encouraged to look inwards and follow in Christ’s footsteps of self-denial and self-discipline through fasting, prayer and, well, giving up something they really, really like! This year, as Ash Wednesday (which marks the beginning of Lent) falls nicely on February 14th, we could use Lent to express our love for Christ in a variety of ways.

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attitudes of our hearts, one advantage of Lent is that it can spur us on to do the sort of things we’ve been meaning to get round to for a long time.

Some of you may have already decided how you are going to mark Lent this year, but if not here are some ideas:

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The return of Epiphany

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Remembering Carole Ann Taylor

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Trevor Hill, villager and broadcaster

1. Memorise a passage of scripture A psalm would be a good place to begin, by building up a verse every one or two days.

Start in the morning and keep looking at it throughout the day.

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Congratulations

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Remembering Peter Geoffrey de Bourcier…

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Cædmon, the poetic herdsman of Whitby

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Your vote, Your council

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From the Registers

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Mouse Makes

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Coffee Break

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A Christmas of teamwork… and surprises

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Suffering Church

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Missionary Matters

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Flix in the Stix

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Electoral Roll Revision

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Recipe: Muriel’s traybake

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Services

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Easter activities

2. Try fasting Jesus assumes His followers will fast: He said: ‘when you fast’, not ‘if you fast’ (Matthew 6:16). Perhaps this year you could consider fasting by omitting a meal each day, or fasting for a day each week – do whatever works for you and use the time to pray.

3. Read a gospel from start to finish Pick a gospel and commit to reading it all the way through from start to finish. Be reminded again of the whole story of Jesus’ perfect life — His astounding miracles, no-holds-barred teaching, and gracious words.

4. Take up a new prayer focus Perhaps you could use Lent as an opportunity to pray

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daily for a particular area of life, either personal or within our church or nation, for neighbours or for a specific region of the world.

Do come to the reflective, Taize-style service to be held at St Christopher’s on Ash Wednesday, February 14th, at 19.30.

5. Read that Christian book you’ve been meaning to You know the one — it’s probably been sat on your bedside table or shelf gathering dust for ages. How many pages/chapters would you need to read a week to get it finished by Easter?

6. And not forgetting… … giving something up. Chocolate, meat, social media or even criticising others’ actions! An act of self-denial is a good way to be made aware of our small addictions and creates space for us to long for God instead.

If you do decide to do something for Lent this year, why not share it with others and tell them what benefits you gained from your Lenten journey.

With love and my prayers that you have a blessed Lenten season, Lynn.

Save the Date!

Sunday 3rd March at 18.30 at Pott Shrigley Village Hall.

Come and enjoy hearing about Simon and Lynn Caudwell’s time living in Ethiopia. Experiencing Ethiopia will be a café style presentation, with Ethiopian coffee and spiced tea and popcorn.

Sunday 17th March at 16.00 at St Christopher's.

A Service of Remembering for all who have been bereaved, whether recently or longer ago.

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A date not to be missed… the return of Epiphany In January 2020 some of us were privileged to attend the magical candlelight concert of light classical music performed in St Christopher’s by the ensemble Epiphany, which comprises string quartet, keyboard and soprano.

Mary Currell Well… they are making a much-anticipated return visit to Pott Shrigley Church on Saturday 27th April at 7.30pm.

Epiphany is an innovative Christian music group of professional classical musicians who love improvisation and creativity. They aim not just to entertain, but also to enhance the quality of life itself by bringing space into our hectic lives, relieving stress and bringing new perspectives.

Epiphany are based in Poynton but have performed throughout the UK in churches, in art galleries such as Tate Liverpool, the National Portrait Gallery and the Whitworth, in the Houses of Parliament and at RHS flower shows and the Ideal Home Show. They have performed in many venues in Europe and beyond, including Southeast Asia and the Far East. Epiphany take their music to many public spaces, including onto the streets and into shopping centres, care homes and hospices; they have also worked extensively with charities working with refugees & asylum seekers, those recovering from substance misuse and the homeless.

These wonderful musicians will be treating us to a mixture of classical pieces, including many familiar and well-loved ones.

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Tickets, to include a drink, will soon be on sale at £15.00 from: Mary Currell: 01625 573735 Sandy Milsom: 01625 573850 or any member of the fundraising team.

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Remembering Carole Ann Taylor…

St Christopher’s Church family were saddened

by Carole’s death in October 2023 after a period of ill health. The following is taken from the eulogy her son Chris gave at her funeral.

Carole was born in 1938 and from the age of eight attended Cheadle Hulme School, a connection maintained throughout her life as children and grandchildren followed in her footsteps there, and indeed one is a current sixth former. The friendships that emerged through the Old Waconians (it was previously known as the Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks' Orphan Schools!) were the longest of Carole’s life; the school hymn, Jerusalem, was sung at her funeral.

Carole read biology at Manchester University, then taught at Levenshulme School until her children, Karena and Chris, disrupted her career path. However, her teaching skills were again put to good use when she discovered that Chris, through inattention in class, was in line to fail his biology O-level. Intensive one-onone teaching followed, and a high O-level grade was achieved, which Chris felt his mum deserved rather than him!

Carole was a great animal lover. She took Karena and Chris on summer trips to Chester Zoo before progressing

to wonderful holidays spent with husband Brian in Africa, watching and photographing the magnificent wildlife whilst experiencing the incredible smells and sounds of the region. Carole liked to give something back, and through the charity International Needs sponsored the education of an African girl through school and to university.

Carole was introduced to Aberdovey at the age of 11; it remained a favourite holiday destination for Carole’s family – from her parents right down to her great grandchildren, and no day could be finer than one spent walking along Aberdovey beach, paddling in the Irish Sea or sitting in the sand dunes soaking up the sunshine.

Carole was a very sociable lady and made friends wherever she went. She was active at the Brookdale Social Club in Bramhall, where she was secretary for several years, and particularly enjoyed the dramatic and choir sections. Carole took up golf in her

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50s and achieved a good standard of play, becoming lady captain at Bramhall Golf Club in 2001.

Carole and Brian enjoyed living in the warm community of Adlington and liked to catch up with her neighbours as she walked her constant companion, Mackie, a German Schnauzer. Carole was an active member of Adlington WI for several years.

Carole was a much-loved and valued member of our church family at St Christopher’s. She was an asset to the singing group, not only at the Carols by Candlelight services but throughout the year. She was kind, friendly, supported those who were struggling with their health and mobility and was welcoming to newcomers. She organised the coffee rota with frightening efficiency! It was a joy to chat to her on the church Zoom coffee group during the COVID lockdowns.

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summer and autumn of 2023, and she died peacefully with her family by her side on 22nd October. Carole will be long remembered for her Christian faith, and her warm and lively personality. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.

Thank you to the family for allowing us to use Carole’s eulogy to prepare this tribute.

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Trevor Hill, villager and broadcaster Although Trevor, who previously lived at The Croft with his wife, author and BBC producer Margaret Potter, left Pott Shrigley in the early 1980s, those of us who live in the village and its environs now are still benefitting from his hard work and flair.

Kath Matheson Norman Trevor Hill was born in Southampton in 1925; the family moved to London, where Trevor attended Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School.

Determined to work for the BBC, Trevor left school aged 16 and became a trainee programme engineer; an early assignment was generating the sound effects for Tommy Handley’s comedy show ITMA, a wartime satirical production that cheered up the millions (including my parents!) who tuned in each week. His wartime experience at the BBC had its exciting moments. In October 1943 Trevor arrived early one morning at the BBC’s emergency studios in the basement of the Peter Robinson store in Oxford Street to find a shoe box on the doorstep, and somewhat alarmingly it was moving… security staff found a baby inside. Trevor and the baby met again at the same spot 74 years later; Trevor was pleased to learn that the baby grew up to be an architect and town planner. Trevor may have been the first to record a V-1 (doodlebug) flying bomb by climbing on to the roof of Peter Robinson; shortly afterwards a doodlebug demolished half his house whilst he slept – fortuitously it missed Trevor!

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Trevor Hill in 2004

the sound level Trevor heard the voice of the commander of the allied forces, General Eisenhower, saying: ‘…the hour of your liberation is approaching…’. Suddenly two Secret Service officers appeared with the news that the announcement was to be delayed; for the next three hours Trevor’s every move was watched by the guards before senior BBC announcer, John Snagge, introduced Eisenhower’s historic address: ‘People of Western Europe, a landing was made this morning on the coast of France…’ What a piece of history to witness.

Aside from his work at the BBC, Trevor was a member of the Home Guard. Although seconded to the Royal Scots as a Bren gunner, a bout of scarlet fever prevented him going to Burma with the rest of his platoon.

After the war, Trevor worked for the British Forces Network in Germany producing radio programmes; he met his future wife Margaret there. Trevor gave many actors and broadcasters their first breaks – in his adaption of The Adventures of Robin Hood, Brian Matthew played King Richard and Nigel Davenport Robin; Cliff Michelmore was Little John, Raymond Baxter Guy de Guisborne, Geraint Evans the minstrel HotPott - February 2024

Trevor with Violet Carson

Brian Trueman crowning Rose Queen Jackie Coe

Blondel, and Keith Fordyce Will Scarlett.

Among assorted foresters were Bryan Forbes and Roger Moore. Subsequently Trevor was not impressed with Roger’s acting ability, and suggested he would be better modelling jumpers; years later, when Roger was filming a Bond movie he sent Trevor a message: ‘Tell Trevor, I still can't act – but I'm not doing badly.’

Judith and Sandra Chalmers attended village events too.

Trevor and Margaret returned to the UK in 1949 and worked for the BBC in Manchester. Trevor produced a northern edition of Children’s Hour and worked with Wilfred Pickles on a regular Home Service feature called Afternoon Out. Later Trevor and Violet Carson (aka Ena Sharples) opened the northern slot of Children’s Hour with Nursery Sing Song – he sang and she played the piano. The two were great friends; Violet attended Trevor and Margaret’s wedding at St Christopher’s in 1952 and Trevor persuaded her to crown Eileen Gratton (Frecknall) as Rose Queen in 1962. In 1966 he got Brian Truman to crown Jackie Coe (Ardern) as Rose Queen.

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Trevor produced Children’s Television Club in Manchester, the programme becoming Blue Peter when it went nationwide. Ever the talent spotter, Trevor hired 16-yearold schoolboy Peter Maxwell Davies as a resident composer; Peter later became Master of the Queen’s Music! Trevor also gave airtime, before they were famous, to such luminaries as Julie Andrews, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Kingsley, Robert Powell and the Chalmers sisters. He gave folk group The Spinners their television debut, and subsequently brought them to the Salesian College (Shrigley Hall) for a series of concerts to raise funds for renovating the school when it was threatened with closure in the 1960s. Trevor involved the community in broadcasting too. Audrey Meecham was in the Whalley Range High School for Girls’ choir when, in the late 1940s, the BBC in Manchester asked them to record some background music for a children’s programme being continued → Page 9

Sooty, Sweep & Soo Edwardian wedding staged at Pott Shrigley, 1965

produced by a young, RAF-mustachioed man called Trevor Hill. The music was specially composed by Ray Martin and played by his concert orchestra.

Trevor was not beyond using subterfuge.

After Major Glen Miller ordered Trevor to use some enormous loudspeakers for a broadcast, not accepting Trevor’s advice that there was nowhere to plug them in, Miller stalked off. Trevor just tucked the wires under the carpet, then fiddled with the controls on the amplifier, increasing the volume and modifying bass and treble.

Miller was delighted with the sound of the performance and asked Trevor how he had managed it. ‘That’s the BBC’ was the reply.

And that, allegedly, was how HiFi started.

One of my favourite childhood programmes was Sooty. Trevor recruited Harry Corbett and the eponymous bear, named Sooty because Harry’s wife remarked that he looked ‘a little sooty’ after his ears and nose were made darker for the cameras. Trevor produced Sooty for 12 years. In 1955 Sooty and his sidekick Sweep were filmed on the school bus from Bollington to Pott Shrigley alongside their school friends – some of whom attend St Christopher’s today! Sooty’s Busy Day was a road safety film, in which Sweep, ever the naughty one, not only ran out in front of the bus, but also knocked Harry Corbett off his bike! When Trevor was presented with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal Page 10

for services to broadcasting, the Queen asked: ‘And how is Sooty?’ Trevor also produced Pinky and Perky, in my humble opinion rather silly puppet pigs who sang unrecognisable pop songs! And from the ridiculous to the sublime, in the 1970s Trevor revived Round Britain Quiz, which Radio Four aficionados will recognise as the equivalent of The Guardian crossword on air.

With help from Gregor Prumbs, Trevor compiled two CDs of wartime music and memories. He published an autobiography, Over the Airwaves, in 2005 and compiled an oral history of regional broadcasting in the north by conducting numerous interviews with BBC staff; some of the information was so inflammatory that it is being kept under wraps for 50 years.

Margaret and Trevor were married for over 40 years, and only had one argument.

When Trevor cut one of Margaret’s plays by five minutes to prevent it running into the six o’clock news, Margaret packed her bags and got as far as the bus to leave before she changed her mind. When she died in 1993, Trevor did much charitable work, particularly for adults and children with disabilities.

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and social club: when the poor condition of the school buildings threatened its closure, Trevor got the committee together, helped raised money for the repairs and an extension, and then persuaded the council to move the school back in. He didn’t baulk at the dirtier tasks either: when school needed cleaning, the village did it; Trevor then came along and cleaned it properly!

Trevor was instrumental in getting the annual village bonfire started too; he led the team, largely from the cricket club, with military precision and flair, and

with only four sheets of A4 paper – no need for yards of instructions as happens nowadays.

Trevor returned to his Gloucestershire roots in his later years and died there aged 98. His legacy in Pott lives on.

Thanks to Mary Currell, David Garton, Graham Hackney, Sean Lee, Audrey Meecham, Mandy Parker & Wikipedia for help in preparing this piece.

Congratulations… ...to Margaret Ryley on reaching her 90th birthday.

We were delighted (as the accompanying photos show) to eat the delicious cakes she so kindly organised for us to have after the services on 19th November, but so sorry that she couldn’t join us. We understand that she enjoyed her actual birthday, 22nd November, when she entertained several visitors.

Happy Birthday to a lovely lady.

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Remembering Peter Geoffrey de Bourcier…

Peter was born in Lambeth in 1938 to Henry and Lily de Bourcier, but when his older siblings’ schools were evacuated to Ashtead, the whole family moved there too. Peter recalled: ‘it was there (Ashtead) as a young boy that I watched contrails in the sky as the Royal Air Force fought the Luftwaffe – and wanted to be up there… I was four when I first said I wanted to fly.’ To achieve his dream, Peter joined Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands on an undergraduate apprenticeship, which meant spending time in each of the main sections of the factory and taking a degree in aero engineering at Southampton University. Apprentices at Vickers were taught to be precise in their measurements, down to fractions of a millimetre – a lesson Peter didn’t require, being a natural stickler for everything being exactly right, measured, aligned, and in its place!

At university Peter joined the Air Training Corps, where he learned to fly Chipmunks and won an aerobatics trophy. He subsequently joined the RAF and spent 11 years in the transport forces, spanning the Middle and Far East, India, Pakistan, Europe, Australia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the USA and Canada.

Ironically, in 1966 the RAF assessed him

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as ‘unfit aerobatics’, but then sent him as temporary adjutant to the newly formed Red Arrows!

Peter met Judy at a youth group at Epsom Methodist Church. Peter’s RAF travels made their courtship somewhat problematic, as did Judy’s four years as a Methodist missionary teacher in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe); they finally married in Epsom in 1971. They had quarters near RAF Brize Norton where daughter Katie was born; Sarah arrived when the family lived in Bracknell, where Peter worked at the RAF Staff College. Thereafter he was posted to Upavon and the family settled near Marlborough. Peter also worked at the Ministry of Defence in London and qualified as a training captain and examiner.

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Beech 99

Airbus 321

security of the RAF and to contact MAF, which they had supported prayerfully and financially in the intervening years.

As ever, God’s timing was perfect: MAF were about to introduce a new aircraft (the Beech-99, a large plane for MAF, but small by Peter’s standards!) and wanted it operated to UK airline standards. Peter’s RAF experience was ideal and indicated to him and Judy that this was what God wanted them to do. Accepted as mission partners by the Kenyan Methodist Church, Peter trained on the Beech in California, and the family moved from there to Nairobi in 1982. It was a family enterprise: Judy frequently kept radiosafety watch for the East Africa-based MAF aircraft, and Katie and Sarah helped look after guests who stayed with them on their travels in and out of East Africa.

Meanwhile Peter flew around east and central Africa, transporting missionaries, supplies, doctors, etc in an area where road transport would have meant long and dangerous journeys over vast distances.

He trained others to that role and ensured that safety and good procedure became embedded.

examiner, and management pilot on the most advanced airliners of the day, the Airbus A320 & 321. Peter and Judy moved to Cheshire to allow Peter to fly these aircraft out of Manchester. When no longer able to fly commercially, he trained others (including pilots from the Bahraini Royal Flight, Albania and China) using the simulators based at Woodford Aerodrome and elsewhere. Some from St Christopher’s enjoyed the simulator too!

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Peter enjoyed motoring. Driving a Rover P6 2000 brought from the UK as a strong and reliable vehicle (!) Peter was delighted to win top prize for accurate driving at a Kenyan Classic Car Club rally. Latterly, he belonged to the Institute of Advanced Motorists and was active in the local group.

As a driver and engineer, Peter loved the technical challenge of caravanning, but it was the joy of travel and exploring that

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Rover P6 2000

he and Judy shared in their many trips to Scotland and Wales. Family holidays caravanning in Europe or sailing on a canal boat with the girls were wonderful, but Kenyan trips, although amazing and adventurous, were stressful for Peter, who was always happier when in control of things: Kenyan roads, Kenyan signposting, and unreliable Kenyan vehicles didn’t always do things his way.

Peter loved his family. He and Judy were married for more than 50 years, and she looked after him well – too well perhaps, as a story Peter related proves: ‘Judy and her sister were brought up … by a very traditional aunt, and an uncle who saw the wife’s job as primarily to look after her husband. At a wives’ coffee morning at Brize Norton, Judy casually mentioned that if I was getting up at, say, 3am to go off on a long-haul flight, she would get up to cook me a full breakfast.’ The other wives were not impressed!

In due course Phil, Sarah’s husband, and their three sons Tom, Jack and Matthew were welcomed to the family, as was Katie’s husband Gary. Peter did his utmost to care and provide for his family; sometimes his desire to have everything safe, just so, organised, and done properly didn’t make life easy. Peter had a generous heart and was committed to the people and causes he cared about.

to at an early age, and whom he always sought to follow and to honour. That faith shaped his life decisions and his career path; it was a faith that he and Judy brought Katie and Sarah up in. He was an active church member wherever he lived; a Methodist local preacher; a generous giver to the church and Christian charities. In retirement, he supported the work of MAF financially, and by praying and giving talks to raise their profile.

Peter understandably found his poor health difficult in his last years, but more recently gained increasing confidence in God’s healing love for him, sometimes saying: ‘I think Jesus has said I will be healed in mind, body and spirit.’

It was a privilege to have Peter as part of our church family, with his obviously strong faith and commitment to God. Thank you, Lord, that Peter is now at home with You, and is indeed healed in mind, body and spirit.

Thank you to Peter’s family for allowing me to use his eulogy in preparing this tribute.

And thank you to Peter for correcting my punctuation over the years! Peter produced several articles for HotPott: Three Bites of the Cherry (Christmas 17/February 18); Keeping the Cross in the Middle (October 19); Meeting One’s Spouse (Summer 20).

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Cædmon, the poetic herdsman of Whitby We met Cædmon in the November 2020 edition of HotPott when he made a guest appearance in an article about Whitby Abbey. As he is commemorated on 11th February each year, I thought it timely to write a little more about him.

Kath Matheson The only source of original information we have about Cædmon’s life comes from that great author and scholar of the Early Middle Ages, The Venerable Bede, whose book Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), earned him the title ‘The Father of English History’. Bede, a monk himself, travelled to several abbeys and monasteries in the course of his life, but it is not known if he heard Cædmon’s story directly from oral sources or whether he read a written account of it. Although the timing is not certain, Bede's chronology suggests that the events outlined below took place when Hild (later St Hilda) was abbess of Whitby Abbey, which was established when King Oswiu of Northumberland gave his estate of Streonæshalch to the church in 657.

According to Bede ‘(t)here was in the Monastery of this Abbess a certain brother particularly remarkable for the Grace

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Cædmon before St Hilda; Heritage images

of God, who was wont to make religious verses, so that whatever was interpreted to him out of scripture, he soon after put the same into poetical expressions of much sweetness and humility in Old English, which was his native language. By his verse the minds of many were often excited to despise the world, and to aspire to heaven.’

This ‘certain brother’ was Cædmon, who was initially a herdsman (rather than a monk) at Whitby Abbey; he was not an educated man and it appears he was sensitive to that fact. In the story, Cædmon attends a feast with the other occupants of the abbey, but when a harp is passed around for all to sing a song, he leaves the hall because he cannot contribute a song and feels ashamed. He falls asleep in his customary place with the animals and dreams that ‘someone’ approaches him and asks him to sing. Cædmon responds that he cannot sing but the man tells him to ‘Sing to me the beginning of all things’ (principium creaturarum). Cædmon is then able to sing verses and words he had not heard before, and on waking he not only remembered everything he had sung in the night but also added additional lines to the song. Cædmon told the abbey steward about the dream and continued → Page 15

Cædmon's hymn; Bodleian library

was taken to see Hild, who invited scholars to evaluate Cædmon's gift, which they did by asking him to write another poem based on ‘a passage of sacred history or doctrine’. When he produced the poem the next morning, Cædmon was invited to become a monk, which he seems to have done as a relatively old man. Hild ordered her scholars to teach Cædmon sacred history and doctrine, which overnight Cædmon would turn into the most beautiful verse in Old English, the language of the time. According to Bede, Cædmon ‘could never compose any foolish or trivial poem, but only those which were concerned with devotion’, thus Cædmon was responsible for many poetic texts on a variety of Christian topics from the Creation in Genesis, to the Exodus and entry of the Jews into the Promised Land, to the birth, passion and resurrection of Christ, and finally to the ‘terrors of future judgment, horrors of hell, ... joys of the heavenly kingdom, ... and divine mercies and judgments’. Caedmon’s gift of telling Christian stories in the vernacular must have been of great value in evangelising the general population.

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say the earliest though other candidates are the Anglo-Saxon inscriptions on the Ruthwell Cross in Scotland and on Franks Casket, a Northumberland chest now housed in the British Museum.

Cædmon's Hymn is one of the oldest surviving samples of Germanic alliterative verse, a characteristic it shares with the Old English epic Beowulf, and for the early use of traditional poetic form for Christian themes following the conversion of early medieval England to Christianity.

In the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Bede gave the text of Cædmon's Hymn in Latin rather than Old English.

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to Bede's Latin account of the poem.

Some of these manuscripts reflect the Northumberland dialect of Bede and (putatively) of Cædmon, and some reflect the transfer of the poem into the West Saxon dialect. The text of the hymn differs between manuscripts, but it is not known if these variations are due to changes which were introduced as the poem was shared orally or if it was transcribed between different Old English dialects incorrectly. There is some debate as to the best translation of some of these variants, but the following text is found in the oldest or second-oldest manuscript of the poem, contained in the mid-eighth-century copy of the Northumbrian Ecclesiastical History of the English People known as the Moore Bede, which is kept in the Cambridge University Library: Now [we] shall honour heaven-kingdom's Ward, the measurer's might and his mind-plans, the work of the Glory-father as he of each wonder, eternal lord, the origin established; he first created for the children of men heaven for a roof, holy shaper.

Then Middle-earth mankind's Ward, eternal Lord, after created, the lands for men, Lord almighty.

Or, in a more relatable version: Now we must praise the Maker of the heavenly kingdom, the power of the Creator and his counsel, the deeds of the Father of glory and how he, since he is the eternal God, was the Author of all marvels and first created the heavens as a roof for the children of men and then, the almighty Guardian of the human race, created the Earth.

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The Venerable Bede writing the Ecclesiastical History of the English People; Wikipedia

Cædmon died in Whitby Abbey’s infirmary at a reportedly old age in 680. He appears to have realised his death was imminent as he gathered his friends around him and asked to be given communion before dying peacefully in his sleep. As Cædmon lived so many centuries ago, and Bede’s account of his life was written after Cædmon had died, it is inevitable that Bede’s account is not entirely accurate. However, there is no reason to doubt that Bede, an educated and intelligent man, believed Cædmon to be an important figure in the history of English intellectual and religious life, and that Cædmon’s verses, composed to help turn man from the love of sin to a love of good deeds, played a significant role in spreading the Christian message among the population of early medieval England.

Sources acknowledged with thanks: English Heritage; Wikipedia.

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Your Vote Your Council Highways

Planning Applications

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Decision

• Repair/replace culvert under Shrigley Road outside Pott Hall.

• Remedial resurfacing of Shrigley Road from Green Close to the aqueduct.

• Modifications to the chevron bend by Shrigley Hall.

• Repair of collapsed wall Bakestonedale Road.

• Damage to the signpost by the church wall still awaits repair.

• Ward councillors have agreed to fund the design and estimate for the work required on the kerb by the village hall.

23/4133M 3 Mitchelfold, SK10 5SG Proposed demolition of existing rear conservatory and replaced with a single storey rear extension. Approved

Jo Hadfield

Pott Shrigley village website Cllr Lancaster and the clerk are continuing to populate this. Residents will be advised in due course how to access this new website.

Lychgate David Garton and Cllr Wray have completed the necessary paperwork to allow repair work to commence. This has now been submitted to the Archdeacon for his approval.

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Joyce Burton, clerk

Pending

23/3874M Shrigley Hall Hotel, SK10 5SB Retrospective application for installation of two marquees on the old tennis court area to be in situ for 12 months.

23/1419M Nab Works, (MRI Polytech) SK10 5SD Application (retrospective) for a storage building and an additional area of car parking, including associated engineering works, with a proposed comprehensive landscaping scheme and biodiversity enhancements.

NP/CEC/0323/0337 Lyme Park Relocation of car park, restoration of swine ground, visitor access improvements and new hall and garden entrance.

Next meeting The next council meeting will take place at 8pm on Monday 5th February 2024 in the village hall.

Cllr Wray

Jo Hadfield HotPott - February 2024

Pott Shrigley village website

From the Registers Wedding

Congratulations to: 29th December Steven Lunt & Jenni Booth

Funerals

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of: 1st December Carole Ann Taylor, aged 84 years 7th December Norman Trevor Hill, aged 98 years 18th December Frances Emily Tones, aged 76 years 4th January Geoffrey George Llewellyn Parker, aged 86 years 19th January Muriel Elisabeth Schofield, aged 96 years St Christopher’s Pastoral Ministry For pastoral support, a listening ear, a home visit, Holy Communion at home, prayer support or if you have a baptism enquiry please contact the pastoral ministry care team via Anne Murphy. email: pastoralteam@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk telephone: 07891 953919 *** You can tell if two people are married based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.

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Coffee Break Across 1 Success or wealth (Deuteronomy 28:11) (10) 7 Forbidden fruit for Nazirites (Numbers 6:3) (7) 8 Concede (Job 27:5) (5) 10 Look at (Psalm 48:13) (4) 11 Much in evidence after weddings (8) 13 Condense (Job 36:27) (6) 15 Breakwater (6) 17 Give a tan (anag.) (8) 18 More usually now called Pentecost, — Sunday (4) 21 After living for 365 years, it was said of him that ‘he walked with God’ (Genesis 5:23–24) (5) 22 Trampled (Judges 9:27) (7) 23 For example, Miriam, Deborah (Exodus 15:20; Judges 4:4) (10) Down 1 Arrogance (Proverbs 8:13) (5) 2 Roman poet from first century BC (4) 3 So rapt (anag.) (6) 4 Declare again (2 Corinthians 2:8) (8) 5 Paul’s ‘fellow worker’, to whom he sent two epistles (Romans 16:21) (7) 6 God’s foreseeing care and protection (Job 10:12) (10) 9 Traditional form of Roman Catholic Mass (10)

12 ‘The Lord... has given the — of Israel to David and his descendants for ever’ (2 Chronicles 13:5) (8) 14 ‘My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my — ’ (Luke 1:46–47) (7) 16 The central element in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, identified and interpreted by Daniel (Daniel 2:31) (6) 19 ‘On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of — will not overcome it’ (Matthew 16:18) (5) 20 City where Paul was under house arrest for two years (Acts 28:16) (4) ***

When Adam stayed out very late for a few nights, Eve became upset. “You’re running around with other women,” she charged.

“You’re being unreasonable,” Adam responded. “You’re the only woman on earth.” The quarrel continued until Adam fell asleep, only to be awakened by someone poking him in the chest. It was Eve. “What do you think you’re doing?” Adam demanded.

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A Christmas of teamwork… and surprises Thank you to all those who made the St Christopher’s Advent and Christmas season so special.

Starting off with a Christingle to remember – a chemistry lesson and at least one singed finger provided a wonderful illustration of how, when Christ the light of the world comes into our human dustiness, sparks fly! In Matthew 5:14 Christ says that we too are the light of the world; when He lightens our greyness into sparkles, bringing energy and the light of heaven into our midst and life to the dark places of our world, we bring Christ’s hope to others. Thank you to Sandy Milsom for making all the Christingles, and to Mike Akerman for counting and banking the donations to the Children’s Society – £242, a good result!

is full of surprises, both now and as it unfolded more than 2,000 years ago – a virgin birth, the shepherds being the first to hear of Christ’s arrival, Christ being born in a stable not a palace, angels singing in the sky… Are we ready to let go of all our expectations and lists? Are we ready to be surprised by Christ? None of us are too young – consider Mary; none of us too busy, or ordinary – consider the shepherds; none of us too clever – consider the magi. It doesn’t matter if we’ve said ‘no’ previously; the innkeeper was welcomed into the stable. We should expect Jesus to show up in unexpected places in our lives; are we ready to be surprised by how close Jesus is? Lynn urged us to stop, listen and say ‘yes’ to Christ and His gifts of forgiveness, love and compassion. A big thank you to Lynn for her message, to Anne for leading the services so clearly and to all the singers (especially the wonderful soloist, Elsa), players, readers, welcomers, ringers, streamers, mulled wine makers (and thank you to Judith W for the wine!), mince pie buyers, candlelighters, cleaners, printers and everyone I’ve forgotten too!

The singing group had been practising since October under the expert and patient tutelage of Sheila and David Garton, who somehow also managed to fit into their hectic schedules coaching the children of Pott Shrigley School for their nativity production songs too. The Carols by Candlelight services were a joy; not many people noticed that one of the singing group’s songs had several variations over the course of the four services…

More singing happened at The Cotton Tree

Lynn’s long Christmas list was impressive.

I wonder if she received everything on it? I’m pretty certain I’ve not seen a pig at the vicarage recently! The nativity story Page 22

Wild boar in the vicarage!

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Elsa ready for her solo

Carols at the Cotton Tree

– thank you to Jayne for inviting us; it was a lovely atmosphere and so good to see so many joining in with the familiar carols, as it was on Christmas Eve at Shrigley Hall when St Christopher’s made its way up there to lead the carol singing in the foyer.

Thank you to everyone who made this season so special, a blessed experience of the church family and local community coming together and knowing that Christ is with us. We pray that all who participated in any way in our St Christopher’s Christmas will carry the sense of belonging to something greater than themselves away with them into their families and communities. May they know in a tangible way the love Christ has for them.

And what to say about the school nativity?

What stars the children were, and who can doubt that Herod really was the king!! It was a wonderful depiction of the story of Christ coming into our world. (See inside front cover.)

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The Suffering Church

Boko Haram terrorists, Borno state, Nigeria; The Guardian

Attending airstrike victims, Saigang, Myanmar; VOA news

So what’s new this month? Nothing in Nigeria, unfortunately, where the sustained attacks on Christians continue. 14 men were killed and one woman abducted in coordinated attacks

by Islamist militants on Christian communities in Borno State on New Year’s Day, 2024; three men were killed in the same area on 19th December, 2023. In neighbouring Yobe State Boko Haram are suspected of an attack on 5th January, 2024 in which Pastor Luka, Maina Abdullahi the church treasurer, and four others were shot and several houses and a church were burned down. Pray for the Lord’s comfort for the bereaved families and for the church deprived of its shepherd. Ask that they will know God’s strength and protection despite the ongoing violence.

Did you know about this? Although some of the attacks which so frequently occur in Nigeria were mentioned in the mainstream media (Reuters, The Guardian, Time Magazine in December, 2023), these issues do not receive the coverage they merit.

Please pray for the safety of Christians, wherever they live, that they are able to worship, live and work without fear and without being discriminated against.

Please pray for governments to treat all

their citizens fairly, and for violence, and those who commit it, to be rooted out.

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Similarly, in Myanmar the military (Tatmadaw) also continues to perpetrate violence against Christians. On 7th January, 2024 at least 15 people, including eight children, were killed and 30 people injured in an air strike on two church buildings in Sagaing Region. Pray for an end to the targeted air strikes on Christians and other ethnic minorities in largelyBuddhist Myanmar. Ask that the Lord will draw close to His people in their grief and provide healing to those wounded.

Let’s finish with some good news. Last month we heard about the activities of Barnabas Aid in Zimbabwe, where their

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Christians in South Sudan receiving food.gives boxes; Barnabas

food.gives project is helping relieve malnutrition by the provision of the nutritious, mineral-rich porridge ePap. Children, the elderly and the disabled are benefitting in particular, with improvements seen in their general health, well-being and development.

Praise the Lord for the successful delivery of ePap in Zimbabwe and give thanks for the vital changes in the lives of Christians, especially the very young, disabled and elderly.

South Sudan has experienced drought, flooding, and an increasing refugee crisis secondary to the ongoing civil war in the Republic of the Sudan to the north, and in the Global Hunger Index for 2023 was one of nine countries identified as having ‘alarming’ levels of hunger. Two shipments of aid were sent by Barnabas, the first contained 1,089 food.gives boxes and the second contained rice, flour and chickpeas, as well as clothes, shoes and bedding. For many of the Christian beneficiaries, this support is their only means of maintaining a healthy diet.

Barnabas’ in-country partner reported: ‘The generous support makes it possible for our church in Juba to make the community a great place to live.’ Pray for lasting health benefits for the community as the food.gives programme continues to be rolled out.

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Violence in Manipur, India; Open Doors

More good news. In India, the Supreme Court has directed the government to review how they can help churches and people affected by the violence in Manipur last year, requiring them to identify and secure the places of worship that were destroyed and to submit a proposal for their restoration. The court also ruled that the government should create a policy for rehabilitating those whose houses were destroyed. In the ethno-religious violence that erupted in May, 2023 between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki ethnic groups, Christians on both sides were disproportionately targeted, according to local Open Doors experts.

More than 120 believers were killed, whilst 4,500 buildings and homes belonging to Christians and some 400 churches were destroyed. Around 50,000 believers have been displaced. The court’s decision is a very welcome development for those affected by the awful violence, particularly as the government has been criticised for its muted response to the crisis. Please continue to pray for Christians in Manipur and elsewhere across India, which is currently number 11 on the Open Doors’ World Watch List.

Thanks to Barnabas and Open Doors for the information contained in this article.

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Missionary Matters Herewith some gleanings from Johnny and Ann McClean’s latest Facebook pages.

In December temperatures in Thailand fell to a balmy 23°C in the morning, with beautiful breezes; it was beginning to feel like Christmas!

John Ryley Johnny and Pastor Pramote were busy planning the Christmas sermon series and events at New City Fellowship (NCF) Church, while Ann was writing the Thai Sunday School lessons for their Sunday morning classes. With December also came a whole host of wonderful opportunities to share the good news of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the World. Ann continues to experience real blessings in her move to the American International Community School, where son Joshua is in the sixth form; it’s a delight for Ann to be serving with a number of Thai believers on the staff who remembered her and Johnny from Thai Christian Student camps 20 years ago, and to hear how the Lord has been working in their lives and using them in ministry since their university days. Praise God for his faithfulness over many years to Thai brothers and sisters who are now serving

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Christmas breakfast, Bangkok

in ministry at the school. Teaching English has been a good challenge professionally for Ann, and there have been some amusing moments with students as they start to pick up on Ann’s British idioms, vocabulary and accent. Praise God for the warm welcome, the camaraderie and the laughter that working in a new cross-cultural setting provides. One of the joys of working in a Christian school has been the opportunities to pray with students, to use the Bible in class and to take part in after-school ministry. Pray for wisdom in balancing ministry at church, ministry at school and home life; in this first year Ann is concentrating on her teaching skills before embarking on too many other school activities, though she

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Pott Shrigley Village Hall Bar 2nd Friday of every month, 6.30 'til 10.00pm

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did help with the catering for the Middle School Christmas party where the children heard the Christmas message as well as having fun. High air pollution levels have returned to Bangkok; please pray for the Thai government to implement long-term solutions to this worsening problem, and for the McClean’s health. NCF held a Christmas party for children in the neighbourhood; it was run as a one-day Bible club event. Please pray the children who attended and heard the true story of Christmas through the songs, stories and activities will want to know more. Thank God for the Thai believers involved in running the party, for their energy, joy and discernment as they engaged with the children, noticing the ones on the edges of activities and lovingly sharing the good news of Immanuel, God with us.

Other Christmas outreach from the church involved a Youth with a Mission (YWAM) team who sang songs, performed a nativity drama, and shared a testimony. Johnny gave the Christmas message, and Ann led the programme with Pastor Pramote.

Please pray that for all those who heard the Christmas message, the seed that was planted will grow; please pray for Johnny and Pramote as they follow up on those who expressed interest in knowing more about being a Christian, and especially for one lady who has attended church intermittently over the last year and has now asked how she can become a Christian.

Please pray for A & S and their daughter M, the Afghan refugees the McCleans have supported since they arrived on NCF’s doorstep six Christmases ago. News is still awaited concerning the family’s relocation to Australia; recent months have been particularly hard following the sudden death of S’s mum. Please pray that the Lord will fill their hearts with peace and trust as they wait for transfer, and that He will HotPott - February 2024

provide everything they need, including the school fees for M’s next term.

Give thanks for the generosity of a Welsh church: a Bangkok family that was living in a makeshift shack with a sagging roof in October now have a new roof!

Megumi and Helen Fazakerley are due to return to Malawi on March 28th.

Meanwhile they are visiting more of their supporting churches, and trying to get Megumi cured of a bothering chest infection which he brought with him from Malawi; antibiotics and x-rays continue. Their financial situation is not as healthy as it should be, so please think – and pray about – whether you could help with a small monthly contribution.

Pray too that they will continue to have a profitable ministry when they return to Blantyre, and for guidance for Megumi in his relationship with the Evangelical Bible College of Malawi. Megumi was producing study material for their church and outreach to the small local Japanese community before they came home; pray that this work bears fruit. Helen and Megumi are approaching retirement age and are thinking about whether there might be any active Christian ministry in the UK they might pursue. Please pray about this too.

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F LIX I N TH E STIX

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On the first Wednesday of each month: 7th Feb - Allelujah

DOORS OPEN 6.30 pm FILM STARTS 7.30 pm

Comedy/Drama starring Jenifer Saunders & Judi Dench

6th March: The Great Escaper

Drama/Romance starring Michael Caine & Glenda Jackson

Ticket agents: - Anthea Wilkinson (01625 573538) (and St Oswald’s church, Bollington)

- Peter M Boulton (01625 876646) E-mail pottflix@gmail.com https://sites.google.com/site/pottflix/

Suggested donation: in advance £4 : on the door £5

Electoral Roll Revision It is a legal requirement that we revise the church electoral roll annually to ensure it remains an accurate reflection of those who attend church regularly (or would do so if they were not prevented by frailty or illness from doing so) or who live in the parish. This will happen in the second half of February and the relevant official notice will be posted in church on 2nd February 2024. The revised roll, together with a list of names of those added or removed from it since the last annual meeting, will be HotPott - February 2024

put up on the noticeboard at the back of church on the 1st March.

Please note that if you are already on the roll, you do not need to take any action.

If you would like to be on the roll, or have any questions about it, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Kath Matheson, Electoral Roll Officer 01625 574983/07944 624 832 kmmpott@yahoo.co.uk Page 35

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Recipe of the Month Muriel’s traybake

As many readers will know, village resident of 72 years, Muriel Schofield, died in December 2023. Auntie Mu was a remarkable lady – kind, generous, sociable, a fund of local knowledge and funny stories to name but a few of her characteristics – but the word most often put in the same sentence as her name is traybake.

Here is the recipe she wrote down – but beware, Muriel never weighed ingredients, preferring the ‘throw a handful in’ method.

The traybake she gave to so many of us was mainly fruit, with a little bit of cake to hold it all together. I strongly suspect that there was far more fruit added to the bake than is written here…

Ingredients: 5oz (140g) butter or margarine (but butter is better) 5oz (140g) soft dark brown sugar 5oz (140g) self-raising flour 2oz (60g) medium oatmeal 2oz (60g) halved cherries 4oz (120g) sultanas and raisins 1 beaten egg 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

Method: Melt the butter and sugar gently in a large saucepan (do not boil).

Add the flour and oatmeal sifted together.

Stir well between each addition.

Cook in a shallow tin at 180ᵒC until golden brown (about 20 minutes).

Good luck!

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Services

4th Feb. 8.30am 10.45am

Holy Communion Holy Communion‡

Colossians 1: 15-20 John 1: 1-14

Lynne Bowden & Anne Murphy

Holy Communion Morning Worship‡*

Isaiah 40:21-31 Mark 1:29-39

Lynn Caudwell

Taizé Service of reflection

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Lynn Caudwell

8.30am 10.45am 25th.

Holy Communion All Age Worship

Genesis 9:8-17 Mark 1:9-15

Lynn Caudwell Anne Murphy

8.30am 10.45am 3rd March.

Holy Communion Morning Worship

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Mark 9:2-9

Lynn Caudwell

8.30am 10.45am

Holy Communion Holy Communion‡**

TBC

Lynn Caudwell

11th 8.30am 10.45am

14th Ash Wednesday 7.30pm 18th.

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All services underlined in blue will be streamed live on our Facebook Page & YouTube channel.

• A recording of each live-streamed service will be available from the services page of the church website: ‡ Junior Church * Youth Church (at 6pm) ** Youth Church joining Ethiopia evening Readers

Prayers

Sidesmen at 8.30

Sidesmen at 10.45

Coffee

4th Feb

Tom Murphy& Audrey Meecham

Sheila Garton

Liz Arrowsmith & Nigel Heathcote

Jean & Reg Ferguson

Ros & Madeline

11th

Paul Bowden & Irene North

David Garton

Gill Mosley

Tony & Rachel Witkowski

Yvonne & Annie

18th

Paige

Pam Cooke

Mathesons

Mike & Sue Akerman

Malyan family

25th

Jean Ferguson & Mike Akerman

Sandy Milsom

Clare Chasty

Joy & David Whitehead

Jean F & Meg

3rd Mar

Anne Murphy & Audrey Meecham

Sheila Garton

Mathesons

Anne Murphy

David & Joy

Church Cleaning Rota 2nd Feb

Shirley & Christine

23rd Feb

Reg & Jean

9th Feb

Sally & Yvonne

1st March

Mike & Sue

16th Feb

Caroline & Jean

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Easter Weekend at St Christopher's Good Friday (March 29th) Service at St Christopher's (10am) Service of reflection to remember Jesus' death on the cross. The service starts at 10am with hot cross buns served afterwards

Good Friday Walk (after the service) Join us for a walk and a picnic after the morning service. Bring your own bite to eat and we'll enjoy it together in the beautiful Pott Shrigley countryside.

Curry at The Viceroy (5.30pm meet, 6pm eat) Selection of curries, rice & naan bread at the Viceroy, 22 Ingersley Road, Bollington.

Everyone welcome! Booking essential – limited places (first come, first served).

Prices: Adults £18, Children £9. Please contact Kath or Duncan Matheson (574983 or 07944 624832, email kmmpott@yahoo.co.uk) by Palm Sunday (March 24th).

Payment on booking please – cash only.

Easter Day (March 31st) Come and help us celebrate the wonderful news of Jesus’s resurrection.

Holy Communion (8.30am) Family Communion (10.45am)

Directory Priest-in-charge:

Rev. Lynn Caudwell

Readers:

Dr John Ryley (Reader Emeritus), 2 Wych Lane, Adlington, SK10 4NB

vicar@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk

574660

Licensed Pastoral Worker Anne Murphy, 14 Silver Street, Bollington, SK10 5QL

829595 07891 953919

Parish Assistant:

Gillian Mosley, 129 St Austell Avenue, Macclesfield, SK10 3NY

Churchwardens:

Andy Phillips, 26 Hurst Lane, Bollington, SK10 5LP

829819 07881 358976

andyphillips@totalise.co.uk David Gem, 4 Normans Hall Mews, Pott Shrigley, Macclesfield, SK10 5SE davidgem@gmail.com Verger:

Situation Vacant

PCC Secretary:

Rebecca Roth-Biester

PCC Treasurer:

Peter Kennedy, kennedyp@tuckerssolicitors.com

476398 07766 880318

pccsecretary@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk 07850 740335

Gift Aid & Planned Giving: Sally Winstanley, 3 Green Close Cottages, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SG

574545

sjwinstanley.ps@gmail.com Organists:

Mary Currell, 61 Crossfield Road, Bollington, SK10 5EA

573735

marycurrell61@btinternet.com David Garton, davidgarton2020@gmail.com

573492

Andy Phillips, as above

07881 358976

Weekly Bulletin:

David Gem, as above

Electoral Roll officer

Kath Matheson, Church View Cottage, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SA

574983

kmmpott@yahoo.co.uk Safeguarding officer:

Kath Matheson, safeguarding@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk

Tower Captain:

Duncan Matheson, Church View Cottage, Pott Shrigley, SK10 5SA

574983

dmmpott@yahoo.co.uk Pastoral Ministry:

Anne Murphy, pastoralteam@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk

07891 953919

Children's Ministry

Situation Vacant

Youth Ministry:

Anne Murphy, as above, annemurphy1214@gmail.com

07891 953919

Little Doves:

Victoria Price

07961 004755

Parish Council Clerk:

Joyce Burton, pottclerk@btinternet.com

Wedding Coordinator:

Pam Cooke, weddings@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk

Head Teacher:

Mrs Anne-Marie Willis , Pott Shrigley Church School, SK10 5RT

573260

head@pottshrigley.cheshire.sch.uk Website:

Tess Phillips, 26 Hurst Lane, Bollington, SK10 5LP

PCC Members:

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, Annie Palace, Kath Matheson, Chris Day, Reg Ferguson, Anne Muprhy.

info@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk

(please prefix numbers with 01625)

This directory was updated on 19th November 2023.Please give corrections and additions to magazine@pottshrigleychurch.org.uk