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January 2019Church for a different world
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January is the month when we remember and retell the story of the wise men who came from the East, bearing gifts for the infant Jesus. God had led them by the star as far as Jerusalem, at which point they thought they were now close to their journey’s end.
However, when they asked the authorities where the promised new king might be found, they were directed on to somewhere they had never expected, Bethlehem. Their travels were not quite over yet.
I’d like to challenge us all, at this Epiphanytide and start of a New Year, to take that as a metaphor for our own journey with God. We may feel we have arrived with our faith exactly where we planned to be. But I suspect, for the vast majority of us, God has some further
steps he would urge us to take. How can we journey deeper into our faith this year?
Like the wise men, what can we do more of than we ever anticipated? It might be the time we give to God in prayer or worship, it might be to get more involved in the practical care that our parish or congregation provides to those in deep need. It might be to dig deeper into our purses and pockets, to increase our giving. Whatever it is, let’s take inspiration from those wise men of old, and go the extra mile.
David Walker Bishop of Manchester
THE EXTRA MILE
TRAIDCRAFT REPRIEVE
NEWS FROM THE REGISTRY
WINDRUSH SERVICE
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We recently announced that Traidcraft was to cease trading at the end of 2018. In an extraordinary turnaround the plan has been revoked due to a surge of spending and orders.
As a result, the company has produced a plan to restructure the business. It still has to make 56 people redundant, outsource its warehouse business and reduce the number of products that it sells. However, it is great news that Traidcraft will continue to be a leader in promoting Fair Trade. Thank you for supporting this wonderful organisation.
Keep shopping at www.traidcraft.co.uk
With Bishop David’s consent, the Registrar Jane Monks has appointed Donna Myers to act as Deputy Registrar for the Diocese of Manchester.
Donna will be able to sign off various official documents, such as Faculties, and officiate at Visitations, ordinations and other meetings and services. Congratulations to Donna!
They had responded to an invitation to come to a country in recovery from the Second World War and in need of help from British subjects who were also Commonwealth citizens.
The service was fittingly diverse. There was a rich selection of music provided by Tony Chess and De Sons of Africa, Trinity High School Gospel Choir, and singer Fiona Lees, accompanied by Lloyd Gordon. Paulette Lemard performed a moving drama of reminiscence.
There were poetry, prayers and an act of remembrance. Most powerfully, Professor Gus John preached of the assumptions and continuing effects of imperialism on our world.
For the service, the Dean wore the beautiful Windrush Cope. A cope is a long cloak-like robe used by clergy, and this was made by the renowned artist, Terry Duffy. The images on it provide testimony of the achievements of those who made their home in this country, and the discrimination they experienced. It was commissioned by the Church of England’s National Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, and is available on request to churches and clergy across the country.
Altogether, the service provided a splendid occasion to remember and celebrate the contribution the Windrush generation continues to make to our country.
A special service of thanksgiving and celebration was held at the Cathedral on 31st October. It marked the seventieth anniversary of the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush, bringing to these shores 500 Caribbean men and women.
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Churches are invited to attend a workshop on 31 January to learn from another diocese’s journey in becoming a ‘dementia friendly community’, and to help them become dementia-friendly churches at the heart of dementia-friendly communities.
Manchester Cathedral: Friday 22 February, 10am – 3.30pm
DEMENTIA FRIENDLY CHURCHES
Last year 128 of our parishes expressed an interest in becoming a dementia-friendly church. In response the Disability Task Group, convened by the Archdeacon of Rochdale, has organised the workshop on an issue of growing relevance.
The workshop will be led by Revd Dr David Primrose, Diocesan Director of Transforming Communities for Lichfield Diocese. Involved in dementia-friendly church since 2014, Lichfield is recognised by the Alzheimer’s Society as a dementia friendly community which has taken significant steps towards creating more dementia-friendly churches at the heart of dementia-friendly communities. They are committed to naming and facing dementia together, recognising the change and the loss that it brings, but also affirming the life and love that can be shared on the path through dementia.
The workshop will guide participants through three main stages:
EMBARK sets the groundwork and increases understanding of dementia within the whole church family.
EMBED affirms that dementia-friendly church is at the heart of the transformative work of the church in the local community. Developing a role for a Dementia Co-ordinator and devising an action plan are the key tools.
EXTEND addresses connections, working with local and national partners, and accessing a wide range of resources.
The workshop will take place 31 January at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Droylsden. To reserve your place visit https://dementiachurch.eventbrite.co.uk
CAN YOU HELP?If anyone in your parish is already a Dementia Friends Champion we would like to hear about them and to explore their involvement in a diocesan Dementia Friends Programme.
If there is a member of your church living with dementia who would be willing to talk about their experience, either at the workshop or as a pre-recorded video clip, please contact Revd Jackie Calow: [email protected].
Please join us at our Fairtrade event at the cathedral. The day will begin at 10am with speakers including Bishop Mark Ashcroft, Councillor Rabnawaz Akbar and a keynote speaker from the Fairtrade Foundation. The morning will also include songs and videos reflecting what is happening in the world today around Fairtrade.
In the afternoon, you will have a chance to join one of the fun and creative workshops on offer.
Throughout the day there will be children’s activities and you will also have the opportunity to buy some delicious foods and gifts from a variety of Fairtrade stalls.
You can join us for the whole day or any part of the day but please register your attendance on: fairtrade2019.eventbrite.co.uk
This event is open to people of all faiths and of none.
CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH FAIRTRADE
The Revd Neil Elliott, currently Curate at St James with St Clement Moss Side and St Edmund Whalley Range, has been appointed 0.5 Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church Harpurhey and 0.5 Priest-in-Charge of The Saviour, Collyhurst.
The Revd Mark Hewerdine, currently Priest-in-Charge of St Chad Ladybarn, has been appointed as Incumbent of St Chad Ladybarn. This is linked with an existing role as Fresh Expressions Enabler for Withington Deanery.
The Revd Vincent Whitworth, currently Associate Priest at St Peter Halliwell, has been appointed Team Vicar in the Deane Team with responsibility for St Andrew’s Over Hulton and Priest-in-Charge of St Bede Bolton-le-Moors.
The Revd Gordon Joyce is to retire as Vicar of Bury, Roch Valley and St John the Baptist Bircle on 31 January 2019.
APPOINTMENTS
RETIREMENT
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HIGH HOPES FOR HALLIWELL
The event provided an opportunity to thank the community for its support which helped generate £250,000 from the Big Lottery for the refurbishment. The large hall now has disabled access, a lift, meeting room, offices, toilets and kitchen.
Bishop Mark Ashcroft drew inspiration from the Parable of the Mustard Seed, and spoke of the importance of ‘Hopes’ and the transformation that is possible when people come together as a community.
Community member, Edith Lapworth, said Halliwell Befriending Service had enabled her to develop new skills and friendships. Deen Ishmaaeel spoke about HAFWAY (Halliwell Action For Working Alongside
Youth) and the importance of having a warm, safe space at the Community Centre where young people can pursue new opportunities and achievements.
‘High Hopes for Halliwell Being’ will develop new projects for the local community, including life skills training, CV writing, budgeting, computer clubs, healthy eating, DIY, walking and gardening groups.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Rachel Higham on 07727 147 481 or email [email protected]
The Bishop of Bolton attended the re-opening of St Paul’s Community Centre in Halliwell, where the ‘High Hopes for Halliwell Being’ project was launched.
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The North Manchester deanery won a Church for a Different World award for its Funeral Project, that has resulted in more funerals being undertaken by the CofE and makes it easier for families and funeral directors to plan with confidence.
DEANERY FUNERAL PROJECT
“Sometimes we organise family visits and make sure details such as the order of service are sorted. We save the ministers a lot of time on admin, enabling them to focus on the key ministry with the families.”
The deanery works as a team and has created a centralised administrative office where someone is always at the end of the phone and able to accept any request for a funeral that comes in.
Local Funeral Director, Karen, said, “With the team now, I just make a simple phone call and they confirm the funeral straight away. The families are getting to know the date and time of the funeral much quicker, which is nice for them.”
Hilary from the deanery office explains:“We work with all the ministers across the deanery, finding the right person to do the funeral, finding a church and making sure any special requests are dealt with.
“Funeral directors have one point of contact for 14 churches and eight or nine ministers. It makes it much easier for them just to ring us up and say ‘can you help?’ or send an email and we do all the running around, finding people and sorting it all out.”
The deanery is doing many more funerals and the new system saves time for the funeral directors who know they will get a quick response. Hilary adds,
Photographer, Phil Taylor
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HONOURING THE SUFFRAGETTES People gathered at Boggart Hole Clough in November to march with banners in honour of the Suffragettes who met there in secret 100 years ago, and to celebrate the women among us who continue to inspire.
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To mark the centenary of women being allowed the vote and stand for election to Parliament, the Diocese of Manchester celebrated the women who fought for the freedoms we enjoy today with a short march around Boggart Hole Clough followed by an act of remembrance and thanksgiving.
Boggart Hole Clough played an important role in the Suffragist movement. Women activists in favour of Votes for Women met in secret with the founders of the Independent Labour Party – placing themselves in danger of arrest and even violence.
Church communities from Manchester and neighbouring Chester Diocese got together in glorious sunshine for the march, bringing banners they had made for the occasion, each honouring the life of a woman who had had a significant in their particular local area.
The marchers did a circuit of the lake and then gathered for a short service of hope, thanksgiving and commitment lead by the Archdeacon of Manchester, Karen Lund. The Bishop of Stockport, Rt Revd Libby Lane, gave the blessing.
During the service, skeins of coloured material were passed among the congregation to use as the focus for prayers. The green, purple and white colours were used by the Suffragettes to symbolise hope, dignity and purity. A new hymn was written for the occasion by Revd Dr Jan Berry.
The Revd Canon Dr Rachel Mann, Incumbent of St Nicholas Church in Burnage, wrote a special form of words for the service. She said
“I wanted to create a service that was both thankful for the courage of women who were suffrage pioneers 100 years ago, and acknowledged how much more work towards justice needs to be done.”
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As I write this, my new diary is still looking very shiny, though the pages are beginning to fill quickly.
HEALTH CHECK
Looking back over 2018 there will be things for which we all want to give thanks to the Lord, as well as things we seek His mercy, forgiveness and healing for. This New Year dreams will be realised, planned events will occur, goals will be met and all manner of surprises, both good and bad, will emerge for us as individuals, as worshipping communities and as a diocesan family.
In every age, Jesus goes on inviting us to blend our personal discipleship and our calling to live as missionary communities, going out especially to the forgotten places and the edges, beyond our comfort zones, asking challenging questions of ourselves and others. He calls us to live out our baptismal life; that fullness of life Jesus longs for us to know and at the same time for us to be courageous in inviting others to know that fullness of life for themselves.
To know and understand more fully Christ’s mission amongst us we need to have a plan of action, a mission action plan – as individuals, parishes, deaneries – to be ready for all that is being asked of us. It’s not just going to happen.
I guess that I’m not alone in having given up more New Year resolutions than I care to remember, but God offers us something very much better than any New Year resolutions. It’s the opportunity to spend time with Him.
Now’s the time to look again at our Rule of Life, our patterns of life and all that will sustain us on the journey. A quick health check – how are things with you and Jesus? How is your prayer life? Are you reading the Bible? What’s your pattern of receiving Holy Communion? How are you making a positive difference wherever you are? How do you spend your money and your time?
We may not know what 2019 is going to hold but, as Christians, we know who holds 2019 and every year, Jesus the Lord! He journeys with us each and every day and invites us to live in the fullness of His risen life, to be His love in action and to make a difference. Let us resolve to stay close to Jesus and to journey well together as sisters and brothers, ready to bring His faith, hope and love to a needy world.
Mark Davies, Bishop of Middleton
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NETWORK CREATED TO GROW SMALL CHURCHES
MUSIC SCHOOL IS A BIG HITChrist with All Saints Church in Heaton Norris runs a free Saturday morning music school for children who would not be able to afford lessons. The endeavour, which received A Church for a Different World Award from Bishop David, has made the church more accessible to families and has doubled Sunday church attendance.
Philip Waddington, Music School Coordinator, explains: “As part of our Mission Action Planning we looked at the needs of our parish, one of which is lack of educational opportunity. As musicians, we set up a Saturday morning music school aimed at providing free tuition to local children who would otherwise be unable to afford it. This school has now run for over two years, and is led by members of the church choir and volunteers from the Royal Northern College of Music. We teach 28 children every week on vocals, organ, brass, woodwind, piano, strings and guitar. We have also been lucky enough to have donations of instruments to enable each child to practise at home.
“The success and growth of the music school has led to the creation of a children’s choir, consisting of 28 children who sing and play at the monthly all-age service, bringing their parents and families. This service now regularly attracts over 60 and sometimes as many as 100 people. A new brass band has been set up, drawing its members from both adults and children.”
Jane Cawsey, who teaches at the music school and is training to be a Reader, said,
“We have seen the children grow in confidence as they learn an instrument. The parents are very supportive and many stay to take part. Children and parents are getting involved in the life of the church and as well as playing at the service, are eager to take part in the worship by doing readings and leading prayers. We have even set up a new Sunday School.”
Bishop David launched the Antioch Network in November, with the aim of bringing more people to faith by creating small worshipping communities.
The Antioch Network is headed by The Revd John Brett, who served as a curate at Trinity Community Church, Rusholme, and The Revd Ben Woodfield, pioneer curate at St Paul’s, Astley Bridge. Each has experience of creating new small church communities and will share their experience by training and mentoring others.
John and Ben were licensed as Ministers in the Antioch Network, which will build on proven models of creating new worshipping communities in parts of the diocese over the last few years. In some exciting developments, small churches have been created where people have come to faith and been baptised, lives have been changed, and the local community has been blessed.
The Antioch Network aims to create 16 small churches (people not buildings) over six years in the poorest areas and those that currently have the lowest church attendance. The churches will typically be on estates and in communities of deprivation, some ethnically diverse and others mainly White British.
The Antioch Network was set up by establishing a Bishop’s Mission Order across the whole diocese.
The Bishop of Bolton, Mark Ashcroft, who is overseeing the setup of the Antioch Network, said: “I am delighted that the very first Bishop’s Mission Order in the diocese is focused on reaching the very poorest communities with the Good News of Jesus. It will sit alongside and complement the wonderful work going on in our parishes. I believe we are seeing a move of God’s Spirit that will revitalise our Church and communities.”
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CANON WRAY’S SOCK DAY APPEAL
You can drop off new pairs of socks right up until the official anniversary of this historic legacy on the 21 January.
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