SUNDAY SERVICES AT ST. MICHAEL’S 8am 10.30am 6.30pm
Holy Communion (last Sunday 1662) Parish Communion Evensong
SUNDAY SERVICES AT CHRIST THE KING 9am 10.30am 10am 6.30pm
(1st only) Holy Communion (1st only) Family Service – no Communion Family Eucharist (3rd) Healing Service
SUNDAY SERVICES AT ST. PAUL’S
10.30am
Worship together with Holy Communion Children’s groups most weeks.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT HOLY CROSS 8am 10.45am
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday
8.30am 9.15am 8.30am 9.30am 10.30am 7.00pm 8.30am 9.30am 12.00pm
(1st & 3rd Sundays) Holy Communion Holy Eucharist
WEEKDAY SERVICES
Morning prayer at St. Michael’s Eucharist at St. Michael’s Morning prayer at Christ the King Eucharist at Christ the King Eucharist at St. Michael’s Eucharist at Holy Cross Morning prayer at St. Michael’s Eucharist at Holy Cross Eucharist at Holy Cross
The parish online
St Michael’s:
www.stmichaels-church.org.uk www.facebook.com/stmichaelstettenhall
St Paul’s:
saintpaulspendeford.wordpress.com
Holy Cross: holycross.bilbrook.info
Messy Church:
www.facebook.com/messychurchtettenhallregis 2
Sixty Years 2015 sees the sixtieth anniversary of the re-‐consecration of St Michael’s Church, rebuilt after the fire of 1950. The new building was able to happen due to the generosity of congregation and local people and is an outstanding building of its period. It continues to be a place of worship, care and witness in the community of Tettenhall. On Thursday 16 April (the anniversary itself) at 7pm there will be a celebration Eucharist followed by a buffet supper in St Michael’s School. The preacher for the occasion will be former curate of St Michael’s, now Bishop of Portsmouth, Rt Rev. Chris Foster. It will be an occasion to celebrate all that the life of the church has meant to people over the last 60 years and an opportunity to invite friends locally and those who have moved away – please feel free to invite them Let’s make it a great celebration. Later in the year there will be a Big Welcome weekend 13-‐14 June. The intention is to bring the local community, bringing the community together and showcasing the life of the church. Ideas and offers of help for the weekend gratefully received. Sarah Douglas is coordinating the planning group – do get involved to make it a memorable weekend. In just a few days Rev Sim on Douglas is licensed as a Team Vicar in the Parish (7pm on Tuesday 3 February at Holy Cross, Bilbrook). Simon will have responsibility for Christ the King and Holy Cross. Do pray for him and the districts as he begins his ministry. Every blessing for 2015. Richard Reeve
Diocese of Lichfield: Reaching New Generations Celebration and Commissioning You are invited to a service with Bishop Clive on W ednesday 4 February 2015 at 6pm in the King’s School, Regis Road, Tettenhall 3
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The only certainty in this life is change , so Richard Reeve, (Team Rector) began his sermon at the service to celebrate the coming together of the parishes of Tettenhall Regis and Bilbrook last month. And life certainly does seem to be about change, and this change seems to happen at an ever-‐ increasing rate. Change is something we experience in every aspect of our lives, at work, at school, in our family and community. The church appears to be the one place of stability, where we can gather together to worship our unchanging God, using forms of worship that have been around for almost as long as the church itself, but even in the church, things change. I write this as we as a family are surrounded by change, as we are currently up to our eyes in boxes, having just moved into the vicarage, and we are bracing ourselves for the changes that will have already begun to impact us by the time you read this. And, despite the stress of moving (and believe me it has been pretty stressful, although that’s a story for another time ), as we empty each box, we have a great opportunity to examine all the stuff’ we have accumulated over and ask whether it is something we need, or can we live without it. The same is true of our faith, that over time it is subject to change, hopefully through growing in our love of God, through prayer, study of the scriptures, through fellowship and worshipping together. But growth comes from examination of our life, particularly our spiritual journey and asking God to show us what is most important in our faith, and what has become a distraction, and re uires change. Each year the Christian season of Lent gives us just such an opportunity for reflection, as we journey with Christ, through his time in the wilderness. Typically a time of abstinence, usually from some vice, that we know we really should refrain from, most commonly chocolate, smoking or alcohol, Lent is actually intended as a season of spiritual spring cleaning, of renewal, and discovering what God’s plans are for us, both individually and corporately. Perhaps it is fitting, then, that this year Lent coincides with my first weeks in post as the new vicar of Aldersley and Bilbrook. So, as we embark together on the new phase of our journeys, and the life of Holy Cross, we ask God to show us what is most important and where change may be re uired, and pray 4
together that any such change may be constructive, for the good of God’s church and God’s people. With every blessing, Simon Douglas
Rt Revd Libby Lane, The first Woman Bishop in the Church of England. At her consecration on 26 January at York Minster
From the King’s School We were delighted to be contacted recently by the BBC’s programme Songs of Praise some of you may already have heard that as part of their programme, Jermain Jackman, winner of The Voice in 2014 and Connie Fisher who sang the lead in The Sound of Music on the West End stage in London, were in school on 4th December working on a new Christmas carol with our students. It was an exciting and inspiring day for us all culminating in a recording of a performance of the Christmas carol in school and was screened as part of Songs of Praise on Sunday 14th December. I hope you were able to watch the programme and enjoyed and were inspired by our students. If you go to the media section on the King’s CE School Website you can listen to the final song http: www.kingswolverhampton.co.uk
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From St Michael’s School – an invitation School worship is a joyful gathering with enthusiastic singing. The school is inviting members of our congregations to join them on Monday mornings at 9am for worship on the following days. 2 February, 2 March, 27 April, 2 June and 6 July. Just go along to school reception and sign in, you will be most welcome. We are also planning to start Stay and Play after half-‐term in Church Cottage, for parents carers and toddlers after dropping children at St Michael’s School on a Tuesday morning. We hope it will strengthen the partnership between church and school.
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An opportunity to meet with members of other churches and the wider community over a simple lunch of soup with bread and cheese. A contribution is invited to support the charities nominated by the Covenanting Churches. 21 February St Michael’s and Christ the King – Parish Centre 2 February The Church at Perton 7 March Good Shepherd, Castlecroft 14 March St. Thomas of Canterbury 21 March St. Columba’s, Finchfield 2 March Tettenhall Wood nited Reformed Church
ent Co rses There are several Lent courses on offer this year. As usual people from all our churches are welcome to attend any of them. A Beautiful Friendship -‐based on the classic film Cassablanca. The Church at Perton. The film will be shown on Sunday 22 February at 3pm. Then Wednesdays 10.30am-‐ noon and Thursdays 7.30pm-‐9pm. 5 sessions starting 25 26 February.
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Holy Land, Holy People Rev. Phil Wootton’s reflections on his recent visit to the Holy Land and the people and places he encountered. Each reflection about 30mins. Mondays 7.30pm at The Church of the Good Shepherd. Tuesdays 12.15pm. Christ Church 5 sessions starting 23 24 February. Do you love me Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes Convent, Sandy Lane. Wednesdays 7pm-‐ .30pm. 6 sessions starting 25 February. Praise Him York course 2015 focusing on the songs of praise in the New Testament. St. Chad’s Pattingham Mondays 7.30pm-‐9.00 pm. Starting Feb 23. Stations of the Cross for Families. St. Thomas of Canterbury Friday 27 March at 7pm. Reading St. Mark’s Gospel Christ the King. Details to follow. Creative Writing for Lent. St. Michael’s. Church Cottage. Mondays 7.30pm. Starting 23 February.
eneral le tion . Wolverhampton South West Hustings Friday 13 March 2015, 7.15pm at the Neman Centre, St Thomas’ Church, Haywood Drive, Tettenhall, WV6 RF Taking part will be representatives of the major parties, including: Paul ppal MP (Conservative) and Rob Marris (Labour).
y The last issue of The Rock included an article entitled: All Over by Christmas , attributed to Bob King. The article was one of a series of 3, in fact written by Roger Humber, and first published in the Parish Maga ine of Eaton Parish, Norwich Diocese. Bob found the articles and sought Roger’s permission to publish them. To compound the error, the second of these was published, rather than the first. To Bob and Roger, please accept our apologies for any confusion and distress this may have caused and please find the first article, Armageddon – The Prelude , below.
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The origins, causes and who bore responsibility for the Great War continues to be disputed by professional historians a century later. The Versailles Treaty une uivocally placed the blame on German military aggression, while Germany s invasion of Belgium to create a passage into France gave the Franco-‐British alliance a moral justification that sustained them through the horrors that followed. In the decade before 1914, a Dreadnought arms race between Britain and Germany created tensions, as did various imperial crises between the powers, triggered by Germany s desire to emulate the others and gain an overseas Empire. A kaleidoscope of shifting alliances between France, Russia and Britain (the Triple Entente) and Germany, Austria and, intermittently and opportunistically, Italy (the Triple Alliance) be ueathed muddled understandings of the exact nature of individual national aims and their treaty obligations how far they re uired one party to support the other and in exactly what circumstances. The diplomatic confusion was so intense that, often, neither allies or potential foes could properly interpret each others words and actions. That was compounded by what we would now regard as the chaotic conduct of Government in all the major powers. Austria Hungary, like Russia, was still an autocracy but, in both, politicians and the military constantly schemed with or against their emperors, for or against war. Germany was led by an hysterical Kaiser but he and the conflicting military and civilian politicians were blindly trying to control a political system created, but only apparently workable, by Bismarck: Wilhelm II had dismissed him in 1 90. In Britain, the King kept out of politics to a greater extent than other emperors, but the long serving Foreign Secretary, Sir Henry Grey, ran a devious and often conflicting foreign policy, making secret alliances with France without informing his Liberal Cabinet colleagues, still less Parliament or the people. Meanwhile, the British army s Chief of Staff, Sir Henry Wilson, despised civilian control of the military and conspired with his French opposite number, behind Grey s back, to create a joint Anglo-‐French war plan in the 8
event of a German invasion of France, which, in reality Britain s tiny army could not deliver. French institutions, both political and military, remained weak and confused in the wake of the Dreyfus affair so, even though a Republic, democratic oversight was weak. And what was the point of these alliances The Germans extraordinarily, with hindsight, believed they had to defeat Russia by 1916, before it swamped them militarily and industrially. But the Russians and French were allied, partly in support of Russia s pan-‐Slavist interests in the Balkans, partly to keep the Ottomans at bay and partly to encircle Germany. So the Germans Schlieffen war plan, drawn up in 1905, was based on a rapid defeat of France in the West, followed by a more leisurely destruction of Russia. France was insouciant about war with Germany, believing its Russian ally s vast armies would tie down the Germans in the East, while they recaptured Alsace and Lorraine. Russia saw Austria as the new sick man of Europe and intended to dismember it, despite German support of Austria. Its uarrels with Austria were exacerbated by the latter s annexation of Bosnia and by the behaviour of Serbia in two, long-‐forgotten, Balkan wars. Today we would undoubtedly call Serbia a rogue state, but Russia offered it protection against punitive action by Austria. All the key protagonists thought they could win something from a war and some actively looked forward to it. The crisis of July 1914, precipitated by the assassination in Serajevo of the Austrian Archduke by Serb-‐backed terrorists, provided the pretext. Even then, was Armageddon inevitable Almost certainly not but, as contemporary historian Christopher Clark has written, they all sleepwalked into what turned out to be a catastrophe during July 1914.
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Writing in Rydal, or The English Haiku’ During the parish retreat to Rydal Hall, in the Lake District, in October, participants turned their hands to writing poems as a way of connecting with, and giving praise for nature. There is a similarity between what poets do and aspects of prayer. And like prayer, poetry can be a practical undertaking and the Rydal folk were give a method to help them shape their thoughts. Many people will be familiar with the Japanese form of poem, the haiku’. These are very short poems often with a spiritual theme, where nature is celebrated. There is a form called the English haiku’ which has the same spirit as its Japanese ancestor, but is not as restrictive regarding the rules. Like haiku there are three lines, but words, not syllables are counted: the first line has three words the second line has five words and the last line has three words. Writers of this form of short poem use everyday language, they pay close attention to the world around them, and often compose their poems when walking, using all the senses. These poems don’t rhyme. They are written in the present tense and most of all, they are written from observation of nature. Here are some of the poems written in October in Rydal: sound of stream gurgling through mountain marsh grass like galloping horses
cows in field eating the fresh green grass lying down – rain
tran uil hills above clear reflections in the water uplifting Lake District
dry stone wall ferns peeping from the cracks – both in harmony
walking along lake silence broken by Tornado jet peace soon returns
dry stone wall thick fleece of green moss mane of ferns
walking along lake silence broken by Tornado jet peace soon returns
black faced sheep horns spiral round white ears white ringed eyes.
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hidden valleys appear revealing beauty not often seen babbling mountain streams
slate grey sky silver water of still lake merge as one
rabbit on lawn nibbling merrily in heavy rain sun has gone
sunlit mountains afar heads raised to the sky wondrous to behold
rabbit disappears through the spring wood – white scut in wild garlic
under salmon sky whisps of morning valley mist climb proud hills
crisp green grass tombstones in rows like soldiers many cared for
red sky – dawn white mist in the valley promise of sunshine
listen, the air is still, but small sounds may be heard
and proving that the mood can be light-‐ hearted: fountain has stopped it must be six o’clock bar is open
mist rises high to meet the golden sky birds fly away
Poets: Bob, David, Eventa, Marcus, Richard, Ronnie, Sue, Susan Stella
filling the air fresh scent of woodland pine coaltit’s seesaw song
Here’s what to do, if you would like to write English haiku’: • • • • •
Find time to go for a walk or look through the window, go into the garden, find a place where you can shut out other distractions Sink into the scene and pay careful attention to what you are experiencing se all your senses. Note your feelings se simple, everyday words. se the present tense Your poem should be short enough to be said in a breath
Although they are personal poems, they are also made for sharing: Would you like to try your hand Please send them to The Rock
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This is how St Michael s has been for me. I was first brought here in the early spring of 194 to be baptised by Wilfred Goode. One of my earliest memories is of a Mothering Day service, held in the churchyard before the new building was complete. My Sunday schooling and early serving was at Christ the King but I would rise at dawn and started to attend weekday communion services before my confirmation in 1961. An early privilege was being invited to ring the Angelus before the service, though Ernie Nicklin used to say Three threes and a nine . It was in these surroundings that God s presence then seemed tangible and the desire for holiness grew. Some, I know, were disappointed with the church after the rebuilding. They felt something was lost -‐ and of course it was, though what photographs I have seen demonstrate what a hotchpotch of architectural styles the building had been. Huge portions of it were rebuilt not once, but twice in the nineteenth century, and the Victorian architects GE AE Street (father and son) left us the porch which survived the fire along with the 14th century tower. It was courageous of Charles Borrett and the PCC of the time to adopt the early leanings of the Liturgical movement and bring the high altar to where the people are. They followed the earlier building s footprint -‐ and used the fire-‐and-‐water damaged stone as infill for walls and pillars. In those early years, I gained an intimate ac uaintance with the building through polishing silver and floors and the changing of lightbulbs. I occasionally filled the solid fuel hopper to keep the boiler alight over night, clambered around the bell frame and sunbathed on the tower roof. I played the organ when no-‐one was around, sang at weddings with the choir and helped dig the odd grave or two. Through it all I learned early and deep lessons about how the lives we live and the things of God intertwine. Friendship with clergy and laypeople introduced me naturally to the effect a positive Christian witness can have upon a developing and spiritually hungry teenager. And worship that employed movement, colour, smell, touch and all undergirded with the most sensitively offered music, made (and makes) St Michael s for me a thin place -‐ a phrase coined to describe how heaven and earth can seem so close to one another. These days I only have to open the door and the smell of the place immediately recreates all that it has meant to me: it s uni ue and evocative. Church buildings are meeting places for those who are drawn by a desire to recognise and be recognised by God. In them God s word is proclaimed, shared and expounded hungry souls fed by sacramental means so that Christian lives can be lived and service offered for a world of which of course, we are part. At times, such buildings will be
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caves to hide in and at others bastions from which we sally forth. I recall coming to St Michael s one Sunday morning, steaming as a result (no doubt) of some family argument. I got on my knees and prayed If you want this service to mean anything, you re going to have to do the work.... I can still testify to the powerfulness of the way God honoured and responded to that cry for help. St Michael s has been sacred space in Tettenhall for more than a thousand years. Here people have come to celebrate their joys and share their sorrows, leaving behind their dead in a churchyard used through all this time or longer. Each successive generation inherits, makes its own contribution and tries to hand it on in faith -‐ yes: faith in a God who lives and loves and empowers us until that time when we too will be gathered -‐ one great communion with the angels and the saints on earth and in heaven
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i e ass The Book of Daniel The last month of 2014 was devoted to the Book of Daniel, with its well known and well loved stories of Daniel. Daniel in the Lions den, The Writing on the Wall, The story of the Fiery Furnace, with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego .These stories are popular and have been with us since childhood. We did find another Daniel story hidden in the Apocrypha, called Susanna and the Elders where Daniel s honour and integrity shine through and he is declared to be a prophet. This story was popular with painters in the past , especially since nudity was involved. The Book of Daniel was probably written during a time when the Jews were suffering oppression and persecution from a pagan king. These stories and visions gave hope and encouragement to an oppressed people. The book is in two parts: 1. The stories of Daniel and his fellow exiles in Babylon. Through their faith in God , they triumph over their enemies. This part was originally written in Hebrew. 2. The second part concerns a series of visions seen by Daniel with symbols representing the rise and fall of several empires from the Babylonians to the Greeks Romans. This part of the book was originally in the Aramaic language, The last chapter of the book reveals a clear belief in resurrection, bringing hope and comfort to many who were undergoing persecution at that time. We found the book to be a mysterious and fascinating read.
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BENEDICTINE SPIRIT ALITY by Allen Roberts It may seem rather odd that some of the best guidelines for achieving a sense of balance in our world today, where stress has become the norm, come from a Sixth Century Italian monk who at one point chose to live by himself in a cave. Yet millions have found the teachings of St. Benedict of Nursia and his Rule for monastic life a key to their own spiritual wholeness. St. Benedict offered a way to faith-‐filled living through work, prayer, learning and living in a community -‐ a way of holiness that permeates our daily existence with the call to follow Christ in all that we do. A Benedictine focus can change the way we think about ourselves, treat one another and spend our time how we can become more authentic and integrated people. Benedictine spirituality poses important uestions to each of us asks us to identify what is really important in our lives – what outweighs all the worldly desire for money, status and success, and points us to the authentic spiritual self deep within. Most importantly, it can respond to the difficulties we sometimes encounter in nurturing our spiritual health in a world where the sacred is seen as separate from everyday living. When we live an integrated life, we express the true identity that God created for each of us. Our everyday encounters and activities revolve around our longing to be connected to God. St. Benedict’s wisdom can help us centre ourselves in God even while we live in a culture which may work against us. It shows us how those who share our lives are part of the spiritual way.
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In his Rule of Life this simple sixth century monk crystallised the best of the fledgling monastic tradition, prescribing a standard of spiritual wisdom that still endures. Within a few decades of Benedict’s death there was a monastery in nearly every medium si ed town in Italy. Benedictine monasteries came to dominate the religious landscape of Europe, and the monks educated the majority of Europe’s political, civic and religious leaders for centuries. There is a very good claim that the Benedictines were the principal educators of Europe in the Middle Ages. A relatively short book of rules which, arguably, still the foundation for western monastic spirituality, the Rule is about living in a community: a day to day guide originally written for monks, telling them what to do, how to follow Christ, and how to get on with each other. Today, many lay people and clergy, catholics and protestants turn to the Rule for inspiration and guidance.
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It inspire contemporary neo-‐monastic movements around the world. It established a way of life rooted in the Gospel and grounded in the spiritual principles of charity, humility, stability and faithfulness. In short, the Rule set out an outline for Christian discipleship drawn from the heart of Christ’s ministry – the call to follow Him, to be transformed by the work of the Holy Spirit, and to become living witnesses to the grace of God in the world. Every aspect of Benedictine spirituality flows from it.
We are exhorted to live a disciplined life. Arise without delay’, Benedict writes in his prologue to the Rule. Let us open our eyes to the Divine light and attentively hear the Divine voice, calling and exhorting us daily’. The Rule re uires personal humility, with both joy and even humour. As Benedict says: by means of his very body, he always shows his humility to all who see him: that is, in work, in the monastery, in the garden, on the road, in the field, or wherever he may be .with head always bent down and eyed fixed on the earth, he always thinks of the guilt of his sins and imagines himself already present before the terrible judgement seat of God.’ With Benedict, work became prayer, not to be distinguished from other kinds of mental prayer. Your hands are praying when building a table. Your body is praying not only in kneeling before the altar but also in sweating in the fields to produce food. Work was made holy by St. Benedict. Chapter Four of the Rule prioritises the good works of the monks and how to do them – for instance, following the Ten Commandments. Monks are asked to bury the dead and to dread hell. They are warned not to cherish an opportunity for displaying one’s anger’ and not to give the kiss of peace insincerely.’ A few of the injunctions reflect values that are still kept in monasteries, but in few other places: to revere the elders’, to pray for one’s enemies in the love of Christ’, and after a uarrel to make peace with the other before sunset.’ Benedict’s language emphasises the unity of the human person to respond to God with body and soul without distinction. Benedict reminds the monks to fall often to prayer’ literally. Hospitality, was practiced more in the medieval monasteries than anywhere else at the time, often the only safe place a person could find refuge. Then there is the spiritual reading, or Lectio divina’. If you visit any Benedictine monastery at mealtime you will hear one of the brothers reading out loud while everyone else eats in silence. The Rule states: There is to be complete silence, so that neither whisper nor any voice other than that of the reader is heard there. Whatever is wanted for eating and drinking the brethren should pass to one another, so that no one need ask for anything.’
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The 73 chapters of the Rule are rooted in a spirit of moderation and common sense and they set out the standard which all monks should aim at, yet they also allow each person’s uni ue path to God. Above all the aim is to seek God. The Rule aims to facilitate this holy process and everything else is subordinate to it.
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The road to authentic life begins with an examination of the self. Being honest about our fear, anger and our shortcomings is a way towards maturity. Living the spiritual life is being spiritual in every situation in which we find ourselves. The inward journey is all-‐important. This process takes us deep beneath our surface awareness to places sometimes forgotten but nonetheless, places that inform our daily interactions and decisions. As we fill our lives with things we deem to be important, we are often pushed or pulled away from our primary relationship with God. Our self-‐reflection allows us to find our way back to God. This journey provides us with an opportunity if turning away from external distractions and turning towards God. We need to turn away from what Thomas Keating, a contemporary Benedictine teacher, calls the false self’, the self conferred by culture. We need to find that deep sense of inner peace. Benedictine spirituality is the spirituality consciously designed to disarm the heart, to soften the soul, to uiet the turmoil within’. In the words of Joan Chittister, speaking at a Benedictine Conference in 2003, It is a vision of non-‐violence in a world for which violence is the air we breathe, the songs we sing, in the heroes we worship and the business we do .. Be soft with others, the Rule teaches, and you will have peace. Be simple in your needs, and you will have peace. Be humble in what you demand of life, and you will have peace. Refuse to make war on the innocent others in order to van uish your political enemies, and you will have peace. Stop the wars within yourself, and you will have peace. Peace comes from not allowing any part of us to control the better rest of us. Peace depends on our being gentle with ourselves, gentle with the earth, and gentle with the other.’
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From the registers Baptisms 1 Jan
April Chloe Shore
Weddings 27 December
Stephen Brady and Emily Darlington
Funerals Bushbury Crem atorium Decem ber 9 Kenneth Prior January 13 Eddie Kay 15 Richard Badger 16 Sue Lawledge 22 Frank Reynolds 26 Anne Tooth 26 Gladys Watkins 27 Winnifred Rowe Danescourt 20 Jack Pitchford
St M ichael’s Decem ber 19 Frances Dawson 22 Betty Heydon January Bob Jenkins 12 Sylvia Harvey 22 Rita Stringer 25 Eddie Hayes (memorial) 30 Dorothy Farnell
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Calendar for February Sunday 1 February
The Presentation of Christ
Malachi 3:1-‐5, Psalm 24, Hebrews 2:14-‐end. Luke 2:22-‐40
Tuesday 3 February
7pm Licensing of Rev Simon Douglas as Team Vicar of Holy Cross Bilbrook and Christ the King Aldersley, at Holy Cross Bilbrook 6pm Reaching New Generations. Celebration and Commitment service with Bishop Clive 6pm at the Kings School
Sunday February
Second Sunday before Lent
Wednesday 4 Feb
Proverbs :1,22-‐31, Psalm 104:26-‐end, Colossians 1:15-‐20, John 1:1-‐14
4pm M essy Church at Christ the King
Sunday 15 February
Sunday next before Lent
2 Kings 2:1-‐12, Psalm 50:1-‐6, 2 Corinthians 4:3-‐6, Mark 9:2-‐9
6.30pm St Valentines Service at St Michael’s
Wednesday 1 February Ash Wednesday Joel 2:1-‐2,12-‐17, Psalm 51:1-‐1 , 2 Corinthians 5:20-‐6:10, Matthew 6:1-‐6,16-‐21
Sunday 22 February
9.30am Eucharist at Christ the King 10.30am Eucharist with Ashing at St Michael’s 7pm Eucharist with Ashing Holy Cross 7.30pm Sung Eucharist with Ashing at St Michael’s
First Sunday of Lent
Genesis 9: -‐17, Psalm25:1-‐9, 1 Peter 3:1 -‐end, Mark 1:9-‐15
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