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St Maxentius Bradshaw

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St. Maxentius Church, Bradshaw, Bolton

within the Turton Moorland Team Ministry.

CLERGY: Rev. Jan Ainsworth Tel: Bolton 304240

CHURCHWARDENS:

Joyce Armstrong Tel: Bolton 413055 Jan Bennett Tel: Bolton 244477

DEPUTY WARDENS:

Bryan Goodall David Haslam Margaret Heaton Tom Heaton

Tracy Lawton Ruth Scorah Don Taylor

P.C.C. SECRETARY:

Carol Carr

Sunday Services: 9.30am Family Communion 11.00am Holy Communion

(Occasional Services as announced)

Little Church : For 0-5 yr olds in the Vestry during the 9.30am service

Junior Church

9.15am in the Scout Hut and transferring to Church to join in the end of the service

Holy Baptism:

Second Sunday in the month at 12.15pm after prior arrangement through the Team Office— Tel: Bolton 303325 office hours are—Thursday & Friday 1pm—4pm

email: turtonteamoffice@gmail.com

(emails are checked regularly out of office hours)

In case of sickness please notify the Clergy or War-dens without delay.

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PARISH ORGANISATIONS

16th Rainbows—Mandy Tidy 01204 307670 or Emma Barlow 01706 228059 meet Tuesday 6pm—7pm in school—term time only.

16th Brownies—Emma Barlow 01706 228059 meet Thursday 6.30pm—8pm in school—term time only.

37th Brownies—Nicola Waring 01204 306280 meet Monday 6.15pm—7.45pm in school, term time only.

Guides–Tracey Hamer 01204 304325 meet Monday 7pm—9pm in the Stable, Term time only.

Beavers—Alison Ackers 07596 715334

meet Thursday 6pm– 7pm in the Scout Hut.

Cubs—Heather Colley 01204 435135 meet Wednesday 7pm—8.30pm in the Scout Hut.

Scouts—Craig Ackers 07912 320446

meet Friday 7.30pm—9.30pm in the Scout Hut.

Toddler Group— Lindsay Sanderson 07493 309154 Claire Strickland 07525 784387 meet Thursday 10am—11am in the Scout Hut, term time only

Junior Church— Andrew Cox 07825 321451 meet 9.15am in the Scout Hut.

Choir—Arthur Greaves 01204527302 practice every Thursday 7pm in the Vestry.

Mothers’ Union—Edna Bowers 01942 587409 meet second and fourth Tuesdays in the day School.

Child Protection Officer—Jane Ellis 01204 595868

Day School—Head Teacher—Clare Bennett 01204 333106

Flowers in church—Tracy Lawton 07803 208323 or 01204 595717

Magazine Editor—Joyce Armstrong—joycea@hotmail.co.uk 01204 413055

TYC— Jo Haslam 07872 993104 meetings as announced Turtonyouthchurch@gmail.com

Church Website: https://stmaxentiuschurch.co.uk

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Calendar for September

1st—Trinity 11—Creation 1 9.30am Family Communion

11am Holy Communion

Monday 2nd—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

Saturday 7th - 10am –12pm Coffee Morning—hosted by the P.C.C.

Saturday 7th—7pm –9pm TYC

8th—Trinity 12—Creation 2—The cost of discipleship Youth Sunday 10am Family Communion

12.15pm Baptisms

Monday 9th—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

Tuesday 10th—Mothers’ Union In School 7-30pm—Speaker Ann Sharples “Embroidery”

15th—Trinity 13—Creation 3— Lost and found 9.30am Family Communion

11am Holy Communion

Monday 16th—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

Saturday 21st—7pm –9pm TYC

22nd—Trinity 14—Creation 4—Shrewdness or self interest? 9.30am Family Communion

11am Holy Communion

Monday 23rd—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

Tuesday 24th Mother’s Union In School 7-30pm—Games Evening

29th—St Michael and All Angels—Surrounded by angels 9.30am Family Communion

11am Holy Communion

Monday 30th—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

******* Sunday 6th October—The harvest of talents

10am Team service at Canon Slade Millenium Chapel

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Letter from the Vicar…

Our aim is through worship, commitment and sharing, to bring others to a greater love and understanding of God.

Dear Friends

Last year on this double edition of the magazine I wrote about Creation Season, its origins and how it has come to be adopted by many denominations as a de-liberate attempt to focus on the planet and our responsibility for it.

Here’s what I wrote then:

There are many issues facing our planet. There is also some controver-sy about the causes of these issues with some people adamant that global warming, for example, has been exaggerated. It’s hard to ig-nore the scientific evidence, though, and the human causes of much of the problem.

Our Bible is very clear that humans have a responsibility for creation given them by God. The Genesis story shows God giving the care of the earth to us as his stewards. That means we cannot exploit the earth for our own benefit, but have a duty to maintain and preserve it for those who come after us.

What has happened in a year?

• World wide consciousness of the damage we are doing has increased. Greta Thunberg and the school strikes have focussed attention on the generation that will reap the whirlwind. If we didn’t care then we surely should listen to the voices of the young.

• Horror at the legacy of single use plastic has increased with media atten-tion and halting steps are being taken to find a way of dispersing the mi-cro plastics that are destroying ocean life and land species alike.

• Car manufacturers are offering an increasing range of electric vehicles to address our dependence on fossil fuels.

• Major investors led by the Church of England are putting pressure on big companies to find alternative sources of energy.

• The choice of energy suppliers that use renewable sources is greater than it was a year ago.

Continued…..

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So is everything ok, or at least going in the right direction? It’s almost as if the more we try to address the issues the more we realise how serious things are. Some commentators are of the view that many of the depradations are now irreversible. The number of species now extinct cannot be brought back. The dead coral can’t be resuscitated. The rainforest cannot be replaced. We have no idea how to dispose of our waste effectively.

But that doesn’t mean we as individuals are excused from doing our best to live lightly on the planet. The more we do at a micro level, as individuals, the great-er the impact on the macro picture. So continuing to recycle, even if we’re not confident the plastic is being dealt with properly; continuing to use the least packaging we can; cutting down on buying and washing clothes; looking for en-ergy efficiency in all our appliances; sending things that still have some life in them to places that will continue to use them; changing to a largely plant based diet… all these things matter.

Our greatest power is that of the purse. What we choose to buy and not to buy is the only language understood by those who have the most impact on the earth. That’s the way we make our voices heard in today’s society.

And if you want to know how this connects with a Christian outlook – read the paragraph above!

The Team Service this year will be on Sunday 6 October and the theme will be Harvest. It isn’t replacing our usual Harvest Festival – for St Maxentius that will be on the following Sunday, 13 October. The Team Service will be focussing on Harvest of Gifts, including how we use our own talents and experience for the furthering of God’s plan for our earth.

During the summer months use the time to think how you contribute to the problems facing our earth and see what change you can make. If you want some ideas look at the website of Green Christian— (https://greenchristian.org.uk).

The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,

the world and those who live in it; for God has founded it upon the seas,

and established it on the rivers.’ (Psalm 24.1-2)

with every blessing Jan

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Calendar for August

4th—Trinity 7—Will a full barn really help? 9.30am Family Communion

11am Holy Communion

Monday 5th—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

Friday 9th—Mothers’ Union (Mary Sumner Day) - 7-30pm Archdeaconry Festival at St Anne’s Church Tottington

11th—Trinity 8—‘Where your treasure is, there is your heart also’ 10am Family Communion

12.15pm Baptisms

Monday 12th—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

18th—Trinity 9—Jesus brings fire to the earth and division among the nations 9.30am Family Communion

11am Holy Communion

Monday 19th—10.30am—3pm café@stmax

Tuesday 20th—7pm—Coffee Evening at Mike and Helena’s house 105 Bradshaw Meadows

25th—Trinity 10—Healing on the Sabbath? What’s our equivalent? 9.30am Family Communion

11am Holy Communion

Many thanks to all who came along to the dinner on Friday. It was a really enjoyable evening - great at-mosphere, good food, good company and a little bopping at the end of the evening!

Although this was a social event, rather than a fund raising the event, due to your generosity we raised £124 towards church funds.

Thanks again. Joyce, Chris, Alison and Ruth

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Fabric Fund

People may wish to give a donation to this fund in memory of a loved one or on the occasion of a baptism, marriage or some other special event to help with the

upkeep of our beautiful Church building.

Parish Registers

Funerals

July 1st Marian Hart—St James’ Edgworth and Overdale

‘Let perpetual light shine upon her’

If you would like the name of a loved one to be included in the Book of Remembrance, please have a word with one of the Wardens.

From our Book of Remembrance

August 1st Leon Jones Eric Greaves 3rd Richard Greenhalgh 6th Rev Robert Royston Carmyllie Grace Ethel Young 7th Sheila Christian 10th Tom Garwood Ellen Pearce 11th Phillip David Greenhalgh 12th Horace Council Hilda Hester Hamer 19th John Telford James Walsh 23rd Alice Annie Fisher 26th Jack Stables 27th George Oswald Cooper 30th William Schofield 31st Thomas (Tony) Bennett

September 4th Sarah Alice Greenhalgh 5th John Cowsill 8th Philip Yates Doreen Iddon 10th John Taylor Wignall 11th Jack Finch 13th Elizabeth Kay 14th Eric Smith 19th David Philip Summerton 22nd Irene Rose Hart 26th John Edward Davies

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Bring & Buy Stall

Cake Stall

Raffle

Coffee

Evening

Tuesday 20th August From 7.00 p.m.

at Helena & Mike’s 105 Bradshaw Meadows

Tickets £2.50. Proceeds to

St Maxentius Church

Tickets on sale now at the back of church

14th September, put this date in your diaries , more details soon.

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The Bolton Archdeaconry Festival is being held on Friday 9th August ( Mary Sumner Day) at St. Ann’s Church Tottington at 7-30pm, it will be a very special occasion for the new Bolton Archdeaconry President Ruth Taylor who for the past six years has served as Walmsley Deanery President.

On Tuesday 20th August Helena and Mike Lowe are hosting a Coffee Evening at their home 105 Bradshaw Meadows from 7-00pm. There will be a Bring and Buy Stall, Cake Stall and a Raffle, tickets £2-50 are available from Helena or my-self. Proceeds to St. Maxentius Church Fund.

Diary Dates: Tues. 10th Sept. In School 7-30pm. Speaker Ann Sharples “Embroidery”

Tues. 24th Sept. In School 7-30pm. Games Evening.

THE MARY SUMNER PRAYER

All this day, O Lord, let me touch as many lives as possible for thee: and every life I touch, do thou by thy spirit quicken,

whether through the word I speak, the prayer I breathe, or the life I live.

Amen

Edna

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Mothers’ Union – changing women’s lives for the better …

Most people have heard of the Mothers Union, though it’s not quite the force it was in its heyday of 70 years ago. This month the church celebrates its found-er, Mary Sumner on 9th August, and it would be a pity if we forgot her contri-bution to the social wellbeing of women.

She was a vicar’s wife in Hampshire in the late Victorian period. A young wom-an herself, she saw the emotional and practical burdens borne by most of her contemporaries. Before the widespread introduction of medical care during pregnancy and childbirth, natal mortality was high and for those who survived into childhood common but deadly diseases – measles and scarlet fever, for example, brought tragedy to many homes.

These childhood illnesses partly rose from poor living conditions. Life itself was often hard, in cramped homes and without the amenities we take for granted like piped water, electricity, sewage disposal.

Mary Sumner created a simple support group for these women where they could share their experience, support one another and learn the essentials, as she saw it, of a Christian home. The idea caught on, and by the beginning of the century there were many similar groups in various parts of Britain. By 1921 the Mothers Union existed as a national and international resource of young moth-ers.

My own mother was a keen member in the 1930’s. Of course, lifestyles change and today most women have a job, once their children start school. Churches tend to support families through mum and toddler groups with much the same agenda, but in a less formal style.

And so the Mothers Union has effectively become a modern Grandmothers Union, which is fair enough in view of the active role of modern grandparents in childcare. In those ways, at least, the vision of Mary Sumner long ago is still fulfilled.

David Winter in praise of Mary Sumner, Editor ’Parish Pump’

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Saint Maxentius

July 2019

Well that’s another year of Junior Church done and both the leaders and chil-dren are looking forward to a well deserved summer holidays.

As a treat, on Sunday 7th July we took 34 of the children to Jump Xtreme for some trampolining fun followed by sandwiches in the Cafe. Everyone had lots of fun jumping around on the trampolines and playing dodge ball!

It’s been a fantastic and eventful year, we’ve had around 22-25 children attend Junior Church each week which has been great to see. We hope you all have a lovely summer and look forward to seeing you all back at the Scout Hut and in Church again in September!

From your Junior Church team:

Andy, Becky, Cheryl, Jill, Paul, Wanda and everyone who helps make Junior Church a success!

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Voice from the Past ,from our magazine in May 1910

KING EDWARD—Born November 9th 1841 : Died May 6th 1910— A Great national sorrow has overtaken us – a world sorrow too. Queen Victoria was born in May: King Edward died in May. What is so noteworthy about King Ed-ward is his great human sympathy, his identification of himself with the na-tion and the world. He loved peace and goodwill, and he lived for it. He had little thought for himself and his high position. He came to the throne late in life. His mother’s great sorrow made her very much of a recluse from the so-cial life of the nation. He gave himself to fulfil this social service for her till her death. If ever king came to the throne wanting to be one with his people, he did. He loved his people and lived for them. His joy was in theirs. He passed away in the midst of duty without any dread of death – sustained we may say, by his love. He will be known as “Edward the peacemaker” in his own country and throughout the world. He had a wonderful personality and influence – working for peace and goodwill among men. His influence remains. A change has come over the nation. There seems to be a drawing together of opposing parties, a great softening of political strife, as if his own peace-making spirit were at work – not only here at home ; but seems as if a new spirit may pos-ses the world through his influence. Let us pray that this may be.

King Edward’s Funeral – Friday in Whitsun Week, May 20th— We need only refer here to our own observance of the occasion. We are all familiar with the wonderful moving throughout the country and throughout the Empire, in Eu-rope and all over the world. We aimed to hold the memorial service at Brad-shaw at the same time as the service at St George’s Chapel Windsor, so that we might be, in the only way we could be, at the Funeral itself. The Altar and Sacrarium were draped in in violet cloth and a broad band of violet ribbon was dawn across the pulpit. A large crown of white flowers rested on a small table, draped in in violet cloth placed in the Chancel to represent the body of the King. The Church was nearly full of people and the heart of the congrega-tion was manifestly touched throughout the service.

King George—Our chief consolation, while we mourn the death of King Ed-ward is that his son and successor is of the same kingly spirit as his father and mother and grandmother. Never did reign begin with more promise. Both he and his dear wife – Queen Mary – have already endeared themselves to us all. What happened in the last ten years has drawn the nation’s heart to the Roy-al Family as perhaps never before. Our prayers for them in public worship will gain new meaning and interest.

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Across

1 ‘The people were — at his teaching’ (Mark 1:22) (6) 4 ‘He saved —; let him save himself’ (Luke 23:35) (6) 8 He addressed the crowd in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:14) (5) 9 Father of James and John (Matthew 4:21) (7) 10 One who charges another with an offence (Job 31:35) (7) 11 ‘ — thy ministers with righteousness’ (Book of Common Prayer) (5) 12 and 15 Down ‘All — is God-breathed and is — for teaching, rebuking, correcting and train-ing in righteousness’ (2 Timothy 3:16) (9,6) 17 ‘No — of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up’ (Genesis 2:5) (5) 19 Made to feel embarrassed (Isaiah 24:23) (7) 21 This man built his house on sand (Matthew 7:26) (7) 22 David’s hypocritical message to Joab on the death in battle of Uriah: ‘Don’t let this — you’ (2 Samuel 11:25) (5) 23 Detest (Job 10:1) (6) 24 ‘God made two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the — light to govern the night’ (Genesis 1:16) (6)

Down

1 To make a serious request (1 Corinthians 1:10) (6) 2 Launches an assault against (Genesis 32:8) (7) 3 ‘The wicked man — deceptive wag-es’ (Proverbs 11:18) (5) 5 Tuba ale (anag.) (7) 6 ‘The day thou gavest, Lord, is — ’ (5) 7 Old Testament measure of weight, equiva-lent to about 12 grammes (Exodus 30:13) (6) 9 Where Elijah restored life to the son of a widow with whom he lodged (1 Kings 17:10) (9) 13 Paul said of whatever was to his profit, ‘I consider them — , that I may gain Christ and be found in him’ (Philippians 3:8) (7) 14 City visited by Paul, described by the city clerk as ‘the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis’ (Acts 19:35) (7) 15 See 12 Across 16 Rioted (anag.) (6) 18 She had a surprise when she answered the door and found 8 Across outside (Acts 12:13) (5) 20 Maltreat (1 Chronicles 10:4) (5)

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café@stmax

Have you been down to café@stmax yet? If you haven’t please do come and have a chat and a coffee or cup of tea and a piece of cake.

There have been some interesting conversations including the discovery that two members of St Maxentius are distant cousins after they looked at some old photos which someone else had brought to the cafe! Small world.

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Coffee Mornings 2019 in Church 10am—12noon

August—no coffee Morning

September 7th—P.C.C.

October 5th—Guides

November 2nd—37th Brownies

December 14th Decorating for Christmas with Mulled wine & Mince Pies

Also café@stmax

The church is open on Mondays (except Bank Holi-days) from 10.30am until 3pm for light refreshments.

So if a mid morning cake or afternoon tea and a chat is just what you need please pop in.