creation -tide st peter’s church thorner with scarcroft
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Creation-tide
Autumn began early this year, with blackberries ripening in mid August and some trees showing autumn’s red and yellow colours. It is harvest time; thankfully there is some harvest to collect, but yields have not been as much as expected in the UK owing to scorching dry conditions followed by heavy rainfall which spoiled growing seed.
Next year’s weather patterns hopefully will be better, but not necessarily so. Sir David Attenborough’s programme Extinction, shown in September, warned us that we are destroying our global biosphere to the detriment of ourselves and the animals and plants we share our world with.
Attenborough recalled the diverse creatures and plants he saw as a young natural history filmmaker in the 1960s and said, ‘Only now do I realize just how lucky I have been – many of these wonders seem set to disappear forever.’ He explained that species have always come and gone because of evolution, but that the rate of extinction is happening at 100 times the natural evolutionary rate. The sombre facts are alarming.
Birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians have declined by 60%
since 1970.
The loss of 10% of pollinating insects threatens the pollination of the
crops we depend on.
We are destroying the biodiversity on which we rely by deforestation,
destruction of habitats, the illegal wildlife trade, pollution and climate
change.
Attenborough tells us that we face a crisis, but that there is hope: ‘we have a moment when we can change the world – now is that moment’. Reflective regret but a hopefulness if we act now was the message.
Psalm 126 also has that message. It recalls past prosperity, when things were going so well that nations commented, ‘the Lord has done great things for them’. However, in verse 4 there is a plea for help: ‘Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the streams of the Negeb river’.
Images of streams and, in other verses, of bearing seed, reaping and sheaves refer to the kind of restoration asked for, namely a good year for crops. Society in the psalmist’s time was mainly made up of agricultural labourers and farmers who depended on the annual cycle of rain and sunshine and good soils for an adequate supply of food – their life and well being depended on a good harvest.
St Peter’s Church Thorner with Scarcroft
Parish Magazine OCTOBER 2020
Attenborough’s film reminds us of our dependence on the whole biosphere – this amazing interaction of soil, weather, animals, insects and amphibians – which, if we care for it, will, with God’s blessing, enhance our own lives and health as well as the amazing diversity of creation which we share our world with. ‘The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it. The world and all who live in it’ (Psalm 24, v1).
How can we join together in practical, even small, ways to care for our world?
Blessings
Kathryn Elliott
From the registers
Funerals
Sept 10 Dennis Sheehan, of Stead Lane, Thorner.
Sept 29 Doreen Cartmell, of The Close, Thorner.
We send our commiserations on their loss to the family and friends of Doreen and Dennis.
Harvest thanksgiving
Sunday 4 October
At this time of year, we would usually be preparing for the Harvest festival service and the Harvest supper. Although Covid-19 restrictions may affect our usual celebrations of nature’s bounty, there will be an All-Age Harvest service online at 10.30am on 4 October on the benefice YouTube channel, as well as in the churches.
Our Harvest festival donations of tinned and dried goods, toiletries, etc cannot be taken to the foodbank as normal – most local branches remain closed – but will go instead this year to St George’s Crypt, to help to feed the homeless. Donations can be left in the box outside Thorner Vicarage until 5 October.
Church services and activities
Church services are still permitted under the restrictions introduced in late September, providing existing measures (face masks, restricted numbers, social distancing) are observed. In October, there will be Sunday services at St Peter’s, Thorner, at 9.15am (also at St Philip’s, Scholes, at 9.30am; and at All Saints’, Barwick, at 11am). The aim is to celebrate Holy Communion in one of the benefice churches each Sunday, and Morning Prayer at the others.
If you wish to attend a service, please email the vicar or ring him (0113 289 2437) the week beforehand to obtain a Word copy of the order of service; you will have to print this out at home and bring it with you. (A few copies will be available in church for those without internet access.) Please wear a mask, and do not come to a service if you have any Covid-19 symptoms.
St Peter’s church is open for private prayer every day now, from about 9.30am until late afternoon. Visitors should wear a mask which covers the mouth and nose, use the hand-sanitising gel provided, and read and follow the guidance on the table by the entrance.
The online service continues, at 10.30am on Sundays. From 11 October, we will experiment with live-streaming the service from one of the benefice churches. Bear with us as we attempt to master yet more technology!
The phone-in prayer service also continues, but from 4 October moves to 6pm on Sunday evenings. You can join in by phoning 0330 336 0036 (a local call rate) and entering the PIN 716 416.
Look out also for the following online:
weekly ‘On the Sofa’ Bible stories (YouTube) with Debbie and Andy.
weekly Bible study (Zoom), on Thursdays at 8–8.30pm; contact Alan Stanley for details of how to join.
weekly Pathfinders (Zoom), on Fridays at 8–9pm, for young people (aged 11+); contact Matt Briggs for details of how to join.
monthly Messy Church (YouTube), available from 8 October.
monthly Dad’s Club (Zoom), on 17 October at 9am; contact Bob Bailey for details of how to join.
monthly All Saints’ All Stars (Zoom), on 14 October, at 4pm; contact Bob Bailey for details of how to join.
To join the list for email notifications when new material is available, email [email protected].
Harvest Messy Church
It’s back! It has been a fun adventure being online during lockdown but we are excited to have a Harvest-themed Messy Church in All Saints’ church. Year 1 from Barwick Primary School will join us for live and video demonstrations of our Messy activities, followed by story time and prayer. So everyone can enjoy Messy Church, the activities will be recorded and posted on the benefice YouTube channel from Thursday 8 October.
Each child will have a goody bag with all they need. Goody bags will also be available for anyone in the benefice wishing to do the crafts at home. To book a goody bag to collect for use at home, or for further information, contact Revd Becki Stennett (287 2412) or Revd Bob Bailey (260 7721)
Further Messy Church dates: November 3, December 1 and February 2.
Service of Light for the departed
Sunday 1 November
The intention is for All Saints’ church, Barwick, to be open from 2pm onward for people to light a candle for a departed loved one. The service at 6pm will be ticketed to manage numbers, but also live-streamed online for those unable to attend. These plans will be confirmed nearer the time.
The Poppy Appeal and Remembrance Sunday
As with many things this year, the usual arrangements for Remembrance Sunday and the Poppy Appeal have had to change owing to Coronavirus.
Remembrance Sunday is on 8 November this year. Because of the Covid-19 restrictions, the parade down Main Street will not take place. Nor will it be possible to hold the Remembrance Service at St Peter’s church with the laying of wreaths at the war memorial.
But many of you will have seen the wonderful church services that Andy Nicholson has released on YouTube (follow the llink or search for ‘Elmete Trinity Benefice‘), and Andy will be producing a service for Remembrance Sunday to support our village’s commemoration of this important day.
The Royal British Legion (RBL) normally plans months in advance for the Poppy Appeal to ensure that there is a wide range of stock available to the public, and plenty of it, so no one misses out on the item that they want as part of their commemoration of Remembrancetide. This year however the RBL has not been able to predict what stock or how much of it to prepare, as the restrictions on the public have changed and changed again to ensure public safety and health.
Because of this, and the RBL’s concern to reduce the number of those involved locally to make the appeal happen, there will be no house-to-house ‘sales’ of Poppy products this year, nor will our local businesses have Poppy Appeal boxes. The RBL branch does, however, intend to run a stall offering Poppy products in Thorner, and details of when and where this will happen will be advertised nearer the time.
Despite the coronavirus, the work of the RBL to support veterans – women and men, young and old – has continued throughout the pandemic, but like many charities it has seen its income to fund this important work fall. Your support is more important than ever this year, so please buy your Poppy.
If you would like to make a donation to the RBL you can do so by:
calling 0845 845 1945
texting POPPY to 70020 to donate £3
or by bank transfer to ‘RBL Poppy Appeal’, sort code 30-11-75, account number 01937121 – please quote reference NHD49.
Shane Hayward-Giles Honorary Poppy Appeal Organiser, Thorner with Scarcroft
[email protected] / 07884 473443
Victory Hall back in action
To ensure the Victory Hall is ‘Covid secure’, we’ve made changes to the way the facilities are used. This means that Hall activities can continue, although attendance in groups of more than six people cannot be allowed. This won’t be a problem for the regular sessions, but there might have to be limits on numbers at some sessions to permit social distancing. It’s best to book with session organisers to ensure there’s a space.
The lockdown prompted the use of online fitness sessions using Zoom. These have proved popular, and continue to fill a need, especially where live sessions are full, so find out what’s on offer.
Monday – Badminton, Pilates, Yoga
Tuesday – Get Fit Stay Fit, Pilates, Film Club (restarts 29 September)
Wednesday – Pickleball
Thursday – Dance, Karate, Tai Chi
Friday – Get Fit Stay Fit, Pilates
STOP PRESS: Due to the local restrictions introduced on 25 September, not all restarted classes/clubs are able to continue. The latest information can be found at www.thornervictoryhall.com/
Collingham surgery flu vaccinations
The surgery’s flu vaccination programme this year will be a challenge due to COVID restrictions, anticipated increased demand and the addition of over-50s to the eligible patients. The surgery will vaccinate the most vulnerable and at risk patients first. In line with government guidance, patients in the 50–64-year-old age group will not be vaccinated until December. This is to ensure that those who are most at risk are vaccinated first.
Patients over the age of 65 will be invited to ‘Drive In’ clinics at Bramham Park in October, and the surgery asks that all invited patients attend. Other clinics will be held at the surgery for more elderly patients.
Charity Christmas card sale
Instead of the usual sale, there are plans to circulate a list of charity websites from which cards can be ordered. This will help charities, whose incomes have plummeted since the lockdown started, as well as helping customers reduce shopping trips and so their exposure to the coronavirus.
The ‘Poor Man’s Earl’
On 1 October the Anglican Church commemorates the life of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. Think of Piccadilly Circus, and that small statue of the angel poised with bow and arrow. Most people think it stands for Eros. It does not. It stands for Anteros, his brother, the god of selfless love, and is a memorial to the greatest philanthropist, politician and social reformer of his generation, Lord Shaftesbury.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801–85) was a devout Christian who spent his life fighting to help ease the plight of lunatics, chimney sweeps, children in factories, women and children in the mines, opium addicts, and children without any education.
His own early life was loveless and bleak – his parents formal and frightening, his early schooldays a ‘horror’ of ‘cruelty and starvation’. The only love came from the family’s housekeeper, Maria Millis. A biographer wrote: ‘She provided for Ashley a model of Christian love that would form the basis for much of his later social activism and philanthropic work.’ The reality and homely practicality of her Christian love were a beacon for the young Ashley. She told him Bible stories; she taught him a prayer.
After Christ Church, Oxford, where he proved an outstanding scholar, Ashley turned to politics. In 1826, aged 25, he was elected as Tory MP for Woodstock. He was eager to serve on parliamentary committees that got things done; his great life’s work had begun.
Lunatics: In 1827 lunatics were kept chained naked in straw, forced to sleep in their excrement. They were washed in freezing cold water, with one towel for 160 people and no soap. There was gross over-crowding and inedible food: asylums were places to die in.
Shaftesbury’s maiden speech in Parliament was in support of a Bill to improve their conditions. He wrote: ‘By God's blessing, my first effort has been for the advance of human happiness.’
It took years: from 1827 to 1884 he fought for a succession of Lunacy Acts, writing later of ‘the years of toil and care that, under God, I have bestowed on this melancholy and awful question.’
Child labour and factory reform: Again, reform took years, with Shaftesbury fighting for the Ten Hours Act from 1833, 1842, 1844, 1846 and 1847 – when it finally got through Parliament. It meant that no child under the age of nine could work in the cotton or woollen industries, and no one under 18 must work more than ten hours a day.
Miners: In 1842 he fought to outlaw the employment of women and children in coal mines.
Climbing boys: Thousands of young boys were dying in terrible pain – scorched, blinded and suffocated by soot, or with cancer of the scrotum. Ashley fought for Bills in 1840, 1851, 1853, 1855, and 1864 until finally the Chimney Sweepers Act 1875 closed down the practice of sending boys up chimneys.
Education reform: In 1844 Ashley became president of the Ragged School Union that promoted education for poor children. He wrote that if it were to fail, ‘I should die of a broken heart’.
Religion: Lord Shaftesbury’s religious devotion led to him becoming a leading figure in 19th-century evangelical Anglicanism. He was President of the British and Foreign Bible Society for nearly 30 years. He was very sympathetic to the Jews, and advocated their return to the Holy Land.
Lord Shaftesbury’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey on 8 October 1885 drew thousands of people. The streets along the route were thronged with the poor: costermongers, flower-girls, boot-blacks, crossing sweepers, factory hands and many more. They waited for hours to see his coffin go by. He was dearly loved by them as the ‘Poor Man’s Earl’.
One biographer wrote: ‘No man has in fact ever done more to lessen the extent of human misery, or to add to the sum total of human happiness.’ The preacher Charles Spurgeon called him ‘the best man of the age’. He ‘lived for the oppressed’, he was a ‘moral anchor in a drifting generation’, ‘friend of every living thing’, ‘he had a ‘fervent love to God, and hearty love to man.’
ThornerCares
It is hoped that the stricter Covid-19 measures introduced recently in Leeds will slow the spread of the pandemic sufficiently to avoid more rigorous restrictions. At present, the vulnerable in Thorner are, in the main, being supported through their own personal support networks. Given the situation, unless matters change, ThornerCares volunteers will remain in reserve. That said, any resident who is self-isolating or suffering from Covid symptoms and has no access to other support can still ask ThornerCares for help at [email protected] or on 0113 880 5255.
The authorship of the gospels, cont.
Last month I looked at some of the general issues surrounding the authorship of the gospels and ended with an outline of the evidence for Mark being a conceivable (though unprovable) author of the gospel bearing his name. This month we turn to the other three, beginning with the gospel of Luke which, like that of Mark, is attributed to a figure who is not an apostle. There is, however, a Luke mentioned in the Epistles (Colossians 4:11, 14): a Gentile and a physician. If he is the author of the gospel, this would account for the quality of the Greek, more idiomatic and polished than that of Mark. Additionally, Acts 1:1 is generally interpreted as meaning that the author of the Acts and the gospel were the same person; and in the Acts, parts of the narrative use ‘we’, indicating that the writer accompanied Paul on some of his travels. If, then, we think of Luke as an active participant in the establishment of the early Church in the generation after Christ’s ministry, the hypothesis that the gospel was written in the 80s AD is entirely reasonable. As with Mark, why would early tradition claim Luke as a name to lend authority to the gospel when bigger names were available?
By contrast, Matthew and John are names of apostles and so would be perfect for lending authority to anonymous texts. But the dates are problematic. Matthew was a tax-collector and so, when called by Jesus to be an apostle, must have been an adult of some standing. If modern scholarship is right in dating the text to sometime in the last quarter of the first century, perhaps around the 80s, that raises questions, given normal life-spans and the fact that those who lived longer than average were usually rather ‘older’ in their 70s and 80s than people are these days. And if chronology is a problem for Matthew’s gospel, how much more is it for John’s, written, it is thought, around the turn of the first century. If c.90–110 is indeed the correct date, it would be extraordinary if John the Apostle were the author.
Matthew used Mark’s gospel as a written source, just as Luke did. We can confidently deduce that the author of this gospel was a Jew, probably writing for a Greek-speaking Jewish community of the kind that existed in various places in Syria. But beyond that, and the fact that he was writing in the context of the second-generation of Christians, we can’t draw any further conclusions.
The gospel ascribed to John is altogether different. Firstly, it is thought to be significantly later than the other three. Secondly, it is very different in
its approach. Whereas the other three (known as the Synoptic Gospels) focus on Jesus’ life and ministry, John’s gospel teaches what has been called ‘a high Christological doctrine’, taking an altogether more reflective approach to the divinity of Christ and the sublimity of his teaching. It both draws on and appeals to a rather different theological world, and one that best makes sense in terms of the rather later date.
As I’ve explained before, date and authorship are matters of conjecture for all four gospels. It is at least possible to argue (though by no means agreed and certainly not provable) that the gospels of Mark and Luke were written by the figures named in the New Testament. But for the gospels of Matthew and John, authorship remains a ‘known unknown’.
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Bird flocks in your garden
Autumn is with us, and winter approaches, and this is the time of year when some garden birds form flocks. Birds normally only do things that help them survive, and it’s generally thought that flocks help with protection from predators (more eyes to spot them and a swirl of targets to confuse them), roosting warmth and locating food.
Species behave differently, but whatever they get up to, the result can be spectacular, as anyone watching a starling murmuration will witness. Reserves such as Potteric Carr and Saltholme are good places to see murmurations, but they occur all over the country, involving anything from a few hundred to hundreds of thousands of starlings. I’ve heard a couple of suggestions for the choice of the collective noun; one is that it is from the sound of myriad wings in flight, and the other that it comes from the noise they make after they have settled. Take your pick!
Less dramatic, but well worth a closer look, are the finch flocks which are around at the moment. With breeding out of the way (so no need to compete), juveniles in abundance and, often, large numbers of migrants here for our less intense winters, finches get together in flocks that can vary from a dozen to hundreds. Migrant finches tend to feed out in the fields, so those you see in your garden are most likely residents.
Goldfinches are probably the species most often seen in flocks these days, with their numbers being on the increase, in contrast to those of greenfinches and chaffinches, which are well down – owing mainly to trichomonosis – and still falling.
If you do spot a chaffinch flock, have a look to see whether it is predominantly composed of males or females. Linnaeus, in 1758, named the species Coelebs (bachelor) because wintering birds in his native Sweden were almost exclusively male. The females gathered elsewhere, usually to the west and south.
Sounding something like a tinkling of bells, the goldfinch’s song en masse has earned them the rather lovely collective noun ‘charm’. Look more closely, though, and you’ll see that most flocks are mixed. Greenfinches, chaffinches and, occasionally, bullfinches are the most common
companions, but siskins, bramblings and maybe the odd vagrant can be included. It’s worth a second look, particularly if your binoculars are handy.
If you do notice a flurry of small-bird movement, take a few moments to look and see whether it’s just a few sparrows arguing, or whether it’s a larger flock of something else moving through. It’s not just finches that flock, either. Tits have the same tendency, so again, have a second look. It may seem as though they are all the same, but long tailed tits and various assorted other species often get mixed in.
Birds in a flock tend to be very restive. Life in a flock is rarely harmonious, and if birds get too close to each other, especially when feeding, there will be a flurry of aggressive calls and much fluttering of wings. There are always one or two nervous characters, and if it is a mixed flock, there’s a good chance that some of the movements will be a group of the same species, helping you work out what’s present. Look at body shapes and beaks as well as colour, they are probably the best way of sorting out what is there.
If you find the lives of our garden birds to be of interest, and would like to join in and count the feathered occupants of your garden, please contact me or visit the BTO Garden BirdWatch website
Mike Gray
Local information
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Scarcroft
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Who’s Who @ St Peter’s Church
Church website: www.thornerchurch.org.uk Rector: Andy Nicholson [email protected] / 289 2437 Curate: Bob Bailey [email protected] / 260 7721 Benefice PA/Communications: Hilary Marsden [email protected] Churchwardens Elisabeth Stephens, 23 The Old Mill, Scott Lane,W’by LS22 6NB 01937 580971 Simon Belcher, Redcroft, St John’s Avenue, LS14 3BZ 289 3254 Deputy Churchwarden Glynis Webster, Roseville, Kensington Avenue, Thorner LS14 3EH 289 2532 Organist and Choirmaster (Choir practice: suspended until church reopens) David Lindley, 5 Skippon Terrace, Carr Lane, Thorner LS14 3HA 289 2313 Master of the Ringers (Bellringing practice: suspended until church reopens) Michael Brereton, Moat Cottage, 4 Church View, Thorner LS14 3ED 289 2458 Secretary of the PCC Sue Hayward-Giles [email protected] / 289 6944 Treasurer of the PCC Jonathan Graham, Churchlands, Church Hill, Thorner LS14 3EG 289 3324 Stewardship Recorder Julian Levick, 9 The Close, Thorner LS14 3EF 289 2461 Gift Aid Secretary Anne Wroe, 4 Willow Garth Avenue, Leeds LS14 2DY 273 2969 Electoral Roll Officer Rita Marsden, 7 St Peter’s Garth, Thorner LS14 3EE 289 2715 Sunday School & Tea Services Susan Graham, Churchlands, Church Hill, Thorner LS14 3EG 289 3324 Wedding arrangements: Bridget Lindley 289 2313 Home Communions Co-ordinator Revd Alan Haigh, 4 The Paddock, Thorner LS14 3JB 289 2870 PCC committee chairs/contacts: Fabric & Churchyard: Jon Waddington 289 3492 Finance & Stewardship: Jonathan Graham 289 3324 Outreach: Hilary Marsden 201 7144 Social: Ann Stokoe 289 2217 Parish Magazine Editor: Hilary Marsden [email protected] / 201 7144 Distribution: Thorner: [email protected] / 201 7144 Scarcroft: Graham Shayler, 11 Thorner Lane, LS14 3AW
Services in October–November
From 11 October, the online service will usually be live-streamed from one of the benefice churches. There will inevitably be hiccups in the beginning, so please bear with us!
It is hoped that Holy Communion services can be reintroduced too, but this is subject to changes in Covid-19 restrictions and the availability of clergy; even when services are advertised as Holy Communion, this cannot be guaranteed.
Intercession prayers prepared by a member of the congregation are being reintroduced at live services from the beginning of October. Those who have to be cautious about attending live services at present may email their prayers to Andy or Bob to read out at the service.
Sunday 4 October – 17th Sunday after Trinity / Harvest 9.15am Harvest thanksgiving – Revd Bob Bailey Intercessions – Jon Graham 10.30am Online: pre-recorded Harvest thanksgiving Collect Creator God,
you made the goodness of the land, the riches of the sea and the rhythm of the seasons; as we thank you for the harvest, may we cherish and respect this planet and its peoples, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Readings 2 Corinthians 9.6–end Luke 12.16–30
Sunday 11 October – 18th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Morning Prayer – John Crouch Intercessions – Michael Rignall 10.30am Online: live-streamed service from Scholes Collect God, our judge and saviour,
teach us to be open to your truth and to trust in your love, that we may live each day with confidence in the salvation which is given through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Readings Philippians 4.1–9 Matthew 22.1–14
Sunday 18 October – 19th Sunday after Trinity 9.15am Holy Communion – Revd Andy Nicholson Intercessions – Roger Kaye 10.30am Online: live-streamed service from Scholes Collect Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases and whose mercies never come to an end: grant us the grace to trust you and to receive the gifts of your love, new every morning, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Readings 1 Thessalonians 1.1–10 Matthew 22.15–22
Sunday 25 October – Last Sunday after Trinity/Bible Sunday 9.15am Morning prayer – Revd Bob Bailey Intercessions – Neil Howes 10.30am Online: live-streamed service from Thorner Collect Merciful God,
teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty, that trusting in your word and obeying your will we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Readings 1 Thessalonians 2.1–8 Matthew 22.34–end
Sunday 1 November – Fourth Sunday before Advent/All Saints 9.15am Holy Communion – Revd Andy Nicholson Intercessions – Robin Wraith 10.30am Online: live-streamed service from Barwick 6.00pm Service of Light for the recently bereaved, Barwick Readings Ephesians 1.11–end
Luke 6.20–31
Sunday 8 November – 3rd Sunday before Advent/ Remembrance Day 9.15am Morning prayer – Revd Bob Bailey Intercessions – Elisabeth Stephens 10.30am Online: pre-recorded Remembrance Day service Readings 1 Thessalonians 4.13–end
Matthew 25.1–13