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Heart eat
Holy Ascension Church and Community Magazine September 2019
Welcome to Heartbeat …
The Church’s logo was designed for the 160th anniversary of the Church in 2014. It illustrates the church’s com-mitment to be at the heart of the whole community of Upton by Chester. The name for the magazine, Heartbeat, reflects that commitment.
Copy for the magazine is always welcome. Contributions for the October issue should be received by 12 September via the Parish Office or email
The magazine can be viewed online at www.holyascension.org.uk/
HeartBeat
Or if you prefer we can email you a copy each month-just let us know at the above email address.
Editorial Team
Sharon Forsdyke - Editor Margaret Adams Colin Attwood Graham Barley Sue Burgess Dave O’Brien
Two of the most popular films this summer were Toy Story 4 and Disney’s Lion King.
In Toy Story 4, Woody and friends bring a lost child and unloved toy together. When the toys realise what they have achieved, Duke Caboom exclaims “We did that!”
Sometimes we do not realise the impact of our actions until we take a step back from the event.
As all those involved in education move into a new academic year, there will be many occasions for them to say ”I/We did that!”
And as a community we did this...the £2,036.96 we collected in Christian Aid Week was part of the £20,219 total raised in Chester!
King Mufasa’s wise words to his son Simba can also apply to us:
‘Everything you see exists in a delicate balance … Whilst others search for what they can take, a true king searches for what he can give.’
We cannot all aspire to be Kings, but we can aspire to give, for we reap what we sow. Where do you fit into the circle of life?
Church Cleaning Morning
Saturday 7th September
9.00am to 12.30pm
Everyone Welcome
Holy Ascension Mission Statement 'To be the people of God in this place, committed to Christ, to one
another and to Service in the community; together, we worship God with joy and love and with openness to renewal by the Holy Spirit.'
We welcome Graham Barley onto our Editorial Team. Graham spent a number of years as Editor of the
magazine and creates the monthly crossword which many readers enjoy.
This month also sees the start of a new Family Quiz created by Graham.
First correct entry will receive a bar of chocolate!
Please email your completed entries to [email protected]
Good Luck!
SAVE THE DATE! Churches Together In Upton Quiz
Friday 11th October St Columba’s Church Hall
At 7.30pm
Teams of 4-6 players Bring your own wine etc (and glasses) Admission £2 (inc light refreshments
Raffle
Letter from Paul
When you read the newspapers or watch the television it seems that so much of the news is about people criticising someone else, for what they have done or said or not done or said.
There are so many destructive comments made, that there seems to be little or no attempt in today’s society to build people up.
In our work, our home, our church, we know how important it is to build each other up and to support each other.
Recently, I was watching on the television the building of a new house. It started with the design plans of the house, then off the builders went laying first the foundations, then the bricks around the body, then the timber.
Layer by layer, brick by brick, timber on timber, slowly you were able to see the building unfolding and starting to look like the design.
No part could be missed out, no section avoided because the building simply would not stand up.
Imagine us building each other up, just like a new building.
Suppose we set out to create our own spiritual building here at Holy Ascension.
What would we do?
Maybe each one of us could concentrate on two people in our congregation for a week and try very hard to ‘build them up,’ to encourage them, to support them, to help them, to make them feel valued.
In another week we’d choose two different people and so on. Then we might watch the unfolding of another building.
What would our spiritual building look like or feel like?
The door would be represented by a people welcomed and valued by everyone, not just a chosen few friends. The windows would have people looking through them, always waiting to help someone else.
The space inside would be full of prayers which people continually said to God on behalf of other people and most of all, anyone coming near our building would sense so strongly God’s presence they would be drawn to enter.
They would see a spiritual house worth visiting. Paul
Upton Horticultural Society Summer Show
President Brian Cox: “Why don’t you join? - then you could take part in October...”
Heartbeat Editor:
“Well that depends if I get the copy in time for the next issue!”
Save The Date
Upton Horticultural Autumn Show
Saturday 12th October
at 2.15pm
Upton Village Hall
Heath Road
(Photos courtesy of Keith Reading)
Upton Community
Choir Did This!
I have never been to an Eisteddfod before. I have always regarded the Welsh as being great group singers and the best of their best perform at Eisteddfods. Not a place for me therefore, who normally just sings in Church and in the Community Choir where no auditions are necessary...
So when Clare arranged for the Choir to perform on a stage at the Llangollen Eisteddfod and had the audacity to include a song in Welsh, I thought I would just hide in the back and hope nobody recognised me afterwards.
My first impressions were the scale of the event and the colourfully dressed people from all over the world.
This was quickly followed by groups who just set up impromptu on the main footpath and performed anyway. There were also a number of stages along the perimeter path culminating in the vast main arena.
We were to perform in one of these side stages and maybe there would be no Welsh speaking people actually listening! We performed twice and had an enthusiastic fan club to boost the applause (which included Margaret.) I always enjoy the singing and Clare was very pleased with us which is the main thing.
In between our slots I went into the main arena and really enjoyed the performances of singing, coupled with rhythmic action and colour. Not just the best of the Welsh but the best from around the world. (I say the best but I have never been a fan of stars and groups who earn ridiculous amounts of money.)
Just before we had to leave I saw Terry Waite at a table but had no time to engage. Terry is to me second only to William Tyndale as Christian Heroes.’
Colin Bain
‘I really enjoyed singing in the Choir at the Eisteddfod, particularly As Long as I have Music. I also liked seeing the international dancers.
But the other highlight of my day was meeting Terry Waite.’ Glenys Sherwin.
‘It was lovely having all the choirs together, to listen to them singing and to meet Terry Waite, who is such a calm and pleasant person. Thanks to Clare for entering us into this event and allowing us to share the experience, and to all who came to listen.’ Vera Gerrard
‘Life’s more fun when you sing!’
‘It was so uplifting to hear choirs from all over the world and to see them in national costume.
Our choir did a brilliant job and sang our hearts out. The highlight of the day was meeting Terry Waite - what an inspirational man and to have a photo with him. How can you beat that?’ Mary Adderley
‘I was last at the Eisteddfod in Llangollen in 1968 when I sang with my high school choir, so it was wonderful to go back to sing this time with Upton Community Choir. We didn't let the short showers and rolling mists get us down. Being on the amphitheatre stage, was exciting if a little nerve-wracking, but watching the international choirs competing in the main tent was breath-taking. I heard Welsh choir, John's Boys, who won Choir of the World in the evening. We owe so much to Clare and the amazing cornet playing of her daughter Alice.' Stella Lunney
ACROSS
1.God let Tory become cave dweller
(10)
7. Keys for those who bat first (7)
8. Nothing working for American
president! (5)
10. Loads of items for sale (4)
11. Rigs line to produce white wine (8)
13. Ban Robin Hood, say? (6)
15. Erupts furiously but is most chaste
(6)
17. First one to the South Pole made
nuns crazy (8)
18. Cheese eaten in cafe, tasty! (4)
21. Put off, being only half determined
(5)
22. Get cosy around gnu’s leg (8)
23. Author is tiny blonde, apparently
(4,6)
DOWN
1. Pinching the Financial
Times? (5)
2. Sign of females losing
head (4)
3. Scottish girl’s dog? (6)
4. Undo sari to reveal an
old fogey (8)
5. Send message to French
island about material (7)
6. Playwright not lacking in
bravery around the Spanish
(4,6)
9. Bad dreams of horses
after dark (10)
12. Roamed around dead wren (8)
14. Female relative in weighty
surroundings of Somerset town (7)
16. See law broken by a sneaky
person (6)
19. Sort of marbles Nigel played
with (5)
20. Broken sculpture? (4)
Answers to July/August Crossword
ACROSS: 1. Lump 3. Miracles 9. Denture
10. Heard 11. Break 12. Tyrant 14. Remote
Control 17. School 19. Swarm 22. Knead
23. Welcome 24. Adhering 25 Keys
DOWN: 1. Ladybird 2. Manse 4. Identical
twin 5. Abhor 6. Learner 7. Side 8. Bucket
13. Slimmers 15. Macbeth 16. Nestle
18. Odder 20. Atone 21. Okra
Answers in the October issue.
Crossword compiled by Graham Barley.
Crossword
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Holy Ascension Community
Hall The hall is available to
hire for children’s
parties, public and
private meetings,
workshops etc.
There is availability
for regular activities to
take place.
For more information
and to make a
booking please
contact the
Parish Office
Tel 01244 383518
Email :
communityhall@
holyascension.org.uk
Save the Date
Holy Ascension
Christmas
Fayre
Saturday
16th November
From 10.00am
More details next month
I have been asked to say a huge thank you to the congregation at Holy Ascension for the amazing contributions you have made over the last year. We have ranked as one of the top 10 highest givers for the last financial year (2018/2019) out of 379 churches who have supported The Children’s Society in the Diocese.
This money will go towards The Children’s Society’s valuable work helping disadvantaged young people in Chester Diocese and the rest of the U.K.
Please, if you don’t already have a box and would be interested in having one just give me a ring.
Thank You from
The Children’s Society
September is Holy Ascension’s month for our annual box opening so please can I ask you to bring your boxes to Church. If I am not in Church please give your boxes to the warden on duty.
I shall leave the empty boxes on the book shelves at the back of church by the choir vestry.
I am happy to collect boxes or if you prefer to leave them at 20 Demage Lane that is fine. Please ring for collection or home drop- off.
Margaret Brizell 01244 381404.
Friday 27th September
10.00am to 11.30am Kempe Room
Holy Ascension Church
Tea/Coffee and Cakes Raffle
EVERYONE WELCOME
Holy Ascension Community Hall
Holy Ascension’s Community Hall (for a while known as Upton Community Hall) was opened 60 years ago on 26th September 1959 by Mrs G.A. Ellison, the wife of the then Bishop of Chester, Gerald Ellison.
The Vicar the Reverend J Wheldon Williams blessed the Hall after the opening and later in the day a dance was held in aid of World Refugee Day.
In The Cheshire Observer for Saturday 3rd October 1959 the Hall was described, as a ‘contemporary-style parish church hall.’
(Photo courtesy of Upton History Society)
It had been erected at a cost of £9,000, the money being raised by the parishioners, a fact commemorated on the plaque put up to mark the Hall’s opening.
The building of a church hall was part of an expansion of Holy Ascension to reflect the rapid growth of the parish in the Post War years. The community had already raised money to finance the building of the south transept which had been completed in 1957. The decision to build a north transept was deferred in favour of the church hall; the north transept was not completed until 1967.
Two sites were considered for the new church hall; one was to the north of the Church approximately where Grangeside is now. The other site which was adopted was on the southern section of the Vicarage garden.
During the last 60 years the Hall has been used by numerous Church groups including Sunday Schools, Youth Groups and the Mother’s Union. Now it is regularly used for church organised activities like Sunshine Tots, The Sunday Lunch Club and Church Fellowship meetings.
In addition, outside organisations and individuals can hire the Hall on a regular basis for fitness classes like Zumba or for special occasions such as birthday parties. (See advert in Heartbeat.) Carol Coles
‘A man of reckless daring, ready for conspiracy, unreliable in performance, impetuous in battle, careless of danger, with designs beyond his powers, panting for the impossible … on the rare occasions when he has been victorious, he has sustained losses greater than those of the vanquished.’
This description of Ranulf de Gernons (known as Ranulf ‘of the moustaches’) Earl of Chester between 1129 and 1153, appears in the work of a contemporary writer, Henry Archdeacon of Huntingdon.
Ranulf was the great-nephew of the first earl, Hugh of Avranches, the subject of a previous article in this short series.
Besides the great estates that were bequeathed by Earl Hugh he also inherited lands in Lincolnshire from his mother.
He had a house in Lincoln and tried repeatedly to add to his estates across the North Midlands, linking Cheshire and Lincolnshire.
The civil war of Stephen’s reign (mostly in the 1140s) gave Ranulf an ideal opportunity to pursue this ambition, as he negotiated with, and fought for, the rival contenders for the crown: he changed sides several times, so earning his reputation for treachery. At one stage, in a battle at Lincoln in 1141, he was joint-leader of the forces which defeated King Stephen and led to his temporary ejection from the throne.
But for all that, Earl Ranulf was one of the most prolific founders of religious houses in Medieval English history. He established Basingwerk Abbey near Holywell (a house of the Savigniac Order which later became Cistercian); the Benedictine nunnery in Chester across the road from the castle; the Augustinian priory of Trentham on the site of Trentham Gardens; a priory for Benedictine monks at Minting (Lincolnshire); and a leper hospital at Boughton on the road east out of Chester.
The gains he made in the civil war were all lost at his death but his legacy lived on in these religious foundations, several of which have left traces in our landscape today.
Graeme White
Ranulf De Gernons Fourth Norman Earl of
Chester
Look out for notices in church and on our website about new
activities planned for our children and families in the autumn.
Children having fun, learning about God, Jesus and the bible.
Sunday 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th
September
Bible themed crafts and activities for children during 10.45am Service.
Fellowship and Fun after Family Service
in July
(Photos courtesy of Louise Rivett)
Family Quiz Can you find the names of twelve
English towns and cities in these clues?
1. Where bovine crosses river
2. Nothing was consumed
3. A person who’s leaving
4. Half a score alongside
5. Spoil entrance
6. Is in front
7. Wide steps
8. Cowboy film, great with female horse
9. Hide underground after gentle gallop
10. Kitchen appliance for browning bread
11. Group of witches make an attempt
12. Writing implements with insects following
...and some more questions
13. In the Bible what is the Decalogue better known as?
14. For how many pieces of silver did Judas betray Jesus?
15. Which army’s motto is Blood and Fire?
16. Which famous vessel was built of gopher wood?
17. Which voluntary organisation was founded by Reverend Chad
Varah in 1953?
18. Noah’s grandfather was said to have died aged 969. Who was he?
19. 2011 was the 400th anniversary of which literary work?
20. Who is the patron saint of doctors?
Email your answers to all twenty questions with your contact details to
[email protected] for a chance to win a bar of chocolate.
Thank you to Graham Barley for compiling this quiz. Answers next month.
Upton Pavilion Fun Day Saturday 14th September
12 noon till 5pm Free Entry
Queen Elizabeth Playing Fields Wealstone Lane, Upton
Great Wall of China Trek October
If you would like to sponsor Chris Ryan and Sharon Forsdyke for their Great Wall of China Trek, which takes place in October, in aid of the Hospice of the Good Shepherd please visit
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/sharon-forsdyke
Alternatively, we have sponsor forms.
Thank you for supporting us.
INVITATION To: Upton-by-Chester Residents
You are invited to join us in our commemoration of 80 years since
the beginning of WW2.
We will plant a tree in the War Memorial garden to mark the
occasion.
Tuesday 3rd September 10am at the Upton-by-Chester War
Memorial, Heath Road, Upton
Refreshments will be served in The Pavilion afterwards
RSVP:[email protected]
Or 07584 415343 (please state the number of people attending)
Charity Fundraising Evening in
support of Guide Dogs
By My Side
Thursday 26th September
St Columba’s Church Hall
Doors open 6.30pm for 7.30pm
Floral Art Demonstration with
Diane Fair & Sionedd Hughes
Sales, Craft Tables, Wine
Tickets £10 from Barbara Capstick
Upton Community Links AGM Sunday 1st September
At 12 noon Upton Village Hall, Heath Road
All welcome If you would like to join the group, please contact Terry Wellerman on
01244 311874 or email [email protected]
Adrift Refugee Project Exhibition for Upton
Heath
Following on from refugee week 2019, Upton Heath created an exhibition of children's work based on a refugee project for Cheshire schools called Adrift.
The starting point for the project was the play Adrift, created by Action Transport Theatre in collaboration with St. Bernard’s RC Primary School in Ellesmere Port. Billed as a ‘refugee fairy-tale’, Adrift tells the story of two refugee children on a boat as they dream, play and laugh.
The children watched the play at school, with each class/year group then undertaking work appropriate to their age. Year 1 looked at the stories of Beegu and Paddington, creating an ‘airport’ complete with passports and passport control to undertake a trip to Peru.
One class undertook brainstorming sessions around words such as ‘asylum’ and ‘refugee’, and assembled Adrift topic books. Other classes developed refugee animations or used computers to make word art pictures inspired by Malala.
The work was showcased at an exhibition for parents and carers on 27th-28th June.
Year 6 teacher Dan Riley said: “Each year group used different texts to teach and further inspire the children, and they have produced some excellent pieces which we were delighted to share at the exhibition.”
Upton Heath work with Ignite Teaching School Alliance on a range of projects. Interim Principal Wendy O’Leary-Davies said: “Projects like Adrift help us to create an environment of inclusion, diversity and understanding. We were delighted to get involved with the Adrift project and look forward to continuing our work with Ignite TSA to create even more exciting opportunities for our children.” Kelly Topping Marketing Manager
A Pearl of Wisdom…
In a book of essays by Jonathan Franzen, he talks about reading having been replaced by TV and social media and of the lack of communication with those around.
He says: ‘In books, we read of mystery and manners and these two things are now missing.
Imagine that human existence is defined by an ache: the ache of our not being, each of us, the centre of the universe; of our desires forever outnumbering our means of satisfying them...the sense of loneliness and pointlessness etc...it’s labelled a disease that needs cures: recovered-memory therapy, the Word Wide Web etc. Anything better than mystery.
Science attacked religious mystery a long time ago.’
At the Wednesday communion service on 31st July, Paul talked about the parable of the merchant who was in search of the Kingdom of Heaven.
On finding one pearl of great value he went and sold all that he had and bought it and Paul said that each of us is the pearl that God has sold everything for.
I think what every single one of us needs is someone like our Vicar Paul, who can expound to us the deep meaning of the Bible to give us the real mystery of life so that we can pass it on to others. (A Member of Holy Ascension)
‘You are my pearl of great price.’
Matthew Chapter 13 v 45-46
Holy Ascension Church
Invites you to AFTERNOON TEA
On
Wednesday 4th September 3-4.30pm
At 9 Church Lane Tickets £5
From Barbara Capstick In aid of Upton-by-Chester Flower
Festival
(if wet the venue will be the Kempe Room in Church)
Open Gardens
Thank you to all who supported Judith and Ann’s open gardens in the summer. The £720 raised will go towards funding the Flower Festival at Holy Ascension in 2020.
From The Parish Registers
Wedding
29th June
Laura Blackwell & Andy Caswell
Baptism
30th June
Imogen Rose Jackson
Funerals
15th July
Jane Walker-Smith
19th August
Eileen Sharp
Remembrance Book
In the South Transept there is a remembrance book in which people can have their deceased loved one or friend remembered.
It is also a way of observing an anniversary should no plaque or headstone exist locally or perhaps where a relative's grave is in another part of the country. The name of a loved one denoting their lifespan is inserted under the date they died and the page in the book is turned every week to be in line with the calendar.
The splendid copper plate inscriptions are undertaken by Bill Symes. (A donation of £10 per entry is requested which goes to church funds.)
Philip and I would like to thank everyone who supported our ‘Open Garden’ on 11th July. It was lovely to share our garden with so many friends. Money raised will go towards the Flower Festival to be held in Church next July. Judith Windsor.
It is now over two years since I left Upton to live with my daughter Lynn, her husband Stuart and their sons Matthew and James. I am also nearer to my other daughter Janet, her husband and their two children who live outside Newcastle who we meet quite frequently in Carlisle.
I am enjoying life in the Lake District and have made many new friends. I attend St Paul’s Church in Grange each Sunday which is at present in interregnum - our curate recently left to be Vicar at Arnside, just across the bay. I write articles from time to time for the church magazine and last November I was honoured to carry the poppy cross to the altar on Remembrance Sunday and to the War Memorial in the park in the afternoon.
In February when we had unusually warm weather, I enjoyed a week’s walking holiday at Rydal Hall, near Grasmere which is run by the Bishop of Carlisle. There were two qualified leaders and we were a small group. We did four days walking around the Lake District covering about 50 miles, so I am still keeping active.
During the summer I have enjoyed crown green bowling, usually three to four games each week at many scenic places, including Langdale and many other small villages. One does not need to go away on holiday when you live in the Lake District. I have also joined the U3A.
Lynn has a change of career. After completing a Horticultural Course at Penrith College she is a full time gardener and supervises volunteers at Swarthmoor Hall near Ulverston and assists the Head Gardener at a garden in the Lune Valley.
Both boys have attended Grange C of E Primary School but Matthew will be starting at Cartmel High School in September. They are both keen on cricket and play for a team in Kendal. Matthew has been ‘spotted’ by Cumberland County Cricket Club and played for their under 11 team this summer. In early August the team went on tour to Suffolk playing several games in a tournament. The whole family went while I stayed home to care for Lynn’s plants!
I still receive Heartbeat each month with all the Upton news so I can keep in touch with all that is going on. I may visit you again soon. Best wishes. David Pendlebury
My New Life in Grange-Over-Sands
Out and About…
Hello,
Welcome to the month of September.
Where has the summer gone?
It’s that time of the year when families are thinking about getting new school uniforms for the start of the new school year.
My granddaughter is going up to Secondary School. She will be going to Prenton High School for Girls.
She has even met her new class mates and been away on a team building exercise for two days.
How times have changed!
After our July Family Service (which is on the first Sunday of the month) we ended up in the garden of one of our church members where we had a bouncy castle and games for the children together with hot dogs and ice cream.
With such fine weather it was great to see young and old enjoying themselves. We must do it again!!!
Later on that month Jean and I were invited by our family to go to Center Parcs in Woburn, for five days.
What a holiday! Had such a good time with the grandchildren and really great memories. Came home for a bit of a rest, as it was all go but great fun.
I don’t know about you but I love my family, my extended family and friends and my church family.
I’m very blessed and thankful. I try to give thanks for three things that have happened to me each day before I turn in to bed.
The Bible tells us to give THANKS in all circumstances. I thank God for YOU, as you read this article. Be blessed in all that you do and give thanks with a grateful heart.
Till the next time. Every Blessing,
Dave O’Brien (Curate)
Jesus Calling
‘Wear my robe of righteousness with ease. I custom-made it for you, to cover you from head to toe. The price I paid for this was astronomical—My own blood.
You could never purchase such a royal garment, no matter how hard you worked. Sometimes you forget that My righteousness is a gift, and you feel ill at ease in your regal robe. I weep when I see you squirming under the velvety fabric, as if it were made of scratchy sackcloth.
I want you to trust Me enough to realise your privileged position in My Kingdom. Relax in the luxuriant folds of your magnificent robe. Keep your eyes on me as you practice walking in this garment of salvation. When your behaviour is unfitting for one in My Kingdom, do not try to throw off your royal robe.
Instead throw off the unrighteous behaviour. Then you will be able to feel at ease in this glorious garment, enjoying the gift I fashioned for you before the foundation of the world.’
(Text from Jesus Calling, Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young)
Doris Owens
On 7th August after Wednesday communion I visited Doris Owens (who many of you will remember) in Flag Lane North who celebrated her 101st birthday that day!!!!
Doris was very much part of our church in her younger days with her late husband John, (who was a Dunkirk Veteran) and her large family. Here is Doris on her special day. Sally Symes
We thank The Blakemore Foundation and Spar, Long Lane, Bache Post office, Wesley Church Centre and Oasis of Miracles in helping to distribute Heartbeat.
Hospice Of The Good
Shepherd
Upton Support Group
Coffee and Dessert Afternoon with
"Sing Me Merseyside Choir"
Friday 13th September 3 - 5 pm
St. Columba’s Church Hall Plas Newton Lane, Upton
Tickets £7 available on the door
Please keep the evening of Monday 16th September free and make a note in your diary to come and join us for the first meeting of our 2019/2020 programme.
Everybody is very welcome. Just come along to Holy Ascension Community Hall at 7.30pm and for £2 you can enjoy an excellent speaker, a very warm welcome and a cup of tea and a biscuit.
We have a very varied programme starting with Dr Ian Cubbin talking on ‘Tales of the Unexpected.’ Ian will be explaining the unexpected consequences of starting work with his dad in Neston pharmacy in the 1970s. Ian comes highly recommended as a brilliant really entertaining speaker.
On 21st October we have Gordon Viner, whom I am sure many of you will know, with a talk entitled ‘The Jewish Religion in a Nutshell.’
On 18th November Peter Sloman from the Lion Salt Works Trust is going to tell us about The Lion Salt Works. I am sure whether you have visited the Salt Works Museum or not you will find his talk most interesting.
A.C.F.
(Association of Church Fellowships)
If you would like to know more please contact me, Margaret Brizell on 01244 381404.
“Greenacres of Upton”
Garden Services / Regular
Maintenance
Lawns mowed, hedges trimmed, leaves cleared
and
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Ring Paul 07470 421026 for a quote.
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Holy Ascension Community Hall
Monday 16th September 7.30pm
“Tales of the Unexpected”
“The unexpected consequences of starting work with dad in Neston pharmacy in the 1970’s”
A talk by Dr Ian Cubbin
Everyone is welcome to join us
£2.00 including Tea & Biscuits
HOLY ASCENSION CHURCH
FELLOWSHIP GROUP
BACKFORD, MOLLINGTON & DISTRICT
LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY.
Wednesday 4th September at 7.30pm
Celia Drew will talk about
The well known family
“The Gladstones of Harwarden”
Backford & Mollington Village Hall
All are welcome to attend, non-members £3.00.
Sunday Lunch Club Sunday 22nd September
Holy Ascension Community Hall
Please contact Barbara Bowley 01244 390155
to reserve your place
Upton Community Choir
Wednesday evenings
7.15-9.15pm
£3.50 per session
Upton High School St James Ave, Upton CH2 1NN For more details and to confirm
attendance please contact Clare Newbould on 07896 614397
or Email [email protected]
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Women’s Section, Heath Road
Tuesday 10th September 8.00pm
AGM & Harvest Supper Visitors Welcome
£1.50 includes Tea/Coffee & Biscuits
Upton-by-Chester Flower ClubUpton Village Hall
Wednesday 25th September
7.30pm
‘Just for You’ Anita Wright (Area)
Visitors Welcome £5.00
Millennium Greenway Friends Saturday 21st September
at 10 am
See website for details
www.millenniumgreenwayfriends.org.uk
COFFEE AND CHAT!
Every Monday
10.00am – Noon
The Pavilion Wealstone Lane
An open invitation is
extended to all.
Churches Together
Thank you for your
continued support of the food bank which
provides 3 days of emergency food for
local people in crisis.
There is a box in church for
non-perishable food donations.
Urgently needed items:
UHT Fruit juice
UHT Milk
Instant coffee
Instant custard
Cup a Soup
Wednesday
11th After service Caring & Sharing Lunch
25th 3.00pm Wednesday Singers
Thursday 10.00am –Noon Sewing Group
Saturday 9.30am Parish Prayers
Holy Ascension Community Hall,
Demage Lane, Upton, CH2 1EL
Opening hours
The parish office will be open Monday to Friday 9.30 – 11.30am
Parish Administrator
Karen Evans 383518
Email [email protected]
Parish Safeguarding Coordinator
Please contact the parish office
Monday Holy Ascension Musical Tots
10.15-10.45am Gentle Music for Babies 11.15-11.45am Toddlers Music Time
(Restarts 9th September)
Tuesday
9.15-11.00am Holy Ascension Sunshine Tots
Term Time (Holy Ascension Community Hall)
(Restarts 10th September)
Vicar Paul Newman 743325
Curate Dave O’Brien 375782
Church Wardens Mike Curtis 313152
Colin Foden 381094
Reader Emeritus/ Churches Together in Upton Barbara Capstick 380299
PCC Secretary [email protected]
PCC Treasurer Sue Burgess 380340
Electoral Roll Secretary Jean May 381429
Family Worker/Sunshine Tots Margaret Adams 07707 030020
Church Fellowship Leaders
Barbara Capstick 380299
Margaret Brizell 381404
Director of The Samara Trust
Graeme White 312758
Sunday 1st 8.00am
9.00am
10.45am
Holy Communion
Sung Communion
All Age Worship
Wednesday 4th 10.15am Holy Communion
Sunday 8th
8.00am
9.00am
10.45am
Holy Communion
Sung Communion
Holy Communion
Wednesday11th 10.15am
Holy Communion
Sunday 15th 8.00am
9.00am
10.45am
Holy Communion
Sung Communion
Morning Praise
Wednesday18th 10.15am Holy Communion
Sunday 22nd 8.00am
9.00am
10.45am
Holy Communion
Sung Communion
Morning Praise
Wednesday25th 10.15am Holy Communion
Sunday 29th 8.00am
9.00am
10.45am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Sung Communion
Morning Praise
CTU service at St Columba’s
Views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editorial Team,
the Clergy, the Parochial Church Council, or of any authoritative body of the
Church of England.
