St. Paul’s Church

Magazine

May 2019 £1

PARISH OF ST. PAUL

Church website: www.achurchnearyou.com/11422

School website: www.benjamin.lancsngfl.ac.uk

Vicar: Rev. Ian Enticott 433590

Churchwardens: Mr Terry Jones, 36 Cobham Road 232367

Mr Andrew Crowe, 9 Badgers Close 389072

Treasurer: Mr Terry Jones 232367

Organist: Mrs Kathleen Livesey 694720

SERVICES

Sunday: 9.15 a.m. Family Service

On Sunday all our young people and leaders are invited

into church for a welcome/prayer/short talk or activity

followed by Junior Church in BenjaminHargreavesSchool

and Little Angels in the church hall.

Wednesday: 10.15 a.m. Holy Communion

Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals:

By arrangement with the Vicar

Rev. Ian Enticott: Mobile 07941 389621 433590

Rev. Paul McNally: Mobile 07816 491522

Reader Emeritus: Mrs Joan Clark 233683

Pastoral Assistant: Mrs Alison Worrall 398413

Benjamin Hargreaves School:

Headteacher: Mrs Julie Nicol 232130

Church Hall: 233547

Safeguarding Officer: Mrs Kath Jones 232367

The persecuted church

Dear friends,

Every month, on average: 345 Christians are killed for faith-related reasons 105 Churches and Christian buildings are burned or attacked 219 Christians are detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned. Christians remain one of the most persecuted religious groups in the world.Trends show that countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are intensifying persecution against Christians. Open Doors (www.opendoorsuk.org) produce a World Watch List every year ranking the 50 countries where Christians experience the worst persecution. In seven out of the top 10 World Watch List countries, the primary cause of persecution is Islamic oppression. Number 9 on that list is Iran, the country Mahyar comes from. There are 800,000 Christians in Iran – a tiny minority in a country of 82 million, making up less than one per cent of the population. Christians from Muslim backgrounds must keep their faith secret and could face the death penalty if discovered, yet they make up the largest group of Christians in the country. Christianity is seen as a threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is illegal to produce Christian literature or hold church services in their language, Farsi. If an ethnic Persian leaves Islam they can be punished with the death penalty – although they are more likely to be imprisoned for „crimes against national security‟.Mahyar was forced to flee when his office was raided, and Farsi Bibles were discovered there. One of the best ways of supporting persecuted Christians is to pray: “LordJesus, we lift to you our persecuted family in Iran. Stir the hearts of those in government and authority, that they would allow for more freedom of religion.Comfort and provide for those who have been rejected by their families and communities, or who have had to flee because of their faith. Amen.”

Your friend and Vicar Ian

BAPTISMS 31

st March 2019 MahyarJozani

4th April 2019 Faith Ellis Joan Mosses

BAPTISMAL ANNIVERSARIES

29th May 2016 Elliott William McBlain

6th May 2018 Eva Bronte Haining

13th May 2018 Kyla-Brooke Brown

FUNERAL

16th April 2019 Alfred Dearden

St. Paul’s Electoral Roll

This year there are 126 names on our new Roll. The roll can be seen in Church. With the approval of the PCC more names can be added during the year.

St. Paul’s APCM 2019.

A list of Church members elected to serve as Church Wardens, PCC members andSidespersons is included in this magazine.

Monday, 20th

May. Archdeacon’s Visitation to Accrington Deanery at St. John’s Church, Maudsley Street, Accrington at 7.30pm

This year, in addition to the Archdeacon of Blackburn, Ven. Mark Ireland, Bishop Julian will attend this special event. During this service the recently appointed Church Wardens, Vision Champions, members of the PCC and Sides persons will be commissioned. A warm invitation is extended to all members of St. Paul‟s Church family to attend.

Sunday, 26

th May at 9-15amSidespersons will be admitted to their roles in

Church during the service. All Sidespersons are asked to try to attend.

Monday, 3rd

June at 7pm The first meeting of the new PCC will be held in Church. Anyone on the Electoral Roll is free to attend any PCC meeting.

Social Committee News

Jumble Sale/Bags to school . . . This event made a total profit of £230, shared by our Mothers‟ Union, Guides and Friends of Benjamin Hargreaves School. Thank you to everyone who donated items.

April Coffee Morning This raised £105 for our Rose Queen, Virginia‟s chosen charity, Save the Children.

Tuesday, 14th

May Coffee Morning

in Church from 10am,to raise money for the Church Army. Admission £1 including coffee and cakes – raffle and books.

Looking further ahead

Sunday, 2nd

June 9.15 am.“All Age Worship” and

The crowning of our new Rose Queen, Emmy McNallyby Miriam Wardell

Sunday 9th June WALKING DAY

Our Annual procession leaves Church at 2pm to walk to St. James‟ Church for a short united family service.

Saturday, 6th July “Summer Fair”on the School field with Benjamin

Hargreaves School – table tops, raffle, stalls and games with barbeque.

Churchwardens‟ Report to AGPM April 2019 Andrew and Terry would like to thank:

The many people we rely on to do the weekly jobs of keeping our church, hall and

grounds fit for purpose and those who also help us out whenever there is a need.

Who plan and lead our worship- clergy, readers, organist and choir

Who lead the young people – Little Angels, Junior Church, Beavers, Brownies, Cubs,

Guides, Rainbows and Scouts.

Those whoplan and lead our activities – Mothers Union, Out of School Club, Men’s

Breakfast, Keep Fit, Toast Time, coffee mornings, Rose Queen, Autumn Fair and other

fund raising events.

Help to make our church and hall welcoming places for all

Who support members who are no longer able of attending church

All of you are of equal value in the family of St. Paul‟s Church

The spotlight is on what has happened since the last AGPM Churchwardens' Report to PCC 04/06/2018

1. The Diocese recommended we took advice about replacing the existing spotlights.

Mike Overton, who has installed church lighting in many churches in the Blackburn

and York Dioceses, came for a site inspection. The only good practical solution was to

put two new spotlights where the old ones are. This means we don't need a faculty

and we can organise the work ourselves.

2. The combi-boiler in the Hall has been repaired twice in recent weeks. First a new

valve and then a new motor.

3. Knotweed has started to grow again in the grounds. It will be treated by Tom Jackson

when it flowers in the summer. Until then it must be left well alone.

4. The oven in the Hall has been serviced by Electrical Sales Ltd.,Colne.

5. PAT testing of all items in church, the hall was completed Saturday 2nd June

Churchwardens’ Report to PCC September 2018

1. The Church Hall has been re-painted – walls, radiators, skirting boards and door

frames in the main room, toilets, kitchen and lobby.

2. The waste water pipe from the Church Hall was blocked again in July by a lot of

debris including food and paper.

3. A few individuals have taken up the challenge of keeping a plot of the church garden

tidy. More volunteers are needed. We now have a petrol strimmer for the grassed

areas. Andrew has taken charge of this.

4. Some knotweed has re-appeared in the Church grounds. Tom Jackson last sprayed

the knotweed 3/4 years ago and it all died off. He has very kindly sprayed it again.

5. New church spotlights have been fitted. Many thanks to Lee Whalley and Bill Neil for

doing this.

Church Wardens’ Report November 2018

Intelligent Design of Accrington carried out the regular 5 year inspection of the

church October. The final report has not yet been received.

Metcalfe’s of Morecambe have looked at the west window which has let water in

during heavy downpours. The lead flashing along the bottom of the window has

lifted and allowed the water to drive in and then run down the wall inside. He was

confident that this was the problem and could be solved. The work would take one

day with two men. Scaffolding not required. Walls around the window bottom could

be treated to make the sandstone less porous. Quote received £923+VAT

Jardine’s have carried out the annual service of the organ

New fire extinguisher in choir vestry

New fridge in church hall

Churchwardens’ Report January 2019

We have received a draft copy of the QQ Report. Overall the building is in good condition but there is some routine maintenance work to carry out. Much of this is related to keeping the church weatherproof:

1. The east wall is the main focus including the chimney stack, lead flashing, roof

slates, pointing and rendering repairs; also the exterior wall of the store room

which includes the back door of the church leading to the vestry.

2. There is work needed on the lower south and north wall gutters and flashing at

the top of the south aisle roof.

3. Boiler Room – there are two unrestricted openings leading to the church and

vestry sub floors. These are a fire hazard and should be filled in.

Church heating: 4. There is considerable heat loss from the boiler because wind blowing across the

chimney pot sucks the hot gases straight out. The stronger the wind, the greater

the heat loss. A heat exchanger should be installed in the flue to reduce the heat

loss

5. Scaffolding will be needed for the high level work. Other maintenance will only

need ladder access and can be carried out over a longer time period

Coming into church: The church has been offered a legacy by John and Carol Glasson in memory of their parents Olive and Jack who were church members here over many years. They wish the money to be spent on a project which everyone coming into church will see and appreciate.

6. Project idea – to redesign the Plantation Street entrance lobby by replacing the

wooden side and door panelling by glass sheets, keeping the hardwood structure

intact. A written quote of £1300 inc. VAT has been received from Victoria Glazing.

7. Second idea – John Glasson has intimated that the legacy may be £3000/4000

which would give us an opportunity to build an entrance lobby of the same design

to the other main door. There is a great heat loss here when this door is left open.

Victoria G has also been asked to prepare a quote for this more expensive work. In

this case we may need to apply for grants and donations to top up the legacy.

8. A visit from the Diocesan Advice Committee will be required to get them onside

when we apply for a faculty.

9. Metcalfe’s have completed sealing the lower part of the large west window and

surrounding inside and outside wall. This was ladder access work. There is need

for similar work higher up which requires scaffolding access

Churchwardens’ Report 11th

March 2019

The Quinquennial Survey has been accepted by the Diocese

A leak in the church heating pipe (near the piano) has been rectified.

Quotes have been received for the lobbies £1272 for the existing and £3978 for the

proposed. There will be additional costs for electrical work – lighting and matting.

We are awaiting a proposal from John Pickup – Intelligent Design - about the heat

exchanger in the boiler flue.

Colin Blunstone is currently examining the church accounts for 2018 (up-date now

completed)

The progress of our Lobby Project We have had an on-site meeting with representatives of the Diocesan Advice Committee. They were quite supportive of our plan to construct a new lobby for the main door which faces onto the vicarage providing we seek official permission. Architects Intelligent Design have been asked to draw plans for this possibly incorporating a deeper entrance for ease of access. Project Fund – we have nearly £5000 towards an estimated total cost of £7500. Church Heating – we have advice from a heating engineer associated with our architects that a heat exchanger is not advisable because it would create a lot of condensation which would destroy the lining in the existing flue. A new boiler is the only way to increase the efficiency of the system fromthe current 50% to over 90%. The cost including boiler and all associated works is estimated at £12000. (boiler £7500, controls £560, installation including new pipework £1200, Scrap old boiler £480 and labour £2100 inclusive of VAT.

Mothering Sunday puppet show

Rose Queen Virginia

with her attendants

distributing posies

to mothers during the

Mothering Sunday service

Easter Gardens by pupils of Benjamin Hargreaves School

The children

created a

wonderful

collection of 60

gardens in the

week leading up

to the end of

term

Confirmation at Blackburn Cathedral Church members were very pleased to attend Mahyar‟s confirmation which took place on Holy Saturday. The picture shows the seven candidates with Bishop Julian after the service The service which started at 8pm was incorporatedin an Easter Vigil with readings and psalms sung by the Cathedral Choir. As the day faded the cathedral became very hushed with only the lighted candles held by the

choir flickering in the darkness. We could no longer read our service sheets butstood and waited expectantly for…..? Suddenly the cathedral

was ablaze with lightand the organ thundered with a swirl of noise. The evening then continued with the confirmation service and first communion for Mayhar and the other candidates followed by their family and friends and everyone else in the congregation.

Easter Day Family Communion Service

followed by an Egg Hunt

Maundy Thursday Agapé

Paul led a very moving Holy Communion Service.

Twenty seven members of our Church family and

friends thoroughly enjoyed a delicious supper

prepared by members of our Social Committee and

served by some of our young people.

ALF Dorothy, Philip, Neil and family would like to thank everybody for the many cards, letters, donations and flowers received during the days following Alf‟s sudden unexpected passing. We would especially like to thanks Ian for his support and the choir for their brilliant singing of “Be still my soul”, which was Alf‟s special request. Gladys and Joan also did him proud with their readings. Everything was spot on and the flowers were fantastic which were done especially for the occasion. To those of you who kept us going with food and practical help we give a heartfelt thanks. Also we would like you to know that the power of prayers that were being said for us were appreciated by us all. We would also like to thank those who did ask about him Sunday by Sunday and the numerous phone calls we received. Alf never forgot St. Paul‟s even though he was no longer able to attend and through us and his visitors from our Church and of course Eric and Margaret we can guarantee he probably was more up to date with events going on than us that could attend. It‟s at times like this when you realise who your friends are and as a family we certainly have. It was good to know whatever we asked for it was done without having to ask again. So thanks so much for your continuing support as we learn to accept with difficulty that God saw Alf was so tired and although we loved him so much and still do it was time for him to rest. Dorothy, Philip and Neil

On Tuesday 12th April Ian officiated at our Annual Corporate Communion service and what a lovely evening it was. All our members sat in the

choir stalls with the late evening sunshine streaming through the windows. Joan once again led us in prayer and Ian gave us a short sermon on Mary and Martha. This quiet and reflective evening ended with refreshments and preparations for May which is quite a busy month.

The 7th of May is our Deanery Festival which this year will be held at All Saints Clayton. This is a lovely evening when all the Mothers Union Branches in our Deanery gather together for a service. Banners are presented during the service after which everyone gets to meet old friends over tea and coffee. At our next branch meeting on the 14th May one or two of our members (hopefully more) will be sharing their collections with us. Most people at some time or another in their lives collect something and I’m sure will be very interesting to find out WHAT. I think there may be one or two surprises. April did turn out to be rather a sad month with the loss of Alf and all our prayers go out to Dorothy and family.

On a lighter note we would like to wish Lorraine and Graham Jones Happy Silver Wedding Anniversary on the 7th May, and hope they enjoyed their pre anniversary celebrations in the USA.

MUM fact: Mums do 88% of the household laundry which equates to an average of 330 loads per year.

Maureen.

ON THE ALLOTMENT

Coming through the gate,is a beautiful plum tree full of lovely blossom

and also our apple tree with pink blossom. A picture to lift our spirits.

No. 1 has planted his onions and in 2

days little green shoots have appeared

The strawberry patch I sowed last

back end is having a tidy up with all the

runners but white flowers will soon

turn into sweet juicy strawberries.

George’s beans I’ve planted 7 and let’s see how many beans we will be

able to harvest in a few months.

I now have a dozen new packets of seeds and in three days I could see

tiny green shoots. These are in our sheltered back yard. More news

on the 12 new packets next time.

A surprise for No.1 Gladys

LOVING WOOD I share with you here, the words of a master craftsman, a cabinet-maker supreme who sought perfection in his craft and set about producing furniture of impeccable quality. His name is Thomas Moser of Maine. USA. The words are his but I have re-arranged his paragraphs slightly to fit space available. “Wood is a renewable resource which has given us warmth and shelter and provided unrivalled joy to the eye and to the touch since long before recorded time. Along with water and stone it is our most fundamental material – without it our world would be an alien place. To many of us wood remains the most pleasing of all natural materials, for in the richness and variety of its grain is to be found nature's texture incarnate. Wood is a kind of bridge between man and that organic mass he calls Mother Earth. In wood man fashioned his first tool; in wood he built the ladder which he has ascended over the millennia. It literally surrounds us - from the cradle to the coffin. Wood may well be called “The Foundation of Civilisation.” The inherent qualities of wood limit to a considerable extent the cabinet-maker's choices. Wood has a mind of its own. It is not easily bent and when bent wants to return, in time, to its original form. It is easy to break along the grain, yet will stand considerable shearing force. It warps without provocation and swells and contracts with the seasons as though it had entered into a conspiracy with the calendar to loosen chair rungs in winter and to swell drawers in summer. Wood cracks mindlessly, refuses to be cut from north to south, yet yields submissively from east to west. It splinters, bows, cups, shrinks, loosens, swells, dents, cracks, gives off slivers and changes colour. Finally, a craftsman is but the handmaiden of his material.”

Well said Mr. Moser. Your words make me want to hold, and caress, a beautifully fashioned piece of wood.

Alvin

CHOSEN HYMNS FOR MAY

May 5th

“ All Age Worship”

1105 See what a morning Who‟s the King of the jungle 1072 In Christ alone 295 I serve a risen Saviour

May 12th

“Fourth Sunday of Easter”

173 Glorious things of thee 649 The King of love 1008 The Lord‟s my Shepherd Comm: 251 How sweet the name: 400 Lead us Heavenly Father:

333 In loving kindness: 315 I will sing the wondrous story

May 19th

“Morning Worship” “5th

Sunday of Easter”

41 At the name of Jesus 511 O Lord your tenderness (x 2) 857 I, the Lord of sea and sky 640 The Church‟s one foundation

26th

May “ 6th Sunday of Easter”

188 God is our strength 590 Seek ye first the Kingdom of God 697 Thou didst leave thy throne Comm: 515 O love that wilt not: 66 Broken for me: 555 Peace perfect peace379 Jesus shall reign

The Third Sunday in every month from 5-6pm

Join us for our CAFÉ CHURCH Sunday service. We meet around

tables, with tea, coffee and cakes, to sing songs of praise to God, to

read His Word and think about how we can live it out for His glory,

and to spend time praying for each another.

For further details visit our Facebook page,

or

Contact: Tony Hindle or Revd. Paul McNally

Ladies, why not join our

Knit, Knatter and Kraft

Group In the Vestry on the

First Thursday of every Month

10a.m – 12noon

£2 per session including refreshments.

Pleasecome along and bring your current project.

(it doesn’t have to be knitting)

Share ideas and patterns.

Learn new crafts.

Get help with sticky problems

Mission Statement St. Paul's serves the town of Accringtonand the surrounding area, living by

and communicating the message of Jesus Christ

Safeguarding

The welfare of any person who is or feels vulnerable - child or adult- is of the

greatest importance to us. Safeguarding means protecting their health, wellbeing

and keeping them safe from harm, abuse or neglect. We have church members

who will respond to signs of abuse particularly in children and young people and

work to prevent this happening. We will also take care to identify where a person

may present a risk to others, and offer support to them whilst taking steps to

mitigate such risks.

Church Organisations

Junior Church: Mrs Lara McNally

Mothers Union 7.30 p.m. 2nd

Tuesday in month

Branch Leader: Mrs Maureen Birtwistle 381657

Guides Wednesday in the Church Hall

Mrs Jill Lamont 236803

Brownies Thursday in the Church hall

Kelly Johnson 07595981190

Rainbows (age 5-7) Monday in the Church Hall

Mrs Sarah Parkinson 389283

Group Scout Leader: Mr Gerry Tipling 07942042813

Cub Scouts (age 8-10½) Tuesday in the Church Hall

Donna Emmett 07866746874

Scouts: MrMark Longworth 07393933713

(age 10-14)

Beavers (age 6-8) Tuesday in the school

Karen/Gerry Tipling 07942042813

Flowers: Mrs Hilary Davies 301286

Keep Fit: Monday in the Church Hall 235791

Magazine Editor: Mrs Wendy Crowe 235791

e-mail: acrowe@talktalk.net

London Marathon 2019

Our vicar the Rev. Ian Enticott second left running for

a chromosome disorders charity.