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9th November 2014
Remembrance Day
Remembrance
and Memorial
Today’s Service times
& arrangements
9.30am Informal Remembrance
Service; Children will leave church after
the FIRST hymn for Sunday School, and
then the service finishes in time to collect
children to assemble for the parade.
~10.45am Parade leaves the Lych Gate
to process to the war memorial for a short
act of remembrance, Refreshments at
Trinity afterwards, or join in with...
11.15am Traditional Remembrance
service which will start when those in the
parade have returned.
6.30pm Memorial service, for those
who have been bereaved, remembering
loved ones. The INTERS group goes
straight to the Upper Room rather than
joining in church first.
In memory of 100 years since
the first World War, the Flower
Team have placed one hundred
poppies in the Chancel to
commemorate the anniversary.
Invitation Quiz Night
18 November at 7.30pm
Imperial Restaurant,
Cheadle
In a world of uncertainty –
Ebola, IS, Pistorius –
does God really care?
Eddie Scrase-Field will give a short talk
to begin to address this question at our
quiz night. Teams should ideally have 6
– 8 members and, if demand exceeds
supply (and it is nearly full), priority will
be given to those who are inviting their
friends to the event. TODAY IS THE
LAST DAY FOR BOOKING.
Tickets cost £13.00 per person available
from Trish Wells or Sarah Holmes.
A three course banquet and the quiz by
our very own Shell and Debbie Edmonds
is included in the price. Invitations are
available on the way out of church. For
more information speak to Trish on 0161
485 6798 or email her on:
[email protected]
Is this your first time?
Welcome! Make yourself at home.
Need anything? Ask one of our welcome
team who’d love to help.
Stay for a chat! There are refreshments
after the main services, served at the back
Giving? There’s no collection during
services. Please place any gifts in the box
near the main door. Standing order and giftaid forms are available.
Young children? Use our sound-proofed
Tower Room if they get restless, or join in
Sunday clubs at Upper Room
Deaf? An induction loop is available.
Mobiles? Please turn OFF, unless on call
Prayer? There is prayer support after 9.30
& 6.30 services, and during communion, at
the front of the church by the Cheadle Cross.
Check it out!
(Inside
this issue)
Pray for Cheadle
All the churches of Cheadle and Gatley have
committed to pray for God’s blessing on us
and our community in Cheadle.
Take a prayer card, join in every day until 1st Dec.
More details: http://stcuthberts.org/wordpress/50-days-of-prayer
⇒ Events this week p2
⇒ Events coming soon p2
⇒ Events Further Afield p3
⇒ Victorian Christmas p3
⇒ Events and Calendar p4
⇒ Prayer Section p4
Counting the Cost
Rob Munro
It is a year of milestone anniversaries: 100
years since the start of WW1, and 75 years
since the start of WW2. The sheer scale of
the cost of those wars is almost impossible
to conceive: 16 million causalities in WW1,
and >60 million in WW2 (2.5% of the world
population of the time). As our war memorial
poignantly reminds us, every area was
impacted, and every person named on it
was an individual, a member of a family,
part of a local community.
So was it worth it? It would be easy to say,
anything is better than a war, until we
realise the consequences of inaction in the
face of tyranny and injustice. This week
ISIS forces in Syria massacred 322 women
and children from one tribe, adding to the
over 24,000 people the UN estimate have
been killed as part of the ISIS policy of
‘convert or die’. Every Christian in Mosul,
which used to have one of the world’s
oldest Christian communities, has now
been either killed or become a refugee
(there were 30000 in Mosul in 2003). Some
evils need resisting!
The challenge of Remembrance Day is for
us to count the cost, to remember that if
we are to see evil restrained, it will mean
some of us risking standing up against it, a
risk that may cost some their lives.
Jesus Christ’s rescue plan for a world gone
wrong came with the same cost. To stand
up against injustice and evil, to change the
wickedness of the human heart, he had to
give his life, to sacrifice himself. But his
call to us is to count the cost and make a
stand for what is true and good in our own
day. For some that may involve a fight
against tyranny and terror; for others it
may mean resisting
damaging cultural
ideologies that
undermine family,
community or faith.
There is a cost to
count! But even as
we are grateful
today for those
whose sacrifices
bought our freedom
we need to hear the
call to uphold truth,
justice and faith in
our own day. I
wonder if that is
what we will be
remembered for?
Yours in Christ,
Rob
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In Touch
THIS WEEK
COMING SOON
Parish Office
Prayer for Israel
Sheila won’t be in the office on Tuesday of this week, but will be
in on Thursday (usually her day off).
Next meets on Monday 17th November
Men’s Group Event
Tatton Brewery Tour
Thursday 13th November at 7pm
A private tour of one of our local breweries. You will learn about
the brewing process, local history and of course get to taste some
of the product. It also includes beer themed, buffet style food to
accompany the beer.
Price is £15 per person and must be paid in full in advance.
Deadline for booking is TODAY
Anyone prepared to help by giving people a lift would be greatly
appreciated. If you can help, please let us know at the time of
booking.
Please see James Grummitt 07901867213 or Simon Wheatley for
more information.
Noah’s Ark
Meets in church on Friday 14 November.
For pre-school aged children and their carers.
For all those who are seeking to see a biblical voice shaping the CofE’s future
Third Age Forum
Prayer for the Persecuted Church
Will meet on Sunday 16th November at the home of Kim and
Sue Southgate at 4pm for prayer followed by a Bring and Share
Tea before the evening service.
Open to Question
Sunday 16th November 6.30pm
Jonathan Dawson, Pastor of Fords Lane Evangelical Church, will
be our guest preacher at next Sunday evening’s Open to
Question Service. He will be helping us consider the topic:
“Is it time to dust off the Old Testament”?
Everyone is welcome.
OTHER NEWS
Remembering Joyce Flynn
Joyce Flynn died last week aged 92, following a severe stroke 2
weeks previously.
Joyce was a member of St Mary’s and Tuesday at Two. She
moved to Germany 3 years ago, where she was cared for by her
daughter Susan and son-in-law Ernest.
Alzheimer's Event
Following the forum organized by the Third Age group several
people have asked for a copy of the book, "Alzheimer's: An Engineers View" written by Fred Walker who gave the talk.
We now have more copies available at £5 each with all proceeds
going to Alzheimer's Research. Please see Steve Whitaker if you
require a copy.
Saturday 22 November
10am—1pm in the Upper Room
FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Joy in Creation, Care for the Poor, Music and Song, Simple Lifestyle, Peace Maker, Simple Bible Message, Laughter
Forum led by Mike Lowe and Mel MacLeod. All Welcome.
GraceNotes
Concert
Saturday 22nd November
7.30pm at St Andrew’s
Church, Cheadle Hulme,
Money raised will be for
Mustard Tree.
Tickets cost £6 and can be
purchased from:
Paul: 07808 579492
St Andrew’s: 485 2648
Would be great to have the
support of St Mary’s folk!
Available: IKEA
4 wire baskets, storage
unit 21" long, 16" wide and 27"high.
Needed: Does anyone have a spare few
God’s
LOOT
hours to help tidy up an allotment in Cheadle Hulme?
For both items please contact Sue Southgate on 486 9389
Needed: One Litre Ice Cream Containers with lids are
required again for the Christmas Market - if you have any could
you bring to church and give to Graham Lowcock
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JOIN IN WITH ...
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FURTHER AFIELD
The Message Vision Night
Prisoner of the Month
on Saturday 15th November from 7.00pm at Audacious Church
in Salford (M3 7BB) Tickets costing £5 are available from
WWW.message.org.uk or 0161 946 2300.
This is a new initiative that the “Persecuted Church Prayer
Group” are organising to encourage us all to pray more effectively for the persecuted church. Each month the noticesheet will
highlight the plight of someone suffering for their faith.
This month please pray for:
Huang Yizi from China
A Church Leader facing 10 years in prison. Please pray for
strength and courage for Huang during his detention. Pray also
that the church community can support and care for his wife and
2 children whilst he is in prison. Please pray for his release.
Cheadle Kenya 2015
Mission Trip Planning Evening
As part of the 5 year plan to visit annually the Open Arms International village in Eldoret, Kenya, we are now planning the 2015
visit.
Anyone who is interested in hearing more, or wants to consider
attending or supporting, please come to an informal discussion
evening with coffee and cake on 27th November,7.30pm at Dave
and Jo Clarks house - 5 Moseley Rd, Cheadle Hulme.
Members of the 2014 team will be there to talk about how they
were involved and their experiences.
If you would like to discuss more before attending, please
contact Robert Webster on 07772862324
Cheadle Civic Society
You may be interested to know that the society has digitised and
uploaded approximately 800 photographs of Cheadle history
from 1860’s onwards. They can be found at:
www.cheadlecivicsociety.org
ADVANCE NOTICE ...
Holiday Bible Club 2015
will be running from Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th April
2015 (with a "set up day" on Tuesday 7th April).
Please put the dates in your diary & think about how you might
be able to be involved! More details nearer the time...
ALL IS CALM
The In Yer Face theatre group is
wooping with excitement as Tickets for
their World War One play ALL IS
CALM at the Imperial War Museum
North on 14 December, are on sale! Buy
tickets for what writer and director Matt
Britton is calling 'an original play
and midnight carol concert in
one'. Every member of the audience
gets a free WW1 gift!
Call www.quaytickets.com box office
0845 208 0500.
Please note that this production is billed as an evangelistic
opportunity for you to invite friends that haven't heard the
Gospel to. For more info speak to Rob Kates 07745 545 042
Local Burglaries
Two house burglaries took place in Cheadle on Tuesday morning, one at Maddy Griffiths' home. Maddy was not home when
the burglary took place and is unharmed. Maddy asks for prayer
for both households and asks church members to take care,
particularly if their door locks are old. The burglar steals gold
jewellery. Please pray that the burglar is caught soon before he
causes real distress to someone.
Cheadle Victorian Christmas Market Outreach Four weeks to go!
Book the Date: Saturday 6th December
Many visitors to our Christmas Market last year commented on how much they had enjoyed the spectacle and atmosphere in
the Church and churchyard. This was certainly enhanced by our enthusiastic approach to looking the part!
Getting the Victorian Look: Everyone is warmly invited to drop in to the Cafe on Sunday 30th November between
10.30am and 12noon, to check out what looks right - feel free to bring along any items you might already have. We will have
some items in stock available to borrow.
Costumes can also be hired at reasonable charges from local amateur theatre companies like CHADS.
This week we are featuring:
The Art Competition. Calling all artists, photographers and sculpters; why not enter the competition - the theme is "Light
in the Darkness", and get your arty friends involved too. Entry forms and details at the back of church.
For other ways of joining in with the Market outreach see the form at the back of church.
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In Touch
For our
partners in
mission
For Church
Family
For the
bereaved
Cyril Faulkner
For all those
recently bereaved.
cancer treatment
Daphne Graham
at home post surgery
Ray & Linda Collier
ongoing treatment
Lilian Lund
Karen Dooley visited
Bangladesh last week
giving 3 days of
training on "Mother
Tongue-based
Multilingual
Education" for Save the
Children - pray that the
talks were received well
and that Katherine was
blessed during this
opportunity of service.
Luke Blakeley is
away this weekend with
Newcastle
University Christian
Union entitled
"Identity, Unity, Love"
he is giving a seminar
on 'Other Faiths' pray
that he is able to teach
wisely and sensitively
and that it will be
respectful towards
other religions but also
true to the gospel.
For prayer
meetings
555 Prayer—every
Sunday 5.55pm in
home after hospital
Church Tower room
Mary Robertson
Saturday Prayer—
in interim care
weekly 9am in Church
Andrew Smith
ongoing care
Main Church
Christine Thompson Prayer—1st Wed 8pm
ongoing care
Israel Prayer— 2nd
Muriel Webb
post surgery
Monday’s 2pm
Prison Prayer— 1st
For the
housebound Monday’s 8pm
Persecuted
Stephen Davies
ongoing care
church—Sunday 5th
Sean McCausland Oct 4pm
in nursing care
Missionary — 2nd
Hazel Muckells
Tuesday 8pm
in long-term care
Edna Needham
CHHS Prayer — as
at home
advertised
at home
Kathleen Pearson
What’s Happening!
Sunday
9th Nov
Remembrance Day
in long-term care
Aileen Tompkins
Children leave for UR after 1st hymn
10.45am
11.15am
5.55pm
6.30pm
Followed by parade to War Memorial
Traditional Remembrance (Rob Munro)
No Prayer meeting - this week only
Memorial Service (Eddie Scrase-Field)
Monday
10th Nov
9.00am
4.30pm
6.00pm
8.00pm
Staff prayers/meeting in UR
Primary Saints in Upper Room
Juice Puppets in Upper Room
Finance & Standing Meeting
Tuesday
11th Nov
2.00pm Tuesday at Two meet in UR
3.45pm Dynamos after-school club in UR
8.00pm Missionary Prayer Meeting
Christianity Explored in Café One
Wednesday
12th Nov
Thursday
13th Nov
Homegroups meet (also Tues/Thurs)
10.00am Mustard Seed meets in Upper Room
9.30am Bible Study & Bright Start crèche in UR
7.00pm Tatton Brewery Tour (Men’s Group)
7.45pm Marriage Course in Café One
Friday
14th Nov
10.30am Noah’s Ark pre-school in church
Third Age Keep Fit in UR
2.00pm Bereavement Support Meeting
Saturday
15th Nov
9.00am Prayer Meeting in Tower Room
Message Trust
Vision Night Next
Sunday
Saturday is the annual
16th Nov
opportunity to
Second Sunday
showcase all the work
before Advent
that the Trust
undertakes in
Manchester and further
afield - pray that all
attending and taking
part will be encouraged
in seeing God's Vision
Remembrance Day
at work through the
Trust
Jim Seddon
8.00am Holy Communion (Rob Munro)
9.30am Family Remembrance (Rob Munro)
8.00am Holy Communion (Mike Newman)
9.30am Nine-thirty Service (Mike Lowe)
Includes baptism of Hugo Navesey
11.15am
4.00pm
5.55pm
6.30pm
Holy Communion (Mike Lowe)
Prayer for Persecuted Church
Prayer meeting in church
Open to Question (Jonathan Dawson)
Is it time to dust off the Old Testament?
What’s Coming Up!
at home
Frank Wagstaffe
at home
Student of the
Week: Alex Drayton
PRAYER CHAIN
Send urgent requests to [email protected] at The University of
or ring the Church Office on 428 8050 to be York studying Physics
forwarded in confidence.
Sunday 9th November
Tatton Brewery Tour - men’s group
Thursday 13th November
Quiz Night
Tuesday 18th November
Evangelical Conversations at Platt
Wednesday 19th Nov
Victorian Christmas Market
Saturday 6th December
Collect for Remembrance Day
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your
beloved Son, the king of all: govern the hearts and minds of
those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided
and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and
gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Contacts
Rector:
Rob Munro
428-3440 [email protected]
Associate Minister Eddie Scrase-Field 915 9849 [email protected]
Assistant Minister(3rd age) Mike Lowe 01625 525718 [email protected]
Associate Minister (St.Cuths) Mike
Newman 428-5212 [email protected]
Curate: (Due to start July 2015) Simon Donohoe
Church Office (Penny or Sheila) ,
The Upper Room, 11 Wilmslow Road, Cheadle, SK8 1DW
Today’s Bible Readings
8.00am
Psalm 70
1 Thess 4:13-end
John 15:9-17
9.30am Service
John 15:9-17
11.15am
(p584) John 15:9-17
(p1188)
(p1083)
6.30pm
Service
(p1083) on Printed Service Sheet
(p1083)
Phone: 0161 428 8050 Fax: 0203 479 5591
[email protected] or
[email protected] / [email protected]
www.cheadle.org.uk