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Mottram Parish Magazine
January 2015
Mottram Parish
Magazine
Christmas in Mottram Parish
‘Twiggy’
gets a
makeover
from the
locals!
Mottram
Village gets
a second
tree. Thank
you to
B&Q!
Sandra and
Dorothy get
a hug from
Santa!
We aim to be
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January 2015
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Mottram
Parish
Vicar: James Halstead
The Vicarage, 30a Broadbottom Road,
Mottram, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 6JB
01457 762268
[email protected]
www.mottramparish.org.uk
The Church of England in Mottram Parish, serving the communities of
Mottram, Broadbottom and Hattersley East
together “seeking to know Christ and to make Christ known”
OUR MAIN SUNDAY WORSHIP IS AT 10.30am
St. Michael & All Angels, Warhill, via Church Brow, Mottram
For full details of all our services, see page 13
U SEFUL
CHURCH CONTACTS IN
M OTTRAM P ARISH
Safeguarding Coordinator
Churchwardens
Alice Litaba 07790 765985
Claire Bibby 01457 763758
David Russell 01457 765165
(secure email: [email protected])
Assistant Curate
Children’s Work Coordinator
Andrew Knight 01457 763152
Pat Hall 01457 861827
Honorary Curate
Richard Hills 01457 763104
Organists
John Brandreth 01457 765142
Lay Readers
John Walker 01457 763292
Nigel Crookall 0161 338 6790
Allen Standeven 01457 857331
Baptisms: Pastoral Worker
Callum Boothroyd 01457 763770
Kathleen Jubb 0161 338 7546
PCC Secretary
Kate Best 01457 857248
Weddings
PCC Treasurer
Margaret Taylor 0161 494 8071
Brian Seaborn 0161 336 8089
Parish Events Coordinator
Parish Administrator
Alice Litaba 07790 765985
Tony Kershaw 01457 765350
Bellringers Captain
Friends of Mottram Parish Church
Christine Broadley 07810 560796
Kathleen Jubb 0161 338 7546
email: use the person’s name, eg. [email protected]
M AGAZINE C ONTACTS
Editors: Chris & Tony Kershaw
14 Broadbottom Rd ... 01457 765350 ... [email protected]
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C OMMUNITY C ONTACTS
Mottram Primary School
01457 763368
[email protected]
Broadbottom Primary School
01457 762382
[email protected]
Arundale Primary School
01457 762328
[email protected]
Longdendale Pre-school in Mottram
07594 640487
Broadbottom Pre-school
01457 764423
Friday Playroom, Magdalene Centre
07900 582211
Mottram Guides, Brownies & Rainbows
01457 763104
Broadbottom Guides
01457 764136
Broadbottom Brownies
01457 764417
Broadbottom & Mottram Beavers+Cubs
07912 387358
Mottram Women’s Society
01457 763479
IN
M OTTRAM P ARISH
Longdendale Neighbourhood Police Team
0161 856 9493
Tameside Patrollers
0161 342 3010
Tameside Police (non emergency)
0161 872 5050 or just dial 101
Tameside Council
www.tameside.gov.uk
Councillor Janet Cooper
01457 763319
Councillor Gillian Peet
07801 327894
Councillor Adam White
07861 833090
Longdendale District Assembly
0161 342 2798
Member of Parliament
Jonathan Reynolds MP, 0161 367 8077
[email protected]
Tameside Local Studies and Archives Unit
0161 342 4242
Hattersley Library, in the Hub
0161 342 2552
Longdendale Womens Institute
01457 763319, 01457 766517
Support our local Community Associations:
MOTTRAM COMMUNITY CENTRE
Church Brow, Mottram
available for hire
• Two large halls, one with stage
• kitchen • soft outdoor play area
• ideal for
children’s parties,
meetings etc
Contact Janis
Bond on 01457
763504
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January 2015
BROADBOTTOM
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Need to find a venue for an event, a
party or a regular group activity?
Contact Mike Abrams:
t: 01457 763048
e: michaelabrams50@
gmail.com
It’s your space!
www.broadbottomvillage.com
community contacts page
to sponsor this page, phone 01457 765350
REGISTERS & RECORDS
FLOWERS
THANKSGIVINGS
Sunday 2 December 2014
Ava Levy
FUNERALS
Tuesday 2 December 2015
Francis Foster
Ford Way, Mottram
Would you like to pay
for the altar flowers for
a special occasion or
anniversary? Kath (765690), Judith
(762362), Sue (0161 368 2706) or
[email protected]
MAGI
PARISH PRAYER ROTA
Sunday 4 January 2015
Gallowsclough Road, Tongue
Green
Sunday 11 January 2015
Hillend Lane and Hillend
Cottages, Whitegates
Sunday 18 January 2015
Home Farm Avenue, Residents
of Sheltered Accommodation
and Care Homes
Sunday 25 January 2015
Gorsey Brow, Bank Gate
FLAG FLYING
Saturday 29 November 2014
70th Birthday Memories
of Tom Gee
Saturday 6 December 2014
In loving memory of Jack Dodd
Would you like the flag flying for
a special occasion or anniversary?
Contact Tony Kershaw on 01457
765350 or [email protected]
The cost is £12.
See also www.mottramparish.org.uk
– click on What’s On.
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sponsored in memory of Ernest Nash
For those seekers
who put truth before comfort
and hope before security
we give thanks.
Grant us a wise man’s hope—
light in darkness,
use for our gifts,
God at the end.
For those we know
who do not know
we will find what we worship
we pray tonight.
For those we do not know
trying to understand
and needing wisdom
we pray tonight.
by Godfrey Rust
www.wordsout.co.uk
Mottram Parish Magazine
January 2015
The Magazine Editors Write
Who do you think
you are?
We’ll come to that later,
but first – who do you
think He is?
It’s a bit odd - writing this piece for
the January magazine in the middle of
December, before the carol singing has
started, before any tea-towels, wings
or paper crowns have been donned.
We’ve bought a few presents and
ordered the turkey, considered a date
for getting the tree down from the
loft, but the celebrations haven’t yet
begun in earnest. It starts for us on
Saturday morning, with the Horse and
Rider Carols outside church, and then
later, gathering round Twiggy the ugly
duckling Christmas tree at the Crown
Pole to sing some carols followed by a
drink in the White Hart.
By Boxing day, the nation will have
seen hundreds of shepherds, angels,
Marys & Josephs, and those kings – wise
men – magi – melting hearts up and
down church aisles and school halls.
But strictly speaking, the wise men
didn’t turn up until somewhat later – at
Epiphany, which we celebrate in early
January. But their turning up was one of
the most important parts of the story!
The Oxford English Dictionary says:
(Epiphany) The manifestation of Christ to
the Gentiles as represented by the Magi
(Matthew 2:1-12).
It gives two examples: “The festival
commemorating the Epiphany on 6
January.” and “a moment of sudden and
great revelation or realisation.”
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January 2015
It’s this second sentence which is the
important one here, because it speaks
of the sudden, remarkable realisation
that this baby isn’t just a baby – not even
the special baby foretold in legend, born
to be the king of the Jews. He’s actually
the son of God himself, in fact he is God
himself in some remarkable way that
we find so difficult to understand. And
he is here in this physical world, born as
one of us, to identify with us, die with
us, and by coming back from the dead,
show us the way through to another life
with him. Wow!
Who do we think you are?
Meanwhile, back at the editor’s desk…
Andrew and Tony have started a
‘communications review’, looking at all
the ways the church communicates with
people: magazine, notice sheet, email,
website… We thought it would be a
good idea to look at who you are – the
readers of the magazine – so that we
can make sure we make this particular
communication medium as relevant
as possible to the particular group of
people that read it.
So we’d be very grateful if you could
take a few minutes to fill in the short
survey form that has been delivered to
you with the magazine. Then hand it
back to your distributor next month, or
return it to us at the address printed,
perhaps when you’re passing next.
Please – let us know who you are. And
make sure this Epiphany, you know
who He is.
Happy New Year
&
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sponsored by Kate Best
WORSHIP DIARY
NOTICE BOARD
Thank You for reading the Mottram Parish Magazine.
A Happy New Year to all our readers - in print and on-line, and we
hope you will stay with us in 2015!
Pub Night
Friday 9th January, 8.00pm
Harewood Arms, Broadbottom
Want to share a taxi? Contact Tony
Kershaw, and he’ll put you in touch.
WORKING PARTY
Sunday 4th January after church
taking down the decorations
Walking With The Walkers
W OMEN ’ S S OCIETY
Tuesdays, 8.00pm at Mottram
Community Centre
3rd February – Treasure Evening
bring a favourite item, eg an old toy,
for an evening of nostalgia.
Meet at Mottram church gates
– car share if needed.
Go on - make a new year’s
resolution and walk off those lbs.
**see programme on Page 5**
PCC MEETING
Thursday 8th January
the Magdalene Centre, 7.30pm
Every Wednesday morning
in Mottram Primary School
during school term time
starts 9am
Bible stories, games, crafts, songs,
refreshments... and lots of fun!
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
second Monday of every month
7.45pm at Mottram Cricket Club
12th January A talk by Bryn Hughes:
‘North Pole Marathon’
(PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund)
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to sponsor this page, phone 01457 765350
Most of our sermons at the start of
the year are taken from the Book of
Acts and follow the theme of:
THE AUTHENTIC CHURCH….
Sunday 4 ... NEW YEAR COMMITMENTS
8.30am
Holy Communion, Book of Common Prayer
10.30am
All Together Worship
4.00pm
Choral Evensong
Sunday 11 …IS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
8.30am
Holy Communion, Common Worship
10.30am
Holy Communion with Prayers for Healing
Sunday 18 …HEALS AND RESTORES
8.30am
Holy Communion, Book of Common Prayer
10.30am
Holy Communion
Sunday 25 …IS COURAGEOUS
8.30am
Holy Communion, Common Worship
10.30am
Holy Communion
Every week in Mottram Church:
Fri
10am-12pm Church open: Chapel available for private prayer
Sun
10am Join us for a short time of prayer just before the service
10.30am Sunday Pre-School in church, Sunday School in school
– but come to church first (except All Together Service)
Every week in Mottram Primary School:
Wed
9.00am
Praise and Play (term time only)
Every week at St. Barnabas, Hattersley:
Wed
10.30am
shared Mid-week Communion
Trefoil Guild
3rd Thursday of every month, 7.30pm
at Mottram Community Centre
open to anyone over 18yrs who is
sympathetic to the aims of Guiding.
15th January ... AGM
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January 2015
SUNDAY BIBLE READINGS
January
4
11
18
25
Ephesians 1.3-14; Mark 8.27-36
Acts 2.1-13; John 14.15-19
Acts 3.1-16; Luke 4.16-21
Acts 4.1-22; John 15.26-16.4
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sponsored by Julie & Allen Standeven
THE WORD
NOTICE BOARD
“We saw… and we came”
Your contributions welcome - the deadline for the
February issue is Wednesday January 21st
Preb Richard Bewes looks back to the Visit of the Magi…
“We saw his star in the east
and have come to worship him”
(Matthew 2:2)
The visit of the wise men gets
celebrated on 6th January - the
season of ‘Epiphany’ (Greek:
the‘Manifestation’ of Jesus to the
non-Jewish world of the Gentiles).
These eastern visitors highlight the
theme of Jesus as Universal Saviour.
They ‘saw his star in the east’; that
is, it was from the place where they
lived - in the east - that they saw the
star.
If ‘the star’ had been simply a
combination of, say, Jupiter and
Halley’s comet, then these learned
men from Mesopotamia might have
been interested and even excited
– but it would have hardly signified
to them the one, unique and lifechanging event that required a 300mile journey!
Don’t even try to reduce the star of
Bethlehem down to something like a
conjunction of planets – or you will
never grasp what happened. This
was a supernatural event, greater
even than the crossing of the Red
Sea or the gathering to heaven of a
godly man in a fiery chariot.
These were learned men – but also
reverent and prayerful. It is probable
that they would have read of the
future ‘star’ and ‘sceptre’ that would
arise in Israel – foretold centuries
earlier in Numbers 24:17 by Balaam,
also a Gentile from their own area
(Numbers 22:5).
And Matthew 2 has nothing to do
with astrology or horoscopes. It
connects with the supernatural
happenings in nature that
highlighted each stage in the life of
Jesus – the dove (his baptism), the
shining light (transfiguration), the
darkness and earthquake (his death),
the cloud (his ascension).
Hence the star around the time of
his birth. So….“We saw… and have
come.”
1. There are those who see – but
don’t ‘see.’ It took Gentile visitors to
shame Jerusalem and its leaders.
Every generation has to be educated
afresh about Jesus Christ, the
world’s Messiah!
2. There are those who see - but
don’t come. All saw the star, and
the local scribes knew the prophecy
of Micah 5:2 that the new King
would come from Bethlehem – but
ironically it was the Gentile visitors
who alone made the pilgrimage.
3. There are those who do see - and
do come. From Herod onwards – right
up to today – murderous efforts are
made to wipe out all reminders of the
Babe of Bethlehem. But in the current
unprecedented and astonishing
advance of evangelism world-wide,
the international worshippers of Jesus
form the widest and fastest-growing
family of belief ever!
Prayer Group
Regular Users of
Tuesday 6th January, 8pm
at the home of
Betty Gadd (0161 368 5131)
WANT TO SING IN OUR CHOIR?
Come without obligation to a choir
rehearsal on Friday evenings at
7.30pm in the church.
Can I Thank You all again for letting
us have the use of the Magdalene
Centre on Friday night for free. We
had an amazingly busy but successful
Pamper Night and my feet have just
about recovered!
We raised £1937.00 on the night and
with other contributions we’ve been
able to present Reubens Retreat with
approx. £2000.
It means a lot to the team that we
can use the centre for our fundraising
event.
Jane Redshaw
WANT TO SING IN OUR MUSIC
GROUP?
Speak to Paulo or Ruth, or email:
[email protected]
Community Groups/Charities
Advertise here. It’s FREE!
We are pleased to be associated with
the following groups who use the
centre regularly:
1st Broadbottom & Mottram
Beavers
every Monday 6.30 till 7.30pm
1st Broadbottom & Mottram Cubs
every Tuesday 6.30 till 8.00pm
Coming soon!
1st Broadbottom & Mottram Scouts
contact Martin Robson for all the above
on 0161 495 4514 or 07912 387358
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Friday Playroom
every Friday 10am - 12pm.
contact Cathy Wears on 07900 582211,
or [email protected]
for more information
High Peak Performance run their
Musical Theatre School
Saturdays,10am - 1pm.
contact John Tobias on 07540 838282 or
[email protected]
for more information
Kiddi Day Kare Out of School Club
weekdays, 7-9am, 3.15-6pm
contact Sue Holden on 07984 994324 or
[email protected]
for more information
www.parishpump.co.uk
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sponsored by the Flower Ladies and Holy Dusters
Supporting Christian Work abroad
At our Advent Dinner at the Magdalene Centre, we heard from
Jamie Eyre, of Embrace the Middle East, a Christian aid organisation
supporting local initiatives that target poverty and injustice in
and around the Holy Land. He spoke on: “What are Christians in
Bethlehem looking forward to this Christmas? What about you?”
In 2012 they changed their name from BibleLands – remember the Carol Sheets
we’ve used for years? – to Embrace the Middle East.
Bits and Pieces
Twiggy’s Christmas Charity Night
A hugely successful community led event, Thanks to Emma Purcell and
friends. The White Hart was packed and a good night was had by all. We’ll
let you know how much was raised for Reuben’s Retreat next month...
James led carols round our famous tree for 45 adults and 24 children. Thank
You to Richard Eaton at the Glossop Chronicle for these super photos:
“ We chose Embrace the Middle East because it described where we worked and
we felt it reflected our Christian calling to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry
and help the homeless (Matthew 25).
We aim to improve the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged people by partnering
with local Christians who provide health, education and community development
programmes to those in need - regardless of their faith or nationality.
Spotlight on one of our partners: In Beirut, Al-Kafaàt Foundation, operates
across seven separate sites, enabling both disabled and disadvantaged Lebanese
people of all ages and beliefs to contribute to society, focusing on their capabilities
rather than disabilities through a variety of health and education programmes.””
Seen on Face
book:
“Loving the ha
t, Rev James!”
See more at: www.embraceme.org
Not every child born in a stable survives…
In Kenya, less than half of all births are attended by a medical
professional, over 14,000 babies die every year on their first
day of life, and 40 women die in childbirth or from pregnancy
related complications every day. Dreadful statistics aren’t they!
Christian Aid’s Christmas Appeal aims to reverse this trend, by raising money
for maternal and child health projects in Kenya and Malawi. Christian Aid partners
are joining forces with the Ministry of Health and local authorities to train more
than 1,000 community health workers, renovate and equip maternal health
facilities, introduce ambulance services for remote communities and educate those
communities in antenatal and postnatal care.
We have an amazing opportunity to double the value of any donation we make to
this appeal. The UK Government will match – pound for pound – every donation
made to Christian Aid between 7 November 2014 and 6 February 2015, up to
a total of £5 million! This will help change the landscape of healthcare in these
countries for generations to come. Please consider making a donation and help
deliver Hope to thousands of communities.
See more at: www.christianaid.org.uk/getinvolved/christmas
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Mottram Parish Magazine
sponsored by GJS Wealth Management, 0161 303 8008
January 2015
Some of you have noticed a few typos in the magazine now and then. To
improve this we am now using a new set of rules for editing.
Æ
It is wrong to ever split an
infinitive.
Æ
Analogies in writing are like
feathers on a snake.
Æ
Avoid cliches like the plague.
(They’re old hat)
Æ
Æ
Foreign words and phrases are
not apropos.
Understatement is always the
absolute best way to put forth
earth shaking ideas.
Æ
One-word sentences? Eliminate.
Be more or less specific.
Æ
The passive voice is to be ignored.
Æ
I’ve learned life gets better as you grow older (sometimes!)
Age 5
I’ve learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we
sing ‘Silent Night’.
Age 7
I’ve learned that our dog doesn’t want to eat my broccoli either.
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Walks with the Walkers
Thank You to our esteemed cartoonist, Ian Roebuck, who has been given Christmas off for good service!
CARTOON CORNER
At our November planning meeting, we decided to continue with a (roughly)
fortnightly programme, with walks described as ‘Easy’ or ‘Harder’. We’ve gone for a
more variable start time, to reflect different walks and travelling times.
Our charitable donations of £1 per person per walk, during 2014 raised £166, for
Reuben’s Retreat. In the new year, these will go to the Tanzania (UK)
Trust, who are raising money to build a Health Clinic in Dodoma.
Toni Horn is in charge of bookings for our New Year Meal at
the Little Mill Inn, Rowarth on 10th January – please contact her
personally to confirm that you will be coming.
Date
2015
Walk
Easy/Hard
01-Jan
Longdendale Reservoirs
Easy
10-Jan
Rowarth and New Year Meal
at the Little Mill Inn
Easy
24-Jan
Rivington Pike
Harder
07-Feb
Mottram Metric Marathon pt3
(Woolley Bridge via Hobson Moor
to Church)
Easy, but
mostly
uppards
21-Feb
Tintwistle
07-Mar
Romiley
21-Mar
Chapel Milton
04-Apr
Gawsworth 1
18-Apr
Carrbrook
02-May
Greenfield
16-May
Pots and Pans
(3rd time lucky?)
30-May
Runway Two
13-Jun
Snowden!
27-Jun
Tarporley and Beeston
27-Jun
11-Jul
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sponsored by The Friends of Mottram Parish Church
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Leader
Bob and Sue Joy
0161 368 2706
Toni Horn and Carol Barber
01457 766809
Chris and Carol Poyser
0161 366 0931
10.30am
Tony and Chris Kershaw
01457 765350
10.30am
Bob and Sue Joy
0161 368 2706
Bob and Sue Joy
Easy
0161 368 2706
Chris and Carol Poyser
Harder
0161 366 0931
Mark Dean and Jean Cox
Easy
0161 368 3722
Tony and Chris Kershaw
Harder
01457 765350
Tricia Lloyd
Easy
01457 763498
Maurice Hughes
Harder
01625 875195
Andrew Knight
Easy
01457 763152
Chris Poyser, Andrew Knight and
Even Harder
the Kershaws
0161 366 0931
Chris and Carol Poyser
Easy
0161 366 0931
Harder
Planning Meeting for second half of 2015, in the Choir Vestry
Gawsworth 2
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Harder
Time
Maurice Carter
c/o 0161 368 2706
11am
10am
10am
10.30am
10am
10am
10.30am
10.30am
10am
10am
tbc
10am
2.30pm
10am
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NOT ONLY ON SUNDAYS
A Windy Wander to the Fleece Inn
On Tuesday 9th December 2014, five Wednesday Fellowship members + guest
traversed moor and mountain over the snowy road via Holme Moss to Holme
village and Digley Dam. In a very stiff breeze (or maybe was it a gale?), with much
mud underfoot we walked around the reservoir enjoying the winter scenery, which
included a field of Jacob sheep and a further field of cattle with some very young
calves. We sent Jean on ahead to deal with
the bull before the more nervous non
farming types arrived.
We arrived back at the cars at 12pm, and
after a swift clothing transformation, went to
the Fleece Inn in Holme village, all glowing
from our walk. We enjoyed an excellent meal
beside a blazing log fire. Good food, good
fellowship – what more could one want?
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Praise and Play: for pre-school children, every Wednesday morning in Mottram School
during school term time: starts 9am. Bible stories, games, crafts, songs, and lots of fun.
Come and join us!
Exploring Groups
“The Christian life is a life of…” - how would you complete
that sentence?
A life of prayer? Of service? Of generosity? Of courage? Of
persecution? Of restoration? Of transformation? Of witness
to others?
One of the reasons we come together week by week as a church is to help each
other figure out and be ready to live the Christian life. We don’t so much come
together to ‘do Christian’ as to equip each other to go out again and ‘do Christian’:
The meeting-place is the training-place for the market-place, as the saying goes.
So, this coming Spring Term, that’ll be our theme - in Sunday sermons and in midweek groups: what does an authentic, real church look like? How do its members
live? What do we do? What is it that characterises our life? We’ll take as our lead
the example of the early church from the opening chapters of Acts to help us
explore the bible’s answer to the question.
“The christian life is a life of…” - join us on the journey to discover?
The exploration continues at:
Tuesday evenings at 8pm, 59 Lower Market Street, Broadbottom, with Andrew
Knight, 01457 763152, starting 20th January
Monday afternoons at 2pm, 19 Hereford Way, Stalybridge with Allen Standeven
01457 857331, start date tbc
Wednesday Fellowship 8pm, 2 Hill View, Matley, 01457 763292, start date tbc
PARENT & CHILD
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January 2015
sponsored by The Shubar, 36 Old Street, Ashton, OL6 6LD
Let’s Pray
Past Tense
Prayer of the Month
At the beginning of this New Year, let
us pray to God our Father, because
He loves us so dearly.
We pray that the light of the world
may shine so brightly in our lives,
that other people will notice it and
be attracted to you, by the way that
we live and love.
Father live amongst us
– live through our lives.
We pray that our world may stop
its noise, chatter and arguing, long
enough to hear the angels singing of
hope and peace.
Father live amongst us
– live through our lives.
We pray for our families and all our
friends and neighbours, may every
relationship we have be filled with
your love.
Father live amongst us
– live through our lives.
Let’s Pray!
A relaxed &
informal evening
for the whole
church family
Praying for
ourselves,
the church & the
world
Nobody put on
the spot - come
to encourage one
another, listen &
join in!!
January 25th, 7pm
at the Vicarage
We pray for the homeless, and all
refugees and exiles, for children
from broken homes, and all who are
destitute, malnourished or ill.
Father live amongst us
– live through our lives.
We remember all from whom we are
separated now, through death.
May they live in Your light for ever,
and may we, who love them, know
your comfort.
Father live amongst us
– live through our lives.
Father, we can never thank you
enough, for coming to rescue us, and
we praise You now and in our lives.
Merciful Father, accept
this prayer, for the sake
of Your Son, Jesus Christ,
Our Lord and Saviour.
Amen.
Thank You to John and Joan Walker
Pray... is this for you?
MEDICAL ADVENTURE!
If you are a Christian nurse or doctor and are free for 2
weeks in April, why not join us on an adventure to care for
those with chronic conditions in Dodoma, Tanzania?
Thank You to Hilda Joy, for sending in these old photos of Mottram.
Remarkably, they were sent to her by friend Eric, who spotted them in an
antique shop in Llangollen!
The view of the church
shows the Victoria
Jubilee sundial with a
(broken) cross on top.
And you might not see
them at this scale, but
the walls have railings
atop! Did they get taken
for the war effort?
The view from the village
shows the old timber
Crown Pole, and you can
see the Old Black Bull’s
Head just below the
church, and the old houses
on Church Brow below
it. Note the three storey
building with lean-to where
the White Hart is now.
Flying High!
Ever looked high up at the chain on our 1750
chandelier, and noticed something gold near the top?
We stay with a pastor and his family, and then both visit the
chronically ill in the
community and teach
a group of enthusiastic
health volunteers. We
all go as volunteers to
share our skills and
God’s love. Like to
join us? Contact Ruth
at Tanzania (UK) Trust
(07854 688373)
page 8
to sponsor this page, phone 01457 765350
Mottram Parish Magazine
January 2015
When the winch was being installed, we had the
opportunity to view
it close up, and
found that it was a
pair of cherubs. By
the way - it’s paint,
not gold leaf!
Here’s a cherub’s-eye
view of the pulpit!
Mottram Parish Magazine
January 2015
page 7
to sponsor this page, phone 01457 765350