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Astbury & Smallwood Parish News – May 2015
The United Parishes of
St Mary Astbury and St John the Baptist Smallwood
The Patron and Churchwardens request the pleasure of
your company at the
INSTITUTION by Rt Rev Libby Lane, Bishop of Stockport,
& INDUCTION by the Ven Ian Bishop, Archdeacon of
Macclesfield,
of the Rev Jeffrey Charles Cuttell, B.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.,
as Rector of St Mary Astbury and Vicar of St John the Baptist
Smallwood
on Monday, 8th June, 2015, at 7.00 pm at St Mary’s
Preparations are well in hand for our new Rector’s official arrival on
8th June, and we hope that you will be able to join us for the Service.
We have plenty of room in the Church - but if you could share a car
with others coming, that would be a great help. Allow sufficient time
for your journey, and for parking and walking to the Church.
If you are coming in a large group and wish to sit together, please come
together and arrive early.
Car parking marshals and sidesmen will be on duty at each of the car
parks - Glebe Farm, the Egerton Arms, the A34 Churchyard, the car
park south of the church (disabled access) - to assist and offer
directions. Please do not park at the Rectory, School or Village Hall.
The Churchwardens and PCC are grateful to Mrs & Mrs Lomas, and
Mr & Mrs Smith for making their facilities available to us.
Toilet facilities will be available at the Village Hall and near the
Church.
Please take your place in the Church no later than 6.45 pm - thank you.
Refreshments will be served in church after the Service.
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FROM THE CHURCHWARDENS
Dear Church Family,
ST MARY'S CHURCH FAMILY DONATES £2,022.48
TO ST GEORGE FOUNDATION
How amazing is this? Two thousand pounds will enable SGF to support
EIGHT more children and, when they have recovered the tax on the
Gift Aided donations, there will be a further £380 to add to this total.
John and I were travelling the M3 to Hampshire on Tuesday so we
made a detour and delivered the money to SGF personally. We met
Philip Dean and his family and, over tea in the garden and while being
well entertained by Florence, Philip’s 2½ year old daughter, we were
able to learn a little more about the work and the history of the
Foundation in Sierra Leone.
Philip has countless stories of God’s confidence-building by his
provision, just in the nick of time, for these orphaned children. Such as
the phone call from Africa to say the staff at the centre had only enough
money left for one more meal for the children and could Philip wire
some more money without delay. No Philip couldn’t, only the previous
day the trustees had advised winding up the charity due to lack of
funds. Cue for urgent and resolute prayer. Philip said he spent the
morning on his knees praying and shouting at God on behalf of the
children. The afternoon brought a knock on the door and a fellow
parishioner apologising for forgetting to pass on a cheque for a
thousand pounds . . . . Jehovah Jirah, the Lord will provide.
All the charities working with children in Sierra Leone have recently
been assessed (sounds like OFSTED!) and SGF came out top, above
all the other major organizations like Save the Children, Oxfam,
UNICEF etc who also work there. And now they have been asked to
extend their work to another area around Port Loko in the north of the
country which at present has no charity working there with the child
survivors. We have been privileged to be able to help the work of SGF
with our money these past few weeks; please, let us continue that
support with our prayers and, where we can, with a regular
sponsorship.
Thank you everyone - xxx - Rachel
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Editor – Mr W. Ball
The Old Vicarage, Reades Lane, Congleton, CW12 3LL
If you have any queries about services of Holy Baptism or Holy
Matrimony, please contact Mr Hulse (01260 289084) or Mrs Cook
(0260 290194); or for funerals, Mr Ball (01260 279276). Thank you.
All Saints’ Chapel, Somerford: The next service of 2015 at the Chapel
will be Evensong at 2.30 pm on Sunday 3rd May with the Rural Dean
of Congleton, Rev Dr David Page. The Annual Dinner at Congleton
Golf Club on 18th April was a great success.
Ian Pennington
'RECTORY TEA IN THE VILLAGE HALL' is on tour! We are invited
out for tea in May to Astbury Mere Care Home, some of whose
residents regularly join us each month. They are planning a special
celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day and have kindly
invited us to join the. This will of course be on the right day, 8th May
which is the second Friday of May and therefore there will be no tea
party in the Village Hall on 1st May. It looks like being a lovely
occasion for reminiscences and a chance to swap stories all
accompanied by good company, a nice cuppa and a cake together with
live music to bring back the memories. All welcome.
Daffodil Openings: The Wardens thank Joan Taylor, June Taylor,
Andrew and Gillian Bailey and Bill Ball for being in church to
welcome visitors during the fortnight. More than 100 visitors were
welcomed and nearly £150 raised for church funds.
Our summer Church Openings started again on Easter Saturday and
continue from 12 noon to 6.00 pm every Sunday and Bank Holiday
Monday until 27th September. Refreshments are provided on Bank
Holiday weekends between 2 and 5 pm. A sign-up sheet is available at
the back of church so that YOU may sign up to help in this vital part of
the church’s mission. Thank you in advance.
Astbury and Smallwood Parish News: If you have not yet paid your
subscription for this year, you will find a note to that effect on the last
page of this month’s issue: please pay soon! You will receive a receipt
attached to your next edition of Parish News after you have paid.
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Please make cheques payable to Astbury & Smallwood Parish News
not Astbury PCC.
As part of Christian Aid week 10th - 16th May we have been asked to
help with distributing and collecting envelopes round Congleton and
Astbury. Please see Sally Drage for more details. Thanks.
Astbury May Day this year is being held on Saturday 16th May in the
new location of Glebe Farm. As always we require lots of helpers for
this amazing event. If anyone can spare some time helping in the
refreshments marquee either in the morning preparing food or serving
in the afternoon please have a word with Donna Graham. We also need
people to man the entrance gates, there will be 2 this year, one at either
end of the Glebe Farm paddock. If you are able to help with this,
selling raffle tickets or in any other ways please contact me or Kathryn
Moore ([email protected]). We also need contributions for
the marquee of cakes and sandwiches and any raffle prizes. Thanks.
Steph Morris
The Archdeacon’s Visitation will take place at the church of St Mary
Magdalene, Alsager, at 7.30 pm on Monday 18th May. The Wardens
and Sidesmen are required to attend in order to be sworn into office. If
you cannot attend on this evening, contact the Wardens for alternative
arrangements.
The PCC Meeting scheduled for this day has been postponed until the
next evening, and will take place in the School at 7.30 pm on Tuesday
19th May.
Astbury Ladies’ Fellowship: The next meeting will be on Wednesday
20th May, and our speaker, Liz Morris, with a Gardeners’ Question
Time. We look forward to seeing you there.
Carole Goodwin
Astbury Women’s Institute: Astbury WI members were enthralled to
learn about ‘That Certain Age’ when speaker Gay Rhodes entertained
us at our April meeting. The President, Catherine Pedley, welcomed
everyone and presented the birthday buttonholes to all those with
birthdays this month. Congratulations were extended to Sheelagh
Steele, Yvonne Walker and Margaret Moors who all had very special
reasons to celebrate. Yvonne Walker gave us further details on the
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outings and confirmed final details for the trip to Port Sunlight on 11th
April. There will be a visit to Harrogate on Thursday 3rd September
and names were collected. The WI Garden Party at Buckingham Palace
was discussed and after a ballot the lucky member chosen to represent
Astbury WI was Carol Goodwin. Brenda Sutton, Captain of the
Bowling Group, invited new members interested in joining them to
meet at Congleton Cricket Club Bowling Green, Booth Street, on any
Tuesday between 2pm and 4pm. Don’t worry if you have no bowls as
these can be borrowed. Members were reminded to support Astbury
May Day which this year takes place on Saturday, 16th May at Glebe
Farm.
With all the business of the meeting concluded Catherine introduced
Gay Rhodes. The room was filled with laughter as she told us so many
amusing anecdotes collected whilst touring the country enlightening
differing groups and organizations about ‘That Certain Age’. To each
of us it means something different and for some it begins at thirty five.
We all seek out miracle lotions and potions for our ageing, sagging skin
and we search out the more expensive shops for clothes as they provide
better mirrors to give us a more flattering look! Gay’s main goal in life
was to live long enough to see the end of the DFS Sale.! Thanks were
expressed by Margaret Pearson. The raffle was drawn and the winner
of the competition for a limerick was Margaret Pearson. The speaker at
the May meeting will be Caroline Bailey with her talk ‘If you can’t
stand the heat get out of the kitchen.’ The competition will be for ‘an
old kitchen utensil’. New members are always welcome – we meet on
the first Wednesday of each month in Astbury Village Hall at 7.30pm.
For further details visit www.astburywi.com
Kath Wainwright
---------------Sartor’s Quiz (Answers on page 16)
1.
Which Benson was the father of the other three and was
appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1882? a. Arthur
Christopher; b. Edward Frederic; c. Edward White; d. Robert
Hugh.
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2.
Which Benson wrote Land of Hope and Glory? a. Arthur
Christopher; b. Edward Frederic; c. Edward White; d. Robert
Hugh.
St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol is a cathedral-like church.
Who described it as ‘The fairest, goodliest and most famous
parish church in England’? a. John Betjeman; b. Nikolaus
Pevsner; c. Simon Jenkins; d. Elizabeth I.
3.
Boston Stump is a famous example of Perpendicular
architecture. To which saint is the church dedicated? a. Bede; b.
Benedict Biscop; c. Botolph; d. Bernard.
4.
What kind of golden idol did Aaron make for the people
of Israel when Moses was delayed at Mt Sinai? a. Cow; b. Calf;
c. Sheep; d. Goat.
5.
Who took up a tambourine and led the singing and
dancing to celebrate the Israelites’ crossing of the Red Sea? a.
Miriam; b. Moses; c. Aaron; d. Joshua.
6.
Which apostle did Jesus describe as an Israelite without
guile? a. Andrew; b. Simon Peter; c. Philip; d. Nathanael.
7.
Where was Jesus when he offered the ‘living water’ to
an unnamed woman at Jacob’s well? a. Galilee; b. Judea; c.
Samaria; d. Decapolis.
8.
St Ninian (d. c. 432) was an early missionary bishop in
which part of the British Isles? a. England; b. Ireland; c.
Scotland; d. Wales.
9.
Bentley, Housman, Jebb and Porson were outstanding
scholars in which field? a. Classics; b. Mathematics; c. Science;
d. Theology.
---------------------------------------------------10.
WORDS OF WIT & WISDOM
Goodness is stronger than evil;
love is stronger than hate;
light is stronger than darkness
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life is stronger than death;
victory is ours through him who loved us..
Bishop Desmond Tutu
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalm 107, 23 - 24
Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgement
you make you will be judged, and the measure yo give will be the
measure you get.
Matthew 7, 1 - 2
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.
Kimberly Johnson
You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty’
Sasha Guitry
If I had an argument with a player, we would sit down for twenty
minutes, talk about it, and then decide I was right!
Brian Clough
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look
respectable.
John Kenneth Galbraith
------------------FOUR FASCINATING FACTS
In a lifetime, each human being can learn, ponder, marshal and apply
some fifteen million million items of information.
Kenneth McLeish: Guide to Human Thought
Our English word schedule – a plan or a list of items – comes from the
Late Latin schedula – a small sheet of paper – from the Latin scheda –
a sheet of paper.
There was no unemployment in Nero’s Rome, and, though there was
inflation, it was most marked in the price of real estate. Governments
are always popular at times of inflationary real-estate prices.
A. N. Wilson, Paul: The Mind of the Apostle, p3
Benjamin Jowett was professor of Greek and Master of Balliol College,
Oxford. When he dies in 1893 his pall-bearers were seven heads of
house (ie, College) and the Provost of Eton, all former pupils of his.
Simon Heffer, High Minds, p19
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--------------------------------------St JOHN’S CHURCH, SMALLWOOD
PATRON – Sir Richard Baker Wilbraham Bt, DL, Rode Hall
VICAR
- Vacancy - Astbury Rectory.
01260 272625
CHURCHWARDEN
Mr L. Ford, Overton Green Farm.
Mr M. J. Wilson, Pear Tree Cottage
01477 500466
01477 500434
TREASURER
SECRETARY
Mrs T. Allcock, Parlour Cottage
G. L. Wilson, Pear Tree Cottage.
01260 277076
01477 500434
SERVICES
10.00 am
VILLAGE HALL
1st Sunday
2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Sundays
Mrs A. Bracegirdle.
Family Communion
Holy Communion
01477 500342
CHURCH KEYS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CHURCHWARDENS
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Parish News Publication & Copy Dates 2015-2016
The June issue will be published on 31st May
Last Date for material 22nd May
The July issue will be published on 29th June
Last Date for material 20th June
The August issue will be published on 26th July
Last Date for material 17th July
The September issue will be published on 30th August
Last Date for material 21st August
The October issue will be published on 27th September
Last Date for material 18th September
The November issue will be published on 25th October
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The January 2016 issue will be published on 27th December
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Astbury Village, near Congleton
Tel 01260 273946
Fax 01260 277273
egertonarms.com
egertonarms.co.uk
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Real Home-made food
Real beer by Robinson's
Restaurant and bar snacks
Children welcome with
well-behaved parents
Vegetarian & Dietary dishes
Senior Citizens' Luncheon,
Monday through Friday
Six executive en-suite rooms
5 Star hygiene rating
Full Allergen menu available
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE FRIENDLY PUB FOR
FRIENDLY PEOPLE
HOSTED BY GRACE and ALLEN SMITH
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MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION
OF FUNERAL DIRECTORS
St Mary’s Church,
Astbury
John Garside
& Son
Cartlidge
Newbold Astbury & its History £9.50
Funeral Directors
Head,
Congleton Past & Present
£9.50
A PRIVATE FAMILY BUSINESS
Established 1856
Offices and Private Chapels at
HIGH STREET, BIDDULPH
Telephone 01782 513210
and
MOUNTBATTEN HOUSE, CONGLETON
Telephone 01260 298829
Memorial Inscriptions CD
£12
Parish Registers DVD
£20
Funeral Plans Available
Brazier
St Mary’s Church guide
£1.95
A COMPANY OF CARE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Gomme
Notes on St Mary’s Church
£2
Cartlidge
A brief History of St Mary’s
£2
ALTERNATIVE
TO KENNELS
Photographic prints
£5
* Going away on holiday?
Mugs
£7.95
* Just for the weekend?
Cards, Postcards,
Gifts &c &c
from 25p
‘Your dog can come and stay in
my home, with adjoining fields,
plenty of walks, care and
attention.’
Available in Church or by post
contact Mr Ball
01260 279276
CALL BELINDA ON
01260 224722
(Somerford Booths)
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St Mary’s Church,
Astbury
Cartlidge
Newbold Astbury & its History £9.50
A Complete
Professional and
Caring Service
Head,
Congleton Past & Present
£9.50
Memorial Inscriptions CD
£12
24 hour service
Parish Registers DVD
£20
32 West Street, Congleton, Cheshire
Telephone 01260 277622
Brazier
St Mary’s Church guide
£1.95
Pre-paid Funeral Plans Available
Gomme
Notes on St Mary’s Church
£2
Cartlidge
A brief History of St Mary’s
£2
Photographic prints
£5
Foot Health Nurse
Sian Eaton, DipCFHP, RGN
A friendly, reliable and professional
service offering foot care in the
comfort of your own home
Mugs
£7.95
Cards, Postcards,
Gifts &c &c
from 25p
Nail Trimming - Ingrown Toenails
Corn Removal - Callus Reduction
Diabetic foot care and advice
Verruca Treatment
Nursing & residential home visits
also available
Please call to book your appointment
01260 291492/07919 008332
[email protected]
Available in Church or by post
contact Mr Ball
01260 279276
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St MARY’S CHURCH, ASTBURY
PATRON – Sir Richard Baker Wilbraham, Bt, DL, Rode Hall
RECTOR DESIGNATE
Rev Dr Jeffrey C. Cuttell
CHURCHWARDEN EMERITUS
CHURCHWARDENS
Mr G. Taylor
Mr J. Hulse, 2 Chaffinch Close.
Mrs B. Cook, St Mary’s Cottage, School Lane
SERVICES
8.00 am
8.00 am
9.00 am
10.00 am
10.00 am
10.00 am
6.30 pm
6.30 pm
01260 289084
01260 290194
1st & 3rd Sundays
2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays
1st Sunday
Holy Communion
Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer
BCP
BCP
BCP
1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays
2nd & 4th Sundays
every Sunday
1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Sundays
2nd Sunday
Morning Worship
Family Communion
Junior Church
Evensong
Sung Eucharist
CW
CW
BCP
BCP
Funerals and Services of Holy Baptism & Holy Matrimony by arrangement – see page 3
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Hon. Vice Chairman
Dr S. Drage
01260 270217
Hon. Secretary
Mr W. Ball
01260 279276
Hon. Treasurer
Dr C. Tickner
.
DEANERY SYNOD
Mr W. Ball, Mrs C. Goodwin, Mr A. Bailey
ELECTED PCC MEMBERS
Mrs G. Bailey, Dr S. Drage, Mrs D. Graham, Mrs C. Holford,
Dr N. McIntyre, Dr J. Moore, Mrs J. Nadin, Mr I. Pennington,
Mr P. Powell, Dr C. Tickner..
CO-OPTED PCC MEMBERS
Mr M. O’Leary.
SIDESEMEN
BELL RINGERS TOWER CAPTAIN
CHILDREN’S SOCIETY
ELECTORAL ROLL OFFICER
FLOWERS
JUNIOR CHURCH
7Up
PARISH NEWS EDITOR
ORGANIST
SAFEGUARDING CO-ORDINATOR
VILLAGE HALL BOOKING
see ASTBURY ROTAS, next page
Mr P. Stanway
Dr C. Tickner
Mr P. Powell, 15 Belgrave Road, Crewe
Mrs B. Cook.
Mrs C. Holford, Mrs L. Shipton
Mrs K. McIntyre
Mr W. Ball
Dr S. Drage
Mrs B. Cook
Mrs S. Brightwell
01270 560919
01260 290194
07857 234686
ASTBURY ST MARY’S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, School Lane, CW12 4RG.
Head Teacher
Mr M. O’Leary
01260 272528
Chairman of Governors
Mrs K. Moore
01260 290135
WEBSITES
www.astburychurch.org.uk
www.achurchnearyou.com/astbury-st-mary
CHURCH KEYS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CHURCHWARDENS
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Astbury Church choir meets to practise every Friday evening
between 7.30 and 8.30 pm.
Astbury Church bellringers meet to practise on the last Wednesday
of each month between 7.30 and 9.00 pm.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ASTBURY ROTAS
8.00 am
10.00 am
6.30 pm
April
26th
May
3rd
10th
17th
24th
31st
June
7th
8th
May
May
June
May
June
1st
8th
15th
22nd
29th
5th
12th
19th
26th
A. Carwardine
J. Hulse
E. Cartlidge
C. Tickner
T. Gresty
J. Nadin
B. Cook
P. Powell
G. Dale
C. Goodwin
J. Hulse
P. Snape
A. Bailey
W. Ball
B. Cook
E. Cartlidge
C. Tickner
T. Gresty
J. Nadin
J. Hulse
P. Powell
G. Dale
A, Carwardine B. Cook
P. Snape
A. Bailey
J. Nadin
J. Hulse
E. Cartlidge
C. Tickner
P. Powell
5.30 for 7.00pm ALL SIDESPEOPLE
CLEANING ROTA
S. Stuffins, C. Mitchell
M. Pennington, C. Brooks, K. Wainwright
M. Follett, C. Garside
D. Cotton, S. Naden, B. Sutton
TBA
J. Nadin, T. Morgan, C. Holford
D. Hockenhull, D. Graham
S. Stuffins, C. Mitchell
M. Pennington, C. Brooks, K. Wainwright
BRASS ROTA
12th
M. Pennington, C. Brooks, K. Wainwright
2nd
B. Cook, P. Briggs, M. Hocknell
23rd
M. Booth, C. Goodwin, J. Nadin
------------Answers to Sartor’s Quiz (page 6)
1 – c; 2 – a; 3 – d; 4 – c; 5 – b; 6 – a; 7 – d; 8 – c; 9 – c; 10 – a
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FROM THE REGISTERS
Service Attendances
March
April
March
April
29th
5th
12th
19th
29th
5th
12th
19th
8.00
9
23
11
14
9.00
4
-
10.00
45 ad + 17 ch
89 + 23
40 + 5
32 + 14
6.30
22
35
19
Plate
£177.60
£257.47
£653.19
£402.08
----------------Collections
Gift Aided
£207.95
£241.00
£751.33
£492.03
-------------Burial of the Dead
April
1st
John Potts
85
-----------------JOINT PARISHES CALENDAR FOR THE COMING WEEKS
APRIL
Sun
26th EASTER III
May Parish News published today
8.00am Astbury
Morning Prayer – Mr W. Ball
10.00am Smallwood
Holy Communion
10.00am Astbury
Holy Communion – Rev C. Crumpton
12.noon Astbury
Church open until 6.00pm
6.30pm Astbury
Evensong - Mr J. Carter
Mon
27th
7.30pm Smallwood
Deanery Synod with Rt Rev Libby Lane,
Suffragan Bishop of Stockport
Wed
29th 11.45am Astbury
Holy Communion in VH
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Joint Parishes Calendar – continued
MAY
Sun
Mon
Wed
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Wed
Thu
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Fri
3rd EASTER IV
8.00am Astbury
Holy Communion – Rev J. Varty
9.00am Astbury
Morning Prayer – Mr W. Ball
10.00am Smallwood
Family Service
10.00am Astbury
Morning Worship –
12.noon Astbury
Church open until 6.00pm
2.30pm Somerford
Evensong –
6.30pm Astbury
Evensong – Mr J. Carter
4th 12.noon Astbury
Church open until 6.00pm
6th 11.45am Astbury
Holy Communion in VH
7.30pm Astbury
Women’s Institute
8th
3.30pm Astbury Mere CH Tea & Cakes on tour
9th 12.30pm Astbury
Holy Matrimony
10th EASTER V – Rogation Sunday
8.00am Astbury
Morning Prayer – Mr W. Ball
8.30am Astbury
Big Breakfast in VH for Christian Aid
10.00am Smallwood
Holy Communion
10.00am Astbury
Holy Communion – Rev C. Crumpton
12.noon Astbury
Church open until 6.00pm
6.30pm Astbury
Sung Eucharist – Very Rev Dr J. Cuttell
11th 10.00am Astbury
Churches Together in Congleton
7.30pm Astbury
Village Hall Committee
13th 11.45am Astbury
Holy Communion in VH
14th ASCENSION DAY
7.30pm Astbury
Holy Communion
16th
Astbury
May Day Celebrations
17th THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY
8.00am Astbury
Holy Communion – Rev J. Varty
10.00am Smallwood
Holy Communion
10.00am Astbury
Morning Worship
12.noon Astbury
Church open until 6.00pm
6.30pm Astbury
Evensong – Mr. G. Scott
18th
7.30pm Alsager StMM Archdeacon’s Visitation
19th
7.30pm Astbury
PCC Meeting
20th 11.45am Astbury
Holy Communion in VH
7.30pm Astbury
Ladies’ Fellowship
22nd
June Parish News copy date
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Joint Parishes Calendar – continued
MAY
Sun
Mon
Wed
Thu
Sat
24th WHIT SUNDAY
8.00am Astbury
10.00am Smallwood
10.00am Astbury
12.noon Astbury
6.30pm Astbury
25th 12.noon Astbury
27th 11.45am Astbury
28th
8.00pm Astbury
30th
3.30pm Astbury
Sun
31st TRINITY SUNDAY
8.00am
10.00am
10.00am
12.noon
6.30pm
JUNE
Tue
Wed
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
2nd 7.30pm
3rd 11.45am
7.30pm
5th
3.30pm
6th 12.30pm
2.30pm
Morning Prayer – Mr W. Ball
Holy Communion
Holy Communion – Rev C. Crumpton
Church open until 6.00pm
Evensong - Mr J. Carter
Church open until 6.00pm
Holy Communion in VH
Prayer Group
Holy Matrimony
Tea & Cakes at the Rectory in VH
Astbury
Smallwood
Astbury
Astbury
Astbury
June Parish News published today
Morning Prayer – Mr W. Ball
Holy Communion
Morning Worship –
Church open until 6.00pm
Evensong - Mr J. Carter
Astbury
Astbury
Astbury
Astbury
Astbury
Astbury
Village Hall AGM
Holy Communion in VH
Women’s Institute
Tea & Cakes at the Rectory in VH
Holy Matrimony
Holy Matrimony
7th TRINITY I
8.00am Astbury
9.00am Astbury
10.00am Smallwood
10.00am Astbury
12.noon Astbury
2.30pm Somerford
6.30pm Astbury
8th
7.00pm Astbury
Holy Communion – Rev J. Varty
Morning Prayer – Mr W. Ball
Family Service
Morning Worship –
Church open until 6.00pm
Evensong –
Evensong – Mr J. Carter
Institution & Induction of the
Rev Dr Jeffrey Cuttell as
Rector of Astbury & Vicar of Smallwood
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Astbury & Smallwood Parish News – May 2015
ASTBURY & SMALLWOOD PARISH NEWS
is also available in large-print format.
Please let Mr Ball know if you require such a copy.
Editor – Mr W. Ball
Telephone 01260 279276 Fax 01260 298913
email [email protected] or [email protected]
Cover Drawings of St Mary’s Church, Astbury, St John’s Church, Smallwood
and All Saints’ Chapel of Ease, Somerford by Marie McCormick
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