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Parish Magazine
April 2021
Easter
Contact details
Julian Heaton, Rector 0161 764 2452 / 07564 721331
julian.heaton_1@outlook.com
Sheila Beattie, Curate 077144 74430 sbeattie@greenbee.net
Email: bpc.office@tiscali.co.uk / burypcoffice@gmail.com
Website: www.buryparishchurch.com
were set up to provide for the poor and
sick.
The Rector was heavily involved in the
growth of the town during the Industrial
Revolution: much of the urban growth of
those days took place on his glebe land. Sir
Robert Peel, future Prime Minister and son
of a local textile manufacturer, was
baptized here in 1788. All of the dozen or
so Anglican parishes in Bury were carved
out of the original parish. The Church has
had close links with the Lancashire Fusiliers
(now part of the Royal Regiment of
Situated on top of the small hill at the Fusiliers) since 1873 and continues to be a
centre of the town, Bury Parish Church focus for the whole civic life of the
stands at the heart of one of the ancient Borough.
parishes of Lancashire. The present
splendid building was opened for worship Today, we seek to continue to offer a wide
on 2nd February, the Feast of the variety of activities and opportunities to
Presentation, in 1876, and is certainly the the whole town which we are called to
third - possibly the fourth - on the site. It is serve for Jesus Christ’s sake. This magazine
impossible now to know just when gives its reader a snapshot, in one
Christian worship began here, a thousand particular month, of what is on offer. We
or so years ago. are always eager to find new ways of
witness and service and should be glad to
During its long history, the Church has receive any constructive suggestions.
ministered to the town in many different
ways. Bury Grammar School began life
here in the Sixteenth Century, boys almost
certainly being taught originally by clergy
from the Parish Church. Parish Charities
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From the Rectors desk total story and, to allow it to creep under
our skin, to enable the scriptures to weave
their place into our hearts, for a renewed
sense of the presence of the Risen Lord,
we needed to be present ourselves. I
remember feeling a bit awkward about
this. Somehow this felt a bit full-on. Which,
I guess, is the point. If our life of faith is not
full-on at Easter, is it ever?
Dear Sisters and Brothers, I say all this as a preamble to the start of
April which coincides with the Triduum.
When I left home, I joined a church which And I say it to you as an invitation, this
did things differently. The reason why I second Covid-laden Triduum, to let the full-
first went along to that community was on-ness of this holy season grasp you, to
that the church advertised Choral let the Lord take you where he will. For
Evensong and I was desperate for some of you, this will mean that you will
something familiar. That first Sunday feel able to step into Church. For others,
evening sticks in my memory, a grateful joining us as we stream the services
feeling of finding something that felt like through Facebook, your worship will be in
home. What was unfamiliar appeared the the safety of your home. Either way, I
following Sunday morning. By that time I would genuinely like you to hear the
had signed up to the choir and had been to invitation to do something a bit awkward,
a choir practice. The service had the words a bit disruptive. The Cross was disruptive
I was familiar with (Series 3 – which the for Jesus, shall we say?
Church of England had been using for
seven years by then). It was not the words Another thing I learnt from this community
but the aesthetic around them that was was that the Church is flexible with its
very different. The priest wore vestments, sense of time. The Jewish tradition,
the servers were robed (unlike the choir), drawing form Genesis, of a day starting,
the Gospel was carefully processed. The not when we get up but when the sun
Eucharist came alive in the drama of goes down, is something we are familiar
liturgy. And new words, new to me with at Christmas with the existence of
anyway, appeared. Among them was the Midnight Mass. That same habit is true for
word Triduum. some churches at Easter. This year we are
welcoming other churches to Bury Parish
Triduum is Latin for the Great Three Days; on Easter Eve (in a Covid secure way, of
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy course). Previously we have invited the
Saturday/Easter Day. At that Church there whole Deanery. This year we have invited
was a high expectation that everyone those churches which will probably be part
should attend all the services. The point a Mission Community. These are the
was made that in the Triduum, we enter a parishes of Walmsley Road, Bircle, Roch
Valley, St Paul’s, St Stephen’s, Elton and After the Triduum, Easter breaks in.
Kirklees Parish. The plan is in the future, if Christians always make much of Lent,
this arrangement is firmed up, to do more which lasts 40 (plus the Sundays). Easter is
together. It will be a good start if we can longer. 50 days, taking us to Pentecost
worship the Risen Lord together. Our (which means 50 days!). The spiritual point
service is at 7.30pm. We will not be able to should be, not that we relax after the
do some of the usual activity (no bonfire) Lenten fast, but that we use this time to
but we will listen to the stories of God’s wait on the Spirit. And waiting is an active
rescue acts and reflect on the most thing. It is about preparing the heart, going
significant moment in history, the deeper with our rhythms of prayer, bible
Resurrection of our Lord. Our preacher is reading and spiritual practice. Priests often
the Revd Simon Cook, vicar of Kirklees challenge their communities to use Lent as
Valley and Area Dean, soon to be Area a time of spiritual growth. Actually, that is
Dean of the new Deanery of Bolton. only partially right. Just as the Season of
the Incarnation starts at Advent and ends
On Easter Day our Sunday pattern of at Candlemas (2 February), so the Paschal
services reappears. After feedback from Season starts at Ash Wednesday and ends
the congregation, the PCC had a long at Pentecost. This covers all of April and
discussion about what to do and when to deep into May. May God bless us as we
do it. We recognised that many people, for continue in this whole journey together.
excellent reasons, still feel that it would
not be right to put themselves or their With love and prayers,
loved ones at risk by coming to public
worship. And we recognised that the shift
from the more interactive Zoom to
Julian
streaming the service on Facebook might Rector
be a hurdle (see below for more about
this). On balance, we decided that more
people, with vaccines around and robust
COVID cleaning and practice, would be
willing to step into church. So Easter Day
sees the return of 8.00am and 10.00am
worship. Things will still remain different.
Singing is still not allowed. Milling around
at the back of church, saying hello, is
forbidden inside, movement is still
carefully choreographed, masks are still MAY MAGAZINE will be published on
worn (again see below). We are looking Sunday, 25th April. All contributions to the
forward to welcoming people back in editor, Marc by 17 April. Email :
person when they are ready. marcm1969@gmail.com or hand to Marc
at church.
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Holy Week and Easter
All these services are in Church and on Facebook unless stated otherwise.
29 March 9.00am Morning Prayer (Facebook only)
30 March 9.00am Morning Prayer (Facebook only)
31 March 9.00am Morning Prayer (Facebook only)
11.00am Eucharist
Maundy Thursday, 1st April
7.30pm Eucharist for the Institution of the Lord’s Supper
Good Friday, 2nd April
10.00am Liturgy of the Day
2.00pm Good Friday Service
Easter Eve, 3 April
7.30pm Deanery Easter Vigil
Easter Day, 4th April
8.00am BCP Eucharist (not on Facebook)
10.00am Eucharist of the Resurrection
6.30pm Evening Worship (on Zoom only)
that matter) something you do/would like
to do/have never got into?
The other question is around the subject.
The booklet is about God’s story, the Jesus
story. It tells us about God’s love for us. It
invites us to be confident and able to tell
others how that story and our story
We gave out lots of these booklets before encounter each other. Can we talk about
Lent began. We asked those who received the place of God’s story in our own story?
the book how it went. We would genuinely Telling our own faith story is what will
value knowing what sort of resources help enable others to being their own faith
the community. Did you like the length? story.
Did you develop a pattern of reading this
daily? Is daily reading (and daily praying for The bottom line is this; do the people of
Bury Parish Church have a God story to tell?
of Music to prepare the slides for the
“Streaming on Facebook.”
service. As music slowly returns to the
horizon, Marc needs that time back. So we
Think back a year ago. Had you heard of
are moving to streaming our services.
Zoom? Me neither. Now, people talk all the
What does this mean?
time on Zoom, on Skype, Facetime, Teams.
It is how much of the world has kept going,
It means this. That we have a camera up in
how business, law, education, industry, has
church and this films the service and sends
maintained a rhythm and got on with life.
it out live (like a live broadcast) onto
We have adjusted. And we have surprised
Facebook. Hence the phrase “Live on
ourselves. It has been amazing.
Facebook.” We can watch this through the
internet, just like we use the Internet to
At BPC, in the panic of last March, we
get onto Zoom. For both, you need an
opted to use Zoom as the platform for our
address. The Bury Parish Church Facebook
Sunday morning and Sunday evening
page is “open”. To access it, you don’t
worship. Other churches chose different
need an account. Just as on Zoom, you
methods. Some almost went into
clicked on the hyperlink, so on Cornerstone
television mode, preparing the service
in the future, you can simply click on the
beforehand and then “showing” the
word “Facebook” and it will take you to
service at a particular time on a Sunday
the page.
morning. One of the benefits of that is that
the service stays up on the Internet for
If you end up just on our Facebook page
people to watch in their own time. One of
and cannot see anything, look for the word
the benefits of Zoom is that we have had
“Live”. This is where Facebook stores
time together before and after the service.
videos and where live things are shown. If
One of the downsides of Zoom (and
you have not joined us for Morning Prayer
certainly the way we have organised our
or one of the Sunday services at 9.30am or
services so that they have been as good as
Wednesdays at 11.00am, you will find a
possible) is that it takes time, lots and lots
“back catalogue” of services from the past
of time.
30 days.
Last March we said “I don’t do Zoom” and
now many, many people do. You may be
saying “I don’t do Facebook.” Well, maybe
you don’t want to disappear down the
strange Facebook tunnel of people sharing
their photos and their thoughts. That’s
As time has moved on, as vaccines have fine. But do come and “do Facebook” for
begun to roll out, people step back into worship if you are not able to join us in
church and patterns of life change, we also person.
have had to think about the future. Marc
Murray has redirected his time as Director
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Annual Parochial Church Meeting – 19 April at 7.30pm by Zoom
appoint Sidespersons at this meeting any
more.
It might feel like there is not much to say
this year. There is. Two things, really. It is
important we have a grasp on how BPC has
coped with the past year and to ask what
we have learned from it all. And there is
the question about how we are preparing
Our Annual General Meeting and Annual
for life in the future. All important. We
Parochial Church Meeting takes place on 19
hope that you can join us virtually. The
April. These are the meetings when we
Zoom link will go out on Cornerstone. If
elect Church Wardens, the PCC, receive the
you have questions to ask and do not have
reports of the Treasurer, the Deanery
internet abilities, please send in your
Synod and the PCC and transact any other
written question in advance to the
appropriate business. Just so you know,
Rectory.
recent legislation means that we do not
Readings for April
Eucharists 6.30pm Evensong
1 Maundy Thursday Exodus 12. 1 – 14
1 Corinthians 11. 23 – 26
John 13. 1 – 17, 31b – 35
2 Good Friday Isaiah 52. 13 – end of 53
Psalm 22 . 1-21
Hebrews 10. 16 – 25
John 18 . 1 – end of 19
4 Easter Day Isaiah 25. 6 – 9 Psalm 116
1 Corinthians 15. 1 – 11 Job 19. 21 – 27
John 20. 1 – 18 1 John 5. 5 - 12
11 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 4. 32 – 35 Psalm 143. 1 – 11
John 20. 19 - end Isaiah 26. 1 – 9, 19
Luke 24. 1 – 12
18 3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 3. 12 - 19 Psalm 142
Luke 24. 36b - 48 Deuteronomy 7. 7 - 13
Revelation 2. 1 – 11
25 4th Sunday of Easter Acts 4. 5 - 12 Psalm 81. 8 - 16
(Good Shepherd John 10. 11 - 18 Exodus 16. 4 - 15
Sunday) Revelation 2. 12 - 17
planning an actual meeting. I did join a
April News meeting via Zoom chaired by Christine
Sharp (Manchester Diocese President) for
Hello Ladies, all Branch Leaders. Of course, everyone is
eager to move on and begin arranging
Happy Easter to you all. meetings but until it’s safe to do so we
can’t. Christine wanted to offer help/advice
The World Day of Prayer service on the 5th to Branches who felt they needed support.
March was this year held online via Zoom
from St Luke’s Heywood and St John’s Birthdays and Anniversaries.
Hopwood. It was a nice service and this
year prepared by the Christian Women of Our Congratulations and Best Wishes to
Vanuatu. I am pleased to say BPC were well Elizabeth Holiday who celebrates a special
represented, so thank you to all who joined birthday 19th April.
us.
Also, our Best Wishes to all who are
On the 25th March the Lady Day Service led celebrating a birthday or anniversary in the
by the Rector took place streamed live on coming weeks.
Facebook with an invitation to all MU
(Manchester Diocese) to join us. I hope Remember in your Prayers
many of you were able to access this Please remember Sandra Clark in your
service. Later the same day Julian prayers at this difficult time, as Steve sadly
coordinated a Zoom social meeting for died on the 1st March.
Mothers’ Union and again I hope many of
you were able to join us. With Easter Blessings
Take care, keep safe.
Let’s hope it isn’t too long before the rules Susan Sugden 01204 884671
change, and we can move forward in Branch Leader
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An Interview with Hannah Lane
concert venue (I’ve both attended and
performed in various brass band concerts at
BPC over the years!). It has been a wonderful
experience to add characters and
personalities to what I already knew of the
building and to find that there is a strong
sense of community; which I was readily
welcomed into! I was unsure about how this
would present itself with the geographical
location of the parish being so different to
what I had been used to. The difference
between a town centre parish and the small
village type parishes that I have attended
previously wasn’t as significant as I thought
it would be, even though the community of
Bury Parish Church isn’t residential, it is still
very clear and the sense of belonging is
Hannah Lane has been at Bury Parish
strong.
Church since September 2019 as an
ordinand, training for the priesthood,
We put a lot of emphasis on our worship.
being on college work three days a week
It is the thing, we think, that has drawn
and with us Sundays plus two days. She
people here over the years. Each church
has been involved in all sorts of things. Of
worships in different ways, some more
course, this placement precisely coincided
different from others. As an outsider but
with COVID and Hannah’s IT skills and
not a stranger to Christian worship, what
confidence has enabled us to explore
did you notice?
ministry in all sorts of ways we would not
I have noticed that the worship at Bury
perhaps have considered. She is at the
Parish Church is more diverse than I
point of moving on. Hannah is to be
expected. When I first arrived, I was unsure
ordained deacon in July and will be moving
what to expect and a little worried that it
to Turton Moorland Ministry Team (the
would be unfamiliar to me but I have learnt
villages around Jumbles, Wayoh and
that the liturgy of the Church of England is
Turton Reservoirs).
flexible enough to translate well into
different settings. There is real scope to
Hannah, you have been part of one parish
work with the texts and formats to suit the
for most of your life. What struck you as
differing needs of different congregations. I
you stepped inside a different community?
was pleasantly surprised to find that most of
I have been struck by the warm welcome
what I encountered at Bury Parish Church
that has been offered to me here at Bury
was familiar to me but moreover I can
Parish Church. Prior to my placement I only
clearly see how the liturgy has a distinct BPC
ever knew it as an imposing and impressive
‘flavour’. Using Book of Common Prayer to reflect on what we have learnt and
worship at quieter times, 8am and midweek, experienced. It might be that some things
gives an opportunity for quiet engagement are no longer appropriate and that others
and to soak up the space and feel the come to the front as being a clear priority.
historical tradition. The Common Worship Finding peace with change will be tough but
services at busier times open up I think the community at Bury Parish Church
opportunities for cross-generational should remain confident in who they are and
interaction, especially with parade services what they have to offer.
thrown into the mix! The music has been
one thing I have really enjoyed being part of. Churches are not just about worship.
To be able to be part of an Evensong service There are all sorts of things in which, had
that is akin to cathedral worship has been times been different, you would have
wonderful. The diversity that is on offer become involved. For the short time you
means that there can be something for most were able to be active, what did you
people and I think embracing the success of experience and what reflections do you
that diversity should empower Bury Parish have about those things?
Church to explore new and different things I enjoyed being a part of the community not
into the future as well. just at Bury Parish Church but also at St
Paul’s. I would have liked to have had more
And, having been here involved in opportunity to explore these links a bit
worship, in leading, preaching, singing, further and been able to spend a bit more
sitting in the congregation, even in this time in the school in a ministry type of role.
most odd period, what might you ask us as Similarly, at the high school, I would have
a congregation, coming out of lockdown, liked to have been able to spend more time
to think about for the future? learning about how the chaplaincy worked
As we start to emerge from lockdown and and what was on offer for the students. This
our online existence, I think that we have encroaches a little onto the next question
learnt a lot and should be open to what it but I wish there was more on offer for the
can teach us into the future. Even in the youth of our church! I’m currently doing a
midst of being stuck online I think that the piece of work for college around how we
worship and sense of community has engage with our uniformed organisations
prevailed and never lost its feeling of being and I do wish there had been more of an
‘Bury Parish Church’. I know that some of my opportunity to engage here also.
college peers have experienced radical shifts
in style and format, their churches almost The one thing that I have really missed being
feel like they are trying to find new identities an active and present part of has been the
now whereas I don’t think that has been the regular morning prayer in the South Chapel.
case for us. I am proud to have contributed This really emphasised to me that there is a
what I have to keeping us ‘Bury Parish rhythm of worship and prayer that goes
Church’. This summer is still going to feel beyond Sunday. ‘Prayer life’ is the one thing
odd, I think, and I would suggest that this is I am constantly asked to reflect on
a period of time where we should be looking whenever a personal report is due for
10 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 1college or I am having a catch up with my this case, Rector) to run a church. The
tutor. I can honestly say that maintaining collaboration between different people is
something like that is so much easier with strong here at Bury Parish Church and this
other people than it is on your own! means that the place is run incredibly well,
especially when I stop to consider the size of
What is missing? What do you think we building and responsibility associated with
are not doing that we might think about? such a prominent town centre civic parish.
The two things mentioned above are what I Being able to enter into leadership in a
would identify as points for the future. collaborative frame of mind is the only way
Finding ways to engage with the young that churches will continue to develop and
people and young adults along with survive into the future in my opinion.
developing routines of discipleship that Knowing that I can’t do everything and that
extend beyond Sunday would be really there is probably somebody somewhere
powerful in my opinion. who can do some things much better than
me is a humbling thing to come to terms
We are awed by what you have brought to with but it is much better for everyone in
the table. What are you going to take the long run. Being able to offer appropriate
away from being here that will feed your thanks and appreciation for the skills, gifts
future ministry? and ministries of others and being open to
When I first started, I didn’t realise how receive what God has put in place to
much happened beyond Sunday! I’ve learnt empower his kingdom will never be useless
that it takes a lot more than a Vicar (or in skills.
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Crossword Answers- see page 23
ACROSS: 8, Transgressors. 9, Out. 10, DOWN: 1, Utmost. 2, Easter. 3, Assemble. 4,
Ephesians. 11, Throb. 13, Ramadan. 16, Archer. 5, Isis. 6, To hand. 7, As a son. 12,
Nearest. 19, Neath. 22, Childless. 24, Ant. Hoe. 14, Monastic. 15, Apt. 16, Nuclei. 17, A
25, Excommunicate. piece. 18, Tied up. 20, Ararat. 21, Hatred. 23,
Dome
Average age of churchgoers
The average age of a pre-Covid churchgoer in 2020 was 50, whereas the average of a person
living in England as a whole was 41. So, churchgoers are almost 10 years above the average in
age. It doesn’t vary hugely by gender – in 2020 male churchgoers were 48 on average and
female 51. The graph shows that Scottish churchgoers have consistently been older than English
churchgoers over the last 40 years. Almost certainly this is partly because England has seen
huge numbers of immigrants, asylum seekers, workers, students coming to the country since
the 1980s, a number of whom come from Christian countries and presumably would join a local
church.
15 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 1Flower
Donations and
Dedications
If you would like to make a donation towards
the flowers that are arranged in Church in
memory of a loved one or maybe to mark a
celebration please fill in one of the forms
which you will find in an envelope at the back
of Church and hand it to one of the Wardens
or leave it in the Tardis.
Julia Addy, in loving memory of Peter Slack on his birthday –
16th April
Vera Scoffier and Marilyn Algin in loving memory of their dear
parents, Violet and Harold Dixon on their anniversaries – 26th
and 30th April.
Valerie Hulse, in loving memory of Preston Hulse, a wonderful
husband, father and grandfather. Very sadly missed by all
who knew him – 1st May
Praying with Icons by Fiona Nuttall
the Orthodox Church. Icons are not art in
the general sense, but a method of prayer.
To the Western eye, icons can seem
strange; even primitive. But they are
designed to be seen with the heart as
much as the mind and can be helpful to the
spiritual life of all Christians.
Icons depict the archetypes of Christ,
The word ‘icon’ comes from the Greek Mary, the saints and angels. Plato
eikon and simply means ‘image’. It has described a reality beyond this earthly one
come to mean a sacred image as used in and it is this heavenly realm that icons
16 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 1reveal to us. There has been a renaissance Cathedral has a series of icon panels hung
of icon painting from the twentieth in the retroquire. Manchester Cathedral
century which accompanied the has a group of icons in the open North aisle
restoration of some great works by Rublev and a single modern icon of Christ on the
and others. Leonid Ouspensky, Father Cross nearby. Chester Cathedral recently
Gregory Kroug and Photios Kontoglou
revived the art form, faithful to the early
masters. Currently, there are many icon
painters in both the Orthodox and Western
Christian traditions. Workshops in icon
painting are available to those wishing to
immerse themselves in this spiritual art
form. It is said that ‘the iconographer must
see the life of a saint with the eyes of his
heart.’ An icon begins in prayer and
meditation. The iconographer comes to
know the subject and the archetype before
he paints.
displayed a newly painted icon of the
Samaritan woman at the well
commissioned by the Retreat Association
that was due to tour a number of sites
In interpreting icons, one might stand before Covid 19 intervened.
peacefully before it and let its meaning
come to us rather than reaching out to it For those who may wish to try praying with
and trying to seize the meaning. An icon is icons, here are some instructions from
a ‘showing forth of God’ and one may Theresa A.Blythe; a spiritual director and
come to feel that it comes to meet us in author.
quite a special way. The icon allows the
viewer to step free, momentarily from the
concerns of everyday life. Icons can be
used in the home as easily as in Church.
They are used to ‘sanctify daily life’ and are
called by the Russians ‘the art of sacred
living’. In this time of ‘worship from home’
that the pandemic has imposed upon us,
their relevance is heightened.
Icons play a part in non-Orthodox
Christianity these days as much as in the
traditional Orthodox Churches. Winchester
17 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 1When our intention is to seek God’s
presence, one effective mode of prayer is
gazing at an object as a window to the
unseen God—be it a traditional religious
icon or an object we’ve chosen because of
its meaning for us. . . . Simply looking,
without assigning any particular
interpretation or meaning to the object of
your gaze, can take you deep into
contemplative awareness of God. . . .
Express your intention to encounter God.
I suggest beginning this exercise by using a
traditional icon (or copy of one). That’s
Ask God for guidance. . . .
because they are lovingly created expressly
for the purpose of prayer, and praying with
We are invited to allow our mind to
one binds you to the great cloud of
descend deep into the center of our heart,
witnesses that have prayed with these
where we will encounter the presence of
images throughout history. . . .
God. Spend a few moments pondering this
and try allowing it to happen.
Gaze at the icon. Let your gaze be long and
loving. Think of the icon as a mystical
window in which you are on one side and
God is on the other. Allow God to
communicate with you by way of this
image, but do not become anxious about
how or when God may communicate.
Simply continue to gaze and allow your
heart to become still and open. Do this
until you reach your time limit.
A photograph or painting that you treasure
would also suffice. The important part is
seeking God’s presence. The image in front
of you is merely a window to God. . . .
Find a comfortable place to sit and gaze at
your chosen icon. Decide how long you will
spend in this contemplative practice. (20 End the contemplation with a prayer of
minutes is suggested.) gratitude.
18 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 1Spend a few minutes reflecting on the What was it like to use your eyes so
experience. Did you understand or feel intently in prayer? Did you feel the
that your mind descended into your heart? presence of the Holy during this prayer? If
so, can you describe what you felt or
experienced? . . . Would you be inclined to
pray in this way again? Why or why not?
References:
Teresa A. Blythe, 50 Ways to Pray: Practices
from Many Traditions and Times (Abingdon
Press: 2006)
Linda Proud, Icons: A Sacred Art (Pitkin
Press 2007)
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April Anniversaries of the Deceased
Taken from the Remembrance Book
1st Dorothy Downham 14th Frank Munday
John Daniel Cook 15th Elizabeth Lord
James (Jim) Hilton 16th May Meadows
2nd Marian Taylor June Ann Towers
3rd Frank Hesketh Walter Lawson
Mona Blanche Scott 18th George Alfred Williams
4th John David Roberts 20th Carl Richard Lowther
Stephen Sedman Scott Lindgreen
Albert Manning 22nd Joan Graham
5th William Bruce Joyce Findon
Dora Sharman 23rd Katherine Slaven
Helen McWilliams 24th Joshua Michael Jones
Philip James Hulse Vera Hilton
6th Jessie Evans 26th Violet Dixon
7th Kenneth Ross John Emery Ellis
Edith Dora Renshaw 27th Leon Griffiths
Elma Doreen Heywood John Haddock
Ray Barry George William Innis
9th Joe Cawley 28th Mabel Berry
Canon Kenneth Langton William Cecil Croft
Laura Perry 29th Samuel Walker
10th Janet Kernohan Mary Ann Bonney
11th Ellen Coburn 30th Harold Dixon
12th Jessie Stephenson Geoffrey Haddock
13th Muriel Kathleen Duckworth Anthony John Teixeira
Kevin Marsh Jim Round
Notices found in church newsletters – that didn’t quite come out right!
* This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs Brown, our church warden, to come forward and lay
an egg on the altar.
* The Director of Music invites anyone who enjoys sinning to volunteer for the choir.
* Bring and share church supper: Prayer and medication will follow.22 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 1
Crossword
ACROSS 11 ‘Your heart will — and swell with joy’
8 ‘He poured out his life unto death, and (Isaiah 60:5) (5)
was numbered with the — ’ (Isaiah 53:12) 13 Muslim holy month (7)
(13) 16 Ten ears (anag.) (7)
9 ‘When they had sung a hymn, they went 19 Under (poetic abbrev.) (5)
— to the Mount of Olives (Matthew 26:30) 22 How Abram described himself to God
(3) when he complained that his inheritance
10 Comes between Galatians and would pass to a servant (Genesis 15:2) (9)
Philippians (9) 24 ‘Go to the — , you sluggard’ (Proverbs
6:6) (3)
23 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 125 Debar from receiving Communion (13) 12 Long-handled implement used to till the
soil (Isaiah 7:25) (3)
DOWN 14 Order to which monks and nuns devote
1 My — for His Highest (Oswald Chambers’ themselves (8)
best-known book) (6) 15 Appropriate (Proverbs 15:23) (3)
2 Festival of the resurrection (6) 16 I, uncle (anag.) (6)
3 ‘His sons will prepare for war and — a 17 ‘They gave him — — of broiled fish’
great army’ (Daniel 11:10) (8) (Luke 24:42) (1,5)
4 ‘Let not the — string his bow’ (Jeremiah 18 ‘Weren’t there three men that we — —
51:3) (6) and threw into the fire?’ (Daniel 3:24) (4,2)
5 Name of the River Thames in and around 20 Mountain where Noah’s ark came to
Oxford (4) rest (Genesis 8:4) (6)
6 ‘From then on Judas watched for an 21 ‘Don’t you know that friendship with the
opportunity — — him over’ (Matthew world is — towards God?’ (James 4:4) (6)
26:16) (2,4) 23 Prominent architectural feature of large
7 ‘But Christ is faithful — — — over God’s cathedrals such as St Paul’s (4)
house’ (Hebrews 3:6) (2,1,3)
A Prayer before the Cross Can it be Easter Already?
Dear Lord, my sin is mine and mine alone:
That folly of my humanness which I must Can it be Easter already?
own Can that be really so?
As having moved against the best-self The carols and the Christmas tree
You, Lord, worked within my heart, Don’t seem that long ago!
‘til now my worst-self forms the greater
part Can it be Easter already?
Of what I see, and you must judge. Do April showers splash?
The weeks gone by since Christmas day
My Lord, it is no more than I deserve Have gone in just a flash!
For I indeed do let old Adam hide
Within the New Man you would forge. Can it be Easter already?
So, Lord, my sin, in each and every part The time of Lent has passed
Betrays that loyalty displayed upon the The forty days and forty nights
cross Went by so very fast.
Before which I, in penitence, now plead.
If it is Easter already,
Dear Lord, forgive my fall from grace That time has sped away.
And as I look into your eyes Perhaps it’s time to ponder, pause
Restore to me the robe of love you gave And savour every day!
That I may walk, full face, along your way
Towards our Father’s house By Nigel Beeton
Wherein a joyful welcoming will say -
‘My child, now you are home at last.’
By Sam Doubtfire
24 | P a g e / A p r i l 2 0 2 1Maundy Thursday, time to wash world. John’s gospel makes it clear that
the Last Supper took place the evening
feet BEFORE the regular Passover meal, and
that later Jesus died at the same time that
Maundy Thursday is famous for two things. the Passover lambs were killed.
The first is one of the final acts that Jesus
did before His death: the washing of His
own disciples’ feet (see John 13). Jesus
washed His disciples’ feet for a purpose: “A
Good Friday, the day the Son of
new command I give you: Love one God died for you
another. As I have loved you, so you must
love one another.” His disciples were to
love through service, not domination, of
one another.
In Latin, the opening phrase of this
sentence is ‘mandatum novum do vobis’.
The word ‘mundy’ is thus a corruption of Good Friday is the day on which Jesus died
the Latin ‘mandatum’ (or command). The on the cross. He was crucified at 9 a.m. in
ceremony of the ‘washing of the feet’ of the morning, and died six hours later, at
members of the congregation came to be 3pm. It is the most solemn day in the
an important part of the liturgy (regular Christian year, and is widely marked by the
worship) of the medieval church, removal of all decorations from churches.
symbolising the humility of the clergy, in In Lutheran churches, the day was marked
obedience to the example of Christ. by the reading of the passion narrative in a
gospel, a practice which lies behind the
But Thursday was also important because ‘passions’ composed by Johann Sebastian
it was on that night that Jesus first Bach (1685 – 1750). Both the St Matthew
introduced the Lord’s Supper, or what we Passion and the St John Passion have their
nowadays call Holy Communion. origins in this observance of Good Friday.
Jesus and His close friends had met in a The custom of observing a period of three
secret upper room to share the Passover hours’ devotion from 12 midday to 3 pm on
meal together - for the last time. And there Good Friday goes back to the 18th century.
Jesus transformed the Passover into the The ‘Three Hours of the Cross’ often take
Lord’s Supper, saying, ‘this is my body’ and the form of an extended meditation on the
‘this is my blood’ as He, the Lamb of God, ‘Seven Last Words from the Cross’, with
prepared to die for the sins of the whole periods of silence, prayer, or hymn-singing.Church Contacts
Position Contact Telephone Email
Rector Rev. Julian Heaton 0161 764 2452
julian.heaton_1@outlook.com
Curate Rev. Sheila Beattie 07714 474430 sbeattie@greenbee.net
Wardens Pat Webber 0161 797 9051 webber-lucy@sky.com
Eric Duckworth 0161 761 4064
eric.duckworth@yahoo.co.uk
Director of Music Marc Murray 07503 728491
buryparishchurchchoir@gmail.com
Organist Elin Rees 07737 119824
Church Hall Bookings Janice Harvey 01204 880272
bpchousebookings@hotmail.co.uk
PCC Secretary Hilary Ankers 0161 764 8011
Treasurer Nigel Rushworth info@thehouseontherock.co.uk
Verger burypcoffice@gmail.com
Free Will Offering Secretary Margaret Bowden 0161 764 3143
Electoral Roll c/o The Rectory Office 0161 764 2452
Magazine Editor Marc Murray 07503 728491 marcm1969@gmail.com
Rectory Office 0161 764 2452 bpc.office@tiscali.co.uk
burypcoffice@gmail.com
Beavers, Cubs & Scouts Ken Bowden 0161 764 3143
Brownies and Guides Karen Tomlinson 07475 360036
karentomlinson62@outlook.com
Rainbows Dawn Kenny 07734 152905
Dawn.Kenny@hotmail.com
Bell Ringers Marilyn Smith 0161 764 3837
Flower Arrangers Gloria Wardle 0161 964 5729
Liz Dyson (Weddings) 07830 684279
Mothers’ Union Susan Sugden 01204 884671
Sunday School Dawn Wight 01204 886562 d.wight@talktalk.net
Child Protection Officer Dawn Wight 01204 886562 d.wight@talktalk.net
Tiddlers Pat Webber 0161 797 9051 webber-lucy@sky.com
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