SEPTEMBER ST JAMES’ COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

Key contacts

Associate Priest Rev Dr Malcolm Wearing T: 07557 658452 E: malcolm@revmw.co.uk

Team Rector Rev Carol Pharaoh T: 01942 859251 E: carol.pharaoh@gmail.com

Team Vicar Revd Angela Wynne T: 01204 468150 E: revawynne@gmail.com

Churchwardens

Jenifer Palin T: 07785 316155 E: bjpalin83@gmail.com

Ian Done T: 07793 868901 E: iandone3@gmail.com

Pewsheet Editor Karen Bailey E: stjamespewsheet@hotmail.com Copy by 2pm Wednesday for following Sunday.

Facebook Steph Gregory E: st_james_church85@yahoo.com

Website www.stjamesdaisyhill.co.uk

WELCOME TO A NEW LOOK NEWSLETTER

Now that restrictions have been relaxed and more of us are returning to ‘face to face’ services in church, instead of a longer, emailed Notice Sheet, we will be emailing a monthly newsletter at the end of each month. As a community newsletter, we would welcome your contributions to keep it interesting and relevant. Please feel free to email anything of interest, it doesn’t have to be based on church, it may be a poem, anecdote, funny story or even an upcoming event that our parishioners would like to attend – if you’re not sure, email it anyway! Also, we would welcome your feedback – good or bad – constructive criticism is always welcome to help us to improve. Many thanks Karen

A Letter from Malcolm…

Autumn is nearly upon us, and it has been an interesting year, not nearly as bad as

2020, but still not quite what we are used to. Over the past couple of months the

church has slowly opened up, we are singing hymns again for the first time in a

while and a creeping sense of normality is coming back. We sadly can’t take

anything for granted, things may have to roll back again a bit in future, but let’s keep

our fingers firmly crossed that we don’t have to, and that we can sing and gather

together this Christmas in a way we couldn’t do last year.

We have just had a very informative and interesting heritage weekend, our huge

thanks go out to Bob and Glenys for all their hard work in getting everything together

to make it the event it was. As we run through the Autumn and towards Christmas,

we will hopefully have more events we can share together as a church. We will

have our Harvest Festival on 10th October, which will be followed by a service for St

James Primary School the day after. It is really great that the school are able to

come back into church, we look forward to getting back to having the strong links we

had with them in the past. Messy church is coming back on October 16th, and our

open doors group a bit earlier on the 2nd

October. It is great that all these groups

and events can hopefully stretch out to a wider community around our church.

Moving to later in October, I am planning to run a quiet day in the Team, I am just

waiting on the final details about date and venue, but it will be in one of our team

churches. The theme will be “Who is God”, and will reflect on our understanding of

God through reflection of the words of five Psalms. If that sounds a bit heavy, it

really isn’t, each input session is only about 10 minutes, with a piece of music at the

start and end, chosen to draw out the theme. Then in between there will be space

to just reflect quietly, do craft, and hopefully, if we can arrange it, walk and pray a

labyrinth.

We will have our annual All Souls service on All Saints Sunday (31st October) day in

the afternoon, which is a beautiful and serene service as we remember all those we

have lost and who mean so much to us.

Finally as we head through November, we have our Christmas Fair to look forward

to, and then a reflective Taize service on Advent Sunday, when you can push the

world away for 45 minutes and sit in candlelight singing or just listening to beautiful

music, and reflecting on the Advent themes of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace.

We have so much to look forward to this Autumn, hopefully we can enjoy our

fellowship together in so many diverse ways as we head towards the end of the

year.

God bless

Malcolm

Please see our Team YouTube link for our latest services: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDx266HLh9ShYeBJnON8ODg

Please remember in our prayers those who are sick: Connor Wood Ann Grundy Michelle Davies Cathy Morse Mike Redfern Hilda Biddlecombe Lydia Hill

Neil Redford Marion Hallam Ian Sullivan Julie Slee Paul Hennings Josh Patel

Gracious God, give skill, sympathy and resilience to all who are caring for the sick, and your wisdom to those searching for a cure. Strengthen them with your Spirit, that through their work many will be restored to health; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Please pray for the family and friends of those whose anniversary of their passing falls during September: Robert Dowling Hannah Booth Albert John Hall James Herbert Mather Nancy Hughes Jemima Berry

Duncan Scaldwell Lambert Edward Hargreaves Ronald Seddon Peter Sullivan James Lally Lambert Rudd

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Also, please remember in your prayers, the family and friends of Susan Rostron who has died recently. MAlmighty and eternal God, from whose love in Christ we cannot be parted, either by death or life: hear our prayers and thanksgivings for all whom we remember this day; fulfil in them the purpose of your love; and bring us all, with them, to your eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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NOTICES

We are starting Messy Church again!

The first one will be on

Saturday 16th October 2021

All are welcome, no booking will be required. Please let anyone who you know who used to come know that this event is back up and running. Steph Done has asked for anyone who is interested in helping out to contact her direct.

Good News!

Open Doors will be re-opening on Saturday 2nd October 10am-12pm

Everyone is welcome to come along for a chat, coffee, tea and toast - even crumpets if you like!

It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to meet in church with friends

old and new. Do come along - we look forward to seeing you all.

St. James Church 10am-12pm Saturday 2nd October

and every following first Saturday of the month.

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Date for Your Diary…

This year’s Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 20th November.

Watch this space for further details.

Confirmation 2021

A Confirmation Service will be held at St Bart’s Church

on Sunday 7th November 2021 at 3 pm. If you are a young person who will be in in Year 6 or above from September 2021 and would like to consider confirmation, please ask an adult to pick up and complete a registration form from church. If you are an adult who would like to consider confirmation, please also get in touch. If we already have your details you don’t need to apply again. We will be in touch about Confirmation Preparation Classes which will begin in September. Thank you.

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School Admission Forms (Secondary Schools ONLY) If you have any school admission forms that you would like us to complete, please put your forms in an envelope along with a note stating which church building(s) you usually attend. If you attend St Thomas’ Church, please also include a photocopy of your church attendance card(s). Please also include a contact number for us to contact you on. Then please bring your envelopes along to any of our churches when they are open for church services and drop them in the box provided. Alternatively you can pop them through the Rectory letter box. (Off Market Street in Westhoughton, up the drive by the old Barclays Bank building.) We will let you know when your form is ready to collect and where from. Alternatively, if you would like us to post the form(s) back to you, please include a stamped self-addressed envelope. Please be aware that all the schools are only asking us to provide information relating to church attendance, up to and including 15th March 2020. No church attendance or intent to attend from this date, will give you any additional points. THANK YOU.

Beanie Hats

September is here, so that means… I won’t say Christmas... but Beanie Hat time is nearly here! As you know, Operation Christmas Child like to include knitted Beanie Hats in their Christmas Boxes which are sent for children in a different country each year. The knitters at St. James and friends have always come up trumps and over the years have sent many hats. Can we do the same this year? Please help if you can. If you need a pattern (it is very easy) please ask or there will be some in church. Thank you. The Mission Group.

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Team Bible Study Groups

Each month up to the end of the year, we are holding some Bible Study groups based on Old Testament Characters. Some of these sessions will be face to face and others will be online on zoom. All are invited and welcome to attend any of the sessions. Below are details and times of dates of these. If people would like to attend an online session, please contact the leader in charge and the zoom details will be sent accordingly.

https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/bible-study/bible-study-guides/old-testament-characters/

SESSION Evening ONLINE Daytime ONLINE Face to Face

SAMUEL Hearing God’s voice

Tuesday 19th Oct 7 pm Thursday 21st Oct 2 pm Thursday 4th Nov 7.30 pm

Leader: ANDY JONES Leader: ELAINE with CAROL P facilitating

Leader: ANDY JONES Venue: St Barts

ABRAHAM Following God’s call

Tuesday 16th Nov 7 pm

Thursday 18th Nov 2 pm

Thursday 9th December 7.30 pm

Leader: ANGELA W Leader: CAROL P Leader: ANGELA W Venue: St Katharine’s

Flower List 2021 We do have a Flower List on the noticeboard at the back of church. If anyone wishes to make a donation towards flowers for a special occasion or in memory of a loved one then please add your name against your specific date to the list at the back of church. Any queries, please speak with me. Jenifer 07785316155

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Church Fundraising

200 CLUB

Jackpot winners for September

£50 G Parr £25 M Atherton £10 N Perfect

We’re now registered with easyfundraising, which means you can help us for FREE. Over

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Worship Church of England The Church of England is producing a series of prayers and acts of worship for those unable to attend church, available here:https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-liturgy-and-prayer-resources 96.5 Bolton FM - 11am - 12pm The Spirit of Bolton Prayers for Bolton - Rev. Ian Smart and Sue Snowden

More Prayers for Bolton, our weekly act of worship, which will be hosted once again by Ian and Sue from Harwood Methodist Church. They will lead listeners through a selection of worship, hymns, songs, prayers, readings and reflections. It is a chance for you to be able to worship at home, and to raise your voices in praise with others from around the Bolton Family.

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URBAN OUTREACH Food Collections You can bring your donations with you when you come to a Sunday Service in any of our churches. Place your donations in the Grub Tubs provided. You can also bring donations to: St James’ Daisy Hill between 10am – 12pm on the first Saturday of every month. St John’s Wingates between 10 – 11am on the first and third Saturdays of every month. You might find it easier to make a financial donation to Urban Outreach. You can do this via their website https://www.urbanoutreach.co.uk/

Items needed

Tinned meat, veg, chopped tomatoes, fruit, 500g boxes of breakfast cereal, Cordial, Long life milk, Custard powder, 1kg bags of rice, Pasta (500g), Baked beans, Tinned soup, Jars of pasta sauce, Tinned pulses, Tinned vegetables (sweetcorn, peas, carrots and potatoes), Biscuits, Tinned fish, Tea, jars of baby food (different ages), Incontinence pads, Male toiletries, Nappies, Wipes. Size 3 nappies are needed at the moment! Local Information Bolton Council are producing a daily bulletin of useful information from guidance for personal security to details of Bolton Market Traders offering a home delivery or order and collect service. Contact Keith Armstrong via email tcc@bolton.gmim.org.uk giving him your name and email address and ask to be put on the circulation list for the Bolton Council Daily Bulletin.

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