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CRUX Issue 47 August 2016 Church for a different world 25p HAVE YOU MET THE NEW BISHOP OF BOLTON?
CRUXIssue 47August 2016Church for a different world
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HAVE YOU MET THE NEW BISHOP OF BOLTON?
HOW CAN WE STAND TOGETHER?
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ARE YOU GOOD AT REACHING AGREEMENT?
Our system for collecting Parish Share includes an opportunity for parishes to discuss their Share with a representative of the Diocesan Board of Finance. We are looking for volunteers who have a good understanding of Parish Share or good financial acumen to join our Discussion and Agreement team.
This is an interesting and engaging project which will give each parish the opportunity to discuss their Parish Share and be a part of agreeing the Share for the next three years.
To fulfil this role you would need to be available to attend fortnightly meetings from September to November 2016 and January to March 2017. These meetings will be at various venues around the diocese.
If you are interested in this role and would like to discuss it further please contact Martin Miller, [email protected] or for more information email [email protected].
HAVE YOU MET THE NEW BISHOP OF BOLTON?
The Ven Mark Ashcroft has been named as the new Bishop of Bolton and will succeed Bishop Chris Edmondson when he is consecrated bishop in October.
Mark is well known to communities across Manchester Diocese, having been Rector of Christ Church Harpurhey before becoming Archdeacon of Manchester and Residentiary Canon of Manchester Cathedral in 2009. He also spent 10 years living and working in Kenya where he met his wife Sally.
Mark said, “I am honoured and thrilled to have been appointed the next Bishop of Bolton. Greater Manchester is a fantastic place to live and serve, and I am looking forward to getting to know and love the communities and churches of Rossendale, Salford, Bury, Bolton and parts of Wigan for which I will have particular responsibility. It is a great privilege to be able to share the good news of Jesus, and to encourage and lead the church in being a blessing to their communities. I already know that I have wonderful colleagues to share
this ministry with.” Mark Ashcroft was revealed as the new Bishop of Bolton at The Hope Centre in Johnson Fold, a small church which works in partnership with Bolton at Home and Urban Outreach to provide a food bank and jobs club for those in need.
He said: “What church at its best does is to care for the vulnerable, like those who are struggling with their finances and are perhaps coming to places like this, the Hope Centre, where there is debt counselling and food banks. All of these things help people who are in the most need and supporting them will be one of my priorities.”
The new bishop then visited the bustling Bury markets where he met with stall holders and shoppers and enjoyed tasting the famous Bury black pudding. His final stop was St Paul’s Primary School in Salford where a class of children quizzed him on what it means to be a bishop, how he will do confirmations and help people in need.
Many faith leaders across Greater Manchester, including myself, took a neutral stance before the EU Referendum in the hope that it would be easier for us to understand and sympathise with voters across a wide spectrum after what was an acrimonious campaign.
To build the best future for Britain, I believe there is one urgent task for each of us, whether we voted Leave or Remain.
Those who voted Remain need to acknowledge the overwhelming majority of Leave voters who are not part of the racist fringe that disfigures our society: people who believe with integrity that their vote will help us get something of our identity and even our country back. We need to engage with those who have seen little by way of economic benefit from EU membership, as their communities have suffered decline, and who hope that a more independent Britain offers a chance for change.
The challenge for Leave voters is perhaps even more urgent: to join in with and even lead immediate moves to isolate those who are trying to use the referendum decision as a building block for a resurgence of racist aggression. Leaders from all walks of society need to unite to make it absolutely clear that such attitudes are utterly abhorrent and have no place among us. In or outside of the EU we remain a nation where all our citizens have equal value, dignity and rights.
Faith leaders invite you to share acts of kindness and inclusion. Share your good news stories using #WeStandTogether.
Bishop DavidDiocese of Manchester
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The First World War Memorial Project, set up by Historic England, War Memorials Trust, Civic Voice and Imperial War Museum, is encouraging volunteers to contribute a lasting legacy as part of the World War I centenary.
Although there are around 100,000 war memorials throughout the UK, there is no central register and no record of their condition. Volunteers are being sought to identify and assess the condition of war memorials so that they can be registered in a central database.
Fifteen parishes from across the Diocese of Manchester attended training in June, facilitated by the War Memorials Trust, to do just this. Participants learnt how to undertake a condition survey, identify those in poor condition or at risk of further deterioration, register them on the central database and find sources of funding for conservation and repair.
HOW MANCHESTER COMMEMORATED THE SOMME
CAN WE CONTRIBUTE A LASTING LEGACY?
Manchester was at the centre of events across Europe to remember the duty, courage and service of the hundreds of thousands who died in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago.
Bishop David led an act of remembrance in Albert Square where thousands gathered to pay their respects.
The Last Post was played followed by the firing of a gun to mark a two-minute silence. Wreaths were laid by the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, Warren Smith, representing the Queen, Chancellor George Osborne and the Mayor of Manchester.
A 1000-strong parade led by the band from the King’s Regiment then made its way from Albert Square, down Deansgate to Manchester Cathedral for the national commemorative service.
Tributes in the cathedral were paid not just to fallen Britons but also to those on the other side. Readings were read in German and a number of Germans were present to remember their dead, joining other attendees including Prince Andrew, the Duke of York.
Members of the public braved the heavy showers to outside to watch the service on a big screen. During the service young people brought specially-made red tiles to the altar to be blessed before being taken by hand cart to Heaton Park for the evening concert.
Heaton Park was used as a training ground for recruits a century ago and made a fitting venue for the moving concert. There were contributions by school children as well as the Hallé orchestra and drama groups.
GET INVOLVEDIf you would like to contribute to this project and undertake a condition survey of a war memorial in your locality, please contact Heather Ford, Heritage & Archdeaconry Resources Advisor on 0161 828 1475.
Grants are distributed by War Memorials Trust and further details can be found at www.warmemorials.org/grants
Congratulations to our four new Readers licensed in July. They are: Cate Allison, Anthea Darlington, Mandy Mullins and Diane Taylor-Harrison.
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COULD YOU BE MY MUMMY OR DADDY?
OUR NEW READERS
DIOCESAN SYNOD UPDATE
Hilary Thomas reports on Future Families for Children from Caritas Care, which aims to find families for children of primary school age.
I will never forget the little boy I worked with, as a social worker, who, when Father Christmas asked what he wanted replied: “A new mummy and daddy”. To my everlasting sadness, I was never able to find a parent, or parents, who could meet his needs, see his potential and nurture him until adulthood.
There are now, in the North West, a high number of children, aged four and over, for whom, very sadly, that situation is as true today as it was 25 years ago. That is why Caritas Care is
setting up Future Families for Children. These children will have suffered so much in their short lives, including many losses and rejections, leaving them with low self-esteem, feeling that they must be bad as no-one loves them, maybe not being able to trust anyone. Our carers, who will be approved as both foster carers and adopters, will be given lots of ongoing support, advice and training to enable them to become that child’s nurturing, loving and permanent family.
All sorts of people can become that special person to a young child – and we know that people of faith often have the resilience, inner strength, support, sense of humour and understanding that these vulnerable children need.
At its June meeting Diocesan Synod focused on planning for the future.
The meeting began with poignant prayer, led by Canon Philip Barratt, remembering the tragically murdered MP, Jo Cox, and providing encouragement for the forthcoming referendum on membership of the EU. The Bishop’s Presidential Address touched on both these matters as he encouraged us to think about tolerance of change.The main item of the evening concerned the Fit for Mission programme.
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Questions relating to three of the workstreams: Buildings, Mission Units and Re-Imagining Ministry, were posed for Synod to consider in groups. Members were encouraged to voice their opinions about how the Fit for Mission programme should steer the diocese into the future.
Items of regular business included the AGM of the Board of Finance and consideration of the draft budget for 2017, process surrounding clergy Permission to Officiate and an annual report on Mission Support Clergy.
Synod approved changes to its Standing Orders, in line with decisions previously made about changes to Diocesan Governance, and was given notice about new legislation concerning Safeguarding.
Could this be you? If you would like to explore this further, please contact: Caritas Care on 0800 652 6955, [email protected] or visit www.caritascare.org.uk
Family and friends flocked to Manchester Cathedral to celebrate the creation of 16 new priests and 20 deacons. Please support them with your prayers as they begin their new ministries around the diocese.
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CONGRATULATIONS & WELCOME TO OUR NEW PRIESTS AND DEACONS
You can download photos from our Flickr site at www.flickr.com/photos/dioceseofmanchester
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PSALMS ON THE MOVE As part of Cherish Your Churchyard week St Michael’s, Flixton read all 150 psalms in a day. They took to the highway to read the psalms with other churches in the deanery. Starting at 7am at St Michael’s and then on to St John’s Flixton, St Mary’s Davyhulme, Christchurch Davyhulme, All Saints Stretford, St Matthew’s Stretford, Greenfield Urmston, St Clement’s Urmston, and completing the final few psalms at 8.30pm back at St Michael’s. The route was approximately ten miles.
Janet Ashton reports, “We met some really nice people on our travels who enjoyed reading with us and provided refreshments along the way. The weather was very warm and sunny and it was lovely sitting in the churchyards and gardens to do the readings. Thank you to everyone who took part.”
These words – our diocesan vison – take us to the heart of our life together as disciples of Jesus Christ in the Diocese of Manchester as we seek to be fit for mission.
August, with its slight change in tempo, can be a good time to think about what that vision means for us as individuals and how God is seeking to move us forward.
It is essential that our vision begins in worship. As Christians, our whole life is rooted in prayer and worship, in the intimacy of the friendship we have with Jesus as He breathes upon us the gift of the Holy Spirit and leads us to the Father. In reviewing our relationship with God: How is my prayer life? How faithful am I to public worship and personal prayer? What changes might I embrace as I desire to grow in the life of the Spirit? Who can help me? A good starting place would be a conversation with your priest, Reader or Authorised Lay Minister.
And what about growing? We must, of course, grow in depth of discipleship but we must never dodge the Lord’s desire for us to also grow in numbers. Jesus’ words to the first disciples are addressed to the church in every age: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey
everything that I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:19) I believe that all the baptised are missionaries of Jesus’ radical, inclusive love. How will I live in such a way that Jesus is more easily seen in the life of the church and his message of hope more easily heard in those places where He has planted me? Knowing Jesus to be the most amazing merciful redeemer, friend and brother why wouldn’t I want to introduce others to Him?
And that leads us to transformation. As Christians we know that Jesus has transformed our lives and we long to help individuals and communities to know that transformation for themselves. It’s going on in the day-to-day life of our parishes, schools and chaplaincies, often in small and unseen ways. The hungry are being fed, strangers find friendship, the desperate find a listening ear, injustice is challenged and those who feel they have no voice discover that there is someone to speak for them. Across the diocese there are Christian women, men and young people who make a difference and they do it in the name of Jesus. How can I join in with making a difference in the place Jesus has planted me?
I’m sure of this – each of us is part of God’s answer to the opportunities and challenges before us!
New! Important training for Child Protection Coordinators on how to recruit safely to your church. At Church House, Manchester on Saturday 3 September 9.30am-12.30pm.
Booking essential by contacting Helen Fallone on 0161 828 1411.
TREASURER TRAINING The diocese is holding three training sessions on Parish Accounting and Reporting. Whether you are a new Treasurer or would just like to keep up to date with changes to Financial Reporting requirements, we recommend you attend one of these sessions. This is particularly important following the introduction of Financial Reporting Standard 102, which may have implications when preparing your Parish Accounts.
The sessions will be held at Church House on the following dates.
SAFE IN RECRUITMENT TRAINING
To book please email [email protected] or call 0161 828 1400.
Tuesday 20 September 18.30 – 20.30
Saturday 24 September 11.00 – 13.00
Tuesday 27 September 10.30 – 12.30
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A WORSHIPPING, GROWING AND TRANSFORMING CHRISTIAN PRESENCE AT THE HEART OF EVERY COMMUNITY
Mark DaviesBishop of Middleton
IS GOD CALLING YOU?
For more information contact:
Revd Canon Anne Edwards01942 822324 [email protected]
or Revd Janet Lyssejko [email protected]
Not quite sure which way to go? Want to explore with like-minded people? Why not join the Fellowshipof Vocation for Bolton and Salford?
Wed 7 Sept St John the Baptist, Atherton Mon 7 Nov St George, Unsworth Thur 5 Jan 2017 St Mary, Deane Tue 7 March St Clement, Ordsall Wed 3 May St Mary, Hawkshaw Mon 3 July St Anne, Clifton
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APPOINTMENTS The Revd Philip Brierley,currently Priest-in-Charge of St George Stalybridge has been appointed Incumbent of St. George Stalybridge.
The Revd Matthew Calladine,currently Priest-in-Charge of St Mary Moston, has been appointed Incumbent of St Margaret Burnage.
The Revd Dr Terry Clark, has been appointed as Priest-in-Charge of St Thomas and St. John Lostock. This is in addition to his existing roles as Team Rector of Deane Team and Area Dean of Deane. He will be licensed on 28 August.
The Revd Hilary Edgerton, currently Non-Stipendiary House for Duty Priest in the Benefice of Saddleworth (known as Saddleworth Missioner Priest), has been appointed in addition 0.5 Chaplain at Buckley Hall Prison.
The Revd Shirley Harrison, currently Team Vicar in the Redruth Team Ministry, has been appointed Priest in Charge of St Luke Heywood and St John Hopwood.
The Revd Eddie Roberts, has been appointed Incumbent of St Andrew Blackley. This is in addition to his existing roles as Priest-in-Charge of St Peter Blackley and St Paul Blackley.
The Revd Gareth Robinson, currently Stipendiary Curate at All Saints Marple, has been appointed Assistant Curate to the Benefice of St Philip and Sacred Trinity Salford and will be named as Incumbent of St Philip’s Salford in proposals for Pastoral Reorganisation.St Philip Salford is to become a City Centre Resource Church.
The Revd Stephen Tranter, currently Team Leader of the Healthy Churches Team in the Mission and Ministry Department of the Diocese of Manchester, has been appointed Team Rector of West Bolton. He will be licensed on 20 September.
The Revd Marcia Wall, currently Incumbent of Rhodes and Parkfield and Area Dean of Heywood and Middleton, has been appointed Residentiary Canon Pastor at Manchester Cathedral. She will be installed at the cathedral on 4 September.
The Revd David Warner, currently Assistant Curate of Abbots Langley, has been appointed Priest in Charge of St George Mossley and St John the Baptist Roughtown. He will be licensed as Incumbent to the new benefice of Mossley on 4 September.
RESIGNATIONS & RETIREMENTS The Revd Mark Brackley is to retire as Chaplain and Bereavement Support Co-ordinator at Bolton Hospice on 30 September 2016.
The Revd Judie Horrocks will finish her post as Church in Schools Development Worker on 16 January 2017. She will be moving with her husband, Bob, to Corralejo in Fuerteventura where she will be given permission to officiate.
The Revd Glenys Richards is to retire as OLM in the Heatons Team. Her final day will be 31 July 2016.
HOW IMPORTANT IS CHURCH MAINTENANCE?The maintenance of church buildings is often viewed as yet another task to add to an already burdened congregation. However the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) estimates that spending £1 on maintenance today save £20 in future repairs. So undertaking simple maintenance tasks regularly does makes financial sense.
Manchester Diocese is fortunate to have been chosen by SPAB to take part in a pilot Maintenance Co-operative. This initiative, to be rolled out in the autumn, will support and train volunteers involved in maintaining their church building to undertake simple maintenance tasks and prevent them falling into further disrepair.
Free training will be provided and technical expertise will be on hand from SPAB. Through a series of events, participants will be supported to undertake their own baseline condition surveys, develop maintenance plans, share skills and good practice and develop peer group support networks.
£99,800
Two churches in the diocese have secured grants through the Listed Places of Worship Roof Fund. Hurst St John the Evangelist and Deane St Mary have each been awarded a grant of £99,800 to carry out urgent roof repairs. These grants will make a real difference, helping preserve the fabric of the building while making them more comfortable and welcoming.
More information and help with applying for grants is available from Heather Ford, Heritage & Archdeaconry Resources Advisor, 0161 828 1475.
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IN A CHURCH WHERE A SENSE OF ‘THIS WILL SEE ME OUT’ IS SOMETIMES EVIDENT, WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE?
We want to hear your thoughts
What would you like to see discussed in a future issue?
What will we do with your comments?
We will collate all the responses we receive and consider them as we develop our plans and priorities for the diocese. We will not be able to provide individual responses, but we will provide updates in CRUX on how your feedback is shaping Church for a different world.
Send to:Church for a Different World, Diocese of Manchester, Church House,90 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2GH
WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH AT MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL?
CAPTURE THE CATHEDRAL EXHIBITION30 July - 24 August during Cathedral opening hours
View the winning entries and a selection of entries from this year’s Capture the Cathedral exhibition. Members of the public can vote for ‘The People’s Choice’.
For further details of services and events at the cathedral, please visit www.manchestercathedral.org
SMALL ADVERTSBOLTON PARISH CHURCH CHOIR (Greater Manchester) has vacancies in all parts. Cathedral – style repertoire, monthly Choral Evensong and annual cathedral visits. Readers preferred. If interested contact Michael Pain: [email protected]
SOUTH CUMBRIADetached bungalow, quiet village mid-way Lancaster/Kendal. S/c; sleeps 5; linen supplied; wi-fi; pets welcome. 0161 442 0901; [email protected]
MATTIAS NILSSON International Jazz Pianist ‘Dreams of Belonging’ concert. Amazing virtuoso performance of latest CDSat 27 August 7.30pm, St Stephen’s Church Astley M29 7BT. £10 ticket includes supper. Pay on the door.
LAKE DISTRICT HOLIDAY LETA well-appointed and equipped 2 bedroom apartment in Bowness with parking and garage. Offering a balcony with views of Lake Windermere. www.swallowsrest.org For more information call 07719 966990; email [email protected]
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Editorial:All editorial items to Ann Mummery,0161 828 [email protected]
Distribution:To order or amend, ring 0161 828 1470. For distribution enquiries, ring Jon Golding, 07768 767220. Published by the Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance (registered charity). © Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance
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PREACHING WOMEN?
Location
St Elisabeth’s Church St Elisabeth’s Way Reddish SK5 6DJ
Date and Time
Tuesday 4 October 7—9pm
The ‘why’ and the ‘how’ with the Revd Liz Shercliff, Director of Studies for Readers in the Diocese of Chester
Open to clergy and lay leaders, men and women
Organised by the Women’s Chapter
