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Parish Magazine
July 2021
clergy from the Parish Church. Parish
Charities 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
Situated on top of the small hill at the had close links with the Lancashire
centre of the town, Bury Parish Church Fusiliers (now part of the Royal Regiment
stands at the heart of one of the ancient of Fusiliers) since 1873 and continues to
parishes of Lancashire. The present be a focus for the whole civic life of the
splendid building was opened for worship Borough.
on 2nd February, the Feast of the
Presentation, in 1876, and is certainly the Today, we seek to continue to offer a
third - possibly the fourth - on the site. It wide variety of activities and
is impossible now to know just when opportunities to the whole town which
Christian worship began here, a thousand we are called to serve for Jesus Christ’s
or so years ago. sake. This magazine gives its reader a
snapshot, in one particular month, of
During its long history, the Church has what is on offer. We are always eager to
ministered to the town in many different find new ways of witness and service and
ways. Bury Grammar School began life should be glad to receive any
here in the Sixteenth Century, boys constructive suggestions.
almost certainly being taught originally by
Contact details
Julian Heaton, Rector 0161 764 2452 / 07564 721331
julian.heaton_1@outlook.com
Sheila Beattie, Curate 077144 74430 sbeattie@greenbee.net
Email: burypcoffice@gmail.com
Website: www.buryparishchurch.com
Address : The Parish Office c/o. The Rectory, Tithebarn Street, BURY, BL9 0JR
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Parish Diary July 2021
Regular events Wednesday
Sunday 11.00am Holy Communion
8.00am Holy Communion 7.00pm Study Group (see Cornerstone*)
10.00am Parish Eucharist (also on
Facebook Live)and Sunday Thursday
School 10.00am Tiddlers
6.30pm Evensong
Friday
8.00am Dustbusters – church cleaning
Baptisms & Weddings. 4.00pm Junior Choir Practice during
Speak to any of the clergy after the term-time
service. This monthly Parish Magazine has 7.00pm Adult Choir Practice
a full list of contact details for clergy and
organisations on the inside of the back * To receive the Cornerstone, email :
page. julian.heaton_1@outlook.com
Events during July
4th Baptism of Aries Mills
5th Wedding of Samantha Brewis and David Reed
11th Welcome to Sam Eccleston, our curate at the 10.30am Service
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From the Rector’s desk on the Wylde are open for business. This
feels much more normal.
The question is, in all this, this; where is
God? Where was God? If all our Church
activity means anything, that is the
question. Absent? Asleep on duty?
Overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of
prayers carrying pain, sorrow, anger and
frustration?
I did receive a message from one of our
congregation who said, in essence, that
Dear Sisters and Brothers, what the trauma of COVID had done was
to clarify the idea that had been growing
over the years, that all this Christianity
Do you remember last July? We were in a
was a waste of time. Particularly the bit
world of tentative steps forward. We
about our faith that suggests that
were still awaiting news of a vaccine (a
intercession can make God change
long way off as it happens) and were
her/his mind. A hard message to receive.
wondering whether we could travel, visit,
A brave message to send. Where indeed
go out at all. Church had opened. Some
is God?
people felt confident enough to step
back in. Others were cautious. Those with
Although I find the conclusion of the
contact with children sensed their anxiety
email at odds with my faith, I find the
about the future and stress about
challenge of the email pertinent. What do
delivering learning whilst trying to make a
I think God has been doing and what
living. Those with contact with any in
does the faith I seek to live by offer by
education were in awe of teachers. Some
way of riposte to such a challenge?
workplaces ploughed on. Others were
left vacant as businesses closed or the
Morning Prayer over the past month has
workforce found themselves new work
taken its Old Testament reading from the
stations in their bedrooms, or if lucky, a
Book of Job. It has been really tough
spare bedroom. The world was a very
going as Job is full of tortuous
odd place.
philosophical arguments precisely on this
question or its more common version;
As I write this, I can hear our ROBOT Cubs
why do bad things happen to good
playing in the Rectory garden. On
people? The thing about Job’s argument,
Sundays my heart rejoices in our reduced
the thing I want to hang onto when I
choir singing music new to me and the
don’t understand, is this; Job says he
three pubs across the front of the church
doesn’t understand. He does not know
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what God has been doing. He is agnostic. learn to listen to the sort of answers we
But Job says this, too; he, Job, will still can offer to the world.
live by trust in the Godness of God and in
the belief that God is to be found in all With love and prayers,
the madness and pain he has experienced
and that God is still at Job’s side, even Julian
when Job cannot sense it. Job opts for Rector
faithfulness in the face of disorder, pain
and chaos. Job’s trust invites me to trust
God too. The Revd Samuel Eccleston
I suspect, over COVID, we have all had
questions like my emailer. And I suspect
that we have either ignored them and
carried on unchanged or that we have
wrestled with them and struggled for
answers. I hope that you, dear reader, fall
into the latter category. And I hope, too,
that you have avoided easy, neat,
formulaic answers. When I read the bible, On Sunday, 4th July 2021, Sam will be
what I read are women and men asking ordained Deacon at Manchester
more questions than finding answers Cathedral, by the Rt Revd Dr David
and, if answers are forthcoming, asking Walker. Please pray for Sam, for Hailey,
questions about them. We are people of Arthur and Aurelia as they move to Bury
faith and faith is about trusting God (see and settle in.
Job above) and still having the wisdom
and humanity to delve further into what On 11th July, there will be a joint service
it means to believe in God. with St Paul’s to welcome them. The
service will be at 10.30 am. We were
This month, Sam Eccleston is ordained planning to have a picnic and party but,
and becomes curate at St Mary the Virgin, sadly, due to the present COVID
Bury and St Paul’s Bury. Sam comes as a restrictions, we will have to delay this.
member of the Order of Preachers and
that order seeks to make God known to However, it will be great to welcome
people through deep exploration, asking them with a full church and much joy. Do
questions and teasing out the come!
fundamentals of the faith. My prayer
(well, one of my prayers) for us whilst
Lockdown Stimulation
Sam is here is that we become a
community of faith that dares to look life There has been much talk about what
in the face and ask where God is and people have watched on TV during this
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prolonged period of imposed home life.
Daily Prayers in Church
People have binge-watched their way
through seasons of drama, comedy, and online
documentaries on space, planet earth Over lockdown
and industrial processes. We all probably we have tried to
listen to the Radio and some will have offer daily
even opened a book. Members of our prayers on our
congregation share what helped them. If Facebook –
you want to contribute, do send in your either through
writing. music or through
a form of
Morning Prayer.
The Environment
With Lockdown ending soon and with our
curate arriving, we will be changing this
pattern. Prayers will be offered in Church
Monday, Thursday and Friday at 9.00am.
The Church is trying to do catch up with
This will be in the South Chapel and
the Environmental issues of our world.
access will be through the South Chapel
The Anglican Communion has a
door.
statement about Mission and the fifth
Mark of Mission is this;
The Facebook reflection will continue but
The mission of the Church is the mission of
just on Saturdays at 9.00am. We invite
Christ to strive to safeguard the integrity
you to join us as we offer the worship of
of creation and sustain and renew the life
the Church, whether that be in the Chapel
of the earth.
itself and/or online. If you cannot join us
then, we point you to the Prayer
The Diocese of Manchester calls on
resources the Church of England offers.
churches and congregations and
You can find these online and in the form
parishioners to engage with the
of an App. Personally, I have found the
environment. We ought to be involved in
Daily Prayer app (free) which offers both
this as Christians, as a local Church. I
text and also a recording of the service to
would like this conversation to start here.
listen to helpful, accessible and easy to
If you are interested, please contact me
use. This change will start on 5th July.
so that we can begin to help each other
be stewards of God’s creation.
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June 2021 News
Dear All, for some time, bravely fighting her
battle with courage and dignity.
I hope you are all keeping well and Also, please pray for Sandra Clark as
coping with the restrictions. she is undergoing her treatment.
I was hoping to arrange a meeting in
July but feel we need to hold fast If anyone is interested in helping
with this new variant spreading and serve refreshments following the
infection rates rising. So please 10.00am Sunday Service, we would
understand as and when it feels safe be pleased to hear from you as we
to move forward and meet with need more people to help. We hope
confidence we will do so. to have enough people so we can set
the rota for each team to do one
In August it will be 145 years since duty per month. This is an appeal to
Mary Sumner started the Mothers’ the congregation, not just Mothers’
Union movement and 100 years since Union members, and both men and
her death. Please see the Mothers’ women will be welcomed into the
Union Newsletter for more details team.
and also Summer of Hope Appeal.
Best wishes to all who are
In your prayers, please remember celebrating a birthday or anniversary
June and Dawn Wight, following the in the coming weeks.
death of Hannah (June’s
granddaughter) who was only 23 With Love and Prayers
years old. Hannah had been poorly Susan Sugden
01204 884671 / mob 07804 113226
145 Years of Mothers' Union
2021 is a profound year for Mother's As a movement, started and sustained by
Union. It is the 145th anniversary of our the strength of Mary Sumner’s vision of
founding and the centenary of the women supporting one another, we
passing of our founder. continue to thrive all these years later.
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This summer, we also mark 100 years this goodwill in mind as we look forward
since her death, making remembering her to the warm and pleasant months of the
remarkable, inspiring life all the more summer.
poignant.
Whilst things may not be entirely back to
normal for some time, we hope that you
will be able to come together for garden
parties and cream teas. Make sure you
take a look at : www.mothersunion.org
Summer of Hope activities page for input
and ideas.
We also invite you to get involved with
MU On The Move (see
www.mothersunion.org )- a fundraising
initiative taking place across Britain and
Ireland which aims to assist you in being
Mary Sumner led a true breakthrough for
active. Get your friends and family
women, who in her time were mainly
involved, and run, jog or walk in support
seen to play supporting roles in the
of Mothers' Union!
Church, work and society. She made sure
women’s voices were heard, and their
Keep your eyes peeled for our 31 Days of
own rights and needs recognised.
Inspiration when we will hear daily from
members all around the world about how
We Look Forward To our movement inspires them today.
Towards Mary Sumner day itself, and
A Summer Of Hope particularly in the month of August, we
will have exciting updates to share with
you.
Of course we couldn't do all of this
without your support - thank you. We
hope you enjoy everything that we have
planned!
Some amongst our fellowship have A gift of £27 can help continue Mary
suffered great losses over the past 18 Sumner's vision. This amount could mean
months. Yet what has been most a person in Ethiopia completes a two-year
powerful in recent times has been the course to learn to read and write,
comfort provided by fellow members, providing them with a basic skill that
family, friends and strangers. We hold completely changes their life.
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What did you do during Lockdown?
The rector has invited members of our congregation to write about
what they have been doing over the past sixteen months.
turned intelligence officer in Cromwell’s
Fiona Nuttall writes :
London in the 1650s. He works to
maintain the order and government of
the Lord Protector against all comers;
Royalists, Fifth Monarchists and various
religious fanatics. This is historical crime
par excellence. The author; S.G. MacLean
has been favorably compared to C.J.
Sansom.
The Seeker has a past which is hinted at,
but not revealed. He works tirelessly for
what is right rather than what might be
I remember being at an online study
expedient. He is passionate, driven and
group where we were looking at what we
capable. He is feared and crowds part
missed most during lockdown. I said
when he appears. But he also has a very
‘hugs’. Contact with people; emotional,
human side and a fierce loyalty.
physical, intellectual seemed to drive me
Subsidiary characters are also well drawn
more than I might have expected. No
as is the street scene of London itself.
wonder then, that I found myself falling
into books, specifically novels as a means
If you like crime fiction, historical fiction,
of escape in the pandemic. Here were
spy fiction or psychological thrillers, you
people who didn’t need to be two metres
may get a buzz from the Seeker books. If
away, who I could ‘see’ whenever I
you want to disappear into a different
wanted and who didn’t have to wear
world for a little respite these novels will
masks. I didn’t revert back to old titles
give you an entry point. If you miss
that were old friends. I wanted new
cinema and can create a screen inside
things, stimulus and fresh interest.
your own mind, start projecting The
Seeker and his world. There have been
If there is anything better than finding a
times when it has been preferable to the
new author or character, it is finding one
news at 6 for me. There are 5 titles in the
with a series. Then you can encourage an
series.
on-going interest, pick up on themes and
see how a character develops over time. The Seeker: S.G. MacLean Publisher
My new ‘friend’ was The Seeker devised Quercus (Hachette)
by SJ MacLean. The Seeker is a soldier
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Hilary Ankers writes :
I have been privileged to talk to members
of the congregation during this time and
have spent many happy hours with these
wonderful people who never complain
but love to have a bit of a natter. Lesson
learned – always look on the bright side.
Our neighbours are quite elderly and
again it has been great being able to help
them in little ways. The reverse is also
true. Who would have thought I would
be told off by a ninety something years
old friend for not looking after my peace
plant properly. A lesson on repotting in
Lockdown – a new experience for
her back garden was a joy. Another
everyone in so many ways.
lesson learned – you are never too old to
be gently reprimanded or to share
I have always been a knitter but
precious moments , safely distanced. The
completing an Aran sweater for my
plant is coming along nicely I have to say.
husband pushed me to the limits of
patience. New lesson learned – stick at it,
Walking has featured a lot over the past
all will be well and you have plenty of
months. Be it with the family or dog
time on your hands or so I thought. But
walking with a close friend. Special ones
where did the time go?
have become known as Granny walks.
These are walks with our younger
Food needed to be ordered and we soon
grandson where we share his air pods
became adept at ordering on line for
and listen to music. His choices are so
delivery or click and collect. Our
eclectic but always enjoyable for us both.
computer skills grew quickly as we
Next lesson learned time is precious and
learned new tricks. Zoom became a large
sharing with the younger generation is
part of our lives, what did we do before
special.
Zoom? Certainly we didn’t have coffee or
tea during the streamed service. It makes
I have watched and worried as my
the sermon shorter!
daughter and her husband have spent
many hours in school and seen how tired
Our grandchildren kept me busy with
they have become but so far we have
regular orders for chocolate brownies or
come through safely. However we have
your “Victorian sandwich” – I know it
lost many friends and at times that has
should be Victoria but who cares when it
been hard to deal with.
keeps you in touch.
July 2021 Magazine 10 | P a g eReading this back it seems to be clear roll up jigsaw mat and days later a new
that friendship plays an important part in jigsaw arrived ‘The Last Supper’ by Da
life and I am thankful for many good Vinci.
friends. But the huge support offered to
us by our family has been wonderful and I always complete the edges of a puzzle
helped us immensely at this difficult time. first and soon discovered that pieces
were missing. In the box was a request
What is the main lesson learned? Trust in form to complete in these circumstances.
God to give us strength and courage. I decided to carry on and then I would
Something I have felt Him doing over this know if any others were missing. I did
long period of uncertainty. find the puzzle a challenge but
thoroughly enjoyed doing it. At the end it
was apparent that a full corner was
Alison Davies Writes :
missing. All in all, eight pieces. I rolled up
JigsawGate the puzzle and then began the long
process of contacting the company.
Unable to send missing pieces I received
a complete jigsaw after many emails back
and forth. I fished out the missing pieces
only to find they did not exactly fit my
puzzle. Fortunately, I can see the funny
side. My next jigsaws were much less
challenging. Would anyone like a jigsaw
of The Last Supper?
Diana Robinson writes :
Many many years ago, living with my
parents and sister, from time to time we
used to complete jigsaw puzzles. These
were mainly maps of different countries.
More recently, a little over a year ago, I
decided to complete a puzzle depicting
Picadilly Circus. However, my family enjoy
sitting round the table at evening meals
and my jigsaw was in the way! I had a
‘moment’ and cleared it away into the
box. A few weeks later and now in
lockdown, our son Stephen taking pity on No need to set the alarm clock or to rush
me announced that he had bought me a out of bed because there is nowhere I
July 2021 Magazine 11 | P a g eneed to be or anything I have to do. Gone As lockdown eased slightly it was
are the frequent coffees with friends in a wonderful to be back in the choir.
variety of coffee shops or garden centres, Recently numbers were further restricted
but at least I have saved some money! and only 6 amateurs could sing, whereas
professionals are not restricted. So don’t
Brian and I have taken a daily walk in Dow stand near an amateur- you don’t know
Lane Park and said hello to everyone we what you might catch! Despite
have met. We have struck up a friendship restrictions we have learnt some great
with John and his dog Meg (who is new music- Marc likes to keep us
pleased to retrieve sticks). John brings challenged!
cheese daily which he places on a stile for
a robin. Roll on the end of lockdown. I am looking
forward to going on holiday and being
In October I decided to reread the whole mask-free! Lockdown has taught us all
bible - something I had not done since something. Many of us have missed
college. My special bible gives passages enhancing our worship by singing in
from the Old and New Testaments, church. I have learned to value friendship,
Psalms and Proverbs for each day. I human contact and a hug more highly
realised what a lot of mass slaying went and am ever grateful for the work of
on in OT times! I still have some way to go those who have created and rolled out
but it has been a good discipline at a time the vaccines and cared for the sick.
when there is little routine.
May we never forget this time and
In the evening I like to crochet blankets become better people as a result!
for children in South Africa affected by
AIDS whilst listening to rather than
What will you miss about
watching TV. I have learned to zoom, and
through the after-evensong chats, I have
lockdown?
been introduced to Line of Duty! It was
More than half of us admit that we will
hard going at first as I had not watched
miss some aspects of the Covid-19
the previous episodes, but I was well and
restrictions, especially spending more
truly hooked by the end.
time at home with our family, and
appreciating the quieter roads.
I have missed church enormously and
particularly singing. Our first zoom
A recent study by King’s College London
practice was hilarious as we all had
and Ipsos Mori found that around one
different internet speeds and sang at
third of us feel the past year has been
slightly different times. We were in
similar or better than normal, while 54
hysterics, but actually a good laugh was
per cent of us say that we will miss some
what we needed at the time!
of the changes.
July 2021 Magazine 12 | P a g eclosures) have also seen over 400
Three in ten of us feel closer to our churches close in the last 15 years, which
immediate family than we did before the is one in eight of their congregations.
pandemic, while just one in six of us say
From UK Church Statistics Nos 1-4.
that we have grown further apart. One in
five of us say that our finances are better
because of the pandemic.
‘Remember Me’ – St Paul’s
launches fundraising
Overall, it seems that while the public campaign for memorial
would rather the pandemic hadn’t
happened, that doesn’t mean it’s been all St Paul’s Cathedral has launched a
bad for everyone, or that people see it as campaign in partnership with the Daily
deeply affecting their future lives. Mail to raise £2.3m to build a physical
memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral for those
who died as a result of the COVID-19
Opening and closing churches pandemic.
in the UK
It will be the first build of its kind at St
Paul’s for nearly 150 years and is part of
There were an estimated 45,500
the ‘Remember Me’ project, an online
congregations or churches in the UK in
book of remembrance launched last year.
2020: 79%, in England, 8% (3,700
More than 7,300 names of those who
churches) in Wales, 8% (3,500 churches)
have died as a result of the pandemic
in Scotland and 5% (2,100 churches) in
have been entered into the book.
Northern Ireland.
The campaign will install the online
New congregations are being started or
memorial book at a permanent site
having to close all the time, and in the
within St Paul’s as well as on the internet.
fifteen years since 2005 it is estimated
People entering the Cathedral by the new
that collectively some 3,100 new
Equal Access Ramp will be able to go
congregations have started while some
through the memorial into a tranquil
5,800 have closed, a net drop of 2,700
space and take time to remember the
across the UK.
many individuals who have died as a
result of the pandemic.
Most of the Anglican new congregations
are in the Church of England, many of
The memorial will be a portico in the
which are planted by the larger churches.
North Transept on the site of an earlier
A third of all the churches which have
porch destroyed by a bomb in 1941. Oliver
closed in the last 15 years have been
Caroe, the Cathedral’s Surveyor to the
Methodist, followed by the Anglicans
Fabric, who has designed the memorial,
and Roman Catholics (both 15%) and the
lost his mother during the pandemic
Presbyterians (9%). The Baptists (7% of all
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Music for July
4th July 5th Sunday after Trinity 18th July 7th Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Sung Eucharist 10.00am Sung Eucharist
Hymns 497; 443; 455 Hymns 213; 585; 368
Mass Herbert Sumsion in F Mass Ludovico da Viadana : Missa
Motet S S Wesley : Lead me Lord L’Hora passa
John Rutter : Go forth into the Motet G P da Palestina : Sicut cervus
world
6.30pm Choral Evensong
6.30pm Choral Evensong Harry Bramma Responses
William Smith Responses Hymns 481; 597
Hymns 372; 528 Psalm 73. 21-end
Psalm 64 Canticles George Dyson in C minor
Canticles William Harris in A Anthem Maurice Duruflé : Ubi caritas
Anthem William Harris : Holy is the true
light
25th July 8th Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Sung Eucharist
11th July 6th Sunday after Trinity Hymns 543; 393; AMRW 365
10.30am Sung Eucharist Mass Hymn Settings
Hymns 388; 494; 496 Motet Philip Stopford : Teach me O
Mass Adrian Batten : Short Service Lord
Motet Felix Mendelssohn : How lovely
are the messengers 6.30pm Choral Evensong
William Smith Responses
6.30pm Choral Evensong Hymns 171 (T. 502); 563
John Sanders Responses Psalm 74. 11-16
Hymns 424 (omit *); 514 Canticles Chants
Psalm 66. 1-8 Anthem Edward Bairstow : Save us, O
Canticles Orlando Gibbons : Short Service Lord
Anthem Orlando Gibbons : Almighty and
everlasting God
Church notices that didn’t quite come out right….
Ladies, when you have emptied the teapot, please stand upside down in the sink.
The sacristan was in a hurry to inform the congregation that their minister had recovered
from an illness, so he put the following notice outside the church: God is good. The vicar is
better.
July 2021 Magazine 15 | P a g eReadings for July
8.00am and 10.00am services 6.30pm Evensong
4 5th Sunday after Trinity Ezekiel 2. 1-5 Psalm 64
Proper 9 Mark 6. 1-13 Jeremiah 20. 1-11a
Romans 14. 1-17
11 6th Sunday after Trinity Amos 7. 7-15 Psalm 66. 1-8
Proper 10 Mark 6. 14-29 Job 4. 1; 5. 6-end
Romans 15. 14-29
18 7th Sunday after Trinity Jeremiah 23. 1-6 Psalm 73. 21-end
Proper 11 Mark 6. 30-34, 53-end Job 13. 13 – 14.6
Hebrews 2. 5-end
25 St James / 8th Sunday Jeremiah 45. 1-5 Psalm 94
after Trinity Acts 11. 27 – 12.3 Jeremiah 26. 1-15
Matthew 20. 20-28 Mark 1. 14-20
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Crossword
Answers- see
page 28
ACROSS:
1, Dove. 3, Offender.
9, Alcohol. 10, Loses.
11, Horam. 12, Ophrah.
14, Archbishopric.
17, Samuel. 19, Dwarf. 22,
Lacks. 23, Imagine. 24,
Military. 25, Revd.
DOWN:
1, Drachmas. 2, Vicar.
4, Fellow-soldier.
5, Eglah. 6, Despair.
7, Rust. 8, The mob.
13, Scofield. 15, Chancel.
16, Ordeal. 18, Upset. 20,
Alike. 21, Elim.
Church of England commits £1.25 England which will see thousands more
million to enabling digital giving churches accept contactless and digital
payments over the next two
in parishes years. Consideration for connectivity in
rural settings has been taken into
The Church of England aims to enable account, with churches being offered one
contactless giving in half of all parishes of two types of device, depending on
over the next two years. The first pilot each parish’s context.
scheme has been launched in more than
100 churches across the Diocese of Two further pilots will take place in other
Carlisle to help encourage contactless dioceses later this year before the nation-
giving, making giving easier for wide roll out begins.
congregations. Grace Emmett, NDG Manager for the
CoE, explained: “Experience so far is that
The pilot will help pave the way for a contactless donations are, on average,
£1.25m investment from the Church of three times the value of cash donations.”
July 2021 Magazine 20 | P a g eFlower 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. Liz Dyson : 07830 684279 July 2021 Magazine 21 | P a g e
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July Anniversaries of the Deceased
Taken from the Remembrance Book
1st Norman Pickstone 15th Arthur Jefferson
William Simpole Heywood Irene Frost
2nd Mary Alice Nuttall Kathleen Innis
Jennie Potter 16th Rawdon Ashworth
3rd George Whatmough Thomas Proctor
Bernard Warriner 17th Clara Jefferson
Annie Pickup 21st Jack Howcroft Stott
5th Ernest Rawling Christine Howcroft
6th Florrie Duckworth Thomas Holland
7th Annie Horrocks Joan Warburton
Alice Edwards 22nd Robert Bradshaw
Victims of London Bombings 2005 Alice Cawley
8th Christina M. Fallows 24th Ada Tonge
9th Ellen Wood Margaret King
Alice Croft Thea Smith
Derek Edge Katy Mae Smith
10th Richard Whittam 25th Frank Johns
Elsie & Jack Steel Joan Smith
11th Anthony Ashworth Donald Wight
Ada Ellen Sedman 26th Albert Stephenson
12th William Howarth Emily Wain Edyvean
David Christopher Taylor Edith Eccles
Albert Edward Howarth Olive Minshall
13th Dorothy Whittam 28th Cyril Hargreaves
John Roberts Graham M. Thwaites
Bryan Maxted Andrew John Gaskell
14th Harold Wild James Storey
James Duckworth 29th Gertrude Ormrod
Marilynj Siedzick Lesley Ann Shepherd
15th Annie Haddock 31st Anne Brown
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“It is so appropriate that the nation and
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Commonwealth should be celebrating
– a celebration of faith & the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on the
service – save the date! same weekend as Pentecost, the day
when the church celebrates the gift of
God’s Holy Spirit.”
The anointing of God’s Holy Spirit was
central to the Coronation and, in
preparation for the day, The Queen
prayed: ‘Come, Holy Spirit, and daily
increase in all of us, and in me, thy
humble servant, thy manifold gifts of
grace; the spirit of wisdom and
understanding; the spirit of counsel and
A four-day Bank Holiday from 2-5 June strength; the spirit of knowledge and
2022 will mark the Queen’s Platinum true godliness, and fill us, O Lord, with
Jubilee next year. This is an amazing the Spirit of thy holy fear, now and
opportunity to bring our communities forever. Amen.’
together for the celebrations, which end
on Pentecost Sunday. The beautifully illustrated souvenir book
to be published for the celebrations uses
HOPE Together, the Church of England, rarely seen prayers, which the Queen
the Methodist Church, Biblica and other prayed in preparation for the Coronation,
key partners are currently planning for and highlights how God has answered
the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with a those prayers over the past seven
specially commissioned souvenir book for decades.
us to give away; a new anthem for
communities and churches to sing; a ’70 The ‘Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Faith
Acts of Service’ community challenge for & Service’ will build on the successful
us to adapt to use together with partnership facilitated by HOPE Together,
churches and other organisations in our which enabled local churches to bring
area, and lots of resources for children their communities together for the
and schools. Diamond Jubilee and the Queen’s 90th
birthday celebrations.
Rachel Jordan-Wolf, HOPE’s executive
director said, “Churches are in an ideal Over the next year HOPE will provide
place to bring communities together for churches across the country with all the
national celebrations. We have the tables, resources and ideas to celebrate the
chairs, crockery and PA systems – and we Queen’s 70 years of faith and service.
love making cakes! Find out more at hopetogether.org.uk/jubilee
July 2021 Magazine 25 | P a g eThat vision of peace and harmony
God in the Arts
inspired this month’s painting, ‘The
Peaceable Kingdom’ by Edward Hicks. He
was born in Pennsylvania in 1780 and
worked as a carriage and sign maker.
After a rebellious adolescence, he
became a Quaker, living as a preacher
and minister before taking up his
brushes. His fellow Quakers were uneasy
with this pursuit of such a worldly
profession, and so Edward Hicks tried his
hand at farming. His efforts proved
unsuccessful, and he returned to
painting, creating a whole series of
Promise and Fulfilment canvases on this single theme. He painted
almost a hundred versions of the
When St Peter preached his first sermon
Peaceable Kingdom of which over 60 still
on the day of Pentecost, he showed how
exist. This one is from 1834.
the life, death and resurrection of Jesus
had to be understood in the light of the
The foreground is occupied by not just
Old Testament. The promise of the Old
one child, but several. They are innocent
was granted fulfilment in the New. This is
and free, playing with the animals around
how we understand the unity of the two
– lion, tiger, leopard, bear, wolf, cow and
Testaments: the messianic hope in one
lamb. There is no sign of ‘nature red in
finds full expression in the other. We read
tooth and claw’ here for all is peace and
of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah and look
tranquillity. The bear and cow nudge each
to the life-giving sacrifice of Jesus. Earlier
other in the bottom corner with no fear
in that prophet we read of a wondrous
and no assertion of strength. That vision
Child who is granted the spirit of the Lord
of peace is being realised in the distant
to bring Paradise once more to the world:
scene, where we see William Penn and his
fellow Quakers working on a treaty of co-
‘The wolf shall live with the lamb, the
existence with the Indians. The animals in
leopard shall lie down with the kid, the
the foreground symbolise the human
calf and the lion and the fatling together,
traits we see at work in the background:
and a little child shall lead them…..They
leadership and strength, sensitivity and
will not hurt or destroy on all my holy
gentleness.
mountain: for the earth shall be full of the
knowledge of the Lord as the waters
As he worked on later versions of this
cover the sea.’ (Isaiah 11:6,9)
painting, Edward Hicks knew that such
peace was not an easy and simple
achievement. Arguments and
July 2021 Magazine 26 | P a g emisunderstandings divided his own flock, Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.
and as a result the animals he painted
look tired and anxious with sad eyes and See, the streams of living waters,
white whiskers. Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters,
But here in 1834 there is a freshness and a And all fear of want remove.
promise of paradise restored. The cow Who can faint while such a river
and the calf, the bear and the bear cub, Ever flows their thirst to assuage:
and the other animals are at one with the Grace, which like the Lord the giver,
children playing. That harmony can be Never fails from age to age?…
realised in human affairs also, the artist is
saying. ‘Follow the Inner Light’ and The year was 1800, and Vienna was under
Isaiah’s prophecy can be fulfilled in our bombardment by Napoleon’s troops. The
world. It needs both the innocence and great Austrian composer, Haydn, then old
strength we see here; it needs action and and frail, asked to be carried to his piano.
waiting, it needs wisdom and gentleness There he made his own defiance of
as we take counsel one with another. Napoleon, by solemnly play through his
Follow those qualities to be channels of composition ‘Emperor’s Hymn’. Haydn
God’s peace to make this world the had composed it for the Austrian
Peaceable Kingdom. Emperor, Franz ll’s birthday on 12
February 1797. Haydn never touched his
piano again, and died a few days later,
aged 77.
HYMN: The story behind That is where the tune for this well-loved
‘Glorious Things of Thee hymn came from. It quickly became the
Are Spoken’ tune of the Austrian national anthem. It
was later even adopted by the Germans,
We continue our series looking at the as the tune for August Heinrich Hoffman
stories behind some of our favourite von Fallersleben’s (1798 – 1874) anthem
hymns. We have run the first two verses Deutschlandslied, which began with the
of the hymn, but of course you can view famous words: ‘Deutschland uber alles’
the complete text in our hymnbook (Germany before everything). In the
(Common Praise 435.) ensuing political upheavals, the tune
survived in the German national anthem,
Glorious things of thee are spoken, but was abandoned by the Austrians in
Zion, city of our God; 1946.
He whose word cannot be broken In the meantime, the tune had also
Formed thee for His own abode. reached England, as early as 1805. It was
On the rock of ages founded, then that the words of a hymn by John
What can shake thy sure repose? Newton were first paired up with it. This
With salvation’s walls surrounded, meant that when the Austrian Emperor
July 2021 Magazine 27 | P a g eFranz visited his grandmother Queen John Newton’s hymn celebrates the joy
Victoria, at Windsor Castle, he most likely of knowing that the Church is the new
would have sung his own national Jerusalem (Zion) where God abides. He
anthem tune to English words written by rejoices that God protects His people and
a converted slave trader turned country promises to supply their needs. He leads
vicar! them into the Promised Land, just as long
ago He led the Israelites through the
John Newton’s inspiration for this hymn wilderness to their Promised Land. Back
comes from Psalm 87: ‘Glorious things then, He led them with a fiery and cloudy
are spoken of you, O city of God’ (vs3) pillar; now we have His very Spirit within
and also a text from Isaiah 33:20-21: ‘Look us, to guide us each step of the way
on Zion… there the Lord in majesty will home.
be for us a place of broad rivers and
streams…’
Crossword
July 2021 Magazine 28 | P a g eACROSS
1 Sent out three times on a DOWN
reconnaissance mission from Noah’s ark 1 Greek coins (Acts 19:19) (8)
(Genesis 8:8–12) (4) 2 Church of England incumbent (5)
3 ‘The vilest — who truly believes, that 4 What Epaphroditus was to Paul
moment from Jesus a pardon receives’ (Philippians 2:25) (6-7)
(8) 5 Mother of David’s sixth son (2 Samuel
9 Described by the 19th-century MP Sir 3:5) (5)
Wilfred Lawson as ‘the Devil in solution’ 6 ‘We are hard pressed on every side, but
(7) not crushed; perplexed, but not in — ’ (2
10 ‘Whoever — his life for my sake will Corinthians 4:8) (7)
find it’ (Matthew 10:39) (5) 7 It destroys treasures on earth
11 King of Gezer (Joshua 10:33) (5) (Matthew 6:19) (4)
12 Gideon’s home town (Judges 6:11) (6) 8 It threatened Paul in Jerusalem (Acts
14 The area under the jurisdiction of a 21:35) (3,3)
primate, for example, Canterbury, York 13 Well-known Reference Bible that
(13) espoused dispensationalism (8)
17 To him God promised that David would 15 Where the choir sits in a parish church
be king (1 Chronicles 11:3) (6) (7)
19 A descendant of Aaron who was not 16 Real do (anag.) (6)
allowed to offer food to God (Leviticus 18 ‘Martha, Martha... you are worried and
21:20) (5) — about many things’ (Luke 10:41) (5)
22 ‘If any of you — wisdom, he should ask 20 ‘One man considers one day more
God’ (James 1:5) (5) sacred than another; another man
23 I gain me (anag.) (7) considers every day — ’ (Romans 14:5) (5)
24 Relating to the armed forces (1 21 A place with twelve springs and 70
Chronicles 5:18) (8) palm trees where the Israelites camped
25 Title given to 2 Down (abbrev.) (4) (Exodus 15:27) (4)
The Difference But you Lord
So often Accept me,
I can’t wear the right clothes, Release me,
Speak the right words, Make it possible to be me,
Fit the right mould, Perfectly free
Be the shape people want me to be, In Your service,
Expect me to be, Open for You
Demand that I am, To transform.
To conform.
By Daphne Kitching
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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 880 272
bpchousebookings@hotmail.co.uk
PCC Secretary Hilary Ankers 0161 764 8011
Treasurer Nigel Rushworth info@thehouseontherock.co.uk
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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
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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 Liz Dyson 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 Jackie Heaton jackieheatonsale@gmail.com
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