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Bowdon Church News For the BCN by email, click the link on the website. www.BowdonChurch.org facebook.com/ BowdonParish twitter.com/ BowdonParish BOWDON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL, A CHARITABLE BODY REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSION—REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1133830; REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS: BOWDON PARISH CENTRE, STAMFORD ROAD, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2TR. No 689 June 2017 We are extremely excited for the arrival of Jess Piper, our new curate, who will be joining us after her ordination in July. Originally from Leicester, Jess was brought up in the Methodist Church and discovered a living faith of her own at a Christian conference in Blackpool when she was 15. She decided to study Theology at the University of Chester and was actively involved in the Christian Union and the chaplaincy team. It was through these activities that Jess became interested in Anglicanism, and she was confirmed by Bishop Keith Sinclair in the University Chapel whilst still a student. Jess first felt that God was prompting her to consider ordination at the age of 17; this was a call that she heard again in Chester, and so after graduating she decided to spend a year as a chaplaincy assistant at Kings College, London. During this time, she felt quite strongly that God was calling her to ordained ministry, and after returning to Cheshire she pursued this more actively. She was accepted to train for ordination in 2015 and is currently finishing her MA at St Mellitus North West, in Liverpool, where Kirsten Wood and I are also studying. Her main placement has been at Oxton St Saviour, where she worked as a parish assistant for a year before becoming an ordinand. Jess was introduced at Oxton to the ‘mixed-economy’ model of church, which she is now really passionate about. Highlights of her time in Oxton include preaching at midnight mass on Christmas Eve and launching ‘The Loft’, Oxton’s informal, café- style worship. It was in the University Chapel in Chester that Jess first met her husband, Calum. They grew to know and love each other through their mutual involvement in the Christian activities that the University organised, and also saw each other occasionally in the Theology department. As well as studying in the same department they both felt called to ordained ministry, and have supported each other along their distinctive journeys to ordination. They were married in 2014, one month after Calum was ordained deacon in Chester Cathedral. Calum, who trained for ministry at St John’s College, Nottingham, is about to finish his curacy at Wallasey and will be ministering at St Michael’s, Bramhall. Jess and Calum like to spend free time with their families, friends and godchildren, and their days off exploring English Heritage sites. Jess is very musical; she enjoys singing, and playing the trumpet and the drums. She also loves going to the cinema and the theatre. Jess will be ordained deacon on 2 July in Chester Cathedral. She sees serving others as being at the heart of the role of a deacon and hopes to be able to come alongside people, support us, and reach those in our community who need to learn more of God’s love for them. We will have a chance to welcome Jess during the services on 9 July, her first Sunday with us, at a barbecue at St Luke’s on 16 July, and at a lunch in the parish centre on 23 July. In her words: “I am really excited about ministering in a church that takes the call to be disciples seriously wherever we may find ourselves - a mixed-economy church that shows the great variety of worship styles the Anglican tradition has to offer; and the opportunity to learn and grow as an ordained minister in a new context. I am passionate about seeing communities of people, centred on Jesus, come to a fuller understanding and love of him, and equipped to do that to which God has called them.” Catherine Cleghorn, Ordinand Vicar The Revd Ian Rumsey 0161 928 2468 [email protected] Associate Missioner Revd Canon Phil Potter [email protected] Ordinand Catherine Cleghorn 07813 117385 [email protected] Reader John Fenton [email protected] Reader Emeritus Alan Marriott 0161 928 9045 Parish Development Jo Oughton [email protected] Julia Dow [email protected] Kirsten Wood [email protected] YFC Gap Year Placement Joanna Edworthy [email protected] Churchwardens Alec Bonson 0161 980 4055 Liz Cross 0161 928 0211 Patricia Arrowsmith 0161 928 1506 Susan Redford 0161 929 1219 Parish Recorder (Donations) Barbara Clift 0161 928 6585 [email protected] Director of Music Michael Dow [email protected] Organist and Associate Music Director Roger Bryan [email protected] Parish and Lettings Administrator Kay Holt [email protected] 0161 929 1537 BCN Editor Catherine Cleghorn BCN Assistant Editor Lesley Smith BCN Proofreading Roger Bryan St Mary’s, Stamford Road, Bowdon, WA14 2TR St Luke’s, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, WA14 3BA 0161 929 1537 Our new curate Our new curate Jess Piper with her husband Revd Calum Piper My mother Christine loved St. Mary’s. She loved the whole Bowdon church community and always hoped that all would be well with everyone, and that all who came would feel welcome. After a long and happy career as a music teacher at Withington Girls’ School, during which time she inspired and encouraged countless girls in their music-making, she gained A-levels, a degree in Psychology and diplomas in counselling. Mum put her qualifications to good use by counselling students and the bereaved, and working as a Samaritan. She took the plight of others to heart and would support them in her quietly wise way. She was one of the creators of the Visiting Group, which continues to offer comfort and support to many. In recent years she began what is now called ‘Afternoon Tea and Conversation’, which encourages companionship and enables new friendships to grow. Mum took on her role as churchwarden with tireless vigour, using her wit and wisdom in equal measure. She was very pleased that she could give something back to the church that had given her so much joy. One of her greatest loves was the choir - both as a singer and then as its most loyal supporter. She would rarely miss any choral service, even when she was unwell, and she took particular delight in the progress of the younger singers. Music transcended the tribulations of life for her, and she strongly believed that the cultivation of music in an individual would afford them an invaluable life- tool. My mother was a good and faithful servant to Bowdon and I like to think that she’s in the heavenly choir, beaming. Sasha Johnson Manning Christine Barrat 1936 -2017 Christine Barrat (Photo: Sasha Johnson Manning) Bowdon Cares English Country Garden Party Friday 14 July 2 – 4 pm St Luke’s Church Complimentary tickets: [email protected] or via the Parish Office
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BOWDON PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL, A CHARITABLE BODY REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES WITH THE CHARITY COMMISSION—REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1133830; REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS: BOWDON PARISH CENTRE, STAMFORD ROAD, BOWDON, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2TR.
No 689 June 2017
We are extremely excited for the arrival of Jess Piper, our new curate, who will be joining us after her ordination in July. Originally from Leicester, Jess was brought up in the Methodist Church and discovered a living faith of her own at a Christian conference in Blackpool when she was 15. She decided to study Theology at the University of Chester and was actively involved in the Christian Union and the chaplaincy team. It was through these activities that Jess became interested in Anglicanism, and she was confirmed by Bishop Keith Sinclair in the University Chapel whilst still a student.
Jess first felt that God was prompting her to consider ordination at the age of 17; this was a call that she heard again in Chester, and so after graduating she decided to spend a year as a chaplaincy assistant at Kings College, London. During this time, she felt quite strongly that God was calling her to ordained ministry, and after returning to Cheshire she pursued this more actively. She was accepted to train for ordination in 2015 and is currently finishing her MA at St Mellitus North West, in Liverpool, where Kirsten Wood and I are also studying.
Her main placement has been at Oxton St Saviour, where she worked as a parish assistant for a year before becoming an ordinand. Jess was introduced at Oxton to the ‘mixed-economy’ model of church, which she is now really passionate about. Highlights of her time in Oxton include preaching at midnight mass on Christmas Eve and launching ‘The Loft’, Oxton’s informal, café-style worship.
It was in the University Chapel in Chester that Jess first met her husband, Calum. They grew to know and love each other through their mutual involvement in the Christian activities
that the University organised, and also saw each other occasionally in the Theology department. As well as studying in the same
department they both felt called to ordained ministry, and have supported each other along their distinctive journeys to ordination. They were married in 2014, one month after Calum was ordained deacon in Chester Cathedral. Calum, who trained for ministry at St John’s College, Nottingham, is about to finish his curacy at Wallasey and will be ministering at St Michael’s, Bramhall.
Jess and Calum like to spend free time with their families, friends and godchildren, and their days off exploring English Heritage sites.
Jess is very musical; she enjoys singing, and playing the trumpet and the drums. She also loves going to the cinema and the theatre.
Jess will be ordained deacon on 2 July in Chester Cathedral. She sees serving others as being at the heart of the role of a deacon and hopes to be able to come alongside people, support us, and reach those in our community who need to learn more of God’s love for them. We will have a chance to welcome Jess during the services on 9 July, her first Sunday with us, at a barbecue at St Luke’s on 16 July, and at a lunch in the parish centre on 23 July.
In her words: “I am really excited about ministering in a church that takes the call to be disciples seriously wherever we may find ourselves - a mixed-economy church that shows the great variety of worship styles the Anglican tradition has to offer; and the opportunity to learn and grow as an ordained minister in a new context. I am passionate about seeing communities of people, centred on Jesus, come to a fuller understanding and love of him, and equipped to do that to which God has called them.”
Catherine Cleghorn, Ordinand
Vicar The Revd Ian Rumsey 0161 928 2468 [email protected] MissionerRevd Canon Phil Potter [email protected] Catherine Cleghorn 07813 117385 [email protected] ReaderJohn Fenton [email protected] Reader EmeritusAlan Marriott 0161 928 9045
Parish Development Jo Oughton [email protected] Julia Dow [email protected] Kirsten Wood [email protected] Gap Year PlacementJoanna Edworthy [email protected] Churchwardens Alec Bonson 0161 980 4055Liz Cross 0161 928 0211Patricia Arrowsmith 0161 928 1506Susan Redford 0161 929 1219Parish Recorder (Donations) Barbara Clift 0161 928 6585 [email protected]
Director of Music Michael Dow [email protected] and Associate Music Director Roger Bryan [email protected] and Lettings Administrator Kay Holt [email protected] 0161 929 1537BCN Editor Catherine Cleghorn BCN Assistant Editor Lesley Smith BCN Proofreading Roger Bryan
St Mary’s, Stamford Road, Bowdon, WA14 2TR St Luke’s, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, WA14 3BA 0161 929 1537
Our new curate
Our new curate Jess Piper with her husband Revd Calum Piper
My mother Christine loved St. Mary’s. She loved the whole Bowdon church community and always hoped that all would be well with everyone, and that all who came would feel welcome.
After a long and happy career as a music teacher at Withington Girls’ School, during which time she inspired and encouraged countless girls in their music-making, she gained A-levels, a degree in Psychology and diplomas in counselling.
Mum put her qualifications to good use by counselling students and the bereaved, and working as a Samaritan.
She took the plight of others to heart and would support them in her quietly wise way.
She was one of the creators of the Visiting Group, which continues to offer comfort and support to many.
In recent years she began what
is now called ‘Afternoon Tea and Conversation’, which encourages companionship and enables new friendships to grow.
Mum took on her role as churchwarden with tireless vigour, using her wit and wisdom in equal measure. She was very pleased that she could give something back to the church that had given her so much joy.
One of her greatest loves was the choir - both as a singer and then as its most loyal supporter. She would rarely miss any choral service, even when she was unwell, and she took particular delight in the progress of the younger singers. Music transcended the tribulations of life for her, and she strongly believed that the cultivation of music in an individual would afford them an invaluable life-tool.
My mother was a good and faithful servant to Bowdon and I like
to think that she’s in the heavenly choir, beaming.
Sasha Johnson Manning
Christine Barrat 1936 -2017
Christine Barrat (Photo: Sasha Johnson Manning)
Bowdon Cares English Country Garden Party
Friday 14 July 2 – 4 pm
St Luke’s ChurchComplimentary tickets:
[email protected] or via the Parish Office
Forthcoming Church EventsSt Luke’s Coffee CabinMondays from 10.30 am - 12 noonDrop in for coffee or tea and a toasted teacake or croissant for £1.Run by Bowdon Cares. St Luke’s Church. Contact: Liz Taylor-Hayes 0161 928 8563
Joint Men’s Breakfast with St Peter’s Hale, St Margaret’s Dunham and St Mark’s DunhamSaturday 10 June, 8.15 – 9.30 amJoin us for a full English breakfast.Susie Poppitt, head of fundraising for Derian House Children’s Hospice will speak on ‘Photographs, Photons and Fundraising’.St Peter’s Assembly Rooms, Cecil Road, Hale, WA15 9NU. All men welcome.To book, contact: Michael Moore 0161 926 8625
Ladies’ Continental BreakfastSaturday 17 June, 9 – 10.30 am‘Who is on the Lord’s side? Work with Iranian refugee converts in an Anglican parish church’, a talk by Hilary Jones.Bowdon Parish Centre. All ladies welcome.Contact: Sue Coles [email protected]
St Mary’s Choir ConcertSaturday 17 June, 7.30 pmThe choir will sing Mozart’s Requiem and other sacred music.St Mary’s Church.Tickets: Adults £8, Children £2 from the Parish Office, Dawsons Altrincham, Sealpoint Hale or [email protected]
Afternoon Tea and ConversationTuesday 20 June, 2 - 3.30 pmAn afternoon get-together serving tea, coffee, juice and cakes in a happy atmosphere, with a chance for everyone to talk and catch up.Bowdon Parish Centre. Contact: Kaye Gardner 0161 928 1158
Rebooked Men’s Breakfast with Richard NosowskiSaturday 8 July, 8 - 9.30 amBowdon Parish Centre. All men welcome.To book, contact: Will Blanksby [email protected]
ConfirmationSunday 1 October, 6.30 pmThe Rt Revd Libby Lane, Bishop of Stockport, will be confirming adults and teenagers at St Mary’s. If you are interested in exploring confirmation, please contact the vicar via the Parish Office. There will be confirmation classes on Monday 18 and 25 September and a rehearsal during the weekend of the confirmations.
Each week we pray for people living in the Parish
Wk/begin We pray for: 4 June The Firs, Heathfield Flats, Woodridings Flats, Ivanhurst Flats, Westholme Flats, Elcho Road and Catherine Road11 June Richmond Road, Richmond Green and Richmond Hill18 June Richmond Court and Church Brow25 June St Mary’s Road and Birchdale2 July Winton Road, Winton Court, and Portland Road
Designed by Will Sudworth. Printed by County Print, Altrincham, 0161 928 5333
Regular Weekday ServicesSt Mary’s
8.30 am
11.30 am
8.00 pm
Morning Prayer
Holy Communion (BCP)
Silent Meditation
Every weekday
Every Wednesday
Every Wednesday
1.30 pm First Steps, Parish Centre Every Thursday
St Luke’s
7.00 am Morning Prayer Every Tuesday
BCP: Book of Common Prayer (1662) CW: Common Worship (2000) SW: Service of the Word (2000)
Sundays in June - July
4 June 1st in month, Pentecost
10.45 am Oblations: St Mary’s Guild
11 June 2nd in month, Trinity Sunday NB Please note change to monthly pattern
10.45 am St Mary’s - Holy Communion CW
10.45 am Zone2 at Bowdon Church School
6.30 pmChoral Evensong Noble in B minor Tchaikovsky - Holy, holy, holy
18 June 3rd in month, 1st after Trinity
25 June 4th in month, 2nd after Trinity
2 July 1st in month, 3rd after Trinity
10.45 am Oblations: Embroiderers’ Guild
9 July 2nd in month, 4th after Trinity
10.45 am St Mary’s - Pet service
6.30 pm Choral Evensong Music for Canterbury Cathedral residency
Regular Sunday Worship(purple boxes)
St Mary’s 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.30 am Matins (BCP)
10.45 am
Holy Communion (CW)
Holy Communion (BCP)
All Age Worship followed by Communion
6.30 pm
Evensong (BCP)
Choral Evensong (BCP)
Sacred Space
Parish Centre
10.45 amZone2 (SW) and Kids’ Church
St Luke’s
9.30 am
Holy Communion (CW)Kids’ Church
All Age Worship
Thank you and WelcomeAt the Annual Church Meeting on 26 April, we thanked Will Tyler as he stood down from being a churchwarden, and welcomed Liz Cross to the role.We also thanked Barbara Clift for administering donations and giving as our Parish Recorder, and welcomed Kate Stross as she prepares to take over this key position.
Eugene Halliday AssociationSunday 11 June, 2.15 pm Book reviews by membersEntrance: £6 including refreshments St Luke’s Church
Bowdon NSPCC Open GardensSunday 18 June, 2 – 5 pmVisit a delightful selection of Bowdon gardens within walking distance of each other in South Road, West Road and East Downs Road. There will be a plant stall, a grand raffle, and a hanging basket demonstration. Start your tour at one of two entrance points: corner of South Road and West Road (WA14 2LB) or corner of South Road and East Downs Road (WA14 2LJ).Entrance: Adults £7, Children £3 (inc. tea & cake) Contact: Emma Smyth 0161 928 8971 or [email protected]
Bowdon Youth FestivalWe are delighted to be one of three selected charities to be supported by the Bowdon Vale Co-op store for the next six months. If you are a member of the Co-op and live nearby, would you please consider selecting us as the charity you support for the next six months? You will benefit too, as every time someone buys a Co-op branded item of food 5p is credited to the person’s Co-op account and 1p is donated to their chosen charity. For more details, or to join the Co-op, please visit the store.
Ambi Naylor’s CuracyWe are pleased to announce that Ambi will serve her curacy under the supervision of the Revd Ian Arch in the Parishes of Marton, Siddington and Eaton with Hulme Walfield from July 2018.
Noticeboard
Bowdon Church School’s Prayer Spaces (Photo: Hayley King)
Baptism: We welcome into God’s familyJack Joseph Mather
Registers
The choir of St Mary’s will be holding a concert on 17 June at 7.30 pm in the church. We will be singing Mozart’s Requiem and a variety of choral pieces. Mozart was a well-known composer from the 18th century, in the classical period. Mozart’s Requiem is an exciting piece of music set to the standard Requiem words. Although it was mainly written by him, one of his students completed it, as Mozart died before he could finish it.
All of the other music that we will be singing is from the Anglican choral tradition, including some pieces by Stanford. We will be singing a few pieces by him: Beati Quorum Via, which is a calm and reflective piece, contrasted by his Te Deum and Jubilate, which are very joyful and uplifting pieces. There will be a range of music, all of which is really good. We would be delighted if you could come as I’m sure you would enjoy the music. Refreshments will be available during the interval.
Proceeds will be used to purchase new music for the choir and to support Bowdon Youth Festival.
Catherine Read, aged 15
Choir concert
During Holy Week this year I had the privilege of being involved in the annual Bowdon Parish Easter Club. Over 100 children joined us each day to learn more about God, the Bible, Jesus, and how having a faith can help us to live our daily lives, happily and without fear. With the help of Disney’s Frozen, we looked at fear, strength, wisdom and love. Jonah, David and Goliath, and the wise man who built his house upon the rocks helped us to see how God speaks to us through scripture, helping us to overcome our fears, and giving us strength and wisdom.
The last day brought all those themes together when we learnt that God so loved the world that he sent his son to die for us. Who would have thought that Anna’s sacrifice for Elsa could be used to show in such a powerful way that the Easter message is as relevant today as it was 2,000 years ago? I loved every single millisecond of my time learning about God’s kingdom in the parish centre and I want to make a very special mention of the amazing team who made it all happen, pictured above. I think that teamwork has a very special place in God’s kingdom, as does the Cha-Cha Slide!
Kirsten Wood, Parish Development
Kingdom Club goes Frozen
Kingdom Club Volunteers (Photo by I-Lee Millward)
