JUNE 2009
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‘VICAR’S LETTER’
Dear Friends,
This month most of what I want to say is in the report to the Annual Meeting, found later in these pages. Just a couple of updates to this need mentioning. Stephen Clapham was selected as Churchwarden to succeed Tom, and Barrie Davis became a second Deputy Warden. I am sure that both will serve the church well. Also, Stephen and his wife have agreed to take on the Baptism Coordinator’s role which Margaret Blackburn has had to lay down due both to her illness and to moving further away. We do hope that she will soon be well again and will enjoy living in West Yorkshire.
I cannot comment on the Art Festival, both because of timing and because we were away. However I know everyone has worked hard to prepare for the event. Without minimising what the team as a whole has done I want to thank Ruth Mangham in particular. She does a great deal of detailed work booking in the artists and preparing a catalogue. Without which the show would not work. Unfortunately she too has been ill but, at the time of writing, is doing well. Not too much church work, Ruth!
The big event in June is the Confirmation Service on Sunday June 14th at 6.30pm in Holy Trinity. This is the first time such an important service has been held here for nine years. We shall be joined by candidates from Wombwell and Bilham. No less than eleven people from Harley and Wentworth are being confirmed and it is a delight to Sylvia and me – who have prepared them – to see so many people taking another step along their Christian pilgrimage. Please do:
- ● Come to the service and pray then and later for those confirmed;
- ● Get to know them, if you don’t already;
- ● And offer cakes and savouries for the faith supper to be held afterwards in the school – if for no other reason than that we are on parade before the Deanery and one of our Bishops!
The Church Garden Party takes place on Saturday June 20th from 3.00pm. Please turn out with your stalls, as you always do; support the catering team; and – a painful activity for me! – open your purses and wallets.
Our choir is taking part in an interesting service at Bolton-on-Dearne parish church on Saturday June 27th at midday. Father David Stafford is using the words of the 1549 Prayer Book, which was an earlier version of the one we use and the one actually written by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. The choir is singing a communion setting by William Byrd. The preacher is David Lunn, formerly Bishop of Sheffield. Until I get to know Bishop Steven better, Bishop David will remain my favourite diocesan Bishop! I think in his time the diocese really had a buzz about it (though some people I’ve said this to disagree! Nobody can please everyone if they act decisively, which is what we should ask of our bishops). You would be welcome at the service, I know.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Buckley
VICAR’S REPORT TO AGM 2009
I note two patterns for a Vicar’s report in the recent past. Richard Impey tended towards brevity whereas Tom’s version was much more complete. Last year he thanked a large number of people by name for their contributions to the life of the church. I am almost tempted to say, re-read what he said, and it covers everyone! Which I think it does and I am not, in fact, going to repeat this exercise. May I simply say how impressed I was on returning to the parish to find out how effectively the life of the churches had been maintained and by so wide a group of people. We are indeed fortunate to have so many dedicated and skilled members ready to give so much of their time to our churches. I do want to single one person out now though, and that is Redz. I have been going through the service registers to obtain some figures and what is clear is just how many services Redz led during the interregnum. Clergy were not always available, so there were often extra non-eucharistic services. And even when it was communion, he was often called upon to administer from the reserved sacrament; that frequently happened at 8.15am. Since I have been here he has – just as he always was – been ever-ready to help me out when I feel I’ve done enough in the way of preaching. And, because he does it quietly you may not know the whole of it, but he is an indefatigable visitor of the elderly and the sick; he does far more of that than either I or Sylvia do in that respect. Thank you, Redz.
All the major events continued in 2008. I’m sure we can agree that Stephen Clapham is doing a good job with the Art Festival. The money raised from all the events is vital and we can now see one result as the organ restoration gets under way. But I was particularly pleased with the opportunity afforded by the concerts, both in the autumn and at Christmas, to publicise our real purpose, which is worship. I am sure that the Christmas services benefited and I also know that some people have come to church more regularly after coming to a concert. I also know that Back to Church Sunday helped at least three people to return to the practice of their faith, so I hope we can do this again this autumn. Sylvia and I are delighted at the present time to be preparing no less than eleven adult candidates for confirmation. This isn’t chance, it is a result of the way both churches are open to newcomers and provide ‘ways in’ for them.
Events of all kinds include refreshments and I should record our gratitude to Philip Shipley for all his hard work. Thank you too to Christine Hayes for offering to help in future.
The main way in which the church should meet its regular running costs is through stewardship, that is, regular giving. I think the PCC needs to consider holding a fresh campaign, balancing the need to do so against the current national economic turmoil. We should bear in mind that there are now new members who may not be aware of the best means of giving.
It is particularly pleasing to report that both our churches now have a Sunday School. Sheila and Corinne continue their work at Harley, mainly with young children; but there is a valuable spin-off, in that mums and dads come to church with their youngsters. And a Wentworth group has now been re-established by Christine, Louise and Sylvia. Christine Clapham has decided not to continue but Sandra Davis has now replaced her. We have been delighted with the response, here more from a slightly older age range.
The number of baptisms continues to be very large. I don’t have the numbers for 2008, but they included two adults. And I couldn’t have coped without Margaret Blackburn’s work in contacting and visiting the families; this will now require re-thinking. The normal rule is that the baptisms happen at a separate service as – despite the theoretical importance of holding them with the congregation – this is simply too disruptive. Harley has theirs in the service as there is usually only one, and not that often. Building on baptism contacts is, sadly, not that easy and this requires more thought.
Wedding bookings, despite the credit crunch, continue to rise. There were 29 marriages in 2008 and I know of 34 booked for this year; there are possibly even more now. Without Gary and Pat it would be possible only by me spending nearly all my time on weddings. I would second a comment made one year by Richard Impey, that couples show great dedication in their church attendance. And some take it further. Currently there are three people connected with weddings being prepared for confirmation and one who is to be baptised. Marriages are not just money-spinners, they are a real mission opportunity as well as adding a wonderful mix of younger people to our weekly worship. A word of warning though; couples are beginning to say to me, “I was surprised by the cost’.
There were, I believe, 12 funerals in church during 2008 and there would be a few more taken by Redz or me at the Crematorium.
If we compare the numbers of communicants at Wentworth ONLY in the years 2000, 2007 and 2008, there was a steep fall from when Keith Justice was your Vicar, and reading the records I get the impression of a very hard working man, which will explain some of this decline. Then there was a small improvement last year. I don’t have the figures for Harley in 2000, communicants in the whole parish over the last two years again get better, partly explained by the fact that when you didn’t have a Vicar communion services didn’t always happen. If we look at attendances over the same time scale, there’s a big gap between communicants and attendances, and it’s getting wider. That shows both churches draw in worshippers who are not confirmed, and that is good; we are missionary, not closed. Three other statistics – average attendance at Evensong has halved since the year 2000; in percentage terms, Harley has grown much more rapidly than Wentworth during the past year; and, something to please David Hunton, the service that has had the steadiest attendance is the 8.15 communion. So, we are attracting new people, attendance is picking up again, but complacency is not in order – we have a long way to go to get back to where we were. Let us pray that God will give us guidance and strength to build up our congregations so that they may serve Him in mission, and be places of peace, comfort and challenge to those who worship with us.
I think we should record once more our thanks to Sir Philip and the Wentworth Charities for making the financial arrangements which allowed me to return to the parish on 2nd June last. At least, even if you aren’t, I am grateful! It is a wonderful late-career opportunity to do a job I love and, at the same time, to help a parish we are both fond of through a difficult patch. The PCC must, however, address the issue of what arrangements can be made for the on-going spiritual care of the parish and this will be done via the Deanery, the Archdeacon and, of course, the new Bishop.
Finally, today marks a significant milestone in the life of the parish, the day when Tom Collier lays down some of his responsibilities. I believe he has been Vice-Chairman of the PCC for a quarter century (and, if elected, he hopes to continue in that office). This last time he has been churchwarden for eight years. This, though, says nothing. Wholly unsuitable people can, in some parishes, hang on to jobs. Whereas Tom is a very talented and capable man, one we have been lucky to have. Several people say that they think he masterminded my return to the parish; the word ‘think’ is significant. Tom likes to be a behind-the-scenes operator, a role which often brings results where a frontal assault would not. Tom is very good at this and it is hard to see anyone who could match him in that. He has many contacts with the estate, with the diocese and elsewhere that have greatly benefited the church. There is widespread admiration, too, at the way he has often had to chair the PCC and lead the parish through interregna, which he has done with efficiency and wisdom. I spend on average about one tenth of my working day looking for scraps of paper I was sure I put on my desk, but which turn out to be in the kitchen or the garage! Tom, on the other hand, has files going back to way back when, with everything in apple pie order, ready to be instantly retrieved. He was at one time the chair of the fabric committee and, even when Roy took over, he has maintained a deep involvement in building matters; the fact that we have a parish church in good order is very much down to him and to his grasp of detail. I cannot mention everything. Maybe he can be summed up as hard-working, capable, devoted and – not to forget – the possessor of a hearty laugh. Let’s show our appreciation in the proper manner.
Richard Buckley
The Bishop’s Letter
A Fruitful Church
This month Bishop Steven writes
The world around us is obsessed with targets and with measurement and with growth. Everything has to be bigger and better than it was last year and the year before. A few years ago we simply measured profit in companies. Now we measure everything. You name it and there is a statistic for it. Schools and hospitals and social services and just about every other place in public life have ways of measuring things. Failure and success are a matter of evidence of numbers more than ever before.
Jesus does not use these words success and failure of his church I think he would have some hard things to say to a culture which tries to measure everything and which sometimes expects people to produce more and more with less and less. I think he might have some hard things to say to a bishop or a diocese which fell into the same trap.
Instead of the language of failure and success, Jesus gives us the language of fruitfulness. God is like a gardener or a vine dresser (John 15). God has not called us as a church to be successful. But the Lord does call us to be fruitful. God does not come round once a year like a school inspector or a tax man to see how successful we have been or how much profit we have turned. God is not the occasional visitor to his garden. He is with us every day – not to assess how we are doing but like a skilled and gentle gardener, a vine grower, planting, weeding and pruning to help us to be more fruitful.
Success in the world’s terms is something which always has to be visible. Fruit, in the way Jesus intends it, is a much more seasonal thing. You can’t always find the evidence. There are resting times as well as growing times. But if just one condition is met, it will be there.
How can we tell what this fruit is? What does Jesus mean?
I think fruit means at least three different things in the Bible. First and foremost it means public justice and right living. The picture behind Jesus picture is in Isaiah 5 where God plants a vineyard. According to Isaiah, when God comes to visit his vineyard Israel he looks for the fruit of righteousness and justice.
When God looks on our church today, the fruit he is looking for is about working for the common good, supporting the weak, welcoming the stranger, working for a better society, strengthening family life, caring for the lonely and the afraid, the list is almost endless.
Second, the fruit Jesus looks for is producing Christian people who are people of character. People like Jesus. People who over time demonstrate what the bible calls the fruit of the Holy Spirit in their lives: love and joy and peace, patience, kindness and goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. A fruitful church is a church where people are growing in that kind of quality. Sometimes that fruit comes through difficult experiences as well as good ones, through patient pastoral care, through good habits of faithful prayer and worship. We grow together into the likeness of Christ.
And the third kind of fruit we bear is a steady and gradual increase in the number of disciples. You can’t always see it in every local church, of course. Churches have good seasons and harder seasons. But it should be evident in the life of the diocese as a whole. In Matthews’s gospel this is called a harvest for the kingdom of God. A different kind of fruit. In Luke’s gospel it’s likened to a great catch of fish – again a different sort of harvest. But the sense in the gospels is clear. We are to pray and to work towards growing the church itself – every branch of the vine – as people come to faith both as children and as adults.
So how do we bear fruit as a church? What’s the secret?
If you read John 15 carefully (and I hope you will) you will discover that bearing fruit in the Christian life is not about using the latest techniques or wealth or importance. Only one thing is important for a branch of the vine to be fruitful. Just one thing. Without that one thing then there will be no fruit at all. When that one thing is in place, there will be much fruit.
So what then is the key to being able to change the world, to Christian character and to a harvest of disciples?
I will leave you, if I may, to look up the answer for yourself. It’s life changing.
Steven
REPORTS
WENTWORTH WI MAY MEETING
We welcomed two visitors and one new member to our meeting this week.
Our President Jennifer kept us abreast of all the plans she’s made for the Rockley Rally , hosted by Wentworth W I at Brampton Village Hall on Saturday 13th June, although the committee will be doing the sandwiches it is hoped that members will generously donate cakes for the afternoon tea and some members will come and help set that out. Helena Ward has offered to be on the door, with Kay Gittings selling the raffle tickets. As hosts Wentworth doesn’t have a stall as such but we will have a ‘Guess the amount of sweeties in the Jar’ competition and Susan Beedham has offered to look after that.
Our meeting this month is about the ‘Resolution’ for this years W I AGM at the Albert Hall in London in June. This years resolution is entitled ‘SOS for Honey Bees’ There has been plenty of media coverage of the plight of the Honey Bee and the possible consequences if we do not look into how we can cure the problems that are destroying them. Our delegate for the AGM in London is Marie Cautley and she would normally discuss the resolution with us, as she will be voting on our behalf at this event. Unfortunately she was unable to attend this month’s meeting so we asked Wentworth resident and keen Beekeeper Christine Johnson to explain to us what the problems were and how the government could help. Basically the beekeepers are asking for some more money to be put into investigating the problems and hopefully coming up with some solutions. It was only a short talk but it was well explained to us and helped us understand the problems faced by Beekeepers, not just in the UK but all over the world.
We then had our Tea and Biscuits before we had a Beetle Drive, a fast and furious game, and it was heard said “far to exciting to be played so near bedtime”. We had a winner, second place and a ‘booby’ prize, all in good fun.
The winner of the animal brooch competition was Linda Wragg, 2nd was Ann Cowgill and 3rd place was Betty Young
The speaker for our June Meeting has been changed due to a cancellation, once again our thanks to our Speaker Secretary Lynn Glossop for arranging a replacement at short notice. Angela O’Neill works for the charity ‘Anchor’ and there aim is to help the elderly remain in their own homes as long as possible , supplying the help and assistance they need to achieve this, the talk is called ‘Staying Put’. The competition remains the same it’s a Limerick or Poem.
We meet on the second Thursday of each month at the Mechanics Institute, Main Street, Wentworth at 7.15 for 7.30pm. Visitors are always welcome and the cost for a meeting is £2.50 which includes refreshments.
Susan Beedham
HOLY TRINITY LADIES GROUP MAY MEETING
Twenty one members and friends met for our usual half yearly luncheon outing in May. This time we stayed local and went to Le Bistro in Wentworth. The meal was very good, as was the service, so an enjoyable time was had by all. We were pleased that Doreen Parkin and Rob Wilson had travelled from Doncaster to be with us but sorry that numbers had to be limited so some of our usual “outing friends” were not able to come. Nevertheless they were not forgotten!
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday at 2.00pm in the Mechanics Institute and visitors are most welcome
Marjorie Spittlehouse
WENTWORTH AND HARLEY MOTHERS’ UNION
At our next meeting on 26 June, our speaker will be Kathleen Bell from the Barnsley Drug Project. We meet at 7.30pm in the vestry at Harley. Visitors are very welcome. A report on our meeting in May will be written in next month’s magazine
Sheila Wood
THANK YOU
Dear Friends
I would like to thank you all for your prayers, get well messages, visits and gifts received during my recent stay in hospital and at home. I am now well on the way to recovery and hope to back in the full swing of things in a couple of weeks’ time.
Kind regards
Ruth
Arts Festival 2009
I do sincerely hope that you took the opportunity to be involved in the Annual Arts Festival, be that of an exhibitor, visitor or volunteer, for if you did, you will have experienced the true fellowship of belonging.
To be a volunteer is a commitment, it is greatly appreciated in what every way it was offered and very fulfilling. People volunteered for administration; to be part of the steering committee; for hanging pictures; organising, providing and serving refreshments; selling souvenirs; for stewarding the exhibition; organising the Tombola and Raffle; and in the Old Church, organising crafts for the very young, demonstrating sketching, acting as guides; and for providing continual entertainment throughout the whole of the weekend. Without their selfless commitment, the Festival just simply could not happen, and that would be unthinkable.
The Annual Art Exhibition is an event that brings together the local and wider communities. There were many overheard comments that made the hard work so worth while. People were writing the dates of next year’s exhibition in their diaries, saying how much they looked forward to the event. People commenting on the high standard of the Art in terms of paintings and entertainment. (84 Artists, 624 paintings and 16 musicians). People saying how helpful and friendly the Church members are.
Of course, one of the aims of the event is to raise funds, (at the moment I am unable to give a final figure), but there are so many more advantages in holding the exhibition. One of these is for Church members to meet and work with each other in a less formal manner. Another is the sheer fun of being part of a team, with similar minded people, and yet another is to meet visiting friends, old and new.
So thank you for whatever you did, and please pass on our thanks to those that you know have helped but do not receive the Church magazine.
Stephen Clapham
WENTWORTH J & I SCHOOL
Make £5 Blossom
Class 2 at Wentworth School tried to ‘Make £5 Blossom’ this year.
Make £5 Blossom is a project where a class are lent £150 from a business partner. Our business partner was Grace Rodgerson from Dearne Valley College.
The class must use the £150 to start a business and try to make a profit. They can either involve the whole school or it can just be done in that class. Class 2 started thinking of ideas.
First of all we thought of a guide book with recipes from different places in the village. We thought this might sell well because there are so many people who walk round Wentworth, especially in the summer. The people at the Village Shop said they are always being asked for a guide book. The only books there are, are very expensive and big. In the end, we decided to drop the recipes and just write a guide book. This would be aimed at children - cheap, and easy to carry round with you. It would just tell you interesting facts about different places. Grace agreed that our plans to produce a booklet as a guide to our village, was a good one.
We decided on a plan of action and a timetable because we had to have the money to give back to Grace by the 26th of March. We decided to have it printed properly as it would look better, but this was going to cost a lot of money and would take a while to print so we did fundraising events while the booklets were printing.
Class 2 enjoyed everything about it really. They enjoyed going round the village and asking people things about Wentworth. Everyone loved selling the buns and books, especially when we realised how quickly we were making the money we needed. They also liked it when we had to work really quickly to get the drawings and everything done in time and then putting all the books together.
After a great deal of rushing to get the booklet finished and enough copies sold, we had managed to make enough to pay Grace and still have lots of copies of the booklet left.
If you would like a booklet you have to be quick because they are selling well and we might have to print more. They are available from different shops around the village and also from school.
We have really enjoyed our experience and recommend trying it if you haven’t done it yet.
Kaitlin Barber and Elizabeth Collier Taylor
SUNDAY SCHOOL
When I’m in bed at night,
I know God is there.
When I have a problem,
I know God is there.
If I need help with something,
I know God is there.
If I do bad or good,
I know God is there.
Whatever I do,
I know God is there.
Wherever I go,
I know God is there.
It doesn’t matter if you believe in God or not.
He will always be there.
The above poem was written by Jemma, aged 9. The children have been learning that God is always there, at all times, and wherever they are.
Some of the children gave a moving enactment of the Easter story on Easter Day, trained by Louise Wells. They also presented and read some of their work at the Family Service in May. Sandra Davies has now joined the Sunday School team. We are delighted to have her and are grateful to her for agreeing to take on this rôle, and also that of Child Protection officer for Holy Trinity.
Sylvia Buckley
HARLEY MISSION NOTES
Thank you everyone who supported Christian Aid by joining us for the ‘Hunger Lunch’.
Congratulations to Millie who has passed her dancing exams. Millie jointed the Tots Group when it first started four years ago and begins her school life at Wentworth in September, she is also a Sunday School member.
Fleur who is three shared the prayer printed below with us at her brother, Maxim’s, christening. She had remembered all of it as this was a part of her night time prayers with her parents Emily and Simon.
Once I was a baby
Now suddenly I’m not!
And there’s someone else
Sleeping in my cot.
Mummy says it’s my new brother,
He’s very small and sweet,
With hands the size of daisies
And very smooth, pink feet.
I think I’m going to like him,
And I know that he’ll like me.
God, won’t it be terrific
When I can hold him on my knee?
Amen.
Thank you Fleur, well done!
Sheila Wood
HARLEY MISSION CHURCH
DIARY DATES FOR JUNE 2009
| DAY/DATE | TIME | EVENT |
| Wednesday 3 | 8.50am10.00am1.30am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots GroupLadies Friendship/Knitting Group |
| Friday 5 | 8.50am | Morning Prayer |
| Sunday 7 | 9.30am | Family Service |
| Monday 8 | 8.50am10.00am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots Group |
| Wednesday 10 | 8.50am10.00am1.30am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots GroupLadies Friendship/Knitting Group |
| Friday 12 | 8.50am | Morning Prayer |
| Sunday 14 | 9.30am | Holy Communion |
| Monday 15 | 8.50am10.00am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots Group |
| Wednesday 17 | 8.50am10.00am1.30am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots GroupLadies Friendship/Knitting Group |
| Friday 19 | 8.50am | Morning Prayer |
| Sunday 21 | 9.30am | Morning Prayer |
| Monday 22 | 8.50am10.00am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots Group |
| Wednesday 24 | 8.50am10.00am1.30am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots GroupLadies Friendship/Knitting Group |
| Friday 26 | 8.50am7.30am | Morning PrayerMothers Union |
| Sunday 28 | 9.30am | Holy Communion |
| Monday 29 | 8.50am10.00am | Morning PrayerMums and Tots Group |
The Bible Study Group meets every Wednesday at 8.00pm at various venues. Please contact 0114 2570477 for details.
Wentworth Church
Garden
Party
Saturday 20th June at 3-00
Can You Help?
•· Cakes for the cake stall
- Scones & cakes for the refreshments
- Bric-a-brac
- Raffle Prizes
- Prizes for the Tombola
- Home produce, Jams, Plants etc.
- Could you organise & run a game?
Help also needed Saturday at 10-00 to set up the stalls.
For any further information, please contact Stephen on 01226 744084
SERVICES AND MEETINGS FOR JUNE
Sunday 7th – Trinity Sunday
8.15am Holy Communion
9.30am Family Service [Harley]
10.45am Parish Communion
6.30pm Evensong
Thursday 11th – St Barnabas the Apostle
10.00am Holy Communion [Wentworth]
Sunday 14th – Trinity 1
8.15am Holy Communion
9.30am Holy Communion [Harley]
10.45am Family Service
6.30pm Confirmation and Communion: Bishop David Hallatt
Saturday 20th
3.00pm Garden Party in the church grounds
Sunday 21st – Trinity 2
8.15am Holy Communion
9.30am Morning Prayer [Harley]
10.45am Parish Communion
6.30pm Evensong
Monday 22nd
7.30pm PCC meeting in the Mechanics
Sunday 28th – Trinity 3
8.15am Holy Communion
9.30am Holy Communion [Harley]
10.45am Morning Prayer
SIDESPEOPLE FOR JUNE
7th Marian & Simon Chatterton
14th Betty Wilson & Sandra Davies
21st Walter & Martin Parry
28th Winnie Weldon & Biggie Freeze-Green
TEA/COFFEE ROTA FOR JUNE
7th Christine Hayes & Pat Dickinson
14th Mothers Union
21st Marion & Simon Chatterton & Margaret Blackburn
28th Janet Payling & Martin Parry
FROM THE REGISTERS
BAPTISMS
3rd May Maxim Read Brown [at Harley]
Shine as a light in the world to the glory of God the Father
WEDDINGS
3rd May Ian Chandler & Charlotte Simpson
[Please note - details of other Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals will be printed in next month's magazine. Please accept my apologies - Ruth]
EVENTS IN AND AROUND THE DIOCESE
These events are open to all who wish to attend
English Mystery Play
June 29 – July 11
Audiences can look forward to a fortnight of performances staring Patrick Stewart
Shoe-String Retreat
21 – 24 July
Christ Church Stannington
Inspire Sheffield is running a Shoe-String Retreat at from 2009.
This is an opportunity to go on a daytime only, budget, individually guided retreat without going away.
Christ Church is an ideal setting and many people have found this a real blessing for a number of years.
Contact: Muriel Roberts, 0114 255 1473 or Philip West, 0114 232 4490
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Sheffield Cathedral
Summer Festival
6 – 19 June
Sheffield Cathedral and The University of Sheffield’s Department of Music will host a diverse and vibrant programme of events exploring music, arts, crafts, film, world cultures and much more.
For all summer events at the Cathedral visit www.sheffield.ac.uk/concerts/summer/whatson
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Centenary Celebration Exhibition
Friday 5th to Sunday 7th June
St Peter’s church, Thrybergh
A special Centenary Celebration Exhibition weekend entitled ‘Past, Present & Future in our Community’. The Exhibition will be open Friday 5 June open 2pm – 7pm;
Sat 6 June from 10-5pm; Sun 7 June open between services 11 – 6pm;
Services on the Sunday are 10am Holy Communion with the new Bishop of Sheffield; 6pm Sounds of Worship service.
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Music for a Summer Evening
Thursday 11 June: 7.30.pm
At St Aidan’s, Wheatley Hills, Doncaster
A concert given by the David Hainsworth Singers with Jessica Fish (cello) and Margaret Burdis (soprano) Admission £4 (includes refreshments) proceeds to Save the Children Fund and St Aidan’s Church
A singing day with Geoff Weaver
Saturday 13 June: 10 am – 4.30 pm
St. Andrew’s Church, Psalter Lane, Sheffield
Geoff (RSCM Senior Adviser and Tutor) is leading this singing day will use the new, world music photocopiable resource ‘In every corner sing’. The day will conclude with a short act of worship. Cost: RSCM & SADOCA Members £4; Non-members £5; Under 16s £2
Contact: Helen Bent, 01709-363850, helen@thebents.co.uk
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Bradfield Festival of Music
Saturday 27 June – Saturday 4 July
St Nicholas’ Church, Bradfield
Performers to include: Sheffield City Opera, Meirion Ensemble, Julian Lloyd Webber,
Emma Johnson, Phillip Dukes, John Lenehan, Sheffield Schools Big Band,
Wihan String Quartet of Prague, Gilbert and Sullivan singers
Full details at www.bradfieldfestivalofmusic.co.uk
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Welcome to Ann Croft
Saturday 25 July: 4 – 6 pm
Strawberry Tea at Bradfield Rectory, Brown House Lane, Sheffield
Partners Together are having a Strawberry Tea as a welcome for Ann Croft, as she and Bishop Steven get to know the diocese. All welcome.
Contact: Hilda Isaacson, 0114 285 1225 a.isaacson@btinternet.com
For any event where details are displayed on a website, I will
print leaflets for you to collect from the back of the Church.
VACANCIES
Centre Manager
Handsworth Parish Centre
£18,000 pa pro rata (£12,162)
Temporary for 12 months, with possibility of permanent
25 hours per week (occasional evening and weekends)
St Mary’s Church, Handsworth, Sheffield, are looking for an enthusiastic, confident person to manage the Parish Centre, which provides for community activities, conference facilities and celebrations (eg wedding receptions). The manager will deal with all aspects of bookings, ensure continual maintenance of our Grade II listed building and seek to increase income by promoting and maximising centre usage. Closing date: 12 June
Contact: Father Keith H Johnson: 0114 2693983, keithhjohnson@hotmail.com
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Youth Consultant
The Attercliffe Deanery and the Manor Team are looking for the right person to act as a Youth Consultant to the deanery and as a youth and children’s worker in the Manor Parish. This would be a five year appointment working with the Manor team and the Deanery Pastoral Committee.
Contact: Steve Willett, 0114 2484486, stephen.willett@tesco.net
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Human Resources Regional Manager
Salary range £41,410 – £50,110 +non contributory pension scheme
To lead a team of Human Resources Advisers providing a professional human resources service to the Anglican dioceses of Durham, Newcastle, Ripon and Leeds, Sheffield, Wakefield and York in relation to clergy and lay employees. The post-holder will be based in Wakefield but responsible for delivery of the service to all the dioceses. Applicants should have chartered membership of the CIPD, good knowledge of employment law and HR practice as well as experience of managing a team. The post holder should be a communicant member of the Church of England or a full member of a church within the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Closing date: 05 June
Contact: Mr Ashley Ellis, Diocesan Secretary, 01924 371802, diocesan.secretary@wakefield.anglican.org
CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR
St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church An Anglican Methodist Partnership
The job involves being responsible for the administration of the church finances, overseeing the Church Office and managing the volunteers who work there, and assisting the Property Steward where necessary. We are looking for someone with good organisational skills and knowledge of accounting systems such as SAGE. Experience of managing volunteers would be useful. GCSE’s, or equivalent, in English and Maths or other office based qualifications would be desirable.
Hours: 12 per week or by agreement Rate of Pay – £7.00 – £7.50 per hour Holidays – 5 weeks per annum, plus Bank Holidays pro rata. Closing date for applications: 31 May 2009
Contact: 0114 267 8289, office@sapl.ecclesallmethodist.org
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Next Issue of the Magazine
Articles to be included in July’s edition of the magazine should be with me, please no later than Sunday, 22nd June, and can be sent to me via email (ruth.mangham@sky.com), by telephone 0114 2455448 or left in the vestry or posted to me at 55 Chapelfield Crescent, Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham, S61 2TP. Articles and any other queries can also be sent to Richard via email (richard@buckjley@wanadoo.co.uk) or by telephone 0114 2465064, or by letter to the Vicarage on Church Drive
AND FINALLY
As you pass this little Church
Be sure to plan a visit,
So when at last you’re carried in,
God won’t ask “Who is it?”
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Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, “Thou shall not kill.”
