Parish News February 2015 50p Read about our beautiful Stained Glass Windows Page 6 Photography by Brenda Allen Our regular services Sundays 8.30am Holy Communion 11am Worship for all ages 6.30pm Reflective service Midweek services Monday to Friday 9.05 am Morning Prayer 9.30 Holy Communion Last Wednesday of each month. From the Registers Baptisms 23 November Katy Ella Smith 23 November Harvey Nicholas Hibbert 28 December Sophie Annabelle Galea Funerals Iris Lewis 85 19 November 14 May Price 84 26 November 14 May Patten 83 17 December 14 Sydney Bushell Vera Case Clive Wheeler 2 January 15 83 74 21 January 15 22 January 15 Help following a bereavement If you are struggling following the death of a loved one and would appreciate a visit please contact the Church Office on 0151 427 1474 2 Keeping you up to date… Our church Building Last September we discovered a new outbreak of dry rot in the south wall, that is the Park side of the church. Since then we have been trying to assess the extent and discover what we need to do and what permissions we need to address it. We have had some great help from the Diocese and our architect. We are still in the process of obtaining a final cost for the works. We know that the work is urgent, extensive and expensive. This means we will be putting in a bid for a Heritage Lottery Grant for the work. This is a long process in itself! We have discovered that we probably the oldest laminated roof in the Diocese which puts us in a unique position. The gutters on the Southside need a redesign, the plaster on that wall will need to be removed and the timbers treated. This will take a great deal of work and needs to be done by experts. As part of the grant application we are also hoping to address the electrics (rewiring) and the boiler. The small steering group having been working hard to keep this on track we will of course keep you informed. Giving Secondly at the last PCC, our new treasure Ali Bellamy asked us to promote giving by standing order. This does make it easier in lots of ways. If you would like more information speak to me, Ali or one of the wardens. Magazine Thirdly the PCC have been thinking about the magazine and some new options for producing it. They do thank Nigel and Grace for their hard work and time and in rebranding current magazine format. If you have a favourite article or can think of a new feature let us know by emailing the Church Office. 3 Dates for your diary …. The latest date for items to be included in the March edition will be 14th February Saturday 14 February Barn Dance organised by fun4funds The tickets cost £12 per adult and £4 for children including Hog Roast supper (vegetarian option available) Proceeds to church funds L.I.N.C Community Café Every Wednesday from 11.30 at St Mary’s Church Hall. All welcome Home cooked food and snacks . L19 Good Book Club - Meets the second Tuesday of the month at Jeanette Chandler’s house. Please contact Jeanette on 427 1578 if you would like to join. Thu 8 Feb Wed 18 Feb Sat 28 Feb 8pm 7.30pm 9am Riverside Get together at St Mary’s Ash Wednesday Service in Church Prayer Meeting in Church L19 Allotment More information from Marilyn Foulder 0151 280 9795 4 HOW ABOUT IT? Canon Neville Black writes.....One of the best things I've done since my retirement in 2004 is to form NETWORK 55+, which has become a friendship group that share fun, faith and fending for each other. We are all retired. We meet on the first Tuesday at Mossley church car park at 10am, agree to go to a local watering hole for coffee, chat, and lunch. We sometimes arrange special events, and have also been to Foxhill Retreat Centre for a weekend together. We recently agreed to limit our membership to 35.We charge £10 a year for membership. I am now wondering if there is any one, or a small group,in St Mary's who would like to form a similar group. In the first instance if anyone or two would like to contact me ( 07970235817 or [email protected]) I would arrange to meet over coffee to explore the idea further. I would not be involved in the St Mary Group but would encourage and prompt the formation of such a group. Our group has succeeded in attracting widows and widowers, as well as sin- St Mary’s Coffee mornings Over the last few years there have been a great team of volunteers who have baked, served, sold, chatted and loved the growing number of people who come to our coffee mornings. To say nothing of the fact that they made well over £2000 each year. Hazel has been a key member of this group and she has decided it is time to hang up her barista apron. Hazel, we all want to thank you for your hard work and indeed for that of all the team. If you would be interested in helping the coffee mornings to continue, please speak with Paul or Joy. 5 Our Stained Glass Windows The South Transept (Garnet Chapel) The main window is a tribute to Hugh Gaskell Sutton 1862. In the centre is the Good Samaritan tending the wounded traveller; to the left, the healing of the man sick with the palsy, who was let down through the roof in the presence of Jesus. To the right is the healing of the blind beggar. Photograph by Brenda Allen It is well worth coming into the church and taking your time looking at the window. It is surprising how detailed they are. The Nave (South Side) The window is dedicated to the memory of Robert Horsfall And contains the figures of St. Margaret and St Hubert. St.Hubert became Bishop of Liège in 708 A.D. He was a Christian saint who was the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers. Photograph taken by Brenda Allen 6 Crisp, Shiny and Magical This time of year it is so lovely to look forward to spring and all the promise it brings. But for just a few moments I would like you to cast your minds back to December. In the rush to prepare for Christmas, we are often unaware of our beautiful space and surroundings that we pass each day. Nature fights for our attention with some extraordinary displays. Evergreens the old favourites never let us down and the varieties that flower and berry are talked and sung about this month. The shrubs in this category that often get overlooked are mahonia with its large spiky leaves, topped off with bright sunshine yellow flowers. Viburnum displays its small flat heads of white flowers against rich dark green leaves. The fabulous architecture of our trees: willow which sways its cascading branches like a delightful ball gown. Beech, silver birch, oak and many many more which stand out against a winter sunset like spidery silhouettes. Or on a bright day, stretch out their branches towards the watery winter sun to grab as much warmth as possible. It’s hard to choose a favourite but the cornus (shrub) with its scarlet young strong shoots and only displays this colour in the winter takes a lot of beating. Mahonia Cornus The grand finale for me is the hoarfrost, which settles on even the smallest blade of grass like someone has sprinkled the finest of icing sugar over everything. The look is very different from snow. It is crisp, shiny and magical. Val Jones 7 From our Archives Try to picture Grassendale around 1854. Grassendale and Cressington Parks are now complete and occupied by the new merchants and the church is open for worship. New large detached houses have been built in Garston Old Road just a short distance from the church on the left-hand side. St Mary's Terrace in Garston Old Road has also just been completed and Eslington Street is being started just over the road on the right hand side of Aigburth Road. The only buildings on Aigburth Road as far as Riversdale Road, were Woodend, and the farm at the corner of Grassendale Road, and Homeleigh and of course St Austin's. The older very large houses, Beech Lawn, Oaklands, Mayfield, Aigburth Hall, Holmfield, Bark Hill, are situated far apart in their own grounds and all are occupied by the richer merchants, ship owners and land owners. A little further away over the main London railway line are the mansions of Springwood, Allerton Hall, Allerton Priory, Wyncote, and New Heys. A number of these great houses were occupied by families whose names are forever linked with the history of Liverpool and some of these families had strong ties with St Mary's. The rest of Grassendale, Allerton and Mossley Hill are all farmland. Brodie Avenue, Booker Avenue, Derby Road, Mather Avenue haven't been built and there are no roads between Garston Old Road and Aigburth Hall Avenue, and no golf course. Just a very rural scene with miles of fields as far as the eye could Garston Old Road looking down towards St Mary's Church. St Mary's Terrace can just be seen in the trees. Drawn up outside side St Mary's Church on a Sunday morning (at 10.45am in those days) would be a long line horse and carriages, with their coachmen and footmen bringing their owners and families to church from around the parish. The following is an extract from the deed of trust for St Mary's Church dated 1853. 8 Ash Wednesday Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. But why 'Ash' Wednesday? The reason has to do with getting things right between you and God, and the tradition goes right back to the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the Israelites often sinned. When they finally came to their senses, and saw their evil ways as God saw them, they could do nothing but repent in sorrow. They mourned for the damage and evil they had done. As part of this repentance, they covered their heads with ashes. For the Israelites, putting ashes on your head, and even rending your clothes, was an outward sign of their heart-felt repentance and acknowledgement of sin. (See Genesis 18:27; 2 Samuel 13:19; Job 2:8, 30:19; Isaiah 58:5; Jeremiah 6:26; Jonah 3:6) In the very early Christian Church, the yearly 'class' of penitents had ashes sprinkled over them at the beginning of Lent. They were turning to God for the first time, and mourning their sins. But soon many other Christians wanted to take part in the custom, and to do so at the very start of Lent. They heeded Joel's call to 'rend your hearts and not your garments' (Joel 2:12-19). Ash Wednesday became known as either the 'beginning of the fast' or ‘the day of the ashes’. The collect for today goes back to the Prayer Book, and stresses the penitential character of the day. It encourages us with the reminder of the readiness of God to forgive us and to renew us. The Collect for Ash Wednesday is: Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing that you have made and forgive the sins of all those who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts that we, worthily lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may receive from you, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. The Ash Wednesday Service at St Mary's is on Wed 18 Feb at 7.30pm. 9 Suggested reading for Lent In God's Hands - The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2015 Archbishop Desmond Tutu, CHP, £9.99 In this little gem of a book, Archbishop Desmond Tutu distils the wisdom forged through a childhood of poverty and apartheid, an adulthood lived in the glare of the world's media, and the long and agonising struggle for truth and reconciliation in South Africa, into the childlike simplicity which Jesus tells us characterises the Kingdom of God. Reflecting the Glory By Tom Wright, BRF, £7.99 In this Lent book for 2015, the everpopular Tom Wright, former Bishop of Durham, explores how Christians can reveal Jesus even at the lowest and weakest points of their lives. Drawing on New Testament passages, with a particular focus on Paul’s letters to the church in Corinth, Tom Wright shows that, through God’s Holy Spirit, the suffering but also the glory of Christ can be incarnate in our lives, enabling us to be the people of God for the world. 10 Word in the Wilderness - a Poem a Day for Lent and Easter By Malcolm Guite, Canterbury Press, £12.99 For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day 2015, Martin Guite, chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge, chooses a favourite poem. His selection runs across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions, and offers incisive seasonal reflections. Lent is a time to reorient ourselves, clarify our minds, slow down, recover from distraction and focus on the values of God's kingdom. Poetry, with its power to awaken the mind, is an ideal companion for such a time. And for something completely different …. A Beautiful Friendship – a Lent Course based on Casablanca By Paul Kerensa and Zoe Young, DLT, £5.99 The well-loved classic film, Casablanca, here provides a great basis for discussion of themes of sacrifice, repentance, suffering, loss and hope during Lent 2015. Its wartime setting provides additional poignancy for study at a time of continued armed conflict around the world, as well as the centenary remembrance of the First World War. The book is designed to be studied by groups or individuals alongside the DVD of Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. It includes leaders’ notes, timings for film clips, discussion-starters, reflections and prayers. 11 What’s on at the Cathedral This popular and engaging series of biblical teaching opens up the scriptures in a thought provoking way. Each session, led by members of the Clergy, provides high quality teaching and stimulates interesting debate on a particular biblical book 1st Feb Wk 2: Haggai, Canon Myles Davies 8th Feb Wk 3: Daniel, Reverend Tim Watson 15th Feb Wk 4 1&2 Timothy, Canon Paul Rattigan 22nd Feb Wk 5: Nahum Canon Paul Rattigan Same [programme as Breakfast with the Bible but weekly on Monday evenings at 18.30 Calling 300 men to 'Make a Difference' Conference 7 February 2015 09:15 - 15:30 A men's conference, with key speaker Carl Beech (pictured), will be held at the Cathedral, offering a day of worship, teaching, networking and having a laugh. A chance to be equipped and inspired. More details on the Cathedral website - www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk ‘The Heart of Things’ Art exhibition by Paul Hobbs 16th - 27th February 2015 10:00 - 17:30 (each day) Liverpool Cathedral is delighted to host an exhibition of painting and sculpture by Paul Hobbs. The exhibition wrestles with questions of faith in relation to contemporary life. It is a mixture of painting and sculpture, and includes figurative, abstract and conceptual images, news articles and ready-made objects. 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