The World Peace Prayer Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth. Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust. Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace. Let peace fill our hearts, our world, our universe. Amen.

Bible verse and prayer for 2016 "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Romans 12:1-2

Holy Trinity, Bickerstaffe May 2016

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Contact Details Website www.holytrinitybickerstaffe.co.uk. Twitter @HolyTrinityBick

VICAR

Reverend Captain Andrew Housley, CA 10 Church Lane, Aughton, Ormskirk L396SB. Tel: 01695 423204. Mob: 07788 256 776, E-mail: andrew.housley67@gmail.com.

ASSOCIATE MINISTER

Reverend Martin Adams, The Vicarage Intake Lane, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk L39 0HW. Tel: 07939 396934. E-mail: martin.p.adams@btopenworld.com.

Requests for weddings and baptisms should in the first instance, be made to the Vicar at the end of the Family Service. Arrangements for funerals and interments may be

made with the Vicar by telephone.

CHURCH WARDENS

Mrs Irene McCarthy. Tel: 01695 421800, Mob: 07818 205 597. E-mail: irenebickerstaffe@hotmail.co.uk.

Mr Jonathan Rawlinson. Tel: 01695 728799 E-mail: j.p.rawlinson@btinternet.com.

CHURCH WARDEN EMERITUS Mr Merrick Rimmer. Tel: 01695 727848.

MAGAZINE & WEB

Mrs Jo Housley (Magazine Editor) Tel: 01695 423204. E-mail: bickerstaffechurchmagazine@yahoo.co.uk. Mr Edward McCarthy (Webmaster) E-mail: westlancsedward@btinternet.com Mrs Hilary Rosbotham (Treasurer incl. Mag. Finance). Tel: 01695 723873.

ORGANIST Mrs Vera Gregson.

PCC SECRETARY Ms Anne Rosbotham-Williams. Telephone 01695 722034.

READER EMERITUS Mr Colin Johnson. Mr Allan Powell. Telephone 01695 727169.

SUNDAY CLUB Mrs Ann Ashburner & Mr Jon Ashburner. Telephone 01695 721795.

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Letter from Andrew Housley Dear friends, I wonder if any of you can remember the 1990’s classic movie, ‘Nuns on the Run’. Charlie (Robbie Coltrane) and Brian (Eric Idle) are gangsters on the run, and manage to seek refuge in a Nuns’ teacher training school. Throughout the film, they manage to avoid their gangster boss, the police, and Brian’s girlfriend by being disguised as nuns. The other day, while watching some scenes from the film, I came across the following scene where Charlie is trying to explain to Brian the doctrine of the trinity. Charlie: You've got the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. But the

three are one - like a shamrock, my old priest used to say. "Three leaves, but one leaf." Now, the Father sent down the Son, who was love, and then when he went away, he sent down the Holy Spirit, who came down in the form of a...

Brian: You told me already - a ghost. Charlie: No, a dove. Brian: The dove was a ghost? Charlie: No, the ghost was a dove. Brian: Let me try and summarize this: God is his Son. And his Son is

God. But his Son moonlights as a Holy Ghost, a Holy Spirit, and a dove. And they all send each other, even though they're all one and the same thing.

Charlie: You've got it. You really could be a nun! Charlie and Brian are no different to any other Christian today: they were trying to understand the complex nature of God.

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Back in the 4th century, St Athanasius of Alexandria spent much of his ministry arguing that God was trinity, leading him into conflict with Arius. This conflict led to the Council of Nicaea, where the matter was settled once and for all and the nature of God would be understood in the doctrine of the trinity. The creed written by St Athanasius and can be found on page 27 of the prayer book. Within it he writes, The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible: and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. When studying the doctrine of the trinity at college, I thought the word ‘incomprehensible’ was a good word to describe the nature of God. There is no easy way to describing the nature of God in the trinity, because whichever metaphor we use- even the clover- is incomplete when trying to understand the wonderful mystery of God’s love and nature. Our understanding of the trinity, like the early Christians, will grow out of our experience of God in prayer and worship. I remember it being explained to me that the trinity makes Christian spirituality distinct from any other. We pray to the Father, representing the needs of the world with the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. As in recent years, on Trinity Sunday (22nd May 4pm) the choirs of St Michael’s Church and Holy Trinity Church will come together to lead a Sung Evensong at Holy Trinity, Bickerstaffe. Through the words of the readings, anthems, and hymns we will celebrate the mystery of God’s nature. I hope you will be able to support what is always a beautiful service.

Andrew

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Services in May

St Michael,

Aughton

Holy Trinity, Bickerstaffe

1st May Easter 6 White Ezek. 37.1-14; Revelation 21.10,22 – 22.1-5; John 14.23-29

8.15am Andrew Holy Communion 10.30am Margaret Hall Service 10.30am Bill Matins 4.00pm Andrew Holy Communion

10.45am Andrew Family Service with Baptism

8th May Easter 7 White Ezek. 36.24-28 Revelation 22.12-14,16-17,20-21; John 17.20-26

8.15am Martin Holy Communion 10.30am Martin Holy Communion

10.45am Andrew First Communion

15th May Pentecost Red Genesis 11.1-9; Romans 8.14-17; John 14.8-17,(25-27)

8.15am Andrew 10.30am Andrew/Gwen Parish Praise 4.00pm Martin Holy Communion

10.45am Mark Morning Praise

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22nd May Trinity Sunday White Proverbs 8.1-4,22-31; Romans 5.1-5; John 16.12-15

8.15am Martin Holy Communion 10.30am Andrew Baptism

10.45am Martin Holy Communion 4.00pm Andrew Sung Evensong

29th May 1st Sunday after Trinity Green 1 Kings 8.22-23,41-43; Galatians 1.1-12; Luke 7.1-10

8.15am Andrew Holy Communion 10.30am Andrew Holy Communion

10.45am Martin Holy Communion

Worship & Learning 1st May: Easter Peace John 14.23-29: Summary * Jesus’ going to his death in the morning will also be his going to the

Father.

* To believe this is to receive God’s gifts of love and peace and joy. * Jesus and the Father will come again to the disciples as the Holy Spirit. A personal prayer

Lord, I know how restless I sometimes feel

when peace escapes me.

Then I think of me, multiplied by many,

and I begin to understand the widespread unrest in our world. I pray, Lord, that you will bring your peace to all who need it,

starting with me, so that I can carry it with me wherever I go. Amen.

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8th May: Easter love John 17.20-26: Summary * At the Last Supper, Jesus concludes his teaching with a final prayer for

his disciples. * He prays for future believers who will come to faith through the

disciples’ witness. * Jesus prays that his disciples may be united in God’s glory, so that the world may know that God sent him. A personal prayer Lord, somehow I can’t just take it in that you pray to the Father for me. So often I take my faith for granted, not really thinking about the nitty-gritty.

Help me to experience your fullness as I journey on with you. Amen. 15th May: Easter community John 14.8-17,(25-27): Summary * Judas has set off into the night, and Peter, Thomas, and now Philip are

perplexed. * Jesus explains that his way of dying and living is God’s way of working

in the world. * The Spirit will enable the disciples to share in Jesus’ true way of living for the Father. A personal prayer Lord, I long to receive more of you in my life, to have the kind of faith that expects to see miracles happening around me. The faith that believes I can play my part in creating these miracles, because you said I could – for your glory. Teach me to step out in faith and allow myself to be changed by your

Holy Spirit. Amen.

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22th May: Godly conversation John 16.12-15: Summary * After their last meal Jesus speaks to his friends, almost all of whom

will desert him. * Only after his death and resurrection will they understand Jesus’ true

significance. * Then the Spirit will direct their lives in Jesus’ true way of encountering the Father. A personal prayer ‘God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.’ (Romans 5.5)

‘Come, let us sing of a wonderful love,

tender and true, tender and true,

out of the heart of the Father above,

streaming to me and to you:

wonderful love, wonderful love,

dwells in the heart of the Father above.’ (Robert Walmsley, 1831 – 1905)

Thank you, Lord, for that wonderful love. Amen. 29th May: Ask Luke 7.1-10: Summary

* A Gentile centurion asks Jesus to heal his slave. * Feeling unworthy of Jesus’ presence, the centurion believes the man

can be healed merely at Jesus’ command. * Jesus says he has never before seen anyone with such faith as the centurion.

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A personal prayer

I am not worthy, Lord, and yet you love me and enfold me.

I turn away, and yet you are still before me. I bury myself in the distractions of life,

and yet you are there beneath me.

I close my mouth, and yet you still hear me.

I shut my eyes, and yet you still appear to me.

I am not worthy, Lord, and yet I know you love me and enfold me.

All I ask, Lord, is ‘stick with me’.

Stick with me, Lord. Amen.

© ROOTS for Churches Ltd 2002-16. Reproduced with permission. www.rootsontheweb.com

Holy Trinity Dates & News

Dates for your diary 1st May Family Service with Baptism. 1st May Rogation Service 3pm. 4th May Friends of HTB meeting 7pm. 8th May First Communion. 10th May Archdeacon’s Visitation. 19th May Shared Ministry Team meeting. 20th May Ukulele Band at Bickerstaffe Church 7pm. 22nd May Patronal Evensong 4pm. 28th May Wedding. 11th June Treat Day. 7th July Shared Ministry Team meeting. 9th July Holy Trinity Summer Event.

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Bickerstaffe Summer Fair with Royal Celebration

The Summer Fair this year will be held in church and on the front lawn on Saturday 9th July 2pm – 4pm. During the event there will be the usual stalls, live music, and also an exhibition celebrating the Queen’s 90th birthday. If you would like to run a stall or get involved then please speak to a member of the committee: Rene, Sue, Lesley, Ann, Irene, Hilary or Andrew. Welcome to the Lord’s Table service

On Sunday 8th May at 10.45am, children from Bickerstaffe School will celebrate receiving Holy Communion. Please pray for them as they continue on their Christian journey, they are Sophie Ralphs, Freya Ramsden, Harvey Speakman and Lily Cox. Rogation Sunday There will be a Rogation Service at Hall Farm on Sunday 1st May at 3pm. Following the service, there will be refreshments served in the barn. Donations of cakes etc. would be most welcome. Meal at Piri Piri Restaurant, Ormskirk The Four Lane Ends Mission Management Team invite you to a meal at the ever-popular Piri Piri Restaurant on Monday 9th May, 7pm for 7:30pm. Two courses £12. The menu will be available later, and the sign up list is available at the back of Church.

Ukulele Band night Please join us for an evening of musical entertainment on 20th May from 7pm in Church.

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Finance News Parish Giving Scheme

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) voted in support of joining the Parish Giving Scheme. The PGS gives members of the congregation the opportunity to give to the church by

direct debit, while taking a bit of workload from the treasurer. At the annual meeting, more information will be given, but you can also find more information about it on the following website: www.liverpool.anglican.org/parishgivingscheme. Further information is available from Andrew. Finance Statement

Financial Statement March 16

Income £ Expenses £

Free Will Offering £893.80 Quota £5,350.84

Plate £253.20 Insurance £618.68

Standind Orders £395.00 Uncleared cheque £50.00

Fees £80.00 Vic. Expenses £76.70

Gift Day £780.00 Electricity £198.17

Friends of HTB £100.00 Synod £20.00

ILFS Sephton £400.00 Printing £52.33

Coffee Morning £510.00 Error £20.00

Tax refund £7,163.57

£10,575.57 £6,386.72

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Happy 100th Birthday, Mrs Tyrer!

On 16th April, Mrs Deborah Tyrer celebrated her 100th Birthday. Mrs. Hilary Rosbotham presented her with a flower arrangement on behalf of the Parish Council.

Love and congratulations from everyone at Holy Trinity.

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Parish Registers Please continue to pray for the families mentioned below. Thank you. The funeral for the late Mrs Freda Moss, aged 78 and formally of Liverpool Road, Bickerstaffe was held on Wednesday 6th April, followed by burial in the churchyard. Congratulations to Thomas Bernard Wehrle and Rachel Ann Howard, who were married on Friday 8th April.

The Generous Earl By Owen Taylor There was great excitement when, in 1839, Edward Smith-Stanley, the 13th Earl of Derby, announced his intention to spend around £6,000 on a Church and Parsonage at Bickerstaffe. Prior to this undertaking, Parishioners relied on a small wooden Chapel, situated at the entrance of the old ‘Intock’ Lane for the sharing of Public Worship.

Drawn from the 1840 Ordinance Survey Map Showing the site of the Early Chapel 1828-1843 Note: The ‘Intack’ Path originally meandered to Rainford, albeit, through deep ruts and muddy tracks. In 1843, coinciding with the building of the Church, a new road was constructed and the letter ‘e’ was added to the ‘Intack’. The Intake Lane has served the Parish ever since.

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Since the Reformation, various local organisations had petitioned the authorities for a new church and now their aspirations were to be fulfilled. Others to benefit from the Earl’s generosity were the Parishes of Burscough, Knowsley, Newburgh and Westhead, who all had churches and parsonages built. His benevolence didn’t end there, he also built a number of schools, some of which are still providing education today. Contemporary writers reckon the Earl spent in the region of £100,000 on his honourable project and note, ‘this would equate to around £25 million today’. As Lord Stanley, he began a political career, as M.P. for Preston in 1802, then he was called to the ‘House of Peers’ in 1832, being created the first ever, Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe.

Edward the 13th Earl of Derby held the Earldom from 1834-1851, relatively less than his Father, who held the title for 58 years. He was well liked by his employees and gave much consideration to their needs. His avocation was the study of Natural History, his knowledge was second to none, and he maintained a menagerie on the estate to give him hands-on experience of wildlife. Many of his collection of rare books were bequeathed to the Liverpool Museum.

He died in 1851 and was buried on the 8th July. Around 400 tenants assembled at Stanley Gate, on horse-back, to join the procession of

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mourners as it journeyed from Knowsley to Ormskirk. One of the Pall-Bearers was the Revd. T.E. Abraham, a personal friend of the late Earl and the first Vicar of Bickerstaffe. An oak tree from Knowsley Park that was said to be a great favourite of the Earls, was used to make the coffin.

Revd. T. E. Abraham – First Vicar of Bickerstaffe. A very early photograph, probably taken in the late 1840s. The Earl was interred in the Derby Chapel of Ormskirk Church, along with 30 of his ancestors. Within weeks, the family issued orders for the vault to be sealed for all time. Subsequent Earls of Derby have been interred in a special Plot at Knowsley Churchyard.

Acknowledgements: 1856 Ordinance Survey Map, Early Bickerstaffe No. 38, Knowsley Church, Mark Carr, History of the Stanley’s, Peter Draper, Angela Chaderton.

Food for thought 1st man: Sometimes get so angry with God! I want to ask him why he allows so much misery in the world, so much cruelty, so much poverty, so much injustice, so much hunger. I am tempted to say to him, "Why, oh why, do you allow these things to continue when you could do something about it?" 2nd man: Well, why don't you? 1st man: Because I'm afraid God might ask me the same question.

Supplied by Sheila Beeby

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Bickerstaffe Quaker Burial Ground by Dr. Mary Bonsall

The Bickerstaffe Quaker Meeting was founded in 1653, only a year after George Fox held a meeting on Firbank Fell that united a number of nonconformist sects into the Religious Society of Friends, known as Quakers. Until William and Mary came to the throne in 1688, nonconformists were not tolerated and operated clandestinely. So the Quaker Meeting House in Bickerstaffe may not have been built until 1689 when we know it was licensed for marriages. It was situated on the north side of the Liverpool Road not far from Stanley Gate. However, there is a burial ground dating from the time of Charles 11. In 1665, Peter Leadbetter, a Quaker landowner, conveyed 1120 square yards of land to the Bickerstaffe Quaker Meeting to be used as a burial ground. He most probably lived at the adjacent farmhouse, now called Graveyard Farm. There is a plaque on the front of the building with the initials P L, and an E that could relate to his first wife, Ellin. Individual graves cannot be identified, because there is no grave plan, and in 1691, Hardshaw Monthly Meeting decided that ‘stones be removed off graves and none go into the practice of laying them on.’ But we do have over two hundred names, with dates of internment, in a list compiled by John Haynes, a member of Southport Quaker Meeting, and John H Sagar, from the Ormskirk Family History Society, which published it. The last burial was in 1813 when John Bispham died, aged 89. Bispham was also the last member of Bickerstaffe Quaker Meeting, closed in 1786 when Monthly Meeting decided it was no longer viable. It had found that that John Bispham and his wife were the only friends left, and that they held a ‘dull and lifeless’ Meeting every Sunday in their own home next to the Meeting House. The graveyard remains in the care of the Hardshaw Trustees. Friends from nearby Meetings like to scatter the ashes of their loved ones there, and visit occasionally the peaceful place that contains so much of the history of the early Friends of Bickerstaffe Meeting.

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A few of the individuals buried in the graveyard have been found in other sources and perhaps more research would reveal others. Richard Johnson from Ormskirk was one of the earliest converts. He was sent out to preach the word and travelled in the ministry in England and Ireland. In 1659, he attended the first General Meeting that Quakers held, and in the same year George Fox stayed with him in his house in Ormskirk. He was buried in 1686, aged 56. Two months later his wife Elizabeth was also interred there. The first two Bickerstaffe residents known to have become Quakers were Oliver Atherton and Richard Cubban. Atherton’s son described himself as ‘yoeman’ when he succeeded to his father’s farm so it is likely that his father rented or owned a substantial property. Cubban was described as ‘a man of consequence’ so may also have belonged to the same class of independent or semi-independent farmers. Fox stayed with him in 1657. Both Atherton and Cubban travelled in the ministry. As early as 1654, Cubban was imprisoned in Furness for ‘speaking to priests and people in assemblies’, that is, for challenging the authority of the established church, which during the Commonwealth, was Presbyterian. In 1661, after the Restoration, Atherton and Cubban were both imprisoned again, along with a number of other Quakers, in Lancaster Castle, for not paying their tithes to their parish church of Ormskirk. Cubban survived but Atherton died in prison in 1663, ‘through long imprisonment in a cold, damp, unwholesome place.’ In the following year, 1664 Cubban and Oliver Atherton’s son Godfrey, were imprisoned for their part in a ‘riot’, and, in addition, were each fined 20 shillings by the notorious Judge Jeffries for attending a prohibited meeting. They survived, but Henry Foster, indicted at the same time, died in Lancaster Castle and was brought back for burial in the Quaker graveyard. Mary Southworth from Lydiate was also in Lancaster prison in 1664, and wrote a long poem there that gave an account of Quaker sufferings under persecution. She survived to marry a schoolmaster, Henry Molyneux, and was buried at Bickerstaffe in 1695. Her husband and

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their son Nathaniel, another schoolmaster, are also interred there. In 1674, Oliver Atherton’s wife, Ann, was excommunicated for refusing to pay towards the repair of the Ormskirk church. Four years later, on Boxing Day, she was buried in the graveyard. But in 1688, when Godfrey Atherton’s brother died, aged 31, he chose to be buried in ‘Godfrey’s orchard’ perhaps to be near to his father, Oliver, who had been brought from prison to be buried there in 1663. By coincidence, Godfrey Atherton and Richard Cubban died in the same year, 1709, and both rest in the graveyard.

© Dr. Mary Bonsall

Local Musical Events An Evening with Dave Bilbrough The Songwriter and worship leader known for songs such as Abba Father / All Hail the Lamb / Let there be Love / An Army of Ordinary People and many more will be in concert on Friday 24th June from 7pm – 9.30pm at Christ Church Ministry Centre, Aughton. Tickets £5 with interval refreshments. Queries via www.cto.payway.uk or 07896 991 090. Please visit www.davebilbrough.com for details of his latest album ‘The Song that I Sing’ and song sheets. Aughton Children’s Music Camp 6

Dan and Caroline Hollinghurst will be arriving back in Aughton to lead Aughton Music Camp 6, on Thursday 28th and Friday 29th July.

Places are limited so please book. For further details and to book, please contact Paul Coggan on 01695 422079 or e-mail paulandcharlotte687@gmail.com.

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Bickerstaffe Hall Bell by Owen Taylor

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Prayer Time

Prayers for HM The Queen’s 90th Birthday

Prayer in traditional language:

Heavenly Father,

who hast brought our gracious sovereign Queen Elizabeth

to the completion of her ninetieth year,

and dost gather her people in celebration of the same:

grant that we, rejoicing before thee with thankful hearts,

may ever be united in love and service to one another,

and her kingdom flourish in prosperity and peace,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Prayer in modern language:

Heavenly Father, as we celebrate the ninetieth birthday

of Her Majesty the Queen, receive our heartfelt thanks

for all that you have given her in these ninety years

and for all that she has given to her people.

Continue, we pray, your loving purposes in her,

and as you gather us together in celebration,

unite us also in love and service to one another;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Pentecost: God’s rescue for us all

The spirit has come and is by our side,

To be there when we need him most,

Come Holy Spirit come Holy Ghost.

Knowing who Jesus was, all he said and done,

And now can be shared by everyone

That Jesus took all of our guilt and shame.

You gave sight to the blind so they could see.

You cured the sick, healed the lame,

Took away my guilt and shame.

Your every word sets us free and brings us release.

Our Lord our savour our prince of peace.

Lord every day in you I will boast,

Come holy spirit come Holy Ghost.

Written by Tony Newbury Reader In Training

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Church cleaning rota New, fit people would be more than welcome to help on the cleaning rota! Hours to suit on Friday or Saturday on a rota once every six weeks. Could you help with this important ministry? If so, please speak to Irene McCarthy. Thank you.

May cleaning rota 6th May Team 1 E Short, B Bell, F Brownbill

13th May Team 2 I McCarthy, M Johnson 20th May Team 3 A Banks, G Banks, N Rimmer

27th May Team 4 Barbara Fairclough, B Winstanley

3rd June Team 5 F Brownbill, S Prentice, M Prentice

10th June Team 6 M Clarke, V Heyes, B Morris

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Ormskirk & District Historical Society

Non-members are welcome to join us

on our outing to Arbury Hall, Nuneaton

on Tuesday 10 May. Please contact Mrs

Betty Benson for full details Tel 01695

570299.

Please visit the website for our latest

programme of events. Meetings start

at 7.30pm at Four Lane Ends Mission.

All visitors welcome (£3). Further

information from Mrs P Nanson, tel.

01695 574364

www.ormskirkhistoricalsociety.co.uk.

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Church Flowers

1st May Mrs Gladys Gardner 8th May Mrs Lesley Rawlinson 15th May Mrs Sheila Prentice 22nd May Mrs Alma Mercer 29th May Mrs Irene McCarthy 1st June Vacant

Thank you Very many thanks to all who generously gave donations, flowers and their time to decorate the church for Mothering Sunday and Easter. Thank you to the Mothers' Union for providing daffodils for all ladies on Mothering Sunday and to Anne and our Sunday club for our lovely teapots. At Easter the church was a glorious celebration in flowers. Thanks to all who helped in any way.

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Bickerstaffe WI

At the May meeting of the Bickerstaffe W.I. we welcome an 'old' favourite speaker, Mrs. Pat Ascroft, who is coming to tell us about her latest adventure. This is entitled Arctic Dog Sledding. Please join us on Monday, May 23rd at 7.30pm at Four Lane Ends

Mission. For more information please contact Margaret Fairclough on 01695 729161. Bickerstaffe Mothers’ Union

In April we met at the Mission and our speaker was Mrs .Sheila Beeby. The talk was about death and various ways in which other countries had rituals for the

deceased. We all got a little verse, which is very true.

A good character is the best tombstone Those who loved you and were helped by you Will remember you when flowers have withered Carve your name on hearts – not marble Charles H.Spurgeon

Irene McCarthy

The Mothers’ Union Prayer

Loving Lord, We thank you for your love so freely given to us all.

We pray for families around the world.

Bless the work of the Mothers' Union as we seek to share your love

through the encouragement, strengthening and support of marriage

and family life.

Empowered by your Spirit, may we be united in prayer and worship, and

in love and service reach out as your hands across the world.

In Jesus' name. Amen

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Editorial News

The deadline for the April

magazine is Friday 20th May.

As always, please pass articles

to myself or e-mail it to jo.housley@gmail.com.

I will do my best to publish articles when space and

copyright allows. Thank you for all your support.

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