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Have you signed up for 40 Acts yet?40acts is the multi award-winning challenge from Christian charity Stewardship that invites you to do Lent generously.Lent is usually about ‘giving stuff up’, isn’t it? What if you could add something transformational to the traditional?What if you could give up chocolate and give the money to your favourite charity? What if you could turn the TV off and spend more time helping your neighbour? What if Lent was a preparation for a lifetime of big-heartedness that reflected God’s amazing generosity? Well, that’s where 40acts – the generosity challenge - comes in.How can 40acts help you during Lent?Lent is one of the most important times of year for many Christians around the world, particularly those within the Anglican, Catholic and Orthodox traditions, held at a similar level of importance to Advent – the build up to Christmas.Different people observe Lent in different ways, though by and large most people do this by giving something up for Lent. Whether you’re intending to give up chocolate, fast food, alcohol, or the Internet,

40acts encourages you to do something generous during Lent, too. You can sign up to take the challenge on the web-site:

www.40acts.org.ukAs well as group resources for families, churches, small groups, schools and youth groups, there is a whole host of prayers for Lent that you can read, as well as a list of Lent prayers for children. In order to help understand this significant time of year there is also a section entirely dedicated to facts about Lent. Take a look for yourself - it’s not too late!

The Parish of Tamworth50p

vol 61 no. 3

March 2016

Featured inside...The Vicar writesCLIC sponsored eventLent course venuesGood Friday WitnessOccasional Offices / Seder mealWomen’s World Day of PrayerThe BookshopParish DiaryLIFTElizabeth WilsonLadies Craft Group

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Parish detailsemail: [email protected] website: www.stedithas.org.uk

Tamworth, St Editha’sVicar Revd Alan Gordon 66776Reader Mr A NewboldSacristan Mrs V Pearson 54671Church Office 29 Church Street B79 7BX 68339Bookshop Manager Mrs J Harrison 52598Churchwardens Mrs G Wilkinson 282200 Mrs D Perry 283275Organist/choirmaster Mr K Edwards 01213780633Altar Guild Secretary Mrs D Mobbs 281908Bellringers captain Mr A Else 53163Tamworth (St Editha’s) Brownies Hayley Menzies 07960654323Tamworth (St Editha’s) Rainbows Hazel Engley 07804120737 Secretary Mrs G Wilkinson 68339DCC Treasurer Ms B BrookmanPCC Treasurer Mr J Cotterill Hopwas, St Chad’sMinister Vacant Churchwardens Mr D Johnson 68262 VacantDCC Secretary Mrs D BatchelorTreasurer Mr R Jones 68874Organist Mrs A Rickard Verger/caretaker Mr R Phipps 313596Church hall bookings Mr J Jackson 63999Kettlebrook, St Andrew’s Churchwardens Mrs J Beadle 703073 Mrs V Attwood 703027DCC Minute Secretary Mrs A CoxTreasurer Mr B InsullOrganist Mrs R Bridge Verger Mr G Siddles Leyfields and Coton Green, St Francis’Minister Revd Vic Van Den Bergh 65926Lay Pioneer Minister Mrs W Van Den BerghChurchwardens Mr C Grant, Mr G Higgs DCC Secretary Mrs T PeaceTreasurer Mrs C Higgs


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the Vicar writes...The crowd stands, silent in the darkness, hardly daring to breathe. The body of the great building is packed with people, all standing, some on tiptoe, eyes straining against the gloom, aware of movement but unable to make out anything more than shadowy shapes. A hush descends, followed by a whisper, and now … the sound of running. A whispered message is passed quickly from one to another, spreading like wildfire among the silent crowd, accompanied by the cascade of light as one candle after another is lit until the whole basilica is bathed in the light of a thousand candles and the whisper, now a shout, rolls around the great ancient building and rises to the vaulted ceiling, “He is risen!”Every year the dawning of the first day of Easter is inaugurated by this spine-tingling event in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Throughout the year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and tourists visit it and queue to enter

what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus. I have been one such visitor, not at Easter a number of years ago, in a more peaceful time than the present. The tomb itself rises about 10 feet above floor level and is entered by a flight of steps. Each visitor or pilgrim is allowed a few moments to pause and reflect, or just to absorb the scene and atmosphere. There they find a simple narrow room, with a shelf cut out of the rock wide enough to accommodate one person, richly ornamented. As I looked around the tomb, my first impression was disappointment – apart from the ornamentation, there was nothing to see. Then it struck me – that is precisely the point! There is nothing to see, because Jesus rose from the dead. People travel from all over the globe to see that the tomb is empty!At the heart of the Christian faith is a disused cross and an empty tomb. The cross is

disused because it has served its purpose, once and for all. The tomb is empty because the great and ultimate enemy, death, was defeated when Jesus burst from the tomb and blazed the trail he invites us to follow. So, year by year the church celebrates his great victory over sin and death by recounting and reliving the events of that first Easter. I invite you to join with the congregations of St Andrew’s, St Chad’s, St Francis’ or St Editha’s at any or all of our services this Easter to mark, ponder and celebrate the events of that weekend which changed the world. To enter the drama, to encounter Jesus, the person who lies at the heart of them, perhaps for the first time and to hear and rejoice with the followers of Jesus that first Easter morning, “He is not here, he has risen.”

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Dear Friends, As many of you will know our grandson, Joshua, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) in May 2015. He has now undergone 6 months of intense chemotherapy and, although his treatment will continue for a further two and a half years, we are pleased to say he is doing well and all is proceeding as it should. He is back at school on a graduated return and is enjoying being back with his friends.When Joshua was diagnosed it was obviously a shock to us all and, amidst all that was going on, we were encouraged by the parents/grandparents of other children on the oncology ward at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and by the positivity of the various organisations that help at such a difficult time. One of these was the children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent, – an amalgamation of ‘Cancer and Leukaemia in Children’ and the Sir Malcolm Sargent Fund. CLIC Sargent workers arrive at exactly the right time to provide practical and emotional support to the children and their families, guiding them through what needs to be done, how to get financial help during prolonged absence from work, and directing them to the most appropriate place

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A Course for Lent Rejoicing runs through the New Testament, even in the face of difficulties.

Why? How does it happen? And what does it mean for us? Come along and find out.

The course will take place on Wednesdays 7.30-9pm, beginning on 17 February at venues throughout the Parish.

DATES AND VENUES

Week Date Venue

1 17 February St Chad’s

2 24 February St Editha’s

3 2 March St Francis

4 9 March St Editha’s

5 16 March St Chad’s

6 23 March St Francis’


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occasional offices

Please pray for those for whom services have been said around the Parish recently:

BaptismWilliam Foulkes

Harley James Lewis HibbinsTighe Sanderson

Dexter Sanderson

RIPGlynn Graham Evans

Audrey TackGeorge Alfred Titcumb

Eileen Joy OrtonEric John Beech

Jean PassamGerald SadlerRita Deeming

RIPJean Brotherton

Jean Mary GilmanKenneth Arthur Mottram

Harold AucottSylvia Smith

Rosetta Jean GarbettCecilia Else Walker

Albert Ernest Painter

Parish of TamworthSeder Meal

Thursday 24th March 20167.30pm

St Francis Church, Masefield Drive

Tickets £5available at Lent Course

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Women’s World Day of Prayer

Friday 4th March

Prepared by Christian Women of Cuba

11.00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Glascote Heath

Pre-service, Cuban-style refreshments served from 10.30, Cuban-style soup and a roll to follow

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Have you ever thought about how many foods or products you consume that come

from overseas before you leave the house in the morning? From your cup of tea or coffee to the spreads you put on your toast to the ingredients in your breakfast cereal and the fruit you put on it – many of these will be produced in developing countries by producers and farmers who do not earn enough to support their families or have year round food security. Many of the foods that we consume for breakfast can be found in a form that is fairly traded, which guarantees a fair price for the producer. This Fairtrade Fortnight we are asking, “How fair is your breakfast?” Tea, coffee, sugar, muesli, marmalade, jam, honey, peanut butter, dried fruits, bananas, orange juice and nuts may all be part of your breakfast and

all can be bought fair trade so why not consider making a few swaps and making your breakfast a fairer meal starting this Fairtrade Fortnight?At St Editha’s shop we will be helping you make some changes by offering some free tasting – you can sample our range of teas, coffees and muffins. We’ll have recipes to inspire you to use more fairtrade ingredients in your breakfasts at home and samples of these to taste.The new spring range from Traidcraft will also be new in store at this time, which is another good reason to pop in during March. Hope to see you there.

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 – 29th February-13th March

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Parish diary*

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

29th February 1st March 2nd10.15am Communion (St Ed’s)

7.30pm Patronal Event (St Ch)7.30pm Lent Course (St F)

7th 8th 9th10.15am Communion (St Ed’s)

7.30pm Lent Course (St Ed’s)

14th

7.30pm APCM (St Eds)

15th 16th10.15am Communion (St Ed’s)

7.30pm Lent Course (St Ch)

21st

7.30pm Stations of the Cross (St F)

22nd

7.30pm Tenebrae (St F)

23rd10.15am Communion (St Ed’s)

7.30pm Lent Course (St F)

28th Bank Holiday 29th

10am - 3om Holiday Club (St F)

30th10.15am Communion (St Ed’s)


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*for sunday serVices, see back Page

Thursday Friday saTurday

3rd9.30am Communion (St F)

4th 5th

10th9.30am Communion (St F)

11th

12th


18th 19th

1 - 3pm Ladies Craft (St F)


7.30pm Seder Meal (St F)

25th Good Friday8.30am Ante Communiom (St Eds)10am TCC Act of Witness12-3pm Three Hour Watch (St Eds) 6.30pm Joint service (St Ch) 7.00pm Lift High the Cross (St Eds)

26th Easter Saturday

31st9.30am Communion (St F)

1st April 2nd

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PARISH OF TAMWORTH

LADIES CRAFT

St Francis Church 1pm - 3pm

KNITTING & CROCHET

Future dates May - glass painting

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The Parish Ladies Craft group has been meeting for around two years now. Originally it was intended to be an opportunity for ladies from the four different churches in the Parish to come together and get to know each other, but has grown

in outlook. The craft group is simply a place where those of us who have a crafty-bent come to share our hobbies and interests with each other. Activities have ranged from crochet to cake decorating, cross-stitch to card making, patchwork, quilling and flower arranging

(to name a few). There are no experts, just enthusiastic amateurs who want to share their passion with others for a couple of hours.A simple project is offered with help and advice to give a taste of the particular craft being explored.

Sometimes, new passions are excited and someone finds a new interest. For others, it will be a one-off experience that they choose not to continue. Either way, there is lots of laughter and mutual support as we grapple with new skills and display our

handiwork. Whether you are a seasoned crafter, or all fingers and thumbs, it’s a fun, relaxed environment to try something new, or re-visit old hobbies and perhaps make a few new friends along the way. Anyone is welcome, so you can bring a

friend. All materials are supplied and there is usually no cost.We meet roughly every two months, on Saturday afternoon from 1 - 3pm in St Francis Church. Look out for the posters advertising our next event and come along!

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Musings froM elizabeth wilsonLadies breakfast: despite ghastly weather on Saturday 16th January, 12 of us met for the first, we hope, of many of these gatherings. They are for women of all ages, all or no denomination; just come along and bring a friend. Eleanor our vicar’s wife, shared what it was like to be a vicar’s wife and her work as a chemotherapist nursing sister. She asked ‘What is a vicars wife? And what does she look like?’ I said, ‘Don’t ask me! I’ve been one for 51 years and still finding out.’ I think I’m the most unlikely role model you will meet. As Eleanor said, we are just being ourselves; using the God-given talents we have. Maybe at some time it would be good to just share with each other, or not as we please, what gifts we feel we have been given. Maybe, like me, you feel you haven’t been

given anything special: what about being a mum? Was it Winston Churchill who said “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”? What a responsible gift that is. I love reading Gervase Phinn’s books about his work as a school inspector. There are many of them but I am just reading ‘Out of the woods but not over the hill’.

School is a place where children are valued as individuals. He found some old school reports that his Mother had kept of him; his leaving one stated ‘Gervase is a

little trier’.David Owen’s master at Bradford college, described the future political grandee as a ‘scruffy urchin’. John Lennon’s teacher predicted that one of the world’s most talented composers was certainly on the road to failure, and many another scathing reports were made about pupils. We are all pupils in the school of learning; we all need encouragement. But I’ve rather strayed from my subject, except to say we shouldn’t be afraid to encourage each other and learn to accept other people’s value of us. I remember once, in a parish in Cumbria, we agreed to share with each other what gifts we thought God had given each other without being modest, but accepting that was how other people saw us. It was very refreshing and revealing. Of course,


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there are many other roles that people are fulfilling every day that don’t get much notice taken of them, like carers; one of the most needed in todays world: not only caring for those near and dear to us, but being a good neighbour. Seeing someone struggling with the load they have been given, so often we hear people say, “How can we believe in a God that allows all the dreadful things to happen in the world?” It would seem we are not playing our part: he has no hands, feet, voice but ours. What are we doing to make the world/our neighbourhood a safer better place to live

in? We may not have much money to assist the starving and dying (although in comparison to them we are millionaires) but apart from money many are asking for our prayers. Maybe we think that prayer doesn’t matter so much, but real prayer should spring us into action. Two exerts from hymns say it much better than I ever can. David Shutte’s ‘I the Lord of sea and sky, .....here I am Lord is it I Lord? I have heard you calling in the night’: well, without a massive miracle, there is no way I can go! How wrong can we be?! The body is only one part of

us: we can go in prayer, standing along side of them in the name of Jesus. He is already there with the poor, needy, weak, forsaken. Graham Kendrick’s most moving song ‘Beauty for brokenness, hope for despair, Lord in your suffering world this is our prayer, Bread for the children, justice, joy peace,.....God of the poor friend of the weak, give us compassion we pray, melt our cold hearts, let tears fall like rain, come change our love from a spark to a flame.We have the gifts if we choose to use them.

Christ has no body now, but yours.No hands, no feet on earth, but yours.

Yours are the eyes through which he looksWith compassion on this world.

Prayer of st theresa of aVila

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• Friendship – Chat over a cup of coffee and enjoy some chocolate.

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Birthdays in March 9th a nice Birthday for Janet Bennet (21 again). We all hope you have a nice day.May I apologise to Helen McCafferty as I missed putting her birthday on the list for FebruaryVery sorry; we all hope you had a lovely day. Blessings to you.

Server for Holy Communion 20th 9am Brian Insull 27th 9am Brian Insull.

Songs of Praise hostesses (27th)Rosemary and Sue Williams.Easter Carols and lessons 6.30pm

Flowers in March.no flowers in Lent27th March June Flanagan.

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We have stepped into Lent we have given up our favourite food or glass of wine bar of chocolate, but we can have all this on a Sunday I wonder why?.When Jesus went into the dessert fasting for fourty days and fourty nights he had no choice but to give all the food and wine he liked, but he fasted no food and no drink. Jesus could not say Oh I will call at the corner shop and get a bottle of water oh and perhaps a bag of crisps and I think I’ll have a loaf of bread, to take with me on my journey. (we are lucky, he was not he totally fasted)As we walk with Jesus through lent we sometimes think and wonder what he did actually eat while he walked in the dessert, was the dessert barren land as we know of it today or did things grow there ?.

Also the heat scorching by day and very cold at night only the sun to tell the time of day by. The scripture says that we can not live by bread alone that is when the devil said to Jesus if you are the Son of God turn this stone into bread and you can eat it. Then the devil took him up and showed him all kingdoms of the World “he was going to give Jesus all the power that he had and wealth” but Jesus said Worship your God and serve him only. If your faith is strong enough you will not be harmed and you are who you said you are.Jesus answers “do not put the Lord your God to the test”.So are we going to be tempted through Lent or are we going to have faith and walk with Jesus.Blessings Viv

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St Chad’s Church at Hopwas stands over the village in an idyllic location. It has been so since 1879. This building replaced St John’s Church, in Hints Road, built in 1836 but soon too small. All that remains on that site today are gravestones and its foundation stone, built into the west wall of the churchyard. It is now a closed churchyard maintained by the Parish Council. Now the “new” churchyard at St Chad’s is feeling the strain. As well as being used for burials and cremations it also holds the annual summer BBQ and numerous weddings. One year there were 44 weddings at St Chad’s!As with all buildings regular maintenance takes place, usually unseen, unlike the costly scaffolding recently. Fortunately each generation plays its part in furthering the work of the church, both physically and spiritually. Here at Hopwas successive priests in charge have brought fresh energy and vision to further its work, and not just at St Chad’s: there is St Chad’s Hall, now over 100 years old, generously given and now gratefully

used for church events and a variety of bookings. Also in Hints Road is Hopwas Methodist Church, which since 1888 has also served the local community. Today the two churches often come together and in 2006 signed a covenant between both congregations for ever closer working ties.There are also in Hopwas other buildings which remind us of our shared religious heritage: Percival House in School Lane was where the Methodist Francis Wilson lived; opposite each other at the start of Nursery Lane are “The Old Parsonage” and “The Hollies”, both private houses now, but in turn parsonages; in recent times in Church Drive “The Parsonage” and “Dean House” were built.Today we can see the church, through its buildings and people, is alive in Hopwas: let us look forward to building, in whatever way, God’s plan in this place.

Brian Thompson

st chad’s, hoPwas


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st francis’, leyfields and coton green

Faith comes before understanding The words above are the motto of St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury at the turn of the 12th century. Contrary to popular belief we do not have to have a complete understanding of God to have faith in Him. Faith comes first, and then it leads us to deeper understanding.As we progress towards Easter Sunday, think of how those who found the empty tomb ‘saw and believed’ (John 20:8). Not understanding was no bar to faith. Understanding began with Jesus’ appearance in the upper room and grew further with Pentecost and the time that followed It.I’m not saying, “I have faith and that’s enough – I don’t need to understand.” But what I am saying is that regardless of how we came to faith, the bottom line is that we must always be looking to deepen our understanding. So here’s a little challenge for all of us:+ What have you done to nurture your faith recently?– have you taken advantage of the Lent Course, are you part of a house group ?

+ When did you last pick up your Bible with a view to reading it? – when you did, were there things you didn’t understand? – do you have things that you don’t understand about God and being a Christian?If you have areas where understanding is weak and questions exist – talk to one of the clergy. Perhaps you could join one of the house groups in the Parish (there are four at the moment) and engage in fellowship and study this way.Don’t possess a hollow faith – be sure to develop understanding: Start today.

HOLY WEEKAt St Francis’ will consist of the following services and events:Monday 21st - Stations of the Cross. Tuseday 22nd - Tenebrae (shadows) Wednesday 23rd - Lent CourseThursday 24th - Seder Meal (by ticket

only).

All are welcome to come and keep the closing stages of our Lenten journey with us.

Vic Van Den Bergh

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Children’s Sheet

© ROOTS for Churches Limited www.rootsontheweb.com

Activity 1 Write what each person is thinking in the thought bubbles.

Mary

Hear

Taste

See

Smell

Touch

Jesus Judas

Activity 2 We can use all our senses to worship Jesus. Draw the correct part of the body in each box.

Today’s Bible readingJohn 12.1-8Jesus is having a meal with his friends in Bethany, when Mary anoints his feet with very expensive, sweet-smelling oil, and wipes them with her hair.

13-19 March 2016Lent 5

What is

your favourite

smell?

Live in faith Notice when you are using

different senses this week and

thank God for them.

Check it outLook, Listen, Taste, Touch and Smell: Learning about Your Five Senses, P. Nettleton, Picture Window Books.

We pray for everyone who needs a caring hand to touch them. You needed Mary’s kind touch, Lord Jesus. Help us to reach out to others when they are sad or lonely. Amen.

Mary shows Jesus how much she loves him by anointing his feet.


Children’s Sheet

© ROOTS for Churches Limited www.rootsontheweb.com

Activity 1 Can you help Mary find her way to the tomb and then out again to find Jesus and tell the others?

Today’s Bible readingJohn 20.1-18Mary Magdalene and two disciples discover the empty tomb. Mary weeps in the garden, then meets the risen Lord Jesus.

27 March – 2 April 2016Easter Day

How do

you react to

good news?

Live in faith Look for signs of new life around

you this week, e.g. a tree full of

leaves, spring flowers, birds with

food in their beaks, lambs, a baby. Lord Jesus, help us to tell people that you are alive. May we be your witnesses in the world. Amen.

Mary finds the tomb empty and weeps, but then she meets the risen Jesus in the garden.

Activity 2 Find the words from the story in the word search.

Check it out The First Easter, Lois Rock & Sophie Allsopp, Lion Children’s Books.

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Mary tomb stone Peter John cloths crying angels gardener Jesus

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