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Harvest Celebration for the Hope Centre

25/10/2021

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A huge “Thank you” to everyone who helped to decorate the church in readiness for the Harvest Festival on 3rd October. It looked absolutely stunning with both formal arrangements and informal displays reflecting the theme of thankfulness and the harvest of nature.

Over the last few weeks we have been collecting goods for The Hope Centre who provide food support for those most in need in Partington. They also provide “pre-loved” school uniforms and other guidance for financial, housing, employment and health etc.

We were fortunate to have Phil Savage (from Lymm Baptist Church) who is the manager speak to us during our Harvest festival. He explained the work of the Hope Centre as a community hub - a place for people, community and services to come together; a place to find friends, a place to find support, a place to be heard and a starting point for improving life. Phil, Janice and Trish collected the food and other items that we had collected. 

The Hope Centre is a Christian organisation and we shall continue to support them by contributing to their Community Pantry in the coming months. Our next special project will be to help them provide for a better Christmas for those in most need in Partington. Please look out for:
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St John’s Tree of Hope
It will provide you with the chance to offer someone in Partington Christmas food or presents (via the Hope Centre) and so spread the Good News of our Christmas celebration.

Thank you  for your generosity. 
 
Rev’d Trish
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Summer cleaning & Singing at St. John's

29/7/2021

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It was a great joy to learn that we would be able to praise God with singing inside our church once again! it also coincided with our 'Summer Clean' of the church. We are so grateful to everyone who came along to help. We are also blessed by the fellowship that we were able to have as we cleaned. The church looks amazing! Thank you to everyone who helped. We look forward to welcoming you to worship in the coming weeks.

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September 30th, 2020

30/9/2020

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Thank you to everybody who contributed goods and cash to our harvest collection. It was all packed into boxes and bags the day after our harvest service and on a very wet Monday evening we took along to Lymm Baptist Church where Andrew, Angela and Rachel were ready to transfer it into their cars to take to the foodbanks at Warrington the next day.
 
LBC have coordinated the Covid 19 response for Churches Together in Lymm & District. This has focussed on those who are in the immediate vicinity, neighbouring areas and across the developing world. Everyone can be sure that they have helped to bring some relief to families and individuals in need in areas in Warrington.
Every charity has suffered a significant drop in income during the last six months and almost certainly for at least the next six months so everything that we can do to share what we have been so richly and freely given will be appreciated by your favourite charity.
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As the hymn written by Carol Owens says:
He said 'Freely, freely you have received; freely, freely give.
Go in my name, and because you believe others will know that I live.’
CCLI Song No: 13209
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September 30th, 2020

30/9/2020

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Thank you to everybody who contributed goods and cash to our harvest collection. It was all packed into boxes and bags the day after our harvest service and on a very wet Monday evening we took along to Lymm Baptist Church where Andrew, Angela and Rachel were ready to transfer it into their cars to take to the foodbanks at Warrington the next day.
 
LBC have coordinated the Covid 19 response for Churches Together in Lymm & District. This has focussed on those who are in the immediate vicinity, neighbouring areas and across the developing world. Everyone can be sure that they have helped to bring some relief to families and individuals in need in areas in Warrington.
Every charity has suffered a significant drop in income during the last six months and almost certainly for at least the next six months so everything that we can do to share what we have been so richly and freely given will be appreciated by your favourite charity.
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As the hymn written by Carol Owens says:
He said 'Freely, freely you have received; freely, freely give.
Go in my name, and because you believe others will know that I live.’
CCLI Song No: 13209
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February - an odd month?

1/2/2019

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​I always think February is a rather odd month.  After the Christmas rush, Epiphany story and settlement into the normal pace of life, I find February a bit dismal.  Yes the days are lengthening but winter still holds its sting and the burst of Spring has not quite reached us – or has it??
The most significant focus and interest tends to be St Valentine’s Day.  Although it has become lost in time in terms of its origins, it is recognised as a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love.
St Valentine did exist.  He was a Priest in Rome in the third century AD.  There is some evidence that shows more than one Priest was tortured and executed around this time for advocating Christian marriage and became martyred for their faith.  Emperor Claudius II had banned marriage because he thought married men were poor soldiers. St Valentine was beaten with clubs and beheaded on February 14 AD 270.   He would not renounce his faith or compromise that he believed in.
During Medieval times a common belief in England and France was that birds began to pair on 14 February as Chaucer wrote in his “Parliament of Fowles”.  For this reason the day was dedicated to “lovers”.
 Although thought to be a secular day, there is a Christian message that should be remembered.  The love of our Lord is a sacrificial, selfless and unconditional love.  We are all called to express this in our own lives, for God and for neighbour.  Quite often this can be a challenge, especially for those who have loved and lost, have been disappointed or continue to search for something they don’t understand.  Love can be a hard option.
On this Valentine’s Day 2019 dedicate your love to the Lord, for only by doing so can we properly love those who are entrusted to his care.  Jesus said “this is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you.  There is no greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”  John 15: 12-13. St Valentine fulfilled this command, and may we do the same, by understanding love comes in many forms, love is the foundation of relationships and family life, love is something many search for and never find, love can be lost but never forgotten.  Love makes the world go round, but nothing can be greater than the love God has for all who come to him with a willing heart, an open mind, and a call that is special, cherished and valued.  Share your love daily.  A kind word,  a prayer, a note or a Valentine’s card.  At no point is your love ever wasted.
 
Margaret Kitchen
Pastoral Worker
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Harvest and Discipleship

23/1/2019

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​Café Church on Sunday 14 October

This month we continued our harvest theme with further discussion about the work of RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute) and their support to farmers in distress.  We decided to look to the bible to see where there is support and guidance for people working on the land, sea and with herds of animals, growing grain, fruit and vegetables to feed families.  Do we in High Legh offer our discipleship to the families farming the land which surrounds our village? We can learn patience from those waiting for the seed to grow, the work that is put in at the beginning (ploughing and preparing), with faith acting as a stabiliser, the crop ripening at different times as individual plants.  The field eventually ripens as a whole.    It is much like our Christian faith journey. 
We assume farming is a healthy job, working outside with a crop to be proud of but this is not always the case.  Many farmers suffer loss through death and disease, work long hours at the mercy of the climate and have long hours alone leading to loneliness. Many suffer financial loss leading to depression and suicide.    Let us remember what the bible says:
“ Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. “ 2 Corinthians 9:10
Next time you see someone working in a field or sitting on a tractor, say hello and be grateful for all that they do to provide us with our daily bread.
Revd Trish, Stewart, Christine, Mags and Karen
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Stewart's Parish Project

2/4/2018

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 Stewart Jackson is currently undertaking a two year course to become a Pastoral Worker.

As part of the course he is developing a project which will benefit the church pastorally. His idea is to develop a children's area at the back of the church in the garden. This will sit alongside the Quiet Garden which was developed a few years ago. He and the pastoral team are hoping to use this outside space for the development of children's ministry, involving children who attend Messy Church, the Storytelling service and the Rock Solid Youth Group.

If you keep an eye on the back fo the church you will be able to watch the garden evolve and Stewart is always available if you would like to find out more or have any ideas for its future development.

Please pray for the growth of children's ministry in our church.

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St John’s Church Lent Course, 2018

23/3/2018

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The death of Stephen Hawking during the time that we were undertaking our lent course based on the film, 'The Theory of Everything' was poignant. We all felt that we knew so much about him already, through our discussions, as the newspapers were filled with long obituaries for this amazing genius.  

The starting point for the course each week was based around the multi-award winning film about the life of Stephen Hawking. There were 5 sessions.
 
“The experience of wonder”.
"The enigma of weakness”           
"The complexity of relationships”
"The encounter with frailty”
“The hope beyond brokenness”
 
Twelve people attended the sessions. A highlight was the relaxed wonderful deep discussions we had, coming as we did with our experience of different churchmanship. We were a truly churches together group with three people from Lymm Baptist Church, one from St Wilfrid’s R.C. Church, one from a Winwick church, one from St Mary’s, Rostherne, five from St John’s and one person from no particular church.

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Storytelling on Mothering Sunday

23/3/2018

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Our last Storytelling was on Mothering Sunday,11th March
Children, mums, grandmas and great – grandmas heard about what happened when Jesus got separated from his family on a trip to Jerusalem. Everyone could imagine how scary that was for his mum and dad but they found him safe and sound “in his father’s house”.
Then the grown-ups enjoyed a special Mothering Sunday tea whilst the children prepared a special gift and card for their mums

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Pancakes at St. Johns!

15/2/2018

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Lots of fun was had on Tuesday night as young and not so young gathered for our Pancake Party Here's some pictures - we were impressed with Rev Philip's and Rev Trish's skilful pancake flipping!
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