SERVICES JUNE/JULY 2016 10am - Family 4.25pm - 5 June 2nd Club (Also at 10am - Ecumenical Service Dale Abbey Arch) Hospital Songs of Praise 6.30pm - no service 3pm 7pm 12 June 3rd 10am Parade Service Ecumenical Party & Service Victoria Park 19 June 4th 10am Ecumenical Holy Mini S Club 6.30pm - no service June 2016 26 June 5th 10am - Morning Prayer & Baptism 6.30pm - Holy 3 July 6th 10am - Family Club 6.30pm - no service Issue 12 16
Christ Church, Vicarage Street, Ilkeston, Derbys DE7 8TS website: www.christchurchcs.org.uk Who s Who? Vicar - Rev d Peter Davey Tel: 0115 9325670 Associate Priest - Rev d Geoffrey Halliday Reader - Barbara Clayton Tel: 0115 8082843 Church Wardens - Glenice Boulton Tel: 0115 8772637 Julie Hart Mob: 07811 747610 Church Hall Bookings - Joan Bacon email: christchurchjb@outlook.com Tel: 0115 9161808 Baptisms/Service of Thanksgiving - Barbara Clayton Organist/Choirmaster - Bill Langton 2 Tel: 0115 8082843 PCC Members Glenice Boulton, Margaret Bromby, Michael Bromby (Sec), Barbara Clayton, Rev d Peter Davey, Geoffrey Halliday (Observer), Julie Hart, Sally Hrycyk, David Martin (Vice-Chair), Iris Roe, Lorraine Turnbull (Treasurer), Lu Vitale. Christ Church News is edited by Ele McGhee. Additional material Parish Pump http://www.parishpump.co.uk Contact: 07702 373811 or email: elemcghee@outlook.com if you would like to contribute or to receive a copy via email. Contributions for July issue by Friday 17th June please. CALENDAR June 2016 DATE TIME EVENT 5th 4.25pm Songs of Praise - Ilkeston Hospital 7th 10.15 11.45 Coffee Morning 8th 12.00 Lunch Club 14th 10.15 11.45 Coffee Morning 14th 7pm Ladies Group meet 14th 7.30pm PCC Meeting 15th 12.00 Lunch Club 21st 10.15 11.45 Coffee Morning 22nd 12.00 Lunch Club 25th 5.40pm Service at Hazlewood Care Home, Skeavingtons Lane 28th 10.15 11.45 Coffee Morning 29th 12.00 Lunch Club Lunch Club - Service usually takes place monthly Next TRAIDCRAFT stall: 12th June following 10am service OTHER DATES FOR THE DIARY Fund Raiser for Christmas Parcels on: Tuesday 5th July A ploughman s style lunch, dessert and drink will be served between 11.30am - 1.30pm costing 4.50. There will also be a raffle, tombola and cake stall. Please do come and make this a success and help raise funds to support our work with local families. Diocese of Derby Spirituality Summer School July 25th - 29th. See posters in church for details. 15
People serving in church this month Date Welcomers Reader Prayers Assisting at * 5 June FCPG FCPG FCPG Julie Hart 12 June Uniformed Uniformed Uniformed Groups Groups Groups David Martin No Ordinary Time Thought for the Month The Church of England has a funny way of looking at things sometimes. It encourages us to be reflective in Lent, wonder at God s love on Good Friday, rejoice in resurrection life on Easter, be perplexed at the Ascension and full of the Spirit at Pentecost. Then it tries to bamboozle us on Trinity before dropping us unceremoniously into something it calls ordinary time where it expects us to click our liturgical heels while we wait for the next exciting liturgical season to arrive - far off Advent. 19 June Ele McGhee David Martin Viv Sumner Julie Hart Elim Church Viv Sumner I am glad that we use the church s year to celebrate important things in Jesus life and the life of the church, but, just because we are not in a liturgical season, it doesn t mean that we should be sitting back and watching the grass grow. 26 June 3 July Sue Wood Dreena Simpson Ann Hooker Sally Hrycyk (10am) Arthur Bostock (6.30pm) Val Norgain Baptism FCPG FCPG David Jones In the ordinary time following the first Pentecost, extraordinary thing followed extra-ordinary thing in the life of the church as it began its explosive growth. The lives of ordinary Christians were transformed in extraordinary ways as God moved in their hearts and, in turn and with God s help, they transformed the lives of others. And, incidentally, in the process they gave the Greek word for witness, Martyr, a whole new meaning. * With one other person, depending on clergy presence Do we expect our spiritual lives to be routine and ordinary, or do we expect to see change and growth? So let s dump ordinary time and make the period between Trinity 14 3
and Advent something quite extra-ordinary in the life of our church. We started to experiment with prayer in the week before Pentecost, what does God want us to do next? Perhaps the next thing is to follow the extra-ordinary examples of those first Christians and experiment with being witnesses for their Lord and ours in the weeks following. Wishing you God s extraordinary Grace and Peace. Peter Uniformed Groups normally meet during term-time: Wednesday - 6pm Beavers - 6.45pm Cubs - 7.45pm Scouts Thursday - 6.15pm Rainbows & Brownies Friday - 7pm Guides Hospital Songs of Praise It is our turn to take the short Songs of Praise service at Ilkeston Community Hospital on 5th June. If you are able to swell the singing, please meet in the hospital foyer at 4.25pm. Thanks, Peter Enquirers Course The next Enquirers Course will start in September. This short course is for anyone who wants to find out more about the Christian faith with a view to being confirmed or who simply wants to brush up on what they used to know. Please see Peter (0115 932 5670) for further details. DAISY CHAIN Play session for children 0-3 years and their parents/carers. Held during term time only. Cost 1 for first child, 50p each for subsequent children. Refreshments included. Tuesday session 1: Tuesday session 2: 9.15am - 11.15am 1pm - 3pm (last session 28th June, restarts 13th September) Friday Time Out coffee break 9.45am - 11am A chance for parents and carers to relax whilst the children play together. 50p per session. (last session 24th June, restarts 16th September) Please contact Iris Roe (07715 958403) for more information. 4 13
Tuesday Coffee Morning 10.15am - 11.45am Held in the small hall beyond the kitchen during term time, Coffee Morning is a time to relax and chat with a drink and home made cake - 1 only! Please come and bring a friend. Club Club meets at 10am in the church hall on the 1st each month. Club welcomes children and young people aged 2 1/2 years and upwards with parents staying with the younger ones if they wish. Mini Club is a shorter session held on the 3rd each month. The young people begin in church, go out for about 30 minutes and then return to church. See back page for dates of all Club and Mini Club sessions. Ladies Group The Ladies Group next meeting is on: Tuesday 14th June at 7pm A "Musical Evening" is planned with our friends from the group 'Warizit' along with U3A Hand Bell Ringers. Costing 2, to include light refreshments, everyone is welcome. Pam Bailey - Events Coordinator 12 Barbara Clayton CHURCH FAMILY NEWS Baptisms - Freddie Latham was baptized at the end of April when he came with parents Sarah and Sean and family. Then on 22nd May Joel Hart (grandson to Steve and Julie Hart) attended with parents Leanne and David and family and friends for Joel s baptism. We welcome both Freddie and Joel. Congratulations to Jean Beardow on celebrating a special birthday in May - following the 10am service on May 15th a lovely cake helped the celebrations! 5 GirlGuiding UK Celebrating 100 years of the Senior Section At the May parade service our Senior Section (for girls between 14-25 years) presented a fascinating short history of the changes which have occurred over the years - with props! The most recent change was the Look Wider programme, launched in 1994, inspired by Lord Baden-Powell s quote which ended the presentation: Look wide! And when you are looking wider, look wider still. Serving their delicious home made cakes after the service.
Parochial Church Council (PCC) The PCC did not meet in April, rather on 26th April there was the Annual Meeting of Parishioners, at which Church Wardens were elected for the year, and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, to receive annual reports and hold elections to Deanery Synod and the PCC. Our Church Wardens Glenice Boulton and Julie Hart were re-elected for a further year with many thanks for their long service in this role. Sally Hrycyk and Lu Vitale were re-elected to the PCC. Annual reports from a number of groups and organisations were gratefully received. The draft Church and Church Hall annual accounts were presented and these will be finalised and sent to the Independent Examiner. Forthcoming PCC meetings are planned for 14th June, 19 July, 13 September, 11 October and 15 November. David Martin Christ Church SUMMER FAIR Saturday 25th June 2016 at 2pm If you would like a table at the Fair please contact Margaret Bromby. Help is also needed with: donations for the raffle, tombola and book stalls, cakes for refreshments; also setting up and looking after stalls and serving refreshments. If you can help in any way please speak to a member of the Hall and Social Committee. Where? Christ Church Hall When? Tuesday 19th July at 7.30pm Admission 5 See Shirley Read for tickets 6 11
Party in the Park Victoria Park, Ilkeston Come and have Afternoon Tea at Glen s Tea Room (26 Summerfields Way) Wed 8th, Thurs 9th & Fri 10th June Sittings 2pm and 3.30pm - Booking essential please on T: 8772637 Menu - assorted sandwiches (with crisps & salad garnish), scone with jam & cream, assorted home made cakes, tea or coffee. Cost 5 - Proceeds to Nottingham Breast Cancer Unit and Maggie s Centre. 12th June, 3pm - 7pm There will be a variety of fun activities with stalls run by local churches, each focussing on a different decade of the Queen s life. Christ Church have the 1920s so if you have memorabilia to contribute please see Julie Hart. Then at 6pm there will be an outdoor act of worship for all to join in. Bring a picnic and see you there! Sozein Trust - Open Afternoon Saturday 18th June, 2pm - 5pm Gardens, Cream Teas, Crafts, Books, Raffle, Plants Old Vicarage, Church La, Horsley Woodhouse DE7 6BB 10 Coffee Morning Trip into Derbyshire 7 On the sunny morning of 4th May a group of 27 from Coffee Morning went on a tour of Derbyshire. We travelled through the grounds of Chatsworth House estate, down through Baslow and into Rowsley, stopping at the Peak Village. We had a browse round the shops and (amongst other things) several hobby horses and large windmills were purchased! Most of us enjoyed lunch at the restaurant there, though some snuk off to the pub! Several sat in the sunshine eating ice-cream before we all got back on the coach to enjoy a sing-along and the scenic ride home passing through Matlock and Matlock Bath. Thanks to everyone who made it a lovely day and here s to our next outing! Julie Hart
Prayer at Christ Church The week of prayer prior to Pentecost has been a special time to pray. For ourselves, for our families, for our church here and throughout the world, and for our nation, seeking God s plan and purpose. The focus on the Lord s Prayer proved to bring us into a deeper understanding of what Jesus was teaching His disciples. Remember, they had asked Him to teach them to pray. Our request today is the same, together with: Lord help us to be more effective in our prayer. We need to see the Kingdom of God being established here on earth just like those early disciples saw. So, as we move on in this season perhaps we can continue to take the Lord s Prayer, line by line, think on it and ask God to help us deepen our relationship with Him and His Word. We can ask also that the Holy Spirit will touch our hearts afresh and that the fruits of the Spirit; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control be clearly seen in us. We will continue to meet together and share Jesus teaching, currently looking at His healing ministry. We also lift to God those who have requested prayer from the church. If you would like to come along you would be very welcome. Please ask Julie, Glenice or Iris regarding times and dates. Together, let us boldly proclaim; Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father s glory. God our deliverer, Prayer for peace and justice defender of the poor and needy; when the foundations of the earth are shaking, give strength to your people to uphold justice and fight all wrong, in the name of your son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Christian Aid is the Christian organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. Christian Aid aims to work globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality... part of a wider movement for social justice. They provide urgent, practical and effective assistance where need is great, tackling the effects of poverty as well as its root causes. Thank you to all those who contributed to last month s Christian Aid week. If you missed the collection and would like to donate or to learn more visit: christianaid.org.uk David Stancliffe God bless, Iris 8 9