Bolton Parish Church

St Peter, Bolton-le-Moors

Parish News

June 2011

75 p

Church Services

Sundays 08.00 Holy Communion

10.30 Parish Communion

18.30 Evening Prayer

Tuesdays 12.30 Holy Communion

Wednesdays 12.30 Prayers for Healing

Thursdays 12.00 noon Holy Communion

In addition to the times shown above, Church will be open for private prayer and

visitors during April as follows: 12.00 noon to 1.15 pm on Tuesdays and

Wednesdays, and 11.30 am to 12.45 pm on Thursdays, and, when Stewards are

available, between 11.30 am and 1.30 pm Tuesday to Saturdays.

For Baptisms and Weddings please contact the Lecturer on 01204 522226.

For Funerals please contact the Vicar on 01204 845332.

July Magazine

The July magazine will be available from Sunday 26 June. Copy should be

submitted by Thursday 23 June. Items for inclusion can be sent directly to the

editor: judy@postlude.org or:

The Parish Office, St Peter‘s Parish Hall, Silverwell St., Bolton,

BL1 1PS admin@boltonparishchurch.co.uk

Tell me how it is that in this room

there are three candles and but one

light, and I will explain to you the

mode of the divine existence.

John Wesley

Music at Barrie’s service

Anthems

Ave Maria—Bruckner

For the Beauty of the Earth – Rutter

Organ

March (―Richard III‖) – Walton

Social Committee

Next meeting:Sunday 5th June

Meditation Group Meetings

Mondays 7.30 pm and Thursdays 2 pm.

Venue: The Friends‘ Meeting House.

Tea & coffee and biscuits are served

after each session.

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Dear Friends,

At this time of the year Parochial Church Councils up and down the land are

emerging from the season of Annual Meetings and beginning a new year of work

and service. All of us involved in PCC were invited recently along with

Churchwardens and Sidespeople to be commissioned afresh by the Archdeacon of

Bolton at the Annual Visitation service. It is an opportunity to rededicate

ourselves before God and also to hear what the diocesan authorities have in store

for PCCs over the coming year on a whole range of topics!

This year we have had a change of Churchwarden. After three years of service,

David Morlidge has retired from the post. I want to thank him publicly through the

pages of our magazine as I have done privately. Being a Churchwarden is a huge

commitment and a lot of work and responsibility and David has discharged his

duties faithfully and with great warmth. Alongside Evelyn, David has been a most

supportive warden and I will ever be grateful to them both for the role they played

together in managing the final months of the interregnum and in working with me

during this first phase of my incumbency.

I am very glad that David is remaining on the PCC and as a Deanery Synod

representative. At the Annual Parochial Church meeting I was very pleased to see

that he was also elected as Deputy Warden. I am glad we will be able to continue

to call upon his wise counsel and support as we move forward.

This month sees the ordination of Barrie Gaskell, our Assistant Curate. Last year

you will remember that he was ordained to the diaconate and now on Saturday 18

June Barrie is to be ordained priest in Manchester Cathedral.

Later that same day at 6.30pm, Barrie will preside for the first time at the

Eucharist in Bolton Parish Church. This is a hugely significant spiritual moment in

the life of any priest and the parish in which he or she serves. We are delighted

that Barrie and his family will be joined by his colleagues from Royal Bolton

Hospital and friends from congregations across Bolton and beyond where Barrie is

known and loved.

I invite you to join us on that occasion, Saturday 18 June at 6.30pm in Bolton

Parish Church. I know it will be a very special and joyous service and I hope and

pray that plenty of Barrie‘s friends from the Parish Church will be able to join us.

Finally please would you pray for both these friends of God, David and Barrie, in

thanksgiving for all they have brought to our life here and for their future roles

amongst us in God‘s service.

With my love and prayers

Matt Thompson

PIANO RECITAL BY PAUL GREENHALGH

BOLTON PARISH CHURCH

TUESDAY 31 MAY 2011

1.15 pm

Admission Free

PROGRAMME

Sonata in C Minor (‘Pathétique’) Op. 13 Beethoven

Grave: Allegro di molto e con brio

Adagio cantabile

Rondo: Allegro

Sonatine Maurice Ravel

I Modéré II Mouvement de Menuet III Animé

Ballade No 4 in F minor Op.52 Chopin

Paul Greenhalgh was born in Lancashire in 1958.

A BMus degree from Cardiff University was followed by two post-

graduate years at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, studying piano

with Martin Jones and Geoffrey Buckley and more recently with Martin

Roscoe. Whilst at Cardiff, he was awarded the Harlech Television Prize

and the Morfydd Owen Prize.

In addition Paul also holds piano performance diplomas from all the

main music colleges and appears regularly as a soloist and accompanist

at venues throughout the North West. He is Principal of the Blackburn

School of Music and teaches piano at Stonyhurst College in the Ribble

Valley. Paul is also the repetiteur for Heritage Opera, a professional

company founded in 2006 presenting live opera with piano

accompaniment in historic venues across the North of England.

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June Music

Thursday 2nd Ascension Day

7.30 pm Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei – Sumsion in F

Ascendit Deus – Philips

Heut’ Triumphiret Gottes Sohn – J. S. Bach

Sun 5th Easter 7

Jesu, the very Thought of Thee – Bairstow

Sunday 12th Pentecost

Come Down, O Love Divine – Harris

Sunday 19th Trinity Sunday

Te Deum in F – John Ireland

Sunday 26th St Peter

Tu es Petrus – Palestrina

Choral Evensong Smith Responses

Psalm 50, vv 1-15

The Short Service – Gibbons

O How Glorious is the Kingdom – Harwood

The First Sunday after Trinity

The Collect

O God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept

our prayers; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do

no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of

thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen.

Readings June 2 Ascension Day Daniel 7.9-14 Peter Pemrick

Acts 1.1-11 Ruben Angelici

June 5 Easter 7 Galatians 1.11-24 Lesley Easterman

June 12 Pentecost Acts 2.1-21 Geoffrey Dowling

June 19 Trinity Sunday Isaiah 40.12-17,27-31 Doreen Fort

June 26 St Peter Acts 12.1-11 Schools

From the Parish Records

Baptisms

1 May

Lucy Kate McLoughlin

8 May

Kayla Munachimso Odlemba

15 May

Logan William Komaromi

Isabel Paige Wood

Trip to Ripon

Wednesday 17 August

The Choir is singing Evensong in Ripon Cathedral on this date and the

Social Committee will be arranging a coach. Further details will be

announced during the next few weeks. The Committee is also looking

at the feasibility of making this a two-centre trip and including a visit

to the elegant spa town of Harrogate.

Funeral

5 May

Ian Benton

Wedding

21 May

Adam Blair & Gillian Allcock

Special Services

20 May

Canon Slade School Founder’s Day

22 May

Civic Service

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Originally appeared in the Church Times. Reproduced with permission of CartoonChurch.com

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The Hidden Enemy

Swabs carried out on a string of ATMs in busy shopping streets found the chip

and pin pads were harbouring as many harmful bacteria as nearby public toilets.

were both found to contain pseudomonades and bacillus. The survey was carried

out by antimicrobial specialists BioCote.

Scientists took swabs from keypads on different cash machines used by hundreds

of shoppers each day and took them back to the lab to develop. The study

revealed the presence of various bacteria on all the objects sampled; these

bacteria including enteric coliforms, Pseudomonas and Bacillus.

Dr Richard Hastings, microbiologist for BioCote said ‗We were interested in

comparing the levels of bacterial contamination between heavily-used ATM

machines and public toilets. We were surprised by our results because the ATM

machines were shown to be highly contaminated with bacteria; to the same level

as the nearby public toilets. In addition, the bacteria we detected on ATMs were

similar to those from the toilet, which are well known as causes of common

human illnesses.‘

The company has also found that thirty five percent of the population avoid using

public transport because they are worried about how clean it is.

The study revealed the public‘s top ten dirtiest places in the UK. Public toilets

were perceived as the biggest health risk, while public transport also featured

heavily. Bus stops were named in second place, seats on a bus came third, train

stations came fourth and seats on a train came in eighth.

Dr Richard Hastings, microbiologist for BioCote, commented: ―Even with the

strictest hygiene practices, public transport can be a real hotspot for germs and

bacteria. This is because of the high volumes of human traffic and the fact that

people are in close contact with one another. All it takes is for one person to

have a cold or bug and this can get passed on quickly, putting passengers under

greater risk from outbreaks of viruses and infectious disease. The main culprits

are the areas where lots of people touch, like buttons or hand rails, as bacteria

live and grow on these surfaces. However, other surfaces like the seats also

present hazards where cross-contamination can occur.‖

To help reduce the risk of passengers being exposed to potentially harmful

microbes and improve overall hygiene practices, Dr Hastings is encouraging the

transport industry to think seriously about incorporating antimicrobial silver ion

technology into products that are commonly used in the production and build

process of public transport.

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Flower News

Donations in May

With thanks: Mrs C. Jones

Flower List

The flower list for 2011 is available at the back of church for anyone who

would like to make a donation to mark a particular date.

Sunday 19th June

As members of the Church of England Flower Arrangers Association, we shall

be taking part in the Annual Chain of Flowers on Sunday 19th June. On that

day, members all over the country will provide flower arrangements in their

own churches on the theme “O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness”.

The association prayer will also be included in services on that day. “O Lord,

the creator of all things of beauty, grant to those serve you with their gifts of

floral art a sense of your majesty and a desire to heighten the worship of the

holy church by the dedicated use of their gifts. This we ask in the name of

Him, who with the Father is the creator and sustainer of all good things, Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen.”

The Flower Team

And finally, the Company warns that that essential kit in the female armoury,

namely the makeup bag, can harbour more bacteria than the average toilet.

Beauty products, like food, do not last forever. Bacteria can infiltrate them and

transfer onto the face, causing irritation or serious infections such as impetigo,

ringworm and even herpes. Old eye make-up can be a breeding ground which

can cause swollen and itchy eyes and, in some cases, conjunctivitis.

Dr Richard Hastings comments: ―I don‘t think any women are comfortable with

having to think about what potentially might be breeding in their makeup bag.

However, the bacteria growing within them can pose a real health risk if not

cleaned regularly.

Look out for the PAO ( period after opening) symbol which identifies

the useful lifetime of a cosmetics product after its package has been

opened for the first time. It depicts an open cosmetics pot and is used

together with a written number of months or years.

One last word of advice; take particular care when applying tester beauty

products in department stores – you never know who used it before you!

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Famous birthdays and famous deaths in June

1st June Born 1926 Marilyn Monroe. Died 1941 Sir Hugh Walpole, 1968 Helen Keller.

2nd June Born 1857 Sir Edward Elgar. Died 1937 Louis Vierne, 1990 Sir Rex Harrison.

3rd June Born 1865 George V. Died 1899 Johann Strauss, 1963 John XXIII.

4th June Born 1738 George III, 1910 Sir Christopher Cockerell. Died 1942 Reinhard

Heydrich, 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini.

5th June Born 1718 Thomas Chippendale. Died 1625 Orlando Gibbons, 2004 Ronald

Reagan.

6th June Born 1799 Alexander Pushkin, 1956 Björn Borg. Died 1968 Robert F.

Kennedy.

7th June Born 1848 Paul Gauguin, 1940 Tom Jones. Died 1329 Robert the Bruce, 1861

Patrick Brontë, 1994 Dennis Potter.

8th June Born 1671 Tomaso Albinoni, 1829 Sir John Everett Millais. Died 1376

Edward the Black Prince, 1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins.

9th June Born 1891 Cole Porter. Died 1870 Charles Dickens.

10th June Born 1921 Prince Philip, 1922 Judy Garland. Died 1934 Frederick Delius,

1993 Les Dawson 2004 Ray Charles.

11th June Born, 1572 Ben Jonson, 1776 John Constable, 1864 Richard Strauss. Died

1727 George I, 1979 John Wayne.

12th June Born 1897 Anthony Eden, 1924 George Bush, 1929 Anne Frank. Died 1980

Sir Billy Butlin, 2003 Gregory Peck.

13th June Born 323 BC Alexander the Great, 1865 William Butler Yeats. Died 1231

Saint Anthony of Padua, 1986 Benny Goodman.

14th June Born 1928 Che Guevara. Died 1936 G. K. Chesterton,.

15th June Born 1843 Edvard Grieg. Died 1996 Ella Fitzgerald.

16th June Born 1890 Stan Laurel, 1912 Enoch Powell. Died 1752 Joseph Butler.

17th June Born 1945 Ken Livingstone. Died 1719 Joseph Addison.

18th June Born 1942 Sir Paul McCartney. Died 1928 Roald Amundsen.

19th June Born 1566 James I, 1623 Blaise Pascal. Died 1937 Sir James Barrie.

20th June Born 1909 Errol Flynn, Died 1597 William Barents.

21st June Born 1905 Jean-Paul Sartre, 1953 Benazir Bhutto. Died 1908 Rimsky-

Korsakov.

22nd June Born 1856 Sir H. Rider Haggard, 1949 Meryl Streep. Died 1956 Walter de la

Mare, 1969 Judy Garland, 1987 Fred Astaire.

23rd June Born 1894 Edward VIII. Died 1980 John Laurie, 1998 Maureen O‘Sullivan.

24th June Born 1895 Jack Dempsey, 1912 Brian Johnston. Died 2007 Derek Dougan.

25th June Born 1900 Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten. Died 1876 George

Armstrong Custer, 1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

26th June Born 1943 Georgie Fame. Died 1830 George IV.

27th June Born 1880 Helen Keller. Died 2001 Jack Lemmon.

28th June Born 1491 Henry VIII, 1926 Mel Brooks. Died 2001 Joan Sims.

29th June Born 1980 Katherine Jenkins. Died 1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning,

30th June Born 1966 Mike Tyson. Died 1973 Nancy Mitford.

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Enoch Powell, born 16th June 1912

―Like the Roman, I seem to see the river Tiber foaming with much blood,‖ he said. He

estimated that by the year 2000 up to seven million people would be of immigrant

descent. The ‗Rivers of Blood‘ speech was Enoch Powell‘s defining political moment.

It led to him being sacked from the shadow cabinet. However, thousands of workers

staged strikes and marches in support of his views and he was inundated with letters

from well wishers. In February 1974, Enoch Powell left the Conservative party because

of his opposition to Edward Heath's intention to join the European Community. He

became an Ulster Unionist and represented the seat of South Down, Northern Ireland,

from 1974 to 1992.

Although remembered for the above speech, Enoch Powell had in 1959, made what

Dennis Healey later described as the greatest parliamentary speech I have ever heard.

This speech criticised this country‘s treatment of Kenyans during the Mau Mau

rebellion and, in particular, the clubbing to death of eleven Mau Mau by their British

captors after refusing work in the camp. He noted that some MPs had described the

eleven as "sub-human" and responded by saying "In general, I would say that it is a

fearful doctrine, which must recoil upon the heads of those who pronounce it, to stand

in judgement on a fellow human being and to say 'Because he was such-and-such,

therefore the consequences which would otherwise flow from his death shall not flow'‖

The Daily Telegraph report of the speech said that as Mr Powell sat down, ―he put his

hand across his eyes. His emotion was justified, for he had made a great and sincere

speech.‖

Enoch Powell was also a distinguished classical scholar and had a particular interest in

the gospels. His The Evolution of the Gospel – A New Translation of the First Gospel with Commentary and Introductory Essay refuted the claims of certain biblical scholars

that Mathew had been written after Mark and Luke.

Enoch Powell died in 1998 aged 85.

Addressing a Conservative association meeting in

Birmingham in 1968, Enoch Powell said Britain had to

be mad to allow in 50,000 dependents of immigrants

every year. He compared this to watching a nation

heaping up its own funeral pyre. Mr Powell, MP for

Wolverhampton South West, called for an immediate

reduction in immigration and a policy of urgent

encouragement of those already in the UK to return

home. "It can be no part of any policy that existing

families should be kept divided. But there are two

directions on which families can be reunited," he said.

Mr Powell said adoption of the proposed Race Relations

Bill would be like "throwing a match on to gunpowder".

He said that as he looked to the future he was filled with

a sense of foreboding.

G. K. Chesterton features in the list of famous birthdays and deaths, having

died on 14 June 1936.

He has left us with some memorable quotations. Here is a selection:

"Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in

your garage makes you a car."

"The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his

grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot,

but not necessarily a good man."

"Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist."

"The world will never starve for want of wonders, but for want of wonder."

"A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."

"If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not

the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?"

"The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen."

"Free verse? You may as well call sleeping in a ditch 'free architecture'."

"I wish we could sometimes love the characters in real life as we love the

characters in romances. There are a great many human souls whom we should

accept more kindly, and even appreciate more clearly, if we simply thought of

them as people in a story."

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

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Things to do in June

1st June, 8

th June: 2 – 4 pm

Living in Ancient Egypt: Daily Life and Religious Beliefs

Bolton Museum, Le Mans Crescent,

Discover more about the life of ordinary Egyptians. Why did they wear eye makeup?

What were their religious beliefs? How did things change from the earliest times until the

rule of Cleopatra & ancient Rome? Bolton Museum has an excellent collection of

artefacts from ancient Egypt and these will be used to highlight the course discussions.

The sessions are free and suitable for all abilities. To book a place, contact Susan Danaei

from on 07810 415765.

Thursday 2nd June 10 am – 3.30 pm

Dig into Books this Half Term!

Central Library, Le Mans Crescent,

Suitable For Ages 2-100. Free.

This year‘s theme for the Big Book Bonanza will be Nature! Celebrating a collection of

favourite books and summer time crafts. Free family fun activities such as planting

vegetables, crafty caterpillars and flower potty-peeps! Children must be accompanied by

an adult.

Friday 3rd June at 7.30 pm

Charity Brass Band Concert

Victoria Hall, Knowsley Street. Featuring the world-famous Besses o‘th‘Barn Band.

Admission: ages 5-11 free, full-price £12, concessions (12-18, 60+) £10.

11th – 18th June at 7.30 pm

The 39 Steps

Bolton Little Theatre, Hanover Street. Cost: £9.00

Nothing has been cut from this hilarious and spectacular version of Britain‘s most spell-

binding thriller – legendary scenes include the chase on the Flying Scotsman, the escape

on the Forth Bridge, the first theatrical bi-plane crash ever staged and the death defying

(or nearly!) finale at the London Palladium. With four actors playing a minimum of one

hundred and thirty-nine roles, it‘s the most astonishing theatrical tour de force of the year.

24th June: 1 – 1.30 pm

Lunchtime Talk – ‘Bleeding, dying, undone Bolton’: the English civil war in Bolton

Bolton Museum, Le Mans Crescent,

A free, informal lunchtime talk with Matthew Constantine, Senior Manager of

Collections. Free tea and coffee is provided, and you are welcome to bring your lunch.

No booking required.

26th June: 12:00 – 6 pm

Kite Festival - Moss Bank Park

Moss Bank Park, Moss Bank Way, Bolton. Free.

The return of the annual Kite festival at Moss Bank Park, Bolton is here. Come and see

professional kite flyers take to the sky with kites measuring up to 100 metres long. Have

a go at making your own kite or purchase one of the stunt kites and really get flying. The

event also features live music, street art entertainers, children‘s entertainers, a local radio

road show and a large funfair.

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We support Vision Aid, the Bolton charity for Blind and Partially Sighted Children

For information, or to make a donation, please contact Vision Aid at

P.O. Box 2211, Bolton BL6 9FW. Tel: 01942 790865

Email: visionaiduk@aol.com

June Maze Fathers and daughters A young father was taking care of his baby daughter while his wife went to town shopping. He decided to go fishing and he had to take the toddler along. "I'll never take her along with me again!" he told his wife that evening. "I didn't catch a thing!" "Oh, next time I'm sure she'll be quiet and not scare the fish away," his wife said. The father replied gloomily “No, it wasn't that. She ate all the bait."

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Tuesdays from 1.15 pm to 1.50 pm

Admission free – Tea and coffee served

May 31st PAUL GREENHALGH – Piano

June 7th STEPHEN MARTLAND (St. Thomas & St. John, Radcliffe) – Organ

June 14th PETER MORRISON (St. Mary, Chorley) – Organ

June 21st STUDENTS FROM THE JUNIOR ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC

June 28th “CHAMPAIN” – Sacred and secular trios* see below

July 5th ALISTAIR MACKENZIE

(Director of Music, Bolton School Girls’ Division) – Organ

July 12th GARY HULME (St. Mary, Prestwich) – Organ

July 19th VIVIEN CHASEY (violin) and RUPERT JONES (piano)

(including Violin Sonata – César Franck)

July 26th MICHAEL PAIN (Bolton Parish Church) – Organ

Lunchtime Concerts – 2011 Season

Ouch!!

The male third of Champain is having to have some very painful dental treatment during the week leading up to the scheduled concert and the trio has had to pull out (pun intended!). A worthy replacement act is being arranged and details will be provided.

To advertise in this publication,

contact judy@postlude.org

or call the Parish Office

on 01204 522226

I don't like that man. I must get to

know him better.

Abraham Lincoln

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National survey reveals state of UK churches

The results of the National Churches Trust Survey, recently published, was open

to all of the estimated 47,000 churches, chapels and meeting houses in the UK. It

has found that these buildings play a key role in local life as venues for

volunteering and community activities – but need support in undertaking repairs

and maintenance.

The survey is unique in revealing not just the physical condition of churches, but

also the way they are managed, funded and used by their communities.

Here are just some of the findings of the survey:

More than 90% of the UK‘s church buildings hold a service at least once a week

More than 50% are regularly open to the public beyond their worship services.

1.4 million members of church congregations volunteer in any capacity in their

church building along with an estimated further 200,000 people from the wider

community.

Nearly half of the UK‘s church buildings are used for arts, music and dance

activities.

More than half of the UK‘s church buildings facilitate activities such as

nurseries, youth groups and additional activities for young people. More than two

-fifths of the UK‘s church buildings are used for support services such as

homelessness, drug & alcohol misuse, finance & debt, parenting & mental

health.

For further information about the National Churches Trust and to download the

full report visit www.nationalchurchestrust.org

Look down the back of your

sofa Here‘s good news: you probably

have more money than you think

you have. In fact, about £40

million in loose change could be

lost down the back of our sofas

according to a recent survey by the

Halifax. The average person has

an estimated £1.61 lost somewhere

down their sofa, as well as up to

another £15 or so distributed

around the house in pockets, bags,

drawers and the car.

Spend it wisely. You could even

pop it into your envelope or onto

the collection plate!

Women who know their place Barbara Walters of 20/20 (ABC‘s prime

time news magazine programme) did a

story on gender roles in Kabul,

Afghanistan, several years before the

Afghan conflict. She noted that women

customarily walked five paces behind

their husbands. She recently returned to

Kabul and observed that women still

walk behind their husbands, despite the

overthrow of the oppressive Taliban

regime. Barbara Walters approached one

of the Afghani women and asked, 'Why

do you now seem happy with an old

custom that you once tried so desperately

to change?' The woman, without

hesitation, replied 'Land mines.'

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―Take the first step in faith. You

don‘t have to see the whole

staircase. Just take the first step.‖

Martin Luther King

And Man Created God

By Robert Banks, Lion Hudson, £8.99.

ISBN: 9780745955438

This book addresses one of the oldest

questions going: if God made

everything, who made God? The

question was asked in ancient Greece

and has preoccupied religious believers

in the centuries since. Scholar Robert

Banks explores the history of the

objection.

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Bolton’s Twin Town Paderborn

Above: the Cathedral by night.

Below: Window of Three Hares (Dreihasenfenster)

The window is one of the cathedral's

most recognisable features and

depicts three hares in motion,

arranged in a triangle. Each hare is

shown as having two ears and yet

only three ears are visible. Each of

the ears is in fact shared by two

hares. The original 16th century

carving can be found in the cloister's

inner courtyard, and has been

duplicated on numerous buildings

and a number of shops throughout

the city centre. The motif of the three

hares can be found in a number of

medieval European churches and is

thought to be a symbol of the Trinity.

“Der Hasen und der Löffel drei und doch

hat jeder Hase zwei.”

The hares and ears are three, yet every hare

has two.

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B O L T O N P A R I S H C H U R C H

FORTHCOMING ORGAN CONCERTS

SATURDAY 4th JUNE at 11 a.m.

CHARLES EDMONDSON (Kendal) Including: Sonata No. 2 – Alexandre Guilmant

Admission by programme £5 (concessions £3)

SATURDAY 17th SEPTEMBER at 11 a.m.

MICHAEL AUSTIN (Aalborg, Denmark) Prelude and Fugue in C minor – Felix Mendelssohn Toccata, Chorale and Fugue –

Francis Jackson

Seven Pastels of Lake Constance – Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Admission by programme £7 (concessions £4)

SATURDAY 24th SEPTEMBER at 11 a.m.

MICHAEL AUSTIN (Aalborg, Denmark) The Art of Fugue – J. S. Bach

Admission by programme £7 (concessions £4)

Tea and Coffee will be served before each concert, from 10:30 a.m.

The recitalist on 4 June is Charles Edmondson., who was born in Bradford and was

the assistant organist at St Peter‘s Cathedral there while still at school. A former

pupil of Conrad Eden of Durham Cathedral and Francis Jackson of York Minster,

he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1964 and in 1967,

graduated as a Bachelor of Music from the University of Trinity College, Dublin.

He also holds the Archbishop of Canterbury‘s Diploma in Church Music and is a

Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music. He embarked on a career in education

and taught in Devon and then in Suffolk, where he was Director of Music at

Culford School, Bury St Edmunds. In 1968 he took up the appointment of organist

and lecturer in music at the College of Education in Ripon, Yorkshire. In 1974, he

became music adviser to the newly formed county of Humberside‘s Education

Authority until 1996 when the county was abolished.

Now living in Kendal in Cumbria, he has given over 250 organ recitals over the last

50 years and venues have included the cathedral churches in Blackburn, Bradford

and Bury St Edmunds and the priory churches in Bolton Abbey, Bridlington,

Cartmel and King‘s Lynn. Charles is the brother of Bishop Chris.

Canon Slade School, Bradshaw Brow BL2 3BP Headteacher: Mr Phil Williamson

Tel: 01204 333343

Bishop Bridgeman Primary School, Rupert Street BL3 6PY Headteacher: Mrs Jill Pilling

Tel: 01204 333466

Bolton Parish Church Primary School, Kestor Street BL2 2AN Headteacher: Mrs Jackie Bunyan

Tel: 01204 333433

BOLTON PARISH CHURCH CONTACTS

Parish Church Schools

Parish Staff

Telephone

Vicar:

Revd Matt Thompson

vicar@boltonparishchurch.co.uk

522226

Lecturer:

Revd Judie Horrocks lecturer@boltonparishchurch.co.uk

522226

Associate Priest:

Revd Prof. Kenneth Newport

Assistant Curate:

Revd Barrie Gaskell

Church Wardens:

Dr Michael Collier Miss Evelyn F Weston

Deputy Wardens:

Mr Graham C Burrows Mr Ken G Jones

Mr Andrew Mitchell Mr John Doyle

Mr John Walsh Mr Alan Forrester

Mr Trevor J Whillas Mr David Morlidge

PCC Secretary:

Mr Graham C Burrows

Treasurer:

Mr Andrew J Mitchell

Director of Music:

Mr Michael Pain

Parish

Administrator:

Lynn Mitchell 522226

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