Heart eat

Holy Ascension Church and Community Magazine October 2017

‘Afternoon Tea’

Last month saw the USA and parts

of the UK battered by hurricane

force winds bringing devastation to

many.

Thirty years ago, the UK was hit by

a violent extra tropical cyclone and

this issue features some memories

of this Great Storm.

September also witnessed a 5-0

win for Manchester City against

Liverpool. One of the players who

scored two of the winning goals

was called...Gabriel Jesus. So it

could be said that Man City had

'Jesus on their side!'

As we approach this time of

battening down the hatches and

rejoicing in the plentiful fruit that

has been shared in our community,

and contemplating the antics of

Halloween, let us face it without

fear. Let us instead look forward to

the nights drawing in and the smell

and colour of crisp leaves falling, as

nature prepares to hibernate.

And if we are faced with a few

challenges, let us be like those

disciples in the boat, during the

storm and know that we too have

'Jesus on our side.'

It’s a year since Paul and his family

joined us, and four months since

Curate Dave O’Brien was ordained.

We are very grateful for their care,

continued support and ministry in

our parish and community.

Welcome to Heartbeat …

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The Church’s logo was designed for the 160th anniversary of the Church in 2014. It illustrates the church’s commitment to be at the heart of the whole community of Upton by Chester. The name for the magazine, Heartbeat, reflects that commitment.

Editorial Team Sharon Forsdyke - Editor Margaret Adams Colin Attwood Sue Burgess Dave O’Brien

Copy for the magazine is always

welcome. Contributions for the

November issue should be

received by 12 October via the

Parish Office or email

heartbeat@holyascension.org.uk

Hello,

Welcome to the month of October.

In the Church we are known for

doing 'Hatch, Match and Dispatch.'

Since becoming a priest, many

doors have opened for me into

people’s lives, just like a few weeks

ago when I had the privilege of

baptising Sophia and welcoming

her into the life of the Church. Her

parents Ryan and Rachel invited

over 80 members of family and

friends along to the celebration.

They left church after singing 'He’s

got the whole world in His hands.'

That following Tuesday and

Wednesday I took the funerals of

Mrs Nevitte and Mrs Price and

what celebrations they were. Even

under those sad circumstances the

Lord was present and we were all

blessed by being at those services.

I talked to many folks after and felt

the love they have for each other

in times of great sadness. There

were tears but also thankfulness

for the lives of these two ladies.

A couple of

days later I

took the

wedding of Jim

and Jill, which

was my first

wedding at

Holy Ascension.

I’ve got to know Jim and Jill over

these past months and I pray for

their life together in the years to

come.

During that week I met over 300

people in various situations and I

hope and pray I’ve been a blessing

to them and they have heard the

Good News of Jesus Christ.

So till the next time.

Every Blessing,

Dave O’Brien (Curate)

Out and About…

Addendum to September issue:

I would like to thank Keith

Reading from The Upton

Horticultural Society for the

beautiful photos he provided

for the front cover of the

September issue of Heartbeat.

Sharon Forsdyke - Editor

Are you creative? Are you good with

your hands?

It may be that you have green

fingers, you're a gardener, or you

may be a painter, or a musician.

You might be good at building things,

or even putting up shelves, flower

arranging, cooking, jam making...the

list is endless.

I can remember when I was at school

I made a little vase for my mother. To

be honest, it wasn't the best vase

ever made - in fact it was a bit of a

disaster - but I took it home and my

mother gave it pride of place on the

sideboard. Well, that's what mothers

are for.

Being made in the image of God, this

need to create is a natural part of

being human.

Whatever we make or do, we can't

make it out of fresh air. But the Bible

tells us that in the beginning there

was nothing - just God.

And God said to himself, ok there's

an awful lot of nothing around here -

let's fill it up a bit. It’s all very dark so

God said, ‘’Let there be light," and

there was light. And God saw that it

was good. And he sorted out the

light from the darkness and he called

the light bits, day and the dark bits,

night.

Then he went on to make the sky and

the land and the tree and the grass

and plants and the sun and moon

and stars and the whole universe.

Then God made animals and birds

and fish to live on the land and in the

sea that he'd made.

And finally God topped it all off by

making man and woman. (It's not

true that God made woman second

because he looked at the man he had

made and thought ‘I can do better

than that!’)

After he'd made everything he said -

"Yes, that's good" and he took the

day off.

Although the bible tells us God

created the world and the universe

and everything, it doesn't tell us

HOW he did it. Some people say he

did it 'Just like that’ a bit like Tommy

Cooper.

Others say that it was through

evolution - that it didn't all just

appear but that God created all this

over millions of years.

Letter from Paul

CHESTER BIBLE FOCUS

How to keep Going and

Growing in Faith

Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th

October

7.30 pm

With David Jackman

Tickets £3 per night or £5 for both

nights (includes refreshments)

All Saints Hoole,

Chester CH2 3HZ

At 7.30pm

The bible isn't a science book. It

doesn't have long complicated

equations and mathematical

theorem to explain creation. What it

does do is answer the question,

"Where did all this stuff come from?"

And the answer is, God created it.

If we take a few moments to look up

at the night sky we can't fail to be

impressed with the vast expanse of

space with the moon and the stars

that are millions of miles away. Look

around the world and consider all

the good things God has given us.

At harvest time we give thanks to

God for all these good things.

God has provided us with everything

we need and living in a country that

is so well off, even in a time of

economic hardship, we are reminded

that there are still those people

throughout the world who are

hungry. Not because God doesn't

care about them, but because the

way we share out all that God has

given us isn't really fair.

Our Heavenly Father is really an

'equal opportunity' God. He doesn't

favour any particular group of

people. He loved the world and all

the people so much that he sent his

son Jesus Christ to be our Saviour

and our example - an example of

love for all - fair play and caring for

all people, regardless of who or what

they are.

Harvest isn't just about us and what

we have, but about those things God

has given to all people and how we

share the wealth. Paul

How to read your Bible

more effectively

Thursday 12th October

12 noon – 2 pm

Free event. Bring your own lunch

Kingsway Chapel, Chester CH2 2LH

CHESTER BIBLE FOCUS

How to keep Going and

Growing in Faith

Wednesday 11th & Thursday

12th October

7.30 pm

With David Jackman

Tickets £3 per night

or £5 for both nights

(includes refreshments)

All Saints Hoole,

Chester CH2 3HZ

The night of 15th/16th October 1987

split the North and South in half.

Hurricane-force winds caused more

devastation in the South with those

in the North claiming ‘the storm

didn’t happen here!’ A few from

our community, some of whom

lived elsewhere at the time, share

their memories.

‘The night the Great Storm hit the

Southeast was one of the most

bizarre experiences I have had. At

the time I was living in Eastleigh,

near Southampton and had gone

to bed at a reasonable hour, with

no thoughts of what was to come.

I was woken in the early hours by a

crying baby. Whilst I was warming

a bottle, I was confused by the

horrendous deep-toned moaning,

howling sound resonating around

the outside of our old Edwardian

semi. It was like the sound of the

Titanic creaking and cracking into

two pieces. Looking through the

kitchen window, I saw the smaller

garden trees were bending to the

ground and bouncing back to an

upright position while larger trees

seemed to be fighting a losing

battle with the fierce gusts.

Bins, bin lids and lots of associated

garden ornaments were flying

around. The next morning, virtually

every tree in Eastleigh’s park was

flattened. Branches were strewn

across railway lines and main

roads. Worst of all, the house two

doors down had the whole of its

side gable collapse to ground floor

level. It was indeed a great and

powerful storm!’ Stella Lunney

‘My Dad was mending the roof on

our house in Essex and we had

scaffolding all around the outside.

He went out early that morning to

survey the damage. It was still

intact and no tiles were lost unlike

some houses in the area!’ Sharon

Memories of The Great Storm

‘I was living in Sidcup at the time

and remember the metal on the

school roof had rolled back like a

sardine can.’ Jean

‘I remember two guests couldn’t

make a wedding in the Northwest

because of the storm so two other

people, a bachelor and a widow

were invited instead. The man met

another lady guest at the wedding

and much later they ended up

getting married!’ Barbara Gledhill

‘I lived in Milton Keynes at the time

and the garage roof blew off.’

‘We were in Corfu and came home

to find our fences had been

flattened.’ Chris Ryan (Chester)

‘We were on the train to London

and noticed all the trees were

down.’ Peggy and Brian Cox

From the Parish Registers

Weddings

2nd September Halgard Fars & Natalie Darke

15th September

Jim Neilson & Jill Pleavin

Farndon & District

Brass Band & Guests

Award winning Ladies

Choir Entourage

120th Anniversary Concert

Saturday 14th October

7.30 pm

(Doors open 7.00pm)

At

St Mary’s Centre, Chester

Bar and light refreshments

available Tickets £8.00.

Students & children £5.00

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ACF Services

Tuesday 3rd October

Delamere Community

Centre

AGM and Fellowship Day

Friday 13th October

At 2.30pm

Holy Ascension

Diocesan ACF Service

Led by Bishop Peter

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Margaret Brizell or Barbara

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The Fun Day at Upton Pavilion was

blessed with dry weather and was

enjoyed by all the community with

free rides for children and lots of

lovely stalls. The Sewing Group

raised £145.50 from sale of crafts

and The Bottle Tombola raised

£216 for The Hospice of the Good

Shepherd. Thank you to all who

contributed bottles for the stall, to

all those who helped at the Fun

Day and a big thanks to Darren and

team for organising the event.

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October Crossword

Thank you to Graham Barley for creating this cryptic crossword for us.

Answers next month.

ACROSS 1. Present initially given in fitting tribute (4)

3. Foot soldiers ran nifty organisation (8)

8. Clothes to brag about (4)

9. Bee-keeper arranged Asia trip (8)

11. Ice cream for Italian citizen? (10)

14. Prisoner is not out, pal! (6)

15. An Ascot church embraces the spirit (6)

17. I thwack men wildly at home of rugby union (10)

20. Post held by school crossing lady – that’s sweet! (8)

21. Formerly attached to church (4)

22. Bet Polly develops middle-age spread (3,5)

23. Ancient goddess is seen twice in Thames at Oxford (4)

DOWN 1. Ant in charge after gig – that’s huge! (8)

2. Farmer is displaying weapons (8)

4. Laptop accessory used at mealtimes (6)

5. Snowdrops in the Alps, say? (10)

6. Excursion in the fall? (4)

7. Why etiquette constrains abominable creature (4)

10. Playing with her owl is deserving of time and effort spent! (10)

12. Chins get spoilt in artistic impressions (8)

13. Stacks of houses? (8)

16. Classy place for large group of fish (6)

18. Beat wings in panic (4)

19. Conspiracy to get some land (4)

Answers to September Crossword ACROSS: 1. Corkscrews 7. Meander 8. Dunes 10. Lima 11. Envelope 13. Yellow 15. Weasel 17. Enormous 18. Veto 21. Trove 22. Everton 23. Stationery DOWN: 1. Charm 2. Rude 3. Shrink 4. Redeemed 5. Windows 6. Employment 9. Spellbound 12. Roomiest 14. Lookout 16.Tuxedo 19. Entry 20. Mere

We thank the Blakemore Foundation and Spar, Long Lane for their continued support for Messy Church and in the distribution of this magazine.

Thank you to Bache Post Office, The Russian Pancake House, St John’s Café and Oasis of Miracles in helping to distribute Heartbeat.

Messy Church

The next Messy church will be on

Sunday 8th October at 4.30pm, in

Holy Ascension Church. We will be assembling Shoe Boxes for

Operation Christmas Child. Boxes are in the cupboard at the back of church

for donations.

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Here's what we are looking for....

TOYS: Include items that children will immediately embrace such as dolls or stuffed toys (with CE label), toy trucks, harmonica, yo-yo, skipping rope, ball, small puzzles etc.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Pens, pencils & sharpeners, crayons or felt pens, stamps & ink pad sets, writing pads or notebooks & paper, solar calculators, colouring books etc.

HYGIENE ITEMS: Toothbrush and toothpaste, bars of wrapped soap, comb or hairbrush, flannel.

OTHER ITEMS: Hat, cap, gloves or scarf, sunglasses, hair accessories, jewellery set, wind up torch, wrapped sweets (best-before-date must be at least March 2018).

DO NOT INCLUDE: used or damaged items, war related items such as toy guns, play soldiers or knives; chocolate or other food items; liquids or lotions of any type including bubbles; medicines; hand-made or knitted stuffed toys; anything of a political, racial or religious nature; playing cards (of the 4-suit variety); sharp objects; glass or fragile items; clothing other than as listed.

Volunteers

If you are interested in helping with our Messy Church planning, volunteering to help on the day or in preparing crafts, please email families@holyascension.org.uk.

Any help offered no matter how large or small will be greatly appreciated.

We are also looking for more Young Helpers. Are you 10+ and would like to be involved in helping others? Maybe you are looking to earn a volunteering badge at Guides or Scouts? Then why not help out once a month at our Messy Church Sessions?

Kid’s eat

Sunday 8th 15th 22nd and 29th

October Bible themed crafts and

activities for children during 10.45am Service.

Wordsearch

Thank You Ali

September Messy Church ‘Knock, Knock, Who’s

there?’

On behalf of Holy Ascension and

Heartbeat, we would like to thank

Ali Ireland for all her energy and

enthusiasm over the past two years

as one of our dedicated Family

Workers and as a member of the

Heartbeat Editorial Team.

Ali has recently taken on a new role

as a Teaching Assistant in Reception

at Mill View School in Wealstone

Lane. We wish her the best of luck.

Margaret Adams will continue in

her role as Family Worker. Please

continue to give her your support.

From the Parish Registers

Baptism

10th September Sophia Salisbury

Edward Davies

Upton Community Choir

Wednesday evenings 7.15-9.15pm

£3.50 per session

Upton High School St James Ave,

Upton CH2 1NN

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Recently I was lucky enough to be able to visit Mongolia and what a fascinating place it turned out to be! There are two Mongolias – Inner and Outer. Inner is just a province within China, Outer is an autonomous country with FAR more influence from Russia than China; even their script is Cyrillic not Chinese. The capital rejoices in the name of

Ulaanbaatar which can be spelt in

various different ways but this

spelling is the most common.

Known locally as UB, it is a pretty

modern city with flashing neon

lights and high rise buildings etc.

However, odd gers (a type of

yurt/tent) are dotted about even

within the city: as soon as you get

to the suburbs they quickly take

over. The ger is still VERY relevant

to the Mongolian way of life and

the main square is dominated by

Genghis Khan!

There is just one main store in UB -

The State Department Store – ‘We

fulfil all your needs’!! And it does!

Most other stores in UB are tourist

shops. However, there is a

WONDERFUL Fair Trade shop

called Mary and Martha (spent half

a day in there.)They promote fairly

traded goods made by women’s

groups, nomadic communities and

prisoners - all the usual groups

supported by FT.

We spent 10 nights in different

gers. What an experience! Gers

have a trellis frame with 88 rods,

radiating from the circumference

up to the centre. (The rods are

always orange.)

Most gers do not have electricity

or running water although there

was limited power from solar

panels (not usually in the gers, so

torches were a necessity). We had

‘long drop’ toilets and showered

using water from a canister which

we pumped ourselves. Half of the

population of Mongolia live

Mongolian Memories

nomadic lives typically moving on

every two months.

On our first night in camp we were

joined by a camel which, like

Mary’s little lamb, followed us

everywhere we went! The next

morning we were disappointed to

find he’d gone!

We crossed the Gobi desert on a

Russian bus - it was more like being

at sea as there were no roads and

we were so shaken about!

Also SO hot! Camels, cacti, goats,

herds of wild horses interspersed

with the vast nothingness of the

desert. There are 3 million people

and 60 million animals!

Food is very basic. Their ‘hooch’ is

fermented mare’s milk, not

something I grew to love! But we

were always fed very generously

and nomadic families welcomed us

in. I was glad we were advised to

take small gifts and enjoyed giving

pencils, crayons, skipping ropes

and footballs to the children.

It was a wonderful adventure, I

have come back with so many

colourful memories, a privilege to

have been there. Celia Burley

This year is the 500th anniversary of

the accepted starting point of the

Protestant Reformation which saw

the publication of Luther’s 95

theses, an attack on the practices

of the Catholic Church including

the sale of indulgences and papal

authority. In fact the origins of

Protestantism can be traced back

to events in the 14th century with

the translation in 1382 of the Bible

to English by John Wycliffe and the

Lollard movement.

But until the early 16th century the

accepted church was the Catholic

Church (the term Roman was not

widely recognised at that time);

‘Catholic’ in the sense of universal,

and papal authority was not

generally questioned.

In the years immediately following

1517, the spirit of the Reformation

swept across Europe with at times,

some terrible consequences. The

breakdown of total obedience to

the Catholic Church certainly

suited the purposes of Henry VIII,

but the reigns of his children were

more destructive and violent.

During the reign of Edward VI, a

zealous protestant reformer, the

Mass was banned and many

churches suffered the destruction

of their stained glass windows and

icons. Altars were removed and

substituted with communion

tables. Edward tried to ensure a

protestant succession by naming

Lady Jane Grey as his heir but on

his death, his half-sister Mary

determined to preserve the old

religion.

In her short reign nearly 300

Protestants were burned to death.

In the Low Countries many

Protestants met similar fates by

the occupying Spanish regime.

In the 16th century religion became

inexorably tied up with the

growing nationalism of the time.

England under Elizabeth 1st was a

protestant state and the traditional

adversaries, Spain and France had

retained the Catholic tradition. In

England, Catholicism and treachery

were seen as one and the same

and the persecution of Catholics

became key to preserving the

English State.

The Reformation

Priests were executed and the

Catholic sympathisers hunted

down by the regime of Elizabeth’s

spymaster Walsingham. On the

other hand the Pope was said to

have given ‘carte blanche’ for the

assassination of Elizabeth and also

underwritten the cost of the

Armada, had it succeeded.

Britain has developed as an

essentially protestant country, but

not without bigotry, sectarianism

and religiously fuelled violence

continuing until very recent times.

Even today the monarch cannot be

Roman Catholic, or marry into that

church. Perhaps instead of

celebrating the events of 1517,

they should be seen more as an

ecumenical matter and an

opportunity for greater religious

unity.

William Wheldon

Hospice of The Good Shepherd Upton Support Group

Afternoon Tea & Flower Arranging

Demonstration

Thursday 19th October

3.00 - 5.00 pm

Upton URC Hall, Heath Road, Upton.

Card & gift stall / Raffle

Tickets £5

Contact: 01244 383703 01244 342178

From the Parish Registers

Funerals

23rd August Bruce Bright

12th September Debbie Nevitte 13th September Muriel Price

Thank you to all who made

cakes for, helped at and

attended the Tea Party

(Pictured on the front cover.)

Thanks also go to Eric Newton

for providing the entertainment.

Save the Date

Holy Ascension Christmas Fayre

Saturday 25th November

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REGISTERED

PLUMBER

Upton Community Hall

Monday 16th October 7.30pm

“Sir Thomas Egerton Keeper of the Queen’s Conscience”

Talk by Bernard Dennis

Non-members are very welcome

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Women’s Section, Heath Road

Tuesday 17th October

8.00pm Fundraising- Bring & Buy Sale

For Poppy Appeal

Visitors Welcome

£1.50 including Tea/Coffee and Biscuits

BACKFORD, MOLLINGTON &

DISTRICT

LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

Wednesday 4th October

at 7.30 pm Elizabeth Montgomery will give a

talk on

‘The History of Ancient Meols’

Backford & Mollington Village Hall

All are welcome to attend,

non-members £3.00.

Upton-by-Chester Flower ClubUpton Village Hall

Wednesday 25th October

7.30pm

Dorothy Monks (Area)

‘Inspiration is All Around Us’

Visitors Welcome - £5

Sunday Lunch Club

Sunday 22nd October

Upton Community Hall

Please contact

Sheila Taylor 01244 383481

to reserve your place

ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIPS

Upton Community Hall The hall is available to hire for

children’s parties, public and private meetings, workshops etc.

There is availability for regular activities to take place.

For more information and to make a booking please contact the

Parish Office Tel 01244 383518

communityhall@holyascension.org.uk

Upton Litter Action Group Helping to keep our community tidy

Next task date

Wednesday 18th October

For more details and to confirm

attendance contact

Cllr Jean Evans on

01244 377200/07917444534

Millennium Greenway Friends Saturday 21st October

See website for details www.millenniumgreenwayfriends.org.uk

COFFEE AND

CHAT!

Every Monday 10.00am – Noon

The Pavilion

Wealstone Lane

An open invitation is

extended to all.

Churches Together in Upton

Wednesday

11th After service Caring & Sharing Lunch 25th 3.00pm Wednesday Singers

Thursday 10.00am –Noon Sewing Group

Saturday 9.30am Parish Prayers 10.00am- Noon Church open

Monday Holy Ascension Musical Tots

10.15-10.45am Gentle Music for Babies 11.15-11.45am Toddlers Music Time Tuesday 9.15- 11.00am Holy Ascension Sunshine Tots Term Time (Upton Community Hall) Half term break 31st October

Upton Community Hall,

Demage Lane, Upton, CH2 1EL

Opening hours The parish office will be open Monday to Friday 9.30 – 11.30am

Parish Administrator Karen Evans 383518

Email office@holyascension.org.uk

Parish Safeguarding Coordinator

Please contact the coordinator via the parish

office or email:

safeguardingha@gmail.com

The food bank

provides 3 days of emergency food

for local people in crisis.

There is a box in church for non-perishable food

donations. Urgently needed

items:

Long Life fruit juice

Milk UHT

Tinned Custard

Tinned Potatoes

Sunday 1st

Harvest

8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Morning Praise

Wednesday 4th 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 8th

8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

4.30pm

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Holy Communion

Messy Church

Wednesday 11th 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 15th

8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Morning Praise

Wednesday 18th 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 22nd 8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Morning Praise

Wednesday 25th 10.15am Holy Communion

Sunday 29th 8.00am

9.00am

10.45am

6.30pm

Holy Communion

Choral Eucharist

Morning Praise

CTU Service

Upton URC

Vicar Paul Newman 383518 vicar@holyascension.org.uk

Curate Dave O’Brien 375782

Church Wardens Mike Curtis 313152 Colin Foden 381094 churchwarden@holyascension.org.uk

Parochial Reader Barbara Capstick 380299

PCC Secretary/ Churches Together in Upton Margaret Whaley pccsecretaryha@gmail.com

PCC Treasurer Sue Burgess 380340 treasurer@holyascension.org.uk

Electoral Roll Secretary Mark Burgess 380340

Family Worker/Sunshine Tots Margaret Adams 07707 030020 families@holyascension.org.uk

Guides District Commissioner Gill Goynes 310000

Church Fellowship Leaders Barbara Capstick 380299 Margaret Brizell 381404

Foundation Governor Upton Heath C of E School Graeme White 312758

Views expressed in this magazine are not

necessarily those of the Editorial Team, the

Clergy, the Parochial Church Council, or of

any authoritative body of the Church of

England.