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December 2014/January 2015
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Vicar’s letter
December 2014/January 2015
Dear friends,
As the year draws to a close it is good to reflect on all the things that have
happened during the year. One of the most visible changes is the newly
refurbished clock, which is not only working and telling the correct time,
but the faces have now all been restored and look wonderful. Thanks are
due to Peter and Gail Randal who have worked hard to lead the fund raising
appeal. Although Matthew who repaired the clock has completed the work,
there is still a balance to pay and so contributions to the appeal are still
welcome.
Through the year we have continued to have a good number of children in
Sunday School and Sunday Youth, and after they have joined us in church
at the Holy Communion we enjoy hearing the interesting things they have
been doing. The children are growing in confidence as they get used to
reporting back to the church congregation. The uniformed organisations
continue to thrive and thanks are due to all the leaders of the children’s
groups who work so hard throughout the year.
As well as looking back, we look forward this month to the church’s new
year, which begins in Advent. During this month we prepare for Christmas
– not just the festivities and the presents, but the reason for the great
celebrations that the season brings. It is sad that the present buying and
parties can often take priority over the real reason for the celebrations. In
the midst of our business we can almost forget how amazing it is that God
himself came into our world in the person of Jesus Christ. There are plenty
of opportunities to celebrate this great event at our services over the
Christmas season, which will again include the Christingle service which
was enjoyed by many last year. The time for this service has been put back
this year to enable more people to attend. By the time the magazine is
published collecting candles should be available for all children to take to
collect money for the work of the Children’s Society. At the service these
‘candles’ will be exchanged for a Christingle orange which will be lit during
the service. All are welcome to come, with or without children.
May I wish you all a very happy and blessed Christmas, and a happy and
healthy New Year.
Yours in Christ
Brenda.
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St Thomas’ Moorside C.E Primary School
Linking Project and Christmas at St Thomas Moorside.
On the 6th November Orange Class took part in a linking project with St James
and Burnley Brow. Some of Orange Class went to St James or Burnley Brow while
others stayed at our school and waited for the other children to arrive. Basically,
everyone was mixed up from friends and encouraged to make friends with other
children. They did a full range of activities all day until it was time for them to
return to their schools.
In the morning, the first activity was plaiting with an artist called Claire. The
plaiting was done with ribbons in the colour of the school uniforms. Fun activities
were played up to lunchtime when everyone went to get their lunch. Claire
visited all of the schools and came back to our school to do clown collages, which
can be seen in the orange class classroom, that were fantastic! A philosophy for
children session followed after the fantastic art session to end the exciting day.
As Christmas is approaching, lots of activities are happening in school. The
Christmas Fair is well on its way and non-uniform days have been organized for
the chocolate and bottle tombola. The Christmas pantomime (at the Oldham
Coliseum) is an exciting event with the younger children, the whole school are
going! This year’s show is Aladdin and the seats will be filled by children. We are
lucky that F.O.S.T are paying for the cost of the children and the whole school.
Reception and nursery are rehearsing for their Christmas Nativity and so are key
stage 1. I hear they have ninja turtles in this year’s performance!
The Christmas lunch is on the last week of term and the cooks will be making a
delicious Christmas dinner. The Christmas service is on the last day of term and
we are already rehearsing our songs in choir with Miss Davis.
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DIARY FOR DECEMBER 2014/JANUARY 2015
December
Sat 6th
7pm for 7.30 start Brass Band Concert in the Church Hall
Sun 7th
8.30am
Thur 11th
Said Holy Communion / 10.30am Parish Communion
Ladies Group meal at the Salt Cellar
Fri 12th
6.30 – 8pm
Youth Christmas Party in the Choir Vestry
Sun 14th
8.30am
2 – 4pm
Said Holy Communion/10.30am Parade Service
STYLE children’s party in the Church Hall
Thur 18th
9.30am
Hodge Clough Christmas Service
Fri 19th
10am
School Christmas Service in Church
Sat 20th
5.15pm
6pm
Carol singing outside Moorside Co-op, process to church for
Christingle Service
Sun 21st
8.30am
10.30am
6.30pm
Said Holy Communion
Parish Communion including children’s nativity
Carols by Candlelight
Wed 24th
11.30pm
Christmas Eve Midnight Communion Service
Thur 25th
10.30am
Christmas Day Family Communion Service
Sun 28th
8.30am
Said Holy Communion/10.30am Parish Communion
January
Sun 4th
8.30am
Said Holy Communion/10.30am Parish Communion
Tue 6th
7.15pm
STYLE meeting in the choir vestry
Fri 9th
7pm
PCC Meeting in the choir Vestry
Sun 11th
8.30am
Said Holy Communion/10.30am Parade Service (tbc)
Sun 18th
8.30am
Said Holy Communion/10.30am Parish Communion
Mon 19th
7.30pm
Moorside & District Historical Society
Pullet Inn & Ancestral Weather
Sun 25th
8.30am
10.30am
Said Holy Communion
Parish Communion followed by
‘Away Day’ group faith lunch & follow up meeting
February
Sun 1st Feb 8.30am
Said Holy Communion / 10.30am Parish Communion
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The Magic of Christmas
"Joy to the World" the carolers sang out
As last minute shoppers scurried about,
Desperately seeking that one special gift
That would give Christmas morning a magical lift.
As an old man stood standing, listening to the song,
Midst all the madness of the bustling throng,
In a shaky, hoarse voice he began to join in
Singing the words of the famous old hymn.
One by one people stopped with their madness
To join with the old man for a moment of gladness,
By the time the carolers finished with singing the song,
The whole throng was united as they all sang along.
As if by magic from out of the sky
Church bells rang out for a chapel nearby.
And when it was over the people greeted each other
With messages of good will they shared with one another.
You see, that magical lift the shoppers sought for so long,
Was not in the buying or scurrying along.
That magical gift so desperately sought
Was the Spirit of Christmas - which could never be bought.
--Tom Krause, c 2012
Moorside & District Historical Society
January 19th 2015 7.30pm
New Updates
Times Past
Ancestral Weather
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Readings for December/January
December
Sunday of Advent
1st Reading
Isiah 40 :
1 – 11
2nd Reading
2 Peter 3 :
8 -15a
Gospel
Mark 1 :
1-8
14th December
3rd Sunday of Advent
Isiah 61 :
1-4, 8 - end
1 Thessalonians 5:
16-24
John 1 :
6-8, 19-28
21st December
4th Sunday of Advent
2 Samuel 7:
1-11, 16
Romans 16 :
25-end
Luke 1:
26-38
24th December
Midnight service
11.30pm
Isiah 52 :
7-10
Hebrews 1 :
1-14
John 1:
1-14
25th December
Christmas Day
Isiah 9:
2-7
Titus 2:
11-14
Luke 2 :
1-14
28th December
1st Sunday of Christmas
Isiah 61 :
10-62: 3
Galatians 4:
4-7
Matthew 2:
13-18
JANUARY
4th January
Epiphany
Isiah 60:
1-6
Ephesians 3:
1-12
Matthew 2:
1-12
11th January
The Baptism of Christ
Genesis 1:
1-5
Acts 19:
1-17
Mark 1:
4-11
18th January
2nd Sunday of Epiphany
1 Samuel 3:
1-10
Revelation 5:
1-10
John 1:
43-end
25tt January
3rd Sunday of Epiphany
Genesis 14:
17-20
Revelation 19:
6-10
John 2:
1-11
FEBRUARY
1st February
4th Sunday of Epiphany
Deuteronomy 18:
15-20
Revelation 12:
1-5a
Mark 1:
21-28
7th
2nd
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Rotas for December & January
Sidespersons
Readers
Prayers
7th Dec
14th Dec
20th Dec
21st Dec
24th Dec
25th Dec
28th Dec
Joan T & Victor
Zelda & Bev
Corinne
Vivien & Margaret
Chris & Ken
Sue & Millicent
Adam & Joanne R
Lisa S & Millicent
Lisa P
Wai & David
Gail & Peter
Sue & Millicent
Sue & Joan
Gail
Julie G
Elaine
Lynn
Julia
Lisa S
4th Jan
11th Jan
18th Jan
25th Jan
Laura & Gianna
Elaine & Lindsey
Millicent & David
Sue & Debra
Lindsey & William
Lisa P
Wai & David
Joan T & Millicent
Gail
Julie G
Elaine
Lynn
1st Feb
Joan T & Victor
Gail & Peter
Julia
CLEANERS
ALTAR SERVERS
7th Dec
14th Dec
21st Dec
24th Dec
25th Dec
28th Dec
Susan, Bev & Diane
Kathy, Karen & Chris
ALL TEAMS
Lynn, Tracy & Chris
Jacob & Daniel
Liam & Thomas
Iona & Sophie F
Ting Ting
Jacob & Ben
Matthew & George P
4th Jan
11th Jan
18th Jan
25th Jan
Elaine, Viv & Janet
Louise & Natalie
Kathryn & Helen
Kathy, Karen & Chris
Liam & Holly
Iona & Lucas
Ben & Hannah & Ella
Jacob & Ting Ting
1st Feb
Susan, Bev & Diane
Matthew & Areya
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The festive period is nearly up on us and STYLE hosted their Exclusive Christmas fair
on Sunday 9th Nov. Thanks to all who attended, all the stall holders and helpers in
setting up and tidying away. We raised £664 selling toys on the popular toy stall, selling
Nanna Martin’s knitted items and the annual St Thomas' calendars. It has proved to
be a great success so we will host another next year.
We still have some events before Christmas. On Thursday 27th November at
7.30pm is the Party Lite candle party in the church hall. Come along and buy some
beautiful candles and home scents. All orders will be delivered in plenty of time for
Christmas, so get those special people in your life a gift to remember. Entry is free,
and there will be nibbles and drinks. It will be a relaxed evening, so bring friends and
family with you.
On Sunday 14th December, 2 - 4.15pm we are holding our Children's Christmas
Party. This year we are hosting 'Walking in a Onesie Wonderland'. All the children will
be asked to come to the hall in their onesie or PJ's (with undergarments please!!).
They can bring a blanket and pillow/cushion. We will have a screen where we will be
showing a children’s favourite Christmas movie, Nativity 2. The STYLE ladies will be
the cinema usherettes, serving hot dogs and ice cream with drinks etc. A ticket to the
event costs £3 per child which covers the cost of the food only. STYLE will provide the
rest. There is a list at the back of church. Please put your child's name on the list and
get tickets from Corinne and Lisa. First come first served, limited spaces!
Last, but certainly not least, most of the STYLE ladies will be having our Christmas
party at Clough Manor this year - a Tina Turner tribute night on Saturday 13th Dec. I
suspect there may be some delicate heads at the children's Christmas party the
following day as the STYLE ladies do know how to party!!!!
Another successful year draws to a close for STYLE. We have held our fabulous
clothes parties, the family fun day, candle parties etc. Also this year, we had our first
STYLE weekend away for Zelda’s big Birthday which was wonderful and will become
another annual social event. STYLE will be up and running again in January 2015 for
their first meeting, planning all the social and fund raising events for 2015. If you would
like to meet some new friends and raise funds for our church please come along to
the choir vestry on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.15. We are always happy to
welcome new friends.
Merry Christmas and a STYLISH new year. STYLE.
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Christmas Greetings
Lynn Weston would like to wish all her friends here in church and those
reading this magazine a very happy Christmas and a peaceful,
contented New Year.
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We would like to wish everyone at St. Thomas’ a Happy Christmas and
healthy New Year, and thank you for the cards and good wishes and
prayers during my illness.
Joan and Ernest Ogden
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Rob, Bev and Matthew Durrans would like to wish everyone at St.
Thomas’ and readers of this magazine a very happy Christmas and a
happy and healthy New Year.
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Wishing all my good friends at St. Thomas’ a very happy Christmas and
healthy New Year.
Joan Fullard
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Adam, Julia, Jacob and Ben wish all their church friends and scout
family a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
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To all our friends at St. Thomas’ a happy Christmas and a healthy and
peaceful New Year.
Margaret Mulhall & family
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Joan and Colin would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and
a peaceful New Year.
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Zelda, Darren, Nathan, Liam and Tom would like to wish everyone a
very Happy Christmas and a great New Year.
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We would like to wish everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas and
send best wishes for a healthy and prosperous New Year.
From Donald, Millicent and family.
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We wish you a Merry Christmas,
we wish you a Merry Christmas,
we wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.
From all the STYLE ladies to all our supporters and friends at St.
Thomas' Church.
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Norman and Jill Barrass and family wish all our friends a very happy
Christmas and all the best for the New Year.
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Chris & Ken wish all parishioners a very merry Christmas and a
peaceful, happy New Year.
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Corinne and Lisa wish everyone at St. Thomas' Church, and it's
supporters, a Merry Christmas and very best wishes for 2015. Thank
you to everyone for supporting us again this year 
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Note from the Churchwardens
Carol Singing
On Saturday, 20th December we will be singing Christmas carols outside
Moorside Co-Op, starting at 5.15 p.m. We will then process to Church to
celebrate the Christingle service where all the children receive an orange
decorated with a lighted candle, red ribbon, fruit and sweets.
The more the merrier - please come along and join us (bring a lantern if you
have one). We will also need a few people in Church to welcome people.
Church services
Members of the congregation are unsure of the etiquette for standing/sitting
during Church services. This sometimes causes a ripple effect and people
being confused as to exactly what they should do. Please follow the choir and
stand and sit when they do.
Thanks…
Thank you to Joan Tomlinson for generously funding various Christmas items
for the children.
Summary of Special Christmas Services
Date
Thurs 18th Dec
Fri 19th Dec
Sat 20th Dec
Time
9.30am
10am
5.15pm
6pm
st
Sun 21 Dec
10.30am
6.30pm
Weds 24th Dec 11.30pm
Thurs 25th Dec 10.30am
Service
Hodge Clough School Service
School Christmas Service in Church
Christmas Carols outside Co-op then
Christingle Service in Church
Parish Communion including Children’s Nativity
Carols by Candlelight
Midnight Communion Service
Family Communion Service
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News from the Tower
A huge and heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported the appeal
dedicated to the restoration of our church clock.
During November, work on the fourth and final clock face/dial was completed
and Matthew Warburton was paid for all the work he had done. Some of you
may have visited the clock room when the church tower was open during the
Heritage weekend and would have seen the difference between the three
completed dials and the one still needing restoration. The work involved fitting
new brackets, some plastering, replacing all the Perspex and painting the metal
framework of the dial and clock hands. The restoration of the clock mechanism
had already been completed by Matthew some months earlier. Once again, we
have a clock in working order which is illuminated at night and which is a
prominent landmark, drawing attention to the presence of our church. Did I
catch a glimpse of our church tower during an episode of Scott and Bailey?
Our handbell ringers have a busy time over the Christmas period and have
worked hard to extend their repertoire of festive pieces. We have been pleased
to welcome two new members to the team, Donald Feber and Viv Hogarth and
hope that Joan Marshall will be back with us again in the New Year when her
broken wrist has healed.
Listen out for the tower bells when we ring for the Christmas services – you
should hear some well- known Christmas tunes.
Ding Dong!
Gail Randall
The Scout Leaders would like to thank Parishioners, friends, parents and also
the scouts themselves for donating shoe boxes filled with Christmas treats for
children far less fortunate than our own.
Over 60 of you carefully chose, filled and even wrapped shoe boxes for
Operation Christmas Child.
Thanks to you, 60 children somewhere around the world will be smiling this
Christmas and will know that we do care. Last year the boxes were distributed
to Ukraine, Belarus & Uganda.
Well done St. Thomas’!!
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All activities use recycled materials where possible, upcycled into
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For full details of future events please contact Audra
[email protected]
07936 981321
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The Christmas advertising onslaught begins, led
by a penguin
So once again we find ourselves in the midst of the Christmas retail advertising
onslaught. And once again it is a mix of the inspired and the insipid; the brilliant and
the banal.
But whether it causes us to sit up or sit back, let’s enjoy the marketing parade of
Christmas trimmings and trappings: the food, the gifts, the smiles, the lights, the
fairies, the magic & sparkle and even the dodgy jumpers.
Let’s also celebrate its recognition of the importance of family and fun and friendship;
and that Monty the penguin receives the wonderful gift of company.
But amongst it all, let’s also remember that the Bible teaches us the importance of
our lives being founded on and pointing to Christ.
This is what our campaign urges us to do at Christmas.
To remember that the festival celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, and to make sure
that our festivities are founded on and point to him.
Because everyone will find that Christmas means so much more when it starts with
Christ
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Parish Registers
Holy Baptism
28th Sept
Poppy Jane, daughter of Sarah Mather and Steven King
12th Oct
Alexander William, son of Alison and Grant Walker
26th Oct
Amelia Rose, daughter of Natalie Hurst
Holy Matrimony
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHURCH FUNDS – Clock fund
Chris and Ken Mayes
Mark Woolley
The Cunliffe Family
Oldham Council
£200 in celebration of their Golden Wedding
Anniversary
£16
£10
£600
Thanks to HSB EIL for their generous donation towards funds to re-tarmac the
car park outside the church hall, and thanks also to Lisa Pixton, their employee
who submitted the request to them. Well done Lisa.
Thanks are also due to Joan and Colin Tomlinson for their kind donation to the
Church and Church Hall funds.
BLACK BOXES
Lynn & Steve Russell
Elaine O’Connor
Keep on returning them. Every penny counts! Thanks, Chris and Ken
100 CLUB WINNERS – October
1st Prize; £30 no. 79 Lucy Walker
2nd Prize; £20 no. 4 Anne Walsh
3rd Prize; £10 no. 88 Jack Thacker
ALTAR FLOWERS
9th November
7-21st December
25th December
28th December
4th January
11th January
Pat Holmes in memory of Harry Holmes
Apologies to Pat for last month’s error.
No flowers (advent)
Christmas flowers
To dedicate flowers for the unallocated weeks
please speak to Debra (0161 665 3424)
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Installations & Maintenance
Paul Mills
Electrician – Fully Registered NICEIC
7 Greenside Avenue, Oldham, OL4 2QA
Local Electrician based in Moorside
From installing lights to full rewires, no job too small
No call out charge – telephone Paul for a free quote
Tel : 0161 620 8498
Mob : 07904 871736
Email : [email protected]
www.ionelectrical.com
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My Kind of Christmas Cake……
You'll need the following:
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups of dried fruit
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of brown sugar
Lemon juice
1 bottle of whisky
Sample the whisky to check for quality. Take a large bowl. Check the whisky again.
To be sure it's the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink. Repeat. Turn on the
electric mixer, beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add one teaspoon of
sugar and beat again. Make sure the whisky is still OK.
Cry another tup. Tune up the mixer. Beat two leggs and add to the bowl and chuck
in the cup of dried fruit. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the
beaterers, pry it goose with a drewscriver.
Sample the whisky to check for tonsisticity. Next, sift two cups of salt. Or
something. Who cares?
Check the whisky. Now sift the lemon juice. Add one table. Spoon the sugar or
something. Whatever you can find. Grease the oven. Turn the cake tin to 350
degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turnerer. Throw the bowl out of the
window. Check the whisky again, wipe the counter with the cat and go to bed.
Cherry Mistmas!
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CONTACTS : www.stthomasmoorside.org.uk
Rev. Brenda
Mitchell
Lisa Slater
Corinne Ogden
VICAR
WARDENS
ST THOMAS’ CofE
SCHOOL
HEADTEACHER
ORGANIST
MAGAZINE EDITOR
CHILD PROTECTION
FLOWERS
BAPTISMS
GROUP SCOUT
LEADER
RAINBOWS
BROWNIES
GUIDES
BEAVERS
CUBS
SCOUTS
EXPLORERS
BELLRINGERS
Adam Laskey
B.Ed.(Hon) NPQH
Vacant
Julia Haigh
Jen O’Neill
Debra Howarth
Helen Booth
1, Glebe Lane Moorside
0161 626 0681
86 Rakewood Drive
286 Ripponden Road
0161 624 2434
0161 626 7537
St.Thomas’s CofE Primary School,
Coleridge Road, Sholver,OL1 4RL
0161 624 9290
[email protected]
[email protected]
0161 624 1845
0161 652 9985
0161 665 3424
0161 284 5804
John Tonge
0161 624 4236
Gillian Smith
Julie Gillies
Helen Booth
Zelda Martin
Kathy TempleHeald
Matt Seville
Clive Symons
Peter Randall
[email protected]
[email protected]
01706 880116
0161 264 2902
0780 77 77 55
0161 633 7037
[email protected]
01706 663817
[email protected]
[email protected]
07972 310342
07515 356410
0161 620 5421
WEEKLY EVENTS
Monday
Handbell Group
10.30am – 12pm
Rainbows
6.30pm-7.30pm
Brownies
6.45pm-8pm
Bell Ringers
Explorers
7.30pm-8.30pm
7.45pm – 9.30pm
Beavers
Cubs
Scouts
6.15pm-7.15pm
7.00pm-8.30pm
8.00pm-9.30pm
Church Hall
Thursday
Guides
7pm – 8.30pm
Church Hall
Sunday
Holy Communion
8.30am
Parish Communion
Sunday School & Sunday
Youth
10.30am
10.20am
Tuesday
Choir Vestry
Church Hall
Bell Tower
Church Hall
Church
Church Hall
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