Churches in Fulford ParishSt Nicholas Church
Clergy: Rev’d Peter Dakin, Rev’d Cathy Dakin Churchwardens: Mr John Hooley, 4 Lancaster Avenue, Fulford, Tel 01782 393554 St Nicholas Church Services in Fulford: August 2010 1st ~ Trinity 9 8th ~ Trinity 10 15th ~ Trinity 11 22nd ~ Trinity 12 29th ~ Trinity 13 Young Farmers Harvest Service is coming to Fulford The annual Staffordshire Young Farmers Clubs Harvest Thanksgiving service is to be held in St Nicholas Church this year. The service will be held on Thursday 30th September at 8pm, and everyone is welcome to join farming folk from across the county for this traditional festival.
The Vicar writes: Rarely do the sessions of the General Synod of the Church of England attract much publicity and news coverage. This July though. Synod was debating women bishops, which is a headline grabbing story. The synod’s task was to consider the draft legislation that would make women bishops a reality within the Church of England. Importantly they had to consider what steps might be taken to accommodate those who, for valid theological reasons, could not accept the oversight of a woman Bishop. The archbishops proposed a scheme of safeguards but it did not win sufficient support and its defeat attracted some attention. Will we now see women being consecrated Bishops? The answer is not yet. The legislation passes back to a committee to incorporate the amendments before it goes to each of the Diocesan Synods. There it needs to gain acceptance by 66% of the 43 Synods. If the measure gains that level of support it goes back to the General Synod before being submitted to Parliament and final approval. So there are still many hurdles for the proposal to overcome before the first woman dons a bishop’s mitre in the Church of England. In moving towards consecrating women Bishops, the Church of England is following a number of other countries. The first female Bishop was consecrated in the USA in 1989, with New Zealand appointing the first woman Diocesan Bishop a year later. But other Anglican churches have still to ordain women at all, such as Malaysia. This process has contained debate on scripture, the traditions of the Christian faith, the unity of Christian churches worldwide and reasoned argument about the church relating to the society of today. To sketch out the arguments would take many pages, if not books. However, it has proved possible to give an outline in an address during a church service. I am now proposing to look into specific topics, such as the environment or medical research, during a specified service. If you would like to suggest a topic that interests you, and on which you would like to hear how Christians agree or disagree on it please talk or write to me. Peter Dakin
Memorials to be rededicated Following the closure of Cross Gate Methodist Chapel, an agreement was made between the Chapel and St Nicholas Church to try to keep some of its memorials in the village. The necessary legal permission was granted, and four memorials have subsequently been transferred. The largest is a marble memorial to James Fieldhouse, who was killed in World War 1. Hugh Harold Hodgskiss was killed in the same conflict. His memorial is a brass plaque which is now mounted on a piece of yew taken from the churchyard. We will rededicate the memorials during the United Service on 29th August at 10am and to which we make a special invitation to former worshippers at Cross Gate. A special brochure to mark the event will be produced. Our thanks go to the craftsmen who have worked on the project.
Crossgate Methodist Church
Regular services have now ceased at Cross Gate Chapel. However, there is still a Methodist ministry to the village from Rev’d Anthony Tagg (01782 659343). Fulford Residents
Third Thursday 10 am at the Village Hall ~ All welcome Coffee and a chat.
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