THE DOVE - Mossley Parish - The Church of the Holy Spirit

The Dove
SELECT VESTRY
The Rector a few weeks ago announced in church that he would like to see a report from all the Organisations to appear
in the magazine. I wondered, therefore, if readers would be interested in some of the activities of the Select Vestry in
the past year. If not, please feel free to peruse the rest of this magazine. But even if you have only a cursory interest in
the goings on of the Vestry......read on!
Of course the highlight last year for the Vestry and indeed the whole Parish was the 40 th Anniversary Celebrations. I
wish that I could say that the Vestry could take all the credit for it being a success, but that would not be strictly true. It
did have the foresight though to bring together some of the most talented people in the Parish to organise events which
will be remembered for many years to come. The individuals who made up the committees (and others too numerous to
mention) and who organised the Flower Festival, Services and Mission Week, spent a lot of time and effort to make the
Celebrations a success and the Vestry and the Parish are greatly indebted to them.
Having people who knew what they were doing to organise the 40 th Anniversary Celebrations meant that the Vestry
could get on with more mundane matters. And nothing is more mundane than finance. That is not to say that the Vestry
does not take its financial responsibilities seriously. On the contrary, the Vestry is very aware that every penny that
comes into church funds is generously donated and therefore must be spent wisely. As everyone knows, it is a fact that
costs are rising every year and of course the church is not exempt from this. Last year rising costs in electricity, rates,
water etc. etc. meant that the Vestry had a real struggle at times to pay the bills. It is a tough ask for people who are
already stretched to the limit to review their giving, but are there some who are reading this who could put another
pound a week into their envelope?
Moving off that prickly subject of money the Vestry was greatly heartened by the good work the Youth Organisations
are doing within the church. The B.B., G.B., Youth Club and Club J are all excellent organisations that do marvellous
work. The Vestry supported and will continue to support the vital work the leaders undertake for the benefit of the
young people in our Parish.
Other matters the Vestry dealt with last year were routine repairs and maintenance, the theft of lead from the church roof
and health and safety. As you can see it is not what you would call a barrel of laughs (though we do have our moments),
but it is necessary work nonetheless.
Moving to this year the Vestry has a number of projects ahead. One of them is to consider the possibility of re-arranging
the interior lay-out of the church. At this early stage the Vestry are only looking into the possibilities, but whatever the
outcome, whether the church is moved around, or even if it stays the same, the most important thing of all is to provide a
place of worship which glorifies God and where EVERYONE is made to feel welcome.
CHOIR
NOTES
John Nesbitt
Honorary Secretary to the Select Vestry
Now that Palm Sunday and Easter are well behind us we
have started to practice for Harvest!
On Palm Sunday the choir sang an anthem at the morning
service and as a few of our members were on holiday we
sang a short anthem on Easter Sunday.
On Saturday 16th June the choir will once again be
responsible for the hamper, so everyone have your £1 coins
at the ready and come and support us at our stall.
Our choir practice resumes on the first Thursday in
September which is the 6th. We are always on the look out
for new members so if anyone would like to join us, please
contact our organist Miss Jane McCartney 90848854 or any
member of the choir. We practice on Thursday evenings at
7.30 pm for approximately one hour.
Hope to see you all on the 16th June!!
Pat Meighan
The
word of our God shall
stand forever.
(Isaiah 40 v 8)
CRECHE ROTA
3rd June
Gillian & Elaine
10th June
Fiona & Morag
17th June
Nichola & Karen
24th June
Leanne & Julie Parkinson
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