April 2020 Edition

The Bridge

April 2020

PENISTONE & THURLSTONE TEAM MINISTRY

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PENISTONE & THURLSTONE TEAM MINISTRY

Team Web Site: penistonecofe.co.uk e-mail [email protected]

S. AIDAN’S n S. ANNE’S n S. JAMES’ n S. JOHN’S n S. SAVIOUR’S

Oxspring Carlecotes Midhope Penistone Thurlstone

Contents

Editorial ……………………………………….....…………..……... page 4
Mission Statement for The Team Ministry .….....…..……...……….. page 5
From the Ministry Team ….………………………………..……….. page 6
Where the Church is…………………………………………………. page 8
Easter Sunday………... ..…………...….……………………………. page 10
Palm Sunday…………………………………………………………. page 11
Easter Eggs...………………………….. ..…...………....…...………. page 12
Churches Together in Penistone & District …………………………. page 14
Notice Board ………………….….……….......….…..…….………... page 16
Prayers for this Difficult Time.………………………………………. page 17
What will you be doing on Holy Saturday?………………………….. page 18
Café Church. ……………....…….…………………………………... page 24
The Mothers’ Union….....……......…….…….………………………. page 26
Dealing with Loneliness and Isolation...….……………………….…. page 27
Superheroes and Martyrs………….…….....……..…..…………........ page 28
Parish Information................................................................................. page 30
The Parish Clerk……………………………………………………… page 31
Love Thy Penistone ….………..……….………….…..….…………. page 32
Faberge Eggs……...…………………………………………………. page 34
The Team Prayer…………………………………………………….. page 35
Kids’ Corner…………………………………………………………. page 36
Holy Humour……………..…….…………...………………………. page 38
Puzzle Pages……..………….. …..….………………..…..…........... page 40
Team Directory………………………………….…………………… page 42

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Welcome to the April edition of the Bridge!
Unfortunately, due to the current COVID-19 situation,
we are unable to create and distribute the usual printed
version of the magazine this month. With this in mind,
we have designed an online copy that we hope many of
you will still be able to access.
The online version is missing some of the usual pages
and information such as news, service times and events-
this is simply because there are no services and events to
notify you of at this time. We have replaced this
information with a few new sections, such as puzzle
pages, and a ‘Kids’ Corner’. As we are all under
lockdown, we have a little more time for crosswords and
wordsearches than we normally do! You will also find
some information about how to access help at this time
through the newly set-up ‘Love Thy Penistone’ website,
and thoughts and prayers to comfort.
I would like to take this opportunity to extend our
heartfelt thanks to David and Len, who have decided to
step down from their roles in creating the magazine after
many years of service. They have both done a
marvellous job of putting together an engaging and
informative magazine every month, and will, I am sure,
be sorely missed.

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Mission Statement for the
Penistone and Thurlstone Team Ministry

Our Vision:
We are passionate about making connections between church and
community life and for the church to be able to see the whole community as
its parish.

It is important for people of the wider community to be able to get to know
their local church – with its doors open wide, and to feel a sense of belonging.

We are committed to go out through the open doors of the church - to share
God’s love in the world through our words and actions.

We recognise the need to build a culture of invitation, welcome and
hospitality where all may be touched by the friendships they encounter and
come to know the rich blessings of God.

Our Values
We believe in a church which
• Invites, welcomes, accepts and serves people where they are along their

journey of life and faith.
• Helps those who wish to explore the possibility of faith.
• Attempts to be scripturally faithful which means being open to the

possibilities of challenge through study of the Bible.
• Seeks to proclaim and be witnesses to Christ’s risen presence in the world

with the help of the Holy Spirit.
• Is innovative and creative but recognises the importance of tradition
• Helps to equip and resource all God’s people in ministry.

We hope and pray that all who are invited and welcomed may grasp how
wide and deep is the love of God and may grow as followers of Jesus.

In the spirit of invitation and welcome, we believe in a church that does
not discriminate on any level including economic power, gender
difference, mental or physical disability, race or sexuality.

Our Personality
The Church communities of the team ministry seek to be:

• Inviting, welcoming, friendly, loving and hospitable.
• We cater for both modern and traditional styles of worship.
• We expect all members of our community to practise compromise in

relation to taste or tradition in worship and ways of being church.
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I have called you by your name: Even during lock-down
At some time or other, when there were no restrictions in place for
social-distancing you may remember being stopped in the street by
someone who says, 'Hello – how are you?' But you haven't got a
clue who they are. It happens very occasionally. Someone
remembers seeing me - perhaps at a wedding or a funeral or at
some other event and as we have a conversation, I'm searching my
brain for clues as to who they are…Where do I know them from?
Equally though, I am also good at acknowledging people I do not
know at all – waving profusely at them and getting some very
strange looks. That is very embarrassing. Mostly, however, the
‘dog collar’ helps – hopefully whether strangers or not, people are
generally happy to be spoken to by a vicar!
Then there are those encounters where you've not seen them for
years, and you bump into them...It takes a while for recognition to
sink in because of the passage of the years and the increase in grey
hair or wrinkles, but your name is spoken: 'David isn't it ?' They
say, and you respond appropriately. The passage of time has
suddenly gone – seeing through the wrinkles and grey hair and a
friendship is rekindled in the present.
Some friendships are, through this time of lock-down, being
reignited through social media: face book or Zoom, or even House
Party – as people have more time on their hands to get in touch.
So, more of these encounters are likely during this period. This
can only be a good thing.
When Mary Magdalene heard Jesus call her by name outside the
Tomb on the first Easter morning, it took some time for her to
realise who this was. Initially she did not recognise him. She
thought he was the gardener. Given what he had been through, he
looked different – bearing the marks of his passion - where the
nails had been!

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It was only when he spoke her name, 'Mary', that she recognised
his voice. She replied, 'Teacher'. Jesus then told her not to hold on
to him but to go and tell his brothers. This is the beginning of the
message of the good news - that the events of the previous days
have been turned around.

CS Lewis is known to have said that when we come to recognise
God for the first time in our lives, that we realise, looking back,
that God has been part of our lives all along – indeed our whole
history, and that He has been our companion whose name and
nature we once failed to recognise. At Easter, I hope that we too
will hear Jesus call our name, and that as we do, we will be
quickened and exhilarated by his recognition of us.

One day he will each call us by name, when with Mary
Magdalene, Mary the Mother of our Lord and All the Saints, he
will call us home, to live with him forever. In the meantime, try
listening to his call of our names, but also don't be frightened to
call on his name in whatever situation you find yourself – even in
these strange unprecedented days of lock down, it will be like
meeting an old friend for whom there will be tears of joy and a
loving embrace.

This year of course will be different in terms of our Easter
celebrations. It will be done unusually within the confines of our
own homes – not just homes here in Penistone, but the world-over.
We will still celebrate albeit differently with the vast and universal
community of women and men who through space and time share
nothing but the experience that they have been called by their
names and become disciples of Jesus.

Some words from Isaiah chapter 43 – especially appropriate for
the situation we find ourselves this Eastertime,

‘Do not be afraid,, I have called you by your name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and
your troubles will not overwhelm you. Do not be afraid –
I will bring you home.'

With love and blessings for Easter, 7
Fr David

As we contemplate not being able to meet together
for services for some time, here is an uplifting
image to remind us the church is wherever we are,
and at the moment the congregation is gathering
via Facebook, through this magazine, and via an
active WhatsApp group!

If you are missing chatting to everyone over coffee,
send a direct message and we can look at adding
you to the chat.

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For God so loved the world that he gave his
one and only Son, that whoever believes in him

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Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, on the 5th of
April. when the Church remembers how Jesus arrived
at the gates of Jerusalem just a few days before the
Passover was due to be held. He was the Messiah
come to his own people in their capital city, and yet he
came in humility, riding on a young donkey, not in
triumph, riding on a war-horse.
As Jesus entered the city, the crowds gave him a
rapturous welcome, throwing palm fronds into his
path. They knew his reputation as a healer, and
welcomed him. But sadly the welcome was short-lived
and shallow, for Jerusalem would soon reject her
Messiah, and put him to death. On this day churches
worldwide will distribute little crosses made from
palm fronds in memory of Jesus’s arrival in Jerusalem.

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Creativity, Crafts and Customs

Eggs

Easter is celebrated around the world in many different ways
and has always been a time of celebration and feasting, and
many Easter games and customs have developed over the
centuries involving eggs. Egg rolling, pace egging,
cascarones, confetti eggs and egg decorating are but a few.
Supermarkets have lavish displays of luscious Easter eggs
several weeks before Easter to tempt us. The egg has always
been synonymous with this time of year because it represents
the new life of Spring, resurrection and also the shape of the
tomb in which Jesus was interred.
The tradition of exchanging eggs is deep in folklore but is the
one that we all still enjoy today. In Britain Easter had its
beginnings long before the arrival of Christianity as it was the
celebration for the arrival of Spring after a long, cold, dark
winter. The word Easter comes from a pagan figure called
Eastre who was celebrated as the goddess of Spring by the
Saxons of northern Europe.
Many customs and traditions are still specific to particular
localities: The Nutter’s Dance in Lancashire, the Bottle
Kicking in Leicestershire, the Egg Jarping in the North East
and Egg Rolling in Lancashire are but a few.
As a child who was brought up with sweet rationing after the
second world war we did not have the luxury of chocolate
eggs as we do today, but we did have Easter Eggs. We made
them! It is an activity I have done with my children, and now
with my grandchildren too.

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We took a chicken egg and wrapped it up in strips of onion
skin and leaves of plants from the garden and then put it in a
pan of water perhaps with a spot of cochineal or food
colouring and carefully boiled it for six minutes. When it
was cold we then decorated our egg. It would have strips of
different colours on it depending on the leaves used. We
would then decorate it with patterns, flowers or whatever we
fancied with paint. We would then, on Easter Monday, have
an Egg Rolling competition with the neighbouring children
down a hill. We had great fun. The winner was the one
whose egg was in one piece after the race. We then ate them.
Decorating eggs is a fun activity for children. You can blow
the egg before decorating. Dylan, my grandson, having seen
my souvenir Faberge egg from my visit to Russia was
inspired to make his own Faberge eggs. I have them in a
glass dish on my coffee table (pictured).

Linda Lister

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Churches Together in Penistone & District

The Churches Together Alpha Course , held at St Mary’s Church,
got off to an excellent start last month, seeing around fifty
attendees. Beginning each Saturday morning with a communal
breakfast, the group came together to watch themed videos and
partake in some interesting and thought-provoking discussions
about our faith.
Due to the corona virus threat, we have suspended the course, but
are very much looking forward to it continuing in the near future.

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It is with regret that we would like to
inform you that all our church services
and social events will now be cancelled
until further notice. We will continue to
update you all via our Facebook page,
and Twitter. We wish everyone in our
community health and peace at this
difficult time.

St John The Baptist
Penistone

@PenStJohns

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Prayers for this Difficult Time

Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy
in this time of uncertainty and distress.
Sustain and support the anxious and fearful,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may rejoice in your comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love

in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ,
you taught us to love our neighbour,

and to care for those in need
as if we were caring for you.

In this time of anxiety,
give us strength

to comfort the fearful, to tend the sick,
and to assure the isolated
of our love, and your love,
for your name’s sake.
Amen.

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LIVING THINKING FAITH

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING ON HOLY SATURDAY?

I remember tending my mother’s grave the day after her funeral.
The rest of the family was present and our mood was one of
melancholy exhaustion, each of us content to contemplate the
aching void within, whilst sharing in those preoccupying rituals of
the occasion: tidying up the plot, re-arranging floral tributes and
collecting condolences cards.

I was leaning on a spade, having broken up those unsightly
earthen clods and levelled off the ground, when my young nephew
exclaimed, ‘Are we going to dig MT up?’ This absurd prospect,
entertained in all innocence, was an act of forgiveness, releasing
floods of tears – tears capable of tapping those inarticulate
hungers flowing from the grief-filled heart and of drawing us into
a kind of communion of the dispossessed.

Children, so psychologists inform us, have little notion of
permanence when it comes to death. Just because grandma died
yesterday doesn’t mean she won’t be available for play today or
the day after. There is, I suspect, an ‘Easter yearning’ pervading
all letting go of our beloved, whatever age we reach, which is an
expression of love’s tenacious hopefulness – it’s inherent
reticence to give up or utter the last word.

Although grateful for the opportunity to weep, we didn’t do any
digging. There would have been little point. Exhumation would
only have confirmed what we already knew - that mother was no
longer here. That’s the only testimony cadavers can offer. They
tell us where someone isn’t, which is why a missing body is so
distressing. It leaves us wondering whether they are still
embodied, somewhere within our reach.

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We had gathered in the cemetery for another reason. To feel our
sense of loss and to be closer to those memories which place and
ritual make accessible with a greater facility and vividness. Since
then, I have been surprised to discover how dangerous
remembering can be. It can readily become a kind of moribund
reminiscing through which we allow ourselves to be captivated by
someone who is no longer with us. Whose presence becomes their
absence and their absence is what prevents us from being present,
that is, from engaging with life once more as a gift with fresh
offerings woven within its days. Such remembering has the
appearance of devotion, but belies a lack of trust. That quality of
trust which is love’s demanding legacy to those required to bear
witness alone. Who are invited to live in the diminished intensity
of love’s enduring light.

There is, however, another kind of remembering which resonates

with this vocation. It is one which reconstitutes us (which is what

‘re-member’ means) as we celebrate the persons our love for the

deceased and their love for

us has enabled each of us

to become. For love, in its

purest strains, possesses a

pronounced ecstatic

dimension: in offering of

our ourselves for another’s

sake, we are drawn into a

deeper personal integrity.

It is as if in love’s

company we enable one

another to become more

authentically ourselves.

And although the

diminishing pressures of

grief threaten to divest us,

they need not do so.

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Here, remembering can help us to re-inhabit those formative
relationships and experiences associated with our deceased loved
ones which will always belong to us and, paradoxically, are the
part of us which belongs to them, for without them they would
have remained unrealized.

Remarkably, this kind of remembering not only remakes us
personally, but also encourages us to celebrate our beloveds’ glory
as well. For whilst being a part of their lives, we were only that.
They were so much more than who they became in our company.
Remembering, especially when undertaken as a communal task,
can allow the different facets of our beloved to emerge and to be
held together, whether in coherence or contradiction. There is a
wholesome ‘This is your life’ dimension to this exercise, yielding
a fuller appreciation of who they were in themselves rather than
simply who they were for us. To my mind, this is one of the
principal functions of a post-funeral wake: to gather together the
surviving trustees of our loved ones’ memories so that, through re-
membering in public, their true worth can be recognized and
enjoyed.

I still like to tend my mother’s grave and often find myself
thinking about that first visit which, for some reason, leads me to
wonder about Holy Saturday and what it must have been like on
the day after Jesus’ burial, before it became Easter Eve. A day
distanced from us by time yet made accessible through the
universal currency of grief. According to the rather sparse
accounts in the Gospels, it was an ‘ordinary’ day with mourners
tending the grave, shedding tears, bewildered, fearful, feeling their
loss and, no doubt, remembering. Remembering for Jews, of
course, was and remains a central component of their faith and, in
this case, Jesus had specifically instructed his friends to do so,
offering them a kind of aide memoir: ‘Do this in remembrance of
me’ (Luke 22.19; 1 Corinthians 11.24-25).

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If our own experience of grief is any
guide, this process of recollection
and remembering will have helped
his mourners to appreciate who Jesus
had become for them, as well as who
they had become because of him. It
will also have catalyzed a process of
more detached reflection through which Jesus’ true worth and
significance will have begun to emerge.

From what we can gather, it was whilst mourning – out of their
grief-filled testimony to love’s gratuitous resourcefulness – that
Jesus’ glorious presence impressed itself upon those who felt his
loss most acutely. His countenance superficially strange, but
characteristically familiar. Bearing the wounds of those nails
which proved incapable of dispatching him to oblivion. Still
possessing transforming power to liberate from oppression and to
lead those who keep his company into the liberty of God’s
children – the persons God longs for us to be.

According to Jesus, the Sabbath-taking God of the Hebrew
Scriptures is never off duty (John 5.17). So, presumably, God
could have ‘dug Jesus up’ on the second day. But God waited until
the third. Why? To give Jesus’ fickle yet faithful followers an
opportunity to mourn the loss not only of their teacher, but also of
a person whom they had grown to love. What is more, there may
be more to God’s delay than compassion. Perhaps, God was
grieving too! For grief and mourning are love’s response to
separation and loss. Where there is no love, death utters the final
word; where love endures, death’s dominion becomes a painful yet
provisional episode within a greater hope. It seems, then, that
death and mourning are intimately acquainted: the first elicits the
second, and the second is an expression of a love which is greater
than them both.

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Which brings us back to Holy Saturday and how we shall observe
it. Although there is a tendency for Easter celebrations to begin on
the second day, we should not overlook that God ordained a day
for mourning and remembering his Son. A discipline which is no
more an optional extra for us than it was for Jesus’ family and first
disciples. Holy Saturday is not so much a preparation for Easter
Sunday as a day that proves our love for Jesus and makes us
vulnerable to his risen presence.
Revd Ian Wallis

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Café Church

These are some of the fabulous children at St John's Church
with their water-inspired art work created to decorate the
font at our March Café Church - a service that combines
worship and cake!
Led by Reader Prof. Steve Moyise, the March service was
themed around Jesus’s meeting of the woman at the well; a
powerful encounter in which Jesus revealed himself to her, a
woman and outcast, as the Messiah. He told her:

“Everyone who drinks this water will be
thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water

I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the
water I give them will become in them a
spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 4: 13-14
If you haven’t attended Café Church yet, why not join us

when we services resume? You’d be most welcome!

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The Mothers’ Union

The Mothers Union has at its core a heart for families and
relationships. At this time there are many things we cannot do;
meet and have speakers, make each other cups of tea and share
cake together. All these things are centred on relationships.

Pressures on relationships at this time are immense, either by
being apart or by our being in lockdown together. One of our core
values is prayer. At this time when there are so many things we
cannot do, that we can.

Let us pray for relationships of all kinds as they come under
strain, parent / children relationships as well as adult/ adult and
child/child.

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Superheroes and Martyrs

Revd David Hopkin

At this moment in time, I do not feel like a superhero or a martyr,

but I do feel restricted and helpless. In fact, I just feel quite old right
now, although I'm only fifty-three. My kids, now most of them either
in their early twenties or close to it, keep asking my wife, Bethan, 'Is
Dad looking after himself'?' As well as, 'Has he self- isolated yet?'
This makes me feel even older and more helpless than I really am, but
I'm being careful.
Unfortunately, like some of you out there, I have type two diabetes
which developed in my early forties. Despite losing weight I've never
got rid of it, although for the most part I feel very well and lead an
active life. At one time, back in my twenties, like most of you, I
suppose I felt that I was immortal, in the sense that I thought I was
exempt from illness. As you get older you realise that you're not
exempt, and as a human being you're not immortal. The pangs of age
make you realise too that you're no longer a teenager or a twenty
something - signified in my case by the receding hair! People say that
I'm not too bad for my age - I love those people! You are reminded of
age quite forcibly when, as a fifty-plus year old, you go ice-skating. If
ever you do? I went just a few years ago to see if I could still skate. I
got down to the rink and realised that there was no way that I could
possibly leave the sides. I ventured out onto the ice and fell over as
quickly as I had let go of the wall. I think it was psychological rather
than physical. In other words, the thought of it prevented me putting
my body through it and sense prevailed. I am sure you identify with
the ice rink scenario. Suffice to say that I have not been ice-skating
since and do not intend going back in the future!
Some of you might think that I'm risk averse. In some ways I admire
those in their fifties, sixties, seventies and older, who, as they say,
have a certain mindset and ‘carry on regardless’. Are there any ice-
skaters among you?

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Some of you might be the kind of people who venture onto the ice
without ever thinking about the consequences of say falling over and
breaking a leg, whilst some of us are naturally more cautious. We are
all different on the scale of risk averseness. Similarly, there are those
who seem to be oblivious to the risk of Corona Virus and 'carry on
regardless' without considering the consequences.
The difference between carrying on regardless on ice is that if you
fall you will hurt yourself, but if you carry on regardless during a
pandemic such as this, you are definitely putting yourself at risk and
also others.
Some people in life act as if they are superheroes, even martyrs, and
I do admire that kind of spirit. As a priest, I remember the great
martyrs of history: Martin Luther King, Oscar Romero and others.
We are all like superheroes when we are young and of course we
expect our children to be fit and well, and to be care-free to a certain
extent. But sometimes, as we grow older, a care-free attitude has to
be balanced with wisdom and common sense, otherwise selfishness
creeps in, and sometimes the idea that we are somehow above the
law or exempt to society’s rules, and in the case of the virus,
somehow free from medical expert guidance. This puts such people
and others at risk and in danger.
We must remember the plain truth that we are all vulnerable and
fallible human beings. Even Pope Francis has self-distanced himself
as someone with underlying health needs. In other words, all people
must take care – no-one is exempt.
As a clergy person who has always sought to be there for others, I
have now got to listen to my wife and kids, as well as to advice from
medical experts. While we are living amid this challenge, I hope that
I can do as I am told without superhero or even martyrdom antics,
and I hope that you will all take care too! God bless you.

God be with us all in this strange, unprecedented time.

Help us not to be like superheroes or martyrs in the sense
that we choose not to look after ourselves, by forgetting

that we're human and of the risks to ourselves, our
families and friends. Give us patience during this time of

social distancing and help us to all keep well. Amen.

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PENISTONE & THURLSTONE TEAM MINISTRY

S. AIDAN’S n S. ANNE’S n S. JAMES’ n S. JOHN’S n S. SAVIOUR’S

Oxspring Carlecotes Midhope Penistone Thurlstone

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contact Mrs Sharon Unsworth, Tel: 01226 765531 or by email to:
[email protected] .

Sacrament of Marriage. Couples wishing to marry in the Team
Churches should contact Jennifer Milnes on 01226 766568, leaving a
message if necessary.

Sacrament of Confirmation
This takes place annually. Further information is available from Fr. David.

Matters in Confidence By appointment. Fr. David (01226 370954) will
be available to hear about any matter in confidence.

Pastoral Services Please contact the Team Clergy at any time, day or
night, if someone is ill and requires the ministry of a priest.

01226 762481 0114 288 3169

Dysonfuneralservice.co.uk

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Christian Burial & Cremation

Losing Someone you Love at this Time

Current guidelines from the Church of England, in light of the
current restrictions over COVID-19, say that funerals may
now only happen at the Crematorium or graveside. Only
immediate family members can attend.

When we lose someone we love, it is a time of great sorrow. A
funeral is therefore a time for family and friends to express
and share their grief, to give thanks for the life lived, and to
commend the person into God’s keeping.

It is hard to bear the sadness and grief of losing a loved one if
you cannot go to their funeral. This may have a big impact on
your grief and bereavement. Grief is a long and painful
journey, and you may need additional support. For more help
please visit: www.churchofengland.org

‘BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE’

(The book is displayed in the chancel window at St. John’s Church in
Penistone and is visible through the window from the footpath)
If you would like your loved one's name entered in our
‘Book Of Remembrance’
Forms are available from St. John’s Church Penistone
on weekday mornings (01226 370006)

Amount Payable £10.00. Cheques to "St. John’s Penistone Fees"

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Faberge Eggs

Judith Tappenden

Easter presents probably don't feature very highly in most of our
lives, but spare a thought for Empress Maria Fedorovana way
back in 1885. Her husband, Tsar Alexander III, commissioned a
leading Russian jeweller to create a special Easter Egg for her.
The jeweller was Peter Carl Faberge. He was born in Russia in
1846. The egg he designed is known as the “Hen Egg.” It was
made from white enamel and when twisted, opened to reveal a
breath-taking interior, consisting of a golden yolk. In the yolk was
a golden hen on golden straw. Hidden inside the hen was a tiny
diamond crown and even smaller ruby pendant.
Alexander continued to commission eggs each year, until his
death in 1893. The tradition was continued by his successor Tsar
Nicholas II who ordered two each year; one for his mother and
one for his wife. These world famous fabulous creations are
known as the ‘Imperial eggs.” It is believed that fifty two Imperial
Eggs were created, but only forty six have survived. They have
wonderful titles such as, ‘Lilly of the valley’, ‘Rosebud’, and
‘Coronation’. The latter was made in 1897, and contained a
replica of the carriage which took the Empress to the ceremony. In
all, Faberge possibly created sixty seven eggs. Some have been
lost or their whereabouts unknown.
Imagine coming across one at a car boot sale as an American
dealer claims to have done in 2014?! He paid around $14,000 with
a view to selling the gold and jewels on as ‘scrap’ but discovered
an authentic signature hidden on the egg. It is believed that this
egg sold for somewhere in the region of $33 million!

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However, the onset of World War 1 in 1917 brought change and
upheaval to Russia and under the leadership of Lenin, all
precious jewels and other artefacts were packed away and stored
in the Kremlin. Today many are spread around the world,
although Russia still has a sizeable collection in the Kremlin
Armoury and the Faberge Museum in St Petersburg. The Royal
Collection in London has three from between 1901-1914: ‘Basket
of wildflowers’, ‘Collonade’, and ‘Mosaic’.
The fascination with Faberge eggs has resulted in several films,
including the James Bond film ‘Octopussy’ staring Roger Moore,
and ‘Love among Thieves’ from 1987 staring Audrey Hepburn
and Robert Wagner.
Peter Carl Faberge died in 1920, but he left behind an incredible
legacy. His ancestors and talented workforce continued to produce
luxury items although the development of the Art Deco movement
in the 20s meant a shift towards less ornate items. Clocks,
cigarette cases, and fine jewellery continue to be sought after.

The Penistone and Thurlstone Team Prayer

Living God, we pray for the area in which we serve;

For the communities of Penistone, Thurlstone and district,
including the people of the churches of our area, that, as your
followers today we will faithfully serve you here, and help to
bring your love in our words and actions to the people we meet.

We pray that our churches will grow as they become beacons of
your welcome, hospitality and belonging.

We pray in the name of Jesus Christ and in the power of your
Holy Spirit.

Amen

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Holy Humour

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Puzzle Pages

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Across
1 Relating to the whole universe (6)
4 The disciple who made the remark in 8 Across (John 20:24) (6)
8 ‘Unless I see the nail marks — — hands, I will not believe it’ (John
20:25) (2,3)
9 He urged King Jehoiakim not to burn the scroll containing Jeremiah’s
message (Jeremiah 36:25) (7)
10 Baptist minister and controversial founder of America’s Moral
Majority, Jerry — (7)
11 ‘Look, here is — . Why shouldn’t I be baptized?’ (Acts 8:36) (5)
12 Repossessed (Genesis 14:16) (9)
17 Port from which Paul sailed on his last journey to Rome (Acts 27:3–4)
(5)
19 ‘Moses was not aware that his face was — because he had spoken with
the Lord’ (Exodus 34:29) (7)
21 Roonwit, C.S. Lewis’s half-man, half-horse (7)
22 Grill (Luke 24:42) (5)
23 ‘The lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the — apostles’ (Acts
1:26) (6)
24 ‘I was sick and you looked after me, I was in — and you came to visit
me’ (Matthew 25:36) (6)

Down
1 Coastal rockfaces (Psalm 141:6) (6)
2 Academic (1 Corinthians 1:20) (7)
3 Publish (Daniel 6:26) (5)
5 For example, the Crusades (4,3)
6 11 Across is certainly this (5)
7 He reps (anag.) (6)
9 Liberator (Psalm 18:2) (9)
13 Man who asked the question in 11 Across was in charge of all her
treasury (Acts 8:27) (7)
14 They must be ‘worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much

wine’ (1Timothy 3:8) (7)
15 The human mind or soul (6)
16 ‘O Lord, while precious children starve, the tools of war increase; their

bread is — ’ (Graham Kendrick) (6)
18 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not — ’ (Matthew 11:17) (5)
20 Bared (anag.) (5)

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Team Rector The Rev’d David Hopkin 370954

Assistant Priests The Rev’d Anne Parr 764490

The Rev'd Peter Rivett 765829

The Rev’d Dr Ian Wallis 893407

The Rev’d Malcolm Reed 370006

Readers Margaret Crossland 763260

Phyllis Frankland 766104

Prof. Steve Moyise 805815

Susan Rivett 765829

Jane Roberts 765141

Administrator Office Mon, Wed, Thur (9:15 - 1:15) 370006

Churchwardens Maureen Faxon (Penistone) 765383

David Johnson (Penistone) 763943

Maggie Stubbs (Penistone) 761830

Margaret Crossland (Thurlstone) 763260

Sharon Unsworth (Thurlstone) 765531

PCC Honorary Secretaries David Johnson (Penistone) 763943

Margaret Crossland (Thurlstone) 763260

PCC Minute Secretary Sharon Unsworth (Thurlstone) 765531

Janet Lees (Penistone) 07887 612252

Electoral Roll Officers Alan Shelbourn (Penistone) 762863

Len Collett (Thurlstone) 762973

PCC Treasurers Alan Shelbourn (Penistone) 762863

John Hey (Thurlstone) 764286

Covenants and Gift Aid Ian & Joanne Corbridge (Penistone) 765688

John Barden (Thurlstone) 765043

Friends of St John’s Church Steve Lavender (Chairman) 765820

Magazine Editor Dr Louise McInnes 07966 785176

St. John's Primary School Headteacher: Antoinette Drinkhill 762496

Organists John Lister 766601

Bell Ringing (Penistone) Alan Shelbourn 07821 637898

Flower Arrangers Vacant (Penistone)

Barbara Green (Thurlstone) 766390

Mothers Union Margaret Dyson (Penistone) 762703

Committee (Thurlstone)

Phone: Barbara 766390 or Heather 767137

Team Safeguarding Officer Maggie Stubbs 761830

Asst. Safeguarding Officer Revd William Shaw 07774 166106

Family Church (Penistone) Maureen Faxon 765383

Children @ Church (Th) Bethan Hopkin 370954

Hall Bookings (Oxspring) Margaret Bramall 764333

Children’s Society Carolyn Shelbourn (Penistone) 762863

Eileen Hey (Thurlstone) 764286

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May Magazine Contributions

Please send any news, articles or information to be
included in the May edition of The Bridge to:
[email protected]

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