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Creché
There are crèche facilities in the Choir Vestry for 0-3 year olds, during the 10.30am service.
There is a live television link of the service in the Choir Vestry.
Scramblers
Is for 'School Reception' children, meeting in the Galilee Room during the 10.30am service, in term time.
Junior Church
On the 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays there will be Junior Church for school years 1 to 5 (during term time) in the 'Church Hall'.
School year's 6 to 8 meet separately for a more mature junior church.
All children start the service in church and then make their way to their various groups.
New Venture
On the first Sunday of the month year 5 and onwards meet for junior praise, in Church for music, drama, dance, and any other aspects of praise.
Cherubs
Cherubs is a Craft, music & fun based service especially for babies and
pre-school children, and their carers - meet in Church at 1.30pm, on the first Wednesday of each month during term time.
Contact Rachel Le (330230) or Jane Turley (330963) for more details.
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Home Groups
AT ST WILFRID’S we currently have five ‘Home Groups’.
All Age Home group, meeting on Monday’s at 10.00am. They meet at various venues in Davenham and Kingsmead. (During School Term Time)
Details can be found in the 'Parish Magazine' or contact the 'Parish Office' on 42450
Daytime ‘Home group’ meets at Fountain Court, Mount Pleasant Road, Davenham. Tuesday’s 10.00am
Kingsmead Study Group Meets at 1 Stretton Walk, Kingsmead. Tuesday's 7.30pm (During School Term Time)
Leftwich Home group meets at 382 London Road, Leftwich. Wednesday’s 7.30pm. (During School Term Time)
Davenham Home group meets at 593 London Road, Davenham. Wednesday’s 7.45pm. (During School Term Time)
These groups are open to everyone and are very important for praying, and studying the Bible together, which are the two main ways for a two way communication with God.
It also provides a fellowship meeting, which is also very important for growing in God's love.
Welcome Club
"THE WELCOME CLUB" was first started in 1992 by Rev Pat (Patricia) Clarke, and is still running thanks to the dedication of a small core of organizers.
When the farm of The Good Shepherd Church was demolished, a room was secured for the meetings at The Pillar of Salt, and continued there until January 2008, when it unfortunately closed down for a period. This led to a period of a few weeks with no place to meet, but the Treasurer Nancy Turner organized a trip to keep the members interested and assure them that a new meeting place was being sought.
Nancy fortunately was able to secure a new room which continues to be the meeting place at the ‘Carers' Building just next to the arches on London Road. This is directly opposite the bus stop for the Leftwich and Crewe buses.
There are currently 14 active members, and the meetings are 2pm until 3-45pm on Thursday afternoons. Prayers open the meeting, then a game of pass the parcel, followed by 4 games of Bingo with chocolate bars as prizes, a raffle, and tea and biscuits. There are also trips out, recent ones being Llandudno and Trentham Gardens, with further trips to be arranged soon.
There is room for new members - if anyone is interested please call one of the following Northwich numbers - Florence 47164, Nancy 47699, or Enid 41826.
We hope to see you soon - Florence Stanley - August 2008.
Start Course
This is a short course for people to explore Christianity. Courses start at various times throughout the year.
See the Rev Dr John Hughes, or contact the Parish Office for more details.
Men's Fellowship
St. Wilfrid's Men's Fellowship meets bi-monthly and is open to everyone, not just Church members.
Past activities has included having meals at Indian and Chinese restaurants, playing Pool and Snooker, Crown Green Bowling, and guest speakers. See the 'News' page for the latest events or contact Jonathan (331834), or Rowland (45177)
Mothers' Union
March 2010
B.I.S.E.E. Books
Becci, Indira, Sarah, Emily, (Elizabeth) Lizzie
Pam Howard joined members at the March meeting to talk about her daughter, Sarah, whose life was tragically lost in a motor coach accident along with four other young girls.
Pam told us how Sarah had a tremendous energy for life, an ‘inner sunshine’ she inspired and touched many lives and liked to make a difference. Studying Spanish and Italian at Durham University she went abroad in her GAP year to Peru, living and working in a girl’s home for ten months.
After she graduated in 2003, Sarah worked for many GAP year companies, working with volunteers – helping to build a wall in Peru, involvement with Trekking – trail clearing, boardwalk construction and activities with children. Finally, after two weeks in Ecuador her destination was to be in a coastal fishing village. It was on the way there the accident happened.
Following the accident, a large amount of money was donated in memory of the five girls, (and is still being received through various fundraising events) that the parents of the five girls decided to set up reading corners in five schools at Porto Lopez where reading was very neglected, to show that reading can be fun.
A charity was set up: B.I.S.E.E. Books, and around the first anniversary of the accident a visit was arranged by the five families to various places around the accident area, and to set up and fill the book corners in the five schools, the books all had a small memorial sticker inside printed in English and Spanish.
Less than two years as past and B.I.S.E.E. Books has now started a Book Bus, a three year old bus, which visits schools in many areas around the regions of Ecuador on a twelve week cycle. The bus has the capacity to carry up to sixteen volunteers and the driver, and is stocked with books that the schools they visit can read. Future plans are to create permanent reading corners in more schools, around the regions. Pam was thanked by Dee Lambert for a very interesting talk in such sad circumstances.
For more info www.biseebooks.org.uk/
June opened the business with prayer and a reading about ‘Giving’ from Exodus.
Members are asked to wear their Mothers’ Union badges throughout May to promote the Mothers’ Union. She reminded members about the Deanery Festival on March 25th at Little Budworth Church and the Diocesan Festival at Chester Cathedral on May 13th.
Like most charities, the Mothers’ Union being no exception, is struggling with financial giving, and needs to raise funds to keep their projects throughout the world moving forwards. There will be a coffee morning at June Smith’s, 11 Burwardsley way, on May 10th proceeds for the Mothers’ Union ‘World Wide Fund’, please come and support this event.
Our anniversary meal will be at The Cottage Restaurant and Lodge, Nr. Knutsford, on May 19th. There will be a trip to the South lakes on Saturday June 12th.
The meeting closed with the ‘Grace’.
The next meeting is on Wednesday 21st April – Lunch at 12 noon followed by the talk at 1-30pm. Our guest speaker will be Elizabeth Forster, (Bishop Peter’s wife) and she will be talking on 21st Century family life. MU members from Witton have been invited.
Davenham Parish Church Ladies Circle
The Magic of Old Toys
OUR NEW chairperson, Mrs Irene Walters, opened our March meeting with a prayer before we all said the ‘Lord’s Prayer’.
Irene welcomed our new committee member Jean Jolley, who was already hard at work selling raffle tickets, as Irene Pilkington was unable to be with us.
It was nice to see Mrs Jennifer Jones back with us after her operation, looking well and we trust she will continue to have good health.
We were given the dates of our future activities starting with Wednesday June 2nd when we are joining the ‘Methodist Wives’ for a trip, by coach to ‘Blaze Farm’ Macclesfield, where they make delicious ice cream, and have a lovely restaurant for lunch, and for those a little more energetic there are nature trails that offer spectacular views across ancient woodlands and meadows, one is suitable for wheel chairs and push chairs making it relatively easy.
June 30th we are having a return visit to Trentham Gardens, as our last visit was not long enough to see all that was there.
Wednesday 25th August we are having an afternoon tea at the home of Jean Jolley.
Friends are invited to our outings but we do need to know names as soon as possible – costs to be announced later.
Mr McGregor was then introduced to us, and he started his talk with a card trick, then he went on to tell us how is father took him to Manchester when he was a small boy and bought him his first box of tricks. He then saved up his tuppence pocket money each week to join the Magicians club in Wales, and he received a magazine each week for a year – yes by this time he was really “hooked” on magic.
He went on to show us some old board games like ‘Snakes and Ladders’ and did some children’s tricks. Keeping us all well entertained before showing us some old fashioned wind-up toys, some of which were made in Japan and some in Germany.
He ended up with a card trick and magically a silk square appeared on which was written “The End”.
Irene then thanked Mr McGregor for his interesting talk, this was followed by fellowship with some delicious cakes and biscuits made by Mrs Audrey Scott, which as always with Audrey’s baking was scrumptious – thank you Audrey.
The raffle was then drawn, the winners being Jenny Wilson, Margaret Norton and Joyce Saunders.
Our next meeting is on Thursday 8th April at 7.30pm in the Church Hall when our speaker Mr John Hooley will be talking about the ‘Royal Yacht Brittania’, which should be most interesting do come along and join us we look forward to seeing you.
Ladies' Circle Meet in the Church Hall on the second Thursday of each month, at 7.30pm
Davenham Bell Ringers
“You can ring my Bell”
THIS WAS the message from Stephen Knight, the captain of St. Wilfrid’s Bell Tower.
Have you ever wanted to play a musical instrument, but have been put off because you can not read music, or are tone deaf? Well with bell ringing the only mental ability is that you can count up to six, and physical ability to be able to climb fifty four steps.
As you can see from the photo this is suitable for both genders and all ages, the only restriction on age is that children under sixteen must be accompanied by an adult.
Out of the group above only two are from St. Wilfrid’s, others are from Warmingham and Witton towers. Sometimes they get visiting bands of ringers, in July 07 they were host to a team of cyclists!
Other activities that the ringers are involved with are: an annual ringing competition in April, ringing the bells at Chester Cathedral, ringing a mobile mini peal of bells at the Cheshire show, and ringing a set of hand-bells. They also visit other ‘Towers’ around the area.
Due to insufficient numbers they only ring on Sundays by special request
St. Wilfrid’s Bells
There are six bells situated in the Tower, they are over 300 years old. One bell was cast locally, with the other five being cast in Gloucester. The heaviest bell weighing 14 cwt, is known as the ‘Tenor’, with the lightest one being the ‘Treble’. The clock strikes the ‘Tenor’ bell with a special hammer.
For practice purposes there are special sound-proofing shutters fitted to the bell chamber.
Some advantages of becoming a bell ringer:-
- Bell ringing is GREAT FUN!
- A unique hobby for whole families from 9 – 90
- Very sociable group participation — you'll make friends for life
- A craft almost 400 years old practised throughout the British Isles and in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Southern Africa and the USA — plenty of scope for travel !
- Service to the Church — you will soon be able to make an important contribution
- Lots of brainwork if you like it — but this is optional
- Healthy light exercise — you don't need to be big and strong
- It helps if you have a sense of rhythm and reasonable coordination — you don't have to be a musician
It’s been said that you can learn bell ringing in an hour, but it takes a lifetime to master it!
If you would like to try bell ringing with absolutely no commitment, come along on any Tuesday evening. Practice starts at 7.30pm and finishes about 9.15pm.
For more information contact Stephen on 01606 833742.
There is a plaque in the 'Bell Tower' from the Chester Diocesan Guild, to St. Wilfrid’s Davenham dated 15th July 1986 celebrating:
A Peal of 5040 minor, Rung to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the mention of Davenham Church and priest in the Doomsday Book of 1086.
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