St. Wilfrid's Parish Church, Davenham - St. Wilfrid Parish Church, Davenham

There is still very little that can be said, other than that the future is still in the hands of the insurers, with another loss-adjuster being apointed to take the project further.

Pam, the church secretary is establishing links with all interested Hall users, requiring an email address to enable updates as and when any information becomes available. There will also be a notice on the front window of 57 Church Street regarding progress.

WE HAVE been hearing a great deal of late about ‘super-injunctions’ designed to prevent ordinary people finding out about the indiscretions of celebrities, and this has led to quite a lot of debate about the balance between a proper desire for privacy and the freedom of the press to publish what it believes will be of interest to readers.

We all value our private lives, and it would be very unhelpful if we were in a situation where everybody knew everything there is to know about the lives of others. There is clearly a need for restraint on the part of the media. That said, Christians believe that there is someone who already knows all there is to know about each one of us – our words and deeds, and even our innermost thoughts. The Lord God knows each one of us through and through; indeed, He knows more about you and me than we understand about ourselves for He is able to see our underlying motives; He has access even to the sub-conscious workings of the human mind.

I once heard a sermon in which the preacher said, ‘How would you like it if there were to be displayed on a screen in front of you, every thought you have had and every word you have uttered during the last 24 hours?’ If that were to happen how would we judge ourselves, and how would others judge us? Would there be things we were ashamed of – things that we would rather were not known?

Though we may never have to take out a super-injunction (even if we could afford it!) we know that we all fall short of the mark of what God wants us to be. The glory of the Gospel (‘good news’) of Jesus Christ is that He took all our sins, including our innermost bad motives, upon himself when He died at Calvary, so that all those who receive him, (that is trust in him) might know forgiveness for everything in their lives that is wrong and have strength through the Holy Spirit to live so as to please God.

Often in church we say, ‘He (Jesus) will come again to judge the living and the dead.’ There will be a day of reckoning when all that we are – our thoughts, words and deeds – will be open to scrutiny not by other people but by the Lord God himself. No super-injunction will be able to stop that. But those who have faith will know the joy that in Christ all of which they are ashamed of is already dealt with.

Michael

Hi Everyone! My name is Amy Bishop. I currently live in Cheshire, England. I am planning to spend the next year in Wollongong, Australia doing a discipleship training school with YWAM.

I became a Christian when I was 6 years old. A family friend gave me a booklet called “The Most Important Story Ever Told” and it explained the gospel and the good news of Jesus Christ to me. I decided to pray the prayer in the back of the booklet and I gave my life to God.

Thank you to everyone who is supporting me in so many different ways as I look forward to starting the YWAM Discipleship Training School (DTS) on 12^th September 2011 in Wollongong, Australia. Thank you especially for your prayers and warm wishes. If you would like to be updated on how things are progressing please check out my blog: http://amyywamaus.wordpress.com

This will also be my best means of informing everyone how things are going whilst I’m away on the DTS.

Youth With A Mission is an international volunteer movement of Christians from many backgrounds, cultures and Christian traditions, dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world. Also known as YWAM (pronounced “WHY-wham”), its purpose is simply to know God and to make Him known.

YWAM trains students for a purpose and that purpose is to share the love of Jesus all over the world, particularly among those people where He is least known.

Many thanks again and God bless

Mothers' Union

At the June meeting Susan Barrow from Winsford and our own Joan Slobam from Moulton told us about ‘The Peru Children’s Project’. They visited Peru with a group for a fortnight; this was Susan’s second visit.

The first week they went into the hillside community, where the lifestyle was hard and austere – farming and tourism being the main jobs.

Young children of eight were cooking for their siblings on primitive stoves, often getting horrific burns from cooking accidents, whilst their parents earn a meagre wage on the land, supplementing their income with woven, colourful goods which they sell to visitors at every opportunity.

In hospital, after the initial care – the after treatment is costly, paying individually for every tablet and each injection.

There is an orphanage and an old people’s home run by Nuns, Susan and Joan helped there, also at a play-room, set up by the project organiser, Robin.

Susan and Joan took out colouring books, crayons, pencils etc. and toothbrushes/Toothpaste, these children who had nothing, thought it was great! There life is hard but they manage to smile through their adversity.

Their second week was more of a holiday and they took plenty of photographs to show everyone. They are still fundraising to help these children as they did before they went out.

Shirley gave the vote of thanks. We were then told about two meetings that were taking place at the end of the month and a reminder about the Mothers’ Union Africa Day on August 6^th, at Alderley Edge girls school, 10.30am till 4.00pm. Six of our members are helping, everyone is welcome.

Our next meeting is our annual ‘Strawberry Tea’ on July 20^th, at St. Wilfrid's Church, Davenham starting at 1.30pm, followed by our annual day out, taking place on Wednesday 17^th August going to Llandudno. For more information on either of these two events contact Shirley 01606 46391

Davenham Parish Church Ladies' Circle

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

NAMES WERE what our last month’s speaker specialised in. As a child, David Greatorex had a passion for history. He was especially interested in genealogy and the meanings and origins of surnames. His own is so unusual that, obviously, it was his first challenge. His great-grandfather, John, was in the entertainment business and would have toured towns and villages giving Magic Lantern shows that brought leaping lions and galloping giraffes to life for his audiences.

Now, all those years later, David was entertaining our group with his own Magic Lantern show – a projector that highlighted the salient points in his talk. Although Greatorex may not sound a typical English name, he’d been able to trace his ancestors back to the Battle of Agincourt where one such Greatorex had helped to secure victory for the English with his skills as an archer. Defeat of the French against overwhelming odds came about because of that new invention – the longbow.

By the middle of the 14^th century most people had surnames except the Welsh. Their last name changed with every generation as one ‘son of’ became another ‘son of’. Henry VIII changed all that and so Dafydd ap Hugh (David, son of Hugh) eventually became David Pugh as David became anglicized and the ap Hugh merged into one name.

From then on English and Welsh names could be categorised as occupational names (Draper, Tailor, Tanner etc) or to reflect origins in villages or general areas. Moore meant living near a moor, Tunmore meant living in a town (tun or tune up north is a town) near a moor. And then, of course, there were the baptismal or personal names that we tend to call first or Christian names today.

Armed with a list of our members’ maiden names, David talked us through their origins and it was indeed surprising that so many had Welsh roots even though individuals claimed no Welsh connections. I can only conclude that many Welsh men and women had moved into England in search of work and had spearheaded the shift of Welsh roots possibly centuries ago. There were a few surprises – my own maiden name baffled David as Donner would appear to be neither Welsh nor English (his specialities) but we did get a foxy lady and a couple of pear trees. He didn’t expand on whether or not there were partridges in them! Finally, Jean Diack, Anne Crimes, Jennifer Jones and Jenny Wilson all won raffle prizes.

Our next meeting is Friday 8^th July at 7.30 when local resident, Ian Whiston, will share his ‘Safari Experiences’. Let’s hope he brings the African sun as well. On Wednesday 13^th July we’re planning an informal visit to Fryer’s Nursery. If anyone would like to join us on either occasion they would be made very welcome.

Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, and the Hebrew name Yeshuah. The name literally means “Jehovah is salvation.” Jesus refers to bringing salvation, deliverance, protection, healing, and prosperity. Christ is Hebrew of Messiah which means Anointed One. It is not really his last name it is actually a title.