The Rev. Jeff Gould
A Celebration Lunch 12.30 / 1 pm
Saturday, 13 June
A special buffet lunch, jointly organized by Bury and Ainsworth,
to celebrate our minister’s 20 years in the ministry.
It will be a substantial buffet lunch, please bring your own
wine. It will be held in the schoolroom at Ainsworth - Tickets
£10 from Harry. Book early for this special event.
Tickets limited.
Strawberry
Fayre 2.30 pm Saturday 18 July
Get your ticket for this popular annual strawberry feast.
Tickets £4 from members of the Efforts Committee.
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HERE
COMES SUMMER!
Most of our sister churches and chapels across the country
“take things a bit easier” through the summer
months, but at Bury and Ainsworth we tend to hold a healthy
volume of special events in the warmer (and drier?) season.
This is a healthy form of optimism in the weather forecast,
and also a determination to keep our communities alive throughout
the traditional holiday period.
It
will be particularly festive and special to welcome this year’s
President of the General Assembly, the Reverend Bob Wightman,
to lead our worship at both Ainsworth and Bury, on Sunday,
21 June. It is when we traditionally mark the arrival of the
Summer Solstice, and share a generous meal immediately after
the service at the Bury Church. What will make this Presidential
visit even more noteworthy will be the presence and participation
of Bob’s wife, Mary, who is also the President of the
national Women’s League.
This
summer is something of a landmark season for me, personally,
in that I will celebrate my 50th birthday and honour the 20th
anniversary of my ordination to the professional ministry.
Whilst I am not planning to have a “mid-life crisis,”
I am aware that my thoughts have been particularly ruminative
of late, as I weigh the accomplishments, failures and experiences
of my life to date. A huge benefit to this exercise in self-assessment
will be a holiday I will enjoy in Bangkok with friends who
live and work there. It is the second trip I will have made
there, and I am eagerly looking forward to some “religious
tourism,” as there is a good number of wats, shrines,
temples, gurdwaras, mosques, churches, chapels and synagogues
to visit in that city of seven million people.
I
hope that the coming season will be a productive one for our
two communities, and that we can celebrate our many planned
events in a spirit of hopefulness and gratitude.
JEFF
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EVERYTHING
YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT UNITARIANISM (but were
afraid to ask!)
In response to requests from church and chapel members and friends,
a series of discussion evenings for newcomers, enquirers and
those who are interested in learning more about our dissenting
tradition will take place in the Bury Unitarian Church coffee
lounge on the following Thursday evenings, beginning at 7.30
p.m.: 21 May; 18 June; 16 July; 13 August. These evenings will
be informal and social in nature, with light refreshments shared.
It will be possible to attend as many or as few of the sessions
as desired. If you have any questions about the series, please
speak with Jeff Gould (telephone 0161 764 4925)
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