Bury Parish Church

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Bell Ringing

Drop-In Club

Flower Arrangers

Walking Group

Bury Parish Church has been provided with eight bells, the heaviest of which is thirteen hundredweight.   Unfortunately the belfry is separated from the main body of the Church and is approached by climbing 56 steps up a stone spiral staircase.   In recent years the Church has experienced a shortage of bell ringers which contrary to popular opinion do not require a great deal of strength; once the technique has been mastered the ringing of a bell is relatively easy and forms the basis of an interesting hobby.   Full training by extremely skilled ringers is available with practice nights on a Monday leading to a loose commitment to ring the bells on a Sunday morning from 9.30 to 10.00.   Anyone interested should contact Marilyn Smith on 0161 764 3837.

Marjorie and Olive run a 'Drop-in' Club in the Church Hall every other Tuesday from 2.00pm to 4.00pm.  We chat, have tea and cake and play scrabble (optional!).

Why not give it a try - we do not bite!

Next meeting will be on Tuesday 5 August 2008 and every other Tuesday, following this date.

Most members visit the 'drop-in' by accessing 'Ring and Ride'. 

We are a group of people who enjoy making the church look bright and festive. There are over a dozen of us who, on a weekly rota, arrange a pedestal of fresh flowers at the front of church ready for Sunday. When arranging flowers, we remain mindful of the church calendar and season.

For example, on Remembrance Sunday we arrange a display of red poppies; St George's Day we use red and white flowers and Gallipoli Sunday sees a display of red and yellow blooms.

Three times a year; Easter, Harvest and Christmas we decorate the twelve windowsills in church. Palm Sunday sees a striking display of exotic palms.

For Harvest we adopt a warm colourful theme using autumn colours of oranges, yellows and reds. We also have a large exotic display of fruit and vegetables.

Also at Easter and Harvest we hold a workshop on a Saturday morning when members of the congregation can come and learn how to arrange a basket of flowers. These are then displayed in church on the Sunday and are then taken out during the week by members of the congregation to the homes of our sick and elderly members of the church. There are usually about 80 baskets made.

Christmas arrangements usually incorporate  candles, which are lit for the Carol services during the week leading up to Christmas and on our Christmas Eve midnight Communion service and Christmas Day.

On Mothering Sunday, we make small floral gifts and distribute them during the three Sunday services to all the women in the congregation. We usually make about 280.

In addition to all the above we regularly arrange flowers for weddings, which can be booked through the Rector on Thursday evenings between 7pm and 8pm in the vestry.

For a donation, we will be happy to arrange a basket of flowers on the Memorial Table for anyone who wishes to remember a friend or relative whose name is in the Memorial Book. Cheques should be made payable to Bury Parish Church and sent for the attention of Margaret Hutchinson at The Parish Office, The Rectory, Tithebarn St. Bury, Lancs, BL9 0JR