The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, commends parish magazines on the new website: "A good parish magazine is a wonderful resource that places the local church at the heart of the community it serves. We owe our gratitude to all those who labour lovingly to produce this regular shop-window for their church or parish. As a team or solo, with a generous budget or an alarmingly fraying shoestring, this is a ministry we need to recognise and to support."

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The Archbishp of Canterbury writes about Parish Magazines

Cinderhill Magazine  

Well - we are not sure when our Magazine at Cinderhill started but we have got copies dating back to 1910

The Cinderhill section and cover had other items from “House and Home” as part of the magazine. Life and attitudes were very different then so I am going to reproduce some of the items from those early magazines which give us a different “take” on what Church life was like then.

February 1910 - SHROVE TUESDAY was once again made socially festive by the Congregational Tea in the School. Right well had the Ladies' Committee worked all the afternoon, and at six o'clock the long tables were filled with plates full of good things. The Tea proved one of the most popular ever held in the Chapelry, about 500 being present.

The capital Entertainment that followed at 7.30pm was given to a crowded room, and greatly appreciated by the audience. We have to thank very heartily all who kindly contributed the solos, songs, glees, readings, and an original sketch acted by its author and a friend. Also the thanks of all are due to those who worked so hard in preparing the Tea, and to Mr. Ellenthorpe, who organised the whole affair.

January 1910 - THE SICK AND ANNUAL SOCIETY in connection with the Library and Institute has had a most successful year, the membership having increased from 60 to just over 100, and another 20 are about to be admitted. Some £50 has been paid out in Sick Pay, and, in spite of that, 7s. was distributed to each member at the end of the year. A great point in favour of the Society is that its meetings are held in the Lecture Hall. We trust that it may prosper still more during this, year. Anyone wishing to become a member should apply to Mr. Robert Jebson, 18, Babbington Cottages.

OFFERTORIES for January 1910

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."—Proverbs xi:24.

More from 1910 from the next magazine . . . . .

Magazine excerpt April 1910 . . . . .

. . . . Much truth - but I think the vicar was a bit hard on his congregation - the world is certainly a different place now!

On GOOD FRIDAY the Services will be as usual, namely - Matins, Ante-Communion Service, and Sermon at 11am, and Evensong, and Sermon at 6.30pm There can be no question that Good Friday is badly observed even by many Church people, and it is to be feared that it is becoming more of a holiday than it used to be. Yet the death-day of Jesus must surely always be a solemn day to all who really love Him. They at all events must abstain from pleasures and amusements on such a day. The world will, of course, ignore the day, and give itself up to feasting and pleasure. But we, who are Christians, must necessarily keep from such things, and give ourselves to quiet thoughts, and holy worship and meditation upon the Crucifixion. It is the most solemn day in the whole year. May we try and keep it sacred to Jesus, “Who loved us and gave Himself for us,” this day on the darkened hill of Calvary.

From the Parish Magazine May 1910

Mother’s Union meeting - “Train up a child in the way he should go” Proverbs 22:6 Rev Farrall pointed out to the mothers, that not withstanding all the education taught nowadays in the day and Sunday Schools, yet the real foundation of a child’s training and therefore to a great extent its future career, was in the hands of his mother - her training, her influence, her guidance and her example. Not by fits and starts, but regularly and constantly, they must lead and accustom the child to a taste of what is and must be right, and that taste would, under God’s blessing, last throughout life

Joan - Sentiments that perhaps still ring true today - however, although he was speaking to the MU, you notice that there was no mention of fathers. Personally I believe that both parents as well as friends and family all have influence on children.