TRINITY CHURCH HONLEY Newsletter February 2017
Some of the Tw iddle Muffs which Rachel Boothroyd has made. These Muffs are given to Methodist Care Homes for people suffering with all types of dementia. The muffs have all kinds of things to ‘twiddle' sewn into them and help to stimulate patients by giving them something to do with their hands. Quite a few Church Members knit these, as well as squares for blankets which are taken to Phakamisa, our supported mission in South Africa. Tw iddle Muffs Update First of all a big thank you to the knitters who have already produced some wonderful muffs. Our representative went to a Housing Managers meeting and gave three muffs to each of the seven schemes. The issues of laundering the muffs and when it would be best for them to be in use were discussed and a policy agreed. We have already had feedback about two recipients of the muffs!
Happy Muff-twiddler
One lady is very agitated and just cannot sit down; she paces up and down the corridor where the office is and constantly moves and rearranges things and cannot settle or rest. The staff suddenly realised they hadn’t seen her pacing past for some time and went to find her to see if she was ok, she was in the lounge, fast asleep, with both hands rested in her Twiddle Muff – wonderful. Another lady stays in her room and shows no interest in her surroundings and again is uneasy herself and can be agitated. She was found very quietly and peacefully exploring her Muff. Thank you for the Muffs already received and hopefully ones still to come!
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Trinity Church February 2017 Sun Time
Minister / Organiser
Vestibule Stewards
Church Stewards
Flowers
Coffee team Karen Stannard + Jean Wood Maureen Burley
5
1030
David Joyce
Jean Wood Alan Fawcett
Margaret Armitage Penny Winterbottom
Joan Vev ers
12
1030
Rev Helen Roberts (incl Communion)
Wendy Peach & Abigail
Hilary Turner Caroly nne Roberts
Sy lvia Hallas
1030
Andrew Marchington
Di Harris John Murray
Margaret Sheppard Pam Redfearn
Helen Amster
Marjorie Woodhead Peter Jackson
Glenys Pallister Pat Waite
Flower Fund
19
26
Rev Richard Thompson 1800 Taize Serv ice 1030
Rev David Bidnell
The nature of faith, the faith of nature by Rev Helen Roberts February- the weather is still cold, it feels wintery, but signs of Spring – I have the tips of daffodil shoots peeking out of the soil, a reminder of all the wonder o f creation and the rhythms of the seasons; trees gathering in their precious resources in autumn leading to leaf ch anges and loss, and then re-emerging in the spring. Do we think about how our faith is part of how we understand issues around our environment? Do you see science and faith as opposites or partners? As part of a national Anglican ‘Scientists in Congregations’ project Prof Richard Ashley at St Mary’s has worked with Rev Liam and others to apply for funding for a local venture looking at the relationship of science and faith using the river Holme as a focus, and the challenges o f climate chang es. There will be a launch conference at Huddersfield University on Thurs 9th March with a range of speakers but the main focus will be in local conversation groups. As a science gradu ate myself I am pleased to have been invited to share in this, and we as a congregation are encouraged to get involved. I know science can be a topic people can feel intimidated by, but this project aims to discuss things in an accessible way. We are all involved in science in daily life – from knowing if food is ‘off’ or the transfo rmation in cooking. Equally we are all involved in working out how what we believe affects our daily lives – we all do ‘theology’. So anyone and everyone can have something to share in this ‘Water of Life’ project. Watch for more information… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jesus returns! You may be aware that baby Jesus in the manger from our silhouette nativity scene in the garden disappeared. We don’t know where his journey took him, but mid January he returned – if it sometimes feels God has disappeared, don’t worry, he is still out there even if we can’t always ‘see’ him. Day
Barbara Leach Pam Redfearn Joy ce Draper Audrey Hawkswell
Linda Crav en Jean Wood
A TASTE OF NATIONS 2.30 - 4pm 21 February in The Arthurs’ Room. Six church groups provide six tasters from six different countries. And yes, you get to try all the food. Don’t have lunch beforehand! 1. The Tuesday Fellowship (organisers)– English Cream Teas, what more can we say! 2. The Worship Committee– Chinese Spring Rolls. Spring rolls are filled, rolled appetizers found in East Asian cuisine. The name is a literal translation of the Chinese chūn juǎn ( ). The kind of wrapper, fillings, and cooking technique used vary considerably depending on the region's culture. 3. Men's Group— USA: Hot Dogs. A hot dog is a cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a sliced bun. A hot dog can have many di fferent garnishes including mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish, coleslaw, chees e and sauerk raut. The type of sausage was originally imported from Germany and popularised in the United States, where it became a workingclass street food . Although linked in particular with New York City the hot dog became ubiquitous throughout the United States during the 20th century. 4. Activities committee— Australia: Peach Melba, Anzac biscuits, & Australian crunch. An Anzac biscuit (pictured) is a sweet, hard tack biscuit, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter, golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water, and (optionally) desiccated coconut. Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I. It has been claimed the biscuits were sent by wives to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation. 5. Trinity Luncheon Club– Italian Pizza. An often recounted story holds that on 11 June 1889, to honour the Queen consort of Italy, Margherita of Savoy, the Neapolitan pizza mak er Raffaele Esposito creat ed the "Pizza Margherita", a pizza garnished with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, to represent the national colours of Italy as on the Italian flag. 6. Overseas Missionary Group— South Africa: Bobotie: Pronounced ba-boor-tea, this national dish is a delicious mixture of curried meat and fruit with a creamy golden topping, not dissimilar to moussaka.
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Everyone welcome, donations welcome too.
Date Events in February
Tues
7
Tuesday Fellowship in The Arthurs’ Room at 2.30. Speaker James Greig, Regional Manager of the Leprosy Mission . .
Tues
14
Holmfirth Methodist Leisure Group Meet at HONLEY Methodist / URC church at 1100 f or walk, picnic lunch and talk
Sun
12
Honley Civic Society / Trinity Church walk. Starts Trinity at 2.15. My stery map & compass walk led by Bert Neary.
Tues
21
Tuesday Fellowship in The Arthurs’ Room at 2.30. ‘A Taste of Nations’ Margaret Sheppard introduces the typical f ood of six different nations , prov ided by six different Church groups. Come and taste! All are welcome!
The Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation supports charities and good causes throughout the UK w hich people nominate.
Trinity Toddlers are nominated for an award.
One of those nominated was the Trinity Church Toddlers’ Group, which received a chequ e fo r £100 from the Society in November. The cheque was presented to Group Leader Debo rah Fawcett by the Honley YBS Branch Manager Andrea Brook, who also took the picture. There are about 23 children on the Group’s books but this happened to be was a (relatively) quiet morning.
St Valentine’s Day– Day– 14thFebruary. The very first Valentine card - a legend
While he was in prison awaiting execution, Valentine showed love and compassion to everyone around him, including his jailer. The jailer had a young daughter who was blind, but The Roman Emperor Claudius II needed soldiers. He susthrough Valentine’s prayers, she was healed. pected that marriag e made men want to stay at home with their Just before his death in Rome on 14 February, wives, instead of fighting wars, so he outlawed marriage. he wrote her a farewell message signed ‘From But a kind-hearted young priest named Valentine felt sorry your Valentine.’ So the very first Valentine card fo r all the couples who wanted to marry, but couldn’t. So sewas not between lovers, but between a priest about cretly he married as many couples as he could - until the Emperor to die, and a little girl, healed through his prayers. found out and condemned him to death.
Carols at 2 in the morning! Report by Joan Vevers On January 10th the Circuit Leisure Group met at Scholes and set off for a walk in windy drizzle but it cleared up and we even finished with a bit of blue sky and sunshine. We walked down through Scholes and on to Wooldale past Totties then up to Wooldale Village and out on to Cliffe where we saw the Air Ambulance take o ff from down in the valley somewhere near the crick et pitch. Quite a sight, looking down on a helicopter! Back at Scholes Chapel we ate a hearty lunch set out for us by Chapel members. We then enjoyed a talk in Yorkshire dialect written and delivered by Wilf Battye about carol singing in Holmfirth when he was a lad (Wilf is now 92). The singers set off at midnight accompanied by musicians, stopped for supper at 2am and continued aft erwards, albeit with reduced numbers. Philip Horn then recited one of his monologues and then we played pass the parcel with everyone having a parcel. They seem to have a lot of original ideas at Scholesmust be the air up there!
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The Flower Corner ♣ From Linda Hirst, West Avenue, 29 November. Thank you so much to all at Trinity Church for the lovely flower bouquet and good wishes I received aft er my recent operation. It really brightened my days of recuperation and was much appreciated...Thank you once again to everyone.
Tuesday Fellowship hears about Friend to Friend Report by Rachel Boothroyd Mrs. Joan Trinder, the treasurer and a t rustee o f Fri end to Friend, was the speaker on January 10th. The organisation in the Holme Valley area was created to bring older people together to enjoy a more active and less lonely old age. Founded in 1996 all the groups are led and manag ed by volunteers, with freel ance experts fo r speci alist activities. The 147 members, averag e age 82, enjoy varied activities including Zumba exercises to music, speakers, quizzes, outings, singing and meals and in doing so bringing people together, creating friendships and shared interests. Funding by Kirklees was stopped in 2014 but Friend to Friend was helped by cash raised by Sainsbury’s ‘Charity of the Year’ in 2016. In 2003, Friend to Friend was awarded The Queen's Golden Jubilee Award fo r voluntary service in the community. The meeting on December 6th was joined by members of The Trinity Lunch Club for an enjoyable afternoon of organ music, poems, readings and carols. Mrs. Joan Roth, a Trustee of CART was the speaker on November 22nd. CART- Christian Afri can Relief Trust- is a local charity run entirely by volunteers. They send large 20 foot shipping containers of much needed goods donated by the public to several countries in Africa. Donations received and recy cled at the warehouse in Lockwood include furniture, bicycles, sewing machines, computers and tools. The shop on the premises in Lockwood also sells quality donated goods to raise cash for the transport. Three new Members transf erred to Trinity recently and were accepted at the Covenant Serv ice on January 22nd. They are Win Ainley, Jean Parker and Tony Gibson. Welcome!
February Bible Crossword.
PUZZLE PAGE
for those w ho can’t live w ithout a bit of brain stim ulus.
There's no prize but you’l l learn a lot if you follow up all the references!
The Queen’s Accession 65 years ago this month, King WORDSEARCH George thVI diedth in the night between 5 & 6 February 1952, while at Sandringham. In far away Kenya, his daughter, Elizabeth, was proclaimed sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II. Proclamations were then made in different realms on 6, 7, 8 and 11 February, depending on geographical location and time zone. On 6th February The Accession Council issued for publication in that day’s London Gazette, a statement which began : ‘WHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George the Sixth of Blessed and Glorious memory, by whose Deceas e the Crown is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary… ” and a new chapter in British and Commonwealth history had begun.
Across 1 Salary (Isaiah 19:10) (4) 3 Question Jesus asked of those healed o f leprosy, ‘Were not all ten — ?’ (Luke 17:17) (8) 9 Wide, elevated level area o f land (Joshua 13:9) (7) 10 ‘So you also must be — , because the Son of Man will come... when you do not expect him’ (Matthew 24:44) (5) 11 ‘[He] said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He — — , and his hand was completely restored’ (Luke 6:10) (3,2) 12 ‘Who has gathered up the wind in the — of his hand?’ (Proverbs 30:4) (6) 14 Not born again (13) 17 ‘Again and again he — the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins’ (Hebrews 10:11) (6) 19 Mails (anag.) (5) 22 ‘He — — here; he has risen’ (Matthew 28:6) (2,3) 23 Defeat ed (Judges 20:43) (7) 24 Soldiers’ quarters (Acts 21:34) (8) 25 ‘Pillars of marble’ were how the Beloved described those of her Lover (Song of Songs 5:15) (4) Which word below is NOT in the grid? S IXTY F IVE YEARS KING GEORGE DIED F EBRUARY KENYA DAUGHTER
ELIZABETH S OVEREIGN PROCLAMATIONS SANDRINGHAM
REALMS ACCESSION COUNCI L LONDON GAZETTE
BRITISH HISTORY WHEREAS ALMIGHTY GOD M ERCY BLESSED GLORI OUS
Last month’s crossword answers (December) ACROSS: 1, Lame. 3, Obtained. 8, Omit. 9, Merchant. 11, Burdensome. 14, Crafty. 15, Please. 17, Blacksmith. 20, Splendid. 21, Tier. 22, Singeing. 23, Hand. DOWN: 1, Look back. 2, Main road. 4, Breast. 5, Accomplish. 6, Near. 7, Date. 10, Pestilence. 12, Basilica. 13, Tethered. 16, Action. 18, Asa’s. 19, Clan.
Down 1 Totally destroyed (Genesis 7:23) (5,3) 2 What the Philippian jailer was told to do with his prisoners Paul and Silas (Acts 16:23) (5) 4 Object of ridicule (Job 12:4) (8-5) 5 In most years, the month in which Easter falls (5) 6 For example, Caesarea, Joppa, Tyre, Sidon (7) 7 ‘[Jesus] was in the desert for forty — , being tempted by Satan’ (Mark 1:13) (4) 8 ‘Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power — to our God’ (Revelation 19:1) (6) 13 Mend dots (anag.) (8) 15 Purifier (Malachi 3:3) (7) 16 Attacked (1 Samuel 27:8) (6) 18 The good Samaritan to the innkeeper: ‘When I return, I will reimburse you fo r any — expense you may have’ (Luke 10:35) (5) 20 How Matthew described the crowds who followed Jesus (Matthew 4:25) (5) 21 For example, one of 25 Across (Judges 19:29) (4)
The Back Page Advent adventure & Information Joseph and Mary are looking for somewhere in Honley to stay over the census. (the star over Mary is somewhat premature) They were offered transport– funny looking donkey, wonder what it eats? Bit small, too. But all accommodation appeared to be already tak en, even in the aseos. The Romans just wanted them out of their way– getting in the way of the betting game, they said. Finally– refuge! But it’s a big jump, especially when you’re pregnant.
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Regular group meetings at Trinity Playgroup- Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri (morning) Contact- Carolynn Roberts 661024 Toddlers Group Tuesday morning Contact- Deborah Fawcett 663966 Drama Groups- Friday evening, Saturday morning Contact- Natalie Haigh 617468 / 07840 800 601 Brownies- Wednesday evening Contact- Ann Dove 665669 Bloodwise (previously called Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research group)– every 3rd Tuesday at 7.30pm.Contact Val Akroyd 662852
March Newsletter Will be available on Sunday 26th February (DV) Contributions to Vera Stanley or John Murray (below) by Sunday 12th February
Booking a room at Trinity Church The Upper Room 9.5m x 7m.Capacity 60 seated. Kitchen facilities. Access by stairs only. £39 per 4 hr session The Arthurs’ Room Ground floor room 9m x 5.5m. Great f or groups! Capacity 30 seated. Facilities for refreshments. Access for disabled. £45.00 per 4 hr session. Contact Karen Stannard 01484 664648. For weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc contact Rev Helen Roberts Tel 01484 305308
SOME TRINITY CHURCH CONTACTS From outside Huddersfield prefix UK area code 01484 Minister: Rev Helen Roberts, 7 Mullion Avenue, Honley HD9 6GN. Tel 305308 Secretary Jane Armitage, 26 Lower Hall, Healey House, Netherton, HD4 7DG 665990 Treasurer Pastoral Team
Hilary Turner, Rydal Mount, Mearhouse, New Mill, HD9 7EX Sylvia Hallas / Pam Redfearn / Joyce Draper
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