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TRINITY CHURCH HONLEY Newsletter July 2015
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Trinity Church July 2015 SERVICES 5
Date Time
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1030
1030
Minister/ Organiser
Brian Williams
Wendy Blackburn *
Vestibule Stewards
Alan Fawcett John Murray
Marjorie Woodhead Peter Jackson
Church Stewards
Margaret Sheppard Pam Redfearn
Glenys Pallister Pat Waite
Junior Church
Margaret Sheppard Wendy Peach
Di Harris
Flowers
Margaret Armitage
Barbara Leach
Coffee: Pat Waite +
Ann Hirst Rachel Boothroyd
Barbara Leach, Joyce Draper
1800 TAIZE with Rev Richard Thompson A one hour service for anyone who wants a quiet, meditative time. All are welcome
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1030
Rev David Bidnell Church Anniversary
Francis Horton
Sylvia Hallas Jackie Fawcett
Joan Vevers Margaret Winterbottom
Bob & Jane Armitage
Margaret Armitage Penny Winterbottom
Rachael Brook Flower Fund
Jean Wood
Margaret Armitage Maureen Burley
Jean Wood Audrey Hawkswell
* Wendy Blackburn is 74 years of age and started the local preachers course when she was 65 and retired. She passed and became fully qualified in May 2011 and enjoys sharing worship at various churches. She has two daughters, four grandchildren and two great grandsons. She has worked in retail and administration all her life and for sixteen years as a newsagent.
Junior Church Trinity has a Junior Church in July which takes place during the latter part of the morning service. Saturday July 25th 3.30-5.30 at St Mary’s Fun and leaning for kids AND their adults. Jointly with Elim and Trinity. Refreshments.
Well, back to- do I really want to be resuscitated?
A Matter of Life and Death The editor’s column “Do you want to be resuscitated?” “Don’t I have to be dead first?” “Well, yes, but if you were would you want to be?” A difficult question, but I was asked it as one of a bundle of many other more useful questions like ‘Do you have your own teeth?’ ‘What would you like for tea?’ and ‘Do you have any jewellery you’d like us to keep?’ A kind staff nurse was asking these questions as I was to be a guest in HRI hotel for what I expected to be a few hours but is turning out to be several days. I’m writing this from Ward 12, sorry, guest room 12. Not much else to do except ponder the question and solve the Examiner Prize Crossword.
What If I found it rather nice being dead, meeting all my old mates and relatives who predeceased me, and caressed by soft white clouds and the sound of Cantorelli in the background? Maybe even get a glance of the boss himself. Coming back down to Moorside Road might not be such an attractive proposition, what with the grass to be cut and the door painted and the car having developed its recurrent fault again.
So, do I want to be resuscitated? I doubt if Muslims have the same problem, the men So, If you see me in church again then either I never anyway. Who wouldn’t want to die in order to live fordied, or I died and was resuscitated, but in the latter case ever in a land populated by maidens enticing you to join don’t ask me what happened in between. I might have them in swimming in cool clear water? wished I d made a different choice. JM But back to the question– My wife thinks I ought to be, as she wants to go cycling with me in Holland and to PS– nearly forgot. Thanks for the flowers last Sunday prove she can keep up with me she is intending to buy an (21st) which I was glad to see weren’t white lilies. electric bike, which really isn’t fair in my present state.
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Our Minister’s column EmbarrassmentEmbarrassment-better than regret
during the war. He knew everything about everything and was easy to listen to. He was polite, thoughtful and exceptionally engaging. Cyril also had a heart condition and complained that his daughters moaned about all the fried food he ate. Cyril would have been one of the old veterans who come on the TV in November and recount their wartime stories; only he was far too humble for that.
Have I mentioned Cyril before? If I have, then forgive me, just like I hope Cyril forgave me.
After a few years in my lovely house we had to move (that’s another story) and I didn’t have time to say goodbye to Cyril but some months later I saw him on the other side of the road in the High Street.
A long time ago when we lived in Derbyshire we bought a nice house. In fact it was my dream house: a four bedroom detached house with large garden and garage and it was brand new. The garden was on a ‘slope’ which was so steep it would have made any Olympic skier freeze with fear. However, at the bottom of the garden lived Cyril. To be precise, he lived on the other side of the fence in a council bungalow. Every now and again we would exchange pleasantries. Cyril was old and had flown Beaufort fighters
‘Should I go up and say hello or will he have forgotten me?’ I convinced myself that he wouldn’t remember me and the encounter would have been embarrassing for us both. I could picture the scene – me leaving red-faced and Cyril wondering why this stranger was trying to say he knew him when he clearly didn’t. I walked on knowing he hadn’t seen me and congratulated myself for being so thoughtful.
I bumped into Cyril by accident much later and asked if he remembered me. He did. He even said that he had seen me in the High Street several months before but didn’t wave or say hello because he thought I wouldn’t have remembered him. I nervously laughed and made my excuses vowing to knock on his door and have that cup of tea and listen to his stories. I never did. I later learnt that Cyril’s fry-ups caught up with him and he died and was buried with just his small family attending his funeral service. I wish I had said hello. I wish I hadn’t walked by. I wish I had gone back for that cup of tea. I wish, I wish, I had made time to sit with him. If there’s a next time I will take the time to cross the road and risk the embarrassment of not being remembered, because it might just be a life-changing moment for us both ….and because embarrassment is much easier to deal with than regret. Rev Tim Moore
You can contact Rev Tim Moore on mobile: 07837 128611 or email: revtim@btinternet.com
Day
Date Events in July
Wednesday
8
Trinity Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2pm. Come all. (and you can vote if you’re a member!)
Tuesday
14
Holmfirth Methodist Leisure Group. Meet at Hade Edge Band Room at 11am for a walk. Picnic lunch at Scholes followed by a talk.
Sunday
12
Trinity / Civic Society walk. Circular walk to Farnley Tyas, led by Keith. Meet at 2.15 at Trinity Church.
Sunday
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Anniversary Cream Tea 2.30-4.00. Donations for Overseas Missions
Tuesday
28
Beetle Drive + tea & cakes. 2.30pm
Events coming up in following months Saturday 12 September Church Away day at Birds Edge. A time of fellowship, fun and relaxation. Look out for further details on the Notice Board. All welcome including accompanied children. Sunday 20 September– Harvest Lunch / Sunday 27th September. Harvest and Back to Church Sunday. The 10.30 am. service will be led by Rev. Helen Roberts (who will be our Minister from September). Please invite friends, families and neighbours who do not worship with us regularly to come and share in the celebration of Harvest. Please give some thought as to who you might invite! Our harvest gifts will be given to the Methodist Mission in Huddersfield. Trinity Church Honley Newsletter July 2015
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Examiner Award Remember the little pleasures of Life Lisa Beamer appeared on a TV programme in the USA called Good Morning America - She is the wife of Todd Beamer who said 'Let's Roll!' and helped to take down the hijacked ‘plane over Pennsylvania that was heading to crash into the state capital, Washington, at the same time as the two which hit the Twin Towers on 9/11. She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such as hearing the garage door open as he came Home, and her children running to meet him and she recalled this story from her youth:
"I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things a side on the edge of her desk and sat down there With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, 'Class is over, I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is God's way of telling us that we must make the most out of every single day. Her eyes, beginning to water, she went on, 'So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be something you see, it could be a scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground. Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole term. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we may regret, but the things we didn't do. This story, widely available on the internet, was sent to Bob Armitage by a friend in America. Bob thought it was worth repeating here.
The Examiner Community Awards 2015 SERVICES TO CHARITY
Bob Armitage BOB is a 'can do' person committed to helping others who has been involved in charity and voluntary work for the best part of 55 years. A scout leader at the age of 15, a Methodist Youth Council leader a couple of years later, by 1969 he had joined Huddersfield Lions and has served in just about every role since then. The list of good work he is responsible for is endless, ranging from organising the annual Charity Challenge for 26 years to playing a prominent role in the club's Diamond Appeal to raise ÂŁ35,000 to refurbish the kitchen at Kirkwood Hospice. He is also now leading a project to help street children in Kenya. After receiving the award Bob said: "It is rather pleasing to receive the award. I was surprised to learn that I had been nominated as I felt I hadn't done anything special. I just like helping people, it just comes natural." He pointed out that he was brought up as a Christian and this is what gave him the ethos to do good work.
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Group Outings Holmfirth Methodist Leisure Group
Report by Di Harris
Photo by Chris Hessey
The June walk was a longer one than usual and we all got pretty well spread out! A lovely walk on which we saw curlews and lapwings, the shooting lodge and great views over Digley. We walked from Holme to Blackpool Bridge (picture above) - a circular walk returning to our cars in Holme. No one fell in the water, Edmond had wanted all of us on the bridge but we didn't oblige him as we were worried as to how much weight it would take..... Then down to St David’s in Holmbridge for lunch and a super quiz. Barbara (from Holmbridge) had over the years collected aerial photos of locations around Huddersfield and the Holme valley which had appeared in the Examiner. We had to identify them! Linda Craven won a bar of chocolate, her score being the highest- there were 20 photos and Linda identified 17 places.
Three months after the Nepal earthquake, the people still need your help (desperately!) In July it will be just three months on from the massive earthquakes in Nepal. While the first earthquake's epicentre was between Kathmandu and Mount Everest, the second one struck near Kodari in Nepal. Between them, the damage done will take years to clean-up and rebuild. Here is a selection of Christian agencies who are working in Nepal to help; you may wish to consider supporting them. Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) helped facilitate helicopter teams to take off or land on average every 18 minutes during daylight hours. As the weeks pass, MAF is helping move relief teams around the difficult terrain of Nepal. Details: www.maf-uk.org Methodist Church’s relief agency, ‘All We Can’ has been distributing food, tarpaulin sheets and mosquito nets, as well as helping with trauma management. It will provide longer-term rebuilding and recovery work in the months ahead. All We Can has long-term partners in Nepal. Details: http://www.allwecan.org.uk/asia/nepal TEAR Fund was already working with long-term partners in Nepal, and moved quickly to provide shelter, food and sanitation for the survivors. Much work needs to be done in the months ahead, again through the long-term experienced partners on the ground. Details at: www.tearfund.org/en/latest/nepal_earthquake/
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On 3rd July the Church remembers St Thomas, also called Doubting Thomas, because he would not believe his fellow disciples’ news of the Resurrection.
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But ‘doubt’ did not mean that Thomas did not love Jesus! Only a few weeks before, Thomas had urged his fellow disciples to follow Jesus to see Lazarus in Bethany, despite danger from the Jews. “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” (John 11:16)
From Dorothy Allport, Marlbeck Close, 7 June I just wanted to thank the ladies who prepared and served the “Luscious Lunch”. It was really excellent and I’m sure enjoyed by all. Also to Tim who gave us a great talk afterwards. Thanks to all. ♣ From Barbara Watterson, Stoney Lane, 6 June Dear Friends, Many thanks for the beautiful flowers and good wishes brought to me by Sylvia. A lovely thought and much appreciated.
Instead, Jesus brought Lazarus back to life. Thomas was sometimes very confused about just where Jesus was headed. But in John 14:5 Jesus untangled his confused commitment: “I am going to my father”, and “No one comes unto the Father but by me.” Finally, after the Resurrection, Jesus appeared to Thomas, showing him the wounds of his crucifixion. Thomas was electrified, and his response immediate: “My Lord and my God” (John 20.26ff). Thus Doubting Thomas’ honest doubts, turned to honest faith, have become a reassurance for thousands of people down the centuries.
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Deborah Fawcett won fist prize at Honley show for her entry in the ‘Decorated Cake for a Family Occasion’ class in the handicrafts section. She tells us that her cake was entitled ‘For a new baby’ and that every bit of it was edible, including the Teddy Bears. The cake has since been eaten by the Fawcetts, without waiting for a new baby to come along.
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Bad News. The wife has been missing a week now. Today police said to prepare for the worst so I have been to the charity shop to get all her clothes back.
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Notices COMMITMENT FOR LIFE- BANGLADESH -
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was issued in Britain on 1 May 1840, for official use from 6 May of that year and features a profile of Queen Victoria.
Crafting a future From splendid quilts to beautiful baskets, the women of Bangladesh are using traditional skills to change their families’ fortunes. As climate change brings more extreme and unpredictable weather, disrupting lives and livelihoods, people are looking for alternative ways to earn a living, instead of solely relying on farming and fishing.
Colin Hill, our stamp co-ordinator reports: “I took 725g weight of used stamps to be sold for Kirkwood Hospice last month, and I am happy to say that people are getting better at leaving a good margin all round.”
Step forward the women of Barishal district, whose skills in embroidery, weaving and basket-making not only provide a means of creativity and self-expression, but also generate a valuable income.
Kirkwood Hospice sells used postage stamps to raise money for its work. There's a box for your stamps in the vestibule. Thank you!
The items are handmade, using simple tools rather than mass production methods, and the techniques are passed down through the generations. Christian Aid partner Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) is helping the women to find a market for their wares. It also supports them to organise and come together, so that they can negotiate with buyers from a position of strength. Making a living from handicrafts used to be a challenge. Now that the market is steady, life is starting to change. One of the project members, Sathy Vodro, says: ‘I am no longer dependent on my husband’s income. Now I have the means to provide for my child. This makes me happy.’
Brockholes Methodist Church We invite you to partake of our soup n' roll lunches every alternate Wednesday 11.45 to 1.oo-- that’s 1st and 15th of July Bring your friends!
Regular room bookings at Trinity
In Bangladesh, where women are often marginalised in the home, the simple act of earning an income means you are valued. It gives you a say.
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 / 07840800601 Brownies- Wednesday evening Contact- Ann Dove 665669 Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research group– every 3rd Tuesday from Sept 16th at 8pm. Contact Val Akroyd 662852
‘As women, our confidence has grown and our status has improved,’ Sathy explains. As the demand for products moves beyond wicker stools to wall-hangings, quilts, gift boxes and much more, the women are learning different skills and branching out to new markets. Their future promises to be much brighter. CA Web story Stories for Change is produced by Commitment for Life: it seeks to inform and inspire. lmeadcforl@gmail.com 01702 315981 Church House 0207 7691 9867
Booking a room at Trinity Church The Upper Room 9.5m x 7m.Capacity 60 seated. Kitchen facilities. Access by stairs, not suitable for wheelchairs. £38.50 per 4 hr session The Arthurs’ Room Ground floor room size 9m x Great for 5.5m. Capacity 30 seated. parties! Facilities for refreshments. Access for disabled. £38.50-£44.00 per 4 hr session. If you know of an organisation looking for a space please recommend Trinity Church. Good for birthday parties, meetings, rehearsal rooms etc.
Honley Library Tel 222340 One-off event Tuesday 7 July ‘Bookchat’ 2-3pm with a bibiotherapist. Tuesday 28 July, 'Poetry Versus Prose!' 7.15 - 9pm. a Summer ‘Poetry Readaround’ Bring your own poems, a piece of prose or just relax and listen. Tickets £1.50. Refreshments provided. Ring the library to reserve your seat for the above events. Honley library book group– Every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 10.30. Pick up the book of the month in advance. U3A Book Group– Tues 14 July & monthly at 1.45pm Family history- help and expert advice Every 2nd Wednesday of month 2 – 4pm
Contact Karen Stannard 01484 664648. For weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc contact Rev Tim Moore 01484 608913
Knit and natter. Every Monday 2.00 to 3.30pm. Free eshsments. Trinity Church Honley Newsletter July 2015
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Taylor’s Foodstore Fairtrade July Crossword
This puzzle is sponsored by Taylor’s Foodstore Meltham Road, Honley, a local store which supports local charities.
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The winner will get a voucher to take to Tony Washington at the store and get a big block of Cadbury’s Fairtrade Milk Chocolate!
Address or tel no June Solution. Across 1 Care 3 Paradise 8 Null 9 Profaned 11 Legalistic 14 Closed 15 Stores 17 Missionary 20 Covenant 21 Thai 22 Trade-off 23 Eden. Down 1 Conflict 2 Religion 4 Arrest 5 Affliction 6 Iona 7 Eddy 10 Allegiance 12 Preached 13 Assyrian 16 A son of 18 Scot 19 DVLA The winner is Gwyneth Loane Send your entries for this month - cut out, printed-out, or email a list of answers, to the editor by July 12th
Our Minister is the Rev Tim Moore Contact details below. 30th August is Tim’s last service with us. It will be held at Trinity and his other churches – Brockholes, Shepley and Gatehead, will be joining us.
While walking along a path in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer. Apparently, his five year old son and his play-mate had found a dead bird. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had got a small box and cotton wool, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister’s son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers, and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what his father always said to the gathered mourners on such occasions: “Glory be unto the Father, and unto the Son, and into the hole he goes!”
SOME TRINITY CHURCH CONTACTS From outside Huddersfield prefix UK area code 01484 For a full list of all the officers and contacts see the website- www.trinitychurchinhonley.org.uk Minister: Rev Tim Moore, 6a Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield HD8 8AE. Tel 608913 / 07837 128611 Secretary
Jane Armitage, 26 Lower Hall, Healey House, Netherton, HD4 7DG
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Treasurer
Hilary Turner, Rydal Mount, Mearhouse, New Mill, HD9 7EX
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Pastoral Team
Sylvia Hallas / Pam Redfearn / Joyce Draper
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Room Bookings / Activities Cttee Karen Stannard, 6a Marsh Gardens, Honley HD9 6AF 664648 Email addresses
Secretary: jaassociates@tiscali.co.uk, Newsletter: trinity.news@ntlwo rld.com
Newsletter
(Editor) John Murray, 27 Moorside Road, Honley HD9 6HR. (Coordinator) Vera Stanley, 46 Stoney Lane, Honley HD9 6DY.
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July Newsletter Will be available on Sunday July 26th (DV) Contributions to Vera Stanley or John Murray by Sunday July 12th Photocopier John Murray Assemblers A3 sheet no assemblers reqd
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Down 1 The young David’s favourite weapon (1 Samuel 17:40) (5) 2 ‘Your vats will — over with new wine’ (Proverbs 3:10) (4) 3 Once yearly (Exodus 30:10) (6) 4 Milled it (anag.) but not at the right moment (3-5) 5 Region north of Damascus of which Lysanias was tetrarch (Luke 3:1) (7) 6 Comes between Philippians and 1 Thessalonians (10) 9 Lake where the first disciples were called (Lk 5:1–11) (10) 12 Abusive outburst (8) 14 Are loud (anag.) (7) (???) 16 Printing errors (6) 19 Take my yoke upon you and — from me’ (Matthew 11:29) (5) 20 Jacob’s third son (Genesis 29:34) (4)
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Across 1 Relating to the Jewish day of rest (10) 7 Point of view (Matthew 22:17) (7) 8 20th-century Brethren philanthropist whose construction company became one of the UK’s biggest, Sir John — (5) 10 Girl’s name (4) 11 Peter was accused of being one in the courtyard of the high priest’s house (Luke 22:59) (8) 13 The fifth of the ‘seven churches’ (Revelation 3:1–6) (6) 15 ‘Now the famine was — in Samaria’ (1 Kings 18:2) (6) 17 Banned by the seventh Commandment (Exodus 20:14) (8) 18 Insect most closely associated with itching (1 Samuel 24:14) (4) 21 Bantu tribe which gives its name to tiny landlocked country in southern Africa (5) 22 Familiar material in churches that use an overhead projector (7) 23 Last book of the Bible (10)