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TRINITY CHURCH HONLEY Newsletter March 2014
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Trinity Church March 2014 S ERVICES Church Stewards
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Coffee team Sy lvia Hallas +
Michael Taylor*
Vestibule Stewards Marina & Roger Woodhead
Margaret Sheppard Pam Redfearn
Mary Noble
Linda Crav en Rachel Boothroy d
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David Brook**
Linda & Steven Crav en
Glenys Pallister Pat Waite
Jane & Bob Armitage
Ann Hirst Jean Wood
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Keith Kitson
Jean Wood Di Harris
Bob & Jane Armitage
Margaret Sheppard
Doreen Sykes Kathleen Kennedy
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Rev Tim Moore (incl. communion)
Marian Bainbridge Rachel Boothroy d
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Steve Harvey
Peter & Linda Webb
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Margaret Armitage Barbara Hartley Penny Winterbottom Hilary Turner Caroly nne Roberts
* Mike Taylor was born in Brighouse but has lived in various parts of the country. He came to live in Huddersfield from Kentish Town in 1990, settled in Almondbury and became a member of the Methodist Church having formerly been a Congregationalist/ URC. He has preached for a long time and was once, many y ears ago, best man when a fri end of his married a girl from Honley, at Honley Congregational church!
Margaret Armitage Di Harris
Ann Fisher
Jean Wood Audrey Hawkswell
Junior Church. Trinity has a Junior Church which takes place during the latter part of the service, except on the Sundays when there’s All-Age Worship. The children's corner in church is always av ailable for the younger ones and their carers. It also has a second-hand book shelf in the west transept. All books 25p each. Eggsibition Junior church will be hosting a decorated Easter egg display on Easter Sunday 20th April. Everyone is invited to join in by bringing their decorated egg to church in time for the service.
** David Brook for many years was a chemistry teach er, mostly in Kenya. On returning to England, he worked with a group producing online learning material fo r engineering students.
LENT SOUP LUNCHES The Lent Lunches this year begin on Thursday 6th March and continue on Thursdays until April 17th. They are held in the Parish Rooms, Church Street and the proceeds from the lunches go to the Honley Aid in Sickness charity. Sylvia Hallas would be grateful for help on any one of these Thursdays.. Please ring her on 662929 if you can help. Thank you.
Food Bank at Honley Library- update There are now two food bank volunteers in Honley Library every Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm for anyone with a voucher to collect a bag of food supplies put together by the Food Bank Volunteers (Holme Valley). This is in addition to the Methodist, Full Life and Parish churches in Holmfirth. The Holme Valley Food Bank was set up in November 2012 and depends on voluntary donations of time, money and 'in date' food. It receives support from many local organisations, including local churches, schools, retailers, health and social care providers and is a fully inclusive, non-political, non denominational and non judgemental organisation. Vouchers for the bags are issued through Elmwood and Oaklands health centres in Holmfirth and the Honley surgery in Marsh Gardens (Joe Hodgson)
WHAT’S BEHIND THE DOOR? The proceeds from the Activities’ Committee Spring Social on March 16th will see the start of fund-raising to get new doors for the church. The present front doors are uninviting, with peeling paint no draught-proofing and hiding the interior of the church. They form a barrier rather than a welcome. It’s time to modernise. It should be possible to get a matching grant if we can prove we are actively fund-raising. Enjoy the social!
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Women’s Fellowship Meeting in The Arthurs’ Room 2.30pm. Speaker: Peter Marshall ‘Michael and me’. Chairlady: Margaret Sheppard.
Weds.
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Fairtrade event Fair & Funky ‘Go Bananas’ at Holmf irth Methodist Church
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Women's World Day of Prayer.– Serv ice led by Rev Jenny Barnes at 2.00pm at St Mary's Church. This y ear the service has been prepared by the Christian Women of Egypt. All are welcome.
Sunday
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Fairtrade Family Fun Day, Holmfirth market
Tuesday
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Circuit Leisure Group Meet at Shepley Methodist church at 11am f or a 2 hour walk, picnic lunch and talk.
Saturday
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The Spring Concert with Honley Band 7.30pm Tickets are £5 av ailable on the door.
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Spring Social 12.15 pm. in the Upper Hall. Meat and Potato Pie lunch f ollowed by quizzes, £5. Please sign up for this enjoy able ev ent on the list on the notice board..
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Women’s Fellowship Meeting in The Arthurs’ Room 2.30pm: Speaker:Jane Eley ‘Cake Decorations’.. Chairlady Margaret Armitage
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Trinity Church / Civic Society ’Map Reading’ Walk. Meet at 2.15pm outside Trinity for a walk to Stirley Community Farm led by Bert Neary. FAIRTRADE Fortnight continues until 9th March
APRIL 18th Good Friday Service on the Green, Westgate, at noon, preceded by communion at Trinity at 1115
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Minister’s Message Lenten laughter By Rev Tim Moore
Two down, ten to go. In other words we are now in March and be fore long we will be enjoying Easte r and some spring sunshine. I think we can sometimes approach Lent like this – looking forward to it being over rather than understanding how it might enrich us.
As I write, the Sochi 2014 winte r Olympics has just starte d and all the hard work put in by the athletes is now being drawn upon and put into practice in the competitions. If the preparation were just seen solely as a toil and grind then competitors would soon give up. T hey have to enjoy the practices and rehearsals. On the first Sunday morning of the compe tition I eagerly watched the Women's Snowboarding and it made me stop to think. Usually just before competing the athletes are focused and concentrate on what comes next. However, some of the Snowboarders were quite different. They were truly enjoying the occasion and getting as much out of being in the Olympics as they could and competing seemed to be the privilege rather
than getting a medal. They were relaxed and soaking up the moment. On re fle ction I wonde r if during Lent we can slow the clock down and try to get out of these five weeks as much as we can and not try to rush through them looking to Easter morning. We will all have an opportunity to be involved with a Lent course this year and I hope we can enjoy it. The Church has fixed Lent into our year asking us to reflect upon Jesus’ route to the cross. Even Jesus needed the companionship and laughter of his friends on the journey. So in this se rious season pe rhaps we can allow ourselves the opportunity to laugh and smile as we journey with God. Tim Moore mobile: 07837 128611 email: revtim@btinternet.com
Prayer-does it make any difference?
New local preacher
On two Tuesday evenings a little group of us, led by our minister Tim Moore, met to discuss prayer and to consider some of the thoughts and ideas of Philip Yancey expressed in his book Prayer-does it make any difference? These were not prayer meetings as such, though we did have a brief time of prayer, but Tim challenged us with some searching questions:
Jez Hackett was inaugurated as a local preacher at a ‘recognition service’ in Kirkheaton Methodist / URC Church on Sunday 2 nd Feb. The sermon, delivered by the Chairman of the West Yorkshire Methodist District, Rev Roger Walton, gave Jez three main points to follow:
Was it easy to pray? Why do we pray? What did we pray for? Was it worth it? Does God answer prayer?
1. You are a Mission Partner, not a missionary. You don’t just preach to, but work alongside, the people you meet
Tim explained some of Yancey's thoughts (and it wasn't necessary to have read the book) and encouraged us to air our own thoughts and feelings. We also talked about the language of prayer and Tim provided us with a list of prayers from different characters in the Bible.
2. You need to be bi-lingual. You need to understand two languages- the secular and the spiritual. 3. You need to be creative; using old methods as well as new ones to put across the Good News.
Finally, he recommended a website and book from the Northumbria Community that he had found useful: www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/how-to-usedaily-office/ which included written prayers for morning, midday, evening and compline. Several of these prayers are beautiful and well worth reading.
Majority of Christians in Britain and Europe do not go to church over Easter Despite Easter being the most important Christian festival most Christians in European countries will not be attending church services over the Easter weekend. According to YouGov’s latest EuroTrack poll, just under a quarter (24%) of British Christians plan to attend church services on Easter Sunday, and only 5% say they will go to church on another day around Easter. In Britain, 49% of Christians say spending time with friends and family is the most important part of Easter, compared to 30% who say it is its religious significance.
A big thank you to Tim for leading the meetings and making us think - I certainly found it a useful experience. We are hoping to meet once more in a few weeks time and you would be welcome to join us. Merran Smith Trinity Church Honley Newsletter March 2014
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Invitation Sunday / More from the Minutes Cover Story Sunday 16th February was our ‘Invitation Sunday’ when we brought along someone else to the morning service. Our minister brought his son George, who was to be an essential part of the celebrations. Tim writes: It was good to see so many people at the Sunday service and that they enjoyed it so much. We were thinking about the twists and turns of life and how much of an impression others had made to the maps of our lives. We also thought about how much of an impression we had made to others' lives - a bit like leaving our handprints on the world. My thanks goes to the children who helped us to make the morning such fun. They spent a lot of time making Plaster of Paris handprints to symbolise that we can make a permanent impression on those around us. However, it was interesting to see that not all the handprints set! It made me realise that God says the mistakes we make in life can be changed and need not be permanent - praise God for that! Pictures: (L) George organised the plaster of Paris hand moulding with the kids, assisted by Marion Bainbridge; (R) A lovely sloppy mess which didn’t have quite enough time to dry. to attend and hopefully to consider attending future members’ meetings. Non-members will be warmly welcomed but will not be eligible to vote. The AGM will be on Sunday 29 th June. Circuit walk The walk around the enlarged Huddersfield circuit has been arranged for March. We have been asked to open up Trinity at 2 pm on Saturday March 8 th.for those walking. Alan offered to do this and Glenys offered to co-ordinate refreshments. The walkers (not staying overnight) will set off next morning, Sunday 9 th , from Trinity for Netherton and Meltham at 10 am Playgroup Playgroup is thriving. 25 children are enrolled and by Easter it will be full. Currently they are in a good financial position being in receipt of funding for 2 year olds and 3 to 4 year olds. A number of parents visited the Christmas tree festival, the pram service led by Tim was ‘wonderful’ and 17 children attended the Christmas party with parents and grandparents enjoying the time together. Carolynne Roberts, who runs the Playgroup, is to be congratulated. Church Away Day To be held at Blackley Christian centre on 3 rd May 10am -4.00pm.David Bidnell will be ‘leading’ the day which it is hoped will be relaxing and fun. A meeting is to take place with David toward the end of March. Catering provided by Blackley would be preferred to self-catering. Jane has prepared a notice which invites members to ‘sign up’.
FRO M TH E MINUTES of the Fe bruary Church Mee ting– not as boring as you might think! Tour de France Sunday 6 July 2014 Bob Armitage, Jane Armitage and Carolynne Roberts have been attending meetings led by the Honley Business Association which is taking the lead on organisation. It is suggested that we open up the church for tea and cakes and make toilet facilities available. A market will be held on Church Street on the Saturday and Sunday. A concert will be held in the park at 4.00pm on Saturday. The race will be shown on a large screen in the Market Place. Bob suggested that we spell out the name of the church in plants; this is to identify us from the air. Plant suggestion is geraniums in red and white – colours of ‘King of the Mountain’ shirt. The idea was accepted by the meeting. Bob will pursue further. Night Shelter provision Fifteen members have expressed an interest in involvement in the pilot project in March. Trinity has not been chosen to accommodate people but we will help at other churches. Hilary proposed we offer our time collectively. We would need to be led by an experienced team leader from another church. Jane will take application forms to the mission on Friday. Annual General Meeting (AGM) Discussion took place at Church Council about this year’s members’ AGM. It was agreed to hold it on a Sunday after the morning service. A soup and roll lunch will be provided, following the meeting, to those attending. It is hoped this will encourage more people 4
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High Street history comes home THE CASE OF THE REREAPPEARING TABLE CLOTH It all started when the Newsletter editor received an email from the Ashgate Hospice Shop in Dronfield, near Sheffield. Someone had donated a very beautifully embroidered table cloth, but more interestingly, a table cloth emblazoned with the name HONLEY HIGH STREET METHODIST CHURCH GIFT DAY 1954. How clever of the manager, Sue, to find the Trinity website and get in contact.
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We had a word with Sue and for a small donation the table cloth has now arrived back in Honley and is with us at Trinity. High Street Methodist Church has long since disappeared– it joined with Southgate Methodists and Moor Bottom Congregational Church to become Trinity Church in 1969 (See below). Not only is the cloth of great historic interest but it also contains at least two names of current attendees here at Trinity. A good look through the embroidered names will uncover who they are! (in colour on the website) Jane Armitage February 2014 Martin Hirst was only eight years old in 1954 but remembers writing his name on the cloth for his mother to embroider over. She embroidered the whole Hirst family. Every family in the church, Martin says, was asked to embroider their names on the cloth.
against) that the three churches should unite and that the premises at Moorbottom would be the most suitable for the new church. On Sunday September 7th 1969 there was a service of covenant and Commitment at the new Trinity Methodist / URC Church. It was known as a Local Ecumenical Project and was one of the first such. The name used now is Local Ecumenical Partnership, as the project stage has, we hope, been successfully completed.
How did it get to be in a charity shop in Dronfield? It seems that Kath Waddington , an exile member of Trinity now living in Dronfield had decided to have a clear-out, as we all intend to do, sometime. She found a large plastic bag of stuff, mostly linen, which had been her husband Ian’s mother’s and without more than a glance inside, took the whole bag to the Dronfield Hospice shop, where the manager, Sue, discovered the cloth and did a bit of detective work on the internet.
Yet more history, further back: High Street Methodist Church began life as Ebenezer Wesleyan Methodist Church† and was established about 1770, using a large outhouse belonging to Benjamin Littlewood for meetings. A Sunday School was established in 1790, using Upper Steps Mill* and was jointly run by Wesleyan Methodists, Church of England and Independents. (An even earlier LEP!) A new chapel was built at Green Cliff in 1806*. The Wesleyan Methodist scholars at the Sunday School moved from Upper Steps into it in 1814. Then a new chapel, High Street Methodist, was built between High Street and Cuckoo Lane in 1827. It ceased to be used in 1969, when the amalgamation took place and it was demolished in 1970. But the embroidered cloth remains to remind us of our long non-conformist history in Honley.
A bit of history: In 1954 there were three non-conformist churches in Honley; High Street Methodist, Southgate Methodist and Moorbottom Congregational. In 1967 the British Council of Churches instituted a project called “The People Next Door” . This brought members of the three churches closer together in house group fellowships and provided the impetus for the unification which was to follow.
* Commemorative blue plaques are on these buildings. †The Ebenezer foundation stone is now by the playgroup garden.
In December 1968 it was agreed (with only two votes
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Out and about Twitching in the Wind- Circuit Leisure Group
Legacies We have been very touched and grateful that two members and friends of Trinity have remembered us in their wills. We received £1000 from the late Annie Pennington in October 2013 and £500 from the late Edith Edna Seed in December 2013. These donations are very welcome in the current difficult financial climate. Please consider if you could make a bequest to Trinity in your will. Hilary J Turner, Treasurer, Tel 01484 684704
Report by Joan Vevers, 11 th February. The weather forecast for the morning was atrocious but John Hardy, our leader from Meltham, emailed to suggest that as it was due to brighten up at 1pm he would give his talk on The Practicalities of Bird Watching first and then take a look at the weather after we’d eaten our lunch. So that is what we did. John gave an interesting talk about bird feeders and bird watching to the five people who turned out in the sleet. Three of us had our lunch with John and the sun came out so, off we went up Mill Moor Road out towards the snow line. The wind was fierce and the track a stream but we spotted quite a few birds and a few interesting looking geese and ducks on a pond.
C. S. Lewis: The risks of love To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness.
We decided we had gone far enough at a junction of catchments for Blackmoorfoot reservoir, following one of them back towards Meltham and spotting yet more birds. After about an hour we arrived back at the Church having spotted a total of 12 different breeds of bird. An exhilarating walk on a blustery day. The next group outing is on March 11th, from Shepley, setting off at 11 am in lovely sunny weather.
But in that casket-safe, dark, motionless, airless-it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside heaven you can be perfectly safe from all dangers and perturbations of love is hell.
Honley Aid in Sickness – registered charity number 237203 The charity Honley Aid In Sickness awards small grants to individuals or families who are suffering financial hardship and fall outside the help the NHS or Social Services are able to offer.
The Four Loves, by C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963) Lewis was an English author who wrote fantasy, science fiction, and Christian apologetics. Picture- John Murray
Examples of how the charity has helped Honley residents in recent years include: providing contributions towards ramps for wheelchair users to get in and out of their house; help towards energy costs for families coping with increased heating and washing costs due to serious illness or debilitation; grants for household aids for individuals with limited mobility,or ability to assist independent living; and help with transport costs visiting seriously ill relatives in distant hospitals.
Spiders give me the creeps From the President of the Methodist Conference
I don’t like spiders. T heir fast, unpredictable movements unnerve me. The big ones are the worst, so quick to escape into the nearest dark place, from which they will eventually emerge stealthily to surprise again. Silent, scuttling creatures but from them comes such beauty. The finely woven web that glistens with dew in the morning light; intricate and deadly, strong in its fragility. Spider silk, that cannot be made except from the silk glands of the living creature. And, wonder of wonders, silk harvested and woven into beautiful garments, naturally golden.
The charity relies on donations to maintain the fund and has received contributions from Honley Churches Together Lent Lunches, Honley Carnival Committee and the Yorkshire Building Society recently. Referrals for Honley residents are accepted from GPs, other Health Professionals or agencies and self referrals.
I am challenged to look again at spiders. They still unnerve me but I see fragile beauty; glimpses of glory.
Further information is available from the Chair (Diana Kaye) 666424 or Secretary (Alison Dean) 323832.
Ruth M Gee. (Reflection on seeing a garment made of silk from the Golden Orb Spider) 6
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Woodbine Willie - bringing love with cigarettes and the Bible Kennedy was devoted to his men, so much so that in 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross at Messines Ridge, after running into no man’s land in order to help the wounded during an attack on the German frontline.
The Rev . Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, MC, a popular much-loved army chaplain on the Western Front, was better know n as ‘Woodbine Willie’
Studdert Kennedy (27 June 1883 – 8 March 1929) had been born in Leeds as the seventh of nine children. After reading divinity and classics at T rinity College Dublin, he’d studied for ordination at Ripon Clergy College, and served his curacy at Rugby. By the time war broke out in 1914, Studdert Kennedy was vicar of St Paul’s Worcester. He soon volunteered to go to the Western Front as a chaplain to the army. Life on the front line in the trenches was a desperate affair, but soon Studdert Kennedy had hit on a way of bringing a few moments of relief to the stressed out soldiers: as well as good cheer he gave out copious amounts of ‘Woodbines’, the most popular cheap cigarette of the time.
During the war, Kennedy supported the British military effort with enthusiasm, but soon after the war, he turned to Christian socialism and pacifism. He was given charge of St Edmunds in Lombard St, London, and took to writing a number of poems about his war experiences: Rough Rhymes of a Padre (1918) and More Rough Rhymes (1919). He went on to work for the Industrial Christian Fellowship, for whom he did speaking tours. It was in Liverpool in 1929, on one of these tours, that he was taken ill and died . He was only 46.
One colleague remembered Kennedy: “ He'd come down into the trenches and say prayers with the men, have a cuppa out of a dirty tin mug and tell a joke as good as any of us. He was a chain smoker and always carried a packet of Woodbine cigarettes that he would give out in handfuls to us lads. T hat's how he got his nickname. “ He came down the trench one day to cheer us up. Had his Bible with him as usual. Well, I'd been there for weeks, unable to write home, of course, we were going over the top later that day. I asked him if he would write to my sweetheart at home, tell her I was still alive and, so far, in one piece… years later, after the war, she showed me the letter he'd sent, very nice it was. A lovely letter. My wife kept it until she died". I know not where they’ve laid him
His compassion and generosity in the face of the horrors of the Western Front was immortalised in the song ‘Absent Friends’: "Woodbine Willie couldn't rest until he'd / given every bloke a final smoke / before the killing." He himself had once described his chaplain’s ministry as taking “ a box of fags in your haversack, and a great deal of love in your heart.” PP
I bore it in bitter pain, Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh, It lies and rots in the rain. But even a Father nev er knows The ache in a Mother's 'eart, When she and the body 'er body bore Are severed and torn apart
I wouldn't mind if I only knowed The spot where they'd laid my lad; If I could see where they'd buried 'im, It wouldn't be arf so bad. But they do say some's not buried at all, The men wouldn't make these cursed wars Left to the maggots and flies, If they knowed of a body's worth, Rottin' out there in that no man's land, They wouldn't be blowin' 'em all to bits Just where they falls — they lies. If they 'ad the pains ov birth. Parson 'e says as it makes no odds, But bless ye—the men don't know 'Cause the soul o' t he lad goes on, they're born, 'Is spirit 'as gorn to 'is Gawd, 'e says, For they gets away scot free. Wherever 'is body 'as gorn. 'Ow can they know what their cruel wars But Parson ain't never 'ad no child, Is costin' the likes ov me? 'E's a man, not a woman, see? But I'd like to know just where it's laid, 'Ow can he know what a woman feels, That body my body bore, And what it can mean to me? For my boy's body were mine — my own, And I'd like to know who'll mother ‘im Out there on that other shore. Trinity Church Honley Newsletter March 2014
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Gawd, is it you? Then bow you down And 'ark to a Mother's prayer. Don't keep it all to yourself, Good Lord, But give 'is old Mother a share. Gimme a share of the travail pain Of my own son's second birth, Double the pain if you double the joy That a mother feels on earth. Maybe the body as 'e shall wear Is born of my breaking heart, Maybe these pains are the new birth pangs What'll give my laddie 'is start. Then I'd not trouble 'ow hard they was, I'd gladly go through the mill, If that new body 'e wore were mine, And I were 'is mother still. G. Studdert Kennedy
Wordsearch / Letters February Wordsearch
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Lif e is f ull of ups and downs- after blessings, hard times often follow. They are not meant to destroy us but to help us grow spiritually by deepening our f aith and dependence on God. The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the dev il – to give him the opportunity to stand f ast against the enemy. The devil’s temptations were based on half -truths, which Jesus rejected by standing firm on the whole truth of Scripture. The truth sets us f ree!
mail- 27 Moorside Rd, Honley, HD9 6HR email- trinity.news@ntlworld.com PLEASE PUT YOUR ADDRESS AND THE DATE on your letters.
From Pamela Muir, Croft Drive, 7 February I would like to thank everyone who has enquired after my husband following his recent hip replacement operation. He is progressing very well and hopes to be back cycling this summer. It was kind of Sylvia to call with flowers from the Church and much appreciated by both of us.
Just Food – Recipes Christian Ecology LinkOrdinary Christians, Extraordinary Times. ‘Joy in Enough/ conference, January 2014 As part of our contributions to the “Just Food” workshop in the conference many people brought food they had made themselves or sourced locally. Here is one of the day’s local organic recipes:There’s a word in the list below which is not in the square. This ‘rogue word’ is hidden elsewhere in the Newsletter. You’ll have to search for it. HOLY SPIRIT JORDAN WILDERNESS JESUS TEMPTED DEVIL
FASTED HUNGRY BREAD ME ALONE KINGDOM WORLD
AUTHORITY GLORY WORSHIP SERVE JERUSALEM PINNACLE TEMPLE
Cheese Flapjacks In a saucepan on a low heat, melt some butter, margarine or non-dairy bread spread.
STONE FOOT ANGELS BEAR STRIKE TEST TEMPTATION
Stir in paprika powder, mixed dried green herbs, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds. Turn off the heat and stir in a handful of grated dairy or vegan cheese. Fold in as much porridge oats as you can. If the mixture is too dry, add some sunflower oil or olive oil, organic if possible, and from a co-operative or Fair Trade supplier. (Like Holmfirth fair trader, opposite)
Overseas Missions Group is holding the traditional Easter breakfast on Easter Sunday—April 20th Proceeds from all our ev ents are for Phakamisa and Commitment f or Lif e. and we hav e collection boxes available! Glenys Pallister, Pam Redfearn, Margaret Sheppard, Pat Waite and Jane Armitage.
If you have a freshly-laid hen’s egg, break this into the mixture and fold in – this will help the jacks stick together but is not essential. Drizzle some oil into a baking tray, and press the mix down into it. For extra flavour, add some drops of soya sauce (Tamari) on top before baking. Bake in an oven for 25 to 30 minutes at around 175ºC, or until the top is golden brown. Score into pieces just after taking from the oven, but let the jacks cool in the tray. www.greenchristian.org.uk, the website of Christian Ecology Link 8
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Notices etc Yorkshire Traction & Honley Band
THE MOVIES ARE BACK IN HONLEY!
Spring Concert w ill be held on Saturday 15th March 7.30pm at Trinity Church Playing well known favourites as well as new pieces. An entertaining evening of music suitable for all the family. Tickets £5 on the door.
At Southgate Theatre - as part of the ongoing Holmfirth Film Festival –at 7pm and for one night only, two classic films
Cine ma Par adis o on SATURDAY 15 March- (Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy, 1988, 124mins) A classic gem of nostalgia and one of cinema’s most loved classics for all the family about a film-maker who recalls how he fell in love with films as a child. It’s funny, absorbing and moving. .
Easter with Honley Churches Together Thursdays from March 6th to April 17th 11.30am12.45pm Soup Lent Lunches in the Parish Room, Church Street.. Proceeds to Honley Aid in Sickness
Song for Mari on on SATURDAY 12th APRIL- (Dir. Paul Andrew Williams, UK, 2013, 93mins. Uplifting comedy drama with powerful perfo rmances from Terence Stamp as the dull husband and Vanessa Redgrav e, the ill wife who introduced him to a local singing group that celebrates life. Tickets , both shows, £4.50 on the door
April 18 Good Friday service on The Green Westgate, at noon UNDER THE RADAR WHAT ROOM FOR REFUGEES? Churches' Refugee Network Conference 2014
Fairtrade Fortnight 24 Feb - 9 March
Saturday 5 April 11.00 -3.30 pm (registration from 10.30) Central United Reformed Church, Norfolk Street, Sheffield (5 minutes walk from Sheffield Station; NCP nearby) Main speakers: Richard Vautrey, NHS Leeds North, Deputy Chair BMA GP Committee, Vice-President of the Methodist Conf erence 2009; Ruth Grove-White, Policy Director, Migrants' Rights Network Theological reflection: Fleur Houston, minister of the United Reformed Church, currently writing a book on The Bible, Ref ugees and Asylum. Workshops: Destitution; Housing; Health; Campaigning; Legal Matters £10; £5 unwaged, free for asylum seekers Wendy Cooper, Church and Society, United Reformed Church, Phone: 020 7916 8632
This is your cooperative! The Toll House, 32-34 Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth.
Regular room bookings at Trinity Playgroup- Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri (morning) Contact- Carolynn Roberts 661024 Mums & Toddlers- Tuesday morning Contact- Deborah Fawcett 663966 Drama Groups- Friday evening, Saturday morning Contact- Natalie Haigh 340859 / 07840800601 Brow nies- Wednesday evening Contact- Ann Dove 665669 Zumba-(seated Zumba—Friend-to-Friend group) 2nd & 4th Thursdays Contact tel 687773, also Tai Chi- Weds 1-3pm fortnightly 6 & 20 Nov, 4 Dec
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 parties! 5.5m. Capacity 35 seated. 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, rehears al rooms etc.
Honley Library Tel 222340 One-off event- a ‘Poetry Readaround’ with musical interlude from sax ophone quartet 'The Sax Pots' Monday 31st March, 7.15— 9.15pm. Free event with refreshments. Story time for the under 5s- 2.30 pm Friday afternoons in term time. Stories and craft activity. Come on in! BITS – introduction to using a computer Getting started with IT – Wednesday sessions stating at 10 am every 2 weeks from March 5th. Please book in advance. Honley library book group– Every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 10.30. Pick up the choice of the month in advance. Family history- help and advice with an expert. Plus free use o f www.ancestry.co.uk to card holders every 2nd Weds of the month 2 – 4pm Knit and natter. Every Monday 5 to 7pm Bring your knitting / sewing/ craft work, chat & free refreshments. Friends of Honley Library’ group. For information please contact Suzanne Du fton. 661214 Trinity Church Honley Newsletter March 2014
Contact Karen Stannard 01484 664648 . For weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc contact Rev Tim Moore 01484 608913 A box containing 1.44 kg of stamps has been donated to Kirkwood Hospice. Thanks to all our collectors - especially those who don't cut off the edges of the stamps! KEEP GOING! . Colin Hill. 9
Taylor’s Foodstore Fairtrade March Crossw ord
This puzzle is sponsore d by Taylor’s Foodstore Meltham Road, Honley, a local store which supports local charities.
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Address or tel no February solution: ACROSS: 8, Cross-examined. 9, Ash. 10, Apocrypha. 11, Sci-fi. 13, Typical. 16, Visited. 19, Offer. 22, No account. 24, RAC. 25, Sovereign Lord. DOWN: 1, Oceans. 2, Hophni. 3, Islamist. 4, Exhort. 5, Omar. 6, On spec. 7, Add all. 12, CBI. 14, Plotting. 15, Awe. 16, Vanish. 17, Starve. 18, Daub it. 20, Furrow. 21, Recede. 23, Cure. The winner is Alison Booth. Send your entries for this month - cut out, printed-out, or email a list of answers, to the editor by March 16th
Our Minister is the Rev Tim Moore He also looks after the Methodist chapels in Scholes, Shepley, Gatehead and Brockholes. Climate Week Climate Week on 3-9 March is Britain's largest climate change campaign, with half a million people attending over 3,000 events. Climate Week is about how people can live and work more sustainably.
Godly Parking A busi ness man was drivi ng dow n the street w orri ed because he had an important meeti ng and couldn't fi nd a parking place. Looki ng up toward heaven, he prayed i n desperati on: "Lord, take pi ty on me. If you fi nd me a parki ng place I will go to church every Sunday for the rest of my li fe and w orshi p you forever." Mi raculously, a parki ng place appeared. The man looked up agai n and sai d, "Never mi nd Lord. I just found one."
SOME TRINITY CHURCH CONTACTS From outside Hudders field 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 Pastoral Team
Hilary Turner, Rydal Mount, Mearhouse, New Mill, HD9 7EX Sylvia Hallas / Pam Redfearn / Joyce Draper
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Room Bookings / Activities Cttee Karen Stannard, 6a Marsh Gardens, Honley HD9 6AF
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Email addresses
Secretar y: jaassociates@tiscali.co.uk, Newsletter: trinity.ne ws@ntl world.com
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(Editor) John Murray, 27 Moorside Road, Honley HD9 6HR. (Coordinator) Vera Stanley, 46 Stoney Lane, Honley HD9 6DY.
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April Newsletter Will be available on Sunday March 29th (DV) Contributions to Vera Stanley or John Murray by Sunday March 16th Photocopier Jane Armitage Assemblers Joan Vevers Ann Hirst
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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!