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TRINITY CHURCH December 2013 / January 2014 S ERVICES Dec Time
Minister / Organiser
Vestibule Stewards
Church Stewards
Flowers Flower Fund
Coffee team
Karen Stannard+
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1030
Robert Booth (adv ent)
Caroly nne Roberts Margaret Winterbottom
Bob & Jane Armitage
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1030
Rev Tim Moore
Marina & Roger Woodhead
Margaret Armitage Penny Winterbottom
Linda Crav en Sy lvia Hallas
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1030
Marina Woodhead (Nativ ity Serv ice)
Linda & Stephen Crav en
Hilary Turner Caroly nne Roberts
Joy ce Draper Ann Hirst
1030
Terry Frost
1600
Rev John Hardy (Carol Serv ice)
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0930
Rev Tim Moore Christmas Day Service
29
1030
Rev Laura Hardy (incl. Communion)
Jane & Bob Armitage
Glenys Pallister Pat Waite
Minister / Organiser
Vestibule Stewards
Church Stewards
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Jan Time
Jean Wood Di Harris
Margaret Armitage Barbara Leach
Pat Waite Pam Redfearn
Margaret Sheppard Pam Redfearn
Any stewards who are present
Di Harris Margaret Armitage Flowers
Coffee team Maureen Burley +
Alan Fawcett John Murray
Bob & Jane Armitage Barbara Leach
Pam Redfearn Linda Crav en
Rev Tim Moore (incl. Communion)
Marjorie Woodhead Peter Jackson
Margaret Armitage Martin & Alison Penny Winterbottom Booth
Barbara Leach Ann Hirst
1030
Trevor Jones
Sy lva Hallas Jackie Fawcett
1030
Robert Booth
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1030 Rev Richard Thompson
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1030
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Hilary Turner Caroly nne Roberts
Shirley Heaton
Audrey Hawkswell Di Harris
Joan Vev ers Margaret Sheppard Margaret Winterbottom Pam Redfearn
Brenda Turner
Kathleen Kennedy Doreen Sykes
Celebration of Christmas– 15th December Marina Woodhead will be leading the service. Members of the congregation, Junior Church and the Trinity Singers will all take part in a service of music, drama and readings telling the Christmas story.
THE BIBLE comes to TV Channel 5 December sees the launch of THE BIBLE, a miniseries to be broadcast on Channel 5. THE BIBLE series features some of the most famous stories, such as Noah's Ark, the Exodus and Daniel in the Lion's Den, to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
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Christmas Tree Festival Church open 10 am – 4 pm. With Father Christmas, Y orkshire Traction Honley Band and Honley Ladies Choir. Food and Drink available all day.
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Christmas Tree Festival 2– 4 pm. With music by organist Ken Draper. Food & Drink av ailable.
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Children’s Christmas Service 11am - 15 minute service followed a chance to meet the children and their carers over refreshments. Every one welcome, parents, friends, congregation, stewards.
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Events in December
Circuit Leisure Group Walk- Meet at Trinity at 11 am f or 2 hr walk, then picnic lunch and talk. Fri
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Honley Scouts Carol Service 7.00 pm. Refreshments after in Scout HQ across the road.
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Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30pm – Carols with Ken. Chairlady Joyce Draper
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Boxing Day Trinity Church/Civic Society Guided Walk. Meet at Trinity at 2.15pm f or a Map reading walk, bring your compass (and boots) – Leader Bert
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Events in January
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Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30 pm: Speaker: Mr Colin Hill Chairlady : Margaret Armitage
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Circuit Leisure Group Walk. Meet at Scholes at 11:00 am for walk and ‘Jacob's Join’ Faith meal
Sun
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Trinity Church/Civic Society Guided Walk. Meet at Trinity at 2.15pm f or walk in Magdale
Tues
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Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30pm: Speaker: Liz Cummings ‘Liv ing in China’. Chairlady : Margaret Sheppard
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Trinity Church Honley Newsletter December 2013
The Minister’s Column A Free Gift for Christmas!
I love Decembe r because it means thinking about new ways to tell a familiar story which is always a challenge. So what is our challenge as a church this month? We always seem to be doing so many things that it can be difficult to sit and relax and enjoy this time of the year
but I think sitting down and reviewing what Christmas is all about would be a good thing to do. Is it all about buying presents or getting in a fluster over the dinner or travelling miles to be with people when we would rather be in our own home? Trying to provide Christmas for other people is always demanding but I don’t think God had any of this on his agenda when he let loose his love and set it down in the midst of the people he adored. Reading the nativity storie s we see that Jesus doesn’t come to exact a price from us or demand perfection before he makes himself known. Instead we see a gift from God, freely given. A gift who sits
Stop Press! Dear all, Last month some of us
alongside us in all our worries and fears. There are no demands made by God before he sends the Son. He just sees us and knowing what we need he says, ‘Have this Son of mine. He’s the best there is and I give him as a gift to you all’. So whe the r the turkey is too dry or the Yorkshire puddings fall flat or you can’t buy the presents you want, just remember that it’s not that important. The Christmas gift of Jesus can’t be earned, it is freely given. Rev Tim Moore (contact address-back page) I hope this year has been a good and positive one for you and that it continues into 2014!
wanted more time to get through it. I thought it would be quite straight forward but I was wrong so sorry about that. What we will do is give everyone more time to get to grips with it with the hope of two or three discussion sessions starting in mid January. I'll let you know the dates next month. Tim,
began reading Philip Yancy's book on prayer in the hope of starting a couple of sessions discussing prayer and how we pray and why we pray. The feed back from many people is that the book is not an easy read and they have A great way to share the Christmas Story The Real Advent Calendar is a new and fun way for parents, grandparents and Godparents to share the Christmas story. Behind each of the 25 windows there is a Fairtrade chocolate star and a few words from the Christmas story. Behind the final window there is a 24-page Christmas story booklet. As well as celebrating the true meaning of Christmas, the calendar makes a charity donation to T he Children’s Society from every sale. The Real Advent Calendar is available from Tesco stores nationwide and certain retailers. The Real Advent Calendar also supports the Christmas Starts with Christ campaign, which aims to reverse the trend of Christ being written out of Christmas. Whet’s the difference between a Pharisee and a Sadducee? Well, the Phari see beli eves i n resurrecti on of the dead, w hi le the Sadducee does not- and that's w hy he’ s sad, you s ee. BOOM BOOM (Rev Bri an Stare, Holy Tri ni ty, Las Palmas. Nov 10th)
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Next i n our Chri stmas servi ce w e w elcome George, the vi car’ s nephew , w ho will gi ve us hi s ow n i nterpretati on of the carol ‘ Silent Ni ght’ 3
Frostbite!
Carols for Christmas
CAROL SINGING HONLEY CHURCHES TOGETHER All at 7 pm Weds 11 Dec Trinity Court Lounge (at rear of Trinity Church). Tues 17 Dec Burhouse Court Lounge (through archway on New Street opposite back of CO-OP).
Mon 23 Dec Roundw ay flats Lounge (up the path and through the gate opposite 140 Roundway. Then the entrance is diagonally across to the top right of the garden). Better take these directions with you!
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It’ s those fli ppi n’ Honley Carol Si ngers agai n!
Com e along and enjoy the company and singing, even if only on one of the occasions.
You are what you read By Mary Margaret Keaton (from ‘US Catholic’ magazine) Wondering what to read over the dark winter months? In choosing a story, simply follow the advice of C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, who said, "No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50”. (or 70+ Ed) Tw elve Classic reads for the kids and f or you! Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1940): An elephant cares for an abandoned egg.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming (Random House, 2005): By the creator of James Bond, it's good vs. evil in a flying car.
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (Simon and Schuster, revised edition, 1999): Poetry to celebrate childhood before technology.
The Borrowers by Mary Norton (Gale Group, 2005): First o a delightful series about tiny folk who live, hidden, amongst humans.
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis (Harper Collins, 2007, boxed set): Series of seven books about four kids who enter a magical world through a wardrobe.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Bullseye Books, 1988): Bored Milo learns how to live after he drives through a mysterious tollbooth with his toy car.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Harper Classics, 1998): A sullen orphan learns to love life by tending a garden.
Peter Pan by J.M . Barrie (Scholastic, 2002): Wendy and Peter against evil Captain Hook.
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (Harper Collins, 2003): Lovable Pooh makes friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (Sterling, 2004): The endearing story of a spirited orphan adopted by an older couple.
The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien (Harper Collins, 2007): Bilbo Baggins finds a magical ring that sets the stage for The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Once and Future King by T. H. White (Ace, 1987): Adventures of King Arthur and his knights.
In this season of parties, please remember: ~ No w oman ever shot her husband w hi le he w as w ashi ng the di shes. ~ Li ght travels faster than sound. That's w hy some peopl e appear bri ght unti l you hear them speak. ~ I got lost i n thought. It w as unfamili ar terri tory. ~ Seen i t all, done i t all, can't remem ber mos t of i t. ~ Woman’s ambi ti on: to be w ei ghed and found w anti ng.
Scouts keep their promise The Church of England has welcomed the recent decision by the Scout movement to keep a ‘Duty to God’ in its core promise, and to introduce an alternative promise for those without a religious faith. The Church feels this decision “affirms the importance of spiritual life. “We remain a faithful nation where the majority of families and individuals find identity, affiliation and meaning in religious belief”.
What do you call Santa ’s little helpers?
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Letters etc Letters to the Editor
Christmas Lights
mail- 27 Moorside Rd, Honley, HD9 6HR email- trinity.news@ntlworld.com
Honley Bus iness Association has been granted a total of £4,000 from Holmfirth Parish Council and Kirklees Council to light up Honley. So this year Christmas lights will be strung the full le ngth of Westgate. Lights switch on is Friday 29 November. At 7 pm Entertainment sta rts at 4.30pm in the Market Place and includes a fa ncy dress disco with the theme ‘Cycling' The festive parade, led by the Honley Band, leaves Trinity Church a t 6.15. The big switch on will be performed by Kirklees mayor Cllr Martyn Bolt, assisted by our MP Jason McCa rtney (both ke en cyclists) a nd Cha irman of Holme Valley Pa ris h Council Greg Christofi. Santa Cla us will arrive in a rickshaw.
PLEASE PUT YOUR ADDRESS AND THE DATE on your letters if they are fo r publication.
From Kathryn Butters, Dean Brook Road, Netherthong 26 October. Thank you very much for the gorgeous flowers given to me from Trinity Church. Thank you Sylvia, and special thanks to all at T rinity for prayers and support whilst Robert is undergoing his chemotherapy. We both really appreciate it. From Barbara Watterson, Stoney Lane, 15 November Dear Friends, Many thanks for the beautiful roses and the good wishes which Sylvia brought for me. My return home from hospital was such a happy one.
Civic Society New Book Honley Civic Society’s latest book takes its title from the area known as Honley Bridge and New tow n. It includes details of the building of the Council offices, the gas works and the lives of some of the people who lived there. This 40-page booklet has 45 historical images of the district and will be on sale at the Christmas street market on December 7th, plus Holme Valley News and the Holmfirth Tourist Information Centre, price £4.00.
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Christmas Crafts, Stirley Community Farm, Wednesday 11th Decem ber; 1pm – 4pm Hand craft your own unique Christmas wrea ths and decorations using locally source d greene ry. Refreshme nts Charge:£5 Booking Essential. Call: 01904 659570 Stirley Farm is one of the destinations of the Trinity + Civic Society Sunday Walks next year Our February issue will have de tails of the walks which took place in Octobe r and November this year, and a reminder about this one the 23 March next year to Stirley Community Farm. Interesting, volunteer, organic.
His Feast Day is 6 December St Nicholas was the bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor, in the fourth century. Lots of stories are told of his kindness and generosity.
One legend tells of his secret gifts to three daughters from a poor family. It is said that he threw 3 purses of gold down the chimney where they landed in the girls’ stockings which they had hung up to dry in front of the fire. This may be the origin of hanging up Christmas stockings. Over time the name of St Nicholas changed to Sinterklass and then to our present day Santa Claus and associated Ho Ho Ho’s and reindeer.
Trinity is hosting the Circuit Leisure Group on Tuesday December 10th. These monthly meets involve a 2 hour guided walk starting at 11am in beautiful countryside, followed by the picnic lunch you brought with you (tea provided) and then an entertaining hour of home-grown fun. Anyone and everyone is welcome!
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Readers’ Stories Five Is lands - Two Churches - One Miss ionOne Lord
Cold Turkey, by Colin Hill A Christmas to remember (or forget).
Wendy Peach reports: Here is a picture of the Methodist church on St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly where my friend and I worshiped on September 29th. We had met the minister four years ago when we were last there. He has responsibility for worship in the Methodist churches on the five main islands.
Some of you will know that I worked at the recently famous Hinkley Point nuclear power station. It was Christmas 1966 when our shift drew the short straw and had to work the four Christmas nights - !0.30pm to 8.30am. T his was on “ A” Station and we were, at that time the largest nuclear power station in the world. Most routine maintenance and refuelling ceased for Christmas. We were, on the last of our night shifts, steadily generating about 500MW from our 6 main turbines. Our reactor plant engineer had only a few routine jobs to carry out and, as he enjoyed cooking, he decided to make us a Christmas dinner in the mess-room oven. Wonderful. At 3am a full Christmas dinner arrived, complete with all the trimmings, for the three control room staff (of which I was one) watching over the steadily operating plant.
It would be good to hear of a few more churches that people have visited on their holidays. I ncidentally, Octobe r and Nove mbe r are the months whe n most S icillonians (as the y are known) take the ir holidays!
Just then, and without warning, both Reactors 1 & 2 shut down and our output dropped to zero. Oh dear! The rest of the shift was very busy and at 8.30 in the morning our splendid meals still sat there, untouched, cold and with congealed fat. Not nice; a Christmas to remember for all the wrong reasons. We went home tired and hungry. Let us not forget all our Christmas workers: Doctors, nurses, police, utility workers, railway men (who often carry out major track work whilst the trains are not running), church workers, radio, T V and telephone staff..... and probably many I have forgotten. Your Gift of Life – at Christmas Creaking on the staircase Noise outside my door A rustle in the chimney – It’s ‘Santa-time’ once more. St. Nicholas is on his way With all his Christ-life gifts To fire every child-light with The loving Christ-mass kiss. In some he’ll place the gift of gold In others frankincense Name three phrases that sum up Christmas
While others will be given myrrh All signs of God’s presence.
The heavenly song they sing for you.
For in each earthly crib or bed In squalor, comfort, splendour The Christ child has been placed again To call the world to wonder.
Your God is in your gift of life The life He gives with love So take the gift and use it, Use it wisely, don’t abuse it.
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Let the Christ-life fire your spirit That God in you may LIVE By Sam Doubtfire Trinity Church Honley Newsletter December 2013
Missions agreed to perform for less than their normal charge
Overseas Missions Group The Food Quiz is being sold for £1 per copy and they will be available throughout December. Closing date for returning them is in the first week of January 2014
The Forfeits were disclosed on the 3 rd November and show a total of £102.85 in ’forfeits’. What an honest lot we must be
The Honley Male Voice Choir concert on 29th October raised approximately £400 for OMG as the choir kindly
OMG team: Glenys Pallister, Pam Redfearn, Margaret Sheppard, Pat Waite and Jane Armitage.
BA NGLA DESH: Stories for Change 93 November For Christian Aid staff in Dhaka, poYour monthly update from litical instability and uncertainty is Commitment for Life, a mission making field visits and organizing supported by Trinity Church. events difficult. Country Manager, Uncertain and anxious times Sajjad Mohammad Sajid explains, ‘”The overall security is not good. It’s been a year of general strikes and shutdowns in Bangladesh as the This is the stark reality in which country moves towards general elec- Christian Aid staff and our partners are working and in which many tions - due in January 2014.
Bangladeshi are now living. With parliamentary elections due in January 2014, this situation is expected to continue.” These are anxious times. The current government's term ended on 5 October, and the Bangladeshi constitution requires fresh elections to be held within the following 90 days. Bangladesh is about to enter a tense period of political negotiation
Christmas Customs lost and forgotten- by Mel Jones The trouble with Christmas is that a lot of the customs which for centurie s we re part of the Christmas season have been lost or forgotten. They have been re place d by modern customs such as watching TV specials, compute r games, and accessing the apps on your ne w mobile phone. The Yule Log
shallow dish which contained raisins. T he brandy was then set on fire. The players tried to snatch a raisin without burning their fingers. The one who grabbed most raisins was the winner.
Yule is an Old Norse word - jol - for the pagan winter solstice festival around the shortest day. Nowadays you get your Yule log at a supermarket- It's a chocolate covered sponge roll in the shape of a log. But for centuries past there was an ancient ritual of bringing a real log into the house on Christmas Eve. The blaze and crackle of the Yule log typified warmth, light and good cheer.
when most other living things look dead. The fertility belief lives on in the Christmas kissing tradition (kissing = courtship = marriage = birth and renewal). Mistletoe is still banned from churches— except for York Minster. In York, mistletoe was carried in procession on Christmas Eve and placed on the high altar of the Minster; a symbol of the victory of Christianity over paganism. The Dean of York Mister today still ties up bunches of mistletoe at noon every Christmas Eve. mince pies
Finally, did you know that before Not only have customs been lost, but the Reformation they were oval like of those we retain we often don't a cradle with a pastry image of the holy child in swaddling clothes. And understand what they mean. they were savoury, of beef, goose, Mistletoe chicken or even eggs. They were Like the Yule log SNAPDRAGON suppressed by the Protestant reformthis is another ers and re-emerged as small, round Another lost custom is the playing throwback to our and by adults and children of the Christpre-Christian pagan past. It is supsweet. By mas game of Snapdragon. This game posed to have magical properties and the way, it was at the heart of every Victorian is said to ward off witches and gob- is unlucky Christmas. It was played on Christlins. It is also associated with fertil- to refuse a mas Eve with the room in darkness ity, probably because it is green mince pie! and involved pouring brandy into a Trinity Church Honley Newsletter December 2013
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Peace on Earth; Goodwill to Men ; Batteries not includ ed.
Wordsearch / Christmas Quiz Wordsearch for Advent
A little Christmas Quiz (Answers on page 10)
This month the Christmas story will be read and reread by hundreds of millions of people around the world: how the shepherds were in the fields of Bethlehem when the angels appeared with the astonishing news that the Messiah had been born! How many words from the Christmas story can you find below?
True or False? 1. The town of Bethlehem is just over 20 miles from Jerusalem. 2. The composer Gustav Holst, who wrote the music for the carol ‘In the Bleak Mid-Winter’, lived in Thaxted, Essex. 3. A pheasant is one of numerous birds mentioned in the song: ‘T he 12 days of Christmas’. 4. The first light bulbs used to decorate a Christmas tree were switched on at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851. 5. After leaving Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph with the baby Jesus went into Egypt. 6. The Christmas stamps produced by Royal Mail in 2009 depicted the Nativity on stained glass windows. 7. The second line of the carol ‘Once in Royal David’s city’ is: ‘Stood a little cattle-shed’. 8. ‘Vrolyk Kerstfeest’ means ‘Happy Christmas’ in the Slovakian language. 9. ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ sung by Slade was top of the UK singles chart in 1983. 10. Bethlehem in Israel stands 2,550 feet above sea level. 11. Mistletoe is nutritious to many animals, but poisonous to people. 12. In December 2001, the world’s longest Christmas cracker was measured at 63 metres. 13. The carol ‘Silent Night’ was originally written in Germany. 14. Poinsettia plants were first discovered in Mexico by Joel Poinsett in the mid 1800s. 15. There is a village in Wales called Bethlehem. 16. The song ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ featured in the film ‘Meet me in St. Louis’ (1940). 17. The story for the film ‘The Snowman’ was written by Roald Dahl. 18. ‘A Christmas Carol’ was written by Charles Dickens in 1843. 19. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope starred together in the film ‘White Christmas’ (1954). 20. Christmas Activities were banned in 1647 following an Act of Parliament introduced by Oliver Cromwell.
There’s a word in the list below which is not in the square. There’s still no prize for spotting it this month; just the satisfaction of discovery. However, if you want to check, the ‘rogue word’ is hidden elsewhere in this Newsletter. You’ll have to search for it! BABY TREE JESUS NATIVITY SHEPHERDS LAMBS ANGELS DONKEY
SHEEP INN MANGER MARY VIRGIN JOSEPH STAR HALLELUJAH
HEAVENLY HOST TURKEY HOLLY PRESENTS MISTLETOE STUFFING PUDDING CAROLS
"And the Gri nch, wi th hi s Gri nchfeet i ce cold i n the snow , stood puzzli ng and puzzli ng, how could i t be s o? It came w i thout ri bbons. It out packages, boxes or bags. And
Socialising on Westgate
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Café Plus on Westgate is opening its doors every other Saturday night for teenagers to meet and socialize. The "After Hours Café" opens 8pm till 10pm and free hot chocolate is served.
puzzl er w as sore. Then the Gri nch thought of somethi ng he hadn' t befor e. What i f Chri stmas, he thought, doesn' t come fr om a stor e. What i f Chri stmas, perhaps, means a li ttle bi t more." (Dr Seuss) Which side of the turkey has the most f eathers?
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Trinity Church Honley Newsletter December 2013
Notices Honley Scout Group
Christmas Tree Festival
6th Holme Valley (Trinity Church Honley) Scout Group invites you to their
10 th Anniversary. Weekend of 7th and 8th De cembe rSaturday 10-4, Sunday 2-4
Carol Service Friday 13th December at 7 pm in Trinity Church. Refreshments after the service in the Scout Headquarters over the road. Children, Parents, Family, Friends, all welcome.
With visits on the Saturday by Father Christmas, Yorkshire Traction Honley Band (1030 am & 2 pm) and Honley Ladies’ Choir (12.00) Organ recital by Ken Draper on the Sunday. Food and drink available both days.
Honley Over 55’s Activity Group
Join us and enjoy the fun and festive forestry
Winter sessions in the Community Centre Stoney Lane Wednesdays from 1.30 to 4.30. All Ov er 55’s welcome The charge is £1 and f or that y ou get three hours of various activ ities, tea and biscuits- and ev en a free raffle ticket. What a bargain!! We’v e got lots of activities including carpet bowls, curling, table tennis and pool. Many members play a v ery competitiv e game of Scrabble or Rummikub and dominoes is also a firm f avourite. . Pat Barr (Secretary ) 0793 131 4231
Trees can be prepared on Friday 6 th December during the day, and should be removed on the Sunday between 4 & 6 pm (later by arrangement)
Late night Christmas shopping till 8pm Thursdays 6, 13 & 20 December & Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve from 10 till 3 For Christmas food and drink, gifts & fashion go to
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
The Toll House, 32-34 Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth.
This is your cooperative! Every time you choose to buy food and drink, gifts and fashion from Fair Trader, you are supporting small producers and cooperatives around the world, also local craftspeople. ‘ Mixed Harmony’ returns to St Mary’s Wednesday 11th December at 7.15 pm Ti ckets are £5 i n advance fr om Ali son Dean (tel 323832) .or £6 on the door and i nclude refr eshments . Proceeds to be spli t betw een the Mothers’ Uni on and S t Mary’ s Church.
Booking a room at Trinity Church The Upper Room 9.5m x 7m. Capacity 60 seated. Kitchen facilities. Access by stairs, not suitable for wheelch airs. £33 per 4 hr session The Arthurs’ Room Ground floor room size 9m x Great for 5.5m. Capacity 35 seated. parties! Facilities for refreshments. Access for disabled. £33-£38.50 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.
Christmas with Cantorelli & James Sykes Sunday 8th December at 3.30 pm i n St Mary’s Church - Carols and Readi ngs for Chri stmas. Free Admi ssi on - collecti on for local cancer chari ti es.
Regular events at Honley Library Tel 222340 Story time for the under 5s- 2.30 pm Friday afternoons in term time. Stories and craft activity. BITS – introduction to using a computer Getting started with IT – Wednesday sessions stating at 10 am ev ery 2 weeks f rom Sept 11th . Please book in adv ance. Honley library book group– Every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 10.30. Pick up the choice of the month in adv ance. Family history- help and advice with an expert on the second Wednesday of the month, 2 – 4pm Plus f ree use of www.ancestry .co.uk to card holders. Very popular! Knit and natter. Every Monday 5.30– 7.00 Bring y our knitting / sewing/ craft work and have a chat and f ree refreshments. Friends of Honley Library’ group. For information please contact Suzanne Dufton. Tel 661214 Trinity Church Honley Newsletter December 2013
Contact Karen Stannard 01484 664648 For weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc contact Rev Tim Moore 01484 Sav e used postage stamps to raise f unds by their sale for Kirkwood Hospice. Cut them out carefully with a wide margin and put in the box in the vestibule. Thanks Colin Hill
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Taylor’s Foodstore Fairtrade Christmas Crossw ord This puzzle is sponsore d by Taylor’s Foodstore Meltham
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Address or tel no November solution ACROSS: 1, Hopefulness. 9, Hitting. 10, du Pre. 11, Ere. 13, Ozni. 16. Wait. 17, Climbs. 18, Obey. 20, Joni. 21, Cuckoo. 22, In it. 23, Yaws. 25, Elm. 28, Alarm. 29, Epistle. 30, Whitsuntide. DOWN: 2, Often. 3, Exit. 4, Urge. 5, Node. 6, Soprano. 7, Theological. 8, Westminster. 12, Rebuke. 14, Icy. 15, Ritual. 19, Epitaph. 20, Joy. 24, Acted. 25, Emit. 26, Menu. 27, Gift. Entries from David Murray, Helen Howell, Alison Booth, Sylvia Hallas, Gwyneth Loane, Glenys Pallister The winner is Gwyneth Loane. Snd your entries fo r Dec/J an to the editor by January 13th. (Plenty of time to do this after the Christmas pud and a brandy)
Our minister is the Rev Tim Moore. As well as Trinity he has charge of four other churches: Scholes, Shepley, Gatehead and Brockholes.
Christmas Quiz Answers 1. False: only 5 2. True. 3. False. 4. False: they were not commercially available until after 1879. 5. True.
6. True. 7. False: Should be ‘lowly’ 8. False: Dutch. 9. False: 1973. 10. True. 11. True 12. True: It was also 4m in diameter. 13. False: writt en
in Austria. 14. True. 15. True: It’s in Carmarthen.. 16. True. 17. False: it was Raymond Briggs. 18. True. 19. False: Crosby starred with Danny Kaye.
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.trinitychurc hinhonley.org.uk Minister: Rev Tim Moore, 6a Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield HD8 8AE. Tel 608913 / 07837 128611 Jane Armitage, 26 Lower Hall, Healey House, Netherton, HD4 7DG Hilary Turner, Rydal Mount, Mearhouse, New Mill, HD9 7EX Sylvia Hallas / Pam Redfearn / Joyce Draper
665990 684704 662929
Room Bookings / Activities Cttee Karen Stannard, 6a Marsh Gardens, Honley HD9 6AF
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Secretary Treasurer Pastoral Team Email addresses
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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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20. True: Christmas was an illegal f estival for 13 years!
February Newsletter Will be available on Sunday Jan 25th (DV) Contributions to Vera Stanley or John Murray by Sunday Jan 11th Photocopier Alan Fawcett Assemblers Karen Stannard Margaret Sheppard
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Across 1 Provisional meeting place of God and the Jews (Exodus 25:9) (10) 7 David’s third son, killed when his head got caught in a tree during a battle with his father (2 Samuel 18:14–15) (7) 8 They ruled much of the west coast of South America in the 15th and early 16th centuries (5) 10 Small deer of European and Asian extraction (4) 11 Seized control of (Numbers 21:25) (8) 13 Terror (Luke 24:5) (6) 15 First World War heroine shot by the Germans in Brussels, Nurse Edith — (6) 17 Stormy (8) 18 A bitter variety of this, together with lamb and unleavened bread, was the Passover menu for anyone ‘unclean’ (Numbers 9:11) (4) 21 Arson (anag.) detected below (5) 22 How John Newton described God’s grace in his well-known hymn (7) 23 Habitation (Isaiah 27:10) (10) Down 1 ‘ — and see that the Lord is good’ (Psalm 34:8) (5) 2 ‘The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as — as a lion’ (Proverbs 28:1) (4) 3 One of the exiles, a descendant of Parosh, who married a foreign woman (Ezra 10:25) (6) 4 He escaped from Nob when Saul killed the rest of his family and joined David (1 Samuel 22:19–20) (8) 5 City and lake in Central Switzerland (7) 6 ‘Offer your bodies as living — , holy and pleasing to God’ (Romans 12:1) (10) 9 Pouches carried by horses (Genesis 49:14) (10) 12 One who accepts government by God (8) 14 Aromatic substance commonly used in Jewish ritual (Ex 30:1) (7) 16 He asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’ (John 18:38) (6) 19 Are (Romans 13:1) (5) 20 ‘You are to give him the name Jesus, because he will — his people from their sins’ (Matthew 1:21) (4)
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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!