Trinity Church Honley newsletter June 2015 by John Murray

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TRINITY CHURCH HONLEY Newsletter June 2015

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Looking up to Trinity’s stump– Photo: Sandie Nicholson Looking down from Castle Hill— See walk report page 5. Photo: Andrew Kirby

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Trinity Church June 2015 S ERVICES 7

Date Time

1030

6.00pm

1030

Minister/ Organiser

Kath Beetlestone

Raymond Nichols

TAIZE SERVICE with Rev Richard Thompson

Rev Tim Moore (incl Communion)

Elizabeth Bishop *

Vestibule Stewards

Linda & Stephen Crav en

Jean Wood Di Harris

Marian Bainbridge Rachel Boothroy d

Peter & Linda Webb

Church Stewards

Glenys Pallister Pat Waite

Bob & Jane Armitage

Margaret Armitage Penny Winterbottom

Hilary Turner Caroly nne Roberts

Junior Church

Di Harris

Marion Bainbridge Wendy Peach

Rachael Booth

Flowers

Karen Stannard

Rachel Boothroy d

Margaret Spooner

Coffee: Karen Stannard +

Jean Wood Maureen Burley

Joy ce Draper Audrey Hawkswell

Linda Crav en Jean Wood

Marion Bainbridge Flower Fund Barbara Leach Pam Redfearn

Junior Church

* Liz Bishop. ‘I live in Linthwaite with my husband Peter, who is a circuit steward. I have been a local preacher fo r about 4 years. I am also district advocate and circuit co-ordination of Action for Children and one of the circuit safegu arding officers. I work full time as ward manager on the children's ward at Calderdal e Royal Hospital and as I have two children and six grandchildren my life is very busy!’

Trinity has a Junior Church which takes place during the latter part of the service. (after the collection!) Saturday June 20th. 3.30-5.30 pm. at Trinity. Fun and leaning for kids AND their adults. Jointly with Elim and St Mary’s. Refreshments.

Nepal Fund Raiser

Gather 2 read ‘Gather 2 Read’ is a weekly reading at St Mary’s Parish Rooms. Anyone can come and you don’t need to commit to every week. All materials are provided – we read short stories, chapters of books, all genres, poems – you only read aloud if you wish to. It’s a lively, warm group and I’d love to hear from anyone who wants to know more. Tuesdays 2.00-3.30 pm Term time only. Bev Playle 01484 320 918 www.thewalkingreader.com

Friday 5th June at 7pm Join us at the Toll House, Holmfirth, for a money raising event to help with the rebuilding efforts being undertaken by small charities associated with our suppliers in Nepal. These include Aura Que set up by ex-Holmfirth High School student Laura Queening, Dhanusha Designs, Felt so Good, Komodo and Kusan. Elizabeth Shadbolt, a local teacher with recent experience of working in rural Nepal will talk about life before the earthquake. We will also have a special display of products made in Nepal and music will be provided by local band Trouble at t‘Mill. Tickets £15.00 to include a fair trader Ghurka curry. Tickets are available from the shop, by calling 01484 690515 or emailing info@fairtrader.coop Day Saturday Tuesday

Marina Woodhead’s last meeting as a member of the worship committee was last month. We want to say thank you for the inspiration and effort that she has provided to our worship, and particularly to our Nativity services over many years. Our prayers go with her in her work with the Chinese fellowship.

Date Events in June 6 9

Honley Community Festival. Street Market in Church Street, Fun in People’s Park Tea & Cakes, provided by the Women’s Fellowship. 2.30—4.00pm. Donations, plus 50p cake slice sale. H’firth Methodist Leisure Group. Meet at Holme at 11am for a walk. Then lunch & talk at Holmbridge Church

Sunday

Trinity / Civic Society walk. Circular walk to Farnley Ty as, led by Keith. Meet at 2.15 at Trinity Church.

Monday

6th Holme Valley (Trinity Church) Scout Group AGM in the Scout HQ at 8 pm. All welcome + refreshs

Friday

CANTORELLI concert 7.30pm. Admission at the door £8.00 (Concessions £6) See page 7

Events coming up in following months Sunday 19 July— Church Anniversary. Morning service led by Circuit Superintendent David Bidnell. Cream Tea in afternoon 2.30-4.00. with donations f or Ov erseas Missions Tuesday 28 July– Beetle Drive + tea & cakes. 2.30pm / Sunday 20 September– Harv est Lunch

Trinity Church Honley Newsletter June 2015

Our Minister’s column Tomorrow may be too late

was the speed at which she chewed her gum (Maxi Mint as I recall). Rose had three children – David who was super intelligent, a middle one whose name I can’t recall and Wendy, who was my age (about nine). I always thought they were lucky because they lived in a real house made from real bricks and they had the luxury of a front room which they never used. Coming from a prefab I thought this was wonderful.

One day, about se ven ye ars ago, I woke up thinking about Rose . It wasn’t really a dream but a ‘waking moment’, if you know what I mean……... Let me take you back to the late 1960s; to Underhill Road, in East Dulwich, London where I grew up. Rose was a lady we sometimes saw passing our pre fab. She was very tall, walked faster than Billy Whizz and always wore a headscarf and bright red lipstick. She was no Audrey Hepburn, but the type of lady you saw walking up and down our road all the time. She was also a nervous person but the only glimpse you saw of that

Rose was full of life and had more ene rgy than a power station and when she looked at you she caught your attention and fixed your gaze in a big loving smile. It was like she could see into your very soul. She was more ‘together’ than my mum and for that I think I admired her. Then one day she lost he r sparkle. In hushed tones my mum told me her husband had been run over on his moped on his way to work. What made it worse, she said, was that he had been run over by a lorry. As a nine year old I agreed that this death was cruel and worse

than being killed by a car. I don’t think Rose would have agreed somehow. So ne arly se ven years ago I had the ove rwhelming desire to go back in time and hold Rose’s hand. I wanted to hold her tight and tell her it will be alright and things will get better and that God would be there to help her and he would restore the years the locusts have eaten- but I couldn’t of course. But I hope somebody did, back there in 1969. Strangely, though, today I thought about he r again. Maybe I ate too much cheese last night or maybe Rose finally died and her soul touched mine in the passing from one world to another. Whatever the reason, I’m glad I thought about her again because she was special. Perhaps we could all re ach out to someone in pain and hold their hand or phone them so that we don’t look back and re gret that we didn’t say a tende r word or two when the y nee de d it most.

You can contact Rev Tim Moore on mobile: 07837 128611 or email: revtim@btinternet.com

Support the most vulnerable, churches say to the Prime Minister Think- Pray- Vote…What’s next?

• A full review of the impact of the benefits sanctions

An open letter to the Prime Minister

• Postponement of spending on Trident and a serious re-

system assessment of the need for nuclear weapons

Leaders from four maj or UK Churches have signed an open letter to the re-appointed Prime Minister, Dav id Cameron, congratulating him on his election and encouraging him to hold ‘truth, j ustice, peace and w ellbeing’ at the heart of the government.

• Assertive international action to uphold human rights and deliver humanitarian assistance in Syria

• Action to make freedom of religion a human rights priority in all aspects of foreign policy

“Remembering our neighbours is vital for a healthy society,” said Rachel Lampard, leader of the Joint Public Issues Team, which works on behalf of the Churches. “Whilst policies protecting the most weak and vulnerable of society may not always be popular, they are necessary for the common good, regardless of political perspective.”

With a focus on ’l oving our neighbour’, the letter reminds the Prime Minister that a wholesome society should be concerned for the weakest and most vulnerable, both locally and globally. The letter, signed by leaders of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church, highlights several of the key concerns that the Churches believe should be high on the agenda of the new government, calling for: Trinity Church Honley Newsletter June 2015

Rachel Lampard is Team Leader of the Joi nt Public Issues T eam and has worked for the Methodist Church as Secr etary for Parliamentary and Political Affairs sinc e 2000 with res ponsibility for the Church’s engagement with political issues in a range of areas.

Bee Business My Bees Long ago there were my bees, their buzzing murmur filled my day beguiling me. The multitude of tiny, flying bodies unafraid of my great hand, my smoking ‘gun’. How I admired them, came to love them, feel their devotion to their queen, their parent colony, and tiny brood of pale new-borns – their first concern. Going about their important business, Each one, as if by religious vows Committed to their faith, their fellow bees, Their enterprise. Audrey Theodosia Bryant (Apiarist and poet)

‘THE BEE CAUSE’ There are over 250 species of bee in Britain, including honey bees, over 20 species of bumble-bees and many solitary bee species. Bees are vital for pollinating our fruits and vegetables and by pollinating wild flowers. Yet bees are declining – some species of bumble-bee have become extinct and many other species are on the danger list.

Bee swarm on a fen ce post photo– Marcia Murray

The causes are complex but include the intensification of agriculture that leaves no room for the wildflowers on which bees feed; pesticides that harm bees and the loss of important bee habitat to development.

The Bee Cause, a campaign run by Friends of the Earth (FOE), aims to press the government to make the bigger policy changes needed to halt bee decline and also give practical help to bees in our gardens, towns and villages

Audrey Theodosia Bryant, one of the founding members of ‘Green Christian’, died on 10 April. She became a cofounder of The Christian Ecology Link and stood for the European Parliament as a “Christian for the Greens” in the 1984, 1989 and 1994 elections. Green Christian is a member The Climate Coalition, a network of over 100 organisations with a combined membership of 11 million.

As part of the campaign, FOE is giving away packets of w ildflower seeds to anyone w ho can create a bee-friendly w ildflow er patch of 5m² or more in a public place such as a park, school grounds or village green. Sev eral churchyards are already inv olved in this project and FOE is keen to w ork with EcoCongregations to encourage more.

Their campaign for 2015 is For the love of…… They say that means: ‘For the love of all the things we care about, we’re taking climate change seriously. And we’re not alone.’

Find out more about The Bee Cause campaign at http://www.foe.co.uk/bees. If you're interested in creating a Bee World using the free seeds, please visit www.foe.co.uk/go/arochabees or http://www.foe.co.uk/green-blog/4-stepsbeautiful-bee-world

A Rocha UK, The Baptist Union, Christian Aid, Christian Concern for One World, Climate Stewards, Commitment for Life, Hope for the Future, Operation Noah, Our Voices, SPEAK, Tearfund, The Church of England ‘Shrinking the Footprint’ programme, The Methodist Church, The United Reformed Church. (see also back page)

Green Christian is one member in a network of the UK Christian climate-campaigning organisations:

Hilary Turner, our Church Treasurer, is also a new Huddersfield Circuit Stew ard.

Before I retired I was Director of Finance and Joint Chief Executive at Kirkwood Hospice. The best job ever, or so I thought! But now I am proud granny to Alice Lily, born in March 2014. Nothing top trumps that! I hope that I can add something to the Huddersfield Circuit through my appointment, but I do need lessons in Methodist protocol and procedure!’ Hilary J Turner (for those who didn’t read this in the Huddersfield Circuit newsletter ‘In Touch’ Number 13, March—May)

‘I am probably the least qualified new Circuit Steward to be appointed! I am Treasurer of Trinity Church Honley, which is a Methodist / URC LEP. I was baptised and married at this church which was Honley Congregational Church at that time. I married into a Methodist family. Although my mother's roots were firmly in Methodism she took us to the Congregational Church on Sundays simply because it was the closest to our home in Honley! I met my husband through the work to merge together the three nonconformist chapels in Honley in 1969. Our two daughters were also baptised and married at Honley Trinity.

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Group Outings Holmfirth Methodist Leisure Group

Reports b y Joan Vevers Eventually we came out on Lumb Lane and a field which once was a bull baiting ring in the long ago days when such cruel sports took place.

Walk from Almondbury We had a good walk from Almondbury on 14 April

We completed the walk climbing up pathways until we gained Kaye Lane and back to the Chapel. We ate out lunch and then Andrew gave us a very entertaining talk about his walks with a friend from John O Groats to Land End, done over a period of about 10 years using B & Bs and having some amusing encounters along the way.

Quite a crowd of us set off and we walked past an interesting building with a plaque stating that refugees from the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War, had been housed there in 1937*. We were heading for Castle Hill. Initially we walked through open fields but then began the climb to the summit. It was very windy and we got quite strung out but we waited amongst the gorse for everyone to catch up. That was when there was the ‘photo opportunity’.

*The Yorkshire branch of the Spanish Relief Committee was among the first to offer help. In the end 450 children were welcomed to Yorkshire, including 20 to Almondbury– a different attitude then to refugees than the present UK government.

Walk from Brockholes

her year working in Cambodia; some harrowing tales as well as some uplifting ones.

When we arrived at Brockholes on Tuesday May 12th it was raining but by the walk start time, as forecast, the sun came out and, although it was very windy in places, it was fine and bright.

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Grey Wagtail (male) Next month (June ) the walkers are meeting at Holme chapel (53.55040N, 1.83743W) for the walk and walking to Holmbridge Church for lunch and the talk (Should be mostly downhill– but how they get back to Holme for their cars is a mystery at present- Ed).

On this walk we saw two grey wagtails on the river. In Sinking Wood the bluebells were waving in the breeze with dappled sunlight coming through the new green leaves. We were serenaded by birdsong in the woods and then back at the Chapel we enjoyed a welcome cup of tea with our lunch. We are fortunate to live in such a beautiful area with an abundance of wildlife and footpaths.

These walks are open to anyone and set off at 1100 hrs from various Methodist chapels in the Huddersfield Circuit, though obviously most are from those in the southern part of it.

After lunch Kath Hinchliff, a retired nurse, gave us an illustrated talk about Voluntary Service Overseas and

Refugees need refuge NOW The Mediterranean has become Europe’s shame- a graveyard for persecuted families fleeing war. (Avaaz.com) But EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has devised a new emergency migration policy that could forge the way to end these floating coffins. There is a solid majority supporting her, but countries are now refusing to increase quotas of refugees, including the UK, putting the whole plan at risk. The worse thing is that our government is using as an excuse that the public climate is antimigrants. The UK must offer a lifeline to more Syrian refugees (Amnesty International) “The Syrian situation is the most dramatic humanitarian crisis the world has faced in a very long time.” says António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for refugees. Millions of children, women and men have fled the violence, persecution and hardships in Syria, hoping for safety outside of the country. After months of w eak arguments and refusal to resettle one single Syrian refugee, the UK gov ernment has finally announced that it w ould offer a lifeline to ‘some’ refugees. The gov ernment's scheme is dependent on local councils v olunteering to w elcome small groups of refugees from Syria. Trinity Church Honley Newsletter June 2015

The w orld spends nearly three times as much on ice cream as it does on humanitarian aid: $59bn on ice cream in 2013 against $22bn on humanitarian aid. (Source The Guardian) In the last decade, the number of people who need humanitarian aid and the cost of helping them h a s si gni fi can tl y in creased. Funding requirements have more than doubled, to over $10bn per year. For 2015, the UN has appealed for more than $16bn. (Source: UNOCHA)

Wordsearch / Letters Letters to the Editor

Wordsearch for June Simon was a married f isherman f rom Bethsaida, near the Sea of Galilee, when his brother Andrew introduced him to Jesus. When Simon made his f amous confession of faith, that Jesus was the Christ, Jesus gav e him his new name – Cephas, or Peter, which means rock. The ‘gates of hell’ would nev er prev ail against Jesus’ Church, and He gave Peter the power of ‘binding and loosing’, and also the ‘the keys of the kingdom of heaven’. Peter witnessed the Transfiguration, the raising of the daughter of Jairus, and Jesus praying in Gethsemane. Peter betray ed Jesus but after the Resurrection, Jesus entrusted him to ‘f eed my lambs... and f eed my sheep’. Peter was also the first apostle to work a miracle.

mail- 27 Moorside Rd, Honley, HD9 6HR email- trinity.news@ntlworld.com PLEASE PUT YOUR ADDRESS AND THE DATE on your letters.

From Margaret Armitage, Longland Bank, 10 May I would like to thank all at Trinity Church for the lovely flowers and cards I received on the occasion of my birthday. Thank you. ♣ From Maureen Burley, Moorside Road, 17 May To all my friends at Trinity Church. I would like to say a big thank you for the lovely flowers and cards I received during my recent stay in hospital. It was very much appreciated. ♣ From Pat Waite, Sandstone Close, 17 May On behalf of the Church, may I express thanks and appreciation to Sylvia Hallas for her commitment to the Lent Lunches for many, many years. She has, each year, found 14 soup makers and been on the front line representing our Church for the seven weeks of Lent. On the discontinuation of the lunches, may we support whatever is decided to raise the money for our contribution to Honley Aid in Sickness. Thank You Sylvia. ♣ From Brenda Wildman, Brownroyd Road. 21 May Dear Friends, T hank you for the lovely bouquet! It is so good to know that you are thinking about Peter and me.

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Notices 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.

CANTORELLI at Trinity on Friday 19th June 7.30pm Choral Music from Italy. Cantorelli perform a concert in aid of local charities featuring Palestrina’s Missa Brevis, madrigals by Monteverdi and motets by Scarlatti and Rossini Admission at the door £8.00 (Concessions £6) Further information: telephone 01484-660651

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

Brockholes Methodist Church We invite you to partake of our soup n' roll lunches every alternate Wednesday 11.45 to 1.oo-- that’s 10th and 24th of June Bring your friends!

leaving a go od margin all round.”

Kirkwood Hospice sells used postage stamps to raise money for its work. There's a box for your stamps in the vestibule. Thank you!

Honley Library Tel 222 One-off events– Monday 8th June 'Formidable Women in Honley's History'. 7.30pm -9pm. Friends of Honley Library invite you to an evening with Peter Marshall of Honley Civic Society. Tickets £2. Refreshments provided. Tuesday 30 June 7.30pm talk by DebbieTaylor, author of‘Herring Girl’ 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. Regular events: Foodbank– Wednesdays 2—4 pm Story time for the under 5s- 2.30 pm Fridays in term time. Stories and craft activity. June 12=-‘Jungle Adventure!’ 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 Knit and natter. Every Monday 2.00 to 3.30pm. With free refreshments.

St. Paul's Methodist Church , Dalton

Come and join us for Afternoon Tea on Saturday 6th June, 2 – 4 pm Live piano music Lucky ticket draw…Tickets£6.00 To book your table ring Karen Morris 329371 Or email karenmorris_7hotmail.com

Regular room bookings at Trinity Playgroup- Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri (morning) Contact- Carolynn Roberts 661024 Toddlers Group Tuesday morning Contact- Deborah Fawcett 663966 Drama Groups- Friday evening, Saturday morning Contact- Natalie Haigh 617468 / 07840800601 Brow nies- Wednesday evening Contact- Ann Dove 665669 Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research group– every 3rd Tuesday from Sept 16th at 8pm. Contact Val Akroyd 662852

Huddersfield Methodist Mission Computing and Training Facility (CAT) 3-15 Lord Street, Huddersfield

Booking a room at Trinity Church

SPRING COMPUTER COURSES to 27th June

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 30 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 fo r birthday parties, meetings, rehearsal rooms etc.

Open Access /Drop-in Each Monday 10 to 12 noon, starting Monday 13"" April. Learn essential computer skills. £5 per two hrs Build Your Ow n Computer {Cost £5.00 per two hour se ssion) Each Tuesday S.30 pm to 7.30 pm. No registration needed - just come on the day. Building a working computer from scratch; memory, mother board, hard disk, central processing unit, etc, and making it work. Interested in a ‘Learn My Way’ City & Guilds computer basics course? Only £20 for the 9 hr course & assessment. Contact Roy Squires :Tel 01484 323 132

Contact Karen Stannard 01484 664648. For weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc contact Rev Tim Moore 01484 608913

or email roy.squires@ntlworld.com Trinity Church Honley Newsletter June 2015

Taylor’s Foodstore Fairtrade June 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 May Solution. Across: 1, Stop. 3, Call upon. 9, Regular. 10, Octet. 11, Inner. 12, Hudson. 14, Holy Communion. 17, Myself. 19, See to. 22, About. 23, Iterate. 24, Monarchy. 25, Stet. Down: 1, Straight. 2, Organ. 4, Abraham’s faith. 5, Lloyd. 6, Puteoli. 7, Note. 8, Cleric. 13, Innocent. 15, Lay down. 16, Ussher. 18, Enter. 20, Enact. 21, Balm. The winner is John Hardy from Brierfield, by email. Tell me your address John and I’ll send you the voucher. Send your entries for this month - cut out, printed-out, or email a list of answers, to the editor by June 14th

June 17th in London—Mass lobby of MPs organised by The Climate Coalition. We want all politicians to know why climate change matters to us and to work together to prevent it damaging all we hold dear; to stop the world’s temperature rising by dangerous levels and to stop climate change undoing years of work in eradicating poverty overseas. The scientific consensus is unequivocal. We need to make a quick transition to sustainable energy and help those affected by changes which are already happening to adapt. SOME TRINITY CHURCH CONTACTS From outside Huddersfield prefix UK area cod e 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 665990 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

Secretar y: jaassociates@tiscali.co.uk, Newsletter: trinity.news @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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Our Minister is the Rev Tim Moore (Until the end of August) He also looks after the Methodist chapels in Shepley, Gatehead and Brockholes. Contact details below. July Newsletter Will be available on Sunday June 28th (DV) Contributions to Vera Stanley or John Murray by Sunday June 14th Photocopier Alan Fawcett Assemblers Linda Craven Sylvia Hallas

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Across 1 See 23 Across 3 Where the thief on the cross was told he would be, with Jesus (Luke 23:43) (8) 8 Invalid (4) 9 Blasphemed (Ezekiel 36:20) (8) 11 Adhering to the letter of the law rather than its spirit (Philippians 3:6) (10) 14 Shut (Ecclesiastes 12:4) (6) 15 ‘This is how it will be with anyone who — up things fo r himself but is not rich towards God’ (Luke 12:21) (6) 17 Syria Simon (anag.) (10) spread the word. 20 Agreement (Hebrews 9:15) (8) 21 Native of, say, Bangkok (4) 22 Tad offer- (anag.) (5-3) for a part exchang e 23 and 1 Across ‘The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden o f — to work it and take — of it’ (Genesis 2:15) (4,4) Down 1 Struggle between opposing forces (Habakkuk 1:3) (8) 2 James defined this as ‘looking after orphans and widows in their distress and keeping oneself from being polluted by the world’ (James 1:27) (8) 4 ‘The one I kiss is the man; — him’ (Matthew 26:48) (6) 5 ‘Be joyful in hope, patient in — , faithful in prayer’ (Romans 12:12) (10) 6 St Columba’s burial place (4) 7 Swirling current o f water (4) 10 Loyalty (Isaiah 19:18) (10) 12 ‘God was pleased through the foolishness of what was — , to save those who believe’ (1 Corinthians 1:21) (8) 13 Camp where the angel of the Lord slew 185,000 men one night (2 Kings 19:35) (8) 16 ‘There is still — — — Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet’(2 Samuel 9:3) (1,3,2) 18 David Livingstone was one (4) 19 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (1,1,1,1)

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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!