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TRINITY CHURCH
HONLEY
Newsletter
February 2015
See Phakamisa
report on page 4
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For God so
loved the
world that He
gave His only
begotten Son,
that
whosoever
believeth in
Him should
not perish,
but have
everlasting
life
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Trinity Church (Methodist-URC) Moorbottom Honley
Trinity Church February 2015
SERVICES
Date
Vestibule
Stewards
Church Stewards
Flowers
Martin Hirst
Caroline Page
Margaret Armitage
Penny Winterbottom
Joyce Draper
Rev Tim Moore
(Incl. communion)
Eileen & Peter
Marshall
Hilary Turner
Carolynne Roberts
Joan Vevers
Jean Wood
Maureen Burley
1030
Janice Leam**
David Redfearn
Ronnie Moncur
Margaret Sheppard
Pam Redfearn
Helen Amster
Barbara Leach
Pam Redfearn
1030
Adrian Burton***
Keith Knutton
Karen Stannard
Glenys Pallister
Pat Waite
Sylvia Hallas
Joyce Draper
Audrey Hawkswell
Time
Minister/Organiser
1030
Richard Hoyle*
1800
Taize Service led by
Rev Richard Thompson
8
1030
15
22
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Coffee team
Karen Stannard +
Rachel Boothroyd
Joyce Draper
Junior Church- Junior and Senior classes
* Richard Hoyle was born in South Wales, and
grew up in the Persian Gulf (Doha then Dubai),
where he also worked for a while. He is married
to Nicky, his wife of some 28 years, and they are
members of Gledholt Methodist Church. He has
two grown up children, Adam and Lisa. He received the call to preach in the late 80’s and became accredited in the early 90’s. Richard’s interests include
photography, reading, walking and just appreciating the beauty
and variety of Gods creations in their many forms.
Trinity has a Junior Church which takes place during
the latter part of the service.
The ‘children's corner’ in church is always available
for the younger ones and their carers. The older ones
meet in the church office at the same time. Junior
Church also keeps a second-hand self-service book
shelf in the west transept. All books are 25p.
New Time for Lent Lunches
**Janice Leam was born in Nottingham. She was
trained as a teacher at Bretton Hall College of
Education, has taught in schools in West Yorkshire, but is now retired. She has sung in the
choir at Dalton St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Huddersfield, for thirty years and loves the new Methodist Hymn Book, Singing the Faith. She enjoys
historical research, both family and local history, taking photographs and walking in the country.
Lent Lunches will be from 12 noon to 1 30 pm this
year. The lunches start on 19th February and continue
every Thursday for 7 weeks in the Parish Rooms
Church Street. Easter Sunday is April 5th, so the final
Lent Lunch will be on April 2nd. Sylvia Hallas asks that
we support these lunches (by paying for and eating
them) and the proceeds will go to the charity Honley
Aid in Sickness.
***Adrian Burton grew up in Derbyshire and has
lived in Huddersfield for nearly 10 years. Adrian is
married with four school age children. He works in
financial services in Leeds. Adrian is currently ‘on
trial’ as a local preacher - but is hoping to complete
his studies this year… He also enjoys reading and
pottering about in the garden.
Fairtrade Fortnight is 23 February - 8 March
At Huddersfield Mission, Lord Street
Saturday 28th- Fairtrade Fair
Sunday March 1st at 3pmCircuit Fairtrade celebration service
PLAYGROU P MAKES GOOD!
The Trinity Church Playgroup, run by Carolynne Roberts,
was inspected by OFSTED on December 4th. It was graded ‘good’ in all categories.
Ofsted inspector Nicola Dickinson said: “Children thrive and are inspired to learn in this welcoming, child-focussed environment. Practitioners have a thorough knowledge of the Early
Years Foundation Stage and a very good understanding of how children learn. Children
make independent choices and initiate their own learning as they access a wide range of resources in the wellplanned inside and outdoor areas.” Well done Carolynne!
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Tuesday
Date
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Events in February
Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30pm.
Speaker- Susan Whitwain ‘Colne Valley Museum’. Chairlady: Joyce Draper.
Holmfirth Methodist Leisure Group. Meet Shepley Methodist’s at 11 am for a walk, picnic lunch and talk
Thursday
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Lent Lunch No 1 in St Mary's Parish Rooms, Church Street. 12.00 to 1.30. (new times)
Tuesday
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Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30pm.
Speaker– John Mumford ‘Estate Planning and Financial Matters, etc.’ Chairlady– Margaret Armitage.
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Fairtrade Fair at the Huddersfield Methodist Mission.
Saturday
Events coming up in following months
Sunday
Friday
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1st March- Taize service at 6.00 pm conducted by Rev Richard Thompson
6th March– Women’s World Day of Prayer
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Trinity Church Honley Newsletter February 2015
Minister’s Message
‘More of the same
doesn’t make it any
better….’
By Rev Tim Moore
I hope January has been a good
month for you and that it hasn’t
brought the blues as it sometimes does.
As we begin a new year, the Lectionary brings us a new book to
study, so this year we will focus
(mostly) on the Gospel of Mark.
Already you will have begun to see
how Mark quickly moves from one
situation to another and all the ac-
tion is fast-paced as he takes us
swiftly from adventure to adventure.
Mark’s gospel splits into two (it
divides at chapter 8 v22 roughly)
but the two halves still have the
same message, and that is about
following a ‘Way’ and the question Mark always asks us is, ‘are
we willing to imitate Christ and accept the cost?’
So what are our costs of following Jesus? I don’t intend to explore that but it’s a good question.
But maybe it’s the wrong question
for now. Perhaps a better one is
what are the benefits of imitating
Jesus?
Recent events in Paris have
caused us alarm and shock.
For some they have reminded us
that Britain has been subject to
violent attacks for many years. It
seems that we struggle to grasp
that all the violence the world has
seen hasn’t brought an end to violence. Why do we think that a little
more violence will conquer vio-
lence or a little more hate will rid
us of hate or more money will cure
us of greed? Sometimes we just
need to stop and think a bit to reassure ourselves there is a different
way.
As those who try to imitate Jesus
what is we hope to see? Perhaps
it’s the Jesus who calms the demoniac and sits with a former lunatic
having a sensible conversation
with him; or the Jesus who sits
with the uneducated (but not unintelligent) and gives them a message of hope; or Jesus who offers
them the chance to have enough
food and to live a longer life.
Perhaps that’s where the cost
lies – discussing with people who
can’t see that doing the same thing
over and over again will produce
the same results of misery.
Whatever we think now, maybe
we will hold a different view by
the time we have gone through
Mark’s gospel and be well on
our way along a different path
and following ‘The Way’.
Contact Tim Moore on mobile: 07837 128611 or email: [email protected]
FROM CUP TO CAP–Sunday Coffee Donations
The charity we are contributing to from Jan –
June 2015 is Christians against Poverty (CAP).
It is a national charity with headquarters at Jubilee Mills, Bradford but works in various localities, including our own. CAP works through
help and advice in debt, education in debt control and money management.
More details are displayed on our notice board. Please read
about this worthwhile charity, its places of support, the volunteers and how you could help. https://capuk.org/
OMGroup Jane Armitage, Glenys Pallister, Pam
Redfearn, Margaret Sheppard and Pat Waite.
Who are Christians Against Poverty?
CAP started in 1996 when John Kirkby gave up his successful
career in consumer finance to help people out of misery and
poverty associated with unmanageable debt. We have grown
into a national charity with a vision to have a CAP Debt centre,
opened in partnership with a local church, in every town and
city across the UK.
We are passionate about releasing people in our nation from a
life sentence of debt, poverty and their causes. Working with
the Church we bring good news, hope and freedom.
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Overseas Missions
BANGLADESH - Battling against the odds
PHAKAMISA*
From Brian Brown, Chairman of Phakamisa UK Trust
Aklima holds on to her emergency
relief card from Christian Aid partner, Shushilan, which entitled her
to a relief food parcel following dramatic flooding in her village of Tala
Upzila. This package with its rice,
potatoes, dal, cooking oil and water
purification tablets helped keep her
alive during a very difficult time.
Dear Friends,
I offer insights from my current visit
to South Africa, and Phakamisa in
particular. What a blessing it was to
share in the devotions of caregivers
and teachers before classes
commenced.
Devotions are an integral part of the Phakamisa day,
not an appendage. Participants share their stories.
One told of a fostered thirteen year old, found with a
loaded gun in her home. How was it obtained? What
were the intentions? Another told of three deaths in
as many weeks in her extended family. How could
she bear the funeral costs when she existed on the
breadline? I'm not suggesting 'answers' were offered.
But as we ended with prayer, song and dance, I gave
thanks that Phakamisa's listening ear meant
everything by way of encouragement and affirmation.
As the water rose, Aklima, with her son Sumum aged
10, fled their home for safer ground on a raised local
embankment. Here she made a temporary shelter
from plastic sheeting and debris.
Now she is back ‘home’. Although the path into the
village is passable it is very treacherous with water
lapping and algae forming. Her house is the first one
you see as you enter the village. The walls are falling
down and she says it really is unsafe to live there
now. However, because it is all she has, she is trying
to repair it but the foundations are not strong. Almost
every house you can see around has been damaged
by the flooding.
I'll return to the UK more convinced than ever that the
spiritual component of Phakamisa is crucial. The
sociology department of a local University undertook
an appraisal of Phakamisa's projects. The report is
glowing, without exception! What the researchers
found as an unexpected plus I found especially
gratifying - the caring for and support of the
caregivers. Phakamisa is seen as both an enabling
tool and a spiritual home.
Aklima holds up her hands to just below her armpits
to explain how high the waters came. The floods
have had a devastating effect on the people, with
appalling conditions in the village. Work, sowing and
harvesting have stopped, which means there is no
money or food coming in.
Those I met at Phakamisa including Thokozani
Poswa , Nei! Purdon, chair of the Phakamisa board in
South Africa, and ex-director Glenda Howieson, all
send their greetings, and heartfelt thanks to our UK
support family. We plan for Thokozani to visit the UK
at the end of April 2015 to share firsthand knowledge
of the work of Phakamisa.
She points to a few cows on a raised concrete circle.
She is worried about how thin they are but there is
nowhere for them to graze at present. Trees are dying too from the saline water which still covers much
of their grazing land. This area has flooded before
and some of the land has been under saline water for
two years.
This is sent in my new capacity of chair of the UK
trust. £92,500 was raised and sent to South Africa for
the recent year - bless you for being part of this
remarkable achievement! Together we are making a
difference.
Each year floods come to this area of South West
Bangladesh and those affected often need emergency aid. Shushilan, who have recently started
working in this area, will work with the village to set
up a forum, early warning system, provide saline resistant seeds and emergency disaster training. They
know that the Forum will be better prepared for the
floods and may not need emergency aid again. Indeed other groups, with whom they have worked
longer, are testament to that fact that they recover far
quicker than those not organised into forums.
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*Phakamisa is an outreach of Pinetown Methodist
Church, Durban, South Africa. It is one of the
overseas missions supported by Trinity Church.
“Phakamisa exists to serve, uplift
and empower impoverished
communities through the
provision of educational training,
resourcing and support. Our
program involves 290 Educare
Centres teaching 10,000
children under 6 years old and
1500 people caring for 5000
orphans”
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It is amazing what can be done, with personal giving
through Commitment for Life. You are helping
Shushilan make a real difference to the lives of people like Aklima and her son
Commitment for Life– A
URC mission supported
by Trinity Church.
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Groups, various
The Toddlers Group- report and picture by Deborah Fawcett
The Toddlers Group has been going over 43 years and has been run by many different people. Jackie Fawcett
took it over in 2006, making a stronger connection between it and Church.
Originally the group was called ‘Mothers and Toddlers’ but we dropped the ‘Mothers’ from our name as we
have dads, grandparents and nannies bringing the children as well as mums. We meet upstairs every Tuesday
morning during term time from 9 until about 11.15. Our children age from 0-3; when they move on to either Playgroup downstairs or to the Early Years nursery at the Infants School.
Jackie is now in charge of toast making, teas and coffees and tidying up! Alan Fawcett comes and does the
washing up and I am in charge of the singing and responsible for providing homemade cakes for the adults! We
are lower on numbers at the moment as quite a few of our children left in September for school but we are slowly
building up again and now average about 14. Our party (pictured) was on the 16th of December. Each child got a
present, we sang Christmas songs and the children enjoyed party food whilst the adults had mince pies and
Christmas cake.
Photo-Deborah Fawcett
Christmas Tree Festival, December 6th and 7th Ann Hirst reports on behalf of the Activities Committee: Our Christmas Tree Festival was again a great success and we thank everyone for their support, including
those people not connected with our church. Also a thank-you to Ken Draper for playing the carols on the Sunday
and to St Mary’s Hand Chimers for joining us. Pictured are some of the Trinity people who worked so hard on
this project. Please book 5th and 6th December 2015 in your diary and we can do it all again!
The Activities Committee is arranging a Spring Social on 22nd March. More details will be available later.
6th Holme Valley (Trinity Church) Scout Troop. Report from the year 2014 by Joan Vevers
All sections have gone camping and hiking over the summer which includes a lot of activities
such as kayaking, raft building archery, caving,, assault courses and of course cooking over a
fire. The Scouts took part in the WW1 Remembrance weekend at Sands, Holmfirth. The Saturday
was a wash out but Sunday was great with the young people taking part in the parade and leaders running a tea
stall when they made about £340. A good summer- and they have new young people joining them. They could still
do with more leaders though.
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Farm Africa
What do you call a chicken wearing a shell-suit?*
Di Harris is a supporter
(and this has nothing to do with the letter on page 8)
I have long been a supporter of Oxfam and over the
years many people have received gifts of goats or
school supplies at Christmas. It must be said that not
all recipients were happy with the ‘goat’. One colleague was still harking on about it in the New Year,
the team having received a goat collectively rather
than the individuals getting a card each!
The Trinity-Civic Society Boxing Day
walk, organised by Bert Neary, saw
eight people with compasses following bearings in a north-westerly direction to get to Honley Wood. (There
wasn’t a star to follow- it had done its bit
the day before)
A couple of years ago I was looking for a similar way of
giving, hoping to find it in the form of a Christmas card
but also with a charity that has similar values. An
internet search led me to Farm Africa. I add some information for you regarding the charity and the e-cards
To keep spirits up Bert handed out riddles from Christmas crackers, like the one in the title, which you had to
guess to win a wee gift. Many thanks to Bert for a most
enjoyable afternoon on which no-one got lost and
which ended just before it got dark.
Farm Africa believes that
Africa has the power to
feed itself and that its
smallholders hold the key
to lasting rural prosperity.
They find modern answers to the ancient
problems of farming Africa well, pioneering
techniques that boost
harvests, reduce poverty,
In Kitali, Kenya, Lillian's cabsustain natural resources
bages now grow well and sell
and help to end Africa’s
for a good price
need for aid. They work
on the ground in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
*see page 9 for the answer
e-cards are not just for Christmas and getting them is
dead easy –you buy ‘credits’ from one card for £1 on
an ascending scale to 50 cards for £20. Take a look
at www.farmafrica.org
Cantorelli & Cakes, Trinity Singers & Nativity
Will you be my (Saint) Valentine?
Pope Gelasius 1 started it all in the year 496 AD.
The first recorded association of Valentine Day with
romantic love is from Geoffrey Chaucer who in 1382
wrote ‘For this was Saint Valentine’s Day, when
every bird cometh there to choose his mate.’
400 years later in 1784 Valentine’s Day appeared in a
collection of English nursery rhymes:
‘The rose is red, the violet’s blue; The honey’s sweet,
and so are you. Thou are my love and I am thine; I
drew thee to my Valentine’. (Be careful on the 14th)
Review by Glenys Pallister
We have certainly been blessed with the vocal groups
who have performed at Trinity in the couple of months
leading up to, and including, the Christmas period.
FREEPOST RTCT-SUKU-RHRU, Farm Africa, 9th
floor, Bastion House, 140 London Wall, London EC2Y
5DN. Or phone on 020 7430 0440
On Sunday Afternoon, 14th December, we were
treated to a superb Christmas concert by ‘Cantorelli’
which started with tea and cakes (donated by Cantorelli).
This eight part unaccompanied vocal group then entertained a full church with a concert of Christmas music
and readings. What a lovely blend of voices they produced and all very relaxed in their delivery! This was
choral singing at its highest level, with some lovely
contrasts in dynamics and styles of music. Their love
of performing together was very evident and we look
forward to welcoming this very talented group again to
Trinity Church. Donations from the concert realised
£225 which goes to Joseph Salmon Trust.
Our own Trinity Singers performed on the same Sunday in the morning during the Nativity Celebration.
They were delightful in the singing of ‘Now Let All the
World Be Silent’ and ‘Carol of the Star’, both of which
linked in with the Nativity presentation.
We and thee
Thora Hird told this story on the BBC1 programme
‘Praise Be’ about a little girl saying her prayers: “God
bless Mummy, God bless Daddy, God bless my brother
Tommy, God bless Granny-and God look after yourself,
‘cos if anything happens to you, we’ve had it!”
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A very successful morning’s worship produced by Marina Woodhead and Di Harris.
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Outings
Snow, Sun and Fun
January Leisure Group
Report by Joan Vevers,
picture by Edmund Spavin
The day dawned well after
the previous day’s torrential rain. We walked from
Scholes Chapel down
through the woods (the
path wasn’t too muddy)
and up Butterley Lane. We climbed up the hill over the fields and along and down into New Mill. There was a chilly
wind but we were wrapped up. We then climbed up to Greenhill Bank Road and across the playing fields back to
Scholes. It then began to sleet a bit and by the time we were back at the Chapel it was snowing. We were greeted by
the delicious smell of lunch. Warm and well fed we were then entertained with a piano duet and a very amusing play
with four parts (worthy of Leslie Chadwick). We then had a newspaper quiz which the Honley team won yeah! The
sun had come out and we had enjoyed a good day. Thanks be to God. The next outing is from Shepley on 10th Feb.
Holiday Holydays– in Somerset
Holiday Holydays– in Blackpool
The editor was once (once was enough) a radio
mechanic in the RAF but, even so, he’s now a member
of the National Service RAF Association:
“Our annual January event was a ‘Mock Burns’
weekend away in a Blackpool hotel. We had a pipe
band and the ‘addressing of the Haggis’ on the
Saturday evening (couldn’t understand a word of it, but
it didn’t struggle and tasted alright) and then on the
Sunday a church service; for all ranks and all
denominations. Attendance was not obligatory but the
padre made sure everyone went. We sang hymns to
reflect the occasion, like this one, sung to the tune of
the Dambusters’ March (try it!)
God is our strength and refuge,
Our present help in trouble,
And we therefore will not fear
Though the earth should change!
Though mountains shake and tremble,
Though swirling floods are ranging,
God the Lord of hosts is with us evermore.
Whilst in Somerset for Christmas we visited St Andrews in Holcombe, now cared for by the Churches
Conservation Trust. It lies a mile from today’s village,
the original mediaeval village having been buried at
the time of the plague.
Holcombe was the site of several mines in the Somerset coalmines, My husband Steve’s great grandfather
was a coalminer who was married in St Andrew’s and
Steve has a copy of the marriage certificate.
We were struck by the beauty of the setting of the
church as we drove down a farm track into the valley
where the church lies. It was locked, but we peered
through a small window to get a sense of the interior. A
search on the internet led me to a photo of the interior
of the church –a little gem with boxed pews and a Jacobean pulpit- much easier to see than peering precariously through a window!
Di Harris
New ministers beware!
A very earnest member of the local church was
praising the spiritual gifts of the new minister, adding,
“We never knew anything about sin until he came.”
Which was very appropriate as Blackpool had its
strongest gales for years which even managed to
stop the trams to Fleetwood running.” JM
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Wordsearch / Letters
Letters to the Editor
February Wordsearch
In New Testament times forty days old was an important
age for baby boys: it was when they made their first ‘public
appearance’. Mary, like all good Jewish mothers, went to the
Temple with Jesus, her first male child - to ‘present him to the
Lord’. So now we have the Festival of the Presentation of
Christ in the Temple, forty days after Christmas. At the same
time, Mary, as a new mother, was ‘purified’.
Jesus is described in the Bible as the Light of the World, and
so early Christians developed the tradition of lighting candles in
celebration of this day. The Church also fell into the custom of
blessing the year’s supply of candles for the church on this
particular day - hence the name, Candlemas.
Simeon’s great declaration of faith and recognition of who
Jesus was is found in the Nunc Dimittis, which is embedded,
and often sung, in Evening Prayer in the Anglican church.
mail- 27 Moorside Rd, Honley, HD9 6HR
email- [email protected]
PLEASE PUT YOUR ADDRESS AND
THE DATE on your letters.
From Glenys Pallister, Long Lane, 1st December
Dear Mr. Editor,
Just to let you know that I picked up and read the
Circuit Magazine 'In Touch ' (Number 11) so your
assumption in the December Newsletter that it ‘lies
out there on the vestibule table untouched' isn't 100%
correct.
A very good spotlight on Tim Moore and a lovely
article by Jane Armitage made this magazine well
worth reading and it deserves a lot more than a cursory glance.
And whilst I'm on my soap box, let me say that we
are part of a very large Circuit and perhaps need to
embrace the bigger picture and be less insular in our
thinking regarding our participation (or not) in circuit
events! Three of us did represent Trinity in the Circuit
Advent production of ‘The Coming of The King' and
together with a handful of other Trinity folk found it a
worthwhile and moving experience.
From Eileen Hirst, Marlbeck Close, 2 January
Can I just say thank you so much to everyone at
church for your cards and good wishes for my 90th
birthday. Words cannot express how much I appreciate everything.
I have had a fantastic birthday and count myself a
very lucky person to have such a goods family and
such good friends.
Thank you all again and God bless you all.
What's the difference between a chicken and a hen?
From Malcolm Hawkswell, Lydgett
Farm, Netherthong
Sir, I refer to our intrepid walkers
who on passing Lydgett Farm say they
observed ‘some chickens’. (Report in
November Newsletter). What they were
looking at were hens, not chickens.
(Editor comments: After a prolonged internet
search, we found: ‘A hen is a fully grown female
chicken, while a chicken- is just a chicken’.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations estimated that in 2002 there were
nearly sixteen billion chickens in the world. It didn’t
mention hens.
We don’t know at what age a chicken becomes a
hen, but I am sure future reporters will note this fowl
difference. And by the way, Malcolm would welcome
egg boxes for his hens’ eggs, on sale at 12/- a dozen)
There’s a word in the list below which is not in the
square but hidden elsewhere in the newsletter.
FORTY
DAYS
BABY
BOY
PUBLIC
APPEARANCE
MARY
JEWISH
MOTHERS
T EMPLE
JESUS
PURIF IED
PRESENT
LORD
FEST IVAL
PRESENT AT ION
CANDLES
LIGHT
WORLD
CANDLEMAS
SIMEON
NUNC
DIMITT IS
OFFICE
EVENING
PRAYER
WEST
Huddersfield Mission
Computing and Training Facility (C.A.T.)
Open Access /Drop-in COMPUTER COURSES
Each Monday 10am to 12 noon. Until 30th March
Learn essential computer skills – keyboard, mouse,
email, computer security, email attachments, internet
searches. We also provide help with writing CVs and
Job Searches, etc. Bring a note pad and a memorystick with you. We ask for a small donation.
For more info contact Roy Squires on 01484 323132,
Mobile. 07768 067251
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Notices
Shrove Tuesday Feb 17th
Booking a room at Trinity Church
The Upper Room
9.5m x 7m.Capacity 60 seated. Kitchen facilities. Access
by stairs, not suitable for wheelchairs. £38.50 per 4 hr session
The Arthurs’ Room
Ground floor room size 9m x
Great for
5.5m. Capacity 35 seated.
parties!
Facilities for refreshments.
Access for disabled.
£38.50-£44.00 per 4 hr session.
If you know of an organisation
looking for a space please
recommend Trinity Church.
Good for birthday parties, meetings, rehearsal rooms etc.
Come and eat pancakes at
Newsome South Methodist
Church 12 noon to 1.30 pm and
again 4 to 6 pm.
£1.20 each. Savoury and sweet fillings
Drinks available - Proceeds to charity
Contact Karen Stannard 01484 664648.
For weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc
contact Rev Tim Moore 01484 608913
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
Brownies- Wednesday evening
Contact- Ann Dove 665669
Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research group– every
3rd Tuesday from Sept 16th at 8pm.
Contact Val Akroyd 662852
Stroke Association- 1st Friday of month 1 to 3 pm
Contact Victoria Robinson 715414
‘My URC’
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My URC gives an opportunity to share the latest news,
events, projects and programmes from your church
with the wider URC. If you have stories, reflections, or
news about your local URC that you would like to
share with the rest of the church, email the URC’s
press and media officer [email protected]
‘Hope14’
Honley Library Tel 222340
HOPE is a catalyst bringing churches together to
transform communities. Momentum is building
through a year of mission, the whole church, reaching
the whole nation, for a whole year. The mix of denominations, churches, ages and cultures – and the number of ministries involved is unprecedented.
One-off event– Poetry ‘Readaround’
The Friends of Honley Library invite you to their next Poetry Readaround - 'Schooldays Remembered' with talk and
poetry from humorous local performance poet, Dorothy
Foster. Tuesday 3rd March, 7.15pm. Bring a memory, your
own poems or relax and listen. Tickets £1.50. Please ring
library to reserve your seat. Refreshments provided.
Regular events: Foodbank– Wednesdays 2—4 pm
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 – 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of month
stating at 10 am. 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 expert advice
Every 2nd Weds of month 2 – 4pm
Knit and natter. Every Monday 2.00 to
3.30pm. With free refreshments.
‘Friends of Honley Library’ group. For information please
contact Pat Thompson, tel. Huddersfield 661541
Brockholes Methodist Church
We invite you to partake
of our soup n' roll
lunches every alternate
Wednesday—List of dates
on church notice board
Please come and bring your friends.
From page 6 *An egg!
Kirkwood Hospice sells
used postage stamps to
raise money for its work;
there's a box for them in
the vestibule. Please
leave a good margin all
round like this
Colin Hill.
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Taylor’s Foodstore Fairtrade February Crossword
This puzzle is sponsored by Taylor’s Foodstore Meltham
Road, Honley, a local store which supports local charities.
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The back page
Address
or tel no
December Solution
ACROSS: 1, Hide. 3, Disgrace. 9, Sonship. 10, Oaths.
11, Tutti. 12, Ignore. 14, Foreknowledge. 17, Ashram.
19, Men or. 22, Aroma. 23, Nineveh. 24, Amethyst. 25,
Trod. DOWN: 1, His staff. 2, Do not. 4, Imprisonments.
5, Groan. 6, Altered. 7, Easy. 8, Shrink. 13, Searched. 15,
Restore. 16, Lament. 18, Reach. 20, Never. 21, Jada.
Entries from Helen Howell, Alison Booth, Sylvia Hallas, .
Send your entries for this month - cut out, printed-out, or
email a list of answers, to the editor by February 15th
The Book of Revelations
A young woman woke one morning and told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine's Day. What do you think it
means?" “You'll know tonight," he replied with a
smile. Sure enough, that evening the man came home
with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it…… to find a book entitled ‘The
Meaning of Dreams’.
Our Minister is the Rev Tim Moore He also
looks after the Methodist chapels in Shepley,
Gatehead and Brockholes. Contact details below.
SOME TRINITY CHURCH CONTACTS From outside Huddersfield prefix UK area code 01484
For a full list of all the officers and contacts see the website- www.trinitychurchinhonley.org.uk
Minister: Rev Tim Moore, 6a Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield HD8 8AE. Tel 608913 / 07837 128611
Secretary
Jane Armitage, 26 Lower Hall, Healey House, Netherton, HD4 7DG
665990
Treasurer
Hilary Turner, Rydal Mount, Mearhouse, New Mill, HD9 7EX
684704
Pastoral Team
Sylvia Hallas / Pam Redfearn / Joyce Draper
662929
CANDLES
Room Bookings / Activities Cttee Karen Stannard, 6a Marsh Gardens, Honley HD9 6AF
664648
Email addresses
Secretary: [email protected], Newsletter: trinity.news@ntlwo rld.com
Newsletter
(Editor) John Murray, 27 Moorside Road, Honley HD9 6HR.
(Coordinator) Vera Stanley, 46 Stoney Lane, Honley HD9 6DY.
662635
663670
March Newsletter
Will be available on
Sunday Feb 22nd (DV)
Contributions to
Vera Stanley
or John Murray
by Sunday Feb 8th
Photocopier
Sylvia Hallas
Assemblers
Linda Craven
Margaret Winterbottom
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Name
Across
8 Interrogated (Acts 12:19) (5-8)
9 ‘Burn it in a wood fire on the — heap’ (Lev 4:12) (3)
10 Tobit, Judith, Baruch and the books of Esdras and
the Maccabees are part of it (9)
11 Science fiction (abbrev.) (3-2)
13 Clay pit (anag.) Just like the others. (7)
16 Went to (John 4:46) (7)
19 ‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to —
your bodies as living sacrifices’ (Romans 12:1) (5)
22 David’s plea to God concerning those referred to in 14 Down: ‘On
— — let them escape’ (Psalm 56:7) (2,7)
24 Royal Automobile Club (1,1,1)
25 How the book of Ezekiel refers to God more than 200 times
(Ezekiel 2:4) (9,4)
Down
1 Seas (Proverbs 8:24) (6)
2 One of the sons of Eli the priest, killed in battle by the Philistines (1
Samuel 4:11) (6)
3 Specialist in the study of the Muslim religion (8)
4 ‘Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but — him as if he were your
father’ (1 Timothy 5:1) (6)
5 One of Esau’s grandsons (Genesis 36:11) (4)
6 Taking a chance (colloq.) (2,4)
7 God’s instructions to the Israelites concerning
grain offerings: ‘ — salt to — your offerings’ (Leviticus 2:13) (3,3)
12 Confederation of British Industry (1,1,1)
14 ‘All day long they twist my words; they are always — to harm
me’ (Psalm 56:5) (8)
15 The crowd’s reaction to Jesus bringing back to life a widow’s son
in Nain (Luke 7:16) (3)
16 Disappear (Psalm 104:35) (6)
17 How Jeremiah was likely to die if he wasn’t rescued from the
cistern where he was imprisoned (Jeremiah 38:9) (6)
18 What the prophets do to a wall, with whitewash (Ezekiel 13:10,
RSV) (4,2)
20 Made by a plough (Job 39:10) (6)
21 Noah was relieved when the flood waters continued to — (Genesis
8:5) (6)
23 Jesus gave the Twelve the power and authority to do this to
diseases (Luke 9:1) (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!