Duties
Sidesperson
Reader
Flowers
Cleaning
8th Feb
Hazel Slack
Pat Brewster
vacant
June Greatorex
15th Feb
Judi Cant
Doreen Watson
Vikie Raynes
Dick Parkin
22nd Feb
Valerie Rigarlsford Robert Raynes
Lent
B&M Ball
If you can't carry out your duty please try to find a substitute and let the person in charge of the rota know.
Flowers – Marion Ball (583594),
Reading – Denys Gaskell (583206)
Sidesperson/cleaning – June Greatorex (584205)
Another first Timer
In last week's Tansley Times, I highlighted the milestone in the
Church of England with the appointment of Libby Lane as the first
female bishop to be appointed, 20 years after the first woman
priest was ordained.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Tansley Times
8th February 2015
2nd Sunday before Lent
Flicking though the TV channels last Monday evening I came
across a fascinating programme about the first woman Rabbi to
be appointed in the world and was struck by the many
similarities between career journeys, in their early years, of Revd
Libby Lane and this German lady half a century before.
Regina Jonas was born in Berlin on August 3, 1902, in a poor, mostly Jewish,
neighbourhood. Her father, a merchant who died of tuberculosis in 1913 when she was
only 11yrs old, was probably her first teacher. Early on, Regina began to realise her
wish to become a Rabbi, something which was traditionally impossible. Her passion
for Jewish history, Bible and Hebrew was apparent even at high school, where fellow
pupils remember her talking about becoming a rabbi. Each week she attended classes
with a local liberal Rabbi who saw potential in Regina.
In 1924, she matriculated at an Institute of Education for Jews. This liberal institution
admitted women as students, but Jonas was the only woman who hoped to be
ordained as a rabbi. All her fellow women students were studying for an academic
teacher’s degree. The professor at the Institute and responsible for rabbinic
ordination, was the supervisor of Regina's final thesis, submitted in June 1930, which
dealt with the topic “May a woman hold rabbinic office?”
Traditionally, only men could become a Rabbi and there was great opposition from
both ends of the spectrum of rabbis to a woman becoming one and many feared a split
among the Jewish community. Regina's thesis received a 'good' grade but she was
only allowed to graduate as a religious teacher, not as a rabbi, and to work in places
other than synagogues. Finally, on December 27, 1935 Regina was ordained a rabbi
by the liberal Rabbi Max Dienemann who was the head of the Liberal Rabbis’
Association. But here the similarities end.
Being ordained was one thing, but finding a pulpit was another. No one wanted her to
preach in their synagogue so Regina found work as a chaplain in various Jewish social
institutions. Because of growing Nazi persecution many rabbis emigrated and so many
small communities were without rabbinical support. The Nazi authorities allowed
Regina to become a peripatetic rabbi to serve small communities so she was now able
to preach in synagogues, but not for a long period. She was soon ordered - like all
Jews - into forced labour in a factory. Despite this, she continued to teach and to
preach. On November 6, 1942. she was deported to a concentration camp where she
continued her work by meeting the trains delivering new inmates to the camp, helping
people to cope with shock and disorientation.
Sadly she was then deported to
Auschwitz where she was put to death on December 12, 1944 aged 42.[Denys Gaskell]
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Wednesday 9-30 am Holy Communion (said) followed by cuppa-call-in
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HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Tansley
Lent
We are coming to the end of the short season of Epiphany, the latter part of the 40
days of the Christmas season, where we have looked at three major events in Jesus'
life after his birth, the visit of the Magi (Kings, Wise men) to the baby Jesus, the
baptism of Jesus and his miracle at the Marriage in Cana.
Welcome to our service especially if you are a visitor or are worshipping here for the
first time. Large Print service and hymn books are available: please ask someone on
duty at the door. There is a hearing loop system for those with hearing aids: please
switch your hearing aids to the ‘T’ position. There is a toilet near the kitchen area.
We welcome children in church. Please feel free to sit near the toy cupboard.
A week next Wednesday, Ash Wednesday marks the first day of the season of Lent,
which begins 40 days leading up to Easter (Sundays are not included in the count).
2nd Sunday before Lent
8th February 2015
9-15 am Holy Communion
First Reading
Second Reading
Hymns
Proverbs 8: 1, 22-31
John 1: 1-14
327, 827, 41, 563
For our Prayers
Skid Hodgson, Bev Bennett, Stella Vinall. Adrian Smith, Janet
and Geoff Lewis, Suzanne Reade, Henry Holmes, Ethel Hole
Those who have died
Eunice Furniss (neé Neville)
Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of
fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The purpose is to set aside
time for reflection on Jesus - his suffering and his sacrifice, his life, death, burial and
resurrection.
As a result, we mark this time in a symbolic way in church by not having flowers
decorating the church and by having a bare altar (flowers in memory of someone
deceased can be placed towards the back of church) so that anyone entering church
will have an impression of an unadorned building, and so a reminder that this is a
special contemplative period.
On Ash Wednesday there is a special service of Holy Communion at 7-30pm to which
members from All Saints' church and Tansley Methodist church are invited. During this
period of (40 days) there will be a meeting on 5 wednesday afternoons in the
Methodist Brunswick Rooms based on the 'York' course “Praise Him”
● The editor is always grateful for copies of suitable photographs to adorn the front of
Tansley Times or short articles of interesting events, with a photograph, that might
interest readers. Please contact Denys Gaskell on 01629 583206
Those who live
Green Lane, Hearthstone Lane, Holly Lane, Holmesfield Close,
Knabhall Lane, Lant Lane, Littlemoor Lane, Lumsdale Road, Mais Close, Mews Court.
● There will be special farewell service for Bishop Humphrey at Derby Cathedral at 730pm on Tuesday 17th February (week on Tuesday) as he leaves to become Principal
on the 1st April of Ripon College, Cuddesdon just outside Oxford.
This Week
● The Common Fund, previously called Parish Share, the money each parish donates
annually to the Diocese to go towards clergy salaries, pensions, N.I., supporting youth
and children's work in parishes and running the diocese, is to be calculated in a
different way. The diocese would like to hear parishioners views on how it should be
calculated. The nearest consultation event will be held at St John's church, Tupton on
Wednesday 25th February at 9-30am. Have your say on this important matter. Our
annual share is currently £12,840.
Wednesday
9-30 am
Holy Communion (1662 said)
10-15-11-45 am Cuppa-call-in. Why not call in for a cuppa and chat
Next Sunday
9-15 am
Holy Communion followed by Parish Breakfast
Consecrated on Monday, exactly a week after Bishop
Libby Lane, the first woman to become a bishop, the
Revd Philip North is the first traditionalist bishop to be
appointed since the passing of the women-bishops
Measure. The service had been adapted slightly, including
the laying on of hands, to accommodate his traditionalist
beliefs but his laughter with her on the steps of York
Minster after the service echoed his words;
“We had all the bishops together, including Bishop Libby, gathered around in prayer
for the Holy Spirit, and I got a real sense of the unity of the Church, and of the
precedents that have been set this last week: eight extraordinary days in York Minster,
which have seen the consecration, to great joy amongst many Anglicans, of the first
woman, and then what's happened today, which has shown that there's a future for
those who in good conscience can't accept that development."
● The next meeting of the Garden and Countryside Club is on Tuesday 10th Feb. at
7.30 in the Village Hall. A talk, with illustrations about the National Parks of England
and Wales will be given by Peter Ward. All are welcome - non-members £2.50, Annual
Membership £10 Light refreshments are provided.
Can't be true – or can it?
Four youths from London, pulled off a trick of breathtaking bravado in order get
revenge on a mobile speed camera van operating in the area.
Three of the group approached the van and distracted the operator's attention by
asking a series of questions about how the equipment worked and how many cars the
operator could catch in a day. Meanwhile the fourth lad sneaked to the front of the
van and unscrewed its number plate.
After bidding the van operator goodbye, the friends returned home, fixed the number
plate to the front of their car and drove the car through the camera's radar at high
speed, 17 times.
As a result, the automated billing system issued 17 speeding tickets to itself !
['Stolen' from the 'Matlock, Derwent & Hope Valley Advanced drivers February/March newsletter]