Honley with Brockholes Parish Magazine

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1 Honley with Brockholes Parish Magazine St. Mary the Virgin Honley MAY 2010 Price 40p St. George Brockholes

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3 Dear Friends On Thursday 13th May the Church celebrates the ascension of our risen Lord into heaven. The period between the resurrection and the ascension was very much a waiting time for the first disciples of Jesus. As the day for Jesus departure got nearer, I could imagine, the more worried and anxious the disciples became. Before he ascended into heaven, Jesus commissioned his disciples to proclaim the Good News of God s love to all people, baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Jesus departure to his Father was a fearful and anxious occasion for the disciples. However, on his departure Jesus promises them help with the task ahead. This help would come in the form of the Holy Spirit. Through the Holy Spirit the disciples would be empowered, gifted and strengthened for what is to come. The sorrow and uncertainty associated with Christ s departure would turn to jubilation and joy at his continuing presence with them in the form of the Holy Spirit. At times, like the first disciples, we have periods of waiting and uncertainty. As Christians we are called to wait on God, as the Psalmists say Be still and know that I am God. At all times in our lives we are called to wait and listen to God and respond to his call. In our waiting we may be anxious or fearful, wondering what the outcome of any given situation might be. Whatever the outcome, there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God. Our new life in the risen Christ is a journey home to the Father. Where Jesus has ascended and gone before, we are bidden to follow. Like those first disciples we need to trust and know that God through his Holy Spirit is continually calling us and is forever with us at all times. Yours in Christ s service David 1

4 Parish Giving Corner responding to God s love enabling mission and ministry Whoever has a will, has a way to spread the Gospel Those of you who followed the BBC series Heir Hunters will know that two thirds of people die without leaving a Will. Apart from their final wishes not being carried out, it causes families and friends hassle and unnecessary expense. If you really love the people you want to receive your estate then you should make a Will. For nearly 500 years since the first edition of the Book of Common Prayer the Church of England has encouraged people to make a Will as part of their Christian stewardship. Having made a Will, it can quickly become out of date containing old addresses and no longer reflecting your assets and possessions. Family circumstances, personal needs and wishes also change over time. It is important, therefore, that your Will is reviewed periodically and kept up to date. Leaving a gift to the Church can be a final opportunity for Christians to say thank you to God for all the blessings we have enjoyed during our lives. It enables us to make a lasting contribution to the future development of mission and ministry, helping to secure the work of the Church for future generations. Over the years the PCC has been grateful to many parishioners who have left gifts in their estates and the PCC will always try to use these wisely and in line with the donor s wishes. You can specify your wishes exactly or leave your Church the flexibility to decide how best to use your gift. The Church of England offers packs, guides, advice and information for anyone wanting to make a Will. Please ask if you want help on this or any other aspect of giving. Clive Green and Roger Kenworthy - Parish Giving Officers 2

5 PARISH NEWS From the Parish Registers Funeral St Mary s March 23 Albert Senior In May we remember in our Year s Mind Elsie Wilson d. 1 May 2005 Frank Booth d. 2 May 1978 Sydney George Felgate d. 2 May 2002 Rachel Alice Beryl Hope Kaye d. 2 May 2005 George Radcliffe d. 11 May 1983 Carren Faith Dickinson d. 12 May 1971 Catherine Hampshire d. 15 May 2001 John Wigfield d. 17 May 2005 Charles Ridgwick d. 19 May 1962 Gilbert Lodge d. 25 May 1977 Kate Thomas d. 26 May 2002 Philip William Chapman d. 26 May 1970 Jeffrey Kneale France d. 27 May 1999 Margaret Lockwood d. 29 May 2008 St Mary s Choir News Concert with Yorkshire Traction Honley Band and St Mary s Church choir with a little help from friends. Venue: Church Saturday 22 May Time 7.15 pm Tickets 5 (including refreshments) accompanied children under 14 free available from choir members and other outlets to be announced. Please come along and support us in this community venture. Any enquiries to me on tel B Shirley Turner 3

6 MAY Sunday 2 ST. MARY'S CALENDAR 5th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Communion 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Monday pm Slimming World in Parish Room Tuesday pm D C C Meeting in Parish Room Wednesday am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group 7.30 pm Mothers Union Meeting (see page 7) Thursday am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.15 pm Baby and Toddler Group Sunday 9 6th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.00 pm United Christian Aid Week Service at Trinity Church Monday pm Slimming World in Parish Room Wednesday am Holy Communion Thursday am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.15 pm Baby and Toddler Group 6.30 pm Civic Society Meeting in Parish Room 7.30 pm Ascension Day Service Friday pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 16 Sunday after Ascension 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service with Junior School Choir 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Monday pm Slimming World in Parish Room Wednesday am Holy Communion followed by Mothers Union Prayer Group Thursday am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.15 pm Baby and Toddler Group Saturday pm Yorkshire Traction Honley Band and St Mary s Choir Concert in Church Sunday 23 Whit Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer 4

7 Monday pm Slimming World in Parish Room Wednesday am Holy Communion 7.45 pm Men s Society Meeting Thursday am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.15 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Saturday noon Wedding of Elizabeth Teale and Christopher Illidge Sunday 30 Trinity Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Monday pm Slimming World in Parish Room JUNE Wednesday am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group 7.30 pm Mothers Union Meeting Thursday am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room Sunday 6 Helpers Rota Service Type 1st Sunday after Trinity 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Sidespeople Reader Intercessors Serving Coffee May 2 Family Communion Andrea and Clive Green Pat Dransfield Pat and Cliff Green Cynthia Hepper Elaine Shaw May 9 Parish Eucharist Angeline and Richard Baker Diana Kaye Jane and Graham Wardman Jane and Graham Wardman May 16 Family Service Sandra and John Dean Christina Longden Diana and Huw Griffiths Suzanne Dufton Betty Staniforth May 23 Parish Eucharist Pauline and John Adams Huw Griffiths Clive Waind Pat Allsop Maureen Allen May 30 Parish Eucharist Mary Stapleton Janet Sykes Pauline Adams Pauline Ellis Bob Etherington Shirley Turner Clive Waind Jun 6 Family Communion Mary Briggs Jean Cheeseman Rebecca and Craig Noble Pat and Cliff Green Heather and John Ambler 5

8 Lent Lunches HONLEY NEWS Many thanks to all who made soup or helped at the Lent Lunches and to all who supported the lunches week by week. This year, we raised 620 for Honley Aid in Sickness Fund. Gillian Greaves Pastoral Care The new Pastoral Care Group met for the first time on Tuesday 13th May and will report back to the DCC in May. We aim to keep everyone informed of our hopes and plans. You must be interested in Pastoral work to have read this report, so please will you help us? If you know of people new to Honley or anyone who is ill or in need and who may appreciate a visit please let us know. If requests come flooding in we may need your help! Prayer needs may still be put on the hanging in the Prayer Corner in church. Your prayers will be offered at the Prayer session on the first Wednesday of each month at 10.00am. Please pray at home for those in our community who have special needs. Pat Green Easter Flowers May I take this opportunity to say a huge Thank You to all those who gave donations towards the Easter flowers. Also to Sheila Rogers and the Flower Ladies who made the church look so lovely for Easter. Sandra Dean Easter Cards Thank you to all the people who helped to deliver the Easter Cards once again. We were given valuable assistance by our friends at Trinity and Elim Churches showing that the Churches can work together for our community. John Dean 6

9 It was good for us all to meet together again in April after a long break due to the snowy weather and Lent. Maureen Smelt s account of the Changes in Guiding over the past 100 years evoked happy memories for many of us, most of them long forgotten! Our happiest memories were of camping and singing songs around a campfire, I don t think that I was the only one who went home humming old favourites! Thanks to Andrea Green who voiced our appreciation to Maureen. My grateful thanks to all those who sponsored one of the new Service Books by contributing one pound [ 1]. If anyone else is willing to help in this way please see me at the next meeting. The new Mothers Union Enterprises catalogues are available and we can now order gifts, books and other items directly instead of through the diocese. I will continue to have a selection of cards and badges to sell at meetings. You should all have received your copy of Families Worldwide, this includes the Prayer Diary for May August. There is a different theme for each week and a short prayer for each day. Please use your diary and read about the work of M.U. in different areas each week. If you haven t received a copy please let me know. Please note that the date of the Deanery Festival at Almondbury has changed (from May) to 29th June at 7.30 pm. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 5th May when the subject will be Mothers Union Matters. It will be an evening of news, views and fun. Please join us. Pat Green Christian Aid Week 9-16 May Honley St Mary s and Trinity Churches are involved in the usual street collection. We need extra collectors. Please see John Ambler if you can help. Thank you. John Ambler 7

10 Report on the DCC Meeting held on March 16 th The vicar opened the meeting of sixteen members of the DCC with a prayer. Under Matters Arising it had been confirmed by the Diocesan Legal Department that the Parish Room building is the property of the Parish and could be sold with permission from the Diocese. A subcommittee (originally set up in mid-2009 chaired by Graham Wardman) to consider the future of the Parish Room would now meet. John Dean was given permission to accept an offer to dispose of the old harmonium from church. A concert by Honley Band and the Church Choir will take place on Saturday, 22 May in church. In his Treasurer s Report, Ian Walter reported that the Annual Accounts for 2009 had been checked and passed by the Auditors. He read out a proposed letter to the Diocese explaining that we may struggle to pay the full 65,000 assessed as our Parish Share for 2010 although efforts will be made to do so. This was due to the forecast expenses arising from requirements to implement work recommended by the Quinquennial Report, the need to replace the boiler and heating system and the constantly rising costs of utilities. On the Transformational Plan the Vicar spoke on the Terms of Reference for the new groups. This gave rise to a number of questions and considerable discussion especially with regard to two matters: The relationship between the various groups and the DCC The overlap of the two of the new groups with existing groups notably the Finance & Property Committee and Outreach Committee. As a result of discussion it was agreed: (i) that the new groups will be focus groups and will report back to the DCC via the minutes of their meetings. 8

11 (ii) The new Finance & Property Group will be absorbed by the existing Finance and Property Committee which is a statutory sub-committee of the DCC. Under Correspondence a letter had been received from Peter Wildman resigning from his position as Electoral Roll Officer for health reasons. Any Other Business considered the question of cleaning the church and Parish Room since Kenneth Ellis had indicated his intention to retire from this job from Easter. After considerable discussion it was agreed to accept the offer from Pauline Adams that she and John would undertake the cleaning for a trial period of 3 months with help from volunteers when they are away. Church and Parish Room Cleaning Cliff Green, DCC Secretary Over the years we have enjoyed a very high standard of cleaning from Kenneth Ellis and we are very grateful for his efforts. Unfortunately, Kenneth has decided to hang up his duster and the DCC needs to review the situation. The easiest option would be to appoint someone to take over from Kenneth. However, in order to try and save some costs, John and Pauline Adams have volunteered to step into the breach and organise the cleaning for a trial period of three months. John and Pauline are looking for any support from other volunteers who are willing to help in this essential task. In particular, they are looking for cover during their holiday periods. Giving is not all about money. If you can give John and Pauline some of your time, however small, please ring them on or speak to them in Church. They will be very pleased to hear from you. The aim is to review the situation after the trial period to decide whether it is practical to continue cleaning the Church and Parish Rooms on a voluntary basis. 9 Clive Green

12 ST. GEORGE'S CALENDAR MAY Sunday 2 5th Sunday of Easter am Family Communion (Refreshments after Service) 6.00 pm Compline Thursday pm D C C Meeting Sunday 9 6th Sunday of Easter am Parish Communion 6.00 pm Compline Thursday pm A D Meeting Saturday am A D Coffee Morning Sunday 16 Sunday 23 Sunday 30 JUNE Sunday 6 Sunday after Ascension am Parish Communion 6.00 pm Compline Whit Sunday Communion 6.00 pm Compline Trinity Sunday am Parish Communion 6.00 pm Compline 1st Sunday after Trinity am Family Communion (Refreshments after Service) 6.00 pm Compline Flower rota May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 Mrs J Bainbridge Mrs J Gibbons Mrs J Gibbons Mrs A Lock Mrs M Jianu Mrs H Dickinson 10

13 BROCKHOLES NEWS A D May Meeting on Thursday 13 May at 6.30 pm Coffee Morning on Saturday morning 15th May am - 12 noon in church. Donations please to Forgetme-not Trust and Church Funds. Please support the young people in this effort. Kate Drake Choir Concert We are delighted that the Huddersfield Choral Society Junior Choirs have agreed to sing for us in September as one of our fundraising events towards St George s Church 150th Anniversary in The young singers (aged 7 to 21) under the guidance and encouragement of their musical director, Susan Wilkinson, present a wide ranging programme of choral and solo items. The choir were formed 25 years ago under the leadership of Ken Rothery for the Youth Choir and Beth Sharp for the Young Singers. The concert will celebrate this. Anticipating a large audience, the choir has asked to perform in St Marys Church as St George s will not be large enough. This venue has been arranged with the DCC s permission. We approached the choir because several of St George s choristers (including Andrew and Caroline King, Neil Drake, Natasha Nichols and Clair Radley) have been members in the past and currently two of our young choristers, Hannah and Joshua, sing with the choir. Please put the date in your diary: Saturday 18th September at 7.00pm. I can assure you of a musical treat! Verena H Wood 11

14 Family Walk and Barbecue - Sunday 13th June Meet at St George's by pm at the latest for a spectacular two hour gentle walk suitable for all ages, followed by a tasty barbecue in the churchyard. We'll walk via Hall Ing, Farnley Tyas and Thurstonland and if the new timetable permits, we will take a short train ride to Honley to start the walk. We hope that some of our friends from St Mary s will meet us there and join in the fun. Final details in the June magazine. Refreshments will be served in church from 12 noon to see us on our way and we have moved the Family Service to this date in the hope that as many families as possible will be able to come to the service at am. There will be percussion instruments so that the children can participate in the music! OTHER ITEMS Catherine Reakes Williams Roger Kenworthy Henry and I would like thank you all so much for your prayers and support for Catherine (known to us as Kate) over the past 18 months or so. We and all the family are deeply grateful. Kate had had Parkinsons for 15 years or more, gradually going downhill over the years, and then becoming very ill on Good Friday and died peacefully on Easter Monday night, her two daughters with her. Her funeral was a service of Thanksgiving for a truly lovely Christian lady and one we shall all miss enormously and never forget. For me personally she was a very good friend who introduced me to her brother and then becoming her sister-in-law. 12 Mary Stapleton

15 Quiz - British Places Answers to last months fun quiz below. Hope you got them all! 1. The bard is mixed up in front of the car 2. Pay those bills 3. Locked out? - get another 4. Half a score is near 5. Once cost the ladies 1d a go 6. For walking doggies 7. Kiss me hardy 8. Inky puddle 9. The servant has 14 pounds 10. S beneath the earth 11. Sounds like your boat is in trouble 12. What the kids have just made on the sands 13. Horse ride to cover with soil 14. The condiment is on fire 15. Bulls eye them 16. Needed by drivers 17. Do not undercook 18. Large bird era 19. Stockings for drivers 20. No water shortage here 21. Wine not for North, or East, or West 22. Spoil the entry 23. Useful for moving things 24. Expiry date 25. A piece of a car in salt water 26. Omit 2240 lbs 27. Maid Marian s chap has window 28. Fortress with river crossing 29. Openings on shoulders 30. Do not lob back 31. Value of doghouse 32. Blemish on old town 33. Choose a circle 34. Wealthy Scottish male and old penny 35. Fruit near 36. Men came from here in song 37. Set fire to the meadow 38. Continue to mock 39. Below 40. Rouse a bit of the farm Bradford Settle Newquay Tenby Looe Leeds Nelson Blackpool Maidstone Sunderland Leek Newcastle Canterbury Saltburn Cowes Belton Bakewell Swanage Carlisle Wells Southport Margate Barrow Selby Hornsea Skipton Robin Hoods Bay Castleford Gateshead Bolton Kenilworth Scarborough Pickering Richmond Appleby Harlech Burnley Taunton Neath Wakefield 13 Submitted by Steph Childs

16 Could you volunteer in a Prison? Prison Fellowship, through its volunteers, shines God s light in the darkest of places and aims to transform the lives of prisoners and their families. Do you have some spare time and want to support one of the most vulnerable groups in our society? There are many different ways to get involved including: praying for a local prison, supporting chaplaincy, fundraising/taking part in Angel Tree (a programme providing Christmas presents to children who have one/ both parents in prison) or helping to run Sycamore Tree (a restorative justice course in prison). If this sounds like the kind of challenge you are after then please come and join us! Together we can be God s instruments of change; to offer a message of hope instead of despair, love instead of hatred, light instead of darkness. More information: info@prisonfellowship.org.uk or phone Issued by Rob Marshall, Prison Fellowship 24 Hour Media Office th ANNUAL PEACE LECTURE By Jo Berry and Pat Magee Making friends with the enemy Thursday 13 May at 7.30 pm (Admission Free) at: Quaker Meeting House, Church Street, Paddock, Hudds HD1 4TR Jo Berry is the daughter of Sir Anthony Berry, an MP who was killed in the IRA Brighton Bombing during the 1984 Tory party conference. Pat Magee, a former IRA activist, was given multiple life sentences for the Brighton Bombing then released under the Good Friday Agreement in Now Jo Berry and Pat Magee have an unusual friendship, based on the principle that there is nothing to forgive. The evening challenges the kneejerk reactions of anger and blame and shows how the deeper roots of war, terrorism and violence can be addressed through understanding, dialogue and a peaceful non-violent approach. Organized by Huddersfield Quaker Peace Group

17 The Miracle of Life on Earth Many people today don t believe in God s creation. They believe in the Big Bang whatever that may mean. They also believe in Darwin s theory of evolution. I myself believe that this beautiful planet did not come about by chance, but that it was designed by a Superior Intelligence. God. Some cultures call him The Great White Spirit. He is the Great Creator, The God of Love, of all Wisdom and all knowledge. After all Love Itself is a creative force and only a superior intelligence could plan everything out beautifully. Then there is the question of human life being created. Today, humans and many mammals are created through sexual reproduction. But this could not be so at the beginning of time as there was no one there at all to create the first human or animal life in this manner. Doesn't that make you think? Life on this planet is nothing more than a miracle and especially our existence, in fact everything. So to anyone who does not think the Virgin Birth was possible I would say think again about it and how life was created in the beginning! We as human beings all have our own beliefs but none of us know everything. I believe if we knew everything it would be too much for us to cope with. So we can only believe. So God being the God of Love, of all knowledge and all Wisdom we should all look up to him for answers to the worlds problems. He knows the answers to all our problems, the cures for all our diseases and the ins and outs of everything in his world. Seek and you will find, ask and it shall be given, knock and the door will be opened unto you. Let us all stand back in wonder and awe at the miracle of God s creation. Mavis Seale 15

18 A girl aged 8 attended Parish Communion. She watched the bread and wine being prepared with great interest. When everyone left their seats to receive the sacrament, she whispered, Do you think it would be alright if I joined in with the commotion? Material for Publication All contributions to future editions of the Magazine welcome. alison.dean@dunelm.org.uk Telephone: Address: 26 Croft Court, Honley, Holmfirth HD9 6HB Deadline for the June issue: Wednesday 19th May Anyone wishing to subscribe: contact John Dean Contact: Cliff Green John Dean on TESTING STATION BIKES * CARS VANS * CLASS VII MOT S * SERVICING * REPAIRS * TYRES * BATTERIES * EXHAUSTS Unit 16, Honley Business Centre New Mill Road, Honley, Holmfirth HD9 6QB Telephone: Thank you to all our advertisers - Please support them when you can

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20 THE PARISH OF HONLEY WITH BROCKHOLES VICAR Rev. David K Barnes The Vicarage, St Mary's Road, Honley HONORARY ASSISTANT Dean Henry Stapleton MBE PRIEST 20 Marsh Gardens, Honley READER Jean Barnes The Vicarage, St Mary's Road, Honley PCC SECRETARY Cliff Green, 24 Marsh Gardens, Honley PCC TREASURER Ian Walter, 32 River Park, Honley THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, HONLEY SUNDAY SERVICE WEEKDAY SERVICES 8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 am Family Service (1 st Sunday) Family Communion and Children's Sunday Club (3 rd Sunday) Sung Eucharist (2 nd 4 th 5 th Sundays) 6.30 pm Sung Eucharist (1 st Sunday) Evening Prayer (other Sundays) 9.30 am Wednesdays, Holy Communion See weekly list on Church Gate Notice Board CHURCHWARDENS Clive Waind, 1 Derwent Road, Honley John Ambler, 19 Brownroyd Road, Honley DCC SECRETARY Cliff Green, 24 Marsh Gardens, Honley DCC TREASURER Pauline Adams, 6 Spring Dale, Honley CHOIR SECRETARY Shirley Turner, 3 The Terrace, Honley VERGER Kenneth Ellis, 6 Springfield Avenue, Honley MU BRANCH LEADER Pat Green, 24 Marsh Gardens, Honley WEB SITE POSTCODE HD9 6AH THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, BROCKHOLES SUNDAY SERVICES am Parish Communion (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Sundays) Family Service with Communion (1st Sunday) 6.00 pm Compline (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th Sundays) Sung Evensong (2nd Sunday) CHURCHWARDENS Margaret Kenworthy, 8 Crodingley, Thongsbridge Rosalind Watt, 7 Smithy Place, Brockholes DCC SECRETARY Vacant DCC TREASURER Roger Kenworthy, 8 Crodingley, Thongsbridge ORGANIST & Verena Wood, 85 Brockholes Lane, Brockholes CHOIRMISTRESS