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November 2017 Diocesan News November 2017 www.leeds.anglican.org Three cathedral choirs in perfect Wakefield to harmony at Yorkshire festival Exeter Singing together in perfect choirs are consistently in The Dean of Wakefield, the harmony, the three cathedral danger. There are so many Very Revd Jonathan Greener, is choirs of Bradford, Wakefield funding cuts these days making to be the new Dean of Exeter. and Ripon joined together life very difficult.” But, he Having served in the diocese last month to hold a second added, “I think it’s very exciting for the past 14 years, Jonathan Yorkshire Three Choirs Festival, first held in 2016 and now set to become an annual highlight. Variations of the Yorkshire Three will leave later this month Choir Festival to become the 71st Dean of have been held Exeter. Bishop Nick said, “I am since the 1970s, delighted at the appointment but 2016 was of Jonathan Greener to be the first festival Dean of Exeter. He will bring for the three cathedral choirs to put the choirs together gifts of vision, resilience and of the new diocese. This year, because it’s an absolutely collegiality to his new ministry. Wakefield Cathedral hosted fabulous noise. Every choir, Exeter is receiving a Dean who the event with a Saturday of course, wants to show that has helped shape a new way concert and service of choral they’re the best and therefore of exercising cathedral ministry evensong. Later, the same that really encourages them in a diocese going through weekend, the choirs changed to give of their very best when considerable change. I will miss places - Ripon travelled to they all get together.” his creativity, friendship and Bradford, Wakefield to Ripon support.” and Bradford Cathedral choir Jon Payne, Assistant Director sang at Wakefield. of Music at Bradford As Dean of Wakefield, Jonathan Cathedral, added, “It’s a carried out the most complete Hosting the Festival concert wonderful opportunity to makeover of any cathedral was Tom Moore, Music Director celebrate the music training in recent times, raising £7.5 of Wakefield Cathedral. “Our and development which our million and completely aim is to keep this Festival cathedral choirs are able to transforming the interior, which surviving well into the future”, offer children and young people had been untouched since the he said. “I think that cathedral within the Diocese.” 1970s. I Remembrance Reaching out Sunday made easier Bishop Tony LEEDS Whether it’s a replacement cooker, school uniform, or a bike to get to work, the charity Acts 435, set Last year the world governing up by the Archbishop of York, body of football, FIFA, allows people to give money imposed a fine on the England directly to others for specific team who were due to play a requests. match on Remembrance Day personal gain through charitable and community for wearing poppy armbands. Christ Church, Upper Armley, work, and especially through Thankfully they have now has recently got involved and the work of the church? We decided that ‘poppies are not the experience has been so need the same solidarity and a political symbol’. positive, they’re encouraging willingness to work for the other churches in the diocese common good as was shown Poppies became a symbol to do the same. Vicar of Christ in warfare. for Remembrance following Church, the Revd Canon Arani In Flanders the famous poem Sen, said, “Acts 435 is an Fields, written by John McCrae Jesus said: “if any man would during the First World War. come after me, let him deny Poppies grew in abundance himself and take up his cross over the graves of dead and follow me. For whoever soldiers in Flanders. would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for As we wear our poppies this my sake will find it”. year, we should not forget Remembrance Sunday is that during the two world excellent mission tool to live a time to look back and wars people discovered out the teaching of Acts. It has honour the memory of resources of generosity and enabled the church to raise its those who gave their lives kindness, of courage and profile in the community and in war. But, if we were to bravery that they didn’t to demonstrate Jesus’ love in allow it, the character that realise they had. There was action.” also often a sense of being so many showed and some of the positive things that part of a strong community The church appoints Advocates people discovered through bound together by adversity, who listen out for needs in the the adversity of war, could and, of course, people were church and local community also make this a time of needed - to fight, to nurse, and then meet the person who great challenge for us in to work in the factories, to has the need. The request is the present, and a time of grow food, to care for other listed on the Acts 435 website. people’s children. genuine and peaceful hope for the future. If you’re interested in setting up This is an enormous challenge Acts 435 in your parish, visit the for us today. Can we do website www.acts435.org.uk something for our country, +Tony and/or email admin@acts435. for our community motivated Bishop of Wakefield org.uk by something other than II More Bradford church schools Give Peace a become ‘Life Savers’ Chance BRADFORD Three more amounts of money. This HUDDERSFIELD Four schools Church of England schools academic year Christchurch have joined together in in Bradford have joined a C of E Primary Academy at Huddersfield Parish Church pioneering Church of England Shipley, Westminster C of E to celebrate United Nations schools Primary Academy, Westminster International Day for Peace. saving scheme. Beaumont Primary Academy, Life Savers, Linthwaite Clough School, which was Spring Grove School and piloted by Woodley School worked with the Church the assistant curate at the of England town centre church, the Revd and Simon Crook to create the Bradford ceremony, using art, song, Credit dance, poetry and some Union, has insightful letters to world proved so successful that now Rd, Bradford and Burley and leaders. it is being rolled out across the Woodhead C of E Primary at country. Under the scheme, Ilkley have joined the scheme. The children were joined by savings clubs administered They join four Bradford schools Huddersfield and Colne Valley by credit unions in primary where pupils have so far saved MPs Barry Sherman and schools are encouraging a total of £6231. Thelma Walker. children to save small, regular Spectacular cathedral banquet New canons RIPON Ripon Cathedral’s The money raised will go to WAKEFIELD Two honor- ancient nave was transformed the ‘Ripon Cathedral Renewed’ ary canons were installed at last month as more than two project which aims to develop Wakefield Cathedral and a new hundred people cathedral Priest Vicar licensed enjoyed a at a service led by Bishop of spectacular four Leeds, Nick Baines. Providing course banquet the music after the service with jazz, was the West Yorkshire Police entertainment Band, supporting the Revd Paul from the Cartwright, a former policeman, Military Wives who was one of the two new choir, an canons. Paul, who is incum- auction and a bent of St Peter and St John, ‘silent disco’. Barnsley, is also Deputy Lead Chaplain to the West Yorkshire A record Police force. Diocesan Director £26,000 was raised at the facilities at the Cathedral for the of Ministry and Mission, Canon Dean’s Banquet, double the 21st century. Andrew Norman, was also previous year. made an honorary canon. III News......News.....News.....News.....News.....NewsDiocese of Leeds news Dales churches trial pioneering new carbon calculator as parishes seek to reduce footprint the trials. tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). Participating It is seen is a powerful tool churches will to understand the impact of be given the personal behaviour on global opportunity warming. The Church of to contribute England’s carbon footprint to pioneering target is online with the UK research Government target to reduce into the new emissions by 80% by 2050. calculator’s The new pioneering calculator Churches in the northern part impact on aims to help solve the difficulty of the diocese are taking part reducing carbon emissions. of calculating our carbon in trials of a radical new carbon footprint. footprint calculator which has Roll out been created by Lancaster University and will be rolled plans out across the whole diocese if If the four week successful. trials during October in The Church Carbon Footprint Ripon Episcopal Calculator, created by Small Area are World Consulting and Lancaster successful, then University for the Diocese the system will of Leeds, is a new tool for be rolled out and be available churches to calculate their later this year to churches Jemima Parker, Environment carbon footprint more easily. across the whole diocese. Officer for the diocese, said, “I The project is being organised Churches involved in the trial hope it will be a useful tool for by Andy Ive of St Mary’s include Burton in Lonsdale, all parishes and denominations Church Ingleton and an Thornton in Lonsdale, Ingleton, to measure and reduce their introductory session was held Bentham, Settle, Giggleswick carbon dioxide footprint. last month at All Saints church, and Rathmell. Burton in Lonsdale to introduce “The Ingleton and Settle Carbon footprint is churches are trialling it for a defined as the total four week period to iron out amount of greenhouse the glitches. Then it will be gases produced to available across the diocese. directly and indirectly We hope to run training support human sessions in each area to equip activities, usually parishes to utilise it.” expressed in equivalent Events, moves and appointments - www.leeds.anglican.org IV.
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