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Honley with Brockholes Parish Magazine MAY 2009 St. Mary the Virgin Honley St. George Brockholes Price 30p Feel like walking on air? T W BIRKS & SON LTD 24 hours COMPREHENSIVE FOOT TREATMENT Complete funeral service by a caring family firm Private Appointments at ELMWOOD CHIROPODY/PODIATRY CLINIC Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth HD9 3TR Holme Valley Funeral Home Woodhead Road, Holmfirth HD9 2PR Tel: 01484 683322 01484 662046 Pre-paid Funeral Plan available Jane Kaye and Associates Family run business for over 80 years BSc (Hons) Podiatry, MchS, H.P.C. Registered Gary Findlay Patios ••• Decking ••• Paving 07701 049755 Fencing ••• Concreting ••• Turfing Garden Maintenance ••• Pergolas 20 Oakes Lane ••• Brockholes ••• Holmfirth ••• HD9 7AR 01484 667713 ••• www.gflandscapes.com Tel: 01484 660036 Thank you to all our advertisers - Please support them when you can Dear Friends I write this letter in the afterglow of Easter, whilst ‘Alleluias’ and ‘Christ is Risen’ are still ringing in my ears. The Easter celebrations at both churches were great occasions with many people joining the throng of attendees. It was good to see Dean Henry celebrating with great gusto and style at St Mary’s and fantastic to see so many children at St George’s. Both Churches looked radiant in their decoration and all credit and thanks to those who cleaned and decorated them for the occasion. St Mary’s alterations, by way of the forward dais, were finished right on schedule and the work completed a great credit to the craftsmanship of John Dean and Bryan Hodgson. Their competence, enthusiasm and patience is borne out by their excellent work, and many thanks are due to them for the finished article. I am thankful also to all those who gave their time and talents to the production of the Good Friday play “The Hopeful Grave”. The acting, along with the musical reflections, were excellent and grateful thanks are due to Dennis Thewlis for his masterful direction and leadership. 1 One of the thoughts that came to me during the Holy Week and Easter Services were the wide variety of people that Jesus gathered around him. All of them were different, all of them were human in their faults and failings and all of them had their own unique gifts and talents. I guess it was not until after the resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost that the fruits of each of these disciples became plain for all to see. Through the Holy Spirit, God encouraged and enabled the disciples to take their talents and use them for the furtherance of his kingdom here on earth. As we bask in the afterglow of Easter with our eyes firmly set on the celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, it would be good for each of us to spend time discovering our own talents. Which gifts has God given us so that we might use them for the furtherance of his Kingdom here in this place? Someone said to me that each character in the Good Friday play was typecast, however the truth is very different. Each of the actors used their talents to play their part to the fullest. May God bless you and strengthen you in the use of your particular talent for the increase of his Kingdom. Yours in Christ’s service David 2 PARISH NEWS From the Parish Registers Funeral St Mary’s March 23 John Kevin Charlesworth 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 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 Our ‘May’ Sponsors was a significant year for many things. Not least the major journeys for some individuals. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on moon. The first trial flights of Concorde took place and the QE2, sailed on her maiden voyage. Two other, more local firsts were made during that year. In April, Alison Bray travelled from the Holme Valley Hospital and a few weeks later in May, Simon Dean left Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. 40 years later they still lives in the village with Andrew, a 7 th generation ‘Honleyer’ and now fully fledged teenager. It is with great pleasure that we are sponsoring the magazine and share in our happiness reaching these milestones in our lives together. As we have changed and grown older, the church building has also been modified to meet the needs of the people for the 21st century. St Mary’s has always been a welcoming and supportive church to us and our family and we hope that there will be many more years of worship and fellowship in the future. 3 Alison, Simon and Andrew Dean ST. MARY'S CALENDAR MAY Sunday 3 4th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Monday 4 6.30 pm Slimming World Wednesday 6 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group 7.30 pm Mothers’ Union Meeting Thursday 7 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.15 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday 8 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 10 5th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 4.00 pm Christian Aid Service Monday 11 6.30 pm Slimming World Wednesday 13 9.30 am Holy Communion Thursday 14 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.15 pm Baby and Toddler Group 7.30 pm Honley Civic Society Saturday 16 12.30 pm Wedding of Rebecca Hirst and Craig Noble Sunday 17 6th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Communion (+ Children’s Club) 3.00 pm Evensong and Holy Baptism Monday 18 6.30 pm Slimming World 7.30 pm Honley Churches Together Meeting Wednesday 20 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Mothers’ Union Prayer Group Thursday 21 Ascension Day 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.15 pm Baby and Toddler Group 7.30 pm Ascension Day Service Sunday 24 7th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Monday 25 6.30 pm Slimming World Wednesday 27 9.30 am Holy Communion 4 7.45 pm Men’s Society Thursday 28 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room Friday 29 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 31 Pentecost 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer JUNE Wednesday 3 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group Sunday 7 Trinity Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Communion No evening Service 6.30 pm Songs of Praise at Wakefield Cathedral Advance Notice Concert in St Mary’s Church Honley Male Voice Choir Saturday 27th June at 7.30 pm Helpers’ Rota Type of Sidesmen Reader Intercessors Serving Service Coffee May Family Pauline and Graham Jane and Alison and 3 Service John Adams Wardman Graham Wardman Simon Dean May Parish Mary Stapleton Cynthia Diana and Andrea and 10 Eucharist Janet Sykes Hepper Huw Griffiths Clive Green May Family Diana Griffiths Margaret Jean and Maureen Allen 17 Communion Peter Wildman Wainwright Leslie Chadwick Pat Allsop May Parish Bill Kemp Diana Clive Elaine Shaw 24 Eucharist David Wainwright Kaye Waind Betty Staniforth May Parish Mary Briggs Pat Anne and Sandra and 31 Eucharist Jean Cheeseman Dransfield Godfrey Blount John Dean Jun Family Anne and Huw Pauline Ellis Sarah and 7 Communion Godfrey Blount Griffiths Bob Etherington Wayne North 5 HONLEY NEWS Easter Reflection I would like to thank everyone who took part in the Good Friday play, “The Hopeful Grave” (directed by Dennis Thewlis) for all their hard work. Each one of you got into the character you were playing so well and with such conviction it moved me to tears at times. It also made me really think about the people who had been involved with Jesus before his crucifixion. I didn’t realise St Mary’s had so many good actors and actresses. Thank you also to the choir for their excellent contribution and to Mary Briggs and Pauline Ellis for their narration and not forgetting Vernon on the organ. Well done to everyone for a very special Good Friday Eve of reflection. Elaine Shaw Lent Lunches - Honley Churches Together 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 £645 for the Honley Aid in Sickness Fund. Gillian Greaves Christian Aid Week: 10th - 16th May If you can help by delivering and collecting envelopes, please let me know. We have not been able to cover all the streets in the village in recent years, so new helpers would be very welcome. I realise that this is going to be a big challenge this year, but may we have the strength which God provides to meet this task and help other people who are much worse off than we are. Thank you. John Ambler 6 Report on the DCC Meeting 17 March The Vicar opened the meeting of fifteen members of the DCC with prayer.