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Honley with Brockholes Parish Magazine OCTOBER 2011 St. George Brockholes St. Mary the Virgin Honley Price 40p KAMA AERIALS Radcliffe Funeral Service For all your digital aerial and satellite needs Digital aerials * Extra points from your existing aerial Gwen & Andrew Schofield Freeview Plus & Freeview HD * Freesat & Freesat HD 2 Exchange The Lindens Aerial repairs * Satellite dishes * Foreign satellite services Honley New Road KAMA Aerials is a local family firm offering a range of aerial and satellite services Holmfirth Kirkheaton All our work is guaranteed for 3 years and we guarantee a professional tidy job every time. Call Rob McKay now to discuss your HD9 6AY HD5 0JB 01484 662324 01484 535853 aerial and satellite needs 01924 407173 or 07813 530571 www.radcliffefuneralservice.com [email protected] Res: 9 Seymour Walk, Meltham 01484 851994 Rob McKay, KAMA Aerials, 3 Westfield Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 9FB An independent family business for over 40 years B. Lockwood & Son Painters & Decorators Est 1982 Contact: Cliff Green FOR A FREE ESTIMATE RING 664277 Tel: 01484 519300 Mobile: 07742 735516 LOOKING FOR A ROOM TO HIRE? TRY ST MARY’S PARISH ROOM, TLDallas CHURCH STREET, Insurance since 1919 HONLEY. incorporating David Hallas Insurance Services SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN’S PARTIES, T L Dallas & Co Ltd MEETINGS, KEEP FIT ETC. 29 Westgate Honley TELEPHONE THE VICAR 01484 661178 Holmfirth HD9 6AA Telephone: 01484 665211 Est. 1982 Thank you to all our advertisers - Please support them when you can Churches in the Landscape Stones collected together in one place can reveal a great deal about a people or a nation. This is true of the greater stones used in the Pyramids of Egypt, in Stonehenge, in Roman roads, in medieval cathedrals, in Victorian mills and factory chimneys, in modern skyscrapers; in the lesser stones used to build our smaller parish churches, in St Mary’s or St George’s and numerous such churches in our country. An architect once wrote, “The purpose of a church is to worship, to bring a man to his knees, to refresh his soul in a barren land.” It is a holy place, made holy by the gathering of the faithful who talk to God there and listen to what he has to say. It is holy by association. It is God’s house; it is the gate of heaven. Here also at crucial moments of life come the parishioners for baptism, for marriage, and at death. The Temple at Jerusalem was a holy place – a building made for worship, but it needed to be rid of the money changers. In anger, the Lord cast them out, “My house shall be called a house of prayer but you have made it a den of thieves.” Who cannot feel the awe of certain churches, certain holy places? T. S. Eliot wrote: you are here to kneel where prayer has been valid. And who came to the Lord’s temple, who come? The blind who want to see, the deaf who want to hear, the lame who want to walk, the dumb who want to speak. Who welcomed him? It was none other than the children singing Hosanna to the son of David. Their later praises provoked the Lord to cry; “If these should hold their peace, the very stones would cry out.” Church is where many come to reach out and touch the hem of Christ’s garment. 1 The Yorkshire poet Philip Larkin writes of his experience as a “church crawler”. He creeps through the door, he detects the aura of the building. “A serious place, on serious earth is this.” Forget that he quits, dropping an Irish sixpence into the offertory box; he realises that this is a special place. It is perhaps true that you only appreciate a place properly when you use it for its proper purpose. You do not appreciate a library till you spend time looking at the books and reading, or a concert hall until you have listened to the orchestra play and you certainly do not appreciate the full glory of a church and cathedral until you go there for worship. In his book ‘ What Hetty did’, J. L. Carr tells how his hero visited Peterborough Cathedral and described its calming effect, derived perhaps just because it was there, “a shaped stone quarry turned turtle. Once underground. Now upon it”. So any church may generate a quality of peace to send a visitor “ready, aye ready to outface fate, come what may”. October is the month for celebrating the dedication of churches. They are a sign of God in landscape, town or country. Those that have ears to hear should listen to what the stones are saying. Henry Stapleton Sponsors of October Magazine We are delighted to sponsor this months issue in loving memory of Margaret Gregory, a very dear Mum and Grandma who we still miss so much. Special thanks to John Dean for faithfully sending the magazine to us each month so that we are able to keep in touch with what is happening in the church that Mum loved so much. With fond memories from David, Lyn, Jess, Ben and Ali (the new granddaughter-in-law who you didn’t have the joy of knowing but would have taken to your heart). 2 Parish Giving Corner responding to God’s love enabling mission and ministry On a Lighter Note The strongman at a circus sideshow demonstrated his powers before a large audience. Towards the end, he squeezed the juice from a lemon between his hands. He then challenged the audience – “I will offer £100 to anyone who can squeeze another drop from this lemon”. A thin scholarly looking lady came forward, picked up the lemon, strained hard and managed to get another drop. The strongman was amazed. He paid the woman and said, “I’ve been doing this act for sixteen years and tonight is the first time I’ve had to pay out. What is the secret of your strength?” “Practice,” the woman answered. “I was a church treasurer for thirty two years!” Sometimes it does indeed feel like our need for money requires us to try and squeeze more and more out of those who already support the church. But the Christian view on generosity is much more dynamic than that. Our faith nurtures us as givers so we are more needing to give rather than giving to a need. Giving that speaks of all that we have received from God. As Amy Camichael, who served as a missionary in India for fifty five years once said: “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.” Please ask and we will be happy to help on any aspect of giving. Clive Green, Roger Kenworthy - Parish Giving Officers 3 PARISH NEWS From the Parish Registers Wedding St Marys September 10 Alan Whiteley and Sandra Maxine Drake In October we remember in our Year’s Mind Willie Parkin d. 1 October 2004 Margaret Gregory d. 5 October 2007 Roy Littlewood d. 9 October 2009 William Johnson Wilson d. 13 October 2003 Carol Lesley Hepper d. 19 October 2010 Doreen Wadsworth d. 21 October 2007 Rupert Handsley Hildred d. 22 October 1984 Mabel Tolhurst d. 23 October 2007 Maureen Taylor d. 28 October 2009 Beat the Burglar An ‘Information Event’ is to be held when you can come along and discuss the various ways you can protect your property and lessen your chances of being the next victim. There will be representatives from various companies at the event. Just half an hour of your time now, could save you hours of heartache in the future. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 4th October 2011 at 7.00 pm , at Brockholes Village Hall, Brockholes Huddersfield Rural Crime Prevention Panel and Neighbourhood Policing Team 4 ST. MARY'S CALENDAR OCTOBER Sunday 2 Harvest Festival 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service for Harvest 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Wednesday 5 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group Thursday 6 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Sunday 9 16th Sunday after Trinity 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Wednesday 12 9.30 am Holy Communion Thursday 13 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday 14 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 16 17th Sunday after Trinity 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Communion + Children’s Club 6.30 pm Evensong + Holy Baptism Wednesday 19 9.30 am Holy Communion 2.00 pm Infants’ School Harvest Festival Thursday 20 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Sunday 23 Last Sunday after Trinity 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Wednesday 26 9.30 am Holy Communion Thursday 27 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday 28 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 30 4th Sunday before Advent 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer 5 NOVEMBER Wednesday 1 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group Sunday 6 3rd Sunday before Advent 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Helpers’ Rota Service Sidespeople Reader Intercessors Serving Coffee Type Oct Harvest Cynthia Hepper Andrew Graham and Alison and 2 Festival Elaine Shaw Dean Jane Wardman Simon Dean Oct Parish Olivine and Andrew Angeline Andrea Green 9 Eucharist Kevin Radford Dean Baker Christine Woolley Oct Family Diana and Dennis Clive Sandra and 16 Communion Charles Kaye Thewlis Waind John Dean Oct Parish Andrea and Charles Leslie and Suzanne Dufton 23 Eucharist Clive Green Kaye Jean Chadwick Betty Staniforth Oct Parish Angeline and John Pat and Shirley Turner 30 Eucharist Richard Baker Adams Cliff Green Clive Waind Nov Family Bill Gray Graham and Gillian and TBC 6 Service Margaret Hay Jane Wardman Roger Greaves Thank You ! A big thank you to all those people who supported my recent Coffee Morning to raise money for my trip to Peru in Summer 2012.