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Archdeacons' Visitation News archdeacons’ visitation news Spring 2020 - issue 4 Destination 211 plays its part Archdeacons’ contact details in Diocesan Strategy Bradford Archdeaconry Dewsbury Team Parish and Dewsbury Church of the Nazarene The Ven. Dr Andy Jolley T: 0113 353 0290 have set up a partnership with Dewsbury and District Street Angels M: 07973 458403 to form Destination 211, a new bus ministry operating in the andy.jolley@ Chickenley area of Dewsbury. leeds.anglican.org Destination 211 fits well with the diocesan where hundreds of people enjoyed making Halifax Archdeaconry strategy objectives of growing churches, Christmas crafts. The Ven. Dr Anne Dawtry transforming communities and enabling T: 01484 471803 Rev’d Neil Walpole, who heads up the confident Christians. Its aims are to make M: 07980 751902 project, said: “This is a really exciting ministry, disciples, sharing the good news of Jesus archdeacon.halifax@ with over 20 people from different churches whilst offering practical support, such as leeds.anglican.org access to food banks and Christians in Dewsbury taking part in different ways, as we reach out with the love of Jesus through Against Poverty. Leeds Archdeaconry our words and actions. When we see God The Ven. Paul Ayers The bus opens to the public in time for move, and members of communities begin T: 0113 353 0255 the end of Orchard Primary School’s to grasp, that transforming love, so we as day, becoming a drop-in for parents and M: 07539 873 940 a team, are also being transformed and paul.ayers@ their children who are served with cake growing in our own discipleship.” leeds.anglican.org and drinks. The session includes a Bible story, craft, games and worship songs. Bishop Jonathan, who opened the bus This is followed by a session for young officially on 4th December 2019, added: Pontefract people, where a meal is shared and “This is a fantastic new ministry among the Archdeaconry conversation about life and faith takes children and young people in a community The Ven. Peter Townley place. The bus ministry also hosted a Light that faces many challenges – taking the T: 01924 434459 Party on Halloween and was part of the Christian message out from the church and M: 07515 998956 Christmas light switch on in Dewsbury, onto the streets – quite literally.” archdeacon.pontefract@ leeds.anglican.org Richmond & Craven Archdeaconry The Ven. Jonathan Gough T: 01423 866717 M: 07496 271571 jonathan.gough@ leeds.anglican.org Produced and printed by www.ecclesiastical.com/churchmatters Holy Trinity Cookridge In our diocese, we call upon every Christian Community to ‘create confident Christians, grow churches and transform communities’. In November 2017, the new Vicar of worship and family occasions, including the Cookridge, Father Paul Atkinson, decided Bake Off, Family Fun Day and the Angel to celebrate Mass on five days each week, Festival. The message has gone out that Holy doing so, he says, “in the belief, as an Anglican Trinity is a church for the whole community Catholic, that prayer and the Sacraments are that she serves.” the centre and summit of Christian life and Mission is expensive. However, giving is that real and sustainable growth can only another measure of growth. The congregation Growing Young begin when we encounter God in the person pay their contribution to the Common Fund in of Jesus Christ through prayer and worship.” People as full and support local and national charities. Growth at Holy Trinity, since those first days, Additionally, in the last two years, they have Christians – has been significant, with attendance at the raised almost £100,000 towards the Future Sunday Mass often in the high 90s, with young Three @ HTC Project, the aim of which is to Crumpet Church families with children accounting for around create a building fit for purpose, which will 50% of the congregation. As many people transform the community of Cookridge, both St Robert’s, Pannal, are committed to only attend fortnightly or monthly, the church now and into the future. ‘Growing Young People as Christians’. is attracting even more worshippers over a They currently do really well, but felt month than this. Attendance is also growing that there was more to do. Particular at mid-week Masses, and often includes challenges faced were a capacity children. In the last two years, the parish has problem for Junior Church on a Sunday held 35 baptisms, admitted 46 children to Holy and competition from sports matches, Communion and confirmed 12 new Christians. too, as well as some children not wishing to be separated from their Growth at Holy Trinity is consistent and parents. These all led the Vicar, The sustainable. In Father Paul’s view this is “simply Rev’d John Smith, the Curate, Abbie the result of hard work and prayer, helped in our Palmer and the congregation to seek case by the beauty and dignity of our worship new ways of engaging with local and the growing confidence of the people children and families. already committed to Christ and His Church. After much conversation and prayer, “New people have been welcomed and they felt the call to start something new. embraced, through invitations to attend This is always a cause for anxiety. Will anybody turn up? Will it run to plan? Will it be sustainable? There was need for research, deliberation and planning. What models were around? What was Transforming Community through the right format? When and where? What resources were required? Laughter and Tears In praying for guidance ‘Crumpet about what it means to live in our Yorkshire Church’ emerged, a new child-friendly communities today. “I didn’t know what to worship service, straight after school, expect the first time we met to talk about starting with a snack, followed by a our faiths, and to be honest we were all quite short church service that was active nervous. Yet I’ve been so encouraged in my and engaging, rather than a resource- own faith through understanding more about heavy craft-based format. It included the importance of faith in my new Muslim lively action songs, used ‘Open the friends. I wouldn’t miss it for the world,” said Book’ material as the biblical input and Christine Bosman from St John’s Church in there was a prayer box for participative Bentham. “The weekends have been life- intercessions. Finding a safe space to share our stories changing for many of us as we listen and Now all they needed was folks to attend. has been a key aim for an interfaith support each other,” added Team Rector, Publicity was largely through social partnership between the Ingleborough The Rev’d Anne Russell. media and via the local schools, none Team of Churches and the Yorkshire Following the yearly weekend residential, of which are church schools. They did Dales Millennium Trust. Bringing together the women then meet again for a day at the experience a bit of a buzz going around Christian women from local churches and Girlington Community Centre in Bradford about the service but didn’t expect 90 Muslim women from the Bradford area, a where they have the opportunity to meet people to turn up, two-thirds of whom group meets for life-changing weekend with other local Muslim community groups. were children. God’s Spirit was truly residentials at Broadrake Bunkbarn in And the next part of this Yorkshire interfaith moving in this place! Chapel le Dale, nestled between Whernside journey will be a visit to Israel/Palestine in So be encouraged and have a go. and Ingleborough. Faith stories, food, spring 2020 to meet Muslim, Christian and Next week, Pannal are going to need traditional crafts and walking are squeezed Jewish women, to visit their homes as well some more crumpets! in between a great deal of laughter and tears as some of the holy sites of all faiths. promotionalContains We have donated more material than £325,000 to churches around the UK Trust130 is a special promotion to increase our support to local churches and their communities. It was initially introduced as a one-off giving programme in 2017 to celebrate and thank our church customers for trusting us over the previous 130 years. Do you need SPRING 2020 financial advice you can trust? We know how important having reliable guidance about your finances can be. 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