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November and December 2017 Church outlook The Parish Magazine of St. Michael’s with St. Gabriel’s East Ardsley Winter (Christmas) Edition 2 31 Who, What & When at St. Michael’s (with St.Gabriel’s, Fall Lane) St. Michael’s Church Who’s Who Children and Young People Vicar Revd Glenn Coggins Assistant Priest TheVicarage,1Church Lane, (Non Stipendary) Smarties 9:15-11am during term time. Wednesday in the Church Hall, ages 0 - 3yrs East Ardsley, Wakefield. Revd Graham Green Contact: Barbara Vaughan 01924 823357 Tel: 01924 822184 Sunday School 10 - 11am during term time in the Church Hall, ages 3 upwards E-mail: [email protected] Licensed Reader Carolyn Walmsley Contact: Glennis Haigh 01924 822029 Pastoral Care - Kath Barker Tel: 01924 823164 Seekers 7:30 - 9:00pm Alternate Sundays in the Church hall, ages 11 - 18 Church Wardens - Kath Barker Tel: 01924 823164 Contact: Craig Bardy 01924 458583 - Doug Brown Tel: 07966018406 All Age Groups Deputy Warden - John Brayshaw. Treasurer - John Brayshaw Tel: 0113 2532796 Choir 10:00am service at St. Michael’s plus weddings, Gift Aid Recorder - Malcolm Rennison Thursday choir practice 7.00 - 8.00pm. Ages from 10 upwards, P.C.C. Secretary - Glennis Haigh Tel: 01924 822029 Contact: Mavis Roberts 01924 823952 Church Hall Bookings - Val Hargreaves Tel: 0113 2535892 Bell Ringers 9:30am Sundays. Monday practice 7:15 - 8:45pm Organist - Ken Sharp E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Gordon Haigh 01924 822029 ‘Church Outlook’ Editor - Malcolm Rennison. Tel: 0113 2535107 Lady’s Group ‘Girls Night Out’ meet second Fri. in month 7.30pm in Church Hall. E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Chris Swift 01924 821039 Advertisements - Richard & Kath Barker Tel: 01924 823164 East Ardsley Art Club 7.00pm - 9.00pm Wednesdays during term time Email: [email protected] Contact: Val Hargreaves 0113 2535892 Distribution Co-ordinator - Mave Roberts Tel: 01924 823952 East Ardsley Flower Club 7.15pm on third Monday in month (except January) ‘Web Master’ - Graham Green. E-mail: [email protected] in the Church Hall. Floral Art by Area, National and International demonstrators. St. Michael’s Church WEB site : www.stmichaelspc.co.uk Contact: Marion Waldock 01924 828760 Kntting for the Needy 2.00 - 4.00pm 2nd Tuesday in the Church Hall. https://www.facebook.com/eastardsleychurch A group who knit, sew, & crochet blankets & clothes for African Orphanages. https://twitter.com/ardsleychurch Contact: Hazel Rennison 0113 2535107 Prayer and Praise From 7.30pm - onwards. Thursdays - Rotating House Group. An inter-denominational group which includes study courses, informal worship and music. A chance to learn new songs. A Prayer for Remembrance Sunday Contact: John Brayshaw 0113 2532796 God of truth and justice, we hold before you those whose Bible Study Group 7.30pm Tuesdays. An informal ecumenical House Group. O memory we cherish, and those whose names we will never know. Contact: Val Hargreaves 0113 2535892 Help us to lift our eyes above the torment of this broken world and Pastoral Care Group - Planning visits to the sick and bereaved and general visiting in the Parish. grant us the grace to pray for those who wish us harm. Contact - Kath Barker 01924 823164 As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future, for you are the source of life and hope, now and forever. Items, articles and reports for inclusion in the next edition of ‘Church Outlook’ should reach the Editor by the 26th November at the very latest please Amen preferably by email: [email protected] (otherwise clearly written) “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” Paul Boese ‘Church Outlook’ Printed by John Ord Print Service, Belle View, Wakefield. 30 3 The Vicar writes …. Rachilles Heal Dear friends, One of the year’s cinema blockbusters has been the film Dunkirk. The film shines a light on the events at the end of May and early June 1940 when the British Army and Sports Massage & Holistics French were driven back to Dunkirk by the German army. Initially it was hoped that we Treatment Of Muscular & Joint Problems could evacuate around 40,000 men off the beaches but in the end by an amazing set Speed Muscle Recovery With Sports Massage of circumstances over 400,000 men were brought home. What was a disastrous defeat for the British Army came to be seen as a glorious event, the snatching of victory from the jaws of a worldwide calamity. It became defined as the refusal to surrender or despair in a time of crisis – the ‘Dunkirk Spirit’ as it is known. Rachel Frost Four years later when the tide was turning in the Allies favour against the Germans, the D-Day invasion was launched on five beaches of Normandy in northern France. E: [email protected] It is an absolutely incredible story of the build up to the invasion, the events of D-Day T: 0783 7735578 themselves and the Allies push across Europe. The Allies very much saw themselves as liberators of countries under German occupation and of course the dismantling of Introducing Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques the Nazi regime which with Hitler had caused so much pain, sadness and death for millions of people. As time marches on the events of WW1 are very much out of the public memory due to it being 100 years ago, but the events of WW2 are remembered by very many people who are still alive. They can tell of the dark days of the war when it was possible that our country could look very different to what we take for granted today. We are therefore so thankful to those who refused to give in to oppressive forces, who had the ‘Dunkirk Spirit’. Sadly the two great wars and other areas of conflict have Re-creating your lost smile seen soldiers and others pay with their lives, so it is fitting that each year the nation Clinical Dental Technician Dip CDT RCS Eng GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION NUMBER gathers to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Here in the village do join The Importance of a smile . us on Remembrance Sunday the 12th November at 10:00 with the local branch of the It takes but a moment, but the memory of it can last a lifetime. It creates British Legion for our Remembrance Day service. We shall also close the service at happiness in the home, fosters goodwill, brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged and sunshine to all who are sad. 11:00 am with the reading out of the names on the village war memorial. At Dentures by Dominic we don’t just make Looking further afield Christmas will soon be upon us and as usual we have a full dentures, we create smiles set of services for you to join us as we celebrate the birth of God’s Son, Jesus. Jesus Just as you are unique so are your denture requirements, all our dentures are de- signed is seen as a liberator who came to earth as a human being to share our lives and in clinician using the finest materials and natural looking teeth, can create a doing so offer us a new relationship with God the Father. Jesus paid the sacrifice for a functional and comfortable denture that is uniquely yours. restored relationship with his death on the cross – all we have to do is believe and At Dentures by Dominic we pride ourselves on the relaxed and friendly environment that we provide. trust in Him. Sounds easy but takes a lifetime to live out and experience….it’s up to us to respond to the offer. With best regards Please mention ‘Church Outlook’ when responding to advertisements Glenn 4 29 Margaret Watson 1919 - 2017 November’s Film Night will be on Friday 24th when ‘The Pianist’ will be Margaret’s life, in her own words, shown. A brilliant Polish pianist, a Jew, escapes deportation. Forced to live in the (Read at the Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for her life) heart of the Warsaw ghetto, he shares the suffering, the humiliation, and manages was born on the 26th July 1919, the second daughter of parents Ada Esther and to escape and hide in the ruins of the capital. I Ernest Watson, and my sister Gladys. Our parents were members of St. Michael’s December’s Film Night will be on Friday 29th when ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Church and each Sunday we were taken to church by them and attended Sunday will be shown. The ultimate ‘feel-good’ film. Starring the unforgettable James School morning and afternoon. The church became a very important part of my life Stewart as George Bailey, the man who receives the greatest Christmas gift of all. and in later years I was a member of the P.C.C., also Secretary, Sides Person, BYO Supper, or pre-order Fish & Chips - (by the day before Film Night) Church Warden and Church Trustee. with Malcolm Tel:01132535107 Supper at 6.30pm. Films shown at 7.00pm. On leaving school I joined the West Riding Insurance Committee which was a No charge - donations accepted for church funds. Government Body responsible for the payment to Doctors for Insured people on their panel. Prior to the introduction of the Health Service only people who were in work and a member of an approved Society were eligible for free medical services from the Doctor. During the second World War I was enlisted in 1942 in the A.T.S. in the Pay Corp and remained until 1946. On being demobbed I returned to Wakefield and helped in the establishment of the N.H.S.