APRIL 2013 Honley with Brockholes Parish Magazine
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Lockwood & Son Painters & Decorators Est 1982 TESTING STATION BIKES * CARS VANS * CLASS VII MOT’S * SERVICING * REPAIRS * TYRES * BATTERIES * EXHAUSTS Unit 16, Honley Business Centre FOR A FREE ESTIMATE RING New Mill Road, Honley, Holmfirth HD9 6QB Tel: 01484 519300 Telephone: 01484 664799 Mobile: 07742 735516 Thank you to all our advertisers - Please support them when you can Hope at Easter “Jesus is risen; we are risen” is the message of the season of Easter. The swathes of golden daffodils, the white of blossom are nature’s reminder that, after all the gloom and wet of earlier months, at last there is a new life and a hope for all of us. Death is not the end but a gateway to a new life with God who made us. Easter is the time we recall the Garden where Mary Magdalene saw the risen Lord but thought he was the gardener. But as soon as he called her by name she knew it was him. Easter is when we hear of the Upper Room where the frightened disciples were behind locked doors. The Lord enters with the Easter greeting of Peace. Easter is the time when two disciples are walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, pondering the events of the day just passed. Their eyes are closed as a stranger comes near and they begin to tell him of what has happened. It is time for a meal, they invite the stranger to say the grace. And as they see him break the bread they recognise that these are the hands of the Lord with whom they had shared bread at his last supper. He was known in the breaking of the bread. Easter gives us hope that as the Lord has risen and as we have been baptised into his death into life with him so at the end of our days we shall be given access to his presence in heaven. He has indeed gone before to prepare a place for us. Easter gives us hope that we shall meet him as we travel along the road as a follower of him who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. At the Eucharist he has told us to break bread and pour wine in remembrance of him. The Ukrainian church tells the story of Prince Vladimir of Kiev who on becoming a Christian in 988 sent out emissaries to Constantinople to discover the liturgy of his new faith. There they went to the Church of Santa Sophia, the grandest church of the East. 1 After experiencing the chant and the music, the icons – but above all the Presence – the emissaries sent word to the prince: “We did not know whether we were in heaven or on earth. Never have we seen such beauty. We cannot describe it but this much we can say: there God dwells among mankind.” May God bless our Eastertide as we praise God for the Lord’s Resurrection. Pray that we may be conscious of our continuing fellowship not only with our friends here on earth but also with all those who have gone before us, all those who have confessed the same faith as we have, who have worshipped like us, who have endeavoured to live through the power of Christ a risen life. Together we offer the Lord the worship that is his due, together we are aware of his Presence among us. Henry Stapleton New incumbent The Installation and Induction of the Rev Liam Beadle by the Bishop of Wakefield will take place at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Honley on Wednesday 15th May at 7.30 pm. Invitations have been sent to clergy, retired clergy and organisations in the area so that the congregation is truly representative of the deanery and life in the whole of the Parish. Members of the congregations at St Mary’s and St George’s will shortly be asked to indicate if they wish to attend so that we shall have a good idea of how may people we will need to accommodate. The service will not be Eucharistic. On Wednesday 15th May there will be no 9.30 am Eucharist service at St Mary’s but on Thursday 16th May our new Vicar will say Morning Prayer at 9.00 am and celebrate Holy Communion at 9.30 am on his first full day as Vicar of our Parish. Please pray for Liam as he prepares for his work here. The Churchwardens 2 PARISH NEWS From the Parish Registers Baptism St Mary’s March 17 Charles Thomas Jackson-Furness Funeral St Mary’s February 28 Mary Watkinson In April we remember in our Year’s Mind Nellie Nickerson d. 11 April 1983 Elsie Amy Cockhill d. 12 April 1994 George Henry O’Brien d. 15 April 1969 John Isaac Fearns d. 20 April 1991 James Thomas Jackson d. 23 April 1994 Gordon Stanley Hampshire d. 30 April 1997 Catherine Reakes Williams d. April 2010 Margaret Thornton d. April 2010 John Perkins d. April 2010 Parish Giving Corner responding to God’s love enabling mission Please ask and we will always be happy to help on any aspect of giving. Clive Green and Roger Kenworthy - Parish Giving Officers 3 ST. MARY'S CALENDAR MARCH Thursday 28 Maundy Thursday 10.00 - 11.30 am Coffee Morning 11.30 - 12.45 pm Lent Lunch in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group 7.30 pm Eucharist followed by Gethsemane Watch Friday 29 Good Friday 12.00 noon Churches Together on the Village Green 2.00 pm An Hour at the Cross 7.30 pm “I believe” - Dramatic Reading Saturday 30 Easter Eve 7.30 pm Easter Vigil and Fire (*BST begins +1hr*) Sunday 31 Easter Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist for Easter No evening service APRIL Wednesday 3 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group Sunday 7 2nd Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Tuesday 9 7.30 pm Finance and Property Committee Meeting Wednesday 10 9.30 am Holy Communion Thursday 11 10.00 - 11.30 am Coffee Morning 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday 12 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 14 3rd Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Tuesday 16 7.30 pm D C C Meeting Wednesday 17 9.30 am Holy Communion Thursday 18 10.00 - 11.30 am Coffee Morning 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Sunday 21 4th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 4 9.30 am Family Communion (+ Children’s Club) 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Wednesday 24 9.30 am Holy Communion Thursday 25 10.00 - 11.30 am Coffee Morning 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday 26 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 28 5th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer MAY Wednesday 1 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group Helpers Rota for 9.30 am Service Service Sidespeople Reader Intercessors Serving Coffee Apr Family Olivine and Rebecca Graham and Gillian and 7 Service Kevin Radford Noble Jane Wardman Roger Greaves Apr Parish Bill Kemp Elaine Carol Andrea Green 14 Eucharist David Wainwright Shaw Hirst Christine Woolley Apr Family Andrea and Jane Pat and Graham and 21 Communion Clive Green Wardman Cliff Green Jane Wardman Apr Parish Rebecca and Jenny Clive Liz Cummings 28 Eucharist Craig Noble Lockwood Waind Sandra Dean May Family Angeline and Sarah Angeline Heather Ambler 5 Service Richard Baker North Baker Shirley Turner Quiet prayer If you are looking for a quiet corner for prayer in church, there are two places in which you may find helpful. In the prayer corner, as well as praying, you can also write on a slip of paper to fasten to the prayer curtain any special prayer requests that you have. These will be prayed for at the monthly pastoral prayer meeting. In the Lady Chapel, you will find the candle holder and suggestions of prayers you may find helpful if you want to use them. There is no need to pay for the candles. 5 Jane Wardman HONLEY NEWS The collection for ‘Buy a Mothering Sunday gift and help transform lives’ at the Mothering Sunday Service raised £37.00 to help fund MU work enabling families to create stable, sustainable futures. I will let you know in the next magazine which gifts the committee decide to sponsor. Sincere thanks to those who contributed. Our guest speaker at the meeting on April 3rd is Cynthia Warrington who will be talking to us about the ‘Yorkshire Air Ambulance’.