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Call Rob McKay now to discuss your Contact: aerial and satellite needs Cliff Green 664277 01924 407173 or 07813 530571 [email protected] Rob McKay, KAMA Aerials, 3 Westfield Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 9FB Thank you to all our advertisers - Please support them when you can Dear Friends Have you ever noticed we celebrate the birth of Jesus and the world pauses to celebrate Christmas with us. We rejoice at the resurrection and some of the world recognises Easter as a special day on the calendar. Yet we come to the feast of Pentecost (Whitsun) and hardly anybody recognises it. The feast of Pentecost (12th June) is the time we celebrate the birthday of the church. Most birthdays and most parties have one thing in common, presents! Birthday presents come in all shapes and sizes. When the church celebrated its birthday it was no different. However the gift it received was very unusual indeed. It came wrapped in wind and decorated in flames and descended on each of the disciples. It was the gift that would change them from frightened timid men into courageous preachers of the gospel. It was the gift of the Holy Spirit, the power of God empowering them to fulfil Jesus’ command to go to all nations and baptise them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. God offers us that same gift today. It costs nothing. It’s free. All we have to do is accept it and use it for the furtherance of his Kingdom. Max Lucado tells a story of a lady who had a small house on the sea shore of Ireland at the turn of the 20th 1 century. She was a wealthy women but also quite frugal. The people were surprised when she decided to be among the first to have electricity in her home. Several weeks after the installation, a meter reader appeared at her door. He asked if her electricity was working well and she assured him it was. “I’m wondering if you can explain something to me,” he said. “Your meter shows scarcely any usage. Are you using your power?” “Certainly,” she answered. “Each evening when the sun sets I turn on my lights just long enough to light my candles; then I turn them off.” The old lady tapped into the power but she did not use it. Her house was connected but not changed. It is very easy to make the same mistake! Denis Yarborough put it very well when he said, “We too - with our souls saved but our hearts unchanged - are connected but not altered; trusting Christ for salvation but resisting transformation. We occasionally flip the switch, but most of the time we settle for the shadows.” So come and join us as we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost on Sunday June the 12th. It’s a time to allow God’s Holy Spirit to invigorate and transform you into that which he wishes you to be. Yours in Christ’s service David 2 Parish Giving Corner responding to God’s love enabling mission A Time to Reflect Every so often it does us all good to stop and reflect. This month we offer you: GIVING IN GRACE PRAYER Heavenly Father give grace to us, the living stones who form your Church, to reflect prayerfully on our love for You and our neighbour. Make us mindful of the many gifts You bestow upon us and we ask that your Holy Spirit will inspire and direct us in our choice of giving remembering that we are only giving back that which is truly yours. Strengthen us Lord to meet this challenge according to your will. Through Jesus Christ our Lord who has given all that we may live. Amen Please ask and we will be happy to help on any aspect of giving. Clive Green and Roger Kenworthy - Parish Giving Officers 3 ST. MARY'S CALENDAR MAY Wednesday 1 9.30 am Holy Communion followed by Pastoral Care Prayer Group 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Mother’s Union Coffee Day and 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm Thursday 2 Ascension Day 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group 7.30 pm Ascension Day Service Sunday 5 7th Sunday of Easter 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Wednesday 8 9.30 am Holy Communion 7.30 pm Finance & Property Committee Thursday 9 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday 10 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 12 Pentecost 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Wednesday 15 9.30 am Holy Communion 7.30 pm Mother’s Union Quiet Day at Farnley Tyas Thursday 16 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Sunday 19 Trinity Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Communion + Children’s Club Tuesday 21 7.30 pm D C C Meeting Wednesday 22 9.30 am Holy Communion 7.45 pm Men’s Society Meeting Thursday 23 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group Friday 24 7.30 pm Hand Chimes Rehearsal Sunday 26 RSCM Music Sunday 8.00 am Holy Communion 4 9.30 am Parish Eucharist 6.30 pm Evening Prayer Wednesday 29 9.30 am Holy Communion Thursday 30 10.00 am - 12 noon Coffee in Parish Room 1.30 pm Baby and Toddler Group JULY Sunday 3 2nd Sunday after Trinity 8.00 am Holy Communion 9.30 am Family Service 6.30 pm Parish Eucharist Helpers’ Rota Service Sidespeople Reader Intercessors Serving Coffee Type Jun Family Sandra and Helen Graham and Diana and 5 Service John Dean Martin Jane Wardman Charles Kaye Jun Parish Pauline and Jenny Pat and Kath Kennedy 12 Eucharist John Adams Lockwood Cliff Green Janet Sykes Jun Family Mary Stapleton Pat Leslie and Margaret Jenkinson 19 Communion Janet Sykes Dransfield Jean Chadwick Shirley Mitchell Jun Parish Bill Kemp Huw Diana and Cynthia Hepper 26 Eucharist David Wainwright Giffiths Huw Griffiths Elaine Shaw Kate and Jul Family Mary Briggs Clive Alison and Ian 3 Service Jean Cheeseman Waind Simon Dean Walter In June we remember in our Year’s Mind Mary Tinker d. June 1911 Graham Alfred Allan d. 5 June 2003 Edward Thomas d. 8 June 1968 Eunice Bray d. 19 June 1986 Mabel Hildred d. 17 June 2000 Brian Thomas d. 27 June 1957 Marjorie Booth d. June 2008 5 HONLEY NEWS Yorkshire Air Ambulance Thank you for all your support which is much appreciated as you will see from the following letter I have received from the Y.A.A. Please continue to fill the box at the back of the church. Mary Stapleton Dear Mary, On behalf of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance I would like to thank all the ladies of St. Mary’s, Honley, and St. Stephen’s, Lindley, for their generous donation of bras for our Bra Appeal. Each bra is worth 10p under the E.U. recycling scheme and the E.U. in turn donates them for free to Third World countries. Our two helicopters each make at least 6 flights per day to save lives at a cost of £500 per flight. Your uplifting support is very greatly appreciated. With grateful thanks and very best wishes. Cynthia Warrington (Volunteer, Y.A.A.) The Old Vicarage, Pocklington 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 £560 for the Honley Aid in Sickness Fund. Gillian Greaves Mothering Sunday Thank you to Mrs Clarkson-Jones and the children of the Infants School Choir who led the music to a packed church for Mothering Sunday. It was wonderful to see the boys and girls sing (and act!) with so much enthusiasm and obvious enjoyment. Helen Martin 6 I do hope that you have all remembered our Coffee Day on Wednesday 1st June from 2.00pm to 4.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.30pm. There will be a warm welcome for everyone and the usual stalls and raffle. Please help us to raise money for A.F.I.A.