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TRINITY CHURCH
HONLEY Newsletter
December 2013 & January 2014
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TRINITY CHURCH December 2013 / January 2014
SERVICES
Dec Time Minister / Organiser Vestibule Stewards
Church Stewards
Flowers Coffee team
Karen Stannard+
1 1030 Robert Booth (adv ent)
Caroly nne Roberts
Margaret Winterbottom Bob & Jane
Armitage Flower Fund
Margaret Armitage
Barbara Leach
8 1030 Rev Tim Moore Marina & Roger
Woodhead Margaret Armitage
Penny Winterbottom Linda Crav en
Sy lvia Hallas
15 1030 Marina Woodhead ���� (Nativ ity Serv ice)
Linda & Stephen
Crav en Hilary Turner
Caroly nne Roberts Joy ce Draper
Ann Hirst
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1030 Terry Frost Jean Wood Di Harris
Margaret Sheppard Pam Redfearn
Pat Waite
Pam Redfearn
1600 Rev John Hardy (Carol Serv ice) -
25 0930 Rev Tim Moore
Christmas Day Service Any stewards who are present -
29 1030 Rev Laura Hardy (incl. Communion)
Jane & Bob Armitage Glenys Pallister
Pat Waite Di Harris
Margaret Armitage
Jan Time Minister / Organiser Vestibule
Stewards
Church
Stewards Flowers
Coffee team Maureen Burley +
5 1030 Rev Richard Thompson Alan Fawcett
John Murray Bob & Jane Armitage Barbara Leach
Pam Redfearn
Linda Crav en
12 1030 Rev Tim Moore (incl. Communion)
Marjorie Woodhead
Peter Jackson Margaret Armitage
Penny Winterbottom Martin & Alison
Booth Barbara Leach
Ann Hirst
19 1030 Trevor Jones Sy lva Hallas
Jackie Fawcett Hilary Turner
Caroly nne Roberts Shirley Heaton
Audrey Hawkswell
Di Harris
26 1030 Robert Booth Joan Vev ers
Margaret Winterbottom Margaret Sheppard
Pam Redfearn Brenda Turner
Kathleen Kennedy
Doreen Sykes
Day DEC Events in December
Sat 7 Christmas Tree Festival Church open 10 am – 4 pm. With Father Christmas,
Yorkshire Traction Honley Band and Honley Ladies Choir. Food and Drink available all day.
Sun 8 Christmas Tree Festival 2– 4 pm. With music by organist Ken Draper. Food & Drink av ailable.
Tues 10
Children’s Christmas Service 11am - 15 minute service followed a chance to meet the children
and their carers over refreshments. Every one welcome, parents, friends, congregation, stewards.
Circuit Leisure Group Walk- Meet at Trinity at 11 am f or 2 hr walk, then picnic lunch and talk.
Fri 13 Honley Scouts Carol Service 7.00 pm. Refreshments after in Scout HQ across the road.
Tues 17 Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30pm – Carols with Ken. Chairlady Joyce Draper
Thur 26 Boxing Day Trinity Church/Civic Society Guided Walk. Meet at Trinity at 2.15pm f or a Map reading walk, bring your compass (and boots) – Leader Bert
Day JAN Events in January
Tues 7
Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30 pm: Speaker: Mr Colin Hill
Chairlady : Margaret Armitage
Circuit Leisure Group Walk. Meet at Scholes at 11:00 am for walk and ‘Jacob's Join’ Faith meal
Sun 12 Trinity Church/Civic Society Guided Walk. Meet at Trinity at 2.15pm f or walk in Magdale
Tues 21 Women’s Fellowship Meeting in Arthurs’ Room at 2.30pm: Speaker: Liz Cummings ‘Liv ing in China’.
Chairlady : Margaret Sheppard
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���� Celebration of Christmas– 15th December
Marina Woodhead will be leading the
service. Members of the congregation,
Junior Church and the Trinity Singers will
all take part in a service of music, drama
and readings tell ing the Christmas story.
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
THE BIBLE comes to TV Channel 5
December sees the launch of THE BIBLE, a mini-
series to be broadcast on Channel 5. THE BIBLE
series features some of the most famous stories, such
as Noah's Ark, the Exodus and Daniel in the Lion's
Den, to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
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The Minister’s Column
A Free Gift for Christmas!
I love December because it means
thinking about new ways to tell a
familiar story which is always a challenge. So what is our challenge
as a church this month? We always
seem to be doing so many things that it can be difficult to sit and
relax and enjoy this t ime of the year
but I think sitt ing down and reviewing what Christmas is all
about would be a good thing to do.
Is it all about buying presents or
getting in a fluster over the dinner
or travelling miles to be with people when we would rather be in
our own home? Trying to provide
Christmas for other people is always demanding but I don’t think
God had any of this on his agenda
when he let loose his love and set it down in the midst of the people he
adored.
Reading the nativity stories we see that Jesus doesn’t come to exact
a price from us or demand
perfection before he makes himself known. Instead we see a gift from
God, freely given. A gift who sits
alongside us in all our worries and fears. There are no demands made
by God before he sends the Son. He just sees us and knowing what
we need he says, ‘Have this Son of
mine. He’s the best there is and I
give him as a gift to you all’.
So whether the turkey is too dry or the Yorkshire puddings fall flat or you can’t buy the presents you
want, just remember that it’s not
that important. The Christmas gift of Jesus can’t be earned, it is freely
given.
Rev Tim Moore
(contact address-back page)
I hope this year has been a good
and positive one for you and that it
continues into 2014!
Next in our Christmas service we welcome
George, the vicar’s nephew, who will give us his
own interpretation of the carol ‘Silent Night’
Frostbite!
Stop Press! Dear all, Last month some of us
began reading Philip Yancy's book on prayer
in the hope of starting a couple of sessions dis-cussing prayer and how we pray and why we
pray. The feed back from many people is that
the book is not an easy read and they have
wanted more time to get through it. I thought it
would be quite straight forward but I was wrong - so sorry about that. What we will do is give every-
one more time to get to grips with it with the hope of
two or three discussion sessions starting in mid Janu-ary. I'll let you know the dates next month. Tim,
A great way to share the Christmas Story
The Real Advent Calendar is a new and fun way for par-
ents, grandparents and Godparents to share the Christmas story. Behind each of the 25 windows there is a Fairtrade
chocolate star and a few words from the Christmas story.
Behind the final window there is a 24-page Christmas
story booklet.
As well as celebrating the true meaning of Christmas, the
calendar makes a charity donation to The Children’s Soci-
ety from every sale.
The Real Advent Calendar is avail-able from Tesco stores nationwide
and certain retailers.
The Real Advent Calendar also supports the Christmas Starts with Christ campaign, which aims to
reverse the trend of Christ being written out of Christmas.
Whet’s the difference
between a Pharisee and a Sadducee?
Well, the Pharisee believes in resurrection of the
dead, whi le the Sadducee does not- and that's why
he’s sad, you see. BOOM BOOM
(Rev Brian Stare, Holy Trinity, Las Palmas. Nov 10th)
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What do you call Santa ’s little helpers?
Carols for Christmas
CAROL SINGINGCAROL SINGINGCAROL SINGINGCAROL SINGING HONLEY CHURCHES TOGETHER
All at 7 pm
Weds 11 Dec Trinity Court Lounge (at rear of Trinity Church).
Tues 17 Dec Burhouse Court Lounge (through archway on New
Street opposite back of CO-OP).
Mon 23 Dec Roundway flats
Lounge (up the path and through
the gate opposite 140 Roundway.
Then the entrance is diagonally
across to the top right of the gar-
den). Better take these directions
with you!
Come along and enjoy the company and singing, even if only on one of the occasions.
Honley
It’s those flippin’ Honley Carol
Singers again!
Twelve Classic reads for the kids and for you!
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss (Random
House, 1940): An elephant cares for an abandoned egg.
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Steven-
son (Simon and Schuster, revised edition, 1999): Po-
etry to celebrate childhood before technology.
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis (Harper Collins, 2007, boxed set): Series of seven books about
four kids who enter a magical world through a wardrobe.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
(Harper Classics, 1998): A sullen orphan learns to love
life by tending a garden.
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (Harper Collins, 2003): Lovable Pooh makes friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.
The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien (Harper Collins, 2007): Bilbo Baggins finds a magical ring that sets the stage
for The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming (Random House, 2005): By the creator of James Bond, it's good
vs. evil in a flying car.
The Borrowers by Mary Norton (Gale Group, 2005):
First o a delightful series about tiny folk who live, hid-
den, amongst humans.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Bullseye Books, 1988): Bored Milo learns how to live after he
drives through a mysterious tollbooth with his toy car.
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (Scholastic, 2002): Wendy and Peter against evil Captain Hook.
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
(Sterling, 2004): The endearing story of a spirited or-
phan adopted by an older couple.
The Once and Future King by T. H. White (Ace, 1987): Adventures of King Arthur and his knights.
You are what you read By Mary Margaret Keaton (from ‘US Catholic’ magazine) Wondering what to read over the dark winter months? In choosing a story, simply follow the advice of C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, who said, "No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not
equally worth reading at the age of 50”. (or 70+ Ed)
Scouts keep their promise
The Church of England has welcomed the recent
decision by the Scout movement to keep a ‘Duty to God’ in its core promise, and to introduce an
alternative promise for those without a religious faith. The Church feels this decision “affirms the
importance of spiritual life. “We remain a faithful nation where the majority of families and individuals find
identity, affiliation and meaning in religious belief”.
In this season of parties, please remember:
~ No woman ever shot her husband whi le he was washing the dishes. ~ Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright unti l you hear them speak.
~ I got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory. ~ Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it.
~ Woman’s ambition: to be weighed and found wanting.
Trinity Church Honley Newsletter December 2013 5
Letters etc
From Kathryn Butters, Dean Brook Road, Netherthong 26 October.
Thank you very much for the gorgeous flowers given to me from Trinity Church. Thank you Sylvia, and
special thanks to all at Trinity for prayers and support
whilst Robert is undergoing his chemotherapy. We both really appreciate it .
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From Barbara Watterson, Stoney Lane, 15 November Dear Friends, Many thanks for the beautiful roses
and the good wishes which Sylvia brought for me.
My return home from hospital was such a happy one.
Subordinate Clauses.
Peace on
Earth, good-
will towards men
(and then shoot them
)
Civic Society New Book Honley Civic Society’s latest
book takes its title from the area known as Honley Bridge and
Newtown. It includes details of the build-
ing of the Council offices, the gas works and the lives of some of
the people who lived there. This 40-page booklet has 45 historical
images of the district and will be on sale at the Christmas street
market on December 7th, plus Holme Valley News and the Holmfirth Tourist Information Centre, price £4.00.
Christmas Lights Honley Bus iness Association has
been granted a total of £4,000 from
Holmfirth Parish Council and Kirklees Council to light
up Honley. So this year Christmas lights will be strung
the full length of Westgate.
Lights switch on is Friday 29 November. At 7 pm
Entertainment sta rts at 4.30pm in the Market Place
and includes a fa ncy dress disco with the theme
‘Cycling' The festive parade, led by the Honley Band,
leaves Trinity Church at 6.15. The big switch on will
be performed by Kirklees mayor Cllr Martyn Bolt, as-
sisted by our MP Jason McCa rtney (both keen cy-
clists) a nd Cha irman of Holme Valley Pa rish Council
Greg Christof i. Santa Claus will arrive in a rickshaw.
Christmas Crafts, Stirley Community Farm,
Wednesday 11th December; 1pm – 4pm Hand craft your own unique Christmas wrea ths and deco-
rations using locally sourced greenery. Refreshments
Charge:£5 Booking Essential. Call: 01904 659570
Stirley Farm is one of the destinations of the Trinity + Civic Society Sunday Walks next year
Our February issue will have details of the walks which
took place in October and November this year, and a re-
minder about this one the 23 March next year to Stirley
Community Farm. Interesting, volunteer, organic.
St NICHOLAS- His Feast Day is 6 December
St Nicholas was the
bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor, in the fourth cen-
tury. Lots of stories are told of his kindness and
generosity.
One legend tells of his
secret gifts to three daugh-ters from a poor family. It
is said that he threw 3 purses of gold down the chimney where they landed in
the girls’ stockings which they had hung up to dry in front of the fire. This may be the origin of hanging up Christ-
mas stockings. Over time the name of St Nicholas changed to Sinterklass and then to our present day
Santa Claus and associated Ho Ho Ho’s and reindeer.
The right to bear arms is as ridiculous as the right to arm bears
Trinity is hosting the Circuit Leisure Group on Tuesday December 10th. These monthly meets in-volve a 2 hour guided walk starting at 11am in beautiful
countryside, followed by the picnic lunch you brought with you (tea provided) and then an entertaining hour of
home-grown fun. Anyone and everyone is welcome!
mail- 27 Moorside Rd, Honley, HD9 6HR
email- trinity.news@ntlworld.com
PLEASE PUT YOUR ADDRESS AND
THE DATE on your letters if they are for publication.
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Readers’ Stories
Cold Turkey, by Colin Hill A Christmas to remember (or forget).
Some of you will know that I worked at the recently famous Hinkley Point nuclear
power station. It was Christmas
1966 when our shift drew the short straw and had to work the
four Christmas nights - !0.30pm to 8.30am. This was on “A”
Station and we were, at that
t ime the largest nuclear power
station in the world.
Most routine maintenance and refuelling ceased for
Christmas. We were, on the last of our night shifts, steadily generating about 500MW from our 6 main
turbines. Our reactor plant engineer had only a few
routine jobs to carry out and, as he enjoyed cooking, he decided to make us a Christmas dinner in the
mess-room oven. Wonderful. At 3am a full Christ-
mas dinner arrived, complete with all the trimmings, for the three control room staff (of which I was one)
watching over the steadily operating plant.
Just then, and without warning, both Reactors 1 & 2 shut down and our output dropped to zero. Oh dear!
The rest of the shift was very busy and at 8.30 in the
morning our splendid meals still sat there, un-
touched, cold and with congealed fat. Not nice; a
Christmas to remember
for all the wrong reasons. We went home tired and
hungry.
Let us not forget all our Christmas workers: Doctors, nurses, police, utility workers, railway men (who
often carry out major track work whilst the trains are
not running), church workers, radio, TV and tele-
phone staff..... and probably many I have forgotten.
Name three phrases that sum up Christmas
Five Islands- Two Churches- One Mission-
One Lord Wendy Peach reports:
Here is a picture of the
Methodist church on St Mary's on the Isles of
Scilly where my friend and I worshiped on September
29th. We had met the min-ister four years ago when
we were last there. He has responsibility for worship
in the Methodist churches on the five main islands.
It would be good to hear of a few more churches that people have visited on their holidays. Incidentally, October and November are the months when most S icillonians (as they are known) take the ir holidays!
Your Gift of Life – at Christmas
Creaking on the staircase -
Noise outside my door - A rustle in the chimney –
It’s ‘Santa-time’ once more.
St. Nicholas is on his way With all his Christ-life gifts
To fire every child-light with
The loving Christ-mass kiss.
In some he’ll place the gift of gold - In others frankincense -
While others will be given myrrh -
All signs of God’s presence.
For in each earthly crib or bed
In squalor, comfort, splendour - The Christ child has been placed again
To call the world to wonder.
So come you kings, come one, come
all, Come shepherds to the cradle stall
And hear the angels sing anew
The heavenly song they sing for
you.
Your God is in your gift of life -
The life He gives with love - So take the gift and use it,
Use it wisely, don’t abuse it.
Let the Christ-life fire your spirit
That God in you
may LIVE
By Sam Doubtfire
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Missions
Overseas Missions Group
The Food Quiz is being sold for £1 per copy and they
will be available throughout December. Closing date
for returning them is in the first week of January 2014
The Honley Male Voice Choir concert on 29th October raised approximately £400 for OMG as the choir kindly
agreed to perform for less than their
normal charge
The Forfeits were disclosed on the 3rd
November and show a total of £102.85 in
’forfeits’. What an honest lot we must be
OMG team: Glenys Pallister, Pam Redfearn, Margaret
Sheppard, Pat Waite and Jane Armitage.
Peace on Earth; Goodwill to Men; Batteries not includ ed.
BANGLADESH:
Stories for Change 93 November -
Your monthly update from Commitment for Life, a mission
supported by Trinity Church.
Uncertain and anxious times
It’s been a year of general strikes
and shutdowns in Bangladesh as the country moves towards general elec-
tions - due in January 2014.
For Christian Aid staff in Dhaka, po-
litical instability and uncertainty is making field visits and organizing
events difficult. Country Manager, Sajjad Mohammad Sajid explains,
‘”The overall security is not good. This is the stark reality in which
Christian Aid staff and our partners are working and in which many
Bangladeshi are now living. With
parliamentary elections due in Janu-ary 2014, this situation is expected
to continue.”
These are anxious times. The cur-
rent government's term ended on 5 October, and the Bangladeshi con-
stitution requires fresh elections to be held within the following 90
days. Bangladesh is about to enter a
tense period of political negotiation
The Yule Log
Yule is an Old Norse word - jol - for
the pagan winter solstice festival around the shortest day. Nowadays
you get your Yule log at a supermar-
ket- It 's a chocolate covered sponge roll in the shape of a log. But for
centuries past there was an ancient
ritual of bringing a real log into the house on Christmas Eve. The blaze
and crackle of the Yule log typified
warmth, light and good cheer.
SNAPDRAGON
Another lost custom is the playing
by adults and children of the Christ-mas game of Snapdragon. This game
was at the heart of every Victorian
Christmas. It was played on Christ-mas Eve with the room in darkness
and involved pouring brandy into a
shallow dish which contained rai-sins. The brandy was then set on
fire. The players tried to snatch a raisin without burning their fingers.
The one who grabbed most raisins
was the winner.
Not only have customs been lost, but
of those we retain we often don't
understand what they mean.
Mistletoe
Like the Yule log this is another
throwback to our
pre-Christian pagan past. It is sup-posed to have magical properties and
is said to ward off witches and gob-
lins. It is also associated with fertil-ity, probably because it is green
when most other living things look dead. The fertility belief lives on in
the Christmas kissing tradition (kissing = courtship = marriage =
birth and renewal). Mistletoe is still
banned from churches— except for York Minster. In York, mistletoe
was carried in procession on Christ-
mas Eve and placed on the high altar of the Minster; a symbol of the vic-
tory of Christianity over paganism.
The Dean of York Mister today still t ies up bunches of mistletoe at noon
every Christmas Eve.
mince pies
Finally, did you know that before
the Reformation they were oval like
a cradle with a pastry image of the holy child in swaddling clothes. And
they were savoury, of beef, goose,
chicken or even eggs. They were suppressed by the Protestant reform-
ers and re-emerged as small, round
and sweet. By
the way, it
is unlucky to refuse a
mince pie!
Christmas Customs lost and forgotten- by Mel Jones
The trouble with Christmas is that a lot of the customs which for centuries were part of the Christmas sea-son have been lost or forgotten. They have been replaced by modern customs such as watching TV specials,
computer games, and accessing the apps on your new mobile phone.
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Wordsearch / Christmas Quiz
Wordsearch for Advent This month the Christmas story will be read and
reread by hundreds of millions of people around the world: how the shepherds were in the fields of
Bethlehem when the angels appeared with the astonishing news that the Messiah had been born!
How many words from the Christmas story can you find below?
There’s a word in the list below which is not in the square. There’s sti ll no prize for spotting it this month; just the satisfaction of discovery. However, if you want to check, the ‘rogue word’ is hidden else-where in this Newsletter. You’ll have to search for it!
A little Christmas Quiz (Answers on page 10) True or False?
1. The town of Bethlehem is just over 20 miles from
Jerusalem.
2. The composer Gustav Holst, who wrote the music for the carol ‘In the Bleak Mid-Winter’, lived in Thaxted,
Essex.
3. A pheasant is one of numerous birds mentioned in
the song: ‘The 12 days of Christmas’.
4. The first light bulbs used to decorate a Christmas
tree were switched on at London’s Great Exhibition in
1851.
5. After leaving Bethlehem, Mary and Joseph with the
baby Jesus went into Egypt.
6. The Christmas stamps produced by Royal Mail in
2009 depicted the Nativity on stained glass windows.
7. The second line of the carol ‘Once in Royal David’s
city’ is: ‘Stood a little cattle-shed’.
8. ‘Vrolyk Kerstfeest’ means ‘Happy Christmas’ in the
Slovakian language.
9. ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ sung by Slade was top
of the UK singles chart in 1983.
10. Bethlehem in Israel stands 2,550 feet above sea
level.
11. Mistletoe is nutritious to many animals, but
poisonous to people.
12. In December 2001, the world’s longest Christmas
cracker was measured at 63 metres.
13. The carol ‘Silent Night’ was originally written in
Germany.
14. Poinsettia plants were first discovered in Mexico by
Joel Poinsett in the mid 1800s.
15. There is a vil lage in Wales called Bethlehem.
16. The song ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’
featured in the film ‘Meet me in St. Louis’ (1940).
17. The story for the film ‘The Snowman’ was written
by Roald Dahl.
18. ‘A Christmas Carol’ was written by Charles
Dickens in 1843.
19. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope starred together in the
film ‘White Christmas’ (1954).
20. Christmas Activities were banned in 1647 following
an Act of Parliament introduced by Oliver Cromwell.
There’s a word in the list below which is not in the square. There’s sti ll no prize for spotting it this month; just the satisfaction of discovery. However, if you want to check, the ‘rogue word’ is hidden else-where in this Newsletter. You’ll have to search for it!
BABY
TREE
JESUS
NATIVITY
SHEPHERDS
LAMBS
ANGELS
DONKEY
SHEEP
INN
MANGER
MARY
VIRGIN
JOSEPH
STAR
HALLELUJAH
HEAVENLYHOST
TURKEY
HOLLY
PRESENTS
MISTLETOE
STUFFING
PUDDING
CAROLS
Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
"And the Grinch, with his Grinch-
feet ice cold in the snow, stood
puzzling and puzzling, how could it
be so? It came without ribbons. It
came without tags. It came with-
out packages, boxes or bags. And
he puzzled and puzzled 'ti ll his
puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of some-
thing he hadn't before. What if Christmas, he
thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christ-
mas, perhaps, means a li ttle bit more." (Dr Seuss)
Socialising on Westgate Café Plus on Westgate is opening its doors every other Saturday
night for teenagers to meet and socialize. The "After Hours Café"
opens 8pm till 10pm and free hot chocolate is served.
LAMBS
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Notices
Regular room bookings at Trinity
Playgroup- Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri (morning)
Contact- Carolynn Roberts 661024
Mums & Toddlers- Tuesday morning
Contact- Deborah Fawcett 663966
Drama Groups- Friday evening, Saturday morning
Contact- Natalie Haigh 340859 / 07840800601
Brownies- Wednesday evening
Contact- Ann Dove 665669
Zumba-(seated Zumba—Friend-to-Friend group)
2nd & 4th Thursdays Contact tel 687773, also
Tai Chi- Weds 1-3pm fortnightly 6 & 20 Nov, 4 Dec
Honley Over 55’s Activity Group
Winter sessions in the Community Centre Stoney Lane
Wednesdays from 1.30 to 4.30. All Ov er 55’s welcome
The charge is £1 and f or that y ou get three hours of various activ ities, tea and biscuits- and ev en a free raffle ticket. What a bargain!! We’v e got lots of activities including carpet bowls,
curling, table tennis and pool. Many members play a v ery competitiv e game of Scrabble or Rummikub and dominoes is
also a firm f avourite. . Pat Barr (Secretary ) 0793 131 4231
Regular events at Honley Library Tel 222340
Story time for the under 5s- 2.30 pm Friday afternoons in
term time. Stories and craft activity.
BITS – introduction to using a computer Getting started with IT – Wednesday sessions stating at 10
am ev ery 2 weeks f rom Sept 11th . Please book in adv ance.
Honley library book group– Every 2nd Wednesday of the
month at 10.30. Pick up the choice of the month in adv ance.
Family history- help and advice with an expert on the sec-ond Wednesday of the month, 2 – 4pm Plus f ree use of
www.ancestry .co.uk to card holders. Very popular!
Knit and natter. Every Monday 5.30– 7.00 Bring y our knit-
ting / sewing/ craft work and have a chat and f ree refreshments.
Friends of Honley Library’ group. For information please contact Suzanne Dufton. Tel 661214
Christmas Tree Festival 10th Anniversary.
Weekend of 7th and 8th December- Saturday 10-4, Sunday 2-4
With visits on the Saturday by Father Christmas, Yorkshire Traction Honley Band (1030 am & 2 pm)
and Honley Ladies’ Choir (12.00) Organ recital by Ken Draper on the Sunday.
Food and drink available both days.
Join us and enjoy the fun and festive forestry
Trees can be prepared on Friday 6th December during the day, and should be removed on the
Sunday between 4 & 6 pm (later by arrangement)
Honley Scout Group
6th Holme Valley (Trinity Church Honley) Scout Group
invites you to their
Carol Service Friday 13th December at 7 pm in Trinity Church.
Refreshments after the service in the Scout
Headquarters over the road. Children, Parents, Family, Friends, all welcome.
Booking a room at Trinity Church
The Upper Room 9.5m x 7m. Capacity 60 seated.
Kitchen facilities. Access by stairs, not suitable for wheelchairs. £33 per 4 hr session
The Arthurs’ Room Ground floor room size 9m x
5.5m. Capacity 35 seated. Facilities for refreshments.
Access for disabled. £33-£38.50 per 4 hr session.
If you know of an organisation looking for a space please
recommend Trinity Church. Good for birthday parties, meetings, rehearsal rooms etc.
Contact Karen Stannard 01484 664648
For weddings, baptisms, funerals, etc contact Rev Tim Moore 01484
Great for parties!
Sav e used postage stamps to
raise f unds by their sale for Kirk-wood Hospice. Cut them out
carefully with a wide margin and put in the box in the vesti-bule. Thanks Colin Hill
Thursdays 6, 13 & 20
December & Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve from 10 till 3 For Christmas food and drink, gifts & fashion go to The Toll House, 32-34 Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth.
This is your cooperative! Every time you choose to
buy food and drink, gifts and fashion from Fair Trader, you are supporting small producers and cooperatives
around the world, also local craftspeople.
Late night Christmas shopping till 8pm
‘Mixed Harmony’ returns to St Mary’s Wednesday 11th December at 7.15 pm Tickets are £5 in advance from Alison Dean (tel
323832) .or £6 on the door and include refresh-ments . Proceeds to be split between the Mothers’ Union and St Mary’s Church.
Christmas with Cantorelli & James Sykes Sunday 8th December at 3.30 pm in St Mary’s
Church - Carols and Readings for Christmas. Free Admission - collection for local cancer charities.
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February Newsletter
Will be available on Sunday Jan 25th (DV)
Contributions to Vera Stanley or John
Murray by Sunday Jan 11th
Photocopier
Alan Fawcett
Assemblers
Karen Stannard Margaret Sheppard
Taylor’s Foodstore Fairtrade Christmas Crossword This puzzle is sponsored by Taylor’s Foodstore Meltham
Road, Honley, a local store which supports local charities. The winner will get a voucher to take to Tony Washington at the store
and get a big block of Cadbury’s Fairtrade Milk Chocolate!
Across 1 Provisional meeting place of God and the Jews (Exodus 25:9) (10)
7 David’s third son, killed when his head got caught in a tree during a battle with his father (2 Samuel 18:14–15) (7)
8 They ruled much of the west coast of South America in the 15th and early 16th centuries (5)
10 Small deer of European and Asian extraction (4) 11 Seized control of (Numbers 21:25) (8)
13 Terror (Luke 24:5) (6) 15 First World War heroine shot by the Germans in
Brussels, Nurse Edith — (6) 17 Stormy (8)
18 A bitter variety of this, together with lamb and unleavened bread, was the Passover menu for anyone ‘unclean’ (Numbers 9:11) (4)
21 Arson (anag.) detected below (5) 22 How John Newton described God’s grace in his well-known hymn (7)
23 Habitation (Isaiah 27:10) (10) Down
1 ‘ — and see that the Lord is good’ (Psalm 34:8) (5) 2 ‘The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous
are as — as a lion’ (Proverbs 28:1) (4) 3 One of the exiles, a descendant of Parosh, who married a foreign
woman (Ezra 10:25) (6) 4 He escaped from Nob when Saul killed the rest of his family and
joined David (1 Samuel 22:19–20) (8) 5 City and lake in Central Switzerland (7)
6 ‘Offer your bodies as living — , holy and pleasing to God’ (Romans 12:1) (10)
9 Pouches carried by horses (Genesis 49:14) (10) 12 One who accepts government by God (8)
14 Aromatic substance commonly used in Jewish ritual (Ex 30:1) (7) 16 He asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’ (John 18:38) (6)
19 Are (Romans 13:1) (5) 20 ‘You are to give him the name Jesus, because he will — his
people from their sins’ (Matthew 1:21) (4)
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November solution
ACROSS: 1, Hopefulness. 9, Hitting. 10, du Pre. 11, Ere. 13, Ozni. 16. Wait. 17, Climbs. 18, Obey. 20, Joni. 21, Cuckoo. 22, In it. 23, Yaws. 25, Elm. 28, Alarm. 29, Epistle. 30, Whitsuntide. DOWN: 2, Often. 3, Exit. 4, Urge. 5, Node. 6, Soprano. 7, Theological. 8, Westmin-ster. 12, Rebuke. 14, Icy. 15, Ritual. 19, Epitaph. 20, Joy. 24, Acted. 25, Emit. 26, Menu. 27, Gift.
Entries from David Murray, Helen Howell, Alison Booth, Sylvia Hallas, Gwyneth Loane, Glenys Pallister
The winner is Gwyneth Loane. Snd your entries for Dec/Jan to the editor by January 13th. (Plenty of time to do this after the Christmas pud and a brandy)
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Our minister
is the Rev Tim Moore. As well
as Trinity he has charge of four
other churches: Scholes, Shepley, Gatehead and Brockholes.
SOME TRINITY CHURCH CONTACTS From outside Hudders field prefix UK area code 01484 For a full list of all the officers and contacts see the website- www.trinitychurchinhonley.org.uk
Secretary Jane Armitage, 26 Lower Hall, Healey House, Netherton, HD4 7DG 665990
Treasurer Hilary Turner, Rydal Mount, Mearhouse, New Mill, HD9 7EX 684704
Pastoral Team Sylvia Hallas / Pam Redfearn / Joyce Draper 662929
Room Bookings / Activities Cttee Karen Stannard, 6a Marsh Gardens, Honley HD9 6AF 664648
Email addresses Secretary: jaassociates@tiscali.co.uk Newsletter: trinity.news@ntlworld.com
Newsletter (Editor) John Murray, 27 Moorside Road, Honley HD9 6HR. (Coordinator) Vera Stanley, 46 Stoney Lane, Honley HD9 6DY.
662635 663670
Minister: Rev Tim Moore, 6a Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield HD8 8AE. Tel 608913 / 07837 128611
Christmas Quiz
Answers
1. False: only 5
2. True.
3. False.
4. False: they
were not
commercially
available until
after 1879.
5. True.
6. True.
7. False: Should
be ‘lowly’
8. False: Dutch.
9. False: 1973.
10. True.
11. True
12. True: It was
also 4m in
diameter.
13. False: written
in Austria.
14. True.
15. True: It’s in
Carmarthen..
16. True.
17. False: it was
Raymond Briggs.
18. True.
19. False: Crosby
starred with
Danny Kaye.
20. True:
Christmas was an
illegal f estival for
13 years!