Trinity Church & Centre, Church Street, Ossett, WF5 9DW
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Trinity News January
Welcome Happy New Year!
As we enter the New Year, we have much to be thankful for as a church.
We have a great relationship with Holy Trinity our link Church of England primary school – Mr Wood, the Deputy, will be joining us at our Family Service on 13th January.
We are excited to have made such good progress with the
Heating Appeal – so much energy and good will has gone into the fundraising and the detailed technical work preparing for our new heating system.
We continue to provide before and after-school care for children from three Primary Schools, in a way that is often taken for granted. Our new manager Catherine is doing a great job, with support from the Childcare team.
We have confirmed Victoria Hunter in her newly titled role as Business & Finance Manag-er (for church and Childcare), while Donna Nestor is now working 16 hours/week as the Parish Administrator.
We saw huge numbers of people coming through our doors for the Heritage Open Day and Christmas Tree Festival, and the comment is often that we offer a very warm wel-come.
Our priority through the first quarter of 2019 is to build on the work we have started on Leading Your Church Into Growth, so it was wonderful that the Bishop’s Advisor on Church Growth, Canon Robin Gamble, joined us unexpectedly on 16th December. The projections we have discussed are for significant numerical growth over the next three years – let’s pray and work towards this.
Revd. Clive Hicks, Vicar
Safeguarding is
everyone’s responsibility If you have a concern about a child or
The Diocese Safeguarding Advisor, Jenny Leccardi (07872 005189)
New to Trinity?
Please do make yourself known to
one of our leadership team and fill
out a white details card at the back of
church to keep up to date with the
latest services and events.
Thoughts from
the clergy...
Prayer Focus
PCC—For our PCC as we continue to work with the Leading your church into growth materials and engage with the wider church seeking vision for the future
Childcare—For Catherine, the new manager during this initial period of settling in and building relationships with the staff, children & parents
CMS Mission Partner—For Azaria’s continued work with Street Kids Direct in Guatemala and for trip home to the UK to visit family over Christmas
Tanzania Links with ACT Mara School– for continued enthusiasm and for the development of new initiatives and stronger communications
Heating Project Fundraising & Development—Please give thanks to God for our progress so far and continue to ask for his provision during the next stages in our fundraising appeal and for our up coming events
Work with Children, Young People & Families—For vision & guidance from God, through the Holy Spirit as we move forward in new ways at Trinity Families
Prayer for individuals There is further information about
prayer at the front of church along
with a tray of candles which can be
lit in prayer for the needs of others.
Here you will find details of who
you can be praying for and also
where you can leave names and
needs of those in need of prayer.
These names will be prayed
through by our Monday prayer
group weekly, which welcomes all
new comers.
Prayer for January
Trinity Centre - two main rooms available for regular or occasional hire, with or without kitchen facilities. Tables and basic fold-up seating for adults and/or children. Competitive discounts available depending on users and intended usage. Full central heating, disabled and baby-changing facilities. Trinity Hall - capacity for up to 100 adults for a small function. Used
by fitness groups, theatre, parent and children groups. Routinely used for party bookings for children. Wooden floor.
St Mary's Room - capacity for up to 30 adults for smaller gather-ings. Projector available. Kitchenette in room allows hot drinks and basic food to be served. Carpeted.
Trinity Church - may also be booked for events - comfortable seating 200, but considerably more for standing. Risk assessment required. Has been used in recent years for accoustic, brass band, theatre, musical, school choirs, local choirs, and featured as a venue for a Festival in a Day as part of the Wakefield Literary Festival in 2014.
Please contact Donna in the church office (01924 263497) with your initial enquiries.
There are booking forms for regular and occasional users.
Trinity Rooms to Hire Notice from the editorial team
We hope you like the new look, monthly news, which aims to give more opportunity for us to communicate effectively with you about up coming events, updates from the PCC and Enabling Groups and give details of what we are looking ahead at for the future of Trinity.
We would love to hear your responses to this new look magazine and hear any suggestions for improvements. We also welcome news articles and advertisements for events so please be in touch via the church office:
Speak to the leadership team for further details about attending these groups
Upcoming Services
Sunday Services in February 2019
Sunday 3rd (Presentation of Christ)
10am Worship for all Communion 12pm Baptisms 6pm Praise & Worship
Team 1
Sunday 10th (4 Before Lent
8.30am BCP Communion 10am Family Service
Family Service Team
Sunday 17th (3 Before Lent)
10am Worship for all Communion
Team 2
Sunday 24th (2 Before Lent)
10am Worship for all Communion Team 4
Sunday Services in January 2019
Sunday 6th (Epiphany)
10am Worship for all Communion 12pm Baptisms
Team 5
Sunday 13th (Baptism of Christ)
8.30am BCP Communion 10am Family Service
Family Service Team
Sunday 20th (Epiphany 3)
10am Worship for all Communion 6pm Christian Unity Service—TBC
Team 6
Sunday 27th (Epiphany 4)
10am Worship for all Communion 6pm Healing Service
Team 7
Leading Your Church Into Growth (LYCIG)
We have enjoyed beginning to work through the first sessions with LYCIG. In groups we have reflected on where we are currently at as a church and what appetite we have for growth. Our front cover this month features the image of a plate ready for food—we were asked to think ‘how hungry’ are we for growth? We have also engaged in innovative and creative thinking about how we might see growth happen. This will come through our engagement with the 4 P’s: We need to be PRAYING regularly for growth and developing our PRESENCE with-in the local community. From there we can then grasp these opportunities of be-ing present to PROCLAIM the good news of Christ. In response to this it is im-portant that we also have provision for those who wish to find out more, to ask questions and to seek a relationship with God. In LYCIG this provision for enquir-ers is known as PERSUASION.
Now, we have to think about some practical steps to develop our life as a church.
Sessions 4, 5 & 6 to follow in the New Year
Equipping & empowering local churches
Leading your Church into Growth: Local is the ideal ‘next step’ for church leaders who want to get church growth principles and practice into the
bloodstream of their own church communities. The resource is a perfect follow-on programme for those who have been on our residential course. Our Local course is designed for use in small groups and the DVD-based
interactive sessions will stimulate, teach, equip and motivate church mem-bers of all ages to play their part in leading their church into growth.
Make It Hot- Now! Heating Project
Good news some more squares filled!
Total now £121,139.00 and counting i.e. Shortfall of £28,861.00 only 193 squares to go!
Coming Events:
11th January 2019 – Jumble Rummage Sale – 7-9pm in Trinity Centre with refreshments
9th February 2019 - Great Trinity Bake-Off – more details coming soon...
We would still encourage you to consider running small events yourselves, i.e. a coffee
morning for neighbours etc.
A number of grant applications have been submitted, the outcomes of these will be known
by Jan/Feb 2019.
Project details and specification:
We have started our visits to other churches which have completed similar heating projects;
we hope to complete these this month. We will then select the main heating contractor and
put together a detailed specification for the project for the approval of the PCC.
Thanks again for your continued support and prayers.
Safeguarding training now available online!
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and so let’s all make efforts to sure that we are equipped with the right and most up to date information to help us to help others in need.
The Church of England have developed a new set of online safeguarding training courses which can be accessed by all. The more people we can have with the basic levels of understanding and
knowledge about safeguarding the better we can be as a community at including and welcoming all people and the better we can be at helping all people to feel safe and confident to
get involved with the ministry and mission we have.
Please access the online training via this link: https://safeguardingtraining.cofeportal.org/
You will need to first register yourself with a new account and then proceed onto C0 and C1 courses. Further help is available with this from the core safeguarding team.
February
Thursday 7th Gawthorpe WI Meeting St. Mary’s Room
Saturday 9th 10am-1pm Wedding Preparation Great Trinity Bake Off
Have you been baptised as a child and wish to explore the idea of confirmation?
We have a small group of people who have expressed an interest exploring confirmation and what it means to express one’s faith for oneself after having been baptised as an infant. This is an invitation to any others who may be interested to find out more about what confirmation is, how it works and whether it is the right step to take for you.
For further information, please visit https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/confirmation and please come and speak to Lucy to express your interest. Sessions will begin in the new year and the next date for confirma-
Trinity Tots & Babies
Fun and friendly group
TERM TIME ONLY £2/ 50p extra child
Tuesday 10-11.30am (0-3yrs)
Thursdays 9.30-11am (0-4yrs)
Trinity Childcare The Alpha & Omega Club is based at the Trinity Centre and
provides before and after school care for children aged between 4 and 11
The club operates between 7:30 am till 9.00am and 15.30pm till 18:00pm
Monday - Friday during Term Time with Holiday Clubs running 8am till 6pm
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