november magazine - ryburn benefice · 2019. 11. 1. · churchwardens jen hallos 01422 832700...
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November
Magazine
2019
The Ryburn Benefice Churches:
St Luke’s Norland, St Mary’s Cottonstones, St Peter’s Sowerby
Connected
Name Telephone Email
Vicar Revd Jeanette Roberts 01422 646 371 [email protected]
Retired Priest &
Magazine Editor
Revd Lesley Ennis [email protected]
Associate Priest Revd Ian Sparks 01422 884421 [email protected]
St Mary’s, Cottonstones
Churchwardens Jim Skelsey 01422822936 [email protected]
Miriam Asquith 01422 822534 [email protected]
Verger Contact Jim Skelsey
Organist Bill Ellis
St Mary’s Community Centre
Bookings Jim Skelsey 01422822936 [email protected]
St Luke’s,Norland
Churchwardens Jen Hallos 01422 832700 [email protected]
Lynne Wheale 01422 834993 [email protected]
Verger Eleanor Mitchell 01422832560
Organist John Naylor 07977846285 [email protected]
St Peter ‘s Sowerby
Churchwarden Ken Cuttle 01422 836487 [email protected]
Verger Contact Ken Cuttle
Organist Richard Barnes 01422 346215
St Peter’s Community Centre, Sowerby HX6 1HB
Bookings Val Pownall 07724896718 [email protected]
Church Contacts
Revd Jeanette writes … Dear Friends……. We are at that time of year again which calls for Remembrance. The leaves are falling, the winds are picking up and the weather is turning that bit colder. Autumn is most definitely here, with the darker mornings and the longing to be warm and cosy indoors.
As November beckons, we are, at that ‘remembering place’. We will remember ‘All Hallows Eve’ or Halloween as it has become known. Following immediately on the heels of this is ‘All Saints Day’, in which we remember the saints living and departed who have worked so tirelessly for the glory of God. Then comes ‘All Souls Day’, when we remember the ‘faithful departed’. Those who have died and gone before us into eternity.
We will also join in with our national celebration of Bonfire Night on November 5th, when we remember ‘Gunpowder, treason and plot!!’ Bonfires all over the country will light the night sky, and the darkness will be banished, if only for a short while.
Remembrance Sunday falls on 10th November this year, when we remember those who gave their lives and their all for the pursuit of freedom in all the wars that have taken place. To top off this period of remembrance, at the end of November we celebrate ‘Christ the King’. A time for acknowledging that Jesus is Lord of heaven and earth, Indeed Lord of all that is.
The thing that binds all of these acts of remembrance together is the theme of ‘light’. Light coming to brighten our darkness. Who can forget when the prophet says in the bible “the people who have walked in darkness have seen a great light”. We are preparing ourselves for the
coming darkness as the days grow shorter, and as we prepare to enter Advent, a time of preparation and waiting for ‘the light that is to come’.
The very act of remembering can also help us to shed light on things long past. We remember people, places, times of sorrow and times of joy. We are all human and are not immune from the experiences of life, nor are we immune from remembering. Remembering one good thing though, at a particular time of darkness can make all the difference in the world. It can lift our spirits and give us renewed hope. I hope that happens for you this November. That you find renewed hope in all things, especially God’s power for mercy and love.
God bless you all Revd Jeanette
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Ketchup
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the bottle.
During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her four-year old daughter
to answer it. “It’s the minister, Mum,” the child said to her mother.
Then she told her caller: “Mummy can’t come to the phone right now. She’s
hitting the bottle.”
The Regular Church Calendar Sunday
10.00am Holy Communion St Peter’s
In It Together Worship 2nd Sunday in the month
11.30am Holy Communion St Mary’s ( 1st and 3rd Sundays of the
month only
3.30pm Holy Communion St Luke’s
In It Together Worship 4th Sunday in the month
Monday
9.15am Morning Prayer St Luke’s
Tuesday
9.00am Mother and toddlers group (term time) at St Luke’s.
12 noon Lunch Club St Luke’s, 1st Tuesday in the month
Wednesday
9.15am Morning Prayer St Mary’s
Thursday
9am Mother and toddlers group (term time) at St Luke’s.
9.15am Morning Prayer St Peter’s
10.15am Holy Communion White Windows, 2nd Thursday in the month
12 noon Lunch Club St Peter’s Centre 1st Thursday in the month
Saturday
9.30am Prayer Breakfast St Peter’s, 1st Saturday in the month
11am- 1pm Messy Church, 4th Saturday in the month
Don’t forget to look us up on the web:
www.ryburnbenefice.org
For details of Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, Home Communion, Holy Unction, and Confession, please contact the Vicar:
Revd Jeanette Roberts tel 01422 646 371
SaintPeter’s Church Sowerby
Weekly groups at St. Peter’s
Community Centre which is just
across the road from St. Peter’s
Church. Formerly the village school,
the entrance is via the old school
yard.......
Community Café
Monday – 9.15am-noon. Term time.
Join us for inexpensive bacon butties, omelettes, home made
cakes. Children's play table. Free housing benefit advice available.
Facebook: The Cafe St Peter’s Community Centre Sowerby.
Tai Chi
Monday – 1pm-2pm, beginners' class 2.15pm-3.15pm. Weekly.
Ryburn Art Club
Tuesday - 10am-12.30pm. Term time.
Brownies and Guides
Tuesday - 6.30pm-9pm - for girls aged between 7 and 14 years.
Term time.
NEW!!!! 'Love Science' for under 5s. NEW!!!
Wed 11-12am. Starting 20th Nov
NEW!!!! Fresh Dance Ltd NEW!!!
Able and disabled dance group
Wed 1-2pm . Golden Oldies music 50s-80s
Pay as you go £5 per session
Started 9th October
Lunch Club
Thursday – Noon-1.30pm - first Thursday of each month.
Slimming World
Thursday evenings from 7.30pm. Tracey is your Slimming World
representative.
Stay and Play
Friday – 9am-10.30am - a free (although donations appreciated),
messy play group for parents and toddlers. Sensible parenting
advice given if asked for
NEW!!!! Fresh Dance Ltd NEW!!!
Able and Disabled dance group
Fri 1-2pm Musicals
Pay as you go £5 per session
Started 9th October
Community Café
Saturday – 9.15am-1pm. We will be open every Saturday except
for special events.
Join us for inexpensive bacon butties, soup, home made cakes.
Children's play table. Free housing benefit advice available.
Facebook: The Cafe St Peter’s Community Centre Sowerby.
Messy Church
4th Saturday - 11am 3-5 pm
Open Mind Gym
Sunday - 1pm-4pm. With Scott.
Well come to Fresh Dance Limited.
Here are the NEW Dance Classes on Sowerby starting this week.
A.L.L. Dance the Yester Years.
From October 7th @ Sowerby St Peters community centre
Wednesdays
1-2pm A.L.L. Dance the Yester Years.
From October 11th
Fridays
1-2.pm A.L.L. Dance the Musicals
What is each class?
A.L.L. Dance the Yester Years – is a popular class that brings a great workout to moves and music from
yester year. It's easy to follow and learn a routine or two in this fun, friendly environment. No previous dance experience required.
The variation of moves that can be differentiated and developed to suit all levels and needs is given in all classes.
This class helps work on memory development through learning and retaining moves to match the lyrics. Various dance techniques are in all
classes. This class is welcome to all, for you to go at your own pace while getting a full workout - without even knowing you're exercising.
A.L.L. Dance the Musicals -
is the newest addition to the Fresh Dance Family. In keeping with the format, this class is a brilliant feel good class with moves and music from Broadway and the West End Musicals from Fame to Fosse and many, many more. It's been already getting great feedback from attendees and is growing in numbers in a short time. It is easy to follow while creating a positive
environment for all to achieve a great full body workout, working on memory development through learning and retaining choreography. The variation of moves that can be differentiated and developed to suit all levels and needs is given in all classes. Various dance techniques are in all classes. Classes are taught by a qualified teacher with over 25 years teaching expertise.
Fully Insured, DBS, BA, GTP and QTS.
All classes are only £5 The venues are fully Wheelchair accessible and everyone of all abilities are welcome to all the classes. Able and differently able are completely included in all the classes.
To book please fill out the relevant forms. Classes are only £5 and if you give 24 hours notice you can get a refund, if not cancelled within that time there is a no refund or carry over policy.
https://goteamup.com/p/2951429-fresh-dance
Amanda
*********************************** Hold on
While out in the town, I saw an elderly couple holding hands while they were walking. As they approached, I commented on how romantic it was.
The man replied, “We have been holding hands when we go out in public for years. I have to. If I let go, she shops.”
News From Sowerby
Next meeting : Saturday 23rd Nov
3-5pm
The Community Cafe at St Peter’s Community Centre
is every Saturday from 9-1pm
What’s On at Norland …
Remembrance Sunday Please assemble in church at 10.45 am for the Service of Remembrance in the
Memorial Park at 11am on Sunday, 10th November.
Poppies and The Royal British Legion memorabilia are available in Church
Jenny
Norland Parents and Toddlers
Facebook: Norland Parents and Toddlers
Website: www.norlandparentsandtoddlers.co.uk
Hello God ……. Nigel Beeton writes: I hope we’ll all have a great time celebrating Guy Fawkes Night. But all that firework fun is tinged by the hatred between different groups of Christians across the centuries…
Guy Fawkes Night Sharp sounds and bright illuminations Roaring fires and celebrations Incandescent constellations Multichrome disintegrations Festive fireworks and frivolity Jumping Jacks and all such jollity!
But, pause between those stellar shows, Perhaps we might remember those Through centuries of”Christian” strife Have lived their faith, and paid their life. Remember too, before you’re done, That Jesus prayed we might be one. by Nigel Beeton
The last Sunday before Advent is the Sunday of Christ the King….
Christ the King (Luke 23:32-43) Scoffers at the Skull Place
Pouring scorn
On Christ the King.
Criminals and soldiers mock
As the shock of the nails
Pierce and penetrate
The hope of a people,
On the whole,
Far away,
A people who don’t know about distance.
But one far-off one
Comes close,
Reaches for the kingdom
As he shares
The cross crisis,
As he cries
In self-recognition,
In God-recognition,
In longing,
In hanging
In the company of the King,
“Jesus, remember me,
Please,
If you will,
Remember me.”
And Jesus said, “Today .. By Daphne Kitching
A voice in the night ‘The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word
that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear
to listen like one being instructed.’ Isaiah 50:4
Awake in the early hours, and my thoughts fluttering here and there, the
name of a friend dropped into my mind as if from nowhere together with the
words: “Tell her, ‘God is aware of you.’”
Eventually I fell asleep again but when I woke in the morning the words were
still there. I had a busy day ahead but as I ate my breakfast, I felt I should text
her straight away with what I had been given and trust it would make sense
to her.
Midmorning I received a message back. I knew nothing of her circumstances,
but both she and her husband were facing major difficulties in their work
situations. As they prayed together the night before she asked the Lord to
send her a word of encouragement. As she started her day my text arrived.
She was so encouraged, and so was I.
As I ponder this event two things stand out to me.
(1) God is intimately aware of each one of us, and knows our circumstances.
He sees us, He knows what we are going through. He will help us find a way
through. And give us the strength and guidance we need. As you read this, He
says to you: ‘I am aware of you.’
(2) If God drops the name of someone into your mind take it as an indication
to pray for them. If words are given to you for them, then share them – either
personally, or via a written note or a text message. It may be just what they
need to hear.
Tony Horsfall
THE BELLS – St Peter’s Church, Sowerby.
The bell
Before/after re-casting
Bell ringers in the ringing room.
Left to right - rear - Stuart
Hawksworth, Kenneth Harrison, Cyril Sutcliffe.
Front - Harry Lumb, George Briggs, Thomas Brown, Donald Hoyle,
Edgar Wilde.
Tommy Brown by the bells
ST PETER’S CHURCH, SOWERBY – BELLS -
The eight bells in the bell tower at St Peter’s Church were made by
John Taylor and Co. at their foundry in Whitechapel in London. Cast in
1781 they were a complete ring of eight. Four of the bells were
donated by the Stansfeld family of Field House, Sowerby. Along with
the Rawson family of Brockwell, they had connections with the church
for generations, contributing to St Peter’s throughout its existence.
The bells have the maker’s name and date –“William Chapman of
London, Fecit 1781 and “recast” by John Taylor& Co Loughborough,
1954. They also have the following inscriptions ---
Treble bell – “For the old bell”
2nd – “By assessment”
3rd – Gift of Joseph Priestley”
4th - “Gift of Martha Stansfield”
5th – “Gift of Ann Stansfield”
6th –Gift of George Stansfield”
7th – “By subscription”
8th – “Gift of Susan Stansfield” - (this surname spelling used in the
booklet “A Brief History & Guide”)
To commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11 in June 1952
the bells were removed to be re-cast in 1954 at the firms
Loughborough foundry. Long serving bell ringers included Thomas
(Tommy) Brown of Sowerby Hall (facing King Street) and Ken Harrison a
former employee at the Halifax Courier.
There is inscribed on the waist - “This ring of eight bells was recast by
John Taylor & Co. 1954 in commemoration of the Coronation of Queen
Elizabeth 11. June 2nd 1953”.
When I was a pupil of St Peter’s Infants School across from the church,
now a Community Centre, during the early 1950s, a special treat was to
be taken into the Church. Teacher Mr. Ingham occasionally gathered
his class together and announced we were going up into the “ringing
room” where the bell ropes were hanging down. Here the class sat
cross legged on the floor to hear Mr.Ingham read to us from a book we
were following. It was here that the slightly scary teacher – known for
his chalk & blackboard rubber throwing – took on a more gentle and
humane approach to his lesson!
Some years ago it was possible to climb up to view the bells and to visit
the top of the tower to view Town Gate & beyond, but this is no longer
possible due to Health & safety rules.
Photos and article courtesy of Jean Illingworth
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November 2019 Crossword (Answers on page 28)
Across 1 He was replaced as king of Judah by his uncle Mattaniah (2 Kings 24:17) (10) 7 ‘Let us fix our eyes on Jesus... who for the joy set before him — the cross’ (Hebrews 12:2) (7) 8 Relieved (5) 10 Impetuous (Acts 19:36) (4) 11 Surprised and alarmed (Luke
24:37) (8) 13 ‘It is — for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for the rich to enter the kingdom of God’ (Mark 10:25) (6) 15 Directions for the conduct of a church service (6) 17 One of the acts of the sinful nature (Galatians 5:19) (8) 18 and 20 Down ‘She began to wet his — with her tears. Then she wiped them with her — ’ (Luke 7:38) (4,4) 21 ‘We will all be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an — , — the last trumpet’ (1 Corinthians 15:51–52) (3,2) 22 ‘But he replied, “Lord, I am — — go with you to prison and to death”’ (Luke 22:33) (5,2) 23 Third person of the Trinity (2 Corinthians 13:14) (4,6) Down 1 He betrayed Jesus (Matthew 27:3) (5) 2 Paul’s assurance to the Philippian jailer: ‘Don’t — yourself! We are all here!’ (Acts 16:28) (4) 3 ‘Fear God and keep his commandments, for this — the whole — of man’ (Ecclesiastes 12:13) (2,4) 4 The sort of giver God loves (2 Corinthians 9:7) (8) 5 Sun rail (anag.) (7) 6 Naboth, the ill-fated vineyard owner, was one (1 Kings 21:1) (10) 9 Paul said of young widows, ‘When their sensual desires overcome their — to Christ, they want to marry’ (1 Timothy 5:11) (10) 12 This was how Joseph of Arimathea practised his discipleship ‘because he feared the Jews’ (John 19:38) (8) 14 Mop ruse (anag.) (7) 16 Foment (Philippians 1:17) (4,2) 19 Where Joseph and Mary escaped to with the baby Jesus (Matthew 2:14) (5) 20 See 18 Across
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“Country in Focus” Thursday, 28 November 2019 between 17:30 – 19:30
Square Chapel, Halifax. The Valley of Sanctuary and St. Augustine's Centre introduce the second Country in Focus session this year! As the last session was a huge hit, we've welcomed four new speakers in Calderdale to share with you their countries of origin. The politics, the history, the music, the food, the culture. Prepare to be educated, inspired and entertained! The countries of focus in this session are: 1. DR Congo 2. Albania 3. United Arab Emirates (UAE) 4. Kurdistan Please register on the Eventbrite site to secure your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/country-in-focus-tickets-76313891905 Nikki Clarke Support & Integration
worker St. Augustine’s Centre Hanson Lane Halifax HX1 5PG 01422 342719 07743080069
https://www.staugustinescentrehalifax.org.uk/
Todmorden Food Drop-in St Marys Parish Church, Burnley Road, Todmorden OL14 7AA
Todmorden Food
Drop In
We appreciate anything you can give, but
the following items are most useful to us
Instant Coffee
Tinned meat meals
Tinned sardines
Tinned Tuna
Tinned or packet soups
Cereal bars/biscuits/other sweet snacks
Laundry tablets/capsules (not powder please)
And Finally….. Lead us not…
I had been teaching my three-year old daughter the Lord’s Prayer. For several
evenings at bedtime, she would repeat after me the lines from the prayer.
Finally, she decided to go solo. I listened with pride as she carefully
enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer: “Lead us not into
temptation,” she prayed, “but deliver us some e-mail. Amen”
Why not war?
The history teacher was trying to impress upon her class the advantages of
peace and disarmament. “How many of you boys object to war?” she asked.
Up went several hands. “And why is that, Charles?” she went on. “Because
wars make history,” Charles responded soberly.
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Crossword Solution for Nov 2019