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Dec 2015/Jan 2016

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Network Magazine

Huddersfield Parish Church

and the Methodist Mission

Our Nativity Scene

Merry Christmas everyone

A BUMPER CHRISTMAS EDITION

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THE CHURCH MISSION STATEMENT We discern that God is calling us to be Christ’s

faithful witnesses, growing in prayer, proclamation and partnership with others.

CONTENTS Page

Your Contacts .................................................................................. 3

Christmas Events .......................................................................... 4/5

A Word from the Editor ................................................................... 6

Kirklees Mass Choir ad .................................................................... 7

Simon Says... .................................................................................... 8

A Note About the LYCIG Conference .......................................... 17

My Soul Truly Waiteth For The Lord ............................................ 18

Christian Art Exhibition ................................................................. 19

St Peter’s diary for August/September..................................... 20/21

Diggle Brass Band Concert ............................................................ 22

Huddersfield Philharmonic Concert .............................................. 23

Burns Night Supper ........................................................................ 24

Pop-up Shop/Harvest/Welcome Centre ......................................... 29

Kids’ Corner ................................................................................... 31

Puzzle Pages .............................................................................. 32/33

Huddersfield Parish Prayer Cycle .................................................. 36

Thank-you Letter From The Welcome Centre ............................... 37

Town Centre Chaplaincy ............................................................... 38

Coffee Morning Plus ...................................................................... 39

MAGAZINE/WEBSITE CONTRIBUTIONS

All contributions to the church magazine and the website are welcome. The preferred method is by email, however any other means will be just as acceptable:

Email sp@spchadwick.force9.co.uk or for the website:

graemeandsally@jb1980.freeserve.co.uk PLEASE NOTE: Contributions please before the 15th of the month before to guarantee publishing in the next issue of the magazine.

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YOUR CONTACTS

Huddersfield Parish Church Registered Charity No 1134839

Byram Street, Huddersfield HD1 1BU Telephone: 01484 427 964

E-Mail: huddspc@btconnect.com Website: www.huddersfieldparishchurch.org

The Vicar: The Rev Canon Simon Moor Associate Priests: Rev Anna Wallis Rev Janet Sargent Curate Rev Simon Crook Wardens: Alan Eastwood Mike Bembridge Treasurer: Anne John Gift Aid Officer: Peter Chadwick Organist: Stephen Smith Choral Director: Daniel Roberts Church Administrator: Paula Yeadon 01484 427 964 Magazine Editor: Peter Chadwick

Huddersfield Methodist Mission Registered Charity Number: 1129144

3-13 Lord Street, Huddersfield HD1 1QA Deacon Gill Atkinson-Heck

Huddersfield Mission Registered Charity Number: 1156590

3-13 Lord Street, Huddersfield HD1 1QA Tel: 01484 421 461

E-mail: info@huddersfieldmission.org.uk Website: www.huddersfieldmission.org.uk www.facebook.com/huddersfieldmission.org.uk Mission Manager: paul.Bridges@huddersfieldmission.org.uk

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Huddersfield Parish Church

You are warmly invited to our

Christmas 2015

Services & Events

Sat 28 November 10.00am - 2.00pm Christmas Fair Stalls and refreshments, charity stalls, children’s activities.

Sun 29 Nov 3.00pm Service of the Advent “O’s”

Led by the choir at the start of the Advent season. Based around the ancient words of the “O come , O come Emmanuel.” A time for reflection!

Wed 2 Dec 6.30pm Christmas Memorial Service

In partnership with the Huddersfield Funeral Home and Slaithwaite Funeral Service. For everyone who is grieving this Christmas time, this is a gentle service with an opportunity to light a candle to remember your loved ones.

Tree of memorial: throughout December a memorial tree is available in the church for you to record the names of loved ones.

Sat 5 December 7.00pm Kirklees Mass Choir

Opera choruses, popular songs, classics and modern compositions.

Sun 6 December 2.30pm Huddersfield Philharmonic

Beethoven, Mozart, Berlioz and Tchaikovsky plus Christmas songs and carols

Wed 9 Dec 10.00am-2.00pm Mother’s Union Vigil Part of the Global Campaign 25 Nov - 10 Dec

“16 days of Activism against Gender Violence”

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Thurs 10 December 10.30am U3A Carol Service

Traditional lessons and carols, choir and musical additions.

Sat 12 Dec 7.30pm. Diggle Brass Band Concert

Brass band concert with Christmas spirit.

Sun 13 Dec 7.30pm Hope Church Advent Carols

A traditional service with brass band and seasonal refreshments.

Wed 16 December 1.00pm Town Carol Service

A free carol service for the town with the wonderful sounds of voices, organ & brass. Organised for the town by the Huddersfield Society of Chartered Accountants.

Sun 20 December

10.0am Sunday Eucharist & Nativity

3.00pm Lessons & Carols - St Peter’s Choir

Just before Christmas simple expressions of the season in words, action & music.

Christmas Eve 4.00pm Crib Service

The simple telling of the arrival of the baby Jesus.

The crib scene is put together with the help of children.

Christmas Eve 11.30pm Midnight Mass

Traditional candle-lit worship welcoming the birth of Jesus.

Christmas Day Christmas Worship

8.00am Traditional quiet early morning Holy Communion.

10.00am Worship for all generations with Holy Communion & Carols.

Sun 3 Jan 2016 3.00pm Epiphany Remembrance

Service to mark twelfth night and those names left on the Christmastide ‘Tree of Memorial’. An opportunity to remember loved ones departed recently or in years gone by.

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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to a bumper Christmas edition of your church magazine. I have had to add four more pages this time as there is so much to include. In

addition to the usual Christmas services we have lots of activities going on in the church during December and January as you will see as you browse through it. Try to get to some if not all of the carol concerts and the Burns night supper in January. Check out our diary on our middle pages for dates and times and keep an eye on the service sheets. Also during January, we have an exhibition of Christian art by Emma J. Horsfield (see Page 19) in the church. Happy reading,

Peter Chadwick, Magazine Editor

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Simon Says

Jesus began with people, not with meetings and services. It comes as a

shock! He started where people were and His ministry was built on

relationships, his relationship to the Father and then to others whom the

Father led him to Jesus' closest followers echoed this ministry. It's worth

noting the two names given to them.

Firstly, disciples which simply means ' learners' . They learnt by being

close to Jesus, by being in his company. It would be fascinating to ask

Peter during Jesus' ministry what his job was. I think he would just point

at Jesus and say, 'I just follow ‘him’ round.'

Secondly, apostles which means ‘sent out’. After being with Jesus they

were sent out to continue Jesus' ministry.

We may not apply these terms to ourselves but I do think they say

something important about our evangelism; the way in which we speak of

God to others through the way we speak and act. Firstly, we need to be

with Jesus nourishing our relationship with him both on our own and with

others, but doing that knowing that we are also being sent out into the

world we inhabit to continue Jesus' ministry of seeking and saving the lost

(Luke 19:10).

Also like Jesus our evangelism, as Churches and individuals, needs to be

based on real relationships with those around us. Think about how

mistrustful we are of any 'cold caller' at the door, on the phone or on the

street. What's the problem? Simply we don't know them. But we will

listen to those we know who we trust and who we feel have integrity.

From the TV series, those known as the 'Friends' generation, there is a

distrust of authority but a desire for authenticity. They will not believe

because 'the church tells them to' but because of the impact of the lives of

Christians that they come into contact with. I remember the former Bishop

of Pontefract, John Finney, showed in his research that people start

following Jesus mostly because of relationships they have with Christians.

Think of the many relationships you have (not just close friendships) at

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work, socially, in your neighbourhood, through common interests or

sports, at the school gate or the community centre. Here surely is the heart

of our and the churches evangelistic ministry. It's the places where we are

with people. Finally, there are three simple steps in relational evangelism.

1 Prayer. This reminds us that evangelism ultimately is God's work

not ours. We are called to be faithful witnesses but the life changer is only

God himself. I would encourage you to pray for those around you at work,

home, socially, etc. I find it helpful to write names down and pray for

them daily or weekly (see Colossians 4:2-3) Pray for Opportunities to

meet people and to develop relationships.

2 Care. People around us are created by God and special to Him and

hopefully to us. They are not just people we are interested in because they

might join our church. We need to show them God's love often before we

can ever talk about them. Also we need to show that our relationship with

them is not dependent on them coming to church.

3 Share. We are called to say something of the God we know. God is

not asking us to be the next Billy Graham but to be ourselves and say

simply what we know of Him. It may be at first simply saying we are a

follower of Jesus and go to a local church at an appropriate point. It is

amazing how saying something about what we believe makes us pray

even more.

'Most of those who come into Christian discipleship do so through the

everyday life and witness of friends and not through the visiting celebrity.’

Bishop Cohn Bennett

Again I pose the questions: “When did you last invite someone to a

special church service or event where the gospel was being celebrated in

some way? Who could you invite next time?”

Look at our diary and you will see such opportunity over the next month

to relate to others and to God.

Simon

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Christmas Jokes

An atheist complained to a Christian friend, "You Christians have your special holidays, such as Christmas and Easter. Jews celebrate their national holidays, such as Passover and Yom Kippur. But we atheists have no recognized national holidays. It's unfair discrimination." His friend replied, "Why don't you celebrate April first?" A lady lost her handbag in the bustle of Christmas shopping. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm.... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a £20 note in it. Now there are twenty £1 coins." The boy quickly replied, "That's right, lady. The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward."

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A Note About the LYCIG Conference

LYCIG stands for “Leading Your Church into Growth” and was a

conference that the two Simons and two wardens attended at the beginning

of November at the Church Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire.

We felt that it was important to give feedback about this event to our church

family as a starting point to further work which we shall be looking at as a

church over the next few months. This is to build on work that the Stewardship

group and PCC had done during Marion’s time with us, but not to cover old

ground.

The course began on the Monday evening with an introduction and over nine

sessions detailed many aspects of “growing the Church”. It concluded on the

Thursday morning with a Eucharist ending with us taking lighted candles out of

the chapel and into the world as we were commissioned to help grow the Church.

We all enjoyed the course, the fellowship and the many conversations we had

with other clergy and lay people. The course was led by many inspirational

speakers, who had been involved in successfully growing their own churches

both spiritually and in numbers, and who had many ideas and thoughts about the

issues involved.

It was clear to us all that we have been working along the right lines for some

time and that we felt that there was much to celebrate in this respect at St Peter’s.

Examples include our style of worship and music, holding a variety of types of

service on a Sunday and during the week, our welcome and the fact that our

church is open during the weekdays for anyone who wants to come in and spend

some time out of the hurly burly of modern life. Hosting on a Saturday is also

something we should be proud of. Those of us who host will be aware of the

variety of conversations we have with our visitors during our hosting sessions.

The very successful “pop up shop” has also put the church “on the map” in the

town itself, not to mention the contact we have made with all sorts of people and

the funds raised. Our coffee mornings and fayres are examples of us having a

presence in the town centre.

One of the sessions was to look at developing a plan for growth and embedded in

this session was a useful aide memoire which is worth sharing. It was described

as the “4 Ps”.

Prayer: this suggested that all of us should pray for growth and there is a

prayer below which we ask that you use in your own prayers.

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A Prayer For Growth O God who alone brings growth to your Church,

Send your Holy Spirit to give

Vision to our planning,

Wisdom to our actions,

And power to our witness.

Help our church to grow in numbers,

Commitment to you,

And in service to our local community,

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Presence: having a presence in the town as a church and as individuals.

Proclamation: this concerns us being able to proclaim the Good News at our

services and other events which we host.

Persuasion: this is about becoming more committed to a Christian life and

growing spiritually in the church.

We would like the whole congregation to think on these points and pray about

them. There will be other work being done by the PCC and Stewardship group to

support this initiative and we ask that you “watch this space”.

Mike Bembridge.

Our four musketeers at the LYCIG conference

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Crucifixion

ART EXHIBITION

Between Wednesday 6 January and Monday 8 February, Huddersfield Parish Church

will be hosting an exhibition for Emma J. Horsfield. Her paintings are modern, vibrant

and draw us into the life of Jesus Christ, his life and ministry.

While studying for a BA (Hons) Illustration, academic research into renaissance and

medieval art served as initial inspiration for Emma, to further study the Biblical themes

artists of this era often illustrated. She now attends Church and studies the Bible and

Christian theology as well as engaging in various community projects. She also

continues to work on her degree course, book illustration commissions and fine art while

bringing up a large family.

Further, inspiration comes to Emma from Christian iconography, Medieval design,

architecture, historic events, illuminated manuscripts and humanitarian affairs. She is

particularly drawn to the ideologies of Morris and Pugin and their valuing of the hand

rendered and individual as this reflects her own way of working.

This exhibition focuses on telling a visual narrative of the life of Jesus with

accompanying books (for children and grown-ups) offering an insight which can appeal

to all visitors. A recently completed large addition to the exhibition, 'The Last Supper'

will also be part of the exhibition at Huddersfield Parish Church.

The exhibition has already toured many other venues in the last year, including Ripon

Cathedral, Selby Abbey, Wakefield Cathedral, Beverley Minster amongst others, and

will continue touring in 2016.

Pieta

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St PETER’S DIARY FOR DECEMBER/JANUARY See the service sheets and the notice boards for details of venues, dates and times and also who to contact. The diary below is correct at the time of going to press, but please check nearer the time.

DECEMBER 2015 Wed 2 12.35pm Holy Communion 06.30pm Christmas Memorial Service Sat 5 Small Business Saturday (see Page 38) 07.00pm Kirklees Mass Choir Concert Sun 6 ADVENT 2 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist 02.30pm Huddersfield Philharmonic Concert Wed 9 12.35pm Holy Communion 10.00am-2.00pm Mothers’ Union Diocesan Vigil Thu 10 10.30am U3A Carol Service Sat 12 07.30pm Diggle Brass Band Concert (see Page 22) Sun 13 ADVENT 3 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist 03.00pm Evensong 07.30pm Hope Church Advent Carol Service Wed 16 01.00pm Town Carol Service 07.30pm PCC at the Vicarage Sun 20 ADVENT 4 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist and Nativity 03.00pm Lessons and Carols Wed 23 12.35pm Holy Communion Thurs 24 CHRISTMAS EVE 04.00pm Crib Service 11.30pm Midnight Mass Fri 25 CHRISTMAS DAY 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist Sun 27 CHRISTMAS 1 08.00am Holy Communion

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10.00am Sung Eucharist 03.00pm Evensong Wed 30 12.35pm Holy Communion

JANUARY 2016 Sun 3 EPIPHANY 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist 03.00pm Epiphany Memorial Service Wed 6 12.35pm Holy Communion

Wed 6 - Mon 8 Feb Christian art exhibition in church by Emma Horsefield (photo)

Sun10 BAPTISM OF CHRIST 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist 03.00pm Evensong Wed 13 12.35pm Holy Communion Sun 17 EPIPHANY 2 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist 03.00pm Evensong Wed 20 12.35pm Holy Communion 07.30pm PCC in Crypt Fri 22 07.30 Burns night (see Page 24) Sun24 EPIPHANY 3 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am The Reception of Children into Holy Communion 03.00pm Evensong Wed 27 12.35pm Holy Communion Sun 31 CANDLEMAS 08.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Christingle and Sung Eucharist 03.00pm Evensong – My Soul Truly Waiteth for the Lord (see Page 18)

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4 9 1

2 7 6 4

1 4

5 2 8

2 9 8

3 4 6

1 7 5 3

8 7 4 6

Sudoku Come on, get

your teeth into

this one.

Try to fill in the missing

numbers (007).

Use the numbers 1 through 16 to

complete the equations.

Each number is only used once.

Each row is a maths equation.

Work from left to right.

Each column is a maths equation.

Work from top to bottom. Answers last issue (006):

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1-2-14+9=-6

13-15-8+12=2

PUZZLE PAGE

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QUICK CROSSWORD Across 1 Competent (4) 3 Absurdity (8) 9 Renovation (7) 10 Subsequently (5) 11 Raw, inexperienced (5) 12 Serviette (6) 14 US coin (6) 16 Leeway (6) 19 Handsome Greek god (6) 21 Sedate, solemn (5) 24 Simple song (5) 25 Cloth made of jute (7) 26 Put up with (8) 27 Border (4)

Down 1 High-handed (8) 2 Jousting weapon (5) 4 Rectangular but not square (6) 5 Skin of the head (5) 6 Nil (7) 7 Republic of Ireland (4) 8 Momentary pain (6) 13 Way in (8) 15 Excellent (7) 17 Help (6) 18 Formal headgear (3,3) 20 Stratum (5) 22 Sightless (5) 23 Prepare for publication (4)

Answers to previous crossword Across: 1 Stretch. 5 Recap. 8 Abler. 9 Replete. 10 Garbage. 11 Nippy. 12 Random. 14 U-turns. 18 Epsom. 20 Unearth. 22 Per-haps. 23 Realm. 24 Yells. 25 Tempted. Down: 1 Swagger. 2 Ruler. 3 Tornado. 4 Hurled. 5 Ripon. 6 Cheaper. 7 Piety. 13 Nostril. 15 Theorem. 16 Schemed. 18 Empty 19 Means. 21 React.

WORD WHEEL How many words can you make

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Huddersfield Parish Prayer Cycle Below is a prayer cycle, the left hand column for the streets, the activity and the people within the parish boundaries, whilst the right hand column are the street names of parishioners who are on the electoral role as well as addresses of friends, relatives and concerns. Please use each column during the two months of this magazine - there are 31 entries in each columns (one per day), please use the extras in the shorter months. .

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Ramsden Street

Ray Street

Red Doles Lane

Red Doles Road

Rice Street

Richardson Square

Richmond Flats

Rifle Fields

Riverside Court

Robinson Street

Sand Street

Sands Terrace

Sergeantson Street

Southgate

Spring Street

Springbank Crescent

Springbank Road

Springwood Avenue

Springwood Square

Springwood Street

St Andrew’s Road

St George’s Square

St George’s Street

St Paul’s Street

St Peter’s Street

Stadium Way

Station Street

Temple Close

The Shambles

Thistle Street

Threadneedle Street

Derwent Way NG7

Dewsbury Road HD6

Dissington Place NE16

Dog Kennel Bank HD5

Dog Kennel Bank HD5

Draghton Road HD2

Dudley Avenue HD1

Edale Avenue HD4

Edgerton Road HD1

Eldon Crescent HD1

Elizabeth Street HX5

Evergreen Way YO8

Featherstall Road OL1

Field Road WF13

Firth Street HD1

Firthmoor Crescent DL1

Fixby Road HD2

Fox Royd HD8

Gernhill Ave HD2

Glanville Place NE11

Glentworth Avenue CV6

Glisedale Ave HD2

Gowdal Way DN14

Gower Road E7

Grasscroft Road HD1

Green Crescent HD7

Half House Lane HD6

Halifax Old Road HD2

Halifax Road HD6

Hallcross Road HD5

Hawthorne Close HD8

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November 2015 Dear Friends at Huddersfield Parish Church On behalf of the Welcome Centre we’d like to say a big thank you for your generosity during Harvest Festival and throughout the year. Your donations of tinned, dried and fresh product will enable us to feed the individuals and families in crisis in South Kirklees. Last year we gave out over 8200 packs helping more than 7700 people. During the next few months as the cold weather sets in, local people will face many challenges choosing between heating and eating. We are able to continue supporting our clients because of your generosity Best wishes and once again many thanks from us all Karen Selley Centre Manager

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Town Centre Chaplaincy Today

This is a very stressful time of year if you work in the shops.

Planning for the Christmas season was well underway in August and

goods began to arrive in our shops in September. In fact the

Christmas decorations are already up in some larger stores because

it takes so long to put them up! You may well have noticed that

staffing levels are much lower than they used to be as companies

seek to maximise their profits and staff are the most expensive

resource. So spare a thought for the workers who are doing longer

hours over the next few months and who are highly likely to only get

one day off over Christmas – Christmas Day! You may also want to

browse round and encourage the many new businesses which have

been set up in town some of them in the Byram Arcade, Market Walk

and Queensgate Market. In fact a national day has been set aside to

encourage this - Small Business Saturday which is on 5th December,

when a few events will happen in town.

Since our faith has a strong emphasis on social justice, I thought it

might be helpful to clarify some information on the minimum wage.

So currently, for those 21 and over, the minimum wage is £6.70 per

hour. (For those who are 18-20 it’s £5.30, under 18 is £3.87,

apprentices is £3.30). The Joint public issues team of Baptist,

Church of Scotland, Methodist and United Reformed churches and

the Living Wage Foundation have been calling for a Living Wage for

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Coffee Morning Plus

For refreshments and a chat. Don’t forget coffee time at St Peter’s on the first Saturday every month between 10am and 2pm with stalls.

Sat 5 December and Sat 2 January

The October coffee morning raised £280 which was donated to the Welcome Centre

many years now and they are currently calling for £7.85. (All lay

employees of the Methodist Church must now be paid a minimum of

this rate). The Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost

of living and requires someone to be able to live on it. A new ‘National

Living Wage’ is to be brought in by this government from April 2016.

It will be £7.20 an hour for workers aged 25 and older. The minimum

wage will still apply for workers aged 24 and under. I hope that this

information will help you to understand what is happening more

clearly.

Lastly, please could you pray regularly for the work of the town

centre and Marsh chaplaincies – that we might be in the right place

at the right time with the right words to offer a sensitive Christian

perspective on life.

Deacon Gill

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Christmas in Tenerife