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Sunday 20th February 2011 1:48 PM
Vicar's Letter
Lent begins on the 9th March. Lent is a period of six weeks before Easter. Christians use this time to prepare themselves spiritually in order to be able to celebrate Easter properly. We do this by engaging in spiritual disciplines and honest self examination.
There are many different spiritual disciplines you might like to adopt for Lent. You might want to do something from the following list:
· Set aside a particular time each day to pay or meditate
· Find out how to meditate (ask me about appropriate books)
· Start using some daily Bible notes (there are some at the back of church)
· Pray through the newspaper each day
· Fast every Saturday allowing yourself two cups of tea/coffee each mealtime
· Read a devotional or theological book
· Try to live more simply - think twice before you jump in the car; think twice before you take a bottle of wine off the supermarket shelf
· Spend time on your own in solitude
· Visit someone you've been putting off visiting
· Do a good deed each day
· Consider whether you are a suitable person to offer to help lead our scouts or brownies etc.
· Consider whether you would like formally to make confession to a Priest or other spiritual guide
· Come to church every Sunday
Whatever you do, do something to make a difference in your routine this Lent. And each time you do it, ask God to be resurrected in your life. Enjoy a blessed Lent.
Matthew.
Details of Lent Groups
|
Day
|
Time
|
Host
|
Address
|
Tel.
|
|
|
Mon
|
7.30
|
Jean & Lee Riddyhoff
|
55 Carr Green Drive
|
381079
|
|
|
Tues
|
10.00
|
Barbara
Rukin
|
13
Bell Row
|
718993
|
|
Leader Stephen Barnett
|
|
Tues
|
2.00
|
Margaret Riley
|
46 Dewsbury Road
|
713029
|
|
Leader Maurice Pearson/Jean Hannam
|
|
Tues
|
8.00
|
Jane Foley
|
27
St John's Street
|
710020
|
|
Leader Julia Tum
|
|
Tues
|
7.30
|
Paul & Louise Armitage
|
2 Hions Close
|
714944
|
|
Leader Jean Reddyhoff
|
|
Wed
|
7.30
|
Michael Storey
|
198 Healey Wood Road
|
713663
|
|
Leader Matthew Pollard
|
Booking your Place!
Groups will be inter-church, and will meet at different times during the week.
Choose the day and time that suits you, but you must then phone the host to make sure there is room for you in the group. Please be prepared to be asked to choose an alternative group.
For further information please contact:
Rev Stephen Hannam (01484 716053)
Wednesdays during Lent
(Starting 16th March)
At St John's Church 7.30-8.15
Lent Reflections
Leader Stephen Hannam
Funerals
27 January - Bernard Airey
27 January - Derek Hutton
28 January - Ivy Longley
31 January - Colin Mitchell
2 February - Arnold Walsh
9 February - Brian Walsh
15 February - Gilbert Smith
16 February - Christine Greenwood
24 February - Mary Hoodinott
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Sunday 20th February 2011 1:40 PM
Vicar's Letter
Lent begins on the 9th March. Lent is a period of six weeks before Easter. Christians use this time to prepare themselves spiritually in order to be able to celebrate Easter properly. We do this by engaging in spiritual disciplines and honest self examination.
There are many different spiritual disciplines you might like to adopt for Lent. You might want to do something from the following list:
· Set aside a particular time each day to pay or meditate
· Find out how to meditate (ask me about appropriate books)
· Start using some daily Bible notes (there are some at the back of church)
· Pray through the newspaper each day
· Fast every Saturday allowing yourself two cups of tea/coffee each mealtime
· Read a devotional or theological book
· Try to live more simply - think twice before you jump in the car; think twice before you take a bottle of wine off the supermarket shelf
· Spend time on your own in solitude
· Visit someone you've been putting off visiting
· Do a good deed each day
· Consider whether you are a suitable person to offer to help lead our scouts or brownies etc.
· Consider whether you would like formally to make confession to a Priest or other spiritual guide
· Come to church every Sunday
Whatever you do, do something to make a difference in your routine this Lent. And each time you do it, ask God to be resurrected in your life. Enjoy a blessed Lent.
Matthew.
Details of Lent Groups
|
Day
|
Time
|
Host
|
Address
|
Tel.
|
|
|
Mon
|
7.30
|
Jean & Lee Riddyhoff
|
55 Carr Green Drive
|
381079
|
|
|
Tues
|
10.00
|
Barbara
Rukin
|
13
Bell Row
|
718993
|
|
Leader Stephen Barnett
|
|
Tues
|
2.00
|
Margaret Riley
|
46 Dewsbury Road
|
713029
|
|
Leader Maurice Pearson/Jean Hannam
|
|
Tues
|
8.00
|
Jane Foley
|
27
St John's Street
|
710020
|
|
Leader Julia Tum
|
|
Tues
|
7.30
|
Paul & Louise Armitage
|
2 Hions Close
|
714944
|
|
Leader Jean Reddyhoff
|
|
Wed
|
7.30
|
Michael Storey
|
198 Healey Wood Road
|
713663
|
|
Leader Matthew Pollard
|
Booking your Place!
Groups will be inter-church, and will meet at different times during the week.
Choose the day and time that suits you, but you must then phone the host to make sure there is room for you in the group. Please be prepared to be asked to choose an alternative group.
For further information please contact:
Rev Stephen Hannam (01484 716053)
Wednesdays during Lent
(Starting 16th March)
At St John's Church 7.30-8.15
Lent Reflections
Leader Stephen Hannam
Funerals
27 January - Bernard Airey
27 January - Derek Hutton
28 January - Ivy Longley
31 January - Colin Mitchell
2 February - Arnold Walsh
9 February - Brian Walsh
15 February - Gilbert Smith
16 February - Christine Greenwood
24 February - Mary Hoodinott
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Sunday 20th February 2011 1:17 PM
Vicar's Letter
Lent begins on the 9th March. Lent is a period of six weeks before Easter. Christians use this time to prepare themselves spiritually in order to be able to celebrate Easter properly. We do this by engaging in spiritual disciplines and honest self examination.
There are many different spiritual disciplines you might like to adopt for Lent. You might want to do something from the following list:
· Set aside a particular time each day to pay or meditate
· Find out how to meditate (ask me about appropriate books)
· Start using some daily Bible notes (there are some at the back of church)
· Pray through the newspaper each day
· Fast every Saturday allowing yourself two cups of tea/coffee each mealtime
· Read a devotional or theological book
· Try to live more simply - think twice before you jump in the car; think twice before you take a bottle of wine off the supermarket shelf
· Spend time on your own in solitude
· Visit someone you've been putting off visiting
· Do a good deed each day
· Consider whether you are a suitable person to offer to help lead our scouts or brownies etc.
· Consider whether you would like formally to make confession to a Priest or other spiritual guide
· Come to church every Sunday
Whatever you do, do something to make a difference in your routine this Lent. And each time you do it, ask God to be resurrected in your life. Enjoy a blessed Lent.
Matthew.
Details of Lent Groups
|
Day
|
Time
|
Host
|
Address
|
Tel.
|
|
|
Mon
|
7.30
|
Jean & Lee Riddyhoff
|
55 Carr Green Drive
|
381079
|
|
|
Tues
|
10.00
|
Barbara
Rukin
|
13
Bell Row
|
718993
|
|
Leader Stephen Barnett
|
|
Tues
|
2.00
|
Margaret Riley
|
46 Dewsbury Road
|
713029
|
|
Leader Maurice Pearson/Jean Hannam
|
|
Tues
|
8.00
|
Jane Foley
|
27
St John's Street
|
710020
|
|
Leader Julia Tum
|
|
Tues
|
7.30
|
Paul & Louise Armitage
|
2 Hions Close
|
714944
|
|
Leader Jean Reddyhoff
|
|
Wed
|
7.30
|
Michael Storey
|
198 Healey Wood Road
|
713663
|
|
Leader Matthew Pollard
|
Booking your Place!
Groups will be inter-church, and will meet at different times during the week.
Choose the day and time that suits you, but you must then phone the host to make sure there is room for you in the group. Please be prepared to be asked to choose an alternative group.
For further information please contact:
Rev Stephen Hannam (01484 716053)
Wednesdays during Lent
(Starting 16th March)
At St John's Church 7.30-8.15
Lent Reflections
Leader Stephen Hannam
Funerals
27 January - Bernard Airey
27 January - Derek Hutton
28 January - Ivy Longley
31 January - Colin Mitchell
2 February - Arnold Walsh
9 February - Brian Walsh
15 February - Gilbert Smith
16 February - Christine Greenwood
24 February - Mary Hoodinott
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Sunday 20th February 2011 1:10 PM
Vicar's Letter
Lent begins on the 9th March. Lent is a period of six weeks before Easter. Christians use this time to prepare themselves spiritually in order to be able to celebrate Easter properly. We do this by engaging in spiritual disciplines and honest self examination.
There are many different spiritual disciplines you might like to adopt for Lent. You might want to do something from the following list:
· Set aside a particular time each day to pray or meditate
· Find out how to meditate (ask me about appropriate books)
· Start using some daily Bible notes (there are some at the back of church)
· Pray through the newspaper each day
· Fast every Saturday allowing yourself two cups of tea/coffee each mealtime
· Read a devotional or theological book
· Try to live more simply - think twice before you jump in the car; think twice before you take a bottle of wine off the supermarket shelf
· Spend time on your own in solitude
· Visit someone you've been putting off visiting
· Do a good deed each day
· Consider whether you are a suitable person to offer to help lead our scouts or brownies etc.
· Consider whether you would like formally to make confession to a Priest or other spiritual guide
· Come to church every Sunday
Whatever you do, do something to make a difference in your routine this Lent. And each time you do it, ask God to be resurrected in your life. Enjoy a blessed Lent.
Matthew.
Details of Lent Groups
|
Day
|
Time
|
Host
|
Address
|
Tel.
|
|
|
Mon
|
7.30
|
Jean & Lee Riddyhoff
|
55 Carr Green Drive
|
381079
|
|
|
Tues
|
10.00
|
Barbara
Rukin
|
13
Bell Row
|
718993
|
|
Leader Stephen Barnett
|
|
Tues
|
2.00
|
Margaret Riley
|
46 Dewsbury Road
|
713029
|
|
Leader Maurice Pearson/Jean Hannam
|
|
Tues
|
8.00
|
Jane Foley
|
27
St John's Street
|
710020
|
|
Leader Julia Tum
|
|
Tues
|
7.30
|
Paul & Louise Armitage
|
2 Hions Close
|
714944
|
|
Leader Jean Reddyhoff
|
|
Wed
|
7.30
|
Michael Storey
|
198 Healey Wood Road
|
713663
|
|
Leader Matthew Pollard
|
Booking your Place!
Groups will be inter-church, and will meet at different times during the week.
Choose the day and time that suits you, but you must then phone the host to make sure there is room for you in the group. Please be prepared to be asked to choose an alternative group.
For further information please contact:
Rev Stephen Hannam (01484 716053)
Wednesdays during Lent
(Starting 16th March)
At St John's Church 7.30-8.15
Lent Reflections
Leader Stephen Hannam
Funerals
27 January - Bernard Airey
27 January - Derek Hutton
28 January - Ivy Longley
31 January - Colin Mitchell
2 February - Arnold Walsh
9 February - Brian Walsh
15 February - Gilbert Smith
16 February - Christine Greenwood
24 February - Mary Hoodinott
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Tuesday 1st February 2011 10:23 AM
Vicar's Letter
Apparently British people now spend more on merchandise for Halloween than we do for St.Valentine's day. Still, the consumerist potential for the 14th February is enormous. How many cards will you send? And will you buy a cute teddy bear or a helium-filled heart-shaped balloon? Chocolates will do nicely for me.
But why do we associate all this with St.Valentine? We do not know much about him; and what we do know doesn't particularly connect him with lovers. He was a priest or a bishop of Terni who was martyred at Rome under the Emporer Claudius in the year 269 AD. That's it. As for the 14th February, there was a pagan festival in Rome on the Ides of February; and apparently in medieval times people believed it was the day when birds mated.
We use the day, though, to acknowledge an all-loving God who blesses those who love one another. Consider this 17th century hymn:
My God, I love thee; not because
I hope for heaven thereby,
nor yet because who love thee not
are lost eternally.
Not from the hope of gaining aught,
not seeking a reward;
but as thyself hast loved me,
O ever-loving Lord.
E'en so I love thee, and will love,
and in thy praise will sing;
solely because thou art my God,
and my eternal King.
Matthew.
All the churches in Rastrick are joining forces once again to have joint Lent Groups
This year will be using Biblefresh material written by Tom Wright the former Bishop of Durham. It focuses on St.Matthew's Gospel. It is an initiative aimed to encourage people to be confident about the Bible and in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible.
We're looking for people to lead the groups and for people who will offer to host a group in their home. If you would like to do either, please let the Revd Stephen Hannam know by 6 February, tel. 01484 716053.
The groups will start in the week beginning Monday 14 March and will run for five weeks.
Funerals
22 December - Norman White
23 December - Rita Barker
29 December - Harold Luders
4 January - George Clarke
4 January - Kenneth Todd
7 January - Carmel Earnshaw
14 January - Janet Hopkinson
14 January - Willie Jennings
17 January - Pearl Riach
18 January - Marjorie Crabtree
19 January - Pauline Farrar
19 January - Malcolm Ingham
20 January - John Woodman
25 January - Jeffrey Womersley
27 January - Bernard Airey
27 January - Derrick Hutton
28 January - Ivy Longley
31 January - Colin Mitchell
Open meetings
Have your say
On the future shape of the church of england
2 important meetings are coming up in this deanery
Everyone is invited to attend
Thursday 10 February
St.Martin's Brighouse at 7.30 pm
on the consecration of women as bishops
Tuesday 22 march
St.Matthew's Northowram at 7.30 pm
on proposals to reorganise the dioceses in Yorkshire
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