BROCKHOLES

Family communion for the fifth Sunday of Easter at St George’s Church was celebrated by the Rev David Barnes assisted by Rosalind Watt. Joan Oldfield read from Revelations and the vicar read from St John’s gospel. In his sermon, the vicar spoke about the Ten Commandments. The music group, comprising Roger Kenworthy, Ian Wharton, Suzanne Wharton and Noel Clarke, played for some of the hymns accompanied by Verena Wood on the piano. Miss Wood also played the organ. Refreshments were served afterwards.

The Rev Tim Miller led worship at Brockholes Methodist Church when the readers were John Gaukroger and Jan Gaunt. Keith Garside was the organist.

HOLMBRIDGE

Three's Company took the form of an Easter tea party for the elderly. The event was organised by Carolyn Burley.

The Camera Club held its annual exhibition at the North Light Gallery, Armitage Bridge, when the award for photographer of the year went to Gill Sharpe.

Midweek communion at St David’s Church was conducted by the Rev Geoff Bamford. Lessons were read by Ian Gold. Meetings of Hilary's Keep Fit Class, the Free Lunch and Over 60s Club, the Monkey Business and Tumble Tots groups were held during the week. The Rev Geoff Bamford led Friday evening prayers.

Parish Eucharist at St David’s Church was led by the Rev Roger Nelson and included the baptism of Evan Stevenson. Lessons were read by Judith Roberts and the chalice was administered by Dorothy Parker. The crèche and junior church were led by Glynnis Askew and the organist was Eddie Purcell.

HOLMFIRTH

The Fifth Sunday of Easter was celebrated at Holy Trinity with 10.30am Parish Eucharist. The Rev Keith Griffin officiated and he was assisted with the chalice by Linda Whitaker. Brian Shaw read from Acts 11 v.1-18 and Linda led the intercessions. Lizzie Hayward played the organ. Richard Sheard was sidesman and Alan and Vicki Winpenny served coffee after the service. Keith spoke about God being the source of love and our love for each other. A service was held at 3pm at Choppards Mission. There will be a Team Sunday Service tomorrow which will commence at 10am with help from the Festival of Folk.

Holmfirth Methodist Church was delighted to welcome back Helen Johnson to lead the All Age Service on Sunday. Having just returned from an extended trip to Jordan, delayed like so many others by volcanic ash, she brought renewed enthusiasm for ‘the Lord in his breathtaking splendour’. The children joined in the praise on musical instruments, heard Kimm Brook tell the story of Peter and Cornelius, took part in a Who wants to be a Millionaire type quiz and later produced models and a collage of animals. They also helped the congregation compose prayers based on ‘thank you, sorry, please’. The Bible reading from the book of Revelation told of John’s vision of The New Jerusalem – where there will be no more death or pain – the Lord making everything anew. Helen explained a fundamental message of Jesus - that such new life in God is available not just to Jews and Jerusalem, but to all people. She continued by outlining how Christians had an obligation to take this good news with them wherever they go in the world. Appropriately, the service concluded with the hymn We Are Marching In The Light of God’.

HONLEY

Family communion at St Mary’s Church was celebrated by the Rev David Barnes. The lesson was read by Pat Dransfield and intercessions were led by Pat and Cliff Green. Vernon Briggs played the organ.

Kevin Radford spoke on his life and career at a meeting of St Mary's Men’s Society. He was thanked by chairman Bill Kemp.

MELTHAM

Meltham St Bartholomew's Parish Church held a ‘May Munch’ in the Church Hall on Saturday. Munch means to eat, bite, chew and have a drink. The day started with a coffee morning followed by lunch from about noon and many people who came for a coffee and a chat stayed for lunch. Lunch offered a choice of quiche, ham, cheese or seafood, all with salad. Soup and a roll was also available and desserts as the second course. There was a tombola, cake stall and card stall where the church choir's hymn CD was on sale. The event was well attended and raised £600 for church funds.

The next event is today (Saturday) when Huddersfield Choral Society Junior Choirs will be performing at St Bartholomew’s Church at 7pm. Seventy or more voices will be singing in the church. Tickets are £6 available from Scotty's Barbers, Market Place, Meltham, or pay at the door.

Meltham WI held their meeting on May 4 and this was chaired by the president Ann Dick. The tea ladies for the evening were Daphne Winterbottom and Brenda Garside. Jackie Moutell gave her report on the Spring Council Meeting. The resolution for the annual meeting was read out. This was about the labelling of food and that it should state the country of origin. This was agreed by the members. The president announced that Meltham WI had won first prize at the Scarecrow Festival held the previous day. The speaker for the evening was Trevor Moody who gave a talk on the Brontes. He showed pictures on a screen of all the family members and where they had lived. This was very interesting and informative. The vote of thanks was proposed by Jill Douglas. The raffle, organised by Ruth Hutson, was won by Ros Wimpenny.

SCHOLES

The Sunday service at Scholes Chapel was led by Jo Rand and was an All Age Worship . The theme was What is heaven? The door stewards were Christa and Lorna Peace. Christine Lockwood was the organist and Phillip Horn read the lesson from Revelation Chapter 21.

UPPERTHONG

The weekly prayer breakfast was held at the home of Sue and Graham Dawson. Midweek communion at St John’s Church was led by the Rev John Capstick, who was also celebrant. A faith lunch was held in the meeting room afterwards.

The Rev Di Ellerton and Capt Mike Smithers of the Church Army conducted the family service at St John’s Church. The service included the baptism of Alfie Marsh. Refreshments were served afterwards.

WOOLDALE

The Sunday service at Wooldale Methodist Free Church was led by Janet Blackshaw, who based it on the 23rd Psalm. She had three different versions. The first was read by the congregation and was taken from the King James version of the Bible. The second was read by John Blackshaw and was the seafarers’ version and the third was a Japanese version read by Wendy Bower. After each one, a hymn was sung that emphasised the meaning of the words. Janet also read from the Acts of the Apostles. The pianist for the service was Sylvia Bowden.

Morning worship at Wooldale Methodist Church was led by Robert Booth. The organist was Nigel Morris. Refreshments followed the service.

Members of the Methodist Church went to the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield to see the musical Carousel.