BIRDSEDGE
The Lunch Club at the village hall again went well with 14 meals, including two home deliveries. The lunch on Wednesday August 24 will be chicken wrapped in bacon with new potatoes, broccoli and sweet corn followed by lemon sponge and custard. A nutritious meal for £4 – £2.50 for the main course and £1.50 the pudding.
Quiz Night will be on Friday August 26.
The Sunday church service was taken by Tom and Pat Wood with Malcolm Jacob at the organ. Tom read Timothy 2 v1- 10, where Paul encourages Timothy to fan into flames the gift of God and not be afraid to testify about Jesus. Pat set a puzzle based on Countdown and talked about the differences in people. She suggested that a loving family was better than an ‘empty’ family that lived to gain lots of money. Linda Jacob will take this weekend’s service.
The Hospice Support Group event held at the Village Hall on Saturday was very well supported. Lunches seemed to be the main attraction alongside the cake stall and tombola, helping to raise £355. A similar event will be held at the Church on Bank Holiday Monday August 29 from 11am.
CLAYTON WEST
Mission Rescue was the name of the Summer Holiday Club held last week for five to 10-year-olds, run by volunteers from Clayton West and Scissett Churches. Over 60 children came each day and spent half their time at the Methodist Church and the other half of the day was a trip. At the church the children enjoyed activities linked to the theme of secret agents alongside hearing Bible stories about events in the life of Moses, how he was rescued and how God used him to rescue the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. There were also games, craft and singing. The trips each day included a mini beast safari in Cliffe Woods Clayton West with Denby Dale Parish Countryside Project, dance and games with Energise, Bowling at Barnsley Bowl and a party and talent show in St Augustine’s Church, Scissett. The Holiday Club concluded with a service on the Sunday morning, led by Deacon Jane Paine and Holiday Club helpers.
DENBY DALE
The theme of Sunday morning’s Sunday School at Zion Wesleyan Reform Chapel was prayer. The service on Sunday evening was led by the general secretary of the Wesleyan Reform Union of Churches the Rev Colin Braithwaite who spoke about the prophet Jonah and the need for Christians to be obedient to God. The pianist was Robert Nuttall. On Saturday there will be a Family Barbecue from 4pm to 6pm with a bouncy castle, games, face painting and tombola.
EMLEY
The Rev Anne Young celebrated Holy Communion on Sunday morning at Emley Parish Church. Kate Tordoff and Carol Lee read the bible, Sallie Dickins led prayers and Paul Renshaw played the organ. Her talk was based on Matthew 15 verse 21-28 – Jesus cured a Canaanite’s woman’s daughter because of her faith in Jesus Christ. As Christians we all need to welcome other people, pray for them and accept their differences, welcome them into church and our lives, she said. There is a good opportunity on September 18 for us all as it is Come Back to Church Sunday at 10.45am. The entire congregation was given an invitation card and asked to pray for someone they would like to invite to come. The service ended with the hymn We Have A Gospel To Proclaim. Refreshments followed.
KIRKBURTON
Mrs Sue Whitcroft welcomed the worshippers to a service of Family Communion in All Hallows Parish Church on the eighth Sunday after Trinity. The service was led by the Rev Graham Whitcroft, and Mrs Theresa Quarmby led the prayers of intercession. Mrs Gwen Lodge gave the reading from the first chapter of the Gospel according to St Luke and, in his sermon, Mr Whitcroft took up the theme of Mary, the mother of Jesus, with visual images projected by Mrs Lorraine Lockwood. The children of the congregation took up the chalice and paten and Mr Whitcroft was assisted by reader Mrs Janet Roberts and pastoral minister Mr Malcolm Tibbott at the distribution. Mrs Gwen Lodge performed the duties of sidesman and organised the taking of the collection. Music for the service was provided by organist Mrs Doreen Barraclough and the Church Music Group. After the service, Mrs Pat Ellis and Mrs Wendy Crookes served refreshments to the congregation. There is no evening service during August.
LEPTON
Lepton Townswomen’s Guild held their monthly meeting in the Methodist Church. Mrs Peggy Selway presided. The speaker was Mrs D Hughes and her friend Mary. They gave a very interesting talk about the Street Angels which they both do on busy and hectic nights in Huddersfield. It was first organised by the Christian Groups around Huddersfield. They both really enjoy and find it very rewarding. Mrs Joan Peel gave a vote of thanks and Joan Peel won the raffle.
SHELLEY
Last Thursday, before their usual weekly meeting, members of Shelley Over 60s held their annual general meeting. Those present received the secretary’s and treasurer’s reports and re-elected the committee. Members then carried on with the meeting as normal. The whist high of 66 was won by Fred Huddle and the low of 38 went to Vera Rothson. As the club was short of time only eight hands were played. The bingo line was won by Gordon Burgin and the full house by Edna Glover. No one had the first three numbers on one card so the prize carried over to the next meeting. Members celebrated the birthdays of Walter Astin (chairman) Carole Thurbreck, Dorothy Jessop, Marion Kelly, Anne Thornton, Barbara Wadsworth and Jack Craven. Raffle prizes were won by Joyce Tyas, Rene Biggin, Pauline Workman, Vera Rothson, Linda Brauner and May Elliott.
SKELMANTHORPE
Mr Robert Booth of Huddersfield was the preacher at the Wesleyan Reform Church on Sunday. The organist was Mr John Orton.
Skelmanthorpe Methodist Church were pleased to welcome Beth Richardson to lead Sunday morning service. Her theme was God’s Love is real and to introduce the theme she showed several pairs of objects similar in appearance and asked various members of the congregation to identify the fake and the real. Bible lessons were read by the Rev Ann Buckroyd and Rose Merry and a few members of the congregation dramatise the story. The steward for the day was Ailsa Horton and Francis Priestnall was the organist. Refreshments were served by John and Christine Senior. At the wife’s meeting on Monday evening Christine Senior gave a talk illustrated with personal memorabilia called A Miscellany of Momentos. The age of the objects ranged from pre-Victorian to the present day. The evening was organised by Bronwyn Boothroyd, Eleanor Bond and June Pearson.
