Roots: Habits for fruitfulness 3: Study and meditation Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 3 February 2019 A cold but dry morning, typical of early February as we set off for church in a subdued mood as this was the Sunday following the funeral of Betty, my Mother-in-law, last week. The flowers that had been on …
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A poem from the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Betty Hill
A poem from the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Betty Hill Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Wednesday 30th January 2019 Ida Betty Hill 13th July 1939 - 6th January 2019 At the funeral service for my mother-in-law Betty Hill, my daughters, Ruth Taylor-Yorke and Anna Laverick read a poem they had written about their …
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A long day at church
A (long) day in the life of a church musician Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 27 September 2019 I love my church. A long day that started straight after the News from my radio alarm. Up, shaved dressed and breakfasted on a bowl of rice crispies in order to get to church at 9am in …
Mission, ministry, media and money
Mission, ministry, media and money Mission This comes first. The mission of the Church is joining in with the mission of God, but that is Church with a big C, the universal church. How a local church, para-church group or individual church fits in with God's plan can, and does, vary greatly. God's mission God's …
Roots: Habits for fruitfulness 2: Prayer and fasting
Prayer and fasting Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 20 January 2019 Last week's sermon was about bearing fruit. It was also the overview for a sermon series. This week we came to church in a subdued mood. We are in the emotional limbo between my mother-in-law two weeks ago and her funeral in ten days …
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Spiritual discipline – week 1: an overview
Take away the love of sinning Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 13th January 2019 Starting at the end, there is a line in our last song of this week's service that stops me dead every time. Take away the love of sinning, Alpha and Omega be, is a line from the hymn Love divine all …
Post-Christmas blues and New Year’s resolutions.
We are the people of God on the ground Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 30 December 2018 There were fewer people than usual in the congregation today, it is that odd time between the holidays of Christmas and New Year which people do not know what to call, or often what day it is. Not …
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