Why join in? Yesterday I attended Choral Evensong at York Minster. Today it was back to the usual. And I enjoyed both. In York, the professionalism of the cathedral choir and organist combined with the acoustics of the minster itself was powerful. Though the lack of anything to join in with was missed. We sat, …
Tag: Holy Trinity Huddersfield
Harvest home?
We plough the fields, and scatter the good seed on the land. Or do we? Do we even know where our food comes from? Apart from Sainsbury's, or Aldi? As for scattering, we have been using seed drills for over 300 years. That's before that song was even written. Even in rural areas harvest has …
Back to Basics
No, not the Back to Basics of the British Conservative party which gloriously backfired on them in the 1990s, I,m thinking about a return to Christian basics. At Holy Trinity Huddersfield, Mike, our Vicar, has started a series of sermons on John's first letter. It is believed that the letter was a response to the …
Welcome to Huddersfield
Last Monday Mike Wilkins was installed at Holy Trinity, Huddersfield as our new Vicar. A formal welcome to the area. On Tuesday there was more informal welcome, a barbecue by members of a couple of house group members. What happened between these two things is interesting. Here's a news angle on it: New Vicar apprehends …
Church makes me sick
Things are not always what they seem. I titled this blog "Church makes me sick," but that is not technically accurate. What I meant was Church makes me ill... no that's still not right - try again... Third time lucky: I became ill because of Church. There, got it right that time. Now for the …
Pray for Huddersfield
Just five days to go. On the 15th July this year Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield will have a new Vicar. Rev Michael Wilkins will be installed as Vicar by the Bishop of Wakefield. In the meantime there is still a lot of organising to do. Pleas rejoice with us and pray for us over these …
Making an ass of myself 