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April 2013

Parish News

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Road, Garforth, Leeds, LS25 2LD

Tel: 01132 868588 or 867617

• Family run business—est. 40 yrs.

• Personal attention from the

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• Specialists in car body work.

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• Private, insurance and company

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• Well equipped premises with all

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• Courtesy cars available.

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The Minister writes:

We are in interesting times in the church worldwide. We have

just witnessed the appointment of a new Pope and a new Archbishop of

Canterbury. The new pope comes with a reputation for avoiding pomp

and a palace life and being concerned for the poor. The new arch-

bishop is not well known, but I was fortunate to be at a conference

recently where he was speaking. I was very encouraged by the confer-

ence as a whole and what he said in particular.

At the conference we recognised that difference and therefore

conflict is normal. It is OK to disagree passionately, but it is important

to stay in relationship with those we disagree with. This gives me hope

for the future of the church. We may not be able or even expect to

agree with each other about everything; but we can recognise that as

children of the same heavenly father we are brothers and sisters togeth-

er in His family. We are therefore called to love each other, like it or

not. We must pray for these new leaders that the hope they bring may

be fulfilled.

The events we remember at Easter are, I

would say, the most decisive events in human

history. They contain the deepest tragedy and the

greatest hope. As we enter into this story once

again, we are given strength to face our own

difficulties and confidence to embrace our times

of joy.

Jesus was called to the home of his dear

friend Lazarus who was on the point of death.

But he does not go straight away. By the time he arrives, Lazarus has

died. His sisters Martha and Mary, both say “If only you had been

here”. But Jesus transforms the situation, he claims to BE the resurrec-

tion and the life. Then he demonstrates it by raising Lazarus from the

dead. At this Easter may we know the transforming power of Christ,

and that we might experience the hope of new life in whatever we face.

Rev Bill Henderson

Blades Hairdressers

58 Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Tel: 822133 Lindsey & Amy welcome all customers, old and new

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KEV’S FISH SHOP Lake Lock Road, Stanley

Telephone: 01924 823321

Opening times

Mon 4.30— 9.30

Tue 4.15— 7.00

Wed 11.30—1.30 4.30— 9.00

Thurs 4.15—10.00

Fri 11.30—1.30 4.15—10.00

Sat 11.15—1.30

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Lisa: 07768045872

St Peter’s Church Services All services are held at the Church Centre,

Lake Lock Road, Stanley

Sunday 10am Family Communion

4pm Evensong (on the first Sunday of every month)

Wednesday 9:30 am Holy Communion

5pm Prayers

Thursday 9:15 am Children’s Ark

Other Christian Worship

ZION CHRISTIAN CENTRE

466a Aberford Road, Stanley,

www.zionchurch.co.uk, telephone: 01924 872262

Sunday: 10:30am Service

11:00am Sunday School & crèche

Tuesdays: 7:30pm Prayer meeting

Wednesdays: 7:30pm Bible Study, discussions

Minister: David Dixon, telephone: 01924 872262

METHODIST CHURCH: Lee Mount Chapel

Sunday: 10:30am service, including junior church

Minister: Rev Naomi Kaiga BD MA

email: [email protected], tel: 01977 705100

Steward: Mrs Doreen Abson, telephone: 01924 824577

Linda Skelton MICB CB.Cert PM.Dip

Bookkeeping Services

• Annual Accounts • Self Assessment Tax Returns

Call me to discuss your requirements Evening / weekend appointments welcome

Telephone: 01924 829678 Email: [email protected] Web: www.lsbookkeeping.co.uk

Fully qualified and insured Competitive rates

• VAT returns • Payroll

Full Member 208546

National Association Funeral Directors

COMPLETE FUNERAL SERVICE AVAILABLE AT ANYTIME

DAY OR NIGHT

Private Chapel of Rest

67, LAKE LOCK ROAD, STANLEY

Tel: 01924 822281

Residence 1 Carr Gate Drive, Wrenthorpe.

Tel: 01924 871399

DATES FOR APRIL

Weds 27th Mar

7:30pm

Taize Worship Service with meditative and

prayerful music as we prepare for Easter.

Thur 28th Mar

7:30pm

Maundy Thursday Passover Meal: please phone

the church office on 835746 to book your place.

Fri 29th Mar

Good Friday

10am Hot Cross Bun Service at St Peter’s

2pm Hour at the Cross at St Peter’s

7:30pm Evening service at Mount Road Chapel

Sun 31st March

10am

Easter Sunday Family Communion Service:

Everyone welcome.

Weds 3rd April

2pm-4pm

Mount Road Methodist Chapel: Coffee & Chat

meeting. Please see page 10 for details.

Sun 7th April

4pm

Evensong: join us for the monthly afternoon

service based on the Common Book of Prayer.

Thurs 11th Apr

6pm

Moorhouse Community Action Group meeting

at the church centre, see p10 for details.

Fri 12th April

7:30pm

Film Club:‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’

starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, p16.

Sat 13th April

10am-12pm

Spring Fayre at the Community Centre with

tombola, cake stall, and much more, see p9.

Sun 14th April

4pm

Memorial Service: a special service for anyone

suffering bereavement. No invitation needed.

Thurs 18th Apr PCC Meeting at the Church Centre at 7:30pm

Sun 21st April

10am

Family Communion and Parade Service with the

uniformed organisations.

Sun 21st April

12pm

St Peter’s Church AGM: come hear about our

plans for the future at St Peter’s.

Weds 24th Apr

7pm

Ladies Society Meeting: at Stanley library. New

members always welcome.

STANLEY LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Stanley Library offers a wide selection of books, talking books,

selected language tapes, videos/DVDs for hire, as well as a photocopi-

er/A4 colour photocopier, fax machine, newspapers and selected

magazines. There are also public access computers, offering free

internet access, basic computer programs (i.e. word processing) and

CD Roms. There are also free UK Online computer courses available

offering internet training and Introduction to Computers —please ask

in the library.

OPENING HOURS

Monday 10am-1pm and 2pm-7pm

Tuesday 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm

Wednesday Closed all day

Thursday 10am-1pm and 2pm-7pm

Friday 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm

Saturday 9am-1pm

Activities for Children

There is a Tiny Tots Storytime for under 5’s, 11:30-12pm on certain

Mondays: check with the Library for dates. Other activities for chil-

dren are organised in most school holidays—please ask for details.

The Community Centre

The hall, two rooms and well equipped kitchen are available for hire.

Contact the Librarian on 01924 303130 to book in advance.

Coffee Morning

There is a coffee morning at the Community Centre every Thursday

morning, 10am-12 noon. Come and relax with friends over a cuppa.

Spring Fayre Spring Fayre Spring Fayre Spring Fayre ---- new date!new date!new date!new date! Saturday 13th April, 10am—12:30pm

Sadly the Spring Fayre had to be cancelled at the last minute

because of the heavy snow, and will now take place alongside

the monthly coffee morning on Saturday 13th April at the

Community Centre. There will be refreshments and lots of

stalls so please come along and support it and hopefully the

weather will be be"er this #me!

Tombola Chocolate egg tombola Crafts

Toy stall Children’s Tombola Raffle

Greetings cards Cake Stall

Bottle tombola Handbags

Knit and Natter, Sew and Chatter!Knit and Natter, Sew and Chatter!Knit and Natter, Sew and Chatter!Knit and Natter, Sew and Chatter!

At St Peter’s Church Centre, every Thursday, 1pm-3pm Enjoy a cuppa, company and a ‘crafty’ afternoon!

Please come and join this established group of ladies as they knit, sew, compare ideas and patterns and share conversation and friendship. Just turn up: you will be very warmly welcomed.

Phone the church office on 835746 for more information.

Following the clock change, Evensong will now take at 4pm.

Evensong now only takes place on the first Sunday of each

month, the next service being on Sunday 7th April at 4pm.

Mount Road Methodist Chapel Events

• On Good Friday there will be a special evening service at the

Chapel starting at 7:30pm. Everyone is very welcome to join in

with this service as we think about the significance of Easter.

• The Easter Celebration family service will take place at 10:30am

on Easter Sunday, 31st March.

• The next ‘Coffee & Chat’ meeting will be held on

Wednesday 3rd April from 2pm—4pm. These

monthly meetings are held on the first Wednesday of

every month. Come along and enjoy a coffee, cake,

and a friendly chat!

• The next Jumble Sale at the Chapel will be on Wednesday 8th

May at 1:30pm with cakes, tombola, refreshments and various

other stalls.

• There are rooms available to hire at Mount Road Chapel. Please

contact Joyce on 01924 825658.

Moorhouse Community Action Group

The next meeting of the Moorhouse Community Action Group will

be on Thursday 11th April 2013 at 6pm at the Church Centre.

Please come along and raise any issues specific to Moorhouse and

join in with the plans for the new Centre on Moorhouse Grove.

Stanley Community Singers

The Stanley Community Singers continue to meet every

Monday afternoon in term time at St Peter’s Church Centre from

1pm-3pm with singing from 1:30pm-2:30pm and time before and

afterwards for refreshments and chat. The group sings a variety

of music and is open to anyone who enjoys singing—no previous

experience required! Please come and join us: make some new

friends, learn some new songs and enjoy singing! The next date

for singing will be Monday 15th April.

Coffee morning thank-you: Thanks to everyone who organised, donated items for, and supported the coffee morning on 9th March.

Despite the very cold weather, it was a very busy morning and a bril-

liant total of £222.70 was raised. The next coffee morning will be

combined with the rescheduled Spring Fayre on Saturday 13th April

10am—12.30pm at Stanley Community Centre with lots of great stalls:

cakes, greetings cards, tombola, children’s tombola, raffle and more!

Donations of small children’s toys, soft toys, books and jigsaws

would be gratefully received. Please contact Mavis Darlington on

822251 or bring your items to the office at St Peter’s Church Centre.

Thank you to whoever left some jigsaws at the community centre for

the coffee morning last month—it was much

appreciated.

Please join us on 13th April for a very

pleasant and enjoyable morning. We would

love to see you there.

A new Salsa class is starting at St Peter’s

Church centre!

Wednesday, 17th April, 7pm-9pm

Lessons are fortnightly (1st May, 15th May, 29th May…) and cost £5

Make new friends, learn a new skill, enjoy the music, keep fit!

Kind, friendly instructor

For more information contact Dickson on 01924 384920

Salsa!

From the Stanley Parish Register

Funerals

Baptisms

Jeffrey Smith

Renee Holdroyd

Sarah Pearson

8 February 2013

21 February 2013

15 March 2013

Charlie Leslie Alan Davenport

Lewis Paul Scollan

Ryan Thomas Hobkirk

Cara Harris

Jordan Judge

Frankie-Joe Maloney

2 December 2012

10 February 2013

17 February 2013

24 February 2013

24 February 2013

10 March 2013

Food Banks – a sign of the times?

The rising cost of food and fuel, combined with static income,

unemployment and changes in benefits have seen increasing numbers of

people turn to food banks in the UK. Retired archbishop Rowan Williams

has even become patron of one in the city of Cambridge.

The Trussell Trust, a Christian charity, now oversees 250 local food

banks on a franchise basis. Food banks typically provide boxes of three

days of emergency food to tide people over and puts them in touch with

agencies that might be able to help in the longer term.

Many food banks are located in or around church premises and

across the UK, thousands of people give time and money to gather food

supplies and distribute them to those in great need.

The Trussell Trust was founded in 1997 by Carol and Paddy

Henderson when they were working for a UN feeding programme in

Bulgaria. In the UK, the Trust’s network feeds over 128,000 people each

year, distributing 1,225 tonnes of food donated by the public, schools and

businesses.

If you wish to help a food bank locally, there is one run by St

Catherine’s Church on Doncaster Road in Wakefield.

It’s time for the Annual General Meeting!!

St Peter’s church will hold it’s Annual General meeting on

Sunday 21st April at 12pm at the Church Centre. It is an important

event in the life of the church: it sets out the church’s plans for the year

ahead, as well as reviewing what has happened over the past year.

One of the important tasks is to elect the churchwardens for the

year. They are the Bishop’s agents in the parish and represent all

parishioners. The members of the Parochial Church Council (PCC)

which helps run the church, are also elected. Everyone who is on the

electoral roll of the church is entitled to vote in these elections.

Anyone who lives in the parish of Stanley can ask to join the electoral

roll (you also have to be over 16, and have been baptised): you don’t

have to be a regular attendee at church.

The church’s financial accounts will also be presented and dis-

cussed at the AGM. You can discover how much we will need to pay

the Diocese next year and how the church proposes to meet these costs.

Rev Bill Henderson will report on what has happened in the past

12 months and his plans for the future. Various other reports will be

presented e.g. by the PCC, the Cubs & Scouts, Brownies, Rainbows,

the Ladies Society, and the church wardens.

If you want to learn about what St Peter’s church does, what it’s

ministry is all about, where we get out money from and how we spend

it, and what the various church officers do, please come along to our

AGM. You may be surprised to learn how much goes on!

Memorial ServiceMemorial ServiceMemorial ServiceMemorial Service

On Sunday 14th April at 4pm there will be a Memorial Service at St

Peter’s Church Centre for anyone suffering from bereavement. It will

be an opportunity to remember and pray for friends

and family who have died recently or in the past,

and for ourselves, who are facing feelings of loss,

sadness and grief.

St George—our patron saint who isn’t English! by Canon David Winter, former Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC

We will celebrate St George’s Day on 23rd April, and it’s perhaps

typical of the English that they should have a patron saint who isn’t

English, about whom next to nothing is known for sure, and who may not

have existed at all. That didn’t stop him being patriotically invoked in

many battles, notably at Agincourt and in the Crusades, and of course it is

his cross that adorns the flags of English football fans to this day.

It’s most likely that he was a soldier, a Christian who was martyred

for his faith somewhere in Palestine, possibly at Lydda, in the early fourth

century. At some point in the early centuries of the Church he became

associated with wider military concerns, being regarded as the patron saint

of the Byzantine armies. There is no doubt that he was held as an

example of the ‘godly soldier’, one who served Christ as bravely and truly

as he served his king and country.

The story of George and the dragon is of much later date and no one

seems to know where it comes from. By the middle ages, when George

was being honoured in stained glass, the dragon had become an invaluable

and invariable visual element, so that for most people the two are insepa-

rable. Pub signs have a lot to answer for here: ‘The George and Dragon’.

However, it’s probably more profitable to concentrate on his role as

a man who witnessed to his faith in the difficult setting of military service,

and in the end was martyred for his faithfulness to Christ.

The idea of the ‘Christian soldier’ was, of course, much loved by

the Victorian hymn-writers - ’Onward, Christian soldiers!’. The soldier

needs discipline. The heart of his commitment is to obedience. The battle

cannot be avoided nor the enemy appeased. He marches and fights

alongside others, and he is loyal to his comrades. In the end, if the battle

is won, he receives the garlands of victory, the final reward of those who

overcome evil.

St George’s Day presents a challenge and an opportunity. The

challenge is to distance the message of his life from the militarism and

triumphalism that can easily attach itself to anything connected to soldiers

and fighting. The opportunity is to celebrate the ideal of the ‘Christian

Do you like to….. Be creative? Chat with others? Support a good cause?

Then come to St Peter’s Church Centre on Thursday 2nd May at 7pm

For just £10 (£5 for under 16’s) you have

the chance to make a beautiful, unique bracelet and have a fun social evening with

good company, wine and nibbles.

All proceeds to World Challenge

Booking helpful but not essential For more information contact Yvette on 07790 039626

soldier’ - one who submits to discipline, sets out to obey God truly, does

not avoid the inevitable battle with all that is unjust, wrong and hateful in

our world, and marches alongside others fighting the same noble cause.

Discipline, obedience, courage, fellowship and loyalty - they’re not

the most popular virtues today, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t

deserve our gratitude and admiration.

The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Rev Stephen Platten, has called on people to pray for the whole food production chain, from struggling farm-

ers to those who are going hungry. “"The world produces enough food for

everyone, yet nearly a billion people are starving," said Bishop Stephen.

Backing the ‘Enough Food For Everyone If’ campaign, the Bishop

emphasised the call for governments, companies and individuals to work

together to reduce hunger and food-wastage worldwide.

Those who produce food “also need prayers”. Farmers in the UK,

for example, are facing cuts in their income of up to 50 per cent due to

weather damage, according to latest estimates from the Department for

the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. “Such crop failures can happen

anywhere, so, while we pray for an end to global hunger, we should pray

for those who produce the food, too."

St Peter’s Church

Friday evening, 12th April, 7:30pm

‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ (2012) 12 Rating

Adapted from the acclaimed bestseller by Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely

Loud and Incredibly Close is a story that unfolds from inside the young mind

of Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn), an inventive eleven year-old New Yorker

whose discovery of a key in his deceased father’s belongings sets him off on

an urgent search across the city for the lock it will open.

A year after his father (Tom Hanks) died in the World Trade Center on what

Oskar calls “The Worst Day,” he is determined to keep his vital connection to

the man who playfully cajoled him into confronting his wildest fears. Now, as

Oskar crosses the five New York boroughs in quest of the missing lock—

encountering an eclectic assortment of people who are each survivors in their

own way—he begins to uncover unseen links to the father he misses, to his

mother (Sandra Bullock) who seems so far away from him and to the whole

noisy, dangerous, discombobulating world around him.

Free admission, tea & coffee, but bring your own popcorn!

Film shown at the Church Centre, Lake Lock Road, doors open 7pm

The Silver Fish Company

The Silver Fish Jewellery Company makes exquisite silver jewellery

inspired by the Bible. It was founded in 2002 in Birmingham by Norma

Jean Murrain who found that she had a talent for jewellery design and

combined her talent with her desire the share the gospel with others.

The company now makes over 100 designs, and is in the process of

setting up a jewellery project in Southern India. The jewellery makes

ideal Christian gifts for christenings, weddings,

birthdays, anniversaries, etc. See all the products

on their website: www.silverfishjewellery.co.uk.

Reports from our local schools

Stanley Children’s Centre Long Causeway, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4JB, Tel: 01924 303181,

Centre Manager: Gill Sheldrake Open: Monday to Friday 8:30am—4:30pm

The Children’s Centre offers support services to families with children

under 5 and parents-to-be: advice on parenting, childcare, education, hous-

ing, benefits and finance; links with Job Centre Plus; support for childmind-

ers; adult courses; antenatal care; child health promotion clinic; breastfeeding

support; home safety equipment; and fun activities for under 5’s.

Please see below for details of the regular groups and clinics at the

Children’s Centre and news of some special events and courses.

• There will be a Holiday Stay & Play session on Monday 8th April, 10am-

11:30am at Outwood Memorial Hall

• There is a Weaning Party on Tuesday 9th April from 1:45pm—3pm.

Please book your place.

• There will be a Jo Jingles Music & Craft Session on Thursday 11th April

from 10:30am—12on for children aged 18months—5 years.

• Call in for a Creative Stay & Play Session on Friday 12th April from

10am—11:30am for children aged 18months—5 years.

(Continued on page 18)

Day Time Group

Monday 9:30am—12pm

9am—4:30pm

10am—3:30pm

1.30pm—3pm

Dial Drop-in

Health Trainers: appointment needed.

Child Health Reviews: by appointment. Stay & Play for ages 18 months—5 years.

Tuesday 10am—12pm

1:30pm—3pm

Child Health Reviews: appointment needed.

Baby Time from birth—crawling.

Wednesday 9:30am—4pm

1:30pm—3pm

Rightsteps: booking required.

Toddler Time from crawling—18 months.

Thursday 1pm—3:30pm Child Health Reviews by appointment.

Friday 10am—12:30pm

9:30—11:30am

2pm—4pm

Child Health Reviews by appointment.

Childminding Support Group

Midwife Drop-in Clinic

• There is a First Aid Course on Wednesday 17th April from 9:15am—

11:15am. A crèche will be available.

• There is a free Fluoride Varnishing Session on Friday 19th April from

9:30am—4pm for children aged 2-4 years old. Please book a place.

• The Triple P Parenting Course starts on Tuesday 23rd April from

9:15am—11:15am. This is a 10 week course to help carers improve their

parenting skills and build positive relationships with their children.

• The Job Centre Plus Adviser will be visiting the centre on Wednesday,

24th April from 9am—12pm. Please book an appointment.

• The next Parents’ Forum will be on Monday 29th April from 9:30am—

11:!5am. Please call in with your ideas about the centre.

• Tempest Photography will be visiting the centre on Monday 29th April

from 1pm-4pm. No booking required.

• There are new English courses, and also Infant Massage and Baby Yoga

courses starting in April. Contact the centre for more information.

Stanley Grove School Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4NT

Tel: 01924 303805, Headteacher: Mrs J Frost

It has been a short, but very busy and productive term at Stanley

Grove. The Early Year’s Unit has been reading books about the Easter story

and have also been learning about firemen, and other people who help us.

Class 1’s topic has been ‘the jungle’. They have written jungle poems, and

have even been using the PE apparatus as a jungle! Class 2 have learned all

about islands; they’ve made lighthouse models and had a ‘Katie Morag’ day

when they dressed up.

Class 3 have been looking at weather around the world, and have also

been studying different artists such as Monet and Van Gogh. Class 4’s topic

this term has been the Anglo Saxons. They have written their own accounts

of the daily lives of Anglo Saxons and have been doing some weaving. Class

5 has been studying the Tudors: they’ve looked at Tudor portraits, and also

enjoyed a very fascinating visit to the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

We have had some very successful fundraising initiatives recently.

Our ‘Bags for School’ collection raised £150 and a sponsored read raised

£513! Thank you to everyone for your support. Our Red Nose Day events

were organised by the school council and raised £160.70.

(Continued on page 19)

After the Easter holidays, there will be a couple of drop-in sessions for

parents wanting some advice on their child’s behaviour or emotional develop-

ment. Details are available on posters in school or from the school office.

Before the Easter holidays, the children will be enjoyed an egg hunt

for the main school and an Easter bonnet parade for the Early Years Unit or-

ganised by the PTA and also an egg decorating activity organised by the

School Council. We would like to wish all our children, parents and staff a

very happy Easter break.

St Peter’s Community CaféSt Peter’s Community CaféSt Peter’s Community CaféSt Peter’s Community Café At: St Peter’s Church Centre, Lake Lock Road

Open Mondays—Fridays 10:30am—2pm

Special meal of the day, baked potatoes, hot and cold sandwiches, all-day breakfasts, children’s menu, desserts, refreshments

TUESDAYS: Senior Citizens discount on meal deal THURSDAY: £1 off all children’s meals

(when accompanied by full-paying adult)

Mary and the team look forward to welcoming you!

What a hoot! One evening the bird loving vicar strolled over to his huge country churchyard, and just for fun, hooted softly, like an owl. To

his delight and astonishment, an owl hooted softly back. The next night

the same thing happened, and again, the night after that. Soon it became

a regular habit, and every night for the following year, no matter what the

weather, the vicar would go to the churchyard and hoot back and forth

with his feathered friend. The hoots became longer and more complicat-

ed, and the vicar kept a careful log of the "conversation."

Just as he thought he was on the verge of a real breakthrough in

interspecies communication, his wife had a chat with the neighbour who

lived in a big house and garden next door to the church. " My husband

comes here each night,” she said, “to hoot to the owl in the churchyard.”

"“That's odd,” the neighbour replied, “so does my husband."

No shelter

No hope, no love, no shelter,

No arms to keep me warm,

I search the long and lonely night,

Through rain and wind and storm.

I have no one to turn to,

No help along the way,

So I just keep on walking,

As night returns to day.

One day I found a shelter

Whose doors were open wide,

Someone came out to meet me:

“My child just come inside.

Come warm your hands and rest here,

Sit, eat and rest and sleep,

We’re here to give you shelter,

A place to find God’s peace.”

We sat and talked in comfort,

The time went, oh! so quick.

They even gave me breakfast;

Dry clothes to keep me warm.

Then told me I could return to shelter in a storm.

As I walked on in comfort

A man came by my side:

“I’ll always walk beside you”

He spoke gently in my ear;

“My name, my son, is Jesus,

Just say you’ll come back here.”

Written by Margaret

Cartoon Corner

Pamela found herself elected

to Deanery Synod

Please contact the editor, Eleanor Plant, with items for the next magazine on

01924 835746, or by email: [email protected]

Prayers for April

A Prayer for Easter-tide Dear Father, life can be difficult. Sometimes it feels as though the sun

has stopped shining, just as it did on that first Good Friday. Sometimes

it can feel as though we are stuck in the darkness and it seems

impossible that the light will ever shine again. And yet the reality is

that Friday did move on, into the most glorious Sunday. The Son did

rise - and his light shines on, transforming the darkest of times, holding

out hope and peace and life to all who will turn and look into his face.

He is alive. He will help us. Thank you Father, for Jesus. Amen

Daphne Kitching

The God who

answers prayer There is a God who answers prayer

Who intercedes before the throne,

The Son of God who ever cares,

Do not believe you walk alone.

When life seems hard, no answers come

He knows the path that you now tread

Believe on Him though all seems lost

He knows about the tears you shed.

Hold on to Him who is your strength,

Although it seems there’s no way through,

Though pain and heartache both are near,

Who holds the world holds also you.

There is a day when all is clear

A day when we all understand

That all our lives but marked a way

That led us to the Promised Land.

By Megan Carter

The Josephs It began and it ended

With a Joseph,

The life of Jesus.

One laid him in a manger,

The other laid him in a tomb.

One named him Jesus

And brought him up.

The other asked for Jesus,

And brought him down from

the cross.

They were both men

Who stood firm

When life said, Run.

They both turned

disappointment and despair

Into stepping stones of trust,

And walked on, as witnesses

That to God,

Darkness is a light switch.

By Daphne Kitching

Tuition in French WITH FRENCH NATIVE SPEAKER

Fully qualified, many years experience in pre

and post 16 education, and adult education

1-to-1 or small groups, all levels welcome!

Contact Fabienne Broome 07837 458866

Servicing, Repairs, Crypton Tuning, Tyres, Batteries, Exhausts, M.O.Ts and Valeting,

Paint & Body repair centre New and second-hand vehicles bought and sold

Old Halfway Garage, 509 Leeds Road, Robin Hood, Wakefield, WF3 3AL Tel: 0113 2887700 www.jwmorris.net

Proprietor: John W. Morris

Councillors Surgeries

Cllr Clive Hudson Tel: 01924 220710 Email: chudson @wakefield.gov.uk

Cllr Jacqui Williams Tel: 01924 278007 Email: jacquelinewilliams @wakefield.gov.uk

Cllr Matthew Morley Tel: 07719 904085 Email: mmorley @wakefield.gov.uk

1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month 6pm—7pm Stanley Community Centre

2nd & 4th Saturday of each month 9:30—10:45am Stanley Community Centre

2nd & 4th Saturday of each month 11am—12 noon Bevin Close Community

Centre, Outwood

Excludes bank holidays, no appointment necessary, home visits can be arranged

♦ Birthdays

♦ Weddings

♦ Funerals

♦ Helium balloons

With over 10 years experience

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The new florist in Stanley is now open

♦ FREE Delivery service*

♦ Corporate events

♦ Contemporary to traditional

♦ Flowers for all occasions

For a friendly, efficient service

Mobile: 07887 851059 Telephone: 01924 835973 Telephone orders welcome

*Terms & conditions apply, please call for details

Please note that flowerfrenzy has moved to Lime Pit Lane, next door to Stanley Café

• All Gas Appliances Serviced

• Central Heating systems

installed, incl. Showers

• Extra Radiators and Towel

Warmers

• T h e r m o s t a t i c v a l v e s ,

and new controls fitted to existing systems

• Appliance, Cylinder and

Leak Repairs

• Landlord Safety Certificates

• Gene r a l p l umb i ng t o

bathrooms and kitchens

• No Job too small

M. Sambrook Heating and Plumbing

Services

Mob: 07826 329001

Home: 01924 820009

No call out charge and no VAT

Registered with Gas Safe Register which replaced Corgi registration for gas work as of April 2009. Reg. No. 502812

OUTWOOD

Cheers, Newton Lane

Mondays 10am, 12noon, 5pm & 7pm

Keela: 01924 372287

LOFTHOUSE

Christ Church, Leeds Road

Tuesdays 7:30pm

New Consultant: Gemma, 07427 595061

STANLEY

St Peter’s Church Centre,

Lake Lock Road

Thursdays 7pm

Lynne, 07968 535484

ST PETER’S CHURCH DIRECTORY

Vicar Rev W Henderson

379 Aberford Road, Stanley 822143

Assistant Priest Rev J Kilsby 824396

Readers Vicky Wilson 835746

and Calli McKenna 835746

Lay Pastoral Ministers Ray Rushworth: 07906 882433 or 835746

and Margaret Woffendin 835746

Church wardens Don Somerville 377884

Barry McCarthy 835746

Church Office Eleanor Plant 835746

email: [email protected]

Treasurer Contact Rev W Henderson

Church Flowers Angie Daniel 376343

Musical Director Julie West 829098

Electoral Roll Eleanor Plant 201644

Prayer Chain Glenda Oakes 820222

House Groups Rev W Henderson 822143

Ladies Society Contact Church Office 835746

Magazine Editor Eleanor Plant 201644

Child Protection Yvette Shaw 822344

Co-ordinator

YOUTH GROUPS Children’s Ark Viv Henderson 822143

Crèche Rev W Henderson 822143

Sunday Gang & Viv Henderson 822143

Explorers

UNIFORMED ORGANISATIONS Rainbows Mrs Kath Shooter 274244

Brownies Mrs Lisa Brown 835746

Cubs/Scouts Mark Pringle 07944 288601

(Boys & Girls) [email protected]

For information regarding weddings and baptisms please contact the Vicar

after any church service or by telephone on 01924 822143.

Contact the Church Office on 835746 (answer phone out of office hours)

or by email: [email protected]

Please note that St Peter’s Church does not endorse any of the

services offered by our advertisers.

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