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Christmas 2017

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Christmas EventsSaturday 16th December - 7:30pm

Concert with Huddersfield Wind Band - with Guests Tower Brass

Sunday 17th December10:30am - Children’s Nativity Service3pm - All Age Carol Service - Carols led by members of Huddersfield Wind Band

Monday 18th DecemberCarol Singing at Sainsbury’s - 7:00pm (to be confirmed)

Christmas Eve Service (Sunday)10:30am - Morning Worship7:00pm - Carols by Candlelight

Christmas Day CelebrationMonday 10:30am

Sunday Services Morning Service - 10:30am. For details of Afternoon Services

- see Church Weekly News-sheet.

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A Message from StevenWhere has 2017 gone to? Who knows! It doesn’t seem two minutes since we were preparing for last Christmas. Time is flying by and many things have happened in 2017.

2017 has been a year of mixed emotions as we have celebrated many joyous occasions as a church like Infant Dedications, Weddings and of course last week a Baptism. We have also welcomed new groups to our church who will use our building on a regular basis. We have been blessed with many different things over the last 12 months and we thank God for them.

It has also been a year of great sadness as we said goodbye to some of our good friends. We think especially of Jim and Ian, and their families at this time, and thank the Lord for all their work, friendship, and dedication over the years. They were great friends and will be sadly missed.

So, what for the future and the coming year? What will 2018 bring to Salendine Nook Baptist Church?

Bethlehem was waiting, and so do we at Salendine Nook

Advent is a busy time of waiting, excitement, anticipation and preparation, as we prepare for the coming of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. We too as a Church are in a time of waiting and preparation, as we look to the future and seek Gods wisdom for the witness of this Church in and through Jesus Christ. The first Sunday in Advent saw the dawn of a New Year within the Christian Calendar and as 2018 approaches we now start another new chapter in the church’s


long history.

In summer we said goodbye to Lee, Helen and Sarah, as they left to continue their ministry in East Anglia, and as a Church we wished them well on their new venture. As a consequence, we are starting to consider our future again. We look forward to our Vision day on 20th January 2018 as we come together to talk and pray as a fellowship. We pray for this time that we will spend together and for the support of the Church and the fellowship as we move to our next chapter. So, exciting times ahead, something to look forward to with anticipation and wonder.

So, as we and the world waits for the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ this Christmas time, let us open our hearts and let the Joy of Christmas pour out from us at this Church here at Salendine Nook in this coming year. As we prepare for the future let the gift that God has given to us, the gift of his only Son Jesus Christ, be at the centre of all that we do. So that God’s gift to us All will be with us always and the joy of Christmas be in our hearts in all that we seek to do in his name in the coming year.

May I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful and blessed New Year

Yours in His Service

Steve


Open Church

The second Saturday in the month is the coffee morning - 10am to 12 noon when the Church

will be open for anyone to look round, or to pray for

anyone who is ill.

Nook Snippets

Please support the Monthly Coffee Mornings on the Second Saturday of every month, from 10am to 12noon.

The Church has now had wi-fi installed. This is password protected. The login code is snbch-1743.

See John Yorke.

For those who have looked at the Church website in the past, we have recently been able to add a new version of the site specifically designed for mobile devices, with the same information available, but viewable on mobile phone screens. The web-address is the same.


BMS Stamp Appeal

Since the late 1920s, the BMS Stamp Bureau has been raising money for BMS World Mission by gathering and selling used postage stamps and other collectables.

With your help, it raises over £10,000 each year which goes directly to support the work of transforming lives around the world.

Collecting stamps is a GREAT way to support charity, especially as we’re re-using things that would probably get thrown away!

In addition to stamps, BMS also welcome collectable items such as:

• Coins and notes - foreign and pre-decimal British

• Medals and badges - especially military, police or fire service

• Postcards - especially older ones but newer ones also required

• Cigarette and tea cards

Salendine Nook Baptist Church has a stamp collection point on the table at the back of the worship area - any stamp donations gratefully welcome!

(Please do not soak them off the envelope - they can be damaged this way and lose their value).

Leprosy BoxesPlease can you let Muriel have your Leprosy

boxes by the last Sunday in JanuaryThank You


At Christmas-time our hearts reach out to friends we think of dearly,

and checking through our Friendship lists as we do yearly,

we stop a while to reminisce, and to pleasantly review,

happy little happenings, and things we used to do,

and though we’ve been too busy to keep in touch all year.

We send a Christmas greeting at this season of good cheer.

So Christmas is a lovely link between old years and new.

That keeps the bond of friendship forever broken and true.

Nook WalkersIn November Nook Walkers went on a walk starting at Robertstown. We walked across fields to Hartshead, and returned to the start through the woods by Hartshead Hall. Our

lunch stop was on the benches in Saint Peter’s Parish Church, Hartshead.

We were fortunate to have good weather.

We have a walk every month on the third Wednesday of the month, meeting at 10:30am at the Church. The walks are usually around 5 miles long.

All welcome


Christmas

May the Joy and Peace of Christmas remain with you

throughout the New Year. With Best Wishes to All the Church

Family From Doreen

Margaret Newman would like to wish all her friends at

Nook a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

Wishing Everyone

at Nook a Very Happy Christmas

and a Peaceful New Year.

Alec and Margaret

Wishing You Joy

and Peace this Christmas and

Every Blessing in the Coming Year

From Ethel Millman


Greetings

Christmas Greetings to All the

Fellowship.

May the Message of Christmas fill your life with Joy and Peace and may God bless you in the

year ahead.

I would like to thank the Fellowship for their Love and Support during the year

Elsie.

Betty wishes all friends

a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New

Year

Best Wishes at this Christmas Time.

To All my friends at Nook.

Happy Christmas and a Great New Year

From Steve


Saturday June 16th 2018Huddersfield Wind Band

Salendine Nook Baptist ChurchConcert Programme

... no I don’t think you’re the real Father Christmas! I think you’re up there pinching lead off my roof!!


Women’s Fellowship

As we come to the end of our Autumn Session, we look back on a happy and friendly time spent with the ladies of the Fellowship. We enjoyed our Harvest Lunch of Meat and Potato Pie, followed by a short service of Thanksgiving for all Gods goodness. We had a trip to New Zealand with Susan, and heard about the work at Tolson Museum from Mrs A Denham. Mrs D Hughes opened our eyes to the heartbreak and problems to be found on the streets of Huddersfield. On December 12th we had a Carols and Cakes Meeting. This will be an open meeting which Mrs P Ambler will be taking.

And so to 2018, what have we to look forward to? Our Fellowship has grown in numbers, for which we have to thank God, and hope and pray that this will continue in the future years.

We have some interesting speakers booked for 2018. The new Winter Session begins with

« A Friendship Afternoon on January 30th at 2pm in the Vestry.

« February 13th - Councillor Andrew Marchington

« March 13th - P.C.S.O M. Tariq. “Prevention Crime Input”. This will be an open meeting for anyone who wishes to join us. 2pm in the vestry.

« March 27th - Lenten Lunch with Easter Service.

« April 24th - Hand Bells - Karen Kent.

« May 8th - Rev Adrian Ward

« May 24th - Cream Tea

All these meetings are held in the vestry on Tuesday Afternoons at 2pm. All ladies are invited to come along and join us.



Across1 Provisional meeting place of God and

the Jews (Exodus 25:9) (10)7 David’s third son, killed when his head

got caught in a tree during a battle with his father (2 Samuel 18:14,15) (7)

8 They ruled much of the west coast of South America in the 15th and early 16th centuries (5)

10 Small deer of European and Asian extraction (4)

11 Seized control of (Numbers 21:25) (8)13 Terror (Luke 24:5) (6)15 First World War heroine shot by the

Germans in Brussels, Nurse Edith …. (6)17 Stormy (8)18 A bitter variety of this, together with

lamb and unleavened bread, was the Passover menu for anyone unclean (Numbers 9:11) (4)

21 Arson (anag.) (5)22 How John Newton described God’s

grace in his well-known hymn (7)23 Habitation (Isaiah 27:10) (10)

Down1 …. and see that the Lord is good (Psalm

34:8) (5)2 The wicked man flees though no one

pursues, but the righteous are as … as a lion (Proverbs 28:1) (4)

3 One of the exiles, a descendant of Parosh, who married a foreign woman (Ezra 10:25) (6)

4 He escaped from Nob when Saul killed the rest of his family and joined David (1 Samuel 22:19,20) (8)

5 City and lake in Central Switzerland (7)6 Offer your bodies as living …. , holy and

pleasing to God (Romans 12:1) (10)9 Pouches carried by horses (Genesis

49:14) (10)12 One who accepts government by God

(8)14 Aromatic substance commonly used in

Jewish ritual (Exodus 30:1) (7)16 He asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’ (John

18:38) (6)19 Are (Romans 13:1) (5)20 You are to give him the name Jesus,

because he will … his people from their sins (Matthew 1:21) (4)


Women’s Fellowship

Meetings are held in the Church Vestry

Please see the weekly news-sheet for further information on forthcoming meetings - Come and Join Us.

This is just a get together as friends to chat and exchange any news.

All ladies are welcome.

Wanted If anyone has any spare balls of Double Knitting wool (any colour), please would you give them to Muriel for a lady in the Mortons who knits squares for blankets for CART.

Thank You

the Church roof was a matter of urgent concern


Tuesday Circle We invite all ladies to join us at any of our meetings. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month in the Vestry at 7:45pm. We have a variety of speakers and try to go on an outside visit once a year, and also out for a meal. We hold a coffee evening each year, raising money for different charities.

January - No meeting

February 6th - Susan Whitwam, Colne Valley Museum

Come and find out more! We have no lower or upper age limit, and we guarantee a warm welcome. We look forward to seeing you.

Pam Hebblethwaite

Men’s Contact Club We meet on the fourth Monday of the month in the Vestry starting at 8pm. All men of all ages are invited to join with us at our meetings. It is a good way to get to know each other better. We listen to interesting speakers, on interesting subjects. It is not a formal meeting as such, very low key with plenty of banter and laughs, giving a relaxed atmosphere.Information about forthcoming meetings will also appear in the Church weekly news-sheet.Why not give it a try? We are sure you will enjoy yourself. Please, Please Join Us

ACROSS: 1, Tabernacle. 7, Absalom. 8, Incas. 10, Roes. 11, Captured. 13, Fright. 15, Cavell. 17, Cyclonic. 18, Herb. 21, Sonar. 22, Amazing. 23, Settlement.

DOWN: 1, Taste. 2, Bold. 3, Ramiah. 4, Abiathar. 5, Lucerne. 6, Sacrifices. 9, Saddlebags. 12, Theocrat. 14, Incense. 16, Pilate. 19, Exist. 20, Save.


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