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SEVEN DAY CANDLE – ETERNAL LIGHT We are looking for
people to sponsor this candle in the Holdsworth Chapel in memory of a loved one
at a price of £3 for one week. If you are interested in doing this please speak
to Gillian (355436) or click
here
to email. CAR PARKING OUTSIDE CHURCH Anybody parking outside
the main gates must have a disabled badge clearly visible. Please read the parking notices on
Dispensary Walk – it is Permit Holders only on Sundays and evenings. The
wardens are out giving parking tickets on Sundays! Please note:
When parking in front of the gates please leave the centre part clear for the
Emergency Services to gain access to the church if necessary. Thank you. EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD
At its last meeting the Church Council agreed to a six month experimentation period
with new arrangements surrounding the Nave Altar, principally to bring the
choir into the Nave, when the Nave altar is being used.
FOOD PARCEL SUPPORT PROJECT – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Can you help?
A number of Christian Groups in the town are working
together to establish a drop-in point for food and support. This will be based
at the YMCA and support people/groups in the town. If you would like more
information or want to register as a volunteer then come along to a meeting on
Thursday 4th September at 7.30pm at the Fairtrade Café, Crossley
Street. Please see the poster at the back of church and/or ask Rachel.
ORGAN RECITALS The organ recitals
at Halifax Parish Church for 2008 have started again. Please click
here
to see the recital schedule. MIDDAY PRAYERS For an
experimental period of time we are going to take the Midday Prayers in the
under-used Wellington Chapel. VISION TEAM MEETING There is
to be a meeting for the co-ordinators and Standing Committee/Leadership Team on Tuesday 2nd September at
8.00pm at the Vicarage. CHURCHES TOGETHER
CHOIR
Would you like to be part of a “Churches Together
Choir” to sing at the Piece Hall on September 13th as part of the
Hope Calderdale “Festival Piece Hall”?
The event will run between 10am and 5pm. There will
be bands and children’s activities, puppets, testimonies, stalls and displays. The
choir will sing for 35 – 40 minutes at the height of the proceedings probably
between 1pm and 2.30pm.
The music will be part Christian and part contemporary.
There will be 3 rehearsals in the 3 weeks preceding
the event, one of which will be a “dress rehearsal” with the band. These will
take place on Wed 27th August, Wed 3rd Sept and Friday 12th
Sept. Venues will be announced shortly.
If you are interested, please email
simon@hopecalderdale.org.uk or call 07825 795150 and leave your name, email,
phone number and church where you worship.
To be added to the Hope Calderdale mailing list go
to www.hopecalderdale.org.uk/register_with_us.htm THE GOODALL TRUST Applications
for a grant from the Goodall Trust are now invited. This trust is for the
benefit of widows, ladies living alone or with children or carer or spinsters
on low incomes, who are resident in the present Calderdale ward of Skircoat
and/or in such parts of the parishes of St Jude and All Saints, Halifax. Please
see the notice at the back of church for further details. LADIES GROUP -
URGENT
If you are interested in going to the Halifax Playhouse to see ‘Lady in a Van’ by Alan
Bennett on Monday 1st September, please give your names to Peggy Hx
361613 or Jan Hx 353869 by Sunday 24th August. SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER – AUTUMN
PROMS This
concert will feature Hepworth Band with soloist Bridget Budge. Details to
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