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THE PARISH OF CHAPELTHORPE Curate’s Letter
Dear Friends,
Some of you will be aware that I’ve not long returned
from a month away from the parish. If you’re thinking
“what a lucky so-and-so” don’t, because I spent most of
the time working on my PhD rather than relaxing. My
research lies in the religiously-fluid and politically-
Vicar Rev’d KEVIN GREAVES 01924 256031 charged years of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries after
kevin.greaves@leeds.anglican.org the Reformation, when political allegiances and theological arguments
were at the forefront of people’s minds and could be – quite literally – a
Curate Rev’d Dr KATHRYN GOLDSMITH
kathryn.goldsmith@leeds.anglican.org 01924 240021
matter of life or death. And at the heart of all this change and turmoil lay
the introduction of the Book of Common Prayer: one of the great texts
that have indelibly formed and shaped the English language (“ashes to
Readers Mrs GILLIAN CUNLIFFE 01924 657127
ashes, dust to dust…” or “in sickness and in health”, anyone?). The Prayer
Mr JOHN SEACOME 257000
Book was the surprising compromise that opened up opportunities for the
Churchwarden Mr RICHARD YORK 253148 more moderate Catholics and protestants to continue to play a part in the
religious and political life of England.
Churchwarden, MISS SANDRA COGGIN 07960 029126
PCC Secretary But you know the old adage: all work and no play makes the curate a dull
girl…so in between my studies I started reading a book about Network
Parish Safeguarding MISS SANDRA COGGIN 07951 544828
SouthEast, the old British Rail region for London and the South of England
Officer and Children’s
Coordinator
(I am an ‘orrible Southerner, after all). It was full of fascinating nuggets
about how the management in the mid ‘80s turned around a loss-making,
Hon. Treasurer MR JOHN GOLDSMITH 01622 671742 creaking, overcrowded, and much complained about commuter network
into a punctual, efficient, and modern railway. So much so that instead of
Organist Mrs MARGARET POUCHER 01226 382136
having to go cap-in-hand to the government for ever more money to
Verger Mrs BEV WAINWRIGHT 240776 subsidise the network the management were able to start planning for
future, for great opportunities such as HS1, Thameslink, and Crossrail. It
Sacristan Mr KEITH WAINWRIGHT 240776 was a foretaste of privatisation before privatisation had even occurred.
Gift Aid Secretary MR STEPHEN SKELLERN 250473 It’s often the case that we look back on history and realise that out of
great struggles opportunities are born. At this time of year the Church
Parish website www.stjameschapelthorpe.org.uk marks the period of Lent, the time when we remember Jesus’ forty days
in the wilderness during which he was tempted by the devil. Christians have
traditionally used this period as a time of preparation for Easter: a time for
reflection, prayer, self-denial, and for putting things right with God and
each other; a time for struggling through the dark, lean, miserable days of Why not contact a lonely neighbour?
winter before everything starts to spring back to life again; a time for
putting things into perspective and working out where we want to go from The public have been urged to write letters to their lonely neighbours, as
here. the Government has announced a £7.5million cash injection for community
This Lent I pray that once the lockdown is over we may be given the -boosting activities.
opportunity to be with our families and friends once again and to enjoy It is hoped that people will “reach out virtually and help combat loneliness”,
some of the freedoms that have been denied us over the last year. We still says Robert Jenrick, the Communities Secretary. This could be done either
have a long road to travel before we can reach anything approximating by “picking up the phone or writing a letter.”
normal life, but perhaps if there’s anything that the season of Lent can
teach us it’s that there’s always hope despite hardship. So let’s grasp all He urges, “Let’s all do what we can to connect with our older neighbours,
the opportunities that this next month offers us, and let’s look forward to in a Covid-secure way, so they feel less alone and know how valuable they
the joy of new life at Easter for, as the Song of Songs puts it “now the are to their communities at this time.”
winter is past…The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has
The charity Age UK has said it reckons there to be
come.” (Song of Songs 2:11-12)
about 1.4million older people in England who are
Yours in Christ, “chronically lonely.”
Kathryn
March Eucharist Your daily walk should be a sacred ritual
Season/ Date Church First Psalm Second Gospel
Festival Reading Reading Under lockdown, millions of us who rarely walked around our immediate
locality are now well acquainted with every nearby driveway, every crack
3rd Sunday of Sunday St James Exodus 20: Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1: John 2:
7th March 1-17 18-25 13-22 in the pavement, and every pothole in the road. We have developed views
Lent
on our neighbours’ gardens, on their oddly coloured garage doors, and on
Mothering Sunday St Peter Exodus 2: Psalm 2 Corinthians 1:3 John 19: their dogs, children and cars. If we go out at the same time every day, we
Sunday 14th March 1-10 127: -7 25b-27 may even be saying hello to the same people we don’t know every day.
1-4
For many of us, that daily walk has become the high point of our day. After
5th Sunday of Sunday St James Jeremiah 31: Psalm 51: Hebrews 5: John 12:
21st March 31-34 1-13 5-10 20-33 all, it is one of the few liberties we have left. Some of us go early, to enjoy
Lent
the relative peace and quiet. Some of us go midday, to at least see other
people, even if we can’t talk to them. Others of us opt for dusk, the dark
The Thursday St Peter Isaiah 7: Psalm 40: Hebrews 10: Luke 1: comfort of a street with lit houses and stars in the sky.
Annunciation 25th March 10-14 5-11 4-10 26-38
Whatever time you most enjoy, make sure you do
make the time to go for your walk. Your mental and
Regrettably until further notice our services are not open to the public.
physical fitness can only improve!
You can watch our services on our Facebook pages and
also on our YouTube Channel.
By midweek the Jewish religious leaders and elders were so angry with Jesus
Palm Sunday & Holy Week that they began plotting to arrest and kill Him. One of Jesus’ disciples, Judas,
went to the chief priests and agreed to betray Him to them.
The events of Easter took place over a week, traditionally called Passion Week.
It began on Palm Sunday. After all His teaching and healing, Jesus had built a
Jesus and the 12 disciples gathered on the Thursday evening to celebrate the
following.
Passover meal. This is known as the Last Supper. During the evening, Jesus
initiated a ritual still marked by Christians – Holy Communion – which
On the Sunday before He was to die, Jesus and His followers arrived at
commemorates His death. Jesus broke bread and shared it and a cup of wine
Jerusalem. The city was crowded. Jewish people were arriving from to
with His disciples.
celebrate Passover. This commemorates how they had escaped from slavery
in Egypt nearly 1,500 year earlier.
Jesus rode into the city on a young donkey. He was greeted like a conquering
hero. Cheering crowds waved palm branches in tribute. He was hailed as the
Messiah who had come to re-establish a Jewish kingdom.
The next day they returned to Jerusalem. Jesus went to the temple, the
epicentre of the Jewish faith, and confronted the money-changers and
merchants who were ripping off the people. He overturned their tables and
accused them of being thieves. The religious authorities were alarmed and
Judas then left to meet the other plotters. Jesus continued to teach the others
feared how He was stirring up the crowds.
and then went outside into an olive grove to pray. He even prayed for all future
believers. He agonised over what was to come but chose the way of obedience.
On the Tuesday, they challenged Jesus, questioning His authority. He answered
The Bible book, Luke, records Him praying, ‘Father if you are willing, take this
by challenging and condemning their hypocrisy. Later that day Jesus spoke to
cup from me; yet not my will but yours be done’. Minutes later Judas arrived
His disciples about future times. He warned them about fake religious leaders;
with soldiers and the chief priests and Jesus was arrested.
the coming destruction of Jerusalem; wars, earthquakes and famines; and how
His followers would face persecution.
HOLY DAYS HOLY DAYS
1st March 14th March
St David (Dewi Sant), guiding the Welsh through turbulent times Mothering Sunday, 4th Sunday in Lent
On 1st March Wales celebrates its patron saint, David - or, in Welsh, Dewi or Dafydd. There is an old Jewish saying:
He is revered wherever Welsh people have settled. As with most figures from the God could not be everywhere, and therefore He made mothers.
so-called ’Dark Ages’ (he lived in the sixth century), reliable details about his life are
scarce, but there are enough for us to form a picture of a formidably austere, Mother Church, Mother Earth, Mother of the Gods - our human mothers - all of them
disciplined and charismatic leader, who led the Church in Wales through turbulent have been part of the celebration of ‘Mothering Sunday’ - as the fourth Sunday in Lent
years and fought tenaciously for the faith. is affectionately known. It has been celebrated in the UK since at least the 16 th century.
It’s likely that David was strengthened in his ministry by time spent in Ireland, where
In Roman times, great festivals were held every Spring to honour Cybele, Mother of all
the Church was stronger and more confident. Early records tell of a meeting of Irish
the Gods. Other pagan festivals in honour of Mother Earth were also celebrated. With
church leaders with three ‘Britons’, as they were described, among them ‘bishop David’.
the arrival of Christianity, the festival became one honouring Mother Church.
His mother, Non, is also celebrated as a saint in Wales, where a number of churches are
dedicated in her name.
During the Middle Ages, young people apprenticed to craftsmen or working as ‘live-in’
That he founded a monastery at Menevia, in Pembrokeshire, seems beyond doubt. It servants were allowed only one holiday a year on which to visit their families, which is
later became the site of St David’s cathedral and the settlement which is now the how ‘Mothering Sunday’ got its name. This special day became a day of family rejoicing,
smallest city in the United Kingdom. From Menevia David embarked on preaching and and the Lenten fast was broken. In some places the day was called Simnel Day, because
teaching missions across Wales, and probably beyond. His eloquence was legendary. of the sweet cakes called simnel cakes traditionally eaten on that day.
At a famous Synod of the Church, held at a Carmarthenshire village called Brefi, he In recent years the holiday has changed, and in many ways now resembles the
preached passionately against the Arian heresy - indeed, so passionately that he was American Mother’s Day, with families going out to Sunday lunch and generally making
(according to some accounts) immediately named as archbishop of Wales. The village a fuss of their mother on the day.
is now known as Llandewi Brefi - brefi in Welsh is a hillock, and legend claims that it
appeared miraculously in order to provide the eloquent bishop with a pulpit.
His monks avoided wine and beer, drinking only water. Indeed, he and they lived lives
of rigorous austerity and constant prayer, in the manner of the Desert Fathers of the
Eastern Church. The date of David’s death is disputed - either 589 or 601. It wasn’t
until the 12th century that he was generally accepted as the patron saint of Wales, and
pilgrimages to St David’s were highly regarded in the following centuries - including
two made by English kings, William I and Henry II.
It’s traditional for Welsh people to wear daffodils on St David’s Day (Gwyl Dewi Sant in
Welsh) - but there seems no particular reason for it, beyond the fact that they tend to
make their early Spring appearance round about his day - oh, and they look nice!
HOLY DAYS
17th March
St Patrick, beloved apostle to Ireland
St Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. If you’ve ever been in New York on St Patrick’s
Day, you’d think he was the patron saint of New York as well... the flamboyant parade
is full of American/Irish razzmatazz.
It’s all a far cry from the hard life of this 5th century humble Christian who became in
time both bishop and apostle of Ireland. Patrick was born the son of a town councillor
in the west of England, between the Severn and the Clyde. But as a young man he was The Goldfinch
captured by Irish pirates, kidnapped to Ireland, and reduced to slavery. He was made
to tend his master’s herds.
A flash of yellow, gold, and red
Desolate and despairing, Patrick turned to prayer. He found God was there for him, Dancing in our flower bed
even in such desperate circumstances. He spent much time in prayer, and his faith
Flocked together, bringing charm
grew and deepened, in contrast to his earlier years, when he “knew not the true God”.
Their joyful song restoring calm.
Then, after six gruelling, lonely years he was told in a dream he would soon go to his
own country. He either escaped or was freed, made his way to a port 200 miles away Through centuries since times of old
and eventually persuaded some sailors to take him with them away from Ireland.
We’ve always loved their plumage bold;
After various adventures in other lands, including near-starvation, Patrick landed on As they gathered round to feed
English soil at last, and returned to his family. But he was much changed. He had en- Seeking grubs, and thistle seed.
joyed his life of plenty before; now he wanted to devote the rest of his life to Christ.
Patrick received some form of training for the priesthood, but not the higher education
he really wanted. So, go ahead, and plant some thistles
You will see, among the bristles.
But by 435, well-educated or not, Patrick was badly needed. Palladius’ mission to the Golden birds who dance and dart
Irish had failed, and so the Pope sent Patrick back to the land of his slavery. He set up Bringing joy to warm your heart.
his see at Armagh and worked principally in the north. He urged the Irish to greater
spirituality, set up a school, and made several missionary journeys.
Patrick’s writings are the first literature certainly identified from the
British Church. They reveal sincere simplicity and a deep pastoral
care. He wanted to abolish paganism, idolatry, and was ready for
imprisonment or death in the following of Christ.
Patrick remains the most popular of the Irish saints. The principal
cathedral of New York is dedicated to him, as, of course, is the
Anglican cathedral of Dublin.
By Nigel Beeton
The Rectory Wear your daffodil and unite in memory
St James the Least of All
On how to deflect those staff appraisals
My dear Nephew Darren
So, your vicar has introduced staff appraisal for all the officers who work for your
church, including yourself. It seems a very dangerous innovation; as far as I am
concerned, ministry is only successful when parishioners have no idea what the
clergy get up to.
I imagine that he will look at the number of services you take in a year. Funerals can
only be increased if you resort to murder, which is likely to be frowned on – although
I have been sorely tempted during endless church council meetings. Perhaps if you take Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end-of-life care charity will this year celebrate
a flask of water wherever you go and if you find a baby unattended, you could resort to their 35th annual Great Daffodil Appeal, which is held every March across the
a spontaneous baptism. That would get your numbers up, even if returning mothers UK. The money raised from this appeal enables the charity to continue their
may marvel at the highly localised and brief shower that seemed to have taken place vital work providing care and support to people living with a terminal illness
over the pram. and their families.
Visiting targets are easily increased. Compile a list of when parishioners will be out and
The coronavirus continues to have a devastating effect on Marie Curie’s
call on those days; a card through their letterbox will prove to your vicar that you were
there. Should they happen to be in, mention that you are collecting for the organ fund fundraising, as activities up and down the country have had to be cancelled.
and they will immediately excuse themselves for an important appointment. You are However, there’s still lots of ways people can get involved, with things like the
then free to move on to clock another visit. Step into Spring Challenge in March where people walk 10,000 steps a day,
they can host a virtual collection or buy and wear one of the charity’s iconic
Your vicar is also bound to want to see the congregation increasing. This is not daffodils in memory of a loved one.
sustainable, and you should put a stop to such ambitions at once. It is easily done.
All you have to do is to approach your friends at the local football club and bribe them This year will be even more special as the charity encourages the nation to
with your homemade beer to come along to church several Sunday mornings in a row. come together to reflect, grieve and remember for a National Day of
If you give them enough beer BEFORE the service, they will be likely to make just
Reflection. Tuesday 23rd March 2021 will mark one year since the UK first
enough muted disruption as to leave your vicar a bit rattled, and thinking that perhaps
went into a nationwide lockdown and Marie Curie is inviting the nation to
after all, ‘less’ is ‘more’ when it comes to the congregation.
unite and remember those who died and show support and solidarity for
But whatever you do, make sure that you never preach a better sermon than he does. those who have been bereaved. The charity knows how important it is for
You don’t want anyone thanking you at the door for your ‘so interesting sermon’ in people to grieve and the emotional and psychological impact of not being
front of him, when they have been sleeping through his sermons for years. If you able to say goodbye properly and grieving in isolation can have.
offend the vicar this way, he will take swift revenge, and ask you to organise the parish
summer fete. Due to the pandemic, Marie Curie won’t have their normal collections on
the street, so donations are more important than ever. To support the Great
Your loving uncle, Daffodil Appeal, you can donate at www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil or you
Eustace
can buy your daffodil pin in store at a number of high street stores including
Superdrug or Savers.
Hidden Histories: It wasn’t just illustrative paintings on the gospels or on morality that adorned walls.
Churches were brightly painted with decoration; colour, candy cane stripes up
columns – so much so to our eyes they would have been horrendously gaudy and
A Guide to Parish Churches garish.
By Catherine Poucher
Wall Paintings
When you walk into a medieval church today, what’s the first thing that hits you?
Perhaps the size? The grand, austere atmosphere or plain whitewashed walls?
Whatever it is, most churches today are often stark, open spaces that look (and feel)
rather cold and empty.
As with many things we’ve learned in this series, this wasn’t always the case. Churches,
while often being grand, large spaces were certainly not stark or plain looking spaces:
Churches were alive with colour. Churches in the medieval period were covered in
paintings and decoration. Medieval churches were literally covered in colour and
EXAMPLES OF PAINTINGS AND
images, and these wall paintings were a vital way in communicating the liturgical
UNCOVERED EXAMPLES FROM
message to the population, who at that time were mostly illiterate.
PICKERING, YORKSHIRE
These illustrations often portrayed stories from the gospels, but also depictions to act
as reminder of people’s mortality. Two common examples are Doom Paintings, and an
illustration of the medieval Poem, “The Three Dead Kings”. Details of these are below:
The Three Dead Kings Doom Paintings
Three living kings follow a hunt and lose These were traditional wall paintings
their way in the mist. Suddenly, three depicting the Last Judgement, the So why when we walk into churches today are they not still brightly painted?
skeletons appear. moment when Christ judges souls to The answer is of course the Reformation. Protestants saw these paintings as
The kings are terrified but show a range of send them to either Heaven or Hell. iconoclastic and, along with the images and statues of saints, got rid of all signs of
reactions to the three skeletons, ranging These paintings were done to highlight the colour that once was. This resulted in the whitewashing of many churches and
from a desire to flee to facing them. The contrasts between the reward of Heaven many irreplaceable wall paintings were lost to time. Fortunately, the same
skeletons reveal they are not demons, but and the agony of Hell so as to guide the whitewash that covered so many paintings also served to protect them. When in
the three kings' forefathers (three dead parish away from misbehaviour and sin. the 1940s, some restorers started removing the whitewash, they made startling
kings), and criticise their heirs for ne- These paintings depicted both Heaven and
discoveries and we get small glimpses into how
glecting their memory and not saying Hell, and depicted souls going to both and
masses for their souls. Christ passing judgement. churches would have looked.
Eventually, the Dead leave, the red They were usually positioned so it would be
daylight comes, and the kings ride home. constantly visible to worshippers as they This is an area of study by my old tutor at York.
The final message of the Dead is that the faced the altar during services. He completed the following reconstruction
living should always be mindful of them. which gives you a small glimpse of how different
Churches may have looked!
RECONSTRUCITON BY ANTHONY MASINTON
50 years ago, on 8th March 1971, that the ‘Fight of the Century’ took place at Madison
All in the month of March Square Garden in New York City. Two undefeated heavyweight boxers fought each
other for the world title, with Joe Frazier defeating Muhammed Ali.
It was:
40 years ago, on 1st March 1981, that IRA member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike
1700 years ago, on 7th March 321, that the Roman Emperor Constantine 1 (Constantine
at Maze Prison, Northern Ireland. He was elected as an MP to the British parliament
the Great) decreed that Sunday should be a day of rest throughout the Empire.
on 10th April, and died on 5th May.
1600 years ago, on 25th March 421, that the city of Venice was officially founded when
Also 40 years ago, on 29th March 1981, that the first London Marathon was held.
its first church was dedicated at noon.
30 years ago, on 3rd March 1991, that American construction worker Rodney King was
300 years ago, on 24th March 1721, that Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six of his
beaten by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department following a car chase. The
concertos to Christian Ludwig Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. They are now
beating was captured on amateur video. When the four officers were later acquitted in
commonly known as the Brandenburg Concertos.
April 1992, it triggered the Los Angeles riots in which 53 people died and around
200 years ago, on 19th March 1821, that Sir Richard Burton, British explorer, writer and $1billion worth of damage was caused.
translator, was born. He was noted for his translations of The Arabian Nights and the
Also 30 years ago, on 14th March 1991, that the convictions of the Birmingham Six
Kama Sutra.
were quashed by Britain’s Court of Appeal and they were released from prison after 16
150 years ago, on 27th March 1871, that the first international rugby union football years. They had been convicted of carrying out pub bombings in Birmingham in 1974.
match was held in Edinburgh. Scotland beat England 1 – 0.
Also 30 years ago, on 21st March 1991, that the British Government announced that
Also 150 years ago, on 29th March 1871, that the Royal Albert Hall in London was the controversial poll tax (officially called the community charge), which had sparked
officially opened by Queen Victoria. riots, was to be scrapped and replaced by a new property tax (council tax) from April
1993.
80 years ago, on 28th March 1941, that Virginia Woolf committed suicide, aged 59.
Author of To The Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, and A Room of One’s Own, 25 years ago, on 13th March 1996, that the Dunblane Massacre took place in Scotland.
among others, she was one of the leading modernist writers of the 20th century. A gunman killed 16 children and a teacher at a primary school and wounded several
others before taking his own life.
75 years ago, on 5th March 1946, that Winston Churchill gave his famous ‘Iron Curtain’
speech in Fulton, Missouri. He used the term to describe the separation between Soviet Also 25 years ago, on 20th March 1996, that the British Government reported that
and Western countries. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans was linked to BSE (mad cow disease) and
could be transmitted to humans who ate infected beef. On 25 th March the European
Also 75 years ago, on 25th March 1946, that London’s Heathrow Airport was opened, Union banned the export of British beef (until 2006).
as London Airport. It was renamed Heathrow in 1966.
20 years ago, on 8th March 2001, that British racing driver Donald Campbell’s
rd
65 years ago, on 23 March 1956, that Pakistan became the world’s first Islamic speedboat Bluebird was recovered from the bottom of Coniston Water in Cumbria. (It
Republic. had crashed and sank during a record attempt in January 1967 in which he was killed.)
60 years ago, on 6th March 1961, that George Formby, the ‘ukulele king’ died. A British 15 years ago, on 1st March 2006, that the Senedd, the National Assembly for Wales’s
comedian, singer and actor, he was best known for his comic songs, including ‘When debating chamber, was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Cardiff.
I’m Cleaning Windows’.
10 years ago, on 11th March 2011, that the great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of
Also 60 years ago, on 8th March 1961, that Sir Thomas Beecham, British conductor and Japan took place. It shifted Japan’s main island, Honshu, 2.4 metres to the east. 15,897
impresario died. He founded several major orchestras and transformed the operatic people were killed, 2,533 went missing, and nearly a quarter of a million were made
and orchestral scene in Britain. homeless. Three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant went into
meltdown, leading to the second-largest nuclear accident in history.
David Pickup, a solicitor, considers the laws on growing up.
**
The rites of growing up
Definitions from church life
Now every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And
when He was twelve years old, they went up as usual... When the festival was ended … AMEN: The only part of a prayer that everyone knows.
the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem …After three days they found Him in the HYMN: A song of praise usually sung in a key two octaves higher than that of the con-
temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. From gregation's range.
Luke 2
RECESSIONAL HYMN: The last song at Sunday morning worship, often sung a little more
This familiar story is the only account of Jesus in His boyhood years. Because of her quietly, since most of the people have already left.
fright, it would have been one family story that Mary never forgot. At the age of 12,
in that culture, Jesus would be just about to become a young man, and therefore have JONAH: The original ‘Jaws’ story
been eager to begin adulthood. Jesus knew He was not lost but in the right place. He
PEW: A medieval torture device still found in some churches.
said, “Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
PROCESSION: The ceremonial formation at the beginning of a formal Sung Eucharist,
Children grow up by enormous leaps and bounds. Turn your back for a minute and consisting of altar servers, the celebrant, and late parishioners looking for seats.
they have aged years. In Britain, the law does not fix any one age for when a child is
suddenly a grown up. Instead, it is a gradual process. SIDESMEN: The only people in the parish who don't know the seating capacity of a pew
At age 10 you can have your ears pierced, but your parent may have to be with you, **
and you can be convicted of a criminal offence.
Bend
From age 13 you can work part-time. I remember getting a card from a doctor to I got a package envelope in the mail the other day that had written on the front,
show I could legally work. I carried it around with me on my milk round and was ‘Photographs: Do Not Bend.
disappointed the police never asked for it!
Underneath the postman had written: "Oh yes they do.”
At 14 you can enter a pub, but only if the landlord allows it. You cannot buy or drink
alcohol, only soft drinks. **
At 16 you can marry, with your parents’ consent. You can also ride a moped, and Little old lady seeks handsome young man
drink alcohol in a restaurant with a meal. You can open a bank current account and
get a debit card. An advert appeared in a student newspaper of a university: “Sweet little old lady wishes
to correspond with good-looking university student – especially a six-footer with brown
Once you are 17, you can hold a driver’s licence. eyes, answering to initials J.A.D.” It was signed: “his mother.”
At 18 you can vote, get a tattoo, bet, and buy and drink alcohol in a pub. **
At 21 you can apply to adopt a child, become a driving instructor and apply for a Knock knock
licence to fly commercial transport aeroplanes and helicopters. A conscientious minister decided to get acquainted with a new family in his church and
so he visited them one Spring evening. After his knock on the door, a lilting voice from
I suppose reading all this you might be wondering “why didn’t I do all these things as within called out, “Is that you, Angel?”
soon as I could?!”
“No,” replied the minister. “But I’m from the same department.”WORDSEARCH FOR MARCH WORDSEARCH
Life is full of ups and downs: after blessings, hard times often follow.
They are not meant to destroy us but to help us grow spiritually by
deepening our faith and dependence on God. The Holy Spirit led
Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil – to give Him the
opportunity to stand fast against the enemy. The devil’s temptations
were based on half-truths, which Jesus rejected by standing firm on
the whole truth of Scripture. The truth sets us free!
Deadline date for inclusion in the next edition of Parish Link is
March 15th 2021
HOLY FASTED WORLD JERUSALEM
SPIRIT HUNGRY AUTHORITY PINNACLE
Editors: Dawn & Kenneth Poucher JORDAN IF GLORY TEMPLE
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Graffiti, Grass left after Cutting, Highways Maintenance, Hypodermic Needles Disposal,
Ice on Footpaths, Leisure Enquiries, Litter, Noise, Noxious waste, Overflowing Litter
bins, Overhanging Vegetation, Pest Control, Potholes, Recycling, Refuse Collection,
Septic Tanks Skip Hire, Snow Clearance, Spilled Refuse, Street Cleaning, Traffic Matters,
Traffic Signals, Weeds Overgrown.
Social Care Direct (24 Hrs) - 0345 8 503 503
Adult Services, Advice, Assessment of need, Bus Passes *Disabled), Children’s Services,
Community Meals Service, Fostering, Guidance, Help with Adoption, HIV/Aids, Home
Care
Wakefield District Housing (24 Hrs) - 0845 8 507 507
February Puzzle Answers
For all housing enquiries including: Allocations, Arrears, Lettings, Repairs,
Tenancy Issues
Citizens Advice......................................0844 499 4138
Council tax & Housing Benefits...........0345 8 504 504
Gas Emergency......................................0800 111 999
Floodline.................................................0345 988 1188
NHS (24 hr non emergency)..................111
Metro Access Bus..................................0113 348 1903
Police (non emergency number)..........101
Street Lighting Faults............................0800 783 1654You can also read
