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Youth Group Hit The Beach!

For the final day of 2023’s Holy Nativity Youth Group Camp, we hit the beach! Having looked at the long range forecast we decided that Friday was the best day. After a hearty breakfast we filled our day sacks and hiked to Runswick Bay. Digging holes, burying each other in the sand and learning to float in the sea was the order of the day. After a steep climb up the hill to the minibus, we went to Beacon Farm…

Youth Group vs the Knights!

What a day we had as we battled against the elements and won! With a shaky looking weather forecast we got into the minibus with our waterproofs and headed to Scarborough Castle!

Graeme Heads to Pastures New

Recently I’ve been wondering whether it is possible to fall in love with a whole community. It’s a rhetorical question, really, because I already know the answer. Around three years ago I found myself at the very start of my ordination training, looking for a church placement where I could learn more about what it means to be a vicar in the Church of England, and what it means to be a community of people in service to and with…

Our New Bishop (to be)

Today, I went to Huddersfield University to meet our newly appointed bishop (to be) at the Jo Cox More in Common Centre.  This morning at 10am, Downing Street announced that The Revd Canon Smitha Prasadam will take up the role of Bishop of Huddersfield later in the year.  She is currently Chaplain of St Albans, Copenhagen.  She explained that this means she is the only Anglican vicar in the whole of Denmark.  It makes our parish from the top of…

Meet The Curate | Revd Lindsey

Hello. My name is Lindsey Barber and I am your new curate.  I was ordained priest in June 2022.  I currently live at Coley with my husband Andrew,  his daughter Frankie and our two dogs, Emmi, the ageing border collie, and Thor, the little bulldog.   I have an adult son, Ewan.  My daughter, Olivia is married to Kane and they have a daughter, Harriet who is 18 months old.   Both Ewan and Olivia live in Pontefract, which is where I’m…

Youth Group Christmas

We’ve had a lot of fun at Youth Group in the Autumn term. We finished with a Christmas party at which David made us play the silliest of games – I can remember eating Dairy Milk with a knife and fork when I was a kid! For the last Youth Group of 2022 we decided to go ten pin bowling! What a fun night that was. And it is always entertaining to see the smallest kids try to eat the…

The Christmas Fair

December has seen us have a very busy Advent at Holy Nativity. The church has become a constant hive of activity for the whole month! We began with season with The Christmas Fair at which the whole community came together to begin the preparations for Christmas. We were really pleased to be able to jointly organise the fair with Ash green Primary School. For the last couple of years it hasn’t been possible for people to get together to celebrate…

Thank You Illingworth Cricket Club

A huge thank you to Illingworth Cricket Club who have very kindly organised a food collection for Holy Nativity’s Community Drop-In.  It came as a wonderful surprise when Libby arrived at 9am on Sunday morning to drop off the bags of food before people arrived for the service. Libby works at Stay and Play every Thursday at Holy Nativity and heard about the Drop-In through Michelle.  This is the wonderful community spirit we have in North Halifax.  All of these…

Keep Ringing that Bell!

Dear Friends, Ten years ago today, Ruth and I didn’t really know what to expect for the future.  We packed up our lives and our cat came to live in our new house which people referred to as “the vicarage”.  Hanging in the air was the fresh smell of paint and new carpet as we awaited the arrival of my friends and family.  Then Bishop Tony came and joined us at Holy Nativity to join us with the community by…