Posts by Robb Sutherland (Page 11)
Easter 2015
This year, Holy Nativity Church has had a wonderful Holy Week and Easter. Palm Sunday was a fun morning of all age worship as the community celebrated Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. On Thursday night there was a wonderful gathering around the dinner table as we shared bread and wine together and remembered the last supper. During the service, Robb washed the feet of those gathered as the community discussed talked what it means to serve others in our wider community. On…
P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PANCAKE DAY!!
Tonight we did Shrove Tuesday in style as members of the community came to Holy Nativity for pancakes. Traditionally, Shrove Tuesday is the time when Christians would get rid of all of the fatty food from the house ready for the start of lent. We kept this tradition by consuming all of the pancakes in the world. As we don’t say “Alleluia” during lent we shouted it a lot tonight. And sang it a lot too! Then we coloured in…
Women Bishops!
Today is an historic day for the Church of England as it passed legislation for women bishops 18 months after the last vote failed. Whilst there are female Anglican bishops in the world wide church this is a significant vote because it now means that all forms of ministry are open to both sexes here in England. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby said: Today is the completion of what was begun over 20 years with the ordination of women…
Pentecost
A morning of fun and excitement was had at Holy Nativity on Sunday 6th of June as the community came together to celebrate the feast of Pentecost. A fantastic morning was shared with friends from 30th Holy Nativity Scout Troup as fun songs were sung and prayers were offered together. We began by flinging red and yellow poster paint around to make salad spinner flame prayers on paper plates. We also made prayer flags to offer the people we loved…
The Stations of Salvation
On a slightly damp Wednesday in June a cohort of disciples from Holy Nativity Church Made their way to the Community of the Resurrection in Mirfield. The monastic community have been living, worshiping, praying and working on the hill at Battyeford for over a century and it was a real privilege to be able to worship with them. Our day began with a pilgrimage around the newly refurbished church experiencing the “Stations of Salvation”. Brother Jacob, one of the monks…
The Big Night Out
Holy Nativity took a trip to The Big Night Out at Lightwater Valley. One of the group has written about the afternoon. On Saturday 10th May, 13 teenagers set off to Light Water Valley with Robb, Ruth and Michelle on a coach with groups of other teenagers from other churches to participate in the big night out – a chance for young Christians to get together and have fun. When we arrived at Light Water Valley the weather was fine…
New Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales (Leeds) Plans Announced
This is taken from the Church of England’s publication “In Review“ The new diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales: Leeds will come into being next Easter. A proposed ‘roadmap’ for the transition to the new diocese has been agreed by the Archbishop of York and Diocesan Bishops which includes celebrations to give thanks for each diocese (Ripon and Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield) as they come to an end with the birth of the new diocese. Key to the transition…
Ashton Kutcher Tells the World ‘What is Important’
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNXwKGZHmDc&w=550] I think I know Ashton Kutcher best for his role in the TV show ‘Two and a Half Men’ although I first saw him in the film ‘Dude Where’s My Car?’ He is currently one of Hollywood’s brightest stars with people scrambling to bask in his reflected glory. The above video is currently going viral on YouTube as he turns popular perception of our life expectations on their head. In a world of constant makeovers, gossip magazines and short…
Forming a New Diocese
“May you live in interesting times” is an old phrase that is often attributed as a Chinese proverb. Here at Holy Nativity we are certainly moving into ‘interesting times’ as part of The Diocese of Wakefield. On Monday 8th of July the national governing body of the Church of England voted to go ahead with a scheme whereby our diocese will be dissolved along with Ripon and Leeds Diocese and Bradford Diocese. In its place a new larger diocese of…
Celebrating 25 Years in Partnership with Tanzania
In April there was a big celebration at Wakefield cathedral in to celebrate 25 years of the diocesan link with Tanzania. The service was well attended and Bishop Hilkiah preached an inspiring sermon. He told the congregation how much the link meant to the people in Tanzania and how much progress is being made with the projects that we continue to support. The water for life project has done some excellent work ensuring clean water for lots of people. The…