Worship
Harvest Festival appeal – donations welcome!
As we start to plan for relaunching the Holy Nativity Community drop in we need to restock our pantry with all the foods we need to support families and individuals in our community in desperate need. In past years our community have been incredibly generous every Harvest in offering food and toiletries to support people in need and we are praying that this year you will be just as generous. What can I bring? To make sure that we can…
A Year as #Mixyintern
A year in the life of a MixyIntern as Bailey moves on to university. We’re really going to miss him.
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday
It has been a really eventful couple of days! Once the traditional foot washing service for Maundy Thursday had concluded, Holy Nativity’s Youth Group kept the overnight vigil with a sleepover. Maundy Thursday is all about remembering the last supper so they began by baking bread for the vigil. Millions of candles were set up on the high altar with the loaf and then we were keeping watch all through the night. Later, a camp fire and toasted marshmallows kept…
Palm Sunday | Our Holy Week Preparations
What a busy week we’ve been having as we prepared for Palm Sunday and Holy Week! Ash Green spent a day looking at how Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. We waved palm branches and palm crosses around whilst shouting hosanna! Then we cut our own palms out of green paper to make leaved that became these fantastic rad banners to decorate Holy Nativity! Of course Holy Nativity’s youth group helped out with the decoration acros the bottom of…
Holy Nativity Lead the Church of England National Online Service.
Today, we had the privilege of leading the national online service for the Church of England. Check it out on the Church of England’s YouTube channel. You will see some familiar faces as some of our Youth Group took part in the service as well as Bailey, Holy Nativity’s intern.
Very Metal Christmas | Money Raised
On the Monday before Christmas, Holy Nativity went for it’s annual carol singing night down at the Upper George. Robb, Ruth and CJ took Metanoia, the band from Rock Mass here at Holy Nativity and played the loudest carols for the crowd. Very Metal Christmas is always one of the most fun nights of the year and all for a good cause as Holy Nativity raises money for the mental health charity Mind. The staff at the Upper George put…
Praying for Ash Green and our Community this Sunday! Bishop Jonathan is Coming.
This Sunday, Bishop Jonathan will be leading our 10am service. Come and pray for the future of our community following the fire at Ash Green.
Harvest Festival – Supporting People in Need
This year’s harvest festival supporting Holy Nativity’s Church Pantry and Halifax Women’s Centre.
New Music | Lord You Hear The Cry
In our online worship for the last year, we have recorded a lot of songs. Lord You Hear The Cry is a song we were just starting to sing at Holy Natvitity before the pandemic. Robb and Ruth recently recorded it for online services.
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
It was wonderful to be able to meet together as a community and celebrate Easter around the fire! After a lent that feels like it has lasted for 57 weeks, we sang Jesus Christ `is Risen Today at the top of our voices! The last 12 months living with Covid 19 have felt like a great darkness for everyone across the globe. This morning we are reminded that out of Darkness comes light. From the cross comes resurrection. We met…