United Benefice of Thornhill & Whitley Lower
Serving our local communities
Archive 2014
The Real meaning of Christmas Exhibition in Church December 6 & 7th. Pictures at
or this link also shows Buggy Praise Nativity Picnic 2014
https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/100175835437727090772/albums/6097106430549172513?sort=1
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Annual Bazaar 2014
What a lovely atmosphere in church with lots of people enjoying themselves. No Black Friday weekend here just good fun and friends getting interesting and unique things to buy. We raised just over £2000 and thanks to everyone concerned for making this a success- both colleagues from church and visitors.
see pictures here.. Our star visitor enjoying himself
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Great news we have been awarded a large grant from the Pilling Trust towards the work needed on our organ. The organ is a JJ Binns from 1907 Which has been in the church for 30 years and is in need of some tender loving care. A grateful thanks to them for this confidence in our project.
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Yorkshire Imps Concert 25th October. Super concert on this their first visit. Band in really good form and innovative programming. Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Dennis Halstead. Many thanks to them for a splendid occasion and a good profit for Church Funds.
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Baptism of James Broxholme yesterday October 26th 2014
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Angels Cafe- the weekly cafe staffed by volunteer Angels in Thornhill Parish have raised £1800 so far this year. Congratulations. See Here the schedule. The cafe is available every Wednesday from 1130- 1000 for light lunches and good fellowship.
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New Bishops Consecrated in York Minster on Saturday 18th October for the first time there is a new Bishop of Huddersfield
Click here to go to the full story
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Harvest Time - kids! it was a busy time today at Children's Activity morning- home made pizzas were made,harvest wreaths and our poster. All about harvest at home on our local farms.
Type Harvest Kids Thorhill in to You Tube and there is a tiny bit of video.
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The churchyard...following all the presss and social media publicity recently (August 2014) it is important that everyone knows th position in which the church finds itself and the following statement from the Diocese clarifies this
'Every Diocese has Churchyard Regulations and here at Thornhill, Dewsbury in the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales we are no different. This is a legal process over which the local vicar has absolutely NO jurisdiction and can only try their best to help and advise the families.The local vicar in this case tried to do just that by writing to all the families earlier this summer explaining the situation, offering to talk to any families and visiting the churchyard to advise families on how best to look after their graves. We understand the families’ concerns and are saddened that a resolution has not been achieved in every case.The Churchyard Regulations were put in place to preserve the amenity for the parish and the community for its benefit and enjoyment, to ensure good practice is observed and to help the maintenance and management of parish churchyards'.
see also churchyard section of this site here
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Buggy Praise Teddy Bears Picnic 2014.... about 40 people attended this popular annual party at the Rectory.See pictures here
https://plus.google.com/photos/100175835437727090772/albums/6044912337198111409#photos/100175835437727090772/albums/6044912337198111409
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New Rector for Thornhill and Vicar for Whitley!!
The Venerable Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax inducted our Priest in Charge Rev Sue Clarke to be Rector of Thornhill and Vicar of Whitley. The service took place in Thornhill Parish Churh on Yorkshire Day 1st August in the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress of Kirklees. This apparently unecessary act is of great siginificance as it also lifts the suspension of presentation which stopped the Patron Lord Savile presenting a suitable person for these posts should Sue leave. The ancient link was therefore restored. Sue promised allegiance to the new Bishop of Leeds.see more photos here
WW1 Commemoration
We’re looking to put up an exhibition for Heritage Weekend of memorabilia from WW1 but had very poor response from the congregation so far. Especially we thought it would be good to have wedding photos from couples who got married at Thornhill Church but anyone who has a link today with Thornhill would be welcome . If anybody still has an old wedding dress from this era that would be amazing. Also if anybody has a cook book from 1914-18 we may just try to cook an original recipe – maybe!! But any photos or mementoes from that time that we can exhibit would be appreciated especially if they are local. Contact the Rector via the link sue.clarke@btinternet.com
Don't forget our concert Smile, Smile Smile aon 13th September
see poster here for full details
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Rectory Park -across the road from the churchyard is the wonderful Thornhill Rectory Park which was once the home of the Rectors of Thornhill. There has always been a close contact with the park and the church. The Friends of Rectory Park (click here ) have a new website 'Rectory Park gone wild' click here to see it. There are some wonderful pictures to look at here. There is a super picture too of the spitfire which came to our Summer Fair.
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Our new Diocese is now firmly establsihed and working. West Yorkshire and the Dales . Our new Diocesan Bishop is Rev Nick Baines who is called the Bishop of Leeds follow him on Twitter here where he is a prolific 'tweeter'. If you would like to see the recording of his enthronement in Wakefeild Cathdral on You Tube click here. 
Rev Nick Baines
We also have a new Archdeacon for the Episcopal Area of Huddersfield in which we now are placed. She is the Ven Dr Anne Dawtry -still called Archdeacon of Halifax. Confused? do not worry just keep coming to church.
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First World War Centenary August 4th 2014
You are invited to come to church either at Whitley or Thornhill
see poster here for full details
Please do share your moment via your personal and professional networks - social media, website, e-news etc.
Follow us @1418NOW
Like us on Facebook/1418NOW
Search and tag using #LIGHTSOUT
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Summer Fair Saturday July 12 2014- what a wonderful day- good weather; good fellowship; good fun; good food and plemty to do created a wonderful atmosphere at the our summer day out in the church and grounds. We raised over £2,200 towards our work in the community and maintaining the churchand it's worship - about the cost of 10 days in the year!
Dewsbury Intermediate Wind Band
BBQ
ThornhillJIN Community choir
Click here for more pictures https://plus.google.com/photos/100175835437727090772/albums/6035821440288073713#photos/100175835437727090772/albums/6035821440288073713
Congratulations to Reverend Kate Currie on her ordination last Saturday 5th July 2014 at Wakefield Cathedral by Bishop Tony. Kate now starts her curacy at Scissett and Clayton West
Revd Kate Currie with Bishop Tony
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Spitfire Flypast - Summer Fair July 12th 2014
A flypast by a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire is expected to make the annual Summer Fair at Thornhill Parish Church near Dewsbury a special occasion this year. The Summer Fair, which is one of the principal social events in the Church’s calendar is set to take place on Saturday 12th July between 11am and 3pm in the Church Grounds. The flypast by the plane, reminiscent of the Battle of Britain in 1940 will be around 1pm, and is expected to add a touch of nostalgia to the day.
We were delighted when we learned earlier this year that our request for the fly past was successful and to enhance the event have managed to acquire two limited edition plates, each depicting a Spitfire, for sale by auction on the day. One by Royal Doulton and is titled ‘Spitfire Coming Home’, the other is by Coalport and is titled ‘Dawn Patrol’. (a picture of the two plates is also attached.
A further special feature of the day will be the sale of Spitfire Bitter in the Savile Arms pub adjacent to the Church yard. This brand of beer was first brewed by the Shepherd Neame Brewery in Kent to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in1990 and has been a popular drink ever since.
The event is located on Church Lane, Thornhill, two miles south of Dewsbury, post code WF12 0JZ.
Chasubles for Children click title for story
Eileen Gaunt with the children wearing the new chasubles she has made.
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Angels Cafe have made the following donations to Charity so far in 2014. Well done and thank you to them and all those who support the cafe.
Angels Café Donations 2014 Breast Cancer £100
. Big Brew (Traidcraft) 150
Water Aid 150
Thornhill Church 100
The Howland Centre 200
British legion 50
Spinal Injuries Association 150
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The Garden Party at Thornhill Rectory was a great community success on Sunday 18th May with dancing by Mummers and Maypole dancing by the children of Overthorpe Academy--+ cakes and tea and the STOCKS! Photos to follow. A welcome financial success also.
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What a weekend at our Church on the weekend of April 28th 2014
From a first for us on the Friday a Ceilidh in church. Over 180 people attended and the church nave was used for the Ron Darnbrough and Crab apples Band. Raising £1191 for church funds and welcoming many new people into our church.
See more pictures at https://plus.google.com/photos/100175835437727090772/albums/6008075469568042545#photos/100175835437727090772/albums/6008075469568042545
Then a transformation for the Celebration Band from Mount Pellon offering a new style of worship on Saturday.
Then a transformation for normal Sunday worship followed by our Annual Church meetings. Diane Goodwin and Susan Lane were elected as churchwardens.
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Palm Sunday this year saw a very special service of thenksgiving for 125 years of the Wakefield Diocese. Held in Wakefield Cathedral and attended by church and civic leaders both local and international. The service marked the end of the Wakefield Diocese and looked forward to the new Diocese. It also marked the departure of Bishop Stephen to pastures new in London.
We praise Him for all that is past and trust Him for all that is to come. see Twitter under Wakefield Cathedral for more pictures.
Bishop Stephen preaches 
a new chalice for every church to use on Easter Day to welcome the Resurrection and the birth of the new Diocese of Leeds
More pictures may be seen at
http://www.wakefield.anglican.org/gallery/album/6002227095297864465
WW 1
This year marks 100 years since the start of World War 1.During Heritage Weekened in September this year we would like to commemorate the Anniversary with an exhibition n Thornhill Parish Church of locak memories. If you had a relative affected by WW1 or have any memorabilia or photos and would be able to share thm with us we would be grateful. Please contact Rev Sue Clarke or Brian Pearson or Tony Ridley- see contacts pageThe churchyard has two Commonwealth War Graves and hosts the War Memorial for Thornhill. there are other war memorials insiode the church.
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Preserving the Past of Thornhill in Dewsbury Reporter February 14th 2014 Did you see this well written article about the works that have been going on in our church over the last few years. There is a copy up in church or you might find it on their web site. Well work is now finally complete apart from a little snagging and we finally have our church back just in time for Lent. It looks fine and everything is now safe and preserved for future generations.
Click here for the images and here for the report of the conservation of the monument to Sir George and Lady Anne Savile 1614 by Elliott Ryder Conservation
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For children-- Buggy Praise and Children's Activitiy groups have restarted. See the Families page for more information. Here
http://www.thornhillparishchurch.org.uk/families.htm
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Happy New Year to you all - our Family Praise Epiphany Service is at 9.30 on Sunday January 5th 2014- come and celebrate the arrival of te Kings. On the 7th January it will be ten years since Buggy Praise was started in our church. Come on and Celebrate again.
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Advent Wreath exhibition- a hugely successful weekend with lots for everyone to see and hear.
Pictures are here- https://picasaweb.google.com/101555190427929545364/AdventWreathExhibition?authkey=Gv1sRgCPCC9-z34bOAwwE#
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Sir George Savile & Lady Anne Savile Reconstruction- work is now completed on installing the steel supporting frame inside the monument. A major engineering job will now lead to the monument being able to be rebuilt and conserved. Five and a half tons of rubble was excavated from the interior and interesting 16th century paintings found (see below). The work is being carried out under the English Heritage/ Heritage Lottery scheme funding, by Elliot Ryder conservators.
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Angels Cafe donations to charity now tops £1000
click link below for full list
