Alan

The Erringden Eagle Mytholmroyd & Cragg Vale News Sheet September 2018

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Welcome to St John‘s & St Michael's we hope you enjoy being here and join with us after the service for a drink and a chat.

Welcome to the September edition of the Eagle. Harvest is the theme of this months Eagle. Rosie kicks us off with an article on the deeper meaning behind Harvest and somehow links it to sausages. The Cragg challenge taking place on

23rd September will mean there is no

Church service at St John’s as Cragg

road will be closed.

October edition of the Eagle will be available on Sunday 30th September.

Details of October events to Alan by Sunday 23rd September by email if

possible— reardonalan@gmail.com.

MIDWEEK SERVICE

Is anybody interested in coming to a short informal mid-week communion service in the side chapel at St. Michael’s?

If so, what time would be best? 9.30am? noon? Early evening?

And what day? Wednesday?

If you are interested, or have anoth-er idea, please have a chat with me.

Cathy

What’s On this Month

Sunday Services

St John’s Sunday 9.30am. Communion

St Michael’s Sunday 11am. Communion

St Michael’s 1st Sunday 4pm. No Connect

service in September.

Brew. Every Monday 10.30am in the

Erringden Room at St Michael’s. Chance to

meet, chat and have a cuppa. All welcome.

Open Church. Every Tuesday and Sunday at

3-4.30pm in St John’s church. Meet, chat and

have a cuppa. All welcome.

Angels Meet. Every Thursday in term time at

9.15am in St Michael’s Hall. For parents with

pre school children to get together. Activities

for the children.

Parish Prayers. Every Friday at 9am at the

Vicarage Brier Hey Lane. Meet and pray for

the community and one another. No prayers

14th September.

Quiz Nights. In St Michael’s Hall at 7.30pm

on 1st Friday of the month. Bar open, Pie &

pea supper (optional). New quizzers welcome.

Coffee Mornings. Run by the Guild. Held in

the Erringden room of St Michael’s Hall 1st

Saturday’s of the month at 10am - Great

cakes for sale.

Guild group meet on 1st Tuesday of the

month at 2pm in the Erringden room in St

Michael’s Hall. This month Molly Sunderland -

Something old something new.

St Michael’s Wives group meet at 8pm on

the 3rd Thursday of the month in the

Erringden Room in St Michael’s Hall.

Cragg Vale Yorkshire Country Women

Harvest Supper on 10th September 6.30pm

at St John’s at 2.30pm

St Michael’s PCC 4th September at 7pm.

St John’s PCC 17th September at 6.30pm.

House Group meet at the Cansdale’s at

7.30pm on alternate Wednesdays. See Alan

for details or tel 883944

Children and Young People leaders meet

on 1st Saturday of each month at 10am in St

Michael’s Hall.

Pastoral Support group meet on 3rd

Thursday of the month at 6.30pm in St

Michael’s Erringden Room.

Scottish Country Dancing at St John’s on

18th September at 7pm.

Cragg Vale History Group meet at St John’s in upstairs room at 7.30pm on 20th September. Kevin Illingworth 'Porches are not just for wellies'. Tea & coffee afterwards. £10 for the year (10 meetings starting April) or £3

per visit.

Cragg Fest Outdoor festival at the Robin

Hood pub on Saturday 8th September from

1pm-11pm. Bar—food– bands

Cragg Challenge. Sunday 23rd September.

Cycle, running, walking and school relay.

www.cragg15.uk for details and entry

information.

CRAGG VALE CHURCH & COMMUNITY ROOMS

Want to try

Scottish Country Dancing

Venue – as above

Date - 18th September 2018

Time -- 7pm

Duration -- 2 hours

Cost - £4

ALL WELCOME

Contact Sylvia

01422 884134

07508197497

At

ST MICHAEL’S

Is on 30th September

At 11am

(followed by bring & share lunch)

At

ST JOHN’s

Is on 7th October

At

9.30am

Harvest is almost upon us. Personally I don’t see the

point in all that veg. I like a good bit of meat,

something to chase to hunt. Oh and I do love

sausages, yum yum, I think they are my favourite.

Anyway back to Harvest. We celebrate it at the end of September at St

Michael’s and the first week in October at St John’s. If we be honest we have

to accept that to a great degree we have lost the meaning and the celebration

that used to go with it.

With our move away from the land and into the cities

for work and the fact that in Britain we are surrounded

by food everywhere we look, the importance of

harvest has been lost. Harvest for many is 24x7,

365/6 days a year.

Last month I looked at the worship of Baal by the

Canaanites and how vital and important harvest was

in the agricultural societies of the time. So much so

they saw it not just as a celebration but turned it into worship.

The Israelites however were taught to see harvest as more than gathering

food. God used Harvest to teach the Israelites how they should treat others.

Harvest was much bigger than gathering food it was about loving your

neighbour as laid down in the commandment ’You shall love your neighbour

as yourself’. Although we have lost the real sense of Harvest with all the

available food, there is no need for us to lose the second part, ie the

commandment.

So what were the Jews told to do by God. Well there

are lots of verses we could look at but let’s just take one

that gets to the heart of the harvest.

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to

the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of

your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second

time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them

Rosie’s Ramblings from

The Vicarage

for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.’ Leviticus 19v9

A very simple teaching for us all not just the Jews of the Old Testament. God

expects us not to take everything for ourselves but to cater for, not just the

poor, but also the foreigner (immigrant in todays language).

I think it is fair to say that in the Old Testament it was specifically about food

as the Harvest was vital and about survival for everyone. They were told to

cater for the poor and less fortunate people. As most of us today do not

harvest food, but harvest material gain, it is perhaps this harvest we need to

make sure we leave some for the poor and foreigner.

So maybe harvest is a time when we should concentrate on making sure we

share some of what we have with the poorer in our society.

It is often thought of as an optional extra ‘giving food to the poor’ but if you

look at how the verse ends ‘I am the Lord your God’ it puts a different

emphasis on the meaning ie I command you to do this, not it would be nice if

you did this.

Anyway all this talk of food has got me hungry. I am

of to see if I can persuade Alan to get some

sausages cooking.

Yours Rosie

12th September

10th October 14th November 12th December

11-1pm at St Michael's Church in the Erringden Room.

Bereavement and

Loss Support

We offer friendship and

support for anyone struggling

to cope with bereavement or

other loss. Where: St Michael’s Church Hall, Mytholmroyd

When: The 3rd

Monday of the month

Time: 1pm till 3pm

On offer: Tea, coffee, biscuits and a chance to chat and /or share

as much or as little as you want.

For more information contact: Jane Hoyle

Telephone: 01422 882659

Email:jane@mytholmroydcleaning.co.uk

• Tinned Vegetables

• Breakfast Cereals

• Tinned Meat (corned beef etc)

• Biscuits

• Tinned Pies (eg Fray Bentos)

• Tinned Meals (Irish Stew etc)

• Tinned Fish (Tuna etc)

• Peanut Butter

• Tinned Soups

• Jam/Marmalade/Honey etc

• Tinned Spaghetti

• Chocolate Spread etc

• Tinned Baked Beans

• Tea

• Soap

• Tinned Potatoes

• Coffee

• Tinned Tomatoes

• Sugar

• Pasta Sauce

• Rice

• Curry Sauce

• UHT Milk

• Instant Mash Potato

• Tinned Rice Pudding

• Instant Noodles/Pot Noodles etc

• Tinned Fruit

• Sheets, quilts and covers

• Cup a Soup

St John’s and St Michael’s will be

collecting food for one of the local food

banks at our Harvest Services (30th

September at St Michael’s and 7th

October at St John’s. If you would like

to donate any items then bring them

along to the service on that day.

To give you an idea of things needed is

a list opposite.

Alan

Ten thousand years ago, people living in the Galilee region of

prehistoric Israel really loved their beans—fava beans, specifically. In a joint

study, researchers from the Weizmann Institute’s Kimmel Centre and the

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) studied the seeds recovered during

excavations of Neolithic sites throughout the Galilee. The researchers

discovered that the Neolithic diet favoured fava beans, but also included other

types of legumes, such as lentils, peas and chickpeas.

Ingredients (serves 4)

1. 2 pounds fava (broad) beans, shelled (about 2 cups)

2. 1 tablespoon olive oil

3. 1/4 cup minced yellow onion

4. 1 clove garlic, minced

5. 1/2 cup unsalted vegetable stock, chicken stock or broth

6. 1/4 teaspoon salt

7. 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley

Directions

Bring a large saucepan 3/4 full of water to a boil. Add the fava beans and cook for 2 minutes. Drain and rinse immediately with cold water to stop the cooking.

NOTE: If you are using more mature fava beans in pods you may need to remove each bean's skin. Pinch each bean on the side opposite where it was attached to the pod. The bean should slip easily from the skin. Remove and discard the outer skins. Set the beans aside.

In a large saucepan with a tightfitting lid, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until soft and lightly golden, about 6 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds; don't let the garlic brown. Add the fava beans and stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer, shaking the pan gently from time to time, until the beans are tender, about 15 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve

immediately. Why not try it and let me know how you got on. Alan

Rotas Stewards Readers Intercessions/

server

Coffee

Cragg 26th August

Sue Margaret

Beryl H Barbara RK

Mary Pam

Cragg 2nd September

Betty Beryl

John D Bill R

Gordon Doris

Cragg 9th September

Sylvia Doris

Pat B Alison M

Jane Carol

Cragg 16th September

Ed Angela

Jackie K

Ed T

Margaret Anne Beryl

Cragg 23rd September

No service No service No service No service

Cragg 30th September

Sue Margaret

Carol W Ann K

Gordon Alison Jay

Cragg 7th October

Ed Angela

Sylvia M Hugh

Jane Doris

Mytholmroyd 26th August

Jenny

Vivienne

Jackie

Tom

Eric Joan

John

Mytholmroyd 2nd September

Jeanette

Mary

Margaret

Christine

Alan Sheila

Jean J

Mytholmroyd 9th September

Linda

Beryl

Gill J

Daphne

Christine Margaret

Christine

Mytholmroyd 16th September

Madeline

Daphne

Ruth

Tracy

Margaret Jackie B

Nancy

Mytholmroyd 23rd September

Maureen

Wilf

Daphne

Julia

Georgie

Alex

Jackie

Auriol

Mytholmroyd 30th September

Alan

Richard

Geraldine

Roy

Eric Madeline

Sandra

Mytholmroyd 7th October

Robert

Chris

Malcolm

Colin

Daphne Maureen

Jeanette

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Readings 1st reading 2nd Reading Gospel

26th Aug Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18

Ephesians 6: 10-20 John 6: 56-69

2nd Sep Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9

James 1: 17-end Mark 7: 1-8, 14,15,21-23

9th Sep Isaiah 35: 4-7a James 2: 1-17 Mark 7:24-end

16th Sep Isaiah 50: 4-9a James 3: 1-12 Mark 8:27-end

23rd Sep Genesis 28:10-17 Revelation 12:7-12 John 1:47-end

30th Sep

St John

Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29

James 5:13-end Mark 9:38-end

St Michael Joel 2:21-27 1 Timothy 6:6-10 Matthew 6:25-33

7th Oct

St Michael

Genesis 2: 18-24 Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 Mark 10:2-16

St John Joel 2:21-27 1 Timothy 6:6-10 Matthew 6:25-33

Starting from 26th August St

John’s will be having all three

readings. Rotas have been

amended to reflect this.

Why shouldn't you tell a secret on a

farm? Because the potatoes have

eyes and the corn has ears!

Why did the scarecrow win the

Nobel Prize? Because he was out

standing in his field!

Who tells chicken jokes?

Comedihens!