News

For coming Events at St Matthew's in 2025  see our Facebook Page (or consult the Calendar)  

Latest News: 

April  2025:
Nomination Forms and Papers for Annual Meeting of Parishioners and Annual Church Meeting on Sunday 4th May 2025 included on the website on the  Administration page 




 A copy of the Covenant can be found in Appendix α of the History of St Matthew's 
Group celebrating 21st  Covenant Anniversary







Easter 2023 Flyer 2

9th May  2023

Coronation Concert 7 May 2023

Photographs of the Coronation Concert by the Sundown Swing Band and of  the Celebration tea following  are available in the Photo Gallery. Please note you need to subscribe - see the Photo Gallery page. Alternatively you can find some of the photos on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/stmatthewsrastrick

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News from St Matthew's :


We are now on Facebook

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See sub-webpage  Newsletter


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Ecumenical News

Sadly, the West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council has been disbanded as from the 31st December 2016. Meetings of Senior Church leaders and Ecumenical Officers will in the future be convened under the title of 'West Yorkshire Churches Together". Watch this space for developments.

West Yorkshire Churches Together website.

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Leeds  Diocesan News 

Diocesan News January 2017

Subscribe to Diocesan e-news   

Go direct to Diocesan E-News   17 April  2025 ,  for the latest Diocesan News 

Here is a link to Diocesan ENews Plus     for the  7th April  2025.  It is usually published on the first Monday of every month and aimed primarily at Clergy, Churchwardens, Treasurers and PCC Secretaries.



Bishop Nick BainesMusings of a Restless Bishop is the name of Bishop Nick's blog

Follow the musings of a restless Bishop here





Bishop Nicholas Baines' Letter to the Laity 10 July 2020 

Environment News

Diocesan Environment e-news  January  2025 - Issue 59 

A later edition is available by subscribing to Gods Green Fingers

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Methodist News

Calderdale Methodist Circuit News

Yorkshire West Methodist District Latest News

Yorkshire West District Newsletter November 2024

Follow Yorkshire West District on Twitter

Yorkshire West Methodist District  E-News December 2024



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From Testimony Faith Homes, Eldoret, Kenya - John Green's blog   

Daryl, Esther and John Green

and the Testimony Faith Homes  

Newsletter April 2025

Newsletter February 2025



Newsletter January 2025

Testimony School Anthem   July 2023

September 2022 Update Page 1.        September 2022 Update Page 2

Jan-April 2022 update and  Family News March 2022

May 2021 update and Message 'If it had not been the Lord who was on our side..'



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The Church of England newspaper - The Church Times

The Church of England Newspaper

The Methodist Church Newspaper - The Methodist Recorder  (not available on-line) except on Twitter

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Read Archdeacon Anne's article on the February 2020 Flooding in Calderdale.
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On the 31st August 2019, we held our Annual AwayDay.
For the first time we held the AwayDay at 'The Space', Field Lane with St John's Church, Rastrick.
AwayDay at 'The Space'












The Theme of the AwayDay was 'Growing with Challenge'. We took time out to build on the 'Cake and Conversation' afternoons held at the Vicarages during August. The question which we faced was 'How do we adapt our patterns of worship within the Benefice of Rastrick, to meet the needs of  the community whilst retaining all the elements that we value, and all in a sustainable way ?'

As an introduction to the activities, John Hearson  (St John's) and Richard Kay (St Matthew's) shared their Experiences of Worship :
John's Adventures in Worship 
Richard's Worship Experiences

 We all went home feeling that the day had been a great success, and the food we had brought went further than we expected!

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Bishop Nick Baines


25 Bishops including Bishop Nick Baines write open letter calling for reconciliation in the light of events at Westminster  surrounding Brexit and exchanges in parliament







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A Father's Love 1Watch the Video 'A Fathers Love' as part of  'Thy Kingdom Come'

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Download the Conference Business Digest - A Report for local churches about the business of the 2018 Methodist Conference. You can also download the Readers Guide to Mission and Ministry in Covenant. The guide summarises the proposals that have been welcomed by the Church of England's General Synod in February 2018. Conference directed further work be undertaken on the proposals for bringing the Methodist Church and the Church of England into closer communion with one another.

  

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Miriam Knowles CMSFrom CMS Neema Crafts, Tanzania   -    Miriam Knowles' blog and

Miriam's Newsletter January  2017

Miriam's Link Letter No 9 January 2017

Miriam's Newsletter September 2017

Miriam'sLink letter No 10 September 2017

Miriam's Newsletter October 2018

Miriam's Newsletter No. 13 February 2019

Miriam's Final Newsletter November 2019

Miriam's Link Letter No 14 December 2019

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