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The Elim Pentecostal

Church, Huddersfield, was

formed in 1 931 with a

message of salvation and a

demonstration of the Holy

Spirit’ s presence in

Pentecostal power.

We are an international

congregation of all ages,

spreading the good news

of Christ in our services,

through small groups, and

out on the streets. Our

Sunday morning services

offer you the chance to let

the Word of God impact

your l ife and meet others in

a friendly atmosphere of

both fellowship and worship

with a full range of

children’s activities from a

crèche to a teenagers’

group. We are a servant-

hearted church, providing

practical care in the

community and touching

those on the fringes of

society, including refugees

and those with drug and

alcohol problems. Our

desire is to see people grow

in their faith in Christ in our

wide variety of weekly

meetings for all ages, areas

and ethnic backgrounds.

There is something for you.

For more information on

events and activities at the

church please visit our web

site at:

www.huddelim.org.uk

Meet the Pastors

Michael ReidSenior Pastor

Mark StoneAssociate Pastor

Tim CobhamAssociate Pastor

Robert ReidLay Pastor

Welcome toEl im Pentecostal Church, Huddersfield

Contents

3-4 Honouring God in theQueue Pastor Michael Reid

1 1 Meet our newAdministrator Nicola Pogmore

InformationThis i s the magazine of the El im Pentecostal Church,Huddersfield (Issue 352). The encounter magazine is designedand produced by Adrian and Claire Jones. Comments andsuggestions are always welcome. To contact us, please e-mai lencounter@huddel im.org.uk or telephone 01484 535554.

Al l content i s copyright © El im Pentecostal Church, Huddersfield201 6. No content may be reproduced without the wri ttenpermission of the El im Pentecostal Church, Huddersfield or theindividual article author.

El im Foursquare Gospel Al l iance. Registered Chari ty 251549(England & Wales) SC037754 (Scotland) .

5-7 What's onJune Diary Dates & events

8-9 EstherMarilyn Hadwin

Daniel HabteyPastor

I f you have any events, reviews, photos for inclusion inthe July/August issue of encounter then please seeClaire Jones or e-mail [email protected] byMonday 6thJune at the latest.

Sunday Services in June5th June: 9. 1 5am, 1 1 . 1 5am & 6.30pm

1 2th June: 1 0.30am

1 9th June: 9. 1 5am, 1 1 . 1 5am & 6.30pm

26th June: 9. 1 5am, 1 1 . 1 5am & 6.30pm

Content Deadline for July/August Issue

1 0 Prayer Room 1 01Tomek, Wanda & Cynthia

1 2 How to become aChristian

2 June 201 6 encounter

Queuing has been

called a British pass

time. It is something

that I personally find

irritating. In traffic, if

one lane seems to be

going faster there is a

temptation to queue hop to try and get ahead.

For those who have battled their way through

the London Underground at rush hour, there

are queues everywhere. A form of queuing

etiquette on the tubes escalators i s that people

stand to the left hand side leaving the right

hand side free for people walk up or down

who are in a hurry. However, a three-week trial

run in December 2015 at London Underground

Holborn station proved that i f people stood on

both sides of the escalator queues were

reduced by 30% as more people could use

them at the same time. The principle of

everyone travel l ing together at the same pace

means more people can travel without

queuing. Rushing ahead means an individual

gains at the expense of others.

In scripture there were those characters who

wanted to rush ahead at the expense of others.

The brothers James and John requested that

they could si t closest to Jesus in his coming

Kingdom. They seemed to be jostl ing for

posi tion amongst the disciples wanting to push

themselves ahead of the queue to Christ.

Jesus’ response to His disciples arguing as to

who was the greatest was to say that, “I f

anyone would be fi rst, he must be last of al l

and servant of al l” (Mark 9:33). The ‘way of the

world’ i s to push ahead at the expense of

others. Jesus turns this on i ts head saying that

to be great i s to serve others. On the cross

Jesus showed us the ultimate example of this in

His selfless sacri fice for our sin and shame so

we can be right with God. Setting aside His

glory in heaven He was and is the servant king.

At Holborn tube station, Transport for London

are extending the trial for six months. They are

working with the Behavioural Science

department at the London School of

Economics to develop a variety of messages to

encourage commuters to fol low the new rules.

Honouring God in the queuePastor Michael Reid

June 201 6 3encounter

Tube staff wi l l even be using megaphones to

encourage commuters to change their queuing

culture and stand on the left and the right. Yet

even with the evidence of i ts benefi ts 63% of

people in an Evening Standard onl ine survey

are against the idea. I t seems the ‘get ahead of

others at any costs’ cul ture is going to be hard

to change.

I wonder i f we can see the wisdom of

honouring one another that changes the

culture of where we l ive, work and move?

What a megaphone can’t change I bel ieve

Jesus can. But i t needs people to take His

servant mandate to heart and l ive i t out.

I f I started to be more patient in the car, at the

supermarket checkout, on an escalator,

honouring and preferring others, perhaps in a

smal l everyday way there is a sense of God’s

Kingdom coming and His wi l l being done. To

see Jesus change our nation for His glory, i t

means a change of atti tude in the smal l and big

things; being fai thful to Jesus in the smal l

things so we can be fai thful to Him in the big

things. My prayer is that we wi l l honour one

another in everything, that God wi l l be

honoured. . . even when queuing.

The ‘way of

the world’ is

to push

ahead at the

expense of

others.


ONE CHURCHS u n d a y

Sunday 1 2th June1 0.30am UNITED Service

Tuesdays 7.30pmfortnightly (UNITED WEEK) at Oasis Centre

<Do Nothing Apart> for 1 8-30s

EPICfor over 50s

Wednesdays 1 1 .00am

at Oasis Centre

Not in a small groupbut would like to be?

Why not come to

fortnightly on Thursdays(Group Week)

7.30pm at Grace Centre

followed by a street party with fun

and games in the car park.

Bring lunch to share.

Friday 24th June7.45pm

Grace Centre

FundraiserSaturday 1 8th June

6.30pm

All funds raised on the night wil l go toElim Missions.

InternationalMusical Evening

Join us for a special serviceto celebrate the

Queen's 90th Birthday

women's fellowship

SUNDAY: 1 2 JUNE ONE CHURCH SundayUNITED Service 1 0.30am

The Queen's 90th Birthdayfol lowed by a street party with fun and games in

the car park. I t wi l l be a bring and share lunch.

NO Evening Service

MONDAY: 1 3 JUNE

Worship Group Practice – Grace Centre 7.30pm

TUESDAY: 1 4 JUNE

Soul Sistas – Sarah Stone's house 7.00pm-9.00pm

Funk Soul Brothers 7.30pm-9.30pmGarreth Goodison's house

Student Smal l Group – Jamie & Andrea's 7.30pm(meet at Universi ty Reception at 7.15pm)

Col lege Smal l Group – Oasis Centre 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY: 1 5 JUNE

EPIC (50+ yrs) – Oasis Centre 11 .00am

ARK (7-11 yrs) – Oasis Centre 6.45pm-8.15pm

Asian Smal l Group – Oasis Centre 7.00pm

THURSDAY: 1 6 JUNE

Tiddlers – Grace Centre 1 0.00am-11 .30am

Farsi Fel lowship – Oasis Centre 4.00pm

Smal l Group Central – Grace Centre 7.30pmGrace Centre

FRIDAY: 1 7 JUNE

Mission Trip to Sardu, Romania

Open Door – Oasis Centre 12.00pm-3.00pm

Farsi Bible Study – Oasis Centre 2.00pm-3.00pm

4:8 Youth (High school age & up) 7.30pm

Oasis Centre

SATURDAY: 1 8 JUNE

M3 (Men's Bible Study) 7.00am-8.00am

Oasis Centre

International Musical Evening 6.30pm

El im Missions Fundraiser – Grace Centre

SUNDAY: 5 JUNECommunion Services 9.1 5am & 1 1 .1 5am

'Glorious Paradoxes: Grace & Works'Ephesians 2:1 -1 0

King's Kids (0-3yrs) & History Makers (3-11 yrs)

[Word Up! (high school age) at 11 .15am only]Missions Evening 6.30pm

MONDAY: 6 JUNE


TUESDAY: 7 JUNE

STRETCH Bible Class 1 0.15am-11 .30am

Grace Centre

DNA (19-30yrs) – Oasis Centre 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY: 8 JUNE




THURSDAY: 9 JUNE



611 Bus Ministry Prayer Meeting 7.30pmGrace Centre

FRIDAY: 1 0 JUNE


Farsi Bible Study 2.00pm-3.00pmOasis Centre

4:8 Youth – Oasis Centre 7.30pm

SATURDAY: 1 1 JUNE


Oasis Centre

Amharic/Tigrinyan Service 4.30pm

Oasis Centre

United Week Group Week

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Everyday English Classes – Oasis Centre

Mon – 1 0.30am-12.00pm

OpenWORD Bible classes – Oasis Centre

Mon, Tues & Wed – 1 .00pm-3.00pm

61 1 Asylum Support Work – Oasis Centre

Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri – 12.00pm-3.00pm

61 1 Bus Ministry – Grace Centre & town

Wednesdays – 7.00pm & Saturdays – 8.00pm

SUNDAY: 1 9 JUNECommunion Services 9.1 5am & 1 1 .1 5am

'Glorious Paradoxes: Uni ty & Diversi ty'Ephesians 2:11 -22


[Word Up! (high school age) at 11 .15am only]Praise & Prayer 6.30pm

MONDAY: 20 JUNE

Worship Group Gathering 7.30pmGrace Centre

TUESDAY: 21 JUNE

DNA (19-30yrs) – Oasis Centre 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY: 22 JUNE




THURSDAY: 23 JUNE



FRIDAY: 24 JUNE

Mission Trip returns from Sardu, Romania



4:8 Youth (High school age & up) 7.30pmOasis Centre

Breathe women's fel lowship 7.45pmGrace Centre

SATURDAY: 25 JUNE


Oasis Centre

Ladies' Prayer Breakfast 8.30am-1 0.00am

Oasis Centre

Amharic/Tigrinyan Service 4.30pmOasis Centre

United Week

For more information visit:

www.huddelim.org.uk

facebook.com/huddelim

@huddelim or [email protected]

SUNDAY: 26 JUNECommunion Services 9.1 5am & 1 1 .1 5am

'Glorious Paradoxes: Mystery & Revelation'Ephesians 3: 1 -13

11 .15am service includes dedication of El i Hirst


[Word Up! (high school age) at 11 .15am only]Summer Night of Hymns 6.30pm

MONDAY: 27 JUNE


TUESDAY: 28 JUNE

Soul Sistas – Sarah Stone's house 7.00pm-9.00pm

Funk Soul Brothers 7.30pm-9.30pmGarreth Goodison's house

Student Smal l Group – Jamie & Andrea's 7.30pm(meet at Universi ty Reception at 7.15pm)

Col lege Smal l Group – Oasis Centre 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY: 29 JUNE




THURSDAY: 30 JUNE



Smal l Group Central – Grace Centre 7.30pm

FRIDAY: 1 JULY



4:8 Youth (High school age & up) 7.30pm

Oasis Centre

Prayer Room 101 7.00pmTomek & Wanda's house

SATURDAY: 2 JULY


Oasis Centre

Amharic/Tigrinyan Service 4.30pmOasis Centre

Asian Fel lowship – Oasis Centre 6.00pm

Group Week

A

powerful

and rich

man, a

beautiful

but

disobedient wife, the search

for a new wife, a beauty

contest and parties – not

forgetting a villain! All the

ingredients of a television

‘soap’? No, not a television

‘soap’ but from the Bible: the

book of Esther.

The man was King

Ahasuerus, who ruled over the

Persian Empire, the

disobedient wife, Queen

Vashti – banished because of

her disobedience. There began

a search for a new queen. The

King sent out a decree and

young women were brought to

the King’s harem at the fortress

of Susa. Among them was

Esther, a beauti ful young

orphan girl , the cousin of

Mordecai . Esther was a Jewish

girl but kept her national i ty a

secret.

The young women had

twelve months of beauty

treatment before the time

came for them to be brought

before the King. Esther’s turn

came and the King loved her

more than any of the others

and he chose her as his

Queen. Esther’s cousin,

Mordecai , was appointed a

palace official .

Several years later, onto the

scene comes the vi l lain of the

piece – Haman. Promoted by

the King, making him the most

powerful official in the Empire.

He was a proud man. At the

King’s command al l the King’s

officials had to bow down

before Haman. Mordecai

refused to bow down and

Haman was furious about this.

Knowing Mordecai to be a

Jew, in his rage he didn’t just

want to lay hands on Mordecai

alone, but wished to destroy

al l the Jews in the Persian

Empire. Genocide is

threatened!

Haman uses his influence

and persuades the King that i t

would not be in the King’s

interests to let the Jews l ive. A

EstherMarilyn Hadwin

'Esther Denouncing Haman' by Ernest Normand


decree, sealed with the King’s

ring, i s i ssued that al l the Jews

must be ki l led. The King and

Haman then si t down together

to drink!

Mordecai and the Jewish

people, on hearing of this

planned massacre, cry out in

fear and distress. Mordecai

entreats Esther to go to the King

and plead for her people.

Esther is very fearful to go

uninvi ted into the King’s

presence, but Mordecai tel l s

her, “Don’t think that because

you’re in the palace you wi l l

escape. Rel ief and del iverance

for the Jews, i f not from you,

wi l l come from another place.

Who knows if perhaps you

were made Queen for just

such a time as this?”

I sn' t i t amazing that God

promises to save His people but

gives Esther the opportuni ty to

be a part of His plan? What

opportuni ties has God put

before you to be part of His

divine plans?

Esther, despi te her great fear

and dread, puts on her royal

robes and dares to enter into

the King’s presence. Esther is

welcomed by the King and he

asks her what i t i s she wants,

what is her request? In great

rel ief at the King’s favour,

Esther at this point simply

invi tes the King and Haman to

a banquet that very day which

she has prepared. The King and

Haman enjoy the banquet and

drinking wine together and are

pleased to accept Esther’s

invi tation to another banquet

the fol lowing day.

At this second banquet the

King asks Esther, “Tel l me what

you want, Queen Esther, what

is your request?” Esther, having

now to reveal her own

Jewishness at great danger to

herself, makes an impassioned

plea for the l ives of her people

to be spared. Esther’s speech

has a dramatic effect on the

King. Haman is exposed as the

evi l man he is and the tables

are turned. The massacre of the

Jews is thwarted.

There is much more intrigue

and twists and turns in the

book of Esther than is told here.

The book is a powerful

testimony of God’s providence

and hand of protection over His

people. Read the book of

Esther for yourselves.

Esther was chosen and used

by God in what seemed a

hopeless si tuation. We too are

chosen by God “for such a time

as this”. We are put where we

are for a purpose. I f we look to

God and choose to pray and be

guided by the Holy Spiri t we

can be used by God to have an

impact on our fami l ies,

neighbours, work col leagues –

al l those we come into contact

with. Though few of us wi l l

ever be in such a posi tion as

Esther’s, we al l have a part to

play in God’s ongoing plans.

What

opportunities

has God put

before you to

be part of His

divine plans?


Here’s a little riddle for you:

what do parsley, roasted egg

and salty water have in

common? They are all found

in the Passover meal.

I t’s been some months since

we started our regular

meetings to pray for Israel and

ask to God that His wi l l and

plan be fulfi l led over His

chosen nation.

Though smal l , our group is

fai thful in meeting together to

grow in knowledge about

Israel and we have taken a

closer look at issues such as

God’s Covenant with Abraham

and his descendants, the

Mosaic Covenant, and recently

we have started working our

way through Jewish

festivals (seven in

total ) .

In December, we

had a del ightful

discussion and

teaching on

Hanukkah – the feast

of Dedication (see

John 1 0:22) and just

a few weeks ago we

celebrated Passover

(Pesach in Hebrew), which

leads into the Feast of

Unleavened Bread.

The Passover meal atTomek and Wanda’s

The feast of Passover is the

fi rst of the Jewish feasts. I t i s a

celebration of God’s

redemption of Israel from

Egyptian slavery and God’s

judgment on Pharaoh and his

armies.

During the Passover evening,

we were able to rel ive the

symbols from the celebratory

supper (cal led Seder) to

commemorate the remarkable

night of God’s del iverance of

Israel (see Exodus 12), and we

uncovered numerous treasures

relating to Jesus being the

‘Passover Lamb’ (1 Corinthians

5:7).

God had commanded Moses

to fol low speci fic instructions

concerning Israel ’s redemption

from slavery in Egypt. We

sampled di fferent foods (see

below) symbol ic of hope/new

l i fe, suffering/sacri fice and

tears. They are served to

remind the Israel i tes what i t

meant to be in captivi ty.

Our Passover meal was

complemented by Jewish

prayers reci ted in Hebrew,

including the one which Jesus

prayed when He was

celebrating His last Seder as

per Luke 22:1 9-20.

I t was our joy to be able to

reflect on each individual

symbol of the Seder to remind

ourselves of the Bibl ical

history and i ts meaning in the

New Testament.

Shalom!Cynthia, Wanda and Tomek

Prayer Room 1 01Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the

Israelites is that they may be saved. Romans 1 0:1

1 0 June 201 6 encounter

• ADMIT that you have sinned,

kept God out of your l i fe and

gone your own way.

• BELIEVE that Jesus, God’s only

son, took the punishment you

deserve when He died for you

on the cross, that He rose from

the dead conquering the power

of sin and death, and making a

restored relationship possible.

• COMMIT your l i fe to Him.

This involves being truly sorry

for your sin and turning around

from l iving your l i fe for

yourself, towards l iving your

l i fe to please God.

The simple prayer below is one you

can pray if you want to accept

Jesus into your life:

Father God, I know that I have not

put you first in my life and my sins

have separated me from you. I am

truly sorry, and now I turn away

from my past sinful life toward you.

Please forgive me. I believe that

your son, Jesus Christ died for my

sins, rose from the dead, is alive,

and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus

to be the Lord of my life. Help me

live for you each day.

Amen

I f you have prayed this prayer, tel l

a Christian friend, join a church and

ask them to help you to understand

more about what i t means to be a

Christian. I f you would l ike to talk

to one of the pastors from the El im

Pentecostal Church, Huddersfield

then please phone 01484 535554

or e-mai l info@huddel im.org.uk

How to become aChristian

I f you would l ike to know JesusChrist personal ly as your saviourthen i t i s as simple as ABC:

Hi I 'm Nicola, I 've been coming to

Elim since 1992 when I moved from

Liverpool to Huddersfield to study

politics at the University of

Huddersfield.

I 'm married to Mike who heads up the Tech Team and we

have two sons Matthew aged 1 0 and Daniel aged 5, very

nearly 6!!

Over the years I have been involved in a variety of

ministries, these have included the chi ldren’s work in Good

News Club, History Makers and most recently the fabulous

Hol iday Clubs. I have also had great pleasure in being part

of the Freedom in Christ team and most currently been

involved with the women’s ministry through Breathe and

Beloved.

I 've worked for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust

fi rst as a Cl inical Audi tor and then as a Medical Records

Project Manager where my role was to merge their medical

records departments into one and introduce the electronic

paper record trust wide. After that I moved to Hugh Symons

Information Management as Operations Manager. I stayed

there for 9 years managing a variety of staff and si tuations.

Safe to say there was never a dul l day!!

For the last 1 8 months or so I have worked on a voluntary

capaci ty for church assisting the pastors with various admin

tasks and project management roles, such as with the 2020

Vision conference and the glass doors, as wel l as other less

visible projects.

Since 1 st Apri l I have joined the church staff team and

have been working as Church Administrator. My role is

mainly to provide administrative support for the pastoral

and staff team and also manage the premises, church

communications and development.

I f you need to book a room, make enquiries, volunteer in

church etc. then please see me, cal l me on 01484 535554

or e-mai l me via [email protected]

Main church 'office' hours (when there are usual ly people

working in Grace Centre during the week) are:

Monday 9.15am unti l 2.45pm

Tuesday 9.15am unti l 2.45pm

Thursday 9.15am unti l 2.45pm


Meet our new Administrator

Grace Centre

23 St John's Road

Huddersfield

HD1 5BW

t: 01484 535554

Oasis Youth &

Community Centre

Merton Street

Huddersfield

HD1 4BN

t: 01484 543977

www.huddelim.org.uk

Grace Centre

Oasis Centre

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