Welcome to Holy Nativity Church

Welcome to Holy Nativity Church, a friendly and inclusive Christian community serving Mixenden and Illingworth in North Halifax! Our community accepts and welcomes everyone. We would love to see you!

Please have a look around the website and find out more about life here in The Pennines!

Sunday Service at 10am every week.

Events

Priest standing next to a statue of a person collecting alms

Justice and The Economy

Following the success of our Doxecology conference in 2023 where we explored the churches response to Climate Change, you are invited to our 2024 conference; Justice and The Economy – exploring the churches response to economic injustice today. As a church involved daily with supporting those on the economic margins we are increasingly asking how and why so many in our society find themselves unable to access the basic requirements needed for a full and fulfilling life. Join us and…

Communion Meal

  • 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Second Sunday of every month, 6pm, Holy Nativity Church. The Communion Meal is an informal evening service once a month. We gather around the table and share food together as part of the communion service. What can you expect? A friendly, family atmosphere with people of all ages. Good food and time to talk together.  There will also be many of the elements of a typical Church of England Communion Service, such as prayers and readings from the Bible. At…

Rock Mass | Your Kingdom Come

  • 6:00 pm
Come and worship LOUD! Rock Mass is a service for people who love it loud! Come and join in, everyone is welcome at Rock Mass!  Holy Nativity and the band Metanoia gather people together from far and wide to worship with songs that come from hymnbooks such as Kerrang Radio and Planet Rock. Metanoia have a lot of experience playing at services together with their alternative hymnal and the amps cranked to 11! Holy Nativity is the home of Rock…

TEATIME CHURCH

  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
A space for everyone to learn more about God through creative prayers, reading the Bible, singing and activities.  There will be cake!’

Giving

There are lots of ways to support the work of Holy Nativity. You may give a financial gift to the church online by clicking below.

If you would like to find out more about volunteering with us, click here.

News

Revd Lindsey’s New Post as Vicar

For the last two years we have had Revd Lindsey Barber working as a curate at Holy Nativity. During these two years, she has touched all of our lives with her pastoral care, spiritual guidance and wicked sense of humour. Yesterday, we took our last official steps with her as we attended her licensing to a group of parishes the other side of Huddersfield. The service at Emmanuel Church in Shelley was led by Bishop Smitha and Archdeacon Bill. Ruth…

Youth Camp Travel by Rail

We had a wet start to the day at camp but the tents kept us all dry through the night. It was eggy bread for breakfast before we went to Whitby train station. This is where we met Archdeacon Bill who joined us for the day! We all took the historic train through the moors to Goathland. We spent an hour doing activities around the station before eating lunch. It took us two different trains to get back to Whitby…

Youth Group Gets Historic

We’ve had a fantastic day heading across the North Yorkshire Moors. First we drove to Scarborough Castle where the youngsters all earned a badge for running around finding facts and completing the history booklet using a quill. Then they were put in the stocks and climbed the high tower. We made our way back to Whitby Abbey where we had lunch. Then we heard about Saint Hilda and the council of Whitby. I am amazed at how the youngsters will…

Youth Camp Begins!

We have arrived on the North Yorkshire Moors for a week of fun and games!  After learning how to work guy lines and put pegs in at at a 45° angle, we went to the beach for an evening paddle. We finished with some games and a camp fire! Our first full day was spent burning off the calories we consumed with a cooked breakfast.  A hike along the cliff tops to Runswick Bay in the glorious sunshine followed by…