Welcome to Holy Nativity Church, Mixenden and Illingworth. Serving the communities of north Halifax.

Welcome!

Welcome to the parish of Mixenden and Illingworth in North Halifax! We are a friendly Christian community who accept and welcome everyone. We worship predominantly at Holy Nativity Church in Mixenden.

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

Upcoming Events

Being Faithful Neighbours

November 15, 2018

Encourage interfaith dialogue and awareness by uniting people of different faiths and no faith in conversation.

The Rock Mass

November 18, 2018

The Rock Mass is a monthly service for people who love it loud!  The community gather together to worship God through live heavy Rock music! At a typical service you can expect to be singing songs you are more likely to hear on the Kerrang channel or Planet Rock Radio.  As we come together around God’s table to […]

Monthly Communion Meal

December 9, 2018

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.  […]

Rock Mass Christmas 2018

December 16, 2018

Christmas is upon us and it won’t be a Silent Night at The Rock Mass!!   This is a service for people who love it LOUD!!  Revd Rach Firth is coming to lead the service as we share bread and wine together and celebrate the coming of Christ at Christmas!  Expect some re-imagined carols and […]

Christmas Morning

December 25, 2018

Bring your favourite present and make the vicar try and turn it into a sermon!  All age party time!  We will even give you a glass of bubbly at the end!   ITS CHHRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSTTTMAASSS!!

Recent Posts

St Mary’s Community Shop Closure

For 16 years, St Mary’s Community Shop has served the people of Illingworth as a place of sanctuary and will finally close their doors on the 3rd of July.  In 2002 the council gave the keys to a small shop front on Turner Avenue South to the community at St Mary’s Church which later became […]

Yvonne’s Ordination and First Eucharist

It has been a wonderful weekend in the life of Holy Nativity as we have celebrated with Yvonne as she was ordained priest. On Saturday at Huddersfield Parish church Yvonne was ordained by Right Reverend Jonathan Gibbs, the bishop of Huddersfield.  It was a wonderful service in which he placed his hands on her head […]

Lunch Club Christmas. #GodWithUs

Holy Nativity’s lunch club had a fantastic Christmas Meal on Tuesday. The morning began with a Christmas communion service with carols. Then the room became a hive of activity as other people began arriving for Christmas dinner with all of the trimmings! To start the festivities, children from Year 1 and 2 at Ash Green […]

Making Friends over a Curry

On Wednesday afternoon we had a fantastic time as Samina, Shebana, Shamim and Rabia came to Holy Nativity to show more than twenty of us how to make traditional homemade curry. The Halifax Central Initiative staff came to Holy Nativity with all of the ingredients and expertise to produce a cheap and amazing home cooked […]

Welcoming the New Curate!

On Saturday we went to Yvonne’s ordination at Bradford Cathedral. Yvonne is the new curate at Holy Nativity Church.   Revd Yvonne Hagan was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Leeds. Yvonne has come from Christ Church Pellon where she has been worshipping for many years.  She has been training for ordination for three years.  As […]

Finding Holy Nativity

Holy Nativity Church

The Church of the Holy Nativity, Mixenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 8RX

St Mary’s Community Shop

St Mary's Community Shop, 89 Turner Avenue South, Illingworth, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 8EF

Recent Sermons

Staff

Reverend Robb Sutherland

The Vicar of Mixenden and Illingworth
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Reverend Yvonne Hagan

Assistant Curate (SSM)
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Margaret Henderson

Church Warden
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