We are looking forward to greeting you at the Crib Service on CHRISTMAS EVE
Saturday 24th December at 4pm in the Church by the Park – St James’ Meltham Mills.
Young and old – ALL WELCOME!
Articles by Alison Whiteley
Christmas is coming!
So here is the plan! Friday morning 10.00 working party at Parish hall and St Barts to do 2 things. 1 set up parish hall for fayre and 2 install the nativity scene and lights, then round to St James’ to do the same.
Saturday morning there may be some finishing off jobs to do as well as help needed for the Christmas fayre. We know people are working etc. but if you can prioritise some time it will be really appreciated. My guess is we need about 6 people at least.
Thanks
Mike Still
Thank you!
‘Crisis’ coffee morning
Please join us at our coffee morning to raise funds for ‘Crisis’, the Welcome Centre and Teams4U.
There’ll be lovely handmade crafts, lots of amazing gift hampers at bargain prices, AH Creations (wax melts, candles etc), the silent auction (with some great ‘lots’), cards, homeware, jams, pickles, sweets, win a bottle, tombola and a raffle. Not forgetting a chance to catch up with friends. Hope to see you there!
Working Party Reminder
Reverse Advent Calendar
A couple of years ago here at St Mary’s Wilshaw we decided to do a Reverse Advent Calendar. We would buy an item of food, tins or non-perishable goods and instead of opening that cardboard door in our calendar, each day we would put a food item away and bring what we had saved to Church on Sunday. After Christmas, everything that we had collected was taken down to the Food Bank in Meltham for distribution.
Judith Moore
The PCC has agreed that it would be good for all the churches in the Parish to take part in the Reverse Advent Calendar this year. The Food Bank would be very grateful of your support as stocks are often low in January. It has been requested that Christmas themed food is not included.
Housegroups
Evening House Group – Follow The Star – The Great Invitation
Over the summer and early part of the autumn some folk expressed an interest in getting some more fellowship time together to explore God’s word, to reflect on it together and to get to know others better in the Meltham church community.
From 28th November for four successive Mondays we’d like to give you the opportunity to join us in a new House Group where we will spend an hour or so working through some reflection materials that the Church of England has come up with – called “Follow The Star – The Great Invitation”. We’ll aim to start at 2000hrs each Monday and finish by no later than 2130hrs.
There is absolutely no forward commitment and if you can’t do all the dates that’s fine too. After Christmas we will take stock and hopefully there will be enthusiasm for carrying on and we can discuss frequency, format etc.
As the long winter evenings draw in and there is less and less daylight time we hope the idea of meeting up is attractive to you!
Working Party
Singing for Health
Do you enjoy singing?
Would you like to meet some new people?
Then why not come along to ‘Singing for Health’?
Thursdays from 1.30 – 3pm in the Jubilee Room of the Carlile Institute.
There’s an accessible lift should you need it.
We sing a variety of songs from different eras and you don’t have to be able to read music.
We also stop for a chat and a cup of tea!
You can try your 1st session for free then each one costs £4.
Here are some comments from people who attend:
It’s the best day of the week.
I love singing the songs.
It’s the perfect antidote to lockdown.
It’s a friendly group and everyone is made welcome.
I can’t sing for toffee! There is no pressure.
I always feel uplifted.
It would be lovely to see you there!
For more details contact Kate Buchanan on 07780 548689 or email katebuchanan57@gmail.com
Housegroup
Are you interested in joining a housegroup?
There is an opportunity on Monday 24th October at 8pm for people to meet to discuss what they would want out of a housegroup. It is likely that we would meet twice a month. We are meeting at 6 Woodland Walk. It might be advisable to bring a torch/mobile phone as the estate still doesn’t have lighting.
