Carols in the Park with Meltham & Meltham Mills Band.

Sunday 4th December – 4pm at the Robert Ashton Memorial Park.

Celebrating Real Love at Christmas – Jesus born in Bethlehem, the Light shining in the Darkness!

We are giving thanks all the good things that happen in the Meltham community.

Supported by Crossroads, Meltham Town Council and Morrisons.

Don’t forget your torch!

There will be hot chocolate in St James’ Church afterwards along with some Christmas stalls.

Please, if you’re able to offer help with stewarding or setting up etc. please contact Mike on 07867 951512 for further details, or to let him know you can help. Thank you!

St Bartholomew’s Church Christmas Market and Santa’s Grotto – Saturday 3rd December – 10am – 4pm.
Put on your Christmas Jumpers and join us at Meltham Church Hall to celebrate the beginning of the festive season and find something truly special whilst supporting our local traders. We ho-ho-hope to see you there! 🙂

Glass & Ceramics
Hats & Scarves
Soaps & Candles
Wooden Gifts
Jewellery
Pickles
Cakes & Sweets
Cards & Tags
Clothing
Socks
Wreaths
Books
& Lots More!

£1 entry (includes free coffee or mulled wine + a mince pie!)

For the kids, there’s face painting and Santa can also be visited in his Grotto – courtesy of Meltham Stage Company.

There will also be stalls outside and the Meltham Christmas lights switch-on will follow at 5pm.

Today we remember the fallen from Meltham and the surrounding areas of Helme and Wilshaw. Their names will be read out during the Remembrance service which starts at 10:30am.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

This wonderful display of 600 poppies was created from the wreaths laid last year. It continues with a further 200 poppies inside the church.

Thank you to Margaret Thorley and Tom Bolland who salvaged the poppies from the wreaths last year and glued them onto the skewers. Also to Margaret Walker who helped ‘plant’ them in the pouring rain……and anyone else involved.

LEST WE FORGET: Remembrance Sunday 2022 – Services in the Parish of Meltham – Sunday 13th November:

10:30am @ St Bartholomew’s Church, Meltham
(Parade led by Meltham & Meltham Mills band leaves Carlile Street at 10.15am – those not joining the parade please be inside church by 10.30am please)

2:00pm @ St Mary’s, Wilshaw (in Church or online via Zoom using the following link):

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89200631544?pwd=U09aMGx2RDhoam54d21WQ0UxVnUyQT09

Meeting ID: 892 0063 1544 / Passcode: 983095

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Other services in the Parish:

09.30am St Bartholomew’s, Meltham – Said Holy Communion.

No services at Meltham Mills or Helme.

You are invited to our special memorial service on Sunday 6th November – 4pm at St Bartholomew’s Church, Meltham. This service offers an opportunity to give thanks for and remember any loved one that we have lost at any time in our lives. There will be an opportunity during this service for anyone who wishes to do so, to light a candle in remembrance of those people. All are welcome.

It’s a 5 Sunday month, so as is tradition in the Parish of #Meltham, we shall be having a joint parish communion service so we can all come together and worship as one. This time, it will take place at St James’ Church down at Meltham Mills. Sunday 30th October at 10:30am.

Don’t forget the clocks go back this weekend, so if you don’t change yours (or your phone doesn’t update automatically), then you might end up arriving just in time for coffee at the end of the service 🙂

Please note that there won’t be any other services at the other churches in the parish on this Sunday – the idea is that everyone comes along to this one – yes, that includes you <insert name here>! 🙂

ALL WELCOME!

Remember: WE ARE ONE IN THE SPIRIT, WE ARE ONE IN THE LORD

Meltham Treat Fest. A night for fun – and light! Monday 31st October.

Accompanied children of primary school age are invited to drop in to the church hall any time between 5:30pm and 7:00pm. There’ll be: big games, little games, crafts and treats, hot choc and maybe more!

All treats, no tricks – apart from the trick on the parents of giving the kids a sugar high 🙂

Meltham Parish Magazine – November 2022 – The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it!

Hopefully, you are are sitting comfy and wrapped in your blanket (cos no one wants to put the heating on yet with the current energy prices!) and ready to immerse yourself in news from the Parish of #Meltham. The Crossroads have been really busy so catch up on their news and their 30 seconds of fame!

There are lots of events happening on the run up to Christmas, so make sure they are all ready in your diary. Helme Ladies have lots to catch us up on having missed the last edition and there’s some great tips on saving energy around your home.

Please continue to send in your submissions for the magazine, we really couldn’t make this magazine what it is without you!

Welcome to our tribute edition of the magazine to our Queen Elizabeth, who was an example to us all of how to live our lives in service to others. London seemed so far away, but with the help of Richard Noon and others you will see, we were able to say ‘Goodbye’ in our own Meltham way.

I would also like to apologise for not updating the parish registers over the summer. This was an oversight and are now included in this months edition. As we settle into the autumn months we can read about how the Crossroads continue to help those who need it. There are new events happening like Alpha and also a sneak peek as to what you can expect in the run up to Christmas.

The next deadline for the November magazine will be:
Monday 17th October 2022
Please send them via:
melthamparishmagazine@gmail.com
or
via the vicarage letterbox.
(150 Huddersfield Rd, HD9 4AL)

God Bless,
Fiona.

You can also find here, a copy of the September magazine which unfortunately didn’t get posted last month, but still worth a look if you didn’t manage to get to see a copy. Apologies from the webmaster for that.

IT’S HARVEST TIME IN #MELTHAM!

Join us for our Harvest Festivals across the Parish either this Sunday (2nd October) or next Sunday (9th October)

Sunday 2nd October:
09.30am St James’ – MELTHAM MILLS
11.15am Christ Church – HELME

Sunday 9th October:
09.30am St Bartholomew’s – MELTHAM
11.15am St Mary’s – WILSHAW

We shall be collecting items for the Meltham Food Bank – they are short of all items currently, so any gifts given will be gratefully received. Items can be brought to any of the churches or the Crossroads centre.

It’s also the Season of Invitation so bring all the family, neighbours and friends too!

Please share widely!

ALL WELCOME!

Thank you!