PLEASE PRAY this week for all of us, and our experiences of being a child, being a mother or providing a mothering role for those around us. Be thankful that we are all children of a loving God who walks with us.

READ THE GOOD NEWS
John 3 14-21
Maybe on Mothering Sunday when we think about being a child, or parenting children, we get a more vivid reminder of what it meant for God to send his most precious child Jesus to die for us and save us from our sins.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK

Monday 12th March
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 13th March
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 14th March
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s

Thursday 15th March
3.00pm Evening Prayer, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 18th March
9.30am Holy Communion, St Bart’s
9.30am Morning Worship/Meditation, St James’
11.15am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church

OTHER DATES TO NOTE
Wednesday 14th March
10am to 3pm St James’, OASIS – quiet time.
Come for as much or little as you wish (drinks provided but please bring your lunch)
7.30pm St Bart’s DCC

Thursday 15th March
7.30pm St Bart’s – rehearsal for Good Friday performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion. All welcome to come and sing, even if you’ve never done this piece before.

Friday 16th March
10-12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30-12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat
7pm St James’, Supper and Speaker Evening
– supper served at 7pm (veg option available).
All welcome. Speaker is Christine Rolls.
Sunday 18th March – St Bart’s AGM at 11am

PLEASE PRAY for ministry of the late Billy Graham and all those people across the world who have proclaimed the good news that following Jesus is the best thing anyone could
ever do.

READ THE GOOD NEWS – Mark 8 31-end – “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me”

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK

Monday 26th February
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 27th February
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s
1.30pm Greenacres – Holy Communion

Wednesday 28th February
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s

Thursday 1st March
3.00pm Evening Prayer, St Bart’s

Friday 2nd March
2.00pm Women’s World Day of Prayer, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 4th March
9.30am Holy Communion, St Bart’s
9.30am Holy Communion, St James’
11.15am Morning Worship, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church

OTHER DATES TO NOTE
Friday 2nd March
10-12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30-12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat
And advance notice of Mustard Seed AGM, 7th March at 7.30pm at the Methodist Church.

Read the March #Meltham Parish Magazine here!  It’s a packed issue with all the latest news and info about what’s going on across the Parish and beyond.  Please forward on or share with friends and family.

March Magazine 2018

Your Church Hall needs YOU!

MELTHAM PARISH CHURCH HALL – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21st February
in the Church Hall, Greens End Road.

Though the hall belongs to St. Bartholomew’s Church, it is completely self financing & non-denominational.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR AGM.

WE NEED MORE MEMBERS & MORE IDEAS TO KEEP THE HALL RUNNING.

Many thanks from the Church Hall Committee

PLEASE PRAY for the hundreds of thousands of people who are using Lent not to give things up but to give generously to others in new ways every day. May their deeds show Jesus to those who do not yet know Him. www.40acts.org.uk

READ THE GOOD NEWS – Mark 1 9-15
Tempted for forty days and nights but finds the strength to overcome evil.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK

Monday 19th February
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 20th February
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 21st February
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s
7:30pm Church Hall AGM, at the Church Hall

Thursday 22nd February
3.00pm Evening Prayer, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 25th February, 2nd Sunday of Lent
9.30am Morning Worship, St Bart’s
9.30am Holy Communion, St James’
11.15am Morning Worship, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church

OTHER DATES TO NOTE
Monday 19th
The BIG SORT of Christmas cards at Berry Brow Methodist Church, HD4 7LP. 10-4 – lunch provided – join for an hour or two if you can’t manage all day and bring a friend. Christine has more information if you need it.

Friday 23rd
10-12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30-12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat

Saturday 24th – 7pm Bulgarian Night in Wilshaw Sunday School. £6 for a three-course meal, plus music, fun and friendship. Tickets from Kim, Judy or Liz.

And advance notice of
• Women’s World Day of Prayer, 2nd March at 2pm at St Bart’s.
• Mustard Seed AGM, 7th March at 7.30pm at the Methodist Church

PLEASE PRAY for the places in our community or across the world where, 100 years on from women being able to vote, we still have inequality between men and women despite both being created in God’s image. Deeds not Words.

READ THE GOOD NEWS – Mark 9 vv2-9  – This is my son, who I love – listen to him.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK
Monday 12th February
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 13th February
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 14th February ASH WEDNESDAY
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s
7.30pm Deanery Ashing Service at All Hallows, Almondbury

Thursday 15h February
3.00pm Evening Prayer, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 18th February, 1st Sunday of Lent
9.30am Sung Eucharist, St Bart’s
9.30am Morning Worship/Meditation, St James’
11.15am Morning Worship, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church

OTHER DATES TO NOTE
Tuesday 13th February Revd Charlene’s first service at St Cuthbert’s, Ackworth.

Wednesday 14th February – 7.30pm St Barts DCC

FRIDAY MORNING – 16th February
10-12 St James, Community Card Group
10.30-12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat

LENT COURSES START ON MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY – YOU CAN SIGN UP IN YOUR CHURCH OR IN THE CROSSROADS SHOP

Put Saturday 24th Feb in your diary for a Bulgarian night in Wilshaw Sunday School at 7pm. £6 for a three-course meal plus music, fun and friendship.