Join us on Sunday morning for our monthly ALL AGE SERVICE which is suitable for all the family.
7th April – 9:30am at St James’ Meltham Mills (the church by the park).

ALL WELCOME – YOUNG, OLD and those INBETWEEN 😃

We’d love you to come join us in #Meltham Parish on Easter Sunday to celebrate the Risen Christ together!

For those early birds, there is what we hope will be a glorious Sunrise Service at the Cock Crowing Stone – Wessenden Head Rd – Arrive earlier to ensure you don’t miss it! Join together for this very special time. It really is worth getting up for! Meet at 6:30am. A short reflection focused on the discovery of the empty tomb for about 20 minutes. Wrap up warm! Bacon butties and cereal will be served afterwards at the Church Hall in Meltham.

!!!DON’T FORGET THE CLOCKS GO FORWARD!!!

Holy Communion Services will take place in all four churches as follows:

9:30am St Bartholomew’s – Meltham

9:30am St James’ – Meltham Mills

11:15am Christ Church – Helme

11:15am St Mary’s – Wilshaw

ALL WELCOME

Hallelujah! Christ is Risen.

HE IS RISEN INDEED – HALLELUJAH!

EASTER TRAIL for all the family – Easter Saturday 30th March from 10am til 2:30pm.

Follow the Easter Trail from the Turning Circle on the Meltham Greenway to St James’ Church at Meltham Mills. Follow the clues along the way to learn the Easter story. On completion, there’s a free Easter egg to the first 100 children to complete the trail.

There’ll be refreshments at St James’ Church – and the chance of a moment of Easter stillness and a Forest Church activity! We hope this will be a really enjoyable community event and hope you can come along – it’s perfect for all the family especially those children in Primary schools

If you’re a facebook user, please share the event below to help spread the word or invite friends who may be interested. https://fb.me/e/1KQAeW5R7

If you have time to make a tray bake or similar to go with the drinks in St. James’ church at the end of the Easter trail, that would be lovely.  There will be someone in St. James’ from 8.30am on Saturday 30th or you could leave it at 15, Cardinal Close on Friday 29th.

Thank you

Join us at one of our special services across the Meltham Parish as we make the journey through Holy Week:

Holy Week (Mon 25th to Sat 29th March 2024)

• Monday to Friday: Daily devotional, 8am – 8.30am, at St James’ Church, Meltham Mills

• Maundy Thursday: Holy Communion Service, 7.30pm at St James’ Church, Meltham Mills

• Good Friday: Service of Witness, 11.30am in St Bartholomew’s Meltham Churchyard, followed by soup lunch at the Methodist Church.

• Good Friday: An Hour at the Cross – a time of reflection – 3.00pm at St Bartholomew’s Church, Meltham.

• Easter Saturday: EASTER TRAIL for all the family – 30th March from 10.00am til 2.30pm

Follow the Easter Trail from the Turning Circle on the Meltham Greenway to St James’ Church at Meltham Mills. Follow the clues along the way to learn the Easter story. On completion, there’s a free Easter egg to the first 100 children to complete the trail. There’ll be refreshments at St James’ Church – and the chance of a moment of Easter stillness and a Forest Church activity! We hope this will be a really enjoyable community event and hope you can come along – it’s perfect for all the family especially those children in Primary schools.

ALL WELCOME!

Join us on Palm Sunday at St Bartholomew’s #Meltham for our joint Parish Communion service – Sunday 24th March @ 10:30am.

Everyone is invited to stay afterwards for a pie ‘n’ peas lunch (including a desert) and fellowship – ALL WELCOME! There will also be a vegetarian option.

NOTE! – there will be no services at the other churches in the Parish as we’ll be joining together as one for the final time of the Winter service schedule.

Service times will revert to the normal schedule at each church starting on Easter Sunday (31st March).

Sunday 17th March 2024

4.00pm – 5.00pm

St. Bartholomew’s Church

Please come and pray for the Parish and all our planned Easter activities.

Everyone is invited to join us at one of our Special Mother’s Day Family Services where we’ll be giving thanks for our Mums, Grandmas, Aunties and any other special people in our lives who care for us.

Sunday 10th March
9:30am at St Bartholomew’s – Meltham
11:15am at St Mary’s – Wilshaw

ALL WELCOME – bring the whole family!

Join us on Sunday morning for our monthly ALL AGE SERVICE which is suitable for all the family.
3rd March – 9:30am at St James’ Meltham Mills (the church by the park).

ALL WELCOME – YOUNG, OLD and those INBETWEEN 😃

Similar to last year, primarily due to the continued high energy prices and in order to reduce heating costs, there will NOT be a service in every church each Sunday during January, February and March 2024:

Everyone is encouraged to join together at one of the other churches if there is not a service at the one you would usually attend. Let’s stick together (and worship together) during these winter months and keep warm.

Services will be as follows during MARCH:

Sun 3rd – St James’ Meltham Mills (Family Sunday Service) 9:30am and St Mary’s Wilshaw (HC) 11:15am

Sun 10th St Bartholomew’s’ Meltham (HC) 9:30am and St Mary’s Wilshaw (SoW) 11:15am

Sun 17th St James’ Meltham Mills (HC) 9:30am and St Mary’s Wilshaw (SoW) 11:15am

Sun 24th PALM SUNDAY Joint Parish Communion and lunch 10:30am – St Bartholomew’s Meltham

Please Note:
– The first Sunday of the month (9:30am) will be a Family Sunday service where people of ALL ages can join in the fun.
– The fourth Sunday of the Month will be a Parish Communion Service. All are welcome to share a light lunch together after the service.
– There will be no services taking place at Helme Church due to the lack of heating.
– The mid-week Wednesday service of Holy Communion at St Bartholomew’s will continue as normal each week at 10:30am.
– Toddler Church at St Bartholomew’s will continue as normal on Tuesday mornings each week 9am to 11am (term time only).