Join us to at this special late night service of Holy Communion on Christmas eve as we celebrate the birth and welcome Jesus! There will be carols, prayers and Holy Communion. ALL WELCOME.
The service starts at 11:30pm – we aim for the service to last no more than 1 hour so everyone can get home in reasonable time (including the Vicar).
Toilets are available for those who might need one!
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Please note there will be no service at St Bartholomew’s on Christmas day but services will take place at 2 of our other churches in the parish:
10:00am at St James’ Meltham Mills. 11:15am at St Marys, Wilshaw.
Join us on Christmas Eve at 4pm at St James’ Church Meltham Mills (the one by the park) for our popular annual Crib Service. This is such a lovely event, perfect for all the family. Young and old – ALL WELCOME!
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Join us at Christ Church, Helme for a forest church Christingle! Saturday 20th December at 4pm.
An interactive event with all the elements of a traditional Christingle but also using our senses to engage with God and the world around us. Meet inside church before stepping outside to follow the Christingle trail. We’ll finish off by lighting our Christingles in church and singing our new Christingle Jingle followed by lovely warm hot chocolate!
Don’t forget to wrap up, wear some boots or wellies, maybe bring an umbrella and a torch!!
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Join us for our popular annual Community Carol Service & POP-UP NATIVITY which this year will be based around the Church of England Christmas Nativity Story – ‘The Grumpy Owl and the Joy of Christmas’.
Children (and adults) can dress up as their favourite character and join in at the appropriate point. We have costumes to borrow or you can bring your own.
Don’t forget to wear your Christmas Jumper if you’re not dressing up!
ALL WELCOME. Just turn up on the day!
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St Bartholomew’s Church choir have in recent times been singing less and less regularly at services and rehearsals became unviable quite a while ago. The reality of the situation is that we have struggled for quite some time now to get enough voices together at the same time for various reasons, and we now only have one remaining man – that being our head boy and longest serving member Denis Armstong.
There was a consensus among most choir members that it is now no longer feasible to continue as a choir and that we should now hang up our robes and officially draw down the curtain on this wonderful chapter of our history here at St Bartholomew’s. Whilst this is a sad and reluctant decision, we felt that the time was right rather than to just let things drag on with no real purpose as they have for the past 12 months or so.
We do however have a lot to be thankful for; we’ve been very fortunate to be able to continue all these years with such a strong choir when many churches lost their choirs maybe more than 30 years ago. Much of this is down to the dedication and long service of individual members.
We will mark the occasion officially and the choir will sing together one last time at the morning service on Sunday 14th December at 10am where as a church we can celebrate and give thanks for the wonderful years of service from all choir members past and present, and hopefully sign off with a good sing. We hope that maybe some previous members will be able to join us for this also.
Many people in Meltham have had an association with the choir at some point in their lives, and will no doubt have their own memories – whether that’s being a past member, or hearing them singing around the village at Christmas. Maybe the choir sang at your wedding or a family funeral. Everyone is welcome to come along and share in the occasion with us. It really is the end or an era here in Meltham 🙁
My dear readers and supporters, I am sorry to say this magazine will be the last edition of the Meltham Parish Magazine. It has been going for over 100 years in various forms but after my current role of nearly 6 years being editor my time has come to close down my laptop! Thank you for all your support.
However, we still have an amazing edition to read, even if it is a tad late (as usual). So please turn to page 8 as Joyce shares her latest read, learn about how kind you generous people of Meltham have been at both the Crisis coffee morning (pg9) and the shoeboxes (pg 15).
We have lots of Christmas events coming up so please turn to the centre pages and get them up on your calendar. As well as hear about those who have done great things like Wilshaw (pg 24) and the wonderful ladies of Helme (pg 23).
Thank you once again to those who have supported me and the magazine by sending submissions in, you have really helped me out and made this magazine what it is.
Come and sing carols from your heart! The next highlight of Meltham’s Christmas – we’ve had Carols in the Park, now come and join us around the piano in the warmth at the Waggon and Horses in #Meltham for our popular annual evening of festive song, cheer and beer*!
*optional – other drinks are available
Saturday 13th December 2024 from 7:30pm onwards.
ALL WELCOME
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CANDLELIT CAROLS IN THE PARK with Meltham & Meltham Mills Band featuring Meltham Community Choir and our local school children. down at Robert Ashton Memorial Park Sunday 30th November at 4pm.
Hot chocolate, mince pies and other goodies available in St James’ Church adjacent. Bring a torch, possibly wellies!
Arrangements designed and put together by talented local flower arrangers will be on display in St Bartholomew’s Church – Meltham on Saturday 29th November from 11am onwards.
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Our popular annual Christmas Market will also be taking place at the same time in the Church Hall.
