Services for September 2026

6^th Sept                      10:00am St James / 11:15am St Mary’s

13^th Sept                    9:30am St Bartholomew’s Holy Communion
10:30am St Bartholomew’s – Civic Service / 11:15am St Mary’s

20^th Sept                    10:00am St James’ / 11:15am Christ Church Helme

27^th Sept                    10:00am St Bartholomew’s / 11:15am St Mary’s

Fellowship Fridays

Come and Dine Church – 4^th September – Church Hall 6pm to 7.30pm
Pizza Church – 18^th September – Church Hall 6pm to 7.30pm

Come and share some food and talk about and explore your faith with friends. There is no cost to attend although donations towards expenses will be gratefully accepted. Pizza Church will include a fun activity for the children.

OASIS

The next OASIS quiet day will be on Tuesday 15th September at St James Meltham Mills. 10.30- 2.30
Coffee available from 10.00
The theme will be – How do we care for God’s Creation?
Rev Elizabeth Snowden will be our guest speaker. 

Please bring a packed lunch if staying all day. Everyone is invited. 

Crisis Fundraising Morning

Saturday 21st November: 10am until 12 noon: The annual charity fundraising morning for ‘Crisis’ and other charities will take place at St. James’.

The Christmas Journey

What could be better in August than looking forward to Christmas?

Meltham Churches Together are looking for volunteers to help run the Christmas Journey this year.  We are planning to offer eight sessions from Tuesday 8^th December.

For those who don’t know about it the Christmas Journey is an interactive re-telling of the story of the Birth of Jesus.  We invite classes from the local schools to come and take part.  There are six scenes that the children visit; In the Beginning, Mary’s Kitchen, A Hillside near Bethlehem, In a Stable, The Wise Man’s Palace and a New Beginning.  The session lasts about an hour and a half and we offer refreshments to the children and staff.  There is also a Christmas card making craft activity for the children to make something to take away.

We plan to have one session in the morning and one in the afternoon in the Methodist Church. The event is aimed for children in years 2 or 3.  We will need about 12 people for each session.  There are various roles; welcoming, guiding around the scenes, storytelling, narrating the scenes, preparing and serving refreshments, chatting and helping with crafts.  We have had a really positive response from the children and schools when we have done this in the past. If you are able to help at one or more of the sessions, please let Sarah G know (Tel: 07946593498). It would be good to have a team of volunteers in place by the beginning of September so that we can make firm plans with the schools.

Church Flower Rota

6^th Sept – Jane A
13^th Sept – Mrs Val P
20^th Sept – Vacant
27^th Sept – Freda W
4^th Oct – Glover Family

Contacts

Vicar: Rev John Dracup: email: revjohndracup@gmail.com

Tel: 07983 937132
Parish Admin: Laura: email: parishofchristtheking@gmail.com

Website: www.melthamparish.co.uk
Facebook: @melthamparish

CHURCH WARDENS FOR THE PARISH: Nigel Priestley, Mike Still, John Andrews