FAITH NEWS
ST LUKE’S CHURCH, DEEPLISH
ST LUKE’S Church, Deeplish, will hold a Holy Communion service on May 12 at 10am, officiated by Revd Natty Gray. The service is followed by tea/ coffee and biscuits and a chance to chat.
Monday, May 13: Bible Study – 10.30am in the church side room. This is open to anyone who wants to find out more about the Bible in a friendly, informal setting.
Wednesday, May 15: 11am – Morning Praise service officiated by Revd Pam Parr. We look forward to welcoming our regular members and anyone who would like to join our very friendly, caring congregation.
St Andrew’s, Dearnley God’s work is in our hands. Unfortunately there are not enough hands to get the jobs done. Or are there? It is well known within the Church of England that 20 per cent of congregations do 80 per cent of necessary jobs which can be undertaken by lay members so with plenty of tasks at St Andrew’s currently carrying ‘vacancy’ boards please can we have more volunteers putting up their hands, thus freeingup Rev Rachel and her hard-working team of ministers to get on with more pastoral and spiritual duties.
In short, your church needs your help. Can YOU offer some time to help the Lord? There are a variety of roles to be filled and you can see them in detail posted at the back of church. In short, Rev Rachel is looking to recruit two baptism buddies to help with the growing number of baptisms and she is also looking for more volunteers for the cleaning team on Wednesday mornings.
Whenever we push leaflets through doors or do any form of house-tohouse survey we rely on the same people. There are other volunteer openings too so now is the perfect time to consider what you could do best to help and to let it be known that you have time each week to devote to the service of God the Son, God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
On different themes we need to talk about our new BOOK SWAP, our APCM, the FOODBANK, our 50 CLUB, our new ELECTORAL ROLL. The Book Swap stall is situated in the Parish Room.
Please bring in as book you have read and enjoyed. Then pay a £1 donation, pick up a new book and start the process all over again.
Our APCM was held on April 21; please continue to bring in items for ROCHDALE FOODBANK, which is also in need of plastic shopping bags; winners of our 50 CLUB draw recently have included Geoff Hurst in February and Wendy Foote RIP in March and the organisers still have numbers available for new members or for those members wishing to have additional numbers.
Finally, our new ELECTORAL ROLL is available on the notice board. See you all in Church at 9.30am tomorrow.
HOLY TRINITY, BENEFICE OF LITTLEBOROUGH
THIS afternoon, Saturday, at 3pm, is our Summer Show, When you wish upon a star. The children have worked hard to present this event and we do hope that they will be well supported.
Ticket prices include a cream tea. Adults £10 children under sixteen £6. There will be some tickets available on the door. If anyone is able to help, we will be taking the stage down, tomorrow at noon.
This week, our Holy Communion Service will be at 10.15am. There will be no Sunday School as we are likely to have props and costumes from the show still stored in the vestry.
The Bible Study Group meet on Tuesday at 7.30pm. We will be looking at the role Peter played in the early church as it is told in the Acts of the Apostles. All welcome. Contact a member of the church for the venue.
Cafe club will meet as usual for a chat and drink. 10am on Wednesday. On Thursday, Ascension Day, there will be a service at 10am at St James Calderbrook.
Holy Trinity Youth Theatre Workshop meet at 7pm on Friday evening, in church. The Theatre
Group is open to young people aged nine to 18 and is free. New members are welcome.
If someone is in this age group and would like to join, turn up to a rehearsal or perhaps attend the Summer Show and speak to a member of the team.
Soon we will begin casting for our Autumn Production. We are delighted to have a license to perform the musical version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Further information about events is available on the Benefice website – www.cofe-littleborough. co.uk. On Sunday, May 18, there will be no service at Holy Trinity, we will be celebrating Pentecost with a joint Benefice service at St Barnabas at the earlier time of 10am.
ST CHAD’S AND ST MARY IN THE BAUM
COPIES of The Prayer Journal and Thy Kingdom Come, a booklet from the Ascension to Pentecost, with texts from The Revelation of St John, are available free from both churches. Tomorrow, May 12, is the Seventh Sunday of Easter (the 6th Sunday after Easter).
The Eucharist, with hymns, is at St Mary’s at 9.15am and Choral Matins is at St Chad’s at 11.15am. Both services are led by the Vicar, the Rev Anne Gilbert, and the preacher is the Rev Pamela Parr. Each Monday, at St Mary’s from 10am until 2pm, the
Red Cross provides help for refugees. Refreshments are available and admission is free.
Next Wednesday, May 15, at St Mary’s at
12.30pm, the Toad Lane Lunchtime Concert features Margaret Ferguson, international soprano, and Jonathan Ellis, piano. Admission is
£6.
Next Thursday, Holy Communion is at St Chad’s at 10am. All are welcome. From 10.30am until noon, volunteers are most welcome to join the church cleaning team. Cleaning materials are provided and your help would be most appreciated.
Next Sunday, May 19, is the Feast of Pentecost (formerly Whit Sunday). The Eucharist, with hymns, is at St Mary’s at
9.15am, when the celebrant and preacher is the Vicar. Choral
Eucharist is at St Chad’s at
11.15am, when the Bishop of Middleton, the Rt Rev Mark Davies, is to bless the new church bells.
Everyone is welcome on this unique and historic occasion.
On Saturday May 25, at St Chad’s at noon, a Midday Concert features pianist Chiara Lordi. The programme includes music by Franz Liszt and Gabriel Faure. Admission is £6 including refreshments served from
11.30am.
St Chad’s, on Sparrow Hill, overlooking the Town Hall, has been Rochdale’s Parish Church for over
800 years. Together with our sister church, St Mary in the Baum, we are still serving the community of Rochdale today and you are warmly welcome to join us.
Children’s activities are available during Sunday morning services and refreshments are available afterwards.
If you are able and willing to contribute towards the replacement of our St George’s flag, which flies from St Chad’s church tower and can be seen from the town centre and beyond, your donation, however small, will be gratefully received.
For details of the Asian Christian Fellowship, which meets at St Chad’s on Sunday afternoons, please ring 07983 388169.
ST MARY’S, BALDERSTONE
COFFEE, cake and company. Our monthly coffee morning takes place, today, 10am to noon in the parish room. NOT just coffee! Other drinks available including tea, juice and hot chocolate.
There will be a craft stall and an assortment of scrumptious cakes for sale and all we’re asking for is a small donation. If you’re at a loose end this morning why not call in for a cuppa. All very welcome although we do ask that children are accompanied by an adult, please.
Tomorrow our morning Service starts at 10.30am. Rev Greenfield will be continuing our sermon series ‘Messy People, Faithful God’ in Genesis chapter 22 verses one to twenty-four – ‘Abraham tested.’ Children’s groups will be available.
There are groups for children aged four-11. Light refreshments are served after the service. If you’ve never tried Church... this could be the week to give it a go, we’d love to meet you. If you have questions? Don’t hesitate to get in touch! Our Sunday evening Prayer gathering takes place between 6.30pm –
7.30pm at St Saviours this week. St Saviours church is on Bishopsgate St, off Denton Lane,
Chadderton, OL9 9BF. All welcome, if you can’t come in person, you have the option of joining in via Zoom.
Smurf’s (St Mary’s Under Fives) meets on Tuesday afternoon
1.30pm – 3pm in the parish room. There is a small charge of £1 for one adult with one child and an extra 30p each for extra children. New members are always welcome.
Each week we have an optional fun craft activity as well as free play, singing, story time and snacks. This week in craft corner we’ll be thinking about Pentecost.
Midweek small groups are simply groups of people meeting together to explore the bible, pray, and encourage each other. There are a range of groups – Wednesday daytime meets at 10am in the church lounge. In the evenings, we have Wednesday 7.30pm at the home of a group member and Thursday evening,
7.20pm-9pm, Zoom only. If you are interested in what’s going on at St M’s and like to know more head to our website www. stmarysbalderstone.org. uk or please get in touch by e-mail stmarysbalderstone@ gmail.com or see our Facebook page, www. facebook.com/ saintmarysbalderstone.
●●If you would like to submit your news for inclusion on Inyourarea and in the Rochdale Observer print edition, please email info@ inyouarea.co.uk. Please note the deadline for submissions for inclusion in the newspaper of the same week is now 4pm each Wednesday.