Junior Church have collaborated in producing a Living Church crossword which we would encourage you to download and complete.

The crossword is in PDF format which will open in software such as Adobe Reader.

We are delighted to report that at last we have reached £1 000 in Tiddlers. Our thanks to Gordon Cuthbert who has been counting and collecting them since the beginning. seven years ago! Keep them coming in so we can raise another £1 000!

The Plant Sale brought in £554 which was excellent. The Spring Quiz was won by Elsie Hastwell (the answers are on the Fund Raising notice board). It raised £172 and a big thank you to Mavis Fletcher who devised it. The Music for a Summer Evening Concert, which was

Continue reading Building Together in July

The notices for the week beginning 1^st July are now online.

On Sunday, 8^th July Radio 4’s Sunday Worship will be broadcast live from North Shore Methodist Church, Blackpool. New President of the Conference, the Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, will preach, and the Revd Peter Whittaker, Chair of the West Yorkshire District, will lead the service.

For those of you listening at home, the service starts at 8:10 a.m. and runs until 8:50 on BBC Radio 4. Please spread the word and listen in— this is the first time in a while that Sunday Worship has come from Conference, and… Read more on the Circuit website.

It hardly got a mention on the BBC news but on 2nd April a severe earthquake shook the Solomon Islands which measured 8.1 on the Richter scale. This resulted in huge tidal waves as the tsunami wrought death and destruction on many islands in the western province. I was asked to visit the United Church of the Solomon Islands to stand alongside our brothers and sisters there in their time of trauma and need…

Read more about the tsunami on the Circuit site

Since our last bulletin there has been quite a lot happening. We have received £45 from the sale of Morag’s greetings card, the April Blessings have brought in £348.95 so far. If you haven’t paid in your money, please give it to Joan Hardman.
The June Cake Stall raised £54.64 and a big thank you to those who supplied cakes and manned the stall. We cannot report on the amount raised from the Plant Sale as the final bill has not been received. It was well supported and very few plants had to be returned the next day. Thank you to all who helped in any way.
The Spring Quiz was well supported. The answers are pinned up on the Fund Raising notice board in the corridor. Details of winner and amount raised next time.
We were sorry to have to postpone the Sponsored Canal Walk. We hope to re-arrange it in the early Autumn or failing that, reschedule it for next Spring. We felt that it was not worth running it when the Unformed Organisations could not take part.
Forthcoming events
There is still time to buy your tickets for Music for a summer evening on Saturday, 16^th June at 7.30pm as part of the Big 100k Weekend. There is still time to buy your tickets: £5 adults, children free. A crèche will be available. Tickets are on sale after service or contact Barbara (716203).
The next monthly cake stall will be on Sunday, 1^st July in the Hall.
We shall be holding a bowling tournament on Moor Park on Friday, 13^th July commencing at 7.00pm. Full details very soon. In August there will be the monthly cake stall on the 5^th, a book sale on Saturday 4^th and a treasure hunt on the 10^th. This is a joint event with FC2.

The worship leaders training course is for all those who are interested in taking part in leading worship in any way, including preaching and for those who want to find out more about how worship works but don’t want to take part in leading.
The course will be on Tuesdays at 8:00 at Fulwood. It will start on 19th June for two weeks before the summer break and six weeks after. If you are interested, please come along on 19th.