We’re delighted to be holding our second Family Party on Saturday 15th January 2022 from 3pm until 6pm!

The event will be held at Harwood Gold Club and tickets include food plus a disco and games for the children.

Tickets are just £5 for adults and £3 for children (all children attending must be accompanied by an adult).

Due to the numbers we can have in church there will be two Carol Services this year. One at 3pm and one at 7pm. This will be a TICKET ONLY event and FREE tickets are available now from church or the Vicarage.

Join us in the church grounds for an outdoor Christmas Market with stalls, crafts, food and drink!

Annual Family Bonfire

This is a 'bring and share' event.

Each family is requested to bring 1 large firework and an offering for the buffet (suggestions below):

Meet & Potato hash or pie
Cheese pie
Black Peas
Chilli
Rice
Crisps
Baked Potato
Desserts
Parkin

Please bring your own drinks, crockery and cutlery.

ALL WELCOME

(no unaccompanied under 18s)

Calling all you budding bakers out there!

Can you bake a bun?  Produce a Pie?  Cream a cracker? (well, perhaps not that one) but whether you are a star baker or complete novice, we would love you to join in and bake a cake to help raise funds for SU2C 2021.

All you have to do is bake a tray of Chocolate Brownies (using your own secret recipe ) and deliver it to the Church Lounge (in the church grounds, stitch-mi-Lane) on Saturday 5th June between 12.00 and 1.00pm.  (Covid protocol will be in place).  The Brownies will then be delivered to the local community.

Don’t forget to send your photos to parishsec@hotmail.co.uk for our website page!

Each entry costs £5.00.

The cakes will be judged by a ‘professional’ taster and the winner will receive…… yes, a Stand Up 2 Cancer Bake Off apron!

Runner up prizes are SU2C oven gloves or tea towel.

Further details from Julia – 01204 437336 or dewhurst4@ntlworld.com

Since the first UK Covid-19 lockdown began in 2020, millions have been bereaved. The National Day of Reflection, coordinated by the charity Marie Curie and officially supported by the Church of England, will designate a special day to reflect on collective loss and grief. Local churches can also participate. Here’s how.

On 23 March 2021, it’ll be one year since the first UK lockdown. Since then, millions of people have been bereaved, both as a result of Covid-19 and due to other causes. The restrictions we’ve all been living under have meant that many people have had to grieve without the comfort of having friends and family around them.

Marie Curie, a charity which supports people around the event of a terminal diagnosis, has organised a National Day of Reflection to acknowledge grief and loss over the last year. The national Church of England is one of several organisations supporting it, and the Life Events team will provide some additional, bespoke resources for parishes to use if they want to join in.

WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING ON THE DAY OF REFLECTION?
There will be a minute’s silence at 12 noon on 23 March to create a moment that shows support for the millions of people who’ve been bereaved. It might also be a day to connect with someone who is grieving. This might be in simple ways such as having a chat with them, sending a card, a message, or giving them some spring flowers.

WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE?
You might like to use either of these specially written prayers:

Dear God,
Be with us as we think about all that has changed this year,
And help us to trust that you are always with us.
Be close to us as we remember those who have died,
And help us to trust they are at peace with you.
Show us how to reach out to others with kindness and care ,
So that hope shines out in every heart and home,
Amen

Or:

God of Love,
As we think about all that has changed this year,
help us to trust that you are always with us.
As we remember those who have died,
help us to trust they are at peace with you.
As we reach out to others with kindness and care,
may hope shine out in every heart and home.
Amen

Click the button below for National Day of Reflection Intercessions

We can’t have a chocolate tasting event this year but the lovely people at Creative Chocolates have very generously offered us commission on any sales we make from the Christmas Catalogue just as we would have earned hosting a party.

All orders need to be emailed to katie_bec@icloud.com by Friday 13th November at the latest. Instructions for payment will be given upon ordering.

You can view the Christmas Brochure by clicking the button below:

You can also order from the regular website which can be viewed here:

Family Party

We'd love you to join us for a subsidised family party on 11th January from 3pm until 7pm. There will be a DJ with childrens entertainment and food and tickets are £2 per adult and £1 per child.

We will also be having a raffle and tombola at this event in aid of The Carol Lambert Holiday Project. Please let us know if you have any donations.

Live Nativity

Dress up as your favourite nativity character and come and join in our live nativity crib service!

Don’t worry if you don’t have an outfit, we have lots of spares available on the night!

Carol Service by Candlelight

Annual Carol Service by candlelight. Join in your favourite Christmas Carols and enjoy our special Christmas Choir performance, interspersed with good news of the Lord’s birth.

Carol Singing at The White Horse

Come and join us in The White Horse for an evening of Carol Singing! Carol sheets provided and everybody welcome to join in!

Bring & Share Christmas Lunch

Everybody welcome for our annual bring and share Christmas lunch with festive fun. Please sign up in church.

A Reflection for Christmas

A quiet reflective service prior to the festivities for those who may find Christmas difficult.

Christingle & Toy Service

Join us for our annual Christingle when we are all given a Christingle to light during the service and take home.

During this service we will also be collecting new and unwrapped toys to donate to local charities who will distribute to children who may not otherwise receive a gift at Christmas.

Details and timings to be confirmed nearer the time

Remembrance Service

Details and timings to be confirmed nearer the time