VE Day concert

Haslingden Concert Band 

Altham Church

Saturday 10th May at 7:30pm

We will be celebrating the  80th anniversary of VE day with a concert.

Tickets are on sale now from Joann 07715111517.

Please do come and encourage your friends and family to come and enjoy a great night.

Community lunch and Purple Praise – Friday 25th April

Next Community lunch is Friday

25th April

 11:30am – 1:00pm.

Through the warmer months of the year lunches will be held once a month on the fourth Friday in each month and will feature cold food but still a warm welcome!

No charge, but if you are able to give a small donation towards costs that would be greatly appreciated.

 

Purple Praise

At 1:00pm following on from the community lunch on every  fourth Friday in the month, we will have a short informal café style service and a brew.

Easter Saturday – Children’s Easter Crafts and Refreshments

19th April Easter Saturday  –

Craft & Coffee morning 10:00 – 12:00am

In church

For children and their accompanying adults.    

Entry is free, refreshments will be available to purchase.

 

Revd. Toby’s Newsletter

Rev. Toby’s Easter Newsletter

‘Easter will soon be here!’

You can access Revd Toby’s   newsletter  hear

 

Next Church cleaning and garden tidy – up 31st May

Next church cleaning session and garden tidy – up

 Saturday 31st May from 9:00am

All welcome to come along and help!

We are all members of the God’s church, so it would be lovely if you  could spend just half hour or so  to help keep the church look nice and clean ; you don’t have to stop the whole time. Please come and help if you can – the more helpers we have the quicker it can be done!

The more the merrier!

Thank you your help will be greatly appreciated

 

Annual Parochial Church meeting

APGM Sunday 18th May

The meeting will take place within the 11:00am Sunday Service. Please try and attend and have your say.

At the APGM the churchwardens and PCC members will be elected.

If you want more information or are interested in joining the PCC or to become a warden please have a word with Toby or one of the church wardens. ( David Clarke is standing down from his role as churchwarden this time, our thanks to David for the time he has served in the post.)

Is God Calling you?

Could you stand for election as a churchwarden or PCC member?

This year’s annual meeting will take place on Sunday 18th May, within a service of thanksgiving at 11am.

The first meeting is for the election of churchwardens.  David Clarke has indicated that he won’t be standing again, so we are looking out for a new churchwarden.  This is a key role in the running of the church – do have a word with David, Linda Vine or Toby to find out more about what it entails.  Or have a look at this page on the diocesan website

The second meeting includes various reports and the election of members of the Parochial Church Council.  Each year we elect four of the twelve lay reps.  The PCC works with the vicar to oversee the life and mission of the church and have care and responsibility for the maintenance of the church building, our finances, safeguarding, etc. The PCC is a charity and its members are trustees.  You need to be a baptised communicant, 18, and on the electoral roll to stand.

As Trustees of a charity which organises work with children and vulnerable adults, PCC members are required to be DBS checked and to undertake online safeguarding training.

What is on Holy week and Easter Weekend?

What’s on over the Easter period?

 

13th April Palm Sunday

8:00am Holy Communion

9:30am Family Service 

11am Procession of Palms and family Communion

Monday 14th April 

7:30pm  Reflection and night prayer at Altham St James

Tuesday 15th April

7:30pm at All Saints’ Church – ‘Way of the cross’

Wednesday 16th April 

10:00am Holy Communion

7:30pm Healing and Communion at Altham St. James.

Maundy Thursday 17th April

 7:30pm Holy Communion with washing of feet & stripping of the altar

 

Good Friday 18th April

A day of fasting and self denial

9:00am Morning Prayer

10:00am All age service in the way of the cross, from church through the park to Barnes Square, with hot cross buns at 9:30am

19th April Easter Saturday  –

9:00am Morning prayer

Craft & Coffee morning 10:00 – 12:00am in Church for children and their accompanying adults.     Entry is free, refreshments will be available to purchase.

 

20th April Easter Sunday Services

6:00am Dawn Service

8:00am Holy Communion at All Saints’ Church

9:30am Holy Communion at Altham St James

11:00am Sung Holy Communion Service at All Saints’ Church,

with children who have been preparing for their first holy communion.

 

21st April Easter Monday

Church Family Walk – starting from church at 10:30am,

followed by an optional light lunch on return to church. Please sign up at the back of church if you would like lunch.

Tots’ Praise 5th March

Tots’ Praise 

2nd April from 2:00pm

Craft session

Tot’s Praise is for the youngest – under 5s together with their parents/carers – gather between 2:00 and 2:15pm, all done in time for school pick up.

All welcome

 

Next Friday Praise 28th March

 Friday Praise

 28th March

 All Saints’ Church at 6:00pm

A short service especially geared to young families,

but everyone is welcome.

Further Friday Praise dates

4th April

18th April at 10:00am

 * The annual Friday Praise party will be held at Enfield Cricket Club and will include supper, games, music etc, and of course the bar will be open. Look out for the sign up sheet.