Community lunch and Purple Praise – Friday 28th March

Next Community lunch is Friday

28th March

 11:30am – 1:00pm.

Also on

25th April

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.

Mothering Sunday

Sunday 30th March

There will be family services at both churches,

9:30am at Altham St James and 11:00am at All Saints’ 

A lovely occasion on which to invite friends and family members along to church.

Please note – there will NOT be an 8am Communion on Mothering Sunday, but there will be a BCP Communion at 6:30pm

Easter Concert

A Capella Singers Easter Concert performing  uplifting and Secular music including Vivaldi’s Gloria.

Sunday 6th April at 3:00pm

Hosted  by All Saints’Church

Tickets £10 and will be available soon and also on the door.

The Fruitful App

On this app you will find daily Lent devotions and the videos that will be used at the Thursday evening Lent groups.

If you cannot get to the groups or would like to find more Lent devotions why not download & use the app today! Find out more about it here

 

Electoral Roll renewal forms – deadline approaching.

Deadline  – all forms need to be in by Sunday 27th April.

Thank you to everyone who has completed a church electoral roll form.  Every 6 years we are required to create a new roll from scratch and all those who consider themselves to ‘belong’ to All Saints’ Church (who are baptised, aged 16+ and live in the parish and/or regularly worship here) are invited to join the roll.  It is a way of expressing your membership and gives you the right to speak and vote at our annual meetings.  It is also one of the qualifications for serving on the Parochial Church Council.

IF YOU HAVEN’T YET COMPLETED A FORM you can use the electronic one attached here but you must email it back by 12 noon on Sunday to t.r.webber3@gmail.com – or you can complete a physical form in church whilst it is open on Friday lunchtime or Sunday morning.  Thank you. The new roll will be published on Sunday 5th May so that you can check that your name is entered as it should be.

(If you miss the deadline you are still able to fill a form in but you will not be able to vote at the AGM this year)

It will then be in use for our  Annual Parochial Church Meeting

This  will be held within the 11am Sunday morning service on 18th May.

At this meeting we will elect churchwardens and PCC members for the year.  Nominations are invited.  Nominations for Churchwarden must be received in advance of the meeting – nominations for PCC members can be accepted at the meeting.

Please note that successful candidates will be required to have a church DBS check and participate in online safeguarding training.
Reports and accounts will be available in advance of the meeting both in hard copy and via the website.

 

 

 

Ash Wednesday services 5th March

There will be a 10:00am Holy Communion Service with the imposition of ashes

at All Saints’ Church

on this Wednesday 5th March

 

There will also be a 7:30pm Holy Communion Service with imposition of ashes

at Altham St James

What is on during Lent?

What is planned during Lent?

Lent groups

These will meet on Thursday evenings at the back of church, starting on 13th March and lasting about one hour. We will be thinking about ‘prayer’ and our time will include a video from Bishop Philip, looking at the bible and discussion. You don’t have to attend them all, just come if and when you can.

 

An extra service on Sunday evenings.

                  Each Sunday except 6th April when there will be an Easter Concert at 3:00pm.                                                The evening service will vary

23rd March – informal service on church renewal

30th March Holy Communion

Also check the calendar for details!

Lent groups start 13th March

Lent groups

 Start on 13th March  7:30pm ( brews from 7:15pm)

At the back of church

Each meeting will last about  l one hour.

We will be thinking about ‘prayer’ and our time will include a video from Bishop Philip, looking at the bible and discussion. You don’t have to attend them all, just come if and when you can.

All welcome

Tots’ Praise 5th March

Tots’ Praise 

5th March from 2:00pm

‘A grumpy day’

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

 

Information about & Prayer for Growth and Renewal

God of Mission

who alone brings growth to the Church,

Send your Holy Spirit to give

Vision to our planning,

Wisdom to our actions,

Joy to our worship,

And power to our witness.

Help our church to grow in numbers,

In spiritual commitment to you.

And in service to our community,

Through Jesus Christ Our Lord

Amen

 

As part of our Year of Prayer for Growth and Renewal, the diocese  has created opportunities for individuals and church groups to visit Whalley Abbey for some Quiet Days. Our first Quiet Day will be on Saturday 22 March and will be led by Steve Haskett. 
Why not come along and bring people from your church? Further Quiet Days are offered on: 2 April; 5 June; 23 August and 21 October. 
For more details and to book, please go to the Whalley Abbey events page which can be accessed here.

 

Find out more information  and discover more resources on the Diocese website here