The Benefit of Littleborough
Sunday, October 23 is Bible Sunday. Benefit Holy Communion at Holy Trinity at 10am. Please join us in celebrating God’s Word.
Wednesday, October 26 at 12.30pm is our Mid-week Communion at St Barnabas, Shore.
There is still time to get tickets for Holy Trinity Youth Theater Workshop’s production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. Thursday, October 27 – Saturday, October 29 2022. Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7pm and a Saturday afternoon matinee at 2.30pm.
Licensed bar at all performances and there will be a raffle. Tickets available from Katy on 07947 804117; Chris on 07577 151060 or email: theatre.tickets@cofe-littleborough.co.uk. Cards are accepted.
Holy Trinity Youth Theater is delighted to present this amateur production by arrangement with Music Theater International (Europe). All performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe.
Upcoming events
Christmas Fayre on Saturday, November 26 at Holy Trinity.
Santa’s Christmas Party on Saturday, December 10 at St James, Calderbrook. Tickets are £5 per child and will be available soon.
For any other inquiries please visit www.cofe-littleborough.co.uk or ring 01706 375322 and leave a message.
St Luke’s Church, Deeplish
St Luke’s Church, Deeplish will hold a Holy Communion service on October 23 at 10am.
Monday, October 24: Bible Study is suspended this week.
Wednesday, October 26: Morning Praise service on Zoom at 11am. For further information please see our webpage on https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/sites/saint-luke-church.
Wednesday, October 26: 2pm Board Games Club. Several board games will be out as well as Scrabble. If you don’t know how to play Scrabble but would like to learn or you are an experienced player who want to have a couple of hours of friendly social chat and a game of scrabble come along. No need to book, just turn up.
Thursday, October 27: Ladies only Zumba at 10am. It costs £3 and you need to book, please contact Catherine.szymanskyj2@yourtrustrochdale.com or ring 07814 712 271.
We look forward to welcoming our regular members and anyone who would like to join our very friendly, caring congregation.
Advance notice – We will be holding a Bright party on Saturday, October 29, 4 – 7 pm. This involves games, food and sparklers to finish with. £4 per person to cover food costs, under fives free. Children should be accompanied by an adult.
St Andrew’s, Dearnley
The big day is here at last! Our annual Autumn Fair is to be held in Church today (Saturday) from 11am to 1pm and such a lot is riding on it because it’s our biggest fund-raiser of the year and rarely has there been a bigger need for its financial success.
Preparations began in earnest last night (Friday) and final touches were put in place earlier this morning.
The U3a (University of the Third Age) choir from the Littleborough branch of the national organization will be in attendance so this is for anyone who is interested in U3a as well as those interested in St Andrew’s, which serves Smithy Bridge and Smallbridge as well as Dearnley.
We also have an interest in Wardle in that it is part of our Benefice and our ministry team, headed by the Rev Rachel Battershell, looks after the Anglican side of Wardle Village Church, which doubles up as Church for the Methodists on alternate Sundays.
Rev Rachel is currently away on sabbatical, but other members of the ministry team will be there, as will church officers and members of the PCC.
We cover a huge, heavily-populated area and we hope today’s attendance at the Fair will reflect that in the knowledge that we are here for baptisms, marriages and funerals – and many other pastoral requirements in the community – as well as for church services in midweek and on Sundays, i.e. online. The Fair will comprise of all the usual stalls, from which we will sell home-made cakes, home-made preserves, jams and chutneys, books, other items and presents for Christmas etc on a special stall run by our local branch of the Mothers Union.
As well as all that –and the home-made stalls always prove particularly popular – there will be a raffle, a bottle stall – tombola, not forgetting refreshments, which will include the ever-popular bacon butties.
Do join us if you can, not only to see if there is anything at the fair to interest you, but to meet others, have a chat over a cuppa, share a few yarns, listen to the U3a choir and even have a light lunch if bacon butties are your thing.
Entry is free. See you there!
On a different tack, our annual service for All Souls, our loved ones who have passed on, will be tomorrow week, October 30, at 3pm. If you are unable to come add the name of your loved one(s) whom you wish to be remembered on the sheet at the back of church.
In church tomorrow we have our usual Sung Eucharist at 9.30am.
St Mary’s, Balderstone
This morning is our women’s breakfast, and we’d love for you to join us. The breakfast takes place in the parish room between 9am and 10.30am. There’ll also be a short thought on biblical women – ‘The Godly Wife: From wisdom to honour’. There is no charge for the breakfast, but donations are accepted.
A church is built on community, and community is about people. If you’re reading this, then you’re a welcome part of our community and you’re invited to join us tomorrow at church. Our service starts at 10.30am, we’ll be looking at Colossians chapter two verses six to fifteen – ‘Spiritual Fullness in Christ’. Sunday School will be available for ages four – 11. Light refreshments are served in the parish room after the service. If you are visiting, do join us for a chat.
Tomorrow evening is our weekly prayer gathering between 6.30pm-7.30pm. This week we are hosting, we’d love you to join us.
Since it is half term there will be no SMurFs this week. We hope all the children have a fun holiday and look forward to hearing about it when the groups resume next week.
We’d like to say a special thank you to the children of our day school who have decorated our window sills with some wonderful harvest displays.
Advance notice: November 19, 7pm, is our Big Quiz Night for Tearfund! Come along and have some fun and help Tearfund with all the poverty-building work they do. We’ll also be having a pie supper (meat and potato or cheese and onion). Tickets (£5) available on Sunday’s or via email. Bring your team, we can’t wait to see you all!
For further information, if you have any concerns or prayer requests, please get in touch by email stmarysbalderstone@gmail.com or see our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/saintmarysbalderstone/
St Chad’s and St Mary in the Baum
St Chad’s, on Sparrow Hill, overlooking the historic Town Hall, has been Rochdale’s Parish Church for over 800 years. With our sister church, St Mary in the Baum, we provide largely traditional forms of Anglican worship, and you are warmly welcome to join us.
Today, Saturday, October 22, at St Chad’s at noon, a lunchtime concert features the Greek violinist Dimitra Ananiadou and the pianist Richard Whalley, with a program which includes Bach, Beethoven and Kreisler. Admission is £6 including light refreshments.
Tomorrow, Sunday, October 23, is Bible Sunday, the last Sunday after Trinity. The Eucharist, with hymns, is at St Mary’s at 9.15am. Choral Eucharist is at St Chad’s at 11.15 am, when the anthem is “Teach me O Lord” (Attwood). At both services the celebrant and preacher is Fr Darren Quinlan.
The Asian Christian Fellowship meets at St Chad’s each Sunday at 4pm.
Each Monday, at St Mary’s, the Red Cross provides help for refugees from 10am until 2pm. Refreshments are available and admission is free.
On Wednesday next, October 26, at St Mary’s at 12.30pm, the Toad Lane Lunchtime Concert features Freda Farnworth, soprano, and J Edward Rigg, piano. Admission is £6.
On Thursdays, at St Chad’s, “A Place of Welcome” for everyone (not just church members) has coffee, cake and fellowship. Admission is free.
Sunday next, October 30, is All Saints Sunday, the 4th before Advent. At both services the celebrant is the Vicar, the Rev Anne Gilbert, and the preacher Hannah Currin.
At St Chad’s at 5pm, a special service for All Souls is led by Fr Darren Quinlan.
Greenhill Methodist
Saturday, October 22 at 2pm. An afternoon of folk music with Tom and Gerry. £5 entry. Everyone welcome.
Sunday, October 23 at 10.30am. Gift Day. Service will be led by Rev. Ruth Jackson. All welcome.
Greenhill is a small, friendly church where everyone is made welcome at our regular Sunday morning services and social events.
The building has various sized rooms for hire, including a hall with stage, well equipped kitchen and good disabled access throughout. Tel 01706 373778
On Thursday evenings between 6.30pm and 8pm the 43rd Rochdale Brownie group meet. Tel Lindsey on 07810792526 for details of membership.
Minister: Rev. Ruth Jackson, tel. 01706 551686.
See our Facebook page for further information on Greenhill Methodist Church.
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