Nine of us set out from Birkacre Garden Centre as a steady drizzle began at the same time. However, we were soon into the tree cover of Yarrow Valley Country Park to protect us. Ignoring the playground swings we headed through the Nature Reserve and viewed the weir and...
Tuesday 12th November 7pm at St John’s Church Wingates All are welcome to attend a meeting to hear about a potential new group for young people aged from Year 6 to Year 11 from all the churches in our Team. The meeting is open to young people, parents...
You may have had a chance to read my clergy letter in July’s church magazine. This article is a follow up to it: More than 200 years after the abolition of the slave trade there are still an estimated 40.3 million men, women and children trapped in modern slavery,...
Thirteen of us gathered for this walk in bright and dry conditions. Starting at the Roddlesworth Information centre car park at Tockholes, we walked up the track at the back of Hollinshead Terrace towards Stepback. Through Stepback woods and up the track by the side of Stepback Brook. Some...
As I’m sure you know we have a brilliant team of bellringers at St Katharine’s and to celebrate Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018 they rang a peal from our church tower. This is a very complicated and disciplined operation which has strict rules, and to commemorate their...
NEXT SESSION Saturday 16th November from 4-6pm at St Katharine’s. ALL WELCOME It’s FREE! Includes crafts, food and fun. Families welcome. (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
Unlucky for some perhaps but 13 of us turned out for this walk. We started in bright sunshine with a few white clouds. The forecast was a 40% chance of showers, we hoped to be in the lucky 60%. We set off from the Chetham Arms at Chapeltown walking down...
St Katharine’s Church open Saturday 14th September 10am to 4pm Come and see……. Þ Visit and Look or listen to a guide telling our story. Þ See our special Stained Glass Windows and learn about Mary Lowndes, designer and maker of our East Window, and leading light in the Suffragette movement...
July – from Longworth Clough to Charters Moss Plantation Mizzle is defined as a light rain or drizzle, from Low German miseln to drizzle. More mist than drizzle on this morning as 16 of us prepared to walk from the Black Dog at Belmont. We first went through Maria Square...
As we pass the middle of the year, it seems like a good time to look again at our stewardship. Firstly can I thank all who give so generously of their time, talents and cash to help St Katharine’s maintain its worship pattern. We are very grateful for all your...