Cover for the services in all the churches across the team will be stretched in 2020 with the reduced “manpower”, and the PCC has agreed that from February 2020 the 8am service of Holy Communion on Sundays at St Katharine’s will be held on every first and third Sunday of...
NEXT SESSION Saturday 22nd Fabruary 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)
If you have ever wondered what actually happens high in the bell tower when the bells are being rung, use the link below to watch and listen. Thanks to Mike Kay our Bell Captain and his GoPro! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puYWoudnvMc&feature=youtu.be
Come to a get together on 4th February For everyone who has supported the Blackrod Scarecrow Festival in the past, there will be a get together on Tuesday 4th February at 7.30pm in St Katharine’s Church to see if it is possible to organise a festival this year. It has...
24 February – 8 March 2020 The food on our tables, the tea and coffee in our mugs, all from farmers who toil, sweat and slog. However hard they work to provide the things we depend on, millions of farmers in developing countries aren’t paid what they deserve. Many are...
World Day of Prayer Friday 6th March 2020 at St Katharine’s “Rise! Take your mat and walk” This used to be called the Women’s World Day of Prayer, but is now called the World Day of Prayer, to reflect the inclusion of all. This year it is being held at...
#LiveLent: Care for God’s Creation is the Church of England’s Lent Campaign for 2020. With weekly themes shaped around the first Genesis account of creation, it explores the urgent need for humans to value and protect the abundance God has created. This year’s #LiveLent challenge offers 40 short reflections and suggested...
On a grey but so far dry morning 14 of us gathered to walk. We met at Pine Tree Farm pub at Over Hulton. This location is Logistics North, a huge distribution park with the Whistl warehouse on one side, Aldi on the other and the gargantuan Amazon distribution warehouse...
‘Unusual kindness’ is the unusual name for this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The materials for the week have been prepared by the Christian churches in Malta and Gozo (Christians Together in Malta). ‘Unusual kindness’ is found in the book of Acts. The phrase refers to the...
Revd Angela has received these letters from the NSPCC and FortAlice in response to the Toy Collection in December……. NSPCC – “Please accept our sincere thanks once again to yourself, your congregation and all those involved for the kind donation of toys and gifts to the NSPCC, they are most...