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...
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,...
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...
The Manchester Diocese has launched #MoreThanSunday. It’s a lay-led project that focuses on all that we do as followers of Jesus that doesn’t require a special calling. It will offer ideas and challenges about how we can live out our faith and deepen our discipleship across all seven days of...
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...
Harvest Charity 2019 The Woodland Trust, Smithills Estate St Katharine’s is supporting The Woodland Trust, Smithills Estate, for the Harvest Collection. The Woodland Trust is a national charity which aims to protect, restore and create woodland in England, Wales and Scotland. The Trust bought the Smithills Estate from Bolton Council...