All mums should live Sierra Leone is the world’s most dangerous place to become a mum. Every day 10 women die from giving birth. In Sawula district, the community struggle with a clinic which has no electricity and only two delivery beds. Jebbeh is heavily pregnant but as her baby...
Saturday 18th May 10am to 1pm in St Katharine’s Church Hanging Baskets and Bedding Plants Our monthly coffee morning is combined with the annual Plant Sale and will be held on Saturday 18th May – come early and you’ll have lots of choice – starts at 10am on the dot!...
For this month we arranged a tour with the Groundwork Trust of Rivington Terraced Gardens. Lottery funding of £4.6 million is available in stages to develop parts of the former Leverhulme Estate. Briony (Education Officer with Groundwork) came along and met us at the Lower House car park. After a...
Next Messy Church is on Saturday 25th May at 4-6pm. It’s FREE! Includes crafts, food and singing. Families welcome. (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Sunday School The numbers attending Sunday school continue to fluctuate but it’s lovely that they enjoy making a little craft and explaining what...
The Magnificent Seven Yes, there were only seven of us hardy souls who turned up on a very wet Tuesday morning. A change of plan because of the conditions meant that we headed off down Chorley Old Road towards the Bob Smithy, cutting out High Rid altogether, it was...
The 2019 annual meeting will take place on Thursday 11th April at 7.00pm in St Katharine’s Church. Elections will take place during the meeting for the following: – Two Churchwardens – 12 Parochial Church Council (PCC) members; there are currently two vacancies. – The serving Deanery Synod members have one more year...
Once again, the church will be decorated at Easter by window displays, pedestals and individual lilies “in memory of loved ones”. If you would like to donate towards the cost of the flowers please get in touch. The cost of the displays will be the same as last year: Windows...
What is Fairtrade Fortnight? For two weeks each year, thousands of individuals, companies and groups across the UK come together to celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in the world and who are often exploited and badly paid. This year...
The Scarecrow Festival will be celebrated over the weekend 6th and 7th July so thinking caps on!! Registration forms have been returned and there are 116 to date. Thank you for all your support but with so many we would appreciate some help to make it all happen. If you...
Lent Pilgrim – Easter Pilgrim The Church of England’s 2019 Lent and Easter campaigns will take followers from the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday, through to Easter with the LentPilgrim reflections, and on from Easter Day to Ascension Day with EasterPilgrim reflections. You can follow the Lent campaign on-line...