PLEASE PRAY – You are free, Lord, Your Ascension has set you free: free from the constraints of human existence, outside the limitations of time and space; free to be here with us now, in our worship and fellowship; and free to be with us always; for in your freedom you have bound yourself to us with a promise: “Lo! I am with you always, even to the very end
of time.”

READ THE GOOD NEWS – John 17. 6-19
Jesus said, “And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you”

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK

Monday 14th May
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 15th May
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 16th May
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 20th May – PENTECOST
9.30am Holy Communion, St Bart’s
9.30am Holy Communion, St James’
11.15am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church
plus
Meltham Churches Together
4pm – St James’ – PENTECOST CELEBRATION SERVICE – PLEASE JOIN US – ALL WELCOME

Other dates for your diary
Friday 18th May
10am to 12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30am -12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat

PLEASE PRAY for our new Vicar-designate, Rev’d. John Dracup as he and his family prepare to join us in the Parish of Christ the King in September. Pray for prayers answered for a short interregnum and for the continued service and inspiration of Peter, John, Dennis and Judy.

READ THE GOOD NEWS – John 15. 1-8
No branch can produce fruit by itself. Remain close to the Lord and He will help us to be the best we can be, in His name.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK

Monday 7th May
No Morning Prayer, Christ Church – Public Holiday

Tuesday 8th May
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 9th May
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s

Thursday 10th May
7.00pm Ascension Day communion, St James’ – led by the Area Dean, Rev’d. Mark Zammit, Vicar of Almondbury with Farnley Tyas.
The vital Christian festival that isn’t a Sunday!

NEXT SUNDAY 13th May:
9.30am Holy Communion, St Bart’s.
5.00pm 5 Alive, St James’.
11.15am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church

Other dates for your diary
Friday 4th May
10am to 12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30am -12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat
Saturday 12th May
2-4pm Christ Church Afternoon Tea.

ADVANCE WARNING
Meltham Churches Together
Pentecost Celebration service on May 20th at 4pm at St James’.

PLEASE PRAY with thanks for new life. As we see new life in our fields and gardens; as we read of new life in the news – especially HRH Prince Louis – pray that we can all bring new hope and life to those around us this week.

READ THE GOOD NEWS – John 15. 1-8
No branch can produce fruit by itself. Remain close to the Lord and He will help us to be the best we can be, in His name.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK:
Monday 30th April
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 1st May
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 2nd May
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 6th May –
9.30am Holy Communion, St Bart’s.
9.30am Holy Communion, St James’.
11.15am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church

Other dates for your diary
Wednesday 2nd May
7.30pm St James’ Growth and Development evening. Everyone Welcome

Friday 4th May
10am to 12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30am -12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat

Saturday 5th May
09.30am to 12 Church Hall St Bart’s coffee morning

Sunday 6th May
1.30pm-4pm Church Hall, Registration of Scarecrows

Don’t forget folks, it’s a 5 Sunday month so there will be a joint Parish Communion tomorrow at #Meltham Mills Church @ 9:30am where we will worship together as one Parish.  No services at St Bart’s, #Helme or #Wilshaw.

Please come along – ALL WELCOME!

WE ARE ONE IN THE SPIRIT, WE ARE ONE IN THE LORD!

Catch up with all the latest happenings in the Parish from #Meltham to #Wilshaw, from #Helme to #MelthamMills!
May Parish magazine now available to view online.

Click here for May Magazine 2018

PLEASE PRAY for those who feel disenfranchised, forgotten or unloved – remembering especially the Windrush generation – our brothers and sisters who have worked and paid taxes and brought up families in the UK for 70 years, yet still not ‘official’ enough to have all we have.

READ THE GOOD NEWS – Luke 24, 36-48
The good shepherd lays his life down for sheep. God really cares about every one.

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK

Monday 23rd April
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 24th April
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 25th April
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 29th April –
9.30am Parish Communion, St James’ – Not intended to be a week off at St Bart’s, St Mary’s or Christ Church but a time for us to all worship together! If you need a lift to St James’, or can offer a lift to someone – please do ask/offer.

Other dates for your diary
Tuesday 24th April
1.30pm Greenacres Holy Communion
2.00pm St Bart’s Women’s Fellowship

Thursday 26th April
7.30pm St James’ – PARISH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – ALL WELCOME

Friday 27th April
10am to 12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30am -12 St Bart’s Coffee and Chat
2.00 St Bart’s Churches Together (rearranged) World Day of Prayer service (Men and Women welcome)

Exciting news!  We’re delighted to inform you all that a New Vicar for #Meltham Parish was announced today!

The Bishop of Leeds, The Rt Rev’d Nicholas Baines is pleased to announce that the Rev’d John Dracup, currently serving as Assistant Curate at St. John the Baptist, Coley has been appointed as Vicar of the Parish of Meltham Christ the King in the Huddersfield Episcopal Area subject to the usual checks and formalities.  The data of the Licensing Service will be announced soon.

Please pray for Rev’d John and his family as they prepare to join us in Meltham and thank you for all your prayers during the interregnum – they have certainly been answered!

John trained for ordination at Cranmer Hall in Durham and has served his curacy at Coley. Before going to Durham John was a member of All Saints Church in Normanton for most of his life and served as a Church warden and a member of the PCC. When he left school he started working on a local farm and spent most of his working life in farming except a few years in his mid-twenties which were spent driving bulldozers and other ‘big boys toys’. He is married to Fiona and they have two children, Isaac and Rebekah. He enjoys family camping holidays in their trailer tent, walking and real ales.

Read the April #Meltham Parish Magazine online here – sorry it’s late!

April Magazine 2018

PLEASE PRAY that at this Eastertide we can all find a way to share with those around us the wonder of the empty tomb and our belief that our sins are forgiven, in Jesus’ name.
“Go, in my name, and because you believe – others will know that I live” (Carol Owens, Freely Freely)

READ THE GOOD NEWS
John, 20, 19-31
“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK
Monday 2nd April
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church

Tuesday 3rd April
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s

Wednesday 4th April
9.30am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s

Thursday 5th April
3.00pm Evening Prayer, St Bart’s

NEXT SUNDAY 8th April –
9.30am Holy Communion, St Bart’s
5pm – FIVE ALIVE – St James’
11.15am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church

He is Risen – Alleluia

Other dates for diary
Friday 6th April
10-12 St James, Community Card Group
10.30-12 St Barts, Coffee and Chat

Advance notice – Fashion Show at Durkar Roods, 7 for 7.30pm on 11th April – to raise money for Wilshaw Village Hall.

Come join us in #Meltham on Easter Sunday to celebrate the Risen Christ.

6:35am (ish)     Sunrise Service at the Cock Crowing Stone followed by breakfast at the Church Hall

9:30am              Easter Day Sung Eucharist @ St Bartholomew’s – Meltham

9:30am              Easter Day Holy Communion @ St James’ – Meltham Mills

11:15am            Easter Day Holy Communion @ Christ Church – Helme

11:15am            Easter Day Holy Communion @ St Mary’s Wilshaw

ALL WELCOME

Hallelujah! Christ is Risen.

HE IS RISEN INDEED – HALLELUJAH!