Join us at Christ Church, Helme for a forest church Christingle!

An interactive event with all the elements of a traditional Christingle but also using our senses to engage with God and the world around us. Meet inside church before stepping outside to follow the Christingle trail. We’ll finish off by lighting our Christingles in church and a warming hot chocolate drink!

Don’t forget to wrap up, wear some boots or wellies, maybe bring an umbrella and a torch!!

Saturday 23rd Decemember at 4pm.

The event link on facebook can be found here. https://fb.me/e/35L8xImuQ

Please share it to help us make people aware.

Join us up at St Mary’s Wilshaw on Sunday 10th December at 6pm for our annual carol service and share some Christmas joy.

ALL WELCOME

COME TO CHURCH THIS CHRISTMAS – JOIN WITH US TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF JESUS! – THERE’S LOTS OF FUN FOR EVERYONE!

Saturday 9th December, Carols in the pub, at 7:30pm – The Waggon and Horses, #Meltham.

Sunday 10th December, Carol service, at 6:00pm – St Mary’s Church Wilshaw.

Sunday 17th December, Community Pop-up Nativity with carols, at 4:00pm – St Bartholomew’s Church, Meltham.
(Everyone can dress up and join in as the story unfolds – singers also needed to help sing the carols!)

Saturday 23rd December, Forest Church Christingle, at 4:00pm Christ Church, Helme.
(Please dress warmly and bring your boots and torch!)

CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES
Crib service, at 4:00pm – St James Church, Meltham Mills.
Midnight Communion, at 11:30pm – St Bartholomew’s Church, Meltham.

CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES
9:30am St James, Meltham Mills.
11:15am St Marys, Wilshaw.

Christmas Jumper Sunday!
We’ve all got ‘em! Those fabulous, loud, cheesey Christmas jumpers. Wear yours to church on Sunday 17th December!

Come and sing carols from your heart!
The next highlight of Meltham’s Christmas – we’ve had Carols in the Park in the slightly Christmassy cold, come and join us around the piano in the warmth at the Waggon and Horses in #Meltham for our popular annual evening of festive song and cheer………..and beer! (other drinks are available, including mulled wine!)

Saturday 9th December 2023 from 7:30pm onwards.

Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!

A very warm welcome to those who may be reading this for the first time. We hope you like it and find
something that interests you in it. The magazine is available in our Churches or on the Church website:
melthamparish.co.uk

Thank you to all who have contributed this month and throughout the last year. I really couldn’t make the magazine it is without you. This month is a great Christmas edition and you can find all about what is happening in our Churches this Christmas on the centre pages. Also there are ideas on how to make it a more greener Christmas on page 9 , and a lovely remake of 1 Corinthians 13 on page 13. There is BIG NEWS on page 11 on how this magazine is changing so do check that out.

The deadline of the February magazine will be Monday 22nd January 2024. Please send submissions via:
melthamparishmagazine@gmail.com or via the vicarage letterbox (150 Huddersfield Rd, HD9 4AL).

God Bless,
Fiona.

Carols in the Park with Meltham & Meltham Mills Band.

Sunday 3rd December – 4pm at the Robert Ashton Memorial Park.

Celebrating Real Love at Christmas – Jesus born in Bethlehem, the Light shining in the Darkness!

Don’t forget your torch!

There will be hot chocolate and mince pies in St James’ Church afterwards along with some Christmas activities.

Please, if you’re able to offer help with stewarding or setting up etc. please contact Mike on 07867 951512 for further details, or to let him know you can help. Thank you!

St Bartholomew’s Church Christmas Market and Santa’s Grotto – Saturday 2nd December – 10am – 3pm.
Put on your Christmas Jumpers and join us at Meltham Church Hall to celebrate the beginning of the festive season and find something truly special whilst supporting our local traders. We ho-ho-hope to see you there! 

Glass & Ceramics
Christmas Angels
Soaps & Candles
Wooden Gifts
Peg dolls
Jewellery
Pickles
Cakes & Sweets
Cards & Tags
Knitwits
Socks
Wreaths
& Lots More!

£2 entry (includes a tea/coffee or mulled wine!)

For the kids, there’s face painting and Santa can also be visited in his Grotto from 11am– courtesy of Meltham Stage Company.

The Meltham Christmas lights switch-on will start with carols around the tree at 4pm followed by the BIG SWITCH ON at 4:30pm.

Supporting the CRISIS homeless charity, our popular annual Coffee Morning is back!
Featuring the usual array of fab craft and gift stalls, the brilliant silent auction and much more!

Sat 25th Nov – 10am to 12 noon at St James’ Church – Meltham Mills (the one by the park). Come along and catch up with friends over a cuppa.

https://www.crisis.org.uk/

Please support us – together we will end homelessness.
FREE ENTRY! – oh, and there’s CAKE

https://www.facebook.com/events/714315224093471/

LEST WE FORGET

The Royal British Legion service of Remembrance in Meltham will take place outdoors around the War Memorial at St Bartholomew’s Church. Sunday 12th November 2023.

The parade led by Meltham & Meltham Mills band will leave the Carlile Institute at 10:30am and arrive at the church shortly afterwards. Please gather in the vicinity of the church yard. For those who feel unable to stay outside, it will still be possible to sit inside the church and take part in the service which will be shown on the tv screen.

Please note that Green End Road will be closed to traffic from 10:35am to approx. 11:10am. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/

Saturday 25th November

Meltham Parish Church Hall

Doors open 6.30pm starts 7pm

Tickets £5 from the Flower Box or

Dinah Wilde: 07738 676689 or

Pam Murgatroyd: 07761 393502

Proceeds towards the Huddersfield Ukrainian Club Community Youth Project