Today is Pentecost or Whit Sunday as it was traditionally known and the weather too feels more like it used to be when we had the traditional Whit Sunday marches with the Brass Bands (happy days).
Join us to celebrate with Meltham Churches Together at our Pentecost Celebration Service at St James’ Church – Meltham Mills – 4pm today. All welcome.
PLEASE PRAY with thanksgiving for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Without it, we would continue to be a people thrashing about in murky water, clinging to the boat that contains our money, our possessions, our pride and human strength. We pray that we let your Spirit in to guide us down the path you have prepared for us. As Rev’d John said in his letter this month – let us be a Spirit filled church, loving everyone with an endless love.
READ THE GOOD NEWS:
John 15. 26-27, John 16, 4b-15
Jesus said, “All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you”
PRAYER AND WORSHIP IN THE COMING WEEK
Monday 21st May
9.30am Morning Prayer, Christ Church
Tuesday 22nd May
9.30am Morning Prayer, St Mary’s
Wednesday 23rd May
9.00am BCP Holy Communion, St Bart’s
10.00am Meltham Churches Together Prayers for the Community, St Bart’s
NEXT SUNDAY 27th May
9.30am Morning Worship, St Bart’s
9.30am Holy Communion, St James’
11.15am Morning Worship, St Mary’s
11.15am Holy Communion, Christ Church
Other dates for your diary
Tuesday 22nd May
1.30 Holy Communion at Greenacres
Thursday 24th May
2.00 Holy Communion at Helme Hall
Friday 25th May
10am to 12 St James’, Community Card Group
10.30am -12 St Bart’s, Coffee and Chat
Saturday 26th May
09.30 Coffee Morning in the Church Hall to raise funds for the Church Hall itself – please support.
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.
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.
