News and views from the Colne Valley

Jul 25 2009 By Express and Chronicle

CROSLAND MOOR

The Association of Christian Fellowship of St Barnabas’ Church held a Charity Evening in the Parish Hall, in aid of the Forget-me-not-Trust. Entertainment was by ‘bewilderist’ Philip Horn who provided magic for all the family. He was introduced by the leader Sue Tattersley who also thanked him for a programme which certainly did bewilder the audience. Refreshments were served during the interval by hostesses, Elaine Broadley, Nancy Jones, Jean Bates and Maureen Hardy.

GOLCAR

The Sunday service at Golcar Baptist church was conducted by the Rev Geoff Ramm, the organist was Calinda Stockhill and the pianist was Chris Woodhead. The service included communion and the servers were Connie Pearson, and Dave Howard.

The Rev Cannon Stephen Henry led the service at St John’s Church and was the celebrant for the Parish Communion. The Old and New Testament readings were given by Margaret Henry and Patricia Walker. The Rev Brenda Mitchell gave the gospel reading and was also the preacher. Ann Norton was the organist. The Sunday Club took as their theme "God Loves Us and Protects Us" and demonstrated some of the different ways we have protected ourselves ranging from sun-glasses to a suit of armour.

Sunday morning worship at Golcar Providence Church was led by the Rev Pam Ward, Christine Healey led the prayers and Stewart Culpan read the lesson. The service included Holy Communion and Margaret Israel was the organist.

LINTHWAITE

The morning service was led by the Rev Dr Anna Wallis who preached, prayed and celebrated holy communion and gave a blessing. Lessons were read by Margaret McQuillan and Ann Leigh and the organist was Derek Horne. In the evening the service was led by the Rev Jenni Honeyman who also read a lesson and gave a blessing. The lesson was read by Ann Leigh and Margaret McQuillan preached and prayed and the organist was Rhona Jepson.

The congregation of Linthwaite Methodist Church were in good voice on Sunday morning, when the service led by Ian Baxter was on the theme of Praise the Lord with Hymns. Ian started the service with a reference to the preface which declared that ‘Methodism was born in song!’ and started the service with the great Charles Wesley hymn Oh For A Thousand Tongues To Sing. The service continued with a mixture of old and new hymns and Ian’s address to the children was about Iona and the community and how they wrote new hymns, which are sung in our Church today. One of these hymns Will You Come And Follow Me was sung before the children left for Sunday School. Doreen Liversidge read Psalm 149 Praise the Lord, Sing A New Song and John Morrison read from Mark 6 v30-34 & v53-56 which refers to Jesus preaching and healing the sick. The prayers of Intercession were led by Lesley Baxter. Linda Nuttall was the organist and Peter Stead prepared and worked audio visual system.

The Service on Sunday July 26 at 10.30am will be led by Rev Jo Archer-Siddall and will include Holy Communion. The church offers its hand of welcome to anyone who wishes to join in.

LONGWOOD

The sung Eucharist at St Mark’s Church, on the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, was led by the welcome return of guest celebrant Dean Henry Stapleton MBE, assisted by David Verlander as server. The organist was Philip Turner. Bible readings were by Dorothy Verlander, from Jeremiah and David Verlander who read from Ephesians. For his sermon Dean Henry chose the subject of Holidays and spoke about his recent visit to the Scilly Islands. Holidays were a way of resting and relaxing after weeks of hard work. These were modern ways of acting like described in the Gospel reading "Come ye away and rest awhile". Henry stated that the weekly visit to church, after the working week, was an example of how we should come away and rest awhile. Intercession prayers were prepared and presented by Margaret Haigh. The young church with their leaders Joan Morton MBE and Debbie Yates joined the service for The Peace and Henry discussed what they had done at Sunday school. Several members of Waverly United Reform church were in the congregation, led by Arthur Preston to collect the Ecumenical Cross to continue with its journey around the churches together in Colne Valley. The service ended with Dean Henry giving the Blessing. Notices included a reminder about Count your Blessings donations for the Mothers Union and the Monday Club meeting with a talk by Arthur Preston.