BIRDSEDGE
Luncheon Club on Thursday will be serving corned beef pie with mushy peas and new potatoes followed by sticky toffee pudding.
Quiz Night will be Friday March 27 from 8pm. Curry or pie and peas with sticky toffee pudding or an alternative will be available at half time.
Vin Garbutt will be appearing at the Village Hall on Saturday April 14, tickets available on 606230.
Linda Jacob took the Mothering Sunday service. Flowers were given out after the service.
On April 1 Denby Dale Parish Council will hold their Civic Service in the church at 11am, followed by a buffet lunch in the Village Hall.
DENBY DALE
Denby Dale Zion Wesleyan Reform Chapel Spring Fair held on Saturday raised £480 for Chapel funds. The monthly Family service on Sunday morning was a special service for Mothering Sunday. The service was led by Robert and the members of the Sunday School. The Bible was read by Polly Locke. At this service Polly handed the Sunday School Captaincy over to Tyler Senior who then presented all the ladies in the congregation with a box of chocolate truffles.After the service refreshments were served. The evening service was led by Muriel Stonehewer who spoke about walking in the light of God. The pianist was Robert Nuttall.
EMLEY
Parishioners at St Michael the Archangel Parish Church, Emley, heard that the clock repairs are going ahead at the beginning of April, so local people will again be able to check the time as they walk round the village. Many sponsors’ contributions have made this possible. On Mothering Sunday a celebration of the role of mothers and caring people was held at the 10.45 a.m. service of All Age Worship with Holy Communion. Bunches of daffodils were distributed to all who wanted to take some for mums and friends. Children decorated jars to hold candles, representing the theme of light and love. The annual Lent course continues on Tuesday evenings, looking at Experiencing God’s Mercy” using Bishop Steven Croft’s book of the same name. It will continue until Holy Week, starting at 7.45 p.m. in church – all welcome. There is an afternoon group on Tuesdays following the same course, held at individual houses – contact the Rev Dr John Marsh for more details – 01924 849161.
The collection for The Natural Childbirth Trust, in memory of the late Katharine Moorhouse, has now raised £240, which will be given to the Huddersfield branch of the NCT, which Katharine founded. Our next Social Event is a Fashion Show at 7.30 p.m. on April 27th.
The service at Emley Parish Church on Sunday March 25 is Holy Communion at 9.15 a.m. marking the beginning of Passiontide. There will be no evening service.
SHELLEY
After the excitement of Fred’s 100th Birthday Party last week, it was back to normal on Thursday for Shelley Over 60s at the Village Hall. There was still a special birthday to celebrate, Ken Sandom at 80, although just a young lad to Fred! Other birthday greetings went to Vernon Secker, Philip Taylor, Jean Marsland, Jean Jones and Wally Usher. There were nine tables of whist and one of Rummikub plus seven walkers enjoyed a stroll in the sunshine. The whist high of 92 went to that man again Fred Huddle with the low of 65 shared by Edith Brookes, Sheila Morris and Jean Jessop. The Bingo line was also shared between Gordon Burgin and Kathleen Code with the full house won by Joan Peel. Finally, raffle prizes went to Vera Rothson, David Matthews, Jenny Rose, John Walker, Edna Glover and Harry Rose.
SKELMANTHORPE
The Mothering Sunday service at Skelmanthorpe Methodist Church was led by Rosemary Hall of Penistone. The theme of the service was ‘God’s Favourite Things’. Rosemary told the congregation that we are God’s favourite things and that God’s love letter to us is written in the bible. She also sang and played the guitar to My Favourite Things. The choir included members of the Skelmanthorpe Wives Group who sang Teach Me To Dance. Christine Senior led the choir and was also the organist. Rebecca Senior was the soloist, who gave a beautiful rendition of Your Song and You Raise Me Up. Ruth Firth read a poem, A Mother’s Love by Helen Steiner-Rice. The Bible lesson was read by Barbara Casson. A corsage of carnations was given to every lady in church by Callum Wadsworth and Daisy-Brooks-Taylor. The music group accompanied two of the hymns. Stuart Merry was the steward. Refreshments were served afterwards by Lin Pearson and June Pearson. The preacher at the Wesleyan Reform Church was John Orton. Bible readings were read by members of the congregation. John also played the piano. Flowers were given out by Celia Pickles.
