In our Parish. . .

This week's services and meetings (click here)

Big Tea Party
The Pentecostal church are holding a tea party on Friday 3rd July at 11.00 am. Everyone welcome.

Open Air Theatre
On Saturday 4th July from 5.30 pm in the Memorial Park, Open Air Theatre presents ‘The Mowglie Stories’ from the Jungle books. Admission free.

Centenery Open Day
Great Harwood County Primary School are having an open day on Wednesday 9th July from 3.30 pm onwards.

Church Open Days
St Bartholomew’s Church will be open to visitors again this Summer on Saturdays during June, July, and August, from
11 am to 3 pm.

Visits to Churches are, for many people, an important part of a day out to any area. The reasons for people’s visits to churches are varied, but probably history, architecture, and faith are the main ones.

St. Bartholomew’s has been a place of worship for hundreds of years and visitors often comment on the prayerful atmosphere as well as its beauty and sense of history. So we welcome you to come along, explore the history, take time to relax and reflect in the peace and quiet of our beautiful Church.

Opening days are subject to change due to weddings or volunteer availability. See the church notice board, parish magazine, or website for more details.

Can you help?
In order to have the church open in this way we need a rota of people to help as welcomers.  Can you spare a couple of hours occasionally to help?

The opening times are divided into two time slots: 11.00 am to 1.00 pm and 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm. There will be at least two people on duty at each session. For the church this is an important security measure.

Please contact me if you would like to help. I am sure that for you it will be very rewarding, to serve God in this special way.

Margaret Ogden (Tel: 01254 883134)

Ecumenical prayer meetings
These meetings will be held at 1.30 pm on the 3rd Monday of every month at Central Methodist Church. Dates are:
20th July, 17th August, 21st September, 19th October,
16th November, and 21st December.

Family fun day  
On Saturday 22nd August from 12 noon to 4.00 pm at Lowerfold Community Centre.Donations of raffle and tombola prizes, toys, books, would be greatly appreciated, and can be left at the back of church. Homemade cakes/biscuits can be brought on the day for the cake stall.

Parish festival
Saturday 29th to Monday 31st August. More details to follow.

• Should be recognisably Harwood ( the clock tower is the only thing that comes to mind instantly – can you do better?)
• Should be recognisably Christian (but not specifically either of our buildings)
• Needs to reproduce well in black and white and colour, and on our fast copier which doesn’t do subtle tones!

If you have any ideas , sketches, please pass to the Communications Group, c/o the Parish Office or the Churchwardens.