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Live Worship
We are hoping to find those in our Parish who are talented musically and able to lead us in sung worship. We will hold a meeting on 3rd June 2023 at 10am at St Paul’s for all those interested.
Testimonies
Over the coming months we are focusing on famous proclamations of faith in the Bible. To match it we’d love to hear stories from you!
Does anyone have a story about when………
a) You felt God with you.
OR
b) you made a promise to the Lord and had to live up to it despite the circumstances.
Ordinations
Over the coming weeks we have 2 important events at Bradford Cathedral
24th June – Ordination of Priests – 3pm. Emma will be being priested!
1st July – Ordination of Deacons – 11am. Daniel, Sharon and Laity will be being ordained Deacon
Please pray for them all over the next few weeks and get in touch if you’d like to come!
Heaton Gala – 8 July 2023
We hope you can come to this great community event that we are helping organise with other local partners – if you can please show interest on Facebook to share the event.
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Eileen Gunn
Eileen Gunn who usually attends St Barnabas Wednesday Communion service has been recognised for her many years of service at Bradford City Football Stadium. She is now a member of Sport for Humanity!
You can see what happened here:
Thy Kingdom Come
In these days between celebrating Jesus’ Ascension and Pentecost we are praying, with the Church around the World, for God’s Kingdom to come. Thy Kingdom Come 2023 they have launched a brand new app which is a one stop shop for access to inspirational daily prayer reflections, videos from ecumenical leaders on the TKC23 daily themes and resources for children and young people. The TKC App is an award winning resource that you can download to guide you through 11 days of prayer and reflection as we pray – Thy Kingdom Come in our lives and communities.
We are hoping to find those in our Parish who are talented musically and able to lead us in sung worship. We will hold a meeting on 3rd June 2023 at 10am at St Paul’s for all those interested.
This Sunday we have our Parish Breakfast Church at 10:30am at St Paul’s Church.
In our Breakfast Church services for the next little while we are going to be going through the Fruit of the Spirit together- starting this Sunday with love, our reading will be John 13:34-35
Notices
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Prayer before the service
We meet together each Sunday at 9:30am at St Paul’s to pray for the service and for our world. On Breakfast Church Sundays, we also share Communion together at the 9:30am prayer meeting. All are welcome.
Prayer and Praise
Prayer and Praise is back after breaking for Easter last month! Join us as we gather at St Philip’s Church, Girlington on Sunday at 7pm for a relaxed time of singing worship songs and studying the Bible together.
The Baptism of Lisa Oluchukwu Ogbuji
Next Sunday, 21st May, we’ll be celebrating together as a family as we welcome Charles and Alice’s daughter Lisa to baptism. We’re so looking forward to welcoming Lisa into the Church family! All are welcome so do be inviting people. Please also pray for Charles, Alice, Lisa, and her godparents as they prepare for this service.
Royal Manningham-on-Sea
A big thank you to all who came and helped with Manningham-on-Sea last Sunday! It was great to see so many members of our community join us for worship and for fun! There are many more pictures on our webpage about it.
Live Worship
We are hoping to find those in our Parish who are talented musically and able to lead us in sung worship. We will hold a meeting on 3rd June 2023 at 10am at St Paul’s for all those interested.
Giving by Direct Debit
There are many in our parish who regularly give to the church through a Direct Debit to our bank account. If you do – firstly thank you so much for your generosity! It would be a great help though if you transferred across to using the Parish Giving Scheme. As charity rules, tax claims etc become more complicated it is increasingly becoming a big task to claim back the 20% we can get on top of your gift. Joining the Parish Giving Scheme makes it all so much easier for us – and easier for you too! Please speak to Zarine if you want to know more about it – or click the links!
Christian Aid Week
It is Christian Aid week this week. If you want more information or to donate the best option is their really excellent website.
Thy Kingdom Come
Ahead of Thy Kingdom Come 2023 they have launched a brand new app which is a one stop shop for access to inspirational daily prayer reflections, videos from ecumenical leaders on the TKC23 daily themes and resources for children and young people. The TKC App is an award winning resource that you can download to guide you through 11 days of prayer and reflection as we pray – Thy Kingdom Come in our lives and communities.
This Sunday looks very different! We’re taking a short break from our sermon series and using this Sunday to celebrate with our Community as we host Royal Manningham on Sea!!
12pm A Communion service marking the Coronation of Charles III
From 1pm – A Fun Day at St Paul’s including sand, donkeys, food and more!
As we hope to meet outside to worship there will be no livestream of the service, but if you can’t join us in person, please join us in prayer as we pray for our King, our Community and that all would know Jesus, the King of Kings.
Notices
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The Big Help Out
As part of the King’s coronation bank holiday, on Monday 8th May 2023 we are volunteering our time to litter pick in our neighbourhood with our community.
Time: 11:30am-12:30pm – Meet outside ‘St Martin’s Church and Community Library’, Haworth Road, BD9 6LL Please wear weather appropriate clothing and comfortable shoes. All equipment provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Live Worship
We are hoping to find those in our Parish who are talented musically and able to lead us in sung worship. We will hold a meeting on 3rd June 2023 at 10am at St Paul’s for all those interested.
We’re continuing our sermon series on the Holy Spirit: Ready for the Spirit as we look forward to Pentecost
This Sunday we have our Juicy All Age Communion, the service where we use our church space a bit differently during the service, 10:30am at St Paul’s Church.
Our Bible reading will be Galatians 5:16-26 as we think about the Fruit if the Spirit
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Sunday 23rd April- APCM
Thank you to all who came to our APCM last Sunday. If you want to see our lookback at 2022 you can see it here:
Royal Manningham-on-Sea
On Sunday 7th May, following the King’s Coronation, we are having a day of fun at Manningham-on-Sea at St Pauls!
This Sunday after the service we will be having a walk-through and prayer together.
Please note that next Sunday (7th May), there isn’t a service at 10:30am… instead we’ll be setting up from 9am, having brunch together at 11:30am, and having our act of worship outside at noon before opening to the community at 1:30 pm. Please come and help us as we celebrate with our community!
Live Worship
We are hoping to find those in our Parish who are talented musically and able to lead us in sung worship. We will hold a meeting on 3rd June 2023 at 10am at St Paul’s for all those interested.
Apology
Due to a mix up one of the reports in our APCM booklet was last years! We’ve corrected the online version – Report and review of 2022
But for clarity here is the correct report for Monday’s Place of Welcome.
Over the last year our numbers have doubled and we now see around 40 people attending each week. These are mostly new people that haven’t attended our project before or are new to the church. Around 9 people use the access bus to come to the group. The majority of people attending are women of Pakistani heritage who live in Manningham, Girlington and Heaton, five people attend from outside our parish as they have been invited by a friend. A big draw for people is the seated aerobics with over 25 people choosing to take part each week and then staying around for conversation and tea/toast. In January we began work on a piece of community art called ‘Gathered’. Each person worked on their own gathered fabric circle and then we assembled them all together to make the piece of art. It’s now hanging on the wall in the hall and people are enjoying seeing their artwork displayed. We made pancakes for Pancake Day and had conversations about lent and fasting. The cooking has continued over the year as we began working on a heritage project about recipes in October. Recipes and stores will be collected and gathered to produce a book of stories in 2023. This year we opened a Monday community pantry. During the summer funding allowed the pantry to be well stocked with extras such as milk, cheese and meat. The pantry was very popular but deliveries from Tesco were very unreliable. It was difficult to run a busy pantry alongside aerobics (both need to run in the hall). A busy pantry was unsustainable with the space and number of volunteers we had and so we decided to stop the Tesco delivery and just stock dry/tinned goods. This has worked in reducing the number of shoppers making the pantry much more manageable. We were then able to develop a ‘story circle’ in the church space. Each week we listened to someone’s story and then asked questions. They have been really good times of getting to know each other with a mixture of people sharing ‘their story’. People have opened up and shared sometimes difficult stories which has led to others sharing their stories too. It has been a good way to get to know new people. The stories have led to good discussions or questions such as should women get married? Or are you born into a faith or do you choose your faith? Our volunteer team has grown this year to include Emma, Liz from Bolton Abbey, and Shaheen who attended our Scones and Samosas group before lockdown.
We hope the morning looks like this – thanks for understanding if it doesn’t follow the plan exactly. Sorry but this will not be livestreamed. The video review of the year will be on our Youtube Channel after the meeting.
9.30am Prayer
10.30am All Age Communion Service
11.45am Coffee with our Election of Wardens Meeting
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Sunday 23rd April- APCM
This Sunday we are having our APCM after the service. This is our annual whole church meeting in which we look back at what God has done among us, and receive reports on different areas of Church life. And we look forward asking God what He wants to do next- and we elect Churchwardens, PCC members and Deanery Synod reps, people who will serve the Church in the coming years. If you can stay, please do- all are welcome! There is a lot of documentation that you need access to for the APCM – that unfortunately is not fully available till tomorrow morning – so stay tuned for another update then!
Sudan Prayer
Bradford Cathedral will be holding a prayer vigil for Sudan on Tuesday 25th April at 5:30pm at which we will be hearing from members of the Sudanese community in Bradford. All are welcome to this event, but even if you are not able to go we would encourage as many as possible to take that time to pray for an end to the fighting and the restoration of civilian government, and in particular that we remember the church with their opportunities for witness at this time.
Royal Manningham-on-Sea
On Sunday 7th May, following the King’s Coronation, we are having a day of fun at Manningham-on-Sea at St Pauls!
There is much to be done to make this a fun and celebratory day in our community and we’d love your help.
Emergency Alert
This Sunday 23 April at 3pm the government will be sending a UK-wide Emergency Alerts test message to all compatible devices. Your phone might need you to take action!
Saturday 22nd April, 2–7pm at St Stephen’s West Bowling
Have you ever wondered how to make a difference with Climate Change?
S Stephen’s Church are hosting an afternoon to explore how climate change affects our local area and what we can do to make a positive change.
It was such a joy to journey through Holy Week to Easter Sunday together! But for us as the Church, the joyful celebration of Easter didn’t end on Sunday- it continues for 50 days as we look towards Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit.
As we celebrate Easter and prepare for Pentecost together, we’re starting a new series on Sunday mornings: Ready for the Spirit.
This Sunday we are kicking off the series at our Parish Communion service, 10:30am at St Paul’s Church.
On Sunday 23rd we are having our APCM after the service. This is our annual whole church meeting in which we look back at what God has done among us, and receive reports on different areas of Church life. And we look forward asking God what He wants to do next- and we elect Churchwardens, PCC members and Deanery Synod reps, people who will serve the Church in the coming years.
This Sunday we are celebrating the most joyful day of the Christian year- Easter Sunday- at our All Age Communion service, 10:30am at St Paul’s Church.
Our Bible reading this week is Jesus resurrection in Matthew 28.1-10
At Easter we celebrate that through His death and resurrection, Jesus redeems the whole of creation, death is defeated and new life is available to all who put their trust in Him! This is good news!!
We are thrilled to be able to celebrate this good news with you- so from the GHM Team, we wish you a joyful Easter!
Notices
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Easter Services
Easter Sunday- Churches Together Dawn Service on Heaton Hill 6:30am, followed by breakfast in the Village Hall
Easter Sunday- All Age Communion at St Paul’s, 10:30am.
Royal Manningham-on-Sea
A date for your diary!
On Sunday 7th May, following the King’s Coronation, we are having a day of fun at Manningham-on-Sea at St Pauls!
There is much to be done to make this a fun and celebratory day in our community and we’d love your help.
If you would like to be involved, please talk to Emma, Clare or Michelle and then stay behind after the service on Sunday 16th April and we’ll talk more about it.
Saturday 22nd April, 2–7pm at St Stephen’s West Bowling
Have you ever wondered how to make a difference with Climate Change?
S Stephen’s Church are hosting an afternoon to explore how climate change affects our local area and what we can do to make a positive change.
Holy Week is a really special and important time for Christians as we remember Jesus’ death. To mark this week we are going to meet together to walk the way of the Cross with the Lord.
Palm Sunday – Communion service with Sunday School – St Paul’s 10.30am
Holy Wednesday – Communion service at St Barnabas 10:30am.
Maundy Thursday- A Meal in the Upper Room at St Paul’s 7pm.
Good Friday – A service for reflection at St Barnabas 2:30pm.
Easter Sunday- Churches Together Dawn Service on Heaton Hill 6:30am, followed by breakfast in the Village Hall
Easter Sunday- All Age Communion at St Paul’s, 10:30am.
Electoral Roll
If you have been attending our church for a while and are not on our Electoral Roll we would love you to officially join our church – you can do this over the next few weeks. Also we will be removing some people from the Roll who have moved away and can no longer attend. Sorry about this, it doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten you – it’s just housekeeping!
Royal Manningham-on-Sea
A date for your diary!
On Sunday 7th May, following the King’s Coronation, we are having a day of fun at Manningham-on-Sea at St Pauls!
There is much to be done to make this a fun and celebratory day in our community and we’d love your help.
If you would like to be involved, please talk to Emma, Clare or Michelle and then stay behind after the service on Sunday 16th April and we’ll talk more about it.
Saturday 22nd April, 2–7pm at St Stephen’s West Bowling
Have you ever wondered how to make a difference with Climate Change?
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