Parish of GHM

This Sunday we have our Annual Parochial Church Meeting after our morning Service.

Documents

Our Report this year is Here.

We have not yet sent our account to our Independent Examiner – hence the report is listed as DRAFT.  We are also having a few issues with our website – if it says “Error 500” you can refresh the page for it to work.

Minutes for last year’s APCM are available here.

Elections

Election forms are available to download if you need them.  We have space for a few new PCC Members and a Synod Rep.

Deanery Synod Rep – Download

Churchwarden – Download

PCC Member – Download

Timings

We hope the morning looks like this – thanks for understanding if it doesn’t follow the plan exactly.

9.30am Prayer

10.30am  International Communion Service

11.45am Coffee with our Election of Wardens Meeting

12noon APCM begins

1pm – Soup and Roll Lunch

This Sunday we have a lot to get through.  It’s Mother’s Day. It’s also an All Age service when we worship all together as a Church family.

We are so excited for this series on “Parable of the lost Sheep”. We will be reading from Luke 15:1-7.

Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM

Notices:

Clocks go forward on Saturday night.  So if you don’t change them you’ll be an hour late for Church!

Lent Course

Don’t forget about our Lent Course – “Tales of the Unexpected”

• Monday Evening @ St Philips starting at 7pm:  28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April
• Thursday Daytime @ St Martins starting at 12 noon:  31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

APCM

Next Sunday on April 3rd after the service we have our Annual Parochial Church Meeting.  This is an important moment in the life of our Parish, please make every effort to join us!

Ukrainian Refugees

You’ll know that we are supporting a family who work in Ukraine and have recently had to leave.  They have a crisis team in Lviv, western Ukraine and in Krakow, Poland, with folks matching people who need housing/hosting with those offering it.  Many refugees cannot get to the UK without someone here offering to host them.  This is a ‘go between’ with people known to us.  Please  contact us if you’re interested.

Looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday at church! 10.30am St Paul’s Manningham.  We have an exciting day planned with a return by Rev Sue Jennings and her husband Rev Ian Jennings.  They will be taking the service and filling us in on what they have been up to in the past 9 months and what the future holds for them.

Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM

Notices:

Lent Course Starts this coming week

“Tales of the Unexpected”

• Monday Evening @ St Philips starting at 7pm: 21^st March, 28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April
• Thursday Daytime @ St Martins starting at 12 noon: 24^th March, 31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

Whole Parish WhatsApp Group.

You’ll know that each of our 4 churches has a Prayer Group on WhatsApp that we use to keep in touch and to send prayer requests around quickly.  We are making ANOTHER Group called

“GHM News and Praise.”

This will be for the whole Parish.  We will not post more than once a day and replies will be disabled so it is information only and less interactive. It will be a quick way to send a piece of news around the whole Parish.  The updates about Pantry and reminders of weekly events will be on there – not the individual prayer groups.

Do you want to join this group…….?

If you’re reading this on your phone you can click here to join.

If you’re reading this on a computer you can scan this code to join. (We’ll also send an invite around the Prayer groups.)

APCM

Our Annual Meeting will be on 3rd April after the morning International Service.  Please try your best to attend this important meeting.

Lent retreat with Bishop Toby on Saturday 2nd April in Bradford Cathedral with a 9:30 for 10am start and finishing by 1pm. 

This retreat morning will be an opportunity for many of us and our congregations/communities to find a lenten space to meet with God. This will be a time to enjoy the Cathedral space, to pray, reflect and to bring to God some at least of what we are carrying. There will be prayer-stations, brief reflections from Bishop Toby on the hours and other resources, but also space for those who want to shape the time for themselves in different ways.

Looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday at church! We have an exciting day planned with Breakfast Church to start followed by our Extended Prayer and Praise evening service. We’d love to see you at either service or even both!!

As usual we don’t livestream this service as it is Breakfast Church.

Also, our amazing young people are away at Yorkshire Camp, see more info via – https://www.yorkshirecamps.org.uk  Will you join us in praying for them, that they have a great time with our leaders as they draw near to God. 

Extended Prayer and Praise Service 7-8pm at St Philip’s Church

Notices:

Lent Course

During Lent we will run a Lent Course – “Tales of the Unexpected”

• Monday Evening @ St Philips starting at 7pm: 21^st March, 28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April
• Thursday Daytime @ St Martins starting at 12 noon: 24^th March, 31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

Sue and Ian Jennings – Sunday 20th March 2022

You may remember Sue Jennings!!  Sue and her husband Ian are still preparing to serve in SE Asia and we as a Parish are supporting them both prayerfully and financially.  On Sunday 20th March they will be preaching in our Sunday service to tell us about what they are going to do.  Please make a special effort to come.

APCM

Our Annual Meeting will be on 3rd April after the morning International Service.  Please try your best to attend this important meeting.

Lent retreat with Bishop Toby on Saturday 2nd April in Bradford Cathedral with a 9:30 for 10am start and finishing by 1pm. 

This retreat morning will be an opportunity for many of us and our congregations/communities to find a lenten space to meet with God. This will be a time to enjoy the Cathedral space, to pray, reflect and to bring to God some at least of what we are carrying. There will be prayer-stations, brief reflections from Bishop Toby on the hours and other resources, but also space for those who want to shape the time for themselves in different ways.

Happy March everyone!! This week as we enter a new month we are finishing our series on Genuine Faith. We will be learning about the Power of Prayer, and reading from James chapter 5. Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.  Don’t forget this is our international service when we celebrate that we have so many people living and worshiping with us in other languages.

Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM

Notices:

“Extended Prayer and Praise” – Join us next Sunday from 7-8pm at St Philip’s Church

Lent Course

During Lent we will run a Lent Course – “Tales of the Unexpected”

• Monday Evening @ St Philips starting at 7pm: 21^st March, 28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April
• Thursday Daytime @ St Martins starting at 12 noon: 24^th March, 31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

‘The Mills Are Alive’ from Thursday 3rd to 5th March 2022, every evening from 6pm till 9pm, is an epic free projection show and will illuminate the Lister Mills’ chimney.The Mills Are Alive will use music, light, and colour to share the histories and imagined futures of Manningham and its people.
From stories of previous mill workers to the dreams of local school children, see the brickwork come to life and celebrate the rich cultures of our community. You can find out more at: themillsarealive.co.uk

This Sunday our series on Genuine Religion continues, reading in James chapter 4. We will be discussing Genuine Humility and Drawing close to God, we really hope to see you there with us.

Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM

Notices:

Ash Wednesday – as we begin Lent we have two services on 2nd March. As usual we have a 10.30am Communion Service at St Barnabas Church. We will also have a 6pm service at St Martin’s Church

Lent Course – “Tales of the Unexpected”

During Lent we hope to run a Lent Course in the evening and around lunch time – times to be firmed up in the next few weeks

But if you’re interested please book it in your diaries.

Monday Evening @ St Philips starting at 7pm: 21^st March, 28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April

Thursday Daytime @ St Martins starting at 12 noon: 24^th March, 31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

‘The Mills Are Alive’ from Thursday 3rd to 5th March 2022, every evening from 6pm till 9pm, is an epic free projection show and will illuminate the Lister Mills’ chimney.The Mills Are Alive will use music, light, and colour to share the histories and imagined futures of Manningham and its people.
From stories of previous mill workers to the dreams of local school children, see the brickwork come to life and celebrate the rich cultures of our community. You can find out more at: themillsarealive.co.uk

COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, even though the rules have changed! Please remember your mask and keep up the hand washing and distancing!

This Sunday we continue with our series on Genuine Religion, looking at James chapter 3, focusing on Genuine Wisdom – controlling your tongue.

Live stream for our service will be available via this link – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM

This latest piece of art at St Paul’s is called ‘Gathered‘ bringing people at the Monday Place of Welcome together for a shared activity.  People from England, Scotland, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Morocco and Kenya have all made the circles together, cutting them out of fabric, sewing a hem around the edge and then gathering them in to make the smaller circles.  They look better arranged and gathered together than individual circles on their own.  They are all different shapes, colours and sizes, just like us.

Notices:

Ash Wednesday – as we begin Lent we have two services on 2nd March. As usual we have a 10.30am Communion Service at St Barnabas Church.  We will also have a 6pm service at St Martin’s Church

Lent Course –  “Tales of the Unexpected”

During Lent we hope to run a Lent Course in the evening and around lunch time – times to be firmed up in the next few weeks

But if you’re interested please book it in your diaries.

Monday Evening @ St Philips starting at 7pm:    21^st March, 28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April

Thursday Daytime @ St Martins starting at 12 noon:   24^th March, 31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

‘The Mills Are Alive’ from Thursday 3rd to 5th March 2022, every evening from 6pm till 9pm, is an epic free projection show and will illuminate the Lister Mills’ chimney.

COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, even though the rules have changed!  Please remember your mask and keep up the hand washing and distancing!

On Sunday 13th we held a Parish Forum after our Breakfast Church

We prayed for Obstacles and Opportunities in 3 areas of our lives here in the Parish of Girlington, Heaton and Manningham. Under the pictures below are the slides that we used to aid us in prayer.  Thanks to all those who joined us for both events.

This Sunday we continue with our series on Genuine Religion, looking at James chapter 2.

As usual we don’t livestream this service as it is Breakfast Church.

Also, after the service we have out Parish Forum 11.45am – 1.30pm, we would love to see you there. (Advance Warning – we’ll be asking some questions about giving to the Parish at the Forum – so come prepared!)

Notices:

Lent Course –  “Tales of the Unexpected”

During Lent we hope to run a Lent Course in the evening and around lunch time – times to be firmed up in the next few weeks

But if you’re interested please book it in your diaries.

Monday Evening @ St Philips      21^st March, 28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April

Thursday Daytime @ St Martins      24^th March, 31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

Just a little reminder that we have made a small tweak to our service pattern, which started last week.  We will have 2 services a month when the children and adults learn separately.  On the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the Month.  2nd Sunday is still Breakfast church.  The All Age service will move from the 1st Sunday of the month to the 4th.  We will also try to particularly focus on our international members on the First Sunday of the month.

COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, even though the rules have changed!  Please remember your mask and keep up the hand washing and distancing!

On Sunday we are starting a brand new series at St Paul’s Church, about being genuine within ourselves, with other people and most importantly in our faith. This service will have international worship, Communion and Sunday School.

We will begin looking at the letter from James (chapter 1), focusing on Genuine Religion.

As usual we will livestream this service, see link to join – https://linktr.ee/ParishofGHM

Notices:

Lent Course –  “Tales of the Unexpected”

During Lent we hope to run a Lent Course in the evening and around lunch time – times to be firmed up in the next few weeks

But if you’re interested please book it in your diaries.

Monday Evening @ St Philips      21^st March, 28^th March, 4^th April, 11^th April

Thursday Daytime @ St Martins 24^th March, 31^st March, 7^th April, 14^th April

From this week we will make a small tweak to our service pattern.  We will have 2 services a month when the children and adults learn separately.  On the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the Month.  2nd Sunday is still Breakfast church.  The All Age service will move from the 1st Sunday of the month to the 4th.  We will also try to particularly focus on our international members on the First Sunday of the month.

COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, even though the rules have changed!  Please remember your mask and keep up the hand washing and distancing!