Parish of GHM

This Sunday we are starting a new Breakfast Church series on ‘The Ten Commandments’ and we will be taking a look at the first of these commandments – Love God!

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! As we mentioned in the APCM it would be a great help 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!

Also don’t forget that if you give on the card machine as long as your gift is £30 or under we can claim 25% back on that too!

Summer Dates

You’ll remember we made a recipe book filled with stories for Christmas.  This Sunday we’re going to celebrate this book with a special service combined with meeting the people in the stories and tasting the food! Bishop Toby will join us for this event.

Bradford Cathedral’s Ascension Day service – Thursday 9th May 2024 (7pm)

Ascension Day – which takes place 40 days after Easter Sunday – is when the church celebrates the ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven. Further details can be found on the Bradford Cathedral website or by clicking here

In these Sundays from Easter to Pentecost we are looking more carefully at the Cross of Jesus and what it means

Bradford Cathedral’s Ascension Day service – Thursday 9th May 2024 (7pm)

Ascension Day – which takes place 40 days after Easter Sunday – is when the church celebrates the ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven. Further details can be found on the Bradford Cathedral website or by clicking here

An extra post this week – so you can be up to date with the documents you need for our annual meeting on Sunday

Documents

Our Report this year is Downloadable below – it would be great if you can have read it by the meeting and come with questions.  Paper copies were at Church last Sunday and we have a few left

We have also prepared a budget – it isn’t great reading, so brace yourself.

Minutes for last year’s APCM are also available as well as an Agenda

Downloads

Agenda for 2024 APCM

Minutes for last year’s APCM 2023

Report and review of 2023

Deanery Synod Report

Update

2024 Budget

2024 ReStore Budget

Timings

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

12noon APCM begins

In these Sundays from Easter to Pentecost we are looking more carefully at the Cross of Jesus and what it means

This week we will continue with: RECONCILIATION

Our service is at 10.30am at St Paul’s Church.  This is a service with Sunday School, Sunday Youth and Communion.

Our reading will be 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

The live stream of the service is here. We will start streaming at 10.25am

Notices

(To get notices on this page please email notices@bradfordwest.church – we can’t promise to put all on – but will do our best!)

Lantern making – TOMORROW – 20th April 

Cecil Arts are hosting a lantern making workshop in St Paul’s Church tomorrow 10-1 (snacks provided).  We will be making them for the lantern parade at 8pm in Robert’s park in Saltaire on Saturday 27th April.

Bubble Church

Special Service for young children and their families – 4.30pm this Sunday – St Martin’s Heaton

Annual Church Meeting – APCM

This will take place NEXT Sunday – 28th April.  We will send out the papers, reports and information in a separate email very soon.

Roots and Routes – Sunday 5th May

You’ll remember we made a recipe book filled with stories for Christmas.  We’re going to celebrate that with an event on Sunday 5th May (Not 20th April 2024 as previously announced) at St Paul’s Manningham – this will be a special service combined with meeting the people in the stories and tasting the food!  10.30 for church – 12 noon for the celebration.  Bishop Toby will join us for this event.

Pentecost – 19^th May 2024

On Pentecost Sunday Churches across Bradford are holding a wonderful public act of witness in City Park on 19^th May 2024 – in the afternoon.  Please keep it free and more details are coming!

Summer Dates

More information to come – but save the dates!

30th May – Heaton Hub Community Day – Family Fun at Half Term
8th June – Celebrating 160 year of St Barnabas Church – Afternoon Tea and Service
16th June – Manningham on Sea – Community fun day in Manningham
6th July – Heaton Gala – Community fun day in Heaton

 

 

At Breakfast church this month we are looking at – From the Cross – Substitution

Our reading will be Isaiah 53:1-6

This service is not livestreamed – please remember that this is our ‘invitational’ service. We want people to come and meet the family of God in an informal setting as we eat in community.  Please invite someone to come with you this week!

Notices

Bubble Church

Special Service for young children and their families – 4.30pm this Sunday – St Martin’s Heaton

APCM

Our Annual business Meeting of the Church will be on 28th April after our Sunday morning service.  Please make sure to attend!

Roots and Routes – Sunday 5th May

You’ll remember we made a recipe book filled with stories for Christmas.  We’re going to celebrate that with an event on Sunday 5th May at St Paul’s Manningham – this will be a special service combined with meeting the people in the stories and tasting the food!  10.30 for church – 12 noon for the celebration.  Bishop Toby will join us for this event.

Pentecost – 19^th May 2024

On Pentecost Sunday Churches across Bradford are holding a wonderful public act of witness in City Park on 19^th May 2024 – in the afternoon.  Please keep it free and more details are coming!

Mary’s Meals

Learn more about a great organisation if you’re at a loose end on a Friday night in 2 weeks!

Summer Dates

More information to come – but save the dates!

30th May – Heaton Hub Community Day – Family Fun at Half Term
8th June – Celebrating 160 year of St Barnabas Church – 4pm Afternoon Cream Tea, Brass Band and Service of Celebration
16th June – Manningham on Sea – Community fun day in Manningham
6th July – Heaton Gala – Community fun day in Heaton

In these next Sundays from Easter to Pentecost we are looking more carefully at the Cross

We will be looking at the following ideas and themes each week – Substitution, Reconciliation, Adoption

This week we will start with: SALVATION

Our service is at 10.30am at St Paul’s Church.  This is a service with Sunday School, Sunday Youth and Communion.

Our reading will be Ephesians 2:1-10

The live stream of the service is here. We will start streaming at 10.25am

Notices

(To get notices on this page please email notices@bradfordwest.church – we can’t promise to put all on – but will do our best!)

Saturday Discipleship Brunch 

TOMORROW!! Saturday 6th April March at 10.30 – St Paul’s Manningham

Bubble Church

Special Service for young children and their families – 4.30pm this Sunday – St Martin’s Heaton

Roots and Routes – Sunday 5th May

You’ll remember we made a recipe book filled with stories for Christmas.  We’re going to celebrate that with an event on Sunday 5th May (Not 20th April 2024 as previously announced) at St Paul’s Manningham – this will be a special service combined with meeting the people in the stories and tasting the food!  10.30 for church – 12 noon for the celebration.  Bishop Toby will join us for this event.

Pentecost – 19^th May 2024

On Pentecost Sunday Churches across Bradford are holding a wonderful public act of witness in City Park on 19^th May 2024 – in the afternoon.  Please keep it free and more details are coming!

Summer Dates

More information to come – but save the dates!

30th May – Heaton Hub Community Day – Family Fun at Half Term
8th June – Celebrating 160 year of St Barnabas Church – Afternoon Tea and Service
16th June – Manningham on Sea – Community fun day in Manningham
6th July – Heaton Gala – Community fun day in Heaton

We remembered this awful event today at St Barnabas

If you want to know what happened next….. please come to our All Age Communion Service on Sunday at 10.30am

If you can’t make it you can read about it yourself in John 20. 1-21

Or if you don’t want to do that the live stream of the service is here. We will start streaming at 10.25am

Other Options to find out the end of the story are available – like……

Bubble Church

Special Service for young children and their families – 4.30pm Easter Sunday, followed by an Easter Egg hunt and Hot Dogs – St Martin’s Heaton

Dawn Service

Our Churches Together Easter Celebration meeting will be at 6.30am on  – Heaton Hill – with Breakfast afterwards in St Barnabas Village Hall

On Friday we had an Easter Service in St Barnabas Church – this year as we told the story the school created a Latin American Cross.  Each panel was made by a different year group telling a different part of the Holy Week story.

During Holy Week on Monday to Friday churches across Bradford are providing an opportunity to enact ‘natural evangelism’

We will meet at the Cathedral at midday for prayer and prep. Then walk down to Centenary Square with a cross for 12.30pm. Sung worship, a 5 minute talk, handing out things (palm crosses, chocolate, etc.) and having conversations.  On Thursday it is at 2.30 – 3pm due to Eucharist.  If anyone would like to go and be a supportive presence you would be most welcome!

Also….. we hope to see many of you at our services over the rest of the week

Wednesday

10.30am Communion Service – St Barnabas Heaton

Maundy Thursday

7pm – Communion with footwashing  – St Martin’s, Heaton

Good Friday

3pm – Reflective Service – St Barnabas Heaton

Easter Sunday – 31st March

(Clocks go forward overnight!)

6.30am Churches Together Easter Celebration – Heaton Hill
(Breakfast afterwards in St Barnabas Village Hall)

10.30am All Age Easter Celebration – St Paul’s Manningham

4.30 – Bubble Church  – St Martin’s, Heaton

Our Parish worship service is at 10.30am at St Paul’s Church.  This is an All Age Service to celebrate Palm Sunday.

Our reading will be Mark 11.1-11

The live stream of the service is here. We will start streaming at 10.25am

Notices

(To get notices on this page please email notices@bradfordwest.church – we can’t promise to put all on – but will do our best!)

Song Survey

We’re having a think about what songs we sing – what songs you like?  Remember three years ago when we couldn’t sing and we had a survey on our favourite song to start singing with?? Can you fill in a form for us about songs and hymns?

Also don’t forget about our 2 playlists for you – this survey will allow you to add to the main list!  Please follow, subscribe etc etc.  Spotify and/or Youtube

Easter Services

We’re preparing our Easter services – to see what’s going on see our Easter Page

Bubble Church

Special Service for young children and their families – 4.30pm this Sunday – St Martin’s Heaton

Roots and Routes – Sunday 5th May

You’ll remember we made a recipe book filled with stories for Christmas.  We’re going to celebrate that with an event on Sunday 5th May (Not 20th April 2024 as previously announced) at St Paul’s Manningham – this will be a special service combined with meeting the people in the stories and tasting the food!  10.30 for church – 12 noon for the celebration.  Bishop Toby will join us for this event.

Pentecost – 19^th May 2024

On Pentecost Sunday Churches across Bradford are holding a wonderful public act of witness in City Park on 19^th May 2024 – in the afternoon.  Please keep it free and more details are coming!

Summer Dates

More information to come – but save the dates!

30th May – Heaton Hub Community Day – Family Fun at Half Term
8th June – Celebrating 160 year of St Barnabas Church – Afternoon Tea and Service
16th June – Manningham on Sea – Community fun day in Manningham
6th July – Heaton Gala – Community fun day in Heaton