On Sunday we will all meet at 10.30 in St Paul’s Church for a Joint Service.
Christmas Services 2019
Sunday 22nd December;
10.00am Whole Parish Eucharist at St Martin’s
– no services at other churches
4.30pm Carols by Candlelight at St Barnabas
Monday 23rd December:
2.00pm From darkness to light.
A service of quiet reflection with Holy Communion at St Martin’s
Tuesday 24th December – Christmas Eve
4.30pm Crib and Christingle at St Paul’s
11.30pm Midnight Eucharist at St Paul’s
Wednesday 25th December – Christmas Day
10.30am St Philip’s
10.30am St Barnabas’
Sunday 29th December – 10.30am St Paul’s Church only
Carol Singing
Carols at BRI Thurs 19 Dec meet at 5.15pm at reception near Costa.
Wednesday 18th December at 3pm – Outside St Martin’s Church
We need so many more voices at these key events. Please try to make as many as possible!
Parish News – 9th Dec 2019
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Celebrations for Advent
Monday 9th December at 7.30pm @ St Philip’s
Wednesday 11th December at 12.30pm @ St Paul’s
Worship, bible, prayer…and, of course, food! ALL welcome.
Mothers’ Union – St Barnabas School visit to Church
Tuesday, 10th December 2.00p.m. We shall be delighted to welcome a group of children from St. Barnabas’ School who will present a seasonal entertainment. This is always a very enjoyable event and open to all. Please come along to support and encourage the children.
Carol Singing
Carols at Morrisons Sat 14 Dec – our Parish singing at 10 am – please come!
Parish Christmas lunch
Saturday 14th December – 2pm
A Christmas lunch for our community partners from across the parish: to be held @ St Martin’s. Please contact us if you are able to help.
December 2019 Notices
Inn Churches
2nd – 8th December @ St Philip’s
Contact Joanna Allan re offering help for Inn Churches
Upper Heaton Advent Service at Haworth Road Methodist
7 pm Thursday 5 Dec
Schools
We are visiting many schools and having many school visits in the next few weeks. Do please pray for these occasions that the Good News of Jesus would be clearly presented.
2nd – 4th December – School visits @ St Paul’s.
4th – 6th & 9th December – School visits @ St Martin’s
18th December – St Philip’s Primary have a Nativity in Church.
19th December – St Barnabas Primary have a Christingle Service
Looking Back and Looking Forward: Celebrations for Advent
Monday 9th December at 7.30pm @ St Philip’s
Wednesday 11th December at 12.30pm @ St Paul’s
Worship, bible, prayer…and, of course, food! ALL welcome.
Mothers’ Union
Christmas Meal
Monday, 2nd December – we meet together at the Toby Carvery, Keighley, for our Christmas Meal. 12.00 for 12.30.
Mothers’ Union – St Barnabas School visit to Church
Tuesday, 10th December 2.00p.m. We shall be delighted to welcome a group of children from St. Barnabas’ School who will present a seasonal entertainment. This is always a very enjoyable event and open to all. Please come along to support and encourage the children.
St Philip’s Christmas Fayre Saturday 30 Nov 2019
11am till 1pm….. We will have a cake stall so we need bakers and volunteers at the stall, we’d love contributions from all our churches.
Parish Youth Group – 22 November 2019
This Friday 22 November our first Parish Youth Group will meet at St Philip's Church -7pm.
All young people in our churches from Year 6 upwards are invited.
Please pray for this event. We hope it will be the first of many!
Key Dates in November 2019
Bradford Interfaith Prayer for Peace
11 Nov 2019, 7:00 pm, Khidmat Centre BD7 2EU
People of different faiths meet on the 11th of each month to pray together for peace in the World, to share food and fellowship.
For information contact Bob Marshall 0770 889 6609
Monday, 11th November – 7.45 p.m. Mothers Union meeting
Our speakers are Keith & Sylvia Tomlinson. The intriguing title of their talk is “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” In the Village Hall
Sunday November 17th Parish Forum
at 12 noon @ St Martin's Church. Bring and Share lunch: will be great to see as many of you as possible.
MU Tuesday, 19th November at 2.30 p.m, following Holy Communion at 2.00 p.m. we look forward to hearing about “A Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela”. Our speaker is Mr. Noel Moroney.
Friday 22nd November – St. Barnabas Children’s Society.
I invite all box holders and donors to come along to 14 Sandmoor Close, Thornton, anytime after 2 p.m. when I will be happy to receive your contributions to this great organisation. Otherwise please see me in church. New contributors are always welcome.
Please come along and enjoy a cuppa and a chat. Val Mitchell.
Saturday 30 Nov 2019 at St Philip’s, Christmas Fair
We will have a cake stall so we need bakers and volunteers to man the stall, we’d love contributions for all our churches. Please think about whether you can help run this stall.
New Urban Pioneer Minister
Clare Leighton will be Licensed as our Urban Pioneer Minister by Bishop Toby on 15th November 2019. This will take place in Lister Park by the Bandstand at 9.30am. We know not all of you can join us due to work commitments but it would be great to see as many of you as possible.
Here’s a message from Clare:
Thank you for the invitation to come join the community in Girlington, Heaton and Manningham.
I am super pleased to come and make my new home amongst you. I’m excited about getting to know you all, spending time finding out what’s going on, joining the adventure of what God is doing in the community, sharing your dreams for the future and seeing what God has for us all in the process.
I am a Keighley born girl and a self-confessed Brass band nut so the prospect of “returning to a place of home” with the adventure of living and working in the community , trying to love well and share Jesus with people, alongside the opportunity to play some great Brass Band music feels like an amazing invitation, I’m excited for what the future has for us all.
DISCIPLESHIP EXPLORED
STARTS
Monday 9th September 2019
2pm Home 0f Joanna Allan
7.30pm Home of Alistair and Sharon Bavington
A study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians
Join us for the journey…
Continues at the same venues and times:
Monday 23rd September
Monday 7th October
Monday 21st October
Monday 4th November
Monday 18th November
Monday 2nd December a celebration together at St Philip’s Church