Dear All,Tomorrow we celebrate Pentecost Sunday (Whit Sunday). There is a service of Holy Communion at 9.30 am in church. For those worshipping at home, the online service is a service of Holy Communion led by Malcolm with a homily by Angela. The link for this is below. The pew sheet of readings and prayers and notices is attached as a separate Notice Sheet.https://youtu.be/rkBIrb7tSBUAt around 10.30 am tomorrow we are holding our Parish Annual Meeting. As previously communicated, unfortunately the covid restrictions do not allow us to meet in person so the meeting will be held on zoom. If you would like to attend please contact Paula and she will email the reports and zoom details. Nominations forms for the various roles are available in church or can be sent via email on request. If you would like to know more about the various roles of Church Warden, Deputy Warden or PCC member or how you might be able to help the life and worship of our church in other ways, please get in touch. Paula can be contacted via eardley66@hotmail.co.uk. My email is carol.pharaoh@gmail.com.With prayers and best wishes,CarolRevd Carol H PharaohTeam Rector Blackrod, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton & Wingates Team
Dear All,I hope that you are all well.Tomorrow at church there are 2 services, one at 9.30 am and 10.30 am led by Barbara. The 10.30 am service is particularly suitable for families. The pew sheet is attached as a separate Notice Sheet and the link for the online service is below. The online service this week is led by Pauline.https://youtu.be/uk5hMiq1twoTo remind everyone, it is our Annual Meeting next Sunday 23rd May. Nominations for the roles of Church Warden, Deputy Warden and PCC member can be made by picking up a nomination form from church. If you are unable to attend church, please get in touch. At the moment there is still uncertainty as to whether the meeting can be held face to face so watch and listen out for further announcements. You will be able to attend the meeting via zoom even if some of us are meeting in church. If the meeting cannot be held in-person, we will hold the meeting entirely via zoom.This coming week there is a Deane Deanery Celebration Service on Tuesday 18th May at 7.30pm at Deane Parish Church. The service will celebrate the life of our deanery and look forward to moving into the new larger Bolton Deanery. It will be a service of Holy Communion. Booking is essential for the service so please get I touch for details on how to secure your place. If you are unable to attend in person or indeed are anxious about doing so with there being a surge in the Indian variant of covid in the Deane area, the service will be livestreamed by Deane and Lostock Church. If anyone wishes to watch it online they can do so online from 7.30pm on Tuesday. Search Deane & Lostock Churches on YouTubeAs our country moves to the next step on the roadmap of easing restrictions and with the surge in the Indian variant of covid in the Bolton area, please pray for leaders to make wise decisions and for all those whose lives remain badly affected by the pandemic.With prayers and best wishesCarolRevd Carol H PharaohTeam Rector Blackrod, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton & Wingates Team
Dear All,To remind everybody that tomorrow there is a service at 10 am St Barts and a service at 7.30 pm at St Katharine's.If you are worshipping online, please find below the link.https://youtu.be/ktNMZV8f99sHappy Ascension Day.With prayers and best wishesCarolRevd Carol H PharaohTeam Rector Blackrod, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton & Wingates Team
Dear All,I hope that you are all OK and having a lovely day despite the weatherTomorrow in church at 9.30 am there is a service of Holy Communion led by Revd Ian Hepburn. I know Ian is looking forward to coming and seeing as many as possible at the service. Here is the link for the service. It focuses on Climate Change. All churches are encouraged to have a Climate Change Sunday at some point this year so we thought it would be good to have an online service too. Our thanks to all involved in putting it together.https://youtu.be/a-6p_3qd_4oThe pew sheet is available as a separate Notice Sheet containing readings and prayers and important notices so please take the time to read it. To highlight a couple of things, on Thursday it will be Ascension Day. There will be a service at 10 am at St Barts and a service at 7:30 pm at St Katharine's. If you can't come in person but would like to worship at home, there will also be an online service, the link for which will be sent out in the next few days.From the 10-16th May it is Christian Aid week. There will be a collection in church tomorrow and there is also a way you can donate online. The Westhoughton Christian Aid Group has it’s very own online giving page: https://giving.tapsimple.org/online/christian-aid/westhoughton-christian-aid-week-2021Don't forget our Annual meeting on Sunday 23rd May at 10.15 am. We are hoping that it will be possible to hold an in-person meeting but you will also be able to join by zoom if you wish. Nomination forms for Church Warden and PCC members are available in church or we can email a form to you if you prefer. This year too, there is opportunity to elect 2 Deputy Wardens to assist the Church Wardens. This role does not necessitate being on the PCC so if you are not particularly a meeting person but think you can help or would like to know more, please get in touch. Thanks.With prayers and best wishesCarolRevd Carol H PharaohTeam Rector Blackrod, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton & Wingates Team
