June 01 2025
A quick round-up of things you need to know this week:
Services
Today – June 1 – Easter 7 – Sunday after Ascension
9.30 All In – Time of Waiting – Acts 16:16-34 – Leader Frances Vose; Speaker Jessica Criddle
11.15 Holy Communion – Time of Waiting – Acts 16:16-36; John 17:20-end – Leader Natasha Thomas; Speaker Viv Brealey
2pm Forest Church – with Joseph Buthee and Lisa Chadwick-Firman at the Fernhill Road site
6.30 Evening Reset – Time of Waiting – Acts 1:1-18; Isaiah 44:1-8; Leader Natasha Thomas; Speaker Gemma Richards
Next Week – June 8 – Pentecost
10.30am Joint Celebration Service – Pentecost – Acts 2:1-21; John 14:8-17 – Leader Viv Brealey; Speakers Joseph Buthee and Natasha Thomas
6.30pm Holy Communion – Pentecost – readings TBC – Leader Natasha Thomas; Speaker Viv Brealey
Diary
This week:
Tuesday 03 June
– Fellowship Group – 1.30-2.30pm in The Meeting Place – Come and join Jess and Gill for a time of Bible study and fellowship – All welcome!
– Alpha – 6.30pm – Hope Chapel – Please consider joining or bringing a friend – still space to come along if you missed the first week! NB Cooks are needed to make a meal each Tuesday – sign the rota at the back of church!
Saturday 07 June
– Saturday Prayers – 10am on Zoom – See the newsletter for joining details
Sunday 08 June
– Joint Shipley Churches Pentecost Barbecue – 4pm – Christ Church, Windhill – join all the churches in Shipley for Refresh, a relaxed and friendly service for all ages and a barbecue to celebrate Pentecost – if possible please bring a salad or a cake! All welcome
Looking forward:
Saturday 14 June
– Fernhill Road Open Day, 10am-noon
– Shipley Open Gardens Weekend – 1-5pm – Programmes available to purchase from the Welcome Desk
Sunday 15 June
– Shipley Open Gardens Weekend – 1-5pm – Programmes available to purchase from the Welcome Desk
Sunday 29 June
– Petes Eats – Come and share food and fellowship after the 11.15 service – bring your lunch or jacket potatoes provided, opportunity to eat and chat, to chew over what you’ve heard in church this month in a discussion or to pray together – all welcome, come and try it!
Friday 18 July
– Ladies Quiz Night – 7pm at St Paul’s – bring and share supper and Quiz Chief Supreme Emma Wilkinson
Saturday 19 July
– Annual Mission Barbecue – 2pm at the Agars’ – 107 Moorhead Lane – come and help raise money for Sudan. There will be a sign-up sheet shortly at the back of church – offers of salads and puddings will be welcome!
