Posies and posings…

We gave flowers to show our appreciation to the Deputy Mayor and his wife:… and to the Chair of CRT and his wife:Then the official photographer from the Dearne Valley Weekender turned up and we went through re-enactments of cutting the ribbon!Mark (our pastor),...

We’re officially open!

At 10 a.m., the Deputy Mayor of Barnsley cut the ribbon on the main hall and the Chair of CRT cut the ribbon on the community hall to officially open Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church.

Waiting for the Grand Opening

We arranged with the Deputy Mayor of Barnsley and the Chair of CRT to attend the Open Day and cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the main door to the church hall and the door to the community building. We actually had visitors coming into the building before the...

What’s it all about, then?!

The posters below were used to advertise the Open Day beforehand:In addition to displaying posters in as many different locations as would accept them (shops, schools, churches, libraries, leisure centres, doctor’s surgeries etc.), we distributed about 1000...

The start of the Open Day

Well, there are literally hundreds of photographs to process from the Open Day, so I thought I would start by going through things chronologically. This post is therefore looking at the preparations leading up to the official opening at 10 a.m.Many of us arrived at...