We have been working closely together with other churches in our area, and here are some more dates for the diary for ‘Churches Together’ events.
‘Churches Together’ Prayer Meetings
‘Churches Together’ prayer meetings will be held on Wednesday 20th September at 10:30 a.m. (at the Salvation Army), on Tuesday 17th October at 7:15 p.m. (at GPCC) and on Wednesday 15th November at 10:30 a.m. (at Houghton Road Centre, Thurnscoe.) We would encourage all who can from our churches to attend these meetings. Prayer is so crucial to everything we do and it’s so good to pray with other Christians. We are hoping to have a special prayer day in December; arrangements are still being made for this.
Crazy Golf Fun!
Following the success of the crazy golf family fun days in August, we are hosting more sessions of crazy golf throughout the autumn. The first session is on Saturday 30th September at Houghton Road Centre, Thurnscoe from 11 a.m. until 12 noon, and other sessions will be on the last Saturday in the month at the same time: on Saturday 28th October and Saturday 25th November.
In addition to this, a family fun day will be held at Houghton Road Centre on Wednesday 1st November from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (during the half-term holidays). Lunch will be provided on this occasion.
Community Events
‘Churches Together’ will be having a stall at the Winter Wonderland event in Thurnscoe flower park on Saturday 18th November (times to be confirmed). We hope to give out Christmas goody bags at this event and be available to talk with local residents. If you can help with this event or just want to visit, please make a note of the date in your diary! Prior to the event on Wednesday 8th November from 10.30 a.m., we will be preparing the goody bags, so please come along to help with that if you can.
The Goldthorpe Christmas Market is on Friday 24th November from 4-8 p.m. As we have done in the past, we will be open for refreshments during this time and will also be hosting a range of activities from Christmas presents being wrapped (get organised, buy your presents and we will wrap them for you – 50p per present) to craft items to games and activites, with proceeds going to the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. This is usually a great event and although it is earlier than usual this year, we hope you will all get preparing and helping for this event!
Please pray for all these events which we see as opportunities to connect with our local community and serve people in practical (and fun!) ways.
Pray also for:
- the Macmillan Coffee Morning (at GPCC on Saturday 30th September from 10 a.m. until 12 noon)
- the local ‘Prom Project’, hosted by the Salvation Army and Dearne Area Team, which aims to help Barnsley Y11 pupils to go to the ball through the donation of prom dresses and formal menswear
- the Christmas Appeal at the Salvation Army (helpers are needed to pack food parcels on Tuesday 19th December from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m.) Prior to this, we will need donations of tinned food, Christmas chocolates and biscuits, mince pies, Christmas cakes and puddings and other Christmas-themed food (e.g. turkey gravy, cranberry sauce etc.)