This Sunday sees the beginning of May: the year is already flying by! There are some extra meetings coming up in May:

Saturday 7th May at 6 p.m. is the church’s Annual General Meeting. Come along to find out what has been happening over the past year and discuss some of the plans for the future. We’ll have coffee and cake after the meeting!

Saturday 14th May at 6 p.m. is the next ‘Churches Together’ meeting at Furlong Road Methodist Church in Bolton-on-Dearne. Come along to share with other Christians and enjoy a time of fellowship, prayer, worship and learning from God’s word. It’s always good to keep an outward focus and these meetings remind us that God is working in different ways throughout different churches in the area. Come along prepared to be blessed!

Looking further ahead, we are hoping to hold a community open day on Saturday 9th July from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. It’s six years in July since our official opening in Market Street and we want to invite the community into the building for crafts, activities and refreshments. More details to follow soon, but please book this date in your diaries now! In the evening, we are hoping to have another one of our successful ‘family film nights’.

Looking even further ahead, we are also hoping to go to the pantomime as a church in December. (Oh, yes, we are!) Dearne Playhouse in Goldthorpe will be hosting ‘Cinderella’ and we’re hoping to go along to that on Saturday 17th December for the matinee performance at 2 p.m. Let Julie know if you’re interested in attending and we’ll organise a block booking nearer the time.

Dearne PlayhouseAnd even further ahead into 2017, we are hoping to take a missions trip to India to visit the work Fredrick and Reeba are doing in Bangalore. See Garry for more details. Such trips take a lot of planning and fund-raising, but we are excited about the possibility of being involved practically in the different ministries they support.

map of India