Thanks to all who helped on Thursday and Saturday with sash sewing in preparation for the Good Friday Church Crawl. We appreciate your help more than we can say. Thanks to Janet from Our Shed Dearne who organised everything so efficiently and a special thanks to 10 year old Jake (who attends the woodwork and sewing classes there) who made 12 sashes and helped with the setting up and clearing away (those thankless tasks no wants to do!)
The Good Friday Church Crawl will take place on Friday 30th March and will be an opportunity to find out more about how different churches celebrate Good Friday in our community. We’ll start at Furlong Road Methodist Church at 10.30 a.m. for a service there, and after that will walk (wearing our yellow sashes!) to the Salvation Army in Goldthorpe where we’ll have lunch and the opportunity to join in craft activities.
We’ll then move to Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church on Market Street to watch an excerpt from a film based on John’s gospel (arriving about 12.45 p.m.) and from there, will visit the Stations of the Cross at the Parish Church on Lockwood Road (1.20 p.m.) and join in quiet worship at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church (also on Lockwood Church) (1.40 p.m.)
During the walks, we will be giving out daffodils and Easter eggs and literature about Easter, and from Sacred Heart, we’ll walk across Phoenix Park to Thurnscoe where we’ll take part in ‘Messy Church’ activities at Thurnscoe Pentecostal Church (Houghton Road Centre, Thurnscoe, 2.30 p.m.) before walking to St Helen’s Church Hall on High Street where 4Front Theatre will be giving a live performance ‘So On and So 4th’ about the Easter story (4-5 p.m.)
We’re so excited that so many local churches are involved with this event and hope you will help by providing us with small wrapped Easter eggs to give out as well as joining with us for some or all of the above events. If you’re not able to walk these distances, please feel free to drive between events, or just come to the ones you can make!