Corona Virus (Covid-19)
11 Mar 2020
We continue to ‘sign’ the peace and refrain from shaking hands as we leave church. At communion you can choose whether to take only bread or to also receive the wine but do not dip wafers in the chalice.
Race Night
27 Jan 2020
We are planning a Race Night for Church funds on Friday 27th March.
Come along, it should be fun!
If you can help with this event in any way please speak to Nigel, Ken Carroll, Diane Childs or Daryl Kelly.
In particular, we are looking for eight local businesses willing to sponsor a race at £50/race.
Lent Course
11 Apr 2020
Come and join us as we explore how we live out our faith in the world.
Mondays at 11am, repeated on Wednesdays at 7:30pm
Each week, we will be considering a different issue - our response as Christians, and how to be a church that is welcoming to all.
Week 2: Ethnicity Week 3: Gender Week 4: Disability Week 5: Mental Health
Everyone is welcome - whether you are new to faith or an old hand, someone who's got lots to say, or just likes to sit back and listen. This is a great chance for us to grow together as a church and to start getting ready for our mission fortnight in May.
Dates and sign-up sheets at the back of church and in the Parish Centre.
Car Parking & access to Church
27 Mar 2020
Contractors are continuing work on a new heating system for the Parish Centre and as a result there is No Access at all for vehicles as well as pedestrians, to the rear of St. Margaret's Church.
Please give priority to people with mobility problems so they can park at the front of church (Morrison's side) in the grounds or allow a few more minutes and park in the Council Car park along Church Lane.
Parish Giving Scheme
30 Mar 2020
A new system for giving to church direct from your bank account was launched in the Diocese this January.
Some members of St Margaret’s congregation have been involved in a pilot scheme since last summer and it has worked very well.
We are now urging all who give by Standing Orders or Envelopes to transfer to this system along with any new givers to church.
Floodlighting Sponsorship
31 Dec 2020
If you would like to sponsor the Church floodlighting one evening for £5.00 please complete a pink form from the back of Church, at least one month before your chosen date with your desired wording to commemorate a personal or family celebration or anniversary. This will appear in a framed display at the back of Church each month. Pass the form, together with your contribution to a Church Warden.
Horsforth Community Cafe in St. Margaret’s Parish Centre
OPEN MONDAYS 10am - 2pm DURING SCHOOL TERM TIME
The Real Junk Food Project is a global network of ‘pay as you feel’ concepts with the aim to abolish surplus food. Our cafe is run in the Parish Centre, the building next to the Church.
CAFE DATES:
March: 16th, 23rd, 30th
Dates for your Diary - 2020
01 Jan 2021
2nd May: Coffee Morning and plant sale
24th May - 7th June Mission Fortnight
25th May: Sponsored walk round the bounds of the Parish
30th May: Birmingham Community Gospel Choir
5th June: Pub style evening with talk and music
28th June: Ordination
18th July: Family Fun Day
25th August: Children's Fun Day
18th September: Parish Meal - Puds and pies / Spuds and Puds
16th October: Fashion Show
28th November: Christmas Fair with outside stalls
Coffee Morning in aid of the Foodbank
07 Mar 2020
Saturday 7th March, 10am-12 noon in St. Margaret’s Parish Centre
Entry by donation of money or food (e.g. cereals, soup, pasta, rice, pasta sauce, tins of meat, veg, fruit or beans, tea, coffee, long life milk, biscuits, snacks)
Can you help? We need cakes to sell at the Coffee Morning.
Raising funds for Leeds North and West Foodbank
Easter Flowers
11 Apr 2020
Please give donations for Easter Flowers to Margaret Staines before 5th April.
Easter Lilies - Anyone wishing to donate a lily in memory of a loved one this Easter (£2.50 per stem), please put the money in an envelope with the name(s) of the person(s) to be remembered written on the front, and give it to Jan Smith by 5th April. Thank You.
Lent Talks: ‘Witnesses to These Things’
29 Mar 2020
Each Sunday evening at 6pm
A series of Lent talks on Giotto’s frescos in the Chapel of the Scrovegni by the Rev. Nigel Sinclair
St. Margaret’s Parish Centre 6pm
Sunday March 15th ‘The Life of Christ’
Sunday March 22nd ‘The Passion of Christ’
Sunday March 29th ‘Virtues, Vices & Judgement’